flMl-t FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO -J THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Dlttaioix ^CtS Section &***" 4s"+tff 1 • «% s> A*. H Y M N S FOUNDED OK VARIOUS TEXTS IN THE HOLT SCRIPTURES. • By the late Reverend P. DODDRIDGE, D. D. Publifhed from the A u t h o r ' s Manufcript % Job O r t o n. The Second Edition. If/teem N epos fir his Faith and Diligence, his Comnunft on Scripture, and mam Hymns, with Vihtch the Brethren arc delighted. Eufeb. Eccl. Hi/t. L. 7. C. 24 S -■/ /. l', h l C o t t o N anj J. £ d d o w r. ,, For W'R«v W cTo^a«lJ A1 ,k, Fl „ Bock-..:.,,, at the Oxfiri-Tbtatn in /'_•.„•- • London. M.DCC.LIW T II E PREFACE. TH E Anther of the following Hymns, well known to the World by many excellent and ufeful Writings , was much jol- licited by his Friends to print them in his Life-timCyfrom a Hope they might bejer- viceableto the Inter ejl of Religion, by af- fixing the Devotion of Chrijlians in their fecial and fecret Worjhip\ and* had GOD continued his Life till his F A >i i l y- Expositor on the EpifUes had publifhedy it is probable be ^vpould complied rcith their Kequeil : < many other pious and benevolent Pur. broken off by his much-lame Death. Di ing the laji Hour 1 ft itb iv The P R E F A C E. with bim } a few Weeks before that mourn- ful Event, he honoured me with feme particular Directions about tranfcribing and pabli firing them. I have at length, thro the good Hand of my GOD upon me, finifhed them, and prefent them to the World with a chearful Hope, that they will promote and diffufe a Spirit of Devotion, and, together with other Af- f fiances human a?id divine, prepare many to join with the devout Author in the nobler and ever la fling Anthems of Heaven. Thefe Hymns being compofed to be fung, after the Author hud been preaching on the Texts prefixed to them, it was his Defign, that theyfiould bring over again the leading Thoughts in the Sermon, and naturally exprejs and warmly enforce thofe devout Sentiments, which he hoped were then rijing in the Minds of his Hearers, and help to fix them on the Memory and Heart : Accordingly the attentive Reader will obfervc, that mofl i of them illuf Irate fuch Sentiments, as a\ Jkillf id Treacher would principally infi/ll uponX The PREFACE, v upon, when difcourfmg from the Texts on which they are founded. There is a X Variety in the Form of them: Some rim devout Paraphrases on the Texts : others expreffive of lively Atfs of Devo- tion, Faith, and Tru/1 in GOD, Love to Chrift, Dcjire of divine Influences, and good Reflations of cultivating the Temper and pracfifmg the Duties re- commended : Others proclaim an humble foy and Triumph in the gracious Pro- mi/es and Encouragements of Scripture, particularly in the D'fcovery and Pro- \ of eternal Life. The Nature of the Subjeffs mil eq/ily account for the Dif- ference ofCompofure, why fome arc more : a'id artlefs, ethers more lively , fub- , and full rf poet ick Fire. If any of at frjl Reading appear fat , it mux well be fuppofed tbfy IdaffeB the Mind in a ftronger Alan- en ujed in a religious Affitmbly after Sermons upon the Lexts, in winch ttk Context hath teen con/idered (if that were nccejfary,) parallel Places compared, A 3 vi The PREFACE. the Defgn of the injpired Writer judici- cujly opened, and the Beauty, Propriety, and Emphafts of the feveral Claufes oj the Text illuf rated : They therefore tvho ufe them in their devout Retirements fhould firft read and confider the Texts and Contexts ; and if they would confult feme Expofitor upon them, particularly the Author's on the Subjects taken from the New Teframent, they will fee a Spirit and Elegance in thefe Compofures, which may other wife be overlooked, and be more likely to reap real and Lifting Advantage by them. In this Collection there are mam Hymns formed upon PaJJages in the Old Tejla- ment, particularly in the Prophets, di- rectly relating to the Cafe of the Ifraelites, or fbme particular good Man among them y which the Author hath accommodated to the Circumflances ofChri/iians, where he thought there was aju/l and natural Re- fetnblance ; and he apprehended, that the Practice of the infpired Writers of the New Tefiament warranted fuch Accom- moda- The PREFACE. vu modations %- He experienced this to be. a very acceptable and if fid Method of preaching en the Old Te/la/nent, and ac- cordingly recommended it to his Pupils > as what would afford them an Opportunity of explaining the Defign of the Prophecies , displaying the Wifdont, Faithfulnefs and Grace of GOD, and fuggefting many ft ri king and important InftruElions : 7 his Method would at the fame Time occafic a^ agreeable Variety in their Difcourfes, prevent their confining tbemfelves to ge- neral or co?nmcn-place Subjeds, cr (in Order to avoid a frequent Repetition of well-known Arguments) running into dry dndpbftrufe Speculations \ which the Ca- pacities of the Generality cf their Hearers could not comprehend, ncr their Hearts relifh and feel: A Fajhion in Preaching, too prevalent y and, considering its appa- rent Uuprof talk :>:cf$, much to be lamented. % Compare Hebrtun xiii. 5, 6. and Family Exp-Ju:r in Loc« note (/), There arc alio ionic goad Remarks on this Subject in Dr. Wp f Timet) Places, is\\ Dif. v. efncdally Prop. 15 A 4 Tbofi I viii The PREFACE. Thofe young Minifters, who art de- firous of entring into the Spirit and Co- pioufnefs of Scripture, may find this Work greatly ufeful to them, by directing them to many very fait able "Texts, and to Jbme natural Thoughts, and ufeful Reflections to be inffted upon in difcourfmg from them, There are federal Hymns in this Col- notion Jutted to fpecial end extraordinary Occafions,for which there was ?iot bfore a fujfeieni Provijion ; fuch as, for open- ing a new Place of Worfyip, the Vacancy and Settlement f Churches, the Oraina- iion f Minifters, their Removal from our JVorld, &c. efpeci ally for Days of Faft- vig and Humiliation on Account ofcEiual or apprehended Calamities, the Want cj which, during the late Rebellion and War^ was much regretted by many Minifters and private Chmjlians. In thefe Compcfures 1 hope few low or trivial Expref/to?is will be found : No- thing appears urfuitable to the Gravity and Dignity of a worjhipping JJJembly : Nothing The P R E F A C E. ix Nothing likely to darken or damp the De- votion oj the humble Chriftian } or excite Paffions merely fenjual. There is nothing that favours of a Party-Spirit, or carries an Appearance of dtjigning to confine their life to any of the SeSfs into which Christians are unhappily d hided. The Materials are divine, and the Author s Soul was n.-vcr more enlarged, than when he Was promoting a Spirit of Piety and Candor in their juft Connection. 1 chofe to place thefe Hymns in the Or- der in which tbefeveral Texts lie in the Bible, as that pret ,; \ Necejfity of another Index, and tht : no par- ticular Re a ion for dijpofing them in any diferent Order. In a jew Places, whi Words occur not fufjiciently intelligible to common Readers, I have added fine m plain and familiar ones in the Margin^ that they may be read and f:ng with i derftanding j preferring this Method to dome Authors, whoha\ plained them in a par Index* A x The PRE F A C E. As thefe Hymns were compojed during a Series of many Years, amidjt an un- common Variety and daily Succeffion of tnofi important Labours by a Man who had 710 Ear for Mufck, and as they want his retouching Hand, the Reader will be candid to what Inaccuracies he may dif- Ctrver j particularly the Repetition cf the fame Thoughts and Fhrafes, which in a few inftances will be found : And indeed fome of them could fcarcely be avoided on Subje&s fo nearly refembling. without the Exclufion of the mojl fui table and affect- ing Sentiments or A /pi rat ions for which the Introduction of a new or more poetick I "/bought and Phrafe would not have been an Equivalent. There may perhaps be fome Improprieties, owing to my not being able to read the Author s Manufcript in particu- lar Places, and being obliged, without a po- etick Genius, to fupply thofe Deficiencies^ whereby the Beauty cf the Stanza may be greatly defaced \ tbd the Senfe is prefrved. Tbefe lis mm being originally defignedfor the VJe of a Congregation of^ lain unlear- ned The PREFACE. xi ntd Chriftians, it cannot be cxpcfted they foould entertain thofe, who maypcrufe them merely for the Sake of the Poetry : Tet I think many of them will jland the Teft of a critical Examination, and appear at leajl equal to other Compqfitions ef the like Kind 3 and I am pervaded they will all be delightful and beneficial to thoje j who defire to have their Devotions enlivened, their Souls filed With divine Love, and who are ambitious to live up to the Rules of the Go/pel-, and that they will, thro the Influences oj the Holy Ghoft, ■ fpread a Spirit of fervent Piety in f itch Congre- gations where they may be introduced. I have no thing to add but my came ft Wijhes and Prayers^ that they may be fubfervient to the Glory cf G QD, the more delightful Celebration of Divine Or- dinances, and the Edification of my Fel- low Chriflians. Amen. Job O r t o w Salop; Jan. I. 1755, (is ) TABLE To find out any H Y M N By the first Line of it. A Hymn ACcept, Great God, thy Britain's Song . 46 Alas for Britain^ and her Sons 186 Alas ! how faft our Moments fly 12 7 All-conqu'nng Faith, how high it rofe j8i All -glorious God, what Hymns of Praifc 298 All-hail, myfterious King 3^9 All-hail, victorious Saviour, hail ! 354 Aloud 1 fing the wondrous Grace 217 Amazing beauteous Change ICK> Amazing Grace of God on high 99 Amazing Plan of fov'reign I-nve 124 And are we now brought near to God 288 And art thou with us, gracious Lord 98 And doth the Son of God complain 104 And is Salvation brought fo near 262 And (hall we ftill be slaves 2; 7 And why do our admiring Eyes 252 And will the great eternal God 49 And will the Judge defcend 189 And A TABLE. And will the Majefty of Heaven And will th' eternal King Ap >ioaeh ve Children of your G->d A prcfent God is all our Sbsngfcta A rife, my tend'reit Tnoug;hi>, arife AfTill us, Loid, thy Name ro paife At end, mine F.ar, my £it*tt n pice Auend, my So'tl, the Voice divine Attend, my Soul, with revci\nJ Awe Awake, my drowfy Soul, awake 'Aw-'ke, my Soul, ltretch every Nerve Awake, my Soul, to meet the Day Awake, our Souls, and blefs his Name Awake, ye Saints, and raifc your Eyes B BAckfliding Ifrael, hear the \ Behold God's great incarnate Son Be. old i come, the Saviour c I I I cor e, the Saviour crie: Behold, O IjrmtiH G J Behold our God, lie owns his Name Behold th' amazing Sight B i Id the bleeding Lamb of God Id the eJlafs tie Gofpel lends i d the gloomv Vale B d the great eternal God I I the gr.at Phyfician (lands Behold the Path thai Mortals tread ild i he Son of God appe_,3 ild the Son of G >d i Delight Behold with pleating Extacy XI u Hymn «♦* 263 3'S 18 H ••;: 187 12 j 99 2.96 362 228 264 122 3*1 14a 2.G 242 3 2 7 3 2 15 223 3«4 J91 121 Beneath xlv A TABLE, Hymn Beneath thy mighty Hind, O God '338 B'icc with Snares on every Hand 207 Ble.' be the Lamb, whole B'ood was fpilt 312 Bleft JefuS) bow ^hine Ear 30! Bleft jefus % Source of Grace divine 2/1 Bleft Men, who ftretch their willing Hands 247 Bleil Saviour, to my Heart more dear 139 Bpdegroom of Souls, how rich thy Love 293 Bright Source of intellectual Rays no CAptives of Ifrael) hear 105 Come, our indulgent Saviour, come 245 Come, thou cclcftial Spirit, come 285 D DEfcend, immortal E>pve 259 Do not I love thee, O my Lord 246 E ENquire, ye Pilgrims, for the Way 137 Eternal and immortal King 321 Eternal God, our humbled Souls 154 Eternal God, our wondring Souls 1 Eternal King, thy Robes are white 165 Eternal Source of every Joy 43 Eternal Source of Life and Thought 322 Exalted Prince of Life, we own 248 F FAther divine, the Saviour cried Father divine, thy piercing Eye Father of Lights, we fing thy Name Father of Men, thy Care we blefs Father 1 A T A B L E. xv Hymn Father of Mercies, in thy Houfe 289 la: ti Mercies, fend thy Grace 2C5 Fath( . of Peace and God of* Love 325 Kc thcr of Spirits, from thy Hand 1 j Flow on my Tears in rifing Streams 129 Fountain of Comfort and of Love 27 1 G C> OD of Eternity, from thee 292 Jf God ot Alar.aJJlh, will thou fcorn 371 God of my Life, ihio' all its Days 71 God of my Life, thy conftant Care 134. God of Salvation, we adore 40 God of the Ocean, at whofe Voice 117 Go, faith the Lord, proclaim my Grace 219 Grace ! 'tis a charming Sound 286 Great Father of each perfect Gift 251 Great Father of Mankind l j 3 Great Former of tnis vaiious Frame 54. Great God, did pious Abraham pray 3 Gieat God of Heaven and Nature rife 36$ Great Gcd of Ho(t>, attend our Prayer £ Great God, we fing that mighty Hand 257 Great Leader of thine IJrasPs Hoit - 3c 6 Great Lord of Angeis, we adore 106 Great Object of th.ne Ijrael's Hupe 1 3 1 Great Ruler of all NaUtrc'sFcac e 92 Great Sov'rcign of the human Heart 256 Great Source of Being and of Love l.iy Great Source of Life, our Souls confefs -,9 Great : pirit of immortal Love j 3 1 Great xvi A T A B L E. Hymn Great Teacher of thy Church, we own 175 Guardian of Ifrael, Source of Peace 368 H HAil, everlafting Prince of Peace 282 Hail, everlafting Spring 170 Hail, gracious Saviour, ail divine 238 Hail, Progeny divine 200 Hal lo Emanuel's ever-honour'd Name 299 Hail to the Prince of Life and Peace 351 H k ! for the creat Creator fpeaks 1 14. H. rk ! for 'tis God's own Son that calls 226 Hark ! for 'tis Wifdom's Voice 73 Hark the glad Sound, the Saviour comes 203 Hark ! 'tis our hcav'nl; Leader's Voice 353 Hear, gracious Sovereign from thy Throne 145 Hearken, ye Children of your God 300 Heav'n has confirm'd the great Decree 313 He comes, the royal Conqueror coir 21 z He comes, thy God, O 1/rael^ comes 156 Henceforth let each believing Heart 24 r High let us fwell our tuneful Notes 2CI HoufeofourGod, withchcarful Anthems ring 67 Hnw frte the Fountain flows 360 How gentle God's Commands 340 How glorious, Lord, art thou 77 How gracious and how wife 1 43 How keen the Tempter's Malice is 216 H >w long (hall Dreams of Creature-Blifs 125 How rich thy Bounty, King of Kings 275 How rich thy P'avours, God of Grace 341 How lwift the Torrent flows 1 64 I am A TABLE. I Hymn TAm thy God, Je u yjah faid 319 Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious Name 20 I love thy charming Name 325 y^fiiSj I fing thy matchlefs Grace 290 Jrfus, mine Advocate above 345 jff/usj my Lord, how rich thy Grace J 38 [fr/u^ our Souls delightful Choice 197 jtfus the Lord, our Souls ado^c 31 r , WC own thy laving Power 504 Jffus, we own thy fov'reign Hand 23.}. Immenfe eternal God 10 Immortal God, on thec we call 307 Indulgent God, with pitying Eye 61 -Indulgent Sov'reign of the Skies ] 20 In glad Amazement, Lord, I (land 70 In one harmonious chearful Song 232 It) Raptures let our Hearts afcend 244 Interval of grateful Shade 333 In thy Rebukes, ah-r.racio'js God 109 In what Confufion Earth appears 212 I own, my God, thy fov'reign Grace 240 Ifracl, thy Tribute ibl 357 ere a Sight in Earth or Heaven 224 It is my Father's Voice 90 It Is the Lord of Glory calls J lb J j LEgions of Foes befet me round 31 Let Heaven burrt forth into a Song 103 Lit Jacob to his Maker fiftg IC2 Let Zion's Watchmen all awake 3^4 Lift up, ye Saints, your weeping Fyes Li(ten ye Hills, yc Mountain',, h.-ar Look xviii A TABLE. Hymn Look back, my Soul, with grateful Love 58 Look down, O LorJ, with pitying Eye Lc id, dofr thou (hew a Coiner Stone Lord of the Sabbath, hear our Vows Lord of the Vineyard, we adore Lord, we adore thy wondrous Name Lord, we have broke thy holy Laws Lord, we have wander'd from thy Way Lord, when Iniquities abound Lord, when thine Ifrael we furvey Lord, when thy Hand is lifted up Loud Tse thy Name ador'd Loud let the tuneful Trumpet found Loud to the Prince of Heaven M MArk the foft-falling Snow I if Mine inward Joys fupprelYd toolong 330 My God, and is thy Table fpread 171 My God, aflift me, while I raife 266 My God ! how chearful is the Sound My Gcd, the Cov'nant of thy Love My God, thy Service well demands My God, what iilken Cords are thine My God, whofe all-pervading Eye My gracious Lord, I own thy Right My Helper-God, I blcfs his Name My Jefus^ while in mortal Flefh My Lord, didft thou induie fuch Smart My Saviour, didft thou die for me My Saviour, I am thine My Saviour, let me hear thy Voice My Sins, alas ! how foul the Stains A TABLE. xix Hymn My Soul, review the trembling Days 68 My Soul, the awful Hour will come 39 My Soul triumphant in the Lord 33 My Soul, with all thy waken'd Powers 320 My Soul, with Joy attend 231 My various Pow'rs, awake 34-7 My waken'd Soul, extend thy Wings 34.2 N NOW be that Sacrifice furvey'd 291 Now Jet a true Ambition rife 178 Now let my Soul with tranfport rife 261 Now let our chearful Eyes furvey 8 Now let our mourning Hearts revive 1 7 Now let our Songs addrefs the God of Peace 367 Now let our Songs proclaim abroad 318 Now let our Voices join 69 Now Jet the feeble all be ftrong 269 Now let the Gates of Zion fing 182 Now let the lift'ning World around 74 Now let the Sons of Bffidl hear £0 Now to that fov'iei£ii Grace ^26 o OGod of Jacob, bv whofe Hand 4 O happy Chriftian, who can boaft 349 O happy Day, that fixt my Choice 23 O injur'd Majefty of Heaven 142 ( ) / raely bleft beyond Compare 16 O Ifraety thou art bleft 78 O praifeye the Lord, prepare a new Song 366 () righteous God, thou Jud^e fupreme 14 O Thou that haft Redemption wrought 24 Olw Banner is th' eternal God ' 6 Our xx A TABL E. Hynn Our Eyes Salvation fee 202 Our God afcends his lofty Throne 82 Our heav'nly Fathir calls 346 Our Souls with pleafing Wonder view 44 Our Souls with RevYence, Lord, bow down 339 O where is fov'reign Mercy gone 1 16 O ye immortal Throng 304 O Zi$n 7 t une thy Voice 1 1 8 P PA rent of univerfal Good 47 Peace, all ye Sorrows of the Heart 235 Peace, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's Hand 42 Perfection ! 'tis an empty Name 63 Perpetual Source of Light and Grace 151 Praife to our Shepherd's gracious Name 229 Praife to the Lord of boundlefs Might 274 Praife to the Lord on high 273 Praife to the Lord whofe mighty Hand 272 Praife to the radiant Source of Blifs joz Praife to the Sov'reign of the Sky 1 62 Praife to thy Name eternal God 344 R Aife,thoughtlefs Sinner, raife thine Eye 14S Remark, my Soul, the narrow Bounds 52 Repent, the Voice celeflial cries 254 Return, my roving Hearc, return 29 Return, my Soul, and feek thy Reft 57 S SAlvation doth to God belong 374 Salvation ! O melodious Sound 36 Satan the dire Invader came 308 Saviour divine, we know thy Name 1 32 Saviour A T A B L E. xxi Hymn Saviour of Men and Lord of Love 184. Searcher of Hearts, befoie thy Face 250 See how the Lord of Mercy fpieads 185 See IJraePs gentle Shepherd {land 198 See the Defhu&ion is begun 94. See the fair Structure Wifdom rears 76 See the old Dragon from his Throne 356 Shepherd of lfracl, bend thine Ear 372 Shepherd of Ifracl^ thou doft keep 123 Shine forth, eternal Source of Light 150 Shine on our Souls, eternal God 53 Shout ! for the Battlements are fall'n 278 Sing to the Lord above 167 Sing to the Lord a new melodious Song 220 Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims 30 Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord 96 So firm the Saints Foundations ftand 161 Sov'reign of all the Worlds on high 28 1 Sovereign of Heaven, thine Empire fpreads 180 8ov* reign of Life, before thine E\ 25 SovVeign of Life, I own thy Hand 60 reign of Nature, all is thine, 14 Spring up, my Soul, with ardent Flight 268 Stupendous Gi ace ! And can it he 287 Supreme in Mercy, who mail dare 160 Supreme of Beings with Delight 355 THE Covenant of a Saviour's Love 236 The Creature, Lord, confefs thy Hand 5 The darken'd Sky, how thick it loms 66 The Day approatheih, O my Soul The Deluge atth 1 Almighty's Call The x\ii A T A B L E, Hymn The everliving God 89 The glorious Lord, Ms Ifraet* Hope 9$ The great Jehovah ! who (hall dare 26 The King of Heaven his Table fpreads 21 1 The Lord from his exalted Throne 2$ The Lord ! how kind are all his Ways 149 The Lord ! how rich his Comforts are 277 The Lord "Jehovah calls 309 The Lord into his Vineyard comes 1 74 The Lord of Glory reigns fupremely great 44 The Lord of Life exalted (lands 225 The Lord on mortal Worms looks down 172 The Lord, our Lord ! how rich his Grace 106 The Lord with Pleafure views his Saints 37 The Promifes I fing 316 The righteous Lord fupremely great 128 Thefe mortal Joys, how foon they fade 209 The Sepulchres, how thick they {land 243 The fwift-declining Day 1 30 Th/ eternal God, his Name how great 24 The Vineyard of the Lord, how fair 81 Thou God of Jabez, hear 370 Thou, Lord, thro' every changing Scene 51 Thou, mighty Lord, art God alone 253 Thrice happy Souls, who born from Heaven 79 Thrice happy State, where Saints (hall live 215 Thus hath the Son of J/JJi faid 365 Thus faith Jehovah from his Seat 91 Thy Flock, with what a tender Care 230 Thy Judgments cry aloud 115 Thy piercing Eye, O God, furveys 338 ThyPrefence, everlasting God 279 • Tis A TABLE. jtxiii Hymn *Tis mine, the Cov'rfant of his Grace 22 To all his Flock, what wondious Love 2 39 To-morrow, Lord, is thine 329 To.ruc, g;eat Architect on high 305 To thee, my God, mv Days are known 38 To thee, O God, we Homage pay 173 Tranfporting Tidings, which \vc hear 302 Tremendous Judge, before thy Bar 373 Triumphant, Lord, thy Goodnefs reigns 35 Triumphant Z/<;//, lift thy Head 107 V Viler than Duft, O Lord, are we 13^ Ungrateful Sinners, whence this Scorn 258 Unix, my roving Thoughts, unite 48 W WAit on the Lord, ye Heirs of Hope 93 Weary, and weak, and faint 87 We blefs th' eternal Source of Light 352 We praife the Lord for heavenly Bread 222 We fing the deep myfterious Plan 284 What Bofom mov'd with pious Zeal 9 What doleful Accents do I hear 192 What haughty Scorner, faith the Lord 168 What Myit'ries, Lord, in thee combine 350 What venerable Sight appears 214 When at this Diftance, Lord, we trace 183 While on the Verge of Life I Hand 295 Whofc Words agaiiift the Lord are flout 136 Why flow thefe Torrents of Diftrefs 196 Why fhould our mourning Souls delight 260 Why will ye lavilh out your Years 206 Wide o'er all Worlds the Saviour reigns 19 S With xxiv A TABLE, Hymn With Extacy of Joy 333 With flowing Eyes, and bleeding Hearts 270 "With humble Pleafure, Lord, we trace, 11 "With Pity, Lord, thy Servant view 62 With rev'rend Awe, tremendous Lord 133 With Tranfport, Lord, our Souls proclaim 323 With what delight I raife mineEyes 85 Y YE Armies of the living God 265 Ye golden Lamps of Heav'n, farewell 1 1 9 Ye Hearts with youthful Vigour warm ^5 Ye Heav'ns, with Sounds of Triumph ring 303 Ye humble Souls, rejoice 72 Ye humble Souls, that feek-the Lord 1 94. Ye little Flock, whom Ifefui feeds 208 Ye mourning Saints, whole {tream in g Tears Ye Pris'ners, who in Bondage lie Yes, Britain feem'd to Ruin .doom' d Ye Servants of the Lord Ye Sinners, bend your itubborn Necks Ye Sinners, on Backfliding bent Yes, it is fweet to tafle his Grace Ye Sons of Men, with Joy record Yes, the Redeemer ro.fe Yes, 'tis the Voice of Love divine Ye Subjects of the Lord, proclaim Ye weak Inhabitants of Clay H Y M N S H Y M N S FOUNDED ON VARIOUS TEXTS, IN THE Old Testament. I. Enoch's Piety andTranflaUcn. Genefis v. 24. Hebrews xi. 5. 1 TT^TERNAL God, bqr wond'ring Souls X_j Admire thv matchlefs Grace ; That Thou wilt walk, that Thou wilt d With AJatns worthlefs Race. l O lead me to that happy Path, Where I my God may meet; TluV Holts of Foes begird it round, Tho' B; iars wound my FceL ; Chear'd with thy Converfe I can trace The Defart with Delight: Thro' all the Gloom one Smile of thine Can diffipatc the Night* Nor (hall I thro' eternal D A reftlefs Pilgrim roam; B Thy GENESIS Thy Hand, that now dire&s my Courfe, Shall foon convey me home. 5 I afk not Enoch's rapt'rous Flight To Realms of heav'nly Day; Nor feek Elijah's fiery Steeds To bear this Flefh away. 6 Joyful my Spirit will confent To drop its mortal Load ; And hail % the fharpeft Pangs of Death, That break, its Way to God. % falute or welcome. II. G D's gracious Appr6bation of a religious Care cf our Families. Genefis xviii. 19. x TpATHER of Men, thy Care we bleft, jp Which crowns our Families with Peace From Thee they fprung, and by thy Hand Their Root and Branches are fuftain'd. 2 To God, mod: worthy to be prais'd, Be our domeftick Altars rais'd ; Who, Lord of Heav'n, fcorns not to dwell With Saints in their obfcurelt CelL 3 To Thee may each united Houfe, Morning and Night, prefent its Vows : Our Servants there, and rifing Race Be taught thy Precepts, and thy Grace. 4 O may each future Age proclaim The Honours of thy glorious Name; While pleas'd, and thankful, we remove To join the Family above. III. Abr.iha l I G E N E S I III. Abraham's Inter$ejffwn for Sodom. G xviii. 32. For a Fuji -Day. 1 /^REAT God! did pious Abram p VJT F° r Sodom's vile abandon'd Race? And fhall not all our Souls be rous'd For Britain to implore thy Grace . 3 2 Bafe as we are, does not thine Eye Its chofen Thoufands here furvey ; Whofe Souls, deep humbled, mourn the Crouds, Who walk in Sin's deftru&ive Way ? 3 O Judge fupreme, let not thy Sword The Righteous with the Wicked finite: Nor bury in promifcuous Heaps Rebels, and Saints thy chief Delight. 4 For thefe thy Children fpare the Land ; Avert the Thunders big with Death; Nor let the Seeds of latent J Fire Be kindled by thy flaming Bieath. 5 O! be not angry, Mighty Go.D, While Duft and A&es feek thy tafce; But gently bending from thy Throne, Renew, and Hill increafe the Grace. 6 ye fits the IntercefTor hear, I for his S;tke thy Grace impart, Which, while it Hops the fiery Strea Diflblves the inoft obdurate Heait. SorLm fhall chai I V.i'.n then, And heawily Dews be fcattcr'd roun I, S 2 Thru 4 GENESIS. That PJants ofParadife may fpring, Where baleful || Poifons curs'd the Ground. || definitive. IV. Jacob's Vow. Genefis xxviii. 20 — 22. 1 rvGOD of Jacob, by whofe Hand V_/ Thine Ifracl frill is' fed, Who thro' this weary Pilgrimage Haft all our Fathers led. 2 To Thee our humble Vows we raife, To Thee addrefs our Pray'r, And in thy kind and faithful Breaft Depofite all our Care. 3 If Thou, thro' each perplexing Path, Wilt be our con ft ant Guide ; If Thou wilt daily Bread fupply, And Raiment wilt provide; 4 If Thou wilt fpread thy Shield around, Till thefe our Wand'rings ceafe, And at our Father's lov'd Abode, Our Souls arrive in Peace : 5 To Thee, as to our Cov'nant-God, We'll our whole felves refign ; And count, that not our Tenth alone, But all we have is Thine. . V. The Hand of the L ORD upon the Cattle. Exodus ix. 3-. 1 rT^HE Creatures, Lord, confefs thy Hand, X Thro' Earth and Sky, thro' Sea and Land ; And all their meaneft Orders (hare Their Maker's Pity, and his Care. 2 O E X () I) U S. 5 ? O look from thine exalted Throne, And hear our panting Cattle moan ; Prone § o'er th' untafled Food they lie, Groan out their Agonies, anel die. 5 What have thefe barmlefs Creatures d To draw this fore Chaiiiiement down r 'Tia human Guilt for Vengeance calls, And heavy on the Heids it falls, j. From them to us the Stroke might pafs, And mow down Thoufands of our Race; Till Defoliation reign'd around, Our Cities void, untilTd our Ground. 