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Date: Fri Sep 11 15:36:35 2026 -0300

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Lord, we are not in things of this kind as we are in the works of our hands, for we can begin at these in the morning, and continue in our own strength till night; but in things of this kind thou must be with us every moment, and that @@ -11,14 +9,14 @@ done, then is our sorrow great that we have found nothing from thee and thy Spirit all the time. Therefore, we standing in need of thy help and supply, for the Lord the mediator's sake who looks upon us, and is present with thy people at all times, do good unto us now, and speak a word in season to our wearied souls,---asouls---a word that may be fit for us now, and for our present disposition, and the case wherein we stand,---astand---a word meet for stirring us up to do our duty. Lord, if we desired that one thing, to dwell intoin thy house, and considered that there were only one thing necessary, and desired to know Christ, and him crucified, we would be willing to fear thee, and serve thee, and to turn to thee with the whole heart. This is a strange thing, that we come to thy house to serve thee, and yet, for all that, has not thy fear in our hearts; and alas |shall we come even to the highest point of thy service, and yet shall we not fear thee, and turn to thee with our heart? Indeed, for that thou may justly display the banner of thy majesty against us, that so we may fear thee because of that, even as fathers deal with their rebellious children. Lord, because we @@ -27,27 +25,27 @@ following the ways of the world, we beseech thee to pardon us of them all, through Christ: for so long as we know not that our sins are pardoned, we may justly fear that thy wrath shall fall upon us, and therefore we beseech thee to pardon us, through Jesus Christ. And, Lord, forgive us that guiltiness which we have drawn upon ourselves this day. The hypocrite, he stakes (contents)contents himself with the outward part in thy worship, but the child of God, he looks principally to the inward man, and how the heart is disposed. God be merciful unto us, for our hearts has not been so near unto thee as they ought to have been this day; but, Lord, bring them nearer to thee at this time, and hold them with thee: Lord, give us grace still to wait upon thee till the seventh day, and the last time of the seventh day. We know that thou cancanst give somewhat of the first fruits and sheaves to thythine own here, and then at last thou willwilt give them the full harvest: Lord, do so to us. And give us grace to consider of the great things that thou hashast done for us: thou Rashast made us and not we ourselves, and thou upholdsupholdest us daily; but that is the greatest favour,favor, that thou hashast sent thy Son for our redemption, and sent down the Holy Ghost when he ascended, and thy Holy Spirit sensyne (sincesince that time)time upon us, and that thou hashast given us a seal of our redemption this day. If we be spiritual, we will think these to be great things indeed. These are not great things, which the world counts great things; they are over great for us to receive, but thou countscountest them not great to bestow upon thy people: but these, O Lord, are the great things, which bringsbring us to an everlasting inheritance, and whereby we are made free from thy vengeance and curse. Lord, therefore give us grace, as we would be free of thy vengeance and curse, to walk in thy ways; and Lord, assist thou us by thy Spirit at this time, and let us know that thou hashast been with us, by helping us fordwardforward some step or degree; that so from the sense of thy presence we may close this day's exercise, and so may go home with peace and joy into our souls, through Jesus Christ, In whose, etc.

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

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Date: Fri Oct 31 08:48:45 2025 -0300

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

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Lord, we are not in things of this kind as we are in the works of our hands, for we can begin at these in the morning, and continue in our own strength till night; but in things of this kind thou must be with us every moment, and that both in grace naturally and supernaturally. We have great need of thy hand and help always, and of refreshment from thee, through Christ; and we stand in need of thy sanctifying presence now. If there were no more but the outward work to be done, then we must go on into our own strength; but when the outward work is done, then is our sorrow great that we have found nothing from thee and thy Spirit all the time. Therefore, we standing in need of thy help and supply, for the Lord the mediator's sake who looks upon us, and is present with thy people at all times, do good unto us now, and speak a word in season to our wearied souls,---a word that may be fit for us now, and for our present disposition, and the case wherein we stand,---a word meet for stirring us up to do our duty. Lord, if we desired that one thing, to dwell into thy house, and considered that there were only one thing necessar, and desired to know Christ, and him crucified, we would be willing to fear thee, and serve thee, and to turn to thee with the whole heart. This is a strange thing, that we come to thy house to serve thee, and yet, for all that, has not thy fear in our hearts; and alas | shall we come even to the highest point of thy service, and yet shall we not fear thee, and turn to thee with our heart? Indeed, for that thou may justly display the banner of thy majesty against us, that so we may fear thee because of that, even as fathers deal with their rebellious children. Lord, because we have committed great wickedness in thy worship, and in our callings, and in following the ways of the world, we beseech thee to pardon us of them all, through Christ: for so long as we know not that our sins are pardoned, we may justly fear that thy wrath shall fall upon us, and therefore we beseech thee to pardon us, through Jesus Christ. And, Lord, forgive us that guiltiness whilk we have drawn upon ourselves this day. The hypocrite, he stakes (contents) himself with the outward part in thy worship, but the child of God, he looks principally to the inward man, and how the heart is disposed. God be merciful unto us, for our hearts has not been so near unto thee as they ought to have been this day; but, Lord, bring them nearer to thee at this time, and hold them

