Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers

Great, glorious, everlasting Redeemer! You are indeed both the high priest and the altar, both the sacrifice and the sacrificer. Your one offering has both put out the fire of divine wrath and caused the holy flame of love and peace to burn there instead, which has kindled in every heart of your people.

Lamb of God, you have delivered us from the wrath to come! You have made our peace in the blood of your cross.

By your blood you have quenched the just fire of divine indignation against sin. You have quenched no less than all the fiery darts of Satan. You have subdued the flaming antagonism of our hearts, with all their fiery lusts and burning affections.

What will I say to you? What will I say of you? What will I proclaim concerning you, the Lord our righteousness?

Lord, help me to begin the song, and never entertain sin or Satan—not even death itself, or allow it for a moment to interrupt the heavenly note.

Instead let your name fill my entire soul and vibrate on my dying lips, so that I may open my eyes in eternity, while the words still hang there.

“To him who has loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and made us kings and priests to God and the Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.”

Amen.