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For us, O Lord, as we are of ourselves, there is nothing we can do can please thee, or be acceptable to thee, if so be thou drawdrawest not our hearts to believe in thee; for without faith it is impossible to please thee: and therefore we desire to have faith inferred upon us. For Jesus'sake,Jesus' sake, and in his name, we beseech thee to take us in among the number of believers; and although that there be great mixture of imperfections in us, yet pass by all these, and look to the excellency of that begun work of faith; and build it up, we beseech thee, till it be perfyted,perfected, and the capstone put upon it. Lord, we beseech thee to furnish us in all our necessities, and give us strength to win through all our difficulties. For shall our faith be as a burn or strype (a rill),a brook, to run fast in winter, but to go clean dry in summer? shallShall we seem to have faith when we have nothing ado with it, and then when we have ado with it, shall we find nothing but a toom (empty)an empty bag? We beseech thee to give us faith to abide in all cases whatsoever. Certainly there may be great troubles upon thy people, but faith will overcome them all. O if we could know Christ as he has revealed himself to us, and know the promises that he has made to believers !believers! There be general promises that he has made to all, and particular promises that he has made to some: we may go on in generals all our time, and be confident through these that all shall be well, and yet be beguiled; but, Lord, let us see the @@ -23,10 +21,10 @@ particular promises to belong to us, and see the fruits of our faith. And when we see so many worshipping stocks and stones, and every one of them destroying another, and drowning them in the sea of unbelief; if then we find the fruit of faith in being separate from them, we have great cause to praise thee, since we might have been as they. Glory be to thee, O Lord, who hashast made the difference between this land and other lands about us; and blessed be thou who, when we had almost lost all hope of continuing the light and purity of the gospel among us, that yet thou isart pleased to work among us, and to make it as a resurrection from the dead◊footnote{Guthrie in his Memoirs, p. 16, vainly surmises that the future leaders of the Presbyterians watched the course of events with secret satisfaction, in the confident expectation that the excesses of the Court would @@ -36,20 +34,20 @@ conjectures.} We cannot admire enough of it; yea, the angels, they cannot admire enough of this goodness of thine: for what greater mercy can there be than to have the Lord for our God, and we to be his people? Lord, give us grace to take it to heart, that we may know what is our duty to thee: and while others are going on into thy work, Lord, let not us be hindmost,farthest to the rear, but to be going on with the rest, that so we may taste of the sweet fruits thereof. These who hashave not yet given up their names to thee, hasten their calling; and these who hashave given up their names to thee, let them know what is required of them. And since we have made an open confession of our faith, make us to find the fruits of it, in changing of our hearts inwardly and of our conversationconduct outwardly;◊footnote{The intensely religious character of the national movement, and its intimate bearing upon the interests of practical godliness, are continually presenting themselves in the course of this volume.} and keep us that we fall not back again from thee. Bless them who are in authority, etc. We had great need that it should be well with them; for we acknowledge that thou hashast appointed them to rule over us, that under them we may live a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty: and indeed it is hard when we cannot get lived under them in peace and in godliness.◊footnote{ ◊ref{1Tim.1.2.}godliness.◊footnote{◊ref{1Tim.1.2.} "For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a ◊it{quiet and peaceable life} in all ◊it{godliness and honesty}."} Lord, therefore put it in the hearts of these who are in highest place to be for a blessing to thy @@ -57,27 +55,27 @@ people, and a safeguard to thy truth; and Lord, fall thou in◊footnote{◊it{Fa in}, Influence. Fluere in mentem. The infatuated obstinacy of the Court rendered such prayer not unnecessary.