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

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

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Lord, we are not in things of this kind as we are in the works of our hands, for we can begin at these in the morning, and continue in our awinown strength till night; but in things of this kind thou must be with us every moment, and that both in grace naturally and supernaturally. We have great need of thy hand and help always, and of refreshment from thee, through Christ; and we stand in need of thy sanctifying presence now. If there were no more but the outward work to be done, then we must go on into our awinown strength; but when the outward work is done, then is our sorrow great that we have found nothing from thee and thy Spirit all the time. Therefore, we standing in need of thy help and supply, for the Lord the mediator's sake who looks upon us, and is present @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ considered that there were only one thing necessar, and desired to know Christ, and him crucified, we would be willing to fear thee, and serve thee, and to turn to thee with the whole heart. This is a strange thing, that we come to thy house to serve thee, and yet, for all that, has not thy fear in our hearts; and alas | sallshall we come even to the highest point of thy service, and yet sallshall we not fear thee, and turn to thee with our heart? Indeed, for that thou may justly display the banner of thy majesty against us, that so we may fear thee because of that, even as fathers deal with their rebellious children. Lord, because we have committed great wickedness in thy worship, and in our callings, and in following the ways of the world, we beseech thee to pardon us of them all, through Christ: for so long as we know not that our sins are pardoned, we may justly fear that thy wrath sallshall fall upon us, and therefore we beseech thee to pardon us, through Jesus Christ. And, Lord, forgive us that guiltiness whilk we have drawn upon ourselves this day. The hypocrite, he stakes (contents) himself with the outward part in thy worship, but the child of God, he looks @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ unto us, for our hearts has not been so near unto thee as they ought to have been this day; but, Lord, bring them nearer to thee at this time, and hold them with thee: Lord, give us grace still to wait upon thee till the seventh day, and the last time of the seventh day. We know that thou can give somewhat of the first fruits and sheaves to thy awinown here, and then at last thou will give them the full harvest: Lord, do so to us. And give us grace to consider of the great things that thou has done for us: thou Ras made us and not we ourselves, and thou upholds us daily; but that is the greatest favour, that thou has sent @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ seal of our redemption this day. If we be spiritual, we will think these to be great things indeed. These are not great things, whilk the world counts great things; they are over great for us to receive, but thou counts them not great to bestow upon thy people: but these, O Lord, are the great things, whilk brings us to ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} everlasting inheritance, and whereby we are made free from thy vengeance and curse. Lord, therefore give us grace, as we would be free of thy vengeance and curse, to walk in thy ways; and Lord, assist thou us by thy Spirit at this time, and let us know that thou has been with us, by helping us

Date: Wed Oct 29 17:01:06 2025 -0300

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

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Date: Sat Jun 28 08:00:50 2025 +0200

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- [ ] Completed?

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188 PRAYER.

strive to fear God, and so be in the number of his people; and then ye sall be partakers of the prayers of his people, whilk indeed is a great benefit. And indeed, ye are very ungrate, if so be that ye will not consider what the Lord has done for you; and if so be that ye say ye consider what the Lord has done for you, and yet fears him not, nor turns to him with your whole heart, then there is great besottedness in you. And indeed, this is the best way for you to safe both religion and policy, king and country, that all perish not. But wicked men who fear not God, they bring destruction both upon themselves and others; they lose their part in the prayers of God's people, and never considers what he has done for them: and if so be that they look not to second causes, they sall be forced to say that their destruction is from above. And therefore let us strive to have this fear of God in our hearts, and beseech him who has the giving of it to bestow it upon us, through Jesus Christ.

PRAYER.

