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Weels them (wellWell is it with them),them, and blessed are they whom thou teachesteachest to walk in thy ways, and with whom thou dealsdealest patiently, to bring them to thee, in whose bosom thou showsshewest by thy Spirit that thou art working for them. O if we could entertain thee into our hearts, that so thou mightmightest not be a stranger to us! Now, for Jesus Christ's sake, thou who hashast sent the gospel into our land, still dwell among us, as the master doesdoth into his own family, to reign and rule there; and, Lord, teach us by thy Spirit, and give gifts and graces to those whom thou sendssendest out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for us, and none hashath done them but thou, Lord, save us that we be not as the heathen who knowsknow not God, and sodoes neither glorify God as the doer of anything, nor are thankful to him for that which he does;doth; for, certainly, if we knew thee to be the doer of everything for us, we would glorify thee as a great God, and we would be thankful to thee. Lord, let us not be strangers to the joys of thy people, or to rejoice in anything but thee, for that is idolatry @@ -19,79 +17,79 @@ and adultery; but, Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, and make us to rejoice in that. And let us see, when we rejoice, that our joy is not carnal, but it is a sanctified joy, coming from the sense of thy goodness; at least make us to think and know that all things in the world beside thee are but beggarly. And, Lord, give us some beginnings of thy fayourfavor here, that so we may look for more hereafter. Lord, as thou hashast begun to work among us, and to bring back our captivity, whereof we rejoice, so cease not till the work be ended. Lord, return the captivity of thy SionZion here; our desire is this, to have a full and a free liberty to thy Sion,Zion, that all things may be done in thy house according to thy will:◊footnote{ Thewill:◊footnote{The faculty of stating, in few and perspicuous words, the real point at issue in any case, which was so remarkably characteristic of Henderson, is here well exemplified. "That all things might be done in God's house according to God's will"---this was the sum and substance of what was contended for at this time, as regards the Church, expressed in the fewest and clearest words possible.} Lord, make us to gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou hashast returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all which we do now for thy cause is a sawingsowing of seed, after which there shall be a plentiful harvest; even an expectation of better things than are here; and this will refresh us more than all. Thou cancanst recompense anything that is done for thee even in this life, but thou willwilt not fail to do it afterwards, and, therefore, Lord, give us grace still to be sawing,sowing, and to wait for that harvest. Lord, forget not thythine own people throughout the world, but be merciful to them. Thy kirk, O Lord, has suffered many grievous things of the enemies this time by-gane;bygone; grant, Lord, thatherthat her suffering may be as sowing, and recompense it with a fruitful harvest; and return to them again, and dwell among them, that they may bring forth fruits worthy of amendment of life. Lord, give us grace to make the right use of the great things that thou hast bestowed upon us; and make us still to be earnest with thee till thou findfindest out such ways whereby our captivity may be brought to an end. Lord, touch our king's heart, incline it the right way, that he may authorize thy truth; O but there would be great cause of rejoicing if this were! ItisIt is possible to thee, and the averseness is only because of our sins; therefore give us grace to turn to thee by repentance and amendment, and then turn thou his heart, that so he may be blessed of thee, and all that he has to do with, and his posterity after him. Bless his queen, and turn her from idolatry, and the love of it, to the love of thy truth. And bless their children, especially the young prince; put thy fear in his heart now in his tender years, and in their hearts who hashave the care of bringing him up, that so he, being well brought up.up now, may in his own time be a profitable instrument both for kirk and state. Bless the nobility, etc.; Lord, thou who hashast all their hearts into thy hand, work upon them, that every one of them may add their power for setting up of religion in this land, in the former liberty thereof. And thesethose who hashave not spared to sow their seed plentifully for thy truth, Lord, fill their souls with faith to believe, and hope to wait on, and assure them that they shall get a good and plentiful harvest; and, Lord, bless them, and all they have ado with, with thy best blessings---themselves, their adoes,worries, their families, and their posterity after them. We entreat thee, O Lord, for a blessing upon all the congregations of thy people this day; and, Lord, let thy blessing be upon us who are here before thee; and because thy kindness has been special to us this day, give us grace now to devote ourselves only to thee. And, Lord, let not this day's exercise that we have been about be a witness against us: we may indeed forget what we have been doing this day, but it remains in thy book of remembrance. Therefore, O Lord, keep us from building up Jericho again after this, seeing thou hashast pronounced so sore a curse against it; but, Lord, give us grace now to set to to build up