An Anglican prayer from the Communion devotions in The Nashotah Manual (1865).
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
I DO not presume to come to Thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in my own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. I am 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 me therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His blood, that my sinful body may be made clean by His body, and my soul washed through His most precious blood, and that I may evermore dwell in Him, and He in me. Amen.