5 Prevent the Ruin by thy Grace, And melt our Hearts to feek thy Face : Blefi Fruit of thy correcting Rod To lofe our Beads, and find our God. § Stretched out on the Ground. VI. Ifrael and Amalek. Exodus xvii. ir. For a Fa/i-Day. i /\UR Banner is th' Eternal God, V^/ Nor will w 7 e yield to Fear ; Amidft ten thoufand fierce Aflaults, His mighty Aid is near. To him the Hands of Faith wc ftretch, And plead experiene'd Grace ; To him the Voice of Pray'r we raife, Nor will he hide his Face. 3 No more, proud Amalek, thy Bor.fr, •' God's Arm is feeble grown:" B 3 His 6 EXODUS. His Sword fhall lop offevYy Hand, That dares infult his Throne. 4 Awake, tremendous Judge, awake, Our Nation's Caufe to plead ; Nor let thine IfraeW Foes, and thine, By Wickednefs fucceed. 5 Our fainting Hand?, how foon they droop ! But Thou the weak canft raife; And in the Mount of Pray'r canft leave An Altar to thy Praife. VII. Agairjl fo! hiving a Multitude to do Evil. Exodus xxiii. 2-. i T ORD, when Iniquities abounds \ j And growing Crimes appear j We view the Deluge riHng round With Sorrow, and with Fear. 2 Yet when its Waves moft fiercely beat, And fpread Deftruftion wide, Thy Spirit can a Standard raife To ftein % the roaring Tide. 3 May thy triumphant Arm awake Thy facred Caufe to plead ; And let the Multitude confefs, That thou art God indeed. 4 Their Hearts fhall in a Moment turn, Like Water, by thy Hand; One Word fha!l bow their ftubborn Necks To own thy high Command. \ retrain. 5 Our EXODUS. 7 5 Our feeble Souls at Ieafl fupport, And there thy Pow'r difplay ; Then Multitudes (hall drive in vain To draw us from thy Way. VIII. Christ's Interceffion typified by Aaron's Breajlplate. Exodus xxviii. 29. 1 *\TOW let our chcarful Eves furvey X^i Our great High Prieit above, And celebrate his conitan" Care, And fympathetic Love. 2 Tho' rais'd to a fupcrior Throne, Where Angels bow around, And high o'er all the fhining Train With match!efs Honours crown'd; 3 The Names of all his Saints he bears Deep graven on his Heart; Nor (hall the meanefl Chriftian fay, That he hath loft his Part. 4 Thofe Characters (hall fair abide, Our everlafting Truft, When Gems, and Monuments, and Crowns Are moulder'd down to Duft. 5 So, Gracious Saviour, on my Breaft May thy dear Name be worn, A facred Ornament and Guard, To endlefs Ages borne. IX. Who is on the Lord's Side? Exod.xxxii. 26. AT Bofom mov'd with pious Zeal Doth for its God's Difhonour feci } B 4 What ! W1 6 - 8 EXODUS. What Heart with gen'rous Ardor glows To plead his Caufe sgainft his Foes ? 2 Great God, what Bofom can be cold? What Coward mud not here grow bold ? While Honour, Int'reiT, Truth, and Love Concur our inmofl Souls to move? 3 Around thy Standard, Lord, we prefs, Thine iujur'd Honour to redrefs, And with determin'd Voice demand The Signal of thy conqu'ring Hand. I 4 Thou fhaltthefe facred Weapons blefs, ^ And lead thro' War to endlefs Peace ; Not Death itfelf our Soulf (hall dread, i For thy own Arm (hall raife the Dead. X. G D' s Preface definable. Exodus xxxiii. 15. J 1 IMMENSE, Eternal God! X How marvellous thy Name ! Thy Prefence all abroad Pervades % all Nature's Frame; Heav'n, Earth, and Air, And the dark Cell, Where Devils dwell In long Defpair. 2 Yet thou haft chofen Ways To make thy Prefence known, To Fav'rites of thy Grace, To upright Souls alone : \ penetrates thro' or fills* This EXODUS. 9 This Glory, Lord, My Soul would fee, This Grace to me, My God, afford. $ If Thou thy Luftre veil The Charms of Nature fade; All wither'd, weak, and pale, They bow their languid Head : My Father, mine; For Thou canfi: give The Dead to live By Beams divine. Ev'n Edeffs blifsful Lands d in thine Ablence mourn: But Thou wild Afrk\ J Sands To Paradife canft turn. If God be there The Gloom is bright : But Noon is Nighf, Till Thou appear. 5 Come, for my Spirit glow^ With infinite Defire ! Strong Love impatient grows And lets my Heart on Fire. My Father, come j That Prefence give, On which I live; Or call me home. it Africa, a F~rt of the Earth itfl B 5 io EXODUS. XT. Mofes' View cf the divine Glory. Exodus xxxiii. i 8. i ITHTH humble Pleafure, Lord, we trace V V The ancient Records of thy Grace -, And our own Confutation draw, From what thy Servant Mofes faw. 2 May we behold thy Glory fhine With gentle Beams of Love divine; And hear thy fecret Voice proclaim Tne various Wonders of thy Name^ 3 If feeble Nature faint t' endure A Voice fo fweet, a Ray fo pure ; Its Diffolution would delight, While Death would wear a Form fo bright, 4 Death fhall unveil that World above, Where the dear Children of thy Love, Attempcr'd * all to heav'nly Day, Bear, and reflect th' immediate Ray. * fitted and enabled to bear. XII. The Proclamation of GO Us Name to Mofes, or, divine Mercy and Jujlice. Exodus xxxiv. 6 — 8. j \ TTEND, my Soul, the Voice divine. J7X And mark what beaming Glories fhine Around thy condefcending God ! To us, to us, he ftill proclaims His awful, his endearing Names: Attend, and found them all abroad. 2 « J* NUMBERS. ii " Jehovah I, the fov'reign Lord, " The mighty God, by Heav'n ador'd, " Down to the Earth my Footfleps bend : " My Heart the tend'reft Pky knows, " Goodnefs full-itreaming wide o'erflows, u And Grace and Truth (hall never end. 11 My Patience long can Crimes endure: u My pard'ning Love is ever Aire, M When penitential Sorrow mourns ; c< To Millions, thro' unnumber'd Years, M N.ew Hope and new Delight it bears ; " Yet Wrath againfl the Sinner burn-/' Make hafte, my Soul, the Villon meet, All-proftrate at thy Sov'reign's Feet, And drink the tuneful Accents in ; Speak on, my Lord, repeat the Voice; DifFufe thefe Heart-expanding Joys, Till Heav'n compleat the raptTOtis Scene. XIII. The GOD ef Spirits fought to fitppty Vacancies in the Congregations of bit r\ Numbers xxvii. 15 — 17. 1 TT^ AT HER of Spirits, from thy Hand JT O ur Souls immortal came ; And ftill thine Energy J divine Supports rii' etheieal § Flame. 2 By Thee our Spirits all are known ; And each remoteft Thought Lies wide expanded to his Eye, By whom their Powr's were wrought. X FWet § Hca- B 6 ia DEUTERONOMY. 3 To Thee, when mortal Comforts fail, Thy Flock deferted flies ; And, on th' eternal Shepherd's Care, Our chearful Hope relies. 4 When o'er thy faithful Servants Dufr, Thy dear Afiemblies mourn, In fpeedy Tokens of thy Grace, O IjraeYs God, return. 5 The Powers of Nature all are Thine, And Thine the Aids of Grace ; Thine Arm has borne thy Churches up Thro' evVy rifing Race. 6 Exert thy facred Influence here, And here thy Suppliants blefs, And change, to Strains of chearful Praifc, Their Accents of Diftrefs. 7 With faithful Heart, with fkilful Hand, May this thy Flock be fed ; And with a Heady growing Pace To Z ion's Mountain led. XIV. The Lord's People bis Portion. Deuteroi . xxxii. 9. 1 QOV REIGN of Nature, all is Thine, ^ The Air, the Earth, the Sea: By Thee the Orbs celeftial % fhme, And Cherubs live by Thee. 2 Rich in thy own Effential Store, Thou cairft forth Worlds at Will : X The heavenly Bodies. T DEUTERONOMY, i^ Ten thoufand, and ten thoufand more Would hear thy Summons {till. 3 What Treafure wilt Thou then confefs ? And thy own Portion call ? What by peculiar Right pofTefs, imperial Lord of all ? 4 Thine Ifrael Thou wilt ftoop to claim, Wilt mark them out for Thine: Ten thoufand Praifes to thy Name For Goodnefs io divine ! 5 That I am Thine, my Soul would boaft, And boaft its Claim to Thee; Nor (hall God's Property be loft, Nor God be torn from me. XV. The Eternal G OD bis Pole's Refuge, am Support. Deut. xxxiii. 27. 1 IT) EH OLD the great Eternal God, jf) Spreads everlalting Arms abroad, And calls our Souls to fhelter there. Wonders of mingled Pow'r and Grace To all his Ifrael he difplays, Guarded from Danger, and from Fear. 2 Thither my feeble Soul {hall fly, When Terrors preis, and Death is nigh, And there will I delight to dwell : Or 14 DEUTERONOMY. On that high Tow'r I rear my Head Serene, nor knows my Heart to dread, Amidft furrounding Hods of Hell. 3 The Shadow of th' Almighty's Wings Compofure unmolefted brings, While threatening Horrors round me croud } In vain the Storms of rattling Hail The Walls of this Retreat affail, And the wild Tempeft roars aloud. 4 In louder Strains my fearlefs Tongue Shall warble its victorious Song, My Father's Graces to proclaim ; He bears his Infant- Offspring on To Glory radiant as his Throne, And Joys eternal as his Name. XVI. The Happinefs of GOD's Ifrael. Deut. xxxiii. 29. 1 /~\ Ifrae\ bleft beyond Compare ! V^ Unrival'd all thy Glories are : Jehovah deigns § to fill thy Throne, And calls thine Intereft all his own, 2 He is thy Saviour ; He thy Lord ; f His Shield is thine ; and thine his Sword : Review in Extacy of Thought The grand Redemption he has wrought. 3 From Satan's Yoke he fets thee free, Opens thy PafTage thro* the Sea ; He thro' the Defart is thy Guide, And Heav'n for Canaan will provide. § condescends, 4 Not J o S H U A. 4 Not Jacob's Sons of old could boaft Such Favours to their chofen Hoft ; Their Glories, which thro' Ages fhine, Are but dim Shades, and Types of thine. 5 Celeflial Spirit, teach our Tongue Sublimer Strains than Mo/is fung, Proportion'd to the fwceter Name Of God the Saviour, and the Lamb. XVII. Support t in the gracious Prcfcnce of GOL under the Lofs of Minifters, and other ufefu Friends. Jofhua i. 2, 4, 5. 1 "^T O W let our mourning Hearts revive, JlXI And all our Tears be dry. Why fhould thofe Eyes be drovvn'd in Grief, Which view a Saviour nigh ? 2 What tho' the Arm of conqu'ring Death Does God's own Houfe invade ? What tho' the Prophet, and the Pricft Be number'd with the Dead ? 3 Tho' earthly Shepherds dwell in Daft, The Aged, and the Young, The watchful Eye in Darknefs clos'd, And muteth' inftru&ive Tongue j 4 Th' eternal Shepherd (till furvives New Comfort to impart ; His Eye ftill guides us, and his Voice Still animates our Heart. 5 " Lo, 6 JUDGES. " Lo, I am with you/' faith the Lord, " My Church fhall fafe abide ; cc For I will ne'er forfake my own, " Whofe Souls in me confide." 6 Thro' ev'ry Scene of Life and Death, This Promife is our Truft; And this fhall be our Children's Song, When we are cold in Dull. XVIII. GOD infenfibly withdrawn. Judges xvi. -20. i A Prefent God is all our Strength, jf"\ And all our Joy and Hope ; When he withdraws, our Comforts die, And ev'ry Grace mult droop, j : 2 But flatt'ring Trifles charm our Hearts To court their falfe Embrace, Till juftly this neglected Friend 1 Averts his angry Face. 3 He leaves u?, and we mifs him not; But go prefumptuous on, Till baffled, wounded, and enflav'd, We learn, that God is gone. 4 And what, my Soul, can then remain One Ray of Light to give ? Sever'd from him, their better Life, How can his Children live ? 5 Hence, all ye painted Fo:ms of Joy, And leave my Heart to mourn : I would ! \ J. S A M U E L. 17 I would devote thefe Eyes to Tears, Till chear'd by his Return. 6 Look back, my Lord, and own the Place, Where once thy Temple Hood ; For Jo, its Ruins bear the Mark Or rich atoning Blood. Ebekezer; or, GOD' s helping Hand rtr amf acknowledged. 1 Sam. vii. 12. For New Tear's Day.. il\/[Y Helper God! I blefs his Name: J. VI The fame his PowV, his Grace the The Tokens of hi- [faine, Open, and crown, and ciofe the Year. ten thoufand Dangers fund, pdrted by his Guardian-Hand; And fee, when I fiirvey my Ways Ten thoufand Monuments of Praife. ,3 Thus far his Arm hath led me on; Thus far I make his Mercy known ; And, while I tread this defart Land, New Mercies (hall new Songs demand. \ My grateful Soul, on Jordan s Shore, Shall raife one facred Pillar more: Then bear, in his bright Courts above, Infcriptlons of immortal Love. KX. The Saipt encouraging hhvfelf in the Lord + Lis GOD. 1 Sam. xxx. -6. j EHOVAH, 'tis a glorious Name, Stil! pregnant with Delight ; It *i8 II. SAMUEL. It fcatters round a chearful Beam, To gild the darkeft Night. 2 What tho' our mortal Comforts fade, And drop like withering Flowers? Nor Time nor Death can break that Band, Which makes Jehovah ours. 3 My Cares, I give you to the Wind, And fhake you off like Duft; Well may I truff my All with him, I With whom my Soul I truft. XXI. Support in GOD 9 s Covenant under dome/- tick Troubles. 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 1 TVyl'Y God, the Covenant of thy Love JJVil Abides for ever fure, And in its matchkfs Grace I feel My Happinefs fecure. 2 What tho' my Houfe be not with Thee, As Nature could deiire? To nobler Joys, than Nature gives, Thy Servants all afpire. 3 Since Thou, the everlafting God, My Father art become ; Jefus my Guardian, and my Friend^ And Heav'n my final Home ; 4 I welcome all thy fov'reign Will $ For all that Will is Love: And II. S A MUEL. 19 And, when I know not what Thou dod, I wait the Light above. 5 Thy Cov'nant in the darked Gloom Shall heav'nly Rays impart, Which, when my Eye- lids clofe in Death, Shall warm my chilling Heart. XXII. Support in GOD's Covenant in the near Views of Death* 2 Sam. xxiii. l. and 5. compared. 5 nr> IS Mine, the Cov'nant of his Grace, JL And cv'ry Promife mine ! All fprungfrom cverlafting Love, And feal'd by Blood divine. 2 On my unworthy favour'd Head Its Bleftings all unite ; Bleffings more num'rous than the Stars, More lading, and more bright. 3 Death, thou mayft tear this Rag of Flefb, And fink my fainting Head, And lay my Ruins in the Grave, Among my Kindred-Dead: \ But Death and Hell in vain fhall drive To break that facred Red, Which God's expiring Children feel, While leaning on his Bread. 5 TrT enlarged Soul thou canft not reach, Nor rend from Chri/i away ; Tho' o'er my mouldering Dud thou boail The Triumphs of a Day. 6 The 2o II. C II R O N I C L E S. 6 The Night is paft, my Morning dawns; My Cov'nant-GoD defcends, And wakes that Duft to join my Soul Jn Blifs that never ends. 7 That CovYiant the laft Accent claims Of this poor falt'ring Tongue ; And that {hall the firft Notes employ Of my celeftial Song. ' XXIII. Rejoicing in our Covenant -Engagements to GOD. 2 Chron. xv, 15. I 1 f^\ Happy Day, that fix'd my Choice On Th:e, my Saviour, and my God ! Well may this glowing Heart rejoice, And teil its Raptures all abroad. 2 O happy Bond, that feals my Vows To him, who merits all my Love ! Letchcarful Anthems || fill his Houfe, While to that facred Shrine § 1 move. 3*'Tis done ; the great Tranfacl ion's done : I am my Lord's, and he is mine : He drew me, and I follow'd on, Charm'd to confefs the Voice divine. 4 Now reft my long- divided Heart, Fix'd on this blifsful Center reft ; With Afhes who would grudge to part, When call'd'on Angels Bread to feaft? 5 High Heav'n, that heard the folemn Vow, That Vow renew'd fliall daily hear; || Hymns of Praifc. § Altar or Place of Wor/hip. Ti E Z R A. 21 Till in Life's Ut< ft Hour I i h a Bond fu dear. XIV. GOD up the Spirit cf C \ i. I. co?,> '.parcel with Ifaiah \lv. i — 4. TH' Eurn.il God ! his Name how great : How deep his Counfels ! how compleat ! The Hearts of Kings his Pow'r can fway ; His Word unconfeious J they obey. Summon'd of old in diftant Days To ih\c his Schemes, and fhew hisPraife, . illuftrious Prince, appears, His People frees, his Temple rears. ] Thro' Legions arm'd he breaks his Way, And tramples Gen'ials down like Clay; The Ba*s of Steel he cuts in twain, And brazen Gates oppofe in vain. |. But to Jehovah's Accents mild The Hero pliant as a Child, the new Cares of Empire by, Till Zion rife, and mine on high. Thus, mighty God, fhall ev'ry Heart, (If Thou thine Influence there exert) Throw its own fondeft Schemes afide, And follow where thy Hand fhall guide. The foremofr Sons of Fame (hall boaft To raife thy Temples from their Duft ; Princes fliall fhout thy Name aloud, And new-born Priefts thine Altars croud. thoOt intending it, Ij'u x. ?, x.\ 22 JOB. XXV. A Glance from GOD bringing us down to the Solitude of the Grave. Job vii. 8. 1 QOV 'REIGN of Life, before thine Eye, 1^ Lo, mortal Men by Thoufands die ! One Glance from Thee at once brings down The proudeft Brow, that wears a Crown. 2 Banifh'd at: once from human Sight To the dark Grave's unchanging Night, Imprifon'd in that dufty Bed, We hide our folicary Head. 3 The friendly Band % no more (hall greet, Accents familiar once, and fweet: No more the well-known Features trace, No more renew the fond Embrace. 4 Yet if my Father's faithful Hand Conduit me thro' this gloomy Land, My Soul with Pleafure mall obey, And follow, where he leads the Way. 5 He nobler Friends, than here I leave, In brighter furer Worlds can give ; Or by the Beamings of his Eye A loft Creation well fupply. J Company. XXVI. The Impcjfbility of profpering while Men harden themfelves agahijl GOD. job ix. -4. 1 ripHE Great Jehovah ! who (hall dare jL With him to tempt unequal War I What Heart of Steel (hall dare t'oppofe, •V 3 t .morg his harden'd Foes ? 2 A JOB. 23 At his Command the Lightnings dart, And fwift transfix * the Rebel-Heart : Earth trembles at his Look, and cleaves, And Legions fink in living Graves. Where are the haughty Monarchs now, Who fcorn'd his Word with lowring Brow? Where are the Trophies of their Reigns ? Or where their Ruin's laft Remains ? See Pbtiraob finking in the Tide ! See Babel's Tyrant, mad with Pride, Graze with the Bcafts ! hear Herod roar, While Worms his Deity devour! See from the Tuners of the Skies, Tall Cherubs fink, no more to rife; And trace their Rank on Thrones of Light By heavier Chains, and darker Night ! Great God ! and (hall this Soul of mine Pre fume to challenge Wrath divine? Trembling I feek thy Mercy- Seat, And lay my Weapons at thy Feet. * pierce thio\ XXVII. The great Journey, Job xvi. 22. BEHOLD the Path that Mortals tread Down to the Regions of the Dead ! Nor will the fleeting Moments fray, Nor can we meafure back our Way, Our Kindred and our Friends are gone ; Know, O my Soul, this Doom thy own ; Feeble as theirs my mortal Frame, The fame my Way, my Houfe the fame. 3 From 24 J O B. 3 From vital Air, from chearfu] Light, To the cold Grave's perpetual Night, From Scenes of Duty, Means of Grade* Muft I to God's Tribunal pafs. 4 Important Journey ! Awful View ! How great the Change ! the Scenes how new ! The golden Gates of Heav'n difplay'd, Or Hell's fierce Flames, and gloomy Shade ! 5 Awake, my Soul ; thy Way prepare, And lofe in this each mortal Care; With fteady Feet that Path be trod, Which thro' the Grave conducts to God. 6 J-cfus 9 to Thee my All I truft, And, if Thou call me down to Duft, I know thy Voice, I blefs thy Hand, And die in Smiles at thy Command. 7 What was my Terror, is my Joy ; Thefe Views my brighteft Hopes employ, To go, e'er many Years are o'er. Secure I fhall return no more. XXVI II. TJoe Penitent brought lack from tie L> Pit. Job xxxiii. 27, 28. 4 1 r I AHE Lord from his exalted Throne, X In Majefty array'd, Looks with a melting Pity down On all that feek his Aid. 2 When, touch'd with penitent Remorfe, Our Follies paft we mourn, With what a Tendernefs of Love He meets our firft Return ! 3 From PSAL M S. 3 From Heav'n He font his only Son To ranfom us with Blood, To (hatch us from the burning Pit, Wh:n on its Brink we flood. 4. From Death and Hell He leads us up By a delightful Way; And the bright Beams of endlefs Life Doth round our Path difplay. Great God, we wonder, and adore; And, to exalt fuch Grace, We long to learn the Songs of He.iv'n E'er yet we reach the Place. XXIX. Communing with cur Hearts. Plalm iv. -4. 1 T^ ETURN, my roving Heart, return, XS^ And chafe thefe fhadowy Forms no more ; Seek out fomc Solitude to mourn, And thy forfaken God implore. Wifdom and Pleafure dwell at home; Retir'd and filent feek them there : True Conqucft is ourfelves t'o'ercome, True Strength to break the Tempter's Snare. 3 And Thou, my God, whofe piercing Eye DiftincT: furveys each deep Recefs, In thefe ahirracled Hours draw nigh, And with thy Prefence fill the Place. Thro' all the M of my Heart My Search let heav'nly Wifdom guide, X V. rplexitics. c 26 PSALMS. And (till its radiant Beams impart, Till all be fcarch'd, and purified. 5 Then, with the Vifits of thy Love, Vouchfafe my inmoft Soul to chear; Till ev'ry Grace fhall join to prove, That God hath fix'd his Dwelling there. XXX. G D's Name, the Encouragement of cur Faith. Pfalm ix. io. i QING to the Lord, who loud proclaims ij His various, and his faving Names j O may they not be heard alone, But by our lure Experience known ! 2 Let great Jehovah be ador'd, T1V Eternal, All-fufficient Lord, He thro' the World moft high confefVd, By whom 'twas form'd, and is poflefs'd. 3 Awake our nobleft Pow'rs to blefs The God of Abram, Gob of Peace ; Now by a dearer Title known, Father and God of Chriji his Son. 4 Thro' ev'ry A^e his gracious Ear Is open to his Servants Pray'r ; Nor can one humble Soul complain, That it hath fought its God in vain. 5 What unbelieving Heart fhall dare Jn Whifpers to fuggeft a Fear, While frill He owns his ancient Name ? The fame his Pow'r, his Love the fame r 6 To PSAL M S. 2% 6 To Thee our Souls in Faith arife, To Thee we lift expecting Eyes ; And boldly thro' the Defart tread, For God will guards where God (hall lead. XXX f. Triumph in GOD's Pr:tcttim. Pialiil xviii. 2. L EG IONS of Foes befet me round, Yet in Jehovah's Aid I trufr, [Ground And in his Pow'r fuperior boaft. 2 My Buckler He ; His Shield is fpread To cover this defencelefs Head : Now let the fiercelt Foes aflail, Their Darts I count as rattling Hail. 3 He is my Rock, and He mv TowY ; The Bale * how firm ! the Walls Low furc ! The Battlements how high they rife ! And hide their Summits § in the Skies. 4 Deliv'rances to God belong ; He is my Strength, and He my So: The Horn of my Salvation He, And all my Foes dilpers'd (hall flee. 5 Thro' the long March my Lips (hall f. My great Protector, and my King, Till Zicns Mount mv Feet afcend, And all my painful Warfare end. 6 Rais'd on the mining Turrets the;?, Thro 1 all the Profp^ct wide and ; "I ^ 1 C 2 ' A 23 PSALMS. A Land of Peace his Hofts furvey, And blefs the Grace, that led the War. XXXII. Support in Death. Pfalm xxiii. 4. a *|3 E H O L D the gloomy Vale, J3 Which thou, my Soul, muft tread, Befet with Terrors fierce and pale, That leads thee to the Dead. I Ye pleafing Scenes, Adieu*, Which I fo long have known : My Friends, a long Farewel to you, For I muft pafs alone. 3 And thou, beloved Clay, Long Partner of my Cares, In this rough Path art torn away With Agony and Tears. I But fee a Ray of Light, With Splendors all divine, Breaks thro' thefe doleful Realms of Night, And makes its Horrors fhine. ; Where Death and Darknefs reigns, Jehovah is my Stay: His Rod my trembling Feet fuftains, His Staff defends my Way. 1 Dear Shepherd, lead me on ; Mv Soul difdains to fear; Death's gloomy Phantoms all are flown, Now Life's great Lord is near. * Farewel, XXXIII. The P S A L M S. 29 XXIII. 7 Man s Pro/pet! for Time and Eternity. Pfaltn xxiii. 6. 1 "mV yfY Sou!, triumphant in the Lord, Jl V X Shall tell its Joys abroad ; And march with holy Vigour on, Supported by its God. 2 Thro' all the winding Maze % of Life, His Hand hath been my Guide, And in that long experienc'd Care My Heart (hall frill confide. His Grace thro' all the Defart flows, An uncxhaufted Stream : That Grace on Zions facred Mount Shall be my endlefs Theme §. 4 Beyond the choiceft Joys of Earth Thefe diftant Courts I love; But O ! I bum with fhong Defire To view thy Houfe above. 5 Mingled with all the mining Band, y Soul would there adore; A Pillar in thy Temple fix'd, , To be rcmov'd no more. J Wildernefs. § Suljccl. XXX IV. The Goo dnefs which GOD has u and laid up for bis People. Plalm xxxi. 19. 1 /\UR Souls with pleafing Wonder view K^y The Bounties of thy Grace ; How much beftow'd ; How much rderv'J For them that feek thy Face ! C 3 2 Thy 3o PSALM S. £ Thy lib'ral Hand with worldly Blifs Oft makes their Cup run o'er - y And in the Covenant of thy Love They find diviner Store. 3 Here Mercy hides their'num'rous Sins; Here Grace their Souls renews ; Here thy own reconciled Face Doth heav'nly Beams diffufe. 4 But O ! what Trcafurcs yet unknown Are lodg'd in Worlds to come ! If thefc th' Enjoyment? of the Way, How happy is their Home.? 5 And what (hall mortal Worms reply r Or how fuch Goodnefs own ? But 'tis our Joy that, Lord, to Thee Thy Servants Hearts are known. 6 Thine Eyes fhall read thofe grateful Thoughts No Language can exprefs : Yet, when our liv'lieft Thanks we pay, Our Debts do moft increafe. 7 Since Time's too fhort, All gracious God, To utter half thy Praife, Loud to the Honour of thy Name Eternal Hymns we'll raife. XXXV. Relijhing the divine Goodnefs. Pfalm xxxiv. 8, 9. j r~jT*Riumphant, Lord, thy Goodnefs reigns j[ Thro' all the wide celcftial Plains ; And its full Streams redundant flow Down to th' Abodes of Men below. 2 Thro' PSALMS. 31 Thro* Nature's Works its Glories fhine: The Cares of Providence are Thine : And Grace erects our ruin'd Frame A fairer Temple to thy Name. O give to ev'ry human Heart To tafte, and feel how p;ood Thou art: With grateful Love, and rev'rend Fear, To know, how bleil thy Children are. Let Nature burft into a Song: Ye ecchoing Hilts, the Notes prolong: Earth Seas and Stars your Anthems raife, All vocal % with your Maker's Praife. 5 Ye Stints, with Joy the Theme purfuc; Itt fweetefl Notes belong to rou ; Chofc by this condefcending King For ever round his Throne to ling. J Souaduif, as if endowed with Speech* XXXVI. GODJapnt to the Sou 1 , that be is it, Salvation. Pfalm xxxv. -3. I QALVATION! O melodious Sound O To wre:ched dying Men f Salvation, that from God proceed*, And lead* to God again ! RcfcuM from Hell'? eternal Gloom, From Fiends * and Fires and Chains ■ Rais'd to a Paradife of Blifc, Where Love and Glory reigns ! 1 Hfl Spirit* c 4 7 But ]2 PSALMS. ; But O ! may a degen'rate Soul, Sinful and weak as mine, Frefume to raife a trembling Eye To Bleffings fo divine? |. The Luftre of fo bright a Blifc My feeble Heart o'erbears ; And Unbelief almoft perverts The Promife into Tears. ; My Saviour-Goo, no Voice but Thine Thefe dying Hopes can raife: Speak thy Salvation to my Soul, And turn its Tears to Praife. i My Saviour-GOD, this broken Voice Tranfported fhall proclaim, And call on all th' Angelick Harps To found fo fvveet a Name. £ A XVII. GOD's Complacency in the Pro/per ity of his Servants. Pfaim xxxv. 27, 1 r n'^HE Lord withPleafure views his Saints, And calls them all his own, And low He bows to their Complaints, And pities ev'ry Groan. > In all the Joys they here poffefs, He takes a tender Part ; And, when they rife to heav'nly Blifs, Complacence fills his Heart. 3 My God, are all my Pleafurcs Thine, .My Comforts thy Delight? O be thy Happinefs divine Moft precious in my Sight. 4 They PSALMS. 33 They moft in all thy Blifs fhall fhare, Whofe Hearts can love Thee mojl ; O could I vie * in Ardor here With all th' Angelic Hoft. deavout to equal. XXXV I IT. The Days of the Upright known to GOD, and their evtrlajiing Inheritance. Pfalm xxxvii. 18. TO Thee, my God, my Days are known; My Soul enjoys the Thought ; Mv Actions all before thy Face, Nor are my Faults forgot. . Breath Devotion vents I to thine Ear ; And all my Walks of daily Life Before thine Eye The vacant Hour, the aclive Scene, Thy Mercy fhall approve; And ev'ry Pang of Sympathy, And ev'ry Care of Love. Each golden Hour of beaming Light Med by thy Rays ; And dark Affliction's Midnight-G;. A prefent God iurveys. 