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Date: Thu Jul 16 14:28:59 2026 +0200

a/src/0019.pm b/src/0019.pm index 33147c9..1c97300 100644 --- a/src/0019.pm +++ b/src/0019.pm @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ #lang pollenO Lord, we are now, after a special manner, in thy sight and presence: thythine eye, which seesseeth and knowsknoweth all things, is now beholding us. And when thine eye beholdsbeholdeth us, we are sure that our ignorance will be seen by thee to be great; our manifold wanderings, our great imperfections, our unbelief and manifold corruptions, we are sure will be seen in us. We, O Lord, when we have entered into the examination of our own hearts, have seen somewhat there that has been @@ -11,59 +9,59 @@ himself and from all others but only from thee; but there is no corner thereof that is hid from thee. And if then our consciences have convinced us and condemned us, (and how can we say or think that we have consciences, if so be that they have not convinced us?) then how much more must thou convince us and condemn us, who is far greater than our consciences !consciences! We acknowledge, O Lord, thou hashast a controversy against us into this land, especially because we have not taken to heart thy loving kindness towards us, which thou hashast shewn to us so many ways; that we have not discerned the day of our own visitation, that so we might know the things that belonged to our peace, which day hashath continued so long with us; that light is come into the world, and we have delighted to walk in darkness rather than light. We acknowledge, O Lord, that this may put us into the greatest fear of thy wrath, that the greatest part of us does not as yet know thee, the Lord, but are strangers to thee and to thy son Jesus Christ; and we are continually fighting against the Holy Ghost in the use of the means that thou sendssendest to us. If the Gentiles, who had not such means as we have, were justly condemned by thee, because they did not walk in that little twilight which they had by nature, then how great must the condemnation of hard-heartedhardhearted sinners be, who have neglected the great salvation revealed to the world by the preaching of the gospel! Lord, we are not able to answer to thee for one of a thousand, no, not of ten thousand of our sins. It would be the blackest, ugliest, and fearfulest sight that ever we yet saw, if so be that our sins were set in order before us. And there is nothing that puts us into a greater fear, than that boldly we have renewed our covenant with thee, and hashave not considered of it, moror of our ways since; there is little reformation seen in the most part of our lives, and it is to be feared that there is little renovation in our hearts. That is sure,---ifsure---if thou hashast established us to be a people to thee, and thou willwilt be a God to us, there will be a change in us; and this change, it will be first begun into the heart, and then it will be seen outwardly into the life and conversation. Lord, thou who has honouredhast honored us thus so many ways, that in thy patience thou hast spared us so long, in thy providence thou hashast given us this good day, and of thy great mercy has made us to enter in a covenant with thee, Lord, we beseech thee that as yet thou wouldwouldst do the rest of the work, and cease not till thou put the capstone upon it. And because we are come here this day to honourhonor thee, Lord keep us that we do not dishonourdishonor to thee now; for this indeed will be a lamentable case, if we multiply sins upon our own heads, when we profess to be come to seek pardon of them. We are come here for salvation; let us not get a further seal of our damnation. Lord, therefore accompany the means by thy Spirit, and thou who hashast given unto us natural life and ability to bring us here, give us also a supernatural life, and make it sensible to us now that we have some measure of spiritual life. And thou who makesmakest the sun to shine into the firmament, make the sun of righteousness to shine in into our dark souls, and the light of thy countenance to shine in into the darkest corners thereof, that so we may see these things which we have not yet seen; that if we be yet in nature, we may skar (take fright)take fright at that filthy and ugly estate, and hasten out of it, and if we see ourselves to be iin the state of grace, we may rejoice in that, and go on into it. And thou who makesmakest the wind to blow, and it bloweth where it listeth, and no man seeth it, but heareth the sound thereof, make thy Spirit to enter into our souls, that so we may get refreshment and consolation thereby from above, and direction how to walk. And as the wind blows where it will, so doesdoth thy Spirit enter where it will, therefore let us find it into us; for if we have thy Spirit, then we have Christ also, and if we have thy Spirit and Christ, that will be an evidence to us of our election here, and that we shall be possessed in that rich and glorious in heritanceinheritance hereafter. And because all depends upon our sanctification, Lord, look upon our blind and wandering minds and hard hearts, and give unto us present and seeing minds and soft hearts. Satan, he is ready to withdraw our minds from thy service; there isare none who can hold their minds present, except thou be pleased to compass us about, and hold them in; Lord, therefore we beseech thee to do it. And because our unbelief is the cause of all the ill and mischief that comes upon us, and now we are about the means how @@ -72,11 +70,11 @@ weed, and sawing in the precious seed of faith, that so we might believe the promises of the life to come; for if we had these, then we might find a change both within and without. Lord, if thou be pleased to hide thyself from us now, and expose us to the craft, malice, and cruelty of our enemies, then we will be undone. Alas! shallShall Satan, when we are come to seek and serve thee, hinder us from that, and from getting good to our own souls in these means? Lord, go betwixt us and his tentations:temptations: thou hashast promised to be a sun and a shield to us; Lord, let us find the perfitingperfecting of thy promise, both in preserving us from all our enemies, and in bestowing every good thing upon us.- And we entreat thee, Lord, to bring our souls to this, to apprehend of the things that are to come; for, in truth, we acknowledge that we are greatly bewitched with things present: thou, Lord, can quicken our sight, draw our eyes therefore off these

