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Rh thyself up freely unto My will, thine oblation is not entire, neither will there be perfect union between us.

Therefore a free offering of thyself into the hands of God ought to go before all thine actions, if thou desire to obtain liberty and grace.

For this cause so few become free and enlightened, because they do not wholly deny themselves.

My sentence standeth sure, "Unless a man forsake all, he cannot be My disciple." If thou therefore desire to be My disciple, offer up thyself unto Me with thy whole heart.

HINE, O Lord, are all things that are in heaven, and that are in earth.

I desire to offer up myself unto Thee, as a free oblation, and to continue Thine for ever.

O Lord, in the simplicity of my heart I offer myself unto Thee this day, to be Thy servant for ever.

Receive Thou me, with this holy oblation of Thy precious body; which offering I make to Thee this day in the presence of angels invisibly attending.

2. O Lord, I offer unto Thee all my sins and offences which I have committed before Thee, from the day wherein I first could sin, to this hour. I