spiritual and Gospel meltings upon our souls O cause us to feel the warming and the reviving blood of the everlasting covenant working effectually upon our poor dead hearts and consciences And dear Father do thou be pleased to rescue us from our selves deliver us we humbly pray thâ—â— from a vain trisling spirit in the things of Eternity O make us captives of thy love and then shall we follow hard and close after thee the Captain of our salvation The Lord in much mercy waits on us continually to be gracious unto us and shall not we wait on him to be made glorious for ever Dear Father we humbly pray thee to be pleased to soften our rebellious hard hearts by the gracious meltings of thy holy spirit that so we may be fitted to receive thy truths and bring forth the fruits of them in a most holy and a most heavenly conversation O for Christ Jesus sake make bare thy own arm and deliver our poor distressed souls from that bottomless pit of eternal destruction O strengthen our Memories increase our faith kindle our zeal renew our Natures and make us such as thou wouldst have us to be best at heart and best at last for Christ's sake O rectifie our wills enlighten our understandings and subdue every lust within us and cause us to run the ways of thy commandments Dear Father we beseech thee we humbly beseech thee to make us more serious and more sincere â—n the things of Eternity that we may not trifle â—n those things of so high a nature wherein our â—oor immortal souls are so nearly concerned Good Lord in much mercy be graciously pleased â—o carry on thy own work in us and for us to he honour and glory of thy name and for the eternal welfare of our poor distressed souls O for Christ Jesus sake open blind eyes soften our hard hearts unstop our deaf ears subdue our rebellious wills and renew our corrupt natures and bring us into a conformity and an humble subjection unto thy blessed self O when shall it once be that we may with our blessed Lord and Saviour count it our Meat and our Drink to do thy will O God O for Christs sake cast an eye of pity and compassion upon ns shew us the favour of thy chosen make us glad with thy inheritance and visit us with thy salvation Good Lord we beseech thee to enable us to lay fast and sure hold on him on whom thou hast been graciously pleased to lay help And dear Father we humbly pray thee to be pleased to raise us up from the death of sin to a life of righteousness And we humbly beseech thee to let us feel the power of Christ's Death killing sin in our mortal bodies that we may no longer obey it in the lust thereof Dear Father we beseech thee to be graciously pleased in mercy to blot out all our sins by the precious blood of thy dearly beloved Son that so our names may not be blotted out of the book of life and we for ever thrust out from thy presence out of the holy City of our God And for Christ Jesus sake make us faithful to the death and then give unto us a Crown of Life And dear Father do thou be pleased to rouze up our drowsie dull consciences and help us we beseech thee seriously to look into our inward man knowing that it is high time to awake out of sleep the time is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light leâ— us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fullfil the lust thereof O Lord our God thou hast promised to keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee O help us we beseech thee help us to trust in thee and sincerely to wait on thee that so we may be brought into the possession of this peace that lasts for ever O help us seriously to look up unto thee for thou art the Lord our God and there is none else so shall we be saved with an everlasting salvatâ—on And dear Father we humbly intreat thee to make us to be zealously affected for the honour of thy great name and then seal unto us thy everlasting covenant of life and peace Then shall we greatly rejoice in the Lord and our souls shall be joyful in our God for he will cloath us with the garments of salvation and will cover us with his robes of righteousness then shall we be drawn with his loving kindness and mercy and loved by our dear Lord with an everlasting love And we humbly intreat thee to prepare us for that great day of our Lord Jesus Christ when he shall come to shake terribly the Earth O blessed and happy aâ—e they who put their whole ttust and confidence in him and sincerely hope in his mercy O Lord we are upon the very brink of an endless eternity and it will not be long e're we shall be in another world as certainly as we are now in this O help us now help us dear Lord that whatsoever our hands find to do to do it with all our might for there is no wisdom nor knowledge