Date: Fri Oct 31 09:13:48 2025 -0300

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O Lord, we are now, after a special manner, in thy sight and presence: thy eye, whilkwhich sees and knows all things, is now beholding us. And when thine eye beholds us, we are sure that our ignorance will be seen by thee to be great; our manifold wanderings, our great imperfections, our unbelief and manifold corruptions, we are sure will be seen in us. We, O Lord, when we have entered @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ condemned us, (and how can we say or think that we have consciences, if so be that they have not convinced us?) then how much more must thou convince us and condemn us, who is far greater than our consciences ! We acknowledge, O Lord, thou has a controversy against us into this land, especially because we have not taken to heart thy loving kindness towards us, whilkwhich thou has shewn to us so many ways; that we have not discerned the day of our own visitation, that so we might know the things that belonged to our peace, whilkwhich day has continued so long with us; that light is come into the world, and we have delighted to walk in darkness rather than light. We acknowledge, O Lord, that this may put us into the greatest fear of thy wrath, that the greatest part of us does not as @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ yet know thee, the Lord, but are strangers to thee and to thy son Jesus Christ; and we are continually fighting against the Holy Ghost in the use of the means that thou sends to us. If the Gentiles, who had not such means as we have, were justly condemned by thee, because they did not walk in that little twilight whilkwhich they had by nature, then how great must the condemnation of hard-hearted sinners be, who have neglected the great salvation revealed to the world by the preaching of the gospel! Lord, we are not able to answer to thee for one of a thousand, no, not of ten thousand of our sins. It would be the blackest, @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and ability to bring us here, give us also a supernatural life, and make it sensible to us now that we have some measure of spiritual life. And thou who makes the sun to shine into the firmament, make the sun of righteousness to shine in into our dark souls, and the light of thy countenance to shine in into the darkest corners thereof, that so we may see these things whilkwhich we have not yet seen; that if we be yet in nature, we may skar (take fright) at that filthy and ugly estate, and hasten out of it, and if we see ourselves to be i the state of grace, we may rejoice in that, and go on into it. And thou who makes @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ all our enemies, and in bestowing every good thing upon us. - And we entreat thee, Lord, to bring our souls to this, to apprehend of the things that are to come; for, in truth, we acknowledge that we are greatly bewitched with things present: thou, Lord, can quicken our sight, draw our eyes therefore off these things whilkwhich are perishing, to look to things that endures for ever. We will go all of us out of this world in a short time, and it is not long since we came here; and shortly there will be others filling our places again. O if we could consider that we are now upon the stage, acting our part, and strive to know