Jerusalem. And we entreat thee, Lord, whatever is necessary for us, and for our direction afterward, furnish it to us, that so thy grace may be kythed (manifested)manifested in us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast ourselves louse,loose, and carescare not what we do or speak, and we have a licentious nature that would aye be at outbreaking;wants to break out; and therefore give us grace to watch over our own slee (sly)sly and subtle hearts, and to beware of Satan, that wily fox, and of the allurements or terroursterrors of the world. And, Lord, give us grace evermore to be trying ourselves, and see what escapes us; for there is evermore something that is wrong that escapes the best of us, and therefore give us grace still to try our ways, that so when we have found that we have done anything amiss, we may purge ourselves thereof again by repentance, and so may be clean. And this, indeed, will be exceeding good for us, if we will learn to watch over ourselves, to try ourselves what is amiss, and then purge ourselves of it; for then we will be ready to receive comfort when thou offersofferest it; and when thou enjoinsenjoinest us to do a duty we will be ready to perform it; and when thou shallshalt be pleased to call upon us, and cut the thread of our life, then we will be ready to lay down our tabernacle, and thou to receive us in thy everlasting mansions. Lord, let thy blessing be upon this poor congregation. We acknowledge, O Lord, that a great part of us are strangers to thee, and knowsknow not what thou requiresrequirest of us; we sin many times of ignorance and of infirmity, but keep all of us from presumptuous sins. Lord, guide and direct every one of us by thy counsel, and grant that we may have a happy and a joyful meeting again; that so still we may have new cause to praise thee while we are here,
a/src/0039.pm b/src/0039.pm index 476980a..c975a9b 100644 --- a/src/0039.pm +++ b/src/0039.pm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ whom thou sends out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for us, and none has done them but thou, Lord, save us that we be not as the heathen who knows not God, and so does neither glorify God as the doer of anything, nor are thankful to him for that whilkwhich he does; for, certainly, if we knew thee to be the doer of everything for us, we would glorify thee as a great God, and we would be thankful to thee. Lord, let us not be strangers to the joys of thy people, or to rejoice in anything but thee, for that is idolatry @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ substance of what was contended for at this time, as regards the Church, expressed in the fewest and clearest words possible.} Lord, make us to gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou has returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all whilkwhich we do now for thy cause is a sawing of seed, after whilkwhich there shall be a plentiful harvest; even an expectation of better things than are here; and this will refresh us more than all. Thou can recompense anything that is done for thee even in this life, but thou will not fail to do it afterwards, and, therefore,
a/src/0039.pm b/src/0039.pm index 691d094..476980a 100644 --- a/src/0039.pm +++ b/src/0039.pm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ witness against us: we may indeed forget what we have been doing this day, but it remains in thy book of remembrance. Therefore, O Lord, keep us from building up Jericho again after this, seeing thou has pronounced so sore a curse against it; but, Lord, give us grace now to set to to build up Jerusalem. And we entreat thee, Lord, whatever is necessarnecessary for us, and for our direction afterward, furnish it to us, that so thy grace may be kythed (manifested) in us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast
a/src/0039.pm b/src/0039.pm index 5880b9c..691d094 100644 --- a/src/0039.pm +++ b/src/0039.pm @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ walk in thy ways, and with whom thou deals patiently, to bring them to thee, in whose bosom thou shows by thy Spirit that thou art working for them. O if we could entertain thee into our hearts, that so thou might not be a stranger to us! Now, for Jesus Christ's sake, thou who has sent the gospel into our land, still dwell among us, as the master does into his own family, to reign and rule there; and, Lord, teach us by thy Spirit, and give gifts and graces to those whom thou sends out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for us, and none has done them but thou, Lord, save us that we be not as the heathen who knows not God, and so does neither glorify God as the doer of @@ -54,24 +54,24 @@ and all that he has to do with, and his posterity after him. Bless his queen, and turn her from idolatry, and the love of it, to the love of thy truth. And bless their children, especially the young prince; put thy fear in his heart now in his tender years, and in their hearts who has the care of bringing him up, that so he, being well brought up. now, may in his own time be a profitable instrument both for kirk and state. Bless the nobility, etc.; Lord, thou who has all their hearts into thy hand, work upon them, that every one of them may add their power for setting up of religion in this land, in the former liberty thereof. And these who has not spared to sow their seed plentifully for thy truth, Lord, fill their souls with faith to believe, and hope to wait on, and assure them that they shall get a good and