O thou beginning and ending, the first and the last, the author and the finisher of the faith, Jehovah Jesus, I have been looking up to thee for thy divine teaching, and I am still looking up to thee for thy divine blessing on this my offering. It is a poor mite, which I would cast into thy treasury, as my dying testimony for the of thy gospel.

truth and for the power

Be pleased to accept it out of thine infinite condescension. Thou knowest the heart of thy scrvant: whatever is right in it is thine own, the work of thine own grace. Failings there are, and they are mine of thy mercy pardon them. And make use of this little treatise, as it shall seem best to thy godly wisdom, for the increase of faith in thy church, and for the advancement of thine own fame and glory; that more honour may be put upon thy word, more dependence exercised upon thy faithfulness, and there may be a growing conformity to it in the hearts and lives of thy people. Be pleased, merciful Saviour, to accompany the reading of it with thy Spirit for these purposes, and I shall be amply reward

ed. May thy grace, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with us all. Amen.