SOME Collections of Scripture WITH Private Meditations As an help in PRAYER WITH Some Hymns and Psalms of DAVID 2 Chro 6. 19. Have respect therefore to the Prayer of thy Servant and to his Supplication c. Jer. 29. 12 13. Then shall ye call upon me and ye shall go and Pray unto me and I will hearken unto you And ye shall seek me c. Collos 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom c. Cum Humilitatis Reverentia By G. M. London Printed for the Author 1695. A Form of Prayer in Scripture-Phrase O GOD the God of the Spirits of all Flesh who hath Created the Heavens and stretched them out and the Earth with the Fruits thereof and Breath and Spirit to them that walk herein who art clothed with Honour and Majesty who coverest thy self with Light as with a Garment Look down from Heaven â—hy holy Habitation and have respect unto the Prayers of thy Servants and let our Prayers â—ome before thee as Incense and the lifting up of our hands as the Morning Sacrifice We â—onfess O Lord thou didst Create our first Parents in thy own Image and beathedst into â—hem the Breath of Life but they have eaten of the forbidden Fruit all mankind from their Loyns have sinned and come short of the Glory of God And yet O Lord to fill up the Measure of our Condemnation we have â—dded actual Sins for who can say he hath made his Heart clean We have sinned in thought opur Souls which should have been seasoned with the sweet Meditations of thy Goodness Mercy and Grace have been prostrated and assailed with black and hollish thoughts of Atheism and Dispair Blasphemy and all manner of Soul-vexing fears O! what a world of Ignorance Vanity of Mâ— and disesteem of thy mercy and unbâ—â— have seated themselves in our Hearts confess O Lord we have sinned in our woâ— oâ—r Tongues that should have been as Trâ—pets to sound thy praise have been deâ—guilty of Blasphemy Swearing Lying Sâ—dering Reviling Rayling Brawling Scosâ— Boasting Sowing Seeds of Discord amoâ— our Neighbours The Tongue is a Firâ— World of Iniquity and hath defiled whole Bodies and is set on Fire of Hell confess Lord we have sinned indeed witâ— our worldliness covetousness pride lust â—â— lice lukewarmness impatiency vain glory self love O the wrongs we have done the Goods we have ill-gotten and the time have mispent and O the Sabbath we have pâ—phaned Oh! the pollutions the distempâ— and estrangedness from God in our Souâ— Oh the Villanies and the Vanities of â—â— who le Life O Lord we may as well numâ— the Stars as our sins But dear Father thou pleased to translate us from darkness light and from the Power of Satan into â—â— Kingdom of thy dear Son Let us no lonâ— abuse the good gifts of our God and turn Grace into wantonntss And let us not griâ— the Holy Spirit of God whereby we are seaâ— unto the day of Redemption O help a keep us that we do not wrong the blesâ— Name of God his Word Religiopn and Pâ—â—fession of Godliness We confess Lord have sinned against thy Law and have 〈◊〉 all thy Commandments O Lord we confess we have sinned against the Gospel we are ashamed of the Gospel of Christ tho it be the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth We have not thirsted after Christ our Souls have not panted after him as the Hart panteth after the water-brooks We have not loved the Lord Jesus in Sincerity nor considered him as the Life of our Souls We have not counted all things loss and dung for the knowledg of Christ Jesus our Lord we take no pains to know him and the power of his Resurrection and the Fellowship of his Sufferings we hide as it were our Faces from him and will not have him to Reign over us we have not relied upon Christ for Justification Sanctification and Salvation O Christ there is not one of us that stireth up himself to take hold on thee And yet Lord thou hast given us space to repent of all our Abominations which we have committed yet we have not repented but have made our faces harder than a Rock and have refused to return But above all Oh the insolencies and accesses and tyrannies of our bosom sins our darling delights which we cannot part withal And for all these sins thou O God hast Punished us less than our Iniquities have deserved It is of the Lord's Mercy we are not consumed because his compassions fail not If thou shouldst lay Judgment to the line and righteousness to the plumeâ— thou mightest make thy Jealousy to smoke against us and the Curses that are written in thy book thâ— mightest lay upon us and blot out our Namâ— from under Heaven Thou mightest maâ—thine Arrows Drunk with Blood and tâ—â— Sword devour Flesh from the beginning of râ—venges and give us our Portion with tâ—â— wicked that are turned into Hell and all tâ—â— Nations that forget God But thou O Lorâ— hast said If we confess our Sins thou art faitâ—ful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse uâ— from all our unrighteousness Thou hast proâ—mised That he that covereth his sins shall noâ— prosper but he that confesseth his sins anâ— forsaketh them shall have Mercy Thou haâ— proclaimed Return thou back-sliding Israel saith the Lord and I will