16
infinite love to covenant with me, and haſt made it ſure for every thing.—Now,Lord, I desire to enter into covenant with thee this day, in opposition to all the corruptions of a body of sin and death that I am maſtered with:—I desire, in thy sight, to proteſt againft all things in me, or in my family, that is not like thee;—and this day, to invite thee back to my houſe on any terms,—and do not break us with thy long abſence—Come, Lord Jeſus, and take up thy dwelling amongſt us—we are a heartleſs company without thee.—Come to the heads, and tell us what is duty, and our duty; and put work in our hands. Art thou paſsing by us as one that hath no more work for us to do? O Lord, I cannot think upon this; let not our iniquities put a ſtop in thy way: come over the mountains of opposition, and put us to duty, and keep us at duty and dwell with us. I invite thee to come to my poor babes; let them be of the little children that thou ſuffers to come unto thee. Salvation to him that appears to be near his cloſe: let him have mercy in, and thro’, a compleat Mediator Chriſt; let thy ſympathy and free love be extended towards him—he being one of thy ſuffers wanting the adminiſration of thy Sacrament of Baptiſm, becauſe of the unfaithfulneſs of miniſters. Lord, thou knoweſt, that it was not in contempt of thy holy ordinance that it was wanting; but we
