1-Ioly Sacrament. 32 5 "the Prieft performing the facrifice, and the "people round about dyed and made red H with that precious blood, where, I pray " thee, dofr thou conceive thyfelf to be'? (' Canft thou think thou art yet upon earth, ·" ·and converfing among mortal creatures; "' or art thou not rather on a fudden tran• " f{.1orted into heaven? Dofl: thou not lofe {'all thoughts of the body, and with a ·pure " n1ind, and naked foul, behold tho things "' that are aone above? " 0 the wonder– fultnercy and goodnefs of God! He who fitteth with the Father above, is at the fame tirne prefent here below, and gives himfelf to all who will receive and embrace him. Compare this, if you will, \"lith another n1iracle: Imagine you fee the great Elias with an infinite nutnber of people about him, tbe facrifice laid upon the ftones, and .all the refl: quiet and filent, while the Pro– phet poureth forth his prayers, thetl the fire co-ming down ·on a fudden from hea– ven, and confuming the facrifice. Truly thefe things are ftrange, and full of won– der; but yet are far inferior to our fa.cred and tremendous myfleries. For here the Priefl: doth no t bring fire, but the Holy Ghoft; he prayet11 no t_ that a fla1n e may <lefcend from heaven to confun1e the holy E e , things
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