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His arm alone me holds c, yet lo,
I hold and will not let him go d.
I do according to his call,

And yet not I, but he does all e;
But though he works to will and dof,
I without force work freely too g.

His will and mine agree full well b,
Yet difagree like heav'n and hell i,

houfe, and into the chamber of her that conceived me
b Pfal. lxi. 2. From the end of the earth will Í
cry unto
thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock
that is higher than I.

c Pfal. xiii. 8. My foul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. Ifa xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will ftrengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

d Gen. xxxii. 26. And be [the angel] faid, Let me go, for the day breaketh: And he [Jacob] faid, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

e I Cor. xv. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain: but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. v. 58. Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye ftedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forafmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

f Phil. ii. 13. It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

g Pfal. cx. 3. Thy people fhall be willing in the day of thy power. And cxvi. 16. Oh Lord, truly I am thy fervant, I am thy fervant, and the fon of thy hand maid: thou haft loofed my bonds.

h Matth. vi. 1o. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heav en. Pfal. xl. 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

i Matth. xxi. 28, 29. A certain man had two fons, and he came to the first, and faid, Son, go work to-day in my vinevard. He answered and faid I will not, &c. John v. 40.

His nature's mine k, and mine is his ;
Yet fo was never that nor this m.

I know him and his name, yet own
He and his name can ne'er be known n.
His gracious coming makes me do;
I know he comes, yet know not how o.
I have no good but what he gave p,
Yet he commends the good I have q

Matth.

Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. xxiii. 37. O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, thou that killeft the prophets, and stonest them which are fent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

k 2 Pet, i. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promifes; that by thefe ye might be partakers of the divine nature.

7 Heb. ii. 14. Forafmuch then as the children are partak ers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the fame. v. i6. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the feed of Abraham.

m Ifa. xl. 17. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

n Pfal ix. to. They that know thy name will put their trust in thee. Prov. xxx. 3, 4. I [ Agur] neither learned wifdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or defcended? who hath gathered the winds in his fifts? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his fon's name, if thou canst tell?

• Song iv. 16. Awake, O north wind? and come, thou fouth; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out: let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his plea fant fruits. John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou heareft the found thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is bora of the Spirit.

pi Chorn. xxix. 14, And David faid,-But who am I, and

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And though my good to him afcends r,
My goodnefs to him ne'er extends f.

I take hold of his cov'nant free s
But find it must take hold of me t.

what is my people, that we should be able to offer fo willing-
ly after this fort? for all things come of thee, and of thine
own have we given thee. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are fuf-
ficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves: but our
fufficiency is of God.

q 2 Cor. x. 18. For not he that commendteh himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Rom. xii. 1, 2. L befeech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

r Pfal. xxv. 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my foul. And cxli. 2. Let my prayer be fet forth before thee as incenfe : and the lifting of my hands, as the evening facrifice. Eph. iii. z. In whom [Chrift Jefus] we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Heb. x. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holieft by the blood of Jefus, &c.

fPfal. xvi. 2. O my foul, thou haft faid unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee.

s Ifa lvi. 4. Thus faith the Lord unto the eunuchs that— take hold of my covenant, &c. v. 6 Alfo the fons of the ftranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his fervants, every one that taketh hold of my covenant, &c.

* Zech. i. 6. But my words and my ftatutes, which I com manded my fervants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and faid, Like as the Lord of hofts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and as, cording to our doings, fo hath he dealt with us, Pfal. cx 2. 3. The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy ftrength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies Thy people fhall be willing in the day of thy power, &c. Rom i. 16. I am not ahamed of the gofpel of Chrift: for it is the power of God unfalvation, to every one that believeth, to the Jew first and

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I'm bound to keep it u, yet 'tis bail,
And bound to keep me without fail v.
The bond on my part cannot laft w,
Yet on both fides ftands firm and faft x.
I break my bands at ev'ry fhock,
Yet never is the bargain broke y.

alfo to the Greek. 2 Cor. ii. 16.-to the other we are the favour of life unto life and who is fufficient for these things.

u Pfal. ciii. 17, 18. The mercy of the Lord is from everHafting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteoufnefs unto children's children: to fuch as keep his covenant, and to thofe that remember his commandments to do them. John xvii. 6. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gaveft them me; and they have kept thy word.

v Pfalm lxxxix. 33,-36. Nevertheless, my loving kindnefs will I not utterly take from him, nor fuffer my faithfulnefs to fail, My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I fworn, by my holinefs, that I will not lie unto David. His feed fhall endure for ever, and his throne as the fun before me.

w Pfalm lxxxix. 30, 31, 32. If his children forfake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my ftatutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I vifit their tranfgreffions with the rod, and their iniquity with ftripes.

× Pfalm lxxxix. 2, 3, 4. For I have faid, Mercy fhall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness fhalt thou establish in the very heavens. I have made a covenant with my Chofen, I have sworn unto David my fervant. Thy feed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. v. 28, 29. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant fhall stand faft with him. His feed alfo will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Jer. xxxii. 40. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that 1 will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

y Pfalm lxxviii. 37. Their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant, Ifa. liv. 10. The mountains fhall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kind nefs fhall not depart from thee, neither fhall the covenant of

Daily, alas! I disobey z,

Yet yield obedience ev'ry day a.
I'm an imperfect perfect man b,
That can do all, yet nothing can c.
I'm from beneath d, and from above e,
A child of wrath f, a child of love g.
A ftranger e'en where all may know;
A pilgrim, yet I no where go b.

my peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. z James iii. 2. In many things we offend all.

a Pfalm Ixi. 8. So will I fing praife unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. Heb. iii. 13. But exhort one another daily while it is called, To day; left any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of fin.

6 Pfalm xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. Rev. iii. 2. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

c Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ which ftrengtheneth me. John xv. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. d John viii. 23. And Jefus faid unto the Jews, Ye are from beneath: ye are of this world, &c.

e Gal. iv. 26. Jerufalem which is above, is free, which is the mother of us all. v. 28. Now we, brethren, as Ifaac was, are the children of promise. John i. 13. Which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And iii. 5, 6. Jefus answered Verily ve rily, I fay unto thee, [Nicodemus] Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which born is of the Spirit is fpirit.

f Eph ii. 3. We-were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

g Rom. iv. 8.-The children of the promise are counted for the feed.

h Heb. xi. 13. These all-confeffed that they were firangers and pilgrims on the earth. 1 Pet. ii. 11. Dearly belov ed, I beseech you as ftrangers and pilgrims, &c.

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