not cause mine anâ—ger to fall upon thee for I am Merciful saith the Lord only acknowledg thy Iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God Thou hast threatened I will return toâ— my place till they acknowledg their Offences in their Afflictions they will seek me early Thou hast sweetly encouraged us if any man say I have sinned and pâ—rverted that which was right and it profitted me not thou wilt deliver his Soul from the Pit and his Life shall see the Light And O Lord in reference to these thy sayings promises and proclamations threats and encouragments we do embolden our selves to come before thee to acknowledg our Wickedness and our iniquities O Lord we lie down in our shame and â—ur confusion covereth us We cannot but say we have sinned against the Lord our God we â—nd our Fathers from our youth have not oâ—eyed the voice of the Lord our God And â—oh that we could seek the Lord as the Children of Israel and Judah together going and weepâ—ng asking the way to Zion with our Faces thither-ward This is a time of Mourning our sins have given us an occasion of sorrow Oh that we were on the Mountains like the Doves of the Vallies every one of us mourning for our Iniquities Why Lord it is thy own promise A new Heart will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you and I will take away thy stony Heart out of your Flesh and I will give you an Heart of Flesh Oh let us take to us words and say to the Lord take away all iniquity from us and receive
us graciously O Lord we have Idolized the Creature and abused the Creator we have many a time crucified Christ and trod underfoot the Blood of the Lamb O that Christ would look on us as he did on Peter then should we look on Christ whom we have so often Pierced and mourn for him as one that mourneth for his only son and be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first Born And good Lord help us to mourn for our sins cast us down and humble us to purpose and then be pleased to lift us up again surely thou art nigh to them that are of a contrite heart and who tremble at thy word and wilt save the humble person and to this purpose thou hast promised that thâ— that sow in Tears shall reap in Joy He tâ—â— goeth forth and weeneth bearing preciâ— seed shall doubtless come again rejoyciâ— bringing his sheaves with him And is it â—â— thy own saying I dwell in the high and hâ—â— place with him also that is of a contrite aâ— humble Spirit to revive the Heart of the coâ—trite ones and to revive the Spirit of tâ—â— humble O! for one Dram of this reviviâ— for our poor drooping Souls O! that we might have our requests aâ—â— that God would grant us the thing that wâ— long for even that it would please him â—â— cover our Iniquities and cause our sins to bâ— blotted out from before him Dear Fartheâ— we are sure nothing can hinder Mercy from â—â— but our sins O! pardon our sins for thy namâ— sake O! pardon our Iniquity for it â—â— great And to this end Oh! look on Christ thâ— Lamb that takes away the sins of the Worlâ— It is he that bears our Iniquities it is he thaâ— by himself purged our sins it is he bears ouâ— sins on the Tree in his own body 't is he thaâ— loved us and washed us from our sins in hiâ— own Blood 't is he that is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but for the sins of the whole world it was he that was wounded for our Transgressions that was bruised for our Iniquities the chastisement of our Peace was upon him and with his stripes are we healed Oh! then for his sake and in his Blood wash us throughly from our iniquities and cleanse us from our sins And to this end dear Father remember thy promises wherein thou hast said I will cleanse you from all your iniquities whereby you have sinned against me and whereby ye have Transgressed against me Thou hast said I even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions for my own names sake and will not remember thy sins Thou hast said I have blotted out as a thick Cloud thy Transgressions and as a Cloud thy sins Thou hast said I will forgive their Iniquity and will remember their sins no more Thou hast said Come now and let us reason together tho your sins be as Scarlet they shall be as white as Snow tho they be red as Crimson they shall be as Wooll And thy Prophets have said who is a God like unto thee That pardonest Iniquity and passeth by the transgressions of thy Heritage and retaineth not thy Anger for ever because thou delightest in mercy We press thee O Lord with thy own precious Promises we have nothing of our own to bring thee but sin But dear Father thou hast a Son that thou lookest upon whom thou hast set forth for our propitiation would we have a pledg of thy undeserved favour Why thou hast given thy only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not Perish but have everlasting Life Dear Father thou hast made large Promises and entered into Covenant with us that shall never fail on thy part Dear Father thou hast waited long for our retuâ—â— when we went astray and wilt thou nâ— much more have mercy upon us now we prâ—â— unto thee