5 Full in thy View thro' Life I p And in thy View I die ; And, when each mortal Bond is brokj Shall find my God is nigh. 3 Strip'd of its little earthly all My Soul in Smiles fhall goj C 5 34 P S A L M S. And in an hcav'nly Heritage Its Father's Bounty know. XXXIX. Our Defire and Groaning before GOD> when proceeding from the great eft Diftrefs. Pfal. xxxviii. 9, 10. 1 "|\ /TY Soul, the awful Hour will come, JL V JL Apace it pafleth on, To bear this Body to the Tomb, And thee to Scenes unknown. 2 My Heart, long labVing with its Woe?, Shall pant and fink away ; And you, my Eye-lids, foon fhall clofe On the laft glim'ring Ray. 3 Whence in that Hour fhall I receive A Cordial for my Pain, When, if Earth's Monarchs were my Friends, Thofe Friends would weep in vain ? 4 Great King of Nature, and of Grace, To Thee my Spirit flies, And opens all its deep Diftrefs Before thy pitying Eyes. 5 All its Defires to Thee are known, And ev'ry fecret Fear, The Meaning of each broken Groan Well-notic'd by thine Ear. 6 O fix me by that mighty Pow'r, Which to fuch Love belongs, Where Darknefs veils the Eye no more, And Groans are chang d to Songs. XL. GOD PSALMS. 35 'XL. COD magnified by tbofe that love his Salva- tion. Pfalm xl. 16. I X^>( O D of Salvation, wc adore \JT Thy faving Love, thy faving Pow'r ; And to our utrnoft Stretch of Thought Hail the Redemption Thou haft wrought. We love the Stroke, that breaks our Chain, The Sword, by which our Sins are (lain : And, while ahas'd in Duft we bow, We fing the Grace, that lays us low. Perifh each Thought of human Pride: Let God alone be magnified : His Glory let the Heav'ns refound Shouted from Earth's remotcit Bound. Saints, who his full Salvation know, Saints, who but taite it here below, Join ev'ry Angel's Voice to raife Contirm'd, never-ending Praife. XLI. The Triumph of Christ in the Caufe cf Truth, MeeknefS) and Righteoufnefs. Pfalm xlv. 3, 4. I T OUD to the Prince of Heav'n | y Your chearful Voices raife -> To him your Vows be giv'n, And fill his Courts with Praife. With confeious Worth All clad in Arms All- bright in Charm c , 11° (allies forth. C 6 2 Gird 36 PSALMS. 2 Gird on thy conqu'ring Sword, Aicend thy fhinino; Car*, And march, Almighty Lord, To wage thy .holy War, Before his Wheels In ghd Surprize, Ye Valleys, rife, And fink, ye Hills. 3 Fair Truth, and fmiling Love, And injur'd Righteoufnefs In thy Rerinue move, And feek from thee Redref? : Thou in their Caufe Shalt profp'rous ride, And far and wide Difpenfe thy Laws. 4 Before thine awful Face Millions of Foes fhall fall, The Captives of thy Grace, That Grace, which conquers all. The World fliall know, Great King of Kings, What wond'rous Things Thine Arm can do. 5 Here to my willing Soul Bend thy triumphant Way ; Here ev'ry Foe controul, And all thy Pow'r difplay. My Heart, thy Throne, Bled Jefus, fee Bows low to Thee, To Thee alone. • Chariot. XLII. PSALMS. 37 XLU. Shiictnefs under AfjliElion^ a proper Acknow- . kdgmcnt of GOD. Pfilm xlvi. 10-.. i T)EACE, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's Hand, JL That blafts our Joys in Death ; Changes the Vifa^e once fo dear, And gathers back our Breath. 2 'Tis He, the Potentate fupreme Of all the Worlds above, Whofe fteady Counfels wifely rule, Nor from their Purpofe move. 3 'Tis He, whofe JufHce might demand Our Souls a Sacrifice ; Yet fcatters with unwearied Hand A thoufand rich Supplies. 4 Our Cov'nant-GoD and Father He In Cbrijl our bleeding Lord ; Whofe Grace can heal the burfting Heart With one reviving Word. 5 Fair Garlands of immortal Blifs He weaves for ev'ry Brow; And fhall tumultuous Paflions rife, If he correct us now ? 6 Silent I own Jehovah's Name; I kifs thy fcourging Hand ; And yield my Comforts, arid my Life To thy fupreme Command. XLIII. the 38 PSALMS. •XLIIL The Tear crowned with the divine Good- 7iefs. Pfalm lxv. 1 1*. For New -Tear's Day. 1 "INTERNAL Source of ev'ry Joy ! Pv Well may thy Praife our Lips employ, While in thy Temple we appear, Whofe Goodnefs crowns the circling Year. 2 Wide as the Wheels of Nature roll, Thy Hand fupports the fteady Pole : The Sun is taught by Thee to rife, And Darknefs when to veil the Skies. 3 TheflowVy Spring at thy Command Embalms the Air, and paints the Land j The Summer-Rays with Vigour fhine To raife the Corn, and chear the Vine. 4 Thy Hand in Autumn lichly pours Thro' all our Coafts redundant Stores ; And Winters, foften'd by thy Care, No more a Face of Horror wear. 5 Seafons, and Months, and Weeks, and Days Demand fucceffive Songs of Praife; Still be the chearful Homage paid With op'nmg Light, and Ev'ning-Shade. 6 Here in thy Houfe (hall Incenfe rife, As circling Sabbaths blefs our Eyes ; Still will we make thy Mercies known, Around thy Board, and round our own. 7 O 1 PSALMS. 39 O may our more harmonious Tongues In Worlds unknown purfue the Songs ; And in thofe brighter Courts adore, Where Days and Years revolve no more. XLIV. Rebels againjl the fupreme Sovereign admo- nijbed. Pfalm Ixvi. 7. r t I AHE Lord of Glory reigns fupremely great, JL And o'er Heav'ns Arches builds his royal [Seat, Thro' Worlds unknown his fov'reign Sway [extends, Nor Space nor Time his boundlefs Empire ends. His Eye beholds th' Affairs of ev'ry Nation, And reads each Thought through his immenfe [Creation. 2 Lightnings, and Storms hismighty Word obev, And planets roll, where he has mark'd their way: Unnumber'd Cherubs veil'd before Him ftand, At his firft Signal all their Wings expand ; His Praife gives Harmony to all their Voices, And ev'ry Heart thro' the full Choir % rejoices. 3 Rebellious Mortals, ceafe your Tumults vain, Nor longer fuch unequal War maintain : Let Clay with Fellow-Clay in Combat ftrive, Rut dread to brave the PowV, by which you live: With contrite Hearts fall proftrate & adore him, For, if he frowns, ye perifh all before him. X Company of Singers, XLV. GOD 40 PSA L M S, XLV. GOD the Happinefs of his Pco$h, and their Support in the extre?neji Dijirefu Pfalm Ixxiii. 25, 26. 1 TV /TY God, whofe all-pervading * Eye J.V A Views Earth beneath, and Heav'n above, Witnefs, if here, or there Thou feeft An Object of mine equal Love. 2 Not the gay Scenes, where mortal Men Purfue their Blifs, and find their Woe, Detain my rifing Heart, which fprings The nobler Joys of Heav'n to know. 3 Not all the faireft: Sons of Light, That lead the Army round thy Throne, Can bound its Flight; it preffeth on. And feeks its Reft in God alone. 4 Fix'd near th' immortal Source of Blifs, Dauntlefs and joyous it furveys Each Form of Horror and Diftrefs, That Earth, combin'd with He!!, can raife. 5 This feeble Flem fhall faint, and die; This Heart renew its Pulfe no more ; Ev*n now it views the Momeut nigh, When Life's laft Movements all are o ; er. 6 But come, thou vanquiflrd King of Dread, With thy own Hand thy Pow'r deftroy ; 'Tis thine to bear my Soul to God> My Portion, and eternal Joy. * All-feeing. XLVI. The PSALMS. 41 XLVI. Tlie Rage of Enemies reflraincd, and ruled to the divine Glory. Pfahn Ixxvi. ro. rg for the SuppreJJim of the Rebellion. 1746. I /% CCEPT, Great God, thy Britain s Songs jL \ While grateful Joy unites our Tongues lo own the Work, thy Hand hath done: Thy Hand hath crufh'd our cruel Fees, When in rebellious Troops they rofe, And fwbre to tread our Glory down. With Hell confed'rate on their ; nd Prince their Rage defied, in proud Mope devour'd us all: Thy Hand its Banner hath difplay'd, Hero to our Aid, And in one Duy their Legions fall. i (bait Thou ftill maintain thy Throne, And prove, that Thou art God alone, Tho' Earth and Hell new Efforts I ft all the Tumult they ctm raife, Envenom'd Wrath exalts thy Praife, Till hufh'd at thy Rebuke it die. So fwell the Surges * of the Sea, And roar in their impetuous Way, As they would deluge Earth again : So ftrike they on th' unfhaken Rock, Dafn'd by the Fiercenefs of their Shock, And foam to feel their Fury vain. ■ ■' XLVII. COD 42 PSALMS. XLVII. GOD furnljhing a Table in theW'tlder- tuft* Pfalm Jxxviii. 19, 20. 1 T> A RENT of univerfal Good, JL We own thy bounteous Hand, Which does fo rich a Table fpread, Ev'n in this defart Land. 2 Struck by thy Pow'r the flinty Rocks In gufliing Torrents flow; The feather'd WandYers of the Air Thy guiding InftinS know. 3 The pregnant Clouds at thy Command Rain down delicious Bread ; And by light Drops of pearly Dew Are num'rous Armies fed. 4 Supported thus, thine Ifrael march'd The promis'd Land to gain : And (hall thy Children now begin To feek their God in vain ? 5 Are all thy Stores exbaufted now ? Or does thy Mercy fail ? That Faith fhould languifh in our Breads, And anxious Cares prevail ? 6 Ye bafe unworthy Fears, be gone, And wide difperfe in Air; Then may I feel my Father's Rod, When I fufpect his Care. XLVIII. GOL PSALMS. 43 LVIII. GOD /peaking Peace to his P topic. Pfalm lxxxv. 8. UNITE, my roving Thoughts, unite In Silence (oft and fweet : And thou, my Soul, fit gently down At thy great Sovereign's Feet. Jehovah's awful Voice is heard, Yet gladly 1 attend ; For lo ! the evertafting God Proclaims himfclf my Friend. Harmonious Accents to my Soul The Sounds of Peace convey ; The Temped: at his Word fubfides And Winds, and Seas obey. By all irs Joys, I charge my Heart, To grieve his Love no more ; But, charm'd by Mt-lody divine, To give its Follies o'er. £LIX. The Church, the Birth Place o/ the Saints, and GO jy$ Care of it* Palm lxxxvii. 5. On opening a ncuu Place 0/ Wcr/ip* AND will the great Eternal God On Earth eirablifh his Abode? And will He from hii radiant Throne Avow our Temples for his own ? We bring the Tribute of our Praife, And fing that condefcending Grace, Which 44 PSALM S. Which to our Notes will lend an Ear, And call us finful Mortals near. 3 Our Father's watchful Care w T e blefs, Which guards our Synagogues in Peace, That no tumultuous Foes invade, To fill our Worshippers with Dread. 4 Thefc Walls wc to thy Honour raife ; Long may they eccho with thy Praife \ And Thou descending fill the Place With choiceft Tokens of thy Grace. 5 Here let the grea: Redeemer reign With all the Graces of his Train ; While Pow'r divine his Word attends To conquer Foes, and chear his Friends, 6 And in the great decifive Dsy, When God the Nations {hall furvey, May it before the World appear, That Crouds were born to Glory here. L. The Gofpel-Jubilec. Pfalm Ixxxix. 1 5. com pared zvitb Lerit. xxv. and Ifaiah lxi. 2. 1 T OUD let the tuneful Trumpet found, JL/ And fpread the joyful Tidings round; Let ev'ry Soul with Transport hear, And hail the Lord's accented Year. 2 Ye Debtors, whom he gives to know, That you ten thoufand Talents owe, When humbled at his Feet ye fall, Your gracious Lord forgives them all. 3 Slav< P S A L M S. 45 ei, that have borne the heavy Chain Of Sin and Hell's tyrannic Reign, To Liberty after t your Claim, And urge the great Redeemer's Name. The rich Inheritance you loll, Reftor'd, improv'd, you now may boaft; Fair Salem your Arrival waits, To golden Streets, and pearly Gates. Her bleft Inhabitants no more Bondage and Poverty deplore : No Debt, but Love immenfely great, Whofe Joy ftill rifes with the Debt. O happy Souls that know the Sound ! God's Light fhall all their Steps liirround ; And fhew that Jubilee begun, Which thro' eternal Years fhall run. L GOD the Dwelling-Place of bis People thro' a \l Generations. Pfalm xc. I. THOU, Lord, thro' ev'ry changing Scene Haft to thy Saints a Refuge been: Thro' ev'ry Age, Eternal God, Their pleafing Home, their fafe Abode. In Thee our Fathers fought their Reft; In Thee our Fathers ftill are bleft; And, while the Tomb confines their Duff, In Thee their Souls abide, and truft. Lo, we are ris'n, a feeble Race, A- while to fill our Fathers Place; Our helplefs State with Pity view, And let us (hare their Refuge too. 4- Thro' 46 PSALMS, 4 Thro' all the thorny Paths we trace In this uncertain Wildernefs, When Friends defert, and Foes invade, Revive our Heart, and guard our Head. 5 So when this Pilgrimage is o'er, And we muft dwell in Flefli no more, To Thee our fep'rate Souls (hall come, And find in Thee a furer Home. 6 To Thee our Infant* Race we leave ; Them may their Fathers God receive; That Voices yet unform'd may raife Succeeding Hymns of humble Praife. LII. Refections on our TVaJle of Tears. Pfal. xc. For New- Tears Day. EMARK, my Soul, the narrow Bour Of the revolving Year ! How fwift the Weeks compleat their Round How fhort the Months appear ! 2 So faft Eternity comes on, And that important Day, When all, that mortal Life has done, God's Judgment (hall furvey. 3 Yet like an idle Tale we pafs The fwift- advancing Year; And ftudy artful Ways t' increafe The Speed of its Career. 4 Waken, O God, my trifling Heart Its great Concern to fee; That I may act the Chiiftian Part, And Rive the Year to Thee. P S A L M S. 47 5 So (hall their Courfe more grateful roll, If future Years anfe; Or this ihall bear my fmiling Soul To Joy, thai never dies. LIU. Joy and Profpcrity frcm the Pre fence and Biffing of GOD. Pfaimxc. 17. 1 O HI NE on our Souls, Eternal God, ^ With Rays of Beauty, fhinc: O let thy Favour crown our Day.-, And all their Round be thine. 2 Did we not raife our Hands to Thee, Our Hands might toil in vain ; Small Joy Succefs it/elf could give, If Thou thy Love ie.lrain. 3 With Thee let ev'ry Week begin, With Thee each Day be fpenr, For Thee each fleeting Hour improved, Since each by Thee is lent. 4 Thus chear us thro' this defart Road, Till all our Labours ceafe ; And Heav n refrefh our weary Souls With everlafting Peace. LIV. The Mutability of the Crcatio:, and the Im- mutability of GOD. Pfalm cii. 25—28. 1 jf~^ Pv E A T Former of this various Frame, \J' Our Souls adore thine awful Name; And bow and tremble, while they prajfe rhe Ancient of eternal Days. 1 Tl 4.8 PSALMS. 2 Thou, Lord, with unfurpriz'd Survey Saw'ft Nature rifing Yefterday ; And, as To-morrow, fliall thine Eye See Earth and Stars in Ruin lie. 3 Beyond an Angel's Vifion bright, Thou dwel'ft in felf-exiftent Light ; Which fhines with undiminifh'd Ray, While Suns and Worlds in Smoke decay, 4 Our Days a tranfient Period run, And change with ev'ry circling Sun; And in the firmed State we boaft A Moth can crufh us into Duft. 5 But let the Creatures fall around : Let Death confign us to the Ground : Let the laft gen'ral Flame arife, And melt the Arches of the Skies : 6 Calm as the Summer's Ocean, we Can all the Wreck * of Nature fee, While Grace fecures us an Abode, Undiaken as the Throne of God. * Deftrudtion. LV. The Frailty of human Nature^ and GOD's gracious Regard to it, Pfalm ciii. 14. 1 "T ORD, we adore thy wond'rous Name, \^j And make that Name ourtfruft, Which rais'd at firft this curious Frame, From mean and lifelefs Duft. 2 By Duft fupported, ftill it ftands, Wrought up to various Forms, Prepar'd by thy creating Hands To nourifh mortal Worms. 3 A PSALMS. 49 A-while thefe frail Machines endure, The Fabrick of a Day ; Then know their vital Pow'rs no more, But moulder back to Clay* Yet, Lord, whatever is felt or fear'd, This Thought is our Repofe, That He, by whom this Frame was rear'd, Its various Wcaknefs knows. Thou view'ft us with a pitying Eve, While tfrugling with our Load ; In Pains and Dangers Thou art nigh, Our Father, and our God. Gently fupported by thy Love, We tend to Realms of Peace ; Where ev'ry Pain fhall far remove. And ev'ry Frailty ceafe. .VI. GOD adored fir bis Gosdncfu and hu dtrful JVorks to the Children if AL ,, Pj cvii. 31. YE Sons of Men, with Joy record The various Wonders of the Lord ; And let his Pow'r and Goodne's found Thro' all your Tribes the Earth around. Let the high Heav'ns your Songs invite, Thofe fpacious Fields of brilliant Light ; Where Sun, and Moon, and Planets roll, And Stars, that glow from Pole to Pole. Sing Earth in verdant Robe; array M, Its Herbs and FIowVs, its Fruit and SI D ft 50 PSALMS. Peopled with Life of various Forms, Fifhes and Fowl, and Beads and Worms. 4 View the broad Sea's majeftick Plains, And think how wide its Maker reigns ; That Band remoteft Nations joins, And on each Wave his Goodnefs fhines. 5 But O ! that brighter World above, Where lives and reigns incarnate Love ! God's only Son in Flefh arrny'd, For Man a bleeding Victim * made. 6 Thither, my Soul, with Rapture foar; There in the Land of Praife adore ; This Theme demands an Angel's Lay §, Demands an undeclining Day. * Sacrifice. § Song. L V 1 1. The holy Soul retut ning to its Re/l in a grate- , fid Senfe of divine Bounties. Pfalm cxvi. 7. 1 F) E TURN, my Soul, and feek thy Reft XV Upon thy heav'nly Father's Breaft: Indulge me, Lord, in that Rcpofe, The Soul which loves thee only knows. 2 Lodg'd in thine Arms I fear no more The Tempeft's Howl, the Billows Roar : Thofe Storms mufl ihake the Almighty's Scat, Which violate the Saints Retreat. 3 Thy Bounties, Lord, to me furmount The Pow'r of Language to recount ; From Morning-Dawn, the fetting Sun Sees but my Work of Praife begun. 4 T*he I PSALMS. 5 r I j. H^lie Mercies, nil my Moments bring, Afk an Eternity to fin What Thanks thofe Mercies can fuffice, Which thro' Eternity (hall rife? 5 Rich in ten thoufand Gifts pofleGM, In future Hopes more richly blek'd, I'll fit and ling, till Death mall raile A Note of more proportioned Prailc. LVIII. Deliverance celebrated. Pfalm cxvi. 8. I OOK back, my Sou!, with grateful Love \_j On what thy God has done ; Praife him for his unnumber'd Gifts, And praife him for his Son. 2. How oft hath his indulgent Hand My flowing Eye Lids dried, And refcu'd from impend iifg Death, When I in Danger cried ! 3 When on the Bed of Pain I lay, With Sicknefs fore oppre&'d, How oft hath He aflwag'd n And lull'd my Eyes to Refi ! 4 Back from Definition's yawning^rit At his Command I came ; He fed th' expiring Lamp auew, And rais'd its feeble Flame. . broken Spin: He t ir'd, When torn with inward Grief ; And. when Temptations prefe'd fife fort, Hath b;t u n me - 1 U i 6 Mv 52 PSALMS. 6 My Sou! from cyerl ailing Death Is by his Mercy brought, To tell in Z/Ws facred Gates The Wonders He hath wrought* fj Still will I walk before his Face, While He this Life prolongs ; Till Grace fhall all its Work compleat, And teach me heav'nly Songs. ^IX. Deliverance celebrated, and good Refolutiom formed. Pfalm cxvi. 8, 9. 1 y^REAT Source of -Life, our Souls confefs Vj" The various Riches of thy Grace; Crown'd with thy Mercy we rejoice, And in thy Praife exalt our Voice. % By Thee Heav'ns fhining Arch was fpread ; By Thee were Earth's Foundations laid, And all the Charms of Men's Abode Proclaim the wife, the gracious God. 3 Thy tender Hand reftores our Breath, When trembling on the Verge of Death; Gently it wipes away our Tears, And lengthens Life to future Years. 4 Thefe Lives are facred to the Lord ; Kindled by him, by him refWd ; And, while our Hours renew their Race, Still would we walk before his Face. 5 So when by him our Souls are led Thro' unknown Regions of the Dead, With P S A L M S. $1 foy triumphant fliat! they move Scats of nobler Life above. LX. Praife fir Recovery from Sicknefs. Pfalrn V cxviii. 18, 19. 1 QOVREIGNofLife, I own thy Hand j^ ]n cv'ry chafl'ning Stroke; A ntl, while I fmart beneath thy Rod, . ^ I Thy Prefence I invoke. 2 To Thee in my Diftrefs I cried, And Thovi haft bow'd thine Ear ; Thy pow'rful Word my Life prolong'^. And brought Salvation near. 3 Unfold, ye Gates of Righteoufnefs, That, with the pious Throng, I may record my folemn Vows, And tune my grateful Song. 4 Praife to the Lord, whofe gentle Hand Renews our lab' ring fircah : Praife to the Lord, who makes his Saints Triumphant ev'n in Death. 5 My God, in thine appointed Hour Thofe hcav'nly Gates dilplay, Where Pain and Sin, and Fear and Death For ever ilee away. t There, while the Nations of the BIcfsM With Raptures bow around, My Anthems to delivering Grace In fwectcr Strains (hall found. PV3 LX1 R 54 PSALMS. LXI. Regard to Scripture pr effect upon young Per* fens, that they may clcanje their JVoy. Pfalm cxix. g. INDULGENT God, with pitying Eye The Sons of Men furvey, And fee how youthful Sinners fport In a deftructive Way. 2 Ten thoufand Dangers lurk around To bear them to the Tomb ; Each in an Hour may plunge them clown, Where Hope can never come. 3 Reduce, OLoro, their wand'ring Minds, Amws'd with airv Dreams, That h( av'nly Wifdom may difpeli. Their vifionajy Schemes. a With holy Caution may they walk, And be thy Word their Guide ; Til! each, the Defart fafely pafs'd, On Zion\ Hill abide. LXI I. Defies of being quickened by the Word of GOD. Pfalm cxix. 25. WITH Pity, Lord, thy Servant view, As in the Duft I lie, Nor, while I raife my plaintive * Voice, Difdain the broken Cry. 2 Fain would I mount on Eagles Wing?, And view thy lovely Face; * mournful. But PSALMS. S5 But cumb'rous Burdens drag me down From thine ador'd Embrai Thy qiiick*amg Energy diftule ( )'ei all my irimofl Frame ; And animate thefe languid Lips To celebrate thy Name. Thy living Word has Wonders wrought ; Thole Wbriders here renew; And pour fielh Vlgow thro' my Soul, While I rta Glories view, 5 From The., Great ever flowing Spring, Let vital Streams defcend ; Arid chear me to h ajn thofe Song?, Which Death fliali never end. LXIII. Human Ptrfttfion no where to hi J\u>d % Pfahn exix, 96, 1 T}ERFEC7ION ! 'Tis an empty Name, Nor can repay our Cares \ And he, that i'eek^ it here helow, Mutt end the Search with Tears. 2 Great David on his royal Throne, The beauteous, and the ihong, Rich in the Spoils of conquer'd Foes, Amidit the applauding Throng, With all his Mind's capacious Pow'rs, Puifu'd the Shade in vain; Nor heard it his melodious Voice, Or Harp's Angclick Strain. D 4 4 Fx om 56 FSALM b. 4 From publick to domeitick Scenes Th' impatient Monarch turns; The Friend, the Hufband, and the Sire * In fad Succeffion mourns. 5 At length thy Law, Eternal God, He thro' his Tears defcrys §5 And, wrapt amidft thofe facted Folds, He finds the heav'nly Prize. 6 There will I feek Perfection too, Where Davias God is known $ Nor envy, with this Volume Weft, His Trcafures and his Throne. * Father. § difterns. LXIV. Behcldh:? Tranfgreffors with Grief. Pfalm. CXix. 136, 158. 1 A RFSF, my tend'reft Thoughts, arife; J~\_ To Torrents melt my (beaming Eye?; 'And thou, my Heart, with Anguifti feci Thofe Evils, which thou canft not heal. 2 See human Nature funk in Shame ; See Scandals pour'd on "Jefu^ Name \ The Father wounded thro' the Son ; The World ahus'd ; the Soul undone* 3 See the fhort Courfe of vain Delight Clofmg in everlafting Night; ]n Flames, thai: no Abatement know, Tho' briny Tears for ever flow. 4 My God, I feel the mournful Scene; My Bowels yearn o'er dving Men \ And P S A L M S. And fain my Pity would reclaim, And (hatch the Fire-brands from the Fiame. 5 But feeble my Compaffion proves, And can but weep, where moft it loves : Thy own all-faving Arm employ, And turn thcfe Drops of Grief to Joy. LXV. The wandering Sheep recovered. Pfa!m cxix. 176. 1 T ORD, we have wandefd from thy Way ; L/ Like foolifh Sheep, have gone aflray - 9 Our pleafant Paftures we have left, And of their Guard our Souls bereft *. 2 Fxpos'd to Want, expoj>'d to Harm ; Far from our gentle Shepherd's Arm ; Nor will thcfe fata! Wand'rinjjs ceafe, Till Thou reveal the Paths otPeace. 3 O feek thy thoughtlefs Servants, Lord, Nor let us quite forget thy Word ; Our erring Souls do Thou reflore. And keep us, that we ftray no n * deprived. L X V I . The weeping Seed- Time^ ana Platan exxvi. 5, 6. 1 'TT^HE darkened Sky, how thick 'd lours ' i Troubled with Storms, and big with NochcarfulGIeamof Light appears, [She But Nature oours forth aM her Trars. D s 7 Ycc 58 PSALMS. 2 Yet let the Sons of Grace revive ; God bids the Soul, that fceks him, live, And from the gloom iefr Shade of Night Calls forth a Morning of Delight. 3 The Seeds of Extacy unknown Are in thefe vvarerM Furrows fown ; See the green Blades, how thick they rife, And with frefh Verdure blefs our Eyes. '4 In fecret Foldings they contain Unnumber'd Ears of golden Grain ; And Heav'n fhall pour its Beams around, Till the ripe Harvefl: load the Ground. I 5 Then fhall the trembling Mourner come, And find his Sheaves, and bear them home: The Voice long broke wirh Sighs fhall fing, Till Heav'n with HaLtlujabs ring. ILXVII. Thanks to GOD for bit eirr endurirg Gocdhefs, Pfalm exxxvi. i. For Njw Tears Day. HOUSE of mj r God, with chearfu! An- thems ring, While all our Lips and Hearts his Graces fing: The op'ning Year his Graces fhall proclaim, And all its Days be vocal with his Name. I The Lord is good, his Mercy never ending; Hi, Bleffings in perpetual Show'rs descending. 2 The Heav'n of Heav'ns he with his Bounty fills: Ye Serahhs bright on ever blooming H ills & Ills PSALMS. 59 His Honours found; you to whom Good alone, Unmingled, ever-growing, has been known. Thro' your immortal Life, with Love increafing, Proclaim your Maker's Goodnefs never-ceafing. J Thou Earth, enlightncd by his Rays divine, Pregnant with Grafs, & Corn, & Oil, Sc Wine, Crown'd with his Goodnefs, let thy Nations [meet, And lay their Crowns at his paternal Feet : With grateful Love that lib'ral Hand confefling, Which thro' each Heart diffufeth ev'ry Bkiiing. I" ^^ML en ™ c h'd with his diftinguiuYd Grace, IW&k with the Rays of thine EmamieT* Face, Zioftj Jehovah's Portion, and Delight, Grav'n on his Hands, and hourly in his Sight, n facred Strains exalt that Grace excelling, Which makes thy humblcHill his chofen Dwelling. 5 His Mercy never ends; the Dawn, the Shade fee new Bounties thro' ntwScenes dilplav d: Succeeding Ages bkfs this fuse Abo le, And Children lean upon their Fathers God. rhc deathlefs Soul thro' its immenfe Duration from this Source immoital Confutation. b Burlt into Praiie, my Soul ; aers of c.v Soli, Thus ho loui'd, tiii-' C "nploy'd, By thefe great iM tives +Vd, Bo Paiadife on Eart, mi joy "'!, And brighter Hope: nfpir d. Thy People, Lord, we love; Their Goo our Souls embrace; So may we find in Worlds above Among thy Saints a Place. LXXIX. Walking with GOD, or being in bis Fear all the Day long* Proverbs xxiii. -17. 1 rTM-IRICE happy Souls, who born from X Heav'n, While yet they fojourn here, Thus all their Days with God begin, And fpend them in his Fear ! 2 So may our Eyes with holy Zeal Prevent the dawning Day; And turn the facied Pages * o'er, And praife thy Name and pray. Miiift hourly Cares may Love prefent It's Incenie to thy Throne ; And, while the World our Hands employs, Our Hearts be Thine alone. t As fan&ificd to noblefr Ends Be each Rekefhment fought ; • The hc'.v Scriptures. And jo PROVERBS. And by each various Providence Some wife Inftruction brought. 5 When to laborious Duties call'd, Or by Temptations try'd, We'll feek the Shelter of thy Wings, And in thy Strength confide. 6 As different Scenes of Life arife, Our grateful Hearts would be With Thee, amidft the focial Band, In Solitude with Thee. 7 At Night we lean our weary Heads On thy paternal Breaft; And, fafely folded in thine Arms, Refign our Pow'rs to reft. 8 In folid pure Delights, like thefe, Let all my Days be paft ; Nor fhall I then impatient wifib, Nor fhall I fear, the laft. LXXX. The cbjilnate Sinner alarmed. Proverbs xxix. l. 1 "VTOW let the Sons of Belial * hear JJ%| The Thunders of the Lor D ; Unfold their long rebellious Ear, And tremble at his Word. 2 Now let the Iron-Smew bow, And take his eafy Yoke; Left fudden Vengeance lay it low By one refiftlefs Stroke. * Difobediqit rebellious Perfons. ■x ISAIAH. 