nor work nor device in the grave whither we are all a going Dear Lord we humbly beg thy pardon we have none to fly unto but unto thee thou hast the words of Eternal Life O! for Christ Jesus sake forgive all our Transgressions and in Mercy heal all our Back-slidings and dear Father as ever thou intendest mercy unto our poor souls work a thorough change upon our hearts consciences and save us by believing O for ever blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for us who are kept by the power of God thro' faith unto salvation O make us more heavenly and more holy that we may be blessed in the first resurrection that the second death may have no power over us that we may live and reign with our God and our dear Redeemer for ever and ever Amen Psalm 4 HEar me when I do call O God my Righteousness Thou hast enlarged me when I Was bound in sore distress Have mercy upon me And now my Prayer hear O Sons of men how long will ye My Name refuse to fear My Glory into shame You turn and Vanity You love to see How long will ye My Truth you plain deny But know the Lord will set The godly man apart Even for himself for he will hear When he calls with his heart Be still and stand in awe O sin not on your bed In heart
give us all other Graces a lively hope that may save us yea in those times let us with Abraham against hope believe in hope and give us joy in the Holy Ghost Thou hast said Joy is sown for the Righteous and gladness for the upright in heart O give us a filial Fear because thou takest pleasure in those that fear thee For in that day that thou makest up â—â—y Jewels they shall be thine and thou wilt spare them as a man spareth his own Son that serveth him O give t is humility and lowliness of Spirit casting down imaginations and every thing that exalteth it self against the Knowledg of God O give us meekness of mind that the Wolf may dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard may lie down with the Kid the Calf and young Lion and the Fatling together whilst a little Child may lead them O give us peace of conscience and the peaco of God that may guide guard and garison our whole souls And for our further assurance o give an increase and growth to all these Graces and do thou guide us continually and satisfie our souls in drought O make Fat Our Bones that we may be like a watered Garden and like a Spring of water whose waters fail not O let the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing under his wings that we may go forth and grow up as the Calves of the Stall O that thopu would'st be pleased to make our path as the path of the just even as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day O that thou wouldest be unto us as dew unto Israel that we might grow as the Lilly and cast forth our Root as Lebanon that our branches might spread and our beauty be as the Olive-tree and our smell as Lebanon O Lord hast not thou said I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground and I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed and my blessing upon thy Off-spring O put into our hearts their ways who go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appearing before God Nor pray we only for Remission but for cleansing not only for Pardon but for purifying and power against sin and deliverance from sin Holy God thou hast promised That he that is left in Zion and he that is left in Jerusalem shall be called holy when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the Daughters of Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the Spirit of Judgment and by the Spirit of burning Holy God thou hast said thou wilt put thy law in our hearts and write it in our inward parts Holy God it is thy promise the first promise and the Foundation of all other promises that the Seed of the woman should bruise the Serpents head that Christ should break the Power and Dominion of Satan O that having those Promises we could live by Faith that we could rest upon God and believe that God of his Free Grace in Christ will purge us from the filthy Remainders of sin and renew us more and more after his Own Image in Righteousness and true holiness Surely Lord thoâ— hast said it and therefore no Presumption buâ— true Obedience to assure our selves of whatsoever thou hast promised and entred into bond and covenant Freely to give us He that believeth on thee as the Scripture saith Out of his belly shall flow Rivers of living waters Christ is a Fountain of Grace ever flowing and ever Full and of his fulness we all receive grace for grace There is no grace but from Christ nor no communion with Christ but by Faith O therefore that we could embtace him by Faith for our sanctification that