THE BENSON LIBRARY OF HYMNOLOGY Endowed by the Reverend Louis Fitzgerald Benson, d.d. LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY ■n& \ I \ PSALMS, CAREFULLY SUITED TO THE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA \ BEING AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE OLD VERSIONS or THE FSA£MS OF DAVID. All things written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, anc! the Psalms, concerning Me, must be fulfilled, 4 NEW EDITION, CORRECTED, P-SSH^SZLX., 3NT. IT. PUBLISHED BY S. MARKS k SON. 1830. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Calvin College http://archive.org7details/psalmsca30wattx TUB L.IFE OF ISAAC? WAfTS, D. 2D. BY DR. JOHNSON. From his lives of the most eminent English Poets. THE Poems of Dr. WATTS we>e by my recommendation inserted in the late Collection ; the readers of which are to impute to me what- ever pleasure or weariness they may find in the perusal of Blackoaore, Watts, Pomfret, and Yealden. ISAAC WATTS was born July 17, 1674, at Southampton, where his father of the same name kept a boarding-school for youig gentle men, though common report makes him a shoemaker. He appear? from the narrative of Dr. Gibbons, to have been neither indigent nor illiterate. Isaac the eldest of nine children, was given to books from his in- fxi'.'cy and begun, we are toLJ to learn Lati • when he was four years old ; I suppose at horn- He was afterwards * aught Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, by Mr. Pinhorn, a clergyman, master of the free-school at Southampton, to whom the gratitude of his scholar afterwards inscri- bed a Latin ode His proficiency at school w-s so conspicuous, that a subscription was proposed for his support nt the University; out he declared his resolu- tion lo take his lot with the Disseu : e:s. Such he was, as every Chris- tian Church would rejoice t have adopted He therefore repaired in 1690, to an academy taught by Mr. Rowe, Where he had for his companions -tndellow-students Mr. Hughes the poet, and Dr. Horte, aftn*wards archbishop of luara. Some Latin essays, supposed to have t-een w-itien as exercises at this academy, show .a degree of know'edge, hot'; philosophical and theological, such as very few attain by a much longer course of study. He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies, a maUer ol verse- from fif- teen to fifty, and in his youth he - ppears to have paid attention to La- tin poetry Kis verses to hi- brother in the glyconic measure written when he was eventeen are remarkably easy a od elegant. Some of his other odes are deformed by the Pindaric folly the pr> vailing, and are written with such neglect of all metrcal rule as .s withou: txam» pip among the ancients; but his diction, though perhapsnot always ex* actly pure has such copiousness and plendour as shows that he was but ajvery little distance from excellence. His method of Study was to impress the contends of hi- books upon his memory by abridging thei;., ad by interleaving them, to amplify one system with supplements from another. LIFE OF DR. WATTS. With the congregation of his tutor, Mr. Rowe, who were, I believe mdependant.', he communicated in his nineteenth year. At the age of twenty he left the academy, and spent two years in jitudy and devotion at the house of his father, who treated him with great tenderness; and had the happiness, indulged to few parents, oi living to see his son eminent for literature, and venerable for piety. He was then entertained by Sir John Hartopp five years, as domes- tic tutor to his son; and in that time particularly devoted himself to the sludy of the Holy Scriptures ; and being chosen assistant to Dr, Ohanncey, -preached the first time on the birth day that completed hi- twenty-fourth year ; probably considering that as a day of a second nativity, by which he entered on anew period of existence. In about three years he succeeded Dr. Chauncey; but soon after his entrance on his charge, he wa- seized by a dangerou- illness, which lunk him tosuch weakness, that the congregaton thoughtan assistant necessary, and appointed Mr. Price. Hi-, health : hen returned gradu- ally, and he performed his duty till ( 1712) he was seized by a fever of such violence and continuance, that, from 'he feebleness which it brought upon him, he never perfectly recover* d. This calamitous state made the compassion of his friends necessary and drew upon him the attention of Sir Thomas Abney, who received him into b s house: where wit a constancy of friendship and unifor- mity of conduct not often to fie found, he was treated for ihirty-six years with all the kindm ss that friendship could prompt and all the attention that resp ct could dictate. Sir Thomas died about eight years aft-Twa-ds ; but hecontinued with the lady and her daughters to the end of his life. The lady die about a year after him. A coaliti n like this, a st te in whi h the notion o< pa ronage and dependance Were overpowered by the pi rcepti- n of reciprocal bene- fits, deserves a particular memo ial : and I will not wit 1 hold from the reader Dr. GibbonsN representation, to which regard is 'O be paid as to the narrative ot one who writes what he knows, and what is known likewise to multitudes besides. " Our nextobs' rvation shall be made upon that remarkably kind Provid'-nce which brought the Doctor into Sir Thomas Abney 's family, and continued him there till his death, a period of no ess than thirty- six years. In the midst oi his sacred labours- for the gl en for this most happy event, he might as to outward view, have feebly, it may be painfully, dragged on through many more years of languor and inability for public service, and even for profi- table study ; or perhaps might have sunk into his grave under the overwhelming load of infirmities in the midst of his days; and thus the church and world would have been deprived of those many excel- lent sermons and works which he drew up and published during his LIFE OF DR. WATTS. v long residence in this family. In a few j'ears after his coming hither, Sir Thomas Abney dies ; but his amiable consort survives, who shows the Doctor the same respect and friendship as before, and most hap- pily for him and great numbers besides; for, as her riches were great, her generosity and munificence were in full proportion; her thread of life was drawn out to a great age. even beyond that of the Doctor's: and thus this excellent man, through her kindness, and that of her daughter, the present Mrs. Elizabeth Abney, who in a !ike degree esteemed and honoured him, enjoyed all the benefits and felicities he experienced at his first entrance into this family, till his davs were numbered and finished, and like a shock of corn in its sea- son, he ascended into the regions of perfect and immortal life and joy. if this quotation has appeared long, let it be considered that it com- prises an account of six and thirty years, and those the years of Di . Watts. From the time of his reception into this family, hislife was no other wise diversified than by sin cessive publication^ The series of his works I am not able to deduce : their number, and their variety, show the intenseness of his industry, and ' he extent of his capacity. He was one of the first authors that t.. light the Disse ters to court attention by the graces of lefcguage Whatever they had among them before, whether oflearning or acutrness, was com nonly obscured and blunted bv coarseness and inelegance of sylc He showed them, that zeal and purity might be expressed and enforced by polished diction. He continued to the end of his life the teacher of a congregation, and no reader of his works can doubt his fidelity or diligence. In the pulpit, though his low stature, which very little exceeded five feet, graces him with no advantages of appearance, yet the gravity and propriety ol his utterance made his. discourses very efficacious. I once mentioned the reputation which Mr. Forster hud gained by his pro- per delivery, to m\ friend Dr Hawkesworth who told me, that in the art of pronouneiation he was far inferior to Dr. Watts. Such was his flow of thoughts, and such his promptitude of language that in the latter pari of h;s life he did not precomposc his cursory sermons; bui having adjusted the heads, and sketched out some par- ticulars, trusted for success to his extemporary powers He did not endeavour to assist his eloquence by any gesticulations: for, as no corporeal actions have any correspondence with theologi- cal truth, he did not see how they could enforce it. At the conclusion of w ighty sentences be gave time, by a short pause, for the proper impression To stated and public instruction he added familiar visits and person- al applications, and was careful to improve t:>e opportunities which conversation afforded of diffusing and increasing the influence of reli- gion By his natural temper he was quick f resentment ; but by his es- tablished and habitual practice, he was gentle, modest, and inoffensive. His tenderness appeared in his art en t ion to children, and to the poor. To the poor while he lived in the family of his friend, he allowed the third part of his annual revenue, though the whole was not a hunched a year : and for children, he co descended to lay aside the scholar. the philosopher, and the wit to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction adapted o heir wants and capacities, from the dawn of reason through its gradations of advance in the morning of life Every man acquainted with the common principles of human action, will look with veneration on the writer who is atone time com- bating Locke, and at another making a catechism for children in their fourth year A voluntary descent from the dignity of science is per- haps the hardest lesson humility can teach. n LIFE OF DR. WATTS. _ As his mind was capacious, his curiosity excursive, and his industry continual, his writings are very numerous, and hissubjecis various. With his theological works I am only enough acquainted to admire his meekness ofopposition, and his mildness of censure. It was not only in his book, but in his mind, thst orthodoxy was united with charity. Of his philosophical pieces, his Logic has been received into the Universities, and therefore wants no private recommendations : if he owes part of it to Le Clere, it must be considered, that no man who undertakes merely to methodise or illustrate a system, pretends to be its author. In his metaphysical disquisitions, it was observed by the late learn- ed Dr Dyer, that he confounded the idea of space with that of empty space, and did not considerthat though space might be without matter, yet matter being extended, could not be without space. Few books have been perused by me with greater pleasure than his Improvement of the Mind of which the radical principles may indeed be found in Locke's Conduct of the Understanding, but they are so ex- panded and ramified by Watts, as to confer upon him the merit of a work in the highest degree useful and pleasing Whoever has the care of instructing others, may be charged with defiance in his duty if this book is not recommended I have mentioned his treatises of Theology as distinct from his o> ther productions : but the truth is, that whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to theology. As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works : under his di- rection it may be truly said, Theologi • Philosaphia ancillatur, philos- ophy is subservient to evangelical instruction ; it is difficult to read a page without learning, or at least wishing to be better The attention is caught by indirect instruction, and he that sat down only to reason, is on a sudden compelled to pray. It was therefore with great propriety that, in 1728, he received from Edinburgh and Aberdeen an unsolicited diploma, by which he became a Doctor of Divinity. Academical honours would have more val- ue if they were always bestowed with equal judgment. He continued many years to study and to preach, and to do good by his instruction and example ; till at last the infirmities of age disa- bled him from the more laborious part of his ministerial functions, and heing no longer capable of public duty he offered to remit the salarj* appendant to it; but his congregation would not accept the resignation. By degrees his weakness increased, and at last confined him to his chamber and his bed; where he was worn gradually away without pain, till he expired, JNov 25, 1748, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Few men have left belr.nd such purity of character, or such monu- ments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons, to the enlightened rea- der of Malbranche and Locke : he has left neither corporeal nor spir- itual nature unexamined; he has taught the art of reasoning, and the science of the stars. His character, therefore, must be formed from the multiplicity and diversity of his attainments, rather than from any single perfor. mance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there was nothing in which he would not have excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet he would probably have stood high among the authors with whom he is now associated. For his judgment was exact, and he noted beauties and faults with very nice discernment: his imagination as the Doc an Battle proves, was vigo- rous and active, and the stores of knowledge were large by which his LIFE OF DR WATTS. vj» fancy was to be supplied. His ear was well tuned, and his diction was elegant and copious. But his devotional poetry is like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well His poems on other subjects seldom rise higher than might be ex- pected from the amusement of a man of letters, and have different degrees of value as they are more or less laboured, or as the occasion was more or less favourable to invention. He writes too often without regular measures, and too often in blank verse; the rhymes are not always sufficiently corresponded. He h particularly unhappy in coining names expressive of characters. His lines are commonly smooth and easy, and his thoughts always reli- giously pure ; but who is there that, to su much piety and innocence does not wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased, and happy will be that reader whose mind is dispo- sed by his verses, or his prose, to imitate nim in all but his non-cor. formity, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence to God PREFACE. The following is an extract from the preface given by Dr. Watts, and as it contains the plan he pursued in his version of the Psalms, may be found useful. " I come therefore to explain my own design, which is this, To ac- commodate the Book of Psalms to Christian worship. And in order to this, it is necessary to divest David and Asaph . &,c. of every other character but that of a psalmist and a saint, and to make them always speak the common sense and language of a Christian "Attempting the work with this view I have entirely omitted sev- eral whole psalms, and large pieces of many others ; and have chosen out of all of them such parts only as might easily and naturally be accommodated to the various occasions of the Christian life, or at least might afford us some beautiful allusion to Christian affairs. These i have copied and explained in the general style of the gospel ; nor have I confined my expressions to any particular party oropinion : that in words, prepared for public worship, and for the lips of multi- tudes, there might not be a syllable offensive to sincere Christians, whose judgments may differ in the lesser matters of religion. " Where the Psalmist uses sharp invectives against his personal ene- mies, I have endeavoured to turn the edge of them against our spiritual adversaries, sin, Satan, temptation Where the flights of his faith and love are suilime, I have often sunk the expressions within the rGach of an ordinary Christian ; where the words imply some peculiar wants of distresses, joys or blessings, I have used words of greater lati- tude and comprehension, suited to the general circumstances of men. "Where the original runs in the form of prophecy concerning Christ and his salvation, 1 have given an historical turn to the sense t there is no necessity that we should always sing in the obscure and doubtful style of prediction, where the things foretold are brought into open light by a full accomplishment Where the writers of the New Testament have cited or alluded to any part of the Psalms, I have of- ten indulged the liberty of paraphase, according to the words of Christ, or his apostles. And surely this may be esteemed the word of God still, though borrowed from several parts of the holy scrip- ture. Where the Psalmist describes religion by the fear of God I have often joined faith and love to it Where he speaks of the pardon of sin, through the mercies of God, I have ridded the merits of a Saviour. Where he talks of sacrificing goats or bullocks. I rather choose to mention the sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God. When he attends the ark with shouting into Zion, I sing the ascension of my Saviour into heaven, or his presence in his church on earth. Where he prom- ises abundance of wealth, honour, and long life, I have changed some of these typical blessings for grace, glory, and life eternal, which are brought to light by the gospel, and promised in the New Testament. And I am fully satisfied, that more honour is done to our blessed Sa- viour, by speaking his name, his graces, and actions, in his own lan- guage, according to the brighter discoveries he hath now made, than by going back again to the Jewish forms of worship, and the language of types andfigures." Of choosing or finding the Psalm. "By cousulting the index at the end, any one may find hymns very proper for many occasions of the Christian life and worship ; though no copy of David's psalter can provide for all, as 1 have shown in the Preface to the large edition Or if he remembers the first line of any psalm, the Table of the First Lines will directwher e to find it. THE PSALMS OP DAVID. PSAI.M !. C. M. The way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked. 1 TfJLEST is the man who shuns the place JtJ Where sinners love to meet ; Who fears to tread their ticked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat ; 2 But in the statutes of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight; By day he reads or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 [He like a plant of generous kind By living waters set, Safe from the storms and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state.] 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair Shall his profession shine; While fruits of holinessappear Like clusters on the vine. ** Not so the impious and unjust; What vain designs they form! Their hopes are blown away like dust, Or chuff before the storm. I* Sinners in judgment shall not stand Among the sons of grace, When Christ the Judge at his right hand Appoints his saints a place. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread, His heart approves it well; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell. PSALM 1. S. M. The Saint happy, the Si?mer miserable, 1 F§p HE man is ever blest, Ji- Who shuns the sinner's ways f Among their councils never stands. Nor takes the scorner's place: "2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, B 10 PSALM 1. Amidst the labours of the day, And watches of the night. 3 He like a tree shall thrive, With waters near the root; Fresh as the leu! his name shall live, His works are heavenly fruit. 4 Not so th' ungodly race, They no swell blessings find : Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind. 5 How will they bear to stand Before that judgment seat, Where all the saints at Christ's right hand In full assembly meet? 6 He knows, and he approves, The way the righteous go: But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. PSALM 1. L. M. The difference between the Righteous and the Wicked. 1 TTTAPPV the man whose cautious feet -I-A Shun the broad way where sinners go ; Who hates the place were athei?>ts meet, And fears to ialk as scoffers do. *2 He loves t* employ his morning light Among the statutes of the Lord ; And spends the wakeful hours of night, With pleasure pondering o'er the word, ij He, like a plant by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green ; And heaven will shine with kindest beams* On every work his hands begin. 4 But sinners find their counsels cross'd ; As chaff" before the tempest flies, So shall their hopes be blown and lost, When the last trumpet shakes the skies. 5 In vain tSse rebel seeks to stand In judgment with the pious race; The dreadfulJudge,with stern command. Divides him to a different place. (> " Straight is the way my saints have trod, " 1 bless'd the path, and drew it plain ; '* But you would choose the crooked road; " And down it leads to endless pain." PSALM 2. 11 PSALM 2. S. M. Acts'w. 24, $c. Christ Dyi7ig, Rising, Interceding and Reigning. 1 [TVTAKER and sovereign Lord 1TJL Of heaven, and earth and seas, Thy providence confirms thy word, And answers thy decrees. 2 The thing* so Is thine exalted name! The glories of thy heavenly state Let meu and babes proclaim. *2 When I behold thy works on high, The moon rha; rules the night, And shining stars that trace the sky, Those moving worlds of light: X Lord, what is man, or ali his race, Who dwells so far below, That thou shouldst visit him with grace. And love his nature so ? 4 That thine eternal Sop. should bear To tak a mortal form, Madt. lo^er than his angels are, To save a dying worm? £ [Yet whiie he IiVd on earth unknown, And men would not adore, Behold obedient nature, own His Godhead and his power. 20 PSALM 8. 6 The waves lay spread beneath bis feet ; Ai»d fish, at his command, Bri The righteous Lord loves righteous souTs, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere; And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear. PSALM 12. L. M. 'Jfie Saint's Safety and Hope in evil Times; or, Sins of the Tongxtt com- plained of; viz. Blasphemy, Falsehood, fyc. 1 4 LMIGHTY God, appearand save! «/jL For vice and vanity prevail : The godly perish in the grave, The just depart, the faithful fail. 1 The whole discourse, when crowds are met, Is tilPd with trifles loose and vain ; Their lips are flattery and deceit, And their proud language is profane. 3 But lips, that with deceit abound, Shall not maintain their triumph long; The God of vengeance will confound The flattering and blaspheming tongue. 4 " Yet shall our words be free," they cry; "Our tongues shall be controlled by none; "Where is the Lord, will ask us why? "Or say, our lips are not our own?" 5 The Lord, who sees the poor opprest, And hears th ? oppressor's haughty strain. Will rise to give his children rest, Nor shall they trust his word in vain. f> Thy word, O Lord, though often tried, Void of deceit shall still appear; Not silver, seven times purified From dross and mixture shines so clear. 7 Thy grace shall in the darkest hour Defend from danger and surprise; Though when the vilest men have power On every side oppressors rise. PSALM 12. CM. Complaint of a general Corruption of Manners; or, the Premise arM Signs of Christ's coming to Judgment. \ "ffJTELP, Lo. !. for men of virtue fail, JLJL Religion loses ground; The sons of violence prevail, And treacheries abound. PSALM 13. 2 Their oaths and promises they break, Yet ac r the fla terer's par ; : With fair deceitful lips they speak, And with a double heart. 3 If we reprove some baleful lie, They scorn our faithful word ! "Are not. our lips our own," they cry, " And who shall be our Lord V* 4 Scoffer* appear on every side, Where a vile race of men Is raiVd to seats of power and pride, And bears the sword in vain. PAUSE. 5 Lord, when iniquities abound, And blasphemy grows bold, When laith is rarely to be found, And iove is waxing cold. G Is not thy chariot hastening on? Hast thou not oiv'n the sign? May we not trus? mid five upon A promise so divine? 7 "Yes," saith the Lord, " now will 1 rise, "And make th' oppressors flee; "1 shall appear to their surprise, "And set iny servants free. 7 ' § Thy word, like silver seven times tried, Through ages shall endure; The yaen that in thy iruih confide Shall find thy promise sm(\ PSALM 13. C. M. Complaint under Temptations of the Devil. 2 TTOW long wslt thou conceal thy face? -*- A My God, how long- delay ? When shall J feel those heavenly rays T. : at chase my fears away? "2 How long shall my poor labouring" son! Wrestle and toil in vain? Thy svord can all my foes confroul, And rase my. raging- pain. 3 See how the prince of darkness tries All his ialicious arts; He spreads a mist around my eyes, And throws his fiery darts. C 2 26 PSALM 14. 4 Be thou my sun, and thou my shield, My soul in safety keep; Make haste before mine eyes are seal'd In death's eternal sleep. 5 How would the tempter boast aloud Should I become his prey! Behold the sons of hell grow proud To see hy long delay. Q But thry shall fly at thy rebuke, And Satan hide his head; He knows the terrors of thy look, And hears thy voice with dread, 7 Thou wilt display that sovereign grace. Whence all my comforts spring; I shall employ my lips in praise, And thy salvation sing. PSALM 14. First Part. CM By Nature all Men are Sinners. 1 fl^OOLS in their hearts believe and say* JF "That all religion's vain, "There is no God that reigns on high, "Or minds th'atfairs of men." 2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane Corrupt discourse proceeds; And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds; 3 The Lord, from his celestial throne, Look'd down on things below To find the man that sought his grace, Or did his justice know. 4 By nature all are gone astray, Their practice all the same ; There's none that fears his Maker's hand There's none that loves his name. "> Their tonsrues are us'd to speak deceit, Their slanders never cease ; How swift to mischief are their feet, *or kno'v the paths of peace! 6 Such seeds of sin (that bitter root) In every heart are found ; Nor can they bear diviner fruit, Till "race refine the ground. PSALM 14, 15. 27 PSALM 14. C. M. The Folly of Persecutors. 1 A RE sinners no* so senseless grown, jljL That they the saiuts devour ? And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful power? 2 Great God, appear to their surprise, Reveal thy dreadful name: Lei (hern no more thy wrath despise, Nor turn our hope to shame. 3 Dost thou nor dwell among the just? And yet our foes deride, That we should make thy name our trust: Great God, confound their pride. 4 Oh ! that the joyful day was come To finish our distress! When God shall bring his children home, Our songs shall never cease. PSALM 15. C. M. Character of a Saint, or, a Citizen of Zion; or, the Qualifications of a Christian. 1 \/%/ r HO shall inhabit in thy hill, ¥? OGod of holiness* Whom will the Lord admit to dwell So near his throne of grace? 2 The man that walks in pious ways, And works with righteous hands; That trusts his Maker's promised grace, And follows his commands. 3 He speaks the meaning of his heart, Nor slanders with his fono-ue: Will scarce believe an ill report, Nor do his neighbour wrong. 4 The wealthy sinner he contemns, Loves all that fear the Lord ; And fho' to his own hurt he swears, Still he performs his word. 5 His bands disdain a golden bribe, Ai\(\ never wrong the poor: This man shall dwell with God on earth, And fin;! his heaven secure. P8ALM 15. L. M. Religion and Justice, Goodness and Truth; or, Duties to God and Man; or, the Qualifications of a Christian. 1 "V/IT"!* 1 ' *hall ascend by heavenly place 1 , " ? Great God, ana dwell before thv lace? 28 PSALM 16. The man that minds religion now, And humbly walks uithGod below: 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean: Whose lips still speak the thing they mean; No slanders dwell upon his tonffue; He hates to do his neighbour wrong". 3 [Scarce will he trust an ill report, Or vent it to his neighbour's hurt : Sinners of state he can despise, But saints are honour'd in his eyes.] 4 Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good; Nor dares to change the thing he swears Whatever pain or soss he bears ] 5 [tie never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold: While others scorn and wrong the poor, Sweet chain v attends his door.l b He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face; And doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them. 7 Ye:, when his holiest works are done, His soul depends on grace n!one: This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee. PSALM l(j. I us! Part. L. M. Confession of our Poverty; and Saints the best Company; or, ^oo: Sero .,! Part. CM* The Death and Resurrection of Christ. SET the Lord before my face, " He bears my courage up ; "My heart, my tongue, 'heir joys express, "My flesh shall lesr in hope. "My spirit, Lord, thou m ilt not leave " Where souls departed are ; "Nor quit my body to the grave " To see corruption there. "Thou wilt reveal the path of life, And raise me to thy throne ; Thy courts immortal pleasure give; Thy presence joys unknown." 4 [Thuftin tin- name of Christ the Lord, The holy David sung, And Providence fulfils the word Of his prophetic tongue. 5 Jesus whom every saint adores, Was crucified and stain ; Behold, the tomb its prey restores, Behold, he lives again! @ When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills? There sits the Son at God's right hands And there the Father smiles.] I PSALM 17. 31 PSALM 17. Vvr. 1% &c. S. M. Portion of Saints and Sinners; or, Hope and Despair in Death. 1 A RISE, my gracious God, J^k. And make the wicked flee; They are but thy chastising rod To drive thy saints to thee. *2 Behold the sinner And men that 'ove revenge shall know, God hath an arm of vengeance too: Thejust and pure shall ever say, Thou art more pure, more just than they. PSA L M 1 8. Ver. 30, 3 1 —34, 35—46, Src. Third Parr. L. M. Rejoicing in God; or, Salvation and triumph. 1 TTUST are thy w«»ys, and true thy word, $J Great Rock of my secure abode : Who is a God beside "the Lord ? Or where's a refuge like our God ? 2 ? Tis he that 2'irds me with his might, Gives me his holy sword to wield, And, while with sin and hell 1 fi^ht, Spreads his salvation for my shield. 3 He lives, and blessings crown his reii Ihy name: There thy rich tvorks of wonder shine; A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks appear Of boundless po er, and skill divine. 2 From night 'o day, f'n night, The dawning and the dyrngUght, Lectures of heavenl) wisdom read : With silenf eloquence they raise Our rhougl: s to our Creator's praise, And neither sound nor language need. *3 Yet their divine instructions run Far as tbejournies at (he suii, And every nation knows their voice : The sun, like some youn» bridegroom drest, Breaks from ihe chambers ol the east, Rolls round, and makes the eartn rejoice 4 Where'er he spreads Ins beams abroad, He smiles, and s t u aks his maker, God; Alrnatuic joins to show ihy praise: Thus God it! eye ure shines ; Fair is.'i'e book ol Nature's i;i;es; fairer is the book of i>Tace. D2 38 PSALM 20. PAUSE. 5 I love the volumes of thy word ; What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distrest! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, Thy promise leads my heart to rest, rj From the discoveries of thy law The perfect rules of life 1 draw: These are my study aud delight: Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold that hath the furnace past, Appears so pleasing" to the sight. 7 Thy threat'nmgs wake my slumb'ring eyes, And warn me where my danger lies; But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord, That makes my guilty conscience clean? Converts my soul, subdues my sin, Ami gives a tree, but large reward. S Who knows the errors of his thoughts ? My God, forgive my secret faults, And from presumptuous sins restrain : Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book oi grace, And book of nature not in vain. PSALM 20. L. M. Prayer and Hope of Victory. (for a day of prayer in time of war.) 1 T^TOW may the God of power and grace .1/11 Attend hts people's humble cry! Jehovah hears when Israel prays, And brings deliv'rance from on high. 2 The name of Jacob's God defends, When bucklers fail and brazen walls: He from his sanctuary sends Sucour and strength when Zion calls. 'J Well he remembers all oui igh*, His love exceeds our best deserts; Hi* love accepts the sacrifice Of humble groans and broken hearts. 4 In his salvation is our hope, And in the name of Israel's God Our troops shall lift then - banners up, Our navies spread their flags abroad. PSALM 21. 39 5 Some trust in horses train'd for war, And some of chariots make their boasts; Our surest expectations are From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts. 6 [O may themem'ry of thy name Inspire our armies for the fight! Our foes shall fall and die with shame. Or quit the field with coward flight.] 7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear, Now let our hopes be firm and strong-, Till thy salvation shall appear, And joy and triumph raise the song*. PSALM 21. C. M. National Bless-ings acknowledged. 1 JN thee, great God, : th songs of praise, Ji_ Our favour'd reatms rejoice; And, blest with thy salvation, raise To heaven their cheerful voice. 2 Thy sure defence, thro' nations round, Hath spread our rising' name, And all our feeble efforts crown'd With freedom and with fame. ■3 In deep distress our mjur'd land lmplor'd thy power to save; For life we pray'd; thy bounteous hand The timely blessings gave. 4 Thy mighty arm, eternal Power, Oppos'd their deadly aim, In mercy swept them from our shore And spread their sails with shame. 5 On thee, in want, in wo or pain, Our hearts alone rely; Our rights thy mercy will maintain, And all our wants supply. t> Thus, Lord, thy wond'rous power declare. And still Why will my lather hide his face U hen foes stand threat'ning round. In the d;irk hour of deep distress, And not an helper found ? PAUSE. 7 Behold thy darling left among The cruel and the proud, PSALM 22. 41 By foes eucompass'd fierce and strong, As lions roaring loud. 3 From earth and hell my sorrows meet, To multiply the smart ; They nail my hands, they pierce my feet, And try to vex my heart. 9 Yet if thy sovereign hand let loose The rage of earth and hell, Why will my heavenly Father bruise The son he love* so well ? 10 My God, if possible it be, Withhold this bitter cup; But I resign my will to thee, And drink the sorrows up. 11 My heart dissolves with pangs unknown, In groans I waste my breath ; Thy heavy hand has brought me down, Low as the dust of death. 12 Father, I give my spirit up, And trust it in thy hand; My dying flesh shall rest in hope, Aud rise at thy command. PSALM 22. 20,21, 7—31. Second Part, CM. Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation, 1 IVTOW from the roaring lion's rage, -L^l " O Lord, protect thy son, "Nor leave thy darling to engage " The powers or hell alone." 2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray, With mighty cries tnd tears; God heard him in that dreadful day, AndchasM away his fears. 3 Great was the victory of his death. His throne exalted high ; And all the kindreds of the earth Shall worship or shall die. 4 A nunrrous offspring must arise From his expiring groans ; They shall be reckon'd in h is eyes For daugh ers and ihr sons. -j The meek and humble souls shall see His table richly spread ; And all that seek the Lord shall be With joys immortal fed. 42 PSALM 22, 28. 6 The isles shall know the righteousness Of our incarnate God, And nations yet unborn profvss Salvation in his blood. PSALM 22. L. M. Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation. 1 TVfOW let our mournful songs record x\ The dying sorrows of our Lord, When he complain'd in tears and blood* As one forsakeu of bis God* 2 The Jews behold him thus forlorn, And shake their heads and laugh in scorn % " He rescued others from the grave, "Now let hi in try himself to save. 3 "This is the man did once pretend "God was his father and his friend; "If God the blessed lov'd him so, "Why doth he tail to help btiri now f ' 4 O savage people! cruel priests! How they stood round like raging beasts: Like lions gaping to devour, When God had left biro in their power* *) They wound his head, his hands, his feet, Till streams of blood each other mee By lot his garments they divide, And mock the pangs in wh eti he died. 6 But God his father heard his cry ; Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high : The nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. PSALM 23. L. M. God our Shepherd. 1 f|MY shepherd is the living Lord ; Jjr.li Now shall my wants be well supplied ; His providence and holy word Become my safety and my guide. 2 In pastures where salvation grows He makes me feed, he makes me rest :, There living water gently flows. And all the food divinely blest. 8 My wand'ring feet his ways mistake; But he restores my soul to peace, And leads me for his mercy's sake, In the fair paths of righteousness. PSALM 23. 4% Though I walk through the oloomy vale, Where Heath and ail its tenors are, -My heart anH hope shall never fail, For GoH my shepherd's with me there, 5 Amidst the darkness anH the deeps Thou art my comfort, thou my stay • Thy stafFsupports my feeble steps, Thy rod directs my doubtful way. 6 The sons of earth and sons of hell Gaze at thy goodness, and repine To see my table spread so well With living bread and cheerful wine. 7 [How I rejoice, when on my head Thy spirit condescend* to rest; 'Tis a divine anointing, shed .Like oil of gladness at a feast. 8 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his household all their days: Therewill I dwell to hear his word, To seek his lace, and sing his praise.] PSALM 23. CM. 1 "jVTY shepherd will supply my need, -*-*-»- Jehovah is his name; In pastures fresh he makes me feed, Beside the living stream, '2 He brings my wund'rlr.g spirit back When I forsake his ways, And leads me for his mercy's sake In paths ^f truth anH grace, 8 When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay ; One word of thy supporting breath Drives all toy fears away, t Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, Doth still my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. ■5 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days • Oh may thy house be mine abode. And all my work be praise! r> There would I find a settled rest, ("While others go and come) U PSALM 23, 24. No more a stranger or a guest, But like a child at home. PSALM 23. S. M. 1 ''THHE Lord my shepherd is, JL 1 shall be well supplied; Since he is mine and i am his, What can 1 want beside? 2 He leads rne to the place Where heavenly pasture grows. Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray. He doth my soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way. For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear; Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade. My shepherd's with me there. 5 Amid surrounding: foes Thou dost my table spread, My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. 6 The bounties of thy love Shall crown my following" days; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. PSALM 24. C. M. ** Dwelling with God. 1 PilHE earth for ever i^ the Lord's, JL With Adam's numerous race; He rais'd its arches o'er the floods, And built it pn the seas. 2 But who among the sons of men May visit thin** abode? He that has hands from mischief clean? Whose heart is right with God. 3 This is the man may rise and fake The blessings of his grace ; This is the lot of those that seek The God of Jacob's face. 4 Now let our soul's immortal powers To meet the Lord prepare, Lift up their everlasting doors, The King of glory's near. PSALM 24, 25. 4 5 The King of glory! who can tell The wonders of his might? He rules the nations; but to dwell With saints is his delight. PSALM 24. L. M. Saints dwell in Heaven; or, Christ's Ascension. I f ■'! HIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, JL And men and worms, and beasts and birds ; He rais'd the bnildingon the seas, And gave it for their dwelling-place. *2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky; Who shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his maker, God? 3 He that abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean. Him shall the Lord, the Saviour bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness. 4 These ar** the men, the pious race, That seek the God ofjocob's face; These shall enjoy the blissful sight, And dwell in everlasting light. PAUSE. 5 Rejoice, ye shining words on higlr, Behold the King of glory nigh ; Who can this King of glory be? The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. <> Ye heavenly gates, jour leaves display, To make the Lord, the Saviour way: Laden with spoils from earth and hell, The conqu'ror comes with God to dwell. 7 Rais'd from the dead in royal state, He opens heaven's eternal gate, To give his saints a blest abode, Near their Redeemer and their God. PSALM 25. I — 1 1. FirstPart. S. ]\f I Watting for Pardon and Directitn- LltT my soul to God, My trust is in his name; Let not my foes that seek my blood Still triumph in ray shame. 2 Sin and the powers of hell Persuade me to despair; Lord, make me know thy covenant u'eH, That I may 'scape the snare. E 46 PSALM 25. 3 From gleamsof dawning- light Till evening- shades arise, For thy salvation, Lord, 1 wait, With ever-longing eyes. 4 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth : Forgive the sins of riper days. And Tollies of my youth. 5 The Lord is just and kmd, The meek shall learn his ways: And ev'ry humble sinner find The methods of his grace. (i For his own goodness sake He saves my soul from shame; He pardons (tho' my guilt be great) Thro' my Redeemer's name. PSALM 25. 12—14.; 10—13. Second Part. S s M Divine Instruction. 1 T"JE7"HERE shall the man be found ▼ ▼ Thai fears t ? offend his God, That loves the gospel's joyful sound, And trembles at the rod ? 2 The Lord shall make him known The se< rets of his heart, The wonders of his rov'nant show, And a!! his love impart. 3 The dealings of his power Are truth and mercy still, With such as keep his cnv'nant sure,. And love to do his will. 4 Th ir souls shall dwell at ease Before then* Maker's face, Their seed shall tasie the promises In their extensive grace. PSALM 25. 15—2. Third Part. S.M, Distress of Soul ; or, Backsliding and Descrfw®-. 1 1V1 iNE eyes and my desire —▼A Are ever to the Lord; I love to plead his promis'd grace And rest upon his word. 2 Turn, turn thee to my soul, Bring thy salvation near; When will thy hand assist my feet To 'scape the deadly snare? PSALM 26. 3 When shall the sov'reign grace Of my forgiving God, Restore me from those dang'rous ways My wand'ring feet bave trod? 4 The tumult of my thoughts Doth but enlarge my wo; My spirit languishes, my heart Is desolate aud low. £ With ev'ry morning light My sorrow new begins; Look on my anguish and my pain, And pardon all my sins. PAUSb. Behold the hosts ot heil, How cruel is their hate! Against my life they rise, and join Their fury with deceit. 7 O keep my sou! from death, Nor put my hope to shame, For I have plac'H my only trust In my Redeemer's name. 8 With humble faith I wait To see thy face again ; Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, He sough' the Lord in v;«in. PSALM 2f>. L. M. Self- Examination ; or, Evidences of Grace. 1 TUDGL me, O Lord, and prove my ways, CP And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. 2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanity and lies; The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. 3 Amongst thy saints will I appear Array'd in robes of innocence; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood ot Christ is my defence* 4 I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell: There shall I hear thy holy word, And there ihy works of wonder tell. 5 Let not my soul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood, IS PSALM 27. Since I my days on earth have past Among* the saints and near my God. PSALM 27. 1—5. First Part. CM. The Church is our Delight and Safety. THE Lord of glory is my light, And my salvation too; God is my strength ; nor will I fear What all my foes can do. 2 One privilege my heart desires; Oh grant me mine abode Among the churches of thy saints, The temples of my God. t There shall I offer my requests And see th) beauty still: Shall hear thy messages of love, And there inquire thy will, i When troubles rise and storms appear, There may his children hide; God is a strong pavilion, where He makes my soul abide. '» Now shall my head be lifted high Above my foes around, And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sound. PSALM 27. 8, 9, 1% 14. Second Part. C. M. Prayer and Hope. 1 C! OON as I heard my Father say, k_3 "Ye children seek my grace/* My heart replied, without delay, "I'll seek my Father's face." 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away ; God of my life, I fly to thee In a distressing day. 5 Should friends and kindred, near aud dear, Leave me to want or die, My God will make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4 My fainting flesh had died with grief, Had not my soul believ'd, To see thy grace provide relief, Nor was my hope deceiv'd. 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up ; PSALM 28, 29. 1" He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope. PSALIVj 28. L. M. God the Refuge oj the Afflicted. 1 rTTSOthee, O Loid, I raise my cries; 1 My ftrveu; prayer in mercy hear; For ruin waits my tiembling soul, It thou refuse R ^ihcidus ear. W hen suppliant tow'rd thy holy hill I lift my .mum ul tnds to pray, Afford thy grate, nor ALM 29* L. M. Storm and Thunder. 1 £^A IVL to the Lord, ye sons of fame, . \Jf Give to the Lord renown and power. Ascribe due honours io his name, And his eternal mi^hl adore. 2 The Lord proclaim* his power aloud Through every ocean,, every land ; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And Ng"htniiips blaze at his command. •3 He speaks, and tempest, hail, and wind. •Lay the wide tores? hare around ; The fearful hart, and frighted hind, Leap at the terror of the sound. To Lebanon he turns his voice, Ami io, the stately cedars break; Ihe mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake. E 2 PSALM BO. > The Lord sits sov'reign on the flood, The thutid'rer reigns forever king; But makes his church his b'est abode r Where we his awful glories sing. 6 In gentler language, there the Lord The counsel of his grace imparls; Amidst the raging storm, his word Speaks peace and courage to our heart?. PSALM 30. First Pit. L. M Sickness healed, and Sorrows removed. 1 T WILL extol thee, Lord, on h gb, ■*- At thy command diseases fly: Who but a God can speak and save From the dark borders of the grave? 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints, and prove How large his grace, how kind his love, Let all your powers rejoice, and trace The wond'rous records of his grace. 3 His ang^r but a moment stnys; His love is life and length of days: Though grief and tears fhe night employ, The morning star restores the joy. PSALM Si). Ver. 6. Second Part. L. 1ML Health, Sickness, and Recovery. 1 Tj^IUM was my health, my day was bright, ■*■ And I pnsum'd 'twould ne'er be night; Fondly I said within my heart, "Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart. 7 ' 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long; Soon as thy face beg ;u to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died* 3 I cried aloud to :hee, my God, " What canst thou profit by my blood ? "Deep in the dust can I declare " Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there? 4 " Hear me, O God of grace," I said, " And bring me from among the dead : v Thy word rebuk'd the pains I telt, Thy pard'ning love rernov'd my guilf. ') My groans, and tears, and forms of wo. Are turn'd to joy and praises now ; I throw my sackcloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round PSALM 31. £1 U My tongue, the glory ofmy frame^ Shall ne'er be silent of thy name; Thy praise shall sound thro' earth and heav'tt, For sickness heal'd, and sins forjriv'n. PSALM 31. 5, 14—1.4. 22,23. First Part, C. M. Deliverance from Death. 1 FllO thee, O God of truth and love, -M_ My spirit I commit; Thou hast redeem'd my soul from death, And sav'd me horn the pit. 2 Despair and comfort, hope and fear, Maintain'd a doubtful strife; While sorrow, pain, and sin conspir'd To take ;»way my life. 3 My time is in thy hand, I cried, Though I draw near the dust; Thou art the refuge where I hide, The God in whom I trust. 4 Oh make thy reconciled face Upon thy servant shine, And save me, for toy mercy's sake.. For I'm entirely (lime. ! \V : S£. 5 Twas in my haste my spirit said, I must despair and die. I am cut off before thine eyes; But thou hast heard my cry. <> Tby goodness, how divinely free^ How sweet thy smiling face To those that fear thy majesty, And trust thy promis'd grace! 7 Olove the Lord, all ye his saints, And sing hi> praises loud; He'll bend Ins ear io your complaints, And recompense the proud. PSALM 31. 7—33, H— 21. Second Part CM, Deliverance from Slander and Rcpreacfi. ]^'¥ ^ heart rejoices j n thy name, If J. My God, my heavenly trust ; Thouhasr preserv'd my face from shame^ Mine honour from the dust. 2 "My life is spent with grief," I cried, "My years consum'd m groans, "My strength decays, mine eyes are drvM. (t And sorrow wastes my bones." 52 PSALM 32. 3 Among mine enemies my name A proverb vile whs grown, Wh'le to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slandar and fear on ev'ry side Seiz'd and beset me round, I to thy throne of grace applied, And speedy rescue found. PAUSE. 5 How great dehv'rance thou hast wrought Before the scut of men ! The lying hps to silence brought, And made their boasting vain. 6 Thy chddren from the strife of tongues Shall thy pavilion hide, Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And crush the sons of pride. 7 Within thy sacred presence. Lord, Let me for ever dwell ; No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd, Secures a smut so well. PSALM 32. S. M. Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession- 1 #^H blessed souls are they %J Whose sins are covered o'er; Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their" guilt no more. 2 They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care; Their bps and ;ives without deceit Shall prove their faith sincere. 3 While I conceai'd my guilt, I felt the fesi'ring wound, Till I confessed my sins to thee. And ready pardon found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray, Let saints keep near the throne; Our help in times of deep distress, Is found in Cod alone. PSALM 32. CM. Free Pardon and sincere obedience; or, Confession and Fgr^veTiess I XXOW r blest the man to whom his God XX No more imputes his sin, PSALM 32. 53 But wash'd in the Redeemer's blood Hath made his garments clean I 2 And blest bevoutid expression he Whose debts are »hus discharg'd; While from the guilty bondage free He feels his soul enlarg'd. 3 His spirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all sincere : He guards his heart, he guards his eyes^ To keep his conscience clear. 4 While I my inward g«ji| supprest, No quiet could 1 find; Thy wrath lay burning in my breast And rack'd my tortur'd mind. 5 Then I confess VI my troubled thoughts, My secret sins reveal'cJ, Thy pard'ning grace forgave my faults, Thy grae my pardon seal'd. (y This shall invite thy saints to pray; When like a raging flood Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving- God. PSALM 32. First Part. L. M. 'Repentance and free Pardon; or. Justification and Sanctificalion, * lJ?kL.KT is the man, for ever blest, JD Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confessed, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 2 Before his judgment seat, the Lord No more permits his crimes to rise; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but grace, relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are Tree, His humble joy, bis woly fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins! While a bright evidence of grace Though all his life appears and shines. PSALM 32. Second Parr. L. M. A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon 1 VV^^ J k * keep Si ^ ,,ce a "*' conceal T T My heavy guilt within my heart, 54 PSALM Mi What torments doth my conscience feel ! What agonies of inward smart ! 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pard'niog word, Thine holy Spirit seals the grace. 4 For this shall ev'ry humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat: When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a bSest retreat. i How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark, and storms appear! And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me sale from ev'ry snare. PSALM 88. First Part. C M. Works of Creation and Providence . 1 T> EJOICL, ye righteous, n the Lord, -1-V This work belongs 'to you: Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, an 5 true! 2 His mercy and his ighteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works ol nature, and of grace Keveal his wond'rous name. 3 His word, with energy divine, Those heavenly a re lies spread, Bade starry hosts around them shine. And light the heavens pervade. 4 He taught the swelling waves to flow To their appointed deep; Bade raging seas their, limits know, And still their station keep. 5 Ye tenants or the spacious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and Nature took its birth. And rests on h s command. 6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through ev'ry age, And in full glorj shines. PSALM 33. Second Part. C. M. Creatures vain t and God All-sufficient. 1 T> LEST is the nation, where the Lord -■-^ Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; PSALM 33. 55 Where he reveals his heavenly word. And calls their tribes lus own. 2 His eye, with infinite survey, Does the whole world behold; He form'd us all ot equal elay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescu'd by the Torre Of armies from the grave; Nor speed, nor courage of n horse Can his bold rider save. 4 Vain is the streng h of beasts or men, >ior springs our safety thence; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5 God is their fear, and God their trust; When plagues or famine spread, His watchful eyes secures the just, Among ten thousand dead. 6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne : For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thv grace alone. PSALM 33. ~4s the 1 \Sth Pmtm. First Pan. Works of Creation and Providence. 1 ~V7~E holy souls in God rejoice, -H- Your tanker's praise becomes your voice.* Great is your theme, your songs be new : Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature :*nd of grace, How wise and holy, just and true ! 2 Behold, to earth's remotest ends, His goodness flows, his truth extends; His power the heavn'ly arches spread; His word, with energy divine, Bade starry hosts around them shine, And light the circling heav'ns pervade. 3 His hand collects the flowing seas; Those wafry treasures know their place. And fill the store-house of the deep: He spake, and gave all nature birth ; And fires, and seas, and heaven, andeartl^ His everlasting orders keep. 4 Let mortals tremble and adore A God of surh resistless power, Nor dare indnlge their feeble rage : m PSALM 33, 34. Vain are your thoughts and weak your hands, Bui his eternal counsel stands, And rules the world from age to age. PSALM 3.3. JJs the I \Sth Psalm Second Part Creatures vain, and God nil sufficient. I ^~kH happy nation, where the Lord vJ Reveals the treasure of his word, And builds his church, his earthly throne! His eye ihe heathen world surveys, He fonn'd their hearts, he knows their ways. But God their maker is unknown. 2 Let kings rely upon their host, And of his strength the champion boast: In vain they boast, in vain rely ; In vain we trust the brutal force, Or speed, or courage of an horse, To guard his rider, or to fly. 3 The arm of our almighty Lord Doth more secure defence afford, When deaths or dangers threat'ning stand : Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name iheir fear arid trust, When wars of famine waste the land. 1 In sickness or the bloody field, Our great physician and our shield Shall send salvation from his throne; We wait to see thy goodness shine ; Let us rejoice in help divine," For all our hope is God alone. PsALM 34. First Pa t. L. M. God's care of the Saints: or, Deliverance by Praytr. I ORD, 1 wil 1 bless thee all my days, JLi Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongur My soul shall glory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to hear the son^. "i Come, magnify the Lord with me, Let ev'ry heart exalt his name; I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not exposed my hope to shame. 3 I told him all my secret grief, My secret groaning reacb'd his ears; He gave my inward pains relief, And calm'd the tumult of my fears. * To him the poor lift up their eyes, With heav'aly joy their faces shine; PSALM 84. A beam of mercy from the skies Fills them with light and love divine. 5 His holy angels pitch their tents Arouud the men that serve the Lord; Oh fear and love him, all his saints, Taste of his grace, and trust his word, fi The wild young lions, pinch'dwith pain And hunger, roar through all the wood; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good. PSALM 34. 1 1 — 22, Second Part. L. M. Religious Education; or, Instructions of Piety. CHILDKLN, in years and knowledge young' Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue, Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 2 If you desire a leng'h of da\s, And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious ways. Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 The eyes of God regard his sr.mts, His ears are open to their cries ; He sets his frowning fare against The sons of violence and hes. 4 To humble souls and broken hearts God with his grace is ever nigh ; Pardon and hope his love imparts When men in deep contrition lie. •> He tells their tears, he counts their groans, His Son redeems their souls from death; His spirit heals their broken bones, His praise employs their tuneful breath. PSALM 34. i — 10. First Part. C. M Prayer and Praise for eminent Deliverance. 1 T'LL bless the Lord from day to day : JL How good are all his ways! Ye humble souls that use to pray, Come help my lips to praise. 2 Sing to the honour of his name, How a poor surPrer cried, Nor was his hope expos'd to shame, Nor was his suit denied. 3 When threatening sorrows round me stood, And endless fears arose, F 58 PSALM 34. Like the loud billows of a flood, Redoubling all my woes : 4 I told the Lord my sore distress, With heavy groans and tears; He gave my sharpest torments ease, And silenc'd all my fears. PAUSE. 5 fOh sinners, come and taste his love f Come, learn his pleasant ways, And let your own experience prove The sweetness of his grace. <> He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell ; What ills their heav'nly care prevents,, No earthly tongue can tell.] 7 [Oh love the Lord, ye saints of his: His eye regards the just: How richly bless'd their portion is Who make the Lord their trust! 8 Young lions, pinch'd with hunger, roar. And famish in the wood ; But God supplies his holy poor With ev'ry needful good.] PSALM 34. H—22. Second Part, C. M. Exhortation to Peace and Holiness. J I^OME, children, learn to fear the Lord. \J And that your days be long Let not a false or spiteful word Be found upon your tongue. 2 Depart from mischief, practice love, Pursue the works of peace ; So shall the Lord your ways approve, And set your souls at ease. •3 His eyes awake to yuard the just, His ears attend their cry; When broken spirits dwell in dust, The God of grace is nigh. 4 What tbo'the sorrows here they taste Are sharp and tedious too, The Lord who saves them all at last Is their supporter now. 5 Evil shall smite the wicked dead; But God secures his own ; Prevents the mischief whes they slide, Or heals the broken bone. PSALM 35, 36. >J> t» When desolation, like a flood O'er the proud sinner roils, Saints find a refuge in their God, For he redeem'd their souls. PSALM 35. Ver. li, 13, 14. CM. Love to Enemies : or, tlie Love of Christ to Sinners typified i n David 1 Tl EHOLD the love, the gen'rous love, Jl3 That holy David shows; Behold his kind compassion move For his afflicted foes, i When they are sick, his soul complains, And seems to feel the smart; The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How did his flowing tears condole As for a brother dead ! And fasting ruortify'd his soul, While for their life he pray'd. 4 They groan'd and curs'd him on their bed, Yet still he pleads and mourns ; And double blessings on his head, The righteous God returns. ^ Oh glorious type of heav'nly grace ! . Thus Christ the Lord appears; While sinners curse, the Saviour prays, And pities them with tears. 6 He, the true Dav I, Israel's king, Blest and belov'd of God, To save us rebels, dead in sin, Paid his own dearest blood. P*ALM 3t>. 5—9, L. M. Hie Perfections and Providence of God; or. General Providence and Special Grace. tT^'H * n lne heavns, eternal God, Ji Thy goodness in fail glory shines; Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. *2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains then foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind aud large, Both man and beast thy bounty share : The whole creation is thy charge, But saints are thy peculiar care. 60 PSALM 36. 4 My God, how excellent thy grace ! Whence all our hope and comfort springs ; The sons of Adam in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 5 From the provisions of thy house We shall be fed with sweet repast : There mercy, 1 ke a river, flows, And brings salvation to our taste. ii Life, like a fountain rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord ; And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promised in thv word. PS A LM 3G 1 , 2, 5,* 6, 7, 9. C. M. Practical Atheism exposed; or, the Being and Attributes of God assertcu- i %%/ HILL men grow bold in wicked ways, ▼ T And yet a God they own, My heart within me often says «« Their thoughts believe there's none. ,? 2 Theirthoughts mu\ ways at once declare (Whate'er their lips profess) God hath no wrath for them to fear, Nor will they -seek his grace. -J What strange selfoftattfry blinds their eyes! But there's a hastening hour, When they shall see with sore surprise. The terrors of thy power. 1 Thy justice shaii maintain its throne, Though mountains melt away; Thv judgments area world unknown, A deep, unfathom'd sea. •") Above these heav'us created rounds, Thy mercies. Lord, extend: Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds, Where time and nature end. \) Safety to man thy goodness brings, Nor overlooks the beast ; Beneath the shadow of thy wings Thy children choose to rest. 7 ["From thee, when creature-streams run low, And mortal comforts die, Perpetual springs of life shall flow, And raise our pleasures high. S Though all created light decay, And death close up our eyes. PSALM 36, 37. (il Thy presence makes etc rial day Where clouds ran never r;.se.] PsALivJ 36. I— i. s. M. iV/e Wickedness of Man, and the Majesty of God; or, Practical Atheism exposed. 1 V%7~^bN man grows bold in sin, » » My heart within me cries, "He hath no faith of God within, 4 * Nor tear before his eyes." 2 [lie walks a while concealed In a sel -flait-ring dream, Till h.s dark crimes, at once reveaPd, Kxpuse ins hateful name.] 3 His heart is false and foul, His words are smooth and fair; Wisdom is bamsh'd from his soul. And leaves no goodness there. 4 He plots upon his bed New mischiefs to fulfil; He sets his heart, ins hand, and head To prac( i< e all that's {H. 5 But there's a dreadful God, Though men renounce Ins fear; His justice, hid behind the cloud, Shall one great day appear, ij His truth transcends the sky. lii heav'n h;s mercies dwell ; Deep as the sea his judgments lie, His anger burns to hell. / JJow excellent h»s love, - 7 \ he uce all our safety springs ! Oh never lei my soul remove From unmerneath his wings. PSALJM 37. ! — *o. Firs! Part. C. M. The Cure of Envy, Fretfaiuess, and unbelief, or, Hit Rewards of (h? Righteous and the Wicked. 1 VI, T HV should I vex my soul and fret » » To see the nicked rise! Or envy sinners waxing great, By violence and lies ? 2 As How'ry grass cut down at noon, Before the ev'ning fades, So shall their glories vanish soon, J a everlasting: shades. F 2 m PSALM 37. •"> Then let me make the Lord my trust, And practice all that's good % So shall I dwell among the just, And he'll provide me food. I I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait his will; Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, Shall my desires fulfil. > Mine innocence shaft thou display, And make thy judgments known. Fair is the light of dawning day, And glorious as the coon. (» The meek at last the earth possess, And are the heirs of heav'n ; True riches, with abundant peace. To humble souls are giv'n. PAUSE. 7 Rest in the Lord, and keep his way, Nor let your anger rise, Though providence should long delay To punish haughty vice. £ Let sinners join to break your peace, And plot, and rage, and foam; The Lord derides them, for he sees Their day of vengeance come. P They have drawn out the threatening sword, foave he,;: he ruurd'rom s ow, To slay the men that fear she Lord, And bring she righteous low-. SO My Godshai! break their bows, and burn Their persecuting darts, Shall their own swords against them turn, And pierce their stubborn hearts. PSALM 37. 16, 2**26— 31. Second Part. CM. Charity to the Poor; or, Religion in Words and Deeds t "W/RThY the wealthy wicked boast, ? T And grew profanely bold? The meanest portion of the just Excels the sinner's gold, :l The wicked borrows of his friends. But ne'er designs to pay ; The sain, is merciful and lends, Nor turns the poor Iway. 3 His alms w ah lib'ra! heart lie giv< § Amongst the sons of need : PSALM 37, o3 His mem'ry tolong aj?es hv«s, And blessed js his seed. 4 His lips abhor to talk profane, To slander or defraud; His ready tongue declares to meu What he has tearn'd o< God. 5 The law and gospel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the spirit and the word His feet shall never slide, (i When sinners fall, the righteous stand Preserv'd from ^v'rv snare; Tliey shall possess the promis'd land And dwell for ever there, ' PSALM 37. 23— 37. Third Part. C Jtf. The Way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked. J TV'j Y God, the steps of pious men ■J-"- Are order'd by thy will : Though they should fall, they rise again, Thy hand supports them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways, Their virtue he approves; He'll ne'er deprive rheru of his grace, Nor leave the men he loves. 3 Theheav'nd, Like a tall bu^-ffee, fn?r and green, Spreading' his arms abroad. tj And lo, he vanish'd from the ground, Destroy 'd by hands unseen; Nor root, nor branch; nor 'eaf was found Where all that pride had been. 7 But mark the man of righteousness, I s sev'ral steps attend : True pleasure runs through all his ways, And peaceful is his end. ii4 PSALM 38. PSALi^ 8K C M. Gwi/i' 0/ Conscience and Relief; or, Repentance and Prayer for Pardon and Health. 1 A MIDST thy wrath remember love, jlSl Restore ttiy servant, Lord, Nor let a Father's chast'ning prove Like an avenger's sword. 2 Thine arrows stick within my heart, My flesh is sorely prest; Between the sorrow and the smart My spirit finds no rest 3 My sins a heavy load appear, And o'er in) head are gone; Too heavy they for me to bear, Too hard tor me t' atone. 4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea That sinks my comforts down; And I go mourning all the day Beneath my ther's frown.* 5 Lord, lam weaken d and dismay'd, None of my powers are whole; My wounds with piercing anguish bleed. The anguish of my soul, 6 All my desires to thee are known, Thine eye counts ev'ry tear, Andev'iy sigh, and ev'ry groan Is norie'd by thine ear. 7 Thou art my God, my only hope; My God wll hear my cry; My God will bear mj spirit up When Satan bids nif die. 8 [My foes rejoice when'er I slide, To see my virtue fail ; They raise their pleasure and their pride„ Whene'er their wdes prevail. i) But I'll confess my guilty ways, And gaieve for ail my sin ; I'll mourn how weak the seeds of grace? And beg support divine, 10 My ^xo I, forgive my follies past And be for ever njoli ; O Lor i of my salvation haste, Before thy servant die.] PSALM 39. G5 PSALM 39. 1. 2. a. First Part. C. M. W atchfulness over the Tongue; or, Prudence and Zeal. 1 PTnUUS 1 resolv'd before the Lord, JL "Now will I watch my tongue, * " Lest 1 let slip one sinful word, "Or do my neighbour wrong. ,, 2 Whene'er constrain'd a while to stay With men of lives profane, I'll set a double guard that day, Nor let my talk be vain. 3 PI! scarce allow my lips to speak The pious thoughts 1 feel, Lest scoffers should th' occasion take To mock my holy zeal. 4 Yet if some proper hour appear, I'll not be over-aw'd, But ler the scoffing sinners hear That we can speak for God. PSALM 29. 4, 5, 6\ 7. Second Pari. C. M. The Vanity of Man as mortal. 1 FW1EACH me the measure of my days, JL Thou maker of my frame ; 1 would survey life's narrow space, And learn how frail I am. 2 A span is all that we can boast, An inch or two of time : Man is but vanity and dust In all his flower and prime. 3 See the vain race of mortals move Like shadows o'er the plain ; They rage and strive, desire and love, But al! the noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show, Some dig for golden ore ; They toil for heirs, they know not who. And strait are seen no more. 5 What should I wish or wait for then, From creature, earth, and dust? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. (i Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond desires recall ; I give my mortal int'rest up, And make my God my all, ^ PSALM 39. 40. PSALM 30. ,9—13. Third Part. C. M. Sick-Bed Devotion; or, Pleading without Repining, 1 #~"1 OD of my life, look gently down, \M Behold the pains 1 feel ; But 1 am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare dispute thy will. 2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord, They come at thy command; I'll not attempt a murm'ring word Against thy chast'ning hand. 3 Yet I may plead, with humble cries, Remove thy sharp rebukes : My strength consumes, my spirit dies, Through thy repeated strokes. 4 Crush'd as a moth beneatl] thy hand, We moulder to the dust; Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand, And all our beauty's lost. 5 I'm but a stranger here below, As all my fathers were; May I be well prepar'd to go, When 1 the summons hear J 6 But if my life be spar'd a while Before my last remove, Thy praise shall be my bus'ness still, And I'll declare thy love. PSALM 40. I. -2, 8, 5, 17. First Part. C. M. A Song of Deliverance from great Distress- * 1 T WAITED patient for the Lord, -*- He bow'd to hear rny cry ; He saw me resting on his word, And brought salvation nigh. 2 He rais'd me from a horrid pit, Where mourning long I lay, And from my bouds releas'd my feet, Deep bonds ot miry clay. 3 Firm on a rock he made me stand, And taught my cheerful tongue To praise the v onders of his hand, In a new thankful song. 4 PI I spread his works of grace abroad; The saints with joy snail hear, And sinners learn to make my God Their only hope and fear. 5 How many are thy thoughts of love! Thy mercies Lord, how great! PSALM 40. 