Thou, Lord, wast pleased to forgive the woman that was a sinner, to declare the contrite publican justified, to save the dying thief, and receive again the backsliding Peter. O show the like mercy unto me a miserable sinner: make this ordinance effectual to open my understanding to know the nature and the efficacy of thy death on the cross; may it be a means of strengthening my weak faith to receive, with much assurance, the record which is given of thee. O that I may now behold with open face as in a glass the glory of the Lord, and know that my hope of salvation depends not on any thing uncertain or insufficient, but upon thy full, perfect sacrifice, accepted of the Father, as a complete propitiation for the sins of all them that believe in thy name.

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