} upon their hearts, and teach them out of thy word by thy Spirit. There is none so near them but thou can come nearer; and then thou can outspeak them all: we beseech thee to doit.do it. Lord, we beseech thee, if so be that thou hashast appointed- this to be the way of setting up thy truth here, manifest thy love to this kirk; make idolatry and will-worship hateful to our king's Majesty, and make him only to love the simple truth. And, Lord, we beseech thee to bless these who hashave any good intention and purpose to inform him in the right way; and furnish them at this time with thythine own Spirit in a special manner: and, Lord, keep them from all the plots and malice of their enemies, both in their bodies and their souls. Bless these, Lord, who hashave given up their names to thee, and has hazarded all for thee; give them constancy to go on, whatever may follow, knowing that thou art able to requite all they can lose, even with a hundrethhundredth fold more in this life; and make them content to quite all that they have for the cause of Christ: for to whom'iswhom is it that we owe all that we have but only to thee? And therefore, if thou shall call us to quite all, give us grace to do it unreservedly. Lord, look in mercy upon all thy people who has been seeking thee this day. We have not been all of us in one house together;◊footnote{An incidental evidence that there had been two services this day.} yet all of us are members of one body, and we are all under thythine eye; and therefore, accept of our prayers and sacrifices, as if they had all proceeded from one mouth: and show such mercy upon us, as thou usesusest to shewshow to thythine own people. Bless this poor ignorant congregation; help these who understandsunderstand not the ways and word of God: many of them kensknow not if that which is preached be the word of God or not.◊footnote{Yet nothing short of the supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last @@ -85,9 +83,9 @@ exchanged the ministry of Leuchars for the chief place in the metropolis.} Lord let them understand their own ignorance and weakness, and not to rest till at least they get as much faith as may make them to cry for help from thee. Help these among us who are in any distress: and, Lord, give us grace not to weary in the ways of thythine obedience; and let us not think to have peace in the world and not to be at friendship with thee, but make us to be labouringlaboring to be enrolled among these clouds of witnesses that hashave gone before us, and to walk in thy ways; that so that may be a presageforeshadowing to us, that we shall hereafter be partakers of the inheritance with them, purchased to all of us by Jesus Christ, Toto whom, etc.
a/src/0017.pm b/src/0017.pm index 504602b..395c5eb 100644 --- a/src/0017.pm +++ b/src/0017.pm @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ two services this day.} yet all of us are members of one body, and we are all under thy eye; and therefore, accept of our prayers and sacrifices, as if they had all proceeded from one mouth: and show such mercy upon us, as thou uses to shew to thy own people. Bless this poor ignorant congregation; help these who understands not the ways and word of God: many of them kens not if that whilkwhich is preached be the word of God or not.◊footnote{Yet nothing short of the supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last
a/src/0017.pm b/src/0017.pm index aff9323..504602b 100644 --- a/src/0017.pm +++ b/src/0017.pm @@ -69,24 +69,24 @@ given up their names to thee, and has hazarded all for thee; give them constancy to go on, whatever may follow, knowing that thou art able to requite all they can lose, even with a hundreth fold more in this life; and make them content to quite all that they have for the cause of Christ: for to whom'is it that we owe all that we have but only to thee? And therefore, if thou shall call us to quite all, give us grace to do it unreservedly. Lord, look in mercy upon all thy people who has been seeking thee this day. We have not been all of us in one house together;◊footnote{An incidental evidence that there had been two services this day.} yet all of us are members of one body, and we are all under thy eye; and therefore, accept of our prayers and sacrifices, as if they had all proceeded from one mouth: and show such mercy upon us, as thou uses to shew to thy own people. Bless this poor ignorant congregation; help these who understands not the ways and word of God: many of them kens not if that whilk is preached be the word of God or not.◊footnote{Yet nothing short of the supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last exchanged the ministry of Leuchars for the chief place in the metropolis.} Lord let them understand their own ignorance and weakness, and not to rest till at least they get as much faith as may make them to cry for help from thee. Help these among us who are in any distress: and, Lord, give us grace not to weary in the ways of thy obedience; and let us not think to have peace in the world and not to be at friendship with thee, but make us to be labouring to be enrolled among these clouds of witnesses that has gone before us, and to walk in thy ways; that so that may be a presage to us, that we shall hereafter be partakers of the inheritance with them, purchased to all of us by Jesus Christ,
