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N.B. This morning I read Henry’s Comment on Genesis 12.4 fin., 75 which was
very suitable. May the Lord be also with me and my family in our shiftings and
marriage, and we worship Him in our family wherever we go. Amen.]
Blessed be the Lord for the mercies received and the favors enjoyed in His House,
the consort and children the Lord has given unto me, all support and comfort
granted unto me and my family in the worship of the Lord our God. Under
temptations and afflictions, all the deliverances from sicknesses and dangers; and
may the Lord of His infinite mercy pardon all the innumerable sins we are guilty
of in the precious Blood of his dear Son, and sanctify all His dealings and ways to
our immortal souls. It is also a peculiar mercy that the parsonage in town is
finished and exceeding convenient to dwell in. May it be dedicated to the Lord
our God, by daily sacrifices of prayer and praises and His altar be continually in
the midst of that house. Amen.
24. This morning I heard that my old friend and brother Dominee Lijdt of
Brunswick 76 is gone, I hope to Heaven. May the Lord pity his family, and
speedily supply their congregation with a faithful pastor, and if any of my pupils
should be called, may the Lord direct his way and make him useful also for the
establishment of the Seminary there, which probably (now Dominee Hardenbergh
also is removed) may be changed into a school instead of a college, for which it
was intended. The Lord lives and reigns and I humbly trust His cause and interest
in this land shall never die. Oh may I be ready, whenever called, to give an
account of my stewardship with joy and the gospel flourish and abound through
Jesus Christ O.L. Amen.
25. Yesterday my family was alarmed at the distressing report of Stephen’s
illness at Saratoga. We have prayed to the Lord for pardoning and restoring
mercy. Oh, may the Lord pity him and help and heal him; that his precious soul
might be impressed with a due sense of sin and of Divine grace through Jesus
Christ our Lord, and so this sickness be instrumental to his immortal interest.
Father of mercies, hear our poor prayer: bless my letters and strengthen my poor
wife and myself under this new tribulation. Spare our lives. Convert us to Thy
blessed self and service, and may all our children live before Thee. Amen.
29. Blessed be the Lord whose mercies endure forever, who has heard our
unworthy supplications, and brought Stephen home. His disorder has been very
bad and dangerous, and seems to be an intermitting fever. May the Lord Jesus of
his infinite mercy spare the youth, rebuke his sickness, restore his health, and
quicken his soul. Father of mercies, bless his marriage to Thy glory and their
happiness here and to all eternity, preserve me and my children from communion
with sin, and let my family serve the Lord, in spirit and truth, Holiness and
righteousness before Thee. I desire, Lord, to be more and more useful in my
station and relations; strengthen and comfort us in soul and body; pardon our
infirmities, and sinfulness; and make us conform to Thy Holy Will and Image;
bless all my connections and my congregation. Thy blessings rest upon Thy
Church and our land for Christ’s sake. Amen.
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Matthew Henry’s An Exposition of the Five Books of Moses, viz. Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
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Dominee Johannes Leydt, born in Holland (1718-1783). Lic. Coetus 1748. Minister, First, New
Brunswick, NJ and Six Mile Run, Franklin Park, NJ, 1748-83.
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