07 We have not words nor hours enough Their numbers to repeat. I) When Phi afflicted, poor and low, And light and peace depart, My God behold my heavy wo, And bears me on his heart. PSALM 40. 8—9 Second Part. C. M. The Incarnation and Sacrifice of Christ. 1 npHUS saith the Lord, " Your work is vain, JL " Give your burnt-offerings o'er, "In dying goats and bullocks slain, " My soul delights no more." 2 Then spake the Saviour, " Lo I'm here, "My God, to do thy will; " Whate'er thy sacred books declare "Thyservent shall fulfil. 3 " Thy law is ever in nay sijrht, "I keep it near my heart ; "Mine eyes are open'd with delight M To what thy lips impart." 4 And see the blest Redeemer comes, Th' eternal Son appears, And at thp appointed time assumes The body God prepares. 5 Much he reveai'd his Father's grace, And much his truth he show'd, And preaeh'd the way of righteousness Where great assemblies stood. 6 His Father's honour touch'd his heart, He pity'd sinners' cries, And to fulfil a Saviour's part Was made a sacrifice. PAUSE. 7 No blood of beast on altars shed Could ws<; th<- conscience clean, But the rich sacrifice he paid Atones for all our sin. a Then was the greaf salvation spread, And Satan s kingdom shook: Thus by the woman's promis'd seed The serpent's head was broke. PSALxM 40. 5—10. L. M. Christ our Sacrifice. ^l^f^ wonders, Lord, thy lore has wrought -fl- Exceed our praise, surmount onr thought; 68 PSALM 41. Should I attempt the long detail. My speech would faint, My numbers fail. 2 No blood of* beasts on altars spilt, Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt; But thou hast set before our ejes An all-sufficient sacrifice. -] Lo! Thine eternal Son -ppears, To thy designs he bows his ears; Assumes a body well prepar'd, And well performs a work so hard. 4 " Behold 1 come," the Saviour cries, With love and duty in bis eyes, " 1 come to bear the heavy load "Of sins, and do thy will, my God. 5 * 'Tig written in thy great decree, "'Tis in thy book lore 5 old of me, "1 must fulfil the Saviour's part, "And Ip; thy law is in my heart. "I'll magnify thy holy law, "And rebels to obedience draw, " When on my cross I'm lifted high, " Orto my crown above the sky. 7 " The Spirit shall descend and show " What thou hast done and what ldo " The wond ring world shall learn thy grace, "* And all creation tune hy praise." PSALM 41. 1,2,3. L, M. Charity to the Poor; or, Pity to tht Afflicted. LEST is the man whose breast can move. And melt with pity to the poor, Whose soul, by sympathising love, Feels what his fellow-saints endure, 2 His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do : ; He, in the time of genYal grief, Shall find the Lord has mercy too. 3 His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, an«; pestilence, and dearth, Aro nd him multiply their dead. 4 Or if he languish on his couch, God wii pronounce his sins forgiv'a, Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul toheav'n. PSALM 42. &< PSALM 48. 1— ?>. First Part. C. M. Desertion and hope ; or, Complaint of Absence from public Worshij 1 VISTiTH earnest longings of I lie mind, T T My God, to thee I look ; So pants the hunted hart to find, And taste the cooling l»rook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face, My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast; The foe insults without lOutroul, " And where's your God at last? ? * 4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient day* : Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why, my soul, sink down so far Beneath this heavy load? My spirit, why indulge despair, And sin against my God ? t> Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. PSALM 42. (>— \(i Second Part. L. M Melancholy Thoughts reproved ; or, Hope in Affliction " Y spirit sinks within me, Lord, But I vvii! call thy name to mind, And times of past distress record, When I have found my God was kind. 2 Huge trouble with tumultuous noise Swell like a sea, and round me spread; The rising waves drown all my joys, And roll tremendous o'er my head. 3 Yet will the Lord command his love. When [ address his throne by day, Nor in the night his grace remove ; The night shall hear me sing and prav. 4 PJ1 cast myself before his feet, And say, "My God, my heav'nly rock, " W by doth thy love so long forget -'The soul that groans beneath thy stroke G 70 PSALM 48, 44- 5 FH chide my heart, that sinks so low, Why should my soul indulge her grief? Hope in the Lord, and praise him too; He is my rest, my sure relief. 6 My God, my most exceeding-joy, Thy light and tru'h shall guide me still, Thy word shall my best thoughts employ. And lead me to thine heav'nly hill, PS LM 43. C. M. Safety in Divine Protection. 1 JTUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause; €lP Against a sinful race; From v;le oppression and deceit Secure me by thy grace. 2 On thee my steadfast hope depends. And am 1 left to mourn ? To sink in sorrows, and in rain Implore thy kind return? •3 Oh «end thy light to guide my feet. And bid thy truth appear; Conduct me to thy holy hill, To taste thy mercies there. 4 Then to thy altar, O my God, My joyful teet shall rise, And my triumphant songs shall praise The God that rules the skies. 5 Sink not, my soul, beneath thy fear, , Nor yield to weak despair; For 1 shall live to praise the Lord, And bless his guardian care. PSALM 44. 1, 2, 3, 8 15— 26. C. Mi The Church's Complaint in Persecution. 1 TT ORD, we have heard thy works of old. I A Thy works of power and grace, When to o r ears our fathers told The wonders of their days. 2 They saw the beauteous churches rise, The spreading gospel run; While light and glory from the skies Through all their temples shone. $ In God they boasted all the day, And in a cheerful throng Did thousands meet to praise and pray, And grace were all their song. PSALM 45, 71 4 But now our souls are seized with shame? Confusion fills our tare, To hear the enemy blaspheme, And tools reproach thy grace. 5 Yet have we nol forgot our God, Nor falsely dealt with heaVn; Nor have our steps declin'd the road Of duty thou hast given ; 6 Though dragons all around us roar With their destructive breath, And thine own hand has bruis'd us sore> Hard by the gaes of death. PAUSE, 7 We are expos'd all day to die, As martyrs for thy name; As sheep for slaughter bound we lie. And wait the kindling flame. 8 Awake, arise, almighty Lord, Why sleeps thy wonted grace? Why should we seem like men abhorr'd, Or banish'd from thy face? 9 Wilt thou tor e\er cast us off, And still negiect our cries? For ever hide thine heav'nly love From our afllicted eyes ? 10 Down to the dust our soul is bovv'd, And dies upon the ground ; Rise for our help, rebuke the proud, And all their powers contound. 1 1 Redeem us from perpetual shame, Our Saviour and our God; We plead the honours of thy name, The merits of thy blood. PSALM 45. S.M. The Glory of Christ, the Success of the Gospel, and the Gentile Church* 1 4 2" Y Saviour and my KJug, irJl Thy beauties are divine; Thy lips with blessings overflow, And ev'ry grace is thine. 2 Now make thy glory known, Gird on thy dreadful sword, And rise in majesty to spread The conquest of thy word. 72 PSALM 45. 3 Strike through thy stubborn foes, Or make their hearts obey, While justice, meekness, grace and truth Attend thy glorious way. 4 Thy laws, OGod, are right, Thy throne shall ever stand; And thy victoricus gospel prove A sceptre in thy hand. 5 [Thy Father and thy God Hath, without measure, shed His spirit, like a grateful oil T ? annoint thy sacred head.] 6* [Behold at thy ri^hf hand The Gentile church is seen, A heaut'ous bride in rich attire, And Princes guard the Queen.] 7 Fair bride, receive his love, Forget thy father's house; Forsake thy gods, rhy idol gods, And pay the Lord thy vows. S let thy God and King Thy sweetest thoughts employ; Thy children shall his honour sing, And taste the heav'nly joy. PSALM 45. CM. The Personal Glories and Government of Christ 1 M 'LL speak the honours of my King, Jl His form divinely fair; None of the sons of mortal race May with the Lord compare. ■I Sweet is thy speech, and heav'nly grace Upon thy lips is shed ; Thy God, with blessings infinite, Hath crown'd thy sacred head. J Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince, Ride with majestic sway; Thy terror shall strike through thy foes* And make the world obey. 4 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands, Thy word of grace shall prove A peaceful sceptre in thy hands, To rule thy saints by love. "» Justice and truth attend thee still, But mercy is thy choice ; i PSALM 45. 78 And God, thy God, thy souls shall fill With most peculiar joys. PSALM 45. First Part. L. M. The Glory of Christ, and Power of his Gospel. 1 TVTOW be mv heart inspired losing -*-^ The glories ot my Saviour King, Jesus the Lord ; how heav'nl^ fair His form ! how bright his beauties are ? 2 O'er all the sons of human race He shines with far superior grace; Love from his bps divinely flows, And blessings h!! his stme compose. 3 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord,* Gird on the terror ot thy sword ; In majesty and « lory ride VVith truth and meekness at thy side. 4 Thine anger, like a {jointed dart, Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart; Or words of mercy kind and sweet Shall melt the rebels at thy feet. 5 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands, Grace is the sceptre in thy hands; Thy laws and works are just and right, But grace and justice thv delight. 6 God, thine own God, has richly shed His oil of gladness on thy head ; And with his sacred spirit bless'd His first-born Son above the rest. PSALM 45. Second Part. L. M. Christ and his Church; or, the Mystical Marriage, 1 fjlHE King of saint*, how fair his face,° JL Adorn'd with majesty and orace! He comes with blessings from above, And wins the nations to his love. 2 At his right hand our eyes behold The Queen array'd in purest gold: The world admir-s her heav'nly dress; Her robes of joy and righteousness. 3 He forms her b^ uties like bis own, He calls and seats her near his throne; Fair stranger, let thine heart forget The idols ot thy native state. 4 So Let endless honours crown his head; Let ev'ry age his praises spread; While we with cheerful songs approve The condescension of his love. PSALM 46. First Part. L. M. The Church's Safety and Triumph among National Desolations 1 f~^ OD is the refuge or* his saints, VX When storms of sharp distress invade; Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid. '2 Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd Down to the deep, and buried there; Convulsions shake the solid world, Our faith shall never yield to fear. 3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar, In sacred peace our souls abide, While ev'ry nation, ev'ry shore Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide. 4 There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ! Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And wat'ring our divine abode. 5 That sacred stream, thine holy word, Supports our faith, our fear controuls; Sweet peace thy promises afford, A d give new strength to fainting souls, (3 Zion enjoys her Monarch's h>ve Serure against a threat'ning hour; ]Sor ca>» her firm oundation move, Built on his truth, and arm'd with power. PSALM 4b. Second Part. L. M. God fights for his Church. 1 T ET Zion in her King rejoice, JLj Tho' tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise: He utters his almighty voice, The nations melt, the tumult dies. 2 The Lord of oM for Jacob fought, And Jacob's God is still our aid ; PSALM 47. 75 Behold the works his hand has wrought, What desolations he has made! -3 From sea to sea, through all the shores. He makes the uoise of battle cease ; When from on high his thunder roars, He awes the trembling world to peace. 4 fie breaks the bow, he cuts the spear, Chariots he bums with seav'nly flame; Let earth in silent wonder hear The sound and gto*y ot his name. 5 '* Be st.li, and earn that I am God, " I reign exalte*! o'er the lauds, "I will he knovii im\ fear'd abroad, " But still my throne in Zion stands." (> O Lord of hosts, almighty KmiLC, While we so near thy presence dwell, Ourfaith shall sit seeureand sing, Nor fear the raging powers of hell. psalm 47. c. m. Christ Ascending and Reigning. 1 £T& H for a shout of 'sacred joy %J To God, the sovereign Kiug! LetevYy land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing-. 2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high ; I J is heav'nly guards around Attend him rising thro" the sky, With trumpe 's |oyful sound. 3 While Angels shout and praise their King Let mortals learn their strains; Let all the earth his honours sing; O'er all the earth he reigns. i Rehearse his praise with awe profound, Let knowledge guide the song; Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. 5 In Israel stood his ancient throne, He Iov'd that chosen race ; But now he rails the world his own, And heathens taste his »ra< e . . First Part. C, M. The last Judgment ; or, the Saints rewarded. 1 fl^HE Lord, the Judge, before his throne JL Bids the whole earth draw nigh, The nations near the rising sun, And near the western sky. 2 No more shall bold blasphemers say* Judgment will ne'er begin;" No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. 3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come, Bright flames prepare his way, Thunder and darkness, Are and storm Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heav'n from above his call shall hear, Attending Angels come, And earth and he^l shall know and fear His justice and their doom. 5 " But gather all toy saints,'' he cries, "That made their peace with God " By the Redeemer's sacrifice, "And seaFd it with his blood. "Their faith and works, brought forth to light, Shall make the world confess "My sentence of reward is right, "And heav'n adore my grace." PSALM 50. Ver. 10, 11,14, 15, 23. SecondParr. C.JIi Obedience is better than Sacrifice. \ pip HUS saith the Lord, "The spacious fields, JL " And flocks and herds are mine, SO PSALM 50. O'er all the cattle of the hills " I claim a right divine. 2 " I ask no sheep for sacrifice, "Nor bullocks burnt with fire; " To hope and love, to pray and praise, " Is all that I require. 3 " Invoke my name when trouble's near, "My hand shall set thee tree; " Then shall thy thankful lips declare "The honour due to me. 4 "The man that offers humble praise, " Declares my glory best ; "And those that tread my holy ways, Shall my salvation taste." PSALM 50. Ver. I, 5, S, 16, 21,22. Third Part. C. M. I he Judgment of Hypocrites. 1 ~fkM/ r HEN Christ to judgment shall descend, ▼ Y And saints surround their Lord, He calls the nations to attend, - And hear his awful word. 2 " Not for the want of bullocks slain " Wdl 1 the world reprove ; 11 Altars and rites, and forms are vain " Without the fire of love. 3 "And what have hypocrites to do " To bring their sacrifice? "They call my statutes just and true, " But deal in theft and lies. 4 " Could you expect to 'scape my sight, "And sin rifnout cdm»ot ? " But 1 shall bring your crimes to light, With anguish in your soul." 5 Consider, ye that slight the Lord, Before his wrath appear; If once you fall beneath his sword, There's no deliverer there. PSALM 50. L. M. Hypocrisy exposed* 1 rjl HE Lord, the judge, his churches warns,, JL Let hypocrites attend and fear, Who place their hope in rites and forms, But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falsehood aud deceit ; PSALM 50. * A friend or brother they defame, And soothe and flatter those they hate. "3 They watch to d< 'heir neighbours wrong, Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; They take his cov'nant on their tongue, But break his la^s, abuse bis grace. i To heav'nthey lift their hands unclean, Defil'd with lust, denTd with blood, By night they practise ev'ry sin, By day their mouths draw near to God. 5 And while his judgments long delay, They grow secure and sin the more ; They *hink he sleeps as veil as they, And put far off the dreadful hour. *> Oh dreadful hour! when God draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes! His wrath their «uihy souls shall tear, And no deliv'rer dare to rise. PSALM 50. To a new Tune. The last Judgment 1 FTT^HE Lord, the sov'reign sends his summons forth) JJL Calls the south nations, and awakes the north ; From east to west the sounding orders spread Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead ; ISo more shall atheists mock his long delay; 1 His vengeance sleeps no more ; behold the da}' ! ~ Behold the Judge descends ; his guards are nigh, Tempest and fire attend him down the sky ; Heav'n, earth, and hell draw near; let all things come To hear his justice and the sinner's doom ; " But gather first my saints (the Judge commands,) Bring them, ye Angels, from their distant lands. 3 " Behold, my cov'nant stands for ever good, Seal'd by th' eternal sacrifice in blood, And sign'd with all their names; the Greek, the Jew, That paid the ancient worship or the new : There's no distinction here, prepare their thrones, And near me seat my fav'rites and my sons. t " I their almighty Saviour and their God, I am their Judge; ye heav'ns proclaim abroad My just, eternal sentence, and declare Those awful truths, that sinners dread to hear; Sinners in Zion, tremble and retire ; 1 doom thee, painted hypocrite, to fire. 5 " Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain Do I condemn thee ; bolls and goats are vain H $2 PSALM 50. Without the flames of love ; in vain the store Of brutal off'ring? that were mine before ; Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed, Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests where they feed- 6 " If I were hungry, would I ask thee food ? When did I thirst, or taste the victim's blood? Can I be flatterd with thy cringing bows, Thy solemn chatt'rings and fantastic vows? Are my eyes charm'd thy vestments to behold, Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold ? 7 r Unthinking wretch ! how could'st thou hope to please- A God, a Spirit, with such toys as these; While with my grace and statutes on thy tongue Thou lov'st deceit, and dost thy brother wrong; In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends, Thieves and adult'rers are thy chosen friends. S "Silent 1 waited with long-sufTring love, But didst thou hope that 1 should ne'er reprove ? And cherish such an impious thought within, That God, the righteous, would indulge thy sin r Behold my tenors now ; my thunders roll, And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul." 9 Sinners, awake betimes; ye tools, be wise ; Awake before this dreadful morning rise; Change your vain thoughts, your sinful works amend : Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your fiiend; Lest, like a lion, his last vengeance tear Your trembling souls, and no deliverer near. PSALM 50 To the old proper Tune. The last Judgment. HE God of glory sends his summons forth, Calls the south nations and awakes the north ; From east to west the sov'reign orders spread, Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead, The trumpet sounds, hell trembles, heav'n rejoices? Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay; It is vengeance sleeps no more ; behold the day ! Behold the Judge descends ; his guards are nigh ; Tempest and fire attend him down the sky. \\ hen God appears, all nature shall adore him ; While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 3 li Heav'n, earth, and hell draw near; let all things come " To hear my justice and the sinner's doom ; " But gather first my saints (the Judge commands,) Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands." When Christ returns, wake ev'ry .cheerful passion: ^nd shout, ye saints, he comes for your salvation. PSALM 50. S3 4 " Behold my cov'nant stands fur ever good, " Seal'd by th' eternal sacrifice in blood, " And sign'd with all their names, the Greek, the Jew, "That paid the ancient worship or the new." There's no distinction here ; join all your voices, And raise your heads, ye saints, for heav'n rejoices, j " Here (saith the Lord) ye angels spread their thrones, " And near me seat my favorites and my sons; "Come, my redeem'd, possess the joys prepar'd " Ere time began, 'tis your divine reward." When Christ returns, wake ev'ry cheerful passion ; And shout, ye saints, he comes for your salvation. PAITS:< THE FIRST. 6 "lam the Saviour, I th' almighty God, " The sovereign Judge : ye heav'ns proclaim abroad "My just, eternal sentence, and declare " Those awful truths that sinners dread to hear." When God appears all nature shall adore him, While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 7 " Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer, and profane, "Now feel my wrath, nor call my threat'nings vain; I am condemn'd, but thou art clear* PSALM 51. 85 3 Should sadden vengeance seize my breatb, I must pronounce thee just in death; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy riohteous law approves it well. 6 Yetsavea trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope stili hov'riug round thy word, Would light on some swf-et promise there, Some sure support against despair. PSALM 51. S. rood Part. L.M. Original and actual Sin confessed. 1 £ ORl),I am v*:e, coneeiv'd in sin, _B_J And born unholy and unclean; Sprung from the nutn whose guilty fait Corrupts rhe race, and taints us all. "2 Soon as we draw our infant breatb, The seeds of sin gro up for perfect heart; But weie de6 I'd iri everv part. 3 [Great God, create im heart a-new. And form my spirit pure and true; Oh make me wise bet •• - to spy, My danger and my remedy.] 4 Behold, ! tall before thv face; My oniy refuse is thy grace; No outward forms can makje me clean, The leprosy lies deep within. 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding' beast, Nor hyssop-branch, nor sprinkling priest. Nor running brook, no; flood, nor sea, Can was!? die dismal stam away. 6 Jesus, my Got!, thy blood alone Hath power sufficient *o atone; Toy bloftd can make me white as snow; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 7 While omit disturbs and breaks my peace. Nor flesh nor sou! hath rest or ease ; Lord, let me heat thy pardoning voice ; And make mv broken heart rejoice. PSALM 51. Th.nl Part. L. M The Backslider restored ; or, Repentance and Faith in the Blood oj Christ. * iH "^^ tn:i : hear'st when sinners cry, \y ^ hough ajl my crimes b tore thee lie, Behold them no'twt fengrv look, But blot their mem'ry horn thy book. H2 aC PSALM 5L 2 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin : Let thy good spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and bamsh'd from thy sight; Thine holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me, that I tall no more. 4 Though I have griev'd hy spirit, Lord / Thy help and comfort still afford, And let a wretch come near thy throne.. To plead the merits of thy Son. 5 A broken heart, my God, my Kingv Js all the sacrifice I hung; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 6 My soul lies humbled in thedusr, A [id owns thy dreadful sentence just ; Look own, O Lord, wi'h pitying- eye, And save the soul condemti'd to die. 7 Then w. C. M. Deliverance from Oppression and Falsehood; or, God's Careef his Peo- ple, in Answer to Faith and Pray;>m are all the springs JLT JL Of boundless love and grace unknown* Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, Tdi the dark cloud is over blown. 2 Up to the heavens I send my. cry The Lord will my desires perform; He sends his angel from the sky, And saves me from thi threat'ning storm. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 4 My heart is fix d ; my song shall raise Immortal honours to thy name ; Awake, my tongue, to sotmd his praise. My tongue, the glory of my frame. 5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky; His truth to endless years remains, When lower worlds dissolve and die. t© Be thon exalted, O my God, Above the heav'ns whe«e angels dwell! Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. PSALM 58. As the 1 13th Psalm. Warning to Magistrates, 1 FUDGES, who rule the world by laws, •J Will ye despise the righteous cause, When vile oppression waste the land? Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rieh sinners 'scape secure, While gold and greatness bribe your hand? 2 Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too? High in the heav'ns his justice reigns; Yet you invade the rights of God, And send your bold decrees abroad, To bind the conscience in year chains. J PSALM 59. 98 3 A poisonM arrow is your tongue, The arrow sharp, the poison strong-, And death attends where'er it wounds; You hear no counsels, cries, or tears; So the deaf adder stops her ears Against the power of charming sounds. •i Break out their teeth, eternal God; Those teeth of lions dy'd in blood ; And crush he serpents in the dust: As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, Before the sweeping tempest flies. So let the r hopes and names be lost. * 3 Th' Almighty thunders from the sky, Their grandeur melts, their titles die, As hills of snow dissolve and run, Or snails that perish in their slime, Of births that come before their time. Vain births that never seethe sun. *? Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord Safety and joy to sain-s afford ; And all that hear shall join and say, "Sure there's a God that Pales on high, "A God that hears his children cry, "And will their sufFrings well repay." PSALM 59. S. M. Prayer for National Deliverance. 1 1^ ROM foes that round us rise, J- O God of heav'n defend, Who brave the vengeance of the skies, And with thy saints contend. 2 Behold, from distant shores, And desert wilds they come, Combine for blood their barb'rous force. And thro' thy cities roam. -3 Beneath the silent shade Their secret plots they lay, Our peaceful walls by night invade., And waste the fields by day. 4 And will the God of grace, Regardless of our pain, Permit secure that impious race To riot in their reign ? 5 In vain their secret guile, Or open force they prove ; I M PS AIM 60, 6L His eye can pierce the deepest ve\l t His hand their strength remove. 6 Yet save them, Lord, from death, Lest we forget their doom; Bui drive th^m with thine angry breath* I hro' distant lands to roam, 7 Then shall our grateful voice Proclaim our guardian God; The nations round the earth rejoice ? And sound the praise abroad. PSA LM hQ. C. M. Looking to God in the Distress of War. 1 ORD, thou h »si scourg'd our guilty land -*— i Behold thy people mourn; Shall vengeance ever guide thy hand. And mercy neer return? 2 Beneath the terrors of thine eye, Earth's haughty towers decay ; Thy frowning mantle spreads the sky. And mortals melt away. 3 Our Zion trembles at thy stroke, And dreads thy lifted hand; Oh, heal the people thou hast broke ? And save the sinking land. 4 Exalt thy banner in the field, For those shat tear thy name; From bin b'rous hosts our nations shield-. And pu ; our foes to shame. 5 Attend our armies to the fight, And be their guardian God; In vain shall numerous powers unite Against thy lifted rod. i) Our troops, beneath thy guiding hano> Shall gain a glad renown : 'Tis God who makes the feeble stand. And treads the mighty down. PSALM 6 1 1—6. S.. M. Safety in God. 1 \\/^H EN overwhelm'd with grief, *▼ My heart within me dies, Helpless and far from all relief. To heav'n I lift mine eyes. 2- Oh l« ad me to the rock That's high above my head. PSALM (32, i)3. $5 And make the covert of thy wings My shelter and my hade. $ Within thy presence, Lord, For ever I'll abide ; Thou art the tower of my defence. The refugee wh*re I hide. 4 Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name; If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same, PSALM <>2. 5— J2. L. M. No Trust in the Creatures; or Faith in Divine Grace and Powtr 1 l.IY spirit looks to God aione; i ? 1 My rork and refuge is his throne; In all my fears, in al! my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways v Pour out your hearts before his fare; When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3 False are the nun of high degree, The baser sort are vanity: La d in the balance, both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 4 Make not increasing - oold your trust, Nor set your heart on glitt'rmg dust ; Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what God has spoke? 5 Once has his awful vou-e dec ar'd, Once and again y ears htve heard? " All power is his eternal due ;' 5 He must be fear'd and trusted too. 6 Forsov'reign power i> igns not alone, Grace is a partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward. PSALM 63. I, '2, 5, 3, 4. First Pari. GtK The Morning of a Lord's Day. 1 |jl ARLY, my God, wsthout delay s SIa I haste to -tek thv lace; My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace. -3 So pilgrims on the score ing sand, Beneath a burning sky f M PSALM 63. Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or di*\ "3 Pve seen thy glory and thy power Thro' all thy temple shine ; My God, repeat that heav'nly hour That vision so divine, i Not all the blessings of a feast Can please my soul so well, As when thv richer grace I taste. And in thy presence dwell. 5 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can my best passions move, Or raise so high my cheerful voice^ As thy forgiving love. 6 Thus til! my last expiring- day I'll bless my God and King; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing. PSALM 63. 6—10. Second Part. CM. Midnight Thoughts recollected. 1 'npWAS in the watches of the uight JL I thought upon thy power, I kept thy lovely face in s'ght Amidst the darkest hour. 2 My flesh lay resting on my bed, My soul arose on high; "My God, my life, my hope," I said. " Bring thy salvation nigh." 3 My spirit labours up thine hill, And climbs the heav'nly road ; But thy right hand upholds me still,. While I pursue my God, -4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head The shadow of thy wings; My heart rejoices in thine aid, My tongue awakes and sings- 5 But the destroyers of my peace Shalt fret and rage in vain ; The tempter shall for ever cease, And all my sins be slain. i> Thy sword shall give my foes to death. And send them down to dwell In the dark caverns of the earth, Or in the deeps of he!L PSALM 63. m PSALM OS. L. M. Longing after God; or, the love of God better than Life, '1 £^ RLAT God, indulge my humble claim, VH Thou art my hope, n y joy, my rest; The glories thai compose thy name, Stand all engag'd ro make me b est. 2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, Thou art my father and my God ; And I am thine by sacred tics; Thy son, thy servant bought with blood., No pleasures that to sense belong, Could make m'c so divinely b!e>t, -» Or raise so high my cheerful song. *) My life itself, without thy love, No taste or pleasure could afford; '"Twould but a tiresome bin den prove., If I were bauish'd from the Lord. 7 Amidst the wakeful hours of night, When busy cares affl.ct my -head, One thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed. 8 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise; This work shall make my heart rejoice. And bless the remnant of my days. PSALM b& S. M. Seeking Gcd. I "fiL/fTY God, permit my tongue i.7m This joy, to e*S! thee mine; And let my early cries prevail To taste thy loye divine. '2 My thirsty, fainting soul Thy mercy does implore,; Not travellers in desert lands Can pant for water more. I 2 08 PSALM 64, 65, 3 Withiu thy churches, Lord, I long to find my place, Thy power and glory to behold, And feel thy quirk'ning grace* i For life without thy love No relish can afford; No joy can be compar'd with this, To serve and please the Lord. i5 To thee I'll lift my hands, And praise thee while I live; Not the rich dainties of a feasi Such food or pleasure <>ive. 6 In wakeful hours of night, I call my Cod to mind ; I think how wise thy conns Is are^ And all thy dealing* kmd. 7 Since thou hast been my help, To thee my spirit flies, And on thy watch h*! providence My cheerful hope relies, S The shadow of thy wings My soul in safety keeps* I follow where my F >ther leads, And he supports my steps. PSVLM64 L. M. t STi REAT God, attend to my complaint, %JR Nor let my drooping spirit faint; When foes in secret spread the snare, Let my salvation be thy care. 2 Shield me without, and guard within From treach'rous foes and deadly sin; May envy, lusf, and pride depart, And heav'nly grace expand my heart, >} Thy justice and thy power display, And scatter far thy foes away ; Whilst listening nations learn thy word. And saints triumphant bless the Lord. 4 Then shall thy church exalt her voice, And all that love thy name rejoice; By faith approach thine awful throne, And plead the merits of >hy Son. PSALM 65. 1—5. First Part. L. JUL; Public Prayer and Praise iHF praise of Z on waits for thee, My God ; and praise becomes thy house ; PSALM G5, 99 There sball thy saints thy glory see# And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou, whose mercy bends the skies^, To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes. ? And ev'ry yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain; The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. i Blest is the man whom th*m shalt choose^ And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house,. To taste thy love divinely free. PAUSE. -"> Let Babel fear when Zion prays ; Babel prepare for long distress, WhenZion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request • And with almighty wrath reveals His love to gi' e his churches rest, 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Zion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. PSALM H5. 5—13. Second Part. L. H Divine Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea; or, Ike God r>fXaty.rs Oli^ Grace. 1 rfi^HE God of our salvation bears A The groans of Zion mix'd with tears; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Thro' all the way his terror shines. °2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known By Nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage and bilious roar At dreadful distance from the shore, 4 He bids the noisy tempests cease; He calms the raging crowd to peace,;. 100 PSALM 65, When a tumultous nation raves Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 5 Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form; Mountains, establish'd by his hand, Firm on their old foundation stand. Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze, and lightnings fly • The heathen lands, with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes. 7 At bis command the morning ray Smiles in fhe east, and leads the day; He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills. S Seasons and times obey his voice ; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit, and drest in flo vers. 9 'Tis from his wa'try stores on high He gives the thirsty ground supply : He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. 10 The desert g'owsa fruitful field, Abundant fruit the vaHies yield ; The vallies shout with cheerful voice, And neighboring hills repeat their joys, 11 The pastures smile in green array, There la >bs and larger ca tie play; The larger cattle and the lamb, Each in his language speaks thy name, 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; O'er ev'ry field thy glories shine; Thro' ev'ry month thy gifts appear; Great God, thy goodness crowns the year! PSALM t>5. First Part. €. M. A Prayer- Hearing God, arid the Gentiles called. 1 JTJRAlsL waits n\ Zton, Lord, for thee, 1 There shall our vows be paid; Thou hast an ear when sinners pray, All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is 'hine, And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer ev'ry sin. PSALM 65. 101 3 Blest art tbe men whom thou wilt choose To bring them near thy face, Give them a dwelling- in thine house, To feast qpon thy grace. 4 In answering what thy church requests. Thy truth and tenor shine, And works of dreadful righteousness Fulfil thy kind design. 6 Thus shall the wond'ring nations see The Lord is good y iby strength the uiountaius stand, -■- God of eternal power; The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy morning light and ev'ning shade Successive comforts bring; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spring. 3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours^ Heav'n, earth, and air are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitful showers^ The Author is divine. 4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, With wat'ry treasures well supply The furrows of the ground. 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear; Thy ways abound with blessings t»till, Thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM 65. Third Part. CM. The blessings of the Spring; or, God gives Rain; A Psalm for the Husbandman 1 ^1 OOD is the Lord, the heav'nly King^ Ijf Who makes the earth his care ; 102 PSALM 66. Visits the pastures ev'ry spring, And bids the grass appear. 2 The clouds, like rivers nsis'd on high, Pour out at his command Their wat'ry blessings from the sky. To cheer the thirsty land. •3 The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring : The vallies rich provision yield, And the poor lab'rers sing. 4 The little hills on ev'ry side Rejoice at falling showers ; The meadows, dress'd in beauteous pride. Perfume the air with flowers. 5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain, Promise a joyful crop; The parched grounds look £reen again, And raise the reaper's hope. 6 The various months thy goodness crowns, How bounteous are thy ways! The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout rhy praise. P^VLM Hfi. First Part. V. M. Governing Power and Goodness; or, our Graee tried by Affliction 1 UlNG, all ye nation, to jhe Lord, k5 Sing with a joyful noise; With melody of sound record His honours and our joys. 2 Say to the Power that form'd the sky, "How terrible art thou! "Sinners before thy presence fly, "Or at thy feet they bow.'' 3 ("Come see the wonders of out God, How glorious are his ways! In Moses 7 hand he put ihe rod. And clave the frighted s as. 4 He made the ebbing channel dry, While Isra'l pass'd the flood ; There did the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God.j 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war? PSALM 66, b7. 108 t) Oh bless our God, and never cease; Ye saints, fulfil his praise; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways, 7 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suftVing souls, To make our graces shine; So silver bears the burning coals, The metal to refine. $ Thro' wat'ry deeps and fiery ways We march it thy cpinma.d, Led to possess the promised place By thine unerring hand. PSALM 66. 13—20. Second Part. CM, Praise to God for hearing Prayer 1 T^TOW shall my solemn vows be paid -L^l To that Almighty Power That heard the low requests I made In my distressful hour. 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known ; Come, ye that fear my God, and hear The wonders he has done. 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell, 1 sought the heav'nlv aid ; He sav'd my sinking soul from hell. And Death's eternal shade. 4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart While prayer employ'd my tongue; The Lord has shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. 5 But God (his name be ever blest) Has set my spirit free ; Nor turn d from him my poor request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. PSALM 67. CM. The Nation's Prosperity, and the Church's Increase: HINE, mighty God, on Zion shine, With beams of heav'nly grace; Reveal thy power thro' all our coasts, And show thy smiling face. 2 [Amidst our realm, exalted high, Do thou our «lory stand, And like a wall of guardian fire Surround the favorite land.]) 104 PSALM 68. 3 When shall thy name from shore to shore Sound all the earth abroad ; And distant nations know and love Their Saviour and their God ? A Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Sing loud with solemn voice; Let ev'ry tongue exalt his praise, And ev'ry heart rejoice. 3 He, the great Lord, the sov'reign Judge; That sits enthron'd above, In wisdom rules the worlds he made, And bids them taste his love. 6 Earth shail obey his high command, And yield a full increase: Our God will crown his chosen land Wjfh fruitfulness and peace, 7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round His choicest favours here, While the rreation's utmost bound Shall see. adore, and fear. PS A LM 68. I —6, 32—35. First Part. L. ltf\. The Vengeance and Compassion of God. I ~W ET God at ise in all his might, JLi And put the troops of hell to flight; As smoke that sought to cloud the skies Before the rising tempest flie>. 2 [He comes, array'd in burning flames? Justice and Vengeance are his names: Behold his fainting toes expire Like melting ax before the fire.J 3 He rides, and thunders thro' the sky.. His name, Jehovah, sounds on high: Sing to his name, ye sons of grace; Ye saints, rejoice before his face. 4 The wido* and the fatherless Fly to his aid in sharp distress; In him the poor and helpless find A Judge that's just, a Father kind. 3 He breaks the captive s heavy chain* And pns'ners see the light again ; But rebels that dispute his will Shall dwell in chains and darkness still PAUSE. 6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong Crown him, ye nations, in your song: PSALM 68. 185 His woudVous names and powers rehearse, His honours shall enrich your verse. 7 He shakes the heav'ns with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms! In Isra'l are his mercies known, fsra'1 is his peculiar throne. % Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest? He's your defence, your joy, your rest; When terrors rise, and nations taint, God is the strength of ev'ry saint. PSALM 68. 17, 18. Second Part. L. M Christ's Ascension, and the gift of the Spirit. ! ORD, when rhou didst ascei.d on high. M-J Ten thousand angels fill'dthe sky; Those heav'nly guards around thee wait, Like chariots that attend thy state. £ i\ot Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious when the Lord was there While he pronounced his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe* 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell. That thousand souls had captive made, Where all in chains, like captives led* i Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He sent his promis'd Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. PSALM 6?s. 19, <<—20, 21, 22. Third Part. L. M. Praise for Temporal Blessings; or, Common and Special Mercies. 1 \X7"-E bless the Lord, the just, the trood, ▼ Y VVho fills our hearts with heav'nly food? Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruiis, to warm the ground; He bids the clouds with plenteous rain Refresh the thirsty earth again. -} 'Tis to bis care we own our breath, And all our near escapes from death, Safety and health to God belong; He heals the weak, and guards the strong. K J06 PSALM 6& 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove T-e common blessings of his love; Bn1 he wide difference that remains, In endless joy, or endless pains. 5 T e Lord that bruis'd the serpent's head, O all the serpent's seed shall tread ; Tin- stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. ij But his right hand his saints shall 'raise Fiom the deep earth or deeper seas, And bring- them to his courts above; There shall they taste his special love. PSALM 69. 1—14. First Par*. CM The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation- 1 "£< AVE me, OGod, the swelling floods Jc3 "Break in upon rny soul ; "I sink, and sorrows o'er my head "Like mighty waters roll. 2 "I cry till all my voice be gone, "In tears 1 waste the day : "My God, behold my longing eyes. "And shorten thy delay. 3 "They hate my soul without a cause, "And still their number grows, "More than the hairs around my head, "And mighty are my foes. 4 "Twasthen I paid that dreadful debt " That men could never pay, "And gave those honours to thy law " Which sinners iook away." 5 Thus in the great Messiah's name, The royal prophet mourns; Thus he awakes our hearts to grief, And gives us joy by turns. 6 " Now shall the saints rejoice and fnu\ "Salvation in my name, " For I have borne their heavy load "Of sorrow, pain, and shame. 7 "Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round, "And sackeloth was my dress, "While I procur'd, for naked souls, "A robe of righteousness. 8 "Amongst my brethren and the Jews " I like a stranger stood. PSALM 69. 107 *• And bore their vile reproach, to bring " The Gentiles near to God. 9 " I came in sinful mortals' stead " To do my Father's will : "Yet, when [ cleans'd my Father's house, "They scandaliz'd my zeal. 10 "My fastings and my holy groans " Were made the drunkard's song; " But God, from his celestial throne, "Heard my complaining tongue. 11 "He sav'd me from the dreadful deep, " Where fears beset me round ; "Herais'd and fix'd my sinking feet "On well-establish'd ground. 12 "'Twas in a most accepted hour, "My prayer arose on high, "And for my sake my God shall hear " The dying sinner's cry." PSALM 69. 14—21,26,29,32. SecondPart. CM. The Passion and Exaltation of Christ. 1 J^TOW let our bos, with holy fear jL^I And mournful pleasure, Ring The sufferings of our great High-priest, The sorrows of our King. 2 He sinks in floods of deep distress; How high the waters rise! While to his heav'nly Father's ear He sends perpetual cries. 3 " Hear me, O Lord, and save thy Son, "Nor hide thy shining face; " Why should thy fav'rite look like one "Forsaken of thy grace! 4 " With rage they persecute the man " That groans beneath thy wound, " While for a sacrifice 1 pour "My life upon the ground. 5 " They tread my honour to the dust, " And laugh when I complain ; "Their sharp insulting slanders add " Fresh anguish to my pain. 6 " All my reproach is known to thee, "The scandal and the shame; " Reproach has broke my bleeding hearfc "And lies defil'd my name. m PSALM 6& 7 " I look'd for pity, but in vain; " My kindred are my grief; " I ask my friends for comfort roundj "But meet with no relief. S " With vinegar they mock my thirst, "They give me gall for food; "And sporting with my dying groans, "They triumph in my blood. 9 "Shine into my distressed soul, "Let thy compassion save; "And tho ? my flesh sink down to death,. "Redeem it from the grave. 10 "I shall arise to praise thy name, " Shall reign in worlds unknown ; "And thy salvation, O my God "Shall seat me on thv throne." PSALM 69. Third Part. C. M. C hrist' s Obedience and Death; or, God glorified and Sinners *HWi| 1 I ^ ATJH LR, I sing thy wond'rous grace, -*- I bless my Saviour s name, He bought salvation tor the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2 His deep distress bath rais'd us high. His duty and his zeal FulfilPd the law which mortals broke And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs, Shall better please my God, Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound. Than goat's or bullock's blood. 4 This shall his humble followers see, And set their hearts at rest; They by his death draw near to thee ? And live for ever blest. 5 Let heav'n, and all that dwell on high.. To God their voices raise, While lands and seas assist the sky, And join V advance his praise. fr Zion is thine, most holy God, Thy Son shall bless her gates; And glory purchas'd by his bloocl For thine own Isra'l waits* PSALM 69. iW PSALM 69. First Part. L. M. ClirisVs Passion and Sinner's Salvation. Ji TSTfcEEP in our hearts let us record MJ The deeper sorrows of our Lord; Behold the rising billows roll To overwhelm his holy soul. 2 In long complaints he spends his breathy While hosts of hell, and powers of death And all the sons of malice join To execute their curst design. 3 Yet, gracious God, thy power and love Has made the curse a blessing prove; Those dreadful sufF'rings of thy Son Aton'd for crimes which we had done. •4 The pangs of our expiring Lord The honours of thy law restor'd ; His sorrows made thy justice known* And paid for follies not his own. 'o Oh for his sake our guilt forgive, And let the mourning sinner live: The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope he turn'd to shame. PSA LM 69. Ver. 7, &c. Serond Part. L. JJ* Christ's Sufferings and Zeal. i ? P j^WAS for our sake, eternal God, JL Thy Son sustained that heavy load Of base reproach and sore disgrace, While shame defil'd his sacred face. *2 The Jews, his brethren and his kin, AbusM the man that check'd their sin: While he fulfill'd thy holy laws, They hate him, but without a cause. 3 "[My Father's house, said he, "was made "A place for worship, not for trade;" Then scattering all their gold and brass, He scourg'd the merchants from the place*! 4 [Zeal for the temple of his God Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood: Reproaches at thy glory thrown, He felt and mourn'd them as his own.] 5 [His friends forsook, his followers fled, While foes and arms surround his head ; They curse him with a sland'rous tongue, And the false judge maintains the wrong. j K2 110 PSALM 70, 71. His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies: They nail him to the shameful tree; There hung the man that died for me. 7 But God beheld* and from his throne Marks out the men that hate his Son : The hand that rais'd him from the dead, Shall pour the vengeance on their head, PSALM 70. C. M. Protection against Personal Enemies 1 W'N haste, O God, attend my call, JL Nor hear my cries in vain; Oh let thy speed prevent my fall, And still my hope sustain. \ 4 2 When foes insidious wound my name, And tempt my soul astray, Then let them fall with lasting shame,. To their own plots a prey. 3 While all that love thy name, rejoice And glory in thy word, In thv salvation raise their voice, And magnify the Lord. X Othou, my help in time of need, Behold my sore dismay; In pi?y hasten to my aid 3Sor let thy grace delay. PSALM 7 1 . 5—9. First Part. C. M> The aged Saint's Reflection and Hope. "Y God, my everlasting hope, I live upon thy truth ; Thine hands have held iny childhood up, And strengthen'd all my youth. 2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy power, Wiili all these limbs of mine; And from my mother's painful hour. I've been entirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders seen Repeated ev'ry year; Behold, my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care, i Cast me not off when strength declines. When hoary hairs arise; And round me let thy glory shine, Whene'er thv servant i\ies. PSALM 71. Ill 5 Then in the hist'ry of my age, When men review my clays, They'll read thy love in ev'ry page. In ev'ry line thy praise. PSALM 71. 15, 14. 16,-23,-2-2,24, Second Part, CM, Christ our Strength and Righteousness. 1 "IMY Saviour, my a i mighty friend, jLfJI When I begin thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of ihy grace? •2 Thou art my everlasting trust, Thy goodness I adore; And since I knew thy graces first, I speak thy glories more. *3 My feet shall travel all the length Of the celestial road, And march, with courage in thy strength* To see my Father, God. 4 When I amfilPd with sore distress For sora# surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine. O How will my lips rejoice to tell The victories of my King; My soul, redeem'd from sin and hell, Shall thy salvation sing-, ij [My tongue shall al! the day proclaim My Saviour and my God, His dealh has brought my foes to shame. And sav'd me by his blood. 7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers; With this dehghtful song I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long. PSALM 71. 17— 21. third Part. CM. The Aged Christian's Prayer and Song; or, Old Age, Death, and Resurrectio?i. ] d^i OD of my childhood, and my youth, ^J^ The guide of all my days, I havedeclar'd thy heav'nly truth, And told thy wund'rous ways. *2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart? 112 PSALM 72, Who shall sustain my sinking years^ If God, my strength, depart? 3 Let me thy power and truth proclaim) Before the rising age, And leave a savour of thy name When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove ; Oh may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love! PAUSE. 5 Thy righteousness is deep and high, Unsearchable thy deeds; Thy jf lory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. 6 Of I have I beard thy threat'nings roar, And oft endur'd the grief; But when thy hand has press'd me sore^ Thy grace was my relief. 7 By long experience have I known Thy sovereign power to save; At thy command I venture down Securely to the grave. 8 When I lie buried deep in dust, My flesh shall be thy care; These wither'd limbs with thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair. PSALM 72. First Part. L. M. The Kingdom of Christ. 1 ^1 RE AT God, whose universal sway \H The known and unknown worlds obev. Now ffive the kingdom to thv Son, Extetid his power, exalt his throne. 2 Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heaven submits to his commands; His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevair no more. 3 With power he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust; His worship and his fear shall last, Till hours, and years, and time be past, 4 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down; PSALM 72. 113 His grace on fainting souls distils. Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 5 The heathen lands that lie beneath The shades of overspreading- death,. Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. 6 The saints shall flourish in his days, Drest in the robes of joy and praise; Peace, like a river from his throne, Shall flow to nations yet unknown. PS A LM 72. Second Part. L. M, Christ's Kingdom among the Gtntihs i TESUS shall reign where'er the sun O Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore. Til! moons shall wax and wane no more* 2 [Behold the nations with their king's; There Europe her best tribute brings* From north to south the princes meet To pay their homage at his feet. : 3 There Persia, glorious to behold, And India shines in eastern gold; While western empires o* n their Lord^ And savage tribes attend his word.] 4 For him shall endless prayer be made s And endless praises crown his head ; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With ev'ry morning sacrifice. -3 People and realms of < v'ry tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest son«*; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 6 Blessings abound where'er he reio-ns The joyful pris'ner bursts his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 7 [Where he displays his healing power, l)eath and the curse are known no more^; In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 8 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring Peculiar honours to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeats the loud amen."}- 114 PSALM 7a PSALM 73. First Part. CM. Afflicted Saints happy, and prosperous Sinners cursed. I "TVTOW I'm convinced the Lord is k»nd -L* To men of heart sincere, Yet once my foolish thoughts repiu'd, And border'd on despair. 3 I griev'd to see the wicked thrive, And spoke with angry breath, "How pleasant and profane they live ! " How peaceful is their death ! 3 "With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes " They lay their fears to sleep ; " Against the heav'ns their slanders rise, " While saints in silence weep. 4 "In vain I lift my hands to pray, "And cleanse my heart in vain; "For I am chasten'd all the dav, "The night renews my pain." 5 Yet while my tongue indulg'd complaints, I felt my heart reprove; "Sure I shall thus offend thy saints, "And grieve the men I love/' tj But still I found my doubts too hard, The conflict too severe ; Till I retir'd to search thy word, And learn thy secrets there. 7 There, as in some prophetic glass, I saw the sinner sit High mounted on a slipp'ry place Beside a fiery pit. 8 I heard the wretch profanely boast. Till at thy fro»vn he fell; His honours in a dream were lost, And he awakes in hell. 9 Lord, what an envious fool I was! How tike a thoughtless beast ! Thus to suspect thy promis'd grace, And think the wicked blest. 10 Yet I '.vas kept from full despair, Upheld by power unknown: That blessed hand that broke the snare,. Shall guide me to thy throne. PSALM 73. 115 PSALM 73. 22—2-. Second Part. C M. God our Portion here and hereafter. 1 £~^ OD, my supporter mid my hope, \JK My help for ever near, Thine arm or' merry held me up When sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet Thro' lire's bewildered rare; Thine hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy f ce. 3 Were I in heuv n without my God, 'Twould he no joy to me; And whilst this earth is tnv abode, I long- for none but thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke. And flesh and heart should faint, God is my souPs eternal rock, The strenth of ev'ry saint. 5 Behold the sinners that remove Far from thy presence die; Nor all the idol-gods they love Can save them when they cry. 6 But to draw near to thee, my God, Shall be my sweer employ; My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, And tell the world my joy. PSALM 73. 22, 3, tf, 17—20. L. M, The Prosperity of Sinners cursed. 1 ORD, what a houghtle«s wretch was I, -*-^ To mourn, and murmur, and repine, To see the wicked placd on high, In pride and robes of houour shine. 2 But oh ! their end, their dreadful end ! Thy sanctuary taught me so: On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below. 3 Now let them boast how tall they rise, I'll never envy them again, There they mny stand with haughty eyes. Till they plunge deep in endless pain. 4 Their fancied joys how fast they flee ! Like dreams us fleeting and as vain ; Their songs of softest harmony Are but a prelude to their pain. J 16 PSALM IS. 5 Now I esteem their minh and wine, Too dear to purchase with my blood;* !Lord 'tis enough that thou art mine, My life, my portion, mid my <>od. PSALM 73. S. M. The Mystery of Providence unfolded' 1 DURE sheiks a righteous God, £3 Nor is religion vain; Tho' men of vice may boast aloud, And men of grace complain. 2 I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heai t repine, While haughty fools with scornful eyes^ In robes of honour shine. 3 £Pamper*d with wanton ease, Their flesh looks full and fair, Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas; And grows w ithout their care. 4 Free from the plagues and pains That pious souls endure, Thro' all theirlife oppression reigns, And racks the humble poor. 5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlast ng God: Their malice blasts the good man'« name^. And spreads their lies abroad. # But I, with flowsng tears, Indulged my doubts to rise ; " Is there a God that sees or hears "The things below the skies?"] 7 The tumult of my thought Held me in hard suspense, Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. $ Thy word with light ami power, Did my mistake amend; I view'd the sinner's life before, But here I learnt their end. # On what a slipp'ry steep The thoughtless wretches go ! And oh! that dreadful fiery deep That^aits their fall below! ?0 Lord, at thy teet I bow, My thoughts no more repine ; PSALM 74 llV I call iny God ray portion now, And al! my poH%M are thine, PSALM 74. CM. The Church pleading with God under sore P&rsecUtten- i YV *^l ( ' o With flames they threaten to destroy Thy children in their rest; "Come let us burn at onc^, they cry. "The temple and the priest." 7 And stdl to heighten our distress, Thy presence is withdrawn; Thy wonted signs of power and grace. Thy power and grace are gone. 8 No prophet speaks to calm our grief, But all in silence mourn ; Nor know the times of our relief, The hour of thy return. PAUSE. How long, eternal God, how long Shall men of pride blaspheme? Shall saints be made their endless song. And bear immortal shame? 10 Cansi thou tor ever sit and hear Thine holy name profan'd ? 'TI8 PSALM 75. And still thy jealousy forbear, And still withhold thine hand? 11 What strange deliverance hast thou shown* In ages long: before? And now no o-her God we own, fto other God adore. 12 Thou didst divide the raging sea By thy resistless might, To make thy tribes a wosid'rous way. And then secure their flight. 13 Is not the world of nature thine, The darkness and the day? Didst thou not bid the morning shine, And mark the sun his way ? 14 Hath not thy power form'd ev ? ry coast. And set the earth its bounds, With summer's heat and winter s frost r In their perpetual rounds? 15 And shall the sons of earth and dust That sacred power blaspheme? Will not thy hand that form'd them first Avenge thine injur'd name? 16 Think on the cov'nant thou hast made ? And all thy words of love ; ISor let the birds of prey invade And vex thy trembling dove. 17 Our foes will triumph in our blood, And make our hope their jest; Plead thine own cause, almighty God, And give thy children rest. PSALM 75. L. M. Praise to God for the Return of Peace. i FIIO thee, most high and holy God, A To thee our thankful hearts we raise ?. Thy works declare thy name abroad, Thy wond'rous works demand our praise 2 To siav'ry doom'd, thy chosen sons Beheld their foes triumphant rise; And sore opprest by earthly thrones, They sought the Sov'reign of the skies. '3 ? Twas then, great God, with equal power, Arose thy vengeance and thy grace, To scourge their legions from the shore* And save the remnant of thy race. PSALM 7<>. 119 4 Thy band that form'd the restless main, And reared the mountain's awful head, Bade raging seas their course restrain, And desert wilds receive their dead. <3 Such wonders never come by chance, Nor can the winds such blessings blow; 'Tis God, the judge, doth one advance, 'Tis God that lays another low. 9 Let haughty tyrants sink their pride, Nor hit so high their scornful head; But lay their impious thoughts a>ide, And own the empire God hath made PSALM 76. C. M. fcratl saved, and the Assy nam destroyed; or. God's Vengeance, against his Enemies proceeds from his Church. 1 |~N Judali, God of old was known; -■- Hjs name in Isra'l great; In Salem stood hs holy throne, And Zion was his seat. "2 Among the praises of his saints, His dwelling there he chose; There he receiv'd their just complaints; Against their haughty foes. 3 From Zion went tys dreadful word, And broke that tbreat'ning spear; The bow, the arrows, and the sword, And crush'd th' Assyrian war. 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else But mighty hills of prey? The hill on which Jehovah dwells Is glorious more than they. 5 'Twas Zion's King thatstopp'd the breath Of captaius and tfieir bands: The men of might sleep fast in death That quells their warlike hands. $ At thy rebuke, Jacob's God, Both horse and chariot fell: Who knows the terrors of thy rod ! Thy vengeance who can tell? 7 What power can stand before thy si^ht When once thy wrath appears? When heav'n slimes round with dreadful light The earth adores and fears. 6 When God, in his own sov'reign ways, Comes down to save th' oppress 120 PSALM 77. The wrath of man shall work his praise* And he ? l ■ restrain the rest. D [Vows to the Lord and tribute bring, Ye princes, fear his frown: His terrors shake the proudest king", And smite his armies down, 10 The thunder of his sharp rebuke Our haughty foes shall feel ; For Jacob's God hath not forsook, But dwells in Zion still.] PSA LM 77. First Part, C. M, Melancholy assaulting, and Hope prevailing. 1 ^|^0 God 1 cried with mournful voice* JL I sought his gracious ear, In the sad hour when trouble rose And fill'd my heart with f ar. *2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights . My soul refus'd relief; I thought on God, the just and wise, But thoughts incfeas'd my grief. 3 Still I complain'd, and still oppress'd My heart began to break ; My God, thy wrath forbade my rest* And kept my eyes awake. 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew Till 1 could speak no more; Then I within myself withdrew, And calJ'd thy judgments o ? er. {> I called back years and ancient times When I beheld thy face ; My spirit searched tor secret crimes That might withhold thy grace* (j I calTd thy mercies to my mind, Which I enjoy'd before; And will the Lord no more be kind? His face appear no more? 7 Will he for ever cast me off? His promise ever fail ? Has he forgot his tender love? Shall anger still prevail? 5 But 1 forbid this hopeless bought, This dark, despairing frame, Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought; Thy hand is still the same. PSALM 77. 12 i 9 Pll think again (if all thy ways, And talk thy wonders o'er Thy wonders of recov'ring grace, When flesh could hope no more* 10 Grace dwells wifh Justice on the throne; And men that love thy word, Have in thy sanctuary known Tin 1 counsels of the Lord. PS A LM 77. Second Part, C. M. Comfort derived from ancient Providence; or, Israel -delivered fro/jt Egypt, and brought to Canaan 1 fTO W awful is in\ ch.tsi'mng rod!'/ -*--■- (May thy own children say) •'The great, the wise, the dreadful God " How holy is his wayi" 2 Pll meditate his works ot old, Who reigns in -heav'n above, Pll hear his ancient wonders tolel,. And learn to trust his love. 3 He saw the house of Joseph lie With Lg) | * s yoke opprest; Long be delay'd to hear their cry, Nor gave his people rest. 4 The sons of pious Jacob seem'd Abandon d to their foes: But his almighty arm redeemed The nation whom he chose. O From slavish chains besets 'hem fre^ They follow where he calls; He bade them venture thro' thesea, And made the wa\ es their walls, i* The waters saw thee, mighty God, The wafers saw thee come; Backward they fled, and frighted stood. To make thine armies room, 7 Strange was thyjourney thro' the sea^ Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown; Terrors attend the wond'rous way That brings thy mercies down. 8 [Thy voice, with terror ?u the sound, Thro' clouds and darkness broke; All lieav'n in lightning 1 shone around, And earth wjth thunder shook. L2 122 PSALM 78. 9 Thine arrows thro' the skies were burl'd, How glorious is the Lord ! Surprise and tremb'ling seiz'd the world,, And ail his saints ador'd. 19 He gave them w^ter from the rock; And safe, by Moses* hnnd 9 Thro' a »iry desert led his flock. To Canaan's promised land.] PSALM 78. First Part. C. M. Providence of God recorded; or, Pious Education, and Inslructioji 0) Children { M LT children hear Use mighty deeds JLit Which God performed of old; Which in our younger years we saw, And which oui fathers told. C Z He bids us make his glories known ; His works of power and grace: And we'll convey his wonders down Thro' ev'ry rising- race. ■\ Our lips shall tell them to our sous* And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone Their hope securely stands, That they may ne'er forget his works* But practice his commands. PSALM 78 Keftoml Part. C. M. Israel's Rebellion and 'Punishment , or, (he Sins and CltastiszjmnU o God's People. { £\H what a stiff', rebellious house vV Was Jacob's ancient race ! False to their own most solemn vows, And to their Makers grace 2 They broke the covenant r.f his love, And did his laws despise, Forgot the works he wrought to prove His power before their eyes. 3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light From his avenging hand: What dreadful tokens of his might Spread o'er the stubborn land, i They saw him cleave the mighty sea, And march'd with safety through, PSALM 7ft. J 23 With wat'ry walls to guard their way, Till they had 'scap'd the foe. 5 A wondVous pillar inark'd the road^ Compos'd of shade and light; By day it prov'd a shelt'ring cloud, A leading fire by night. 6 He from the rock their thirst supplied ; Theofiishiiijj' waters flow'd And ran in rivers by their side, Along the desert road. 7 Vet thev provok'd the Lord most high,, And dar'd distrust his hand; "Can he wi: ishments. ^<1NG to the Lord aloud, And m"a!e a joyful noise: God is our strength, our Saviour God ; Let Isra'l hear his voice. ■2 " From idols false and vain, " Preserve my rites divine; " I am the Lord who broke thy chain " Of slavery and of sin. 3 " Stretch thy desires abroad, "And I'll supply them well; " But if ye will refuse your God^ "If lsra'1 will rebel; s PSALM 82, 83. 127. 4 "111 leave tbera (saith the Lord,) 41 To their own lusts a prey, " And let fern run the dang'rous road* "'Tis their own cho>en way. 5 " Yet oh ! that all my saints "Would heat ken to my voice! »*Soon I would ease their >ore complaints.;, "And bid their hearts rejoice. 6 " While I destroy their foes, "I'll richly feed my flock, "And they shall taste the stream that flows "From their eternal Rock." PSALM 82. L. M God the supreme Governor ; or, Magistrates warned- 1 A MONG th' assemblies of th. great, ilL A greater Ruler takes his seat ; The God of heav'n as Judge surveys Those gods on earth and all their ways, 2 Why wdl ye frame oppressive laws? Or why support th' unrighteous cause? When will ye once defend the poor, That foes may vex the saints no more? 3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know 5- Dark are the ways in which they go; Their name oi earthly gods is vam, For they shall fall and die like men. 4 Arise, O Lord, and let thy Son Possess his universal throne, And rule the nations with his rod ; He is our Judge, and he our God. PSALM S3, s. M. A Complaint against Persecutors.- 1 A ND will tile God ol grace _/jL Perpetual silence keep ? The God of Justice hold his peace,, And iet hi*- vengeance sleep? 2 Behold what cursed snares The men oi mischief spread ; The men that hate thy saints and thee.- Lift up their threat'ning head. 3 Against thy hidden ones, Their counsels they employ, And malice, with her watchful eye, Pursues them to destroy. 128 PSALM 84. 4 " Come, let us join (they cry) " To root them from the ground, "Till not the name of saints remain, "Nor mem'ry shall be found." 5 Awake, almighty God, And call thy wrath to mind ; Give them like forests to the fire, Or stubble to the wind. (j Convince their madness, Lord, And make ?hem seek thy name; Or else their stubborn rage contound ; That they may die in shame. 7 Then shall the nations know I hy glorious, dreadful word, Jehovah is thy name alone, And thou the sov'reijrn Lord. PSALM 4. First Part. L. M ? The Pleasure of Public Worship. i JTJ OW pleasant, how divinely fair, JTM. O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are; With long desire my spirit faiuts, To meet th ? assemblies of thy saints. 2 My flesh uould rest in thine abode; My panting he < ries out for God ; My God ! my K ng! hy should I be So far from all my joys ami thee! 3 The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides her nest ; But will my iUn\ to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want! 4 Blest are the saints who sit on high, Around thy throne abov^ the sky; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love* 5 Blest are the souls who find a place Within the temple of thy grace; There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise* ii Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate; God is their strength, and thro* the road They lean upon their helper, God. 7 Cheerful they walk with gi owing strength? Till all shall meet in heav'n at length; PSALM 84. 1%J Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. PSALM 84. Second Part. L. M. God and his Church ; or, Grace and Glory. 1 f*i REA T God, attend while Zion sings VJT The joy that from thy presence springs To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth, 2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 3 God is our sun, he makes our day ; God is our shield, he guards our way From all th' assaults of hell and sin, From foes without and foes within, 4 All needfu! grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too : He gives os all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls. 5 O God, our King, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heav'n obey. And devils at thy presence flee; Blest is the man that trusts in thee*. PSALM 84. 