are barred against us, and art never at such a loss but thou knowest how to deliver; O reveal thy glorious arm, without means, to bring salvation from above, and do the work worthy of God, to command that deliverance which is out of our prospect to see effected; that thy name may have all the glory of such thy great and wonderful mercy in Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for insensible Sinners.

LORD, the great Almighty God, who quickenest the dead, and callest those things that are not as if they were: with thee nothing is impossible, but the things that resist all the skill and power of man, thy divine virtue and glorious operation, with the greatest facility, brings to pass. Thou, the living God, canst speak life to souls dead in trespasses and sins; and make even such as lie in the grave of all their habitual corruptions, hear the voice of the Son of God, and live. It is the great work of thy eternal Spirit, Lord, to convince the world of sin, and to make inconsiderate careless sinners to know themselves, and be concerned as they ought about the case of their souls. O that these poor insensible wretches, who have sinned theraselves even past feeling, may find such mercy from the Lord, and vet come to feel in themselves that irresistible force of thy hand. O that thou wouldst open their eyes to see their case, and soften their hearts to bewail their sins, and turn their course to flee from the wrath to come!-Blessed Lord, awaken them with thy terrors before they be Ee

overtaken by thy judgments! O break in upon their souls by thy mighty convictions, to set them in bitterness for their sins; and let thy quick and powerful word pierce into their hearts, to make them cry and seek out, What they must do to be saved!

Q if they did but apprehend their case, and know their transgressions, that they remain so remorseless and unconcerned as if nothing were amiss with them, and that can indulge themselves in pleasure and mirth, as if they were in the happiest condition, would soon be struck down into the deepest heaviness and consternation, refusing to be comforted, and go mourning all the day long, yea, even roar for the disquietness of their hearts. O God of all grace, be thou pleased in mercy to show such seeming severity, to write bitter things against them, and make them confess their former iniquities, and to feel now the weight and horror of all their sins, that they may not feel it eternally, when past remedy.

Direct and empower thy messengers, Lord, to speak home to their conviction, crying aloud, and not sparing to shew them their transgressions and their sins. Yea, make thy word in thy servants' mouths as fire, to enflame and rouze the consciences of such drowsy secure sinners, that they may come to perceive what a forlorn lost condition they are in, and be restless in themselves, till coming unto Christ, labouring and heavy laden under the load of their sins, in him they find rest for their souls. O thou Almighty God! do marvellous things,

worthy of thyself, in taking away that which blinds the minds and hardens the hearts of such stupid creatures; and bring them out of the worst lethargy and deadness to understand themselves, and seek after God, and to take and follow the way of peace with thee, thro' our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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The condemned Malefactor's Prayer.

UT of the depths do I cry to thee, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice! let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand! but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared: therefore I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in thy word do I hope. Though my sins. have found me out, and brought me to shame, and they are heinous beyond expression, and the thought and remembrance of them fills me with horror and confusion; yet I believe, Lord help my unbelief, they are not greater than thy Son has satisfied for, nor greater than thy mercy. in him can set me clear from, as bad and sad as ever I have made my case. Wo is me, vile and wretched that I am, so foolishly and wickedly that I have done! yet it is not past thy help and care, O Lord God Almighty, who at the lowest canst raise, and at the worst art able to relieve us. Except we repent, thou hast told us that we shall perish; but upon repentance, thou hast promised thy gracious forgiveness. And though sin has abounded, yet when we forsake our wicked ways and thoughts.

and return to the Lord our God, thou hast promised to have mercy upon us, and abundantly to pardon.

He that believeth not on the Son of God is condemned with a worse condemnation than what I now lie under. But it is thy own most true and faithful word, O Lord, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life; and that he who confesseth and forsaketh his sins, shall have mercy. Tho' I cannot find such mercy now at man's tribunal, yet I beg it of thee, the Father of mercies, who art the Helper of the friendless, and dost not reject the cry even of fools in their distress, though because of their sins they are afflicted, but rememberest us in our low estate, out of that mercy of thine which endures for ever. O thou that hast promised to forgive every penitent sinner, make me, Lord, I beseech thee, one of that number. O touch my heart with true remorse, that it may melt and bleed for my sins, and become such a broken contrite heart as thou wilt not despise.

O that the doleful circumstances which I am in may be turned, through the riches of thy grace, into a happy occasion of converting my soul, and perfecting my repentance, and promoting my salvation! This is a time of shame and sorrow with me; but help me, good God, so to repent and be converted, that my sins may be blotted out, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon my sin, for it is great; too great for any but the God

of infinite goodness and love to give me a merciful discharge from: and that thou mayest have the everlasting glory, and my soul the refreshing fruit of thy mercy, O Lord, prepare me for it by such a serious repentance as thy holy word requires of sinners, and such as thy goodness in Christ Jesus will mercifully accept at my hands. What is past I cannot recall; but thou, Lord, canst reinit it, and give me grace to repent it. O give me such sound repentance for my sins, that thou mayest also give me full pardon of them; and never lay them to my charge, but upon the account of thy beloved Son, our blessed Saviour, who came to seek and to save that which was lost; and who himself suffered and died once, that we might not suffer and die eternally. O wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin, in that fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, the precious blood of the immaculate Lamb of God, slain to take away the sins of the world, that thou mayest not abhor my soul, as I have justly deserved; but of thy wonderful mercy accept me, in the Son of thy eternal love, in whom thou art well pleased.

My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; most gracious Lord! grant that my sorrow may be the godly sorrow; not only a sorrowing for the bitter consequences of my sin, but for the sin itself, and for my wicked offending of thee, my great Lord God, as I have done. O blessed Jesus, who camest to call sinners to repentance, and thyself didst hang upon the cross, and shew thy compassion