my DELIVERER, my God, (f) Ifai. XLI. 10. Be not dismayKindness, which is ever before me, I will declare all thy wondrous Works. my (f) STRENGH, in whom (3) I will trust. I will call upon thee, O Lord, in my Distress, even when the Sorrows of Death and Hell compass me about, for thou wilt hear the Voice of my Cry. Extend to me thy tender Mercies, and thy loving Kindness. O remember not the (b) Sins of my Youth, nor my Tranfgreffions; according to thy Mercy look upon me, for thy Goodness fake, O Lord; for thou wilt teach Sinners in the Way, and the (i) MEEK wilt thou guide in Judgment, and the Meek will he teach his Way. For thou, Lord, wilt extend thy Mercy and Truth to them that keep thy Covenant and thy Testimonies. For thy Name's fake, O Lord, pardon mine (k) Iniquities, for they are great. The Troubles of mine Heart are enlarged, (1) O bring thou me out of my Distref ses, look upon my Affliction, and forgive all my Sin. Mine (m) Eyes are ever towards thee; O Lord, turn thou unto me, and have Mercy upon me. O keep my Soul and deliver me, let me not be (n) afhamed; for I put my Trust in thee, O Lord, and will (0) publish with the Voice of Thanksgiving thy loving • Psalm XXVI. ed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right Hand of my Righteousness. (g) Heb. x1. 6. He that cometh and that he is a Rewarder of them God, muft believe that he that diligently seek him. (b) Heb. VII1. 12. For I will be merciful to their UNRIGHTEOUSness, and their SINS, and their INIQUITIES will I remember no more. John VI11.11. with MEKNESS the INGRAFTED WORD, which is able to SAVE your Souls. Matt. v.5. Blessed are the MEEK, for they shall INHERIT (i) James 1. 21. And receive the Earth. x1. 28,29. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest. LEARN of me, for I am MEEK and LOWLY in Heart, and ye shall find Rest for your Souls. (k) 1 John 1. 8,9. If we say that we have no Sin, we deceive our felves, and the Truth is not in us. we CONFESS our SINS, he is faithful and juft to FORGIVE US our SINS, and to CLEANSE us from all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. (1) John XVI. 33. In the World ye shall have TRIBULATION, but be of good CHEER, I have over come the World. Grant this, O most merciful Father, for the infinite Merits of the Death and Paffion 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. A Prayer in the Time of any internal or external Affliction. U 1 (a) cry, O Lord, my Supplications, when I lift up my Hands unto thy holy Oracle. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my Voice; have Mercy upon me and answer me: (b) Hide not thy Face from me, for when thou faidst, Seek ye my Face, my Heart faid, Thy Face, O Lord, will I seek. Put not thy Servant away in Anger, for thou art my Help: (c) LEAVE me not, nor FOR x. 19. Having therefore Boldness to enter into the Holieft by the Blood of Jefus, by a new and living Way which he hath confecrated for us through the Veil, that is to say, his Flesh; let us draw near with a true Heart, in full Affurance of Faith, having our Hearts sprinkled from an evil Con science. (c) Heb. x111.5. For he hath said, I will never LEAVE thee, nor FOR SAKE me, O God of my Salvation. When my Father and my Mother forsake me, then, O Lord, take me up. Man cometh unto the Father but by Teach (d) me thy * Way, O SAKE thee. • Psalm XXVII. b Verse 7. (d) John xiv. 6. I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE; me. * This is the same Petition which Moses put up, Exod. xxx111. 13. Saying, Shew me thy Way, that is, thy Prefence, or Glory, ver. 14, 18, 20. which will lead us to Canaan; the same with the Son of God, whocalls himself the Way, John XIV. 6. John XVIII. 6. Lord, Lord, and lead me in a plain (e) 1 Cor. x. 13. But God is thee, O Lord, and fing and give Thanks at the † Remembrance of thy (0) Holi Path, because of mine Enemies. (8) Deliver me not over unto the Will of mine Adverfaries; • for thou art my Light and my Salvation, whom (f) therefore shall I FEAR? the Lord is the Strength of my Life, of whom shall I be afraid? For though an Hoft should encamp against me, my Heart shall not fear. O Lord, this one Thing I defire, (g) that I may dwell in thy House all the Days of my Life, to behold (b) the Glory of the Lord, and to adore thee in thy (i) Temple; for a thou haft redeemed my Soul, and (k) haft kept me that I should not go down to Hell: For what Profit is there in my Blood, when I go down into the Pit? Can the Dust Praise thee? (1) shall it declare thy Truth? Hear, O Lord, and have Mercy upon me; Lord, be thou my Helper, for thy Anger endureth but a (m) MOMENT. In thy Favour is Life: Lord, by thy Favour thou haft made my Mountain to stand strong; but when thou hideft thy Face, I am troubled. Thou haft turned for me my (12) Mourning into Dancing; thou hast put off my Sackcloth, and girded me with Gladness: Therefore will I cry unto faithful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the Temptation also make a Way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (f) Matt. x. 28. FEAR not them which kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul; but rather FEAR him which is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell. Rev. XX1. 7,8. He overcometh shall inherit all Things: But the FEARFULand UNBELIEVING shall have their Part in the Lake which burn eth with Fire and Brimstone. (g) Rev. 111. 12. Him that overcometh, will I make a Pillar in the Temple of my God. (b) Rev. xx11. 