a/src/0017.pm b/src/0017.pm index 0371cba..aff9323 100644 --- a/src/0017.pm +++ b/src/0017.pm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ to furnish us in all our necessities, and give us strength to win through all our difficulties. For shall our faith be as a burn or strype (a rill), to run fast in winter, but to go clean dry in summer? shall we seem to have faith when we have nothing ado with it, and then when we have ado with it, shall we find nothing but ◊scottish{ane#an|one}a toom (empty) bag? We beseech thee to give us faith to abide in all cases whatsoever. Certainly there may be great troubles upon thy people, but faith will overcome them all. O if we could know Christ as he has revealed himself to us, and know the promises that he has made to believers ! There be @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ general promises that he has made to all, and particular promises that he has made to some: we may go on in generals all our time, and be confident through these that all shall be well, and yet be beguiled; but, Lord, let us see the particular promises to belong to us, and see the fruits of our faith. And when we see so many worshipping stocks and stones, and ◊scottish{ilk#each|every} ◊scottish{ane#an|one}every one of them destroying another, and drowning them in the sea of unbelief; if then we find the fruit of faith in being separate from them, we have great cause to praise thee, since we might have been as they. Glory be to thee, O Lord, who has made the difference @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ others are going on into thy work, Lord, let not us be hindmost, but to be going on with the rest, that so we may taste of the sweet fruits thereof. These who has not yet given up their names to thee, hasten their calling; and these who has given up their names to thee, let them know what is required of them. And since we have made ◊scottish{ane#an|one}an open confession of our faith, make us to find the fruits of it, in changing of our hearts inwardly and of our conversation outwardly;◊footnote{The intensely religious character of the national movement, and its intimate bearing upon the interests of practical godliness, are @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last exchanged the ministry of Leuchars for the chief place in the metropolis.} Lord let them understand their own ignorance and weakness, and not to rest till at least they get ◊scottish{als#as|also} ◊scottish{mickle#large|much|great}as much faith as may make them to cry for help from thee. Help these among us who are in any distress: and, Lord, give us grace not to weary in the ways of thy obedience; and let us not think to have peace in the world and not to be at friendship with thee, but make us to be labouring to be
a/src/0017.pm b/src/0017.pm index 8120cf9..0371cba 100644 --- a/src/0017.pm +++ b/src/0017.pm @@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ there be great mixture of imperfections in us, yet pass by all these, and look to the excellency of that begun work of faith; and build it up, we beseech thee, till it be perfyted, and the capstone put upon it. Lord, we beseech thee to furnish us in all our necessities, and give us strength to win through all our difficulties. For sallshall our faith be as a burn or strype (a rill), to run fast in winter, but to go clean dry in summer? sallshall we seem to have faith when we have nothing ado with it, and then when we have ado with it, sallshall we find nothing but ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} toom (empty) bag? We beseech thee to give us faith to abide in all cases whatsoever. Certainly there may be great troubles upon thy people, but faith will overcome them all. O if we could know Christ as he has revealed himself to us, and know the promises that he has made to believers ! There be general promises that he has made to all, and particular promises that he has made to some: we may go on in generals all our time, and be confident through these that all sallshall be well, and yet be beguiled; but, Lord, let us see the particular promises to belong to us, and see the fruits of our faith. And when we see so many worshipping stocks and stones, and ilk ane◊scottish{ilk#each|every} ◊scottish{ane#an|one} of them destroying another, and drowning them in the sea of unbelief; if then we find the fruit of faith in being separate from them, we have great cause to praise thee, since we might have been as they. Glory be to thee, O Lord, who has made the difference @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ others are going on into thy work, Lord, let not us be hindmost, but to be going on with the rest, that so we may taste of the sweet fruits thereof. These who has not yet given up their names to thee, hasten their calling; and these who has given up their names to thee, let them know what is required of them. And since we have made ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} open