plentiful harvest; and, Lord, bless them, and all they have ado with, with thy best blessings---themselves, their adoes, their families, and their posterity after them. We entreat thee, O Lord, for a blessing upon all the congregations of thy people this day; and, Lord, let thy blessing be upon us who are here before thee; and because thy kindness has been special to us this day, give us grace now to devote ourselves only to thee. And, Lord, let not this day's exercise that we have been about be a witness against us: we may indeed forget what we have been doing this day, but it remains in thy book of remembrance. Therefore, O Lord, keep us from building up Jericho again after this, seeing thou has pronounced so sore a curse against it; but, Lord, give us grace now to set to to build up Jerusalem. And we entreat thee, Lord, whatever is necessar for us, and for our direction afterward, furnish it to us, that so thy grace may be kythed (manifested) in us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast
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a/src/0039.pm b/src/0039.pm index 3f69c1b..2803f22 100644 --- a/src/0039.pm +++ b/src/0039.pm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ walk in thy ways, and with whom thou deals patiently, to bring them to thee, in whose bosom thou shows by thy Spirit that thou art working for them. O if we could entertain thee into our hearts, that so thou might not be a stranger to us! Now, for Jesus Christ's sake, thou who has sent the gospel into our land, still dwell among us, as the master does into his awinown family, to reign and rule there; and, Lord, teach us by thy Spirit, and give gifts and graces to those whom thou sends out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ expressed in the fewest and clearest words possible.} Lord, make us to gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou has returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all whilk we do now for thy cause is a sawing of seed, after whilk there sallshall be a plentiful harvest; even ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} expectation of better things than are here; and this will refresh us more than all. Thou can recompense anything that is done for thee even in this life, but thou will not fail to do it afterwards, and, therefore, Lord, give us grace still to be sawing, and to wait for that harvest. Lord, forget not thy awinown people throughout the world, but be merciful to them. Thy kirk, O Lord, has suffered many grievous things of the enemies this time by-gane; grant, Lord, thather suffering may be as sowing, and recompense it with a fruitful harvest; and return to them again, and dwell among them, that @@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ and all that he has to do with, and his posterity after him. Bless his queen, and turn her from idolatry, and the love of it, to the love of thy truth. And bless their children, especially the young prince; put thy fear in his heart now in his tender years, and in their hearts who has the care of bringing him up, that so he, being well brought up. now, may in his awinown time be a profitable instrument both for kirk and state. Bless the nobility, etc.; Lord, thou who has all their hearts into thy hand, work upon them, that every one of them may add their power for setting up of religion in this land, in the former liberty thereof. And these who has not spared to sow their seed plentifully for thy truth, Lord, fill their souls with faith to believe, and hope to wait on, and assure them that they sallshall get a good and plentiful harvest; and, Lord, bless them, and all they have ado with, with thy best blessings---themselves, their adoes, their families, and their posterity after them. We entreat thee, O Lord, for a blessing upon all the congregations of thy people this day; and, @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast ourselves louse, and cares not what we do or speak, and we have a licentious nature that would aye be at outbreaking; and therefore give us grace to watch over our awinown slee (sly) and subtle hearts, and to beware of Satan, that wily fox, and of the allurements or terrours of the world. And, Lord, give us grace evermore to be trying ourselves, and see what escapes us; for there is evermore something that is wrong that escapes the best of us, and therefore give us @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ be clean. And this, indeed, will be exceeding good for us, if we will learn to watch over ourselves, to try ourselves what is amiss, and then purge ourselves of it; for then we will be ready to receive comfort when thou offers it; and when thou enjoins us to do a duty we will be ready to perform it; and when thou sallshall be pleased to call upon us, and cut the thread of our life, then we will be ready to lay down our tabernacle, and thou to receive us in thy everlasting mansions. Lord, let thy blessing be upon this poor congregation. We acknowledge, O Lord, that a great part of us are strangers to thee, and knows @@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ not what thou requires of us; we sin many times of ignorance and of infirmity, but keep all of us from presumptuous sins. Lord, guide and direct every one of us by thy counsel, and grant that we may have a happy and a joyful meeting again; that so still we may have new cause to praise thee while we are here, till at last we be brought to the heavens, where our praising of thee sallshall never be ended. To thee, O Father, etc.
