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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, ƒ a child of love. g

y Psalm lxxviii. 37. Their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. Isa. liv. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee.

z James iii. 2. In many things we offend all.

a Psalm lxi. 8. So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that I may daily perform my vows. Heb. iii. 13. But exhort one another daily while it is called, To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

b Psalm 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.

e Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. John xv. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

d John viii. 23. And Jesus said unto the Jews, Ye are from beneath-ye are of this world, &c.

e Gal. iv. 26. Jerusalem which is above, is free, which is the mother of us all. Ver. 28. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are

A stranger e'en where all may know;
A pilgrim, yet I nowhere go. h

I trade abroad, yet stay at home ; i
My tabernacle is my tomb.j

I can be prison'd, yet abroad;

Bound hand and foot, yet walk with God. k

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. Jesus answered, Verily verily, I say unto thee, [Nicodemus] Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.-That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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

g Rom. ix. 8. Children of the promise are counted for the seed. h Heb. xi. 13. These all confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 1 Pet. ii. 11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, &c.

i Phil. iii. 20. For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

j 2 Cor. v. 1, 2. For we know, that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. Ver. 4. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

k Acts xvi. 24, 25. The jailer, having received such a charge,

SECTION IX.

THE MYSTERY OF VARIOUS NAMES GIVEN TO SAINTS; OR, THE
FLESH AND SPIRIT DESCRIBED FROM INANIMATE THINGS, VEGE-
TABLES AND SENSITIVES.

To tell the world my proper name,
Is both my glory and my shame : a
For like my black but comely face,
My name is Sin, my name is Grace. b

thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God. 2 Tim. ii. 9. Wherein I suffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 2 Cor. vi. 4, 5. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings.

a Hos. i. 9. Then said God, call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. And ii. 1. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Ver. 23. And I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy, and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

b Song i. 5. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 1 Tim. i. 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Isa, lxii. 2, 3. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteous

Most fitly I'm assimilate

To various things inanimate :

A standing lake, c a running flood; d
A fixed star, e a passing cloud:ƒ

A cake unturn'd, nor cold, nor hot; g
A vessel sound, h a broken pot: i

ness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

c Jer. xlviii. 11. Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

d Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.

e Dan. xii. 3. And they that be wise, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever. And in opposition to those called wandering stars, Jude 13.

f Hos. vi. 4. O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

g Hos. vii. 8. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Ephraim is a cake not turned. Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

A rising sun,j a drooping wing; k
A flinty rock, a flowing spring: m

A rotten beam, n a virid stem; o

A menstr'ous cloth, p a royal gem: q

h Rom. ix. 21. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

i Psalm xxxi. 12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

j Matt. xiii. 43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.

k Psalm lv. 6. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest.

Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets.

m John iv. 13, 14. Jesus answered and said unto her-Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

n Isa. xvii. 9, 10. In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left, because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength : therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips. Chap. xxvii. 11. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no understanding, &c.

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