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How then can ſuch not perſevere,
and ſo be ſav'd at length,
Whom thou doſtempty of their own,
and fills with thy freſh Strength.
Theſe are the Souls that come to thee,	John 6. 37.
whom thou wilt not caſt out:
Theſe Souls are drawn & driven to the
whom thou muſt ſave no doubt.
Theſe are thy Sheep for whom thou prays	John 17, 9.
for whoſe Life thou didſt die:	and 20, 28.
Whom Liars ſhall not long deceive,
whom none can pull from thee.
Theſe did thy Father give to thee,	and 6. 39
with his expreſs command:
Son ſee thou loſe not one of thoſe.
I'll crave them at thy Hand.
Keep them, and make them perſevere	Ibid.
and lead them all the Way,
Through Life and Death, aud raiſe them up
to Glory at that Day.
Thou doſt accept this charge & pawns
thy Honour, charge to keep:
Our faithful Shepherd well I know	Pſal. 12. 1. 4.
nor ſlumber will, nor ſleep.
heſe ſin & law chas'd Souls, thou counts	Heb. 9. T
true Iſaacs all to be:	Rom. 8. 9.
Children of promiſe ſtyling them,	and 8. 17.
and Heirs annext with thee.	Tit. 1. 1.
Theſe are God's Elect whom he hath	Rom. 8. 9.
predeſtinate of old:
And in his counſel hath decreed
to ſave as he hath told.
Whom to aſſure of endleſs Life,
by his unchang'd Decree,