so we might be filled with the gifts of his grace in our measure 'T is Christ that is our Wisdom and Sanctification as well as Righteousness and Redemption O that our Jesus would justifie our Persons and sanctifie our Natures and enable us to those duties of holiness that he requires and that he would make us unto himself a Kingdom of Priests an holy Nation O Lord we have many potent Enemies that daily war against us the World the Flesh and the Devil and Our strength is too weak to vanquish the Allurements of this World and to repress the Lusts of our rebellious hearts or to defeat the Polices of Satan much more to cleanse our own hearts But O Lord thou hast promised O help us to believe that God who is rich in mercy will aid and assist and bless our Endeavours yea and do the whole work for us and in us according to his good pleasure O grant we may not love the world nor the things of the world that our hearts be not over-charged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life to neglect â—uâ— immortal souls O do thou be pleased to rouze us and lift us up from the death of sin unto a life of righteousness And good Lord grant that we may not suffer sin to reign in our mortal bodies that we should obey it in the lust â—hereof Neither suffer us to yeild our Members as â—nstruments of unrighteousness unto sin but unto God as those that are alive from the dead that being made free from sin and become the Servants of God we may have our fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life And dear Father grant that we may be sober and vigilant because our Advetsary the Devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour O make us strong in the Lord and in the power of his might that we may be able to stand against all the wilds of Satan Why Lord we wrestle not against flesh and blood only but against principalities and powers against thr Rulers of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places O therefore strengthen us that we may stand having the girdle of truth about our Loins the Breastplate of Righteousness and the shield of Faith wherewith we may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked We confess and acknowledg O Lord to thy glory that all our strength is in thee and in the power of thy might And dear Father we humbly beg that thou wilt be pleased to stand and stay by us by thy blessed Spirit of Grace the remaining part of our days that we may live righteously and godly in this present world so that we may be able to stand when the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open and may hear that joyful call thy blessed Son shall then pronounce Come ye blessed inherit the Kingdom prepared for you That then we may enter into those Joys that the Living God hath provided for such as Fear and Love and delight in him and for ever enjoy that glory our blessed Saviour speaketh of that he had with thee before the Foundation of the world O help us to draw near unto thee in
sleep not in sin lest the sleep of death surprize thee the hour is certain in nothing but uncertainties For sure thou must die yet thou knowest not on what day nor in what place nor how thou shalt be disposed when death must be entertained O Lord how many thousand Bills of Mortality have passed over our heads and we little or nothing regard them who knows but some of us may fill up the next weeks account and be forc'd to render up our accounts before the Just Judg of all the Earth of all our deeds done in the flesh whether they be good or evil He that once thought to begin to take his ease was fain that very night whether he would or no to make his end would you have thought this He but now flourished like a green bay tree his thoughts full of mirth his soul of ease but I passed by and lo he was goue Gone whither his body to the grave his soul to hell whose turn may be next God only knows who knoweth all But whosoever we be that go on in a course of sin in the name of God let us seriously bethink our selves of Mortality how many have we heard of that went well to bed over night for ought any man could tell and yet have been found dead the next moâ—ning O help us to repent of all our sins by crying and sighing and sorrowing for sin It may be this night and that is not long to come but we may sleep our last in this world O keep us that we go not to bed with a conscience laden with sin O how should we take any rest or sleep with the brother of death when we lie down in danger of eternal death O there is no more but a breath one breath and no more no more but a step one step and no more Oh were not this lamentable that some One of us who are standing or sitting here should this night sleep his last