7 x Tho' yet the great Phyfician wait, And healing Balm be found, One Hour m:;y feal their endlefs Fate, And fix a deadly Wound. Swift may thy Mercy, Lord, arife, E'er Jultice flop their Breath ; And lighten thofe deluded £ ; es, That flecp the Sleep of Death. LXXXI. G D's reafonable Expectations frcm his Vineyard. J fa i ah v. I —7. 1 ^TIHE Vineyard of the Lord, how fair ! JL Planted by his peculiar Care : Behold its Branches fpread, and fill The Borders of his facred Hill. 2 His Eye hath mark'd the chofen Ground ; His mighty Hand hath fene'd it round; His Servants by his Order wait To watch and aid its tender State. But when the Vintage he demands For all the Labour of their Hands, What Clulters doth his Vine produce : The Grapes are wild, and four the Juice. 4 Well might he tear its Fence away, .And K ave it to the Beaits of Prey, Might give it to the Wild again, And charge his Clouds to ccafe their Pviiin. 5 But fpare our Land, our Churches f;are. Thy Vengeance long-provok'd forbear; Let 72 ISAIAH. Let the true Vine its Influence give, And bid our withering Branches live. LXXXII. Ifaiah's Obedience to the btavenly Vifmu Ifaiah vi. 8. i /\UR God afcends his lofty Throne, \^y Array 'd in Majefty unknown; His Luftre all the Temple fills, And fpreads o'er all th' ethereal * Hills, 2 The holy, holy, holy Lord, By all the Seraphim ador'd, And, while they ftand beneath his Seat, They veil their Faces, and their Feet. 3 And can a finfu! Worm endure The Prefence of a God fo pure ? Or thefe polluted Lips proclaim The Honours of fo grand a Name ? 4 O for thine Altar's glowing Coal To touch my Lips, to fire my Soul, To purge the fordid Drofs away, And into Cryftal turn my Clay ! 5 Then, if a Mefienger Thou afk, A LabVer for the hardeft Tafk, Thro' all my Weaknefs and my Fear, Love fliall reply, " Thy Servant's here." 6 Nor fhould my willing Soul complain, Tho' all its Efforts feem'd in vain; It ample Recompence fliall be, But to have wrought, my God, for Thee. * hravtnly, LXXXUI.72* ISAIAH. 7 i LXXXIII. The Stupidity */IfraeI, and of Britain lamented. I fa i ah VI. 9 — 12. For a Fa/l-Day. 1 ORD, when thine Ifrael we furvcy, J j We in their Crimes difcern our own ; And, if Thou turn our Pray'r away, Our Mis'ry muft, like theirs, be known. 2 To us thy Prophets have been fent With Words of Terror and of Love ; But not the Vengeance, nor the Grace Ten thoufand ftubborn Hearts will move. 3 Our Eyes are blind, and deaf our Ears; Our Hearts are harden'd into Stone; As we would bar thy Mercy out, And leave a Way for Wrath alone. 4 Juflly our God might give us up To Plague and Famine and the Sword ; Till Towns and Cities rich and fair Lay defolate without a Lord. 5 O'er bleeding Wounds of flaughtcr'd Friends Rivers of helplefs Grief might flow, Till the fierce Conqu'rors haughty Rage Drag'd us to Chains and Slaughter too. 6 But fpare a Nation long thy own, And (hew new Miracles of Grace; Tis Thine to heal the Deaf and Blind, And wake the Dead to Life and Praife. E LXXXIV. Con* 74 I S A I A II. LXXXIV. Cm federate Nations defied by tl fanttify GOD. Ifafah vii'i. 9 — 14. For a Fajl-Day. 1 /^REAT God of Hofts, attend our Pray'r \JT And make the Britijh I Acs thy Care:' ' To Thee we raife our fuppliant Cries, When angry Nations round us rife. 2 Fain would they tread our Glory down. And in the Duft defile our Crown, Deluge our Houfes with our Blood, And burn the Temples of our God. 3 But, 'midft the Thunder of their Rage, We thy Prote&ion would engage : O raife thy faving Arm on high, And bring renew'd Deliv'rance nigh. 4 May Britain, as one Man, be led To make the Lord her Fear and Dread ; Our Souls no other Fear fhall know, Tho' Earth were leagu'd with Hell below. 5 Give Ear, ye Countries from afar: Ye proud afibciate Nations, hear; While fix'd on him, who rules the Sky, Our Hearts your threatned War defy. 6 Ye People, gird your fejves in vain, Your fcatter'd Force unite again ; Again fhall all that Force be broke, When God with us fhall deal the Stroke. n Now He records our humble Tears, With ardent Vows for future Years, /I ISAIAH. 7; And deftines for approaching Daj 1 Victorious Shouts, and Songs of Praife. 8 Emanuel s Land fhall fafe remain, Bleit with its Saviour's gcirlc Reign ; Till cv'ry hoililc Rumour ceafe In the fair Realms of perfedt Peace. LXXXV. Christ the Steward of G O D\ Family. Kaiah x\ii. 22 — 24. compared u ', Revel, iii. 7. 1 "liriTH what Delight I raifc my 1 V V And view the Courts, where Jejui 'Jcfus, who reigns beyond the Skies, [dwells \ And here below his Grace reveals. 2 Of David's royal Houfe the Key Is borne bv that majeftick Hand ; Manfions and Treatures there I fee Subjected all to his Command. 3 He (huts, and Worlds might ihivc in vain The mighty Ojbftacle to rnoye ; their Bars agaiifa And who fhaii fiiut the Gates of Love ? Fix'd Ln Omnipotence lie bears The Glories of his Father's Name, Suftains his People's weighty Cares, Thro' evVy changing Age the fame. j My little All I there fufpend, Where the whole Weight of Hcav'n is hung: Secure I reft on fuch a Friend, And into Raptures wake my Tongue. E a LXXXYI. TLe\ LXXXVI. The rich Provifion a?id happy Ffcds of the GcfpeL Ifaiah xxv. 6 — 9. T TT)EHOLD our God, He owns his Name; J3 Jehovah all our Songs proclaim With Shouts of Wonder and of Joy : Long have we waited for his 3 race, No longer now his Love delays For Zion his own Arm t' employ. 2 We charge our Souls the Joy to feel : We charge our Tongues his Praife to tell : Th' Almighty Saviour ! This is he ! He pours his Streams of Grace abroad, Till all the Earth confefs the God, And Lands remote his Glory fee. 3 Dainties how rich his Stores afford! How pure the Wine, that crowns his Board, While welcome Nations flock around ! He takes the Veil of Grief away; Thro' thickeft Shades He darts the Day, And not one weeping Eye is found, 4 All-conqu'ring Death, no longer boaft O'er Millions humbled in the Duft; Our God with Scorn thy Triumph fees: Soon as He aims one Shaft * at thee, Swallow'd and loft in Victory, Thine Empire and thy Name fhall ceafe. * Arrow, LXXXVII. The ISAIAH. J7 LXXXVII. The peaceful State of the Soul, that trujhth in GOD. Ifaiah xxvi. 3. 1 ITTEARY and weak and faint, V V I caft mine Eyes around > My Joints all tremble, and my Feet Sink deep in miry Ground. 2 Defpairing Help below, To Heav'n 1 raife my Cries ; God hears, and his almighty Arm Out ftretches from the Skies. 3 I on that Arm repofe, And all my Fears are o'er ; New Strength diffused thro' all my Soul Attefts its vital Pow'r. 4 My Mind in perfcel Peace Thy Guardian-Care (hall keep : I'll yield to gentle Slumbers now, For Thou canft never fleep. 5 Happy the Souls alone On Thee fecurely ftay'd ! Nor (hall they be in Life alarm'd, Nor be in Death difmay'd. LXXXVIII. Ifrael's Objiinacy under G D % s lifted Hand. Ifaiah xxvi. 11. 1 1 ORD, when thy Hand is lifted up, \ y The Wicked will not fee; But they fhall fee with glowing Shame, Tho 1 they obdurate be, E 3 2 How b8 IS' A I A H. I I [ow few the weighty Stroke regard, And leek their Maker's Face ! In vairi may Providence correct, If not infore'd by Grace. 3 Exert thy mighty Influence, Lord, And melt the ftony Breaft; Then (hall thy Juftice be ador'd, Thy Mercy ftand confefs'd. [4 The Scorncr then fhall mourn in Duff, .\nd put his Sins away, No niore refift his Maker's Hands, But lift his own to pray. LXXXIX. G O D quickening the Dead. Ifaiah xxvi. 19. 1 rpHE Ever- living God J[ Th* expiring Church fhall rarte j Our Hearts his Promifes receive, And wake a^Shout of Praife. 2 Death fhall not always reign, Where Grace hath fix'd its Throne; His foft Companion views the Dull, He once hath call'd his own. 3 " Yes," faith the God of Truth, " My Dead fhall live again ; " The Foe fhall fee their Leader's Breath " Reanimate the Slain. 4 " The Dew of Heaven fhall fall u In rich Abundance round, " And n ;\ i a ii. 79 " Ami a redundant narveft rift R E A T Ruler of all Nature's Frame, VjT We own thy Pow'r divine : We hear thy Breath in ev'ry Storm, For all the Winds are Thine. Wide as they fwecp their founding Way, They work thy fov'reign Will ; And aw'd by thy majeftick Voice Confufion fhall be dill. 3 Thy Mercy tempers * ev'ry Blaft To them that feek thy Face ; And mingles with the Tempeft's Roar The Whifpers of thy Grace. Thofe gentle Whifpers let me hear. Till all the Tumult ceafe; And Gales of Paradife (hall lull My weary Soul to Peace. * moderates. XCIII. GOD waiting XXX. to be ?racious. Ifaiah J "\X7^A1T on tne Lord, ye Heirs of Hope, VV And let his Word fupport your Souls; Well can He bear your Courage up, And all your Foes and Fears controul. 2 He waits his own well-chofen Hour TV intended Mercy to difplay 3 E 5 And 5 And his paternal Rowels move, While Wifdom dictates the Delay. With mingled Ma jelly and Love At length He rifes from his Throne ; And, while Salvation He commands, He makes his People's Joy his own, Bleit are the humble Souls, that wait With fiveet Submifiion to his Will ; Harmonious all their Paffions move, And in the midft of Storms are flill. Still, till their Father's well known Voice Wakens their Silence into Songs ; 7"hen Earth grows vocal with his Praife, And Heav'ra the grateful Shout prolongs. XCIV. The different Views of good and bad Men in Times of publick Danger. Ifaiah xxxiii, 14 — *7- 1 pEE, the Deitruclion is begun, tj And Heaps of Ruin fpread the Ground ; With hafty Strides it marches on, And fcatters Confirmation round. 2 Sinners in Zion take th' Alarm, The Hypocrites aftonifh'd cry, Who with devouring Flames can dwell ? Who in eternal Burnings lie? 3 God's gracious Wicethe Saint revives; How fvveet the heav'nly Accents found ! " Dwell thou on high, my Child, (he fays,) M Where Recks fliali guard thee all around. 4 u There " Thv Water and thy Bread arc fine; " There fhall my Vifit$ make :hee glad, 11 While thefe alarming Scenes endure. " Then, led in joyous Triumph forth, " Thine Eyes the dirtant Land fhall view, " Shall fee thy King in Beauty dreft, " And fhare his royal Honours too," 6 My Soul the Oracle receives, And feels its Energy to chear ; A promised Heav'n, a prefent God Forbids my Grief, forbids my Fear. XC\ r . GOD the Defence of his People from in- vading Enemies. Ifaiah xxxiii. 21 — 23, THE glorious Lord ! his UraeFs Hope! How well He bears their Courage up ! Mow wide his faving Pow'r extends ! His princely Titles will we hng, Our Judge, our Law-giver, our King, He guards his Subjects as hi* Friends 2 Around the Mountain where they dwell, Lo, at his Word new Water: fwe!l To deluge the invading Foe ! Open'd by him that rules the Skier, irk the broad Rivers how they rife. And with what rapid Strength they flow 3 To gain the well -defended Shores [n vain the Galley fpreads its Oars, And the proud Ship her Sails difptav \ F 6 Th: 84 I S A I A H. The Sails are rent, the Mafts are broke, The fhatter'd Oars all drop their Stroke, And Lightnings thro' the Tacklings blaze. 4 Shout your Hofannas to the Lord : Thus {hall He flill his Zion guard, Till the laft Foe be trampled down : High as the Heav'ns exalt his Praife; High as the Heav'ns his Hand fhall raife The Soul, that here his £race hath known. XCVI. The High-Way to Zion. tfaiah xxxv. 8, 9> 10. i QING, ye Redeemed of the Lord, i^I; Your preat DelivVer fing : Pilgrims for Zions City boui>d, lie joyful in your King. B See the fair Way his Hand hath rais'd; How holy, and how plain ! Nor fhall the fimpleft Tiav'lers err, Nor afk the Track in vain. 3 No rav'ning Lion fhall deftroy, Nor lurking Serpent wound ; Plcaftire and Safety, Peace and Praife Thro' ail the Path are found. 4 A Hand divine fhall lead you on Thro' all the blifsful Road ; Till to the facred Mount you rife, And fee your fmiling God. 5 There Garlands of immortal Joy Shall bloom on ev'ry Head 5 While J S A I A II. 85 While Sorrow Sighing and Diitrefs Like Shadows all are fled. 3 March on in your Redeemer's Strength ; Purfue his Footfteps frill ; And let the Profpecl chear your Eye, While labVing up the Hill. XCVII. The Greatnifi and Ma j eft y of G D, and the Meannef of the Creatures, ifaiah .*), 15, 16, 17. 1 \J r E weak Inhabitants of Clay, X Ye trifling Infers of a Day, Low in your native Dull bow down Before th' Eternal's awful Throne. 2 With trembling Heart, with folemn Eye, Beh >ld Jehovah feated hi_h ; And fearch, what worthy Sacrifice Your Hands can give, your Thoughts derife. 3 Let Lebanon her Cedars bring To blaze before the fov'reign King, And all the Beafts, that on it feed, As Victims at his Altar bleed. 4 Loud let ten thoufand Trumpets found, And call remote ft Nations round, Aflembled on the crouded Plains, Princes and People, Kings and Swains. 5 Join'd with the Living, let the De-d Rifing the Face of Earth o'erfpread ; And, while his Praife unites their Tongues, Let Angels eccho back the Songs. 6 Tie 86 I S A I A H. 6 The Drop, that from the Bucket falls. The Duft, that hangs upon the Scales, Is more to Sky and Earth and Sea, Than all this Pomp, O God, to Thee. XCVIII. The timorous Saint encouraged by the Jffurance of the divine Prefence and Help. Ifaiah xli. 10. 1 A ND art Thou with us, Gracious Lord, XX. To diffipate our Fear? Doft Thou proclaim thyfelf our God, Our God for ever near? 2 Doth thy right Hand, which form'd the Earth, And bears up all the Skies, Stretch from on high its friendly Aid, When Dangers round us rife ? 3 Doft Thou a Father's Bowels feel For all thy humble Saints ? And in fuch tender Accents fpeak To foothe their fad Complaints ? 4 On this Support my Soul fhall lean, Andbanifh ev'ry Care; The gloomy Vale of Death mufl fmile, If God be with me there. 5 While I his gracious Succour prove Wlidft all my various Ways, The darkefr Shades, -thro' which I pafs, Shall eccho with his Praife. XCIX. The 1 S A I A II. 87 JCCIX. The Humiliation and Exaltation of GOD's Ifrael. Ifaiab xli. 14, 15. AMAZING Grace of God on high! And will the Lord look down On Sinners, while in Duft they lie, And dread his awful Frown ? Weaker than Worms, O Lord, are we, And viler far than they; Yet in thefe Reptiles * weak and vile Doft Thou thy Pow'r difplay. Jehovah's fov'reign Voice is heard, The Worm lifts up its Head, And Mountains, that would crufh it down, Before the Worm are fled. 4 Thou holy One, thine IfratTs King, Thou our Redeemer art; Nor fhall the Bleffings of thy Hand From thy Redeem'd depart. 5 Thy Love fhall its own Work fulfill, And Grace fhall rife on Grace, Till Worms of Earth around thy Throne With Angels find a Place. * creeping Things. C. The Wilder nefs transformed, or the happy Effccls of the GofpeL Ifaiah xli. 18, 19. compared with xxxv. 1, 2. xi. 6 — 9. lv. 13, prepare the (Jonqif ror Room, While Triumph burfts into a Song. 5 " The Lord on high, when Billows roar, ** Superior Majeiry difplays, M And, by one Breath of fov'reign PowV, u Hufhes the Noife of foaming Seas." CXV1II. The Gkry of the Church in the latter Day. liaiah Ix. U I /^\ Zion, tune thy Voice, V^/ And raife thy Hands on high ; Tell all the Earth thy Joys, And boaft Salvation nigh, F 4 Chearfirl 104 I S A I A II. Chearfu! in God, Arife and fhine, While Rays divine Stream all abroad. He gilds thy mourning Face With Beams that cannot fade; His all-refplendent Grace He pours around thy Head ; The Nations round Thy Form (hall view, With Luftre new Divinely crown'd. In Honour to his Name Refleft that (acred Light; And loud that Grace proclaim, Which makes thy Darknefs bright: Purfue his Praife, Till fov'reign Love In Worlds above The Glory raife. There on his holy Hill A brighter Sun (hall rife, And with his Radiance fill Thofe fairer purer Skies ; While round his Throne Ten thoufand Stars In nobler Spheres * His Influence own. * Orbs ©r Path? in which the Stars move. cxix. GOB ISAIAH. 105 CXIX GOD the everla fling Light of the Saints above. Ifaiah Ix. 20. 1 ^\7~E golden Lamps of Heav'n*, farewcl, With all your feeble Light: Farewel, thou ever-changing Moon, Pale Emprefs of the Night. 2 And thou, refulgent Orb of Day §, In brighter Flames array'd, My Soul, that fprings beyond thy Sphere, No more demands thine Aid. 3 Ye Stars are but the fhiriing Dun: Of my divine Abode, The Pavement of thofc heav'nly Courts, Where I fliall reign with God. 4 The Father of eternal Light Shall there his Beams ditplay ; Nor {hall one Moment's Darknefs mix With that unvaried Day. No moie the Drops of piercing Grief 1 fwell into mine Eves; the Meridian % Sun decline Amidit thofe brighter Skies. ere all the Millions of his Saints Shall in one Song unite, II (hall view With infinite Deli I N'ou;. i I V i CXX. GOD 06 ISAIAH. 'XX. GOD intreated for Zion. If at ah Ixii. 7 or a Fa/1 -Day ; or A Day of Prayer far the Re- vival of Reiigloju TN DULGENT Sov'rcign of the Skies, And wilt Thou bow thy gracious Ear? While feeble Mortals raife their Cries, Wilt Thou, the great Jehovah, hear ? , How fhall thy Servants gjve thee R^fi, Till Z/Ws mould'ring Walls Thou raife? Till thy own PowV fhal: (land confeG'd, And make JerujaUm a Praife r | For this, a lowly fuppliant Croud Here in thy facred Temple wait : For this, we lift our Voices loud. And call, and knock at Mercy's Gate. Look down, O God, w T ith pitying Eye, And view the Defolation round ; See what wide Realms in Darknefs lie, And hurl their Idols to the Ground, Loud let the Gofpel-Trumpet blow, And call the Nations from afar; Let all the Ifles their Sav;our know, And Ear:h's remoteft Ends draw near. Let Bahy!:n 's proud Altars (hake, And Lght invade her darkest Gloom ; The Yoke of Iron- Bondage break, The Yoke of Stfo*, and of Re me. 7 With 7 With gentle Beams on Britain fhinc, And blefs her Princes, and her Prieits J And, by thine Fnergv divine, Let facred Love o'erflow their Breads, 8 Triumphant here let J ejus reign, And on his Vineyard fwcctlv fmile ; While all the Virtues of his Train Adorn our Church, adorn our Ifle. 9 On all our Souls let Grace defcend, Like heav'nly Dew in copious ShowVs, That we may call our Gon our Friend, That we may hail Salvation ours. I : Then iliall each Age and Rank agree United Shouts of Jpy to raife; And Zion % made a Prait by Thee, To Thee fhali luidei bark the Praife. CXXf. A Nati '. i rn in Doy\ or Tbi rapid Progrcp of it t Ccjfn dijirid, liaiah lxvi. 8. i TJEHOLD with pleafuig Extacy Xj li.e G&fp 1 ! afVd I ; lifted high) That all EHfe Nation from afar May in ih< gceal Salvation fha.e, 2 Why then, Alnvghiy .S*\ mur, * Do wretched Soul* iii Millions die' 1 While wide th' infernal 1 srhs O'er ij . . B i v ' . * ( h. And fhall heftill go on to boaft, Thy Crofs its Energy hath loft? And fhall thy Servants ftill complain, Their Labours, and their Tears are vain? Awake, All-conqu'ring Arm, awake, And Hell's extenfive Empire fhake; AiTert the Honours of thy Throne, And call this ruin'd World thy own. Thine all-fucccfsful Pow'r difplayj Produce a Nation in a Day ; For at thy Word this barren Earth Shall travail with a gen'ral Birth. Swift let thy quick'ning Spirit breathe On thefe Abodes of Sin and Death ; That Breath (hall bow ten thoufand Minds, Like waving Corn before the Winds. Scarce can our glowing Hearts endure A World, where Thou art known no more; Transform it, Lord, by conquering Love, Or bear us to the Realms above. CXXII. Bnckfliding Ifrael invited to return GOD. Jerem. in. 12, 13. to BACKSLIDING Ifrael, hear the Voice Of thy forgiving God, Nor force fuch Goodnefs to exert The Terrors of the Rod. Thus faith the Lord, " My Mercy flows " An unexhaufled Stream, « And " And, after all its Millions fav'd, k M Its Sway is ftill fuprcme. u One Moment's Wrath with weighty Crufh " Might fink you quick to Hell ; " Yet Mercy points the happy Path, u Where Life and Glory dwell. " Own but the Follies thou haft done, " And mourn thy Sins in Duft, " And foon thy trembling Heart (hall learn M To hope and love and truth" ; All-gracious God, thy Voice wc own; And, proftrate at thy Fee:, Our Souls in humble Silence wait A Pardon there to meet. ;XXIN. Th Gc:dnefs of G D aebwwtedged in giving Pajlors after his qiv;<: Heart. Jcrem. iii. 15. At the Settlement cf a Minijler. SHEPHERD of//W, Thou doft keep With conftant Care thy humble Sheep; By Thee inferior Pallors rife To feed our Souls, and blefs our Eyes, l To all thy Churches fuch impart, ModelTd by thy own gracious Heart ; Whofe Courage Watchfulnefs and Love Men may atteil, and God approve. 3 Fed by their aclive tender Care, Healthful may all thy Sheep appear, And 110 JtKtMIAH. And, by their fair Example led, The Way to Z ion's Paftures tread. 4 Here haft thou liften'd to our Vows, And fcattcr'd Bleflings on thy Houfe ; Thy Saints are fuccour'd, and no more As Sheep without a Guide deplore. 5 Compleatly heal each former Stroke, And blefs the Shepherd and the Flock; Confirm the Hopes thy Mercies raife, And own this Tribute of our Praife. CXXIV. G D's gracious Methods of adopting Love. Jerem. iii. 19, 1 \ MAZING Plan of fov'reign Love ! jfjL & u ^ ^ ot ^ our (j° d ' OQ k down On Rebels whom his Wrath might doom To perifh at his Frown ? 2 Doth He project a wond'rous Scheme In fuch a Way to fave, Thatjuitice, Alajefty, and Grace May one joint Triumph have ? 3 One Look the ftubborn Hearts fnbdues, And at his Feer they fall ; They own their Father with Delight, And He receives them all. 4 Number'd amongft his deareft Sons, Thepieafant Land they (hare; On Earth fecur'd by Powr divine, Till ciown'd with Gloiy there, 5 Father J h K L M 1 A 11. Ill Father in thine Embraces lodg'd Our Heav'n begun we feel, And wait the Hour, which Thou (halt mark ThyCounfels to fulfill. ,'XXV. Creatures vain, and G D the Salva- tion of bis People. Jerem. iii. 23. HOW long {hall Dreams of Creature. Blifs Our flau'ring Hopes employ, And mock our fond deluded Eyes With vifionary Joy * ? : Why from the Mountains and the Hills Is our Salvation fought, While our eternal Rock's forfook, And IjraeW God forgot. } The living Spring neglected flows Full in our daily View, Yet we with anxious fruitlefs Toil Our broken Citterns hew. t Thefe fatal Errors, Gracious God, With gentle Pity fee : To Thee our roving Eyes direct, And fix our Souls on Thee. * The Appearance of [oy. CXXVI. Invitation to return to the LORD, and put away Abominations. Jerem. iv. J, 2. ■I T is the Lord of Glory calls, O let his ljracl hear ; «' Stor ii2 JEREMIAH. " Stop, ye Revolters, in your Courfc, " And hearken, and come near. 2 " What tho' in Sin's delufive Paths M Ye from your Youth have ftray'd; " What tho* my MefTages of Love " Have been with Scorn repay'd ; 3 u At la ft return, and Grace divine " Your Wand'rings fhall forget; " If loyal Zeal and Love dethrone " Each Idol from its Seat. 4 " Return, and dwell fecure on Earth, " As in your Lord's Embrace, " Till in the Land of perfect Joy " Ye find a nobler Place." 5 Father of Mercies, lo, we come, Subdu'd by fuch a Call : O let the Hand of Grace divine Reduce, and blefs us all. 6 So will we teach the World that Love, Which we are made to fee, And WandVers fhall with us return, And blefs themfelves in Thee. CXXVIT. Mijimproved PnvUedges, arid difap- pointed Hopes. Jerem viii. 20. X A LAS, how fad our Moments fly !• JT"\. How fhort our Months appear ! How fwift thro' various Seafons hailes The flill- revolving Ysax ! 2 Seafons JEREMIAH. 113 Seafons of Grace, and Days of Hope, While J ejus waiting (hinds, And fpreads the Bleflings of his Love With wide-extended Hands. But O ! how flow our ftupid Souls Thefe Bleflings to fectlFC ! Bleflings, which thro' eternal Years Unwith'ring (hall endure. Beneath the Word of Life we die; We flarve amidft our Store; And what Salvation fhould impart Heightens our Ruin more. Pity this Madnefs, God of Love, And make us truly wife : So from the pregnant Seeds of Grace Shall glorious Harvefts rife. :XXVIII. Glorying in GOD alone. Jerem. ix. *3> **• 1 HP HE righteous Lord, fupremely great, Maintains his univerfal State; O'er all the Earth his Pow'r extends; All Heav'n before his Footftool bends. Yet Jufticeftill with Pow'r prefides, And Mercy all his Empire guides; Such Works are pleafing in his Sight, And fuch the Men of his Delight. No more, ye Wife, your Wifdom boaft: No more, ye Strong:, your Valour truft : Nor U4 JEREMIAH. Noi let the Rich furvey his Store, Llate * with Heaps of fhining Ore. 4 Glory, my Soul, in this alone, That God, thy God, to thee is known, That thou haH own'd his fov'reign Sway, That thou haft felt his cheering Ray. 5 My Wifdom Wealth and Pow'r I find In one Jehovah all cornbin'd; On Him I fix my roving Eyes, Till all my Soul in Rapture rife. 6 All elfe, which I my Tieafure call, May in one fatal Moment fall ; But what his Happinefs can move, Whom God the Blefled dugns § to love? * lifted up, § condefcends. CXX1X. Jeremiah's Tears over the captive Flock. Jerem. xiii. 15 — 17. 1 "IT* LOW on, my Tears, In rifing Streams, J? Ye briny Fountains, flow; While haughty Sinners fteel their Hearts, Nor will Jehovah know. 2 The Flock of God is captive led In Satan 's heavy Chains ; Led to the Borders of the Pit, Where endlefs Horror reigns. 3 Loc/k back, ye Captives, and invoke Jehovah's faving Aid$ Give JEREMIAH. 115 Give him the Glory of his Name, Whofe Hand your Nature made. 4 O turn, e'er yet your erring Feet On Death's dark Mountain fall; Cry, and your gentle Shepherd's Ear Will hearken to your Call. 5 Then fhall thofe Hearts with Pleafure fpring, Which now in Sorrow melt ; And deep Repentance yield a Joy Proud Guilt hath never felt. 6 Almighty Grace, exert thy Pow'r, And turn thefe Slaves of" Sin ; And, when they bring thy Tribute due, Shall their own Blifi begin. CXXX. Giving Glory to G D, bifore Darknefs co?nes ap9u us. Jerern. xiii. 16. 1 ry^HE fwift-dcclining Day, X How fait its Moments fly ! While Ev'ning's broad and gloomy Shade Gain.s on the weftern Sky. 2 Ye Mortals, mark its Pace, And life the Hours of Light ; And know, its Maker can command An inflantaneous * Night. 3 His Word blots out the Sun In its Meridian-Blaze > * fuddeni And Ii6 JEREMIAH. And cuts from fmiling vigorous Youth The Remnant of its Days. 4 On the dark Mountain's Brow Your Feet (hall quickly Aide; And from its airy Summit dafh Your momentary Pride. 5 Give Glory to the Lord, Who rules the whirling Sphere* j Submiflive at his Footftool bow, And feek Salvation there. 6 Then fhall new Luflre break Thro' Horror's darkeft Gloom, And lead you to unchanging Light In a celeftial Home. * The Revolution of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. CXXXI. The fatal Cmfequences of forfaking the Hopeoflftzel. Jerem. xvii. 13, 14. 1 S^i R E A T Object of thine Ifrael's Hope, \J Its Saviour, and its Praife, Attend, while we to Thee devote The Remnant of our Days. 2 How wretched they that leave the Lord* And from his Word withdraw, That lofe his Gofpel from their Sight, And wander from his Law ! 3 O thou eternal Spring of Good, Whence living Waters flow, Let JEREMIAH. 117 Let not our thirfty n tug Souls To broken Ciflcw.; go. 4 Like Characters inferib'd in Dufl Are Sinner^ borne away ; And all the Treasures they can boaft, The Porti6n of a Day. 5 But, Lord, to Thee my Heart mail turn To heal it, and to fave ; The Joys, that from thy Favour flow, Shall bloom beyond the Grave. CXXXII. Christ, tht 1 Lord cur Right eoufnefs. J.