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204 SERMON.
pleasure without pain; and then we have a full sight of the face of God. This is the outgait that the children of God gets from all their troubles,---even a plentiful harvest in the hinder-end.
Surely, beloved, we have no skill to make the right use of these favours that the Lord bestows upon us. What does man when he is resisting any sin? He thinks it a grief to do so, because it mars him of some present honour, pleasure, profit, ease, etc., and so he only compares his present pain with his present pleasure; but the best comparing is to compare the present pain with the pain that is to come afterwards, or with the pleasure [that] sall be afrerwards; for if the present trouble be great in resisting, the trouble afterwards will be much greater if we yield. And compare the pleasure we have in yielding with the loss of the testimony of a good conscience, whilk passes all earthly pleasure. And let us evermore compare the present afflictions with the eternal weight of glory, whilk is to come, and then we sall be forced to say with the apostle, ¢ That the light afllictions of this present life are not worthy to be compared with that exceeding weight of glory." Therefore, beloved, be not short-sighted, as those whom the apostle Peter speaks of, as those who are sandblind cannot see far aff; but in seedtime let us look to the harvest, and that in due season we sall reap the fruits of our labours. And we must not look for harvest at Whitsunday, but wait on till the due time; and if we will sow our seeds in tears, and wait on, then we sall get a eternal recompense of them all, when we sall get that great and eternal crown of glory put upon our heads,
whilk is purchased for us by Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
PRAYER.
Weels them (well is it with them), and blessed are they whom thou teaches to walk in thy ways, and with whom thou deals patiently, to bring them to thee, in whose bosom thou shows by thy Spirit that thou art working for them.- [ ] Completed?
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PRAYER. 205 O if we could entertain thee into our hearts, that so thou might not be a stranger to us! Now, for Jesus Christ's sake, thou who has sent the gospel into our land, still dwell among us, as the master does into his awin family, to reign and rule there; and, Lord, teach us by thy Spirit, and give gifts and graces to those whom thou sends out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for us, and none has done them but thou, Lord, save us that we be not as the heathen who knows not God, and so does neither glorify God as the doer of anything, nor are thankful to him for that whilk he does; for, certainly, if we knew thee to be the doer of everything for us, we would glorify thee as a great God, and we would be thankful to thee. Lord, let us not be strangers to the joys of thy people, or to rejoice in anything but thee, for that is idolatry and adultery; but,"but, Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, and make us to rejoice in that. And let us see, when we rejoice, that our joy is not carnal, but it is a sanctified joy, coming from the sense of thy goodness; at least make us to think and know that all things in the world beside thee are but beggarly. And, Lord, give us some beginnings of thy fayour here, that so we may look for more hereafter. Lord, as thou has begun to work among us, and to bring back our captivity, whereof we rejoice, so cease not till the work be ended. Lord, return the captivity of thy Sion here; our desire is this, to have a full and a free liberty to thy Sion, that all things may be done in thy house according to thy will: ¥ Lord, make us to gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou has returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all whilk we do now for thy cause is a sawing
*will:◊footnote} The faculty of stating, in few and perspicuous words, the real point at issue in any case, which was so remarkably characteristic of Henderson, is here well exemplified. «7hat"That all things might be done in God's house according to God's will,'---thiswill"---this was the sum and substance of what was contended for at this time, as regards the Church, expressed in the fewest and clearest words possible.
