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Lord, help me to go sincerely about it, and let the preſence go along with the duty.
O Lord, I here desire to enter ſolemnly
into covenant with thee, taking thee for my
Lord and Maſter, accepting thee on thy own
terms taking thee for my King, Prieſt and
Prophet; and in my ſtation, thro’ thy grace,
to ſtand by truth, and cheerfully to take on
thy yoke and follow thee. Lord, thou knoweſt my weakneſs: I desire to believe that thou wilt be a preſent help in the day of need, to me, according to thy promiſe; and I, in the faith of this, do go onː-I here give my hearty content to thy coming and taking poſſeſsion of my ſoul and to thy caſting out of all there that ſtands in opposition to thee. Come, Lord Jeſus, ſubdue all my corruptions, and bring them under my feet, that I may be thro' thee a conqueror over them.
I desire here to take thee for my All, to be
ruled and governed by thee, acquieſcing to
whatſoever ſhall be the way of dealing with me. Give me thyſelf, and this ſhall be all my desire: I desire to enter my proteſtation at the throne of grace againſt all principalities and powers in me that ſtand out againſt thee, and ſhall endeavour in thy ſtrength; to war againſt them, for they reign as tyrants not having conſent. Whatever I have been, I dare here accept of the offer of peace thro'
