THE Blind receive their Sight, and the Lame walk; the Lepers are cleanfed, and the Deaf hear; the Dead are raised up, and the Poor have the Gospel preached to them, Mat.xi.5.

Caufe, O my God, blind Sinners to fee and know thy Truth, and the Way of Salvation: Make them walk therein with a steady, even, and conftant Pace: Let them be cleansed from the Corruption of their Hearts: Let them bear thy Word with Joy and with Advantage: Let them, as Perfons raifed from the Dead, live the new Life of CHRIST: And let the most poor and miferable receive, love, and obferve the Gofpel. - CHRIST requires a Heart which is poor, void of it self, and convinc'd of its own Indigence, Unworthiness, Inability, and Mifery. Make my Heart, O JESUS, thus poor, that it may be enriched and satisfied with the facred Truths of thy Gospel.

Sinful, and Blind, and Poor,
And loft without thy Grace,

Thy Mercy I implore,

And wait to fee thy Face, Begging I fit by the Way Side,

JESUS attend my Cry,

Thou Son of David hear, `
If now thou paffeft by,

Stand ftill and call me near;
The Darkness from my Heart remove,

And long to know the Crucify'd. And fhew me now thy pard'ning Love.

BUT he faid unto them, It is I, be not afraid, John vi. 20.

The Prefence and Word of CHRIST removeth all Fears; but he himself must make Men fenfible of both, otherwise he is prefent only to the Blind, and fpeaks only to the Deaf. What is Man? Nothing but Darkness and Weakness, when he is in Dangers: Full of Diftruft and Apprehenfion of being deceived, when Affiftance is vouchfafed him: and utterly incapable of doing any Thing without CHRIST, at all Times, and in all States and Difpofitions. Lord, what Conduct foever thou art pleased to obferve towards me, vouchfafe always to speak to me these comfortable Words, It is I; and thereby fecure me both from Prefumption and Despair.

JESUS I cry for Help to thee,
Thou haft, O Lord, the double Key,
Open the gracious Door,
And let me live with Pardon bleft,
And then obtain one Bleffing more,
And lay me down to Reft.

In Love forbid my longer Stay,
O beckon me from Earth away,
Fulfil my Heart's Defire,
And fign my pardon'd Soul's Release,
Now, now my pardon'd Soul require,
And let me die in Peace.

HE that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the Earth is earthly, and fpeaketh of the Earth; he that cometh from Heaven is above all, John iii. 31.

The Divinity and divine Miffion of CHRIST are the Sources of the Holinefs and Authority of his Words.-Man, of himself, has nothing but what is low and mean in his Words and Thoughts: And nothing but what is great, fublime, and heavenly, when leaving himself and his own Darkness, he, by Faith, enters into JESUS CHRIST and his Light. We all carry within our felves two Men of a very different Nature, the one heavenly the other earthly, and it is the great Design of God to make them one, in renewing, sanctifying and rendering the earthly Man happy, by the Spirit in the Body, and according to the Pattern of the heavenly Man. Grant, Lord, that I may fhut my Ears against every Thing which the Children of this World have to fuggeft to me concerning earthly Things; and that the Ears of my Heart may be continually open to thofe divine Truths, which thou cameft from Heaven to reveal to us, O heavenly Man who art also God. Ye weak Inhabitants of Clay, Ye trifling Infects of a Day, Low in your native Duft bow down Before the Eternal's awful Throne.

With trembling Heart, with folemnEye,
Behold JEHOVAH feated high;
And fearch what worthy Sacrifice [vise.
Your Hands can give, your Thoughts de-

ASK, and it shall be given you: feek, and ye fhall find: knock, and it fhall be opened unto you, Mat. vii. 7.

How rich is a Man, when he knows how to afk, to feek, and to knock as he ought: Let us afk with Confidence and Humility: Let us Seek with Care and Application: Let us knock with Earneftnefs and Perfeverance. Grant me, Lord, a Faith, which may make me thoroughly fenfible of my Needs, and humbly ask thy Grace; a Hope, which may excite me to seek thy Kinge dom only, and the Righteousness which leads thereto: And a Love which may urge me to knock inceffantly and refpe&fully at the Gate of thy Mercy.

Father I all thy Fulnefs want;
The Door of true Repentance give,
The Door of Faith and Mercy grant,
And let me in thine Image live;
O Lord, I afk, I feek, I knock,
Thou can't not thy poorCreature mock:
Thy Word is past, and cannot fail,
Here will I wait till I prevail.

When inftant I in Prayer abide,
When all thy hallowing Grace is given,
T'admit my Soul, throw open wide
The everlasting Doors of Heaven.
Olet thy Spirit stay with me,
To groan and speak my Wants to thee;
Still let me fhew my ev'ry Need,
And that in Thee I'm help'd indeed.

Every one that afketh, receiveth; and he that feeketh, findeth and to him that knocketh, it fhall be opened, Mat. vii. 8.

Prayer is always heard after one Manner ar another, when Faith afks, feeks, and knocks. She, alone, obtains ALL which she asks; because she, alone, afks what fhe ought; and That in a right Manner, and for a good End. The Way never to be refused, is never to defire any Thing but the Will of God.

Every one who Thee believes,
And at thy Bidding prays,
Sooner or later, Lord, receives
The Fulness of thy Grace:
Praying on while Life remains,
Glad he lays his Body down,
Gafps his final Prayer, and gains
A never-fading Crown.

Thou art the Door: I knock at Thee

To be redeem'd from Sin;

And foon thy Heart fhall open'd be

To take the Suppliant in :
Thus will I all my Life employ,

And wait the welcome Word,
Enter into celeftial Joy,

And triumph with thy Lord.