The works of George Swinnock, M.A

O that the longings, the desires, the faith, the hope, the delight of my soul, like the approaches of a Needle, may be so much the more quick, by how much they draw nearer to their Load-stone Jesus Christ. Lord, thou hast an absolute dominion over me, both living and dying; Its thy word, None of thine liveth to himself, or dyeth to himself; But whether they live, they live unto the Lord, and whether they dye they dye unto the Lord; and whether they live or dye, they are the Lords. O help me to glorify thee, both by my life and by my death. Let thy spirit be strong within me, when my flesh is weak; When the Keepers of the house shall tremble, show thy self the Keeper and strength of my heart. When the Grinders shall cease, because they are ⟨p. 665⟩few or weak, give me to feed on the Manna of thy promises, and that bread which came down from Heaven. When the Daughters of Music shall be brought low, let me hear by faith the song of Moses and the Lamb, sung by the celestial quire; When they that look out at the Window are darkened, let the eyes of my soul be opened, to behold, with thy dying Martyr Stephen, Jesus sitting at the right hand of God; Let my hope and desire look out at the Windows, and say, Why is his Chariot (sent to fetch me to himself) so long a coming? Why tarry the wheels of his Chariot? Make hast my beloved, be thou like the Heart and Roe, upon the Mountains of spices. Whether I perish in the field with Abel, or in the Prison with the Baptist, or in my bed with Jacob, grant me thy gracious comforting presence, and then though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear none ill. O do thou undertake my conduct in my passage over the rough waters of this Jordan, into Canaan, and then there will be no danger of drowning; Assist me so to live by faith, that I may dye in the faith, and when my friends take my earthly body to their disposal, O do thou receive my Heaven-born soul into the arms of thine infinite mercy, for thou hast redeemed it, Lord God of truth.

O that the longings, the desires, the faith, the hope, the delight of my soul, like the approaches of a Needle, may be so much the more quick, by how much they draw nearer to their Load-stone Iesus Christ. Lord, thou hast an absolute dominion over me, both living and dying; Its thy word, None of thine liveth to himself, or dyeth to himself; But whether they live, they live unto the Lord, and whether they dye they dye unto the Lord; and whether they live or dye, they are the Lords. O help me to glorifie thee, both by my life and by my death. Let thy spirit be strong within me, when my flesh is weak; When the Keepers of the house shall tremble, shew thy self the Keeper and strength of my heart. When the Grinders shall cease, because they are