When we excused our disobedienâ— and charged our faults on thee yet then thoâ— settest thy Love upon us but how much moâ— now Oh Lord when we accuse our selvâ— and Pray for thy Mercy Good Lord Miseâ— is the object of Mercy the greater our distreâ— is the more glorious will be the Grace of Goâ— in our Deliverance If thou wilt be mercifuâ— to our sins then shall thy Glory appear anâ— our Hearts shall be eâ—â—amed with thy love then shall we walk in thy fear and ouâ— Tongues shall sing of thy goodness Yea ouâ— Tongues shall sing aloud of thy Righteouâ—ness and for aâ—â—â—rance hereof to our pooâ— Souls Oh! shew us the Salvation of Goâ— seal up the assurance of Pardon in our Heart and Consciences by the gracious Testimony oâ— thy Holy Spirit Oh! let thy Spirit testify iâ— to us and perswade us hereof and confirm iâ— unto us by his Seal and earnest it is thy Spirit bears witness with our Spirits that we arâ— the Children of God O! give us the Testimony of a renewed Conscience enlightened bâ— thy Spirit and directed by thy word wherebâ— we may come to know what God hatâ— wrought in us O! give us the Spirit of Aâ—doption whereby we may with confidence anâ— comfort cry Abba Father O! give us Joâ— in the Holy Ghost and the Answer of a gooâ— Conscience towards God O! give us thaâ— â—ift of God a soul-saving and justifying â—aith O! that we could â—oul our selves upâ—n the Lord Jesus and stick fast unto his â—ercy We have found a rich treasure of proâ—ises in thy word for the pardon of our sins â—nly create in us that hand of Faith that we â—ay effectually receive what in mercy thou â—eachest forth unto us Oh! we are of little â—aith encrease it Lord tho it be as a grain of â—ustard-seed Work in us not a dead Faith â—ut that which may be rich in good works â—ollowing after peace with all men and holyâ—ess without which none shall see God Oh! â—leanse us from our impure Righteousness and â—nenstruous Rags and Cloath us with the â—obes of Christ's Righteousness that we may â—e found in him not having our own Righteâ—usness which is of the Law but that which â—â— through the Faith of Christ the Righteousâ—ess which is of God by Faith Oh! give us true â—epentance 't is thy own word that unto us â—ath God raised up his Son Jesus and sent him â—o bless us in turning away every one of us â—rom our Iniquities O! that we could draw â—ertue from Christ O! that our heads were waters and our Eyes Fountains of Tears that we might weep day and night for our sins Oh! that all the night we could make our Beds to swim that we could water our Couchâ—es with our Tears Oh! that there were such Hearts in us that we might Repent and Reâ—over our selves out of the sâ—are of the Devil Oh! that we could lay our sins to our Hearts that we could Repent us of all our wickeâ—ness saying What have we done O! that â—â— could bemoan our selves as Ephraim thou
commune with God You shall With his delights be fed Offer the sacrifice Of Righteousness alway And cast our care upon the Lord To be our only stay Many there be that say Who will shew us a Glance But thou O Lord lift up the Light Of thy Kind Countenance Thou hast put in my heart More gladness in my time Than they had from their great incroâ—se Of all their Corn and Wine I will now lay me down In peace to take my sleep For thou O Lord assuredly Wilt me in safety keep Psalm 18. I Will love thee O Lord my strength He is my Rock in all distress My God my stay on whom I trust He 's my Buckler and my Fortress The Lord he is my high Tower And the Horn of my salvation On him I 'le trust all times for aid For he is a sure Foundation Upon the Lord God I will call His Name is worthy of all praise He saves us from our Enemies And preserves us in all his ways Sorrows of death beset me round With Armies of Ungodly Men A fear of death encompass'd me With snares of death prevented then In my distress I call'd on God My Cry came even into his Ear. O Lord be pleased to hear my voice For the sake of my Saviour dear On him alone still I will trust For succour at all times in need For he alone is my Relief And he will plentifully feed All those that truly on him wait In Faithfulness to do his will He will preserve them to the Last And bring them to his holy hill Where we with joy for ever shall Behold the glory of his Face To all Eternity and sit With him within his heavenly place Psal 23. THe living Lord my Shepherd is For me he doth take care To Pastures green he leadeth me Where his still Waters are 'T is he restoreth my poor Soul His Right-hand doth me take Into the Paths of Righteousness Even for his own name sake When through the Vale of Death's cold Shade I walk and nothing fear Thy Rod and Staff do comfort me For thou art with me there Thou hast prepar'd my Table Lord In presence of my Foes My head with oyl thou dost anoint My cup still overflows Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days And I will dwell within thy house Ever to sing thy praise Psalm 27. first part THE Lord he is my salvation My light my strength and aid Whom shall I fear the Lords my Life I will not be afraid The