Lord, we are not in things of this kind as we are in the works of our hands, for we can begin at these in the morning, and continue in our awin strength till night; but in things of this kind thou must be with us every moment, and @@ -36,88 +11,44 @@ outward work is done, then is our sorrow great that we have found nothing from thee and thy Spirit all the time. Therefore, we standing in need of thy help and supply, for the Lord the mediator's sake who looks upon us, and is present with thy people at all times, do good unto us now, and speak a word in season to our wearied souls,---a word that may be fit for us now, and for- [ ] Completed?

[Link to this page on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sermonsprayerspu00hend/page/189/mode/1up)

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PRAYER. 189 our present disposition, and the case wherein we stand,---a word meet for stirring us up to do our duty. Lord, if we desired that one thing, to dwell into thy house, and considered that there were only one thing necessar, and desired to know Christ, and him crucified, we would be willing to fear thee, and serve thee, and to turn to thee with the whole heart. This is a strange thing, that we come to thy house to serve thee, and yet, for all that, has not thy fear in our hearts; and alas | sall we come even to the highest point of thy service, and yet sall we not fear thee, and turn to thee with our heart? Indeed, for that thou may justly display the banner of thy majesty against us, that so we may fear thee because of that, even as fathers deal with their rebellious children. Lord, because we have committed great wickedness in thy worship, and in our callings, and in following the ways of the world, we beseech thee to pardon us of them all, through Christ: for so long as we know not that our sins are pardoned, we may justly fear that thy wrath sall fall upon us, and therefore we beseech thee to pardon us, through Jesus Christ. And, Lord, forgive us that guiltiness whilk we have drawn upon ourselves this day. The hypocrite, he stakes (contents) himself with the outward part in thy worship, but the child of God, he looks principally to the inward man, and how the heart is disposed. God be merciful unto us, for our hearts has not been so near unto thee as they ought to have been this day; but, Lord, bring them nearer to thee at this time, and hold them with thee: Lord, give us grace still to wait upon thee till the seventh day, and the last time of the seventh day. We know that thou can give somewhat of the first fruits and sheaves to thy awin here, and then at last thou will give them the full harvest: Lord, do so to us. And give us grace to consider of the great things that thou has done for us: thou Ras made us and not we ourselves, and thou upholds us daily; but that is the greatest favour, that thou has sent thy Son for our redemption, and sent down the Holy Ghost when he ascended, and thy Holy Spirit sensyne (since that time) upon us, and that thou has given us a seal of our redemption this day. If we be spiritual, we will- [ ] Completed?

[Link to this page on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sermonsprayerspu00hend/page/190/mode/1up)

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190 SERMON. think these to be great things indeed. These are not great things, whilk the world counts great things; they are over great for us to receive, but thou counts them not great to bestow upon thy people: but these, O Lord, are the great things, whilk brings us to ane everlasting inheritance, and whereby we are made free from thy vengeance and curse. Lord, therefore give us grace, as we would be free of thy vengeance and curse, to walk in thy ways; and Lord, assist thou us by thy Spirit at this time, and let us know that thou has been with us, by helping us fordward some step or degree; that so from the sense of thy presence we may close this day's exercise, and so may go home with peace and joy into our souls, through Jesus Christ, In whose, etc.FOR THANKSGIVING AFTERNOON. SERMON. PsALM CXXVIL 3, 4, 5,16.*

It is the Lord's gracious dealing in all the deliverances of his people, even because they are his people, he gives them matter of rejoicing; and yet he is so wise in his dispensation towards them, that he holds them still in a dependence on him, that so still we may have something to pray for to him, whilk we must have supplied by (over and above) all that we have gotten before. Surely, beloved, it cannot be denied by us but ¢that the Lord has done great things for us;" and if so be that we will also unfeignedly acknowledge the truth, we may say, " We are glad of them." And yet, for all that, we have'still cause

* «The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, Q Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him,"

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

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- [ ] Completed?

[Link to this page on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sermonsprayerspu00hend/page/188/mode/1up)

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188 PRAYER.

strive to fear God, and so be in the number of his people; and then ye sall be partakers of the prayers of his people, whilk indeed is a great benefit. And indeed, ye are very ungrate, if so be that ye will not consider what the Lord has done for you; and if so be that ye say ye consider what the Lord has done for you, and yet fears him not, nor turns to him with your whole heart, then there is great besottedness in you. And indeed, this is the best way for you to safe both religion and policy, king and country, that all perish not. But wicked men who fear not God, they bring destruction both upon themselves and others; they lose their part in the prayers of God's people, and never considers what he has done for them: and if so be that they look not to second causes, they sall be forced to say that their destruction is from above. And therefore let us strive to have this fear of God in our hearts, and beseech him who has the giving of it to bestow it upon us, through Jesus Christ.