and to morrow have his body carried to his Grave yea and before to morrow morning which the good Lord in mercy forbid have his soul cast from a bed of Feathers into a bed of Fire And yet alas alas if any of us should die this night in our sins or in an unregenerated state thus will it be with whomsoever we be To morrow may our bodies be cold under earth and our souls frying in the flames of hell 'T is good for us all to expect death every day and by this means death foreseen cannot possibly be sudden No 't is he dies suddenly that dies unpreparedly Watch therefore saith our Saviour be ever in a readiness and as we tender the everlasting wellfare of our poor souls let us learn that Lesson of our blessed Saviour not to lay up for our selves treasures on earth where Moth and Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal but lay up for our selves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where Thieves do not break thro' and steal it is those treasures those stocks of grace that will last us for ever which is a circumspect walking that Fervency of spirit that Zeal of good works that purity of conscience St. John speaketh of which is the property of every true hearted profeâ—sor It is the work the life the power of that prayer that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy O that we could lay up such heavenly provision against the day of caamity if while it is called to day we could make our peace with our peace with our heavenly Father by an humble exercise of repentance If in this time of grace we could purchase Gods Favour and those rarest Jewels of Faith and a good conscience if now before we come to appear at that dreadful Tribunal that we could be so happy as to make God and Christ our Friends in the Court of Heaven O how wellcom and how blessed then would our death be unto us come it never so suddenly still should death find us ready and if ready no matter how suddenly yea tho it were this night Oh help us seriously to consider what Jesus Christ did and suffered for us and for our sins O how was he sorrowful even unto death with exceeding sorrow which made him pray that the cup might pass from him yet with submission to his Fathers will and all to save our poor lost and undone souls O the riches and love and the free grace of Jesus Christ to us Oh the earnestness of his prayers and the agony he was in not drops of water only but his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground O how was he buffeted spit on reviled mocked and scourged sor our sins Oh how was the chastisement of our sins laid upon him and by his stripes are we healed And dear Father do thou be graciously pleased to keep up in us an humble remembrance of this abundant love wherewith the Lord Jesus Christ hath bound us he was crowned with Thorns for our sins that we through his merits might be crown'd with glory in the Kingdom of Heaven O unspeakable love how were his tender hands and feet nailed to the Cross his holy unspotted breast peirced with a spear and his dearest hearts blood let forth and all to save our poor souls from the pit of eternal destruction O let us consider the great necessity we are in in not looking unto this Jesus we have need of Christ we have need that he pray in us and need that he pray for us unto our heavenly Father we have need that he work in us and need that he work for us of his plessed will and pleasure We have need that he present us and ours blameless before his Fathers presence in life and death and at the Judgment day O Lord there is not a moment in our lives wherein we stand not in continual need of Jesus Christ O then let our necessities drive us to Christ and mind us of Christ And as it hath been our great misery in departing from God dear Father we beseech thee to cause us now to lay out all our strength by the blessed assistance of thy holy spirit of grace to the uttermost of our power to gain a reconciliation with God to close with him on his own terms propounded to us in the Gospel And dear Father be pleased to raise up in us a love and a delight in the keeping holy thy Sabbaths here on earth that so we may be fitted and prepared to keep an ever lasting Sabbath with thee in Heaven Dear Lord pardon cleanse purge O purifie and make new our inward man by thine Almighty power subdue our corruptions and renew our Natures and bring us near unto thy self by the gracious workings of thy blessed spirit O forget not thy loving kindnesses of old but reach O reach our souls by the blessed spirit of thy grace O let us feel the power of thy
