greater_: whilst, on the contrary, to forsake their sins, that they may seek acceptance with their Redeemer, is to render that acceptance sure.” I here quit this subject with these most forcible arguments of my excellent friend; and though you may think I have said too much, yet if the result shall be, _after a careful and attentive perusal_, that you shall become a regular attendant at the Lord’s Table, where I shall have much comfort in meeting you, your labour in reading, and mine in writing, will be rewarded by the production of much solid fruit, and, I trust, endless satisfaction to us both. With anxious concern for your present and eternal happiness, I remain, dear Sir, &c. LAICUS. * * * * * NOTE.—I have been much urged by a valuable friend, to recommend some book of preparation for this holy rite. But where there are so many good books, it is difficult to fix upon any one, to the exclusion of others. My objection to most of these works is, that they are too long, and many people of weak consciences imagine, that unless they have gone through the whole course of devotion, therein prescribed, they are not fit to approach the holy altar. This is, in my opinion, an unhappy mistake, and cannot be too soon eradicated. But were I to give a preference to any books, my own choice would be fixed upon Bishop Wilson’s work, and _The Companion to the Altar_ (and of these two prefer the latter), which used, and ought always, to be bound up with the Book of Common Prayer. _The Companion to the Altar_ is excellent, founded upon the Church Catechism, and the prayers are complete, without being tedious or enthusiastic. And if any one wishes to lengthen his devotions, there is, at the end of each preparatory prayer, a reference to appropriate Psalms—and _they_, to use the words of the late pious Mr. Jones, of Nayland, as applied by him to Bishop Horne’s beautiful Commentary on these sacred Songs, will never cease to be the companion of the devout, till the devotion of earth shall end in the hallelujahs of Heaven. * * * * * THE END. * * * * * * * * * * S. GOSNELL, _Printer_, _Little Queen Street_, _London_. FOOTNOTES. {4a} A seventh edition being now called for within about eight years from the first publication, the Author has the satisfaction of knowing that eighteen thousand copies of this Tract have been dispersed within that period, each edition having consisted of three thousand copies. {4b} See Gisborn’s Serm. vol. ii. p. 192. {6a} See the institution of the Sacrament, St. Matt. chap. xxvi. and St. Luke, chap. xxii. {6b} See Parkhurst’s Greek Lexicon on the verb Παραλαμβανω. {6c} 1 Corinth. chap. xi. ver. 26. {7a} St. John, chap. vi. ver. 54.