wicked men like Troops encamp And up against me rise Coming on me to eat my flesh As Foes and Enemies In this I will be confident My Enemies shall fall Before the presence of thy Face They fell and stumbled all One thing have I desir'd of God And after that will seek To dwell within thy house O Lord And in thy presence keep For to behold thy beauty Lord All the days of my Life And in his Temple to enquire Where to be Free from strife For in the time of trouble thou Shalt be my hiding place O set me up upon that Rock Where I may see thy Face Then shall my head be lifted up Above mine Enemies Therefore will I offer to thee A Joyful Sacrifice O Lord to thee I will sing praise Yea to thee I will sing For in thy mercy thou wilt keep My soul from perishing The second part HEar me O Lord when I Cry with my voice to thee Some succour send to my poor soul In mercy answer me When thou saist seek my Face My heart shall â—hen reply Thy Face O Lord still I will seek And on thy Grace rely Hide not thy Face from me O God forsake me not For thou hast been my help alway When Parents me forgot Teach mâ— thy way O Lord In a plain path lead me In anger cast me not away But take me up to thee Deliver me O Lord From all mine Enemies And such as breathe out Cruelty Which falsly they devise I had fainted unless I had believed on thee Lord in the land of the living Thy goodness let me see O wait upon the Lord Wait on the Lord I say With Courage strong he will support Thy drooping soul alway Psalm 42. AS the pursued Hart doth pant After the water-brook So pants my soul for thee O God For a most gracious look My soul still thirsteth for my God O when shall I appear Before the living God who is My loving Father dear My Tears have been my meat by day And sighings in the night While they continually do say Where is thy God of might I had gone with the multitude But I remembred thee And went unto thy house O God In true sincerity I poured out my soul with them That kept holy thy day Rejoicing with that multitude Which do praise thee alway Why art thou cast down O my soul O do not thus repine Trust still on God his countenance On me shall ever shine Within me Lord my soul is low Therefore remember me From the Hill of the Hermonites And Jordan let me see Deep calleth unto deep O Lord Thy water spouts aloud Thy Waves and all thy Billows have Wrapt me in as a Shrowd G Lord by day and night I call With prayers unto thee Command thy loving kindness Lord And then my song shall be Unto my God who is my Rock Thou hast forgotten me And I go mourning all the day Oppress'd with misery As with a sword within my boneâ— Mine Enemies prevail While they say daily unto me VVhat doth thy God avail Chear up my countenance O God Support my drooping mind Hoping in God for him to praise Who gracious is and kind Psal 56. BE merciful to me O Lord For Man would me Devour He fighting daily pressing on To swallow me each Hour But O! thou high and mighty God In thee I trust for aid And on thy word will I depend What time I am afraid I will not fear what flesh can do In thee I put my trust Tho every day they wrest my words And turn them to the worst They gather themselves together They mark my steps and hide Themselves to catch my soul O God But thou art on my side O God in thy anger east down All those that in wait lie Let not that people so escape By their iniquity Psalm 59. DEliver me O God From all my Enemies Defend me from the hands of them That up against me rise Deliver me from them That work deceitfully O save my soul from bloody mâ—n For lo in wait they lie Not for my sins O God Can the mighty combine Against me for my Transgressions No Error can they find Yet they run and prepare Themselves without my Fault A wake to help me and behold How they against me talk O God of my mercies Scatter them by thy power And bring them down O Lord our shield That seek for to devour I will sing of thy power Yea I aloud will sing
For thou my Refuge and Defence From time to time hast been Unto thee O my strength And God of my mercy Defend me by thy power Lord For on thee I rely Psalm 63. O God thou art my God only Will I seek after thee My soul doth thirst my flesh doth long Thy salvation to see Where in a dry and thirsty Land No waters can be had O shew to me thy glory Lord With power make me glad Thus will I bless thee while I live My Lips shall still praise thee Because thy Loving Kindness is Better than Life to me And in thy Name I will lift up My Hands and give thee praise As with Marrow and Fatness I Am satisfi'd always When on my bed I remember To meditate on thee My Tongue shall sing with joyful Lips Of thy Kindness to me In the Night-watches Lord will I To thee lift up my Voice Under the shadow of thy wings I ever shall rejoice Psalm 70. O Lord do thou make haste For to deliver me Make haste to help me O my God I humbly pray to thee Let them confounded be that after my Soul seek Let them be turned back with shame And in confusion weep Let them be turned back With a reward of shame That desire my hurt and say Aha reproach his Name Let all that seek thee