[♦] “is” replaced with “are” per Errata
But what shall I think, now I am to approach unto my Lord, whom I am not able duly to honour, and yet I desire to receive him with devotion?
What can I think better and more profitable, than to humble myself wholly before thee, and to exalt thine infinite goodness over me?
I praise thee, my God, and will exalt thee for ever. I despise and submit myself unto thee, in a deep sense of my own unworthiness.
3. Behold thou art the holy of holies, and I the vilest of sinners!
Behold thou inclinest unto me, who am not worthy so much as to look up unto thee.
Behold thou comest unto me, it is thy will to be with me, thou invitest me to thy banquet.
Thou wilt give me the food of heaven, and bread of angels to eat, which is no other indeed than thyself, the living bread, that descended from heaven and giveth life unto the world.
4. From whence doth this love proceed! What a gracious condescension appeareth herein! How great thanks and praises are due unto thee for these benefits!
O how good and profitable was thy counsel, when thou ordainedst it! How sweet and pleasant the banquet when thou gavest thyself to be our food!