fix my habitation in the world, since I know that I am hastening away, and that the end of my journey will likewise put an end to all my designs. I am travelling to Canaan: O let me not set my heart so much upon the wilderness, as to forget the promised land, and lose my hopes of entering into thy rest. But grant, that through the holiness of my life, and a daily prospect of my death, I may passionately wish for that happy hour, and meet it at last with the earnest prayer of thy beloved apostle, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." Amen.

THE reproach of the cross is the glory of the Christian; and the rest of the humble soul consists in the bleeding wounds of a crucified Saviour. Our truest life depends upon his death, and our highest honour in his exaltation. O heavenly Father, O God omnipotent, how infinite is thy mercy! how transcendent thy goodness! It was owing to myself, that I have offended thee; it is owing to thyself, that thou wilt accept of an atonement, and admit of a

reconciliation, by the mediational satisfaction of my Saviour.

Vouchsafe therefore, O God! to cast thine eyes upon the sacrifice of his flesh, that so thou mayest remit the guilt that proceeds from the depravity of my own. Regard, I beseech thee, the sufferings of thy beloved Son, and forget the miscarriages of me, thy unworthy servant. My stubborn flesh has indeed provoked thine anger! but oh! let the expiatory sacrifice of thy Son's blood melt thee into pity. Much, I confess, my iniquities have deserved; but much more has my Redeemer's righteousness merited for me, and the innocence of his life satisfied for the guilt of mine. For by how much greater is God than man, by so

much does his goodness exceed the bulk of wickedness. Since the whole of my being is thine by right of creation, grant that it may be thine also by right of affection. Thou hast allowed me the privilege of asking, give me also the benefit of receiving. Thou hast commanded me to seek ; grant that I may find. Thou directest me to knock, open to me that now do. For thee I receive the will to desire; permit me, I beseech thee, to obtain the blessing I ask. O righteous God! O most just Judge! if I conceal my transgressions, they will be utterly incurable; and if I bring them to light, they are altogether abominable; they overwhelm me with sorrow, when I reflect upon their nature; and they

fill me with fear, when I consider their end but do not, I beseech thee restrain thy mercy, where the misery is confessed to be so inexpressibly great; and by how much the sorer the burden of my sins is, by so much the more let me feel the refreshments of thy grace; that so the greatness of thy supplies may be answerable to the greatness of my wants. Holy Father, let me not, I pray thee, feel the weight of thy wrath, since thou hast smitten thy Son for my transgressions: Holy Jesus, free me from the anger of an incensed God, since thou thyself hast borne that very anger in thy sufferings on the cross: blessed Spirit, shield me, by the invisible aid of thy ghostly consolation, against the displeasure of my God, since