-rem. xxiii. 6. I Q A V I O U R divine, we know thy Name 3 ^ And in that Name we trufl:; Thou art the Lord out Righteoufnefs, Thou art thine IfraeW Boa l . Guilty we plead before thy Throne, And low in Dull we lie, Till Jefus ftretch his gracious Arm To bring the guilty nigh. ; The Sins of one mod righteous Day Might plunge us in Defp.tir ; Yet all the Crimes of num'rous Years Snail our great Surety clear. Thar fpotlefs Robe, which he hath wrought, Shall deck us all amund -, Nor by the pjcrcing Eye of Cjod One Blemifh (hall be found. 5 Pardon nS JEREMIAH. 5 Pardon and Peace and lively Hope To Sinners now are giv'n ; Ifrael and Judab foon fhall change Their Wildernefs for Heav'n. 6 With Joy we tafte that Manna now, Thy Mercy fcatters down ; We feal our humble Vows to Thee, And wait the promis'd Crown. CXXXIII. The Efficacy of G D's Word. Jercm. xxiii. 29. 1 IT 7TTH rev'rend A we,trcmendousLoR d> VV We hear the Thunders of thy Word j The Pride of Lebanoyi it breaks : Swift the celeftial Fire defcends, The flinty Rock in Pieces rends, And Earth to its deep Center {hakes. 2 Array'd in Majefty divine Here San6lity and Juflice fhine, And Horror ftrikes the Rebel thro' ; While loud this awful Voice makes known The Wonders, which thy Sword hath done. And what thy Vengeance yet fhall do, 3 So fpread the Honours of thy Name j The Terrors of a God proclaim ; Thick let the pointed Arrows fly; Till Sinners, humbled in the Duft, Shall own the Execution juft, And blefs the Hand by which they die. 4 Then JEREMIAH. 119 4 Then clear the dark tempeftuous Day, And radiiuu Beams of Love difplay ; Each proftrate Soul let Mercy raife: So fliall the bleeding Captives feci, Thy Word, which gave the Wound, can heal, And change their Groans to Songs of Praife* CXXXIV. The Pcfftbility of dying this Year. Jerem. xxviii. -J 6-. For New-Year's Day. v 1 y^>r OD of my Life, thy conftant Care Vjr With Bleffings crowns each op'ning Ycarj This guilty Life doft Thou prolong, And wake anew mine annual Song. 2 How many precious Souls are fled To the vaft Regions of the Dead, Since from this Day the changing Sun Thro' his laft yearly Period run ! 3 We yet furvive ; but who can fay, Or thro' the Year, or Month, or Day, 44 I will retain this vital Breath ; 44 Thus far at leaft in League with Death* V\ 4 That Breath is Thine, Eternal God; 'Tis Thine to fix my Soul's Abode; It holds its Life from Thee alone, On Earth, or in the World unknown. 5 To Thee our Spirits we refign ; Make them and own them itill as Thine; So 20 JEREMIAH. So fliall they frhile, fecure from Fear, Tho' Death fhould blaft the rifing Year. Thy Children, eager to be gone. Bid Time's impetuous Tide roll on, And land them on that blooming Shore, Where Years and Death are known no more. :XXXV. G O D's Complacency in bis Tbsugbts of Peace towards his People. Jerem. xxix. II. VI L E R than Duft, O Lord, are we ; And doth thine Anger ceafe ? And doth thy gracious Heart o'erflow With Purpofcs of Peace? , And doft Thou with Delight reflect On what thy Grace fliall do ? And with Complacency of Soul Enjoy the diftant View ? ; And can thy often-injur'd Love So kind a Meflage fend, That Thou to all our lengthen'd Woes Wilt give th' expefted End ? f Why droop our Hearts? Why flow our Eyes, While fuch a Voice we hear ? Why rife our Sorrows and our Fears, While fuch a Friend is near ? ; To all thy other Favours add A Heart to trull thy Word, And Death itfclf fliall hear us fing, While refHng on the Lor d. CXXXVI. Tht J E R E M I AIL *2i | CXXXVI. lie impudent A Rcfugca at Pathros. Jer. xliv. 16, I", 28. ■w Hofe words againft. the Lord are (lout* -i Or who prefume to 1. That fov'reign Law, which God proclaims, " I dare to diibbev?" 2 Ten thoufand Anions evVy where The impious Language fpeak: Yet Pow'r omnipotent itands by, Nor do its Thunders break. 3 But O ? the dreadful Day draws near, When God's avenging Hand Shall fhew, if feeble Mortal* Breath, Or God's own Word fhall frand. 4 My Soul, with proilrate Rev'rence fall, Before ihc Voice divine; And all thine Ini'reft, and thy Pow'rs To its Command refign. 5 Speak, mighty Lord ; thy Servant waits The Purport of thy Will : My Heart with fecret Ardour sluv/s Its Mandates * to fu {ill. 6 Let the vain Sons of £fc7/Vboafl Their Tongqcs and Thoughts are free ; Mv nobltll Liberty I own. When fubject mod to Thee. * Coir ma a exxxvn. I >2 JEREMIAH. [XXVII. JJking the Way to Zion, in order U joining in Covenant with GOD. Jerem. ]. 5. EN QU IRE, ye Pilgrims, for the Way, « That leads to Z/Ws Hill, And thither fet your fteady Face With a determin'd Will. [nvite the Strangers all around Your pious March to join ; And fpread the Sentiments you feel Of Faith and Love divine. Come,, let us to his Temple hafte, And feek his Favour there, Before his Footftool humWy bow, And pour our fervent Pray'r. Come, let us join our Souls to G03 In everlafting Bands, And feize the Bleffings he beftows With eager Hearts and Hands. Come, let us feal without Delay The Cov'nant of his Grace ; Nor (hall the Years of diftant Life Its Memory efface.* Thus may our rifing Offspring hafte To feek: their Fathers God, Nor e'er forfake the happy Path Their youthful Feet have trod. * blot out, ufilroy. cxxxvnr. LAMENTATIONS. 12 CXXXVIII. Searching and trying cur JVa Lament, iii. 40. 1 rTT^HY piercing Eve, OGon, furveys The \arious Windings of our Ways; Teach us their Tendency to know, And judge the Paths in which we go. 2 How wild, how crooked have they been ! A Maze of Foolifhnefs and Sin ! With all the Light we vainly boaft, Leaving our Guide, our Souls are loft. 3 Had not thy Mercy been our Aid So fatally our Feet had ftray'd, Stern Julrice had its Pri-'ners leJ Down to the Chambers of the Dead. 4 O turn us back to Thee again, Or we (hall fearch our Ways in vain i Shine, and the Path of Life reveal, And bear us on to Z'uns Hill. 5 Roll on, ye fwift-revdlvinfg Years, And end this Round of Sins and C'ai . , No more a Wandrei would 1 roam, .B;il near my Father fix at Home. CXXX1X. The "Breath of our \ taken the Pits cf the E Hetty \ emptied /jChris Lament, iv. 20. B LEST Sr.viour, to my Heart mere Ai Than balm)- Gales of vital Aii, G 2 W< 4 E Z E K I E L. .Vcre thy Soul-chcaring Prefence gone, >Vhat Ufe of Breath, unlcfs to groan ? rhy Father's royal Hand hath lhed n rich Profufion on thy Head ren thoufand Graces; Thou alone ^anft fhare, and canft adorn his Throne. Jut fee the Sov'reign captive led, nar'd in the Pit, which Traitors made, 'etter'd with ignominious Bands, ^nd murder'd by rebellious Hands. fe Saints, to your expiring King four tributary Sorrows bring: n loyal Crouds aflemble round, md bathe in Tears each precious Wound. lut from the Caverns of the Grave fe fprings, omnipotent to fave ; 7he Captive- Ki-ng afcends and reigns, md drags his conquer'd Foes in Chains. leneath his Shade our Souls (hall live 1 all the Rapture Heav'n can give ; Vhere Zion never (bail deplore, ^ndHeathens vex his Church no more. L. Of lamenting national Sins. Ezek. ix. 4 — 6. * For a Fa/i-Day. 3 Righteous God., Thou Judge fuprcme, We tremble at thy dreadful Name, >nd all our crying Guilt we own 1 Duft and Teats before thy Throne. 2 So E Z E K I E I.. it 2 So manifold our Crimes have be^n, Such Crimfon-TnKhire dyes our Sin, That, could we all its Horrors know, Our (beaming Eyes with Blood might flow, 3 Britain, the Land thine Arm hath fav'd, That Arm mod itnpioufly hath brav d*j Britath\ the Ifle its («od hath lovM, A Rebel to that Love hath prov'd. 4 Eltrang'd from rev.ren ial Awe We trample on thy facred Law ; And, iho' fuch "Wonders Grace hath done, Anew we crucify thy Son. 5 Juiily might this polluted Land Prove all the Vengeance of thy Hand ; And,bath'd in Heav'n §, thy Sword might com To drink our Blood, and fcal our Doom. 6 Yet hart Thou not a Remnant here, Whole Souls are hlTd with pious Fear? O bring thy wonted Mercy nigh, While pi oil rate at thy Feet they lie. 7 BehoM their Tears, attend their Moan, Ncr turn away their fecret Groan : With theft we join our humble Pray'r ; Our Nation fhicld, our Country fpare. 8 But if the Semence be decreed, And our dear native Land muil bleed, By thy fure Mark may we be known, And lave in Life or Death Thy own. * defied. § Ifuuh 34. c. G 3 CXLf. 7) 26 E Z E K I E L. XLI. The Iniquity of facrifichg GOD's Children; or The Evil of a lad or negkRed Education. Ezek. xvi. 20, 21 *. BEHOLD, O/HsGod, From thine exalted Throne, And view the defolate Abode, Thou once haft call'd thy own. The Children of thy Flock, By early Cov'nant thine, See how they pour their bleeding Souls On ev'ry Idol's Shrine § ! To Indolence and Pride What piteous Victims made ! Crufh'd in their Parents fond Embrace, And by their Care betray 'd. By Pleafure's polifh'd Dart What Numbers here are flain ! What Numbers there for Slaughter bound In Mammoris golden Chain ! O let thine Arm awake, And dafh the Idols down: O call the Captives of their Pow'r Thy Treafure, and thy Crov/n. Thee let the Fathers own, And Thee the Sons adore, * Alluding to the cruel Cuftom among Tome Hrathens of Ta- lcing their Children to their Gods, to which there are frequent creiices in Scripture. § Altar. Toin'd E Z E K I E L. 127 Join'd to the Lord by folemn Vows To be forgot no more. CXLII. The Humility and Submijfton of a Peni- tent. Ezek. xvi. 63* I A"\ Injur'd Majefty of Heav'n, V^/ Look from thy holy Throne, While proftrate Rebels own with Grtef What Trealons they have done. % Thy Grace, where Sin abounded moft, Reigns with fnperior Swav \ And Pardons, bought with Jefus' Blood, 7'o Rebels doth difplay. 3 While Love its grateful Anthems tunes, Tears mingle with the Song ; My Heart with tender Anguifh bleeds, That I fuch Grace fhould wrong. 4 How (hall I lift thefe guilty Eyes To mine offended Lord ? Or how, beneath his heavieft Strokes, Pronounce one murm'ring Word ? 5 Remorfe and Shame my Lips have feal'dj But O ! my Father, fpeak ; And all the Harmony of Heav'n Shall thro' the Silence break. CXL1II. GOD bringing his People into the Cove- nant under the Rod. Ezek. xx. 37. O W gracious and how wife Is our chaftifing God ! G 4 And H J28 E Z E K I E L. And O ! how rich the Bleflings are, Which blofTom from his Rod ! 2 He lifts it up on high With Pity in his Heart, That ev'ry Stroke his Children feci May Grace and Peace impait. 3 Intruded thus they bow, And own his fov'reign Sway ; They turn their erring Footfleps back To his forfaken Way, 4 His Covenant Love they feck, And feek the happy Band>, That clofer fti!l engage their Hearts To honour his Commando. 5 Dear Father, we con fen t To Difcipline divine; And blefk the Pains, that iTh.ke our Souls Still more compleatly 7'hine. CXLIV. G D's Condcfcerfion in becoming the Shepherd of Men. Ezek. xxxiv. 31. 1 A ND will the Majefty of Heav'n .XJL Accept us for his Sheep ? And with a Shepherd's tender Care Such worthless Creatures keep ? 2 And will He fpread his Guardian-Arms Round our defencelefs Head ? And caufe us gently to lie down Jn his refrefhing Shade I 1 And E Z E K I E L. 12$ 3 And will He lead our weary Souls To that delightful Scene, Where Rivers of Salvation flow Thro' Paftures ever green ? 4 What Thanks can mortal Men repay For Favours great as Thine? Or how can Tongues of feeble Clay Proclaim fuch Love divine? 5 Eternal God, how mean are we ! How richlv gracious Thou ! Our Souls, o'erwhelm'd with humble Joy, In filent Tranfports bow. CXLV. Seeking to GO D fur the Corrwinnlcailcn cf his Spirit, Ezck. xxxvi. 37. "Ear, gracious Sov're ! gn, from thy Throne And fend thy various Bieflings down : While by thine IfrpeiThou art fought, Attend the PrayV thy Word hath taught, onie, Sacred Spirit, from above, And fill the coldeu Heart with Love; Soften to rlefh the rugged Stone, Anus Sorrow rife ; Wh ►uls are borne To ce, which now they (corn. 4 O k •• tby Temple G*te, G 5 Each 130 E Z E K I E L. Each prefling on with Zeal to be A living Sacrifice to Thee. 5 In Anfwer to our fervent Cries, (jive us to fee thy Church arife ; Or, if that Biefling feem too great, Give us to mourn its low Efbtte. CXLVI. Ezekiel's Vifion of the dry Bones. Ezek. xxxvii. 3. 1 T OOK down, O Lord, with pitying Eyej JL/ Ste Adams Race in Ruin lie; Sin fpreads its Trophies o'er the Ground, And fcarters flaUghter'd Heaps around. 2 And can thefe mouM'ring Corpfes live? And can thcfe perifh'd Bones revive? That, Mighty God, to Thee is known; That wond'rous Work is all thy own, 3 Thy Minifters are fent in vain To prophefy upon the Slain ; In vain they call, in vain they cry, Till thine almighty Aid is nigh. 4. But if thy Spirit deign to breathe, Life fpreads thro' all the Realms of Death* Dry Bones obey thy pow'rful Voice ; They move, they waken, they rejoice. 5 So when thy Trumpet's awful Sound Shall fhake the Heav'ns, and rend the Ground, Dead Saints fhall from their Tombs arife, And faring to Life beyond the Skies. r^yjrr tttt ctt. . E Z E K I E L. 131 CXLVII. The Waters of the Sanftuary healing the dead Sea *. Ezek. xlvii. 8, 9. 1 £^>\ R E A T Source of Being and of Love, VJT Thou wat'reft al! the Worlds above, And all the Joys we Mortals know From thine exhauftlefs Fountain flow. 2 A facred Spring at thy Command From Zion's Mount, in Canaan s Land, Befide thy Temple, cleavea the Ground, And pours its limpid Stream around. 3 The limpid Stream with fudden Force Swells to a River in its Courfe; Thro' defart Realms its Windings play, And fcatter Bleflings all the Way. 4 Clofe bv its Banks in Order fair The blooming Trce^ of Life appear; Their Rlofioms fragrant Odours give, And on their Fruit the Nations live. 5 To the dead Sea the Waters flow, And cany Healing as they go; its pois\'iou> Diegs their Pow'r confels, And all its Shores the Fountain blefs. 6 Flow, wond'reus Stream with Glory crownd,, Flow on to Earth's lemoreft Bound; A rui bear us on thy gentle Wave To Him, who all thy Virtues gave. * rbe Set or Lake, whert$odom t GamrraB, fee. had Hoed * Write« 0F1A Id J v'- in it. 132 D A N I E L. CXLVTIT. Tekel; or The Sinner weighed in GOD's Balances, andfiund wanting. Daniel, v. 27. 1 T~5 Ai(e f thougjhtlefs Sinner, raife thine Eye; Jf\ Behold God's Balance lifted high ; There fhall his Jufrice be difplay'd, And there thy Hope and Life be weighed. 2 See in one Scale his per feci- Law; Mark with what Force its Precepts draw: Wouldft thou the awful Teft fufrain, Thy Works how light! thy Thoughts how vain! 3 Behold the Hand of God appears To trace thefe dreadful Characters ; . Ci Tekel, thy Soul is wanting found, " And Wrath fhall fmite thee to che Ground." 4, Let fudden Fear thy Nerves unbrace; Let Honor (hake ihv totfrirg jKnees \\ Thro' all thy Thoughts let Anguifh roll, And deep Repentance melt thy Soul. 5 One only Hope may yet prevail ; Chrlji hath a Weight to turn the Scale; Still doth the Gofpel publifh Peace, And (hew a Saviour's Righteoufnefs. 6 Great God, exert thy Pow'r to fave; Deep on the Heart thefe Truths engrave; The pond'rous Load of Guilt remove, That trembling Lips may fing thy Love. \ Compare Verfe 6, CXLIX. The II O S E A. i« j ) CXLIX. The Backflider recording hi mf elf in his Afflictions . Hofca ii. 6, 7. 1 'TT^HE Lord, how kind are all his Ways, \ When mofr. they feem fevere ! He frowns, and fcourges, and rebukes, That we may learn his Fear. 2 With Thorns He fences up our Path, And builds a Wall around, To guard us from the Death, that lurks In Sin's forbidden Ground. 3 When other Lovers, fought in vain, Our fond Addrefs defpife, He opens his indulgent Arms With Pity in his Eyes. 4 Return, ye wand'ring Souls, return, And feck his tender Bread; Call back the Mem'ry of the Days, When there you found your Reih 5 Behold, OLord, we fly to Thee, Tho' Bluflies veil our Face, Gonftrain'd our laft Retreat to feek \\\ thy much-injur'd Grace, CL. The Advantages of feekittf the Knowledge of GOD. Hofcavi. 3. 1 OIIINE forth, Eternal Source *.. of J ^5 And make thy Glories fenowftj » Fountain pr Original, Fill 34 H O S E A. Fill our enlarg'd adoring Sight With Luftre all thy own. , Vain are the Charms, and faint the Rays The brighteft Creatures boaft ; And all their Grandeur, and their Praife Is in thy Prefence loft. [ To know the Author of our Frame Is our fublimeft Skill : True Science is to read thy Name, True Life t' obey thy Will. (, For this I long, for this I pray. And foll'wing on purfue, Till Vifions of eternal Day Fix and compleat the View. CLI. Inconjlancy in Religion. Hofea vi. 4. PERPETUAL Source of Light and Grace, We hail thy facred Name : Through ev'ry Year's revolving Round Thy Goodnefs is the fame. I On us, all-worthlefs as we are, It wond'rous Mercy pours ; Sure as the Heavns eitabliuYd Courfe, And plenteous as the Show'rs. 3 Inconftant Service we repay, And treach'rous V0W5 r.new; Falfe as the Morning's featuring Cloud, And tranfient as the Dew. 4. In flowing Tears our Guilt we mourn, And loud implore thy Grace To H O S E A. 135 To bear our feeble Footfteps on In all thy righteous Ways. 5 Arm'd with this Energy divine Our Souls fhall ftedfaft move, And with increafing Tranfport prefs On to thy Courts above. 6 So by thy Pow'r the Morning-Sun Purfues his radiant Way, Brightens each Moment in his Race, And fhincs to perfedt Day. CLII. Gratitude the Spring of true Religion* Hofea xi. 4-. 1 Ti /TY God, what filken Cords are thine! XVjL How foft, and yet how ftrong ! While Pow'r and Truth and Love combine To draw our Souls along. 2 Thou faw'ft us crufh'd beneath the Yoke Of Satan and of Sin : Thy Hand the Iron-Bondage broke Our worthlefs Hearts to win. 3 The Guilt of twice ten thoufand Sins One Moment takes away ; And Grace, when firft the War begins, Secures the crowning Day. 4 Comfort thro* all this Vale of Tears In rich Profufion flows, And Glory of unnumbered Years Eternity bettows. 5 Drawn 136 HOSE A. 5 Drawn by fuch Cords we onward move, Till round thy Throne we meet ; And, Captives in the Chains of Love, Embrace our Conqu'ror's Feet. CLIII. The Rekntings of GOD' 5 Heart over his backjliding People. Hofea xi. 7, 8, 9 . 1 "\7* E Sinners on Backfliding bent, \ God's gracious Call attend \ Shall not Companion fo divine Each ftubborn Spirit bend ? 2 " How (hall I give mine Ifrael up ' " To Ruin and Defpair? " How pour down Shov/rs of flaming Wrath, " And make a Sodom there ? 5 " My Bowels ftrong Relenting^ feeJ ; " My Heart is pain'd within : " I will not all my Wrath ex.rt, " Nor vifit all their Sin. y " The Mercy of a God reftrains " The 7'hunders of his Hand : " Come, feek Protection from that Pow'r, u Which you can ne'er withfland." ; With trembling Hafle, O God, to Thee Let Sinners wing their Flight ; As Doves, when Birds of Prey purfu:, Down on their Windows light. Father, we feek thy gracious Arm, All melted at thy Voice: O may AMOS. O may thv Heart, that feels our Woes, In our Return rejoice. ^7 CLIV\ GO&s Controverfy by Fire. Amos iv. ir. On Oca ft on of a dreadful Fire. 1 T?TERNALGod, our humbled Souls JPy Before thy Pretence bow : With all thv Magazines of Wrath, How terrible art Thou! 2 Fan'd by thy Breath whole Sheets of Flame Do like a Deluge pour ; An 1 all our Confidence of Wealth Lies moulder'd in an Hour. 3 Led on by Thee in horrid Pomp Deftru&ioh rears its Head; And bLcken'd Walls, and iinoaking Heaps Thro' all the Street are fpread. 4 LoRH, in the Duft we lay us down, And mourn thy righteous Ire * ; Yet blefs the Hind of Guardian Love, That fnatch'd us from the Fire. 5 O that the hateful Dregs of Sin Like Drofs had perifn'd there, Thar in fair Lines our purged Souls Might thy bright Image bear. 6 So mall we view with dauntlefs Eyes The !ait tremendous Day, When Earth and Seas, and Stars and Skies In Flan.es (hall melt away. # AJ -:. CLV. Britain tjf AMOS. CLV. Britain unreformcd by remarkable Dclivc* ranees. Amos iv. -II. For a Faji-Day. 1 "\7'ES, Britain feem'd to Ruin doom'd, \ Juft like a burning Brand ; Till fhatch'd from fierce furrounding Flames By God's indulgent Hand. 2 " Once more (he fays) I will fupprefs " The Wrath, that Sin would wake; " Once more my Patience fhall attend, M And call my Britain back." 3 But who this Clemency reveres? Or feels this melting Grace ? Who ftirs his languid Spirit up To feek thine awful Face ? 4 On Days like thefe we pour our Cries* And at thy Feet we mourn ; Then rife to tempt thy Wrath again, And to our Sins return. 5 Our Nation far from God remains, Far, as in diftant Years; And the fmall Remnant, that is found, A dying AfpecT: wears. 6 Chaften'd and refcu'd thus in vain, Thy righteous Hand fevere Into the Flames might hurl us back, And quite confume us there. 7 So AMOS. 139 7 So, by the Light our Burning gives, Might neighboring Nations read, How terrible thy Judgments are, And learn our Guilt to dread. 8 Yet, 'midft the Cry of Sins like ours, Incline thy gracious Ear; And thy own Children's feeble Cry With foft Compaflion hear, 9 O by thy facred Spirit's Breath Kindle a holy Flame; Refine the Land Thou might'ft defiroy 5 And magnify thy Name. CLVI. Preparing to meet GOD. Amos iv. 12, 13. 1 TTE comes, thy God, O lfrae!> comes ± X~X Prepare thy God to meet ; Meet him in Battle's Force array 'd, Or humbled at his Feet. 2 He form'd the Mountains by his Strength ; He makes the Winds to blow; And all the fecret Thoughts of Man Mult his Creator know. 3 He fhades the Morning's op'ning Rays ; He fhakes the (olid World ; And Stars and Angels from their Seats Are by his Thunder hurl'd. 4 Eternal Sov 'reign of the SkiV, And fhall thine //rw/dare In mad Rebellion to arife, And tempt th' unequal War ? I 140 JONAH. 5 Lo, Nations tremble at thy Frown, And faint beneath thy Rod •, Crufh'd bv its eentiefu Movement down, They fall, Ircmcndous God. 6 Avert. the Terrors of thy Wrath, And let thy Mercy fhine; While humble Penitence and Pray'r Approve us truly Thine. CLVIF. Jonah's Faith recommended. Jonah ii. 4. 1 T ORD, we have broke thy holy Laws, |_/ And flighted sll thy Grace ; And juffly thy vindictive* Wrath .Might call us from thy Face. 2 Yet while fuch Precedents appear Mnik'd in thy (acred Bock, We frorn thefe Depths of Guilt and Fear Will to thy Temple look. 3 To Thee, in cur Redeemer's Name, We raife our humble Cries; May thefe cur Pray'rs, perfum'd by him, Like grateful Incenfe rife. 4 O never may eur hopelefs Eyes An abfent God deplore, Where the dear Temples of thy Love Shall ftand rcveaPd no more. 5 Far from thofe Regions of Defpair Appoint our Souls a Place; Where not a Frown thro' endlefs Years Shall veil thy lovely Face. * avenging. M I C A H. 141 DLVIII. GOD\< Contrwerfy with Britain^*/ and pleaded. Micah vi. 1, 2, 3. jF*/ • d Fuji Dei y. 1 T ISTE' \ liHsj ye Mountains, hear; Jl^/ Jehovah v ndicates his Laws: Trembling 111 Sil nee at his Bar, Thou Earth, a tend thy Maker's Caufe. 2 Ijrael appear ; present thy Pica ; And charge th' Almighty to his P'ace; lfhis Rules oppreflive Bej Say, if defective be his Grace. 3 Eternal Judge, the Aclion ccafe; Our Lips are fcal'd in confeious Shame; 'I is ours, in Sackcloth to confefs, And thine, the Sentence to proclaim. Ten thoufand Witneflcs arife, Thy Mercies, and our Crimes appear, More than the Stars that deck the Skies, And all our dreadful Guilt declare. 5 How fhall we come before thy Face, And in thine awful Prefence bow? What Offers can fecure thy Grace, Or calm the Terrors of thy Brow ? 6 Thoufands of Rams in vain might bleed | Rivers of Oil might blaze in vain ; Or the Fir(r-born\ devoted Head With horrid Goie thine Altar ftain. But thy own Lamb, A)l- gracious God, Whom impious Sinners dar'd to II 142 MICAH. Hath fov'reign Virtue in his Blood To purge the Nation's Guilt away. 8 With humble Faith to that we fly ; With that be Britain fprinkled o'er; Trembling no more in Duft we lie, And dread thy Hand and Bar no more, CLIX, Hearing the Voice ofGOD's kod. Micah vi. 9. 1 A TTEND, my Soul, with rev'rend Awe ±\. The Dictates of thy God ; Silent and trembling hear the Voice Of his appointed Rod. 2 Now let me fearch and try my Ways, And pr oft rate feek his Face, Confcious of Guilt before his Throne In Duft my Soul abafe. 3 Teach me, my God, what's yet unknown. And all my Crimes forgive $ Thofe Crimes would I no more repeat, But to thy Honour live. 4 My wither'd Jovs too plainly fhew, That all on Earth is vain ; In God my wounded Heart confides True Reft and Btfft to gain, 5 Father, I wait thy gracious Call, To leave this mournful Land, And bathe in Rivers of Delight, That flow at thy right Hand. cry c:nr>\ H A B A K K U K. 143 'CLX. G D's menhptr -able Mercy admired, Micah vii. 18, 19, 2o. 1 QUPREME in Mercy, who (hall dare 1^ With thy Companion to compare ? For thy own Sake wilt Thou forgive. And bid the trembling Sinner live. 2 Millions of our Tranfgreflions paft Cancell'd behind thy Back are call ; Thy Grace, a Sea without a Shore, O'erflows them, and they rife no more, 3 And left new Legions fhou!d invade, And make the pardon'd Soul afraid, Our inbred Lulls Thou wilt fubdue, And form degenerate Harts anew. 4 Our Leader- God, our Songs proclaim; We lift our Banners in his Name; With Songs of Triumph forth we go, And level the gigamick Foe. 5 His Truth to Jacob fhall prevail; His Oath to Avram cannot fail ; The Hope of Saints ,n ancient Diys, Which Ages yet unborn fhall praile. CLXL The impovcriford 'Saint rejoicing in GOD. ■s Habakkuk iii. 17, 18. O firm the Saint's Foundations Hand, Nor can his Howes remove j rain'd by G D 1 mighty Hand, J44 ZEPHANIAH. 2 Fig-Trees and Olive- Plants may fail, And Vines their Fruit deny, Famine thro' all his Fields prevail, And Flocks and Herds may die. 3 God is the Treafure of his Soul, A Source of facred Joy ; Which no Afflictions can confcroul, Nor Death itfelf deftroy. 4 Lord, may we feel thy chearing Beams, And tafre thy Saints Repofe ; We will not mourn the perinYd Streams, While fuch a Fountain flows. CLXII. G O D's affiled Poor trujiing in Its Name, Z-phaniah iii. 12. 1 T^RAISE to the SovVcign of the Sky, J7 Who from his lofty Throne Looks down on all that humble lie, And calls fuch Souls his own. 2 The haughty Sinner He difdains, Tho' Gems his Temples crown ; And from the Seat of Pomp and Pride His Vengeance hurls him down. 3 On his afflicted pious Poor He makes his Face to (hine •> He fills their Cottages of Clay With Luftre all divine. }. Among the mcaneft of thy Fiock There le> my Dwelling be, Rather than ur-.d r gilded Roof-, i ZEP II A N I A II. 145 5 Poor and afflicted tho' wc arc, In thy ilrong Name wc trull: ; And blefs the Hand of fov'reign Love, Which lifts us from the Dull. CLXIII. GOD amforiing ard rejoicing over Zion. Zepb, lit. 16, 17. 1 , \7 r ES, 'tis the Voice of Love divine ! J[ And O ! how fweet the Accents found ! AlHicled ZioHi j if'e and fhine, Fair Mourner, proftratc on the Ground. 2 The mighty God, thy glorious King, "fender to pity, flrong to fave, Hath fworn He will Salvation bring, Tho' Sorrow prefs thee to the Grave. 3 He all a Father's Pleafurc knows To fold thee in his dear Embrace; His Heart with fecrct Jay o'erfl And chearful Smiles adorn his Face. 4 At length the inward Extacy In heav'nly Mufick breaks its Way * j Jehovah leads the Harmony, And Angels teach their Harps the Lay J. 5 Fain would my Lips the Chorus § join, And tell the liil'ning World my Joys, But Condefcenhon fo divine In Silence fwallows up my V r oice. * 4 6 ZECHARIAH, CLXIV. Praftical Rtfefiiws on the State of our Fathers. Zechariah i. 5-. 