Vasanos alåethinåe, the true touchstone which shews both grace and nature, or, A discourse concerning self examination, by which both saints and sinners may come to know themselves whereunto are added sundry meditations relating to the Lords Supper / by Nathanael Vincent ...

MEDITATION. XLVIII.

If my Beloved is mine, and all things, mine is there not reason I should be His? His I am and His I will be to eternity. Lord! I am Thine for thou hast made me and not I my self. I am thine by the right of purchase as well as Creation, for thou hast bought me with a price. Nay, thou hast new made me on purpose for thine own use, and that I should shew forth thy praises. And I do willingly resign and yeild my self to thee; if I am thy Servant make use of me, if I am thy Treasure, keep me; if I am a child, let me be imployed in my Fathers business; if I am Betrothed to thee, let thy love and

jealousie secure me from other Lovers. Oh let me be wholly, only, always Thine! Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity! Let my tongue be like an Angels, continu∣ally sounding forth thy Name, Let my hands be holy, the path of my feet ponde∣red; let all my members be yeilded as in∣struments of Righteousness, and let my soul with all its powers love and serve thee. Lord sanctifie and satisfie, and save me, and ho∣nour me, by employing me; for I lift up my soul, and give my very heart to thee.