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 him? Pal.lxiii. 25. O thou the fairel amongt the children of men, Pal. xlv. 2. The light of the Gentiles, the glory of the Jews, the life of the dead, the joy of angels and aints, my oul painteth to be with thee, I will put my pirit into thy hands, and thou wilt not put me out of thy preence, I will come unto thee, for thou cateth none away that cometh unto thee, O thou delight of mankind? Thou camet to eek and to ave that which was lot; thou eeking me hat found me, and now being found by thee, I hope, O Lord thou wilt not let me perih, I deire to be with thee, and do long for the frutition of thy bleed preence, and joy of thy countenance: Thou the only good hepherd art full of grace and truth; therefore, I trut, thou wilt not thrut me out of the door of grace, the law was given by Moes, but grace and truth by thee: who hall eperate me from thy love, hall tribulation, or ditres, or perecution, or famine, or nakednes, or peril, or word? Nay, in all thee things, I am more nor conqueror, through thy Majety, who hath loved me: for I am peruaded, that neither death, nor life nor principalities, nor powers, nor any other creature, is able to eperate me from the love of the majety, which is in Chrit Jeus my Lord. I reue not to die with thee, that I may live with thee. I reue no to uffer with thee, that I may rejoice with thee. SallShall [sic] not all things be pleant to me, which may be the lat tep, by which, and upon which, I may come unto thee? When hall I be atiate with thy face? when hall I be drunk with thy pleaures? Come, Lord Jeus, and tarry not. The Spirit ays, Come the bride ays, Come; even o Lord Jeus come quickly, and tarry not.

Why hould the multitude of my iniquities or the greatnes of them affright me? why hould I faint in this my deire to be with thee? The greater inner I have been, the greater glory will thy grace be to me to all eternity. O unpeakable joy, endles, infinite, and bottomls compaion! O ea of never fading pleaures! O love of loves! O the breadth, and hightheight [sic], and depth, and length of that love of thine, that paeth all knowledge! the love of Jonathan was great indeed unto David, it paeth the love