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"Assurance"

Almighty God,
I am loved with everlasting love,
clothed in eternal righteousness,
my peace flowing like a river,
my comforts many and large,
my joy and triumph unutterable,
my soul lively with a knowledge of salvation,
my sense of justification unclouded.

I scarce have anything to pray for:

Jesus smiles upon my soul as a ray of heaven
and my supplications are swallowed up in praise.

How sweet and glorious is the doctrine of election
when based upon thy Word
and wrought inwardly within the soul!

- from The Valley of Vision, A collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions edited by Arthur Bennett