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ty secretly support me, and did by restraining grace bound me in, not giving me liberty to seek sinful deliverances. O Lord, continue in thy love in keeping me in thy way, that I may have reason to let up my Ebenezer, and to say, hitherto hath the Lord helped me. O thou that has begun this good work, perfect it, that I may praise thy holy name through time and all eternity. And now O Lord, out of the sense of all these thy loving kindnesses towards thy poor hand-maid, I desire in thy strength to renew former engagements, and solemnly anew to enter in covenant with thee: O Lord, help me to go sincerely about it, and let thy presence go along with the duty: O Lord, I here desire to enter solemnly in covenant with thee, taking thee for my Lord and master, and accepting thee on thy own terms, taking thee for my king, priest and prophet, and in my station, through thy grace, to stand by truth, and cheerfully to take on thy yoak and follow thee: Lord, thou knows my weakness, I desired to believe that thou will be a present help in the day of need to me, acording to thy promise: And I
in the faith of this do go on, I here give my hearty consent to thy coming and taking possession in my soul, and to thy casting out of all there, that Hands in opposition to thee; come Lord Jesus, subdue all my corruptions and bring them under thy feet, that I may be thro’ thee a conqueror over them. I desire here to take thee for my all, to be ruled and governed by thee, acquiescing to whatsover shall be thy way of dealing with me; give me thy self, and this shall be all my desire. I desire to enter my protestation at the throne of G R A C E, against all principalities and powers in me that stand out against thee, and shall endeavour in thy strength, to war against them, for they reign as tyrants not having consent; whatever I have been, I do here accept of the offer of peace through Christ, and do make a sure covenant with thee this day, never to be ranversed, hoping thou wilt make all forthcoming unto me, both on thy part and mine. I desire here to own all the contravened truths that are founded on thy holy word, which word, I desire to be my rule, and to confess thee before men, that thou may confess me before the Father: Lord give me it in that hour, if I shall be brought before great ones for thy names sake; I desire to adhere to all the articles of thy covenants, national and
