“O Lord, my Saviour, my complete Saviour, and in whom I am complete, I received thee as my expiatory sacrifice, by whom atonement was made for my sins; by whom reconciliation was made; I reconciled to God, and God to me.  I was then delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son, and have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.  This same blood must cleanse my daily spots, must cleanse my very best services; this same blood must cleanse my conscience daily, and give me confidence in God, as my reconciled Father.  By this same peace-speaking blood I daily present myself in his presence, and know that he sees no iniquity in me so as to condemn me.

“O Lord, I receive thee as my justifying righteousness, disclaiming all confidence in my own works, throwing them aside as filthy rags.  I place my sole dependence upon an imputed righteousness, that righteousness wrought out by thee as my surety, in thy holy, meritorious life and death; believing thy testimony, that ’the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.’  Just so must I go on, trusting in, resting upon, rejoicing in the Lord my righteousness.  By one man’s offence many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many, and I among others, be made righteous.  ’Christ is the end of the law for righteousness,’ therefore I walk at liberty, free from all dread of condemnation.  Not as a slave, not as a servant, not as a hireling, not as a probationer; but as a child and heir of God, to whom the inheritance is made sure.  I have received the seal of the testament, ratified and made sure by the death of the testator.  All the blessings contained in this Bible, the 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