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up all that I have unto thee. I give up my dear ſympathizing huſband to thee: put work in his hand that may be for thy glory his ſoul's comfort and truth's advantage, that we may rejoice in thee in the way of thy ſalvation. I likewiſe give up my dear brother unto thee; his cauſe is known unto thee thou haſt hitherto helped him, and I desire to believe thou wilt continue thy love. Lord, thou haſt given a little flock; dear and precious Chriſt as thou haſt given them unto me, I do freely and ſolemnly give them back unto thee, and desire that thou mayeſt diſpoſe of them at thy pleaſure;—only, let grace be given to them, that they may be employed, in their ſtations, for thy glory—and be kept from the abomination of the time. Do with them, as to the world, as thou thinks fit, only, convey grace down to their poſterity; let them be pleaders ſor thee as I have pleaded for them as the throne of grace: this is all my desire, and would be my comfort to ſee. O Lord, come this day and ſmile upon my poor gift, and accept o them." I ſolemnly ſtand to all my former engagements, and make a ſolemn resignation of myſelf unto thee, and desire to cloſe with thee on thine own terms. O ſet to thy ſeal to it, and condeſcend in thy love to let it be regiſtrate in heaven that whatever may be may cauſe or trials. I may have a covenanted
