salvation, he is now ascended up on high, pleading and interceding for poor sinners, that they might be partakers of his glory. O how great was his love: stronger indeed than death; mightier than sin and Satan; yea, almighty to redeem! Holy Father, how great also was thy love in sparing thine own Son from heaven for guilty worms, and yet in not sparing him upon earth, when bearing their nature and transgressions! I am overwhelmed with a sense of thine unutterable benignity and compassion, joined as it is with everlasting justice, purity, and truth. By thee alone, mysteries of reBy these I have And, thou blessed Spirit, what do I owe unto thee for all thy gracious work in my poor heart, enslaved as it was by sin, and by nature departed as it is from all righteousness! Thou hast taken of the things of Jesus, and explained, and enforced, and enlivened them into my soul. I have heard, and believed, all the demption, needful for me to know. experienced some of them; and by thine aid I hope to experience more. Be with me throughout my pilgrimage, and, in these days of rebuke and blasphemy against thy person, O grant me the evidence of thy presence, by enabling me to abound in every good word and work for thy glory. O thou blessed Trinity! Thou Three-one Jehovah! God in covenant for redeemed sinners! God in truth over all the world! hear and regard my prayer. Accept and sanctify my praise. I adore thee for all thine abundant mercy. I glorify thee, O Father, Son, and Spirit, equal in nature, love, and majesty, with earnest, though poor returns of gratitude and praise. Receive me, and whatever I am and have, graciously for Jesus' sake, who is my Master, my Saviour, my Priest, my Prophet, my King, my Lord, and my All, and also thine only Son, in whom thou art well-pleased for ever. Lord, I am frail and full of wants. weak, despised, and despicable man; own adopted child notwithstanding. I a am a poor, and yet thine Give, O give me the Bread of Life, and lighten my dim eyes with the light of life; supply all my need, great and various as it truly is, according to thy riches in glory, by Christ Jesus! I bring a thousand and a thousand wants, imperfections, and cares, before thee; and, Lord, I can bring no other. These and such as these, are all I have both in body and in soul. then take me as I am, and make me what、 thou wouldst have me to be. I know not of myself what is right, or good, or wise; but thou knowest: therefore, I beseech thee, my blessed God, undertake even for me. I have no refuge, but in thy power; I have no hope, but in thy promises; and I desire nothing in this world, no, nor in the world to come, but the sweetness, the testimony, the possession, the glory, of thy great salvation. O let the evidence of this salvation be made more and more clear to my mind, and the experience of it more and more firm and solid to my soul, through thy word and by thy Spirit. May I read, and understand; may I understand, and grow; till I come to the stature and measure appointed for me. Keep me from leaning on myself, lest I fall into error. Help me to depend upon thee, that I may be led So shall I praise thee with joy into all the truth. ful lips, and through my gracious Saviour, bless and adore thee, O God, my God, for ever and ever! |