Come as you are to God

then Drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him and the Pharisees and scribes murmured saying this man receiveth Sinners and eateth with them and he spake this Parable unto them saying what man of you having 100 sheep if he lose one of them doth not leave the 90 and N in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he find it and when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing and when he cometh home he calth together his friends and neighbors saying unto them Rejoice

with me for I have found my sheep which was lost I say unto you that likewise Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over 90 and N just persons which need no repentance either what woman having 10 pieces of silver if she lose one piece do not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently till she find it and when she ha found it she calth her friends and her neighbors together saying Rejoice with me for I have found the peace which I had lost likewise I say unto

you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth and he said a certain man had two sons and the younger of them said to his father father give me the portion of goods that fth to me and he divided unto them his living and not many days after the the young son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his substance with rius living and when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be

in want and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and he sent him into his fields to feed swine and he would Fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him and when he came to himself he said how many Servants of my fathers have bread enough and to spare and I perish with Humber I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him father I have sinned against heaven and before thee and them no more worthy to be

called thy son make me as one of thy hired servants and he arose and came to his father but when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him and the sons said unto him father I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son but the father said to his servants bring forth the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet

and bring hither the fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and be merry for this my son was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found and they began to be merry now his Elder son son was in the field and as he came and Drew nigh to the house he heard music and dancing and he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant and he said unto him thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe and sound

and he was angry and would not go in therefore came his father out and intreated him and he answering said to his father Lo these many years do I serve thee and neither trans I at any time thy commandment and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make Merry with my friends but as soon as this thy son was come which hath devoured thy living with harlots thou Hast killed for him the fatted calf and he said unto him son thou art ever with me and all that I have is thine it

was meat that we should make Merry and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found oh Israel return unto the Lord thy God for thou Hast Fallen by thine iniquity take with you words and turn to the Lord say unto him take away all iniquity and receive us graciously so will we render the calves of our lips ASU shall not save us we will not ride upon horses neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands ye are our gods for in thee the

fatherless fth Mercy I will heal their backsliding I will love them freely for mine Ang anger is turned away from him I will be as the Dew unto Israel he shall grow as the Lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon his branches shall spread and his Beauty shall be as the Olive Tree and his smell as Lebanon they that dwell under his shadow shall return they shall revive as the corn and grow as the vine the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon Ephraim shall say what have I to do anymore with

Idols I have heard him and observed served him I am like a green fur tree from me is thy fruit found who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them for the ways of the Lord are right and the just shall walk in them but the transgressors shall fall therein ho everyone that thirsteth Come Ye to the waters and he that hath no money Come Ye buy and eat yeah come by wine and milk without money and without price wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread

and your labor for that which satis Feth not hearken diligently unto me and eat ye that which is good and let your soul Delight itself in fatness incline your ear and come unto me here and your soul shall live and I will make an Everlasting Covenant with you even the sure mercies of David behold I have given him for a witness to the people a leader and Commander to the people behold Thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not and Nations that knew not the shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God

and for the Holy One of Israel for he hath glorified thee seek ye the Lord while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and He will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways said the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts

than your thoughts for as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and returneth not thither but WTH the Earth and Marth it bring forth in Bud that it may give seed to the swer and bread to the eater so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in a thing whereto I say it for ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace the mountains and the hills shall Break

Forth before you into singing and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands instead of the thorn shall come up the fur tree and instead of the Briar shall come up the Myrtle tree and it shall be to the Lord for a name for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name bless the Lord ohe my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgiveth all thine iniquities who Health all thy diseases who redeemeth thy life from

destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindness and Tender Mercies who satis feat thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles the Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed he made known his ways unto Moses his acts unto the children of Israel the Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger and plenteous in Mercy he will not always chide neither will he keep his anger forever he hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities for as the heaven is high above

the Earth so great is his Mercy toward them that fear him as far as the East is from the West so far hath he removed our transgressions from us like as a father pth his children so the Lord pth them that fear Him for he knoweth our frame he remember that we are dust as for man his days are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourishing for the wind posth over it and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more but the mercy of the Lord is from

Everlasting to Everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto children's children to such as keep his Covenant and to those those that remember his Commandments to do them the Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all bless the Lord ye his angels that excel in strength that do his Commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word bless ye the Lord all ye his hosts ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure bless the Lord all his Works in all places of his Dominion bless the Lord