This Bleffing above All,
Always to pray I want,
Out of the Deep on Thee call,

And never, never faint..

6. I want a true Regard, A fingle steady Aim

(Unmov'd by Threat'ning or Reward} To Thee and Thy great Name;

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7.

I want with all my Heart

Thy Pleasure to fulfil,

To know Myself, and what Thou art,

And what Thy perfect Will.

I want, I know not what,

I want my Wants to fee,

I want,

1.

-alas! what want I not,

When Thou art not in me!

A PRAYER for HUMILITY.

My Father, and my God,
Look upon'
Look upon Thy helpless Child!

Thou haft laid afide Thy Rod,

Thou in CHRIST art reconcil'd: Hear me then, my Father, hear,

Good, and gracious as Thou art, Fill me with an holy Fear,

Give me, LORD, an Humble Heart.

2. O! 'tis all I want below, JESUS, and Myself to feel, Only Sin, and Grace to know,

All the Good and all the Ill.
Shew me, Father, what I am,

Shew me what in CHRIST Thou art,
All my Glory, all my Shame;
Give me, LORD, an Humble Heart.

3. Listen to my ceaseless Cries,
Mean and little may I be,
Bafe, and vile in my own Eyes,
Griev'd at my own Mifery.
Shew, and then my Sickness cure ;
Make me know as I am known,
Wound my Spirit, make me poor,
Break, O break this Heart of Stone.

Duft and Ashes is my Name,
Sinful Duft and Ashes I

Back return from whence I came,.

Earth to Earth I fink, and die.

Abject I, yet haughty too,
Nothing of my own poffefs, 1
Nothing of Myfelf can do,

Proud of Sin, and proud of Grace.

5. O the Curfe, the Plague I feel

By the Demon Pride purfa'd!
Proud to fee I merit Hell,

Proud I am that God is Good,
Proud, that Thou my Works haft wrought,
Proud that I was Juftified,

Proud in every Word and Thought:
All my Fallen Soul is Pride:

6. My own Glory ftill I feek,

Still I covet Human Praise,

Still in all I do, or speak,

Thee I wrong, and rob Thy Grace:

Nature will ufurp a Share,
Fondly of Thy Graces boaft,
Needleísly Thy Gifts declaré,
Needlessly declar'd and loft.

7. And muft that which is fo good Evil prove to helpless me? Poifon fhall I draw from Food,

Sin from Grace, and Pride from Thee? O forbid it Humble Love!

Hide me, O my Father, hide,

Far away this Snare remove,

Save me from the Demon Pride.

8. Wean my Soul, and keep it low,
Do not with Thy Gifts destroy,
Lowlinefs of Heart beftow,

Give me This, or take my Joy:
If with me Thou wilt not stay,
Let my Comfort all Depart,
Take my Joy, and Peace away,
Leave me but an Humble Heart.

9. Father hear, to Thee I cry,
Thee in JESU's Name conjure,
With my Requeft comply,
Make me humble, make me poor
This of all Thy Gifts impart ;
When I am of This poffeft,
When Thou giv'ft an Humble Heart,
If Thou Canft, withhold the rest.

A THANKSGIVING.

LORD, and am I yet alive,

Not in Torments, not in Hell! Still doth Thy good Spirit ftrive, With the Chief of Sinners dwell!

Yes; I ftill lift up my Eyes,
Will not of Thy Love defpair,
Still in fpite of Sin I rife,

Still to call Thee Mine I dare.

2. O the Length and Breadth of Love!
JESU, Saviour, can it be?
All Thy Mercy's Heighth 1 prove,
All its Depth is feen in Me!
O the Miracle of Grace!

Tell it out, to Sinners tell!
Fiends, and Men, and Angels gaze,
I am, I am out of Hell!

3. Turn afide a Sight t' admire,
I the Living Wonder am!
See a Bush that burns with Fire,
Unconfum'd amidst the Flame!
See a Stone that hangs in Air!
See a Spark in Oceans dwell!
Kept alive with Death fo near,
I am, I am out of Hell!

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For the Spirit of PRAYER. ATHER, in the Mighty Name Of Thy well-beloved Son, One of all Thy Gifts I claim, All my Wants I speak in One, Let me for the Promise stay, Only give me Power to pray.

3. See Thy poor afflicted Child,
Patient, and refign'd in Pain,
Let me wander o'er the Wild,
Never more will I complain,
Here forever let me stay,
Only give me Power to pray.

4. Let the Pangs that fill my Breaft
Fully all to Thee be known,
Griefs that cannot be exprest

Let me tell Thee in a Groan,...
Hafte to help me, or delay,
Only give me Power to pray.

7HEN, my Saviour, fhall I be Perfectly refign'd to Thee!

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Poor, and vile in my own Eyes,
Only in Thy Wisdom wife-
Only Thee content to know,

Ignorant of all below,
Only guided by Thy Light,

Only mighty in Thy Might.

2. Take my 'Nature's Strength away, Every Comfort, every Stay,

Every Hindrance of Thy Love,

All my

Power to act or move,

Fain I would be truly fill,

Fain I would be without Will,