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206 PRAYER.gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou has returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all whilk we do now for thy cause is a sawing of seed, after whilk there sall be a plentiful harvest; even ane expectation of better things than are here; and this will refresh us more than all. Thou can recompense anything that is done for thee even in this life, but thou will not fail to do it afterwards, and, therefore, Lord, give us grace still to be sawing, and to wait for that harvest. Lord, forget not thy awin people throughout the world, but be merciful to them. Thy kirk, O Lord, has suffered many grievous things of the enemies this time by-gane; grant, Lord, thather suffering may be as sowing, and recompense it with a fruitful harvest; and return to them again, and dwell among them, that they may bring forth fruits worthy of amendment of life. Lord, give us grace to make the right use of the great things that thou hast bestowed upon us; and make us still to be earnest with thee till thou find out such ways whereby our captivity may be brought to an end. Lord, touch our king's heart, incline it the right way, that he may authorize thy truth; O but there would be great cause of rejoicing if this were! Itis possible to thee, and the averseness is only because of our sins; therefore give us grace to turn to thee by repentance and amendment, and then turn thou his heart, that so he may be blessed of thee, and all that he has to do with, and his posterity after him. Bless his queen, and turn her from idolatry, and the love of it, to the love of thy truth. And bless their children, especially the young prince; put thy fear in his heart now in his tender years, and in their hearts who has the care of bringing him up, that so he, being well brought up. now, may in his awin time be a profitable instrument both for kirk and state. Bless the nobility, etc.; Lord, thou who has all their hearts into thy hand, work upon them, that every one of them may add their power for setting up of religion in this land, in the former liberty thereof. And these who has not spared to sow their seed plentifully for thy truth, Lord, fill their souls with faith to believe, and hope to wait on, and assure them that they sall get a good and plentiful harvest; and, Lord, bless them, and all they have ado with, with thy best blessings---themselves, their adoes, their families, and their posterity after them. We entreat thee, O Lord, for a bless
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ingblessing upon all the congregations of thy people this day; and, Lord, let thy blessing be upon us who are here before thee; and because thy kindness has been special to us this day, give us grace now to devote ourselves only to thee. And, Lord, let not this day's exercise that we have been about be a witness against us: we may indeed forget what we have been doing this day, but it remains in thy book of remembrance. Therefore, O Lord, keep us from building up Jericho again after this, seeing thou has pronounced so sore a curse against it; but, Lord, give us grace now to set to to build up Jerusalem. And we entreat thee, Lord, whatever is necessar for us, and for our direction afterward, furnish it to us, that so thy grace may be kythed (manifested) in us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast @@ -164,58 +92,8 @@ be ready to lay down our tabernacle, and thou to receive us in thy everlasting mansions. Lord, let thy blessing be upon this poor congregation. We acknowledge, O Lord, that a great part of us are strangers to thee, and knows not what thou requires of us; we sin many times of ignorance and of infirmity, but keep all of us from presumptuous sins. Lord, guide and- [ ] Completed?
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208 PRAYER, direct every one of us by thy counsel, and grant that we may have a happy and a joyful meeting again; that so still we may have new cause to praise thee while we are here, till at last we be brought to the heavens, where our praising of thee sall never be ended. To thee, O Father, etc.- [ ] Completed?
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ON THE SABBATH AFTER THE COMMUNION, [22/APRIL 1638.]
[ForENOON. ] PREFACE.
It were very meet, yea, not only were it meet, but it is also necessary for us to consider what the Lord has been doing to us, and to consider what has been his dealing and dispensation with us this time past; and then, upon the other part, to consider what we have been doing with the Lord our God. ‘The Lord has done als mickle to us in his providence as can be done to a people in the outward dispensation of the means of grace; what can the Lord do more thus than he has done, or what has the Lord done more to any people than he has done to us? If the Lord said this upon good grounds to his awin Israel, What can I do more unto my vineyard? I have digged it, I have hedged it about, etc., and thus and thus have I done to it; surely it may be as truly said of us, what can the Lord do more unto us? And again, upon the other part, (I mean for external duties, and bands in the service and worship of God,) what can we ourselves do more to God? We have sworn a covenant with the Lord in his sight and his holy angels, and in the sight of many witnesses beside; (for ilk ane has many witnesses, they have the whole congregation to be witnesses to that whilk they have done): and after we have given our oath, we have sealed it with a seal at the sacrament. I would have every one of you but to ask at your own consciences, what ye would have the Lord to do more to you, and to see but if he can do any more in the
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204 SERMON.
pleasure without pain; and then we have a full sight of the face of God. This is the outgait that the children of God gets from all their troubles,---even a plentiful harvest in the hinder-end.
