416 inePop . ano faniitp took¢ r confented to talefor my (a) portion, andfor which I did Covenant tofor(ake the world : AndO that I had more entirely done it ! For p now find how little reafon I have to repent of my Covenant ! It is Heaven which thy Spirit ofgrace, and merciful providences have all, this whilebeen preparing mefor ! And (hall I now be fear- ful and unwilling to pofefs it ? O thou that knowefl how deadly an enemy Unbelief is to thyHonour and myfoul, I befeech thee fh"en' that thou takefl not me, but it for thy foe. O fend that eavenlyLight into my mind, which may banifh and confound it. Let it not blaJJhene thy truth, and ins- prifon and blind and torment my foul. O thou that gia. vefi theWord, the Saviour , the Heaven which I muß believe, deny me not that Faith by which 1 muff believe them : Earth and flefh are dungeons of dark.iefs and defair : There is with to no Sun to Phew um thy face,; It mußbe thy Glory whofe reflexions muß reveal thy, Glory to us; And a Light from Heaven which mufl Phew .cis Heaven ! Ofendone beam, one beam, Lord, of that Heavenly light into this darkened fînful foul ; that with Stephen Imayfee inmypafPage the Gloryof my bleffed Lord, to whom I go .' &4nd with Simeon may gladlyfay, Lord now let thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have fan thy fllvation ! One beam of thine will drive away the powers of darknefs, and bad ni fh all there doubts and fears, and let in fomewhat cf Heaven into my foul, before it is let in to Heaven ! O bleffedSpirit, the Illuminator of dark imprifoned fouls, remember not all my refafl'ances of thy Grace, and for- fnke rr.ie not in this lafl nece ayof my life , and leave me (a) LtL 15.22,23? , 1t14%6.2c,21,33.0a1.3?75. not
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