he records of the well-ordered covenant, are
mine; and, Oh glorious truth, the testator died to ratify and insure
this testament; but he lives again, the glorious executor.

"O Lord, I received thee as my king: depending upon promised
strength, I swore allegiance to thee, and to thy government. Just so,
my dear sovereign Master, must I go on: rejoicing in its privileges,
subjecting myself cheerfully to its restrictions; studying with care
its positive commands, and setting myself to obey; submitting with
meekness to its discipline; claiming thy kingly power to subdue the
corruptions of my heart, to defend from foes within and foes without;
and when thou callest me to fight, to arm me for battle, and lead me
on to victory.

"I received thee as my divine Saviour, as the covenant of the
people: the covenant arranged, ratified, and fulfilled; to me a
covenant of free gift. Receiving thee, I received all the promises in
their fullest extent, as legally made over and confirmed to me by the
irrevocable gift of Deity: and in thee, as my Saviour, dwelleth all
the fulness of the Godhead bodily; yes, dwelleth in him for his
people, his ransomed; dwelleth in him as our head; we are united to
him, one with him, as he and the Father are one, and being one with
him, we are complete in him. He is the head, we the members; he is the
vine, we the branches; he is the foundation and chief corner-stone, we
the building. Thus let us walk in him; rooted and built up in him;
filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding; walking worthy of the Lord, unto all pleasing--being
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power; unto all
patience and long-suffering, with joyfulness; for it is he who worketh
in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure; and although of
ourselves we can do nothing, yet we can do all things through Christ
strengthening us; and he has promised, that 'as our days so shall our
strength be.'

"It is well, Lord, it is well. Thou art mine, and I am thine:
thou art mine with all thy fulness, what can I want besides? Nothing,
Lord. Thou hast given me 'the heritage of those that fear thy name;' I
am satisfied with my portion. Amen. Be my God and the God of my seed,
and glorify thy name in us."

"OCTOBER, 1797.

"'Remove far from me v