confession of our faith, make us to find the fruits of it, in changing of our hearts inwardly and of our conversation outwardly;◊footnote{The intensely religious character of the national movement, and its intimate bearing upon the interests of practical godliness, are @@ -62,32 +62,32 @@ thee, if so be that thou has appointed - this to be the way of setting up thy truth here, manifest thy love to this kirk; make idolatry and will-worship hateful to our king's Majesty, and make him only to love the simple truth. And, Lord, we beseech thee to bless these who has any good intention and purpose to inform him in the right way; and furnish them at this time with thy awinown Spirit in a special manner: and, Lord, keep them from all the plots and malice of their enemies, both in their bodies and their souls. Bless these, Lord, who has given up their names to thee, and has hazarded all for thee; give them constancy to go on, whatever may follow, knowing that thou art able to requite all they can lose, even with a hundreth fold more in this life; and make them content to quite all that they have for the cause of Christ: for to whom'is it that we owe all that we have but only to thee? And therefore, if thou sallshall call us to quite all, give us grace to do it unreservedly. Lord, look in mercy upon all thy people who has been seeking thee this day. We have not been all of us in one house together;◊footnote{An incidental evidence that there had been two services this day.} yet all of us are members of one body, and we are all under thy eye; and therefore, accept of our prayers and sacrifices, as if they had all proceeded from one mouth: and show such mercy upon us, as thou uses to shew to thy awinown people. Bless this poor ignorant congregation; help these who understands not the ways and word of God: many of them kens not if that whilk is preached be the word of God or not.◊footnote{Yet nothing short of the supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last exchanged the ministry of Leuchars for the chief place in the metropolis.} Lord let them understand their awinown ignorance and weakness, and not to rest till at least they get als mickle◊scottish{als#as|also} ◊scottish{mickle#large|much|great} faith as may make them to cry for help from thee. Help these among us who are in any distress: and, Lord, give us grace not to weary in the ways of thy obedience; and let us not think to have peace in the world and not to be at friendship with thee, but make us to be labouring to be enrolled among these clouds of witnesses that has gone before us, and to walk in thy ways; that so that may be a presage to us, that we sallshall hereafter be partakers of the inheritance with them, purchased to all of us by Jesus Christ, To whom, etc.
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For us, O Lord, as we are of ourselves, there is nothing we can do can please thee, or be acceptable to thee, if so be thou draw not our hearts to believe in thee; for without faith it is impossible to please thee: and therefore we desire to have faith inferred upon us. For Jesus'sake, and in his name, we beseech thee to take us in among the number of believers; and although that there be great mixture of imperfections in us, yet pass by all these, and look to the excellency of that begun work of faith; and build it up, we beseech thee, till it be perfyted, and the capstone put upon it. Lord, we beseech thee to furnish us in all our necessities, and give us strength to win through all our difficulties. For sall our faith be as a burn or strype (a rill), to run fast in winter, but to go clean dry in summer? sall we seem to have faith when we have nothing ado with it, and then when we have ado with it, sall we find nothing but ane toom (empty) bag? We beseech thee to give us faith to abide in all cases whatsoever. Certainly there may be great troubles upon thy people, but faith will overcome them all. O if we could know Christ as he has revealed himself to us, and know the promises that he has made to believers ! There be general promises that he has made to all, and particular promises that he has made to some: we may go on in generals all our time, and be confident through these that all sall be well, and yet be beguiled; but, Lord, let us see the particular promises to belong to us, and see the fruits of our faith. And when we see so many worshipping stocks and stones, and ilk ane of them destroying another, and drowning them in the sea of unbelief; if then we find the fruit of faith in being separate from them, we have great cause to praise thee, since we might have been as they. Glory be to thee, O Lord, who has made the difference between this land and other lands about us; and blessed be thou who, when we had almost lost all hope of continuing the light and purity of the gospel among us, that yet thou is pleased to work among us, and to make it as a resurrection from the dead◊footnote{Guthrie in his Memoirs, p. 16, vainly surmises that the future leaders of the Presbyterians watched the course of events with secret satisfaction, in the confident expectation that the excesses of the Court would produce a revulsion of public feeling, and hasten the crisis that ensued. The passage noted, and others similar, serve to show the groundlessness of such conjectures.