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fo
flothfully,
and
lived
fo
unfruitfully,
and made.
fo
ill
a
ufe
of thy Mercies,
and
of
our
alic`fions, that
thou
.
tnighreft juftly
have taken
thy
Spirit from
us, and fuf-
fered
us to
return
toour former mifery.
But
O
do
not
enter into Judgment with
us ;
For-
give
us
for
his
fake
who
is
the
Sacrifice and
Propitia-
tion
for our
fins.
Charge
not
upon
us
the
Sins
of
our
corrupted
Nature, or
of
our
Lives
;
of
our
Childhood$
Youth
or riper
Age .
our
Sins
of
Omiffion
or Commiffi-
on,
of
Knowledge
or
of
Ignorance,
of
Rafhnefs
or
Negligence,
of
finful
Luft
and
Paillon, or of
Sloth.
Wain
us
in
the blood,
and accept
us
for
the
Merits
of
the
perfec`fboliriefsand
fufferings
of
our
Redeemer.We
dare
not
come to thee, but in his
Name, nor
expecg
any
pardon or mercy from
thee,
but
for
his
fake, and
by
his
hand. Ler
our
hearts
be
fincere
in contenting
to
his
Covenant by
a lively
Faith,
that
we may
be
one
with
him
our
bleffed
Head,
and may receive the
con
-
tinual
Communications
of
his
Spirit.
Our
Souls
arc
by
Corruption
dead
to
God,
and
dark,through
Igno-
rance,
Error
and
Unbelief,
and
difafefied
to
thee and
to
thy holy
way's,
till
that Spirit
do quicken,
illuminate,
and
fantZifae
us.
Q
give
us
this
Spirit,
the greateft
of
thy
gifts
on
Earth
!
Let
him dwell
by
a
new and
holy
nature
in
us
:
Let him
fill
our hearts with
holy
Itfeq
that
we
may
live
to Thee
and die to
Sin
:
And
with
holy
light, that
we
may
know
Mee
in
Clarif,
and
know
thy
Ward,
and
believe
thy
Truth
:
And with
holy
love,
that
our
whole
deliire
may
be
to
Thee,
and
our
delight be in
Thee
;
and, being ?leafed
in
'Thee,
we
may
through Chrift
be
pleafant
to
thee.for
ever.
O
let
not
our
Ignorance
and Unbelief
prevail
!
Let not
our love
to
thee
be
(till
fo
cold!
Our
delires
fodull,
ncr our endeavours
fo
flotbful
!
nor
our
hopes
of
Hea
fi
yen