ease our pains That so our Hearts and Souls in thee May ever more rejoice In singing praises to thy name With a delightful Voice Hymn 12. WHen as the Lord his People doth Bring back from Thraldom sad Then Jacob shall rejoyce and sing And Israel shall be glad The Lord is merciful and kind And gracious also In mercy plentious and free But in his anger slow Thy anger Lord's but a moment And for a nights weeping In thy favour is Life and Peace And Joy in the morning O shew to me the Path of Life Thy Treasure and thy Store At thy right hand fulness of Joy And pleasure ever more Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days For I shall dwell within thy House And ever give thee praise Hymn 13. O Lord how long wilt thou Thy presence from me hide Let not thy wrath for ever bâ—rn And I therein betide Remember Lord how short My days are to remain O keep me close unto thy self And not be made in vain What man is he that lives But once he must see Death My Soul deliver from the Grave When I give up my Breath Hymn 14. O Sing unto the Lord ye Saints Give praise unto his Name Remembring of his Holiness And thank him for the same O That the Lord would be to us As dew unto Zion Then shall we grow like to those Flocks That feed on Mount Hermon Rejoycing still in God our strength And trusting in his aid In his goud time he will provide We need not be afraid For in his everlasting Arms We shall be safe and sure The Covenant which he hath made For ever doth endure In faithfulness to them that do On him truly depend He will preserve us to the last In happiness to end Our days which through a vale of Tears Are spent as we may say At last shall reap most plentiful An Harvest Crown'd with Joy Hymn 15. UPon thy precious promises Lord help us to rely Depending on thy Word for thou Wilt us nothing deny When we sincerely on thee wait According to thy will O then make good thy Word to us And our desires fulfil For the sake of our Saviour dear Bring us more close to thee That so we may enjoy thy love And thy salvation see Within thy New Jerusalem Art sat in splendor bright Triumphing on thy Glorious Throne In Majesty and Might Where thy Redeemed ones shall sing Hallelujahs to thee Who are the purchase of thy Blood And with the same made free Of the great City where our God For evermore doth Reign Rejoicing with his Saints that were In Tribulation slain Where we before the Throne of God Shall serve him Day and Night Where we with Joy shall ever dwell Within his Temple bright Hymn 16. O Lord make us to understand The shortness of our Days And walk according to thy Word Upright in all thy ways For who doth know how soon he may Unto Account be brought For all the Deeds done in the flesh Which we our selves have wrought For every day before our eyes Such Objects Fresh appear Which shew to us most certainly We shall not long stay here O help us now for to prepare For that approaching hour Trusting in Christ that he alone Will Raise us by his Power With him to live and Reign in Joy Hallelujahs to sing Triumphing in his Victories Which doth salvation bring Unto all those that sincerely For his Redemption pray And patiently lay down our Lives Because he led the way Through Death to happiness and bliss The true Felicity Which is prepar'd in Heaven above To all Eternity Hymn 17. GReat Joy have they who on the Lord Do trust for their Defence Always depending on his Love With humble confidence He faithful is and will preserve All those that truly seek For to behold his Face with Joy Unfeignedly and meek He will make glad their souls when they Sincerely on him stay And Keep them close unto himself That they'â—go not astray Hymn 18. O God for thy Name sake Let me thy mercy find Into thy Favour take my soul For I am poor and blind My Soul is wounded sore My heart is weak and faint O Lord support me by thy Grace Now I do make complaint Help me O Lord my God O save me I desire That I may Know it is thy Hand And evermore admire Thy loving Kindness Lord Help me for to express And never to forget thy Love Thy Mercy and Goodness Which thou to me hast shown From time to time so free Continue still thy mercies Lord And bring me close to thee O help me to depend In faith upon thy grace That when this mortal Life shall end I may enjoy thy Face In Glory which thou hast Prepar'd for me above Which is the purchase of the Blood Of my dear Saviour's love Which on the Cross was shed By my dear Saviour Kind To purge away my sins that I May sure Redemption find Hymn 19. O Thou Eternal God of Life Prepare us for our End O help us on our Saviour dear Sincerely to depend O let our Meditations Lord Be fixed on that Day Trusting on Christ that he alone Will be our strength and stay So that approaching Death may not Our drooping Souls annoy When our Redemption draweth nigh Lift up our Heads with Joy For to