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CONVERSION EXEMPLIFIED.
AND now, to Life Rais'd by the Heav'nly Call,
Henceforth,
Vain Idols, I Renounce you all.
Vile
Flesh, Thy raging
Lust, and sordid
Ease,
My winged Soul now shall not serve and please.
False
World, Thy
Laws shall be no longer mine,
Nor to thy
Wayes, my New-born Soul incline.
Satan, Thou wilt, I know, my
Tempter be;
But thy
Temptation shall not Govern me.
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Foolish I've been;
O Lord, I blush, I grieve;
And gladly would my
Woful Folly leave.
Fain would I
Turn to God, but can't
alone:
Help,
Sovereign Grace, or it will ne'er be done!
To the Great GOD of Heaven I repair,
And Help'd by Heaven, thus to Him declare.
Great GOD, Since to be
Mine Thou willing art,
Oh! Be Thou mine! Replies my Conquered Heart.
To Glorify Thee,
Glorious Lord ▪ I take,
For
That alone, which can me
Happy make.
O FATHER, of all Things
Creator Great,
Wilt thou all Happiness for me
Create?
Eternal SON of God, wilt thou me
Save,
That I the
Hopes may of
Gods Children have?
Eternal SPIRIT of God, Poor me wilt thou
With
Spiritual Blessings of all sorts Endow?
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Lord, Ravish'd at thy wondrous
Grace, I do
These
Gracious Offers now Conform unto.
O
All-sufficient ONE, Wilt thou supply
My Wants from Stores of rich
Immensity?
Shall Boundless
Wisdome for my
Good Contrive?
And Boundless
Power, the Fruits of
Goodness Give?
Shall Spotless
Holiness on me Imprint,
An
Holy Temper, with thine
Image in't?
Lord, Thy
Perfections all I do adore,
And to a
Perfect Love my mind would soar.
A
State of Bliss according to thy Word
Thou wilt unto thy Chosen Ones afford.
A State of Blissful
Rest and
Joy, wherein
Rais'd from the
Dead, they shall be freed from
Sin.
There Bath'd in Rivers of Eternal
Joy,
No
Sorrows more shall them at all annoy.
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All in All; Brought nigh to God,
In
Him they shall forever make Abode.
They shall
See God; The
Beatific Sight!
And
their own God shall take in them Delight.
My Soul, Make now thy Choice. O say; Is This
What thou dost Choose for thy Chief Blessedness?
Things of this
Present Time I now Refuse;
My Blessed GOD, Thee,
Thee, and
This I Chuse.
May the sweet JESUS me to
Glory bring,
And be my Glorious
Prophet, Priest, and
King.
Does the Almighty SON of God, to those
That
Will, an
Ʋnion with Himself propose?
My Lord, I will! The
Will thou didst bestow
To Thee, Oh, Let me be
Ʋnited so.
The full
Obedience which my
Surety paid
To God, may
That my
Righteousness be made.
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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, and to Thee to Live.
May thy
Good SPIRIT me Possess, and Fill
With
Light, and
Zeal, to Learn and Do thy Will.
With His Kind
Flames may He upon me Sieze,
And keep me alwayes on my
Bended Knees.
May all I am and have, be us'd for Him
Whose is my
All, for
He did me Redeem.
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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'l
Guard and
Guide the Sons of Men.
By Thee assisted, LORD, Thus I Consent
Unto thy Everlasting COVENANT.
FINIS.