} We cannot admire enough of it; yea, the angels, they cannot admire enough of this goodness of thine: for what greater mercy can there be than to have the Lord for our God, and we to be his people? Lord, give us grace to take it to heart, that we may know what is our duty to thee: and while others are going on into thy work, Lord, let not us be hindmost, but to be going on with the rest, that so we may taste of the sweet fruits thereof. These who has not yet given up their names to thee, hasten their calling; and these who has given up their names to thee, let them know what is required of them. And since we have made ane open confession of our faith, make us to find the fruits of it, in changing of our hearts inwardly and of our conversation outwardly;◊footnote{The intensely religious character of the national movement, and its intimate bearing upon the interests of practical godliness, are continually presenting themselves in the course of this volume.} and keep us that we fall not back again from thee. Bless them who are in authority, etc. We had great need that it should be well with them; for we acknowledge that thou has appointed them to rule over us, that under them we may live a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty: and indeed it is hard when we cannot get lived under them in peace and in godliness.◊footnote{ ◊ref{1Tim.1.2.} "For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a ◊it{quiet and peaceable life} in all ◊it{godliness and honesty}."} Lord, therefore put it in the hearts of these who are in highest place to be for a blessing to thy people, and a safeguard to thy truth; and Lord, fall thou in◊footnote{◊it{Fall in}, Influence. Fluere in mentem. The infatuated obstinacy of the Court rendered such prayer not unnecessary.} upon their hearts, and teach them out of thy word by thy Spirit. There is none so near them but thou can come nearer; and then thou can outspeak them all: we beseech thee to doit. Lord, we beseech thee, if so be that thou has appointed - this to be the way of setting up thy truth here, manifest thy love to this kirk; make idolatry and will-worship hateful to our king's Majesty, and make him only to love the simple truth. And, Lord, we beseech thee to bless these who has any good intention and purpose to inform him in the right way; and furnish them at this time with thy awin Spirit in a special manner: and, Lord, keep them from all the plots and malice of their enemies, both in their bodies and their souls. Bless these, Lord, who has given up their names to thee, and has hazarded all for thee; give them constancy to go on, whatever may follow, knowing that thou art able to requite all they can lose, even with a hundreth fold more in this life; and make them content to quite all that they have for the cause of Christ: for to whom'is it that we owe all that we have but only to thee? And therefore, if thou sall call us to quite all, give us grace to do it unreservedly. Lord, look in mercy upon all thy people who has been seeking thee this day. We have not been all of us in one house together;◊footnote{An incidental evidence that there had been two services this day.} yet all of us are members of one body, and we are all under thy eye; and therefore, accept of our prayers and sacrifices, as if they had all proceeded from one mouth: and show such mercy upon us, as thou uses to shew to thy awin people. Bless this poor ignorant congregation; help these who understands not the ways and word of God: many of them kens not if that whilk is preached be the word of God or not.◊footnote{Yet nothing short of the supreme authority of the Church could prevail on Henderson to quit this rude and ignorant people; and it was with unfeigned reluctance that he at last exchanged the ministry of Leuchars for the chief place in the metropolis.} Lord let them understand their awin ignorance and weakness, and not to rest till at least they get als mickle faith as may make them to cry for help from thee. Help these among us who are in any distress: and, Lord, give us grace not to weary in the ways of thy obedience; and let us not think to have peace in the world and not to be at friendship with thee, but make us to be labouring to be enrolled among these clouds of witnesses that has gone before us, and to walk in thy ways; that so that may be a presage to us, that we sall hereafter be partakers of the inheritance with them, purchased to all of us by Jesus Christ, To whom, etc.