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。
当你拿走我外在的祝福，
是为了罪的缘故，
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，
而是借此让我自己安全与坚硬。
合法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.