Gladly in thee rejoice Let such as love thy Salvation Sing with a chereful voice Let God be magnified Continually and say Thou art my Help in all distress On thee I 'll trust alway Make haste to me O God I am needy and poor Thou art my help and deliverer Lord make no stay therefore Psalm 71. O Lord in thee I put my trust O let me not confusion see Incline thine Ear and save my Soul In Righteousness deliver me Be thou my Habitation strong Where I 'll continually resort In subjection to thy commands O save me for thou art my fort From the hands of unrighteous men In mercy Lord deliver me Out of the reach of wicked men Who cruel are Lord keep me free For thou O Lord God art my hope Even from my Youth thou art my stay By thee have I been holden up Even from the Womb unto this day Out of my Mothers Bowels thou Hast taken thence and set me free Therefore will I continually My Praises offer up to thee To many I a wonder am But thou art still my refuge strong O let my Mouth be fill'd with praise Of thy Honour all the day long The Second Part. O Cast me not off in old Age Forsake me not when strength doth fail Mine Enemies watch and observe How over me they may prevail God hath forsaken him they say And there is none that can him save Take him and Persecute his Soul And bring him down into the Grave But thou O Lord make haste to help Be not far from me in distress In mercy save me O my God Then I 'll rejoyce with thankfulness Confounded and consumed be Those Enemies of my poor Soul Let them be clothed with reproach That seek my Heart without controul But I continually will hope And yet will praise thee more and more My mouth shall shew thy Righteousness And thy Salvation the World o're I will go in thy strength O God And even of thine only will I Make mention of thy Righteousness And wondrous Works declare on high O God do thou instruct me still As in my youth didst undertake Now when my Head is Old and Grey O do not my poor Soul forsake Psalm 86. First Part. BOW down thy Ear O Lord And hear for I am poor Preserve my needy soul O God I humbly thee implore O save thy servant Lord I daily cry to thee Be merciful to me O God On thee my trust shall be O make thy servant Lord In soul for to rejoice For unto thee do I O God In heart lift up my Voice For thou O Lord art God And ready to forgive Plenteous in mercy to all them Which on thee do believe Unto my prayer Lord Give Ear and me attend Unto my supplications Which up to thee I send In my trouble I call Both day and night to thee O let my Cry acceptance find In mercy answer me O Lord amongst the Gods There is none like to thee Neither is any of their Works Like thine perform'd to me O Lord all Nations shall Which thou didst make and frame They shall bow down and worship thee And glorifie thy Name For thou art God alone Thy Wonders far excel The Greatness of the Sons of Men Which on the Earth do dwell The second part TEach me O Lord I humbly pray To walk thy ways aright Unite my heart to love and fear Thy Name with true delight Then I will praise thee O my God With all my heart and say I 'le glorifie thy Name O Lord By Night and eke by day For thy great mercy shew'd to me Thy promises I will tell Deliver thou my Soul O Lord Even from the lowest Hell O bring me near to thee O God By thy mercy so sweet Let thy Compassion and Grace Most plentifully meet In my poor soul which In distress For want of Grace doth faint O turn unto me give me strength Now I do make complaint O shew to me a Token Good That I may plainly see No Cause of Shame for thou O Lord Dost always comfort me Psalm 95. O Come let 's sing unto the Lord Let 's make a joyful Noise To the Rock of our salvation Ever will we sing praise With Psalms of Thanksgiving let us Before his Presence sing And make a joyful Noise unto The Living God our King For the Lord he is a great God Above all other Gods In his hands are the deep places On Earth and in the Roads The strength of all the Hills are his They were made by his hand The Sea is his he did create And formed the dry Land O come let 's worship and bow down And kneel before the Lord For he 's our God and we are his Made by his own accord We are the sheep of his Pasture The Flock of his Right Hand To day if ye will hear his Voice And in Obedience stand Then harden not your hearts as they In the provocation And as they in the Wilderness And day of Temptation Forty Years long was I grieved Your Fathers tempted me A Generation stiff aâ—d proud My Works they would not see A people that in heart do err They have not known my ways Into my Rest they never shall Enter to sing my praise Psalm 100. O Come before the Lord ye Lands And make a joyful noise O serve the Lord with gladness and Before him come with praise O know ye that the Lord is God And we his Pasture Sheep He hath us made not we our selves Therefore he will us keep Enter his gates with thanksgiving And in his Courts with praise Be thankful to him and rejoyce And bless his name always For thou
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
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