N01102:47
Ornamental piety
Ornamental piety.
Boston: printed by T. Green?, 1707
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The full Obedience which my Surety paid To God, may That my Righteousness be made. A Wretched Sinner would appear in That, Righteous before the dreadful Judgment-Seat. Show me thy Way, O Lord, Lest that I should Fall by those Mockers that will me delude. To thy Pure Scriptures way, I will adhere, And find the Rule of my whole Conduct there. All the Rebellion of my Heart Subdue; And for thy Work, O Lord, my Strength Renew. From thy vast Fullness let my Faith derive Strength to do all things, & to Thee to […] ⟨image ?⟩May thy Good SPIRIT me Possess, & Fill With Light & Zeal, to Learn and Do thy Will. With His Kind Flames may He upon me Seize, And keep me always on my Bended Knee. May all I am and have, be used for Him Whose is my All, for He did me Redeem. To Thee, Good SPIRIT, I lift up my Cries, That thou wilt fall upon the Sacrifice.
The full Obedience which my Surety paid To God, may That my Righteousness be made. A Wretched Sinner would appear in That, Righteous before the dreadful Judgment-Seat. Show me thy Way, O Lord, Lest that I shou'd Fall by those Mockers that will me delude. To thy Pure Scriptures way, I will adhere, And find the Rule of my whole Conduct there. All the Rebellion of my Heart Subdue; And for thy Work, O Lord, my Strength Renew. From thy vast Fulness let my Faith derive Strength to do all things, & to Thee to 〈…〉 ⟨image ?⟩May thy Good SPIRIT me Possess, & Fill With Light & Zeal, to Learn and Do thy Will. With His Kind Flames may He upon me Sieze, And keep me alwayes on my Bended Knee. May all I am and have, be us'd for Him Whose is my All, for He did me Redeem. To Thee, Good SPIRIT, I lift up my Cries, That thou wilt fall upon the Sacrifice.
May thy Bright ANGELS, be my Guardians then; For Thee, they'll Guard & Guide the Sons of Men.
May thy Bright ANGELS, be my Guardians then; For Thee, they'l Guard & Guide the Sons of Men.
By Thee Assisted, LORD, Thus I Consent Unto thy Everlasting COVENANT.
By Thee Assisted, LORD, Thus I Consent Ʋnto thy Everlasting COVENANT.
FINIS.