1 T TOW fwift tlie Torrent roils, JLJL That bears us to the Sea ! The Tide, that bears our thoughtlefs Souls To vaft Eternity ! 2 Our Fathers, where are they, With all they call'd their own? Their Joys and Griefs, and Hopes and Cares, And Wealth and Honour gone. 3 But Joy or Grief fweceeds Beyond our mortal Thought, While the poor Remnant of their Duft Lies in the Grave forgot. 4. There, where the Fathers lie, Muft all the Children dwell ; Nor other Heritage poiTefs, But fuch a gloomy Cell. 5 God of our Fathers, hear, Thou everlafting Friend ! While we, as on Life's utmoft Verge *, Our Souls to Thee commend. 6 Of all the pious Dead May we the Footfteps trace, Till with them in the Land of Light We dwell before thy Face. * Edg« cr Border, Z E CHAR I AH. H7 CLXV. Jofhua tbi Hirh-Prte/Ts Change if Raiment, applied to Chrijiian Piivilcdges* Zech. iii. 4. 1 TT* TERN A L King, thy Robes are white Jv In fpotlefs Rays erf heav'nly Light ^ Adoring Angels round are feen, Yet in thy Prefence are not clean. 2 What then are we, the Sons of Earth, That draw Pollution from our Birth ? Our flefhly Garments, Lord, hew mean! O'erfpread with hateful Spots of Sin. 3 Hail to that condefcending Grace, Which (hews a Saviour's Righteoufnefb ! Eternal Honours to that Name, Which covers all our Guilt and Shame ! 4 His Blood, an overflowing Sea, Shall purge our deepeft Stains away: Our Souls, renew'd by Grace divine, Shall in their Lord's Reiemblance ftltne. 5 Yet, while thefe Rrgs of Flefh we wear, Pollution will again appear: Come, Death, and eafe me of the Lead ; Come, Death, and bear my Soul to God, 6 The King of Heav'n will there bellow A richer Robe, than Monarchs know, Drefs all his Saints in glittering White , Not JoJI:ua\ Mitre fhune fo bright. 7 The Grave its Trophies (hall refigfi ; ilhri/} will tlir mmilfl'ri nrr T^iifl- iphm- • 1^3 Z EC HA R I A II. And Death, the laft of Foes, fhall be Swallow'd and loft in Victory. 8 My Faith, on tow'ring Pinions borne, Anticipates that glorious Morn ; And, with celeftial Raptures ilrong, Gives mortal Lips th' immortal Song. CLXVr. Jofhua the Htgh-PneJFs Zeal and Fi- delity rewarded with a Station among the Angels. Zech. iii. 6, 7. For the Ordination of a MiniJIer. 1 f^ REAT Lord of Angels, we adore \Jf TheGrace, that builds thy Courts below j And thro' ten thoufand Sons of Light Stoops to regard what Moitals do. 2 Amidft the Waftes of Time and Death Succefiive Pallors Thou doit raife Thy Charge to keep, thy Houfe to guide, And form a People for thy Praife. 3 The heav'nly Natives with Delight Hover around the fccred Place ; Nor feorn to 3eai ri from mortal Tongues The Wonders of redeeming Grace. 4 At length, difmifs'd from feeble Clay, Thy Servants join th' angelick Band ; With them thro' diftarit Worlds they fly, With them before thy Prefence ftand. 5 O glorious Hope ! O bleft Employ ! Sweet Lenitive * of Grief and Care ! * what eaeth cr ailwagetb. Z E C H A R I A IT. 149 When fhal] wc reach thofe radiant Courts, And all their Joy and Honour fhare? 6 Y, while chefe Labours we pui Thus difrant from thy heav'nly Throne, Gi\ c :.l and Love like theirs, And half their Heav'n fhal] here be known. CLXVII. The compleating cf tie jY; ritual Tanple* Zech. iv. 7. 1 QING to the Lord above, C3 Who deigns on Earth to raife A Temple to his Love, A [ nt of Praife. Ye Saints around, Thro' all its Frame, der's Name Harmonious found. 1 He form'd the glorious Plan, And its Foundation laid, That God might dwell with Man, Ai;* be difplay'd ; His Son He fent, V, ho, great and good, Made his own Blood The fweet Cement. 3 Beneath his Eye and Care The Edifice fhall rife Majeftick ftrong and fair, And fhine above the Sk H o nri 150 ZECHARIAH. There fhall He place The polinYd Stone, Ordain'd to crown This Work of Grace. CLXVIII. The Error of dcfpifmg the Day of fmall Things. Zech, iv. 10-. 1 u \\ ^HathaughtvScorneiy' faith theLord, VV " Shall humble Things defpifc, il When He beholds them with Delight, " Who reigns beyond the Skies? 2 44 I from a Chaos dark and wild * " Made HeavVs bright HoH: appear: 44 1 from the fmall unnotie'd Seeds 44 The loftieil Cedars rear. 3 " From Eden's Duft [ J dam form'd, " The nobleft human Frame; 44 And in his humble Sons difjJay 44 The Honours of my Name. 4. 44 From FifHermen, in Number few, 44 In human Arts untaught, 44 All the wide Realms my Church can boaft, 44 My potent Hand hath brought. j u The pious Poor, by Men defprs'd, 44 In deareft Bonds are mine ; *• Once hardly drelt in humble Weeds §, 44 They now like Angels (bine*** ^ Lord, if fuch Trophies rais'd from Duft Thy fov'reign Glory be, ZECHARIAH. 151 Here in mv Heart thy Pow'r may find Materials rit for Thee. {XXIX. Prifiners delivered f rem the Pit by the Blood of the Covenant. Zcch. ix. 1 1 . i "VTE Pris'ncrs, who in Bondage lie, J In Darknds and the Pit, Eehold the Grace that fits us fice, And to that Grace fubmit. 2 The Tidings of Deliverance hear, Confefs the Cov'nant pood, And blcG trie Ranfoin (ion hath found In our Emanuel's Blood. 3 Juftice no more a (Terr, its Claim Your forfeit Lives to take; But fmiling t j'ck defcends Your heavy Chains to break. 4 We walk at largc^ and fing the Hand, To which we Freedom owe; And drink thofe Rivers with Delight, Which thro' this Defart Mow. 5 He, that hath Liberty beftow'd, Will give a Kingdom too; He, that hath Goos.'d the Bond, of Death, The Path of Life will fhow. CLXX. The Fountain of Lift, Zech. xiii. I, I * TAIL, Eveilaftins Spring! *5 2 M A L A C H I. Thy Streams Salvation bring, The Waters never fail : Still they endure, And fttll they flow For all our Woe A fov'reign Cure. Bleft be his wounded Side, And blcft his bleeding Heart, Who all in Anguifh died Such Favours to impart. His facred Blood Shall make us clean From evYy Sin, And fit for God. To that dear Source of Love Our Souls this D ^ ~$ r CLXXXVIL The final Sentence, and Hsppinefs of the Righteous. Matt. xxv. 34. 1 /I T TEND mine Ear; my Heart rejoice 3 .X\. While Jcfus from his Throne, Begirt with all th' angclick Holts, Makes his laft Sentence known. 2 When Sinners, curfed from his Face, To raging Flames are driv'n, His Voice, with Melody divine, Thus calls his Saints to Heav'n. 3 u Bleft of my Father, all draw near, " Receive the large Reward ; " And rife with Raptures to poilcfs " The Kingdom Love prepar'd. 4 u E'er Earth's Foundations firit were laid, M This fov 'reign Purpofe wrought, 41 And rcar'd thofe Palaces divine, 44 To which you now are brought. J o 5 u There fhall you reign unnumber'd Year?, " Protected by my Pow'r, 44 While Sin and Hell, and Pains and Cares i4 Shall vex your Souls no more." I [68 MATTHEW. > Come, dear majeftick Saviour, come, This "Jubilee proclaim, And teach us Accents fit to praife So great, (o dear a Name. XXXXVIII. Relieving Christ in his poor Sq'mts. Matt. xxv. 40. JESUS,*ny Lord, how rich thy Grace! Thy Bounties how compleat ! How fliall I count the matchlefs Sum ? How pay the. mighty Debt ? \ High on a Throne of radiant Light , Doft Thou exalted fhine; What can my Poverty bellow, When all the Worlds are Thine? j But Thou haft Brethren here below, The Partners of thy Grace, And wilt confefs their humble Names Before thy Father's Face. \, In them Thou may 'ft be cloath'd, and fed, Ariel vifited, and chear'd ; And in their Accents of Diftrefs My Saviour's Voice is heard. ; Thy Face with Rev'rence and with Love I in thy Poor would fee ; O let me rather beg my Bread, / Than hold it back from Thee. CLXXXIX, M A T T II E W. 169 CLXXXIX. The final Sentence and Mifery of the Wicked. Matt, xxv. 41. 1 AND will the Judge defcend ? J m \^ And muft the Dead ariic : And not a fingle Soul efcape His all-difcerning Eyes ? 2 And from his righteous Lips Shall fuch a Sentence found ? And thro' the Millions of the Damn'd Spread black Defpair around ? 3 " Depart from me, Accurs'd, tc To everlrvfting Flame, " For Rebel- Angela iirft prepared, cc Where Mercy never came." 4 How will mv Heart endure The Terrors of that Day, When Earth and He'av'h before AfloninYa (hank aw ty ? 5 But e'er that Trumpet (bakes The Manfions of the Dead, Hark from the Uofpel's gentle What joyful Tidings fprei 6 Ye Sinners, feck hi Whofe Wrath ye cannot bear; My to the Shelter of his Crofs, 1 find Salvation there. So (hall thatCurfe rem B) which the Saviour bled, 7 o M A T T H E W. And the laft awful Day fhall pour His Bleflings on your Head. XC. Christ's SubmiJJion to his Father's JVM. Matt. xxvi. 42. " TT^ATHER divine, (the Saviour cried, X? While Horrors prefs'd on ev'ry Side, And proftrate on the Ground he lay) u Remove this bitter Cup away. " But if thefe Pangs m«ft ftill be borne, u Or helplefs Man be left forlorn, " I bow my Soul before thy Throne, " And fay. Thy Will % *** mine be done' 9 Thus our fubmiflive Souls would bow, And, taught by Jefus^ lie as low; Our Hearts, and not our Lips alone, Would fay, Thy Will^ not ours he done* Then, tho' like him in Duft we lie, We'll view the blifsful Moment nigh, Which, from our Portion in his Pains, Calls to the Joy in which He reigns. :XCI Reflections on the Difciples for faking Christ, when he was betrayed. Matt. xxvi. -56. BEHOLD the Son of God's Delight; Hisfmiles howfwect ! His rays how bright 1 A Friend of Tendjsrnefs unknown : To the laft Breath He lov'd his own. M A T T II E W. 171 2 Rut lo, his Friends, his Brethren dear Fled, when they (aw hi^ Danger near; And not one gen'rous Heart remains To fhield his Life, or fru re his Paito. 3 So frail is Man; fo frail are we, When unfupported, Lord, by Thee; Thus fhrinks our Faith; thus droops our Love And thus our Vows abortive prove. 4 Bleft JkfiiS) thy own Pow'r impart, And bind in Cords of Love my Heart : The Fugitive no more (hall flee, But keep thio' Death its Hold on Thee. CXCII. Christ's Comp!ni>:t of his Father*; fcrfakir.g him on the CrcJ's, Matt XXV ii. 46. 1 1I7"HAT doleful Accents do I hear ? V V What piercing Cry invades mini Loaded with Shame, and bath'd in Blood, Who calls to a foi faking God ? 2 Amazing and Heart-rending Sight! 'Tis his own Darling and Delight, Who once in his Embraces lay, Dearer than all the Sons of Day ! 3 Yet when I died for me, Diftended on the curled Tice, God ftood afar, nor would afford One pitying Look, one chcaring Word. 4 What then, my Soul, mud thou have felt, If piefs'd with all thy Load of Guilt, 72 MATTHEW. Beneath whofe Weight the Saviour cries, Who form'd the Earth, and built the Skies? But in that dark tremendous Hour Unconquer'd Faith exerts its Pow'r; My GOD, ?ny Father, cried aloud, And Heav'n th' endearing Name avow'd. From Death, from Earth, Ke rais'd his Son, And gave him for his Crofs aThrone - y Triumphant there the Suff'rer reigns, And reaps the Harveft of his Pains, Eternal Raptures there are known ; Nor flows the Joy on Him alone, But for his Sake the Lord hath fwore, To leave the meaneft Saint no more, CXCIII. The fame. Matt, xxvii. 46. Y Saviour, didft Thou die for me ? For me fend forth that bitter Cry ? With bleeding Heart thy Wounds 1 fee, Prepar'd at thy Command to die. By all thine Anguim on the Crofs, When God thy Father flood afar, Rich in thy temporary Lofs, Thy Church is brought for ever near. From far the Beamings of thy Throne Reviv'd my fympathizing Heart \ Thy Love made Sinners Griefs thy own, Mine in thy Joys mutt take its Part. 'Midft all the Splendours of thy Reign, MATTHEW. 173 Nor let a Mourner weep in vain, For whom thy precious Blood was fpilt. While thro' Earth's Jarkeft Gloom I tread, Dart to my Soul a chearing Ray ; And on the Confines of the Dead Thy PowV, as Lord of Life, difplay. Y CXCIV. The AngeVs Reply to the Women^ that fought Christ. Matt, xxviii. 5, 6. J E humble Souls, that feek the Lord, Chafe all your Fears away : And bow with Pleafure down to fee The Place where Jefus lay. 2 Thus low the Lord of Life was brought; S :ch Wonders Love can do ; Thus nld in Death that Bofom lay, Which throb'd, and bled for you. 3 A Moment give a Loofe to Grief; Let grateful Sorrows rife, And wafh the bloody Stains away With Torrents from your Eyes. 4 Then raifeyour Eyes, and tune your Songs, The Saviour lives again ; Not all the Bolts and Bars of Death The Conqu'ror could detain. 5 High o'er th' angelick Bands He rears His once difhonour'd Head ; And thro' unnumber'd Years He reigns, Who dwelt among the Dead. 74 MATTHEW. With Joy like his fhall ev'ry Saint His empty Tomb furvey ; Then rife with his afcending Lord Thro' ail his fhining Way. XCV. Christ ever prefent with his Miniflers and Churches, Matt, xxviii. -20. WIDE o'er all Worlds the Saviour reigns; Urimov'd his PowV and Love remainsj And on his Arm his Church fhall reft. Fair Zion, joyful in her King, Thro' ev'ry changing Age fhall fing, With his perpetual Prefence bleft. Tyranmck Death, in vain thy Rage, Thy Triumphs new in ev'ry As;e O'er the fi> ft Heroes of his Hoft ; Confcious of more than mortal Aid, Our bleeding Hearts are not difmay'd, But an immortal Leader boaft. Tho' buried deep in Duft they lie, Whofe tuneful Voices rais'd on high Led the'fweet Anthems to his Name j The Children learn the Fathers Song, And unform'd Tongues fhall ft ill prolong The ever-prefent Saviour's Fame. The prefent Saviour, He fhall give Millions of future Saints to live, And croud the Temples of his Grace : MARK. 175 The prefent Saviour, lo, He comes To call whole Legions from their Tombs, And teach their Duft fublimer Praife. CXCVI. Departed Saints ajleep. Mark v. 39* WHY flow thefc Torrents of Diftrefs? (The gentle Saviour cries) " Why are my fleeping Saints furvey'd M With unbelieving Eyes ? 2 " Death's feeble Arm fhall never bead, " A Friend of Chriji is flain ; U K E. And learn of the ccleftial Choir Their own immertal Strains ? 211. Simeon's Song and Declaration to the Vir- gin Aiary. Luke ii. 30 — 35. OU R Eyes Salvation fee, Prepar'd by Grace divine : How wide its Splendours are diffus'd ! How bright its Glories fhine ! Thro' diftant Heathen Lands It darts a vivid * Ray, And to the Realms, where Satan reign'd, Imparts celeftial Day. The lfrael of the Lord In Chrijl their Glory boafT, And on the Honours of his Name Their whole Salvation truft. By Him (hall Millions rife To an immortal Crown, And Millions, that his Grace defpife, Shall fink in Ruin down. Our Reckoning is begun, And on th' Account will go, Till clos'd in everlafting Joy, Or never-ending Woe. * Lively. :ill. Christ's McJTage. Luke iv. 18, 19, LUKE. Let ev'ry Heart prepare a Throne, And ev'ry Voice a Song. On Him the Spirit largely pour'd Exerts its facred Fire ; Wifdom and Might, and Zeal and Love His holy Breaft infpire. He comes the Prisoners to releafe, In Satan's Bondage held ; The Gates of Brafs before him burft, The Iron- Fetters yield. He comes from thickeft Films of Vice To clear the mental Ray, And on the Eye-Balls of the Blind To pour celeftial Day. He comes the broken Heart to bind, The bleeding Soul to cure, And with the Treaiurcs of his Grace T' inrich the humble Poor. His Silver Trumpets publifh loud The Jul' lee of the Lord * ; Our Debts are all remitted now, Our Heritage reftor'd. Our glad Ho/annaSj Prince of Peace, Thy Welcome fhall proclaim ; And HeavVs eternal Arches ring With thy beloved Name. 181 * The V l of the I M. i. c. the Year cf i82 L U K E. ^CIV. The recovered Daemon iack, on Emblem of a converted Sinner. Luke villi 35. r *V ESUS, we own thy favino; Pow'r, % / And thy victorious Hand; Hell's Legions tremble at thy Feet, And fly at thy Command. > O'er Souls, by Paffions Uproar fill'd With Anarchy * unknown, The nobler Pow'rs, reftor'd by Thee, Afcend their peaceful Throne. 5 No more they rend their Cloathing off; ' No more their Wounds repeat; But gentle and composed they wait Attentive at thy Feet. (. O'er Thoufands more, where Satan rukj, May we fuch Triumphs fee; And be their refcu'd Souls and ours Devoted, Lord, to Thee. * Confufion and Diiordcr. 2CV. The good Samaritan. Luke x. 30 — 37. FATHER of Mercies, fend thy Grace All-pow'rful from above To form in our obedient Souls The Image of thy Love. LUKE. 1S3 Kindly to fhare in others Joy, And weep for others Woe ! 3 When the mod helplefs Sons of Grief In low Diftrefs are laid, Soft be our Hearts their Pains to fee!, And fvvift our Hands to aid. 4 So Jefus look'd on dying Men, When thron'd above the Skies, And, 'midft th' Embraces of his Gcd, He felt Companion nfe. 5 On Wings of Love the Saviour flew To raife us from the Ground, And made the richeft of his Blood A Balm for ev'ry Wound. CCVI. The Care of the Sou/, toe cue Thing need- ful* Luke x. 42-. 1 "\ T TH Y will ye lavifh out your Years VV Amidft a thoufand trifling Cares ? While in this various Range of Thought The one Thing needful is forgot ? 2 Why will ye chafe the fleeting Wind, And famiih an immortal Mind ; While Angels with Regret look down To fee you fpurn a heav'nly Crown ? 3 Th' Eternal God calls from above, a ~a Obfervant of his heav'nly Word, And watchful at his Gate. LUKE. 187 3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's Command $ And while we fpeak, He's near : Mark the firft Signal of his Hand, And ready all appear. 4 O happy Servant he In fuch a Pofture found ! He fhall his Lord with Rapture fee, And be with Honour crown'd. 5 Chriji (hall the Banquet fpread With his own royal Hand, And raife that fav'rite Servant's Head Amidft th' angelick Band. CCXI. Room at the Gofpel- Feajl. Luke xiv. -22. 1 F J 1 HE King of Heav'n his Table fpreads, |_ And Dainties crown the Board j Not.Paradife with all its Joys Could fuch Delight afford. 2 Pardon and Peace to dving Men, And endlefs Life are giv'n, And the rich Blood, that J ejus fhed To raife the Soul to Hcav'n. 3 Ye hungry Poor, that long have itinv'd In Sin's dark Ma-ze-, come: Come from the Hedges and Highways, And Grace fhall find you Room. II [88 L U K E. ; Yet is his Houfe and Heart fo large, That Millions more may come; Nor could the wide aflembling World O'er-fill the fpacious Room. i All Things are ready ; come away, Nor weak Excufes frame ; Croud to your Places at the Feaft, And blefs the Founder's Name. ^CXIT. The prefent and future State of the Saint and Sinner compared. Luke xvi. 25. [ T N what Confufion Earth appears ! J^ God's dearefr. Children bath'd in Tears; While they, who Heav'n itfelf deride, Riot in Luxury and Pride. I But pacient let my Soul attend, And, e'er I cenfure, view the End : That Erd, how diff'rent, who can tell? The wide Extremes of Heav'n and Hell. J See the red Flames around him twine, Who did in Gold and Purple fhine ! Nor can his Tongue one Drop obtain T' allay the Scorching of his Pain. }. While round the Saint, fo poor below, Full Rivers of Salvation flow ; On Mrams Breaft he leans his Head, And banquets on celeftial Bread. 5 7 e f us 9 my Saviour, let me fhare 'i he meaneft of thy Servants Fare; LUKE. May I *t laft approach to tafte The BlefTings of thy Marriage FeaiT i8c CCXIII. Rebels Qgainft Luke xix Christ executed* 27. i TJ E comes ; the royal ConquYor comes ; JL 1 His Legions fill the Sky ; Angelick Trumpets rend the Tombs, And loud proclaim him nigh. 2 Ye Rebel- Hofts, how vain your Rage Againfl this fov'reign Lord ? What Madnefs bears you on t' engage The Terrors of his Sword ? 3 " Rring forth (he cries) thofe Sons of Pride* " That fcorn'd my gentle Sway, " To prove the Arm they once defy'd " Omnipotent to flay." 4 Tremendous Scene of Wrath divine ! How wide the Vengeance fpreads ' His pointed Darts of Light'ning fhine Round their defencelefs Heads. 5 Now let the Rebels feek that Face, From which they cannot f. And thou, my Soul, adore the Grace, That fweetly conquered thee. CCXIV. The Redeemer s Tears uept ever hji Souls, Luke xix. 41, 4.2. I "\7[7~HAT v. jier::b!c SiLiht i V y The Son ot God difiblv'd in Te 190 LUKE. Trace, O my Soul, with ftd Surprize, The Sorrows of a Saviour's Eyes. 2 For whom, bleft Jefus, we would know. Doth fuch a facred Torrent flow ? What Brother, or what Friend of Thine, Is grac'd and mourn'd with Drops divine? 3 Nor Brother there, nor Friend I fee, But Sons of Pride and Cruelty ; Who like rapacious Tigers flood Infatiate panting for thy Blood. 4 Dear Lord, and did thy gufhing Eyes Thus ftream o'er dying Enemies? And can thy Tendernefs forget The Sinner humbled at thy Feet ? 5 With deep Remorfe our Bowels move, That we have wrong'd fuch matchlefs Love $ Thy gentle Pity, Lord, difplay, And fmile thefe trembling Fears away. 6 Give u»to fhine before thy Face, Eternal Trophies of thy Grace; Where Songs of Praife thy Saints employ, And mingle with a Saviour's Joy. CCX V. Departed Saints living to GOD. Luke xx. -38. I f I ^Hrice happy State, where Saints (hall live ± Around their Father's Throne, In ev'ry Joy, that Heav'n can give, And live to God alone ! LUKE. J 9- 2 Unnumbcr'd Bands of Kindred- Minds, That dwelt in feeble Clay, Us and our Woes have left behind To reign in endlefs Day. 3 Immortal Vigour now they breathe, And all the Air is Peace^ They chide our Tears, that mourn the Deaths Which brought their Souls Releafe. 4 Thus fhall the Grace of Cbriji prevail, Till all his Chofen meet; And not the mcaneft Servant fail His Houfhold to compleat. 5 To that bleft Goal * with ardent Hafte Our active Souls w r ould tend ; Nor feel their Sorrows, as they pafs'd To fuch a blifsful End. * The End oi" a Race, where the Prize was ; CCXVI C h R 1 3 t's Admonition to, and Care of Peter under approaching Trials. Luke xxii. 3*i 3 2 - t TTOW keen the Tempter'^ Malice is ! I I. How artful, and how £reat ! Tho' not one Grain fhall be deitroy'd, Yet will he lift the Wheat. 2 But God can all his Pow'r controul, And gather-in his Chain ; And, where he fe^ms to triumph mod, 'Y\\q captive Soul res lin. (E92 LUKE. 3 There is a Shepherd kind and ftrong, Still watchful for his Sheep; Nor (hall th* infernal Lion rend, Whom he vouchfafes to keep. 4 Bleft Jtfusj intercede for us, That we may fall no more ; O raife us, when we proftrate lie, And Comfort loft reftore. 5 Thy fecret Energy impart, That Faith may never fail; But, 'midft whole Show'rs of fiery Darts, That temper'd Shield prevail. 6 Secur'd ourfelves by Grace divine, We'll guard our Brethren too ; And, taught their Frailty by our own, Our Care of them renew. CCXVII. Christ's Prayer for bis Enemies* Luke xxiii. 34. 1 A LOUD I fing the wond'rous Grace, J~\_ Chrijl to his Murd'rers bare ; Which made the tort'ring Crofs its Throne, And hung its Trophies there* 2 Father, forgive, his Mercy cried With his expiring Breath, And drew eternal Bleflings down On thofc, who wrought his Death. 3 Then may I hope for Pardon too, Tho' I have piere'd the Lord ; L U K E. 193 BK'ft 7?/* J » m mv ^ aV(U,r freak That all-prevailing Word. 4 I knew not what my Mad nek did, \V T hile I remain'd thy Foe : Soon as I faw the Wounds were Thine, My Tears began to flow. 5 Melted bv Goodnefs fo divine, I would its Footfteps trace; And, while beneath thy Crofs I ftand, My fiercelt Foes embrace. CCXVIII. The RefurreSlion 0/ C H R I s t. Luke xxiv. 34. 1 T7"ES, the Redeemer rofe ; \ The Saviour left the Dead ; And o'er our hellifli Foes High raised his conquering Head : In wild Difmay Tl e Guards around Fell to the G round, And funk away. 2 Lo, the angel idle Hands In full Aflembl meer, To wait his high Commands, And worfhip at his Feet: Joyful they come, And winy; ;heir V. From Realms of Day To fuch a Tomb. i.94 LUKE. 3 Then back to Heav'n they fly, And the glad Tidings bear: Hark ! as they foar on high, What Mufick fills the Air! Their Anthems fay, ,.: \ aging Smart: i his own I JompafIk>n rifes, nd the grand fcheme thecourt of H;av ? n furprifes. God's only Son v Glories bright, His Father's faireft Image and Dehgrv, Juilice and Grace tre Vic:im have decreed, To wear our ! J in that Flefh to bleed. te in Cult, ye Sinners, ail ad', re hi;i', nd tremble, while you, [leans rejoice before him. The wond'rous work is done-,the covenant flood, And Jifas expiates human Guilt with blood Nail'd to the Tree He bows his facred Head A mangled Corps He fojourns with the Dead ifing, the Golpel fends thro' ev'ry Nation ; believe, and gain compleat Salvation. Father of Grace, accept our humble Praife; O let it run thro' everlafting Days ! And ThoujBleft Saviour, fpoilefs Lamb ofGcD, Accept the Souls dear-ranfum'd with thy Blood; nd to thofe Songs, form all our feeble Voices, i which the choir round thy bright throne rejoices. * unequalled. CXXL The Spirit's Influences compared to living Water. John iv. 10. >LEST Jefus, Source of Grace divine, What Soul- refreftiioc Streams aieThme ! U JOHN. 1 97 O bring thefc healing I Plight Or WC Kid ,.nd tall, and die. 2 No Traveller thro J defart Lands, • Sorts, atid Sands, for coolin Or pant* rent to obtain. 3 Our 1 inging Souls loud would (ing, fpfing; To a redundant River flow, And chcar this thirfty Land below. 4 May this bleft Torrent near my Side Thro' all the Defart gently glidej Then in Emanuel's Land above Spread to a Sea of Joy and Love. CCXXII. The Chr'ifuarCsfccret Fcaji. John iv. 32. 1 ~W 7~E praife the Lord for heav'nly Bread, V V With which immortal Souls are fed: We praife Thee for that heav nlv Featr, Which Jefus with Delight could tafte. 2 He, while He fojourn'd here below, Had Meat, which Strangers could not know: That Meat He to his People gives, And he ihat taftes the Jluuj ue lives. 3 So let me live, fuftaln'd by t I. ■ Regal'd with Fruits of R ighteoufncf? : Pinter my Heart, AIT- gracious Lord, And fup with me, and deck: thy Board. K a. Devotion .19* JOHN. 4 Devotion, Faith, and zealous Love, And Hope, that bears the Soul above, Be thefe my Dainties, till I rife, And tafte the Joys of Paradife. CCXX1IJ. T})c Paralytick at Bethefda. John v. 6. EHOLD the great Phyfician ftands, Whofc Skili is ever fure ; And loud He calls to dying Men, And free He offers Cure. 2 And will ye hear his gracious Voice,* While fore-difeas'd ye lie ? Or will ye all his Grace defpife, And trifle till ye die? 3 Bleft Jefusy lpeak the healing Word, And inward Vigour give; Then, rais'd by Energy divine, Shall helplefs Mortals live. 4. With chearful Pace our trembling Feet In thy bleft Paths fhall run, "Till Zions healthful Hill they gain, Where no Complaint is known. • CCXXIV. GOD's Purpofes effefiua!, and Christ's Invitations Jincert. John vi. 37. I T S there a Sight in Earth or Heav'n Can fuch Delight impart, As Jefus 9 wide-extended Arms, J O H N. 199 2 " All that my heav'nly Father gives " Shall come (the Saviour cries) " And ev'rv weakeft Soul, that comes, " Find Favour in mine Eyes. 3 " Til not reject him with Difdain, " Nor hurl him down to Hell > M But, folded in my kind Embrace, « Hefafeand bleft fhall dwell." 4 Hearken, ye dying Sinners all; All haften, while ye hear \ For Crouds of wretched Souls at once May find their Refuge there. 5 I hear thy Voice, and I obey 5 Low at thy Feet I fall ; Nor (hall the Tempter's Voice prevail Againic the Saviour's Call. CCXXV. Christ's Invitation to thirfy Sculs. John vii. 37. 1 rr\ HE Lord of Life exalted frands, j[ Aloud He cries, and fpreads his Hands : He calls ten thoufand Sinners round, And fends a Voice from ev'ry Wound. 2 " Attend, ye thirfty Souls, draw near, 11 And fatiate all your Wifhes here : o 4 J O H N. 5 The gentle Accents of thy Voice lift'ninor Soul would hear; And, by the Signals of thy Will, I all my Courfe would fleer. (. I follow where mv Shepherd leads, And mark the Path he drew; My Shepherd's Feet Amount Zion tread, And 1 fhall reach it too. CCXXXI. The Happinefi and Security of Christ's Sheep. John x. 28. 