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SECTION VIII.

The Humble PENITENT'S concluding
Devotions.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture-Prayer for God's acceptance of this day's devotions, and for grace to put in practice our good resolutions, and finally to attain everlasting life.

Preparatory sentences of Scripture.

Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile".

I will acknowledge my sin unto Thee, and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.

I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord; ; and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found but in the great water floods they shall not come nigh Him.

a Psal. xxxii. 1, 2.

Thou art a place to hide me in; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with Mine eye".

I sought the Lord, and He heard me; yea, He delivered me out of all my fear.

They had an eye unto Him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.

Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him; yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear Him; and delivereth them.

O taste and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

O fear the Lord, ye that are His saints; for they that fear Him lack nothing o.

The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous; and His ears are open unto their prayers".

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart; and will save such as be of an humble spirit.

Great are the troubles of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of all.

The Lord delivereth the souls of His servants;

b Psal. xxxii. 5-9.

c Psal. xxxiv. 4-9. e Ibid. 18, 19.

d Ibid. 15.

and all they that put their trust in Him shall not be destitute f.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace; whose mind is stayed on Thee: because it trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting Strength".

The way of the just is uprightness: Thou, Most Upright, dost weigh the path of the just '. Great peace have they which love Thy law, and nothing shall offend them *.

He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth His ways shall die'.

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall not be visited with evil ".

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing".

The Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you°. Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak for your work shall be rewarded".

Psal. xxxiv. 22. g Psal. xxxvii. 37. h Isai. xxvi. 3, 4. * Psal. cxix. 165. 1 i Ibid. 7. m Prov. xix. 16. Ibid. 23. "Eccl. viii. 5. • 2 Chron. xv. 2.

P Ibid. 7.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you".

And exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come '.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God'.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil.

Therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord Thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him; for He is thy life, and the length of thy days".

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him *.

They shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him".

q Hos. x. 12.

r 1 Tim. iv. 7,

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Rom. viii. 28.

8. Ibid. 19, 20. * 1 Cor. ii. 9. Mal. iii. 17.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life".

And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First, and the Last. Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie ".

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life".

Now unto Him That is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

* Rev. ii. 10.

a Rev.xxii. 12—15.

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e Ibid. 24, 25.

Jude 20, 21.

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