1,2,3—10. CM. Paraphrased Delight in Ordinances of Worship ; or, God present in kls Churchti 1 .%4|Ysoul, how lovely is the place 1T4 To which thy God resorts ! 'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face, Tho ? in his earthly courts. 2 There the great monarch of the skies His saving power displays, And light breaks in upon our eyes, With kind and quick'ning rays. '3 With his rich g-ifts the heav'n'y Dove Descends and fills the place, While Christ reveals his wond'rous lov* 4 And sheds abroad his grace. 4 There, mighty God, thy words declare The secrets of thy will : And still we seek thy mercies there* And sing thy praises still. M 130 PSALM 84, PAUSE. 5 My heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode; When shall 1 tread thy courts and set My Saviour and my God ? G The sparrow builds herself a nest, And suffers no remove ; Oh make me like the sparrows, blest* To dwell but where I love. 7 To sit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice, Exceeds a whole eternity Employ'd in carnal joys. 8 Lord, at thy threshold I would wait; While Jesus is within, Rather than fill a throne of state Among the tents of sin. ,0 Could I command the spacious land* And the more bound less sea, For one blest hour at thy right hand Pd give them both a-.vay. PSALM 84. As the 148th Psalm. Longing for the House of God' 1 ORD of the worlds above, JL_J How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are; To thine abode My heart aspires with warm desires To see my God. 2 The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest. And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest; My spirit faints With equal zeal to rise and dwdl Among thy saints. 3 happy souls that pray, Where God appoints to hear; O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise thee still; And happy they that love the way* To Zion's hill. PSALM 85. 13! I They go from strength to strength, Thro' this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heav'n appears; O glorious seat, When God our King shall thither bring Our willing feet! PAUSE, To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide ? Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside; Where God resorts, [ love it more to keep the door Than shine in courts. 43 God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; W^ith gifts his hands are filPd; We drew our blessings thence; He shall bestow On Jacob's race peculiar grace And glory too. 7 The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves. From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. PSALM K5. I— S. First Part. L. M. : Faiting for an Answer to Prayer; or, Deliverance begun and completed. 1 ORD, thou hast calPd fby grace to mind, -Li Th»u hast reversed our heavy doom: So God fargave when lsra'1 sinn'd, An^ brought his wand'ring captives home. 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate: Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee, And our salvation be complete. 3 Revive our dying graces, Lord, Aud let thy saints in thee rejoice; Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word. We wait for praise to tune our voice. 4 We wait to hear what God will say ; He'll speak, and give his people peace r <32 PSALM 85, 86, 87, But let them run no more astray, Lest bis returning wrath increase. PSALM 85. 9,$c. Second Part, CM. Salvation by Christ. i O ALVATION is for ever nigh ^ The souls that fear and trust the Lord.* And grace descending from on high Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 3 Mercy aud truth on earth are met, Since Christ the Lord came down from heav ? n^ By his obedience, so complete, Justice is pleased, and peace is giVn, 3 Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again, And beav'nly influence bless the ground In our Redeemer's gentler reign. 4 His righteousness is gone before, To give us free access to God ; Our wand'ring feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps and keep the road. PSALM 86. 8—12. C. M A general Song of Praise to God. 1 A MONG the princes, earthly gods* JjL. There's none hath power divine: Nor is their nature, mighty Lord, Nor are their works like thine. 2 The nations thou hast made shall bring Their offerings round thy throne; For tbou alone dost woud'rous things. For thou art God alone. 3 Lord, 1 would walk with holy feet 9 Teach me thine heav'nly ways, And all my wand'ring thoughts unite In God my Father's praise. 4 Great is thy mercy, and my tongue Shall those sweet wonders tell, • How by thy grace my sinking soul Rose from the deeps of hell. PSALM 87. L. M. The Church the Birth place of the Saints; or, Jews and Gentiles Unit! & in the Christian Church. 1 g^OD in his earthiy ternpie lays Foundation for his earthly praise; PSALM 88- 133 He likes the tents of Jacob well* But still in Zion loves to dwell. & His mercy visits ev'ry house, That pay their night and morning vows; But makes a more delightful stay Where churches meet to praise and pray} 3 What glories were described of old! What wonders are in Zion told ! Thou city of our God below, Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know* 4 Egypt and Tv re, and Greek and Jew, Shall there begin their lives anew : Angels and men shall join to sing* The hill where living waters spring-. 5 When God makes up his last account Of natives in his holy mount, 'Twill be an honour to appear As one new-born and nourish'd there. PSALM 88. As the 1 13th Psalm, Loss of Friends, and Absence of Divine Gracei ■ I d~\ GOD of my salvation, hear \J My nightly groan, my daily prayer, That still employ my wasting breath $ My soul, declining to the grave, Implores thy sovereign power to save From dark despair and lasting deatb„ 2 Thy wrath lies heavy on my soul, And waves of sorrow oer me roll, While dust and silence spread the gloom; My friends belov'd in happier days, The dear companions of my ways, Descend around me to the tomb, S As, lost in lonely grief, I tread The mournful mansions of the dead, Or to some throng'd assembly go? Thro' all alike I rove alone, While, here forgotten, there unknown The change renews my piercing wo. I And why will God neglect my call? Or who shall profit by my fall, When life departs and love expires? Can dust and darkness praise the Lord* Of wake, or brighten at his word, r Arid June the harp with heav'nly choirs? M2 134 PSALM 89. 5 Yet thro' each melancholy day I've pray'd to thee, and still will pray, Imploring stil! thy kind return: But oh ! my friends, my comfort's fled, And all my kindred uf the dead Retail mv wa nd'r ng noughts to mourn, PSALM 89. L. M. The Covenant made with Christ; or, the true Daxidl i ~jjV)K ever shall rny song record J- he truth and mere) of the Lord; Mercy and truth for ever stand Like heav'n established by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he sware and said, " With thee my cov'nant first is made; "In thee shall dying sinners live; " Glorv and grace are thine to g*ive. •J "Be thou my prophet, thou my priest; "Ti:y children shall be ever blest; "Thou art my chosen King, thy throne "Sh* II stand eternal like my own. 4 "There's none of all my sons above "So much my image or my love; "GelesttaJ powers thy subjects are, "Then what can earth to thee compare? •j "David, ni) servant, whom I chose "To guard my flock, to crush my foes 5 "And rais'd him to the Jewish throne, " W»s but a shadow of my Son." Q Now let the church rejoic* and sing Jesus her Saviour and her King: Angels his heav'nly wonders show, And saints declare his works below. PSALM m First Part. C. M* The Faithfulness of God Y never-ceasing song shall show The meicies of the Lord ; And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word. 2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce Shall firm as heav'n endure; And if he spake a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 8 How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewish throne ! PSALM 80. 185 But there's a nobler cov'nant seaPd To David's greater Son. 4 His seed for ever shall possess A throne above the skies; The meanest subjects of his grace Shall to that glory rise. 5 Lord God of hosts, thy wond'rous ways Are sung by saints above: And saints on earth their honours raise To thy unchanging love. PSALM *9. 7, &c. Second Part. C. M, The Power and Majesty of God; or Reverential Worship, 1 X7I7TTH rev'rence let the saints appear, » * And bow b .fore the Lord, His high commands with rev'rence hear? And tremble at his word. 2 How terrible thy glories rise! How bright thine armies shine! Where is the power with thee that vies^ Or truth compar'd with thine. 3 The northern pole and southern rest On thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day, from east to west. Move round at thy command. i Thy words the raging winds controu!, And rule the boist'rous deep : Thou mak'st the sleeping biliows roll, The rolling billows slfep. 5 Heav'n, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell ; They saw thine arm in vengeance shine When Egypt durst rebel. ti Justice and judgment are thy throne, Vet wond'rous is thy grace! While truth and mercy join'd in one, Invite us near thy face, PSALM 89. |5, &o Third Part. C. M, A Blessed Gospel 1 ]OLESS'D are the souls who hear and know JO The gospel's joyful sound ! Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround. '2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up Through their Redeemer's name; 136 PSALM 89. His righteousness exalts their hope;- And fills their foes with shame. 3 The Lord our glory and deieuce, Strength and salvation gives; Israel, thy King for ever reigns, Thy Cod for ever lives. PS\LMh9. 19, &c Fourth Part. CM. Christ's Mediatorial Kingdom; or, his Divine and Human Nature 1 ~E hAi< what the Lord in vision said, JLit And made his merries known: "Sinners, behold, your help is laid "On my almighty Son. 2 "Behold the man my wisdom chose " Among your mortal race; "His head my holy oil outflows, " With full supplies of g!Hce. ^ "High shall he reign on David's throne** "My people's better Ring: "My arm shall beat his rivals down, " And still new subjects bring. 4 "My truth shall guard him in his way, "With mercy by hts side: "While \n my name, o'er earth and sea^ "He shall in triumph ride. 5 " Me for his father and his God, " He shall tor ever own, " Call me his rock, his high abode, " And HI support my Son. 6 "My first-born Sou, array'd in grace, " \t my right hand shall sit, "Beneath him angels kn<>w their place,. And monarchs at his feet. 7 " My covenant stands for ever fast, " My promises are strong; "Firm as the heavens his throne shall last^ " His seed endure as long.' 1 PSALM 89. 30, &c. Fifth Part. CM. The Covenant of Grace unchangeable; or, Affliction without Rejection, 1 "'^i/T (suih the Lord) f David's race, M. " The children of my Son, "Should break my laws, abuse my grace, " And tempt mine anger down ; 3 ** Their sins I'll visit with the rod; "And make their folly smart; PSALM 89. MP " But I'll not cease to be their God, " Nor from my truth depart. 3 " My covenant I will ne'er revoke, " But keep my "race in mind ; " And what eternal love hath spoke, "Eternal truth shall bind. 4 " Once have I sworn, I need no more, " And pledg'd my holiness, "To seal the sacred promise sure " To David and his race. 5 " The sun shall see his offspring rise " And spread from sea to sea, " Long* as he travels round the skies, "To give the nations day. 6 li Sure as the moou that rules the night "His kingdom shall endure, "Till the fix'd laws of shade and light " Snail be observ'd no more.'* PSALM 89. 47, &c. Sixth Part. L. M. Mortality and Hope. A FUNERAL PSALM. 1 TJEMEMBER, Lord, out mortal state, J-V How frail our life, how short our date! Where is the man that draws his breath Safe from disease, secure from death ? 2 Lord, while we see whole nations die, Our flesh and strength repine and cry, " Must Death for ever rage and reign ? " Or hast thou made mankind in vain? 3 " Where is thy promise to the just? "Are not thy servants turn'd to dust?' 5 But faith forbids these mournful sighs, And sees the sleeping dust arise. 4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, Wipes the reproach of saints away, And dears the honour of thy word : Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord, PSALM NQ. 47, &c. Last Part, As the 113th Psalm. Life, Death, and the Resurrection. I FilHINK, mighty God, on feeble man, JL How few his hours, how short his span* Short from the cradle to the grave : 138 PSALM 90. Who can secure his vital breath Against the bold demands of death, With skill to fly, or power to save? 2 Lord, shall it be for ever said, "The race of man was only made " For sickness, sorrow, and the dust? ,! Are not thy servants, .day by day, Sent to their graves and tuni'd to clay ? Lord, where's thy kindness to the just? 3 Hast thou not promis d to thy Son, And all his seed, a heav'nly crown? But flesh and sense indulge despair; For ever blessed be the Lord, That faith can read his holy word, And find a resurrection there. I For ever blessed be the Lord, Who gives his saints a lono- reward For all their toil, reproach, and pain; Let all below, and all above, Join to proclaim thy wond'rous love, And each repeat their loud Amen. P*ALM 90. L. M. Man mortal, and God eternal. A MOURNFUL SONG AT A FUNERAL. 1 F11HR( »UGH ev ry age, eternal God, 1 Thou art our rest, our safe abode ; High was thy throne ere heav'n was made, Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 2 Long hadst thou reigned ere time began, Or dust was fashion'd into man; And long thv king-dom shall endure When earth and time shall be no more. 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity: Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, " fteturn, ye sinners, to your dust." i £A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thine account; Like yesterday's departed light, Or the last watch of ending night.] PAUSE. 5 Death;' like an overflo ing stream, Sweeps us away, our life's a dream! PSALM 90. 130 Au empty tale; a morning* flower, Cut down and wiher'd in an hour. $ [Our age to seventy years is set; v Hew short the time ! how frail the state ! And if to eighty we arrive, We rather sigh and groan than live. 7 But oh how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ! We fear the power that strikes us dead*] S Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man ; And kindly lengthen out the span, Tilla wise <<«re o** piety Fit us to die, and dwell with thee. PSALM .90. 1—5. Fust Part. C. M. Man frail, and God eternal. 1 ^\UR God, our help in ages past, \J Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne The saints iiave dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And my defence is sure. 3 Before the bills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting- thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dusk "Return, ye sons of men ;" All oations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising dawn. Q [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With nil thei? lives ^nd cares, Are carried downward by the flood, And lost in following" years. 7 Time, like an ever-rolling stream^, Bears all its sons avay; Th y fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 240 PSALM 00. S Like flow'ry fields the nations stand Pleas'd with the morning light; The flowers beneath the mower's hand Lie with'ring ere 'tis night.] 9 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home* PS*LM.<*0. 8, 11,2, 10, 12. Second Part. C. M. Infirmities and Mortality the Effect of Sin ; or. Life, Old Jge, and Pn> parationfor Death 1 ORD, if thiue eyes survey our faults, M-J And justice grows severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts. And burns beyond our fear. 2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust; By one offence to thee, Adam, with all his sons, have lost Their immortality. 3 Life, like a vain amusement, flies, A fable or a song ; By swift degrees our nature dies, Now can our joys be long. 4 'Tts but a few whose days amount To three-score years and ten ; And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain. 5 [Our vitals, with laborious strife Bear up the cr^zy load ; And drag these poor remains of life Along the tiresome road.] 6 Almighty God, reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone ; Oh let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne. 7 Our souls would learn the heav'nly art, T* improve the lours we have, That we may act the wiser part, And live beyond the grave. PSALM 90» [3, &c. Third Part. C. M. Breathing after Heaven. I Tl ETURN, G.d or love, return: MM/ Earth is a tiresome place: PSALM 00, 01. ■ How long shall we, thy children, mourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heav'n succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease ; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete; Then shall our souls thy glory know. And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord • And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. PSALM 90. 5, »0, 12. S. ftf. The Frailty and Shortness of Life. W ORD, what a teebln piece M-A Is this our mortal frame ! Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis, That scarce deserves the name. 2 Alas, the brittle clay That built our body first! And ev'ry month, and ev ry day, 'Tis mould'ring bark to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, Our feeb'e powers decay, Swift as a flood our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Yet, if our days mus fly, We'll keep their end in sight. We'll spend them all in wisdom's way Ana fet them speed their flight. 5 They'll waft t oner o'er This life's t rn pest nous sea; Soon we shall rea "h the peaceful shore Of blest eternity. PSALM 91. 1—7. First Part. L. 31 Safety in Public Diseases and Dangers. i tf £ that hath made his refuge God, JUL Shall find a most secure abode ; Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2 Then will I say, "My God, thy power "Shall be my fortress and my tower; N 142 PSALM 9L " I that am form'd of feeble dust "Make thine almighty arm my irust. ?T 3 Thrice happy man! thy Maker's care Shall keep thee from the f o h ler's snare; From Satan's wiles, who still betiays Unguarded souls a thousand ways. 4 Just as a hen protects her brood From birds of prey that seek thei? blood The Lord his faithful saints shall guard, And endless life be their reward. 5 If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire; God is theiivlife, his wings are spread To shield them with an healthful shade* tj If vapours, with malignant breath, Rise thick, and scatter midnight death, Isra'l is safe: the poison'd air Grows pure, if Isra'ls God be there. PAUSE. 7 What tho'a thousand at thy side, Around thy path ten thousand died, Thy God his chosen people saves Amongst the dead, amidst the graves, 8 So when he sent his angel dawn To make his wrath in Egypt known, And slew their sons, h;s careful eye Past all the doors of Jacob by. 9 But if the fire, or plague, or sw;rd, Receive commission from the Lord To strike his saints among the rest, Their very paim« and deaths are blest. 10 The sword, the pestilence, or fire Shall but fulfil their best desire; From sins and sorrows set them free And bring thy children, Lord, to thee. PSALM 91. 9—16. Second Part. C> M. Vroteclion from Death, Guard of Angels, Victory and Deliveraiu- 1 ~V7 E sons of men, a feeble race, -*- Exposal to ev'ry snare, Come make the Lord your dwelling-place. And try and trust his care. 2 No ill shajl enter where you dwell • Or if the plague come nigh. PSALM 92. 143 And sweep the wicked clown to hell, 'Twill raise the saints on high. 3 He'll give his angels charge to keep Your feet in all their ways; To watch your pillow while you sleep. And guard your happy days. 4 Their hand shall hear you lest you fall And dash against ihe stones ; Are they not servants at his call, And sent t 9 attend his sons? 5 Adders and lions ye shall tread. The tempter's wil< s defeat ; He that hath hruis'd the serpent's head Puts him beneath your feet. <5 " Because on me they set their love, " I'll save them," saith the Lord; "I'll bear their joyful souls above " Destruction and the sword. 7 "My grace shall answer when they call, "In trouble I'll be nigi : 41 My power shall help them when they fall* " And raise them when they die. 3 " Those that on earth my name have known* ♦'I'll honour them in heav'n; "There my salvation shall be shown, 44 And endless life be giv'n." PSALM 92. First P-r. L. M. A Psalm for the Lord's Day 1 DWEET is the work, my God, my King, K? To praise thy name, g-ive thanks To show thy love by mosning light And talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is tb< day of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast; Oh may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound. 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works and bless his word; Thy words of grace how bright they shine! How deep thy counsels! how divine ! 4 F'»ols never raise their thoughts so high; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die: L ke grass ihey flourish, till thy breath Blasts them in everlasting death e and sing*- iU PSALM 92, 03, 5 But 1 shall share a glorious part, When grace hath well refin'd my heart. And fresh supplies of joy are shed, Like holy oil, to cheer my head. Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex pay eves and ears no more: My inward foes shall all be slain Nor Satan break my peace again. 7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desir'd, or wish'd below; And ev'ry power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. PSALM 92. 12, &c. Second Part. L. M. The Church is (he Garden of God- 1 T ORD, 'tis a pleasant shrng to stand a ear, "You thai despise my promis'd rest, "JShall li ve no portion there. PSALtl <>5. I, 2, 3, (>— II. L. M. Canaan lost through Unbelief; or, a Warning to delaying Sinner.' 1 I" M*Mi , let our voice* join to raise ^-- A sacred song oi; solemn praise; God is a sov'iesgn King; rehearse His houou- in xalted verse. 2 Come, let oui souls address the Lord, Who fram'd mil natures with his word, He is our Shepherd; we riie sheep Hs mercy ehose, his pastures keep. 3 Come, let us hear h s voice to-day, The counsels of his love obey, Nor Set our hardenM hearts renew Ihe smis and plagues thatlsra'l knew : 4 Isra'l, that saw his vyorks of grace, Yet tempt their Maker to his face; PSALM 96, HO A faithless, unbelieving brood, That tird the patience of their God. 5 Thus sail h the Lord,** How false they prove ! " Forget my power, abuse my love; ** Since they despise my rest, I swear "Their i'eet shall never enter there." 6 [Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead ; Attend the offered grace to-day, Nor lose the blessings by delay. 7 Seize the kind promise while ;t waits, And march to Zion's heav'nly gates; Believe, and take the promised rest; Obey, and be for ever blest.] PSALM ft). 2, 10, &c C. M. Christ's first and second Coming. 1 Q* ING to the Lord, ye distant lands, k? Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue; Hi s new discover'd grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son; His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day, Joy through the earth be seen ; Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green, 4 The joyous earth, the bending skies 9 His glorious train display ; Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise, Prepare the Lord his way. 5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless oThe nations as their God; To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 6 His voice shall raise the slumbering dead ? And bid the world draw near; But how will guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear.' PSALM i)6. As the 1 18th Psalm. The God of -he Gentiles. 1 ET all the earth their voices raise, -*-^ To sing the choicest psalm of praise* To sing and bless Jehovah's name : 150 PSALM 97. His glory let the heatheus know, His wonders* to the nations show, And all Dissaving works proclaim. 2 The heathens know tby glory, Lord, The wond'ring nations read thy word, But here Jehovah's name is known: Nor shall our worship e'er be paid To gods whieh mortal hands have made ; Our maker is our God alone. 3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there; His beams are majesty and light; His beauties how divinely bright! His temple how divinely fair! 4 Come the great day, the glorious hour, When esrth shall feel bis saving power, And barb'ions nations ear his name; Then shall the race of men confess The beauty of his holiness, And in his courts his grace proclaim. PSALM 97. 1—5. Fust Part. L. M. Christ reigning in Heaven, and coming to Judgment. 1 TTL reigns; ihe Lord, the Saviour reigns! JLA Praise him in evangelic strains : , Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown; Put grace and truth support his throne : Tho' gloomy clouds his way surround, Justice is their eternal ground. 3 In robes of judgment, To! he comes, Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs; . Before him burns devouring fire, The mountains melt, the seas retire. 4 His enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight and shun the day ; Then lift your hands, ye saints on high, And sing, for your redemption's nigh, PSALM 97. (>— 9. Second Fart L. M. Christ's Incarnation. I rjpHE Lord is conn; the hear'ns proclaim His birth ; the nations learn his name ; PSALM 97. 151 An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages to their God. 2 All ye bright armies of the skie% Go, worship where the Saviour lies: Angels and kings before him bow, Those Gods on high and gods below. j 3 Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound: But Zion shall his glories sing, And earth confess her sovereign King. PSALM 97. Third Part. L. M, Grace and Glory. I FllH' \Imighry reigns, exalted high JL O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky; The' clouds and darkness veil his feet, liis duelling is the mercy-seat. 2 Oh ye that love his holy name, Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of hell defends. 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the bright harvest bless our eyes. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honours of the Lord ; None but the souls that feels his grace Can triumph in his holiness. PSALM 97 «,5— 7, II. C. M Christ's Incarnation, and the last Judgment. 1 ET earth, with ev'ry isle and sea, ■ A Rejoice, the Saviour reigns; His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains. I His presence sinks the proudest hill, And makes 'be vallies. ns ; «# The humble soul enjoys his smiles, The haughty sinner dies. 3 The heav'ns his rightful power proclaim: The idol-gods around Fill their own worshippers with shame, And totter to the ground. 4 Adoring angels at his«birth Make the Redeemer known. 152 PSALM 98. Thus shall he come to judge the earth, And angels guard his throne. 5 His foes shall tremble at the sight, And hills and seas retire; His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world in fire. ii The seeds of joy and glory sown For saints in darkness here, Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear. PSALM *K First Part. C. M. Praise for the Gospel. 1 r¥10 our almighty Maker God, _1_ New honours be address'd; His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blest. 2 To Abra'm first he spoke the word, And taught his num'rous race; The gentiles own him sov'reign Lord, And learn to trust his grace. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim With all her different tongues; And spread the honour of his name In melody and songs. PSALM 98. Second Part. CM. The Messiah 1 s Coming and Kingdom. 1 "1" OY to the world, the Lord is come, $3 Let earth receive her King; Let ev r ry heart prepare him room, And heav*n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns, Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains. Repeat the sounding joy. o No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground : He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found, i He rules the world with truth and grace, Amd makes the nations prove ". The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. r E PSALM 99, 100. IV PSALM 99. First Part. S. M. Christ's Kingdom and Majesty. IHE God Jehovah reigns, Let all the nations fear; Let sinners tremble at his throne. And saints be humble there. 2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, Let earth adore its Lord ; Bright cherubs his attendant stand, Swift to fulfil his word. 3 In Zion stands his throne, His honours are divine; His church shall make his wonders known, For there his glories shine. 4 How holy is his name! How terrible his praise! Justice, and truth and judgment join In all his works of grace. PSALM 99. Second Part. S. M. A holy God worshipped with Reverence. XALT the Lord our God, And worship at his feet] His nature is all holiness, And mercy is his seat. *2 When Isra'I was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Moses cried, when Samuel pray'd, He gave his people rest. 3 Oft he forgave their sins, Nor wo:- Id destroy their race ; And oft he made his vf ngeance known, When they abus'd his grace. 4 Exalt the Lord our God, Whose grace is still the same; Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name. PSALM 100. First Metre. A plain translation. Praise to our Creator. 1 "VTE nations round the earth, rejoice -■- Before the Lord, your sov'reign King; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory sing. 2 The Lord is God ; 'tis be alone Doth life, and breath, and being give O \?>i PSALM 100, 10 1. We are his work, and not our own; The sheep that on his pastures live Q Enter his gates with songs of joy, With praises to his courts repair; And make it your divine employ To pay your thanks and honours there, i The Lord is good, the Lord is kind ; Great is his grace, his mercy sure; And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age. to age endure. PSALM 100. Second Metre. A paraphrase i "DEFORE Jehovah's awful throne', -*-* Ye nations bow with sacred jov : Know that the Lord is God atone; He can create, and he destroy. -2 His sov'reign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men; And when like wandering sheep we stray VL He brought us to his fold again. • » We are his people, we his care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame; What lasting honours shall v, e rear, Almighty MaKer, to thy name! 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs r High a* ihe heav'n our voice* raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues* Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years He frees the souls condemned to death. And when his saints complain, It shan't be said " that praying breath " Was ever spent in vain." <> This shall be known when we are dead. And left on lon^ record; That : ges yet unborn may read, And trust and praise the Lord. PSALM 102. 23—28. Third Part. L. M. Man's Mortality and Christ's Eternity; or, Saints die, but Chris' the Church live. 1 j"T is the Lord our Saviour's hand -*- Weakens our strength amidst the race; Disease aud death at his command Arrest us, and cut short our days, 2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray, Nor let our sun go down at noon ; Thy years are one eternal day, And must thy children die so soon ! 02 m PSALM 103. 3 Yet in the midst of death and grief, This thought our sorrow shall assuage, "Our Father and our Saviour live: "Christ is the same thro' ev'ry age/' 4 *Twas he this earth's foundation laid ; Heav'n is the building of his hand; This earth grows old, these heav'ns shall fades And all be chang'd at his command. 5 The starry curtains of the sky, Like garments, shall be laid aside; But still thy throne stands firm and high ; Thy church for ever must abide. Before thy face thy church shall live, And on thy throne thy children reign; This dying world shall they survive, And the dead saints be rais'd again, PSALM 103. 1—7. First Part. L. M. Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul and Body. 1 Tp^LESS, O my soul, the living Kiod, _1LB Call home thy thoughts that rove abroa-i Let all the powers within me join hi work and worship so divine. "2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace; His favours claim the highest praise; Why shouid the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot ! 3 ; Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son To die for crimes which thou hast done: •He owns the ransom, and forgives The hourly follies of our lives. 4 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting iives from threatening graves, 5. Our youth decay'd his power repairs; His mercy crowns our growing years: He fills our store with ev'ry good, Ami feeds our souls with heav'nly food. 6 He sees th* oppressor and th' opprest, And often gives the suiT'rers rest; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. ;f His power he show'd by Moses' hands, And gave to Isra'l his commands; PSALM 103. l$$ But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son.] $ Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace; The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine. PSALM 108. Second Part. L. M. God's gentle Chastisement; or, his tender Mercy to his Peoj 1 FTT^Hh Lord, how wondrous are his ways! JL How firm his truth! how large his grace' He takes his mercy for his throne, And thence he makes his glories known. 2 Not halt' so high his power hath spread The starry heav'ns above our head, As his rich love exceeds our praise, Exceeds the highest hopes we raise. :} Not half so far hath nature plac'd The rising- morning from the west. As his forgiving grace removes The daily guilt of those he loves. 4 How slow the awful wrath to riset On swifter wings salvation flies; And if lie lets his anger burn, How soon his frowns to pity turn ! 5 Amidst his wrath compassion shines $ His strokes are lighter than our sins ; .And while his rod corrects his saints, His ear indulges their complaints. it should drown the earth again. 5 When earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder'd and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round; Yet thence conveyed by secret veins, They spring on hills, and drench the plains, 7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the valleys as they go; There gentle herds their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink The lark and linnet like to drink; Their songs the lark and linnet raise; And chide our silence in his praise. PAUSE THE FIRST. God from his cloudy cistern pours On the parch'd earth enriching showers; The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 10 He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies ; With herbs for man of various power, To nourish nature, or to cure. 1 1 What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a pleasing juice; Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wiue« His gifts proclaim his love divine. 12 His bounteous bands our table spread, He fills our cheerful stores with bread j PSALM 104. 163 While food our vital strength imparts. Let daily praise inspire our hearts. PAUSE THE SECOND. 13 Behold the stately cedar stands, Rais'd in the forest by his hands; Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high. 14 To craggy hills ascends the goat; And at the airy mountain's foot The feebler creatures make their cell : He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 15 He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face; And when thick darkness veils the day,, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 16 Fierre lions lead their young abroad, And, roaring ask their meat from God; But when the morning-beams arise, The savage beast to coveit flies. 17 The man to daily labour goes; The night was made for his repose: Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief From tiresome toil and wasting grief. 18 How strange thy works! how great thy skill! While ev'ry land thy riches fill ; Thy wisdom round the world we see : This spacious earth is full of thee. 19 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish ii« millions swim and creep, With wond'rous motions, swift or slow, Still wand'ring- in the paths below. 20 Their ships divide their waf'ry way, And flocks of scaly monsters play ; There huge Leviathan resides, And fearless sports amid the tides* PAUSE THE THIRD. 21 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord, All nature rests upon thy word; And ihe whole race of crea ures stands Waiting their portion from hands. 22 While each receives his difFreni food, Their cheerful looks pronounce i* good: Eagles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice and praise in different forms. 164 PSALM 105. 23 But when thy fare is bid they mourn, And dying, to their dust return ; Both man and beast their souls resign ; Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine. 24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men ; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death. 25 His works, the wonders of his might, Are honour d with his own delight: How awful are his glorious ways! The Lord is dreadful in his praise. ,26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke; Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sov'reign grace. 27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet; Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy. 28 While haughty sinners die accurst, Their glory bury d with their dust, I to my God, my heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. PSALM 105. Abridged. CM. God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of Egypt . 1 d^i IVE thanks to God, invoke his name, \JH And tell the world his grace; Sound through the earth his deeds of fame. That all may seek his face. 2 His covenant, which he kept in mind For num'rous ages past, To numrous ages yet behind In equal force shall last. 3 Hesware to Abraham and his seed, And made the blessings sure; Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 4 "Thy seed shall make all nations blest,"' Said the Almighty voice; "And Canaan's land shall be their resf 3 "The type of heav'nly joys." 5 [How large the grant! how rich the grace* To give them Canaan's land, PSALM 107. 165 When they were strangers in the place, A small and feeble band! *> Like pilgrims through the countries round Securely they removed; And haughty kings that on them frown'd. Severely he reproved. 7 "Touch mine anointed, and mine arm " Shall soon avenge the wrong: " The man that does my prophets harm " Shall know their God is strong.'' $ Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear: Israel must live through ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care.] PAUSE TRE FIRST. 9 When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints. And thus provok'd their God, Moses was sent at their complaints, Arm'd with his dreadful rod. 10 He calPd for darkness; darkness came Like an o'erwhelming flood : He turn'd each lake and ev'ry stream To lakes and streams of blood. 11 He gave the sign, and noisome flies Thro' the whole country spread; And frogs in baleful armies rise About the monarch's bed. 12 Thro' fields, and towns, and palaces, The ten-fold vengeance flew; Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees And hail their cattle slew. 13 Then by an angel's midnight stroke * The flower of Egypt died; The strength of ev'ry house was broke, Their glory and their pride. 14 Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear; Israel must live thro' ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PAUSE THE SECOND. 15 Thus were the tribes from bondage freed. And left the hated ground ; Rich with Egyptian spoils they fled, Nor was one feeble found. W6 PSALM 106. 16 The Lord himself chose out their way, -And mark'd their journeys right, Gave them a leading cloud by day, A fiery guard by night. 17 They thirst, and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow, And following still the course they took Ran all the desert through. 18 Owond'rous stream! O blessed type Of ever-flowing grace! So Christ our rock maintains our life, And aids our wand'ring race. 19 Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand, The chosen tribes possest Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land And there enjoy 'd their rest. 20 Then let the world forbear its rage, The church renounce her fear; Isra'1 must live thro' evry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM 100. 1—5. First Part. L. M- Praise to God; or, Communion with Saints. 1 FWIO God the great, the ever bless'd, JL Let songs of honour be address'd; His mercy firm for ever stands; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Bless'd are the souls that fear ihee still, And pay their duty to thy will* 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed • And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may 1 see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. PSALM 106. 7,8, 12—14,43—48. Second Part. SM Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's unchangeable, Lode. 1 £ ''■« OD of eternal love, \3k How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace ! PSALM 107. Ifi: ~2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; But soon thy works of power forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. '} Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow! Now with their lusts provoke the Lord. And he reduc'd them low. 1 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans, Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts, And cajl'd them still his sons. -3 Their names were in his book, He sav'd them from their foes; Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. «» Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race; And Christians join the solemn word Amen 9 to all the praise. PSALM 107. First Part. L. M. Israel led to Canaan, and Cfvristians to Heaven* 1 d^i IVL thanks to God, he reigns above; \J( Kind are his thoughts, his name is love; His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescu'd from their mighty foes. 3 [When God's own arm their fetters broke, And freed them from th' Egyptian yoke, They trac'd the desert, wand'ring round A wild and solitary ground. 4 There they could find no leading road, Nor city for their fix'd abode: Nor food, nor fountain to assuage Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage. J 5 In their distress to God they cried, God was their Saviour and their guide; He leu their wand'ring march around, 'Twas the right pathrto Canaan's ground. € Thus, when our first release we g«in From Sin's old yoke and Satan's chain. 168 PSALM 107, We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place. 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray ; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, * And brings us to the heav'nly land. 8 let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord ! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM 107. Second Part. L. M. Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer. 1 1/1 ROM age to age exalt his name, J- God and his grace are still the same He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God who rules the skies ; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ; 3 He'll bring iheir spirits to the ground, And no deliverer shall be found; Laden with grief they waste their breatL In darkness and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries.. He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade That hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling pris'ners through ; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the laboring soul relief. f> Oh may the sons of men record The wond'rous goodness of J he Lord ! How great his works ! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM 107. Third Part. L. IVL Intemperance punished and pardoned; or, a Psalm for the Glutton and Drunkard 1 "WTAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent, ▼ Prepares for his own punishment; What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise! 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste, Yet drowns his health to please his taste ; PSALM 107. lt& Till all his active powers are lost, And tainting- life draws near the dust. 3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat, His soul abhors delicious meat; Nature, with heavy loads opprest, Would yield to death to be releas'd. 4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly To God for help, with earnest cry! He hears their groans, prolongs their breath-, And saves them from approaching death. 5 No medVines could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure: The deadly sentence God repeals, He sends bis sovereign word, and heals. Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! And let their thankful oflf'ring prove How they a$ere their Maker's love. PSALM 107. Fourth Part. L. M. Deliveranctj'rtfm Storms and Shipwrecks ; W, the >Seumari s Horn 1 "VlfOULD you heboid the works of God, t? His wonders in the world abroad? With the bold mariner survey The unknown regions of the sea! 2 They leave thtir native shores beiiiud, And seize the favour of the wind ! Till God commaird, and tempests rise That fafenve the ocean to the ski«»s* 3 Now to the henv'ns they mount amain, Now sink to droidful deeps again; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And hke a stagg'ring drunkard reel! 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to«ll hope, lo God they cry ; His mercv hears their loud address, And sends salivation in distress. 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, And stormy tempests cease to rage ; The gladsome train their tears gi've o'er. And hail with joy their native shore. ■6 Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! Let them their private off 'rings brings And in the church his glory sing. P2 (70 PSALM 107. PSALM 107. Fourth Part. CM. The Mariner's Psalm. 1 FllHY works of glory, mighty Lord, JL That rules the boist'rous sea, The sons of courage shall record, Who tempt that dangerous way. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the tow'ring waves! The men, astonish'd, mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. 3 [Again they climb the wat'ry hills, , And plunge in deeps again; Each like a tott'ring drunkard reels, And finds his courage vain. 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, They pant with flutt'ring breath ; And* hopeless of the distant shore, Expect immediate death. 5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; He hears the loud request, And orders silence thro' the skies, And lays the floods to rest, t] Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, And see the storm ailay'd : Now to their eyes the port appears ; There let their vows be paid. 7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land: Let stupid mortals know, That waves are under his command, And all the winds that b'ow. 8 Oh that the sons of men would praise The aroodness of the Lord ! And those that see thy wondrous ways, Thy wondrous love record. PSALM 107. Last Part. L. M. Colonies planted ; or, Nations blest and punished. i _"%7i7'HEN God, provok'd with daring crimes, y ? Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their Melds to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. 2 His word can raise the springs again, And make the wither'd mountains green, Send show'ry blessings from the skies, And harvests in the desert rise. PSALM 108. J7l •3 [Where nothing dwelt but heists of prey, Or dien As fierce and wild as they, He bids lh' opprest and poor repair, And build* them towns and cities there. 4 They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want; Their race grows up from fruitful stocks. Their wealth increases with their flocks, 5 Thus they are blest ; but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in; A savage crew invades their lands, $ Their princes die by barb'rous hands. Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn, Wander unpity'd and forlorn ; The country lies unfene'd, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. 7 Yet if the humble nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand lie turns: .Again he mikes their cities thrive, And bids the dying- churches live.] 3 The righteous, with a joyful sense, Admire the works of providence; And tongues of atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God that saints adore. J) How few with pious care record These wond'rous dealings of the Lord f But wise observers still shall find The Lord is holv, just, and kind. PSALM 108. C. M. A Song of Praise. 1 A WAKE,' my soul, to sound his praise, J\. Awake my harp to sing: Join all my powers the song to raise, And morning' incense bring. 2 Among- the people of his care, And thro' the nations round, Glad songs of praise will I prepare, And there his name resound. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the starry train; Diffuse thy heav'nly grace abroad^ And teach the world thy reign* 4 So shall thy coosen sons rejoice, And throng thy courts above ; 17*2 PSALM 109, 110. While sinners hear thy pard'ning voice, And taste redeeming love. PSALM 109. 1—5, 31. C. M. Love to Enemies, from the Example of Christ. 1 fi OD of my mercy and my praise, xjf Thy glory is my song; Tho* sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Sen on earth was found ; With cruel slanders false and vain They compass'd him around. 3 Their mis'ries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursu'd; They render'd hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice rag'd without a cause, Yet with his dying breath He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross, And blest his foes in death. 5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine In vain before my eyes ? Give me a soul a-kin to thine, To love mine enemies, (j The Lord shall on my side engage, And in my Saviour's name I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and condemn. PSALM ^10. First Part. L. M. Christ exalted, and Multitudes converted; or, the Success oft^te Gospel 1 r jpHUS God th' eternal Father spake JL To Christ the Son : " Ascend and sit "At my right hand, till I shall make "Thy foes submissive at thy feet, o "From Zion shall thy word proceed, •u Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, "Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, " And bow their wills to thy command, 3 "That day shall show thy power is great, '" When saints shall flock with willing minds. "And sinners crowd thy temple-gate, " Where holiness in beauty shines.'' 4 O blessed Power! O glorious day! What a large vict'ry shall ensue ! PSALM 110. And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. PSALM 1 10. Second Part. L. M. The Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ 1 rj^HUSthe great Lord of earth and sea JL Spake to his Son, and thus he swore : "Eternal shall thy priesthood be, "And change from hand to hand no more. 2 "Aaron, and all his sons, must die; " But everlasting- life is thine, "To save for ever those that fly "For refuge from the wrath divine. 3 "Byrne Melchisedec was made "On earth a king and priest at once; "And thou, my heav'nly Priest, shalt plead, " And thou, my King, shalt rule my sons." 4 Jesus, the Priest, ascends his throne; While counsels of eternal peace, Between the. Father and the Son, Proceed with honour and success. ' 5 Thro' the ^hole earth his reign shall spread. And crush the powers that dare rebel ; Then shall he judge the rising" dead, And send the guilty world to. hell. 6 Tho' while he treads his glorious way, He drinks the cup of threats and blood, The sufferings of that dreadful day Shall but advance him near to God. PSALM 110. C. M. Christ's Kingdo ii and Priesthood. & f ESUS, our Lord, ascend thy throne* mJ And near thy Father sit; In Zion shall thy power be known, And make thy foes submit. 2 What wonders shall thy gospel do! Thy converts shall surpass The numerous drops of morning-dew, And own thy sovereign grace. 3 God hath pronounc'ri a firm decree, Nor changes what he swore; "Eternal shall 'hy priesthood be, " When Aaron is no more. 4 "Melchisedec, that wond'rous priest, "That king of high degree 3 T f » 174 PSALM 111. " That holy man, who Abram blest, " Was but a type of thee." 5 Jesus our Priest for ever lives To plead for us above ; Jesus our King for ever gives The blessings of his love. God shall exalt his glorious head, And his high throne maintain, Shall strike the powers and princes dead. Who dare oppose his reign. PSALM 111. First Part. CM. The Wisdom of God in his Works. 1 CI ONGS of immortal praise belong £3 To my Almighty God; He has my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand has wrought ! How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How fair and beauteous nature's frame ! How wise th' eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons, He fix'd his covenant sure: The orders that his lips pronounce To endless years endure. 5 Nature and time, and earth and skies* Thy heav'nly skill proclaim; What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? To fear thy power, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill ! And he's the wisest of our race That best obeys thy will. PSALM 111. Second Part. C. M. Ihe Perfections of God. } f^i RE AT is the Lord ; his works of might VI" Demand our noblest songs; Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. ■2 Great is the mercy of the Lord, He gives his children food; PSALM 112. m And, ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good. 3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal his cov'nant sure; Holy and rev'rend is his name, His ways are just and pure. 4 They that would grow divinely wise, Must with his fear begin ; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating ev'ry sin. PSALM 1 12. As the 1 12th Psalm. The Blessings of the liberal Man. 1 FT1HAT man is blest who stands in awe JL Of God, and loves his sacred law: His seed on earth shall be renown'd; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An unexhausted treasury, And with successive honours crown'd. 2 His liberal favours he extends, To some he gives, to others lends; A gen'rous pity fills his mind: Yet what his charity impairs, He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd ; The sweet remembrance of the just, Like a green root, revives and bears A train of hlessings for his heirs. When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threatening dangers round, Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground; His conscience holds his courage up : The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light, Shines brightest in affliction's night, And sees in darkness beams of grace. PAUSE. "> £111 tidings never can surprise His heart thatfix'd on God relies, Tho' waves and tempests roar around : Safe on a rock he sits, and sees The shipwreck of his enemies, And all their hope and glory drown'& I 176 PSALM 112. G The wicked shall his triumph see, And gnash their teeth in agony, To find their expectations crost: They and their envy, pride and spite, Sink down to everlasting night, And all their names in darkness lost.l PSALM 112. L. M, The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable. THRICE happy man who fears the Lord, Loves his commands, and trusts his word Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclin'd : He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. 3 When times grow dark, and tidings spread That fill his neighbours round with dread, His heart is arm'd against the fear; For God with all his power is there. 4 His spirit, fis'd upon the Lord, Draws heav'nly courage from his word; Amidst the darkness light shall rise, To cheer his heart and bless his eyes. 5 He hath dispers'd his alms abroad, His works are still before his God ; His name on earth shall long remain, While envious sinners rage in vain. PSALM 112. C. M. Liberality rewarded. 1 ¥¥ APPY is he that fears the Lord, JLM. And follows his commands, Who lends the poor without reward. Or gives with lib'ral hands. 2 As pity dwells within his breast To all the sons of need; So God shall answer his request With blessings on his seed. 3 No evil tidings shall surprise His well-establish'd mind; His soul to God, his refuge, flies. And leaves his fears behind. 4 In times of danger and distress Some beams of light shall shine. PSALM 113, J 7 To show the world his righteousness, And give him peace divine. 5 His winks of piety and love Remain before the Lord; Honour on earth, and joys above, Shall be his sure reward. PsALM M'a Proper "tune. The Majesty and Condescension of God. I "^R^E that detig'bt to serve 'lie Lord. JL The honours of his name record— His sacred name for ever bless : Where'er the circling- sun dfsplays His rising beams or setting rays, Let lands and seas his power confess* . *2 Not time, nor Nature's narrow rounds, Can give his vast dominion bounds, The heav'ns are far below his height: Let no created greatness dare JWith our eternal God compare, Arm'd with his uncreated might* *3 He bows his g-lonous head to view What the bright hosts of angels do, And bends his care to moital things; His sovereign hand exalts the poor, He Mkes the needy from the door, And seats them on the thrones of kings. 1 When childless families despair, He sends the blessings of an heir To rescue their expiring name; The mother, with a thankful voice, Proclaims his praises and her joys: Let ev'ry age advance his fame. PSALM \\% L. M. God Sovereign and Gracious. 1 "V7~E servants of th' Almighty King*, J- In every age his praises si;ig: Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat. 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, His throne of glory stands on high ; Nor time, nor place his power restrain, Nor bound his universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels with their God compare ? Q m 178 PSALM 114. i His glories, bow divun Jy bright, Who dwells in OH created light! 4 Behold his love ! he stoops to view What saints above and angels do ; And condereuds yvl more to know The mean affcurs of men below. 5 From dust and cottages obscure His grace exalts the humble poor ! Gives then) the honour of his sons* And fits them for their heav'nly thrones. G [A word of his creating voice Can make the barren house rejoice: Tho' Sarah's ninety years were past, The promis'd seed i* born at last. 7 W ith joy the mother views her son, And tells the wonders God has done; Faith may grow strong when sense despairs; If nature fads, the promise bears.] PSALM 114. L. M Miracles attending Israel s Journey. 1 T^STHEN Israels, freed horn Pharoah's hand. f 7 Left the proud tyrant and his land, The tribes wirh cheerful homage own Their King, and Judah was his throne. 9 Across the deep their journey lay; The deep divides to make them way: Jordan be field their march, and fled With backward current to his head. •3 The mountains shook like frighted sheep. Like lambs the httle hillocks leap; Not Sinai on her brtse could stand, Conscious of s vVeign power at hand. 4 W 7 hat power could make the deep divide; Mrtke Jordan backward roll his tide? Why did ye leap, ye little hills! And whence he dieao that Smai feels? 5 Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry flood Retire and know th' approaching God, The King of lsra'1 : see him here ; Tremble, thou earth ; adore and fear. (J He thunder-, and all nature mourns, The rock to standing pools he turns; Fhnts spring with fountains at his word,, And fires and seas confess the Lord. PSALM 1 15 179 PSALM 115. First Metre. The true God our Refuge ; or, Idolatry reproved. 1 TVTOT ! ° Oti'" s **l ves i vvho Hve Ml,t dual, J- ll Not to ourselves is glory due, Eternal God, thou only just, Thou only gracious, wise and true. 3 Display to earth thy dreadful name; Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult us, and, to raise our shame, Say, " Where's the God you've serv'd so long?" 3 The God we serve maintains his throne, Above the clouds, beyond the skies ; Thro' all the earth his will is done, He knows our groans, he hears our cries. 4 But the vain id Is they adore Are senseless shapes, of stone and wood: At best a mass of gUtt'nug ore, A silver saint, or golden god, 5 fWith e y es a,u ' ears * ne y carve the head; Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind : Tn vain are costly offerings made, And vows are scatter'd in the wind. f3 Their feet were never made to move, Nor hands to save when mortals pray; Mortals that pay them fear or love, Seem to be blind and deaf as they .J 7 O Isra'l, make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest: Thr Lord shall build thy rums up, And bless the people and the priest. S The dead no mon can speak thy praise; Th^y dwell in silence in the grave; Bu! we shall live to sing thy grace, And tell the world thy power to save. PSALM 1 15. *econd Metre. As the new Tune of the 50th Psalm. Idolatry reproved. 1 T^fOT to our names, ihou only just and true, X^l ot to our worthless names is gl<»ry due; Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice claim Immortal honours to thy sov ? reign name : Shine thro' the earth, from heav'n, thy blest abode, N or let the heathens say, *' Where is y<>ur God ?" 2 Heav'n is thine higher court : there stands thy throne. And thro' the lower worlds thy will is done ; ISO PSALM 116. God fram'd this earth, the starry heav'ns he spread,. But fools adore the gods their hands have made; The kneeling crowd with looks devout bahold Their silver saviours, and their saints of gold. 3 [Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears- — The raolton image neither sees nor hears ; Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can move They have no speech nor thought, nor power, nor love; Yet sottish mortals make their long complaints To their deaf idols, and their lifeless saints. I The rich have statues well adorn'd with gold : The poor, content with gods of coarser mould, With tools of iron carve the senseless stock, Lopt from a tree or broken from a rock : People and priests drive on the solemn trarie And trust the gods that saws and hammers made, 5 Be heav'n and earth amaz'd ! 'tis hard to sa\ Which are more stupid, or their gods, or they. O Israel, trust the Lord ; he hears and sees. He knows thy sorrows and restores thy peace $ His worship does a thousand comforts yield — He is thy help, and he thine heav'nly shield. ') In God we trust ; our impious foes in vain Attempt our ruin, and oppose his reign ; Had they prevail'd, darkness had closed our days And death and silence had forbid his praise : But we are sav'd and live ; — let songs arise, And Zion bless theG ri that built the skies. PSALM 116. First Port. CM. Recovery from Sickness. 1 " LOVE the Lord ; he heard my cries, -■- And pity'd ev'ry groan; Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 2 1 1 ov'd the Lord : he bow'd his ear, And chas'd my griefs away ; Oh let my heart no more despair When 1 have breath to pray. '4 My flesh declin'd, my spirits fell, And 1 drew near tfie dead, While inward pangs and fears of hell PerplexM my wakeful head. 4 " My God,'' I cried, " thy servant save, "Thou ever good arid just ; " Thy power can rescue from the grave., Thy power is all my trust." PSALM IIG, 117. 181 5 The Lord beheld ue sore Mistiest, le bade my pains remove; Reiurn, rny sou', Jo God thy rest, For thou hast known his love. 6 My God hath s iv'd my soul from death, And dried my Tailing ears; Now to his .raise I'll spend my breath, Aud my remaining years. PSALM i 16. 12, &c Second Part. C. M Thanks for private Deliverance. 1 ^y HAT shall 1 render 16 my God ▼ ? For all his kindness shown? My teet shall visit thine obode, *Jy songs address thy throne. 2 Among tfie sai-sfs that fill thine house. My ofPrings shall be paid; There shall my zeal perform the vows My soul in anguish made 3 H-iw much is merry t y delight, Thou ever-blessed God ! How dear thy servants in thy sight? How precious is their blood! 4 How happy all thy servants are! How great thy grace to me! JMy life, which thou hast made thy care, Lord, I devote to thee. 5 Now I am thme, for ever thine, Nor shall my purpose move; Thy hand hath loos'd my bonds of pains And bound me with thy l<»ve. iy Here in thy courts t leave my vow, And thy rich grace record ; Witness, ye saints, who hear me now, If I forsake the Lord. PSALM M7. C. M. Praise to God from all Nations. 1 /~k ALL ye uatious prose the Lord, \J Each with a iff rent tongue: In ev'ry language learn his word, And let his name be sung. 2 H;s mercy reigns thro' ev'ry land: Proclaim his grace abroad; For ever firm bis truth shall staud : Praise ye the faithful God. Q2 182 PSALM 117, II 8. PSALM U7. L. M. [ "M7JR0M all that dwell below the skies JF Lrt the Creator's praise arise: Let the Redeemer's name be sung Thro' ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue. °2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall set and rise no more, PSALM 117. S.M. 1 f 1 ^ H Y name, almighty Lord. JL Shall sound thro' distant lands: Great is thy grace, and sure thy word : Thy truth forever stands. *2 Far be thine honour spread. And long thy praise endure. Till morning light and ev*ning' shade Shall be exchanged no more. PSALM 1 IS ()— -15. First Part. C. M. Deliverance from a Tumult. 1 P'R ^HE Lord appears my helper now. 4 Nor is my faith afraid, What all the sons of earth can do, Since heav'n affords its aid. 2 ? Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee, And have my God my friend, Than trust in men of high degree, And on their truth depend. 3 ? Tis through the Lord my heart is strong, In him my lips rejoice ; While his salvation is my song, How cheerful is my voice ! 4 Like angry bees they gut me round: When God appears they fly ; So burning thorns, with crackling sound. Make a fierce blaze, and die. 5 Joy Jo he saints:, and peace belongs ; The Lord protects their days : Let Israel tune immortal songs To his almighty gr«ce. PSALM 118.' 17—2.1 Second Part. CM. Public Praise for Deliveance from Death, 1 ~| ORL. thou hast heard thy servant cry, «*-J And rescued from the grave; PSALM 118. 183 Now shall lie live, (and none can die^ If God resolve to save.) 2 Thy praise more constant than before, Shall fill his daily breath; Thy hand, that hath chastis'd him sore, Defends hirn still from death. 3 Open the gates of Zion now, For we shall worship there, The house we?e all the righteous go, Thy mercy to declare. 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise; There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise, PSALM UK 22, 2-1 Third Part. C. M. Christ the Foundation of the Church. 1 T3EHOLD the sure foundation stone -J-* Which God in Zion lays, To build our heav'nly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen ot God, to sinners dear, And saints adore thy name; They trust their whole salvation here; Nor shall they snifer shame. 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain ; Firm on ibis rock the church shall rest, And envy raoe in vain. • 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this butlding rise'; J Tis thv own work, alinightt God, And wond'rous in our eyes. PSALM 5!»< 24, 25, 2b\ Fourth Part. C. M. Hosanna; the Lord 1 s Day; or, Christ's Resurrection and ov.r Salvation- 1 * jntllS is the day the Lord hath made, -*- lie calls the hours his own; Let heav'n rejoice, let earth he £>lad, And praise surround the throne. 2 To-day he rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell; To-day the saints his triumph spread, And ail his wonders »*!:. 3 Hosanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Son ; 184 PSALM US. Help us, O Lord, descend and bring Salvation from thy throne. 4 Blest is the Lord ho comes to men With messages of grate) Who conies in God his Father's name. To save our sinful race. 5 Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise: The highest heav ns, in which he reigns, {Shall ^ive f i * en nobler praise. PSALM 18. 22—27. *. M. An Hosannafor the Lord's Day; or a new Song of Salvation by Chris: 1 ^j^fcLwhai i i vug stone, lO The bui'der* did refuse: Y< i God hath built his ehufcb thereon In spite of envious Je s. 2 The scribe an angry priest Reject ihine only Son; Yet od this rock shall Zion rest, is the chief cos nei-stone. 3 The work, O Lord, is thine, And wondrous in our eyes: This day declares it all divine, This day did Jesus rise. 4 Tins is the glorious day That our Redeemer made; Let us rejoice, an I sing, and pray, • Let all the church be glad. 5 Hosanna to the Kug Of David's royal blood : Bless hi ui, ye saints, he comes to bring Salvation from your God. f> We bless th«ne holy word, Which all this grace displays; And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise. PSALM IIS. 22.-27. L. M. An Hosannafor the Lords Day; or, a new Song of Salvation by Christ. 1 O! wh »t >gi«; ous corner stone -*~-^ The Jew h builders did refuse! But God hath built h»s church thereon, in spite of envy and the Jews. 2 Great God, ih< work is all divine, The joy and wonder of our eyes; PSALM 119- IS". This is the day that proves it thijie, The day that saw our Saviour rise. 3 Sinners rejoice, and saints be glad ; iiosanna, let his name be blest; A thousand honours on his head, With peace, and light, and glory rest! -1 In God's own name he comes to bring Salvaiion to our dyiii£ race; Let the whole church address their King' With hearts of joy, and songs of praise. PSALM 1 I a First Part. C. M. [I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this Psalm un- der eighteen different heads, and formed a Divine Song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed, to attaiiv some degree of con- nection. In sume places, instead of the words law commands, Judgments, testi- monies, I have used gospel, •word, grace, truth, promises, &c. as more agreeable to the New Testament and the common language of Christians; and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recom- mend the holy scriptures.] The Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners- VERSE I, 2, 3. 1 "JQLEST are the undefil'd in heart, _D Whose ways are right and clean ; Who never from thy law depart, But fly from ev'ry sin. 2 Blest are the men that keep thy word, And practice thy commands; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve thee with their hands. verse 165. 3 Great is their peace who love thy law; How firm their souls abide! Wor can n bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. verse 6. 4 Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame, When all thy statues I obey, Aud honour all thy name. verse 2 1, I IS. 5 But haughty sinners God will hate, The proud shall die accurst; Th^ sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust, 1SG PSALM 119. vers*. 1 19, 155. 6 Vile as the dross the wicked are, And those that leav^ thy ways Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste thy grace PSA LM 1 1 9, Second Part. Secret Devotion and Spiritual Mindedness ; or, Constant Converse with God. verse 147, 55. 1 rg^O thee, before the dawning light, JL My gracious Cod, J pray ; I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. verse 8 1. 3 My spirit faints to see thy grace ; Thy promise bears me up, And while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. verse 164. 3 Seven times a day 1 lift my hands, And pay my thanl's to thee ; Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. verse 62. 4 When midnight darknes veils the skies, I call thy works to mind; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. PSALM 119. hird Part. Professions of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience VERS; 5/, <)0. 1 nriHOU art my portion, O my God! mL Soon as I know ihy way, Hy heart mnkes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. verse 31, 14. 