Surely, beloved, we have no skill to make the right use of these favours that the Lord bestows upon us. What does man when he is resisting any sin? He thinks it a grief to do so, because it mars him of some present honour, pleasure, profit, ease, etc., and so he only compares his present pain with his present pleasure; but the best comparing is to compare the present pain with the pain that is to come afterwards, or with the pleasure [that] sall be afrerwards; for if the present trouble be great in resisting, the trouble afterwards will be much greater if we yield. And compare the pleasure we have in yielding with the loss of the testimony of a good conscience, whilk passes all earthly pleasure. And let us evermore compare the present afflictions with the eternal weight of glory, whilk is to come, and then we sall be forced to say with the apostle, ¢ That the light afllictions of this present life are not worthy to be compared with that exceeding weight of glory." Therefore, beloved, be not short-sighted, as those whom the apostle Peter speaks of, as those who are sandblind cannot see far aff; but in seedtime let us look to the harvest, and that in due season we sall reap the fruits of our labours. And we must not look for harvest at Whitsunday, but wait on till the due time; and if we will sow our seeds in tears, and wait on, then we sall get a eternal recompense of them all, when we sall get that great and eternal crown of glory put upon our heads,
whilk is purchased for us by Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
PRAYER.
Weels them (well is it with them), and blessed are they whom thou teaches to walk in thy ways, and with whom thou deals patiently, to bring them to thee, in whose bosom thou shows by thy Spirit that thou art working for them.
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O if we could entertain thee into our hearts, that so thou might not be a stranger to us! Now, for Jesus Christ's sake, thou who has sent the gospel into our land, still dwell among us, as the master does into his awin family, to reign and rule there; and, Lord, teach us by thy Spirit, and give gifts and graces to those whom thou sends out to teach thy people; and rule every one of us, and strengthen us to walk in thy ways. And because there are great things done for us, and none has done them but thou, Lord, save us that we be not as the heathen who knows not God, and so does neither glorify God as the doer of anything, nor are thankful to him for that whilk he does; for, certainly, if we knew thee to be the doer of everything for us, we would glorify thee as a great God, and we would be thankful to thee. Lord, let us not be strangers to the joys of thy people, or to rejoice in anything but thee, for that is idolatry and adultery; but," Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, and make us to rejoice in that. And let us see, when we rejoice, that our joy is not carnal, but it is a sanctified joy, coming from the sense of thy goodness; at least make us to think and know that all things in the world beside thee are but beggarly. And, Lord, give us some beginnings of thy fayour here, that so we may look for more hereafter. Lord, as thou has begun to work among us, and to bring back our captivity, whereof we rejoice, so cease not till the work be ended. Lord, return the captivity of thy Sion here; our desire is this, to have a full and a free liberty to thy Sion, that all things may be done in thy house according to thy will: ¥ Lord, make us to gape and to long for this, and not to rest till we get it. And when it comes, Lord, make us to accept it; and these whom thou has returned, Lord, let them not be reduced again. And give us grace to learn and to know that all whilk we do now for thy cause is a sawing
* The faculty of stating, in few and perspicuous words, the real point at issue in any case, which was so remarkably characteristic of Henderson, is here well exemplified. «7hat all things might be done in God's house according to God's will,'---this was the sum and substance of what was contended for at this time, as regards the Church, expressed in the fewest and clearest words possible.
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206 PRAYER.
