...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...