Date: Thu Oct 30 17:22:32 2025 -0300

a/src/0019.pm b/src/0019.pm index ad45c57..7f65c23 100644 --- a/src/0019.pm +++ b/src/0019.pm @@ -14,77 +14,76 @@ that they have not convinced us?) then how much more must thou convince us and condemn us, who is far greater than our consciences ! We acknowledge, O Lord, thou has a controversy against us into this land, especially because we have not taken to heart thy loving kindness towards us, whilk thou has shewn to us so many ways; that we have not discerned the day of our own visitation, that so we might know the things that belonged to our peace, whilk day has continued so long with us; that light is come into the world, and we have delighted to walk in darkness rather than light. We acknowledge, O Lord, that this may put us into the greatest fear of thy wrath, that the greatest part of us does not as yet know thee, the Lord, but are strangers to thee and to thy son Jesus Christ; and we are continually fighting against the Holy Ghost in the use of the means that thou sends to us. If the Gentiles, who had not such means as we have, were justly condemned by thee, because they did not walk in that little twilight whilk they had by nature, then how great must the condemnation of hard-hearted sinners be, who have neglected the great salvation revealed to the world by the preaching of the gospel! Lord, we are not able to answer to thee for one of a thousand, no, not of ten thousand of our sins. It would be the blackest, ugliest, and fearfulest sight that ever we yet saw, if so be that our sins were set in order before us. And there is nothing that puts us into a greater fear, than that boldly we have renewed our covenant with thee, and has not considered of it, mor of our ways since; there is little reformation seen in the most part of our lives, and it is to be feared that there is little renovation in our hearts. That is sure,---if thou has established us to be a people to thee, and thou will be a God to us, there will be a change in us; and this change, it will be first begun into the heart, and then it will be seen outwardly into the life and conversation. Lord, thou who has honoured us thus so many ways, that in thy patience thou hast spared us so long, in thy providence thou has given us this good day, and of thy great mercy has made us to enter in a covenant with thee, Lord, we beseech thee that as yet thou would do the rest of the work, and cease not till thou put the capstone upon it. And because we are come here this day to honour thee, Lord keep us that we do not dishonour to thee now; for this indeed will be a lamentable case, if we multiply sins upon our own heads, when we profess to be come to seek pardon of them. We are come here for salvation; let us not get a further seal of our damnation. Lord, therefore accompany the means by thy Spirit, and thou who has given unto us natural life and ability to bring us here, give us also a supernatural life, and make it sensible to us now that we have some measure of spiritual life. And thou who makes the sun to shine into the firmament, make the sun of righteousness to shine in into our dark souls, and the light of thy countenance to shine in into the darkest corners thereof, that so we may see these things whilk we have not yet seen; that if we be yet in nature, we may skar (take fright) at that filthy and ugly estate, and hasten out of it, and if we see ourselves to be i the state of grace, we may rejoice in that, and go on into it. And thou who makes the wind to blow, and it bloweth where it listeth, and no man seeth it, but heareth the sound thereof, make thy Spirit to enter into our souls, that so we may get refreshment and consolation thereby from above, and direction how to walk. And as the wind blows where it will, so does thy Spirit enter where it will, therefore let us find it into us; for if we have thy Spirit, then we have Christ also, and if we have thy Spirit and Christ, that will be an evidence to us of our election here, and that we shall be possessed in that rich and glorious in heritance hereafter. And because all depends upon our sanctification, Lord, look upon our blind and wandering minds and hard hearts, and give unto us present and seeing minds and soft hearts. Satan, he is ready to withdraw our minds from thy service; there is none who can hold their minds present, except thou be pleased to compass us about, and hold them in; Lord, therefore we beseech thee to do it. And because our unbelief is the cause of all the ill and mischief that comes upon us, and now we are about the means how to get faith, O if we could now find the hand of God rooting up this filthy weed, and sawing in the precious seed of faith, that so we might believe the promises of the life to come; for if we had these, then we might find a change both within and without. Lord, if thou be pleased to hide thyself from us now, and expose us to the craft, malice, and cruelty of our enemies, then we will be undone. Alas! shall Satan, when we are come to seek and serve thee, hinder us from that, and from getting good to our own souls in these means? Lord, go betwixt us and his tentations: thou has promised to be a sun and a shield to us; Lord, let us find the perfiting of thy promise, both in preserving us from all our enemies, and in bestowing every good thing upon us. - And we entreat thee, Lord, to bring our souls to this, to apprehend of the things that are to come; for, in truth, we acknowledge that we are greatly bewitched with things present: thou, Lord, can quicken our sight, draw our eyes therefore off these things whilk are perishing, to look to things that endures for ever. We will go all of us out of this world in a short time, and it is not long since we came here; and shortly there will be others filling our places again. O if we could consider that we are now upon the stage, acting our part, and strive to know what is our duty, and do that; that so we may in our short time here be acceptable to thee, and profitable to our own souls, and may at last receive the recompense of reward purchased to us by Jesus Christ. In whose, etc.

