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man guilt, and human frailty? Oh! doubt not then the interest of our compassionate Redeemer. Hast thou resolved that thou wilt, at the foot of the cross, lay down all worldly affections, and serve the true and living God? Oh, fear not then: for thee has the body of the crucified Saviour been lifted on the cross; that thou, by looking thereto, might be healed.

MEDITATION III.

On the Love of the Saviour.

[Bp. Ken. O GOD, my Saviour and my Lord, grant, I beseech thee, that the contemplations of thy dear love may ever inspire my inflamed heart with the zealous return of love to thee, my God, and with the most fervent charity to all the members of thy holy church, whether they are my friends or my causeless enemies.O let me never, by the coldness of my

affection for my neighbours and fellowchristians, make myself unworthy of that love of thine which has now employed my meditations; and since without charity, no other virtue or religious duty is acceptable in thy sight, let it be my daily exercise to attain it, that at length I may be a perfect proficient in the school of love, and my humble soul may breathe out nothing else; that no provocation or affronts of the most wilful malice may ever stir up in me the spirit of revenge, or abate my charity; but let this celestial fire of heavenly love ever burn in my fervent breast upon earth, till it is perfected at last in the blessed regions of eternal love.

MEDITATION IV.

God, the Friend of his People.

[Rev. J. W. Cunningham.

How great a God is our God! How powerful and tender a friend is our Re

deemer! He hath done all things well. He hath made both the haughty to tremble, and the miserable to rejoice. He hath spoken peace to our souls. We sail, indeed, amidst angry winds upon a rough sea; but none of these things move us while the ruler of the storm is with us, and sheds, from behind the cloud which hides him from the world, the consolations of his grace and love.

MEDITATION V.

For the Sabbath.

[Mrs. Holderness.

RETIRE, O my soul! and in the inmost recesses of thy chamber pour out, in humble prayer and ardent praise, thy feelings to thy God let it be to thee a joyful and a valued privilege, to spend this holy and consecrated day peculiarly as in his presence; either in the public sanctuary, in private communion, in family worship, or in conversation holy and profitable for thy

eternal good. Carry with thee to God's house a spirit of lively devotion for prayer, a spirit of solemn attention to hear, that the preaching of the word may not be in vain unto thee, but that it may be found by thee "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;" that thou mayest become "perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works." At home, recount the unwearied mercies of thy heavenly Father, and think upon his unbounded love

MEDITATION VI.

On the loss of Beloved Friends.

[Rev. C. Bradley.

We love the creature too well. We put it above our God-and this is the way in wh.ch he casts it from its throne. He suffers the reed we lean upon to pierce us as it breaks: he allows the idol which drew our affections from him, to wound us as well as fail us. And then our

eyes are open: our misery brings us to ourselves. We remember that none can satisfy the soul but God. We turn from our broken idols and withered gourds, and our language is, Why did I lean for happiness so long on what I could not keep? Why do I still cling so closely to the objects which death may tear from me in an hour? I will strive to wean this wounded heart of mine from a dying world. I will not love it as I have done. I will seek my comforts in things which death cannot reach. I will not rest in any thing below my God. My exalted Lord shall have the heart he died to gain.

MEDITATION VII.

On the Hindrances to a Holy Life.

[Author of the Retrospect. Oh, how many things from time to time are striving to wean my heart from God, who in love, as much as in just do

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