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" WE do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is... "
The works of ... William Huntington ... to the close of the year MDCCCVI. - Page 92
by William Huntington (works.) - 1811
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The mother's help towards instructing her children in the excellencies of ...

John James - 1842 - 562 pages
...worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, O God, which thou hast shewed unto thy servants 1 ; " not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table." " But since thy bounty hath provided a rich feast, I come at thy gracious bidding to share it, knowing...
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Tracts of the Anglican fathers, Volume 4

Anglican fathers - 1842 - 402 pages
...humiliation, that we have forfeited that right and dominion which we had in the creatures, and that we are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under our Master's table. Secondly, we dwell in a land upon which the heaven doth cast its most propitious...
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A Tabular View of the Variations in the Communion and Baptismal Offices of ...

Frederic Bulley - Baptism - 1842 - 354 pages
...table (O merciful Lord) trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table ; but thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore (gracious...
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Pastor's Testimony

John Alonzo Clark - 1843 - 270 pages
...be in accordance with the language of the communion service. " We do not presume The Lord's supper. to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting...so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy." The sentiments of every true disciple...
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Mass and Lord's Supper: A Study in the History of the Liturgy, Volume 1

Hans Lietzmann - Liturgics - 1979 - 792 pages
...bread and wine, the Memorial which he hath willed for us. We do not presume to come to this Thy table, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold...so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table ; but hear us, O heavenly Father, we most humbly beseech Thee in the Name of Thy Beloved Son, who came...
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Preaching and Leading Worship

William H. Willimon - Religion - 1984 - 124 pages
...does one of the prayers in the Communion service of the old Book of Common Prayer, that the faithful are "not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table"? Or in a more contemporary vein, is it theologically accurate to say that "God is a warm fuzzy to our...
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Protestant Worship: Traditions in Transition

James F. White - Religion - 1989 - 260 pages
...and certainly the most visual, of Cranmer's metaphors occurs in the "Prayer of Humble Access": "We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table."7 Despite its allusion to Matthew 15:27, the prayer is original with Cranmer. Even modern Anglican...
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Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed

Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper, G. J. Cuming - Reference - 1990 - 328 pages
...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table; but thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...
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Clarissa's Plots

Lois E. Bueler - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 194 pages
...access to the Sacrament: (The statement of relationship) We do not presume to come to this thy Table, 0 merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness,...so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: (The request) Grant us therefore...
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Heaven, Hell, and the Victorians

Michael Wheeler - History - 1994 - 314 pages
...present tense in liturgy, as in the words 'I believe in God', 'Give us this day our daily bread', and 'We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table.' Victorian hymns exploit both the diachronic and the synchronic potentialities of liturgical language...
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