PRAYER.

Lord, we are not in things of this kind as we are in the works of our hands, for we can begin at these in the morning, and continue in our awin strength till night; but in things of this kind thou must be with us every moment, and that both in grace naturally and supernaturally. We have great need of thy hand and help always, and of refreshment from thee, through Christ; and we stand in need of thy sanctifying presence now. If there were no more but the outward work to be done, then we must go on into our awin strength; but when the outward work is done, then is our sorrow great that we have found nothing from thee and thy Spirit all the time. Therefore, we standing in need of thy help and supply, for the Lord the mediator's sake who looks upon us, and is present with thy people at all times, do good unto us now, and speak a word in season to our wearied souls,---a word that may be fit for us now, and for

- [ ] Completed?

[Link to this page on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sermonsprayerspu00hend/page/189/mode/1up)

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PRAYER. 189

our present disposition, and the case wherein we stand,---a word meet for stirring us up to do our duty. Lord, if we desired that one thing, to dwell into thy house, and considered that there were only one thing necessar, and desired to know Christ, and him crucified, we would be willing to fear thee, and serve thee, and to turn to thee with the whole heart. This is a strange thing, that we come to thy house to serve thee, and yet, for all that, has not thy fear in our hearts; and alas | sall we come even to the highest point of thy service, and yet sall we not fear thee, and turn to thee with our heart? Indeed, for that thou may justly display the banner of thy majesty against us, that so we may fear thee because of that, even as fathers deal with their rebellious children. Lord, because we have committed great wickedness in thy worship, and in our callings, and in following the ways of the world, we beseech thee to pardon us of them all, through Christ: for so long as we know not that our sins are pardoned, we may justly fear that thy wrath sall fall upon us, and therefore we beseech thee to pardon us, through Jesus Christ. And, Lord, forgive us that guiltiness whilk we have drawn upon ourselves this day. The hypocrite, he stakes (contents) himself with the outward part in thy worship, but the child of God, he looks principally to the inward man, and how the heart is disposed. God be merciful unto us, for our hearts has not been so near unto thee as they ought to have been this day; but, Lord, bring them nearer to thee at this time, and hold them with thee: Lord, give us grace still to wait upon thee till the seventh day, and the last time of the seventh day. We know that thou can give somewhat of the first fruits and sheaves to thy awin here, and then at last thou will give them the full harvest: Lord, do so to us. And give us grace to consider of the great things that thou has done for us: thou Ras made us and not we ourselves, and thou upholds us daily; but that is the greatest favour, that thou has sent thy Son for our redemption, and sent down the Holy Ghost when he ascended, and thy Holy Spirit sensyne (since that time) upon us, and that thou has given us a seal of our redemption this day. If we be spiritual, we will

- [ ] Completed?

[Link to this page on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sermonsprayerspu00hend/page/190/mode/1up)

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190 SERMON.

think these to be great things indeed. These are not great things, whilk the world counts great things; they are over great for us to receive, but thou counts them not great to bestow upon thy people: but these, O Lord, are the great things, whilk brings us to ane everlasting inheritance, and whereby we are made free from thy vengeance and curse. Lord, therefore give us grace, as we would be free of thy vengeance and curse, to walk in thy ways; and Lord, assist thou us by thy Spirit at this time, and let us know that thou has been with us, by helping us fordward some step or degree; that so from the sense of thy presence we may close this day's exercise, and so may go home with peace and joy into our souls, through Jesus Christ, In whose, etc.

FOR THANKSGIVING AFTERNOON. SERMON. PsALM CXXVIL 3, 4, 5,16.*

It is the Lord's gracious dealing in all the deliverances of his people, even because they are his people, he gives them matter of rejoicing; and yet he is so wise in his dispensation towards them, that he holds them still in a dependence on him, that so still we may have something to pray for to him, whilk we must have supplied by (over and above) all that we have gotten before. Surely, beloved, it cannot be denied by us but ¢that the Lord has done great things for us;" and if so be that we will also unfeignedly acknowledge the truth, we may say, " We are glad of them." And yet, for all that, we have'still cause

* «The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, Q Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him,"