Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins,...

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more; that which I see not teach thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.  Job xxxiv. 31, 32.  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.  1 Cor. v. 7, 8.  Godly sorrow worketh repentence to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death: for behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge !  2 Cor. vii. 10, 11.
 

...and are in love and charity with your neighbours,...

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt. xxii. 39  Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up: doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.  1 Cor. xii. 4 to 7.  If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again; if thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Exod. xxiii. 4, 5.  Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God; he that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love: herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the Propitiation for our sins: beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.  1 John iv. 7 to 11.  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now: he that loveth his brother abideth in the light.  1 John ii. 9, 10. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.  1 John i. 7.
 

...and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways;...

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.  2 Cor. v. 17.  Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.  Rom. vi. 4, 6.  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 

Eph. iv. 22, 23, 24.  For the love of Christ constrained us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.  2 Cor. v. 14, 15.  Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God; thy Spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. Pslam cxlii. 10.  Lord, I will follow thee withersoever thou goest.  Luke ix. 57.  I will run the  way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.  Psalm cxix. 32.
 

...Draw near with faith, and take this Sacrament to your comfort;...

Let us drw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.  Heb. x. 22.  Be of good comfort, rise, he calleth thee.  Mark x. 49.  It is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.  Psalm lxxiii. 28.  Jesus Christ, whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.  1 Peter i. 7, 8.  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ ? 1 Cor. x. 16.  Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.  1 Peter iv. 13.
 

...and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.

Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God.  Ezra x. 11.  O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.  Psalm xcv. 6.  Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God.  Jer. iii. 13.  I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is seve before me.  Psalm li. 3.  Draw nigh unto God' and he will draw nigh unto you: humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.  James iv. 8, 10.  And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed.  Luke xxii. 41. - See also, Acts xxi. 5.

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