WE do not presume to come unto thee most merciful Lord, trusting in our own righte∣ousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under the Table of thy meanest servants. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to
The peace and joy of the soul procured and preserved
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- The peace and joy of the soul procured and preserved
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- London :: printed for W. Freeman, at the Bible over-against the Middle-Temple-gate,in Fleet-street,
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have mercy on those that fear thee; and whose promise is, to forgive our iniquities, and to remember our sins no more; to heal our back-slid∣ings, and love us freely, through him who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree: suffered for our sins, the just for the unjust, to bring sinners unto thee: who hath laid on him the iniquity of us all; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justifi∣cation; and is entred into Heaven it self, now to appear in the presence of God for us, even Jesus who deli∣vereth us from the wrath to come. O let us enjoy the comfort, by un∣feignedly believing the certainty of so great salvation, and living in the joyful sense and praise of it, until we come eternally to sing Blessing,* 1.1
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and Honour, and Glory, and Pow∣er be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever, that loved us, and hath wash∣ed us from our sins in his own blood; and hath made us Kings and Priests unto God and his Father, and our Father, to his God, and our God; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever,
Amen.
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* 1.1
Jer. 31. 34. Hos. 14. 4. 1 Pet. 2. 24. & 3. 18. Isa. 53. 6. Rom. 4. 25. Heb. 9. 24. 1 Thessa. 1. 10.