2 I choose the path of heav'nly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 Th^ testimonies of thy grace I set before my eyes; Thence I derive my d;iily strength. And there my comfort lies. PSALM H9. 187 verse 59. i If once I wander from thy path, I think upon m) ways, . Then turn my feet to trjy commands. And trus thy pard'ning grace. VERSE 94, 112. 5 Now I am thine, Tor ever thine, Oh save thy servant, Lord, Thou art my shield, mv hiding-place, My hope is in thy word. VERSE I 12. 6 Thou hast inrlin'd this heart of mine Thy statues to fulfil ; And thus till morf -I life shall end Would I perform thv will. P!>ALM 1 19. 'Fourth Part. Instructions of Scripture. VERS 9. 1 TTOW shall the young securetheir hearts, -■-A And ouaid their lives from sin? Thy word the choicest rules imparts To keep the conscience clean. verse 130. 2 When once it enters to the mind, It spreads su< h light abroad ; The meanest sou s instruction find, And raise their thoughts *o God. verse 1 05 3 'Tis like the sun, a heav'nly light, That guides us :t|l (he iihy ; And, through the dan ersof the night, A lamp to lead our way. VERSE 99, 100. 4 The men that keep thy Jaw with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wis? r than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. vers, 104, 113 5 Thy precepts make me truly wise; 1 hate the sinner's road : I hate my own vain thoughts that rise, But love thy I w, my God. verse 89, 90,91. G [The starry heav'ns thy rule obey r , The earth maintains her place; 188 PSALM 119. And these, thy servants, night and day, Thy sk?ll and power express. 7 Bin still thy law and gospel, Lord, Have lessons moredivine: Not earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine ] verse 190, I 0,9,119. 8 Thy word is everlasting truth, How pure is ev'ry page! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. Ps rLM 119. Fifth P*rt. Delight in Scripture ; or, the Word of God dwelling in lis- VERSt 9? 1 i^k HOW llove thy holy law! ^-^ 'Tis daily my delight ; And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. verse 1 48. 2 My waking eyes prevent the day To meditate thy word: My soul with longing melts away To hear thy gospel, Lord. verse 3, 13, 54» 3 Thy heav'nly words my heart engage, And well employ my tongue, And in my tiresome pilgrimage Yield me a heav'nly song. verse 19, 103. 4 Am I a stranger, or at home, ? Tis my perpetual feast ; Not honey dropping from the comb So much a!lures the taste. verse 72, 127. 5 No treasures so enrich the mind ; Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver, well refin'd, Nor heaps of choicest gold. verse 28,49, 175. 6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there 1 write thy praise. PSALM 110. 18£> PSALM 119. Sixt Part, Holiness and Comfort from the Word. VERSE I2H. ! V ORD, I esteem tby judgments right, ■ A And all thy statues just; Thence 1 maintain a constant fight With ev'ry flatt'ring lust. verse 97, 9. 2 Thy precepts often 1 survey; I keep thy law in sight, Through all the bus'ness of the day, To form my actions right. vkrse 62. 3 My heart in midnight silence cries, " How sweet thy comforts be!" My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee. verse 162. 4 And when my spirit drinks her fill, At some good word of thine, Not mighty men that share the spoil Have jovs corapar'd to mine. ' PSALM 119. Seventh Part. Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of Scripture, verse 96. Paraphrased. 1 ET all the heathen writers join M-A To form one perfect book ; Great God, if once compar'd with thine, How mean their writings look! 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave Could show one sin forgiv'u, Nor lead a step beyond the grave; But thine conduct fo heav'n. 3 Pve seen an end to what we call Perfection here below; How short the powers of nature fall, And can no further go. 4 Yet men would fain be just with God, By works their hands have wrought ; But tby commands, exceeding broad, Extend to every thought. 5 In vain we boast perfection here, While sin defiles our frame, R 190 PSALM 1 19. And sinks our virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the name. 6 Our faith, and love, and every grace> Fall far below ihy word ; Bur perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only « ith the Lord. PSALM I 19. L uhth Part, The Excellency and Variety ofScripturo vers Ml. Paraphrased. 1 T OR t), I have made I hy word my choice, JL.^ My lasting heritage; There shall my noblest powers rejoice*, My warmest thoughts ugage. 2 I'll read the hist lies of thy love, A rul keep thy laws in sight, While thro* the promises I rove> H ith ever fresh delight. 3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise ; Seed of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. 4 The best relief that mourners have, It makes our sorrows bless VI ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our etern-af rest n PSAi.M IIP. Nmth Part. Desire of Knowledge VKHSF (4. K8. 18. 1 FB^HY mercies fill lh< earth, O Lord., JL How good thy works appear ! Open my eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. vers:* 73, 25. 2 My heart was fashion ? d by thy hand„ My service is ti.y due; Oh make thy servant understand The duties 1 must do. V! rse 10. 3 Since I'm a stranger heie below, Thy path O do not hide, But mark the road my feet should go. And be my constant guide, PSALM 1^ VERSE 26. 4 When leonfess'd my wand'ring ways, Thou heard'st my soul complain ; Graut me the teachings of thy grace, Or 1 shall stray again. v use 33, 34. ) If God to me his statutes show, And beav'nly truth impart, His work for ever I'll pursue, His law shall rule my heart. verse 50, 71* $ This was my comfort when I bore Variety ol gnef; It made me learn thy word the more. ' And fly to that relief. verse 51. 7 [In vain the proud deride me now; I'll ne'er forget thy law, Nor let that blessed gospel go Whence all my hopes 1 draw. vkrse 27, 171. $ When 1 have learn'd my Father's will ? I'll teach the world his way* ; My thankful lips, inspired with zeal, Shall sing aloud his pr;«»se.] PSALM 119. T < Lh Part. Pleading the Promises verse :b, 4r>. 1 "|3 EHOLD thy waiting servant Lord, JO Devoted to thy fear; Remeinhei and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. verse 4 1, 58, 107. 2 Hast thou not sent salvation d«wn, And promis'd quickening grace? Doth not my heart address thy throne? And yet thy love delays, verse J 23. 42. 3 Mine eyes for thy salvation tad: Oh bear thy servant up: 18 v- et the scoffing lips prevail, Who dare reproach my hope. 192 PSALM 119, VERSE 49, ?4. 4 Didst tliou not raise my faith, O Lord, Then let thy truth appear: Saints shall rejoice in my reward, And trust as well as fear. PSALM 1 19. Eleventh Part* Breathing after Holiness. VERSE 5, 22. h d\U that the Lord would guide my ways \J To keep his statues still ! Oh that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will ! verse 29. 2 Oh send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart, Nor let my tongue indulge deceit? Nor act the liar's part. verse 37, 36. 3 From vanity turn off my eyes; Let no cerrupt design, Nor covetous desires, arise Within this soul of mine. vkrse 133. X Order my footsteps by thy word? And make my heart sincere: Let sin have no dominion. Lord, But keep my consc ience clear, verse 17(1. 5 My soul hath gone too far astray, My feet too often slip; Yet since I've not forgot thy way* Restore thy wand'rmg sheep. verse 35. t> Make me to walk in thy commands, 'Tis a delightful road : Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands Offend against my God. PSALM If9. Twelfth Part. Breathing after Comfort and Deliverance. VERSE 153. I 1%/JY God, consider my distress, XTi Let mercy plead my cause; Though 1 have sinn'd against thy grace — ^e'er forget thy laws. PSALM 119. 193 VERSE 39, 116. 2 Forbid, forbid the sh*rp reproach, Which I so justly tear; Uphold my lite, uphold my hopes. Nor l« j t my shame appear. VERSr 22, 135. 3 Be thou a surety, Lord, tor me, Nor let the proud oppress; But make thy waiting 1 servant sec The shillings of thy face. verse 82. 4 My eyes with expectation fail; My heart within me cries, "When will the Lord h s truth fulfil, And bid my comforts rise." vt;RSE 132. 5 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, And show rhy grace the same; Thy tender mercies still afford To those that love thy name. P-ALM 119. Thirteenth Part. Holy Fear, and Tenderness of Conscience* VERSE 10. 1 VJI7ITH my whole heart I've sought thy face, ▼ ▼ O let me never stray From thy commands, O God of grace. Nor (read the Sinner's way. verse II. 2 Thy word I've hid within my heart To keep my conscience clean, And be an everlasting guard Prom ev'ry rising siu. verse 63, 53, 158. 3 I'm a companion of the saints, W ho fear and love the Lord ; My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transgress thy word* verse 161, 163. 4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong. My spirit stands in awe : My soul abhors a lying tongue, But loves thy righteous law. R2 194 PSALM 119, verse 161, 120. 5 My heart with sacred rev'rence hears The threat'ning of thy word ; My flesh with holy trembling- fears The judgments of the Lord. verse 166, 174, 6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait For thy salvation still ; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. P^ALM 119. Fourteenth Part. Benefit of afflictions, and Support under them verse 153, 81, 82. i ^ONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord,. \j Ai*d thy deliv'rance send ; My soul for thy salvation faints, When will my troubles end ? verse 71. 2 Yet I have found 'tis good for me To bear my Father's rod ; Afflictions made me learn thy law. And live upon my God. verse 50. •3 This is the comfort 1 enjoy When new distress begins: I read thy word, I run tliy way, And hate my former sins. verse 92. i Had not thy word been my delight When earthly joys were fled, My souL opprest with sorrow's weight,. Had sunk amongst the dead. verse 75 5 1 know thy judgments, Lord, are right. Though they may seem severe; The sharpest sufferings 1 endure Flow from thy faithful care. verse 67. «) Before I knew thy chast'ning rod. My feet were apt to stray ; Hut now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way, PSALM 119. 195 PSALM 119. Fifteenth Part, Holy Resolutions. VERSE 93. 1 f\ THAT thy statutes cv'ry hoar Vf Might dwell upon my mind! Thence 1 derive a quick'ning* power, And daily peace I rind. verse 15,16. 2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord Shall be my sweet employ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. verse 32. 3 How would I run in thy commands If thou my heart discharge From sin and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large. verse 13, 40. 4 My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name; I'll speak thy word though kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. verse 61, 69, 70* 5 Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right, Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. VERSE 1 15. 6 Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill : 1 love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. PSALM 119. Sixteenth Part. Prayer for quickening Grace- verse 25, 37. 1 1VTY soul lies cleaving to the dust : -1-vjL Lord, give me life divine; From vain desires and ev'ry lust Turn off these eyes of mine. 2 I need the influence of thy grace To speed me in thy way, Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. verse 107. •3 When sore afflictions press me down. 1 need thy quick'ning powers,* 196 PSALM"! 19. Thy word that I have rented on Shall help my heaviest hours. verse 156\ 40. 4 Are not thy mercies sov'reign still, And thou a faithful God Wilt thou not j^rant ute warmer zeal To run the heav'nly road ? verse 169, 40. 5 Does not ray heart rhy precepts love, And long to see thy race*? And yet how slow my spirits move Without enliv'mnof grace. VER-E 93. 6 Then shall I love ihy gospel more And ne'er forget thy word, When I h^ve fell is quirk'nmg power To draw me near the Lord. fc PSALM 119. Seventeenth Part. L. M. Grace ihining in Difficulties and Trials. V^RSK 143, <8N. 1 ^OSTHLN pain and anguish seize me, Lord, ?? All my support is from thy word ; My soul dissolves for heaviness ; Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. VERSE 51, 69, J 10. 2 The proud have fntni'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, They tempt my soul to snares nnd sin ; Yet thy commands I ne'er de* line. verse 161, 78. 3 They hate me, Lo d, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws! But i trust and tear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. PSALM 119. LastP*rt. L. M. Sanctified Afflictions; or, Delight in the Word of God < VERSE ve*i sf, ( y, Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord; PSALM 120. i 197 I left my guide, and lost my way, But now I love and keep thy word. verse 71. 3 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to riseand swell ; 'Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, That I might learn his statutes well. verse 72. 4 The law that issues from thy mouth. Shall raise my cheerful passions more Than all the treasures of the south, Or richest hills of golden ore. VERSE 73 5 Thy hands have made my mortal frame, Thy spirit form'dmy s'»ul within ; Teach me to know thy wond'rous name, And guard me safe from death and sin. Vt RSE 74 6 Then all that love and fear the Lord At my salvation shall rejoice, For I have trusted in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice* PSXLJVI 120. C. M. Complaint of quarrelsome Neighbours; or, a Devout Wish for Peat 9 < 1 r|lHoU God of love, rhou ever blest, JL Pity my suffering state; When wilt thou set my soul at rest, From lips that love deceipt? 2 Hard lot of mine! my days are cast Among" the sons of strife, Whose never-ceasing quarrels waste My golden hours of life. 3 Oh might 1 fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide, lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell ? 4 Peace is the blessing that I seek, How lovely are its < harms! I am for peace ; but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong: What shall be done to curb thy rage. O thou devouring tongue ! 198 PSALM Ifil. 6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, Strict justice would approve; But I would rather spare my toe, And melt his heart with love, PSALM 121. L. M. Divine Protection. 1 XTP to the hills 1 lift mine eyes, %J Th' eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence all her help my sou! derives; There my almighty refuge lives. 2 He lives; the everlasting God That built the world that spread the flood; The heav'ns, with all their host he made, And the dark regions of the dead. 8 He guides our feet, he guards our way; His morning smiles adorn the day: He spreads the ev'ning veil, and keeps The silent hours while Isra'l sleeps. 4 IsrVI, a n*me divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; Thy holy guardian s wakeful eyes Admit no slumber, nor surprise. 5 No sun shall smite thy head by day, Nor the pale moon, with sickly ray, Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star Dart his tnalignan fire so far. 6 Should earth and hell with malice burn. Still thou shall go, and still return, Safe in the Lord ; his heav'nly care Defend thy life from ev'ry snare 7 On thee foul spirits have no power; And in thy last departing hour Angels that trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God, PSA J M 121. CM. Preservation by Day and Night. 1 FTJ^O beav'n I iih my waning cy»s, J There all my hopes are laid : Th< Lord that built the earth ad skies Is my perpetual aid. 2 Thei-- steadfast feet shall never t'al Whom he designs to keep ; Hjs ear attends the softest call; His eyes can never sleep. PSALM 121. 199 3 He will sustain our weakest powers With his almighty arm, And uatrh onr m < >s f unguarded hours Against surprising barm. 4 Isra'l rejoice, and rest secure, Thy keeper is the Lord ; His wakeful eyes employ his power For thine eternal guard. 5 Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon, Shall have us fewve io smite ; He shields ihy h« ad from burning noon, From blasting damps at night. 6 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath, Where thickest dangers come ; Go and return, secure from death, Til! God commands thee home. PSALM 121. As the i4*th Psalm. God our Preserver. 1 TIP 1 * ARI> I liti ii hie eyes, ^ From God is all my aid : The God (hat- budt the sk'es, And earth md nature made ; God is he towHi- To which 1 fly ; his grace is nio-h In ev'i\ hour. 2 My feet shrill never slide, And farl .n fatal snares, Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes That never sleep, shall Isra'l keep \\ hen dangers rise. 3 No burning heafs by Hay, Nor blasts ot ev'nmg air, Shall take my health away, Jf God be with me there ; Thou trt my son, And thou my shade, to guard my heat! By night or noon. 4 Hast thou not giv'n ihy word To save my soul from death? And 1 ran trust rny Lord To keei my mortal breath I'll go and come, « 200 PSALM 122 Nor fear to die, till from on high Thou call me home. PSALM 122. CM. Going to Church 1 TTOW did my heart rejoice to hear JUl My friends devoutly say, In Zion let us all appear And keep the solemn day. 2 I love the gates, I love the road ; The church, adorn'd with grace, Stands like, a palace built for God To show his milder face. 3 Up to her courts, with joy unknown, The holy tribes repair ; The son of David holds his throne And sits in judgment there. 4 He hears our praises and complaints ; And while his awful voice Divide the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoie. 5 Peace be within this sacred place. And joy a constant guest! With holy gifts and heav'nly grace Be her attendants blest ! 6 My sou! shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains; There my best friends, my kindred dwell, There God my Saviour reigns. PS LM \22. Proper Tune, Going to Church. HOW pleas'd and blest was I, To hear the people cry, " Come, let us seek our God to-day!" Yes, With a cheerful zeal We haste to Zioti's hill, And there our vows and honours pay. 2 Zion, thnre happy place, Adorn'd w»th wond'rous grace, And wall* of strength embrace thee round* In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound, 3 There David's greater Son Has fix'd his royal throne? I PSALM 123, 124. (t He sits for grace and judgment there ;, He bids the saints be glad, He makes the sinners sad, And humble souls rejoice with fear. 1 May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait, To bless the soul of ev'ry guest ; The man that seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest ! 5 My tongue repeats her vows, Peace to this sacred house ! For here my friends and kindred dwell : And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. Repeat the fourth Stanza to complete the Tune. PSALM 123. C. M. Pleading with Submission. \ g~\ THOU whose grace and justice reign \JF Enthroned above thesta'es, To thee our hearts would tell their pain, ^ To thee we lift our eyes. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke; Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look : 3 So for our sins we justly feel Thy disiplme, O God ; Yet wait the gracious moment still Till thou remove the rod. 4 Those that in wenlth and pleasure live. Our daily groans deride; And thy delays of mercy give Fresh courage to their pride. 5 Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies ; This thought shall bear our spirits up That God will not despise. PSALM 124. C. M. God gives Victory. i TTAD not the God of truth and love J_ J. When hosts against us rose, Display'd his vengance from above, And crush'd the conquering fees; S 202 PSALM 125, 2 Their armies, like a raging" flood. Had swept the guardless land, Destroy'd on earth his blest abode, And 'whelm'd our feeble band. 3 But safe beneath his spreading shield His sons securely rest, Defy the dangers of the field, And bare the fearless breast. 4 And now our souls shall bless the Lord. Who broke the deadly snare; Who sav'd us from the murd'ring sword. And made our lives his care* 5 Our help is in Jehovah's name, Who form'd the heav'ns above; He that supports their wond'rous frame, Can guard his church by love. psalm 125. cm. The Saint's Trial and Safety. \ TTNSHAKEN as the sacred hill, V-J And firm as mountains stand, Firm as a rock, the soul shall rest That trusts th' alinigrhtv hand. 2 Not walls, nor hills could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As those eternal arms of love, That ev'ry saint surround. 3 While tyrants are a smarting- scourge, To drive them near to God, Divine compassion will assuage The fury of the rod. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere, And lead them safely on To the bright gates of paradise, Where Christ their Lord is gone. 5 But if we trace those crooked ways That the old serpent drew, The wrath that drove him first to hell Shall smite Ins foll'wers too. PSALM 125. S. M. The Saint's Trial and Safety; or, moderated Affliction I "STURM and unmuv'd are they ..a? That rest their souls on (God ; Firm as the mount where David dwelt* Or where the ark abode. PSALM 120. 203 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God and his almighty love Embrace his saints around. 3 What though the Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke, Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep, Its fury shall be broke. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with those Whose faith and pious tear, Whose hope and love, and every grace, Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5 Nor shall the tyrants rage Too long oppress the saint; The God of Israel will support His children, lest they faint. 6 But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, We must expect our portion there, Where bolder sinners dwell. PSALM 126. L. M. Surprising Deliverance. <1 "ITMTHEN God restor'd our captive state ▼ T Joy was our song, and grace our theme ; The grace beyond our hopes so great, That joy appear' d a pleasing dream. 2 The scoffer owns thy hand, and pays Unwilling honours to thy name; While we with pleasure shout thy praise, With cheerful notes thy love proclaim. S When we reviewed our dismal fears, 'Twas hard to think they'd vanish so; With God we \ett our flowing tears, He makes our joys like rivers flow. 4 The man that in his furrow'd field Hisscatter'd seed with sadness leaves, Will shout to see the harvest yield A welcome load of joyful sheaves. PSALM 126. CM. The Joy of a remarkable Conversion; or, Melancholy removed. i "%JttTHEN God reveal'd his gracious name, Y ? And chang'd my mournful state, My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream, The grace appear' d so great* 4)4 PSALM 127. 2 The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess; My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. 3 * Great is the work,' my neighbours cried, And own'd the power divine; * Great is the work,' my heart replied, 'And be the glory thine.' 1 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. ~> Let those that sow in sadness wait Till the fair harvest come, They shall confess their sheaves are great- And shout the blessings home B Though seed lie bury'd long in dust, It shan't deceive their hope; The precious grain can ne'er be lost, For grace insures the crop. PSALM 127. L. M. The Blessing of God on the Business and Comforts of Lift. F God succeed not, all the cost And pains to build the house are lost: U God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well may sleep. 2 What though we rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done ? Careful and sparing eat our breads To shun that poverty we dread ; 3 ? Tis all in vain, 'till God hath blest ; He can make rich, yet give us rest; On God, our sov'reign, still depends Our joy in children and in friends. 4 Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends t How sweet our daily comforts prove When they are season'd with his love ! PSALM 127. CM. God All in All. \ IF God to build the house deny, The builders work in vain; And towns without his wakeful eye And useless watch maintain. PSALM 128, 129. ®* 2 Before the morning beams arise, Your painful work renew, And till the stars ascend the skies Your tiresome toil pursue. 3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare. In vain, till God has blest : But if his smiles attend your care, You shall have food and rest. 4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends, Shall real blessings prove, Nor all the earthly joys he sends, If sent without his love. PSALM 128. C. M. Family Blessings. 1 ^w HAPPY man, whose soul is filled), V>P With zeal and rev'rend awe! His lips to God their honours yield, His life adorns the law. 2- A careful providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head, Shall on the labours of thy hand Its kindly blessing shed. 3 Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine; Thy children round thy board. Each like a plant of honour shine, And learn to fear the Lord. £ The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil For months and years to come : The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hilt Shall send thee blessings home. % This is the man whose happy eyes. Shall see his house increase, Shall see the sinking- church arise. Then leave the world in peace. PSALM 129. L. M. Persecutors Punished- 1 TTPfrom my youth, may Israel say, U Ha^e I been liurs'd in tears; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 2» Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife; €)ft they assaii'd my riper age, ButGod preserv'd my life. §2 20G PSALM 130. 3 O'er all my frame their cruel dart Its painful wounds irnpress'd; Hourly they vex'd my fainting heart, Nor let my sorrows rest. 4 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And, with impartial eye, Measured the mischiefs they had done. Then let his arrows fly. 5 How was their insolence surpris'd To hear his thunders roll ! And all the foes of Zion seiz'd With horror to the soul ! f> Thus shall the men that hate the saints Be blasted from the skv : Their glory fades, their courage faints. And all their prospects die. 7 [What llio' they flourish tall and fair, Thev have no root beneath ; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despis'd in death.] S [So corn that on the house-top stands. No hone of harvest gives ; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold the sheaves.] PSALM !30. a M. Pardoning Grace. ^UT of the deeps of long distress, * The borders of despair, I sent my cries to seek thy grace. My groans to move thine ear. 2 Great God! should thy severer eye, And ihine impartial hand, Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh could stand. ■3 But there are pardons with my God, For crimes of high degree; Thy Son hath bought them with his blood. To draw us near to thee. 4 [I wait for thy salvation, Lord, With strong desires I wait; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate.] 5 [Just as the guards that keep the night Long for the morning skies, PSALM 130, 181. ™ Watch the first beams of breaking light, And meet them with their eyes : 6 So waits my soul to see thy grace : And more intent than they, Meets the first op'nings of thy face. And finds a brighter day.] 7 Then in the Lord let lsra'1 trust, Let lsra'l seek his face ; The Lord is goorf, as well as just, And plenteous is his grace. S There's full redemption Rt his throne For sinners long enslaved ; The great Redeemer is his Son, And [sra'J shall he sav'd. PSALM 130, L. M. Pardoning Grace. 1 X71ROM deep distress and troubled thoughts. jO To thee, my God, I rais'd my cries : If thou severely mark our faults, No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 2 But thou hast built thy throne of "race Free to dispense thy pardons there, That sinners my approach thy face, And hope, and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait* And long, and wish for breaking day; So waits my soul before thy gate ; When will my God his face display? 4 My trust is fix'd upon thy word, Nor shall I mist thy word in vain : Let mounnng souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 5 Great is bis love, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son ; He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. PSALM 131. CM. Humility and Submission. V ITS there ambition in my heart ? M Search, gracious God, and see; Or do 1 act a haughty part? Lord, 1 Appeal to thee. £ 1 charge my thoughts, be humble still. And all my carriage mild; 208. PSALM 132. Content, my Father with thy will, And peaceful as a child. Q The patient soul, the lowly mind, Shall have a large reward ; Let saints in sorrow lie resign'd, And trust a faithful Lord. PSALM 132. 5, 13—18. L. M. At the Settlement of a Church; or, the ordination of a Mhustti. 1 "%7|/'HERLv s hai> we go to seek and tind Tv An habitation for our God, A dwelling for th 1 eternal mind, Among the sons of flesh and bood?- 2 The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for Ins ancient rest; And Zion is his dwelling still ; His church is with his presence blest. 3 "Here will I fix my gracious throne, " And reign for ever,' saith the Lord ; ." Here shall my power and love be known, " And blessings shall attend my word. 4 " Here will I meet the hungry poor, " And fill their souls with living- bread ; M Sinners that wait before my door, " With sweet provisions shall be fed. 5 " Girded with truth', and cloth'd with grace, " My priests, jay ministers shall shine ; " Not Aaron in his costlv dress " Appears so glorious and divine. $ " The saints, unable to contain '* Their inward joy, shall shoutand sing: " The Son of David here shall reign, " And Zion triumph in her King. 7 fJesus shall see a numerous seed Born here t' uphold his glorious name; His crown shall flourish on his head, While all his foes are cloth'd with shame.] PSALM I32. 5, 13— 18. C. M. A Church established. "0 sleep nor siumber to his eyes Good David would afford, Till he had found below the skies A dwelling for the Lord. 2 The Lord in Zion plac'd his name, His ark was settled there; PSALM 133. 209 And there th' assembled nation came To worship thrice a year. 3 We trace no more those toilsome ways, Nor wander far abroad; Where'er thy people meet for praise, There is a house for God.] PAUSE. 4 Arise, O King of grace, arise, And enter to thy rest; Lo ! thy church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be owu'd and blest. 5 Enter with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word; All that the ark did once contain, Could no such grace afford. 6 Here, mighty God, accept our vows; Here let thy praise be spread; Bless the provisions ot thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 7 Here let the Son of David reign. Let God's anointed shine; Justice and truth his court maintain, With love and power divine. 8 Here let him hold a lasting throne, And as his kingdom grows, Fresh honours shall adorn his crown. And shame confound his foes. PSALM 133. C. M. Brotherly Love 1 O! what an entertaining sight -■— Hon of Enemies 1 f^i REAT is the Lord, exalted high \j$ Above all powers, and every throne; Whate'er lie please in earth and sea, Or heav'n, or hell, his hand hath done. 2 At his command the vapours rise, The lightnings flash, the thunders roar; He pours the rain, he brings die wind And tempest from his airy store. 3 'Twas he those dreadful tokens sent, O Egypt, through thy stubborn land; 212 PSALM 135. When all thy first-born, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand. 4 What mighty nations, mighty kings, He slew, and their whole country gave To Isra'l, whom his hand redeem'd, No more to lie proud Pharaoh's slave. 5 His power the same, the same his grace, That saves us from the hosts of hell : And heav'n he gives us to possess, Whence those apostate angels fell, PSALM 135. C. M. Praise due to God, and not to Idols. 1 A WAKL, ye saints, to praise your King, -LA. Your sweetest passions raise; Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord, and works unknown Are his divine employ; But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heav'n, earth, and sea, confess his hand; He bids the vapours rise ! Lightning and storm, at his command, Sweep through the sounding skies. 4 All power that Gods or kings have claim'd Is found with him alone ; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known. 5 Which of the stocks and stones they trust Can give them showers of rain? In vain they worship glirt'ring dust, And pray to God in vain? (j ["Their gods have tongues that speechless prove, Sueh as their makers gave; Their i'eet wtre never form*d to move, Nor hands have power to save. 7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf, Nor hear v hen mortals pray; Mortals that wait for their relief, Are blind and deaf as they.] 8 Ye nations, know the living God, Serve him with ic\lth and fear; He makes the churches his abode, And claims your honours there. PSALM 136. 213 PSALM 136. CM. *lhQVs Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Salvation of his People. 1 1^ IVE thanks to God, the sov'reign Lord ; \J His mercies still endure; And be the King of kings ador'd ; His truth is ever sure. 2 What wonders hath his wisdom done! How mighty is his hand! Heav'n earth, and sea he fram'd alone." How wide is his command ! 3 The sun supplies the day with light: How bright his counsels shine! The moon and stars adorn the night: His works are all divine. A [He struck the sons of Egypt dead : How dreadful is his rod! And thence with joy his people led : How gracious is our God ! 5 He cleft the swelling sea in two: His arm is great in might; And gave the tribes a passage through : His power and grace unite. But Pharaoh's army there he drown'd; How glorioHs are his ways! And brought his saints thro* desert ground: Eternal be his praise. 7 Great monarchs fell beneath his hand; Victorious is his sword ; While Isra'l took the promis'd land; And faithful is his word. J 8 He saw the nations dead in sin ; He felt his pity move : How sad the state the world was in! How boundless was his love ! J) He seut to save us from our woe; His goodness never fails: From death and hell, and ev'ry foe; And still his grace prevails. 10 Give thanks to God the heav'nly King; His mercies still endure: Let 5 he whole earth his praises sing; His truth is ever sure. 214 PSALM 13G. PSALM 136* As the 148th Psalm* 1 f^i IVE thanks to God most high, \jf The universal Lord ; The sov'reign King- of kings ; And be his grace ador'd. His power and grace Are still the same : and let his name Have endless praise. 2 How mighty is his hand! What wonders hath he done! He form'dthe earth and seas, And spread the heav'ns alone* Thy merry, Lord, Shall still endure ; and ever sure Abides thy word. 8 His wisdom fram'd the sun To crown the day with light £ The moon and twinkling stars To cheer the darksome night, His power and grace Are still the same; and let his name Have endless praise. 4 [He smote the first born sons, The flower of Egypt, dead: And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led, Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; and ever sure Abides thy word. % His power and lifted rod Cleft the red sea in two;* And for his people made A wond'rous passage through. His power and grace Are still the same; and let his naipe Have endless praise. 6 But cruel Pharaoh there With all his host be drown'd; And brought his Isra'l safe Through a long desert ground. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure; and ever sure Abides thy word* PSALM 136. 215 PAUSE. V [The kings of Canaan fell Beneath his dreadful hand; While his own servants took Possession of their land. His power and grace Are still the same; and let his name Have endless praise.] S He saw the nations lie, AH perishing in sin, And pity'd the sad snite The ruin'd world was in* Thy mercy Lord, Shall still endure ; and ever sure Abides thy word 9 He sent his only Son To save us from our woe, From Satan, sin, and death, And ev'ry hurtful foe. His power and grace Are still the same; and let bis name Have endless praise. 10 Give thanks aloud to God, To God the heav'nly king; And let the spacious earth His vvorksand glories sing. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure; and ever sure Abides thy word. PSALM 136. Abridged. L. M. 1 £^i 1VE to our God immortal praise; \Jf Mercy and truth are all his ways; Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. '2 Give to the Lord of lords renown ; The King of kings w ith glory crown : His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high: Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. A He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night: 216 PSALM 137. His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more, 5 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land j Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 6 He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity move within : His mercies ever shall endure, When death and sin shall reign no more. 7 He sent his Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 8 Through this vain world he guides our feet. And leads us to his heav'nly seat: His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. PSALM 137. The Babylonian Captivity, 1 A. LONG the banks where BabePs mrr»«* a«~~ X%- Our captive bands in deep despondence stray'd^ While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose, Her friends, her children mingled with the dead. 2 The tuneless harp, that once with joy we strung, When praise emplsy'd, and mirth inspired the lay r In mournful silence on the willows hung, And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day. 3 The barb'rous tyrants, to increase the woe, With tauuting smiles a song of Zion claim; Bid sacred praise in strains melodious flow. While they blaspheme the great Jehovah's name* 4 But how, in heathen chains and lands unknown, Shall Israel's sons a song of Zion raise ? O hapless Salem, God's terrestrial throne, Thou land ©f glory, sacred mount of praise ^ 5 If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name, If my cold heart neglect my kindred race, Let dire destruction seize this guilty frame : My hand shall perish, and my voice shall cease. 6 Yet shall the Lord, who hears when Zion calls, O'ertake her foes with terror and dismay, His arm avenge her desolated walls, And raise her children to eternal day. PSALM 138, 139. 21 PSALM 138. L. M. Restoring and Preserving Grace. 1 "^J17"ITH all my powers of heart and tongue f T I'll praise my Maker in my song; Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. 2 [Angels that make thy church their care, Shall witness my devotions there, While holy zea! directs my eyes To thy fair temple in the skies.] 3 PI I sing: thy truth and mercy, Lord ; III sing the wonders ot thy word ; Not all ; he works and names below, So much thy power and glory show. 4 To God I cried when troubles rose; He heard me, and subdu'd my foes; He did my rising fears control, And strength diffus'd through all my soul. 5 The God ot heav'n maintains his state, Frowns on the proud and scorns the great; But from his throne descends to bless The humble souls that trust his grace. 6 Amidst a thousand snares 1 stand Upheld and guarded by thy hand; Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 7 Grace will complete what grace begi is, To save from sorrows or from sins; The work that wisdom undertakes, Eternal mere\ ne'er forsakes. PSALM 139. First Part. L. M. The All- Seeing God- 1 OR1), thou hast search' d and seen me thro': JLi Tlnne eye commands with piercing view My rising an/1 my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; He knows Hie words I mean to speak, Ere from my op ning lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand, On ev'ry side I find thy hand: Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 1 am surrounded stdl with God. T2 218 PSALM 139. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great! What large extent! what lofty height! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast. Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. PAUSE THE FIRST. 6 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit tby service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun. Or from thy dreadful glory run? 7 If up to heav'n I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwelPst enthroned in light? Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. 8 If mounted on a morning ray I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 9 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of n;ght, One glance of thine, one piercing ray Would kindle darkness into day. 10 Oh may these thoughts posses* my breast. Where'er I rove, wherever I rest ; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, tor God is there. . PAUSE THE SECOND. 11 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon 12 Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee; Nor death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye. 13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast. Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin f Jor God is there. PSALM 139. 21* PSALM 1&<). Second Part. L. M. The wonderful Formation of Man i 'fin WAS from thy hand, my God, I came, I A work of such a curious frame ; In me thy fearful wonders shine, And each proclaims thy skill divine. 2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey, Which yet in dark confusion lay: Thou saw'st the daily growth they took, FormM by the model of thy book. •3 By thee my growing parts were nam'd, And what thy sov'reign counsel fram'd, The breathing lungs, the beating heart. Was copy'd with unerring art. 4 At last, to show my maker's name, Godstamp'd his image on my frame; And in some unknown moment join'd The finish'd members of the mind. 5 There the young seeds of thought began. And all the passions of the man ; Great God, our infant nature pays Immortal tribute to thy praise. PAUSE. G Lord, since in my advancing age IVe acted on life's busy stage, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. 7 I could survey the ocean o'er, And count each sand that makes the shore, Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The numerous wonders of thy grace. 3 These on my heart are still imprest, With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hour I find Hod and his love possess my mind. PSALM 139. Third Part. L. M. Sincerity professed, and Grace tried; or, the Heart-searching V&'l. I T%/J| V God, what inward grief I feel i-TJi. When impious men transgress thy will! I mourn to hear their lips profane Take thy tremendous name in vain. 3 Does not my soul detest and hate The sons of mahce and deceit? 220 PSALM 13.9. Those that oppose thy laws and thee, I count for enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought; Though my own heart accuse me not Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown sin? Oh turn my feet whene'er 1 stray, And lead me in thy perfect way. PSALM 13.9 First Part. CM. God is every where 1 I"N all my vast concerns with thee, JL In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord Before they're form'd within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 1 Oh wond'rous knowledge, deep and high. Where can a creature hide? Within thy circling arms I lie, Enclosed on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And hkea bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secur'd by sovereign love. PAUSE Lord, where shall guilty souls retire, Forgotten and unknown? In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, fn heav'n thy glorious tin one. 7 Should 1 suppress my vital breath, To 'scape thy wrath divine, Thy vojce would break the bars of death; And make the grave resign. $ If, wmg'd with beams of morning light, 1 fly beyond the west, Thy hand, which must support nay flight. Would soon betray my rest. PSALM 139. 221 9 If o'er my sins I think to draw The curtains of the night, The flaming- eyes that guard thy law Would turn the shades to light. 10 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee: Oh may I ne'er provoke that power From which 1 cannot flee. PSALM 139. Second Part. C. M. The Wisdom of God in the Formation of Man. i "WMTHEN 1 with pleasing- wonder stand, ▼ T And all my frame survey, Lord, 'tis thy work, I own thy hand Thus built my humble clay. 2 Thy hand my heart and reins possess'd, Where unborn nature grew ; Thy wisdom all my features trac'd, And all my members drew. 3 Thine eye with nicest care survey'd iiiv pL a \J »» HI "J I e VCl > pi*» «. , Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid„ Was copy'd by thine art. 4 Heav'n, earth and sea, and fire and wind Show me thy wond'rous skill ; But I review myself, and find Diviner wonders still. 5 Thy awful glories round me shine, My flesh proclaims thy praise ; Lord, to thy works of nature join Thy miracles of grace. PSALM 139. 14, 17, IS. Third Part. C. M The mercies of God innumerable. An Evening Psalm. 1 ORD, when 1 count thy mercies o'er, jLA They strike me with surprise; Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise. 2 My flesh with fear and wonder stands, The product of thy skill ; And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal. 3 These on my heart by night I keep ; How kind, how dear to me! 222 PSALM 140, 141. Oh may the hour that ends my sleep, Still find my thoughts with thee ! PSALM 140. CM. 1 "DROTECT us, Lord, from fatal harm; JL Behold our rising- woes; We trust alone thy powerful arm To scatter all our foes. Q Their tongue is like a poison'd dart, Their thoughts are full of guile; While rage and carnage swell their heart, They wear a peaceful smile. 3 O God of grace! tin guardian care, When toes without invade, Or spread within a deeper snare, Supplies our constant aid. 4 Let falsehood flee before thy face, Thy heav'niy truth extend, All nations taste thy heav'niy grace, And all delusion end. r? With daily bread the poor supply, The cause of justice plead ; And be thy church exalted hiffh, With Christ, the glorious head. PSALM 141. 2—5. L. M, Watchfulness and Brotherly Love. A Morning- or Evening Psalm. Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 4 When I behold them prest with grief, I'll cry to heav'n for their relief; And by my warm petitions prove How much I prize their faithful love. PSALM 142, 143. 22f3 PSALM 142 C. M. God is the Hope of the Helpless. 1 FT10 God 1 made my sorrows known, I From God 1 sought relief; In long complaints before his throne I pour'd out all my grief. 2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes, My heart began to break ; My God. who all my burdens knows, Beholds the way I take. 3 On every side I cast my eye, And found my helpers gone, While friends and strangers pass me by, Neglected or unknown. 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, And call'd thy mercy near, " Thou art my portion when I die, " Be thou my refuge here." 5 Lord, 1 am brought exceeding low, Now let thine ear attend, And make my foes, who vex me, know, I've an almighty friend. 6 From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name, And holy men shall join with me. Thy kindness to proclaim. psALM 143. L. M. Complaint of heavy Affiiclio?is in Mind and Body. 1 1%/JY righteous Judge, my gracious God, J.TJ. Hear when 1 spread my hands abroad. And ci v For succour from thy throne, Oh make thy truth and mercy known. 2 Let judgment not against me pass; Behold thy servant pleads thy grace; Should justice call us to thy bar, No man alive is guitless there. 3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see The mighty woes that burthen me; Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried and forgot. 4 1 dwell in darkness and unseen, My heart is desolate within: My thoughts in musing silence trace The ancient wonders of thy grace, 224 PSALM 144. 5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope To bear ray sinking spirits up ; I stretch my hands to God again, And thirst like parched lands for rain. 6 For thee I thirst, 1 pray, I mourn ; When will thy smiling face return? Shall all my joys on earth remove, And God for ever hide his love? 7 My God, thy long delay to save Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave ; My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye; Make haste to help before I die* S The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distracting fears; Oh might I hear thy morning voice, How would my wearied powers rejoice. 9 In thee I trust, to thee I sigh And lift my weary soul on high : For thee sit waiting all the day, And wear the tiresome hours away. 10 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show The path in which my feet should go; If snares and foes beset the road, . I flee to hide me near my God. 11 Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heav'nly hill : Let the good Spirit of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 12 Then shall my soul no more complain, The tempter then shall rage in vain ; And flesh, and sin, my toes before, Shall never vex my spirit more. PSALM 144. 1,2. First Part. CM. Assistance and Victory in the spiritual Warfare. 1 L^OR ever blessed be the Lord, -T My Saviour and my shield ; He sends his Spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care; Instructs me in the heav'nly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine My famting hope shall raise; PSALM 144, 145. 225 He mokes the glorious vict'ry mine, Ami his shall be the praise. PSALM 1 44. 3, 4, 5, 6. Second Part. C M. The Vanity of Man, and Condescension of God. 1 ORD, what is man, poor feeble man, JLi Born of the earth at first? His life a shadow, light and vain, Still hast'riing to the dust. 2 Oh what is feeble dying* man, Or all his sinful race, That God should make it his concern To visit hira with grace ! :-» That God m ho darts his lightnings down, Who shake- the world above, What terrors waithis awfu! frown! How woud'rous is his love! PSALM I 4. 12—15. Third Part. L. M, Grace above Riches ; or, the Happy Nation. 1 IT APPY the rity where their sons ,1 1 Like pillars round a palace set, And daughters, bright as polish'd stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. 2 Happy the land in culture dress'd, Whose florks and corn have large increase ; Where men securely work or rest, Nor sons of plunder, break their peace, 3 Happy the nation thusendow'd ; But more divinely blest are those On whom the al-sufftVieot God Himself with all his - Jress34,40. From death 31, 118. From oppression and falsehood 56. From persecution 53, 94. Bv prayer 15, 34, 40, .126. From shipwreck 107. From slander 31. Surprising 126. Desertion and distress of soul 13, 25 38, 143. Desire of knowledge 119, 9th part. Of holiness i 19, 1 1th part. Of comfort and deliverance 119, 12th part. Of quickening grace IIS, 16th part. Desolations, the church's safety in them 46. Despair and hope in death 17, 49, Deliverance from it 18, 130. * Devotion, daily 55, 134, 141. On a sick bed 6, 39. Direction and pardon 25. And de- fence prayed for 5. And hope 42. Distress of soul 25. Relieved 51, 130 Dominion of man over creatures 8; Doubts and fears suppressed 3, 31. 143. Drunkard and glutton 107. Duty to God and man 15, 24 Dwelling with God, see heaven. church, &c. Education, religious 34, 78. Egypt's plagues 105. End of righteous and wicked 1, 37. Enemies overcome 18. Prayed for 35. 109. Destroyed 12,48, 76. Eni-y and unbelief cured 37.49- Equity and wisdom of nrovidence 9. Evening psalm 4, 139, 141. Evidences of grace 26 Of sincerity 18. 19, 139. Evil times 12. Neighbours 120. Magistrates 11,58,82. Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom 2, 21 7 22, 69, 72, 110. Exa?nination 26 , 1 39. Exhortation to peace and holiness 34. Faith and prayer of persecuted saints 35. In the'blood of Christ 32, 51. In divine grace and power 62, 130 Faithfulness of God 89. 105, 111. 145,146. Of man 15. 141. Falsehood, blasphemy. 4*c. 12. And oppression 12, 56. F'amily government 101 Love and worship 133. Blessings 128. Fears and doubts suppressed 3, 31. 34. In the worship of God 89, 99, Of God 119, 13th part. Flatten/ and deceit complained of 12, 36. Formal worship 50. Frailty of man 89, 90, 144. Fretfulness discouraged 37. Friendship, its blessings 133. Funeral psalm 89, 90. Gentiles given to Christ 2, 22, 72. Church 45, 65, 72, 87. Owning the true God 47,96, 98 Glorifcation of Christ 8, 45. Glory of God in our solvation 60. And grace promised 84. 89, 97. Glutton 78 And drunl r 31. Prayed for 6,33, 39. Heart known to God 139. H'ttrintr o\ prayer and salvation 4 10, 66, 1&2. Haven of separate souls 17. The saints' dwelling-plape 24. Holiness, pardon, and comfort 4 Desired 119, llth Hope in darkness 13, 77. 143. Of resurrection 16. 71. And despair in death 17, 49. And prayer 27. For victory 20. And direction 42 Hosanna oft] v children 3. For the Lord's Day 118 Humiliation day 10, GO. Humility and si V And par Hypocrites atid hypocrisy 12, 50. Idolatry reproved 115. 185. Jehovah 68. 83. Reigns 93, 96, 97. Jens, see Israel. Imprecations and charity 35. Incarnation 96, 97, 98. And sacri- fice of Christ 40. Infants 139, see children. Instruction from God 25. From BCripture 119, 4th and 1th parts. In piety 34. ^Instructive afflictions 94. Intemperance punished 73. doned 107. Joy of conversion 126. Israel saved from the Assyrians 76. Saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan 77, 105. 107, 135, 136. Rebellion and punishment 78. Pu- nished and pardoned 106, 107. Travels in the wilderness 107, 114. Judgment and mercy 9, 68. Dav ] 50, 96, 97, 93, 149. Seat of God 9. Justice of Providence 9. And truih towards men 15. Justification, free 32. 130. Knowledge desired 19, 119. 9th part. Law f God, delight in it 1 19, 5th par!. Liberality rewarded 41, 112. Life and riches, their vanity 49> "Short and feeble 89, 90 ; 144. Longing after God 42. 63. Lord's day psalm 29, 118. Mornins 5, 19 63. Love to our neighbour 15. Of Christ to sinners 35. Of God better than life 63. Of God unchangeable 89, 106. To enemies 35, 109. Bro- therly 133. Luxury punished 73. And pardon- ed 107. Magistrates warned 58, 82. Qualifi- cations 101. liaised and deposed 75= Majesty of God 68, see God Min, his vanity as mortal 39, 89, 90. 144. Dominion over creatures 8. Mortal, and Christ eternal 102. Wonderful formation 139. Marriage, mystical 45. Master of a family 101. Melancholy reproved 42, 77. Removed 126. Mercies, common and 103. Spiritual and temporal 103. Innumerable 139. Everlasting 136 Recorded 107. And truth of Cod 36, 89. 103, 136, 145, 146. Merit disclaimed 16. Midnight thoughts 63, 119. 5th end 6th parts, 139. iters ordained 132. Mii-acles in the wiid< ■ neee 114. Kg-psahu 3,-1 4JL Ofa sabbath 5. 19^03. Mortality rjf rm»n 39, 49, 90. And ho^e 89, Atld God'a lelcrhin : . ll : o And hope special €8. >42 INDEX. Nation's safety in the church 48. Prosperity 67, 144. Blest and punished 107. National deliverance 67, 75, 76, 124, 126. Desolations, the church's safW> and triumph in them 46. Nature of man 139. Obedience sincere 18, 32, 139. Bet- ter than saorifi.ee 50. Old Age, death 90. And resurrec- tion 17. 89. 'Pardon, holiness and comfort 4. Of backsliding 78. And direction 25. And repentance prayed for 38. And confession 32. Of original and actual sin 51. Patience under afflictions 39. Un- der persecutions 37, 44. In dark- ness 77. 130,131. Price and holiness encouraged 34. With men desired 120. Perfections ol God 36, 111, 145, 147 Persecuted saints 35. 44, 74, 80, 83. Persecution, deliverance from it 7, 53, 94. Courage in it 119, \7th part. Persecutors punished 7, 129, 149. 1 heir 'oily 14. Complained of 35, 44 74, 80 83. Deliverance from them 9, 10, 94. Perseverance 138. In trials 119, 17th pa rt Pestilence, preservation in it 91. Piety, instructions lierein 34. Pity to t lie afflicted 41, see charity, God Pleading without repining 39, 123 The promises 119, 10th part. Poor, eharit; toth n 15,37,41,112 Portion ol saints and sinners 11, 17. 37. Poverty confessed 16. Practical atheism 14, 36. Praise to Gud from children 8. Fur creation and providence 33. 104. To our Creator 100. From all creatures 148. For eminent deli- verances 34. 1 18. General 86, 1 15, 150. Fur the gospel 93. For health restored 30. 116. For hear- ing prayer 66, 102. To Jesm- Christ 45 From all nations ■ 17. And prayer public 65. For pro- tection grace* and truth 57. For providence and gra< p.3 iS i. For rain 65. 147 From the saints T149, 150. For temporal i,i ^ssiugs 68. 148. Prayer heard 4, 34, 65. 66. 1 it time, of war :i0. Praise pmiic 65. A nd hope 27. In church's distress 80. Heard, and Ziou restored 182. And praise for deliverance 34. I ' e8ei*oing grace 138. Preservation in public dangers 46. 91, 112, Daily 121 ' Pride, and atheism, and oppression ounisheu 60, 12. And death 1J. Priesthood of Christ 51, 110. Princes vain 62, 146. Profession of sincerity and repen*' ance, &c. 119, 3d part, 139. False 50. Promises and threatenings€l. Plead- ed 119. 10th part. Prosperity dangerous 55, 73. Prosperous sinners cursed 37, 49, 73- Protection, truth and grace 57. By day and night 121. Providence, its wisdom and equitv 9. And creation 33, 135, 136. And grace 36, 147. And perfection of God 36. Its mystery unfolded 73. Recorded 77, 78, 107. In air, earth, and sea 35, 65, 89, 104, 107, 147. Psalm for soldiers 18, 60. For old ace 71. For husbandmen 65. For aViineral 89, 90. For the Lord's day 92. Before prayer 95. Be- fore sermon, ibid For magistrates 101. For householders 101. For mariners 107. For gluttons and drunkards 107 Public praise for private mercies 116, 118. I'or deliverance 124. Wor- ship attended on 122. Prayer and praise 65, 84. Punishment of sinners 1, 11, 37. Qualifications of a christian 15, 24. Quickening grace 119, 16th part. Rain from heaven 65, 135, 147. Recovery from sickness 6, 30, 116. Relative duties 15, 133. Religion and justice 15. In words a ad deed 37. Religious education 34, 78. Remembrance of former deliverances 77, 143. Repentance, confession and pardon 32. And faith in the blood of Christ 51. Reproach removed 31. 37. Resignation 39, 123, 131. Resolutions holy 119, 15th part. Restoring grace 23, 138. Resurrection and death of Christ 2. 16. Of the saints 16, 17, 49, 71. And death 49, 71, 89. Reverence in worship 89, 99. Riches, their vanity 49. Compared with grace 144. Righteousness from Christ 71. Sacrifice 40, 51, 69. Incarnation of Christ 40. Safety in public dangers 91. In God 61. And delight in the church 27. Suinls happy and sinners cursed 1, 11, 119, 1st part. The best com- pany 16. Characterised 15. 24. Dwell in heaven 15,24. Punished and saved 78. 106. God's care of them 34. Reward at last. 50, 90, 92. Patience and world's hatred 37. Chastised and siuiiurs d«* INDEX. 243 stroyed 94. Die, but Christ lives 102. Punished and pardoned 106, 107. Conducted to heaven 106, 107. Afflictions moderated 125. Judging the- world 149. Salvation of saints 10. And triumph 18 And defence, in God 62. By Christ 69. 85. Sanctified afflictions 119, last part, 94. Satan subdued 3, 6, 13. Scripture compared with nature 19, 119, 7th part. Instruction from it 119, 4th part. Delight in it 119 5th and l'Sth parts. Holiness and comfort from it 119 tyh part. Va- riety and exceHency 119, 8th part Seasons of the Mar 65. 147. Seaman s soul: Secret devotion 34. 119, 2d part. Seeking God -27, 63. Self-examination, or evidences of grace 2G 139. Separate soul, heaven of 17. Sick-bed devotion 6. 38. 59, 116. Sickness healed 6 4 30, 116. Signs of Christ's coming 12, 96, &c Sin of nature 14. Original and ac- tual, confessed and pardoned 51. Universal 14. Sincerity 19. 26, 32, 139. Proved and rewarded 13. Protest 112, 3d part. Sins of the tongue 12, 34, 50. Slander, deliverance from it 31, 120. Souls in as ' statr 17. 146, 150. Spirit given at C»ri;t"^ ascension 68. His teaching desired 1 19, 9th part,51. Spiritual enemies overcome 3, 81, For the afflicted and tsropted 55. And comfort in God 94, 119, 14th part. Temptations overcome 8, 18. In sickness 6. Thanks, public, for private mercies 116, 118. Threatenings and promises 81. Thunder and storm 29, 135, 136, 14£. Times, evil 11,12. Tongue governed 34, 39. Trust in the creatures vain 62, 146. Vanity of man as mortal 39, 89, 144. Of life and riches 40. Vengeance and compassion 68. A- gainst the enemies of the church 76, 249. Vineyard of God wasted 80. Unbelief and envy,cured 37. Pun- ished 95. Unchangeable God 89, 111. Vows paid in the church 11G. Of holiness 1J9, 15th part. War, prayer in time of it 20. Dis- appointments therein 60. Victorv 13. Spiritual 18, 144. Warnings of God to his people 81. Watchfulness 19, 141. Over the tongue 39. Weather 65, 107, 135. 147, 148. Wickedness of man l4, 36, 51. Winter and summer 147. Wisdom and equity of providence 9, Of God in his works 111. Works of creation and providence 104, 147, 148 And grace 19, 33, 111,135.136. Good works profit men, not God 16. 144. Blessings arid punishment 18.»W O thou that hear'st when sinners cry 85 O thou whose grace and justice reign 901 O thou whose justice reigns on high 91 Our God, our help in ages past 139 Out of the deeps of long distress 28t> O what a stiff rebellious house 122 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord for thee 100 Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name 21 1 Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join 22$ Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise 229 Preserve me. Lord, in time of need 28 Protect us, Lord, from fatal harm REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord Remember, Lord, our mortal state Return, O God of love, return SALVATION is for ever nigh Save me, O God, the swelling floods Save me, O Lord, from every fa* See what a living stone Show pity, Lord ; O Lord forgive Shine, mighty God, on Zion shine Sing, all the nations, to the Lord Sing to the Lord aloud Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name Sing lotko I rtrtl, ye distant land* Songs of immortal praise belong Soon as I heard my father say Sure there's a righteous God Sweet is the memory of thy grace Sweet is the work, my God ray king TEACH me the measure ofmydays The Almighty reigns exalted high That man is blest who stands in awe The earth for ever is the Lord's Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength 32 The God Jehovah reigns 15L The God of glor}' sends his summons forth The God of our salvation hears The heavens declare thy glory, Lord The King ofsaints, how fair his face The Lord, appears my helper now 19lThe Lord, how wondrous are his ways 159 69jTho Lord Jehovah reigns 145 17 The Lord is come ; the heavens pro- 208 claim 150 The Lord my shepherd is <44 179 The Lord of glory is my light 48 179jTheLord of glory reigns, he reigns 73 on high 14:> 41|The Lord, the Judge, before his throne 79 114|TueLord, the Judge, his churches 197! warns My God permit my tongue My God the steps of pious men My God, what inward grief I feel My heart rejoices in thy name My never ceasing son^ Vnall show My refuge is the God of love My righteous judge, my gracious God My Saviour and my King My Saviour, my Almighty Friend My shepherd is the living Lord My Shepherd wil supply my need My soul, how lovely is the place My soul lies cleaving to the dust My soul, repeat Ins praise My spirit looks to God alone My soul, thy great Creator praise My spirit sinks within me, Lord My trust is in my heavenly frjend NO sleep nor slumber to his eyes Not to our names, thou only just and true Not to ourselves, who are but dust Now be my heart inspir'd to sing Now from the roaring lion's rage Now I'm convine'd the Lord is kind Now let our lips with holy fear Now let our mournful song record 42jThe Lord, the sovereign King Now may the God of power and grace 38lThe Lord, the sovereign, sends his Now shall my solemn vows be paid 103i summons forth 18ljTheman is ever blest 52|The Praise of Zion waits for thee 160 The wonders, Lord, thy love has 222 54 137 140 132 106 23 184 84 103 10iJ 126 147 149 1T4 48 119 £26 143 65 151 175 44 82 99 36 r$ 132 O ALL ye nations praise the Lord O blessed souls are they O bless the Lord, my soul Of justice and of grace I sing Oh for a shout of sacred joy O God, my refuge, hear my cries O God of grace and righteousness O God of mercy hear my call O God of mj T salvation, hear O God, to whom revenge belongs 155 75 89 14 87 133 wrought Think, mighty God, on feeble man This is the day the Lord hath made This spacious earth is all the Lord's Thou art my portion, O my God Thou God of love, thou ever blest I46JThxough every a;e, eternal God 80 161 80 g 98 67 1S7 183 45 iet 197 135 U6 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Page. Thrice happy man, who fears the Lord 176 Thuslresolv'd before the Lord 65 Thuasaith the Lord, "The spacious fields 79 Thus saith the Lord, " Your work is vain 67 Thus God, th' eternal Father, spalic 172 Thus the great Lord of earth and sea 173 Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord 191 Thy name, almighty Lord 182 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 170 *Tis by thy strength the mountains stand 101 To God I cried with mournful voice 120 To God I made my sorrows known 223 To God, the great, the ever blest 166 To Heaven I lift my waiting eyes 108 To thee, O God of truth and love 51 To thee, O Lord, I raise my cries 49 To our almighty Maker God 152 To thee before the dawning light 186 To thee, most high and holy God 118 To thine almighty arm we owe 34 'Twas for our sake, Eternal God 109 7 Twas from thy hand, my God. I came 219 'Twas in the watches of the night 96 VAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent "168 Unshaken as the sacred hill 202 Up from my youth may Israel say 205 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes 198 Upward I lift mine eyes 199 WE bless the Lord, the just, the good 105 We love thee, Lord, arid wp ajW oh What oh«H I render to my God 181 When Christ to judgment shall descend 80 When God is nigh my faith is strong 29 When God, provok'd with daring crimes - 170 When God restor'd our captive state 203 When God reveal'd his gracious name 203 WJjen Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand 178 Pu's' When Israel sinn'd, the Lordreprov'd 12", When I with pleasing wonder &tand 221 When man grows bold in sin 61 When overwhelm'd with grief 94 When pain aud anguish seize me, Lord 196 When the great Judge, supreme and just 21 Where shall the man be found 4G Where shall we go to seek and find 20^" While I keep silence and conceal 53 While men grow bold in "wicked ways 60 Who shall ascend thy heavenlv place 27 Who shall inhabit in thy hill Who will arise and plead my right 146 Why did the Jews proclaim their rage 12 Why did the nations join to slay 1- Why should the mighty make their boast 6 Why should the haughty hero boast 83 Why do the proud insult the poor 78 Why do the wealthy wicked boast 62 Why doth the Lord depart so far Why doth the man of riches grow- Why has my God my soul forsook Why should I vex my soul and fret Will God for ever cast us oif With all my powers of heart and tongue With earnest Jongings of the mind With my whole heart I'll raisemy song 2l With my whole heart I've sought thy face 193 With reverence let the saints appear 135 With songs and honours sounding loud 231 Would you Heboid the woks of God 169 40 61 117 217 69 YE holy souls in and Eph. iii 9. 10. I ~C^ RE the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad, -*-^ From everlasting was the word; w •250 HYMN 3. book j With God he was ; the word was God, And must divinely be ador'd. '2 By his own power all things were made ; By him supported all things stand; He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at his command. J Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning* stars : (Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years'?) 4 But lo, he leaves those heavenly forms; The word descends and dwells in clay, That he may converse hold with worms, Drest in such feeble flesh as they. 5 Mortals with joy beheld his face, Th ? eternal Father's only Son : How full of truth, how full of grace, When through his eyes the Godhead shone* 6 Archangels leave their high abode, To learn new mysteries here, and tell Tilt: loves of our descending God, The glories of lmmanuel. HYMN 3, S. M. The Nativity of Christ. Luke i. 30, fyc. Luke ii. iO, fce. 1 TBEHOLD tne grace appears, M3 The promise is fulfill'd ; Mary, the wondrous virgin, bears, And Jesus is the child. 2 [The Lord, the highest God, Calls him his only Son ; He bids him rule the lands abroad, And gives him David's throne. 3 O'er Jacob shall he reign With a peculiar sway; The nations shall his grace obtain, His kingdom ne'er decay.] 4 To bring the glorious news, A heavenly form appears ; He tells the shepherds of their joys. And banishes their fears. $ "Go, humble swains," said he, "To David's city fly; k * The promis'd infant, born to-day, " Doth in a manger lie. hook i. HYMN 4, 5, 6. 6 "With looks and heart serene, "Go visit Christ your King;" And straight a flaming troop was seen : The shepherds'heard them sing : 7 " Glory to God on high ! "And heav'nly peace on earth, "Good-will to men, to angels joy, " At the Redeemer's birth/' 3 [In worship so divine Let saints employ their tongues: With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs. 9 " Glory to God on high, " And heavenly peace on earth, " Good-will to men, to angels joy, " At our Redeemer's birth."] HYMN 4. Referred to the second Psalm- HYMN 5. C. M. Submission to afflictive Providences- Job i. 21. 1 TVTAKED as from the earth we came. -L^l And crept to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but short favours borrow'd now. To be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high. Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and (blessed be his name) He takes but what he gave. 4 Peace, all our angry passions then, Let each rebellious siffh Be silent at his sovereign will, And every murmur die. 5 If smiling mercy crown our lives, Its praises shall be spread ; And we'll adore the justice too, That strikes our comforts dead. HYMN 6. C. M. Triumph over Death. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. 1 d^i REAT God, I own thy sentence jusk \JK And nature must decay; i52 HYMN 7. book i. I yield my body to the dust, To dwell with fellow clay. 2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave, And trample on the tombs ; My Jesus, my Redeemer Jives, My God, my Saviour comes. 3 The mighty conqueror shall appear, High on a royal seat, And death, the last of all his foes, Lie vanquish'd at his feet. 4 Though greedy worms devour my skin, And gnaw my wasting flesh When God shall build my bones again, He clothes thern ai! afresh. 5 Then shall I see thy lovely face With strong immortal eyes, And feast upon thine unknown grace, With pleasure and surprise. HYMN 7. C. M. The Invitation of the Gospel; or, spiritual Food and Clothi; Isa lv 1. &c. I "B~ ET every mortal ear attend, M-A And every heart rejoice; The trumpet of the gospel sounds, With an inviting- voice. 2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls, That feed upon (he wind, And vainly strive with earthly toys To fill an empty mind : •3 Eternal wisdom has prepared A soul reviving feast, And bids your longing appetites, The rich provision taste. 4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die, Here you may quench your raging thirsL With springs that never dry. 5 Rivers of love and mercy here, In a rich ocean join ; Salvation in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine. <3 [Ye perishing and naked poor, Who work with mighty pain, To weave a garment of your own, That will not hide your sin ; book i. HYMN S. 858 7 Come naked, and adorn your souls In robes prepaid by God, Wrought by the labours of his Son, And dy'd in hsown blood.] S Dear God ! the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines, Deep as our helpless miseries are, Ami boundless as our sins! I 9 The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day ; Lord, we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. HYMN 8. C. M. The safety and protection of the church. Isa< sxVi. 1'— f>: i TjjOVV honourable is the place JLJl Where we adoring stand, Zibn, the »!ory of the earth, And beauty of the land! 2 Bui works of mighty grace defend The city where we dwell ; The walls of strong salvation made, Defy th' assaults of he!). 