哦 父啊，
你为自己的荣耀造了人，
当他不作荣耀器皿时，
他就一无所是；
没有罪比不信的罪更大，
若与基督联合
是最大的益处，
不信则是最大的罪，
是把你的命令
钉了十字架；
我看到，
无论我犯了什么罪，
都无法
与远离基督的不信之罪相比。
主啊，
不要让我犯下
这离开基督的大罪，
因我此生
不可能完美地顺服和忠于祂。
你拿走我外在的祝福，
是为了我罪的缘故，
因我不承认
一切所有都是你的，
因我不以
自己所有的来服事你，
反而是借此
让我自己安全与坚硬。
属世的祝福
是隐秘的偶像，
伤人最深；
拥有是最大的伤害，
拿走才是最大的益处。
你在爱中剥夺我的祝福，
以至我可以荣耀你更多；
消除我犯罪的动力，
叫我珍视
在圣洁上的一点收获
大过所有损失。
我越是真切地爱你，
就越渴望爱你，
也就越因缺乏爱
而感到悲痛；
我越是饥渴追寻你，
就越晕眩找不到你；
我的心越是为罪而破碎，
我就越求它更破碎。
我最大的邪恶
是不记得年轻时犯的罪，
不，是不记得
隔天犯的罪。
让我远离一切
使我不信或远离基督的事物。
UNION WITH CHRIST
O FATHER,
Thou hast made man for the glory of thyself,
and when not an instrument of that glory,
he is a thing of nought;
No sin is greater than the sin of unbelief,
for if union with Christ is the greatest good, unbelief is the greatest sin,
as being cross to thy command;
I see that whatever my sin is,
yet no sin is like disunion from Christ by unbelief.
Lord, keep me from committing the greatest sin in departing from him,
for I can never in this life perfectly obey and cleave to Christ.
When thou takest away my outward blessings,
it is for sin,
in not acknowledging that all that I have is of thee,
in not serving thee through what I have,
in making myself secure and hardened.
Lawful blessings are the secret idols,
and do most hurt;
the greatest injury is in the having,
the greatest good in the taking away.
In love divest me of blessings
that I may glorify thee the more;
remove the fuel of my sin,
and may I prize the gain of a little holiness as overbalancing all my losses.
The more I love thee with a truly gracious love
the more I desire to love thee,
and the more miserable I am at my want of love; The more I hunger and thirst after thee,
the more I faint and fail in finding thee,
The more my heart is broken for sin,
the more I pray it may be far more broken.
My great evil is that I do not remember the sins of my youth,
nay, the sins of one day I forget the next.
Keep me from all things that turn to unbelief
or lack of felt union with Christ.
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