I do according to his call,

And yet not I, but he does all; e
But though he works to will and do, f
I without force work freely too. g

His will and mine agree full well, h
Yet disagree like heav'n and hell; i

thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

d Gen. xxxii. 26. And he [the angel] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh: And he [Jacob] said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

e 1 Cor. xv. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain : but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Ver. 58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

ƒ Phil. ii. 13. It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

g Psalm cx. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. And cxvi. 16. O Lord, truly I am thy servant, I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

h Matt. vi. 10. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Psalm xl. 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

His nature's mine, j and mine is his, k
Yet so was never that nor this.

I know him and his name, yet own

He and his name can ne'er be known. m

to-day in my vineyard. He John v. 40. Ye will not come Matt. xxiii. 37. O Jerusalem,

i Matt. xxi. 23, 29. A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work answered and said, I will not, &c. to me, that ye might have life. Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

j2 Pet. i. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature.

k Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. Ver. 16. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

/ Isa. xl. 17. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

m Psalm ix. 10. They that know thy name will put their trust in thee. Prov. xxx. 3, 4. I [Agur] neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the winds in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

His gracious coming makes me do;
I know he comes, yet know not how.n

I have no good but what he gave, o
Yet he commends the good I have. p
And though my good to him ascends,
My goodness to him ne'er extends. r

n Song. iv. 16. Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out; let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. John iii. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

o 1 Chron. xxix. 14. And David said,-But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.

p 2 Cor. x. 18. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Rom. xii. 1, 2. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

q. Psalm xxv. 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. And cxli. 2. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and

I take hold of his cov'nant free, s
But find it must take hold of me : t
I'm bound to keep it, u yet 't is bail,

And bound to keep me without fail. v

the lifting up of my hands, as the evening sacrifice. Eph. iii. 2. In whom [Christ Jesus] we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Heb. x. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, &c.

7 Psalm xvi. 2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee.

s Isa. Ivi. 4. Thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that--take hold of my covenant, &c. Ver. 6. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that—taketh hold of my covenant, &c.

t Zech. i. 6. But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. Psalm cx. 2, 3. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, &c. Rom. i. 16. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 2 Cor. ii. 16. To the other we are the savor of life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things.

Psalm ciii. 17, 18. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him: and his righteousness

The bond on my part cannot last, w

Yet on both sides stands firm and fast. z
I break my bands at ev'ry shock,

Yet never is the bargain broke. y

unto children's children: to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. John xvii. 6. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

v Psalm lxxxix. 33-36. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn, by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

w Psalm lxxxix. 30-32. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

x Psalm lxxxix. 2—4. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Ver. 28, 29. My mercy will I keep for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Jer. xxxii. 40. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.