3 Lift up the ver lasting gates, The doors wide open fling; Enter, ye nations that obey The m atutes of your King. 4 Here shall you taste uumingled joys, And live in perfect peace ; You that have known Jehovah's name. And venturM on his grace. 5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust, \nd banish all your fears: Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells, Eternal as his years. S What though the rebels dwell on high, His arm shall bring them low ; Low as the caverns ot the grave Their lofty heads shall bow. 7 On Babylon our feet shall tread In that rejoicing hour; Ihe ruin-* of her walls shall spread A pavement for the poor. W 2 254 HYMN 9. book u HYMN 9. C. M. The promises of the Covenant of Grace. Isa. Iv 1, 2. Zech.xii. 1 Mic. vii. 19 Ezek xxxvi. 25, &c. 1 JN vain we lavish out our lives JL To gather empty wind ; The choicest blessings earth can yield Will starve a hun ry mind 2 Come, and the Lord shall feed our souls With more substantial meat; With such is saints in glory love, VV sth such as angels eat. *> Our God will every want supply, And fill our hearts with peace: He givfs'by covenant and by oath The riches of his grace. 4 Come, and he'll cleanse our spotted souls. And wash aw*ay our stains In the char fountain that his Son I'our'd from his dying veins. 5 [Our guilt shall vanish all away, Though black as hell before; Our s*n shall sink beneath the sea, And shall be found no more. G An(\^ lest pollution should o'erspread Our inward powers again, His spirit *hall bedew our souls Like purifying- rain.] 7 Our hearts, that flinty, stubborn thing, That terrors cannot move,- That fe ars no thrent'ning, of his wrath,.. Shall be dissolv'd by love. 8 Or be can take the flint away, That would not be reftVd, And from die treasures of his grace Bestow a softer mind*, There shall his sacred spirit dwell, Atid deep engrave his law; And every motion of our souls To swjft obedience draw. 10 Thus will he pour salvation. down. And we shall render praise; We the dear people of his love. And he our God of grace. BOOK I. HYMN 10, II. BSS HYMN 10. S. M. THie blessedness of Gospel times; or, the Revelation of Christ to Je.ivs r and Gentiles Isa v 2- 7—10 Matt xiii. 16, 17. 1 rj QW Beauteous are their feet JLJLWho stand on Zion's hill; Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal! 2 How charming is their voice! How sweet their tidings are ! 'Ziou, behold thy Saviour King, 'He reigns and triumphs here.' 3 How happy are our ears That hear this joyful sound, Which kings and prophets waited for And sought, hut never found ! 4 How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light! Prophets and kings desir'd it long*, But d\ei\ without the sight. 5 The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ, „ Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy. C The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the earth abroad! Let every nation now behold Their Saviour and their God. HYMN If. L. M. The humble enlightened, and carnal Reason humbled; or the Sovereign- ty of Grace Luke x 2 . 22. 1 r|"lHfclR& was an hour when Christ rejoie'd, -**- And spoke his joy in words of praise; Father, I thank thee, mighty God, Lord of the earth, and heavens, and seas. I thank thy sovreetgn power and love, That crowns my doctrine with success, And makes the babes in knowledge learn The heights, and breadths, and lengths of grace, But all this glory lies conceal'd From men of prudence and of wit; The prince of darkness blinds their eyes, And their own pride resists the light. Father, 'tis thus, because thy will Chose and srdain'd it should be so; 256 HYMN 12, 13. book i ' 'Tis thy delight *' abase the proud 'And lay the haughty scorner low. 5 'There's none can know the Father right, 4 But those that learn it from the Son; 'Nor can ihe Son be well receiv'd, 'But where the Father makes him known, 6 ' Then let our souls adore our God, 'That deals his graces as he please; 'Nor g?ves to mortals an account, 'Or of his actions, or decrees.' HYMN 12. C. M. Free Grace in revealing Christ. Luke x. 21. ESUS, the man of constant gTief, A mourner all his days; His spirit once rejoic'd aloud, And turn'd his joy to praise. 2 'Father, I thank thy wondrous love, « That hath reveal'd thy Son 'To men unlearned; and to babes ' Has made thy gospel known. 3 'The myst'ries of redeeming grace ' Are hidden from the wise; 'While pride and carnal reasoning join ' To swell and blind their eyes.' 4 Thus doth the Lord of heaven and earth Hss great decrees fulfil, And orders all his works of grace By his own sovereign will. HYMN 13. L. M. The Son of God Incarnate ; or, the Titles and the Kingdom of Chris;. Isa. ix 2, 6, 7. 1 FjflHK land* that long in darkness lay 1 Now have beheld a heav'nly light; Nations that sat iq death's cold shade, Are blest with beams divinely bright. 2 The virgin's promised Son is born; Behold th' Expected child appear! What shall his names or titles be? "The Wonderful, the Counseller! 3 [This infant is the mighty God, Come to be suckled and ador'd, Tli' eternal Father, Prince of Peace, The Sou of David and his Lord.] 4? The government of earth and seas Upon his shoulders shall be laid: ijook i. HYMN 14, 15. 257 His wide dominions shall increase, And honours to his name be paid. 5 Jesus, the holy child, shall sit High on his father David's throne ; Shall crush his foes beneath his feat, And reign to ages yet unknown." HYMN 14. L. M. The Triumph of Faith ; or, ChrisVs unchangeable Love. Rom. viii. 33, ke 1 VMTHO shall the Lord's elect condemn $ ? ? 'Tis God that justifies their souls; And mercy, like a mighty stream, O'er all their sins divinely rolls 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell ? 'Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead ; And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising' from the dead! 3 He lives! he lives, and sits above, For ever interceding there: Who shall divide us from his love! Or what shall tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution or distress. Famine, or sword, or nakedness? He that hath lov'd us bears us through, And makes us more than conqu rors to. 5 Faith hath an overcoming power, It triumphs in the dying hour : Christ is our life, our joy, our hope; Nor can i ve sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high, nor powers below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Or wean our hearts from Christ our love. HYMN 15, L. M. Our own Weakness, and Christ our strength. 2 Cor. xii 7, 9, It, 1 & iiT me but hear my saviour say, "_J "Strength shall be equal to thy day;" Then I rejoice in deep distress Leaning' on all-sufficient grace. ? 2 I glory in infirmity, That Christ's own power may rest on rne ; When I am weak, then am I strong, Grace is my shield, and Christ my soug\ 3 I can do all things, or can bear All suff'rings, if my Lord be there; 258 HYMN 16, 17. book i Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains, While his left hand my head sustains. 4 But if the Lord be once withdrawn, And we attempt the work alone, When new temptations spring and rise, We find how great our weakness is. 5 So Sampson, when his hair was lost. Met the Philistines to his cost, Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise, Made feeble fight, and lost, his eyes. HYMN 16. C. M. Hosannato Christ. Matt. xxi. 9. Luke lis. 38. 40. 1 "JTOSANNA to the royal Son JUt Of David's ancient line! His natures two, his person one, Mysterious and divine. 2 The root of David here we find, And offspring is the same; Eternity and time are join'd In our Immanuel's name. 3 JBless'd he that comes to wretched men* With peaceful news from heav'n ! Hosannas of the highest strain To Christ the Lord be given! 4 Let mortals ne'er refuse to take TV hosanna on their tongues, Lest rocks and stones should rise and break Their silence into songs. HYMN 17. C. M. Victory over Death. 1 Cor. sv. 55, &c. 1 jTjk FOR an overcoming faith \J To cheer my dying- hours, To triumph o'er the monster, Death, And all his frightful powers! Q Joyful, with all the strength I have, My quiv'ring lips should sing, " Where is thy boasted vict'ry grave? " And where the monster's sting?" 3 If sin be pardon'd, I'm secure; Death hath no sting beside ; The law gives sin its damning power: But Christ, my ransom, died. 4 Now to the God of victory Immortal thanks be paid, book i. HYMN 18, 19. 259 Who makes us conqu'rors while we die, Through Christ our living- head. HYMN 18. CM. Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord. R«v. xiv. 3. HEAR what the voice from heav'n proclaims For all the pious dead ! Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their sleeping bed. 2 They die in Jesus, and are bless'd ; How kind their slumbers are! From sufferings and from sins released, And freed from every snare. 3 Far from this world of toil and strife, They're present with the Lord ; The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. HYMN 19. C. M. The Song of Simeon ; or, Death made desirable. Luke. ii. 27, &c. 1 ORD, at thy temple we appear, J-^ As happy Simeon came, And hope to meet our Saviour here ; O make our joys the same ! 2 With what divine and vast delight The good old man was fill'd, When fondly in his wither's arms, He clasp'd the holy child ! $ "Now 1 can leave this world,'* he cried, " Behold thy servant dies ; "I've seen thy great salvation, Lord, " And close my peaceful eyes. 4 "This is the light prepar'd to shine " Upon the Gentile lands ; " Thine Israel' glory and their hope, "To break their slavish bands." > [Jesus ! the vision of thy face Hath overpowering charms! Scarce shall I feel deaths cold embrace, If Christ be in my arms. • Then while ye hear my heart-strings break, How sweet my minutes roll! A mortal paleness on my cheek, And glory in my soul.] -260 HYMN 20, 21. book i HYMN 20. C. M. Spiritual Apparel, namely, the Robe of Righteousness, and Garment oj Salvation. Isa. lxi. 10. 1 A WAKE my heart, arise my tongue, jfjL Prepare a tuneful voice, In God, the life of all my joys, Aloud will I rejoice. 2 'Tis he adornd my naked soul, And made salvation mine; Upon a poor polluted worm He makes his graces shine. 3 And lest the shadow of a spot Should on my soul be found, He took the robe the Saviour wrought, And cast it ail around. 4 How far the heavn'ly robe exceeds W hat earthly princes wear! These ornaments, how bright they shine! How white the garments are! 5 The Spirit wrought my faith and love, And hope, and every grace ; But Jesus spent his life to work The robe of righteousness. 6 Strangely, my soul, art thou array'd By the great sacred Three! In sweetest harmony of praise Let all thy powers agree. HYMN 21. C. M. A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ among men Rev. xxi. 1 — Q 1 O, what a glorious sight appears JLi To our believing* eyes ! The earth and seas are pass'd away, And the old rolling skies : 2 From the third heav'n, where God resides. That holy, happy place, The new Jerusalem comes down, Adorn'd with shining grace 3 Attending angels shout for joy, Aud the bright armies sing, "Mortals, behold the sacred seat "Of our descending King! 4 "The God of glory down to men "Removes his bless'd abode ; "Men, the dear objecfs of his grace ? "And he the loving God. *ook t. HYMN 24, 25. 2M 5 " His own soft hand shall wipe the tears " From every weeping eye ; "And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears., "And death itself shall die.'' *j How long, dear Saviour, O how long Shall this bright hour delay! Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, And bring the welcome day. HYMN 22 and 23. Referred to the 125lh Psalut. HYMN 24. L. M. The rich Sinner dying. Psalm xlix. 6. 9. Eccl. viii. 8. Job Hi. 14, 15. 1 H"N vain the wealthy mortals toil, A And heap their shining dust in vain : Look down and scorn the humble poor, And boast their lofty hills ot gain. 2 Their golden cordials cannot ease Their pained hearts, or aching heads; Nor fright, nor bribe approaching death, From glitt'ring roofs and downy beds. 1 The lingering, the unwilling soul The dismal summons must obey, And bid a long, a sad farewell To the pale lump of lifeless clay. 4 Thence they are huddled to the grave, Where kings and slaves have equal thrones Their bones without distinction lie Amongst the heap of meaner bones. The rest referred to the 49th Psalm. HYMN 25. L. M. A Vision of the Lamb. Rev. v. 6 — 9. 1 A^L mortal vanities begone, J\. Nor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears; Behold amidst tli' eternal throne A vision of the Lamb appears. 2 fGIory his fleecy robe adorns, Slark'd with the bloody death he bort; Sev'n are his eyes, and sev'n his horns, To speak his wisdom and his power. 3 Lo, he receives a sealed book From him that sits upon the throne ; Jesus, my Lord, prevails to look On dark decrees and things unknown.] 4 All the assembling saints around Fall worshipping before tho Lamb, X 26£ HYMN 26. book And in new songs of gospel sound Address new honours to his name. 5 [The joy, the shout, the harmony Fly o'er the everlasting hills; a Worthy art thou alone,'* they cry, " To read the book, to loose the seals. "J C> Our voices join the heav'nly strain, And with transporting pleasure sing, " Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, *• To be our teacher and our king!" 7 His words of prophecy reveal Eternal counsels, deep designs-; His grace an J vengeance shall fulfil The peaceful and the dreadful lines. 8 Thou hast redeem'd our souls from hell With thine invaluable blood; And wretches that did once rebel, Are now m.sde fav'rites of their God. Worthy for ever is the Lord, That died for treasons not his own, By every tongue to be ador'd And dwell upon his Father's throne ! HYMN 26. C. M. Hope of He ven by the Resurrection of Christ. 1 Pet i &- 1 R L!:>: " :;/D hr th ° eve{las!ti »g God. -*-* The Father of our Lord ; Be his abounding mercy prais'd, His majesty ador'd. 2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son And calPd him to the^ky, He gave our souls a lively hope, That they should never die. 3 What though our inbred sins require Our flesh to see the dust, Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose. So all his followers must. 4 There's an inheritance divine, Reser 'd against that day Tis uncorrupted, undehl r d, And cannot fade away. § Saints by the power of God are kept. Till the salvation come; We walk by faith as strangers here f Till Christ shall call us home. 9- book i. HYMN 27, 28. 263 HYMN 27. C. M. Assurance of Heaven; or, a Saint prepared to die. 2 Tim. iv. 6, 7, 8, IB. 1 r\ UATH may dissolve my body now, JL^ And bear my spirit home : Why do my minutes urove so slow, Nor my salvation come? 2 With heav'nly weapons I have fought The battles of the Lord, Finish'd my course, and kept the faith, And wait the sure reward. S God has laid up in heav'n for me A crown which cannot fade: The righteous Judge, at that great day, Shall place it on my head. 4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed This prize for me alone ; But all that love, and long to see Th' appearance of his Son. 3 Jesus, the Lord, shall guard me safe From everv il! design ? And to his heav'nly kingdom take This feeble sou! of mine. > God is my everlasting aid, And hell shall rage in vain; To him be highest glory paid, And endless praise — Amen. HYMN 28. C. M. The Triumph of Christ over the Enemies of his Church. Isa. teiii, 1, 3, he. 1 "lOI^HAT mighty man, or mighty God V i Come s travelling- in state Along the Id u mean road, Away from Bozrah's gate? ^ The glory of his robes proclaim 'Tis some victorious king: "'Tis I, the Just, th' Almighty One, " That your salvation brinjr." 3 Why, mighty Lord, thy saints inquire? Why, thine apparel's red ; And all thy vesture stam'd like those Who in the wine-press tread ? 1 " I by myself have trod the press, "And crush'd my foes alone; * { My wrath hath struck the rebels dead, "Mj fury stamp'd them down. 364 HYMN 29, 30. book 5 "'Tis Edom's blood that dyes my robes " With joyful scarlet stains ; "The triumph that my raiment wears "Sprung from my bleeding- veins. "Thus shall the nations be destroyed " That dare insult my saints : " I have an arm t' avenge their wrongs, "An ear for their complaints." HYMN 29. C. M. The second Part ; or, the. Ruin of Antichrist. Isa. Ixiii. 4 — %, 1 "T LIFT my banner," saith the Lord, -*- "Where antichrist has stood; "The city of my gospel foes "Shall be a field of blood. 2 " My heart hath studied just revenge, "And now the day appears, "The day of my redeem'd is come, " To wipe away their tears. 3 "*' Quite weary has my patience grown, "And bids my fury go: "Swift as the lightning it shall move, " And be as fatal too. * 4 "I call'd for helpers, but in vain ; "Then has my gospel none? "Well, mine own arm has might enough "To crush my foes alone. 5 "Slaughter, and my devouring sword, "Shall walk the streets around : " Babel shall reel beneath my stroke, "And stagger to the ground." 6 Thy honours, O victorious King ! Thine own right hand shall raise, While we thin© awful vengeance sing, And our Deliv'rer praise. HYMN 30. L.M. Prayer of Deliverance Answered. Isa. xxvi. S — 2£>. •I |"N thine own ways, OGod of love, JL We wait the visits of thy grace; Our souls' desire is to thy name, And the remembrance of thy face. 2 "My thoughts are searching, Lord, for thee, 'Mongst the black shades of lonesome nio-ht : My earnest cries salute the skies Before the dawn restores the light. hook i. HYMN 32, 39. 2& 3 Look how rebellious men deride The tender patience of my God; But tbey shall see thy lifted hand, And feel the sourges of thy rod. 4 Hark! the Eternal rends the sky, A mighty voice before him goes; A voice of music to his friends, But threat'uing thunder to his foes. 5 Come, children, to your Fathers arms, Hide in the chambers of my grace, 'Till the fierce storms be overblown, And my revenging fury cease. 6 My sword shall boast its thousands slain, And drink the blood of haughty kings. While heavenly peace around my flock Stretches its soft and shady wings. HYMN 31. Referred to the first Psalm. HYMN 32. €. M. Strength from Heaven. Isa. xi. 27—30. 1 "^7K7" HENCE do our mournful thoughts arise % ▼ ? And \v here's our courage fled ? Has restless sin and raging hell Struck all our comforts dead'? 2 Have we forgot th' almighty name That form'd the earth and sea? And can an all-creating arm Grow weary or decay? 3 Treasures of everlasting might In our Jehovah dwell : He gives the conquest to the weak, And treads their foes to hell. 4 Here mortal power shall fade and die, Aiu\ youthful vigour cease; - But we that wait upon the Lord, Shall feel our strength increase. § The saints shall mount on eagles wings, And taste the promised bliss, Till theft unwearied feet arrive Where perfect pleasure is 8 HYMN 33,34, 35, 3f», 37, 38. Referred to Psalm 131 134, 67, 73, 90, 84. HYMN 39. C. M. GoW<; tender Care of his Church Isa. sli>:. Vo. & "OVV shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; X2 266 HYMN 40. ftooKi. Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue. 2 God on his thirsty Sion-hill Some mercy-drops has thrown, And solemn oaths have bound his love To shower salvation down. 1) Why do we then indulge our fears, Suspicions and complaints? Is he a God, and shall his grace Grow weary of his saints ? i Can a kind woman e'er forget The infant of her womb, And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts Hersucklinff have no room? 5 "Yet," saith the Lord, "should nature change, M And mothers monsters prove, "Sion still dwells upon the heart "Of everlasting love. 6 "Deep on the palms of both my hands " 1 have engrav'd her name ; "My hands shall raise her ruined walls, " And build her broken frame." HYMN 40. L. M. The Business and Blessedness of glorified Saints. Rev. vii. 13, k<, 1 "^/t^HAT happy men or angels these, TT " That all their robes are spotless white ? " Whence did this glorious troop arrive "At the pure realms of heavenly light?" 2 From tott'ring racks, and burning fires, And seas of their own blood, they came: But nobler blood has wash'd their robes, Flowing from Christ, the dying Lamb* B Now they approach th' almighty throne. With loud hosannas night and day, Sweet anthems to the great Three-One, Measure their bless'd eternity. 1 No more shall hunger pain their souls; He bids their parching thirst be gone, And spreads the shadow of his wings, To screen them from the scorching sun* 5 The Lamb that fills the middle throne Shall shed around his milder beams; There shall they feast on his rich love, And drink full joys from living streams. book j. HYMN 41, 42. 2$ <5 Thus shall their mighty bites renew Through the vast round of endless years; And the soft hand of sov'reign grace, Heals all their wounds, and wipes their feara HYMN 41. C. M. Tfusame ; or the Martyrs glorified. R*t. *ii. 13, &ic. I "PinHESE glorious minds,how bright they shine! I M Whence all their white array? " How came they to the happy seats "Of everlasting day?" $ From tott'ring pains to endless joys On fiery wheels they rode, And strangely wash'd their raiment white- In Jesus' dying blood. 3 Now they approach a spotless God, And bow before his throne; Their warbling harps and sacred songs Adore the Holy One. 4 The unveil'd glories of his face Amongst his saints reside, While the rich treasure of his grace Sees all their wants supplied. 3 Tormenting thirst shall leave their souls*, And hunger flee as fast; The fruit of life's immortal tree Shall be their sweet repast. « The Lamb shall lead his heav'nly flock Where living fountains rise, And love divine shall wipe away The sorrows of their eyes. HYMN 42. C. M. Divine Wrath and Mercy. Nah. i. 2, i. ■ b A DORE and tremble, for our God j\. Is a consuming fire * His jealous eyes his wrath inflame, And raise his vengeance higher. 2 Almighty vengeance, how it burns ! How bright his fury glows! Vast magazines of plagues and storms Lie treasur'd for his foes. ;} Those heaps of wrath, by slow degree*. Are forc'd into a flame, * Hebrews xii. 9. 268 HYMN 45. book r. But kindled, oh! hotv fierce they blaze! And rend all nature's frame. 4 At his approach the mountains flee, And seek a wat'rv grave; The frighted sea makes haste away, And shrinks up every wave. 5 Through the wild air the weighty rocks Are swrtl as hail-stones burl'd; Who dares engage his fiery rage, That shakes the solid world ! Yet mighty God! thy sov'reign grace Sits regent on the throne, The refuge of thy chosen race When wrath comes rushing- down. ? Thy hand shall on rebellious kings A fiery tempest pour, While we beneath thy shelt'ring wings, Thv just revenge adore. HYMN 43. Referred to the 1 00th Psalm, HY3IN 44. Referred to the 1 33d Psalm. HYMN 45. C. M. . The last Judgment. Rev. xxi. 5 — 8. 1 DEE where the great incarnate God k_) Fills a majestic throne; While from the skies his awful voice Bears the last judgment down. £" I am the first, and I the last, " Through endless years the same ; u I AM is my memorial still, "And my eternal name. 3 "Such favours as a God can give, " My royal grace bestows ; ".Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams " Where life and pleasure flows.] 4 [" The saint that triumphs o'er his sins, "I'll own him for a son ; " The whole creation shall reward "The conquest he has won. 5 " But bloody bands, and hearts unclean, ** And ail the lying race, "The faithless and the scoffing crew " That spurn at offer'd grace ; () "They shall be taken from my sight, " Bound fast in iron chains, o book i. HYMN 48, 49. ' 26.« "And headlong* plung'd into the lake "Where fire and darkness reigns."] 7 O may I stand before the Lamb, When earth and seas are fled, And hear the Judge pronounce my name With blessings on my head I 8 May I with those for ever dwell, Who here were my delight, While sinners banish'd down to hell, No more offend my sight. HYMN 4G & 47. Referred to Psalm 148, & Psalm 3, HYMN 48. L. M. The Christian Race. Isa. xl. 21—31. 1 A WAKE our souls (away our fears, _^1l Let every trembling thought begone) Awake and run the heav'nly race, And put a cheerful courage on. *2 True, 'tis a straight and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint; But they forget the mighty God That feeds the strength of every saint. •3 The mighty God, whose matchless power Is ever new and ever young", And firm endures, while endless years Their everlasting: circles run. 4 From thee, the overflowing; spring", Our souls shall drink a fresh supply; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die* .5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We'll mount aloft to thine abode: On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heav'nly road. HYMN 49. C. M. The Works of Moses* and the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3. 1 ~£JOW strong thine arm is mighty God! JIJL Who would not fear thy name! Jesus, how sweet thy graces are J Who would not love the Lamb! 2- He has done more than Moses did, Our Prophet and our King;: Yrom bonds of hell he freed oursouls*- And taught our lips to sing. 270 HYMN 50. book i. 3 In the Red Sea, by Moses' hand, Th' Egyptian host was drown'd : Bat his own blood hides all our sins, And guilt no more is found. 4 When through the desert Israel went. W i t h manna 1 1 icy were fe d : Our Lord invites us to his flesh, And calls it living bread. Moses beheld the promis'd land, Vet never reach'd the place: But Christ shall bring his followers home, To see his Father's face. 6 Then will our love and joy be full, And feel a warmer flame, And sweeter voices tune the song* Of Moses and the Lamb. HYM\ 50. C. M. The Song of Zacharias, and the Message of John the Babtisl ; or, Light and Salvation by Jesus Christ, Lukei 68, he. John i. 29, 32- 1 IVrOW be the God of brae! blesl'd, J- >» Who makes his truth appear; His mighty hand fulfils his word, And all the oaths he sware. 2 Now he bedlews old David's root With blessings from the skies; He makes the branch of promise grow. The promis'd horn arise. 3 [John was the prophet of the Lord, To go before his face ; The hearld which our Saviour God Sent to prepare his ways. 4 He makes the great salvation known, He speaks oi'pardon'd sins; While grace divine, and heav'nly love, In its own glory shines. 5 "Behold the Lamb of God," he cries " That takes our guilt away; "I saw the spirit o'er his head " On his babtizing day.] 6 "Be every vale exalted high, " Sink every mountain low : " The proud must stoop, and humble souls, " Shall his salvation know. 4 7 u The heathen realms, with Israel's land. "Shall ioin in sweet accord : HOOK I. HYMN 51, 52. 271 " And all that's born of man shall see " The glory of the Lord. 8 " Behold the Morning Star arise, "Ye that in darkness sit; " He marks the path that leads to peace, " And guides our doubtful feet.' 7 HYMN 51. S. M. Preserviiig Grace. Jude 24, 25. 1 PT^O God the only wise, JL Our Saviour and our King, Let all the saints below the skies Their humble praises bring. 2 'Tis his almighty love, His counsel and his care, Preserves us safe from sin and deadly And every hurtful snare. .'} He will present our souls, Unblernish'd and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great. 4 Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. 5 To our Redeemer God, Wisdom and power belongs, Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting songs, HYMN 52. L. M. Baptism Matt, xxviii. 19. Acts ii. 38, 1 'FjlWAS the commission of our Lord, JL "Go teach the nations, and baptize, The nations have receiv'd the word, Since he ascended to the skies. 2 He sits upon the eternal hills, With grace and pardon in his hands, And sends his cov'nant with his seals, To bless the distant Christian lands. 3 "Repent, and be baptiz'd," he saith, "For the remission of your sins; And thus our sense assists our faith, And shows us what his gospel means. 4 Our souls he washes in his blood, As water makes the body clean ; 272 HYMN 53, 54. book i; And the good Spirit from our God Descends like purifying rain. 5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee, And seal our cov'nant with the Lord ; O may the great eternal Three In heaven our solemn vows record ! HYMN 53. L. M. The Holy Scriptures. Heb. i. S. 2 Tim. iii. 15, 16. Psalm cxlvii. 19, 2t, 1 ^1 OD, who in various methods told \Jf His mind and will to saints of old, Sent his own Son with truth and grace, To teach us in these latter days. 2 Our nation reads the written word, That book of life, that sure record : The bright inheritance of heaven Is by the sweet conveyance given. 3 God's kindest thoughts are here express'd, Able to make us wise and bless'd ; The doctrines are divinely true, Fit for reproof and comfort too. 4 Ye Christian isles, who read his love In long epistles from above, % (He hath not sent his sacred word To every land,) Praise ye the Lord. HYMN 54. L. M. Electing graee ; or, Saints beloved in Christ. Eph. i. 3. kc. EMJS, we bless thy Father's name; Thy God and ours are both the same; What heav'nly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners through his Son! 2 " Christ be my first elect," he said, Then chose our souls in Christ our head, Before he gave the mountains birth. Or laid foundations for the earth. 3 Thus did eternal love begin To raise us up from death and sin; Our characters were then decreed " Blameless in love, a holy seed." 4 Predestinated to be sons, Born by degrees, but chose at once ; A new regenerated race, To praise the glory of his grace. 5 With Christ our Lord we share our part In the affections of his heart: hook i. HYNM 55, 56. 2*3 Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd, Till he forgets his first belov'd. HYMN 55. C. M. Hesekiah's Song; or, Sickiiess and Recovery. Isa. xxxvHi. 9, 8fcC. 1 "¥JS/'HEN we are rais'd from deep distress, f? Our God deserves a song; We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah's tongue. 2 The gates of the devouring- grave Are open'd wide in vain, If he who holds the keys of death Commands them fast again. 3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse Our minds with slavish fears ; "Our days are past, and we shall lose " The remnant of our years." 4 We chatter with a swallow's voice, Or like a dove we mourn, With bitterness instead of joys, Afflicted and forlorn. 5 Jehovah speaks the healing' word, And no disease withstands; Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, And fly at his commands. t> If half the strings of life should break, He can our frame restore ; He casts our sins behind his back, And they are found no more. HYMN 56. CM. I'ht song of Moats and the Lamb ; or, Baby Ion falling. Rev. xv. 3, xvi and xvii. 6. 1 "V\7~E sing the glonrs of thy ( ove, '* We sound thy dreadful name; The Christian church unite the songs Of Moses and the Lamb. 2 Great God how wondrous are thy works Of vengeance and of grace; Thou King of Saints, almighty Lor d, How just and true thy wavs! 3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name, Or worship at thy throne'? Thy judgments speaks thine holiness Through all the nations known. 4 Great Babylw that rues th earth, Drunk with the martyis' blood, Y •274 HYMN 57, 58. book u Her crimes shall. speedily awake The fury of our God. 5 The cup of wrath is ready mix'd, And she must drink the dregs; Strong is the Lord, her sov'reign Judge, And shall fulfil her plagues. HYMN 57. C. M. Original Sin; or, (he first and seccond Adam. Rom. v. 12. &c. Psala li. 5. Job. xiv. 4. 1 "13 ACKWARD with humble shame we look, J-P On our original ; How is our nature dash'd and broke s In our first father's fall ! 2 To all that's good averse and blind, But prone to ail that ? s ill, What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! How obstinate our will I 3 [Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state!) Before we draw our breath, The first young pulse begins to beat Iniquity and death. 4 How strong in our degenerate blood The old corruption reigns, And, mingling with the crooked flood. Wanders through all our veins !] 5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root. Will all the branches be; How can we hope for living fruit From such a deadly tree? <3 What mortal power from things unclean Can pure productions bring? Who can command a vital stream From an infected spring?] 7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love Can make our nature clean, While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin. S The second Adam shall restore The ruins of the first; liosanna to that sovereign power That new-creates our dust. HYMN 58. L. M. The Devil vanquished ; or, MichatVs War with the Dragon. Rev. xii. 7. 1 ET mrotal tongues attempt to sing JL^ The wars of heav'n when Michael stood book t. HYMN 59, 6a 275 Chief general of th' eternal King, And fought the battles of our God. 2 Against the dragon and his host The armies of the Lord prevail : In vain they rage, in vain they boast; Their courage sinks, their weapons fail. *3 Down to the earth was Satan thrown ; Down to the earth his legions fell ; Then was the trump of triumph blown, And shook the dreadful deeps of hell. 4 Now is the hour of darkness past, Christ hath assumed his reigning power; Behold the great accuser cast Down from the skies, to rise no more. ♦) 'Twas by thy blood, immortal Lamb, Thine armies trod the tempter down; 'Twas by thy word, and powerful name, They gain'd the battle and renown. 6 Rejoice, ye heavens ; let every star Shine with new glories round the sky; Saints, while ye sing the heav'nly war, Raise your Deliverer's name on high* HYMN 59, L. M. Babylon fallen. Rev. xviii. 20, 21. 1 |~N Gabriel's hand, a mighty stone -*- Lies, a fair type of Babylon: "Prophets rejoice, and all ye saints, u God shall avenge your long complaints." 2 He said, and dreadful as he stood, He sunk the mill-stone in the flood: "Thus terribly shall Babel fall, "Thus, and no more be found at all," HYMN 60. L. M. ITie Virgin Mary's Song ; or, the promised Messiah born. Luke i. 46, &c. 1 f\UR souU shall magnify the Lord; v-r In God the Saviour we rejoice; While we repeat the virgin's song, May the same spirit tune our voice! 2 The Highest saw her low estate, And mighty things his hand hath done: His over-shadowing power and grace Makes her the mother of his Son. - v $ Let every nation call her bless'd, And endless years prolong her fame; 276 HYMN 61, 62. books. But God alone must be ador'd ; Holy and reverend is his name. 4 To those that fear and trust the Lord, N His mercy stands for ever sure: From age to age his promise lives, And the performance is secure. 5 He spake to Abram and his seed, "In thee shall all the earth be bless'dr' The mem'ry of that ancient word Lay long in his eternal breast. 13 But now no more shall Israel wait; No more the Gentiles lie forlorn: Lo, the desire of nations comes, Behold the prom is 'd seed is born ! HYMN 61. L. M. Christ our High-Priest and King; and Christ coming to Judgment. Rev. i. 5, 6, 7. \ TVTOW to the Lord that makes us know -L^> The wonders of his dying love, Be humble honours paid below, And strains of nobler praise above. I ? Twas he that cleans'd our foulest sins, Px\\d wfish'd us in his richest blood; 'Tis he that makes us priests and kings, And brings us rebels near to God. ff To Jesus our atoning priest, To Jesus our superior King, Be everlasting power coufess'd, And every tongue his glory sing. 4 Behold on flying clouds he comes, And every eye shall see him move ; Though with our sins we pierc'd him once : Then he displays his pard'ning love. 5 The unbelieving w r orld shall wail, While we rejoice to see the day: Come, Lord ; nor let thy promise fail, Nor let thy chariots long delay. HYMN 62. C. M. Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, toorshipped by all the Creat< Rev. v. 11—13. 3 ^~10ME let us join our cheerful songs, %^J With angels round the throne : Ten thousand thousand are their tongues; But all 1 heir joys are one. •> " Worthy the Lamb that died/' they cry* "To be exalted thus: book i. HYMN 63, 64. 277 " Worthy the Lamb,'* our lips reply, " For he was slain for us." 3 Jesus is worthy to receive Honour ami power divine ; And blessings more than we can givc f Be, Lord, tor ever thine. 4 Let all that dwell above the skv, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to lift thy glories high, And speak thine endless praise. 5 The whole creation join in one, To bless the sacred name Of him who sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. HYMN 63. L.M. Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation- Rev. v. 12. i ^WfUkT eo,ua! honours shall we bring t 7 To tiiee, O Lord our God, the Lamb, When all the notes that angels sing Are tar inferior to thy name? 2 Worthy is he that once was slain, The Prince of Peace that groan'd and d\e(}^ Worthy to rise and live, and reign At his almiglny Father's side. -3 Power and dominion are his due, Who stood condemn'd at Pilate's bar: Wisdom belongs to Jesus too, Tho' he whs charg'd with madness here. 4 All riches are his native right, Yet he sustained amazfrig loss ; To him ascribe eternal might, Who left I? is weakness on the cross. of Honour immortal must be paid, Instead of scandal and of scorn ; While glory shines around his head, And a brio-lit crown without a thorn. <# Blessings tor ever on the Lamb, Who bore tbe curse for wretched men: fe»et angeU sound his sacred name, And avtry ere,ature sav, Amen. HYMN 64, 8. M. Adoption. 1 John iii. 1, kc Gal. iv. (5. I 1D&EHOLD- p'hat wonrtrmis grace The Father has bustowYt Y2 >78 HYMN 65, 66. book i^ On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God ! *2 'Tis no surprising thing, That we should be unknown; The Jewish world knew not their king, God's everlasting Son, 3 Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made ; But when we see our Saviour here, We shall be like our head. 4 A hope so much divine May trials well^ endure, May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure. 5 If in my Father's love I share a filial part, Send down thy Spirit like a dove, To rest upon my heart. (J We would no longer lie Like slaves beneath the throne ; My faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own. HYMN 65. L. M. The Kingdoms of the World become the Kingdoms of the Lord ; or J iht Day of Judgment. Rev. xi 15 1 ET the seventh angel sound on high, JL^ Let shouts be heard through all the sky ; Kings of the earth, with glad accord, Give up your kingdoms to the Lord. 2 Almighty God, thy power assume, Who wast, and art, and art to come, , Jesus, the Lamb who once was slain, For ever live, for ever reign ! H The angry nations tret and roar, That they can slay the saints no more; On wings of vengeance Hies our God, To pay the long arrears of blood. I Now must the psing dead appear; Now the decisive sentence hear; Now the dear mart vis of the Lord Receive an infinite 1 reward. HYMN 66. L. SI. Christ the King at his Table. Cant. i. 2 — 5, J 2, 13. 1 ; I T Ei him embrace my sou! and prove -■— ^ My int'rest in his heav'nly love: BOOK I. HYMN 67. 27D The voice that tells me, "Thou art mine/' Exceeds the blessings of the vine. 2 On thee th' anointing Spirit came, And spread the savour of thy name; That oil of gladness and of grace Draws virgin souls to meet thy face. 3 Jesus, allure me by thy charms; My soul shall fly into thine arms! Our wandYing % feet thy favours bring To the fair chambers of the King. 4 [Wonder and pleasure tune our voice To speak thy praises and our joys ; Our inem'ry keeps this love of thine Beyond the taste of richest wine.] 5 Though in ourselves deform'd we are, And black as Kedar's tents appear; Yet when we put thy beauties on, Fair as the courts of Solomon. <> While at the t;»b!e sits the King, He loves to see us smile and sing; Our graces are our best perfume, And breathe \'\kc spikenard round the room.] 7 As myrrh, new bleeding from the tree, Such is a dying Christ to me; And while lie makes my soul his guest, ?vXy bosom, Lord, shall be thy rest. 8 [No beams of cedar, or of fir, Can with thy courts on earth compare; And here we wait until ihy love Raise us to nobler seats above.] "AfN G7. L. M. king the Pastures of Christ die Shepherd. Cant, i T. 1 FjTlHOU wliom my soul admires above JL All ea rtbl y j oy J i n d earthly love, Tell me, near Shepherd, let me know, \S here doth thy sweetest pasture grow? 2 Where is the shadow of that rock, That from the sun defends thy Hock? Fain would I i\^cd a'immg thy sheep. Among them rest, among them sleep. '4 Why should thy bride appear-like one That turns aside to paths unknown ? My constant Uet would never rove, W'ould never sceii another love. 280 HYMN 68, 69. book^ 4 [The footsteps of thy flock I see : Thy sweetest pastures here they be : A wondrous feast thy love prepares, Bought with thy wounds, and groans, and tears. 5 His dearest flesh he makes my food, And bids me drink his richest blood: Here to these hills my sou! will come, Till my beloved leads me home.] HVJV1N 6*. L. M. The Banquet of Love. Cant. ii. 1 — 4,6", 7. 1 WJEHOLD the rose of Sharon here, _H3 The lily which the valies bear; Behold the tree of life that gives Refreshing fruit and healing leaves. 2 Amongst the thorns so lilies shine, Amongst wild gourds the noble vine: So in mine eyes my Saviour proves, Amidst a thousand meaner loves. •3 Beneath his cooling shade 1 sat, To shield me from the burning heart; Of heav'nly fruit he spreads a feast, To feed my eyes, and please my taste. 4 [Kindly he brought me to the place Where stands the banquef of his grace ; He saw me faint, and o'er my head The banner of his love he spread. 5 With living bread, and gen'rous wine, He cheers this sinking heart of mine ; And op'ning his own heart tome, He shows his thoughts how kind they be.] ti O never let my Lord depart; Lie down and rest upon my heart: I change my sins not once to move, Not stir, nor wake. n>i grieve my love. HYMN 6& 1. M. Christ appearing to his Church, and seeking her Company. Cam. ii 8—13. I. niniiE voice of my beloved sounds JL Over the rocks and rising grounds ; O'er hills of guilt, and seas of grief, He leaps, he flies* to my relief '2 Now, through the veil of flesh, I see, With eyes of love he looks at me; Now in the gospel's clearest j»!ass He shows the beauties of his face. [book: i. HYMN 70. 281 3 Gently he draws my heart along, Both with his beauties and his tongue; " Rise/' saith my Lord, " make haste away ; "No mortal joys are worth thy stay. "The Jewish wintry state is gone, 4 "The mists are fled, the spring comes on ; "The sacred turtle-dove we hear ."Proclaim the new, the joyful year. 5 " Th' immortal voice of heav'nly root, "Blossoms, and buds, and gives her fruit." Lo! we are come to taste the wine; Our souls rejoice and bless the vine. 6 And when we hear our Jesus sav, "Rise up, my love, make haste away!'' Our hearts would fain out-fly the wind, And leave all earthly loves behind. HYMN 70. L. M. Christ inviting, and the Church answering the Invitation. Cant ii. 16 ; 16, 17. 1 ["IJ"ARK ! the Redeemer, from on high, jLJL Sweetly invites his favYites nigh ; From caves of darkness, and of doubt, He gently speaks, and calls us out. 2 "My dove, who hidest in the rock, "Thine heart almost with sorrow broke, " Lift up thy face, forget thy fear, " And let thy voice delight mine ear. 3 "Thy voice to me sounds ever sweet; "My graces in thy countenance meet; "Through the vain world thy face despise, " 'Tis bright and comely in mine eyes." 4 Dear Lord, our thankful heart receives The hope thine invitation gives: To thee our joyful lips shall raise The voice of prayer and of praise. 5 [I am my love's, and he is mine; Our hearts, our hopes, our passions join ; Nor let a motion, nor a werd, Nor thought arise to grieve my Lord. 6 My soul to pastures fair he leads, Amongst the lilies where he feeds; Amongst the saints (whose robes are white Wash'd in his blood) is his delight. 7 Till the day break, and shadows flee, Till the sweet dawning light I see, 282 HYMN 71, 72. book i Thine eyes to me* ward often turn, Nor let my soul in darkness mourn. •8 Be like a hart on mountains green, Leap o'er the hills of fear and sin ; Nor guilt, nor unbeliefdivide My love, my Saviour, from my side.] HYMN 71. L. M. Ohrist fomid in the Street, and brought to the Church. Cant, iii.l — 5 1 |HkFTENIseek my Lord by night, \J Jesus, my love, my soul's delight ! With warm desire and restless thought, I seek him oft, but find him not. 2 Then I arise, and search the street, Till I my Lord, my Saviour meet: 1 ask the watchmen of the night, "Where did you see my soul's delight! 7 ' 3 Sometimes I find him in my way, Directed by a heav'nly ray; 1 leap for joy to see his face, And hold him fast in mine embrace. 4 [I bring him to my mother's home, Nor does my Lord refuse to come To Zion's sacred chambers, where My soul first drew the vital air.] 5 He gives me there his bleeding heart, Pierc'd for my sake with deadly smart ; I give my soul to him, and there Our loves their mutual tokens share.] 6 I charge you all, ye earthly toys, Approach not to disturb my joys; Nor sin, nor hell, come near my heart, Nor cause my Saviour to depart. HYMN 72. L. M. Tlie Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church. Cant. iii. c ' 1 T|AUGHTERSofZion, come behold JLF The crown of honour and of gold, Which the glad church, with joys unknown, Plac'd on the head of Solomon. 2 Jesus thou everlasting King, Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept the well-deserv'd renown, And wear our praises as thy crown. 3 Let every act of worship be Like our espousals, Lord, to thee; *ook i. HYMN 73. 283 Like the dear hour, when from above We first received thy pledge of love. I The gladness of that happy day ! Our hearts would wish it long to stay; Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold. 5 Each following minute as it flies, Increase thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing thy name At the great supper of the Lamb. O that the months would roll away, And bring* that coronation day ! The King of Grace shall fill the throne, With all his Father's glories on. HYMN 73. L. M. 'he Church's Beauty in the Eyes of Christ Cat. iv. 1, 10, 11, 7, 8, 9, KIND is the speech of Christ our Lord, Affection sounds in everv word ; "Lo! thou art fair, my love, 7 ' he cries, "Not the young doves have sweeter eyes. 2 ["Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voice "Sallutes mine ear with sacred joys; "No spice so much delights the smell, "Nor milk nor honey taste so well.] 3 " Thou art all fair, my bride to me, "I will behold no spot in thee." What mighty wonders love performs, And puts a comeliness on worms! 4 DehTd and loathsome as we are, He makes us white, and calls us fair: Adorus us with that heav'nly dress, His graces and his righteousness. A "My sister and my spouse," he cries, . "Bound to my heart by various ties, I" Thy powerful love my hear! detains I" In strong delight, and pleasing chains/' (|He calls me from the leopard's den, {From this wide world of beasts and men, To Zion, where his glories are ; ■ Not Lebanon is half so fair. 7 Nor dens of prey, nor flowery plains, Nor earthly joys, nor earthly pains, Shall hold my feet, or force my stay, When Christ invites my soul away. S2S4 HYiMN 74,75. book i. HYMN 74. L. M. The Church the Garden of Christ, Cant. iv. 12. 14- 16 fy v. 1 1 "V¥7~E are a garden wall'd around, » » Chosen and made peculiar ground; A little spot enclos'd by grace, Out of the world's wide wilderness. 2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, Planted by God the Father's hand : And all his springs in Zion flow, To make the young" plantation grow. 3 Awake, O heav'nly wind, and come, Blow on this garden of perfume; Spirit divine, descend and breathe A gracious gale on plants beneath. 4 Make our best spices flow abroad, To entertain our Saviour God : And faith, and love, and joy appear, And every grace be active here. 5 [Let my beloved come and taste His pleasant fruits at his own feast: " I come, my spouse, I come," he cries, With love and pleasure hi his eyes. G Our Lord into his garden comes, Well pleas'd to smell our poor perfumes, And calls us to a feast divine, Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine. 7 " Eat of the tree of life, my friends, " The blessings that my Father sends; "Your taste shall all my dainties prove, "And drink abundance of mv love." m H Jesus, we will frequent thy board, And sing the bounties of our Lord : But the rich food on which we live Demands more praise that we can give.] HYMN 5. L. M. The Description of Christ the Beloved. Cant. v. 9—12, 14, 15, 16 1 FH^HE wond'riutr world inquires to know B Why I should love my Jesus so: " What are his charms," say they, "above "The objects of a mortal love?" 2 Yes, my beloved to my sight Shows a sweet, mixture, red and white ; All human beauties, all divine, In mv beloved meet and shine. book i. HYMN 76. 3 White is his soul, from blemish free, Red with the blood he shed for me; The fairest often thousand fairs, A sun amongst ten thousand stars. 4 [His head the finest gold excels ; There wisdom in perfection dwells; And glory, like a crown, adorns Those temples once beset with thorns* 5 Compassions in his heart are found, Hard by the signals of his wound : His sacred side no more shall bear The cruel scourge, the piercing spear.] 4j His hands are fairer to behold Than di'monds set in rings of gold ; Those heav 1 nly hands that on the tree Were nail'd, and torn, and bled for me. 7 Though once he bow'd his feeble knees, Loaded with sins and agonies, Now on the throne of his command His legs like marble pillars stand.] 8 [His eyes are majesty and love, The eagle temper'd with the dove; No more shall trickling sorrows roll Through those dear windows of his soul.] .9 His mouth (hat pour'd out long complaints* Now smiles, and cheers his fainting saints; His countenance more graceful is Than Lebanon with all its trees. 10 All over-glorious is my Lord, Must be belov'd, and yet ador'd; His worth if all the nations knew, Sure the whole earth would love him too. HYMN 76. L. M. Christ dwells in Heaven, but visits on Earth. Cant vi, 1, 2, 3, r_. 1 "VBTHLN strangers stand and hear me tell y ? What beauties iu my Saviour dwell; Where he is gone they fain would know, That they may seek and love him too. 2 My best beloved keeps his throne On hills of light and worlds unknown; But he descends, and shows his face In the young gardens of his grace. -3 [In vineyards planted by his hand, Where fruitful trees in order stand, Z •280 HYMN 77, 78. book i. He feeds among the spicy beds, Where lilies show their spotless heads- 4 He has engross'd my warmest love, No earthly charms my soul can move; I have a mansion in his heart. Nor death nor hell shall make us part.] 5 [He takes my soul ere I'm aware, And shows me where his glories are; No chariot of Atnminadab The heav'nly rapture can describe. 6 O may my spirit daily rise On wings of faith above the skies, Till death shall make rny last remove, To dwell for ever with my love.] HYMN 77. L. M. The Love of Christ to the Church, in his Language to her, and rrdvisie.* for her. Cant. ii. 5, 6, 9, 12, 13. 1 T^fOW in the galPries of his grace 1.1 Appears the King, and thus he says. "How fair my saints are in my sight, " My love how pleasant for delight!" 2 Kind is thy language, 'sov'reign Lord, There's heav'nly grace in every word; From that dear mouth a stream divine v Flows sweeter than the choicest wine. 3 Such wondrous love awakes the lip Of saints that were almost asleep, To speak the praises of thy name, And makes our cold affections flame. 4 These are the joys he lets us know, In fields and villages below; Gives us a relish of his love, But keeps his noblest feast above. 5 In Paradise, within the gates, An higher entertainment waits; Fruits new and old laid up in store, Where we shall feed, but thirst no more. HYMN 78. L. M. The Strength of Christ's Love, and the Soul's Jealousy of lier own, Cant. viii. 5, 6, 7, 13, 14. 1 "^L^/'HO is this fair one in distress, ? ' That travels from the wilderness. And press'd with sorrows and with sins, On her beloved Lord she leans? BOOK I. HYMN 79. 2 $' 2 This is the spouse of Christ our God, Bought with the treasures of his blood ; And her request, and her complaint, ]s but the voice of every saint.] "1 "O let my name engraven stand, "Both on thy heart and on thy hand ; "Seal me upon thine arm, and wear "That pledge of love for ever there. 4 "Stronger than death thy love is known, " Which floods of wrath could never drowu ; "And hell and earth in vain combine "To quench a fire so much divine. 5 " But I am jealous of my heart, "Lest it should once from thee depart: "Then let thy name be well impress'd, " As a fair signet on my breast. t> " Till thou has brought me to thy home, "Where fears and doubts can never come, "Thy countenance let me often see, " And often thou shalt hear from me. 7 "Come, my beloved, haste away, " Cut short the hours of thy delay; "Fly like a youthful hart or roe "Over the hills where spites grow/' HYMN 79. L. M. A Morning Hymn. Psalm xix. 5, 8, and Ixxiii. 24, 25. 1 ^"1 OD of the morning, at whose voice \^M The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant to rejoice To run his journey through the skies; "2 From the fair chambers of the east The circuit of his race begins, And without weariness or rest, Round the whole earth he flies and shines, 3 Oh like the sun may I fulfil Th ? appointed duties of the day, With ready mind and active will March on, and keep my heav'nly way. 4 [But I shall rove and lose the race, If God, my sun, should disappear, And leave me in this world's wild maze, To follow every wand'ring star. 5 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure, Enlightening our beclouded eyes; 288 HYMN 80, 81. book j. Thy threat'nings just, thy promise sure, Thy gospel makes tiie simple wise. 6 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to thy bliss; All my desires and hopes beside, Are faint and cold coiupar'd with this. HYMN 80. L. M. An Evening Hymn. Psalm iv. 8, and iii. 5, 6, and cxliii. 8, I F§nH US far the Lord has led me on, JL Thus far his power prolongs rny days. And every evening shall make known Some fresh memorial of his grace. 2 Much of my time has run to waste, And I perhaps am near my home; But he forgives my follies past, fie gives me strength for days to come, •j I lay my body down to sleep, Peace is the pillow for my head ; While well-appointed angels keep Their watchful stations round my bed. 4 In vain the sons of earth or hell Tell me a thousand frightful things; My God in safety makes me dwell Beneath the shadow of his wings. 5 [Faith in his name forbids my fear: O may thy presence ne'er depart? And in the morning make me hear The love and kindness of thy heart. 6 Thus when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground. And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound. HYMN M. L. M. A Song for Morning or Evening. Lam. iii. 23. Isa. xlv. 7. 1 TMfY God, how endless is thy love! JLf JL Thy gifts are every evening new; And morning mercies from above Gentlv distil like eajdv dew. 2 Thou spread's! the curtains of the night, Great guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers* 3 I yie;d my powers to thy command, To thee 1 consecrate my days; hook i. HYMN 82, 83. 289 Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. HYMN 82. L. M. God far above Creatures; or, Man vain and mortal. Job. tr. 1*7 — ^2 1 1 OtIALL the vile race ol flesh and blood J3 Contend with their Cre itor, God? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or just than he? 2 Behold he purs his trust in none Of all the spirits round his throne; Their natures, when compared with his, Are neither holy, just, nor wise. 3 But how much meaner things are they Who spring- from dust, and dwell in clay? Touehd by the finger of thy wrath, We faint and vanish like the moth. 4 From night to d-»y, from day to night, We die by thousands in thj sight : Bury 'd in dust whole nations he, Like a forgotten vanity. -H Almighty Power, to thee we bow ! How frail are we! how glorious thou ! No more the sons of earth shall dare With an eternal God compare. HYMN S3. C. M. Afflictions and Death under Providence. Job. v. <5--8. 1 l^TO'S from the dust affliction grows, U% Nor troubles rise by chance; Yet we are born to cares and wo^s ! A sad inheritance! 2 As sparks break out from burning coals, And still are upwards i me? So grief is rooted in our souls, And man grows up to mourn: 3 Yet with my God 1 leave my cause, And trust his promised grace; He rules me by his well-known laws, Of love and righteousness, •i Not all the pains that e'er 1 bore, Shall spoil my future peace, For death and hell can do no more Than what my Father please. Z2 290 HYM N 84, 85. bwjc h HYMN 84. L. M. Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in Christ. Isa. xlv, 21 — 25> 1 *|~EHOVAH speaks, let Israel hear, *J Let all the earth rejoice and fear, While God's eternal Son proclaims His sov'reign honours and his names. 2 " 1 am the last, and I the first, "The Saviour God, and God the just; "There's rone besides pretends to show "Such justice and salvation too. 3 "[Ye that in shades of darkness dwell, "Just on the verg-e of death and hell, "Lo dying souls that sit "In darkness and distress, " Loo': from the borders of the pit "To my rerovVing grace." 3 Sinners shall h^nr the sound ; Their thankful tongues shall own, " Our righteousness and strength is found " In :hee, the Lord, alone." 4 In thee shall Israel trust, And see their guilt forgiv'n ; God will pronounce the sinners just, And take the saints to heav'n. book i. HYMN 86, 87. 29J HYMN 86. C. M. God holy, just, and sovereign. Job. ix. 2—1$. 1 TTTOVV should the sons of Adam's race JOL Be pure before their God ! If he contend in righteousness, We fall beneath his rod. 2 To vindicate my words and thoughts i'll make no more pretence ; Not one of all my thousand faults Can bear a just defence. .'3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise; What vain presumers dare Agaiiist their Maker's hand to rise, . Or tempt lh' unequal war? 4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath, From their old seats are torn; He shakes the earth from south to north, And all her pillars mourn. 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise; Th' obedient sum forbears ; His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies And seals up all the stars. G He walks upon the the stormy sea ; Flies on the stormy wind ; There's none can trace his wondrous way, Or his dark footsteps find.] HYMN 87. L.M. •God dwells with the Humble and Penitent. Isa. lvii. 15- 16- 1 rfflfJUSsaith the High and Lofty One, JL " 1 sit upon my holy throne; "My name is God; I dwell on high; "Dwell in my own eternity. 2 " But i descend to worlds below; 44 On earth I have a mansion too; 4% The humble spirit and contrite "Is an abode of my delight. :) "The humble soul my words revive, "1 bid the mourning sinner live: "Heal all the broken hearts 1 find, " And ease the sorrows of the mind. 4 t"When I contend against their sin, " I make them know how vile they've been ; " But should my wrath forever smoke, "Their souls would sink beneath my stroke. 292 HYMN 88, 89. book l 5 O may thy pard'nin« grace be nigh. Lest we should fain;, despair and die I Thus shall our better fb< ughts approve The methods of fhv ebast'njnglove. HYMNhs. L. JVi. Life the Day of Grace and Hope- Eccl. ix. 4 — 6 , 10. 1 IFJK is the tiiii ve the Lord, J-JThe tune t' ensure she jjreat reward ; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner mav return. 2 [Life is the hour that God hath giv'n To 'scape from bell, and fly to heav'u; The day of *i race, and mortals may Secure the blessings of the day.] 3 The living know thai they must die; But all the dead forgot ton lie; Their mecn'rv and their sense is crone, Alike unknowing and unknown. 4 [Their hatred and their love is lost, Their envy buried in the dust; They have no share in all that's done Beneath the circuit of the sun.] 5 Then what my thoughts design to do, My hands, with all your might pursue; Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. ii There are no acts oj pardon past In the cold grave to which we haste: But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there. , BYfvilS 89. L M. Youih and Judgment. Eccl. xi. 9. 1 ~\7 E sons of Adam, .vain and young, -*- Indulge your eves, mdufge your tongue; Taste the delghis yout souls desire, And give a loose to all jour fire: 2 Pursue the pleasures vou design And cheer your hearts with songs and wine! Enjoy the day of ninth ; but know There is a day of judgment too. ^3 God from on high beholds your thoughts, His book records your secret faults ; The works ot darkness you have done Alust all appear before the sun. book i. HYMN 90, 91. 293 4 The vengeance to your follies due, Should strike your hearts with terror thro;" How will ye stand before his fare, Or answer for his injur'd grace? 5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fenr the Lord. HYMN 90. C. M. Tfie same. 1 O, the young tribes of Adam rise., JLi And through all nature rove, Fulfil the wishes of their eyes, Aud taste the joys they love. 2 They give a loose to wild desires; But let the sinners know The strict account that God requires Of all the works they do. •3 The Judge prepares his throne on high; The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eyes, And flee before his face. 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day, And stand the fiery test! . I'd give all mortal joys away, To be for ever blest. HYMN 91. L. M. Advice to Youth; or, old Age and Death in an unconverted Slate, Eccl. xii. 1, 7. Isa. lxv. 20. 1 TVTOWin the heat of youthful blood, -L * Remember your Creator God ; Behold the months come hast'ning- on When you shall say " My joys are gone." 2 Behold the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. 3 The dust returns to dust again; The soul, in agonies of pain, Ascends to God ; not there to dwell, But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. 4 Eternal King! I fear thy name, Teach me to know how frail I am ; 294 HYMN 92, 93. And when my soul must hence remove, Give me a mansion in thy love. HYMN 92. S. M. Chridihe Wisdom of God. Prov. viii. 1, 22—32. 1 OHALL wisdom cry aloud, KJ And not her speech be heard 1 The voice of God's eternal word, Deserves it no regard ? _ 2 " 1 was his chief delight, " His everlasting Son, "Before the first of ail his works, " Creation, was begun. 3 f" Before the flying clouds, " Before the solid land, "Before the fields, before the floods, "I dwelt at his right hand. 4 "When he adorn'rf the skies, " And built them, 1 was there, "To order when the sun should rise, " And marshal every star. 5 " When he pour'd out the sea, " And spread the flowing deep; "I g^ave the flood a firm decree, "In its own bounds to keep.] G "Upon the empty air " The earth was balanc'd well : " With joy I saw the mansion where '♦The sons of men should dwell. 7 "My busy thoughts at first "On their salvation ran, " Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust " Was fashionM to a man. 8 " Then come, receive my grace, "Ye children, and be wise: "Happy the man that keeps my ways, "The man that shuns them dies.'' HYMN 93. L. M. Christ, or Wisdom, obeyed or resisted. Prov. viii. 34—36 1 nnHUS saith the wisdom of the Lord, JL " Bless'd is the man that hears my word : "Keeps daily watch before rny gates, " And at my feet for mercy waits 2 " The soul that seeks me shall obtain "Immortal wealth and heav'nly gain ; book j. HYMN 94, 95. 295 "Immortal life is his reward, "Life and the favour of the Lord. J "But the vile wretch that flies from me "Doth his own soul an injury; "Fools, that against my grace rebel, " Seek death, and love the road to hell.'' HYMN 94. CM. Justification by Faith, not by Works; or, the Law condemns, Grace jus- tifies. Rom. iii. 19—22. 1 ~W7"A1N are the hopes the sons of men ▼ On their own works have built ; Their hearts by nature all unclean, And all their actions guilt, '2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths. Without a murm'ring word, And the whole race of Adam stand Guilty before the Lord. 3 In vain we ask God's righteous law To justify us now, Since to convince and to condemn Is all the law can do. 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace ! When in thy name we trust, Our faith receives a righteousness That makes the sinner just. HYMN 95- C. M. Regeneration. John i. 13, and iii. 3, &e. 1 1VTOT all the outward forms on earth, -L^l Nor rites that God has giv'n, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, Can raise a soul to heav'n. 2 Thesov'reign will of God alone Creates us heirs of grace : Born in the image of his Son, A new peculiar race. B The spirit like someheav'nly wind, Blows on the sons of flesh, New-models all the carnal mind, And forms the man afresh. 4 Our quicken'd souls awake and rise From the long sleep of death ; On heavenly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath. 296 HYMN 96, 97, 98. book i, HYMN 96. CM. Election excludes boasting, 1 Cor. i. 26 — 31. 1 BJUT few among the carnal wise, -*-* But few of noble race, Obtain the favour of thine eyes, Almighty King of grace! 2 He takes the men of meanest name For sons and heirs of God : And thus he pours abundant shame On honourable blood. 3 He calls ihe fool and makes him know The myst'riesof his grace, To bring aspiring wisdom low, And all its pride abase. 4 Nature hath all its glories lost, When brought before his throne; No flesh shall in his presence boast, But in the Lord alone. HYMN 97. L.M. Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, fyc- 1 Cor 1. 30. 1 |1URY'D in shadows of the night, JE5 We lie till Christ restores the light; Wisdom descends to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind. 2 Our guilty souls are drown'd in tears, Till bis atoning blood appears: Then we awake from deep distress, And sing, " The Lord our righteousness.'" 3 Our very frame is mix'd with sin; * His spirit makes our natures clean; Such virtues from hissufFrings flow, At once to cleanse and pardon too. 4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns, Binding his slaves in heavy chains: He sets the pris'ners free, agjd breaks The iron bondage from our necks. 5 Poor helpless worms in thee possess Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness ; Thou art our mighty all, and we Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thees HYMN 9S S. M. The same. I IJOW heavy is the night JlI That haugs upon our eyes t rook i. IIYNM 99, 100. 29T Till Christ, with his reviving light, Over our souls arise ! 2 Our guilty spirits dread To meet the wrath of heav'n ; But in his righteousness array'd, We see our sins forgiv'n. 3 Unholy and impure Are all our thoughts and ways, His hands infected nature cure With sanctifying grace. 1 The powers of hell agree To hold our souls in vain ; He sets the sons of bondage free, • And breaks the cursed chain. 5 Lord, we adore thy ways, To bring us near to God ; Thy sovereign power, thy healing grace, And thine atoning blood. HYMN 99. CM. Stones made the Children of Abrafwm ; or, Grace not conveyed by nt'll gious Parents. Matt. iii. 9. 1 "XT A IN are the hopes that rebels place * Upon their birth and blood, Descended from a pious race; (Their fathers now with God.) '2 He from the caves of earth and hell Can take the hardest stones, And fill the house of Abram well With new-created sons. 3 Such wondrous power doth he possess, Who form'd our mortal frame ; Who call'd the world from emptiness; The world obey'd and came. HYMN 100. C. M. Believe and be saved. John iii. 16 — IS. 1 TVTOT to condemn the sons of men J-^l Did Christ the Son of God appear; No weapons in his hands are seen, No flaming sword nor thunder there. 2 Such was the pity of our God, He lov'd the race of men so well, He sent his Son to bear our load Of sins, and save our souls from hell. 3 Sinners, believe the Saviour's word, Trust in his mighty name and live; A a 298 HYMN 101, 102, jjook L A thousand joys his lips afford, His hands a thousand blessings give. 1 But vengeance and damnation lies On rebels who refuse the grace; Who God's eternal Sou despise, The hottest hell shall be their place. HYMN 101. L. M. Joy in Heaven jor a repenting Sinner- Luke xv. 7, 10. 1 ^lKj^HO can describe the joys that rise ▼ ? Through all the courts of Paradise? To see a prodigal return, To see an heir of glory born ? 2 With jof the Father doth approve The fruit of his eternal love; The Son with joy looks down and sees The purchase of his agonies. $ The Spirit takes delight to view The holy soul he for in 'd anew! And saints and angels join to sing The growing empire of their King. HYMN 102. L. M. The Beattitudes Matt. v. 3—12. 1 [FJLESS'D are the humble souls that see M~j? Their emptiness and poverty; Treasures .of grace to them are giv'n, And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n.] 2 [Bless'd are the men of broken heart, Who mourn for sin with inward smart; The blood of Christ divinely flows, A healing balm for all their woes.] •3 [Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar From rage and passion, noise and war God will secure their happy state, And plead their cause against the great.] 4 [Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace. Hunger and long for righteousness; They shall be well supply'd and fed With living streams and living bread.] 5 [Bless'd are the men whose bowels move. And melt with sympathy and love; From Christ the Lord shall they obtain Like sym hy and love again.] 6 [Bless'd are the pure whose hearts are clean* From the defiling power of sin; book i. HYMN 103, 104. 290 With endless pleasure they shall see A God of spotless purity] 7 [Bless' are the men of peaceful life, Who quench the coals of growing strife ; They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss, The sons of God, the God of peace.] S [Bless'd are the suff'rers who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake ; Their souls shall triumph in the Lord, Glory and jov are their reward.] 'HYMN 103. CM. Not ashamed of the Gospel. 2 Tim. i. 2 1 "ff'M not asham'd to own my Lord, i Or to defend his cause, Maintain the honour of his word, The glory of his cross. 2 Jesus, my God! I know his name, His name is all my trust; Nor will he put my soul to shame, Nor let my hope be lost. 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, And he can well secure What I've committed to his hands Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will he own my worthless name Before his Father's face, And in the new Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place. HiMN 104. CM. A State of Nature and of Grace- 1 Cor. vi. 10, 1 i i 1VTOT the malicious or profane, 1^1 The wanton or the proud, Nor thieves, nor sland'rers shall obtain The kingdom of our God. *2 Surprising grace! and such were we By nature and by sin, Heirs of immortal misery, Unholy and unclean. 3 But we are wash'd in Jesus' blood, We're pardon'd through his name; And the good Spirit of our God Hath sanctified our frame. 4 O for a persevering power, To keep thy just commands.' >"00 HYMN 105, 106, 107. book i We would defile our hearts no more, No more pollute our hands. HYMN 105. C. M. Heaven invisible and holy. 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10. Rev. xxi, 27. I 1VTOR eye has seen, nor ear has heard, -L^l Nor sense nor reason known, What joys the Father has prepard For those that love the Son. '2 But the good Spirit of the Lord Reveals a heav'n to come; The beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace; No wanton lips, nor envious eye, Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates for ever bar Pollution, sin, and shame; None shall obtain admittance there, But folFwers of the Lamb. *> He keeps the Father's book of life, There all their names are found ; The hypocrite in vain shall strive To tread the heav'nly ground. HYMN 106. S. M. Dead to Si?i by the Cross of Christ. Rom. \i. 1. 