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Zion’s prosperity be pure, peaceable, and crowned with success, to the salvation<br />
<strong>of</strong> many precious souls. Bless my dear colleague and congregation, all the<br />
worshipping assemblies and ministers in this city, and grant that union and<br />
brotherly love may reign, and remove all jealousies and divisions, which are<br />
detrimental to pure and undefiled religion! Father <strong>of</strong> mercies, accept <strong>of</strong> these my<br />
poor and humble petitions, and pardon my many sins and shortcomings, for<br />
Christ’s sake. Amen.<br />
March ’89<br />
2. Blessed be the God <strong>of</strong> all grace for through-bearing mercy and grace! Though<br />
indisposed in my body, yet the Lord has strengthened me to perform the several<br />
duties <strong>of</strong> the solemnities <strong>of</strong> yesterday. The preparation sermon from Psalm<br />
66.2, 508 I hope, was blessed to some and the others <strong>of</strong> the day <strong>of</strong> administration. I<br />
would humbly pray and trust that also may be kept in remembrance and<br />
accomplished to others and poor, backsliding me, from Psalm 51.12: Restore, o<br />
Lord, the Joys <strong>of</strong> Thy Salvation, out <strong>of</strong> that fullness which is in Christ Jesus,<br />
Colossians 2.9-10 509 –this was Mr. Bassett’s text-, I would mourn and lament my<br />
unbelief and murmurings while under the Cross, but oh, may also the joy <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Lord be my strength, and we both be strengthened for the service <strong>of</strong> His<br />
Sanctuary. Blessed Jesus, be thou my compassionate Highness and help in every<br />
time <strong>of</strong> need, every moment and especially when tempted and afflicted. Mitigate<br />
and remove pains and the causes there<strong>of</strong>, but above all, make me and all Thy<br />
people humble and Holy, and let Thy Kingdom come. Amen.<br />
N.B. This morning I went with my dear colleague to our common friend<br />
T.V.W., 510 and we found him rather distressed on account <strong>of</strong> some expressions<br />
made by D. K. 511 I am sorry the good old man to be so much distressed, and<br />
would humbly pray the Lord to remove this death from us. Oh, may prudence and<br />
wisdom with becoming fortitude be given to us, to withstand all the assaults <strong>of</strong><br />
Hell and Earth, and we be made more than conquerors through Jesus Christ! I am,<br />
however, happy to find that my endeavor to humble pride has not been in vain,<br />
and though much distressed <strong>of</strong> having <strong>of</strong>fended any the least <strong>of</strong> my brethren, I<br />
pray the Lord to restore our former comforts and mutual love among all who love<br />
the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. O Lord, help and carry us safely through every<br />
obstacle and difficulty, and be Thou our peace. Amen.<br />
5. Yesterday I went to preach in the Boght, my dear colleague being prevented to<br />
accompany me by a cold, which he had taken when coming home from a<br />
Christian friend whom he visited in distress <strong>of</strong> soul. The weather was very cold<br />
and I, much fatigued, was hardly able to perform the duty. However blessed be<br />
the omnipotent and compassionate God and Father <strong>of</strong> our Lord and Savior Jesus<br />
Christ, I was enabled, through free sovereign grace, to speak from 1 Timothy<br />
508<br />
Sing the glory <strong>of</strong> his name; give to him glorious praise.<br />
509<br />
For in him the whole fullness <strong>of</strong> deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is<br />
the head <strong>of</strong> every ruler and authority.<br />
510<br />
Likely the earlier mentioned Theunis Van Woert, born in 1723; married Elisabeth Van Deusen.<br />
511 David Kerker <strong>of</strong> Watervliet?<br />
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