1 "]% fif Y Sou!, with Joy attend, X.% JL While J ejus Silence breaks; No Angel's Harp fuch Mufick yields, As wha^ my shepherd fpeaks. I c; I know my Sheep, (He cries) u My Soul approves them w 7 ell : " Vain is the treachVous World's Difguife, " And vain the Rage of Hell. j " I freely feed them now <; With Tokens of my Love, " But richer Paftures I prepare, 4t And fv-v r eeter Streams above. j. " Unnun ber'd Years of Elifs u I to my Sheep will give ; " And, while my Throne unfliaken ftands, " Shall all my Chofen live. 5 " This tried almighty Hand " Is rais'd for their Defence : * Wher 20 JOHN. " Where is the Pow'r (hall reach them thcic i " Or what (hall force them thence :" Enough, my Gracious Lord, Let Faith triumphant cry ; Mv I i bn this Promifc live, Can on this Promife die. CCXXXII. Christ's Sberp given by the Father^ and gua> ded by Omnipotence, John x. 29, 30. 1 T N one harmonious c'icarful Song, L Ye happy Sa:n.>, combine; Loud let it found from ev'ry Tongue, The Saviour is divine. 2 The lcaft, the fecbleft of the Sheep To Him the Father ga Kind is his Heart the Charge to keep, And ftrong his Ann to lave. 3 In Chrift th' Almighty Father dwells, And Chrljl and He are One; That Rebel- Pow'r, which Chri/i affaib, Attacks th' eternal Throne. 4 That Hand, which Heav'n and Earth foftainSj And bars thp Gates of Hell, And riv< m in Chains, Shall guard his Chocn well. 5 Now let th' inf 1 1 \\ Lion roar, How vain his Threats appear! When h 's Pow'r, I will begin to feari t , 2o6 JOHN. CCXXXIII. The attraftive Influence of a crucified Saviour. John xii. 32. 1 TTJEHOLD th' amazing Sight, JO The Saviour lifted high ! Behold the Son of God's Delight Expire in Agony ! 2 Fot whom, for whom, my Heart* Were all thefe Sorrows borne ? Why did He feel that piercing Smart, . And meet that various Scoin ? 3 For Love of us He bled, And all in Torture dLd : 'Twas Love, that bow'd his fainting Head, And op'd his gufhing Side. 4. I fee, and I adore In Sympathy of Love : I feel the ftrong attractive Pow'r To lift my Soul above. 5 Drawn by fuch Cords as thefe, Let sll the Earth combine With ch earful Ardour to confefs The Energy divine. 6 In Thee our Hearts unite, Nor (hare thv Griefs alone, Bur from thy Crofs purfue their Flight To thy triumphant Throne. CCXXX1V. Christ's myfterious Conduct to be Unfolded hereafter. John xiii, 7. I r *xESUS, we own thy fov'reign Hand, JOHN. 207 Wifdom and Love are all thy Ways, When moft to us unknown. 2 By Thee the Springs of Life were form'd, And by thy Breath are broke, And good is ev'rv awful Word, Our gracious Lord hath fpoke. 3 To Thee we yield our Comforts up, To Thee our Lives refign ; In Straits and Dangers rich and fafe, If we and ours are Thine. 4 Thy Saints in earlier Life remov'd In fweeter Accents fing; And blefs the Swiftnefs of their Flight, That bore them to their King. 5 The Burdens of a lengthen'd Day With Patience we would bear; Till Ev'ning's welcome Hour Avail fhew We were our Mailer's Care. CCXXXV. Christ's Pity and Ccnfolatien fa* his troubled DijcipUs. John xiv. i — 3. 1 T)EACE, all ye Sorrows of the Heart, JL And all my Tears be dry ; That Chriftian ne'er can be forlorn, That views bis ft/us nigh. 2 " Let not you. throb, (He fays) Cfc Nor be your Souls afraid : " Truft in your God's almighty Name, " And tiuit your Saviour's Aid, -2 « Fair 2o8 JOH N. 3 " Fair Manfions in my Father's Houfe " For all his Children wait; 41 And I, your elder Brother, eo " To open wide the Gate. 4 « And if I thither go before u A Dwelling to piepare, blei Life, That cannot yield to Death. CCXXXVil. Abiding in Christ necejfary \ Fruhfuinejs. John xv. 4. 1 ORD of the Vineyard, we adore Jj j That Pow'r and Grace divine, Which plants our wild, our barren Souls In Chriji the living Vine. 2 For ever may they there abide, And, from that vital Root, Be Influence fprcad thro' evVy B;anch To form and feed the Fruit. 3 Shine forth, my God, the Clutters warm With Rays of facred Love; Till Eden's Soil, and Z/Ws Streams The gen'rous Plant improve. CCXXXVIIT. Our Prayers effeelual, when wt abide in Christ, and his IVord ul'uUth in us, John xv. 8. I TT ¥" AIL, Gracious Saviour, All-divine! r~J Myftcribus, ever-living Vine ! To Thee united m;iy we live, And nourihYd by thine Influence thrive. aio J O H N. 2 Still may our Souls in Thee abide, Torn by no Tcmpefts from thy Side; Nor from its Place within our Heart Thy Promife, or thy Law depart. 3 Then (hall our Pray'rs accepted rife, Thro' Thee a grateful Sacrifice; And all our Sighs before thy Throne Defcend in ample Bleffings down. 4 In filent Hope our Souls (hall wait Their Penfion from thy Mercy's Gate; Nor can our Lips or Hearts exprefs A Wifh proportion'd to thy Grace, CCXXXIX. Continuing in C H R I s t's Love. John xv. 9. 1 rir^O all his Flock, what wond'rous Love JL Doth our kind Shepherd bear? As He to his great Father's Heart, So we to his are dear. 2 So fure, fo conftant, and fo ftrong Do his Endearments prove: O may their Energy prevail To fix us in his Love. 3 No more let my divided Heart From this bleft Center turn ; But, fir'd by fuch all-potent Rays, With Flames immortal burn. 4 Defcend, and all thy Pow'r difplay, Ani all thy Love reveal; That JOHN. 211 That the warm Streams of Jefus y Blood This frozen Heart may feel. CCXL. The JpoJIles and Chrijiiaw chofen by Christ to bring forth permanent Fruit. John xv. 16. 1 T Own, my God, thy fov'reign Grace, X And bring the Praife to Thee ; If Thou my chofen Portion art, Thou firft haft chofen me. 2 My gracious Counfellor and Guide Will hear me when 1 pray ; Nor, while I urge a Saviour's Name, Will frown my Soul away. 3 Bleft Jefus, animate my Heart With Beams of heav'nly Love, And teach that cold unthankful Soil The heav'nly Seed t' improve. 4. In copious Show'rs thy Spirit fend To water all the Ground ; So to the Honour of thy Name Shall lafting Fruit be found. CCXLI. Peace in Christ amidji Tribulations John xvi. 33. I T TEnceforth let each believing Heart X X From anxious Sorrows ceafe : Tho' Storms of Trouble rage around, In Jefus we have Peace. 2 Hig « 212 JOHN. 2 His Blood from W>a-h to come redeemf, Aw srfm rhtj ( i :':c, By bitt'reft Draughts of deep Diftrefs, lis healing Pow> difplays. 3 y*fi*h <•'• h, march'd before ' To lead u> to the Fight \ And now He reachetjb out the Crown With heav'nly Glories bright, 4 Lord, 'tis enough ; thy Voice we hear ; That Crown by Faith we fee: No Sorrows (hall o'erwhelm our Souls, Since none divide from Thee. CCXLI'I. Christ fanft'ifying him/elf^ that his People may be fanftified John xvii. 19, 1 TOEHOLD the bleeding Lamb of God, J3 Our fpotlefs Sacrifice ! By Hands of baib'rous Sinners feiz'd, Nail'd to the Crofs He 2 Bleft Jefus^ whence this dreaming Blood? And whence this foul Difgrace? Whence all thefe pointed Thorns, that rend Thy venerable Face ? 3 « I fanclify Myfelf (He cries) " That thou may'ft holy be; « Come, trace my Life ; come, view my Death, " And learn to copy Me." 4 Dear Lord, we pant for Holinefs, john. 213 To the bright i n tnds Our wand'rii im. No, .ifli ro Thai: • ur utmofl Pow'f 'I hy Model to fulfill. CCXLIiT. Meditations on the Sepulchre in the Jo lin x;x. 41. 1 rpHE Sepulchres, how thick they ftand X Thro' all tiie Road on either Hand! And burfi: u ;ht In cv'i I Dejight ! 2 Thicher the winding id'j There all the flbwrVj B idj atcharm'd the Eyea before, ;rance and AJuiicic are no mure. in that dam;} and filent Cell S and my Brethren dwell; Beneath its broad and gloomy Shade My Kindred, and my Friends are laid. I'e I tread the (olemn Way, My Faith that Saviour w ftf, "I'd to fojourn in the Tomb, And left behind a rich Perfume. acy unknown, Whil< from h they view his Throne, n fee A Pai -iv'd lor c 214 JOH N. CCXLIV. Christ afcendlng to his Father and GOD, and ours. John xx. 17. 1 T N Raptures let our Hearts afcend X Our heav'nly Seats to view, And grateful trace that fhining Path Our rifing Saviour drew. 2 " Up to my Father, and my God, " I go; (the Conqu'ror cries) t for one tranfient Hour alone, But there to fix thy lafling Throne. 5 Own this mean Dwelling as thy Home; And, when our Life's lali: Hour is come, Let us but die, as in thy Sight, And Death fhall vanifh in Delight. CCXLVI. Appeal to Christ fcr the Sincerity of Love t*bim% John xxt. 15. x T~^N O not I love Thee. O mv Lord ? U6 J O H N. And turn each curfed Idol out, That dares to rival Thee. I Do not I love Thee from my Soul ? Then let me Nothing love: Dead be my Heart to ev'ry Joy, When Jefus cannot move. 5 Is not thy Name melodious ftill To mine attentive Ear? Doth not each Pulfe with Pleafure bound My Saviour's Voice to hear ? }. Haft Thou a Lamb in all thy Flock, I would difdain to feed ? Haft Thou a Foe, before whofe Face I fear thy Caufe to plead ? j Would not mine ardent Spirit vie * With Ang, Is round the Throne, To execute thy facied Will, And make thy Glory known ? ) Would not my Heart pour forth its Blood In Honour of thy Name ? And challenge the cold Hand of Death To damp th' immortal Flame ? i Thou know'ft I love Thee, Deareft Lord : But O ! I long to foar Far from the Sphere of mortal Joys, And learn to love Thee more. * endeavour to equal. A C 7 CCXLVIL Zeal J r Chrtsi Peter ar.d \k\\\\\ : . i Wajier* John xxi. I 8 — 2. j "13 Left Men, who ftretch their willing Hands, Xj Submiilive to their Lord's Command , And yield their Liberty and Breath To Him, that lov'd their Souls in Death ! 2 Lead me to fuffer, and to die, If Thou, my gracious Lord, art nigh : One Smile from Thee my Heart fhail fire, And teach me fmiling to expire. 3 If Nature at the Trial fhake, And from the Crofs or Flames draw back, Grace can its feeble Coutage rail:, And turn its Tremblings into Praife. 4 While fcarce I dare, with Peter, i " Ml boldly tread the bleeding Vk Yet in thy Steps, like John, I'd mo E With humble Hope, and hlent Love. * Sec Tamil) Expofiht in Lcc. CCXLVIII. Christ exalte J to lea P> a Saviour* Acts v. 31. I "TpXALTED Prince of Life, we own \2j The royal Honours of thy Throj 1 'J is fix'd by God's Almighty Hand, A 1 .^.•«-/^a/i; Knii7 of tli" ( 'nn-.rmn/l 2i8 ACTS. 2 Exalted Saviour, we confefs. The fov'reign Triumphs of thy Grace; Where Beams of gentle Radiance fhine, And temper Majefty divine. 3 Wide thy refiftlefs Sceptre fway, Till all thine Enemies obey : Wide may thy Crofs its Virtue prove* And conquer Millions by its Love. 4 Mighty to vanquifh, and forgive ! Thine Ifrael ihd\\ repent and live; And loud proclaim thy Dealing Breath, Which works their life, who wrought thy death. CCXLIX. The Believer committing his departing Spirit to Jesus. Acls vii. -59. 1 £~\ Thou, that hail Redemption wrought, K^J Patron of Souls, thy Blood hath bought, To Thee our Spirits we commit, Mighty to refcue from the Pit. 2 Millions of blifsful Souls above, In Realms of Purity and Love, With Songs of endlefs Praife proclaim The Honours of thy faithful Name. 3 When all the Pow'rs of Nature fail'd Thy cvci -conflant Care prevailed ; Courage and Joy thy Friendfhip fpoke, When ev'ry mortal Bond was broke. A C T S. 219 And we, when finking in the Grave, Trull thine Omnipotence to fave. 5 O may our Spirits by thy Hand Be gather'd to that happy Band, Who, 'midft the Bleflings of thy Reign, Lofe all Remembrance of their Pain. 6 In Raptures there divinely Tweet Give us our Kindred-Souls to meet, And wait with them that brighter Day, Which all thy Triumph fhali difpJay. CCL. PeterV Admonition to Simon Magus. Arts viii. 21 — 24. 1 QEARCHER of Hearts, before thy Face j^ I all my Sou! difplay ; And, confeious of its innate * Art-, Intreat thy Unci Survey. 2 If lurking in its inmoil Folds I any Sin conceal, O let a Ray of Light divine The fecret Guile reveal, 3 If tinclur'd with that odious Gail Unknowing I remain, Let Grace, like a pure filver Stream, Waft out th' accurfed Stain. 4 If in thefe fatal Fetters bound A wretched Slave I lie, eao ACTS. 5 To humble Penitence and PrayV Be gentle Pity giv'n ; Speak ample Pardon to my Heart, And feal ita Claim to Heav'n. CCLI. The Defcent of the Spirit, or his Influence* defired. A6ts x. 44. j f^\ RE AT Father of each perfect Gift, VJX Behold thy Servants wait; With longing Eyes, and lifted Hands We flock around thy Gate. 2 O fhed abroad that royal Gift, Thy Spirit from above, To blefs our Eyes with facred Light, And fire our Hearts with Love. 2 With fpeedy Flight may He defcend, And folic! Comfort bring, And o'er our languid Souls extend His all-reviving Wing. 4 Blefl Earned: of eternal Joy, Declare our Sin's forgiv'n.; And bear with Energy divine Our raptur'd Thoughts to Heav'n. 5 DifTufe, O God, thefe copious Show'rs, That Earth its Fruit may yield, And change this barren Wildernefs To CarmeVs flow'ry Field *. * Ifaiah xxxv. 1. 2, CCLII. ACTS. *2i CCLII. The JVorc\ of Salvation fent to US. Acls xiii. 26. 1 A ND why do our admiring Eyes JfX Thefc Gofpel-Glorics fee? And whence, doth ev'ry Heart reply, Salvation Tent to me ? 2 In fatal Shades of Midnight-Gloom Ten thoufand Wretches (tray ; And Satan blinds ten thoufand more Amidft the Blaze of Day. 3 Millions of raging Souls beneath In endlefs Anguifh hear Harmonious Sounds of Grace transform^ To Ecchos of Dcfpair. 4 And doft Thou, Lord, fubdue my Hearty And (he w my Sins forgiv'n, And bear thy Witnefs to my Part Amongft the Heirs of Heav'n ? 5 As the Redeemed of the Lord, We fmg the Saviour's Name ; And, while the long Salvation lafts, Its fov'reign Grace proclaim. CCLIU. Tbeunknnvn GOD. Acts xvii. 23. 1 r J ^ 1 1 U, mighty Lord, art God alone, JL A King of Majefty unknown - y And all thy dazling Glories rife Reach of Angels E L 3 2 Yet ^' 22* ACTS. 2 Yet thro' this Earth thy Works proclaim Some Notice of thy rev'i end Name ; And, where thy gracious Gofpel fhines, We read it in the faireft Lines. 3 But O ! how few of Adam\ Race Have learn'd thy Nature and thy Ways! While Thoufands, ev'n in Lands of Light, Are buried in Egyptian Night. 4 They tread thy Court?, thy Word they hear, And to thy folemn Rites draw near; Yet, tho' Salvation feeriis fo nigh, Becaufe they know not God, they die. 5 Send thy victorious Gofpel forth Wide from thefe Regions of the North; And thro' thy Churches Grace impart To write thy Name on ev'ry Heart. C CL1 V. G D's Command to all Men to repent. Acts xvii. 30, 1 UEPENT, the Voice celeftial cries, ■^ Nor longer dare delay : The Wretch that fcorns the Mandate * dies, And meets a fiery Day. 2 No more the fovYeign Eye of God Overlooks the Crimes of Men } His Heralds are difpatch'd abroad To warn the World of Sin. 3 The Summons reach thro' all the Earth j Let Earth attend and fear: * CommanJ, Liflen, ACTS. 223 Liften, ye Men of royal Birth, And let their Vaflals • hear. Together in his Prefence how, And all your Guilt confefi ; Accept the offer'd Saviour now, Noi trifle with the Grace. Bow, e'er the awful Trumpet found, And call you to his Bar: For Mercy knows th' appointed Bound, And turns to Vengeance there. 6 Amazing Love, that yet will call, And yet prolong our Days ! Our Hearts fubdu'd hy Goodncfs fall, And weep, and love, and praife. * Subjects and Slaves. CCLV. Paul'i S:l!!dtude to fimjh bis Courfe With J:y. Acts xx. 24. 1 A SSISTus, Lord, thy Name to praife jt\. For this rich Gofpel of thy Grace j An J, that our Hearts may love it more, Teach them to feel its vital Pow'r. 2 With Joy may we our Courfe purfue, I keep the Crown of Life in View ; That Crown, which in one Hour repays The Labour of (en thoufand Days. •r Death obftruct our Way, Unmov'd tl ir Terrors we'll furvey; And I mi improve for Thee, The lait of Life, or Liberty. L 4 4 Wei- 224 ACT S. 4 Welcome thofe Bonds, which may unite Our Souls to their fupreme Delight ! Welcome that Death, whofe painful Strife Bears us to Cbriji our better Life ! CCLVI. Paul preaching and Felix trembling. Acts xxiv. 25, 1 •">! R E A T Sov'reign of the human Heart, VJT Thy mighty Energy impart, Which darts at once thro' Breads of Steel, And makes the nether MilAone % feel. 2 Let Sinners tremble at thy Word, Struck by the Terrors of the Lord ; And, while they tremble, let them flee, And feek their Help, their Life from Thee. 3 O let them feize the prefent Day, Nor rifk Salvation by Delay : To-morrow, Lord, to Thee belongs ; This Night may vindicate thy Wrongs. 4 This Night may Hop their fleeting Breath, And feal them to eternal Death, May veil Redemption from their Sight, And give them Flames inftead of Light, 5 Or fliould fucceeding Years remain, Years, with their Sabbaths, all in vain Before their darken'd Eyes may roll, And more obdurate leave the Soul. 6 Great Saviour, let thy Pity rife, And make the wretched Triflers wife ; 1 the hardeft Hearts. Job xli. 24. Left ACTS. 225 Left Pan»s and Tremblings felt in vain Haftcn and feed immortal Pain. CCLVIL Help obtained of GOD. Arts xxvi. 22-. /Vr Niew-Year's-Day, 1 •">* REAT God, wc fing that mighty Hand, VJ}T By which fupportcd (till wc ftand : Theop'ning Year thy Mercy Qiei That Mercy crowns it, till it clofc. 2 By Day, by Night, at Home, Abroad, Still are we guarded by our God, By his inceflant Bounty (ed^ By his unerring Counlel led. 3 With grateful Hearts the Pail we own ; The Future, all to u> unknown, We to thy Guardian-Care commit, And peaceful leave before thy Feet. 4 In Scenes exalted or derrefs'd Thou art our Joy, and Thou our Rcfl : Thy Goodnefs all our 'Hopes (hall raife, Ador'd thro' all our changing 1) 5 When Death fhall interrupt thefe Songs, And feal in Silence mortal Tongues, Our Helper G D 9 in whom we trull, In better World* -our Souls (hall boafr. CCLVIII. Treafiring up Wrath by defpifing Mercy. Romans ii. 4, 5. u teful Sinners, whence this Scorn Of 1 ?ng*extended L 5 226 ROMANS. And wlv.nce this MadneCs, that infults Th 1 Almighty to his Face? 2 Is it becaufe his Patience waits, And pitying Bowels move, You multiply audacious Crimes, And fpurn his richeft Love? 3 Is all the treafur'd Wrath fo fmall, You labour frill for more, Tho' not eternal rolling Years Can e'er exhauft the Store ? 4 Swift doth the Day of Vengeance come, That muft your Sentence feal ; And righteous Judgment now unknown In all its Pomp reveal, 5 Alarm'd and melted at thy Voice, Our conquer'd Hearts would bow; And, to efcape the Thund'rer then, Embrace the Saviour now. CCLIX. The Love of G O D fced abroad in the Heart by the Spirit. Rom. v. 5. 1 THSESCEND, immortal Dove; \^J Spread thy kind Wings abroad^ And, wrapt in Flames of holy Love, Bear all my Soul to God, 2 y*fi** my Lord reveal In Charms of Grace divine, And be thyfeif the facred Seal, That Pearl of Price is mine, 3 Behold ROMA N S. 227 3 BehoKl my Heart expands To catch the heav'nly Fire; It longfi to feel the gentle Band.-, with ftrong DTire. 4 Love, my God, appears, brings Salvation down, My Cordial thro' this Vale of Tear?, In Paradiie my down. CCLX. Chriftiam quickcr>cd and raifed by the Spirit, Rom. v::i. 11. 1 ~\1£ 7"HY fhould our mourning Th( VV To grovel in the Duft ? ' [deli Or why fhould Streams of Tears unite Around th' expiring Juit ? 2 Did not the Lord our Saviour die, And triumph o'er the (nave? Did not our Lord aieend on high, And prove his Pow'r to fave ? 3 Do'.h not the f acred Spirit come, And dwell in all the Saints? And fhould the Temples of his Grace and with long Complaints ? \ my Soul, and like the Sun Bui :t thro' each fable Cloud -, Tune forth th; oud. 5 The Spirit ur up, for me y L 6 An. >28 ROMA N S. And fpite of Death and Hell fhall raifc Thy pious Friends and thee. b Awake, ye Saint?, that dwell in Duft, Your Hymns of VidVry fing ; And let his dying Servants truft Their ever-living King. CCLXI. GOD's Readinefs to give all Things ar- gued from the Gift of bis Son. Rom. viii. 32. 1 TVT OW let my Soul with Tranfport rife, JJ\ And range thro'Earth,and mount the Ikies, And view each various Form of Good, Where Angels hold their high Abcde. 2 I Live my Thoughts unbounded Scope; On equal Pinions (bars my Hope; My Faith at nobleft Objects aim?, And what (he fees, fhe humbly claims. 3 Hath not the bounteous King of Heav'n From his Embrace already giv'n That Son of his eternal Love, Who fill'd the brighteft Throne above? 4. Behold his Hand on Jefus laid ! Behold that Lamb a Victim made ! And what (hall Mercy hold too good For Sinners, ranfonVd with his Blood ? 5 My Soul, with heav'nly Faith embrace The facred Cov'nant of his Grace ; Then in delightful Silence wait The I (lues of a Love fo great. CCLXLI, ROMANS. 229 CCLXH. Bilieving with tic Heart, and c in f, -fling with tbi Mouthy mccffary to Salvation. Rom. x, 6 — 10. 1 A ND is Salvation brought fo near, J~^ m Where finful Men expiring lie? Triumph, my Soul, the Sound to hear, And fhout it joyous to the Sky. 2 I afk not, who to Heav'n fhall fcale, That Cbriji the Saviour thence may come 5 Or who Earth's inmofr. Depths aflail To bring Him from the dreary Tomb. 3 From Heav'n on Wings of Love He flew, And ConquVor from the Tomb He fprung : My Heart believes the Witnefs true, And dictates to my faithful Tongue. 4 I fing Salvation brought fo near, No more on Earth expiring lie ; I teach the World my Joys to hear, And fhout them to the ecchoing Sky. CCLXIII. The living Sacrifice. Rom. xii. I, 1 A ND will th' Eternal King ±\_ So mean a Gift regard ? That OrPring, Lord, with Joy we bring, Which thy own Hand prepar'd. 2 We own thy various Claim, And to thine Altar move, The willing Victims of thy Grace, And bound with Cordis of Love. 3 D- 230 ROMAN S. 3 Defcend, celeftial Fire, The Sacrifice inflame ; So fliall a grateful Odour rife Thro' our Redeemer's Name, CCLXIV. The near approach of Salvation, an Engagement to Diligence and Love, Rom. xiii. II. 1 A Wake, ye Saints, and raife your Eyes, JtjL. ^ n ^ ra ^ e your. Voices high; Awake, and praife that fov'reign Love, That (hews Salvation nigh. 2 On all the Wings of Time it flies : Each Moment brings it near; Then welcome each declining Day ? Welcome each doling Year I 3 Not many Years their Round fhall run, Nor many Mornings rife, E'er all its Glories ftand reveaPd To c rjg J 4 Ye Wheels of N - ed your Courfc; Ye mortal Pov/'rs, decay; Faft as ye bring the Night of Death, Ye bring: eternal Daw CCLXV. The GOD of P Satan. R:?}u xv i. 2 I "\7*E Armie: cf the living God, in bis all-cc ..e, I.CORINTHIANS. 231 Lift up your Banners, and aloud Your Leader's Grace proclaim. 2 What tho' the Prince of Hell invade With Shaw'fs of fiery Darts, And join, to the fierce Lion's Roar, The Serpent's wily Arts ? 3 Jefus^ who leads his Hofts to War, Shall tread the Monfler down, And ev'ry faithful Soldier (hare The Triumph and the Crown, 4 So Ifrael on the haughty Necks Of Canaan* Tyrants trod, And fung their Jjjhims conquering Sword, And lung their faithful God *. * Jnftiua jr. 24. CCLXVF. Christ *us Sandlificatiuti) and Redemption. 1 Co 1 huh. i. 1 1\/T^ r God, affift me, while I raife J^VX An Anthera oi harmonious Praifej My Heart thy Wonders {hall proclaim, And 1 Banners m thy Name, 2 In Ckrift I v My Father, all tfi i Thine; By Thee prepar'd, by Thee beftow'd ; Hail to the Saviour, and the God ! 3 When • Soul o'cr-fprcad, 14 Lee I ./' th' Almighty (kid ; And 232 I. CORINTHIANS. AnJ Cbrlftj my Sun, his Beams difplays, And fcatters round celeftial Rays. $. Condemn'd thy Criminal I flood, And awful Juftice afk'd my Blood ; That welcome Saviour from thy Throne Brought Righteoufnefs and Pardon down. 5 My Soul was all o'er-fpread with Sin, And lo, his Grace hath made me clean: He refcues from th' infernal Foe, And full Redemption will beftow. 5 Ye Saints, affift my grateful Tongue: Ye Angels, warble back my Song : For Love like this demands the Praife Of heav'nly Harps, and endlefs Days. 2CLXVII. Being joined to Christ, and one Spirit with him. j Cor. vi. I J. i T^yTY Saviour, I am Thine -LVJL By everlafting Bands; My Name, my Heart, 1 would refign, My Soul is in thy Hands. I To Thee I ftill would cleave With ever-growing Zeal; Let Millions tempt me Chriji to leave, They never fliall prevail. 3 His Spirit fhall unite My Soul to Him, my Head ; Shall form me to his Image bright, And teach his Path to tread. 4 Death I. CORINTHIANS. 253 \ Death may my Soul divide From this Ahode of Clav ; But Love fhall keep me near his Side Thro' all the gloomy Way. 5 Since Cbrijl and we arc One, What fhould remain to fear ? If He in Heav'n hath fix'd his Throne, He'll fix his Members there. CCLXV III. 77* tranfJory Nature of tie J: an Argument for chrtjiian Moderation. I Cor. vii. 29 — 31. 1 OPRING up, my Sou!, with ardent Flighty ^ N° r ' et tn is Earth delude thy Sight With gKit'ring Trifles gay and vain : Wifdom divine directs thy View To Objects ever grand and new, And Faith difplays the fhining Train, 2 Be dead, my Hope.-, to all below; Nor let unbounded Torrents flow, When mourning o'er my wither'd Joys \ So this deceitful World is known ; PofleG'd I call it not my own, Nor glory in its painted Toys. 3 The empty Pageant rolls alon^; The giddy unexpericne'd Throng Puifue i: with enchanted Eyes ; 234 I. CORINTHIANS. Ir pafleth in fvvift March away, Still more -md more its Charm, decay, Till the lait gaudy Cohur dies*. 4 My God, to Thee my Soul ihall turn ; For Thee my nobleff PafTtons burn, And drink in ft! if from Thee alone : I fix on that unchanging Home, Where never-fading Pieafures bloom, Fre/h fpringing round thy radiant Throne. * Pageant?, Tn:ages, or emblematical Figures In a Cavalcade or Proceflion. continually moving, and quickly gone out of Sight, See Family Expofitor in Loc. CCLXIX. GOD' s Fidelity in moderating Temp- tations, i Cor. x. 13. 1 MOW let the Feeble all be ftrong, X/H And make Jehovah's Arm theirSong: His Shield is fpre^d o'er ev'ry Saint, And thus fupported, who (hall faint? 2 What tho' the Hofls of Hell engage With mingled Cruelty and Rage ? A faithful God reilrains their Hand?, And chains them down in Iron-Bands. 3 Bound by his Word He will difplay A Strength proportion'd to our Day j. And, when united Trials meet, Will fiiew a Paih of t\fe Pvetreat. 4 Thus far we prove that Promife good, Which Jejus ratified with Blood ; Still I. CORINTHIANS. 235 Still is He gracious, wife, andjufl, And ftill in Him let Ifrael truft. CCLXX. hearing the Image of the earthy ami the heavenly Adam. I Cor. xv. 49. 1 TT 7TTH flowing Eyes and bleeding Hearts VV A blafted World furvey ! See the wide Ruin Sin hath wrought In one unhappy Day ! 2 Adam, in God's own Image form'd, From God and Blifs effrang'd, And all the Joys of Paradife For Guilt and Horror chang'd ! 3 Ages of Labour and of Grief He mourn'd his Glory loft; At length the goodlieft Work of Heav'n Sunk do\vn to common Duft. 4 O fatal Heritage bequeathed To all his hclplcfsRacc! Thro' the thick Maze of Sin and Woe Thus to the Grave we pafs. 5 But, O my Soul, with Rapture hear The fecond AJam\ N T amc; And the cekftial Gifts, He brings To all his Seed, proclaim. 6 In Holinefs and Joy compleat He reigns to endlefs Y And each adopted chofen Child His fplendid Imsge wears. 7 V. ■ • 3 6 II. CORINTHIANS. What tho' in mortal Life they mourn? What tho' by Death they fall ? Jtfus in one triumphant Day Transforms and crowns them all. Praife to his rich myfterious Grace ! Ev'n by our Fall we rife ; And gain, for earthly Eden loft, A heav'nly Paradife. 'CLXXF. Minifiers comfort ed^ that they may com- fort others. 