of seed, after whilk there sall be a plentiful harvest; even ane expectation of better things than are here; and this will refresh us more than all. Thou can recompense anything that is done for thee even in this life, but thou will not fail to do it afterwards, and, therefore, Lord, give us grace still to be sawing, and to wait for that harvest. Lord, forget not thy awin people throughout the world, but be merciful to them. Thy kirk, O Lord, has suffered many grievous things of the enemies this time by-gane; grant, Lord, thather suffering may be as sowing, and recompense it with a fruitful harvest; and return to them again, and dwell among them, that they may bring forth fruits worthy of amendment of life. Lord, give us grace to make the right use of the great things that thou hast bestowed upon us; and make us still to be earnest with thee till thou find out such ways whereby our captivity may be brought to an end. Lord, touch our king's heart, incline it the right way, that he may authorize thy truth; O but there would be great cause of rejoicing if this were! Itis possible to thee, and the averseness is only because of our sins; therefore give us grace to turn to thee by repentance and amendment, and then turn thou his heart, that so he may be blessed of thee, and all that he has to do with, and his posterity after him. Bless his queen, and turn her from idolatry, and the love of it, to the love of thy truth. And bless their children, especially the young prince; put thy fear in his heart now in his tender years, and in their hearts who has the care of bringing him up, that so he, being well brought up. now, may in his awin time be a profitable instrument both for kirk and state. Bless the nobility, etc.; Lord, thou who has all their hearts into thy hand, work upon them, that every one of them may add their power for setting up of religion in this land, in the former liberty thereof. And these who has not spared to sow their seed plentifully for thy truth, Lord, fill their souls with faith to believe, and hope to wait on, and assure them that they sall get a good and plentiful harvest; and, Lord, bless them, and all they have ado with, with thy best blessings---themselves, their adoes, their families, and their posterity after them. We entreat thee, O Lord, for a bless
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ing upon all the congregations of thy people this day; and, Lord, let thy blessing be upon us who are here before thee; and because thy kindness has been special to us this day, give us grace now to devote ourselves only to thee. And, Lord, let not this day's exercise that we have been about be a witness against us: we may indeed forget what we have been doing this day, but it remains in thy book of remembrance. Therefore, O Lord, keep us from building up Jericho again after this, seeing thou has pronounced so sore a curse against it; but, Lord, give us grace now to set to to build up Jerusalem. And we entreat thee, Lord, whatever is necessar for us, and for our direction afterward, furnish it to us, that so thy grace may be kythed (manifested) in us, and we may be bettered by this day's exercise that we have been about, and we may now learn to watch better over our ways. For we do ofttimes cast ourselves louse, and cares not what we do or speak, and we have a licentious nature that would aye be at outbreaking; and therefore give us grace to watch over our awin slee (sly) and subtle hearts, and to beware of Satan, that wily fox, and of the allurements or terrours of the world. And, Lord, give us grace evermore to be trying ourselves, and see what escapes us; for there is evermore something that is wrong that escapes the best of us, and therefore give us grace still to try our ways, that so when we have found that we have done anything amiss, we may purge ourselves thereof again by repentance, and so may be clean. And this, indeed, will be exceeding good for us, if we will learn to watch over ourselves, to try ourselves what is amiss, and then purge ourselves of it; for then we will be ready to receive comfort when thou offers it; and when thou enjoins us to do a duty we will be ready to perform it; and when thou sall be pleased to call upon us, and cut the thread of our life, then we will be ready to lay down our tabernacle, and thou to receive us in thy everlasting mansions. Lord, let thy blessing be upon this poor congregation. We acknowledge, O Lord, that a great part of us are strangers to thee, and knows not what thou requires of us; we sin many times of ignorance and of infirmity, but keep all of us from presumptuous sins. Lord, guide and
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208 PRAYER,
direct every one of us by thy counsel, and grant that we may have a happy and a joyful meeting again; that so still we may have new cause to praise thee while we are here, till at last we be brought to the heavens, where our praising of thee sall never be ended. To thee, O Father, etc.
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ON THE SABBATH AFTER THE COMMUNION, [22/APRIL 1638.]
[ForENOON. ] PREFACE.
It were very meet, yea, not only were it meet, but it is also necessary for us to consider what the Lord has been doing to us, and to consider what has been his dealing and dispensation with us this time past; and then, upon the other part, to consider what we have been doing with the Lord our God. ‘The Lord has done als mickle to us in his providence as can be done to a people in the outward dispensation of the means of grace; what can the Lord do more thus than he has done, or what has the Lord done more to any people than he has done to us? If the Lord said this upon good grounds to his awin Israel, What can I do more unto my vineyard? I have digged it, I have hedged it about, etc., and thus and thus have I done to it; surely it may be as truly said of us, what can the Lord do more unto us? And again, upon the other part, (I mean for external duties, and bands in the service and worship of God,) what can we ourselves do more to God? We have sworn a covenant with the Lord in his sight and his holy angels, and in the sight of many witnesses beside; (for ilk ane has many witnesses, they have the whole congregation to be witnesses to that whilk they have done): and after we have given our oath, we have sealed it with a seal at the sacrament. I would have every one of you but to ask at your own consciences, what ye would have the Lord to do more to you, and to see but if he can do any more in the
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