behold our dearest Lord. In Glory to appear To take unto himself his Saints Who are his purchase dear So that with zealous Paul we may In holy Triumph sing O Grave where is thy Victory O Death where is thy sting But thanks be to our God who hath Given us this Victory Through Jesus Christ our Lord and saves Our Souls from misery Therefore beloved Brethren In stedfastness remain Knoâ—ing your labour in the Lord Shall never be in vain Hymn 20. LOrd Keep me in thy ways That thou wouldst have me walk That so I may rejoice therein And of thy Goodness talk Direct me in thy Truth O God be thou my Guide O Keep my Heart upright to thee So that I never slide Then I shall sing thy praise Most chearfully and say That thou O God art my delight My only hope and stay On thee I 'll ever Trust As on a Rock most sure Thy Faithfulness remaineth still And ever shall endure O happy sure are they Who on his Grace relie For he will save us to the last And Crown us when we die With Everlastiug Joy Within his heavenly place Where we fot ever shall behold The Glory of his Face Hymn 22. O Lord for thy pardon I beg Unto thee I appeal Forgive my Transgressions O God And my backslidings heal Through thy abundant Grace O Lord Let me find fresh supply For to support my fainting soul Which languishing doth lie O God let thy Almighty Power My wicked thoughts subdue O let thy holy spirit Lord My inward man renew O teach me to obey thy Voice And guide me in thy ways For by thy strength my life 's
full assurance of Faith having our consciences sprinkled with clean water and our souls purged and rinsed in the blood of the Lamb that we may be as Vessels fitted for the Masters use O that we could but seriously think of that abundant Love wherewith the Lord Jesus loved us in that he took upon himself our Nature and to leave the bosom of his Father for the redeeming of our lost souls and yet we cannot leave our bosom sins our darling delights which have put him to those grievous Pains and Sufferings O when shall it Once be that the Love of Christ might constrain us and bring us into an holy Admiration of liking and loving and delighting in him O that we had but hearts to remember those Passion-crys our dear Saviour uttered on the Cross saying My God my God why hast thou forsaken me that so we might forsake our daily sins that made him thus cry out And dear Father do thou enable us to clear up our Evidences for another world for this is transitory and passing away O let us think often of that great Account we must One Day make before the Just Judg of all the Eaoth O let it make us weep when our Hourglass is standing by us to see how â—ast one sand followeth each other And who knoweth whether this day may not be the Sun-set of our Lives But O and alas who would defer to be upon his 〈◊〉 that knows not how soon he may be called â—o judgment Why should we be such enemies to our own souls as not to be prepared to welcome Death The best Counsel and the surest and safest care we can take is to be still in a readiness with our Lamps trim'd that we may be Furnished with those Graces and fitted and prepared to enter into those Joys with the Bridegroom at his coming and seriously to think with our selves that every day we rise to be the day of our death and every night we go to our beds that we are laid down in our Graves Who can Forget his Grave that lays himself down in his Bed And who would not so provide for himself as every night to think he went to his Grave Our days are but Few and the night will come e're long that we must die indeed howsoever we peice and patch up this poor Cottage of the flesh it will at the last fall into the Lords hand and as time leaves us so will Judgment and Eternity certainly find us It was Davids saying and oh that it might be our practice every night to wash our Beds and to water our Couches with our Tears O let us not slip over one night without repentance nor go to our beds but beat upon our breasts and say with the Publican from our very hearts Lord be merciful unto me a sinner How sweet a rest will that night bring forth whose sleep is prevented with the consideration of sin O therefore do thou help us and teach and instruct us to order our Conversation aright that so we may see the salvation of our God O do thou keep up in our memories a serious remembrance of those storms that have already gone over our heads as Wars Sores Sicknesses Plagues and Burnings as we have seen with our Eyes and many seasons unseasonable because we could find no season to repent and weep and mourn for our sins and for that precious time we have so often mispent Our Springs have rather been our Graves than our Cradles our Summers have not shoot up but