I d2 Mr. Lyes Prayer. OLord God all our fprings are in thee, It is goodFT US to draw nigh to thee through 7efus atilt ; Thou art allfulnefi, the quinteffenceof allfweetnefs, the Center ofall bleffednefs thou art the Father ofour Lord jefus Chriff, and in him our Father, thou art our light, thatgiveft thefe bleffedopportunities ofenjoying Communion with thyjell; God bier edfor ever. Tbefe mercies are forfeited, we have abated the blefoigs of thy houfe we havegrieved thy bleff d Spirit, therefore it isjull with :te to deprive us of theft comforts, and to make us the worth of theft; mercies by the want-of them. Lord, we defire to judge our fdves,that we mg not be condemned with theworld, righteous art thou 0 Lord, andjuft en all thy judgements, we confili we are unworthy to have any converfe withJo holy a God ; we are polluted duff and apes, not worthy to tread thy Courts, xed it is ofthy mercy that we are not confumed, how often have wepluckt fruitfrom the forbidden tree ? we havefinnedprefumptieufly againit the cleareft Light, and the deareft love, alwayer have wefinned, thyfootfteps have dropt fat- noir, thou haft fhown mercy to us : but the better thou haft been to us the worje we have been to thee ; thou haft loaded us with thy mercies, and we have wearied thee withour fins, when we look into our felves, Oh the poyfinz ofour natures, what ever the Leper did touch, was unclean. Thus do rye by ourfpiritual leprof7e info et rur Holy things, our praiers bad need have pardon' and cur tears had need have the bloodIffprinkling to wall" them : hew vain are our vows ? bow finfiral are our affetlions ! we con® fejs we are untamed and unftrungfir every Holy aaiov, we are never out oftune torn, but alwayer out of tune to pray : we giee the worldour male affiaions, and earftrong a'efires, irefhould ufe this world as ifwe tiled it not and alas we pray as ifmeprayed not, and_Terve thee as ifwe Jerved thee not, there is not that reverence, nor that devotion err that ac' ivenefr of faith that there fhould be, Lord if thou wonlelft Jay then would pardon all ourfins to this time, only judge, usfor this prayer, woe unto us : what breathings of unbeliefandbypocrifie is there n)zr, when we approach unto thee ? wepray theepardon us for Cbrillsfake who can tel how ofthedoth offend ? we can as well reckn the drops of the Ocean, as number our fins, we have filled the number of the Nations fins, but we have not filled thy bottle withour tears. This is that that cloth exceedingly ageravate our fins, that wecannnot mournforfin, we can grievefor our loffis but mourn for our Unkeidneffes, we have crucifiedthe Lord oflife, fin has not only defiled' us, but bardned us, nothing can
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