Date: Thu Oct 30 14:50:55 2025 -0300

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Date: Thu Oct 30 11:03:09 2025 -0300

a/src/0019.pm b/src/0019.pm index 4f6fb1c..2f70a56 100644 --- a/src/0019.pm +++ b/src/0019.pm @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ whilk sees and knows all things, is now beholding us. And when thine eye beholds us, we are sure that our ignorance will be seen by thee to be great; our manifold wanderings, our great imperfections, our unbelief and manifold corruptions, we are sure will be seen in us. We, O Lord, when we have entered into the examination of our awinown hearts, have seen somewhat there that has been wrong; but we know not our awinown hearts, for the heart of man, it is hid from himself and from all others but only from thee; but there is no corner thereof that is hid from thee. And if then our consciences have convinced us and condemned us, (and how can we say or think that we have consciences, if so be @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ that they have not convinced us?) then how much more must thou convince us and condemn us, who is far greater than our consciences ! We acknowledge, O Lord, thou has a controversy against us into this land, especially because we have not taken to heart thy loving kindness towards us, whilk thou has shewn to us so many ways; that we have not discerned the day of our awinown visitation, that so we might know the things that belonged to our peace, whilk day has continued so long with us; that light is come into the world, and we have delighted to walk in darkness rather than light. We acknowledge, O Lord, that this may put @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ to enter in a covenant with thee, Lord, we beseech thee that as yet thou would do the rest of the work, and cease not till thou put the capstone upon it. And because we are come here this day to honour thee, Lord keep us that we do not dishonour to thee now; for this indeed will be a lamentable case, if we multiply sins upon our awinown heads, when we profess to be come to seek pardon of them. We are come here for salvation; let us not get a further seal of our damnation. Lord, therefore accompany the means by thy Spirit, and thou who has given unto us natural life and ability to bring us here, give us also a @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ into our souls, that so we may get refreshment and consolation thereby from above, and direction how to walk. And as the wind blows where it will, so does thy Spirit enter where it will, therefore let us find it into us; for if we have thy Spirit, then we have Christ also, and if we have thy Spirit and Christ, that will be ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} evidence to us of our election here, and that we sallshall be possessed in that rich and glorious in heritance hereafter. And because all depends upon our sanctification, Lord, look upon our blind and wandering minds and hard hearts, and give unto us present and seeing minds and soft hearts. @@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ rooting up this filthy weed, and sawing in the precious seed of faith, that so we might believe the promises of the life to come; for if we had these, then we might find a change both within and without. Lord, if thou be pleased to hide thyself from us now, and expose us to the craft, malice, and cruelty of our enemies, then we will be undone. Alas! sallshall Satan, when we are come to seek and serve thee, hinder us from that, and from getting good to our awinown souls in these means? Lord, go betwixt us and his tentations: thou has promised to be a sun and a shield to us; Lord, let us find the perfiting of thy promise, both in preserving us from all our enemies, and in bestowing every good thing upon us. - And we entreat thee, Lord, to bring our souls to this, to apprehend of the things that are to come; for, in truth, we acknowledge that we are greatly bewitched with things present: thou, Lord, can quicken our sight, draw our eyes therefore affoff these things whilk are perishing, to look to things that endures for ever. We will go all of us out of this world in a short time, and it is not long since we came here; and shortly there will be others filling our places again. O if we could consider that we are now upon the stage, acting our part, and strive to know what is our duty, and do that; that so we may in our short time here be acceptable to thee, and profitable to our awinown souls, and may at last receive the recompense of reward purchased to us by Jesus Christ. In whose, etc.

Date: Tue Oct 14 16:55:42 2025 -0300

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Date: Thu Apr 24 13:50:31 2025 -0300