withered our Grass our Autumns have took away our flocks of sheep and for our late Harvests the Heavens themselves have not ceased weeping for us that could never yet find time to weep for our selves O the miserable miseries that have fallen upon us were not our houses infected and our City depopulated and many Graves made a bed wheâ—ein to lodge a whole Family O and alas what a hideous noise was heard about us In every Church Bells tolling in every Ward some dying in every street men watching in every place even every where wringing of hands wailing and weeping groaning and dying These are the evils that have been and how should we forget them that have seen them with our eyes And what better Rule have we to square our Lives by than the remembrance of those evils our Lives have suffered Let us look back with good Old Jacoh and see the great reason we have to redeem the time past and that to come because our days are evil It is meer presumption to boast of the time to come Can any man say he will live till to morrow Look back you that trust in the staff of Egypt there is no man can assure you of one day as near as 't is to night some of us may be dead before the evening and stiff with cold more fit to lodg in our graves under Earth than in our beds above it Nay let us assure our selves our Life is of no long continuance What speak we of to morrow or this day when we are not sure of the least part of times division a very hour nay less Watch therefore saith our Saviour for ye neither know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come What is our Life but a Few hours and in one of them death must on necessity come For 't is appointed for all men once to die and after that the Judgment O let us watch then for the hour is at hand and we do not know how soon it will seize upon us this very hour the breath we draw may be our infection this very hour the bread we eat may be our poyson this very hour the cup we drink of may be that bitter cup that may never pass from us this very night may our souls be required of us But thou O Lord give us a gracious visitation that we may highly prize this moment of time with most serious watchfulness O let those Considerations of Death and Judgment work effectually on our Hearts and Consciences that they might make our very hearts to bleed within us nay to break and fall asunder in our breasts like drops of water O with what enflamed attention should we hear and pray with what insatiable graspings should we lay hold on the Lord Jesus Christ O that streams of tears might run down our cheeks for this precious time we have lost a day will come we know not how soon that we shall be past it and cannot recover it no not so much as one hour if we could give a thousand nay ten thousand worlds for it But O the Losses of Losses the Loss of our immortal souls the Spouse of our well-beloved Christ How many tears did he shed to save it what groans crys prayers and his dearest Hearts Blood did he pour out before God to redeem our poor souls from the Jaws of Satan O sweet Jesuâ— what a Loss is this call to mind this O my soul and tremble
upheld And the length of my Daies By thee is the fountain of life Continâ—ed unto me O leâ—tâ—y loâ—ing Kindness Lord Appear that I may see That fullness which is hid in thee O lead me to the brink Of the Rivers of thy Pleasures Where I may freely drink And with delight be satisfied With fat and pleasant things Resting securely under The shadow of thy VVings Now will I end as I began Begging pardon from thee O let the Blood of my dear Lord For ever set me free Hymn 22. O Lord in mercy speak the word And my poor soul shall live For in thy loving Kindness thou VVilt Grace and Glory give O Lord of Hosts thou art my strength Do thou my prayer hear O God of Jacob be my shield And in mercy give Ear. O God of my Salvation Turn thy fierce wrath from me And cause thy Anger for to cease And draw me close to thee That in thy blood my Soul may find A strong support from â—â—eeâ— O lâ—t the life of Grace increase From day to day in me Hâ—lp me with humble confidence Still to rely on thee Fulfil thy pâ—omises O Lord VVhich thou hast made to me O Lamb of God help me to live And daily on thee feed Being made free by thy dear Blood I shall be free indeed Now unto him that loved us And wash'd us from our Sin In his own Blood Shed on the Cross To make us clean within O Let us ever sing his Praise VVho is our sure defence And sincerely depend on him VVith humble Confidence Hymn 23. O Lord incline our Hearts to seek After that rest above O wean our Hearts from things below And fix them on thy Love For thou in Mercy hast prepar'd For us a resting-Place Help us sincerely to prepare