Let me then obtain the Grace,
And be of Paradise poffeft:
JESUS, Mafter, &c.

4. Full of Pain and Sin am I,
I ever bear my Shame,
Waiting till my LORD pafs by,
And call me by my Name:
Surely now my Pain He fees,
And I fhall quickly be releas'd:
JESUS, Mafter, &c.

5. Worldly Good I do not want,
Be that to Others given,
Only for Thy Love I pant,

My All in Earth and Heaven;
'This the Crown I fain would seize,
The Good wherewith I would be bleft.
JESUS, Mafter, &c.

6. This Delight I fain would prove,
And then refign my Breath,
Join the Happy Few, whofe Love
Was mightier than Death.
Let it not my LORD displease,
That I would die to be Thy Guest ;
JESUS, Mafter, feal my Peace,
And take me to Thy Breast.

I.

TH

In DOUBT.

HE Children to the Birth are come,
But Oh! they have not Might

To burft the Barriers of the Womb,

And struggle into Light.

2. My feeble Soul gives o'er the Strife,

Juft as it fees the Skies,

Fails in the very Gate of Life,

Sinks back again, and dies.

3. I faw the Port of JESU's Breast,

But while I entred in,
A Whirlwind fwept me from
And plung'd me into Sin.

my Rest,

4. What shall I do, or whither turn?
Defpairing of Relief,

I only can my Ruin mourn
With unavailing Grief.

5. Ah woe is me! to Evil fold, And fallen back from Grace!

I never, never shall behold

The dear Redeemer's Face.

6. Better, that I had, never felt
My Saviour's Blood applied;
Lefs aggravated were my Guilt,
Had I in Egypt died.

7. Better that I had never known
The Way of Righteousness,
Than to break off the Course begun,
And leave th' unfinish'd Race,

8. Ah! wherefore did I ever take,
If I muft quit the Field;
Muft fhamefully at last turn back,
And caft away my Shield ?

9. But fhall I throw on Go D the Blame?

Or daringly complain

Because I moft unfaithful am,

And make His Mercies vain ?

10. No, LORD, Thy Truth and Grace I clear;

For Years Thy Spirit ftrove,

Faithful to me Thy Mercies were,

And infinite Thy Love.

11. Far

11. Far be it from my wretched Heart
To charge my Death on Thee,
To fave me now Thou ready art,
If fav'd I Now would be.

12. Whether or no my Heart of Stone
Will yield to be renewed,
Sufficient is Thy Grace I own,
I juftify my God.

13. This Record do I leave behind,
Whether I ftand or fall,

Sinners, Ye All his Grace may find,
His Grace is free for All.

I.

For the SPIRIT of PRAYER.

"WH

HAT fhall I do to 'fcape the Hell
That burns me up within!

Satan, and all his Hofts I feel

In this Indwelling Sin.

2. It mocks my Strength, prevents my Flight,

Still intimately nigh,

Impoffible it is to fight,

Impoffible to fly.

3. One only Refuge there remains,

But That I cannot find,

So fast thefe grievous, fleshly Chains,
My flothful Spirit bind.

4. Monfter of Sin! How can it be
That I fhould still delay!
JESUS I know would fet me free,
Would I to JESUS pray.

5. He bids me afk, and I fhall have :
I know it; and forbear;

Affur'd He would the Sinner fave,
In anfwer to my Prayer.

6. He pities now my fad Estate, And gladly would relieve,

But Oh! I cannot

will not

Till He the Bleffing give.

7. He waits that He may gracious be,

To All His Bowels move; Fury, O GOD, is not in Thee, But all Thy Heart is Love.

8. Then help me to receive Thy Word,
Help me on Thee to call,

Have Patience with me, dearest LORD,
And I will pay Thee all.

9. On me for Good this Token fhew,
Pronounce the Ephphatha,
And let my Heart in Prayer or'eflow,
And let me always pray.

10. A Time to Thee I will not fet, Nor charge Thee with Delay;

wait.

Do with me, LORD, as feems Thee meet,
But let me always pray.

11. Thou art not flack touching Thy Word,

Content I am to stay,

To wait the Leifure of my LORD,

But let me always pray.

12. Though in my Flesh I feel the Thorn,

No more will I complain,

Let me but in Thy Bofom mourn,

And tell Thee all my Pain.

13. Come Joy, or Grief, come Life, or Death,

For this I take no Care,

But when I render up my Breath;

Let my laft Breath be Prayer.

F 2

Going

I.

Going into a Place of DANGER.

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H! but muft I, LORD, return
Into the dreadful Fight,

Bear what is not to be born
Again drag'd out to Light!
I a weak, and helpless Worm
Only fhall Thy Caufe betray,
Perish in Temptation's Storm,
A Final Caftaway.

2. Didft Thou only bid me leap
Into a burning Fire,

Caft me down the threatning Steep,
Or now my Soul require,
Gladly would I now comply,
Plunge into the Depths beneath,
Rush into the Flames, and die
To 'fcape the Second Death.

3. O Almighty GoD of Love,
Thy Holy Arm display,
Send me Succour from above

In this

my Evil Day;

Arm my Weakness with Thy Power;
Woman's Seed appear within :

Be my Safeguard, and my Tower
Against the Face of Sin.

4. Could I of Thy Strength take hold,

And always feel Thee near,

Stedfaftly, divinely bold

My Soul wou'd fcorn to fear.
Nothing fhould my Firmnefs fhock:

Though the Gates of Hell affail,
Were I built upon the Rock,

They never could prevail.

5. Rock