5. Sin in me, the Inbred Foe,
A while fubfifts in Chains, 1
But Thou all Thy Power fhalt fhew,
And flay its Laft Remains;
Thou shalt conquer my Defire,

Thou fhait quench it with Thy Blood,
Fill me with a Purer Fire,

And change me into Go D.

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A THANKSGIVING.

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IS of Thy Mercies, LORD,
That I am not confum'd,
By GoD and Men abhor'd,
To endless Torments doom'd
Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

2. In vain was Tophet mov'd
To meet me from beneath,
For JESUS's fake belov'd

I 'fcape the Second Death:
Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

3.

Within its Mouth I was,
And there I lay afleep,
Its Mouth it could not clofe,
My Soul it could not fleep:
Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell....

4.

Thy Mercies found out me,
To me they first did stoop,
From Depths of Mifery

Thy Mercies brought me up:

Thy

Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

5. Thy dear Preferving Grace
Each Moment I receive,
And truft to fee Thy Face,
And without Sin to live:

Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And I shall never be in Hell.

He that lofeth his Life for my Sake Shall find it.

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E it according to Thy Word!
This Moment let it be,

O that I now, my dearest LORD,
Might lofe my Life for Thee!

2. Now, JESU, let Thy powerful Death

Into my Being come,

Slay the Old Adam with Thy Breath,
The Man of Sin confume.

3. Whate'er I have, or Can, or Am,
I now would fain refign,

And lofe my Nature, and my Name,
O GOD, to purchase Thine.

4. Withhold whate'er my Flesh requires,
Poifon my Pleasant Food,

Spoil my Delights, my vain Defires,
My All of Creature-Good.

5. My Old Affections, mortify,
Nail to the Cross my Will,
Daily, and hourly bid me die, A
Or altogether kill.

6. Paffion, and Appetite destroy,
Tear, tear this Pride away,
And all my Boäft, and idle Joy,
And all my Nature flay.

7. JESU, my Life, appear within,
And bruife the Serpent's Head,
Enter my Soul, extirpate Sin,
Caft qut the Curfed Seed.

8. Thou wilt, I know, Thou wilt appear,
And end this inward Strife,

Thy Harbinger proclaims Thee near,
And Death makes Way for Life.

9. Haft Thou not made me willing, LORD?
Would I not die this Hour?

Then speak the Killing, Quickening Word,
Slay, raife me by Thy Power.

10. Slay me, and I in Thee fhall trust,
With Thy Dead Men arife,
Awake, and fing from out the Duft,
Soon as this Nature dies.

11. Ondetit now make Hafte to die,

The Mortal Wound receive,

So fhall I live; and yet not I,

But CHRIST in me fhall live.

12. Be it according to Thy Word,
This Moment let it be,

The Life I lofe for Thee my LORD,
I find again in Thee.

Watch

1.

・JESU

Watch in all Things.

Esu, my Srother, Friend,
On whom I my every Care,
On whom for all Things I depend,
Infpire, and then accept my Prayer.

2. If I have tafted of Thy Grace,
The Grace that fure Salvation brings,
If with me now Thy Spirit ftays,

And hovering hides me in His Wings.

3. Still let Him with my Weakness stay, Nor for a Moment's Space depart, Evil, and Danger turn away,

And keep, till He renews my Heart.

4. When to the Left or Right I ftray,
His Voice behind me may I hear,
"Return, and walk in CHRIST thy Way,
"Fly back to CHRIST, for Sin is near.

5. His Sacred Unction from above..
Be ftill my Comforter, and Guide,
Till all the Stony He remove,
And in my Loving Heart refide.

6. JESU, I fain would walk in Thee,
From Nature's every Path retreat,
Thou art my Way; my Leader be,
And fet upon the Rock my Feet.

7. Uphold me, Saviour, or I fall,
O reach me out Thy gracious Hand,
Only on Thee for Help I call,

Only by Faith in Thee I ftand.

8. Pierce, fill me with an humble Fear,
My utter Helplesness reveal;
Satan, and Sin are always near,
Thee may I always nearer feel.

9.

O that to Thee my constant Mind, Might with an even Flame afpire! Pride in its earliest Motions find,

And mark the Rifings of Defire.

10. O that my tender Soul might fly The first abhor'd Approach of Ill, Quick, as the Apple of an Eye,

The Slighteft Touch of Sin to feel.

11. Till Thou anew my Soul create,
Still may I ftrive, and watch, and pray,
Humbly, and confidently wait,

And long to fee Thy Perfect Day.

12. My whole Regard ftill may I place
On the faint Ray of opening Light,
(The fure Prophetick Word of Grace

That glimmers thro' my Nature's Night.

13. Here let my Soul's fure Anchor be,
Here let me fix my wishful Eyes,
And wait till I exult to fee

The Day-Star in my Heart arife.

14. My LORD, Thou wilt not long delay, This Inward Calm proclaims Thee near, Sorrow, and Doubt are fled away,

My LORD fhall in my Heart appear.

15. JESU, my Saviour, Brother, Friend,
As I believe, fo let it be;
O make me patient to the End,

And then reveal Thyself in Me.

A PRAYER