unto thy Servant, who is devoted to thy Fear. I have (t) Matt. v. 6. Blessed are they (t) LONGED after thy Pre- which do hunger and thirst after tepts, O quicken thou me in RIGHTEOUSNESS, for they shall thy Righteousness. Let thy be filled. MERCIES come also unto

me, O Lord, even thy SALVATION, for I trust in thy Word. Take not the (1) WORD OF TRUTH utterly out of my Mouth, for therein have I hoped: So shall I keep thy Laws (x) continually, for ever and ever. I will DELIGHT my self in thy Commandments, which I have loved; my Hands alfo will I lift up unto thy (y) Commandments, and will MEDITATE in thy Statutes,

O remember the Word unto thy Servant, upon which thou hast made me (z) to HOPE. This is my COMFORT in mine Affliction, for thy WORD hath quickned me. The Proud have had me greatly in Derifion, yet have I not declined from thy Law. I remember thy Judgments of old, O Lord, and have (a) COMFORTED my felf. Horror hath taken hold upon me, because of the Wicked that forsake thy Law. But thy Statutes have been my Songs in the House of my (6) PILGRIMAGE. I have remembered thy Name, O Lord, in the Night, for thou art my Portion: I entreat thy Favour with my whole Heart, be

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(u) Matt. IV. 4. Man shall not live by Bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of God.

(x) John xv. 7. If ye abide in me, and my Words abide in you, ye shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.

(y) Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall Do and TEACH them, the same shall be called GREAT in the Kingdom of Heaven.

(z) Rom. VIII. 24. For we are SAVED by HOPE. Heb. VI. 19. Which Hore we have as an Anchor of the Soul, both furejand ftedfaft, and which entereth into that within the Vail; whither the Fore

runner is for us entered, even Jefus, made an High Priest for ever.

(a) John XIV. 16. And I will pray the Father, and heshall give you an

other COMFORTER, that he may abide with you for ever. Matt. V. 4. Bleffed are they that MOURN, for they thall be COMFORTED.

(c) Luke xv. 17, 18. When he came to himself, he faid,1

will arife, and go to my FATHER.

(d) Acts xx11.16. Why TARRIEST thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy: SINS, calling on the Name of the Lord.

merciful unto me according to thy Word. I have thought on my Ways, and have (c) turned my Feet unto thy Testimonies. I will make (4) HASTE, and not delay to keep thy Commandments. (e) Matt. xxv. 6. At MIDNIGHT At (e) Midnight I will rise there was a Cry made, Behold the to give Thanks unto thee, BRIDEGROOM cometh, go ye out to meet him. ver. 7. Then all those because of thy righteous Judg- Virgins arose, &c. See also Acts ments. The Earth, O Lord, x11.6,-18. is full of thy Mercy, teach me thy Statutes. Before I was afflicted I went aftray, but now have I kept thy Word. It is good for me that I have been AFFLICTED, (f) for now have I kept thy Statutes.

I know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are RIGHT, and that thou in (g) FAITHFULNESS hast afflicted me. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful Kindness be for (b) my ComFORT, according to thy Word. Let thy tender MERCIES come unto me, that I may (i) LIVE; for thy Law is my Delight. My Soul (k) fainteth for thy SALVATION, but I hope in thy Word. Mine Eyes fail for thy Word, faying, When wilt thou comFORT me? For I am become (1) like a Bottle in the Smoak, yet do I not FORGET thy Statutes. The Proud have digged Pits for me; HELP thou me, O Lord : Quicken

(f) Heb. x11. 11. Now no chaften. ing for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable Fruit of Righteousness, unto them which are exercised thereby. 1 Pet, 1.6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a Seafon, (if need be) ye are in Heaviness, through manifold Temptations. (g) Rev. 111. 19. As many as I LOVE, I rebuke and CHASTEN.

(b) 2 Cor. 1.5. As the Sufferings of Chrift abound in us, fo our CON

SOLATION also aboundeth by Chrift.

(i) 2 Cor. 1. 9, 10. God which raiseth the Dead, delivered us from so great a DEATH, and doth deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver.

(k) Phil. 1. 23. I am in a STRAIT betwixt two, having a Defire to depart, and to be with Chrift, which

better.

(1) John x1. 25, 26. He that believeth in me, tho' he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. Col. 111. 3, 4. Ye are dead, and your Life is hid with in God. When Chrift, who Chrift is our Life, shall appear, then shall

thou me after thy loving ye also appear with him in Glory.

Kindness, so shall I keep the Testimony of thy Mouth.

For ever, O Lord, thy (m) WORD is fettled in Heaven. Thy Faithfulness is unto all Generations; thou hast (n) established the Earth, and it abideth: They continue this Day according to thine Ordinances; for all are thy Servants. Unless thy Law had been my Delight, I should have perished in my AFFLICTION. I will (0) never FORGET thy Precepts, for with them thou hast quickned me. I am thine, save me, for I have fought thy Precepts.

The Wicked have fought to destroy me, but I will confider thy Teftimonies. I have seen an End of all (p) PERFECTION, but thy Commandment is exceeding

broad.

(m) Matt. XXIV. 35. Heaven and Earth shall passaway, but my Words shall not pals away.

(n) Heb. 1. 3. And upholding all things by the WORD of his Power.

(0) Gal. v1.9. And let us not be weary in WELL-DOING, for in due Seafon we shall reap, if we faint not.

