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sent for Dr. Schuyler, 399 who prepared a doze of rhubarb soap pills, which were
further blessed to remove the causes of the dreadful disease. Oh, my soul, do not
forget Thy distress and the deliverance of the Lord Jesus, a present help in every
time of need. Saturday we returned and were favored yesterday with an
opportunity to go up to the House of the Lord and to praise His name. May the
Father of lights accept of our humble gratitude, and we live to honor and to
worship Him in spirit and in truth. O, Lord, spare us together in Thy mercy, and
prepare us and ours for that rest, which is remaining for Thy people and for every
event during our pilgrimage here below. May my children be Thine, and keep me
in that blessed hope of confidence respecting my dear Joanna, who, I humbly
trust, is with the Lord in glory. Oh, may my heart be where all our treasure is, and
whilst we are left behind, may we run for the price, complete Holiness and
salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
28. This morning I would endeavor to obtain mercy from the Lord to prepare for
the administering and participation of the Holy Eucharist next Lord’s Day! Oh,
may the blessed Spirit of life, faith, Holiness, and adoption direct and instruct me
to remember the mercies of the Lord, and also His judgments since the last
Sacraments. Then it was a day of rejoicing in every respect, especially on the
arrival and ordination of my worthy colleague, and many other bounties of the
Lord, our God, also towards me and my family, but now I would come mourning
and lamenting my and my family’s sins, whereas we have offended the Father of
mercies, and so far increased His displeasure as to make a breach among us,
though I desire not to repine nor to arraign the ways and doings of the Lord. Still
I cannot but must confess, with a sorrowful and broken heart for sin, that our
iniquities, ingratitude, unbelief, worldly-mindedness, impatience, etc. have
deserved this indignation of God, and the Lord has punished us less than our
deserts. Oh, may every sin become more and more odious in our sight, and we be
enabled to walk humbly and earnestly with our God. Blessed Jesus, be Thou our
surety, and a propitiation for all our sins. I desire to preach and recommend Thy
satisfaction to myself and others, and pray the Lord of life and glory will grant us
pardon and peace of believing. Oh, may we be taught from on High to look unto
Christ, crucified and made perfect through sufferings, as the author and finisher of
faith and salvation. I would praise the Lord for that ever comfortable word – in
Jesus is life, which has, I hope, first quickened me and given me so much support
in believing for my deceased child. O, when am I, and my house that the Lord has
manifested himself to me, hell-deserving captive of sins and Satan, and brought
me hitherto to remember in secret His faithfulness and truths. Lord! I am Thine,
and may all mine be Thine through free sovereign mercy and grace. My soul and
body, my wife and children, my whole family and people I would commend unto
Thee and the Word of Thy grace. O, pity, pardon, and accept of us as Thy
peculiar people, Laos perissios, 400 thwlh. 401 Protect us against all the insults and
assaults of Earth and Hell, and deliver from an evil heart. Sanctify and strengthen,
and prepare us for Thy blessed self in grace and glory, and oh, may Thy Church
399
Nicholas Schuyler (1755-1824), physician, son of Harmanus and Christina Ten Broeck Schuyler.
400
Greek [letters]: self-distinguishing people [?]
401
Hebrew [letters]: [meaning unclear].
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