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WILL speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

F I repute myself greater than this, behold, Thou standest against me; and my sins bear a true testimony, and I cannot contradict it.

UT if I abase myself, and bring myself down to very nothingness, and divest myself of all self-esteem, and reduce myself, as I really am, to mere dust, Thy grace will be favorable to me, and Thy light will draw nigh to my heart; and all self-estimation, how small soever, will be sunk in the depth of my own nothingness, and there lose itself forever.