ano facníipZook. 41 ThyMercy brought me into the world I Thy mercy chofe my parentage, education and habitation c Itbrought me up; It kept The Prayer ofa mefroma thoufand dangers ; It anon- dying Believer. peredby bodyandfurnifhed my mind ; Itgave meTeachers, books andhelps ; yea it gaveme a Redeemer, and apromife of life, and the word of Sal- vation -! It gave me all the operations of thy Spirit which toucht andturnedmyfinful. heart ! e,411 my Re- potting and Refolving thoughts ! All the forgiveneft of my manifold fins ! All the fweet meditations of thy. Love ! and the experience ofthy good and pleatthe fervice ! The comfortable hours which I have had, in fecret thoughts, in publick, worfhip, on thy holy days, at thy holy table, among thypeople : All theft. have been the dealings of thy Love. era my deliverances from temptation andfin ; from enemies, death and danger ! All myprefervationsfrom the deceits ofthe world, and from its troubles; from erreurs againft thyfacred truth, and from backfliding ! All my recoveries from vtfy too frequentfalls, andpardon ofmy daily fns ! The quiet- nefs thou haft given my troubled confcience ; and the tranquillity ofmy life, notwithftandingmyfns ! All the life which it bathfreelypleafed thee tomale ofm,e,an un- worthywretch,for thegood of any,forfondor body ! All thefeare the pledges of thy wondrous Love ?rid Shall I be afraid to come to fuch a God? oathmercy filled up all my life, and brought me now fo near the End, andfba/I not Trult it afterfo much tryal ? It is Hea- ven that thou madef'l me for ; and Heaven that (brig dirt pfarchrafe for .me; It is Heaven which thor Q didff pronr¿fe ifIwould be thine ; and it's Heaven i nhich I co ifenced r
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