IOn. feeching thee, .that if thou efpieff: any flaw or falf– hood therein, thou wouldfl: difcover it to me, ana help me to do it aright. And now, Glory be to thee, o ·God the Father, whom I fhall be bold, from this day forward, to look upon as my God and Father, that ever thou £houldit: find out fuch a way fer the re~overyof un– done finners. Glory be to thee, 0 God the Son, who haft loved me, and wafhed me from n1y fins in thine ownblood, and art now become mySaviour and Redeemer. Glory be to thee, 0 God the Holy Ghoft, who hy the finger of thine Almighty Power haft: turned about my heart from fin to God. 0 dreadful :fehovah, the Lord God Omnipotent, .Father, Son, and Holy Ghofl:! Thou art now be– come my Covenant friend, and I, through thine infinite grace, am become thy Covenant fervant, .Amen, So be it. And th('!r~ovenant which I have made .on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. the A U T H 0 R, S Advice. THis Covenant I advifeyou to make, not onllin he4'1t, but in word; not only in "Word, but in writing; and tbJt you would, withall poffihle reverence, fpread tbe -writing before tbe Lord, M ifyou wouldprefent it to him f'f your aft and deed:- And 'tt'ben you have done this, {et . jour band to it; keep it a5 amemorial of the folemn tranf– atfions that have paffed bet'Yl'een God and yau, thatyou may have recour{e to it in doubts and temptations. DireCt. XT. Ta~e heed-of delaying thy converfion, and - f~t upen a [pee!.y and prefent turning. I made htrfte, and delayed not, Pfal. I I 9• 6o. Remember, and tremble at the fad inftance of the foolifh Virgins~ that came not till the door ofmercy was fhut, Matth. 2;. And of a c9nvinced Felix, that put off Paul to another .feafon ; an4 we never find that he_had fuch afeafo~ more,
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