For to enjoy thy Face O Let thy Gracious Presence Lord Convey us to thy rest We finding favour in thy Sight May happy be and blest Stand in the way and see the Paths Ask for the good old way And walk therein so shall we find Rest for our Souls I say O Let us not through unbelief From thy Presence be cast But in thy Mercy bring us Lord Unto thy rest at last Then Hallelujahs we shall sing And ever give thee Praise Great are thy Works O King of Saints Just and true are thy Ways Hymn 24. O Lord I am undone Without thy special Grace I humbly beg thy Favour Lord That I may see thy Face And joyfully in thee For evermore rejoice And sing thy Praises sincerely VVith a melodious Voice For thou hast always been To me a sure defence Therefore will I humbly depend On thee with Confidence And on thy VVord rely As on an Anchor sure Thy VVord in Faithfulness and Truth For ever doth endure Therefore in Heart will I Thy Hallelujahs sing VVho by thy sufferings on Earth Didâ—â—â—â—y Sâ—â—vation bring Blest be thâ—â— Day that thou Didst for me undertake To Plead my Cuâ—se as advocate And 〈…〉 â—â—ke Tâ—â—◠〈…〉 might come Inâ—◠〈…〉 â—bove V 〈…〉 Eteâ—â—â—â— Shall 〈◊〉 poâ—sess thy Love My shaking Hand and trembling Heart To me do plainly tell That in this Tabernacle here I have not long to dwell O Lord do thou look down on me Even for thy Mercy sake And draw me close unto thy self And into Favour take O God help me with serious Thoughts And longings after thee Prepare to meet my Saviour dear His Salvation to see To thee O Lord I make my moan To thee I humbly pray O let thy Mercy me support And be my Strength alway O give to me a taste of thine Eternity so sweet Then humbly I will lay my self At my dear Saviour's Feet O when shall I come and appear Before my Lord and King With Joy to all Eternity And Hallelujahs sing Hymn 26. O Lord watch over me for good This Night while I do sleep O Let thy Holy Spirit Lord My Soul in Safety keep Then in the Morning when I wake I will rejoice in thee And sing thy Praises all the Day For thy Kindness to me For thou O Lord art my defence The Strength whereby I stand O still support me by thy Grace And guide me with thy Hand Into those ways which lead to life O Lord do thou Direct My Feet into those Paths where thou Wilt safely me protect Then Chearfully in thee O Lord VVill I lift up my Voice For by thy loving Kindness thou Hast made me to rejoice In humble Thankfullness will I My Praises offer thee VVhen Face to Face my ravish'd Eye Thy Salvation shall see Hymn 27. O Lord if I in Faith dare let My Anchor on thee fall I have no need of earthly Trash For thou art all in all Mount up my Soul and in thy Thoughts Shake off those VVorldly Toys And fix thy Eye on the Mansions Of Heavens Eternal Joys Lord raise and rouze my sluggish heart Sincerely for to mind The swift approaching Shadows shew Death is not far behind Lord let thy Gracious Bounty fill My empty Soul with Praise And then in humble Thankfullness Let Peace conclude my days Then shall my Soul greatly rejoice In possessing thy Treasure To all Eternity and swim In never fading Pleasure Triumphantly there shall I sing Hallelujahs to thee For by thy Blood shed on the Cross My Captive Soul 's made Free Hymn 28. O Lord how shall my Guilty Soul Before thy strict Tribunal stand For I have broken all thy Laws And disobeyed thy just Command But thou Oh Lord art Merciful And of thy Goodness gives me Breath And swearest by thy self that thou Delights not in the Sinner's Death Upon thy Invitation Lord To thee I come in my Distress Some Pity take on my poor Soul And Seal to me a free Release O cleanse me Lord from all my Sins By thy dear Blood which on the Cross Was poured out for to redeem My Captive Soul when at a loss O let it not be shed in vain And I to have no share therein O let some drops upon me fall To purge me from the stains of Sin O purify my Heart and Mind And thy Free Pardon let me see Then Hallelujahs I shall sing To all Eternity with thee Hymn 29. O VVhither shall Iâ—fly O Lord Or what path shall I seek For to escape thy flaming wrath And punishment so deep VVhere shall I hide my self until Thy angry Thunder's past What silent Desart can me Keep When I by thee am cast O Lord in mercy cast an Eye Of Pity upon me For on thy Grace will I râ—lie And still depend on thee Lord I am vile and in my self Before thee trembling stand O Give Relief to my poor soul The work of thine own hand Nothing but mercy Lord I beg For that I only crave Redemption by thy precious Blood My guilty soul to save Therefore will I humbly admire Thy boundless love to me In redeeming my life with thine My Captive soul to free Now Lord in humble Thankfulness Will I give praise to