1 C* HALL we go on to sin, ^ Because thy grace abounds, Or crucify the Lord again, And open all his wounds? v 2 Forbid it, mighty God ! Nor let it e'er be said, That we, whose sins are crucified, Should raise them from the dead. 3 We will be slaves no more, Since Christ bath made us. free; Has naiPd our tyrants to his cross, And bought our liberty. HYMN 107. L. M. r kc Fall and Recovery of Man; or, Christ and Satan at Enmity, Geiv iii. 1, 15, 17. Gal. iv. 4. Col. ii. 15- |ECE1V'D by subtle snares of hell, Adam our head, our father fell, When Satan, in the serpent hid, Propos'd (he fruit which God forbid. book i. HYMN 108, 109. 2 Death was the threat'ning — Death began To take possession of the man ; His unborn race reciev'd the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. 3 But Satan found a worse reward ; Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, " Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's seed and thee. 4 "The woman's .seed shall be my Son; " He shall destroy what thou hast done; "Shall break thy head, and only feel " Thy malice raging at his heel." 5 [He spake ; and bid four thousand years Roll on ; at length his Son appears; Angels with joy descend to earth, And sing the young Redeemer's birth. 6 Lo, by the sons of hell he dies ; But as he bung 'twixt earth and skies, He gave their prince a fatal blow, And triumph'd o'er the powers below.] HYMN 108. S. M. Christ unseen and beloved- 1 Pet. i. 8. 1 IVfOT wsth our mortal eyes -L^> Have we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his name, And love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace. 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And beav'n begins helow. HYMN 10.9. L.M. The Value of Christ and his Righteousness. Phil. iii. 7, 9. 1 IVTO more, my God, I boast no more -L^l Of all the duties I have done; I quit the hopes I held before, To trust the merits of thy Son. 2 Now tor the love I bear his name, What was my gain, I count my loss ; My former pride I call my shame, Arid nail my glory to his cross. A a 2 m% HYMN 110, ill. book i; 3 Yes, and I must and will esteem AH things but loss for Jesus' sake; Oh may my soul be found in him, And of his righteousness partake. 4 The best obedience of my hands Dares not appear before thy throne ; But faith can answer thy demands By pleading what my Lord has done. HYMN 110. CM. Death and immediate Glory. 2 Cor. v. 1,5 — S 1 K| 1 HERE is a house not made with bands JL Eternal and on high ; And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. 2 Shortly this prison of my clay Must be dissolved and fall ; Then, O my soul, with joy obey Thy heav'nly Father's call. 3 'Tis he, by his Almighty grace, That forms thee fit for heav'n; And, as an earnest of thy place, Has his own spirit giv'n. 4 We walk by faith of joys to come ; Faith lives upon his word ; But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. 5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace, But we had rather see; We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee. HYMN 111. a M. Salvation by Grace. Tit. ill. 3~7. 1 [T ORD, we confess our numerous faults. J— ^ How great our guilt has been ; Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, And all our lives were sin. 2 But, O my soul, forever praise, For ever love bis name: Who turns thy feet from dang'rous ways Of folly, sin, and shame.] 3 ['Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done ; But we are sav'd by sovereign grace, Abounding through his Son.j book i. HYMN 112, 113. 303 4 'Tisfrom the mercy of our God That all our hopes begin : 'Tis by the water aiul the blood Our souls are wash'd from sin. 5 Tis through the purchase of his death, Who hung- upon the tree, The spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we. (j Rais'd from the dead, we live anew ; And justtfy'd by grace, We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father's face. HYMN 1 12. C. M. The brazen serpent ; or, looking to Jesus, John ill - 14, 16. 1 OO did the Hebrew prophet raise J3 The brazen serpent high; The wounded felt immediate ease, The camp forbore to die. 2 "Look upward in the dying hour, "And live," the prophet cries; But Christ performs a nobler cure, When faith lifts up her eyes. 3 High on the cross the Saviour hung, Hiffh in the heav'ns he reigns; Here sinners, by th' old serpent stung, Look, and forget their pains. 4 When God's own Son is lifted up, A dying world revives : The Jew beholds the glorious hope, Th' expiring Gentile lives. HYMN 113. CM. Abraham's Blessings on the Gentiles. Gen xvii. 7-Rom.xv. 8. IVJavkxK, 1 SOW large the promise, how divine, JLJl To Abra'm and his seed ! " I'll be a God to thee and thine, " Supplying all their need.'' 2 The words of his extensive love From age to age endure ; The angel of the covenant proves, And seals the blessing sure. 3 Jesus ihe ancient faith confirms To our great fathers giv'n i He takes young children to his arms, And calls them heirs of heav'n. 304 HYMN 114, 115. book j. 4 Our God how faithful are his ways ! His love endures the same; Nor from the promise of his grace Blots out his children's name. HYMN 1 14. C. M. The same Rom. xi. 16, 17. 1 |"1 ENTILES by nature, we belong \jf To the wild olive-wood ; Grace takes us from the barren tree, And grafts us in the good. 2 With the same blessings grace endows The Gentile and the Jew : If pure and holy be the root, Such are the branches too. 3 Then let the children of the saints Be dedicate to God! Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, And wash them in thy blood. 4 Thus to the parents and their seed Shall tby salvation come, And numerous households meet at last In one eternal home. HYMN 1 15. C. M. Conviction of Sin by the Law Rom. vii. 8, 9, 14, 24. 1 "W ORD, how secure my conscience was, JLJi And felt no inward dread ! 1 was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright : But since the precept came With a convincing power and light, [ find how vile I am. 3 [My guilt appear'd but small before, Till terribly 1 saw How perfect, holy, just, and pure, Was thine eternal law. 4 Th^n felt my soul the heavy load, My sins reviv'd again; I had provok'd a dreadful God, And all rny hopes were slain.] 5 I'm like a helpless captive sold Under the power of sin ; I cannot do the good 1 would, Nor keep my conscience clean. i!ook i. HYMN 116, 117. 305 6 My God, I cry with every breath, For some kind power to save, To break the yoke of sin and death, And thus redeem the slave. HYMN 116. L. M. Love to God and our Neighbour- Matt. xxii. 37 — 4u. BUS saith the first, the great command, 44 Let all thy inward powers unite " To love thy Maker and thy God, " With utmost vigour and delight. 2 " Then shall thy neighbour next in place "Share thine affections and esteem; " And let thy kindness to thyself "Measure and mile thy love to him." 3 This is the sense that Moses spoke, ; This did the prophets preach and prove ; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's fulhTd by love. 4 But O how base our passions are ! How cold our charity and zeal! Lord, fill our souls with heav'nly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. HYMN 117. L. M. Election Sovereign and Free. Rom. ix. 21 — 24 1 TOEHOLD the potter and the clay, _D He forms his vessels as he please ; Such is our God, and such are we The subjects of his high decrees. 2 £Doth not the workman's power extend O'er all the mess, which part to choose, And mould it for a nobler end, And which to leave for viler use? — 3 May not the sov'reign Lord on high Dispense his favours as he will ; Choose some to life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious still? 4 [What if to make his terror known, He lets his patience long endure, Suflfring vile rebels to go on, And seal their own destruction sure? 5 What if he means to show his grace, ' And his electing love employs, To mark out some of mortal race, And form them fit for heav'uly joys?] mo HYMN US, 119, book i. *> Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust, The thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust? 7 But, O my soul, if truths/so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sight. Yet still his written will obey, And wait the great decisive day. 8 Thenthall he make his justice known, And the whole world before his throne, With joy or terror, shall confess The glory of his righteousness. HYMN 118. S. M. Moses and Christ ; or, Sins against the Law and Gospel. John i 17- Heb. iii 3, 5, 6. andx. 28. 29. 1 f l^HE law by Moses came, JL But peace, and truth, and love, Were brought by Christ (a nobler name) Descending- from above. 2 Amidst the house of God Their different works were done; Moses a faithful servant stood, But Christ a faithful Son. 3 Then to his new commands Be strict obedience paid ; O'er all his Father's house he stands The sovereign and the head, i The man that durst despise The law that Moses brought, Behold! how terribly he dies For his presumptuous fault. 5 But sorer vengeance falls On that rebellious race, Who hate to hear when Jesus calls, And dare resist his grace. HYMN 119. C. M. The Different Success of the Gospel. 1 Cor. i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii, 16. I Cor. iii. 6, 7. 1 /"^ HRIST and his cross is all our theme : VV The myst'ries that we speak Are scandal in the Jew's esteem, And folly to the Greek. 2 But souls enlighten'd from above With joy receive the word ; book i. HYMN 120, 121. 307 They see what wisdom, power, and love, Shine in their dying Lord. 3 The vital savour of his name Restores their fainting breath ; But unbelief perverts the same To guilt, despair, and death. 4 Till God diffuse his graces down, Like showers of he^v'nlv rain, In vain A polios sows the grouud, And Paui may plant in vain. HYMN 120. C. M. Faith of Tilings unseen. Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10. 1 T7IA1TH «s the brightest evidence -T Of things beyond our sight, Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense. And dwells in heav'nly light. 2 It sets times past in present view, Brings distant prospects home, Of things a thousand years ago, Or thousand years to come. 3 By faith we know the worlds were made By God's almighty word; Abra'm, to unknown countries led, By faith obey'd the Lord. 4 He sought a city fair and high, Built by th ? eternal hands ; And faith assures us, though we die, That heav'nh buiWing stands. HYMN 12!. C. M. Children devoted to God Gen- xvi. 7, 10. Acts xvi. 14, 15, 33 (For tiwsa who practice Infant-Babtism.) 1 rff^HUS saith the mercy of the Lord, I " I'll be be a God to thee ; "I'll bless thy nutn'rous race, and they " Shall be a seed for me." 2 Abra'm believed the promised grace, And gave his sons to God ; But water seals the blessing now, That once was seal'd with blood. •i Thus Lydia sanctify'd her house, When she receiv'd the word; Thus the believing jailor gave His household to the Lord, , 308 HYMN 122, 123. book i. 4 Thus later saints, eternal King! Thine ancient truths embrace: To thee their infant offsprings bring, And humbly claim thy grace. HYMN (22 L. M. Believers buried with Christ in Babtism Rom. vi. 3, &r. 1 T\0 we not know that solemn word, S-J That we arebuiy'd with the Lord ; Babtiz'd into his death, and then Put off the body of our sin? 2 Our souls receive diviner breath, Rais'd from corruption, guilt, and death : So from the grave did Christ arise, And lives to God above the skies* 3 No more let sin nor Satan reign Over our mortal flesh again ; The various lusts we serv'd before, Shall have dominion now no more. HYMN 1*3. C. M. The repenting Prodigal. Luke xv. 13, &:c. 1 "WJEHOLD the wretch whose lust and wine J3 Had wasted his estate, He begs a share amongst the swine To taste the husks they eat ! 2 "I die with hunger here," he cries, " I starve in foreign lands; "My father's house hath large supplies, " And bounteous are his hands. 3 "I'll go, and with a mournful tongue, " Fail down before his face; "Father, I've done thy justice wrong-, "Nor can deserve thy grace." 4 He said, and hasten'd to his home, To seek his father's love ; The father saw the rebel come, And all his bowels move. 5 He ran, and fell upon his neck, Embrac'd and kiss'd his son ; The rebel's heart with sorrow brake For follies he had done. (> " Take off his clothes of shame and sin, (The father gives command) "Dress him in garments white and clean, " With rings adorn his hand* book i. HYlSlN 124, 1-25. 30S 7 " A day of feasting I ordain ; " Let mirth and joy abound ; "My son was dead and li-ves again, " \Yas lost, and now is found." HYMN 124. L. M. The first and second Adam- Kom v. 12, ^c. 1 F|EEP in the dust before thy throne, _Lr Our guilt and our disgrace we own; « Great God ! #e own th' unhappy name, Whence sprung- our nature and our shame. 2 Adam, the sinner; at his fall, Death like a conq'ror seiz'd us all ; A thousand new-born babes are dead* By fatal union to their {lead. S But whilst our spirits, fill'd with awe, Behold the terrors of thy law, We sing the honours of thy grace, That sent to saVe our ruin'd race. 4 We sing thine everlasting Son, Who join'd our nature to- his own; Adam the second, from the dust Raises the ruins of the first. 5 [By the rebellion of one man Through all his seed the mischief ran; And by one man's obedience now Are all his seed made righteous too'. 6 Where sin did reign and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life; there glorious grace Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.] HYMN 125. CM. Christ's Compassion to the Weak and Templed. Heb. iv. 15, ]6 ; &, v. ?, Matt. xii. 20. 1 "VTKTITH joy we meditate the grace ▼ ▼ Of our High Priest above ; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels melt with love. 2 Touch'd with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same. -3 But spotless, innocent, and pure, The great Redeemer stood, While Satan's fiery darts he bore, And did resist to blood. Bb 310 HYMN 126, 127, book i. 4 He in the days of feeble flesh Pour'd oin ins cries arid tears, And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears. 5 [He'll never quench the smoking flax, But raise it to a frame; The bruised reed lie never breaks, Nor scorns the meanest name.]] G Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power; We shall obtain deiiv'ring ofrace In the distressing (sour. HYMN 126. L.M. Charily and Uncharitablejiess Rom. xiv. 17, 19. 1 Cor. x. 32, 1 l^TOT dift're. , nor difPrent dress, jj% Compose ihe kingdom of our Lord ; But peace, and joy, and righteousness, Faith and obedience to his word. 2 When weaker Christians we despise^ We do the gospel mighty wrong; For God the gracious an( j ^ e wise Receives the feeble with the strong, 3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence, Meekness and love our souls pursue; Nor shall our practice give offence To saints, the Gentile, or the Jew* HYMN 127. L. M. Clirisl's Invitation to Sinners; or, Humility and Pride. Matt. xi. 28 1 " /^OME hither, all ye weary souls, V> "Ye heavy laden sinners come; "I'll give you rest from all your toils, "And raise you to my heav'nly home. 2 "They shall find rest that learn of me; " I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; " But passion rages like the sea, " And pride is restless as the wind. 3 "Blest is the man whose shoulders take "My yoke, and bear it with delight; "My yoke is easy to his neck, " My grace shall make the burden light.- 4 Jesus, we come at thy command ; W 7 ith faith, and hope, and humble zeal Jlesign our spirits to thy hand, To mould and guide us at tby will. BOOK. 1. HYMft 128, 129, 130. 811 HYMN 12s. L. M. The Apostles 1 Commission; or, the Gospel attested by Miracle?. Marl xvi. 15, &.c Matt xxviii. 18, k.c. I « dTi O preach my gospel," saith the Lord, VJT " Bid the whole earth my grace receive; "He sh;dl be sav'd that trusts my word : " He shall be damn'd that won't believe. ;2 ["I'll make your great commission known, "And ye shall prove my gospel true, "By all the works that I have done, "By all the wonders ye shall do. 3 " Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, "Go cast out devils in my name, "Nor let my prophets be afraid, "Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.] 4 "Teach all the nations my commands; # " I'm with you till the world shall end; " All power is trusted in my hands, " I can destroy, and can defend." 6 He spake, and light shone round his head: On a bright cloud to heav'n he rode: They to the furthest nation spread The grace of their ascended God. HYMN 129. L. M. Submission and Deliverance; or, Abraham offering his Son Gen. xxii. 6, &c. 1 C« AINTS, at your heav'nly Father's word S Give up your comforts to the Lord ; He shall restore what you resign. Or grant you blessings more divine. 2 So Abra'm with obedient hand, Led forth his sou at God's command; The wood, the fire, the knife, he took^ His arm prepared the dreadful stroke. 3 " Abra'm forbear/' the angel cried, " Thy faith is known, thy love is tried ; "Thy son shall live, and in thy seed "Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed." 1 Just in the last distressing' hour, The Lord displays deliv'ring power! The mount of dauger is the place Where we shall see surprising grace. HYMN 130. L. M. Love and Hatred. Phil. ii. 2. Eph. iv. 30, Lc, I liyOVT i>y the bowels of my God, 1^1 His sharp distress, his sore complaints, 312f HYMN 131, 132, book By his last groans, his dying blood, I charge my soul to love the saints. 2 Clamour, and wrath, and war be gone, Envy and spite for ever cease ; Let bitter words no more be known Amongst the saints, the sons of peace. 3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, Flies from the realms of noise and strife ; Why should we vex and grieve his love Who seals our souls to heav'nly life? 4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts; Through all our lives let mercy run; So God forgives our num'rous faults, For the dear sake of Christ his Son. HYMN 131. L. M. The Pharisee and the Publican. Luke xviii, 10 & 1 XJ EHOLD how sinners disagree, JO The publican and pharisee ! One doth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame. 2 This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands; That boldly rises near the throne, And talks of duties he hath done. 3 The Lord their different language knows,. And diff'rent answers he bestows; The humble soul with grace he crowns, Whilst on the proud his anger frowns. 4 Dear Father, let me never be Join'd with the boasting pharisee: I have no merits of my own, But plead the sufferings of thy Son. HYMN 132. L. M. Holiness and Grace. Titus ii. 10 — lb. 1 ClO let our lips and lives express k5 The holy gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our Saviour God : When the salvation reigns within,, And grace subdues the power of sin* 3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd, Passion and envy, lust and pride; B00KT . HYMN 1)33,134. SR While justice, temp'iance, truth, and love, Our inward piety approve. 4 Religion bears our spirits up, While we expect that blessed hope, The bright appearance of the Lord, And faith stands leaning on his word. HYMN 133. C. M. Love and Charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 2—7. 13. 1 T ET pharisees of high esteem S_J Their faith and zeal declare, All their religion is a dream, If love be wanting there. •2 Love suffers long with patient eye, Nor is provok'd in haste; She lets the present inj'ry die, And long forgets the past. 3 [Malice and rage, tho^ fires of hell, She quenches with her tongue, Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill, Though she endures the wrong.] 4 [She nor desires nor seeks to know The scandals of the time ; Nor looks with pride on those below. Nor envies those that climb.] 5 She iays her own advantage by • To seek her neighbour's good : So God's own Son fariie down to die, And bought our lives with blood. i Love is the grace that keeps her power In all the realms above; There faith and hope are known no more, But saints forever love. HYMN 134. L. M. Religion rain without Love 1 Cor. xiii. 1 — 3. i fT AD lwe tongtias of Greeks and Jews KM. And nobler speech than angels use, If love be absent, lam found Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. :> Were I inspired to prea saltt-- exxxix. 23, 24. 1 /"^ OD is a Spirit just and wise, ^J He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heav'u we raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honour can appear; The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground ; But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord, search my thoughs and try my way And make my soul sincere: Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there. HYMN 137. L. M. Salvation by Grace in Christ. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10. I TVfOW to the power of God supreme -- * Be everlasting honours giv'n ; He saves from hell, (we bless his name,) He calls our wand'ring feet to heav'n. book i. HYMN 138, 130. 2 Not for our duties or deserts But of his own abounding grace, He works salvation in-our hearts. And forms a people for his praise. 3 'Twas his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels doom'd to die ; He gave us grace in Christ his Sou, Before he spread the starry sky. 4 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down. 5 He dies, aud in that dreadful night Did all the power of hell destroy; Rising, he brought our heav'n to lights And took possession of the joy. HYMN 138. CM. Saints in the Hands of Christ. John x. 28, 29. 1 ITJlRMas the earth thy gospel stands, M. My Lord, my hope, my trust; If I am found in Jesus' hands, My soul can ne'er be lost. 2 His honour is engag'd to save The meanest of his sheep; All that his heav'nly Father gave His hands securely keep. 3 Nor death nor hell shall e'er remove His fav'riies from his breast: In the dear bosom of his love They must for ever rest. HYMN 139. L.M. Hope in the Covenant ; or, God's Promise and Truth unchangeable Heb. vi. 17, 19. t |T')W oft have sin and Satan strove JLm. To rend my soul from thee, my God ! But everlasting* is thy love, And Jesus seals it with his blood. 2 The oath a*d promise of the Lord Join to confirm the wondrous grace; Eternal power performs the word, And fills all heav'n with endless praise. 3 Amidst temptations sharp and long, My soul to this dear refuge Hies; Hope is my anchor firm and strong, AVhile tempests blow, and billows rise. 016 HYMN 140, 141. bookt, 4 The gospel bears my spirits up ; A faithful and unchanging' God Lays the foundation tor my hope, In oaths, and promises, and blood. HYMN 140. CM. A living and a dead Faith. Collected from several Scripture's. ' TVI^ AKLN souls! that dream of heav'n, jLtJL \nd make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins torgiv'n, While they are slaves to lust. 2 Vain are our fancies, airy flights, If faith be cold and dead ; - None but a living power unites To Christ the living- head. 3 'Tis faith that changes all the heart; 7 Tis faith that works by love, That bids all siuful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell By a celestial power; This is the grace that shall prevail In the decisive hour. 5 [Faith must obey her Father's wili 3 As well as trust his grace ; A pard'ning God is jealous still For his own holiness. t> When from the curse he sets us'-free* He makes our nature clean ; Nor would he send his Son to be The minister of sin. 7 His spirit purifies our frame, And seals our peace with God ; Jesus and his salvation came By water and by blood.] / HYMN 141. S. M. The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ. Isa. liii. 1—5, 10—1:2. 1 "1J|7'H0 haih believ'd thy word, Tf Or thy salvation known? Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord, And glorify thy Son. 2 The Jews esteemed him here Too mean for their belief: Sorrows his chief acquaintance were, And his companion, grief. :00K r. HYMN 142. 317 3 They turn'd their eyes away, And treated him with scorn; But 'twas their grief upon him lay, Their sorrows he has borne. 4 'Twas from the stubborn Jews, And Gentiles, then unknown, The God of justice pleas 'd to bruise * His best beloved Son. 5 "But I'll prolong his days, " And make his kingdom stand ; "My pleasure," saith the God of grace, "Shall prosper in his hand. mterdede Before his failn f s ■ ;ee : Give huii, my sou!, thy cause lo plead, Nor doubt the t ither's grace. HV\iN 140. L. M. Characters of Christ- Borrowed from inanimate things in Scripture 1 &^0 worship ai I nmanuePs feet, \Jf See in his fece what wonders meet, Earth is too narrow to express His worth, his glow, or his grace. 2 [The whole creation can afford But some faint s! s of my Lord: Nature, to make h s beauties known, Must mingle co ours not her own.] 3 [Is he compared t* wine or bread? Dear Lord ! our son's would thus be fee] ; That flesh, thai dy tig blood of thine, Is bread of life, is heaVnly wine. 4 [Is he a tree? The world receives Salvation from bis h alino- leaves: That righteous branch, that fruitful bough Is David's root and offspring too.] 5 Is he a rose? Not Sharon yields Such fragrancy . al ier fields: Or if the lily he assume, The vallies bless the rich perfume.] 6 [Is he a vine? Hjs heav'nly root Supplies the boughs with life and fruit! O let a lasting join My soul to Christ the living vine! 7 [Is he a head ? Each member lives, And owns the viia! powers he gives! The saints below. snmts above, Join'd by his Spi d his love.] S [Is he a fountain? 'here I bathe, And heal the plague &i sin and death : book i. HYMN 146. 321 These waters all my soul renew, And cleanse my spotted garments too.] 9 [Is he a fire? He'll purge my dross; But the true gold sustains no loss : Like a refiner shall he sit, And tread the refuse with his feet."] 10 [Is he a rock? How firm he proves! The rock of ages never moves ; Yet the sweet streams that from him flow, Attend us all the desert through.] 11 [Is he a way? He leads to God; The path is drawn in lines of blood; There would I walk with hope and zeal, Till I arrive at Zion's hill.] 12 [Is he a door? I'll enter in : Behold the pastures large and green ; A paradise divinely fair, None but the sheep have freedom there.] 13 [Is he designed the corner-stone, For men to build their heav'n upon? I'll make him my foundation too, Nor fear the plots of hell below.] 14 [Is he a temple? I adore Th' indwelling majesty and power; And still to his mo*t holy place, Whene'er I pray, I'll turn my race.] 15 [Is he a star? He breaks the night, Piercing the shades with dawning light; I know his glories from afar, 1 know the bright, the morning-star.] 16 [Is he a sun ? His beams are grace, His course is joy and righteousness : Nations rejoice when he appears To chase dieir clouds, and dry their tears.] 17 [O let me climb those higher skies, Where storms and darkness never rise; There he displays his powers abroad, And shines, and reigns th' incarnate God.] IS Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars, Nor heav'n his full resemblance bears; flis beauties we can uever trace, Till we behold him face to lace. Cc 322 HYMN 147, 148. book u HYMN 147. L. M. The names and Titles of Christ. From several Scriptures, 'l-X'npnS* from the treasures of his word JL I borrow titles for my Lord ; Nor art nor nature can supply Sufficient forms of majesty. 2 Bright image of the Father's face, Shining with undiminish'd rays; Th' eternal God's eternal Son, The heir and partner of his throne.] 3 The King of kings, the Lord most High Writes his own name upon his thigh : He wears a garment dipp'd in blood, And breaks the nations with his rod. 4 Where grace can neither melt nor move. The Lamb resents his injur'd love, Awakes his wrath without delay, And Judah's Lion tears the prey. 5 But when for works of peace he comes, What winning titles he assumes I " Light of the" world," and " Life of men ;" Nor bears those characters in vain. C) With tender pity in his heart He acts the Mediator's part; A friend and brother he appears, And well fulfils the name he wears. 7 At length the Judge his throne ascends, Divides the rebels from his friends, And saints in full fruition prove His rich variety of love. HYMN 148. P.M. The same as the 148th Psalm 1 ^niTlTH cheerful voice 1 sing T T The titles of my Lord, And borrow all the names Of honour from his word. Nature and art can ne'er supph Sufficient forms of majesty. 2 [n Jesus we behold His Father's glorious face, Shining for ever bright With mild and lovely ra} 7 s. Th' eternal God's eternal Son, Inherits and partakes the throne „] book,. HYMN 149. -3 Tire sov'reign King of kings, The Lord of lords most bight Writes his own name upon Mis garment and his thigh. His name is call'd "the word of God," He rules the earth with iron rod. 4 Where promises and grace Can neither melt nor move, The angry Lamb resents The inj'ries of his love; Awakes his wrath without delay, As lions roar and tear the prey. 5 But when for works of peace The great Redeemer comes, What gentle characters, What titles he assumes! " Light of the world," and " life of men :" Nor will he bear those names in vain. 6 Immense compassion reigns In our Immanuel's heart, When he descends to act A Mediators part. He is a friend, and brother too, Divinely kind, divinely true. 7 At length the Lord the Judge His awful throne ascends, And drives the rebels far From favourites and friends : Then shall the saints completely prove The heights and depths of all his love. HYMN 149. L. M. The Office of Christ From several Scriptures. 1 | OIN ali the names of love and power $3 That ever men or angels bore, All are too mean to speak his worth, Or set ImmanuePs glory forth. 2 But O what condescending ways He takes to teach his heav'nly grace ! My eyes with joy and wonder see What forms of love he bears for me. 3 [The "angel of the cov'nant" stands With his commission in his hands, Sent from his Father's milder throne To make his great salvation known.] •124 HYMN 150. book 4 [Great Prophet, let me bless thy name : By thee the joyful tidings came. Of wrath appeas'd, of sins forgiv'n, Of hell subdu'd and peace with heav'n.] 5 [My bright example and my guide, 1 would be walking near thy side ; let me never run astray, Nor follow the forbidden way!] £[ love my Shepherd, he shall keep My wand'ring soul amongst his sheep : He feeds his flock, he calls their names. And in his bosom bears the lambs.] 7 [My Surety undertakes my cause, Answ'ring his Father's broken laws; Behold my soul at freedom set, My surety paid the dreadful debt.] * Jesus, my great High-Priest, has died. 1 seek no sacrifice beside; His blood did once for all atone And now it pleads before the throne.] <> pMy Advocate appears on high, The Father lays his thunder by; i>ot all that earth or hell can say, Shall turn my Father's heart away. 10 [My Lord, my Conqu'ror, and my King, Thy sceptre and thy sword 1 sing; Thine is the vict'ry, and I sit A joyful subject at thy feet.] 11 Aspire, my soul, to glorious deeds, The "Captain of Salvation" leads: March on, nor fear to win the day, Though death and hell obstruct the way. 12 Should death and hell, and powers unknown Put all their forms of mischief on, I shall be safe, for Christ displays Salvation in more sov'reign ways. HYMN 160. P.M. The same as the 148lh Psalm. 1 |"01N all the glorious names fcf Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore; All are too mean to speak his worth. Too mean to set my Saviour forth, ROOK I. HYMN 150. 325 2 But O what gentle terms, What condescending ways Doth our Redeemer use To teach his heav'nly grace! • Mine eyes with joy and wonder see What forms of love he bears forme. 3 [Array'd in mortal flesh, He like an angel stands, And holds the promises And pardons in his hands : Commission from his Father's throne, To make his grace to mortals known.] 4 [Great Prophet of my God, My tongue would bless thy name: By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came ; The joyful news of sins forgiv'n, Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heaven.] 5 [Be thou my counsellor, My pattern and my guide; And through this desert land Still keep me near thy side ; O let my feet ne'er run astray, Nor rove, nor seek the crooked way !] 6 [I love my Shepherd's voice, His watchful eyes shall keep My wand'ring soul among The thousands of his sheep: He feeds his flock, he calls their names. His bosom bears the tender lambs.] 7 [To this dear Surety's hand Will I commit my cause; He answers and fulfils His Father's broken laws. Behold my soul at freedom set; My Surety paid the dreadful debt,] 8 [Jesus, my great High-Priest, Ofter'd his blood and died ; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside, His powerful blood did once atone; And now it pleads before the throne. C c2 326 HYMN 150. jiook u 9 [My Advocate appears For my defence on high ; The Father bows his ears* And lays his thunder b}^ Not all that hell or sin can say, Shall turn his heart, his love away.] 10 [My dear almighty Lord, My Conqu'ror and my King, Thy sceptre and thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing. Thine is the power: behold I sit In willing bonds beneath thy feet.2 11 [Now let my soul arise, And tread the tempter down: My captain leads me» forth To conquest and a crown. A feeble saint shall win the day, Though death and hell obstruct the way.] 12 Should all the hosts of death, And powers of hell unknown, Put their most dreadful forms Of rage and mischief on, I shall be safe, for Christ displays Superior power and guardian grace. END OF THE FIRST BOOK, HYMNS. BOOK II. COMPOSED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS. HYMN I. L. M. A Song in Praise to God from Great-Britain. 1 TVTATURE witb all her powers shall sing J-^l God the Creator and the King : Nor air, nor earth, nor skies, nor seas Deny the tribute of their praise. 2 [Begin to make his glories known, Ye seraphs, that sit near his throne; Tune your harps high, and spread the sound To the creation's utmost bound.] 3 [All mortal things of meaner frame, Exert your force, and own his name; Whilst with our souls, and with our voice r We sing his honours and our joys.] 4 [To him be sacred all we have, From the young cradle to the grave ; Our lips shall his long wonders tell, And every word a miracle.] 5 [This northern isle, our native land, Lies safe in the Almighty's hand : Our foes of victory dream in vain, And wear the captivating chain. ti He builds and guards the British thronej And makes it gracious, like his own; Makes our successive princes kind, And gives our dangers to the wind.] 7 Raise monumental praises high To him that thunders through the sky. And with an awful nod or frown Shakes an aspiring tyrant down. S [Pillar*: of lasting brass proclaim The triumphs of th' eternal name; While trembling nations read from far The honours of the God of war.] S Thus let our flaming zeal employ Our loftiest thoughts and loudest songs : .Britain pronounce with warmest joy Hosanna from ten thousand tongues. 328 HYNM2, 3. book h. 10 [Yet, mighty God, our feeble frame Attempts in vain to reach thy name : The strongest notes that angels raise, Faint in the worship and the praise.J HYMN 2. C. ML The Death of a Sinner. 1 TVTY thoughts on awful subjects roll. -*-"-*- Damnation and the dead ; What horrors seize the guilty soul Upon a dying bed ! 2 Ling'ring about these mortal shores, She makes a long delay: Till, like a flood, with rapid force Death sweeps the wretch away. 3 Then swift and dreadful she descends Down to the fi'ry coast, Amongst abominable fiends, Herself a frighted ghost. 4 There endless crowds of sinners lie, And darkness makes their chains; Tortur'd with keen despair they cry, Yet wait for fiercer pains. 5 Not all their anguish and their blood For their old guilt atones, Nor the compassion of a God Shall hearken to their groans. 6 Amazing grace, that kept my breath, Nor bid my soul remove, Till 1 had learn'd my Saviour's death,, And well insur'd his love! HYMN 3. C. M. The Death and Burial of a Saint. & "^LTSTHY do we mourn departing friends? H Or shake at death's alarms s Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms. 2 Are we not tending upward too As fast as time can move ? Nor should we wish the hours more slow. To keep us from our love. 3 Why should we tremble to convey Their bodies to the tomb? There the dear flesh of Jesus lay, And left a long perfume. book ii. HYMN 4, 5. 329 4 The graves of all his saints be bless'd And soften'd every bed; Where should the dying- members rest, But with their dying head ? 5 Thence he arose, ascending high, And show'd our feet the way; Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly, At the great rising-day. (j Then let the last loud trumpet sound, And bid our kindred rise: Awake ye nations under ground; Ye saints ascend the skies. HYMN 4. L. M. Salvation in the Cross. 1 TJERE at thy cross, my dying God, JUL I lay my soul beneath thy love, Beneath the droppings of thy blood, Jesus! nor shall it e'er remove. 2 Not all that tyrants think or say, With rage and lightning in tbeir eyes, Nor hell shall fright my heart away, Should hell with all its legions rise. 3 Should worlds conspire to drive me thence, Moveless and firm this heart should he ; Resolv'd (for that's my last defence) If I must perish, there to die. 4 But speak, my Lord, and calm my fear; Am 1 not safe beneath thy shade! Thy vengeance will not strike me here. Nor Satan dares my soul invade. 5 Yes, I'm secure beneath thy blood, And all my foes shall lose their aim : Hosanna to my dying God, And my best honours to his name. HYMN 5. L. M. Longing to praise Christ better. 1 ORD, when my thoughts with wonder roll JLi O'er the sharp sorrows of thy soul, And read my Maker's broken laws, Repair'd and honoured by thy cross : 2 When I behold death, hell, and sin, Vanquished by that dear blood of thine; And see the man that groan'd and died, Sit glorious by his Father's side ; 330 HYMN 6, 7. book ii. 3 My passions rise and soar above, I'm wing'd with faith, and firM with love; Fain would I reach eternal things, And learn the notes that Gabriel sings : 4 But my heart fails, my tongue complains For want of their immortal strains; And in such humble notes as these Must fall below thy victories. 5 Well, the kind minute must appear, When we shall leave these bodies here, These clogs of clay ; and mount on high, To join the songs above the sky. HYMM 6. C. M. A Morning Song 1 |T\NCE more, my souL the rising day ^kJ? Salutes thy waking eyes ; Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To him that rules the skies. 2 Night unto night his name repeats; 'The day renews the sound, Wide as the heav'n on which he sits To turn the seasons round. 3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame; My tongue shall speak his praise*^ My sin would rouse his wrath to flame* And yet his wrath delays. 4 [On a poor worm thy power might tread, And I could ne'er withstand ; Thy justice might have crush'd me dead, But mercy held thine hand. 5 A thousand wretched souls are fled Since the last setting sun, And yet thou length'nest out my thread, And yet my moments run.] 6 Dear God, let all my hours be thine, Whilst I enjoy the light ; Then shall my sun in smiles declinej And bring a pleasant night. HYMN 7. C. M. An Evening Song. * 1 [THREAD Sov'rei^n, let my JLr Like holy incense rise ; Assist the offerings of my tongue To reach the lofty skies. ev ? ning song bops: II. HYMN 8. 38J ra Through all the dangers of the day Thy hand was still my guard, And still to drive my wants away Thy mercy stood prepared.] 3 Perpetual blessings from above Encompass me around, But O how few returns of love Hath my Creator found ! 4 What have I done for him that died To save my wretched soul ! How are my follies multiplied, Fast as my minutes roll ! 5 Lord, with this guilty heart of mine 3 To thy dear cross I flee, And to thy grace my soul resign, To be renewM by thee. (j Sprinkled afresh with pardoning bloody I lay me down to rest, As in th' embraces of my God, Or on my Saviour's breast. HYMN k C. M. An Hymn for Morning or Evening . 1 "HTTOSANNA with a cheerful sound", JH To God's upholding hand ; Ten thousand snares attend us rounds And yet secure we stand. 2 That was a most amazing power That rais'd us with a word. And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, We lean upon the Lord. 3 The ev'ning rests our weary head, And angels guard the room ; We wake, and we admire the bed That wns not made our tomb. 4, The rising- morning can't assure That we shall end the day ; For death stands ready at the door To take our lives away. 5 Our breath is forfeited by sin, To God's avenging law; We own thy grace, immortal King, In ev'ry gasp we draw. $ God is our sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; 382 HYMN 9, 10. book n. Our feeble flesh lies safe at night, Beneath his shady wings. HYMN 9. C. M. Godly Sorrow arising from the Sufferings of Christ' 1 A LAS, and did my Saviour bleed! jtJL And did my sov'reign die ! Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I ? 2 [Thy body slaiu, sweet Jesus, thine, And bath'd in its own blood, While all expos'd to wrath divine, The glorious sufPrer stood.] 3 Was it for crimes that 1 had done, He groan'd upon the tree ? Amazing* pity ! grace unknown ! And love beyond degree ! 4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker died For man the creature's sin. 5 Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. 6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe : Here, Lord, I give my self away ; 'Tis all that 1 can do. HYMN 10. CM. Parting with carnal joys. 1 T^/|"Y soul forsakes her vain delight, ITJl And bids the world farewell; Base as the dirt beneath my feet, And mischievous as hell. * 2 No longer will I ask your love, Nor seek your friendship more 5 The happiness that I approve Is not within your power. 3 There's nothing round the spacious earth That suits my large desire; To boundless joy and solid mirth My nobler thoughts aspire. 4 [Where pleasure rolls its living flood, From sin and dross refin'd, HOOK II. HYMN 11, 12 833 Still springing from the throuc of God, And fit to cheer the mind. 5 TV Almighty Ruler of the sphere, The glorious and the great, Brings his own all-sufficience there, To make our bliss complete.] 6 Had I the pinions of a dove, I'd climb the heav'nly road ; There sits my Saviour dre»s'd in love, And there my smiling God. HYMN 11. L. M. The same. 1 [ SEND the joys of earth away ; JL Away ye tempters of the mind, False as the smooth deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating me along Down to the gulph of black despair; And whilst I listen'd to your song, Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. 3 Lord, 1 adore thy matchless grace. That warn'd me of that dark abyss, That drew me from those treach'rous seas, And bid me seek superior bliss. 4 Now to the shining* realms above I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyess O for the pinions of a dove, To bear me to the upper skies ! 5 There from the bosom of my God, Oceans of endless pleasures roll; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows of my soul. HYMN 12. C. M. Christ is the Substance of the Levitival Priesthood 1 ri^HE true Messiah now appears, J_ The types are all withdrawn ; So fly the shadows and the stars * Before the rising" dawn. 2 No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs, Nor kid, nor bullock slain ; Incense and spice of costly names, Would all be burnt in vain. 3 Aaron must lay his robes away, His mitre and his vest, Dd i34 HYMN 13, 14. bo ok il. When God himself comes down to be The ofPring and the priest. I He took our monal flesh to show The wonders of his love; For us he paid his life below, And prays for us above. 5 "Father," he cries, " forgive their sins, "For I myself have died ;" And then he shows his open'd veins, And pleads his wounded side. HYMN I*. L.M. The Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, and Restoration of this )\ . 1 £2ING to the Lord that built the skies, kl? The Lord that rear'd this stately frame; Let all the nations sound his praise, And lands unknown repeat bis name. 2 He form'd the seas, and form'd the hills* Made every drop and every dust, Nature and time, with a!! their wheels, And push'd them into motion first. 3 Now, from his high imperial throne He looks far down upon the spheres; He bids the shining- orbs roll on, And round he turns the hasty years., 4 Thus shall this moving engine last, Tdl all his saints are gather'd in; Then for the trumpet's dreadful blast, To shake it all to dust again. "y Yet when the sound shall tear the skies, And lightning burn the globe below, Saints you may lift your joyful eyes, There's a new heav'n and earth for you HYMN 14. SI. M. The Lord' s Day ; or, Delight in Ordinances* 1 "MTELC'OME, sweet day of rest, TV That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes! 2 The King hirnse f comes near, And feasts his saints to-day; Here we may sit, and see him here* And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day amidst the place Where my dear God hath been,. ok ii. HYMN 15, 16. »35 Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. i My willing soul would stay In sucb a frame as this, And sit and sing hcrsejf away To everlasting blis«. HYMN 15. L. M. The Enjoyment of Christ ; or, Delight in Worship, 1 rjlARfrom my thoughts vain world begone, JP Let my religious hours alone; • Fain would my eyes my Saviour see ; I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, And kindles with a pure desire: Come, my dear Jesus, from above, And feed my soul with heav'nly love. 3 [The trees of life immortal stand In fragrant rows at thy rig^ht band, And in sweet murmurs by th His boundless years can ne'er decrease* But still maintain their prime; Eternity's his dwelling place, And ever is his time. 1 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal now, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come! The creatures — look! how old they grow* And wait their fi'ry doom. 43 Well, let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies! My God shall live an endless day, When th' old creation dies. HYMN I*. L. M. The Ministry of Angels. { ITITGH on a hill of dazzling light, JO, The King of glory spreads his sp 1 book ii. HYMN 10. •f'i" And troops of angels stretch'd for flight, Stand waiting round his awful feet. 2 " Go," saith the Lord,* " my Gabriel, go, "Salute the virgin's fruitful womb; "Make h;»ste, f ye cherubs, down below, "Sifrg and proclaim the Saviour come." 3 Here <* bright squadron* leaves the skies, And thick around Ehsha stands; Anon a heav'nly soldier flies, And breaks the chains from Peter's|| hands. 4 Thy winged troops, O God of hosts, Wait on thy wand'ring church below; Here we are sailing to thy coasts, Let angels be our convoy too. 5 Are they not all thy servants,^ Lord ! At thy command they go and come; With cheerful haste obey thy word, And jjuard thy children to their home. HYMN 19. C. M. Our frail Bodies, and God our Preserver. 1 ET others boast how strong they be., -■— ^ Nor death nor danger fear; But we'll confess", O Lord, to thee, What feeble things we are. '2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And flourish bright and gay; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away. S Our life" contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone: Strang ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long. 4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, The God that built us first; Salvation to th' almighty Name Thnt rear'd us from the dust. 3 [He spoke, and straight our hearts and brains In all their motions rose; "Let blood, * said he, "flow round the veins,*" And round the veins it flows. fcr While we have breath, or use our tongues; Our Maker we'll adore; * f.nke i. 26. tLuke ii. 13. % (.Jod, my Saviour's breast.] book ii. HYMN 21, 22,23. 33& HYMN 21. L. M. A Song of Praise to God the Redeemer, 1 ET the oid heathens tune their song* JLi Of great Diana, and of Jove; But the sweet theme that moves my tongue, Is my Redeemer and his love. 2 Behold a God descends and dies, To save my soul from gaping- hell ! How the black gulph where Satan lies, Yawn'd to receive rne when I fell ! 3 How justice frown'd, and vengeance stood. To drive me down to endless pain! But the great Son propos'd his blood, And neav'nly wrath grew mild again* 4 Infinite Lover! gracious Lord ! To thee be endless honours giv'n ; Thy wondrous name shall be ador'd Round the wide earth, and wider heav'n. HYMN 22. L M. With God is terrible Majesty, 1 npERRIBLli God, that reigo'fet on bigh, JL How awful is thy thund'ring hand! Thy fi'ry bolts how fierce they fly ! Nor call ail earth or hell withstand. 2 This the old rebel-angels knew, And Satan fell beneath thy frown: Thine arrows struck the traitor through. And weighty veng'ance sunk him down. 3 This Sodom felt, and fels it still, And roars beneath th ? eternal load: " With endless burnings who can dwell, " Or bear the fury of a God ! 4 Tremble, ye sinners, and submit, Throw down your arms before his throne ; Bend your heads low beneath his feet^ Or his strong hand shall crush you do\> 4 And ye, bless'd saints, that love him too, With rev'reuce bow before his name; Thus all his heav'nly servants do: God is a bright and burning flame. HYMN 23. L. M. The. Sight of God and Christ in Heaven. \ DESCEND from heav'n, immortal Dove; Stoop down and take us on thy wiugs* 340 HYMN 24. BtfoK n. And mount and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things : 2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll, Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul, 3 O for a sight, a pleasing sight Of our almigrhtv Father's throne ! There sits our Saviour, crown'd with light; ClotlTd in a body like our own. 4 Adoring saints around him stand, And thrones and powers before him fall; The God shines gracious through the man, And sheds sweet glories on them all .' 5 O what amazing joys they feel, While to their golden harps they sing-, And sit on every heav'nly hill. And spread the triumphs of their King! When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, That 1 shall mount to dwell above, And stand and bow amongst 'em there, And view thv fare, and sing, and love? HYMN 24. L. M. The Evil of Sin visible in ike Fall of Angels and Men. h "VE7"HLN the great Builder arch'd the skies. » ▼ Ad form'd all nature with a word, The joyful cherubs turn'd his praise, And everv bending throne ador'd. 2 High in the midst of all the throng, Satan, a tall archangel, sat, Amongst the morning stars* he sung', Till sin destroy'd his heav'nly state. ['Twas ski that hurl'd him from his throne, Grov'lling in tire the rebel lies: " How art thou sunk in darkness down, "Son of the morning*, from the skies !"] 6 And thus our two first parents stood, Till sio defil'd the happy place; They lost their garden and their God, And ruin'd all their unborn race. 5 |So sprung the plague from Adam's bower. And spread destruction all abroad; *Jobxxxviii. 7. t Isaiah sir. 12. kook ii. HYMN 25, 26. 341 Sin, the curs'd name, that in one hour Spoil'd six days labour of a God.] i) Tremble my soul, and mourn for grief, That such a foe should sieze thy breast ; Fly to the Lord for quick relief; O ! may he slay this treacherous guest. 7 Then to thy throne, victorious King, Then to thy throne our shouts shall rise. Thine everlasting arm we sing, For sin, the monster, bleeds and dies. HYMN 25. CM. Complaining of Spiritual Slofft. 1 1%/B"Y drowsy powers, why sleep you so? jLtJL Awake my sluggish soul ! Nothing has half thy work to do, Yet nothing's halt so dull. 2 The little ants for one poor grain Labour, and tug, and strive; Yet we who have a heav'ii t* obtain, How negligent we live! 3 We, for whose sake all nature stands? And stars their courses move; We, for whose guard the angel bands Come flying from above; 4 We, for whom God the Son came down And labour'd for our good, How careless to secure that crown He purchased with his blood! 5 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still, And never act our parts'? Come, holy dove, from th' heav'uly hill, And sit and warm our hearts. 6 Then shall our active spirits move, Upward our souls shall rise; With hands of faith, and wings of love, We'll flv and take the prize. HYMN 26. L. M. God invisible. 1 ORD, we are blind, we mortals blind, M-A We can't behold thv bright abode; 0! 'tis beyond a creature-mind, To glance a thought half-way to God* 2 Infinite leagues beyond the sky The great eternal reigns alone, 342 HYMN 27. book n. Where neither wings nor souls can fly, Nor angels climb the topless throne. 3 The Lord of glory builds his seat Of gems insufferably bright, And lays beneath his sacred feet Substantial beams of gloomy night. 4 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes Look through and cheer us from above ; Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies, Yet we adore, and yet we love. HYMN 27. L. M. Praise ye Him all his Angels. Psalm cxlviii. 2. OD! the eternal, awful name! That the whole heav'nly army fears, That shakes the wide- creation's frame, And Satan trembles when he hears: 2 Like flames of fire his servants are, And lights surrounds his dwelling-place; But, O ye fi'ry flames, declare The brighter glories of his face. 3 J Tis not for such poor worms as we To speak so infinite a thing; But your immortal eyes survey The beauties of your sov'reign King. 4 Tell how he shows his smiling face, And clothes all heav'n in bright array; Triumph and joy run through the place, And son^s eternal as the day. 5 Speak (for you feel this burning love) What zeal it spreads through all your frame ; That sacred fire dwells all above, For we on earth have lost the name. 6 [Sing of his power and justice too, That infinite right hand of his, That vanquish'd Satan and his crew, And thunder drove them down from bliss.] 7 [What mighty storms of poison'd darts, Where hurl'd upon the rebels there! What dreadful jav'lins nail'd their hearts Fast to the racks of long despair.] S [Shout to your King, ye heav'nly host, You that beheld the sinking foe; Firmly ye stood, when they were lost; Praise the rich grace that kept you so.] book ii. HYMN 28, '29. 343 J) Proclaim his wonders from the skies, Let every distant nation hear; And while you sound his lofty praise, Let humble mortals bow and fear. HYMN 2K C. M. Death and Eternity. 1 CJTOOP down, my thoughts, that us'd to rise , ^ Converse awhile with death: Think how a gasping- mortal lies And pants away his breath. 2 His quiv'ring lip hangs feebly down, His pulses faint and few; Then speechless, with a doleful groan, He bids the world adieu. 3 But, O, the sail that never dies! At once it leaves the ctay ! Ye thoughts, pursue it where it files, And track its wondrous way. 4 Up to the courts where angels dwells It mounts, triumphing there : Or devils plunge it down to hell, In infinite despair. 5 And must my body faint and die? And must this soul remove? Oh, for some guardian angel nigb> To bear it safe above ! G Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand My naked soul I trust ; And my flesh wai s for thy command, To drop into my dust. HYMN 2.9. C Mi Redemption by Price and Power. i TESTIS, with all thy saints above, *J My tongue would bear her part Would sound aloud thy saving love, And sing thy bleeding heart. 2 Bless'd be the Lamb, my dearest Lord, Who bought me with his blood, And quench'd his Father's flaming sword In his own vital flood ; 3 The Lamb that freed my captive soul From Satan's heavy chains, \ And sent the Lion down to howl Where hell and horror reigns* B44 HYMN->80. book ii, 4 All glory to the dying Lamb, And never-ceasing praise, While angels !ive to know his name, Or saints that feel his grace. HYMN 30. S. M. Heavenly Joy on Earth. [1 /^OME, we thai love the Lord, V^ And letoui joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. 2 The sorrows of the mind Be ban^h'd trom this place: Religion never was design'd To make our pleasures less.] 3 Let those refuse to sing That never knew our God, But fav'rites of the heav'nly King May speak their joys abroad. 4 [The God that rules on high And thunders when he please, That rides upon the stormy sky, And manages the seas:] 5 This awful God js ours, Our Father and our love; He shall send down his heav'nly powers To carry us above. 6 There shall we see his face, And never, never sin; There from the rivers of his grace Drink endless pleasures in. 7 Yes, and before we rise To that immortal state, The thoughts of such amazing bliss Should constant joys create. S [The men of grace have found Glory begun below: Celestial fruits on earthly ground, From faith and hope may grow.] 9 [The hill ofZion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Or walk the golden streets. 10 Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry ; ■obft it. HYMN 31, 32. 345 We're marching thro' Immanuers ground, To fairer worlds on high.] HYMN 31. L. M. Christ's Presence makes Death easy. 1 "VX7"HY should we start, and fear to die? ▼ ▼ What tim'rous worms we mortals are ! Death is the gate of endless joy, And yet we dread to enter there. 2 The pains, the groans, and dying strife, Fright our approaching souls away; Still we shrink back again to life, Fond of our prison and our clay. 3 0! if my Lord would come and meet, My soul should stretch her wings in haste. Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe mv life out sweetly there. HYMN 32. C. M. Frailty and Folly. 1 TTOW short and hasty is our life ! _1_JL How vast our soul's affairs! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive To lavish out their years. '2 Our days run thoughtlessly along, Without a moment's stay ; Just like a story or a song, We pass our lives away. 3 God from on high invites us home, But we march heedless on, And ever hast'ning to the tomb, Stoop downwards as we run. 4 How we deserve the deepest hell, That slight the joys above ! What changp of veng'ance should we feel, That break such cords of love! 5 Draw us, O God, with sov'reign grace, And lift our thoughts on high, That we may end this mortal race, And see salvation nigh. Ee 046 HYMN 3.% 34. book it HYMN 33. C. M. The blessed Society in Heaven ' XJ AISE tbee, my soul, fly up, and run J-V Through ev'ry heav'nly street, And say, there's nought below the sun That's worthy of thy feet. 2 [Thus will we mount on sacred wings, And tread the courts above; Nor earth, nor all her mightiest things- Shall tempt our meanest love.] 3 There on a high majestic throne Th' almighty 'Father reigns, And sheds his glorious goodness dowi. On all the blissful plains. i Bright, like a sun, the Saviour sits, And spreads eternal noon, No ev'ning's there, nor gloomy nigh To want the feeble moon. 5 Amidst those ever-shining skies, Behold the sacred Dove, While banish'd sin and sorrow flies From all the realms of love. 6 The glorious tenants of the place Stand bending round the throne; And saints and seraphs sing and praise The infinite Three-One. 7 [But, O what beams of heav'nly grace Transport them all the while! Ten thousand smiles from Jesus' face-,. And love in every smile!] 8 Jesus ! O when shall that dear day^ That joyful hour appear, When 1 shall leave this house of clay To dwell amongst them there? HYMN 34. G. M. Breathing after the Holy Spirit; cr, Fervency of Devotion Heswt ] ,*nOMi£, holy Spirit, heavily Dove, J With all thy quiek'ning powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. :2 Look how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys: Our souls can neither fly nor go. To reach eternal joys. -aooK ii. HYMN 35, 3G. 341 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise, Hosannas languish on our tongues. And our devotion dies. 1 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate, Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great? ■*> Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning powers, Come shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours. HYx\IN 35 C. M. Praise to God for Creation arid Redemption. ETthetn neglect thy glory, Lord. 81 A Who t.ever knew thy grace; But our loud songs shall still record The wonders of thy praise. 2 We raise our shouts, O God, to thee, And send them to thy throne ; All glory to th' United Three, The Undivided One. > ? Twas he (and we'll adore his name) That form'd us by a word ; 'Tis he restores our ruin'd frame : Salvation to the Lord! I Hosanna ! let the earth and skies Repeat the joyful sound; Rocks, hills, and vales, reflect the voice In one eternal round. HYMN 36. S. M. Christ's Intercession. 1 "VWJTELL, the Redeemer's gone H T' appear before our God, To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne With his atoning blood. 2 No fi'ry veng'ance now, No burning wrath- comes down : If justice calls for sinners' blood, The Saviour shows his own. 3 Before his Father's eye Our humble suit he moves! The Father lays his thunder by, And looks, and smiles, and loves. 31$ HYNM 37. book 11 4 Now may our joyful tongues Our Maker's honour sing; Jesus, the priest, receives our soogs, And bears them to the King. 5 [We bow before his face, And sound his glories high ; "Hosanna to the God of grace "That lays his thunder by.] (> " On earth thy mercy reigns, " And triumphs all above:" But, Lord, how weak are mortal strains. To "speak immortal love ! 7 [How jarring and how low Are all the notes we sing! Sweet Saviour tune our songs anew, And they shall please the King.] HYMN 37. C. M. The same. i 1FT up your eyes to th' heav'nly seat? -*-^ Where your Redeemer stays; - Kind intercessor, there he sits, And loves, and pleads, and prays. '2 'Twas well, my soul, he died for thee, And shed his vital blood, Appeas'd stern justice on the tree, And then arose to God. o Petitions now, and praise may rise, And saints their offerings bring, The Priest with his own sacrifice • Presents them to the King, i [Let papists trust what names they please.. Their saints and angels boast ; We've uo such advocates as these, Nor pray to th' heav'nly host.] 5 Jesus alone shall bear my cries Up to his Father's throne; He, dearest Lord, perfumes my sighs And sweetens every groan. 6 [Ten thousand praises to the King, "Hosanna in the high'st!" Ten thousand thanks our spirits bring To God and to his Christ.] book it. HYMN 38, 39, 40. 31f» HYMN 38. C. M. Love to God. 1 [ VPPY the heart where graces reign, jn. Where love inspires the breast: Love is the brightest of the train, And strengthens all the rest. *2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our tear; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign> If love be absent there. 3 Tis love that makes our cheerful feet In swift obedience move; The devils know and tremble too; But Satan cannot love. 4 This is the grace that lives and sings When faith and hope shall cease; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss. 5 Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, The win^s of love bear us away To see our smiling* God. HYMN 39. C. M. The Shortness and Misery of Life. URdays, alas! our mortal days Are- short and wretched too; " Evil and few/'* the patriarch says : And well the patriarch knew. 2 'Tis but at best a narrow bound That heav'n allows to men, And pains and sins run through the round Of three score years and ten. 3 Well, if ye must be sad and few, Run on, my days, in haste; Moments of sin, and months of woe, Ye cannot fly too fast. 4 Let heav'n ly love prepare my soul, And call her to the skies, Where years of long salvation roll, And glory never dies. HYMN 40. C. M. Our Comfo, t in the Covenant made with Christ. I /^URGod! how firm his promise stands •^-^ E'en when he hides his face, * Gen. xlvii. 9 E e2 350 HYMN 41, 42. book iu He trusts in our Redeemer's hands His glory and his grace. 2 Then why, my soul, these sad complaints. Since Christ and we are one ? Thy God is faithful to his saints, Is faithful to his Son. 3 Beneath his smiles my heart hath liv'd And part of heav'n possess'd ; I praise his name for grace receiv'd, And trust him for the rest. HYMN 41. L.M. A Sight of God mortifies us to the World. 1 "B" TP to the fields where angels lie, %J And living waters gently roll, Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly, But sin hangs heavy on my soul. 2 Thy wondrous blood, dear dying Christ, Can make this world of guilt remove; And thou can'st bear me where thou fly'st. On thy kind wings, celestial Dove! 3 O might I once mount up and see The glories of th ? eternal skies ! What little things these worlds would bel How despicable to my eyes!] 1 Had I a glance of thee, my God, Kingdoms and men would vanish soon ; Vanish, as though I saw them not, As a dim candle dies at noon. 5 Then they might fight, and rage, and rave; I should perceive the noise no more Than Ave can hear a shaking leaf, While rattling thunders round us roar. 6 Great All in All \l eternal King! Let me but view thy lovely face, And all my power shall bow, «nd sing Thine endless grandeur, and thy grace. HYMN 42. a M. Delight in God. Y God, what endless pleasure -dwell Above, at thy right hand ! Thy courts below how amiable, Where all thy graces stand! -2 The swallow near thy temple lies, And chirps a cheerful note; 3 i*ook ir. HYMN 43. 351 • The lark mounts upwards to thy skies,. And tunes his warbling throat. 3 And we, when in thy presence, Lord, We shout with joyful tongues ; Or sitting round our Father's board, We crown the feasts with songs. 4 While Jesus shines with quick'ning grace. We sing and mount on high; But if a frown becloud his face, We faint, and tire, and die. 5 [Just as we see the lonesome dove Bemoan her widow'd state, Wandering, she flies through all the grove. And mourns her loving mate. Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light, Up to his throne of shining grace; See what immortal glories sit Round the sweet beauties of his face. 352 HYMN 44, 45. book tu 7 Amongst a thousand harps and songs Jesus, the God, exalted reigns; His sacred name fills all their tongues, And echoes through the heav'nly plains ! HYMN 44. L. M. Hell; or, the Vengeance of God. 1 ^^7"ITH holy fear and humble song-, ▼ V The dreadful God our souls adore: Rev'rence and awe become the tongue That speaks the terrors of his power. 2 Far in the deep, where darkness dwells, The land of horror and despair, Justice hath built a dismal hell, And laid her stores of vengeance there. 3 [Eternal plagues and heavy chains, Tormenting racks and fi'ry coals, And darts, t' inflict immortal pains, Dy'd in blood of damned souls. 4 There Satan, the first sinner, lies And roars, and bites his iron bands; In vain the rebel strives to rise, Crush'd with the weight of both thy hands.] 5 There guilty ghosts of Adam's race Shriek out and howl beneath thy rod ; Once they could scorn a Saviour's grace, But they incens'd a dreadful God. () Tremble/ my soul, and kiss the Son; Sinner, obey thy Saviour's call; Else your damnation hastens on, And hell gapes wide to wait your fall. HYMN 45. L. M. God's Condescension to our Worship. k Fg^HY favours, Lord, surprise our souls! JL Will the Eternal dwell with us? What canst thou find beneath the poles To tempt thy chariot downward thus! 2 Still might he fill his starry throne, And please his ears with Gabriel's songs But th' heav'nly Majesty comes down, And bows to hearken to our tongues, 3 Great God! what poor returns we pay For love so infinite as thine ! Words are but air, and tongues but clay; But thy compassion's all divine. hook ii. HYMN 46, 47. 353 HYMN 46. L. M. God's Condescension to human Affait'i 1 TTP to the Lord that reigns on high, U And views the nations from afar, Let everlasting* praises tly, And tell how large his bounties arc. 2 [He that can shake the worlds he made, Or with his word or with his rod ; His goodness how amazing great, And what a condescending God! J 3 [God, that must stoop to view the skies, And bow to see what angels do, Down to our earth he casfs his eyes, And bends his footsteps downward too.] 4 He over-rules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs, On humble souls the Kin^ of kin&s Bestows his counsels and his cares, -3 Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God ; He" hears us in the mournful hour, And helps us bear the heavy load. 6 In vain might lofty princes try Such condescension to perform ! For worms were never rais'd so high Above their meanest fellow-worm. 7 O could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal Jo thy grace, To the third heav'n our songs should rise. And teach the golden harps thy praise. HYMN 47. L. M. Glory and Grace in the Person of Christ. 1 7VTOW to the Lord a noble song ! -1-^1 Awake my soul, awake my tongue : Hosanna to th' eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim. 2 See where it shines in Jesus' face, The brightest image of his grace; God, in the person of his Son, Hath all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The spacious earth and spreading flood Proclaim the wise and powerful God ; And thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 354 HYMN 48, 49 book h. 4 But in his looks a glory stands, The noblest labour of thine hands ; The pleasing Uistre of his eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. * 5 Grace? 'tis a sweet, a charming theme; My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name ! Ye angels, dwell upon the sound : Ye heav'ns, reflect it to the ground : G Oh may I live to reach the place Where he unveils his lovely face ! Where all his beauties you behold. And sing his name to harps of gold ! HYMN 48. C. M. Love to the Creatures is dangerous. 1 ¥¥OW vain are all things here below JlJL How false, and yet how fair! Each pleasure hath its own poison too, And every sweet a snare. 2 The brightest things below the sky Give but a flatt'ring light; We should suspect some danger nigh Where we possess delight. 3 Our dearest joys and nearest friends, The partners of our blood, How they divide our wav'ring minds, And leave but half for God, 1 The fondness of a creature's love, How strong it strikes the sense? Thither the warm affections move, Nor can we call them thence. 5 Dear Saviour ! let thy beauties be My soul's eternal food ; And grace command my heart away From all created good. HYMN 49. C. M. Moses dying in the Embraces o/Godi |EATH cannot make our souls afraid, If God be with us there ; We may walkthrough its darkest shade, And never yield to fear. £ I could renounce my all below, If my Creator bid ; And run, if I where calPd to go, And die as Moses did. book it. HYMN 50, 51. 355 3 Might I hut climb to Pisgah's top, And view the promis'd land, My flesh itself would long to drop, And pray for the command. 4 Clasp'd in my heav'nly Father's arms, I would forget my breath, And lose my life among the charms Of so divine a death. HYMN 50. L.M. Comjorts under Sorrows and Pains. 1 TVTOW let the Lord my Saviour smile, -L^> And show my name upon his heart; I would forget my pains awhile, And in the pleasure lose the smart. 2 But O! it swells my sorrows high, To see my blessed Jesus frown; My spirits sinks, my comforts die, And all the springs of lite are down. 3 Yet why, my soul, why these complaints? Still while he frowns, his bowels move: Still on his heart he bears his saints, And feels their sorrows and his love. 4 My name is printed on his breast; His book of life contains my name ; I'd rather have it there impress'd, Than in the brigh't records of fame. 9 When the last fire burns all things here, Those letters shall securely stand, And in the Lamb's fair book appear, Writ by th' eternal Father's hand. 6 *N T ow shall my minutes smoothly run, Whilst here I wait my Father's will, My rising and my setting sun, Roll gently up and down the hill. HYMN 51. L. M God the Son equal ivilh Ike Father. 