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1 John v. 7.

Jude 3.

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PREFACE.

BLESSED be THE LORD our God, for ever and ever: and blessed be his glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

Before the throne of our covenant God, Jehovah in three mysteriously distinct persons, our souls desire to fall low; and while overwhelmed with the consciousness of the depravity of our nature, and the meanness of our offering, even such as WE would praise thee, O Lord most High!

By the unspeakable privilege of adoption we present ourselves before our heavenly Father, presenting our humble claim as children of the chosen family; and in words which are furnished us by our ever-adorable covenant Head, we will say, with our thoughts recurring to our worthless services in the subsequent pages,-"We thank Thee, O Father, Lord