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A PRAYER, FROM MR. LAW'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER. |
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A PRAYER, FROM MR. LAW'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER.
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O heav'nly Father! Gracious God above!
Thou Boundless Depth of Never-ceasing Love!
Save me from Self, and cause me to depart
From sinful Works of a long-harden'd Heart;
From all my Great Corruptions set me free;
Give me an Ear to hear, an Eye to see,
An Heart and Spirit to believe, and find
Thy Love in Christ, the Saviour of Mankind!
Thou Boundless Depth of Never-ceasing Love!
Save me from Self, and cause me to depart
From sinful Works of a long-harden'd Heart;
From all my Great Corruptions set me free;
Give me an Ear to hear, an Eye to see,
An Heart and Spirit to believe, and find
Thy Love in Christ, the Saviour of Mankind!
Made for Thyself, O God, and to display
Thy Goodness in me, manifest, I pray,
By Grace adapted to each wanting Hour
Thy Holy Nature's Life-conferring Pow'r;
Give me the Faith, the Hunger and the Thirst
After the Life breath'd forth from Thee at first,—
Birth of Thy Holy Jesus in my Soul,
That I may turn thro' Life's succeeding Whole
From ev'ry outward Work or inward Thought
Which is not Thee, or in Thy Spirit wrought!
Thy Goodness in me, manifest, I pray,
By Grace adapted to each wanting Hour
Thy Holy Nature's Life-conferring Pow'r;
Give me the Faith, the Hunger and the Thirst
After the Life breath'd forth from Thee at first,—
Birth of Thy Holy Jesus in my Soul,
That I may turn thro' Life's succeeding Whole
From ev'ry outward Work or inward Thought
Which is not Thee, or in Thy Spirit wrought!
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