1 Ti RIGHT King of glory, dreadful God ! Xi Our spirits bow before thy seat; To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful feet. 2 [Thy power hath form'd, thy wisdom sways All nature with a sov'reign word: And the bright world of stars obeys The will of their superior Lord.] 356 HYMN 52. rook n. 3 [Mercy and truth unite in one, And smiling sit at thy right hand ; Eternal justice guards thy throne, And veng'ance waits thy dread command.] 4 A thousand seraphs strong and bright Stand round* the glorious Deity; But who amongst the sons, of light Pretends comparison with thee? 5 Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood, Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality wifh God. 6 [Their glory shines with equal beams, Their essence is for ever one; Though they are known by different names, The Father God, and God the Son. 7 Then let the name of Christ our King With equal honours beador'd; His praise let every angel sing, # And all the nations own the Lord.] HYMN 52. C. M. Death dreadful or delightful* EATH! 'tis a melancholy day To those that have no God, When the poor soul is forc'd away To seek her last abode. 2 In vain to heav'n she lifts her eyes ; But guilt, a heavy chain, Still drags her downward from the skies, To darkness, fire, and pain. 3 Awake and mourn, ye heirs of hell; Let stubborn sinners fear: You must be driv'n from earth, and dwell A long for ever there. 4 See how the pit gapes wide for you. And flashes in your face ; And thou, my soul, look downward too. And sing recov'ring grace. 5 He is a God of sov'reign love, That promis'd heaven to me, And taught my thoughts to soar above. Where happy spirits be. 6 Prepare me Lord, tor thy right hand ; Then come the joyful day; book ii. HYMN 53. - 3ft Come death, and some celestial band, To bear my soul away. HYMN 53. C. M. The Pilgrimage of the Saints; or. Earth and Heaven. 1 ~W ORD what a wretched land is J Ins, ii That yields us no supply, No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees, Nor streams of living" joy ? 2 But pricking thorns through a!i the ground, And mortal poisons grow ; And all the rivers that are found, With dang'rous waters How. 3 Yet the dear path to thine abode Lies through this horrid land : Lord! we would keep the heav'nly road, And run at thy command. 4 [Our souls shall tread the desert through With undiverted feet: And faith and flamino zeal subdue The terrors that we meet.] 5 A thousand savage beasts of prey Around the forest roam ; But Judah's Lion guards the way, And guides the strangers home.] 6 [Long nights and darkness dwell below, With scarce a twinkling rny : But the bright world to which we go Is everlasting day.] 7 [By glimm'ring hopes, and gloomy fears, We trace the sacred road ; Through dismal deeps, and dang'rous snares. We make our way to God.] 5 Our journey is a th6rny maze, But we march upward still ; Forget these troubles of the ways, And reach at Zion's hill. 6 [See the kind angels at the gates Inviting us to come ! There Jesus, the fore-runner, waits, To welcome travelers home! 10 There, on a green and flow'ry mount, Our weary souls shall sit, And with transporting joys recount The labours of our feet. Ff 358 HYMN 54, 55. book u. 11 [No vain discourse shall fill our tongue* Nor trifles vex our ear ; Infinite grace shall fill our song 1 , And God rejoice to hear. 12 Eternal glories to the King- That brought us safely through, Our tongues shall never cease to sing, And endless praise renew. HYMN 54. C. M. God's Presence is Light in Darkness 1 1%/f Y God ! the spring of all my joys, i.TJL The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days And comfort of mv niohts! ■»*©■* 2 In darkest shinies it' he appear, My dawning is begun! He is my soul's sweet morning star, And he my rising sun. J The op'ning heav'ns around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows his heart is mine,*. And whispers, * I am his!' 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, Run up with joy the shining way T' embrace my dearest Lord. 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death ? I'd break through evety foe; The whtigs of love, and anus of faith, Should bear me ronqu'ror through HYMN 55. C. M. Frail Life and succeeding Elernihh 1 f 1 1 H L L we adore, eternal name! JL And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we! 2 ["Our wasting lives grow shorter stilr s As months and days increase; And every beating' pulse we tell, Leaves but the number Jess* 3 The year rolls round, and steals awajs The breath that first it gave; Whate'er we do, where'er we be, We're travelling to the grave.J book n. HYMN 56, 57. 35* 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home 5 Good God J on what a slender thread Haug everlasting- things! Th' eternal states of all the dead Upon life's feeble strings. ij Infinite joy or endless wo Attends on every breath ; And yet how unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death! 7 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dang rous road ; And if our souls are hurry'd hence, May they be found with God. HYMN 56. C. M. The Misery of being without God in this World; or, Vain Prosperiti , 1 T^TO, I shall envy them no more -L^l Who grow profanely great, Though they increase their golden store, And rise to wondrous height. "2 They taste of all the joys that grow Upon this earthly clod ! Well, they may search the creature through. For they have ne'er a God. 3 Shake off the thoughts of dying too, And think your life your own, But death comes hast'ning on to you, To mow your glory down. 4 Yes, you must bow your stately head. Away your spirit flies, And no kind angel near your bed To bear it to the skies. 5 Go now, and boast of all your stores, And tell how bright you shine: Your heaps of glitt'ring dust are yours. And my Redeemer's mine. HYMN 57, L. M. The Pleasure of a good Conscience. 1 .ORD, how secure and blest are they JLd Who feel the joys of pardon'd sin ! Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea, Their minds have heav'n and peace within 300 HYMN 58. book n, 2 The day glides swiftly o'er their heads, Made up of innocence and love; And soft and silent as the shades, Their nightly minutes gently move. > [Quick as their thoughts their joys come on, But fly not half so fast away : Their souls are ever bright as noon, And calm as summer ev'nings be; 4 How oft they look to th* heav'nly hills, Where groves of living pleasure grow !' And longing hopes and cheerful smiles Sit undisturb'd upon their brow.] 5 They scorn to seek our golden toys, But spend the day, and share the night, In numb'ring o'er the richer joys That heav'n prepares for their delight. <) While wretched we, like worms and moles. Lie grov'lling in the dust below; Almighty grace, renew our souls; And we'll aspire to glory too. HYMN 58. CM. The Shortness of Life, and the Goodness of Go >'\ 1 FITMME! what an empty vapour 'tis! .mL And days, how swift they are! Swift as an Indian arrow flies, Or like a shooting star. 2 [The present moment* just appear, Then slide away in haste, That we can never say, " They're here ; >? But only say, " They're past."] 3 Our life is ever on the wing, And death is ever nigh; The moment when our lives begin, We all begin to die.] 1 Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days, Thy lasting favours share ; Yet, with the bounties of thy grace, Thou loid'st the rolling year. 5 'Tis sov'reign mercy finds us food, And we are cloth'd with love: While grace stands pointing out the road That leads our souls above, o His goodness runs an endless round; All glory to the Lord ! sjooK ii. HYMN 59. ***! flis mercy never knows a bound ; And be his name ador'd! 7 Thus we begin the lasting song; And wheu we close our eyes, Let the next age thy praise prolong* Till time and nature dies. HYMN 59. C. M. Paradise on Earth- 1 |^ LORY to God that walks the sky, VT And sends his blessings through: That tells his saints of joy on high, And gives a taste below ^ 2 [Glory to God that stoops his throne, That dust and worms may see't, And brings a glimpse of glory down, Around his snored feet. 3 When Christ, with all his graces crown'd Sheds his kind beams abroad, 'Tis a young heav'n on earthly ground. And glory in the bud. 4 A blooming Paradise of joy In th»s wild desert springs, And every sense I straight employ On sweet celestial thin org* 5 White lilies all around appear, And each his glory .shows; The rose of Sharon blossoms here, The fairest flower that blows. ?f Cheerful l.feast on heav'nly fruit, And dr*nk the pleasure down ; Pleasures that flow hard hy the foot Of the eternal throne, j 7 But ah ! how soon my joys decay I How soon my sins arise! And Snatch the heav'nly scene away From these lamenting eyes. S When shall the t«ine, dear Jesus, when The shining day appear, That I shall leave these clouds of sin, And gtwlt and darkness here? 9 Up to the fields above the skies., My ha<«y feet would go, There eve' lasting flowers arise, And joys unwith'ring grow. Ff2 W^ HYMN 60 61. book u. HYMN 60. L. M. The Truth of God the Promiser ; or, the Promises are ow SccWi'tf. 1 T> RAISE, everlasting praise be paid -t To him that earth's foundation laid ; Praise to the God whose strong decrees Sway the creation as he please. 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord, W ko rules his people by his word, And there, as strong as his decrees, He sets his kindest promises. 3 [Firm are the words his prophets give, Sweet words on which his children live: Each of them is the voice of God, Who spoke and spread the skies abroad. 1 Ehc!) of them powerful as that sound Thar bid the new-made world go round; And stronger than the solid poles, On which the wheel of nature rolls ] ") Whence then should doubtsand fears arise! Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes? Slowly, alas, our mind receives The comforts that our Maker ogives. 6 O for a strong, a lasting faith ! To credit what th' Almighty saith ! T* embrace the message of his Son, And cmjI the joys of heaven our own ! 7 Then should the earth's old pillars shake, Aim! all the wheels of nature break, Ou-' steady souls would fear no more Titan solid rocks when billows roar. 8 Our everlasting hopes arise Above the ruinable skies, Where ih' eternal Builder reigns, And his own courts his power sustains. HYMN 61. C. M. A Thought of Death and Glory. i "jft/g Y soul, come, meditate the day, i.?Jt Aud think how near it stands, Whi'ii thou must quit this house of clay, id fly to unknown lands. 2 fAnd you, mine eyes, look down and view The hollow gaping tomb ; This gloomy prison waits for you, Whene'er the summons come.] •book ii. HYMN 62. 30B 3 Oh ! could we die with those that die, And place us in their stead; Then would our spirits learn to fly, And converse with the dead; 4 Then should we see the saints above, In their own glorious forms, And wonder why our souls should love To dwell with mortal worms. 5 [How we should scorn these clothes of flesh, These fetters, and this load : And long for evening 1 to undress, That we may rest with God.] 6 We should almost forsake our clay Before the summons come, And pray, and wish our souls away To their eternal home. HYMN 62.- C. M. God the Thunderer; or, the last Judgment and HelL 1 C*ING to the Lord, ye heav'nly hosts; KJ And thou, O earth, adore: Let death and hell through all their coasts Stand trembling at his power. 2 His sounding chariot shakes the sky; He makes the clouds his throne; There all his stores of lightning* lie, Till vengeance darts them down. 3 His nostrils breathe out fiery streams, And from his awful tongue A sovereign voice divides the flames, And thunder roars along. 4 Think, O my soul, the dreadful day, When this incensed God Shall rend the sky, and burn the sea, And flino- his wrath abroad. > What shall the wretch, the sinner do? He once defied the Lord ! But he shall dread the Thund'rer now, And sink beneath his 1 word. £> Tempests of angry fire shall roll To blast the rebel worm, And beat upon his naked soul In one eternal storm. Made in a great sudden storm of thunder, Aug. 20, i@fi mU HYMN 63, 64, 65. book HYMN 63. C. M. A Funeral Thought. 1 "ffT ARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound, Jtl My ears attend the cry ; "Ye living men, come view the ground " Where you must shortly lie. 2 ''Princes, this clay must be your bed, " In spite of all your towers ; " The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head, " Must lie as low as ours." 3 Great God ! is this our certain doom? And are we still secure? Still walking" downward to our tomb, And yet prepare no more ! 4 Grant us the power of quick'ning grace, To fit our souls to fly ; Then, when we drop this dying flesh, We'll rise above the sky. HYMN 64. L. M. God the Glory and the Defence of Sio7i. 1 "fflTAPPY the church, thou sacred place, JUL The seat of thy Creator's grace; Thy holy courts are his abode, Thou earthly palace of our God. 2 Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates A guard of heav'nly warriors waits ; Nor shall thy deep foundation move, • Fix'd on his counsels and his love. 3 Tby foes in vain designs engage, Against his throne in vain they rage; Like rising waves with angry roar, That dash and die upon the shore. J Then let our souls in Zion dwell, Nor fear the wrath of Rome and hell ; His arms embrace this happy ground, Like brazen bulwarks built around. § God is our shield, and God our sun ; Swift as the fleeting moments run, , G7. 365 I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hitrl'd, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning- world. 1 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I bat safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n,*hjy all: 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heav'nly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. HY*JN(>6. r. M. A Prospect of Heaven makes Deallt t 1 FTHHERE is a land of pure delight, _JL Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flowers; Death, like a narrow sea, divides Thfe heav'uly land from ours. •3 [Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dress'd in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolPd between. i But tim'rous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea; And linger, shiv'ringon the brink, And fear to launch away.] 5 O! could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes! 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view 7 the landscape o'er, » Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. HYMN 67. C. M. God's eternal Dominion. 1 |~1 REAT God ! how infinite art thou ! \X What worthless worms are we ! .366 HYMN 68. book n. Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made ; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Nature and time quite naked lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the great burning day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, _ Stands present in thy vjpw: To thee there's nothing old appears; Great God ! there's nothing new. 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturb'd affairs. 6 Great God! bow infinite art thou ! What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pav their praise to thee. HYMN 68. C. M. The humble Worship of Heaven. 1 Tj1 ATHER, I long, I faint to see -*- The place of thine abode : I'd leave thine earthly courts, and flee Up to thy seat, my God ! 2 Here I behold thy distant face, And 'tis a pleasing sight ; But to abide in thine embrace Is infinite delight. 3 I'd part with all the joys of sense, To gaze upon thy throne ; Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence, Unspeakable, unknown. 4 [There all the heav'nly hosts are seen, In shining ranks they move, And drink immortal vigour in, With wonder and with love. 5 Then at thy feet with awful fear Th* adoring armies fall ; With joy they shrink to nothing there, Before th' eternal All. book II. HYMN f>9. 367 6 There I would vie with all the host In duty and in bliss; While less than nothing I could boast, And vanity* confess.] 7 The more thy glories strike mine eyes. The humbler I shall lie; Thus while I sink, my joys shall rise Unmeasurably high. HYMN f>9. C. M. The Faithfulness of God in the Promises. 1 | JJEGIN, my tongue, *onie heav'nly theme, JEJ And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier name Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad ; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim, " Salvation from the Lord " For wretched dying men ;" His hand has writ the sacred word With an immortal pen. 4 Engrav'd as in eternal brass The mighty promise shines: Nor can the power of darkness rase Those everlasting lines.] 5 [He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when he please ; He speaks, and that almighty breath Fulfils his great decrees. 6 His very word of grace is strong, As that which built the skies ; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. 7 He said, "Let the wide heav'n be spread/' And heav'n was stretch'd abroad ; " Abra'm, I'll be thy God," he said, And he was AbraWs God. S O, might I hear thy heav'nly tongue But whisper, 44 Thou art mine!" Those gentle words should raise my song To notes almost divine. 9 How would my leaping heart rejoice, And think my heav'n secure! ;s Isaih xi. 17. mS HYMN 70. book ii- I trust the all-creatinC5 And gird the gospel armour on; March to the gates of endless joy, Where thy great Captain Saviour's gone. 2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course, But hell and sin are vanquished foes ; Thy Jesus nail'd them to the cross, And sung the triumph when he rose.] 3 [What though the prince of darkness rage. And waste the fury of his spite ; Eternal chains confine him down To fiery deeps and endless night. 4 What though thine inward lusts rebel ; ? Tis but a struggling gasp for life; The weapons of victorious grace Shall slay thy sins and end the strife.] 5 Then let my soul march boldly on, Press forward to the heav'nly gate ; There peace and joy eternal reign, And glitt'ring robes for conquerors wait, There shall I wear a starry crown, And triumph in almighty grace; While all the armies of the skies Join in my glorious Leader's praise. HYMN 78. CM. Redemption by Christ. 1 "1HS7 HEN the first parents of our race TV Rebell'd and lost their God, And the infection of their sin Had tainted all our blood; hook ii. HYMN 79. 3?tf 2 Infinite pity touch'd the heart Of the eternal Son ; Descending from the heav'nly court. He left his Father's throne. 3 Aside the Prince of Glory threw His most divine array, And wrapp'd his Godhead in a veil Of oat inferior clay. 4 His iiviug power, and dying- love, Redeemed unhappy men, And rais'd the ruins of our race To life and God again. 5 To thee, dear Lord, our flesh and soul We joyfully resign ; Bless VI Jesus, take us for thy own, For we are doubly thine. <> Thine honour shall for ever be The business of our days; For ever shall our thankful tongues Speak thy deserved praise. HYMN 79. C. M. Praise to the Redeemer. 1 "OLUNG'D in a gulph of dark despair, -*- We wretched sinners lay, Without one cheering beam of hope, Or spark of glimmering day. 2 With pitying eyes the Prince of Grace , Beheld our helpless grief; He saw, and (O amazing love!) He ran to our relief. 3 Down from the shining: seats above With joyful haste he fled, Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4 lie spoil'd tfie power of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains: Jesus hath freed our captive souls From everlasting pains. £ [In vain the baffled prince of hell His cursed projects tries; We that were doom'd his endless slaves, Are rais'd above the skies.] $ £>! for this love, let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, Gg2 m 4 HYMN 80, 81. book ii. And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak. 7 [Yes, we will praise thee, dearest Lord! Our souls are all on flame ; Hosanna round the spacious earth To thine adored name. S Angels! assist our mighty joys, Strike all your harps of gold ; But when you raise your highest notes, His love can ne'er be told.] HYMN 80. S.M. God's awful Power and Goodness, I (T\W- the a 1 mighty Lord! %J How matchless is his power! Tremble, O earth, beneath his word, And all the heav'ns adore. '2 Let proud imperious kings Bow low before his throne ! Crouch to his feet ye haughty things, Or he shall tread you down. 3 Above the skies he reigns, And with amazing blows, He deals insufferable pains On his rebellious foes. 4 Yet, everlasting God! We love to speak thy praise ; Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod, The sceptre of thy grace. 5 The arms of mighty love Defend our Sion well, And heav'nly mercy walls us round From Babylon and hell. 6 Salvation to the King That sits enthron'd above; Thus we adore the God of might, And bless the God of love. HYMN 81. C. M. Our Sin {he Cause of Christ's Death. 1 A NDnow the scales have left mine eyes, Jla. Now 1 begin to see : O, the curs'd deeds my sins have done! What murd'rous things they be! >& Where these the traitors, dearest Lord, That thy fair body tore ? hook ir. HYMN 82, 83. 8! Monsters, that stain'd those heav'nly limbs With floods of purple gore ! 3 Was it for crimes that I had done My dearest Lord was slain, When justice seizM God's only Son, And put his soul to pain? 4 Forgive my guilt, O Prince of Peace; Pll wound my God no more: Hence from my heart, ye sins, be gone, For Jesus 1 adore. 5 Furnish me, Lord, with heav'nly arms, From grace's magazine, And I'll proclaim eternal war With every darling sin. HYMN 82. CM. Redemption and Protection from Spiritual Enem> 1 A RIsL, my. soul, my joyful powers, jljl And triumph in my God: Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim His glorious grace abroad. 2 He raiVd me from the depths of sin, The gates of gaping hell, Arid fix'd my standing more secure Than 'twas before I fell. 3 The arms of everlasting; love Beneath my sou! he plac'd, And on the rock of ages set My slippery foosteps fast. 1 The city of my blest abode, Is wall'd around with grace ; Salvation for a bulwark stands To shield the sacred place. 5 Satan may vent his sharpest spite, And all his legions roar; Almighty mercy guards my life, And bounds his raging power. (> Arise, my soul, awake, my voice, And tunes of pleasure sing, Pioud hallelujahs shall address My Saviour and my King. HYMN 83. C. M. The passion and Exaltation of Christ. I FT1HUS saith the Ruler of the skies, JSL " Awake my dreadful sword ; 376 HYMN 84. book k, " Awake my wrath, and smite the man, *' My fellow," saith the Lord. 2 Vengeance receiv'd the dread command, And armed, down she flies ; Jesus submits t' his Father's hand, And bows his head, and dies. 3 But O, the wtsdom and the grace That join with vengeance now; r He dies to save our guilty race, And yet he rises too. 4 A p? rson so divine was he, \\ ho yielded to be slain, That be could give his soul away, And take his life again. 5 Live, glorious Lord! and reign on high ; Let every nation sing", And angels sound with endless joy The Saviour and the King. HYMN 84. S. M. The same. 1 |H1 OME, all harmonious tongues, \j Your noblest music bring, >Ti« Christ the everlasting God, And Christ the man, we sing. 2 Tell how he took our flesh, To take away our guilt ; Sing the dear drops of sacred blood That hellish monsters spilt. *3 [A ' *! tin cruel spear Went deep into his side, And the run flood of purple gore Their murd'rous weapons dyed.] 4 [The waves of swelling grief Did o'er his bosom roll, And mountains of almighty wrath Lay heavy on his soul. 5 Down to the shades of death He bow'd his awful head; Yet he arose to live and reign When death itself is dead. $ No more the bloody spear, Toe cross and nails no more; For bell itself shakes at his name, Aad all the heav'ns adore. book ii, HYMN 85, S0. 37' 7 There the Redeemer sits, High on the Father's throne; The Father lays his vengeance by, And smiles upon his Son. S There his full "lories shine With uncreated rays, And bless his saints and angels eyes To everlasting days. HYMN 85. CM. Sufficiency of Pardon. 1 ^M/"^^ does your face, ye humble souls. ▼ f Those mournful colours wear? What doubts are these that waste your faith And nourish your despair ? 2 What though your num'rous sins exceed The stars that fill the skies, And, aiming at th' eternal throne, Like pointed mountains rise? % What though your mighty guilt beyond The wide creation swell, And has its curs'd foundations laid Low as the deeps of hell ? 4 See here an endless ocean flows Of never failing grace; Behold a dying Saviour's veins The sacred flood increase. 5 It rises high, and drowns the hills — Has neither shore nor bound : Nor, if we search to find our sins, Our sins can ne'er be found. () Awake, our hearts, adore the grace That buries all our faults, And pard'ning blood, that swells above Our follies and our thoughts. HYMN 86. CM. Freedom from Si?i and Misery in Heaven ■. 1 rfT|UR sins, alas ! how strong they be ! \J And like a violent sea, They break our duty, Lord, to thee, And hurry us away. 2 The waves of trouble, how they rise ! - How loud the tempest roar ! But death shall land our weary souls Safe on the heav'nly shore. 378 HYNN 87, 88. hook i'i 3 There, to fulfil his sweet commands, Our speedy feet shall move ; No sin shall clog- our winged zeal, Or cool our burning love. 4 There shall we sit, and sing, and tell The wonders of his grace, Till heav'nly raptures fire our hearts, And smile in every face. 5 For ever his dear sacred name Shall dwell upon our tongue, And Jesus and salvation be The close of every song. HYMN 87. C. M. The Divine Glories above our Reason. 1 TTOW wondrous great, how glorious bright JLJL Must our Creator be, Who dwells amidst the dazz'ling light Of vast infinity! 2 Our soaring spirits upward rise T' ward the celestial throne: Fain would we see the blessed Three, Andihe Almighty One. S Our reason stretches all its wings, And climbs above the skies: But still how far beneath thy feet Our grov'lling reason lies! 4 [Lord, here we bend our humble souls, And awfully adore, For the weak pinions of our mind Can stretch a thought no more.] 5 Thy glories infinitely rise Above our laboring tongue; In vain the highest seraph tries To form an equal song. *6 [In humble notes our faith adores The great mysterious King, While angels strain their nobler powers, And sweep th' immortal string. HYMN 88. C. M. Salvation- I £JALVATION! O, the joyful sound ; ►^ 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'r^ign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. book if. HYMN 69, DO. T7TT '2 Bury'd in sorrow and in sin, At hell's dark door we lay ; But we arise by grace divine To see a heaVnly day. 3 Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. HYMN H9. C M. Christ's Victory over Satan. 1 T_¥OSANNA to our con .u'ring King! JUL The, prince ol darkness flies, His troops rush headlong down to hell, Like lightning from the skies. 2 There, bouud in chains, the lions roar, And fight the rescu'd sheep; But heavy bars confine their power And malice to the deep. 3 Hosanna to our conqu'ring King ! All hail, incarnate love! Ten thousand songs and glories wait To crown thy head above. 4 Thy vict'ries and thy deathless fame Through the wide world shall run, And everlasting ages sing The triumphs thou hast won. HYMN 90. CM. Faith in Christ for Pardon and Sanctified : 1 JTJOW sad our state by nature is! Jul Our sin how deep I J stains! Ana Satan bunds our captive miuds Fast in his slavish chains. 2 But there's a voice of sov'reign grace Sounds from the sacred word ; i( Ho ! ye despairing sinners, come, "And trust upon the Lord.'' 3 My soul obeys th' almighty call, And runs to this relief; I would believe thy promise, Lord O help my unbelief. i To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God ! I fly ; Here let me wash my spotted soul From crimes of deepest dye. ;380 HYMN 91. book 5 Stretch out thine arm, victorious King, My reigning sins subdue ; Drive the old dragon from his seat, With all his he!hsh crew.] A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On tby kind arms I fall: Be thou my strength and righteousness, My Jesus, and thy all. HYMN 91. C. M. The Glory of Christ in Heaven. 1 |^H, the dehghts, the heav'nly joys, ^-^ The glories ot the place, Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams Of his o'erflowing grace. 2 Sweet majesty and awful love Sit smiling on his brow, And all the glorious ranks above At humble distance bow. 3 [Princes to this imperial name Bend their bright sceptres down : Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice To see him wear the crown. 4 Archangels sound his lofty praise Through every heav'nly street, And lay their highest honours down Submissive at his feet. 5 Those soft, those blessed feet of his, That once rude iron tore, High on a throne of light they stand, And all the saints adore. 1) His head, the dear majestic head That cruel thorns did wound, See what immortal glories shine, And circle it around!] 7 This is the man, th' exalted man Whom we unseen adore; But when our eyes behold his face, Our hearts shall love him more. 8 [Lord, how our souls are all on fire To see thy bless'd abode; Our tongues rejoice in tunes of praise To our incarnate God ! 4 9 And whilst our faith enjoys this sight> We long to leave our clay; jtooiv ii. HYMN 92, 93. 381 And wish thy fi'ry chariots, Lord, To fetch our souls away.] HYMN 92. CM. The Church saved, and her Enemies disappointed Composed the 5th of November, 1694. i ^HOUT to the Lord, and let our joys ^ Through the whole nation run; Ye Christian skies, resound the noise Beyond the rising- sun. '2 Thee, mighty God! our souls admire; Thee our glad voices sing"; And join with the celestial choir To praise th' eternal King*. 3 Thy power the whole creation rules, And on the starry skies Sits smiling at the weak designs Thine envious foes devise. 4 Thy scorn derides their feeble rage, And with an awful frown Flings vast confusion on their plots, And shakes their Babel down. "> [Their secret fires in caverns lay, And we the sacrifice : But gloomy caverns strove in vain To 'scape all-searching eyes. 6 Their dark designs were all reveal'd, Their treasons all betray'd : Praise to the Lord that broke the snare Their cursed hands had laid.] 7 In vain the busy sons of hell Still new rebellions try, Their souls shall pine with envious rage, And vex away and die. 5 Almighty grace defends our land From their malicious power: Let Christians with united songs Almighty grace adore. HYMN 93. S. M. God all and in all. Psalm lxuii. 25. 1 ]%/T Y God » m y ,ife » m y love, 1TJL To thee, to thee I call ; I cannot live if thou remove, For thou art all in all. 2 [Thy shining grace can cheer This dungeon where 1 dwell ; Hh . m HYMN 94. uook nw 'Tis Paradise when thou art here ; If thou depart 'tis hell.] 3 [The smilings of thy face, How amiable they are! 'Tis heav'n to rest in thine embrace? And no where else but there.] 4 [To thee, and thee alone, The angels owe their bliss; They sit around thy gracious throne,. And dwell where Jesus is. 5 [Not all the harps above Can make a heav'nly place, If God his residence remove, Or but conceal his face.] 6 Nor eartb, nor all the sky, Can one delight afford • No, not a drop of real joy, Without thy presence, Lor AISE your triumphant songs J- V To an immortal tune, Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace has done. 2 Sing how eternal love Its chief Beloved chose, And bid him raise our wretched race From their abyss of woes. 3 His hand no thunder bears, Nor terror clothes his brow, No bolts to drive our guilty souls To fiercer flames below. rook ii. HYMN 105, IOC. -38i 4 Twas mercy fill'd the throne, And wrath stood silent by, When Christ was sent with pardons down To rebels doom'd to die. 5 Now, sinners, dry your tears, Let hopeless sorrow cease ; Bow to the sceptre of his love, And take the oflfer'd peace. t> Lord, we obey thy call ; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast brought And love and praise thy name. HYMN 105. C. M. Repentance flowing from the Patience of I 1 A ND are we wretches yet alive? JoL. And do we yet rebel? 'Tis boundless, 'tis amazing love, That bears us up from hell ! 2 The burden of our weighty guilt Would sink us down to flames, And threatening' vengeance rolls above. To crush our feeble frames. 3 Almighty goodness cries, " Forbear ;" And straight the thunder stays: And dare we now provoke his wrath, And weary out his grace? 4 Lord, we have long abus'd thy love, Too long indulged our sin ; Our aching hearts e ? en bleed to see What rebels we have been. 5 No more, ye lusts, shall ye command; No more will we obey : Stretch out, O God, thy conquering hand. And drive thy foes away. HYMN 106. C. M. Repentance at the Cross. 1 f\H, if my soui was form'd for woe, v-r How would I vent my sighs ! Repentance should like rivers flow From both my streaming eyes. 2 'Twas for my sins, my dearest Lord Hung on the cursed tree, And groan'd away a dying life, For thee, my soul, for thee. 390 HYMN 107. book h. 3 O, how I hate those lusts of mine That crucify'd my God ; Those sins that pierc'd and nail'd his flesh Fast to the fatal wood. 4 Yes, my Redeemer, they shall die, My heart hath so decreed ; Nor will I spare the guilty things That made my Saviour bleed. 5 Whilst with a melting broken heart My murder'd Lord I view, I'll raise revenge against my sins, And slay the murd'rers too. HYMN 107. CM. The everlasting Absence of God intolerable. 1 rilHx^T awful day will surely come, JL Th' appointed hour makes haste, When 1 must stand before my Judge, And pass the solemn test. 2 Thou lovely chief of all my joys, Thou sovereign of my heart, How could I bear to hear thy voice Pronounce the sound "Depart." 3 [The thunder of that dismal word 'Twould so torment my ear, 'Twould tear my soul asunder, Lord, With most tormenting fear.] 4 [What, to be banish'd for my life f And yet forbid to die ! To linger in eternal pain, Yet death for ever fly !] 5 0! wretched state of deep despair, To see my God remove, And fix my doleful station where I must not taste his love. 6 Jesus! 1 throw my arms around, And hang- upon thy breast: Without a gracious smile from thee My spirt cannot rest. 7 O! tell me that my worthless name Is graven on thy hands; Show me some promise in thy book, Where my salvation stands! 8 [Give me one kind assuring word, To sink my fears again ; rook it. HYMN 108, 109. 391 And cheerfully my soul shall wait Her threescore years and ten.] HYMN 108. C. M. Access to the Throne of Grace by a Mediator' 1 #^OME, let us lift our joyful eyes Vy Up to the courts above, And smile to see our Father there Upon a throne of love. 2 Once 'twas the seat of dreadful wrath, And shot devouring flame : Our God appear'd consuming fire, And vengeance was his name. 3 Rich were the drops of Jesus' blood, That calrn'd his frowning" face, ThatsprinkPd o'er the burning 1 throne, And turn'd the wrath to grace. 4 Now we may bow before his feet, And venture near the Lord ; No fi'ry cherub guards his seat, Nor double-flaming sword. 5 The peaceful gates of heav'nly bliss Are open'd by the Son ; High let us raise our notes of praise, And reach the almighty throne. 6 To thee ten thousand thanks we bring Great Advocate on high ; And glory to th' eternal King That lays his fury by. HYMM 109. L. M. The Darkness of Providence. 1 "1" ORD, we adore thy vast designs, jLjL Th' obscure abyss of Providence, Too deep to sound with mortal lines, Too dark to view with feeble sense. 2 Now thou array'st thine awful face In angry frowns, without a smile: We, through the cloud, believe thy grace, Secure of thy compassion still. 3 Through seas and storms of deep distress We sail by faith, and not by sight; Faith guides us in the wilderness, Through all the briars, and the uight, 4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod Resolve to scourge us here below, .592 HYMN 110,111. bookii, Still we must lean upon our God, Thine arm shall bear us safely through. HYMN 110. S. M. Triumph over Death in Hope of the Resurrection. 1 A ND must this body die? ~Lm. This mortal frame decay ? And must these active limbs of mine Lie mouldring in the clay? 2 Corruption, earth, and worms, Shall bui refine this flesh, Till my triumphant spirit comes To put it on afresh. 3 God my Redeemer lives, And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust. Till he shall bid it rise. 4 Array'd in glorious grace Shall these vile bodies shine, And every shape, and every face Look he^v'nly and divine. 5 These lively hopes we owe To Jesus' dying love : We would adore his grace below, And sin a* his power above. 6 Dear Lord, accept the praise Of these our humble songs, Till tunes of nobler sound we raise With our immortal tongues. HYMN 111. CM. Tha nksgi ving for Victory ; or, God's Dominion, and our Dehverunc ION rejoice, and Judah sing, The Lord assumes his throne; Let Christians own the heav'nly King', And make his glories known. 2 The great, the wicked, and the proud From their high seats are hurl'd ; Jehovah rides upon a cloud, And thunders through the world. 3 He reigns upon th' eternal hills, Distributes mortal crowns; Empires are fix'd beneath his smiles, Aud totter at his frowns. 4 Navies, that rule the ocean wide, Are vanquish'd by his breath ; book ii. HYMN 1 1 2, 1 1 3. 398 And legions arm'd with power and pride Descend to wat'ry death. Let tyrants make no more pretence To vex our happy land ; Jehovah's name is our defence, Our buckler is his hand. 6 [Long may the king- our sov'reign I To rule us by his word; And all the honours he can give Be ofter'd to the Lord.] HYMN lt& L. M. Angels ministering to Christ and to Saints. 1 £~*i REAT God ! to what a glorious height xJJ Hast thou advanc'd the Lord thy Son!\ Angels, in all their robes of light, Are made the servants of his throne. 2 Before his feet their armies wait, And swift as flames of tire they move.. To manage his affairs of state, In works of veng'ance, or of love. 3 His orders run through all their hosts, Legions descend at his command, To shield and guard the Christian coasts When foreign rage invades our land. 4 Now they are sent to guide our feet Up to the gates of thine abode, Through all the dangers that we meet In travelling' the heav'nly road. 5 Lord, when I leave this mortal ground, And thou shalt bid me rise and come. Send a beloved angel down Safe to conduct my spirit home. HYMN 113. CM. The same. 1 rjl HE majesty of Solomon, JL How glorious to behold! The servants waiting round his throne. The iv'ry and the gold. 2 But, mighty God! thy palace shines With far superior beams ; Thine angel-guards are swift as winds, Thy ministers are flames. 3 [Soon as thine only Son bad made His entrance on the earth, li .194 HYMN i 1 4. book H A shining army downward fled, To celebrate bis birth. 4 And when, oppress'd with pains and fears. On the cold ground he lies, Behold a heav'n iy form appears, T' allay his agonies.] 5 Now to the hands of Christ our King, Are all their legions giv'n ; They wait upon his saints, and bring- His chosen heirs to heav'n. 6 Pleasure and praise run through their host,. To see a sinner turn; Then Satan has a captive lost, And Christ a subject born. 7 But there's an hour of brighter joy, When he his angels sends Obstinate rebels to destroy, And gather in his fneuds. S O! could I say, without a doubt, There shall my soul be found ; Then let the great archangel shout, And the last trumpet sound. HYMN 114 CM. Christ's Death, Victory, and Dominion* 1 F SING my Saviour's wondrous death M- He conquer'd when he fell ; "'Tis finish'd,'' said his dying breath, And shook the gates of hell. 2 "'Tis fu.ish'd," our Ltnmanuel cries, The dreadful work is done; Hence shall his sov'mgn throne arise. His kingdom is begun. 3 His cross a sure foundation laid For glory and renown, When through the regions of the dead He pass'd to reach the crown. 4 Exalted at his Father's side Sits our victorious Lord ; To heav'n and hell his hands divide The vengeance or reward. 5 The saints from his propitious eye Await their sev'ral crowns, And all the sons of darkness fly The terror of his frowns. book ii. HYMN 1 15, 11G, 1 17. 395 HYMN 115. CM. God the Avenger of Ids Saints; or, his Kingdom supreme- 1 |IGH as the heav'ns above the ground JLJl Reigns the Creator, God; Wide as the whole creation's bound Extends his awful rod. 2 Let princes of exalted state To him ascribe their crown, Render their homage at his feet, And cast their glories down. 3 Know that his kingdom is supreme, Your lofty thoughts are vain ; He calls you gods, that awful name ! But ye must die like men. i Then let the sovereigns of the globe Not dare to vex the just; He puts on vengeance like a robe, And treads the worms to dust. 5 Ye judges of the earth, be wise, And think of heav'n with fear; The meanest saint that you despise, Has an avenger there. HYMN 116. CM. Mercies and Thanks. 1 JTE OW can I sink with such a prop JSL As my eternal God, Who bears the earth's huge pillars up. And spreads the heav'us abroad? 2 How can 1 die while Jesus lives, Who rose and left the dead ? Pardon and grace my soul receives From mine exalted head. :5 All that I am, and all 1 have, Shall be for ever thine : Whate'er my duty bids me give. My cheerful hands resign. 4 Yet, if 1 might make some reserve, And dutv did not call, I love my God with zeal so great That ] should give him all. HYMN 117. L. M. Living and Dying with God present. [" CANNOT bear thine absence, Lord: M. My life expires if thou depart: m HYMN 118, 110. hook i / Be thou, my heart, still near my God, And thou, my God, be near my heart. 2 I was not born for earth or sin, Nor can I \i\e on things so vile : Yet I will stay my Father's time, And hope and wait for hpav'n awhile. 3 Then, dearest Lord, in thine embrace Let me resign my fleeting breath ; And with a smile upon my face, Pass the important hour of death. HYMN 118. L.M. The Priesthood of Christ. 1 TTJLOOD has a voice to pierce tire skies, JB_B Revenge, the blood of Abel cries: But the dear stream, when Christ was slain, Speaks peace as loud from every vein. '2 Pardon and peace from God on high : Behold he lays his vengeance by ; And rebels that deserve his sword, Become the fav rites of the Lord. 3 To Jesus let our praises rise, Who gave his life a sacrifice: Now he appears before his God, And Tor our pardon pleads his blood. HYMN 119. CM. The Holy Scriptures. 1 T ADEN with gudt, and full of fea 3LJ > I fly to thee my Lord ; And not a glimpse of hope appears But in thy written word. 2 The volume of my Father's grace Does all my grief assuage: Here I behold my Saviour's face Almost in every page. •3 This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown ; That merchant is divinely wise Who makes the pearl his own. 4 Here consecrated water flows To quench my thirst of sin ; Here the fair tree of knowledge grows. Nor danger dwells therein. 5 This is the judge that ends the strife, Where wit and reason fail: book n. HYMN 120, 121. 398 My guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. (1 0! may thy counsels, mighty God! My roving feet command; Nor 1 forsake the happy road That leads to thy right hand. HYMW 120. S. M. The Law and Gospel joined in Scripture 1 PllHE Lord declares his will, A And keeps the world in awe; Amidst the smoke on .Sinai's hill Breaks out his fiery law. 2 The Lord reveals his face, And smiling from above, Sends down the gospel of his grace, Th' epistles of his love. ♦3 These sacred words impart Our Maker's just commands: The pity of his melting heart, And vengeance of his hands. 4 [Hence we awake our fear, We draw our comfort hence: The" arms of grace are treasur'd here. And armour of defence. •3 We learn Ghnst crucified, And here behold his blood; All arts and knowledges beside Will do us little good.] i> We read the heav'nly word, We take the oflfer'd grace, Obev the statutes of the Lord. And trust his promises. 7 In vain shall Satan rage Against a book divine, Where wrath and lightning guard the page. Where beams- of mercy shine. HYMN 121. L. M. The Law and Gospel distinguished- I rjflHE law commands and makes us know JL What duties to our God we owe; .But 'tis the Gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do his will. i i e m HYMN 122, 123. book iu 2 The law discovers guilt and sin, And shows how vile our hearts have been; Only the gospel can express Forgiving love and cleansing grace. 3 What curses doth the law denounce Against the man that fails but once! But in the Gospel Christ appears, Pard'ning the guilt of num'rous years. 4 My soul, no mare attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the law! Fly to the hope the Gospel gives: The man that trusts the promise, lives. HYMN 122. L. M. Retirement and Meditation . 1 "]%/¥ Y God, permit me not to be j-fjL A stranger to myself and thee ; Amidst a thousand thoughts 1 rove, Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heav'nly birth ? Why should \ cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour go? :j Call me away from flesh and sense; One sovereign word can draw me thence; 1 would obeyjthe voice divine, And all inferior joys resign, i Be earth, with all her scenes withdrawn; Let noise and vanity be gone: In secret silence ot the mind, My heav'n, and there my God, 1 find. HYMN 123. L.M. The Benefit of Public Ordinances.. 1 A WAY from every mortal care, J.!k Away from earth, our souls retreat; . We leave this worthless world afar, And wait and worship near thy feet. 2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace We see thy feet, and we adore; We gaze upon thy lovely face, And learn the wonders of thy power. 3 While here our various wants we mourn, United g, roans ascend on big-h: I And prayer bears a quick return Of blessings in variety. book ii. HYMN 124, 125. 3S9 4 [If Satan rage, and sin grows strong*, Here we receive some cheering- word ; We gird the gospel-armour on, To fight the battles of the Lord. 5 Or if our spirit faints and dies, (Our conscience gal I'd with inward stings Here doth the righteous Sun arise 4' With healing beams beneath his wings.} (3 Father! my soul would still abide Within thy temple, near thy side ; But if my feet must hence depart, Still keep thy dwelling in my heart. "HYMN 124. C: M. Moses, Aaron, and Joshua. 1 FTpiS not the law often commands, jL On holy Sinai giv'n, Or sent to men by Moses' hands, Can brills' us safe to heav'n. 2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt, Nor smoke of sweetest smell, • Can buy a pardon for our guilt, Or save our souls from hell. 3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath At Gods immediate will ; x4nd in the desert yields to death Upon th' appointed hill. 4 And thus, on Jordan's yonder side The tribes of Israel stand, While Moses bow'd his head and died ? Short of the promis'd land. 5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads, IJe'iJ bring your tribes to rest : So far tlse Saviour's name exceeds The ruler and the priest. HYMN 125. L. M. Faiih and Repentance, Unbelief and Impenitence. fc Tj" IFfc, and immortal joys are giv'n jLi To souls that mourn the sins they've d@n'e Children of wrath, made heirs of heav'n By faith in Cod's eternal Son. 2 Woe to the wretch who never felt The inward pangs of pious grief, Joshua the same with JqsuSj which signifies a §a*i»ur. 400 HYMN 120, 127. mn>K Sin is the sweetest good ; We fancy music in our chains, And so forget the load. 4 Great God ! renew our ruin'd frame ; Our broken powers restore : Inspire us with a heav'nly flame, And flesh shall reign no more. 5 Eternal Spirit ! write thy law Upon our inward parts, And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts. HYMN 129. L.M. We walk by Faith, and not by Sight . 1 'FT! IS by the faith of joys to come A We walk through deserts dark as night \ Till we arrive at heav'n our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies; She makes the pearly gates appear; Far into distaut worlds she pries,. And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heav'nly ray, Though lions roar, and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the wav. 4 So Abra'm by divine command, Left his own house to walk with God ; 102 HYMN 130, 131. book ir. His faith beheld the promis'd land, And nYd his zeal along the road. HYMN 130 C. M. The new Creation. 1 A TTEND, while God's exalted Son -jflL Doth his own glories show ; " Behold, I sit upon my throne, " Creating- all things 5*ew. 2 " Nature and sin are pass'd away, "And the old Adam dies; " My hands a new foundation lay ; " See the new world arise! 3 "I'll be a sun of righteousness "To the new heav'ns I make; . 'None but the new-born heirs of grace "My glories shall partake." 4 Miirhty Redeemer ! set me free From my old state of sin ; O ! make my soul alive to thee ; Create new powers within. 5 Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears. And mould my heart afresh ; Give me new passions, joys and fears, And turn the stone to flesh. 6 Far from the regions of the dead, From sin, and earth, and hell; In the new world that grace hath made I would for ever dwell. HYMN 131. L.M. The Excellency of the Christian Religion. 1 ET everlasting glories crown M_J Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord: Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the blessings in thy word. 2 [What if we trace the globe around, And search from Britain to Japan, There shall be no religion found So just to God, so safe for man.] 2 In vain the trembling conscience seeks Some solid ground to rest upon: With long despair the spirit breaks, Till we apply to Christ alone. 4 How well thy blessed truths agree! How wise and holy thy commands! rook ii. HYMN 132, 133. 403 Thy promises, how firm they be! How firm our hope and comfort stands! 5 [Not the fe'ign'd fields of heath'nish bliss Could raise such pleasures in the mind ; Nor does the Turkish paradise - Pretend to joys so well refin'd.] f> Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treach'rous art, I'd call them vanity and lies, And bind the gospel to my heart. HYMN 132. C. M. The Offices of Christ. i "^^MTE bless the prophet of ihe Lord, f? That comes with truth and grace ; Jesus, thy spirit and thy word Shall lead us in thy ways. 2 We rev'rence our High Priest above, Who ofFer'd up his blood, Andjives to carry on his love, By pleading' with our God. 3 We honour our exalted King; How sweet are his commands ! He guards our soul from hell and sin, By his almighty hands. 4 Hosanna to his glorious name, Who saves by different ways ; His mercies lay a sovereign claim To our immortal praise. HYMN 133. L. M. The Operations of tho Holy Spirit, 1 "INTERNAL Spirit! we confess MlA And sing the wonders of thy grace ; Thy power conveys our blessings down From God the Father and the Son. 2 Enlighten'd by thine heav'niy ray, Our shades and darkness turn'd to day; Thine inward teachings make us know Our danger, and our refuge too. 3 Thy power and glory work within, And break the chains of reigning sin; Do our imperious lusts subdue, And form our wretched hearts anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice ; Thy cheering words awake our joys; 404 HYMN 134, 135, 136. book ii, Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. HYMN 134. C. M. Circumcision abolished. 1 Fl^lHE promise was divinely free — JL Extensive was the grace ; "I will the God of Abra'm be, " And of his num'rous race." 2 He said, and with a bloody seal Confirmed the words he spoke; Long- did the sons of Abra'rn feel The sharp and painful y« ke. 3 Till God's own Son, descending low, Gave his own flesh to bleed, And Gentiles taste the blessing now, From the hard bondage freed. 4 The God of Abra'm claims our praise; His promises endure; And Christ the Lord in gentler ways Makes the salvation sure. HYMN 135. L. M. Types and Prophecies of Christ. 1 X> EHOLD the woman's promis'd seed! J-J Behold the great Messiah come ! Behold the prophets all agreed - To give him the superior room ! 2 Abram, the saint, rejoic'd of old When visions of the Lord he saw ; Moses, the man of God, foretold This great fulfiller of his law. 3 The types bore witness to his name, Obtain'd their chief design, and ceas'd ; The incense, and the bleeding lamb, The ark, the altar, aud the priest. 4 Predictions in abundance meet Tojoin their blessings on his head : Jesus we worship at thy feet, And nations own the promis'd seed. HYMN 136. L. M. Miracles at the Birth of Christ. I rt^HE King of glory sends his Son .9l To make his entrance on this earth : i;ook ir. I-IYMH 137, I3S. 101 Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heav'nly hosts declare his birth. 2 About the young 1 Redeemer's head What wonders and what glories meet! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. 3 Simeon and Anna both conspire The Infant-Saviour to proclaim ; Inward they felt the sacred fire, And bless'd the babe, and owu'd his name. I Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud, And treat the holy child with scorn; Our souls adore th ? eternal God, Who condescended to be born. HYMN 137. L. M. Miracles i?i the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ. 1 TO EHOLD, the blind their sight receive! JO Behold, the dead awake and live! The dumb speak wonders, and the lame Leap like the hart, and bless his name. 2 Thus doth th* eternal Spirit own And seal the mission of the Son; The Father vindicates his cause, While he hangs bleeding on the cross. 3 He dies! the heav'ns in mourning stood; He rises, and appears a God: Behold the Lord ascending high, No more to bleed, no more to die. 4 Hence and for ever from my heart I bid my doubts and fears depart; And to those hands my soul resign Which bear credentials so divine. HYMtf 13m. L. M. The Power of the Gospel. 1 npHIS is the word of truth and love* JL Sent to the nations from above: Jehovah here resolves to show What his almighty grace can do. 2 This remedy did wisdom find, To heal diseases of the mind; This sov'reign balm, whose virtues can Restore the ruin'd creature, man, 3 The Gospel bids the dead revive; Sinners obey the voice, and live; Kk 406 HYMN 139, 140. book ii. Dry bones are rais'd and cloth'd afresh, And hearts of stone are turu'd to flesb. 4 [Where Satan reign'd in shades of night, The Gospel strikes a heav'nly light; Our lusts its wondrous power controls, And calms the rage of angry souls.] 5 [Lions and beasts of savage name Put on the nature of the Iamb; While the wide world esteems it strange, Gaze, and admire, and hate the change.] (J May but this grace my soul renew, Let sinners gaze, and hate me too ; The word that saves me does engage A sure defence from all their rage. HYMN 139. L. M* The Example of Christ. 1 TVT^ ^ ear Redeemer and my Lord 3 -L»A I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal* Such dePrence to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine*. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervour of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too. 4 Be thou my pattern ; make me bear More of thy gracious image here: Then God the Judge shall own my name Amongst the followers of the Lamb. HYMN 140. CM. The Examples of Christ and the Saints, 1 J^ 1VE me the wings of Faith, to list ^JT Within the vail, and see The saints above, how great their joys How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below. And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled bard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. I ask them whence their vict'ry came Thev with united breath book ii. HYMN 14!, 142. 10/ Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to his death. 4 They mark'd the footsteps that he trod, (His zeal inspir'd their breast:) And following their incarnate God, Possess the promis'd rest. 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise For his own pattern giv'n, While the long cloud of witnesses Show the same path to beav'n. HYMN 141. CM. ? 7 aith assisted by Sense; or, Preaching, Baptism, and tlie Lord's Supper. 1 "jl/|"Y Saviour God, my Sovereign Prince J_fi Reigns far above the skies ; But brings his graces down to sense, And helps my faith to rise. 2 My eyes and ears shall bless his name, They read and hear his word : My touch and taste shall do the same, When they receive the Lord. 3 Baptismal water is design'd To seal his cleausing grace, While at his feast of bread and wine, He gives his saints a place, i But not the waters of a flood Can make my flesh so clean, As by his Spirit and his blood He'll wash my soul from sin. 5 Not choicest meats or noblest wines So much my heart refresh, As when my faith goes through the signs, And feeds upon his flesh. 6 I love the Lord, who stoops so low To give his word a seal : But the rich grace his hands bestow Exceeds the figures still. HYMN 142. S. M. Faith in Christ our Sacrifice. 1 1VTOT all the blood of beasts -L^l On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain. 2 But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away : 408 HYMN 143, 144. book n. A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood than they'. 3 My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess rny sin. 1 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on the cursed tree, And hopes her guilt was there. 5 Believing, we rejoice To see the curse remove; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice. And sing his bleeding love. HYMN 143. CM. Flesh and Spirit. 1 'OT^IIAT difF'rent powers of grace and sin » » Attend our mortal state ! I hate the thoughts that work within, And do the works 1 hate. 2 Now 1 complain, and groan, and die* While sin and satan reign : Now raise my songs of triumph high, For grace prevails again. 3 So darkness struggles with the light Till perfect day arise ; Water and fire maintain the fight Until the weaker dies. 4 Thus will the flesh and Spirit thrive, And vex and break my peace; But I shall quit this mortal life, And sin for ever cease. HYMN 144. L. M. The Effusion of the Spirit ; or, the Sucoess of the Goxpc 1 fl REAT was the day, the joy was great, \JR When the divine disciples met: Whilst on their heads the Spirit came, And sat like tongues of cloven flame. "2 What gifts, what miracles he gave, And power to kill, and power to save, Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words, Instead of shields, and spears, and swords. 3 Thus arm'd he sent the champions forth, From east to west, from south to north ; s*ook it. HYMN 145, 146. 40f' '< Go, and assert your Saviour's cause : « Go, spread the myst'ry of his cross/' 4 These weapons of the holy war, Of what almighty force they are To make our stubborn passions bow, And lay the proudest rebel low ! j Nations, the learned and the rude, Are by these heav'uly arms subdu'd; While Satan rages at his loss, And hates the doctrine of the cross. i] Great King of grace! my heart subdue ; ] would be led in triumph too, A willing' captive to my Lord, And sing the vict'ries of his word. HYMN 145. C. M. Sight through a Glass, and Face to I 1 T LOVB (lie windows of thy grace, JL Through which my Lord is seen, And long- to meet my Saviour's face, Without a Glass between. 2 O that the happy hour were come. To change my faith to sight ! I shall behold my Lord at home In a diviner light. 3 Haste, my beloved, and remove These interposing' days; Then shall my passions all be love, And all my powers be praise. HYMN 146. L. M. The Vanity of Creatures; or, no Rest on Earth. AN u uh <\ voui o* vasf desires, He bums within with restless fires. Tost t<» and fro his passions fly From v n >» earth we hope to find Some so i I good to fill the mind ; We try ew - leasures, bul we feel The inward thirst and ormen* still. 3 So when a raging' fever burns, We shift from sde to side by turns: And 'tis a ; oor relief we gain, To change the place, but keep the pain. A Great God, subdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and dust; Kk^ 410 HYMN 147. bookil Cure the vile fever of the mind, And feed our souls with joys refin'd. HYMN 147. CM. The Creation of the World. Gen. i. i " ^^TOW let a spacious world arise, 7 * iyi Said the Creator Lord ; At once th* obedient earth and skies Rose at his sov'reign word. 2 [Dark was the deep; the waters lay Confus'd and drown'd the land: He call'd the light; the new-born day Attends on his command. 3 He bids the clouds ascend on high ; The clouds ascend, and bear A wat'ry treasure to the sky, And float on softer air. 4 The li(juid element below Was gather'd by his hand ; The rolling seas -together flow, And leave the solid land. 5 With herbs and plants (a flow'ry birth) The naked globe he crown'd, Ere there was rain to bless the eartli, Or sun to warm the ground, o Then he ndorn'd the upper skies ; Behold the sun appears, The moon and stars in order rise, To make our months and years. 7 Our of the deep th* almighty King Did vital beings frame, The painted fowls of every wing', And fish of every name.] 8 He gave the lion and the worm A\ once their wondrous hirtb. And giazing beasts, of various form. Rose from the teeminjr garth. t) Adam was tram'd of equal clay, Though sov'reign of the rest ; Desigo'd for nobler ends than they, With God's own image ble^s'd. 10 Tbu* glorious in the Maker's eye The young creation stood ; He saw the building from on high, His word pronouuc'd it good. book ii. HYMN 148, 149. 41 1 11 Lord, while the frame of nature stands, Thy praise shall fill my tongue; But the new world of grace demands *A more exalted s«»i!jj. HYMN 14S. CM. God reconciled in Christ, 1 F|EAREST of all the names above, Sl9 My Jesus and my God, Who ran resist thy heav'nly love, Or trifle with thy blood ? 2 ? Tis by the merits of thy death The Father smiles again ; 'Tis by thine interceding breath The Spirit dwells with men. 3 Till God in human flesh 1 see, My thoughts no comfort find: The holy, just, and sacred Three, 'Are terrors to my mind. 4 But if ImmanueRs face appear, My hope, my joy begins: His name forbids my slavish fear, His grace removes my sins. 5 While Jews on their own law rely, And Greeks of wisdom boast, I love th' incarnate mystery, And there I fix my trust. HYMN 149. C, M. Honour to Magistrates; or, Government from 6 1. "EXTERNAL Sovereign of the sky, J-^ Ami Lord of all below, We mdrtaJs to thy majesty Our first obedience owe. ~ Our souls adore thy throne supreme, And biess thy providence, For magistrates of meaner name, Our glory and defence. '3 [The crowns of right mis princes shine With rays above the rest, Where laws and liberties combine To make the nation bless'd.] 4 Kingdoms on firm foundations stand, While virtue finds reward ; And sinners perrish from the laud By Justice and the sword. 412 HYMN 150, 151, 152. book tr, 5 Let Coesar's due be ever paid To Caesar and his throne ; But consciences and souls were made To be the Lord's alone. HYMN 150. CM, The Deceitfulness of Sin. IN hath a thousand treach'rous arts To practise on the mind; With flatt'ring looks she tempts our hearts, But leaves a sting behind. 2 With names of virtue she deceives The aged and the young: And while the heedless wretch believes She makes his fetters strong. 3 She plead* tor all the joys she brings, And gives a fair pretence ; But cheats the soul of heav'nly things, And chains it down to sense. -4 So on a tree divinely fair Grew the forbidden food; Our mother took the poison there. And tainted all her blood. HYMN 15 i. L. M. Prophecy and inspiration; 1 T|l WAS by an order from the Lord, JL The ancient prophet spoke his word 4 His spirit did their tongues inspire, And warm'd their hearts with heav'nly fire. 2 The works ,\n(] wonders which they wrought, ConfirmM the messages they brought; The prophet's pen succeeds his breath, To save the holy words from death. r] Great God ! mine eyes with pleasure look On the dear volume of thy book ; There my Redeemer's face 1 see, And read hss name, who died for me. 4 Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost and vanish in the wind : Here 1 can fix my hope secure; This is thy word, and must endure. HYMN 152. C. M. Sinai and Zion. Heb. xii 18, &c. 1 T^TOT to the terrors of the Lord, J3I The tempest, fire, and smoke. Book ii. HYMN 153. 413 Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke; *2 But we are come to Zion's hill, The city of our God, Where milder words declare his will, And spread his love abroad. .3 Behold th' innumerable host Of angels cloth'd in light! Behold the spirits of the just, Whose faith is turn'd to sight, 4 Behold the bless'd assembly there, Whose name are writ in heav'n ! And God, the judge of all, declare, Their vilest sins forgiv'n. 5 The saints on earth, and all the dead But one communion make; All join in Christ, their living head, And of his grace partake. 6 In such society as this My weary soul would rest; The man that dwells where Jesus is Must be for ever blest. HYMN 153. CM. The Distemper, Felly, and Madness of Sin , 1 C^lN, like a venomous disease, 1^ Infects our vital blood ; The only balm is sov'reign grace, And the physician God. 2 Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death ; But Christ the Lord recalls the dead With his almighty breath. 3 Madness by nature reigns within, The passions burn and rage ; Till God's own Son, with skill divine. The inward fire assuage. 4 fWe lick the dust, we grasp the wind, And solid good despise: Such is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus makes us wise. 5 We give our souls the wounds they feel. We drink the pois'nous gall, And rush with fury down to hell ; Butheav'n prevents the fall.] 414 HYMN 154, 155. hook in (5 [The man possess'd amongst the tombs Cuts his own flesh and cries ; He foams and ravr j s till Jesus comes, And the foul spirit flies.] HYMN 154. L. M Self-Righteousness insufficient. 1 " "INHERE are the mourners," * saith the Lord, ▼ ▼ " That wait and tremble at thy word ? " That walk in darkness all the day ? " Come, make my name your trust and stay. 2 " [No works or duties of your own 61 Can for the smallest sin atone ; " f The robes that nature may provide, "Will not your least pollutions hide. 3 "The softest couch that nature knows "Can give the conscience no repose: " Look to my righteousness, and live; " Comfort and peace are mine to give.] 4 " Ye sons of pride, that kindle coals " With your own hands to warm your souls, "Walk in the light of your own fire, " Enjoy the sparks that ye desire : 5 "This is your portion at my hands, "Hell waits you with her iron bands ; "Ye shall lie down in sorrow there, "In death, in darkness, and despair." HYMN 155. CM. Christ our Passover. 1 ¥ O! the destroying angel flies SLA To Pharaoh's stubborn land; The pride and flower of Egypt dies By his vindictive hand. 2 He pass'd the tents of Jacob o'er, Nor pour'd the wrath divine ; He saw the blood on every door, And bless'd the peaceful sign. 3 Thus the appointed Lamb must bleed. To break th' Egyptian yoke ; Thus Israel is from bondage freed, And 'scapes the angel's stroke. 4 Lord, if my heart were sprinkled too With blood so rich as thine, *Isaihl. 10,11. t Zsaih xxviii. 20. book ii. HYMN 156,157. 415 Justice no longer would pursue This guilty soul of mine. f> Jesus our passbver was slain, And has at once procur'd Freedom from Satan's heavy chain, And God's avenging sword. HYMN 156. C. M. Presumption and Despair ; or, Satan's various Temptations. 1 T HATL the tempter and his charms, J- I hate his rlart'ring breath ; The serpent takes a thousand forms To cheat our souls to death/ 2 He feeds our hopes with airy dreams, Or kills with slavish fear; And holds us still in wide extremes, Presumption, or despair, 3 Now he persuades, " flow easy 'tis "To walk the road to heav'n ; '' Anon he swells our sins, and cries, "They cannot be forgiv'n.'' 4 [He bids young- sinners, "Yet forbear " To think of God or death : "For prayer and devotion are " But melancholy breath.'' He tells the aoed, " They must die ! " And 'tis too Lite to pray ; "In vain foi mercy now they cry, " For they have lost their day.''] G Thus he supports his cruel throne By mischief and deceit, And drags the sons of Adam down To dar ness and the pit. 7 Almighty God, cut short his power, Let him in darkness dwell ; And that he vhx the earth no more, Confine him down to hell. HYMN 151. CM. The same- 1 1VTOW Satan comes with dreadful roar, ~l^I And threatens to destroy; He worries whom he can't devour With a malicious joy. 2 Ye sons of God, oppose his rage; Resist, and he'll be "-one; 416 HYMN 158, 159. .book n. Thus did our dearest Lord engage, And vanquish him alone. 3 Now he appears almost divine, Like innocence and love; But the old serpent lurks within When he assumes the dove. 4 Fly from the false deceiver's tongue, Ye sons of Adam, fly: Our parents found the snare too strong, Nor should the children try. HYM\ 158. L. M. Few s aved; or, the almost Christian, the Hypocrite, and Apostate. 1 T> ROAD is the road that leads to death, -13 And thousands walk together there; But wisdom shows a narrower path, With here and there a traveller. 2 "Deny thyself, and take thy cross," Is the Redeemer's great command; Nature must count her gold but dross, If she would gain this heav'nly land. 3 The fearful soul that tires and faints, And walks the ways of God no more, Is but esteem'd almost a saint, And m^kes his own destruction sure. 4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain; Create my heart entirely new; Which hypocrites could ne'er attain ; Which false apostates never knew. HYMN 159. CM. An unconverted State; or, converting Grace. 1 [|"1 RE AT King of glory and of grace ! %J$ We own with humble shame, How vile is our degeri'rate race, And our first father's name.] 2 From Adam flows our tainted blood, The poison reigns within ; Makes us averse to all that's good, And willing slaves to sin. 3 [Daily we break thy holy laws, And then reject thy grace : Engag'd in the old serpent's cause, Against our Maker's face.] 4 We live estrang'd afar from God, Aadlove the distance well* book ii. HYMN 160, 161. 417 With haste wo run the dang'rous road That leads to death and hell. -5 And can such rebels be restored! Such natures made divine! Let sinners see thy glory, Lord, And feel this power of thine. How boundless is our Father's grace, In height, and depth, and length ! He made his Son our righteousness, His Spirit is our strength. mMN 164. CM. The End of the World. 1 \/ITHY should this earth delight us so? » » Why should we fix our eyes - On these low grounds, where sorrows grow, And every pleasure dies? 2 While time his sharpest teeth prepares. Our comforts to devour, There is a land above the stars, And joys above his power. 3 Nature shall be dissolv'd and die, The sun must end his race, The earth and sea for ever fly Before my Saviour's face. 1 When will that glorious morning rise. When the last trumpet sound, And call the nations to the skies, From underneath the ground? HYMN 165. C. M. Unfruitful 'ness, Ignorance, and unsanctified Affectiom 1 ONG have I sat beneath the sound -*— ^ Of thy salvation, Lord; But still how weak my faith is found. And knowledge of thy word! 2 Oft I frequent thy holy place, And hear almost in vain; How small a portion of thy grace My mem'ry can retain! 3 [My dear Almighty, and my God, How little art thou known 420 HYMN 166. book ir. By all the judgments of thy rod, And blessings of thy throne!] 4 [How cold and feeble is my love! How negligent my fear! How low my hope of joys above! How few affections there !] 5 Great God! thy sov'reign power impar! Togive thy word success; Write thy salvation in my heart, And make me learn thy grace. 6 [Show my forgetful feet the way That leads to joys on high ; There knowledge grows without decay. And love shall never die.] HYMN 166. CM. The Divine Perfections. 1 flOW shall I praise th> eternal God. Jtl That infinite unknown! Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne ! 2 [The great Invisible! be dwells Conceal'd in dazzling light; But his all-searching eye reveals The secrets of the night. "3 Those watchful eyes that never sleep. Survey the world around! His wisdom is a bound less deep, Where all our thoughts are drown'd.] 4 [Speak we of strength? his arm is strong. To save or to destroy : Infinite years his life prolong, And endless is his joy.] 5 [He knows no shadow of a change, Nor alters his decrees; Firm as a rock his truth remains, To guard his promises.] 