My Father,

n a world of created and changeable things,
Christ and his Word alone remain unshaken.
O to forsake all creatures,
to rest as a stone on him the foundation,
to abide in him, be borne up by him!
For all my mercies come through Christ,
who has designed, purchased, promised,
effected them.
How sweet it is to be near him, the Lamb,
filled with holy affections!
When I sin aganst thee I cross thy will, love, life,
and have no comforter, no creature, to go to.
My sin is not so much this or that particular evil,
but my continual separation, disunion,
distance from thee,
and having a loose spirit towards thee.
But thou hast given me a present, Jesus thy Son,
as mediator between thyself and my soul,
as middle-man who in a pit
holds both him below and him above
for only he can span the chasm breached by sin,
and satisfy divine justice.
May I always lay hold upon this Mediator,
as a realized object of faith,
and alone worthy by his love to bridge the gulf.
Let me know that he is dear to me by his Word;
I am one with him by the Word on his part,
and by faith on mine;
If I oppose the Word, I oppose my Lord
when he is most near;
If I receive the Word I receive my Lord
wherein he is nigh.
O thou who hast the hearts of all men
in thine hand,
form my heart according to the Word,
according to the image of thy Son,
So shall Christ the Word, and his Word,
be my strength and comfort.

—from The Valley of Vision, Arthur Bennett, editor (Banner of Truth Trust, 2002).

1 All people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.
2 For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.
3 He hath subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.
4 Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.
5 God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.
6 Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.
8 God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.
9 The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be exalted.

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