3, 4. And his Servants shall serve him, and they shall see his Face. (i) 1 Cor. 111. 16. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (k) 2 Pet: 111.9. The Lord is not flack concerning his Promise, but is long suffering ing to to usward; not willing ing that should any perish, but that all should come to Repentance. (1) 1 Pet. 1. 3, 4, 5. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chrift, which according to hisabundant Mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively Hope, by the Refurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead; to an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, referved in Heaven for you who are kept by the Power of God, through Faith unto Salvation, ready to be revealed in the last Time. (m) 2 Cor. 1V. 17. For our light Afliction, which is but for a MoMENT, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory. (n) Matt. v. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be com forted. • Verse 1. d Pfalm xxx. • Ver. S. 7,8. thee, nefs. (0) 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. But as he which hath called you is holy, fo be ye holy in all manner of Conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. Heb. x11. 14. Without Holiness no Man shall fee God. O Father of Mercies, and God of all Consolation, grant these my humble Requests, for the fake, and through the Interceffion of Christ Jesus, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. + The Margin reads, to the Memorial; as Ifai. XXVI. 8. The Defire of or Memorial, of thee. For Jehovah, or Lord, Psalm C11. 13. Hof. x11.6. And the Righteous are said to give Thanks to his Holy Name, Pfalm cv1.47. That is, to God, as manifested and known by the Name Jehovah. our Soul is to thy Name, and to the Remembrance, is the Name and Memorial of God, Exod. 111.15. A Confeffion of Sin, and LORD, in thee deliver me in (b) thy Righ- a Pfalm XXXI. (a) Heb. 111. 14. For we are made Partakers of Chrift, if we hold the Beginning of our Confidence stediast unto the End. (b) Tit. 111.5. Not by Works of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which we have done, but by his Mercy he faved us. (c) John XIV. 7. ye shall ask any Thing in my Name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (d) John xv. 13. If ye abide in me, and my Words abide in you, ye shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. (e) Luke XXIII.46. And when Jesus had cried with a loud Voice, he said, FATHER, into thy Hands I COMMEND MY SPIRIT. ANS VII. 59. And they ftoned Stephen calling upon God, and faying, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT. Lord Fefus (f) Acts V. 31. And him hath God exalted with his own right Hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give Repentance and Remiffion of Sins. For For my Life is spent with (g) Rom. VII. 18. For I know Grief, and my Years with Sighing; (g) my Strength faileth me because of mine (b) Iniquities, and my (i) Bones are confumed. I will acknowledge my Sin unto thee, and mine Iniquities will I not hide: I will confefs my Tranfgreffions unto thee, O Lord, for thou wilt forgive the (k) Iniquity of my Sins. Make thy (1) Face to fhine upon thy Servant; fave me for thy Mercies fake: Let me not be afhamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Thou art my hiding (m) Place, thou shalt preserve me from Trouble, thou shalt compass me with Songs of Deliverance. For, do how great is thy Goodness, which (n) thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that truft in thee, before the Sons of Men! (0) Thou wilt * hide them in the Secret of thy Presence from the Pride of Man; thou shalt keep them secretly in a Pavilion from the (p) Strife of Tongues. When I faid in it defileth the whole Body, and and it is set on fire of Hell. b PS. XXX1.16. d PS. XXXI. 19,20. Fo to that in me (that is, in my Flesh) not. Man that I am, who shall deliver (b) Rom. VII. O wretched me from the Body of this Death? (i) Rom. VII. 25. and VIII. 1. I thank God, through Jesus Chrift our Lord, for there is no Condemnation to them that are in Chrift Fefus. 1 John 1.8. If we say that felves, and the Truth is not in us we have no Sin, we deceive our (k) 1 John 11. 1. If any Man SIN, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Chrift the Righteous, our SINS. he is the PROPITIATION for (1) 2 Cor. 111. 18. But we all with open FACE, beholding, as in a GLASS, the Glory of the Lord, are CHANGED into the same Image, from Glory to Glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. and our Life is hid with Christ in (m) Col. 111. 3. For we are dead, God. (n) Ifai. LXIV. 4. For fince the Beginning of the World, Men have nor perceived by the Ear, neither hath the Eye seen, God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. (0) 1 Pet. 111. 12, 13. The EYES of the Lord are over the RIGHTEous, and his Ears are open unto their PRAYERS; but the Face of the Lord is against them that do Evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be Followers of that which is good? (p) Fam. 111. 6. The TONGUE is a FIRE, a WORLD OF INIQUITY, setteth on fire the Course of Nature, Pf. xxx11.7. • Pf. XXXI.22. * This was fulfilled in the Posterity of David; for when Athaliah had cut off all the Seed Royal, as the thought, his Family was preferved in the Person of Joash, who was hid fix Years in the House of God, 2 Kings X1. 1, 2, 30 C2 mine |