6 [Sinners before his presence die; How holy is his name! His anger and his jealousy Burn like devouring flame.] 7 Justice upon a dreadful throne Maintains the rights of God, While mercy sends her pardons down Bought with a Saviour's blood. BOOK II* HYMN 167. El S Now to my soul, immortal King! Speak some forgiving word ; Then 'twill be double joy to sing The glories of my JLord. HYMN 167. L. M. The Divine Perfections. t dTi RE AT God ! thy glories shall employ %Jf My holy fear, my humble joy; My lips in songs of honour bring Their tribute to th' eternal King". 2 [Earth and the stars, and worldsunknown* Depend precarious on his throne; All nature hangs upon his word, And grace and glory own their Lord.] 3 [His sov'reign power what mortal knows- If lie commands, who dare oppose? With strength he girds himself around. And treads the rebels to the ground. 4 [Who shall pretend to teach him skill, Or guide the counsels of his will? His wisdom, like a sea divine, Flows deep and high beyond our line. > [His name is holy, anoVhis eye Burns with immortal jealousy ; He hates the sons of pride, and sheds His fiery vengeance on their heads.] 6 [The beamings of his piercing sight Bring dark hypocrisy to light ; Deaih and destruction naked lio, And hell uiHover'd to his eye.] 7 [Th' eternal law before him stands; His justice with impartial hands x Divides to all their due reward, Or by the sceptre or the sword.] 5 [His mercy, like a boundless sea, Washes our loads of guilt away ; While his own Son came down and died. T" engage his justice on our side.] 9 [Each of 'lis words demands my faith ; My soul can rest on all he saith ; II is truth inviolably keeps The largest promise of his lips.] !# O tell me with a gentle voice, "Thou art my God," wd I'll rejoice: Lia 422 HYMN 168, 169. book n« FilFd with thy love, I dare proclaim The brightest honours of thy name. HYMN 168. L. M. The same. 1 T EHOVAH reigns, his throne is high. $9 His robes are light and majesty ! His glory shines with beams so bright, No mortal can sustain the sight. 2 His terrors keep the world in awe; His Justice guards his holy law; His love reveals a smiling- face. His truth and promise seal the grace, 3 Through all his works his wisdom shines And baffles Satan's deep designs; His power is sov'reign to fulfil The noblest counsels of his will. 4 And will this glorious Lord descend To be my Father and my Friend! Then let my songs with angels join ; Tleav'n is secure, if God be mine. HYMN 169. P.M. The same as the 148th Psalm. 1 FI^HE Lord jehovah reigns, JL His throne is built on high ; The garments he assumes Are light and majesty; His glories shine with beams so bright. No mortal eye can bear the sight. •2 The thunders of his hand K^ep the wide world in awe; His wrath »nd Justice stand To guard his holy law; A hd where his love resolves to bless, H'.s truth confirms and seals the grace. 3 Through all his ancient works, Surprising wisdom shines, Confounds the powers of hell, And breaks their curs'd designs: Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil His great decrees, his sovereign will. 4 And can this mighty King Of glory condescend? And will he write his name, "My Father and my Friend !" bookh. HYMN ,170. 42:> I love liis name ! I love his word! Join all my powers, and praise the Lord. HYMN 170. L. M. God Incomprehensible and Sovereign, 1 ^iAN creatures to perfection find* \^J TV eternal, uncreated mind ? Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out? 2 'Tis high as heav'n, 'tis deep as hell ; And what can mortals know or tell? His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shining" worlds on high. 3 But man, vain man, would fain be wise ; Born like a wild young- colt, he flies Through all the follies of his mind, And swells, and snuffs the empty wind. 4 God is a King, of power unknown; Firm are the orders of his throne; If he resolve, who dare oppose, Or ask him why, or what he does? -j He wounds the heart, and he makes whole ; He calms the tempest of the soul : When he shuts up in long despair, Who can remove the heavy bar? (3 * He frowns, and darkuess veils the moon; The fainting sun grows dim at noon : f The pillars of heav'ns starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 7 He gave the vaulted heav'n its form, The crooked serpent and the worm : He breaks the billows with his breath, And smites the sous of pride to death. 5 These are a portion of his ways; But who shall dare describe his face? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand? * Job xi- 7. kc. tJokxxv. 5. % Job xxvi. 11. & END OF THE SECOND BOOK. HYJMNS. BOOK III. PREPARER FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER. z HYMN1. L. M. The Lord's Supper instituted. 1 Cor xi. 23, &c. 1 'fllWAS on ilia, dark, that doleful night, JL When powers of earth and hell arose Against the Son of God's delight, And friends betray'd him to his foes. 2 Before the mournful scene began, He took the bread, and bless'd and brake : What love through all his actions ran? What wond'rous words of grace he spake ! •3 "This is my body broke for sin ; " Receive and eat the living food;" Then took the cup and bless'd the wine; " 'Tis the new cov'nant in my blood.''" 4 [For us his flesh with nails was torn : fie bore the scourge, he felt the thorn : And justice pour'd upon his head Its heavy vengeance in our stead*. 5 For us his vital blood was spilt, To buy the pardon of our guilt; When for black crimes of biggest size, He gave his soul a sacrifice.] 6 "Do this (he cried) 'till time shall end. "In mem'ry of your dying fnend ; "Meet at my table, and record " The love of your departed Lord.*' 7 [Jesus! thy feast we celebrate, We show thy death, we sing thy name, 'Till thou return, and we shall eat The marriage supper of the Lamb.] HYMN 2. S. M. Communion with Christ, and with Saints. 1 Cor. x. 16, 17 1 [ I EMJS invites his saints *J To meet around his board ; Here pardon'd rebels sit, and hold ( ommunion with their Lord. 2 For food he gave his flesh ; He bids us drink his blood ; Amazing favour, matchless grace, Of our descending God ! HOOK III. HYMN 3, 4. 425 3 This holy bread and wine Maintains our fainting' breath, By union with our living- Lord, And int'rest in his death.] 1 Ourheav'nly Father calls •> Christ and his members one ; We the young children of his love, And he the first-born Son. 5 We are but sev'ral parts Of the same broken bread; One body hath its sev'ral limbs, But Jesus is the head. [Here we behold his bowels roll, As kind as when he died, And see the sorrows of his soul Bleed through his wounded side* 7 [He we receive repeated seals Of Jesus' dying love; Hard is the wretch that never feels One soft affection move*] S Here let our hearts begin to melt, While we his death record, And, with our joy for pardon'd guilt, Mourn that we pierc'd the Lord. HYMN 5. C. M. Christ the Bread of Life. John ri 31. 35, 39 1 ~J ET us adore the eternal Word, JLi 'Tis he our souls hath fed ; Thou art our living stream, O Lord, „ And thou th' immortal bread. 2 [The manna came from lower skies, But Jesus from above, Where the fresh springs of pleasure rise, And rivers flow with love. 3 The Jews, the fathers died at last, Who eat that heav'nly bread ; But these provisions which we taste Can raise us from the dead.] 4 Bless'd be the Lord that gives his flesh To nourish dying men ; nook in. HYMN 6, 7. 427 And often spreads his table fresh, Lest we should faint again. 5 Our souls shall draw their heav'nly breath, While Jesus finds supplies : Nor shall our graces sink to death, For Jesus never dies. (> [Daily our mortal flesh decays, But Christ our life shall come ; His unresisted power shall raise Our bodies from the tomb.] HYMN 6. L. M. The Memorial of our absent Lord. John xvi 16 Luke sxii. 19, John xiv. 3. I rLNU> is gone above the skie*, •J Where our weak senses reach him not; And carnal objects court our eyes, To thrust our Saviour from our thought. '2 He knows what wandering hearts we have* Apt to forget his lovely face, And to refresh our minds, he gave These kind memorials of his grace. •} The Lord of life this table spread With hisown flesh and dying blood; We on the rich provision feed, And taste the wine and bless the God. 4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot, And earth grow less in our esteem : Christ and his love fill every thought, And faith and hope be fixM on him. "y While he is absent from our sight, 'Tis to prepare our souls a pi ace, That we may dwell in heav'nly light, And five forever near his fare. 6 [Our eyes look upward to the hills Whence our returning Lord shall come; W 7 e wait thy chariot's awful wheels, To fetch our longing spirits home.] HYMN 7. L. M. Crucifixion to the World by the Cross of Christ. Gal. vi. 14 1 ^JSTHEN I survey the wond'rous cross ▼ ? On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, lhat I should boast Save in the death of Christ my God ; 428 HYMN 8. book m; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4 [His dying- crimson, like a robe, Spreads o'er his body on the tree; Then am 1 dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me.] 5 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love so amazing-, so divine, Demands inv soul, my life, myall. 'HYMN 8. CM. The Tree oj Life. 1 4^0ME, let us join a joyful tune, \j To our exalted Lord, Ye saints rm high around his throne, And we around his board. 2 While once upon tins lower ground, Weary and faint ye stood, What dear refreshments here ye found From this immortal food ! 3 The Uee of life, that near the throne, In heav'ns high garden grows, Laden with grace, bends gently down its ever smiling boughs. 4 [Hov'ring amongst the leaves there stands The sweet celestial Dove, And Jesus on the branches hangs The banner of his love.] 5 ['Tis a young heaven of strange delight, While in his shade we sit ; His fruit is pleasing to the sight, And io the taste as sweet. d Now life it spreads through dying hearts, And cheers the drooping mind : Vigour and joy the juice imparts, Without a sting behind.] 7 Now let the flaming weapon stand, And guard all Eden's trees: There's ne'er a plant in all that land That bears such fruits as these. jl. n u L book in. HYMN9» 42ft S Infinite grace our souls adore, Whose wond'rous hand has made This living branch of sovereign power To raise and heal the dead. HYMN 9. S. M. Tlie Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. 1 John v. 6. ET all our tongues be one To praise our God on high, Who from his bosom sent his Son To fetch us strangers nigh. 2 Nor let our voices cease To sing the Saviour's name; Jesus, th' ambassador of peace, How cheerfully he came. 3 It cost him cries and tears To bring us near to God ; Great was our debt, and he appears To make the payment good.] 4 [My Saviour's pierced side Pour'd out a double flood ; By water we are purified, And pardon'd by the blood. 5 Infinite was our guilt, But he, our priest, atones ; On the cold ground his life was spilt, And oflfer'd with his groans.] <$ Look up my 6oul, to him, Whose death was thy desert, And humbly viewthe-iiving stream Flow from his breaking heart. 7 There on the cursed tree In dying pangs he lies, Fulfils his Father's great decree, And all our wants supplies. 8 Thus the Redeemer came, By water and by blood ; And when the spirit speaks the same, We feel his witness good. 9 While the eternal Three Bear their record above, Here I believe be died for me, And seals my Saviour's love. 10 ["Lord, cleanse my soul from sin, Nor let thy grace depart ; M m 430 HYMN 10,11. book m. Great Comforter, abide within, And witness to my heart.] HYMN 10. L. M. Christ crucified the Wisdom and Forcer of God. 1 7VTATURE with open volume stands, -L * To spread ber Maker's praise abroad; And every labour of his hands ►Shows something worthy of a God. '2 But in the grace that rescu'd man, .His brightest form of glory shines; Here, on the cross, 'tis fairest drawn In precious blood, and crimson lines. 3 [Here his own name appears complete; Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove, Which of the letters best is writ, The power, the wisdom, or (he love.] 4 Here I behold his inmost heart, Where grace and vengeance strangely joiri- Piercing his son with sharpest smart, To make the purehas'd pleasure mine. 5 0! the sweet wonders of that cross, Where God the Saviour lov'd and died ! Her noblest life my spirit draws From his dear wounds and bleeding side. 6 I would for ever spea) his name, In sounds to mortal ears unknown : With angels join'd to praise the Lamb, And worship at his Father's throne. Y3iN I . C. 31. Pardon brought to our Sensts- 1 W ORD, how divine thy comforts are! JL^ How heav'nly is the place Where Jesus spreads the sacred ferM Of his redeeming grace! 2 There the rich bounties of our God, And sweetest glories shine ; There Jesus says, {hat " I am his, " And my beloved's mine/' 3 "Here," says the kind Redeeming Lord. And shows his wounded side, " See here the spring of all your joys, "That opeivd when I died!" i [He smiles and cheers my mournful heart And tells of all his pain : BOOK III. HYMN 12. " All this," says he, " I bore for thee ;" And then he smiles again.] 5 What shall vve pay our henv'nly King For grace so vast as this? He b/ings our pardon to our eyes, And seals it with a kiss. <> [Let such amazing love as these Be sounded all abroad ; Such favours are beyond degrees, And worthy of a God.] 7 [To him that wash'd us in his blood Be everlasting- praise; Salvation, honour, glory, power, internal as hi* days.] HYMN 12. L. M. The Gospel-Feast. Luke xiv. 16, kc •1 [¥l"OW rich are thy provisions, Lord! AX Thy table furnish'd from above ! The fruits of life overspread the board, The cup o'erflows with heav'nly love. 2 Thine ancient family, the Jews, Were first invited to the iieas! : - We humbly take what they refuse, And Gentiles thy salvation taste. 3 We are the poor, the blind, the lame, And help was far, and death was nigh; But at the gospel-call we came. And every want received supply. 4 From the highway that leads to hell, From paths of darkness and despair, Lord, we are come with thee to dwell, Glad to enjoy thy presence here.] 5 [What shall we pray th' eternal Son, That left theheav'u of his abode, And to this wretched earth came down, To bring us wand'rers back to God'.' i) It cost him death to save our lives; To buy our souls it cost his own; And all the unknown joys he gives, Were bought with agonies unknown. 7 Our everlasting love is due To him that rausom'd sinners lost; And pitied rebels when he knew The vast expense his love would cost.] 82 HYMN 13, 14. aoefcin. HYMN 13. C. M. Divine Love making a Feast, and Calling in the Guests. Luke xiv 17. 3*. 1 JOf O W sweet and awful is the place JOL With Christ within the doors, While everlasting love displays The choicest of her stores ! 2 Here every bowel of our God With soft compassion rolls: Here peace and pardon bought with blood, Is food for dying souls. 3 [While all onr hearts and all oursonos Join to admire the feast, Each of us cry with thankful tongues, " Lord why was I a guest? 4 " Why was I made to hear thy voice, " And enter while there's room : " When thousands make a wretched choice, "And rather starve than come?"] 5 'Twas the same love that spread the feast That sweetly forc'd us in : Else we had still refqs'd to taste, And perished in our sin. () [Pity the nations, O our -God! Constrain she earth to come; Send thy victorious word abroad, And bring the strangers home. 7 We long- to see thy churches full That nil the chosen race May with one voice, -and heart, and soul, Sing thy redeeming grace.] HYMN "14. L. M. The Song ofSimeo7i. Luke ii. 28; or, a Sight of Christ makes Death 1 l\TOW have our hearts embraced our God, ~_^l We would forget ali earthly charms And wish to die, as • iineon would, With his young Saviour in his arms* 2 Our lips should learn that joyful song', Where but our hearts prepar'd like his; Our souls still willing to be gone, And at thy word depart in peace. 3 Here we have seen thy face, O Lord, And view'd salvation with our eyes, Tasted and felt the riving word, The bread descending from the skies. book in. HYMN 15, 16. 433 4 Thou hast prepaid this dying Lamb, Hast set his blood before our face To teach the tenors ot thy name, And show the wonders of thy grace. "> lie is our light, our morning star, Shall shine on nations yet unknown; The glory of thine Israel here, And joy of spirits near thy throne. HYMN 15. C. M. Our Lord Jesus at his own Table. 1 [rjlHE mem'ry of our dying Lord J. Awakes a thankful tontrue : How rich he spreads his royal board, And b'css'd the food, and sung-! 2 Happy the men that eat this bread ; But doubly blest was he That gently bow'd his loving head, And lean'd it, Lord, on thee. -3 By faith the same delights we taste As that great fav'rite did, And sit and lean on Jesus' breast, And take the heav'nly bread.] i Down from the palace ot the skies, Hither the King descends; " Come, my beloved, eat," he cries, "And drink salvation, friends. 5 "My flesh is food and physic too, "A balm for all your pains; "And the red streams of pardon flow "From these my pierced veins.'] (J Hosanna to his bounteous love For such a feast below ! And yet he feeds his saints above With nobler blessings too. 7 [Come, the dear day, the glorious hour That brings our souls to rest! Then we shall need these types no more, But dwell at th' heav'nly feast.] HYMN 10. C. M. The Agonies of Christ. > I^TOW let our pams be all forgot, 11 Our hearts no more repine ; Our sufferings are not worth a thought, When, Lord, compar'd with thine. '2 In lively figures here we see The bleeding Prince of Love ; Mm2 134 HYMN 17. book irr Each of us hopes he died for me, And then our griefs remove. 3 [Our humble faith here takt* her rise, While sitting round his board ; And back to Calvary she flies, To view her groaning- Lord. 4 His soul what agonies it felt When his o\\ n God withdrew ! And the large load of all our guilt Lay heavy en him tco. j But the divinity within Supported him to bear: Dying, he conquered hell and sin, And made his triumph there.] Grace, wisdom, justice, joiu'd,aiid wr#ug The wonders of that day : T^o mortal tongue, nor mortal thought Can equal thanks repay. 7 Our hymns should sound like those above,. Could we our voices raise; Yet, Lord, our hearts shall all be love, And all oar lives be praise. HYMN 17. S. M. Incomparable Food; or, The Flesh and Blood of Ck rut 1 L^IXE sin imazing deeds ™ * That grace divine performs : Th' eternal God comes down, and bleeds To nourish dying worms. 2 This soul-reviving wine, Dear Saviour, 'tis thy blood; We thank that sacred iiesh of thine For this immOttul food.] 3 The banquet ii^t we eat Is made of heav'nty things: Earth hath no danties half so sweet As our Redeemer brings. 4 In vain had Ad^m sought, And search'd his garden round; For there was no such blessed fruit In all that happy ground. 5 Th' angelic host above Can never taste this food ; They feast upon their Maker's love>. But not a Saviour's blood. 6 On us th' almighty Lord Bestows his matchless grace* book in. HYMN 18, 19. XV) And meets us with some cheering word, With pleasure in his face. 7 Come, all ye drooping saints, And banquet with the King; This wine wj!1 drown your sad complaints, A \<\ tune y ur voice to sing*. 8 Salvation to the name Of our adored Christ; Through the wide earth his grace proclaim, His glory is the high'st. HYMN In U M. The same. 1 I ESUS ! we bow before thy feet, $$ Thy table is divinely stor'd, Thy sacred flesh our souls have eat, Ms iving bread, we thank thee, Lord 1 2 And here Me drink our Saviour's blood : We thank thee, Lord, 'tis gen'rous wine ; Mingled with love the fountain flow'tl From that dear bleeding heart of thine. 3 On earth is no such sweetness found, For the Lamb's flesh is heav'nly food ; In vain we search the globe around, For bread so fine, or wine so good. 4 Carnal provisions can at best But cheer the heart, or warm the head : But the rich cordial I hat we taste Gives life eternal to the dead. 5 Joy to the master of the feast; His name our souls for ever bless ; To God the King, and God the Priest, A loud hosanna round the place. HYMN 19. L.M. Glory in the Cross; or, not ashamed of Christ crucijkd. 1 A ^ l ^y command, our dearest Lord, .ZjL Here we attend thy dying feast ; Thy blood, like wine, adorns thy board, And thine own flesh feeds every guest. 2 Our faith adores thy bleeding love, And trusts for lifo in one that died : We hope for heav'nly crowns above, From a Redeemer crucified. 3 Let the vain world pn-nounce it shame, And fling their scandals on thy cause; We come to boast our Saviour's name, Aud make our triumphs in his cross, 436 HYMN 20, 21. book in. 4 With joy we tell the scoffing- age, He that was dead bath left his tomb, He lives above their utmost rage, And we are waiting till he come. HYMN 20, C. M. The Provisions for the Table of our Lord; or, the Tree of Lift, and Riv er of Love 1 ~W ORD, we adore thy bounteous hand, M-A And sing the solemn feast, Where sweet celestial dainties stand For every willing guest. 2 £ The tree of life adorns the board With rich immortal fruit, ■> And ne'er an angry flaming sword To guard the passage to it. $ The cup stands crownci with living juice: The fountain flows above, And runs down streaming for our use, In rivulets of love.] 4 The food's prepar'd by heav'nly art, , The pleasures well refin'd ; They spread new life through every heart? And cheer the drooping mind. 5 Shout and proclaim the Saviour's love, Ye saints that taste his wine; Join with your kindred saints above, In loud hosannas join. (> A thousand glories to the God That gives such joy as this; Hosanna! let it sound abroad, And reach where Jesus is. HYMN 21. CM. The Triumphal Feast for Christ's Victory over Sin, and Death, artdHei 1 [g H)ME, let us lift our voices high, V^ High as ourjoys arise, And join the songs above the sky, 'Where pleasure never dies. 2 Jesus, the God that fought and bled, And conquer'd when he fell; That rose, and at his chariot wheels Dragg'd all the powers of hell.] 3 [Jesus, the God, invites us here To this triumphal feast, And brings immortal blessings down For each redeemed guest.] 4 Ths Lord, how glorious is his face i How kind his smiles appear! book in. HYMN 22. And ! what melting words he says To every humble ear! 5 "For you, the children of my love, "It was for you 1 died ; "Behold my hands, behold my feet, 11 And look into toy side, (j " These are the wounds for you I bore 7 "The tokens of my pains, " When I came down to free your souls "From misery and chains, 7 "[Justice unsheath'd its fi'ry sword, "And plung'd it in my heart, "Infinite pangs for you I bore, " And most tormenting smart. S "When hell and ail its spiteful powers " Stood dreadful in 'my way, "To rescue those dear lives of yours " I gave my own away. 9 "But while I bled, and groan'd, and'died,- " I ruin'd Satan's throne.; "High on my cross I hung and spied " The monster tumbling down. 10 "Now you miM triumph at my feast, " And taste my flesh, my blood ; "And live eternal ages bless'd, "For 'tis immortal food.'' 1 1 Victorious God ! what can we pay For favours so divine ? We would devote our hearts away To be for ever thine.] 12 We give thee, Lord, our highest praise, The tribute of our tongues ; But themes so infinite as these Exceed our noblest songs. HYMN 22. L. M. The Compassion of a dying Christ. 1 /"kUR spirits join t' adore the Lamb; %Jr O, that our feeble lips could mo\ In strains immortal as his name, And melting as his dying love! 2 Was ever equal pity found ! The Prince of heav'n resigns his breath,. And pours his life out on the ground, To ransom guilty worms from death. 438 HYMN 23, 24. book in. 3 [Rebels, we broke our Maker's laws; He from the threat'nings set us free, Bore the full vengeance on his cross, And nailM the curses to the tree.] 1 £T ;e law proclaims no terror now, An J Siiiius thunders roars no more ; From all his wounds new blessings flow, A sea of joy without a shore. 5 Here we Imve wash'd our deepest stains, And heal'd our wounds with heav'nly blood ; Bless'd fountain, springing- from the veins Of Jesus, our incarnate God.] 6 In vain our mortal voices strive To speak compassion so divine: Had we a thousand lives to give, A thousand lives should all be thine. HYMN m. C. M. Grace and Glory, by the Death of Christ. 1 [OITTING around our Father's board, k3 We v i;se our tuneful breath ; Our faith beholds our dying Lord, And dooms our sin to de»th.] 2 We see the blood that Jesus shed, Whence all our pardons rise; The sinner views th' atonement- made, And loves the sacrifice. 3 Thy cruel thorns, thy shameful cross Procure us heav'nly crowns : Our highest gain springs from thy loss. Our healing from thy wounds. 4 O! 'tis impossible that we Who dwell in feeble clay, Should equal sufferings bear for thee, Or equal thanks repay. HYMN 24. C. M. Pardon and Strength from Christ. 1 TjlATHER, we wait to feel thy grace, jl To see thy glories shine; The Lord will his own table bless, And make the feast divine. 12 We touch, we taste the heav'nly bread, We drink the sacred cup; With outward forms our sense is fed, Our souls rejoice in hope. 3 We shall appear before the throne Of our forgiving God, HOOK HI HYMN 25. 43f> Dress'd in the garments ot his Son, And sprinkled with his blood. i We shall be s?;ung to run the race, And climb the upper sky ; Christ will provide our souls with grace, He bought h large supply. ") [Let us indulge a cheerful frame, For joy becomes a feast; We love the meru'ry of Ins name More than the wine we taste.] HYMN 25. C. M. Divine Glories and our Graces. 1 "WW OW are ih\ glories here displny'd ! JlI Grent God I how bright they shine! While at th\ word we break the bread, And pour the flowing wine. 2 Here thy ire venging justice stands, And pleads its dreadful cause ; Here saving mercy spreads her hands, Like Jesus on the cross. 3 Thy saints attend with every grace, On this great sacrifice ; And love .appears with cheerful face, And faith with fixed eyes. 4 Our hope m waiting posture sits, To Heav'u directs her sight; Here every warmer passion meets, And warmer powers unite. 5 Zeal and revenge perform their part, And risirtg sin destroy: Repentance comes with aching heart, Yet not forbids the joy. (s Dear Saviour, change our faith to sight, Let sin for ever die ; Then shall but souls be all delight, And every tear be dry. I cann'ot persuade myself to put a full period to these Divine Hymijs till I have addressed a special song of glory unto God the Father, the Son, tindthe Holy bpinr. * hough the latin name of it, Gloria Patria, be re- tained in our nation from the rioman Church ; and though there may be some excesses of superstitious honour paid to the uords of it, ivhieh maij have ivro ught souic unhappy prejudices in weaker Christians, yet J be- lieve it still to be one of the noblest parts of Christian worship- The sub- ject of it is the doctrine of the Trinity, which is that peculiar glory of the divinenature, Hint our Lord Jesus Cbrist hath so clearly revealed unto men, and is so necessary to true Christianity. The action is praise, which is the most complete and exalted part of heavenly worship. I have cast the s&ng into a variety of forms, and have- fitted, by a plain version, or 440 HYMN 26, 27, 28. rook hi« n larger paraphrase, to besung either alone, oral the conclusion of another Hymn. 1 have added, also a few hosnnnas, or ascriptions of satcaiion to Christ in-the same manner, and for the same end. DOxOLOGIES A song of Praise to the ever blessed Trinity, God the Father, Son and Spirit. HYMN 2(>. i st L. M. 1 T> LESS'D be the Father and his love, J-* To whose celestial source we owe Rivers of endless joys above, And rills of comfort here below. 2 Glory to thee, great Son of God, From whose dear wounded body rolls A precious stream of vital blood, Pardon and life for dying souls. 3 We give thee, sacred Spirit, praise, Who iii our hearts of sin and woe Makes living springs of grace arise, And into boundless glory flow. 4 Thus God (he Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, we adore; That sea of life and love unknown, Without a bottom or a shore. HYMN 27. 1st CM. 1 |^1 LORY to God the father's name, \Jf Who from our sinful race Chose out his fav'rites to proclaim The honours of his grace. 2 Glory to God the Son be paid, Who dwelt in humble clay, And, to redeem us from the dead, Gave his own life away. 3 Glory to God the Spirit give, From whose almighty power Our souls their heav'nly birth derive, And bless the happy hour. 4 Glory to God that reigns above, Th' eternal Three and One, Who by the wonders of his love Has made his nature known. HYMN 28. IstS. M. 1 T ET God the Father live M-A For ever on our tongues: Sinners from his first love derive The ground of all their songs. uook in. HYMN 29, 30, 31 , 32. 44 f 2 Ye saints, employ your breath In honour to the Son, Who brought your souls from hell and death, By offering up his own. 3 Give to the Spirit praise Of an immortal strain, Whose light, and power, and grace conveys Salvation down to men. 4 While God the Comforter Reveals our pardon'd sin, O may the blood and water bear The same record within. 5 To the great One and Three, That seal this ^race in heav'n, The Father, Son, and Spirit, be Eternal glory «-iv'n. HYMN 29. 2d L. M. ? |~1 LORY to God the Trinity, xjsf Whose name hath mysteries unknown; In essence One, in person Three; A social nature, yet alone. 2 When all our noblest powers are join'd The honours oi'tbv name to raise, Thy glories over-mat< h our mind, And angels faint beneath the praise. . HYMN 30. 2d CM. 1 FBlHE God of" mercy be ador'd, _fi_ Who calls our souls from death ; Who saves by his redeeming word, A new creating breath. 2 To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit, all divine, The one in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. HYMN 31. 2dS. 31. 2 IT ET God the Maker's name JLi Have honour, love, and fear! To God the Saviour pay the same, And God the Comforter. 2 Father of lights above, Thy mercy we adore; The Son of thine eternal love, And Spirit of thy power. • HYMN 32. 3d L. M. I nPO God the Father, God the Son, JL And God the Spirit, Three in One, itok Nn 442 II YM N 33, 34, 35, 3G, 37, 38. book n i . Be honour, praise, and Glory giv'n By all on earth, and all in heav'n. HYMN 33. Or thus: I A LL gl"ry to thy wondrous name, S\. Father of mercy, God of love; Thus we exalt the Lord the Lamb, And thus we praise the heav'nly Dove. HYMN 34. 3d C. M. I T^kTOW let the Father, and the Son, JL^ An Spirit he ador'd, Where there are work*. Jo make him known Or saints to love the Lord. HYMN 35. Or this: I "ITON< 'UK to the Almighty Three, A-fl- And everlasting One, All "lory to the Father be, T"he Spirit and the Son. HYMN8t>. 3d. S. M. 1 "ITE angels round the throne, .11. And saints that dwell below, - Worship the Father, love the Son, And Moss the Spirit loo. HYMN 37. S. M. Or thus: ] ^i \Yli to she Father praise, VJ Give glory to the Son, And to the Spirit of his grace Be ev ? n. HYMN 45. As the 148th Psalm. HOSANNA to the King Of David's ancieni blood : Behold lie comes to bring Forgiving giace from God : Let old and young attend his way, And at his feet their iionours lay. I Glory to God on high, Salvation to the Lamb; Let earth, and sea, and sky, His wondrous love proclaim. Upon his bead shall honours rest, And every age pronounce him blest. END OF THE THIRD HOOK. INDEX, TO FIND ANY IIYMN BY THE TITLE OR CONTENTS 01 Ii Note. The lelteis a, b. e. signify the //. st. second and third book ; the figures direct to the hymn, if you find not what hymn you seek under one word of the title, seek it under another, or by some word that is of the same signification , though, perhaps, not mentioned in the title of the hymn. AARON and Christ, a 145 Moses and Joshua, b 124. Abraham's blessings on the Gentiles* a 60, 113, 114. b 134 Offering his son, a 129. Absence and presence of God, b 93. 94, 100. From God forever in- tolerable, h 107. Access to the throne, by a Mediator, bl08. Adam, his fell, a 107. Corrupt na ture from him, b 128. The first and the second, a 57. 124. Adoption, a 64, 143. And election. a 54. Advocate, See Christ's intercession Affections inconstant, b 20. Un.-anc- tified, b 165. Afflicted, Christ's compassion to them, a 125. Afflictions, removed, a 87. Submit ted to, a 5, 129. b 109. Support and comfort under them, b50, 65 Add death under Providence, a 83. Almost Christian, b 158. Ambition. &c. b 101. Angels sinning, b 24. Standing am falling b 27. Praise vp the Lord. b 27. Punished, and man saved, b 96 97. Their ministry to Chi isr and saints, b 18, 112, 113. Anger of God. See Wrath, Ven- geance, Hell. Answer to the church's prayers, a 30 Anti-Christ, his ruin, a 29, 56,59 See enemies. Apostate, b 158. Apostles commission, a 128. Ascension and resurrection of Christ, b 76. Assistance against temptaii . -, i 15, 32. b 50, 65. A nee of heaven, a 27. b 65 Of the 1< ve. of Christ, a 14 b 73. < if faith, a 103. Attribute*. See God. Babylon fallen, a 56, 59. See Ene- mies. Backslidings and returns, b 20. Baptism j a 52. Preaching and the Lord's Supper, b 141. And cir- cumcision, a 121. b 127, 134. Bu- rial with Christ, a 122. Beatitudes, a 102. Believe and he saved, a 100. Believer baptised, a 52, 122. Birth, first and second, a 95. 99. Of Christ, miracles at it, b 136. Blessed are the dead in the Lord, a i Society in heaven, b 33 75, Blessedness and business of heaven , h 40, 41. b 86. Only in God, b 93 >4. 1 0. Blessing of Abraham on the Gen- tiles, a 113 : 114. b 134. Stood and tlesn of t ':., ist is our food. c i7, 18 Phe seal of the New I a«m -it. ; 3. The spirit and the water, c 9. B oasting i -xi-luded, a 96. Bodies trail. See Life, Healtli Flesh. Book of God's decrees, b 99. ■' ol li ■ is Chris- i 5. Breathing towards heaven, b 23. Britain's God praised, b 1. For de liverauce, b 92. Burial, b 63. With Christ in Baptism, ^a 122 And death of'u saint, b 3. Canaan and he v n, b 66, 124. amal joys parred with b 10, 11. Reason hurnbli d a 11. i2. ( monial, See Law, Tapes, Priest. Characters of the children of God, a 143. Of ist, a 146. 150. Oi Blessednes , „ 102. Charity a.v.' unc leritableness, a 12§. and love, a 130', 133 Childreniu the covenant os'grace, a 113, lit Devoted fo God, a J 21. b 127. Christ. See Lorti:n<\ Aaron, a 145 And A. 1 on, a J2 ' His ascension. b76 Beutiti< sight of him, b 75 Be iv d, deserib d, a 75. The bread 5 His care of the ■•a 125, 138. And 1 e«king finding, &c. > v - Coming to judge, a t. i, commission, h lQg, 104. Communion niti. htm, a 66, ', \ Andwunts tf67. 7o. c 2. Coin- parted to inanimate things, a 146 tatioii and espousals, a 72 ins < ro.ss riot to be ashamed of. c 19 < n i ified, God's wisdom and power, ;• 10. David , S. 16, 50. //is death can- d b\ siu h 81 Crace and glory b it, e 23 Victory and kingdom 1.114. His divine na- ture, a •: 13.92. b 51 Dwells in heaven, visits the earth, a 76. Enjoyment of him, b 15.16 His ei -nun a 2, 92, Example, b i 139. Excellencies, a 75, b 47. Nn 2 Uii INDEX. Faith and a knowledge of him, a 103 His flesh and blood our food, c 17 18. Found and brought to the «hurch,a71 His glory in Ij 91. God reconciled in 148. Grace given us in 137. b 40. High-Priest and king, a 61. heaven him, b him, a His hu- umph over our enemies, a 23, 29. Types and prophecies of him- 1» 135. Victory over Satan, a 58. b 89. Death and hell c 21. Unseen an*? beloved, u 108. V\ isdom of God, a 92. our wisdom and righteousness, a 97s 98. Wor- shipped by the creation, a 62. Christian. See saints, Sprirtual, &e. Religion, its excellency, b 131- Almost, b 158. Virtues, b 161. Church. See Worship. Saints, Spiri- tual. Its safety and protection, »i 8,39. b 64, 92- Its enemies slain by Christ, a 28, 29. Conversing with Christ, namely, seeking, finding, calling, answering, 66- 71. Under God's care, a 39 Es- pousals with Christ, a 72. Beauty in the eyes of Christ, a 73. The garden of Christ, a 74. Circumcision abolished: b 131 And baptism, a 121. b 127. Clothing, spiritual a 7, 49. Comfort in the-covenant with Christ b 40. Restored, b 73. See Par- don. In sorrows of mind and bo- dy, b 50, 65. Communion with Christ and saints, c 2. between Christ and the church, a 66— 71. b 15, 16. Compass on of a dying Christ, c 22. To the afflicted. "a 125. Complaint of a hard heart, b 98. Of desertion and temptations, b 163 Of dullness, b 34. Of indwelling sin, a 115 Of ingratitude, b 74. Of sloth and negligence, b 25. 32. Condemnation by the law, a 94. Condescension to our worship, b 45. Affairs, b 46. Uonfession and pardon, a 131. Conscience) good, the pleasures of it, b 57. secure and awakened, a 115. Constancy in the gospel, b 4. Contention arid love, a 130. Conversion, a 101. b 159. The di-ffi culty of if. b 161 Delayed, a 88— 91. The joy of heaven, a 101. Conviction, of sin by the law. a 94. 115. By the cross of Christ, b 81, 95. ness, and strength in him, a 15 84,\Corrupl nature from Adam, a 57. man and divine nature, a 2, 13 16 Humiliation and exaltation, a 1, 63 141/142. b 5,43, 81, 83 84. c 10, 16. His incarnation, a 3, 13. Interces- sion, b 36. 37. 118. Invitation to sinners, a 127. The king a) his table, a 66. His kingdom among" men, a 3. 21. knowledge and faith in him, a 103 The Lamb of God, a 1, 25, 62 63. His love to the Church, a 14, 77. Under desertion, b 50. Shed abroad in the heart, a 135. To men, a 92 Lifted up, a .1 12. Ministred to by angels, I) 112, 113 Miracles at the birth of Christ, b 136. Miracles hi his life, death, and resurrection, b 138. And Mo- ses, a 113 Name's and tities, a 14* 150. Nativity, a 3, 13. Obeyed or resisted, a 93. ces, a 149, 150 b 132. Pardon and stregth from him, c 21 Our passover, b 155. His person glorious and gracious, a 75. b 47. Our physician, a 112 His pitv to the afflicted and tempted, a 185. His priesthood, 145. b 118. His presence. See presence. Prophe- cies, and typ; j s of him. b 135. Pro phet, Priest, and King, a 25 143, ld9, HisOffi Prophet and See Re Teacher, Rejec- Kesur- 332. Out a 93. Rede notion, ted by the Jews, a 141 section, b 72. 76. Is our hope, a 26. Resurection, life and death if c , b 137. Re ealed to man, a 10. To babes, a 11. 12 Righteousness and strength in him, a 84, 85. 97 Righteousness val- uable, a 109. His sacrifice, b 142 And int; 3 rr°s- >ri, b 118. Salvation, righteous- 97, 98. Our sanctification 97.98 Satan at enmity, a 107. Saints in his hand, a 138. Our •Slienheid, a 67, 142, The sub- France, of the. types, b 12 Sent i>\ the Father, a 100. b 103. 104. His sufferings c 16. And Godly sorrow, b 9. J06. And , b U. 31,83.84, c 10 is titles and kingdom, a 13 107. b 128. 159 Covenant of grace, a 9. Children Therein, a 113, 114. Sealed and sworn, a 139 c 3. Hope in it, a 139. Made with Christ, our comfort b 40. Of works. See Laiv and Gospel ry, a l^Covetousness, Sec. a 24. b 56, 101. Courage and constancy, a 14. 15, 48. b 4, '65. Tri- INDEX. 44: Creation, a 92. Ii7l, 147. New, b 130. Preservation 4* c - ot this world, b 13. Creatures praise the Lord, b 71 Love dangerous, b 48. God above them, a 82. Their vanity, b 146. Cross of Christ is our glorv, e 19. Repentance flowi ig from it, b 10b. •Salvation in i«, b 4. Crucifixion to the world !>> it, c 7. Curse and promise, a 107. Custom in sin. b 169. Dangers of our earthly pilgrimage, b 53. Of deatii and hell, b 55. Of love to the creatures, b 48 Darkness dispelled by Christ's pre- sence, b 54. Of provide nee, b 109 Day of grace, and time of duty, a 88. Of judgement, a 45, 61, 65, 89, 90. Dead in the Lord, their blessedness, a 18. To sin by the cross-of Christ, a 106. Death. See Christ. And afflictions under providence, a 83. Terrible to the unconverted, a 91. Made easy by the sigiit of Christ, b 31. c 14. rty a sight of heaven, b 66, God's presence in it. b 49, 117, Our fear of it, h 31. Desirable. a 19. b 61 Overcome, a 17. Triumphed over, a 6. b 110. Pre- pared for, a 27. b 63. Of a sinner, a 24. b 2. And burial of a saint a 18 b 3. And eternity, b 28 And glory, a 110. b 61. And the resurrection, b 3. 102, 110 Of Moses at God's command, b 49. D?-eadful and delightful, b 52. Deceit/nines of sin, b 150. Decrees of God, a 11, 12, 96, 117. b99. Deity of Christ, a 2 13 92. b 51 Det-i'i o. conversion, a 88 — 91 b25, 32 Delight in worship, b 14. Jn God, b 42. In converse with Christ, b 15, 16. Deliverance from death and the grave b 3. See Enemies. Church, And submission, u 129. From spi ritual enemies, a 47. b 65, S2, 111. Dejiendav.ee See Faith. Desertion and temptations complain- ed of, b 163. Desire of Christ's presence, b 100. See more in Heaven, Christ, Love, &c. Despair and presumption, a 115, b 156, 157. j~}evil vanquished, a 58. See Victory. Derot' ' 1 fervent, desired, b 34. Jji/}j.y/ty of conversion, b 161. Disso /ut i° n of this world, b 13, 164. fHsea**' See Sickness. Distemper, folly and madness of sin, b 153. Distinguishing lovo, a 11, 12, 96. 117. b 96, 97 Divine. See God, Deity, &,c. Dominion of God. and our deliver- ance, bill. Eternal, .> 67. Ovei the sea, b70. Doubts and fears supprest, b 73, Doxologies. c 26 — 45. Dullness, spiritual, b 25. Earth, no rest on it, b 146. And h. aven, b 10, 11, 53 Effusion of the spirit, b 144. Election excludes boasting, a 96 Free, a 11, 12, 51, 117. See De- crees. End of the world b 164. Enemies of the church disappointed, b 92. Salvation from them, b 82, 88. Triumphed over by Christ, a 28, 29 See Church, baby Ion, Michael, Enjoyment of Christ, b 15, 16, See Worship. Enmity between Christ and Satan. a 107. Envy ond love, a 130. Espousals of the Church to Christ, a 72. ' Establishment in grace, b 82. Eternity of God, b 17. Of his do- minion, b 67. And death, b 28. Succeeding this life, b 55, See Heaven, Death. Evening f\nd morning hymns, a 79, 80,81. b6, 7, 8. Exaltation. See Christ, Glory, Suf- ferings. iy"C Example of Christ, b 139. Of Saints bl40. Excellency of the Christian religion b 131 Faith in things unseen, a 120. b 129- And knowledge of Christ, a 103. Love and joy a 108. And unbe- lief, b 125 Living and dead, a 140. Assisted by sense, b 141, Its joy b 162 In Christ our sa- crifice, b 14-J And salvation, a 100. Of assurance, a 103. And sight, a 110. b 115. Triumphing in Christ, a 14. For pardon and sanctification, b 90. Faith and reason, b 8i . 109 Faithfulness of God's promises, b 40, 60,69. Fall of angels and men. b 24. And recovery of man, a 107. b 78. Fears and doubts supprest, b 73. Feast o{ lave, a 68. Of triumph, c 21. Of the gospel, a 7, c 12, 20. Made, and guests invited, c 13. Fellowship. See communion. Fervency of devotion desired, b 34 448 INDEX Feio saved, b 153. Flesh and blond of Christ the best food, c 17, 18 Our tabernacle. allO. And spirit, b 143. Food, spiritual, a 7, 67, 68, 74. b 15 See Feast Folly and madness of sin, b 153. Forbearance. See Patience. Forgiveness. See Pardon. Formality in worship, a 136. Frad. See Life, Health, Forgetful ness, b 165. Frailty and folly, b 32. Free. See Grace, Election. Freedom from sin and misery in hea- ven, b 86. Funeral thought, b 61, 63. S Death, Burial. Garden of Christ, is the Church, 74. Garment of salvation x a 7, 20. Gentiles, Christ revealed to them. 10, la, 50. c 13, 14. Abraham blessing on them, a 113, 11 1. b 134.' Glorified martyrs and saints, a 40 41. Body, b 110. Glory and death, a 110. b 61. See Heaven Of God above our rea son, b 87. Of Christ in heaven, b 91. See Christ and grace by the Death of Christ, c 23. Justifies tion and sanctilication, a 3. To the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. c 26 — 41. Of God in the gospel b 126. And grace in the person of Christ, b 47. And sufferings of Christ, b 143. See Sufferings. Glorying in the cross of Christ, c 19. God all, and in all, b 93, 94. Hi* absence. See Absence. His at- tributes, b 51. 166, 169. Glorified by Christ, b 126 c 10. The aven- ger of his saints, b 115. Care of his church, a 39. Conde- scension to human affairs, b 46. To our worship, b 45. The Creator and Redeemer, b 35. Our deligiit, b 42. Our defence; a 47. Dominion over the sea. b 70 Dominion, and our deliverance, b III. Dwells with the humble, a 87. £t mity, b 17. Eternal dominion, b 67. Everlasting absence intole- rable, b 100,107 Far above his creatures, a 82. The Father, Son, and /Spirit, c 26—41 His faithfulness to his promises. : 60, 69. Glory and defence of Sion, b 64. Hi- glorv above our reason, b 87. Hi goodness, b 58, 80. His gra«". .See Grace. Goverment from him b t49. Holiness, justice; and sove- reignity, a 86. Invisible, b 26. Incomprehensible, h 87, 170 His kingdom supreme, b 115. His Jov in sending his Son, a 100. And our neighbour loved, a 116. Our portion or chief good, b 93,94. His power, b 80. And goodness, b6. 7. 8. His praise. See Praise. V esence in Life, and at death, b 117. See Presence. Preserver or' our lives, b 6. 7, b, 19. Promise and truth unchimgeable, a 139. Sightof him Weans us from earth, I) 41. Sovereign, b 170 errible majesty, b 22. And mer- cy, b80. ' His truth, b 60, 69. /**ngea'nce, b <4. 62. Unity and Trinity, c 26 — 41 ■ is word, a 53. Wrath and mercy, a 42 ■ruodness of God, b 58, 74. S?e Grace. And power of God, a 42. b80 Gospel -feast, c 12. See Grace, Feast Invitation, and provision, a 7 c 20. limes, their ble.-pd- Bess, a 10. See Scripture. Glo- rifies Goii. ■ 126. No liberty to sin, a 106, 132, 140. Not asham- ed of it a 163 c 19. And law, a 94. b 120, 121, 124. Sinned a- gainst. a 118. its different suc- cess, a 119 b 144. Ministry, a 10. Attested by miracles, a 128. b 136, 137. Its glorious effects, b 138. Gtrverment from God, b 149. Grace a :d glorv by the death of Christ c23. Of the spirit, a 102. Converting, h 133, 159 In exer- c se, c 25 Justifies, u 94. Sanc- tifi - and saves, a ill Not con- ve ed by pa e its, a 99. All suffi- ci r/ in duty and surt'-rinsrs, a 15, 32. 104. Given in Christ a 137. Coventriit, a 9. Children in it, a i .;. U4. And holiness, a 132. Erecting, a 54. Its freedom and sovereignty, a 11, 12,96. 117. b 96,97. And glor] in the person of Christ, b 47 "Adopting,* 64, Preserving, a 51. Promisee - , a 7. 9. Throne accessible bv Christ, b 'AC. 3?, ; 08. Gratitude for riviue favours b 1 ! 6. Gredtt Britain's God praised, b 1. fdppinets. Sec Blessed, Heaven. Hardness of heart, b 98 'faired and love 130. Health preserved, b 6, 7, 8, 19. Re- stored, a 55. ffe ven and earth, blO, 11,53. And hell, a 45 invisible a>;dholy, a 105. Meditation ol it b it.2. Joy there for repenting sinners, a lUl INDEX. 44S Ha blessedness and business, a 40. John the Baptist's message, a 50. 41. The hope of it our support, h Joshua. Aaron, and Mo=es, b 124. 65 Its prospect makes death ea-Jbv, faith nnd love, a 108. Of faith sy b G6. Worship of it humble, J b 162. Carnal, parted with, b 10, b 68. Freedom from sin and mis-} 11. Heavenly upon earth, a 135 rv there, b 86. Hoped for byj b SO, 59. Spiritual, restored, h Christ's resurrection, a 26. In-; 73. See more in Dsligh Comfort. surcd and prepared for. a 27 .\Judgement day, a 45, 61, 65.00,90. Christ's dwelling-place, a 76. b 91.1 And hell, b 62. Christ coming to Sight jjf God and Christ there. b| it. a 61. 23. Blessed society there, b 33 .Justice. &c. of God, a 86. Desired, b 68. {Justification, a 14. See Pardon. By And judge- Or the ven- 11 The ho- faith not by works, a 94, 109. Sanctification, a7, 9, 20,81, 85. b 90 And glory, a 3. Kingdom and title* of Christ, a IB. Of Christ among men. a 21, 65; Of God eternal, b 68. Supreme, bllo. \Knovleda;e and faith in Christ, a 103 Savin? from God, a 11, 12, 93. Sanctification. And sovereignty Lamb that was slain, a 1. 25, 62 ofGod,a 82.86. And grace, a 132.: See Christ. 140. Its characters, a 102. Low convinces cf sin. a 115. Con- Honour vain, b 101. To magistrate?, 1 demns. a 94. And Gospel, b 120 Heavenly raindednesa, b 57. Joy on earth.' b 15, 30. 59. Hell and death, b 2. merit, a 45. b 62 geance of God, b 22 \y fear of it, b 107 Hezekiah's sonp, a 55. Holy. See Spirit. Holiness. See Grace, Spiritual. 121, 124. And gospel sinned against, a 118. LevHical priesthood fulfilled in Christ, b 12. Life frail, and succeeding cternitv. b 55. ' Preserved, b 6, 7, 8, 19. Short, frail, miserable, a 82 b 39. 53. The day of grace and hope, a 93. Nature of Christ, a 2| Light and salvation by Jesus Christ, a 50 In darkness by the presence of God b 54. Given to the blind. a 13,12. Long sufferance. See Patience. Lord Jesus at his own table, a GC> c 15. Supper, preaching, nnd bap tism. b 141. Sunner instituted, c 1. Day* a 72- Delightful, b 14. Table provided for, c 20. Set- more in Christ Love of Christ unchangeable, a 14, 39 Shed abroad in the heart, a 135. Its banquet, a 68 c 13 Ot Christ in words and deeds, a 77. Of Christ its strenpth. a 78. Un- seen, a 108. '■ o Christ, b 100. To God ple.asam and powerful, b 38. And hatred, a 130. Faith and Joy, a 108. And charity, a 133. Of God in sending his Son, a 100 b 1 03. 104. To God and our neipli hour, a 116- i2elio-ion vain with- out k, al 4. Peace and meekness, a 102. Of Christ dvinp, c 4, 22. To God inconstant, b 20. To the creatures dangerous, b 43. Dis- tinguishing, a 11, 12 b 96, 97. Intercession of Christ, b 36, 37, llo.lMadness, folly and distemper of sin. b 149 Hope of the living, a 88. Gives light and strength, b 129 In the cove- nant, a 139. Of heaven by Christ's resurrection, a 26. Of heaven our support under trials, b 65. Of the resurrection, b 3, 110. Jlosanna to Christ, a 16. c 42, &c. Human affairs condescended to bv God, b46. 3. 13, 60. Humble, Go l"s dwelling a 87 En-] lightened, a 11, 12, 50. Worship| of heaven, b 68. Humiliation See Christ, Sufferings] &.c. And prayer public, a 30. Humility and pride, a 127, Andi meekness, a 102. In heaven, b 68. Hupocricy and sincerity, a 136. Hy- pocrite or almost Christian, b 158. Jealousy of our love to Christ a 78. Jesus. See Lord, Christ. Jews. See Moses, Gospel, Christ, dentil es. Iznorance enlightened, all, 12. Ignorance and unfruitfulness, b 165. Impenitence, b 125. Incarnation of Christ, a 2, 3, 13, 60. Incomprehensible Gor, b 87, 170. And invisible, b 26. Inconstancy of our love, b 20. Infants. See Children. Ingratitude complained of, b 74. Inspiration and prophecy, b 151. Institution of the Lord's supper, c 1. Insufficiency of self-righteousness, b 154. Invitation of Christ answered, a 70 b 153. Of the gospel, a 79, 127. c 13, 20.: Magistrates honoured, b l-fft 4ol) INDEX. Majesty uf God terrible, b 22. 62 Malice and love, a 130. .Tiara saved, and angel 8 punished, h 96, 97. Mortal and vain, a 82 His fall and recovery, a 107. Martyrdom, a 14. b 4. Martyrs glorified, a 40,41. Mary the virgin's song, a 60. Mediator the way to the throne grace, b 108. Meditation of heaven, b 162. And retirement, b f22. Memory weak, b l'*5. Memorial of our absent Lord, e 6. Mercies, national, b 1, 111. See Grace, Wrath, Thank.;. Messiah born, a 60. Come, b 12. Michael's war with the dragon, a 58 Minister's commission, a 128 Ministry of angels, b 18. Of the gospel, a 10. Misery and sin banished from heav- en, b 86. And shortness of life, b 39. Without God in ihe world, h 56. Uf sinners, See Sinners, Death, Hell. Morning and evening songs, a 79. 80, 81. b 6, 7, 8. Mortality and vanily of man. a 82. Mortification to the world by the sight of God b 41. Bv the cross of Christ, b 106. c 7. Moses and Christ, a 49, 118. Moses dying, b 49. Aaron and Joshua, b 124. Mourning, See Complaint, repent- ance. Mysteries revealed, a 11, 12. National mercies and thanks 111. Nativity of Christ, a 2, 3. 13. Nature and grace, a 104 Corrupt from Adam, a 57. b 128.159 Neighbour and God loved, a 116. New, covenant sealed, c 3. Promis- es, a 7. Song, a 1. Creature a 9, Testament in the blood o Christ c 3 Creation, a 95. b 130. Birth, a 95, November 5th, a soner ofpnise 92 Obedience, evangelical, a 140. 143. Oid age, and death of the unconvert ed, a 91. Offence not to be given, a 126. Offices and operations of the holy Spirit, b 133. And of Christ a 147— 150. b 132. Olive tree, the wild and the good, 114. Ordinances. See Worship, Lord's Supper Original sin, a 57. See Adam, Na- ture Pains comfort undo them, b 50. Paradise on earth, b 30, 59. Pardon, sufficiency of it, b 85. And confession, a 131. And strength from Christ, g 24. Bought at a dear price, c 4. And sanctifica- tion by faith, a 9. b 90. Brought to our senses, c 11. Parents and children, a 113, 111. convey not grace, a 99. of Passover, Christ is ours, b 155. 'Passion. See Christ, Suffering*, Anger, hove. Patience under afflictions, a 5, 129. b i09. Of God producing repent- ance, b 74, 105. Peace of conscience, b 57. And contention, a 130. See Comfort, Joy. Perfections of God, b 166—169. Persevering gmce, a 26, 32, 43, 51, 133. Person of Christ glorious and gra- i io;js a 75. b 47 Pe -secition courage under it, a 14. Pharisee and publican, a 131. Pilscrimage of the saints, b 53. Pleasure of a good conscience, b 57. I M Religion, b 30, 59. Sinful for- snk n, b 10, 11 Their vanity and danger b 101. Poverty of spirit, a 102, 127. PowerofGoA, a 86. And wisdom i Christ crucified, b 126. c 10. \n-' goodness of God awful, a 42. h 80. Praise imperfect on earth, b 5. For daily protection, ?nd preservation, b H 7, 8. From angels, b 27. From the creation , h 71. To the Redeemer, b5, 21. 29, 35,78. To the trinity, c 26 — 41. for crea- tion and redemption, b 35. Prayer and praise, a 1. For deliv- eranc answered a 30 Preaching, baptism, and the Lord's supper, b 141. P ■■ destination. See Election. Pre- araiion for death, a 27. See hath. Presumption and despair, a 115, b 156, 157 Presence of God in worship, b 45. Light in darkness, b 54. In death, a 1~9. b31.49 c 14 In life and death, b 117 Of absence of Christ, b 50 Of Christ in worship, a 66. I 15 16. c 15. Of God our life, b 93 94, 100. Preservation of this world, b 13. Of onr truces, a 51. Of our lives, b ■ 7~ 8. 19. Pri and humility, all, 12, 127. PrifSlhood. levitrcal, ending in Christ b 12 Of Christ b 118. Prodigal repenting, a 153. Prr fit and unprofitableness, a 118. h 165. b 1, INDEX. 451 Promised Messiah bom, a 60, 107. Promises of the covenant, a 9, 39. 107. See Scripture. And truth of God unchangeable, a 139. ur security, b 40. 00, 69, Prophecies ami typos of Christ, b 135- Ami inspiration, b 1 1. Prosperity and adversity, a 5. Vaii. b 50, 101. Protection from spiritual enemies, b 82, Of the church, a 8.22,23. See Church. Providence, b 46, Executed b\ Christ, a 1. Over afflictions aneloved in Christ, a 54. A- dopted, a 61 Death and burial, b 3 in glory a 40,41. Commun'n,c2 Salvation, b 88 Of the worst of sin- ners, a 104. By grace, a 111. In Christ, a 137. See Christ, cross, grace, heaven, light, redeem, rigli- teousness. fiancti'r cation, justification, and glo- ry, a 3. And pardon, a 9. Through faith, b 90. Satan and Christ at enmity, a 107, His various- temptations, b 156, 157, Conquered by Christ, b 89. See i ''evil. Scripture, a 53. b 119. See Gospel. > a under the dominion ol God, b 70. Sealing and witnessing Spirit, a 144. Secure and awakrned sinner, a 115. Security in the promises, 40,60, 69. Seeking after Christ, a 67, 71. Reconciliation to God in Ch rist, b 1 48 j Self- righteousness, a 1 31 lusufficient, Redemption in Christ, a 97 98. b 78.1 b 154. And protection, b 82. By pr\ce.\Sense assisting our faith, b 141. Sensual delights dangerous, b 10, It. 48. Serpent, brazen, a 112. Shepherd, Christ & his pastures, a 67. bee c 4. And by power, b 29 Christ. Regeneration , a 95. b 130, See elect Hon, adoption, sanctification. Religion neglected, b 32. Vnm\Sho?-t?tess, frailty, and misery of life, without love, a 134. Christianity, b 32. 39, 58. the excellency of it b 131. Re- \Sickness and recovery, a 55. vealed. See gospel, scripture. Sight of God nfortifies us to the world Remembrance of Christ, c 6 Repenting prodigal, a 123 b4l. Of Christ beatific, b 16,75. And faith, a 110, lvO. b 139, 145. Of death easy, c 14. 19. c 14. b 152. 106. And impeni- Sincerity and hypocricy. a 136. Gives joy to heaven, \Sin the cause o'f Christ's death, b8L And misery banished from heaven Repentance from God's goodness and Christ makes < patience, b 74, 105. And humili ■ [Simeon's song, a ation, a 87. At the cross ouSinai and Siqn, I Christ, b 9, tenee, b 125. a 101. Resignation. See submission. Resurrection, a 6. b 102,, 110. Set death, Christ, heaven. Retirement and meditation, b 122 Returns and back^lidings, b 20. Revelation of Christ- See gentile, gospel. Revenge and love, a 130. Rich sinner dying, a 24. b56. Riches, their vanity, b 56. 101. Righteousness and strength in Christ, a 84. 85. 97, 98. Of Christ valua hle,al09. Our robe, a7, 20 Am self-righteousness, a 131. Our own insufficient, b 154. Sabbath delightful, b 14. Sacrament. See baptism. Lord's suj Sacrifice of Christ, b 142 And in tercession, b 118. Safety of the church, a 39. b 64, 92 Saints. See church, spiritual. Go< a 105. h 86. Original, a 57. Pardon- ed and subdued, a 9, 104. b 90. In- dwelling, a 115. Its power, a 115. b 86. The ruin ofangels & men.b24. Custom in it, b 160. Foily, madness & distemper of it. b 153: Conviction of it by the Jaw, a 115. Againstthe law & gospel, a 118. Crucified, a 106 Deceitfnlness of it, b 150. Sinning and repenting, b 20. Sinful pleasures foiaking, b 10,11. Sinner, the vilest saved a 104. And saint's death, b 2, 3. 52. Invited to Christ a 127. Excluded heaven, a 104. 105. His death terrible,a 91 b 2 Sloth, spiritual, complained of, b 25. Society in heaven blessed, b 53. Son equal with the Father, b 51. See Christ. Sons of God, a 64, 143. Elect and new-born, a 54. 452 INDEX. Song of angels, a 3- Of Simeon, a 19. c 14. Of Zacharias, a 50. Of Muses & the Lamb, a 49, 56. OfHezeki- ah, a 55 Of Solomon paraphrased, a 69,78 Of the Virgin Mary, a 60. For November 5th, b 92. Sorrow. See Repentance. Comfort under it. b 50, 60, 69. For the dead, relieved, b 3. Sovereignty a 86. See Grace, Elec- tion, God. Soul seperate. See death, heav'n, hell. Spirit breathed after, a 74 b 34. Water and blood, c 9. His offices, b 133. Witnessing and sealing, a 144. Its fruits, a 102. Spirtual enemies, deliverance, a 47. b65,82 Warfare, b 77. Pilgrim- age, b 53. Apparel, a 7. 20. Race, a 48 Sloth & dullness, b 25 34 Joy, b 73, 75. Meat, drink, and clothing, a 7. Food. See Feast, State of nature and grace, a L04. Storm.. See Thunder Strength from Heaven, a 15, 32 : 48. Righteousness &, pardon in Christ, a 84, 85. c 24. Submission and deliverance, a 129. To afflictions a 5. b 109. Success of the gospel, a 11, 12, 119. bl44. Sufferings for Christ, a 102. See Christ: Supper of the Lord instituted, c 1 Baptism and preaching, b 141. Support under trials, b 50,65. Sympathy of Christ, a 125. Table of the Lord. See Lord. Temptations, hope under them, a 139. Of the world, b 101. Of the devil, b 65, 156, 157. And deser- tion complained of, b 163. Tempted. Christ's compassion to them a 125. Terrors of death to the unconverted a 91. Testament, new, in the blood of Christ, c 3 Thanksgiving for victory, b 111. For mercies, b 116. National, b 1 Throne of grace. See Grace. Thunderer, God, b 62. Time, redeemed, a 88. Ours, and eternity God's, b 67. Tree of life, c 8. & river of love, c 20. Trinity praised, c 26, 41. Trials on earth, & hope of heav'n b 63 Triumph over death, a 6. bllO Of faith in Christ, a 14. At feast, c 51. Of Christ over otir enemies, a 82 Trust. See Frdth Truth &. promises of God unchange- able, a 139. b GO, 69. Tijpes, b 12. And prophecies of Christ, b 135 Fa in prosperity, b 36, 101. Value of Christ and his righteous- ness, a 109. Vanity and mortality of man, a 82. Of youth a 89, 90. Of the crea- tures, b 146. Victory, a thanksgiving for it, b 111 . Over death, a 17. Sin and sor- row, a 14. Of Christ, over satan, a 58 b 89. See Enemies. Virtues, christian, b 161. See Holi- ness, Love, Saint, Spiritual. Unbelief and faith, a 100. b 125, Punished, a 118. Uncharitableness , and charity, a 126. Unconverted state, b 159. Death terrible to them, a 91. Uufruitfulness, b 165. Unsanciijied affections, b 165. Unseen things, faith in them, a 120 Wandering affections, b 20. Tho'ts in worship, a 136. Warfare, christian, b 77. Water, the spirit and the blood, c 9. Weak saints encouraged by Christ, a 125. By the church, a 126. Weakness our own, and Christ our strength, a 15. Wisdom and power of God in Christ crucified, c 10. Carnal humbled, all, 12. Witnessing and sealing spirit, a 144. Word of God, a 53. Preacned, a 10, 119. See Gospel, Scripture World, crucifixion to it by the cross, c 7. The temptations of it, b 101. Its end, b 164. Mortification to it by the sight of God, b 41. Its crea- tion, b 147. And preservation, bl3. Worship of heaven humble, b 68. Piofitable,b 123. Condescended to by God b 45. Christ present at it. a 66. b 15, 16. c 15. Accepted thro" Christ, b 36, 37. Formality in it, a 136. Delightful, b 14, 15, 16, 42. Wrath and mercy of God, a 42, b 80- Sec G»d, Hell. Yoke of Christ easy, a 127. Youth, its vanities, a 89, 90. Ad- vised, a 91. Zachariai's song, and John's mes- sage, a 50. Zeal in the christian race, a 48, b 129. And love, a 14. For the gospel, a 103, b 3. The want of it, b 25. A- gainst sin, b 108. For God. bll6. Zion, her glory and defence, b 64 See Church. A TABUR TO FIND ANY HYMN BY Hlh FIRST LINE. _ Page A.DORE and tremble for our God 267 Alas, and did my Saviour bleed 332 All glory to thy wondrous name 449 All mortal vanities be gone 201 And are we wretches yet alive 339 And must this body die 39! And now the scales have left mine eyes 37 1 Arise, my soul, my joyful powers As new-born babes desire the breast 318 At thy command, our dearest Lord 435 Attend while God's exalted Son 402 Awake my heart, arise my tongue 260 Awake, our souls, away our fears 260 Away from every mortal care 398 Backward with humble shaine we look 274 Begin, my tongue, some heav'nly theme 367 Behold how sinners disagree 312 Behold the blind their sight receive 405 Behold the glories of the Lamb 24*! Behold the grace appears 350 Behold the potter and the clay 305 Behold the Rose of Sharon here 280 Behold the woman's promised seed 404 Behold the wretch whose lust and wine 308 Behold what wondrous grace Blessed arc the humble souls that see 29.8 Blessed be the everlasting God 26 Blessed be the Father and his love 441 Bless'd morning whose young dawning rays 369 Blessed with the joys of innocence 40 Blood has a voice to-pierce the skies 396 Bright King of glory, dreadful God 355 Broad is the road that leads to death 4 1 6 Buried in shadows of the night 296 But few among the carnal wise 296 Can creatures to perfection jinn" 423 Christ and his cross is all our theme 30 Come, all harmonious tongues 376 Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell 31 ! Come, happy souls approach your God 38S Come hither all ye weary souls 31 1 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 346 Come, let us join a joyful tune 428 Come, let us join our cheerful songs 27t Come let us l. ; ft our joyful eyes 39 ! Come, let us lift our voices high 43/ Come, we thai, love the Lord " 3 J Daughters of Zion, come behold 282 Pr-arLord, behold our sore distress 418, Dearest of all the names above 4: \ Death cannot make our souls afraid 54 Death may dissolve my body now 263 Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 356 Deceived by subtle snares of hell 300 Deep in the dust before thy throne 309 Descend from heaven, immortal Dove 33 1 Do we not know that solemn word 1 0" Down headlong from their native, skies 384 Dread sovereign let my evening song 330 Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad 249 Eternal sovereign of the sky 41 1 i Eternal Spirit: we confess 403| Faith is the brightest evidence 307 ; Far from my thoughts vain world be gone 335 Father, I long, I faint to see gg Father we wait to feel thy grace •!:-,. Firm as the earth thy gospel stands 31 I rom heaven the sinning angels fell 334I Page. From tbee, my God, my joys shall rise 371 Gentiles by nature, we belong 304 Give me the wings of faith to rise 406 Give to the Father praise 442 Glory to God the trinity 441 Glory to God that walks th2 sky 361 Glory to God the Father's name 440 God is a spirit just and wise 314 Gud of the morning, at whose voice 237 God of the seas, thy thundering voice 363 art'iim j ;:bsence, Lord 395 1 ' r iv e immortal praise 442 I hate the tempter and his charms 475 I lift my banner, saith the Lord 264 I love the windows of thy grace 409 I .11 not ashamed to own my Lord 299 In Gabriel's hand a mighty stone 275 Iu thine own ways, <> God of love 264 I I vain the wealthy mortals toil 261 In vain we lavish out Our lives 254 Infinite grief ! amazing woe 386 I j-iiid the joys of earth away 33? I s:ng my Saviour's wondrous death 394 Is this the kind return Jehovah speaks, let Israel hear 290 4-J4 TABLE OF FIRST LI NFS. 396 421 402 252 440 -78 440 Page Jehovah reigns, his throne is high 422 Jesus, in thee our eyes L'ehold 31 9 Jesus invites his saints 424 Jesus is gone above the shies 427 Jesus, the man of constant grief 256 Jesus, we blese thy Father's name 272 Jesus, we how before thy feet 435 -.Jesus with all thy saints above 343 Join all the glorious names 324 Join all the names of love and power 323 Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord 283 Laden with guilt, and full of fear Let all our tongues be one Let everlasting glories crown Let every mortal ear attend Let God the Father live Let him embrace my soul and prove Let God the Maker's name Let me but hear my Saviour say 257 Let mortal tongues attempt to sing 274 Let others boast how strong they be 3:17 Let pharisees cfliigh esteem 313 Let the old heathens tune their song 339 Let the seventh angel sound on high 278 Let the whole race of ere itnres lie 385 Let the wild leopards of the wood 417 Let them neglect thy glory, Lord 347 Let us adore the eternal word 426 Life and immortal joys are gives 3 9 Life is the time to serve the Lord I .ift up your eyes Jo the heavenly seats 348 3, ike sheep we went astray :>17 Lo! the destroying angel .flies' 414 Lo! the young tribes of Adam rise, 20: Lo! what a glorious sight appears 2(10 Long have I fiat beneath the t-ound 419 Lord,.»t thy temple we appear £59 Lord, how divine thy comforts are 430 Lord, how secure and bless'd are they 359 Lord, how secure my conscience was i>04 Lord, we adore thy bounteous hand 36 Lord, we adore thy vast desigus 391 Lord, we are blind, we mortals blind 341 Lord, wc confess our num'rous faults 802 Lord, what a hea\'u of saving grace 355 Lord, what a wretched lsnd is this -57 Lord, when my thoughts with wonder roll 329 Man hath a soul of vast desires 409 Mistaken souls that dream of heaven 316 My dear redeemer and my Lord 406 My drowsy powers why sleep ye so 341 My God, how endless is thy love 2f-S My God, my life, my love 381 My God, my portion and my love 385j My God, permit me not to be 8§* My God, the spring of all my joys 36b My God, what endless pleasures dwell 350 My heart, how dreadful hard it is 384 My Saviour God, my sov'reign prince ilOf My soul, come meditate the day 302 My soul forsakes her vain delight 3 2 My thought; on awful subjects roll 3 & Ivly thoughts surmount these lower skies ->i 8 Naked as from the earth we came 251 (Nature with all her powers shall ting 32' Page Not from the dust affliction grows 28J> Not the malicious or profane 235 Not to condemn the sons of men 297 Not to the terrors of the Lord 41-2 Not with our mortal eyes 301 Now be the the. way, the door is strait 4 It Terrible God, that rrigu'st on high 33P rbat auf.i] day will mirely come ;;90 Thee w e adore, etorn-d name 358 The glories of my Maker, God .' fX> The tiod of mercy be adored 441 The Ki::g of glory sends his son <04 Thehn ; s that long in darkness lay 25C The law by Moses came 30" The law commands and makes us know 397 The Lord declares his will The Lord descending fp im above The Lord Jehovah reigns The Lord on high proclaims Th^ majesty of Solomon The memory of our dying Lord The promise of my father's love Th" promise was divinely free The true Messiah now appears The voire ofmv beloved .-rands 430 387 35!) 30 300 40. 295 hi.'^Tbe vv&riderln? world in wires to Enow^-d 397 ■50© ^22 im 39:; 423 425 4 04 S33 280 TABLE OP FIRST LINES. 455 There is a house not made with hands 3(Ji There is a land of pure delight 366 There was an hour whenChrist rejoie'd 2 >5 T-hese glorious minds, how bright they shine 26 Thnisthe word of truth and love 40. r > Thou whom my soul admires above 271' Thus did the sons of Abraham pass W Thus far the Lord has led om on 26£ Thus saith the first, the great command20fi Thus saith the high and loft v one 29 Thus saith the ruler of the skies 37 Thus saith the mercy of the Lord 307 Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord 2 Thy favours, Lord, surprise our souls 352 Time, what an empty vapour 'tis 360 'Tisby the faith of joys to rome 401 •Tie from the treasures of his word 32.! 'Tis not the law often commands 39 To Gud the Father, Gcd the .Son 44 To God the only wise To God the father's throne To him that chose us first To our eternal God "Twas by an order from the Lord 'Twaa on that dark, that doleful night 42 'Twas the commission of our Lord 27 Vain are the hopes the sons of men Vain are the hopes that rebels place Up to the fields where angels lie Up to the Lord that reigns on high We are a garden walled around Wc bless the prophet of the Lord ,». Page. Wc sing the amazing deeds 434 We sing the glories of thy love 273 Welcome sweet day of rest 334 Well, the redeemer's gone 347 What different powers of grace and sin 408 What equal honours shall we bring 27 7 What happy men or angels these 206 What mighty man or mighty God 203 Whence do our mournful thoughts arisc265 When I can read iny title clear 3 4 When in the light of faith divine 367 W hen I survey the wondrous cross 427 When we are raised from deep distress 275 W iif-n strangers stand and hear me tell 235 When the first parents of our race 372 \Y ban the great builder arch'd the skies 340 Where arc the mourners, enith the Lord 4 1 4 Who can describe the joys that rise 298 Who hr.th believed thy word 3lG Who is this fair one in distress 286 27 | Who shall the Lord's elect condemn v57 Why does your face, ye humble souls 377 Why do we mourn departing friends 328 Why is my heart so far from thee Why should the children of a king Why should thiseartn delight us so Why should wo start and fear to die With cheerful voice I sing V\ ith holy fear and humble song With joy we meditate the grace Ye angels round the thro 1 c 28'jVe sous of Adam, vain and young 4D3]zion rejoice, and Judah sing 44 U l ibid IS 291 35i 35! 338 319 419 345 322 OH) Jo* 309 442 29g A TABLE aF THE SCRIPTURES THAT ARE TURNED INTO VERSE. In the first Book. Gen. iii. 1, 15, IT, xv ii. 7. xvii. 7. 10. xxii. 6. Job i. 21. iii. 14, 15. iv. 17, 21. v. 6, ', 8. ix. 2, 10. xiv. 4. xix. 25, 26, 27. Psalm iii. 5, 6. iv. . xix. 5, 3. xlix. 6, 9. Ii. 5. lxxiii. 24. 2-5. cxxxix. 23, 24. cxliii. 8. cxlvii. 19, 20. Pf ov. viii. 1 , 22, 32. viii. 34.3" Eccles. viii. 3. ix. 4, 5,6, 10. x .9. The same. xii. 1, 7. Solo, \i.2- 5,12, 1 Song. 5 i- ">• ii. 1,2,3, Arc. Solo. Songs, ii. 8, 9, ii. 14, 16, 17. iii. 1,2,3, 4,5. in. 11. iv. 1, 7, 11. iv. 12, 14, 15. v. 1. v. 9—16. vi. 1,2, 3, 12. vii. 5, 6, 9. 12, 13. viii. 5, 8, 14. Isaiah v. 2, 7, 10. ix 2. 6, 7 xxvi. 1, -, &c. xxvi. 8, 20. xxxviii, 9, c six. 33 40. 60 John i. 1,3, 14- i. !3. 71 i. 17. 72 i. 29, 32. 73 iii. 3, Arc. 74 iii. 14, 16. Jo'in iii. 16, >7, 1? iv. 4. x. 2 . 29. Act' ii. xvi. 14,19; 33. Rom. iii- 19; 22. v 12. &c. T t same vi. 1.1, • vi. 3.4. &e. vii. S. 9,14,21. viii. 14, 16. viii. 43, Sec. :. tc. xi. 16, 17. xiv. 17, .9. xv. B, 9, 12. 142 1 Cor.u.23,24. 71 i. 25. 31. S i. 30- BTJ Tin same. 20 ii. 9, 10. IS 10 5 SO 55 3 : : ..- 81 B4 3? 1:1 iii. 6. 7. vi. 10, 1 1. x. 32. xiii.1,2. 3. xiii. 2,3,7, 13. xv. 55, Arc. 42 2 Cor. ii. 16. v. 1. 5,8. 99 1 xii. 7. 9, 10. 102 Gal. iv 4. iv. 6 125 Eph.i.3, &c i. 3.1.;. iii. . 10. iii. 16, ^