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IrDe

Poo?

ano

fatnflp

'Book.

417

not

to

the power of

darknefs and unbelief

!

Though

Glory

be

not openly

feen till

it

is

enjoyed,

let

me

now

when

lam

fo near

it,

have

fuch

a

fight

of

it

by

faith,as

úfui_

table

to

this

low

and darker

Jtate.

O

thou

that

art

the

Spirit

of

Life,

fo

quicken

and

actuate

this

fluggifïl

foul,

that

the

laft

part of

my

race

may

be

run

with

vigor,

and

the

lair

ati of

my

life

may

be

done

in

evidence

of

the.fHeavenly influence,

and

may

be

like,- to

the

flea.

venly employment

than

all the

refit

bath

been

! O

thou

that art

the

Santltfier

and

Comforter

of

fi,isls, now

kindle

that

fire

ofHeavenly

Love in

me,

and

give

me

fometafle

of

the Celeflial

oyes,

weich

may

feelingly

tell

me

that

there

is

a

heaven indeed

;

and

may

be

the

witnefr within

me,

and

the pledge

and

earnefi

that

1

Pall

live witlhChrifl.

My

flefh,

and

my

own

heart

new

fail

: the

world

and

all

therein

is

nothing

to

me

;

I

am

.

taking

my

everlafling

farewel

of

them

all:

lint

one

beam

of

his

face,

and

one

tafle

of

his

Love,

who

is my

Portion

for

ever,

will

be

f

rength and

joy

to

my

departing

focal,

and

(i)

better than

this

Life and

all

its

pleafxres.

game

Lord

with

thefe

feafonable comforts into

my

foul,

that

my

foul

may

comfortably

corne

to thee

!

My

life

had

been

but

Death, and

Darknefs

and

Difaffehion

to

God,

if

thou

hadfl

not

been

in

me,

a

fpirit

of

Life,

and

Light-

and

Love

:

The

Tempter

had

elfe been

fill!

too

ftrong

and

fubtile

for

me :

And

how

then

fialll

deal

with

him

my

felf,

when the

languifhing

of

my

body

difableth

my

foul

?

Thou

del

ifeft

not

Art

and

Reafon

:

.1

thank

thee

for

the

tale

1

had

of

them

in

their feafon. But

ane beam

of

thy

Light,

one

fPark of

thy

Love,

one

motion

of

the

Heavenly

Life,

will

better

confute the

enemy

of faith,

¡

(h)

Pf.>7?z,zo

(i)

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