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O Lord, we are now, after a special manner, in thy sight and presence: thy eye, whilk sees and knows all things, is now beholding us. And when thine eye beholds us, we are sure that our ignorance will be seen by thee to be great; our manifold wanderings, our great imperfections, our unbelief and manifold corruptions, we are sure will be seen in us. We, O Lord, when we have entered into the examination of our awin hearts, have seen somewhat there that has been wrong; but we know not our awin hearts, for the heart of man, it is hid from himself and from all others but only from thee; but there is no corner thereof that is hid from thee. And if then our consciences have convinced us and condemned us, (and how can we say or think that we have consciences, if so be that they have not convinced us?) then how much more must thou convince us and condemn us, who is far greater than our consciences ! We acknowledge, O Lord, thou has a controversy against us into this land, especially because we have not taken to heart thy loving kindness towards us, whilk thou has shewn to us so many ways; that we have not discerned the day of our awin visitation, that so we might know the things that belonged to our peace, whilk day has continued so long with us; that light is come into the world, and we have delighted to walk in darkness rather than light. We acknowledge, O Lord, that this may put us into the greatest fear of thy wrath, that the greatest part of us does not as yet know thee, the Lord, but are strangers to thee and to thy son Jesus Christ; and we are continually fighting against the Holy Ghost in the use of the means that thou sends to us. If the Gentiles, who had not such means as we have, were justly condemned by thee, because they did not walk in that little twilight whilk they had by nature, then how great must the condemnation of hard-hearted sinners be, who have neglected the great salvation revealed to the world by the preaching of the gospel! Lord, we are not able to answer to thee for one of a thousand, no, not of ten thousand of our sins. It would be the blackest, ugliest, and fearfulest sight that ever we yet saw, if so be that our sins were set in order before us. And there is nothing that puts us into a greater fear, than that boldly we have renewed our covenant with thee, and has not considered of it, mor of our ways since; there is little reformation seen in the most part of our lives, and it is to be feared that there is little renovation in our hearts. That is sure,---if thou has established us to be a people to thee, and thou will be a God to us, there will be a change in us; and this change, it will be first begun into the heart, and then it will be seen outwardly into the life and conversation. Lord, thou who has honoured us thus so many ways, that in thy patience thou hast spared us so long, in thy providence thou has given us this good day, and of thy great mercy has made us to enter in a covenant with thee, Lord, we beseech thee that as yet thou would do the rest of the work, and cease not till thou put the capstone upon it. And because we are come here this day to honour thee, Lord keep us that we do not dishonour to thee now; for this indeed will be a lamentable case, if we multiply sins upon our awin heads, when we profess to be come to seek pardon of them. We are come here for salvation; let us not get a further seal of our damnation. Lord, therefore accompany the means by thy Spirit, and thou who has given unto us natural life and ability to bring us here, give us also a supernatural life, and make it sensible to us now that we have some measure of spiritual life. And thou who makes the sun to shine into the firmament, make the sun of righteousness to shine in into our dark souls, and the light of thy countenance to shine in into the darkest corners thereof, that so we may see these things whilk we have not yet seen; that if we be yet in nature, we may skar (take fright) at that filthy and ugly estate, and hasten out of it, and if we see ourselves to be i the state of grace, we may rejoice in that, and go on into it. And thou who makes the wind to blow, and it bloweth where it listeth, and no man seeth it, but heareth the sound thereof, make thy Spirit to enter into our souls, that so we may get refreshment and consolation thereby from above, and direction how to walk. And as the wind blows where it will, so does thy Spirit enter where it will, therefore let us find it into us; for if we have thy Spirit, then we have Christ also, and if we have thy Spirit and Christ, that will be ane evidence to us of our election here, and that we sall be possessed in that rich and glorious in heritance hereafter. And because all depends upon our sanctification, Lord, look upon our blind and wandering minds and hard hearts, and give unto us present and seeing minds and soft hearts. Satan, he is ready to withdraw our minds from thy service; there is none who can hold their minds present, except thou be pleased to compass us about, and hold them in; Lord, therefore we beseech thee to do it. And because our unbelief is the cause of all the ill and mischief that comes upon us, and now we are about the means how to get faith, O if we could now find the hand of God rooting up this filthy weed, and sawing in the precious seed of faith, that so we might believe the promises of the life to come; for if we had these, then we might find a change both within and without. Lord, if thou be pleased to hide thyself from us now, and expose us to the craft, malice, and cruelty of our enemies, then we will be undone. Alas! sall Satan, when we are come to seek and serve thee, hinder us from that, and from getting good to our awin souls in these means? Lord, go betwixt us and his tentations: thou has promised to be a sun and a shield to us; Lord, let us find the perfiting of thy promise, both in preserving us from all our enemies, and in bestowing every good thing upon us. - And we entreat thee, Lord, to bring our souls to this, to apprehend of the things that are to come; for, in truth, we acknowledge that we are greatly bewitched with things present: thou, Lord, can quicken our sight, draw our eyes therefore aff these things whilk are perishing, to look to things that endures for ever. We will go all of us out of this world in a short time, and it is not long since we came here; and shortly there will be others filling our places again. O if we could consider that we are now upon the stage, acting our part, and strive to know what is our duty, and do that; that so we may in our short time here be acceptable to thee, and profitable to our awin souls, and may at last receive the recompense of reward purchased to us by Jesus Christ. In whose, etc.