. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . d soul, the Father to reveal Him to me.* Then I asked him further, How I must make my supplication to Him ? and he said, Go, and thou shalt find Him upon a mercy-seat, where He sits all the year long to give pardon and forgiveness to them that I told him I knew not what to say when I came; and he bid me say to this effect, God be merciful to me a sinner, and make me to know and believe in Jesus Christ; for I see that if His righteousness had not been, or I have not faith in tha
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . d soul, the Father to reveal Him to me.* Then I asked him further, How I must make my supplication to Him ? and he said, Go, and thou shalt find Him upon a mercy-seat, where He sits all the year long to give pardon and forgiveness to them that I told him I knew not what to say when I came; and he bid me say to this effect, God be merciful to me a sinner, and make me to know and believe in Jesus Christ; for I see that if His righteousness had not been, or I have not faith in that righteousness, I am utterly cast away. Lord, I have heard that Thou art a merciful God, and hast ordained that Thy Son Jesus Christ should be the saviour of the world; and moreover, that Thou art willing to bestow Him upon such a poor sinner as I am (and I am a sinner indeed) ; Lord, take therefore this opportunity, and magnify Thy grace in the salvation of my soul, through Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. * Ps. xcv. 6; Dan. vi. 10; Jer. xxix. 12, 13. t Exod. xxv. 22; Lev. xvi. 2; Numb. vii. 89; Heb. iv. Chr. And did you do as you were bidden ? Hope. Yes ; over, and over, and over, Chr. And did the Father reveal His Son to you ? Hope. Not at the first, nor second, nor third, nor fourth,nor fifth, no, nor at the sixth time neither. Chr. What did you do then ? Hope. What! why, I could not tell what to do. Chr. Had you not thoughts of leaving off praying ? Hope. Yes, a hundred times twice told. Chr. And what was the reason you did not ? Hope. I believed that that was true which had been toldme, to wit, that, without the righteousness of this Christ, allthe world could not save me; and therefore thought I with 192 HOW CHRIST WAS REVEALED TO HIM. myself, if I leave off I die, and I can but die at the throne ofgrace. And withal, this came into my mind, If it tarry,wait for it, because it will surely come, and will not tarry (Hab. ii. 3) ; so I continued praying until the Father she
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