(p) Ecclef. 1.2. VANITY OF VANITIES, all is VANITY. Phil.st. 8. I count all Things but Loss, for the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; for whom I have fuffered the Loss of all Things, and do count them but Dung, that I may win Christ.

Grant this, O most merciful Father, for the infinite Merits of the Death and Passion of Chrift Jesus our Redeemer, who is exalted as our High Priest to the right hand of the Majesty on high, to be a Prince and Saviour, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins. Amen.

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A Profeffion of Love for God's Law, and of Confidence in its Promises.

ness of God is WISER than Men. God hath chosen the FOOLISH THINGS of the World to confound the WISE.

LORD, how (a) 2 Cor. v. 14. For the LOVE (a) LOVE I thy of Chrift constraineth us, because we Law, it is my thus judge, that if one died for all, Meditation all the then were all dead. John xv. 10. Day. Thou through thy ye thall abide in my LOVE. If ye keep my СоMMANDMENTS, Commandments haft made (b) 1 Cor. 1. 25,27. The Foolishme (b) WISER than mine Enemies, for they are ever with me. I have restrained my Feet from every (c) evil Way, that I might keep thy Word. (4) How SWEET are thy WORDS unto my Taste; yea, sweeter than Honey to my Mouth; thy (e) WORD is a LAMP unto my Feet, and a LIGHT unto my Path. I have sworn, and I will (f) perform it, that I will keep thy righteous Judgments.

(c) Col. 111. 5. Mortify therefore Earth, FORNICATION, UNCLEANyour Members which are upon the NESS, INORDINATE AFFECTION, evil CONCUPISCENCE, and COVE

TOUSNESS, which is Idolatry.

not

(d) 1 Cor. 11.9. seen, nor Ear heard, neither have Eye entered into the Heart of Man, the THINGS Which God hath prepared

for them that LOVE him.

(e) John

1. 1,4. In the Beginning was the WORD, and the WORD Was with God, and the WORD was God: In him was Life, and the Life was the LIGHT of Men. Col. 1. 13. Who hath delivered us from the POWER OF DARKNESS, and hath his dear Son. translated us into the Kingdom of

I am afflicted very much, quicken me, O Lord, according to thy Word. Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will OFFERINGS of my (g) (f) 1 Cor. xv.58. Be ye stedfaft, MOUTH, and teach me thy unmoveable, always abounding in Judgments. My (b) Soul is the Work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your LABOUR is continually in thy Hand, not in VAIN in the Lord. 2 Pet. yet do I not forget thy Law. 11. 21. It had been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them.

(g) Heb. 111. 15. By him-let us offer the SACRIFICE OF PRAISE to God continually, that is, the Fruit of our Lips. (b) 2 Cor. 1. 9. But we had the SENTENCE of DEATH in our selves, that we should not truft in our selves, but in God which raiseth the Dead.

• Psalm CXIX. 97, 98, 101, 103, 105, to 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 123, 124, 129, 132, to 136, 141, to 144.

46

I hate (i) vain Thoughts, but thy Law do I love.

(i) 2 Cor. x. 3,495. For tho we

walk in the Flesh, we do not war after the Flesh; for the Weapons of our Warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God, to the PUL

LING down of STRONG HOLDS, cafting down IMAGINATIONS, and every HIGH THING that exalteth it felf against the Knowledge of God, and bringing into Captivity every THOUGHT the Obedience of Chrift.

fhed abroad in our Hearts,

your own SALVATION with FEAR

Thou art my hiding Place and my Shield; I HOPE in thy WORD. Uphold me according to thy Word, that I may live, and let me not be (k) ASHAMED of my HOPE. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and I will have re- (k) Rom. v. 5. HOPE maketh not spect to thy Statutes. My ASHAMED, because the Love of Flesh (1) TREMBLETH for by the Holy Ghoft, which is given fear of thee, and I am afraid unto us. of thy Judgments. Mine (1) Phil. 11. 12, 13. Work out Eyes fail for thy Salvation, and TREMBLING, for it is God (m) and for the Word of thy (n) RIGHTEOUSNESS. Deal with thy Servant according to thy Mercy, and teach me thy Statutes: Thy Testimonies are wonderful, therefore doth my Soul keep them. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that (0) LOVE thy NAME. Order my Steps in thy Word, and let not any Iniquity have (p) Dominion over me.

Deliver me from mine Oppreffors, fo will I keep thy Precepts. Make (q) thy Face to shine upon thy Servant, and teach me thy Statutes. (r) Rivers of WATERS run down mine EYES, because Men keep not thy Law. I am (s) SMALL and and DESPISED, yet do I not forget thy Precepts. Thy (t) Righteousness is an ever

which worketh in us both to will
and to do, of his good Pleasure.
(m) 1 Pet. 1. 5. Who are kept by
the Power of God, through Faith
unto Salvation.

(n) Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the Hope of RIGH

TEOUSNESS by Faith.

(0) John XIV. 21. He that LOVETH me shall be LOVED of my Father; and I will LOVE him, and will manifest my self to him. (P) Rom. VI. 14. For SIN shall not have DOMINION Over you, for ye are not under the Law, but un

der GRACE.

(9) John XIV. 23. If a Man love me, he will keep my Words, and my Father will love him; and we will come unto him, and make our Abode with him.

(r) John xv1.20. Yeshall WEEP and LAMENT, but the World shall rejoice, and ye shall be SORROWE but your Sorrow shall be turned into Joy. Matt. v. 4.; Bleffed are they that MOURN, for they