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ano

fAtnfip

Mod,

than

my

di

fjiates can

do

:

The

Divine nature

incited

by

Divine

inf

iiration,

mnß

do match more

than

humane

art.

Teach

me

effeEh

allybast

to

Love

and Praife

thee;

and

it

'hall

powerfully prove

to me

that

there

is

a Heaven,

where I1hall

joyfully

Love

and Praife

thee

for

ever.

Alas,

dear

Lord,

I

am

afbamed

that

to

Love

and

Praifethee,Should

be

to my

foul

a

work,

of

difficulty!

That

it

is

not more

natural and

cafe tome, than

Love

and Praife

any

created thing

or perfon

whatfoever

What

fhall

I

love

if

not Goodnefs

and

Love

it felf,

which

made

me

pnrpol'ely

to

Love him

?

who

Redeemed

me

that

by

Love he

might win

my

Love

;

and

Santtified

me

to

dif

po

fe

my

foul

to

Love

him

?

What

Shall

l

praire,

if

not

Infinite Perfection

?

the Glory

of

nhoJe

Power,

Wifdorn, and

Goodnefs

doth

thine

forth

n

the

whole

Creation

!

Heaven and

Earth

Praife

thee

I,

And

am

I

no

part of

Heaven

or

Earth

?

The

whole

Creation

doth

proclaim thy Glory

!

And

am

I

none

of

thy

Creation

?.

Thy very Enemies

when Redeemed, Pyeionciled

and

forgiven,

do

Praife the

Love

and

G

ayé'of

their

Re-

deemer

!

And

am

I

not

one

of

the

fe

?

The

great

Teacher

of

the

Church,

is

the Schoolmafier

of,tove

and

Praife

And

have

I

not

Learned

them

yet,wfo

have

fo

long

had

fo excellent a

7

eacher

?

Thy

Saints. all Love

thee

;

for

it

is the

effence

o

fa

Saint

:

They

Praife

thee

;

for

it

is

the

work,o

f

Saints

:

And

am

I

none

of

thefe

?

I

am

let

than

the

!twit

of

all

thy mercies

!

Rut

it

is

not

the

leafs

o

f

thy mercies which

l

have received

:

A,nd

if

a

Life

fallofinercies

have

not

brought

forth a

life

full of

Love

and Praife

;

O

yet

let

it

e

nd

in a

Lowing

and

a

Praifing- death

!

Glory

,beto

God

in

the highefi

;

On

earth

Peace

;

`

and

Good

will

towards

men! Holy,

Holy, Lord

God

Almighty,

who

was,

and

is,

and

ss

to

come

:

Of

thee,

and