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venant with thee this day, in opposition to all the corruptions of a body of sin, that I am mastered with: I desire in thy fight to protest against all things in me or my family, that is not like thee, and this day to invite thee back to my house on any terms, and do not break us with thy long absence. Come Lord Jesus and take up thy dwelling amongst us; we are a heartless company without thee, come to the heads, and tell us what is our duty, and put work in our hands, art thou passing by us as one that has no more work ado for us. O Lord I cannot think upon this, let not our iniquities put a stop in thy way, come over the mountains of oppositions, and put us to duty, and keep us at duty, and dwell with us. I invite thee to come to my poor babes, let them be of these little children that thou suffers to come unto thee; salvation to him that appears to be near his close, let him have mercy in end thro’ a compleat mediator Christ, let thy sympathy and free love be extended towards him, he being one of thy sufferers, wanting the administration of thy sacrament of baptism, because of the unfaithfulness of ministers. Lord, thou knows it was not in contempt of thy holy ordinance, that it was wanting, but we could not in our station show any more eminent way our dislike to the injuries done to thee, O Lord, by unfaithful ministers. All their treachery is well known to thee. Lord break the snares and let thy poor flock escape, and hasten the day when my kids shall feed beside the shepherds tents. I invite thee this day to every soul within my family, let the work of grace be amongst them all, every one encouraging another in the way of duty, that we may be a little sanctuary for thee to dwell in. I invite thee O Lord, this day to return to poor covenanted Scotland, altho’ she has broken covenant with thee, yet thou must not give up with her. Remember thy former loving kindness to her, and for thy own names sake return, return, and deliver; are not enemies crying that they have gotten of the sons and daughters of Zion to help them to lay on the grave done to hold down the work. Are not enemies crying, where is the covenanted God of Scotland, and saying if this work had been of God, it would have flood; so that all the blood of thy people, and the cause of God, for which they suffered, is now buried with the mockery of some, and joy of others; but thou who is the lion of the tribe of Judah, rouse up thy self, and let it be known to all nations,