2 Cor. i. 4. OUNTAINofComfortandofLove, Thy Streams, how free they flow ! Firft water all the World above, Then vifit us below ! From Cbrlfiy the Head, what Grace defcends To cherifh ev'ry Part ! He (hares his Joys with all his Friends, For all have fhar'd his Heait. What tho' the Sorrows here they feel Are manifold and great? He brings new Confolations Hill, As various and as fwcet. He fhews our numVous Sins forgiv'n^ And (hews our Cov'nant-GcD ; He witnefleth our Right to Heav'n, The Purchafe of his Blood. Tho' Earth and Hell againfl us join, In Him we are fwcure; Our II. CORINTHIANS. 237 Our Diadems (hall brighter (bine For all we now endure. 6 On ev'ry faithful Shepherd's Breafl, Lord, fend thele Comforts down; That they may lead thy Flock to Refr, Which their own Souls have known. CCLXXII. GOD's delivering Gocdnefs acknow* /edged, and trujled. 2 Cor. i. xo. A Song for the 5th ^November. 1 T)RAISE to the Lord, whofe mighty Hand J~ So oft reveal'd hath fav'd our Land ; And, when united Nations rofe, Hath (ham'd and /cour^'d our hauo-htieft Foes 2 When mighty Navies from afar To Britain wafted floating War, His Breath difpers'd them all with Eafe, And funk their Terrors in the Seas , 3 While for our Princes they prepare In Caverns deep a burning Snare; He (hot from Heav n a piercing Ray, And the dark Treach'ry brought to Day §. 4 Princes and Priefls again combine New Chains to forge, new Snares to twine; Again our gracious God appears, And breaks their Chains, and cuts their Snares. .1 5SS. 5 Obedient 238 II. CORINTHIANS. 5 Obedient Winds at his Command - Convey his Hero to our Land ; The Sons of Rome with Terror view, And fpeed their Flight, when none purfue *. 6 Such great Deliv'rance God hath wrought, And down to us Salvation brought; And ft ill the Care of Guardian-Heav'n Secures the Blifs itfelf hath giv'n. 7 In Thee we truft, Almighty Lord, Cominu'd Refcue to afford : Still be thy pow'rful Arm made bare, For all thy Servants Hopes are there. * Revolution by King William J 688. CCLXXIIT. Minifters a fiveet Savour ', whether of Life or Death. 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16. 1 TJR A I SE to the Lord on high, JL Who fpreads his Triumphs wide! While fefus 9 fragrant Name Is breath'd on ev'ry Side : Balmy and rich The Odours rife, And fill the Earth And reach the Skies. 2 Ten thoufand dying Souls Its Influence feel and live; Sweeter than vital Air The Incenfe they receive : They breathe anew, And rife and fing J ejus the Lord, Their conquVing King. 3 Cut II. CORINTHIAN?. 3 But Sinn r? fcorn the Grace, Thai hung Salvation Th v turn the r Face ? And faint, and fall, and die : So i in, Ye Saint?, deplore, For O ! they tall To rife no moie. 4 Yet, wife and mighty God, Shall all thy Servants be, In thofe, who live or die, A Savour fwee: to Thee : Supremely bright Thy Grace (hall fhinc, Guarded wi:h Flames Of Wrath divine. CCLXXIV. GODfmnl : llcaii % 2 Cor. iv. 6. i T^RAfSE to the Lord of bound Jcfs M JL With uncreated Glories hr Hi^ Prefence gilds the Worlds above ; Th 1 unchanging Source of Light and Love; 2 Our rifing Larth his Eye beheld, When in frbftantud D* I . e fimpdefs ( rib. Lay buried in eternal Gloom ' . 3 Lit there be L ' , j And Light o \ 240 II. CORINTHIANS. Nature, array'd in Charms unknown, Gay with its new-born Luftre fhone. 4 He fees the Mind, when loft it lies In Shades of Ignorance and Vice; And darts from Heav'n a vivid J Ray, And changes Midnight into Day. 5 Shine, mighty God, with Vigour fhine On this benighted Heart of mine ; And let thy Glories (land reveal'd, As in the Saviour's Face beheld. 6 My Soul, reviv'd by Hcav'n-born Day, Thy radiant Image fhall difplay, While all my Faculties unite To praife the Lord, who gives me Light. % lively, fprightly. CCLXXV. The Gofpd-Treafure in earthen Vejfcls. 2 Cor. iv. 7. 1 m TOW rich thy Bounty, King of Kings ! JL Thy Favours how divine ! The Blcffings, which thy Gofpel brings, How (plendidly they fliine ! 2 Gold is but Drofs, and Gems but Toys, Should Gold and Gems compare; How mean, when fet againft thofe Joys, Thy pooreft Servants ihare ! 3 Yet all thefe Trcafures of thy Grace Are lodg'd in Urns * of Clay ; And II. COR IX TI! IAN ?• And the weak Sons of mortal Race Th' immortal Gifts convey. Feehlv they lifp thy Glories forth ; Yet Grace the vi&'rj Quickly they moulder back to Earth; Yet ftiil thy Goipel lives. Such Wonders Pow'r divine cffV. Such Trophies * God can rr His Hand from crumbling Duft en Lone Monuments of Praife. * Monuments or Tokens of Victory. CCLXXVI. living to him, who died for us. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. 1 1\ /T^ Lord, didft Thou endure fuch Smart XrX. My Life* wnen forfeited, to lave? And did;t Thou bear upon thy Heart My Nam , when riling from the Grave? 2 Am I in thy Remembrance Gill, 'Midft all the Glories of thy Throne ? To form thy Servant to thy Will, And fix my Dwelling near thy own ? 3 What can a feeble Worm repay For Love fo infinite as Thine t The Torrent bears my Soul away, Th' impetuous Stream of Grace divine }. *he Etnphaffc of the Ori ' . viz, bean us ■ cat. M 4 To 242 II. CORINTHIANS. 4 To Thee, my Lord, it bears me onj Se/ffhaU be deify 'd * no more; By Self betray 'd, by Self undone, I live by thy recov'ring Pow'r. 5 Accept a Soul fo dearly bought, Bought by thy Life upon the Tree; A Soul which, by thy Spirit tnughr, Knows no Delight, but ferving Thee. * made a God of. CCLXXVII. GOD the Author of Conflation. 2 Cor. vii. 6. 1 r i i H E Lord, how rich his Comforts are \ \ X How wide they fpread! How high they rife! He pours in Balm to bleeding Hearts, And wipes the Tears from flowing Eyes, 2 1 have no Hope^ my Spirit cried, Juft trembling on the Brink of Hell \ I am thy Hope, the Lord replied, My Love fee ure s its Fav rites ivell. 3 My grateful Soul fhall fpealc his Praife, Who turns its Tremblings into Songs ; And thofe that mourn fhall learn from me, Salvation to our God belongs. CCLXXVIII. Satan'* Strong-Holds cafi down by the GofpeL 2 Cor. x. 4, 5. HOUT, for the Battlements are fall'n, Which Heav'nitfelf defy 'd! TM ■s II. CORINTHIANS. 2<3 Th' afpiring I owVsj d.fmantled * all, No I I heir Runi 2 Thv wond'rou^ Trumpets, Ptiru c of Peace, t forth their mighty SounJ ; The Strength of "Jericho was firu^lc, And totter'd to the Ground J. 3 No more proud Rcas'nings fhall difperc What Truth divine declar No more Self-Righteoufnefs to plead Its own Perfection dares. 4 No Strength our ruin'd PnwV c:^n b Thy Precepts to fulfill ; No Liberty we afk or wifh J- or our rebellious Will. 5 The Gates we open to admit The Saviour's eeruh Si* Bleit Jtfii$ % 'tis thy Right to reign* Our Pieafuie to obey. 6 Each Thought, in fw et S n ■ • I Pow 'i ft And ew\ 1 raitor flial! be (lain, That difpute the Throne. * dcmoliiT:cd, broke down. % J :' CCLXXIX. The Cbrijilan Farewel 2 C01. xiii. 1 1. ^""^HY Pretence, EverlaAing Gon, Wide o'er all h 1 watchful Eve-, which cannot fleep, thy Children keep. \1 2 2 V. 244 G A L A T I A N S. 2 While near each other we remain, Thou doft our Lives and Souls fuftain ; When abfent, happy if we fhare Thy Smiles, thy Counfels, and thy Care. 3 To Thee we all our Ways commit, And feek our Comforts near thy Feet ; Still on our Souls vouchfafe to fhine, And cruard and guide us itill as Thine. 4 Give us in thy beloved Houfe Again to pay our grateful Vows ; Or, if that Joy no more be known, Give us to meet around thy Thron?. GCLXXX. Living while in the Flcjh by Faith in Christ, who loved us, &c. Galat. ii. 20. 1 7k /T Y Jefusj while in mortal Flefh JLVjL I hold my frail Abode, Still would my Spirit reft on Thee, Its Saviour, and its God. 2 Bv hourly Faith in Thee I live 'Midft all my Griefs and Snares ; And Death, encounter' d in thy Sight, No Form of Horror wears. 3 Yes, Thou haft lov'd this finful Worm, Haft giv'n Thyfelf for me ; Halt bought me from eternal Death, NciiPd to the bloody Tree. 4. On thy dear Crofs I fix mine Eyes, Then raife them to thy Seat ; Till Love diflolve my inmoit Soul, At its Redeemer's Feet. 5 my Heart, 10 ( h uni- ; Mil ; And cell the bo without, Th« within. 6 M\ Lite with his connected (lands, No; md ; He keeps me in his gracious Arms, Where Heav n fcfelf is found. CCLXXXI. A fiHal Temper, the JVvrk of the Spirit, and a Proof of . Galat. iv. b. 1 Q O V ■ R E I G N of all the Worlds on high, l^ Allow my humble Claim; Nor, while a Worm would raife its Head, Difdain a Father's Name. 2 My Father -GOD ! How fweet the Sound ! How tender, and how dear ! Not all the Melody of Heav'n Could lb delight the Ear. 3 Come, facied Spirit, feal the Name On mine expanding Heart ; And (hew, that in Jehovah's Grace I fhare a filial Part. 4 Chcar'd by a Signal fo divine, L nwav'ring 1 believe ; Thou know'it I Abba, Father, cry, Nor can the Si^n d cc 5 On \\ r ii The Comforter is come i M * All *«L^\J X-> X XX 1_- C> J XX I."* O* All Terrors at his Voice difperfe, And endlefs Pleafures bloom. CCLXXXII, Chrijlian Sympathy. Galat. vi. 2. i " TAIL, everlafting Prince of Peace! J X Hail, Governor divine ! How gracious is thy Sceptre's Sway ! What gentle Laws are thine ! 1 His tender Heart with Love o'erflow'd, Love-fpoke in evVy Breath; Vig'rous it reign'd thro* all his Life, And triumphal in his Death. 3 All thefe united Charms He fliews Our frozen Souls to move -, This Proof of Love to Him demands, That we each other love. 4 O he the faered Law fulfilPd In ev'ry A£t and Thought; Each angry Paffion far remov'd, Each felfifh View forgot. 5 Be thou, my Heart, dilated wide By thy Redeemer's Grace; And, in one Grafp of fervent Love, All Earth and Heav'n embrace. CCLXXXIII. Biffing GOD for Spiritual Blef- Jhtgs in Christ. Epbes* i. 3. L OUD be thy Name ador'd, Thy Titles fpread abroad, Of Of Chnjl, our gloiious I The Father and the God ! 1 hro' fuch a S Thy Chuichcs Head* Thine H O'er Woildb unknown. Ten thoufnnd Gifts of Love From Thee thro' Him deicend; And hear our Souls above . _ end : To Heav'fi they ioar, by God, And thro' the Road Hu> Arm adore. j Ten thoufand Songs of Praife Shall bv the Saviour rife, And thro' eternal Days Shall eccho round the Skies. New Shouts we'll give, And loud proclaim The honoured Name, By which we live. XLXXXrV. The grand Scheme of the Go/pel. Ephes. i. 9, 10, II-. I T7f7"E fing the deep my fterious Plan, V V Which God devis'd e'er Time began; At 1' ng-th difclo.^'d in all its Li<*ht. \t& the wond'rous Birth of Love, Which beams around us from above, With Grace io tret , and Hope fo bright. M 4 2 Here — - 24« EPHESIANS. 2 Here has the wife eternal Mind In Cbrifli their common Head, conjoin'd Gt miles and ynusj and Earth and Heav'n : Thro' Him, from the great Father's Throne, Rivers of Blifs come rolling down, And endlefs Peace and Life are giv'n. 3 No more the awful Cherubs guard The Tree of Life with flaming Sword, To drive afar Man's trembling Race; At Safari's pearly Gates they ftand, And fmiling wait (a friendly Band!) To welcome Strangers to the Place. 4 While w T e expect that glorious Sight, Love (hall our Hearts with theiis unite, And ardent Hope our Bofoms raife : From Earth's daik Vale, and Tongues of Clay, To thofe refplcndent Realms of Day, We'll try to fend the founding Praife. CCLXXX V. The heavenly Inheritance made known by the Spirit. Eph. i. I 8. 1 plOME, Thou celeftial Spirit, come, \^j And call my roving Paflions home ; To mine enlighten'd Eyes difplay The Heritage of heav'nly Day. 2 My God, that Heritage is Thine : How rich, how glorious, how divine ! How far above all mortal Things, The little Pride of Courts and Kings ! 3 Of endlefs Joy the unbounded Store, Why is its Luftre known no more ? Away E P H E S I A X \ 249 Awav, ve Mills of envious Night, That veil Salvation hum my Sight ! 4 Shine forth, Almighty Saviour, fhine ; Shew the bright World, and Ihew it mine* Then Paradife on Earth (hall tyring, And mortal Worms like Angels fin CCLXXXVI. Salvation by Grace. Eph. ii. 5. 1 ^~>|RACE! 'tis a charming Sound, \^X Harmonious to my Ear ; Heav'n wi:h the Eccho fliall refound, And a:l the Earth (hall hear. 2 Grace firfl contriv'd a Way To fave rebellious Man, And all the Steps that Grace difplay, Which drew the wond'rous Plan. 3 Grace taught my wand'ring Feet To tread the heav'nly Road, And new Supplies each Hour I meet, While preffing on to God. 4 Grace all the Work fhall crown Thro* everlaftihg Days ; It la) il av n the topmofl Stone, And well deferves the Praife. 1 CC LXX X V II. Chriftians rifen and exalted with Christ to he a venly Placet . Eph. i i . 5 , 6 . ■s TUPF.KDOUS Grace ! and can it be Dtli^n'd fui Rebels fuch as we? M 5 O 250 E P H E S I A N S. O let our anient Praifes rife, High as our Hopes beyond the Skies! 2 This Flcfh, by righteous Vengeance flain, Might ever in the Dull: remain ; Thefe guiltv Spirits fent to dwell 'Midft all the Flames and Fiends * of Hell. 3 But lo, incarnate Love defcends ; Down to the Sepulchre it bends j Rifing, it tears the Bars awav, And fprings to its own native Day, 4 Then was our Sepulchre unbar'd \ Then was our Path to Glory clear'd; Then, if that Saviour be our own, Did we afcend a heavenly Throne. 5 A Moment fhall our Joy compleat, And fix us in that fhinino; Seat, Bought by the Pangs our Lord endur'd, And by unchanging Truth fecur'd. 6 O may that Love, in Strains fublime, Be fung to the laft Hour of Time ! And let Eternity confefs, Thro' all its Rounds, the matchJefs Grace, * evil Spirits. CCLXXXVIII. Neamefs to GOD thro' Christ, Epb. ii. 13. I A N D are we now brought near to God, _X\. Who once at Diftance flood ? And, to erTc6t this glorious Change, Did Jefus fhed his Blood ? 2 O E P 11 E S 1 A N 5. 251 2 O for a Song of ardent Praife To bear our Souls abo\e I What fhould allay our lively Hope, Or clamp our flaming Love ! Draw us, OLord, with quickening Grace, And bring us yet more near; Here may we fie thy Glories fhinc, And tafte thy Mercies here. 4 O may that Love, which fpicad thy Board, Dilpofe us for the Fcaft ; May Faith behold a fmiling God Thro' Jefus' bleeding Breaft. \; with the View, our Souls (hall rife in fueh ;; Scene as this, And view the happy Moment near, at lhall compleat our Blii CCLXXX1X. The bifiltutm Christ. £ph< iv, 1 1, 12. 1 Ordination or oettltrtnHt oj a Minijier* i TpATHER of Mercies in thy Houfc JL Smile 00 our Homage, and our Vo h a grateful Heart we (hare i h i- Pledges of our Saviour's Care. 2 The Savio'ir, when to Heav'n He rofc In (plendid Triumph o'er hi- Foeaj vter'd his Gifts on Men below, d wide Ills ro\al Bounties flow, M 6 3 He rrc 252 E P HESI A N S. 3 Hence I'prung th* Apojlles honour'd Name, red beyond heroickFame; nc< delates the Prophetick Sage j And hence the Evangelick Page. 4 In lowlier Forms, to blefs our Eyes, Pajhrs Irom hence, and Teachers rife ; Who, tho' with feebler Rays they (hine, Still gild a long -extended Line. 5 From Cbrift their varied Gifts derive, And fed by Chrjjt their Graces live: While, guarded by his potent Hand, 'Midft all the Rage of Hell they {fond. 6 So fhall the bright Succeffion run Thro' the laft Courfes of the Sun ; While unborn Churches by their Care Shall rife and flourifh large and fair. 7 'J ejus our Lord their Hearts (hall know, The Spring, whence all thefe Bleflings flow : Paftors and People fhcut his Praife Thro' the long Round of endlefs Days, CCXC. Christ,/^ Head of the Church. Eph. iv. 15, 16. 1 ?f E S US, I fing thy matchlefs Grace, . / That calls a Worm thy own ; Gives me. among thy Saints a Place To make thy Glories known. 2 Allied to Thee our vital Head, We act, and g*ow, and thrive: From E P H E S I AN S. 25: From Thee divided, each is dead, When moft he feems alive. 3 Thy Saints on Earth, and thofe above Here join in fweet Accord ; One Body all in mutual Love, And Thou, our common Lord. 4 O may my Faith each Hour derive Thy Spirit with Delight; While Death and Hell in vain fhall (hive This Bond to difunite. 5 Thou the whole Body wilt prefent Before thy Father's Face ; Nor (hall a Wrinkle or a Spot Its beauteous Form difgrace. CCXCI. Love to others urged J rem Christ's Ly'JCy in giving bimfeff *a Sacrifice* Eph. v. 2. 1 TVT O W be that Sacrifice furvey'd, X\j That Ranfom which the Saviour paid ; That Sight familiar to my View, Yet always wond'rous, always new. 2 The Lamb of God, that groan'd and bled, And gently bow'd his dving Head ; While Love to Sinners fird his Heart, And conquerd all the killing Smart. 3 Blcfl: JtfitSj while thy Grace I fing, What grateful Tribute fhall I bring, That Earth and Heav'n and Thou mayfl fee My Love to Him, who died for 1 4 That 254 EPHESIANS. 4 That Off 'ring, Lord, thy Word hath taught, Nor be thy new Command forgot, That, if their Matter's D.ath can move, Thy Servants fhould each other love* 5 When to thy facred Crofs we fly, There let each favage Paflion die; While the warm Streams of Blood divine Melt our cold Hearts to Love like Thine. CCXCII. The Wifdom of redeeming Time. Eph. v. 15, 16. jr />(OD of Eternity, from Thee V X Did Infant- Time his Being draw ; Moments and Days and Months and Years Revolve by thine unvaiitd Law. 2 Silent and flow they glide away; Steady and ftrong the Current flows, Loft in Eternity's wild Sea, The bound ci* Gulf, from whence it rofe, 3 With it the thoughtlefs Sons of Men Before trve rapid Stream are borne On to that everlafling Home, Whence not one Soul can e'er return. 4. Yet while the Shore on either Side Prefents a gaudy flatt'ring Shew, We gaze, in fond Amufement loft, Nor think to what a World we go, 5 Great Source of Wifdom, teach my Heart To know the Price of ev'ry Hour; That ■ EPHESIANS. 255 That Time mav bear me on to Joys Beyond its Mcafure, and its Povv'r. CCXCIII. Christ's Love to the Church in giving himfelffor it, &C* Eph. v. 25 — 27. 1 T)Ridcgroom of Souls, how rich thy Love ! J3 How gen'rous, how divine ! Our inmoft Hearts it well may move, While thus our Voices join. 2 Deform'd and wretched once we lay, Worthy thy Hate and Scorn ; Yet Love like thine could find a Way To re (cue and adorn. 3 Thou art our Ranfom ; from thy Veins A wond'rous Fountain flows To wafh thy Bride from all her Stains, And heal our deeper! Woes. 4 Tranbform'd by Thee, cv'n here below Thy Church is bright and fair : Bur O ! how glorious (hail (lie (hew. When Jefus (hall appear ! 5 Thine Eye (hall all her Form furvey With infinite Delight, Confefs'd, in that illuftrious Day, Unblemifh'd in thy Sight. CCXCIV. Christ's Service, the Fruit of our Labours on Earth. Phil. i. 22. •M Y Gracious Lord, I own thy Right To cvVy Service I can payj And 256 P II I L I P P I A N S. And call it mv fupreme Delight To hear thy Dictates and obey. 2 What is my Being, but for Thee, Its fure Support, its nobleft End ? Thy ever-fmiling Face to fee, And fcrve the Caufe of fuch a Friend ? 3 I would not breathe for worldly Joy, Or to increafe my worldly Good \ Nor future Days or PowYs employ To fpread a founding Name abroad. 4 'Tis to my Saviour I would live ; To Him, who for my Ranfom died, Nor could untainted Eden give Such Blifs, as bloflbms at his Side. 5 His Work my hoary Agef (hall biefs, When youthful Vigour is no mote; And my laft Hour of Life confefs His Love hath animaiing Pow'r. CCXCV. The Happinefs cf departing, and being with Christ. PbiL i. 23. 1 TlfHILE on the Verge of Life I (land, V V And view the Scene on either Hand, My Spirit (tiug^les with its Clay, And longs to wing its Flight away. 2 Where Jtfus dwells my Soul would be ; It faints my much-lov'd Lord to fee: Earth, twine no more about my Heart, For 'tis far betttr to depart. 3 Come, P II I L I P P I AN S. 257 ^ Come, ye angeJick Envo; *, ome, Ami lead the willii Ye know the Way to Jeftts* Throne, Source or' my Joys, and Of your own. 4 That bleiied Interview, how fweet ! To fall tranfported at his Feet ! Rais'd in his Arms to view his Face, Thro' the full Beamings of his Grace ! 5 To fee Heav'ns fhinino; Courtiers round, Each with immortal Glories crown'd ! And, while his Form in each I trace, Belov'd, and loving, all t' embrace ! 6 As with a Seraph's Voice to fing ! To fly as oil a Cherub's Wing ! Performing with unwearud Hands A piefent Saviour's high Commands ! 7 Yet, with thefe Profpecls full in Sight, I'll wait thy Signal for my Flight; For, while thy Service I purfuc, 1 find my Heav'n begun b.low. * MefTcngcr?, Embafiadors. CCXCVI. PreJJing-on in the Chrtftian Race. Phil, lii. 12 — 14. I AWAKE, my Soul, frretch ev'ry Nerve, XV. And ptefs with Vigour on : A heav nlv Ra e demands thy Zeal, And an immortal Crown, 2 A 5 3 PHILIPPIANS. A Cloud of Witnefll-s around Hold thee in full Survey : Forget the Steps already trod, And onward urge thy Way. 'Tis God's all-animating Voice, That calls thee from on high ; 'Tis his own Hand prcfems the Prize To thine ai'piring Eye. That Prize with pecrlefs Glories bright, Which fhall new Lull re boaft, When Victors Wreaths * and Monarchs Gems Shall blend in common Duft. Bleft Saviour, introdue'd by Thee, Have I my Race begun; And crown'd with Viet'ry at thy Feet I'll lay my Honours down. * Crowns or Garlands given to Conquerors, CXCVII. G OD [applying the Nncjfities of his People, Phil. iv. 19, 20. MY God, how chearful is the Sound ! How pleafant to repeat ! Well may that Heart with Pleafure bound, Where God hath fix'd his Seat. What Want fhall not our God fupply From his redundant Stores ? What Streams of Mercy from on high An Arm almighty pours? From Cbri/i) the ever-living Spring, Thefe ample Bieffings flow : Prepare COLOSSIANS. 259 Prepare, my Lips, his Name to fing, Whofe Heart hath lov'd us (b. 4 Now to our Father and our God Be endlefs Glory giv'n, Thro' all the Realms of Man's Abode, And thro' the higheft Heav'n. CCXCVIII. Tbankfulnefs for being made meet for the heavenly Inheritance. Coloi's. i. 12. 1 A LL-Glorious God, what Hymns of Praife jf~Y. Shall our tranfported Voices raife ? What flaming Love and Zeal is due, While Heav'n Hands open to our View ? 2 Once we were fall'n, and O ! how low ! Juif on the Brink of endlefs Woe; Doom'd to a Heritage in Hell, Where Sinners all in Darkncfs dwell. 3 But lo, a Ray of chearful Light Scatters the horrid Shades of Night ! Lo, what triumphant Grace is fhewn To Souls impov'riih'd and undone ! 4 Far, far be\ond thefe mortal Shores A bright Inheritance is ours ; Where Saints in Light our Coming wait To fhare their holy blifsful State. 5 If ready dreft for Heav'n we (hine, Thine arc the Robe.;, the Crown is Thine : May endKfs Years their Courfe prolong] While " Thine the Praife'* is all our Song. CCXCIX. »6o C O L O S S I A N S. 'CXCIX. Angels and Chrijlians united in C H R I s T , a s their common Head, Colofc. i i . 1 o. HA I L to EmanueW ever-honour'd Name ! Spread it, ye Angels, thro' Heav'ns facrcd Frame. Ye fcepter'd Cberub'mi, before hi^ Throne, And flaming Seraphim^ bow humbly down, le is your Head; with prodratc Awe adore him, ini lay with Joy your radiant Crowns before him. Array'd in his refulgent Reams ye Thine, And draw Exigence * from his Source divine; Grateful ye wait the Signal of his Hand, Honour'd too highly by his leaft Command: n Him th* indwelling Deity admiring, knd to his brighter Image ftill afpiring. Mortals with you in chiarful Homage join, And bring their Anthems to EmanueTs Shrine ; Mean as we are, with Sins and Griefs befet, We glory, that in Him we are compleat. le is our Head, and we with you adore him, Lnd pour our wants, our joys, our hearts before him. We ling the Blood, that ranfom'd us from Hell 5 We fing the Graces, that in Jefus dwell j Led by his Spirit, guarded by his Hand, Our Hopes anticipate your goodly Land ; till his incarnate Deity admiring, md with Heav'ns Hierarchy J ini-'raifeconfpiiing. r Being, or Life. J the feveral Orders of Angels. ccc. I. T H E S S A L O N I A N S. 261 CCC. Cht i/iians, as rifen with Christ, exhorttl t j ft lk Things above. Colofs. iii. I. i TJEARKEN, ye Children of your God; JC±_ Ye Heirs of Glory, hear \ For Accents fo divine as thefe Might charm the du!leii Ear. 2 Baptiz'd into your Saviour's Death, Your 5ouls to Sin mufi die ; With Ch) ifl our Lord ve live anew, With Chtiji aftxnd on high. 3 There at his Father's Hand He fits Enthroned divinely fair ; Yet owns Himfelf your Brother Ail], And your Forerunner there. 4 Rife from thefe earthly Trifles, rife, On Wings of Faith and Loves Jefus your choiceft Treafure And he vour Heart-, above. 5 Bur Earth and Sin will drag us down, W .en we attempt to rly ; Lord, fend thy (Iron \ • Force To raife and hx us high. CCCI. Tbi Profperhy ' Life cj a faithful Minifter* i Thefe. in. 8. I 73 kE r, how ihinc 1 J3 While we intreat thy Love | O c And our belt \' ... nove. 2 M«j >6i I. THESSALONIANS. t May we (land faft in Thee, Tjio' Storms and Tempefts beat; And in thy Guardian-Arms obtain A calm and fafe Retreat. [ Still be thy Truth maintain'd, And frill thy Word obey'd, And to the Merits of thy Blood A conflant Homage paid. (. So (hall thy Shepherds live, And raife their chearful Head, And, in fuch Bleffings on their Flock, Confefs their Toils repaid. XCII. Comfort on the Death of pious Friends. i Thefs. iv. 17, 18. TRanfporting Tidings which we hear \ What Mufick to the pious Ear ! Cbri/i loves each humble Saint fo well," He with his Lord fhall ever dwell. 1 Bleft J*/*** Source of ev'ry Grace, From far to view thy fmiling Face, While abfent thus by Faith we live, Exceeds all Joys, that Earth can give. ; But O ! what Extacy unknown Fills the wide Circle round thy Throne, Where ev'ry rapt'rous Hour appears Nobler than Millions of our Years! Millions by Millions multiplied Shall ne'er thy Saints from Thee divide; But II. THE S SALOPIANS. But the ns nvc an( J praiic Thi | own immortal Days, 5 O h. ppy Dead, in Thee that deep, While 0V1 their niouldVing Dull we weep! O faithful Saviour, who ihult come Xtut Duft to ranibm from the Tomb ! 6 While thine unerring Word imparts So rich a Cordial to our Hearts, Thro' Tears our Triumphs ihall be fhown, Tho' round their Graves, and near our own. CCC III. Christ ghrified and admired in his Saints at the great Day, 2 Thefs. i. io. 1 \ZE Heavens, with Sounds of Triumph ring; Ye Angels, burft into a Song; J ejus defcends, victorious Kinix, And leads his fhinin^ Train along. 2 Ye Saints (hat fleep in Dufl, arife; Let Joy reanimate your Clay ; Spring to your Saviour thro' the Skies, And round his Throne your Homage pay. 3 Then let the Sons of Heav n draw ni^h, While to th' aftonifh'd Hofls you tell, How feeble Mortals rofe fo high From Graves and Worms, from Sin and Hell. 4 Tell them, in Accents like their own, What an incarnate God could do; Then point to Je/us on the Throne, And boali, that Jefui died for you. 5 Trunf- m 264 I.TIMOT II Y. 5 Tranfported, they no more can hear ; Their Voices catch the facred Name; Harmonious to his Father's Ear, j^efus the Gcd, their Harps proclaim. 6 Sin hath its dire * Incurfions made, That Thou might'ft prove thy Pow'r to fave; And Death its Eniigns wide difplay'd, That Thou might'ft triumph o'er the Grave. * dreadful. CCC1V. Christ, feen of Jngels. 1 Tim. iii.-i6-. 1 /^\ Ye immortal Throng \^f Of Angels round the Throne, Join with our fee-hie Song To make the Saviour known : On Earth ye knew His w r ond'rous Grace, His beauteous Face In Heav'n ye view. 2 Ye faw the Heav'n-born Child In human Flefh array'd, Benevolent and mild, While in the Manger laid : And Praife to God, And Peace on Earth, For fueh a Birth, Proclaim^ aloud, 3 Ye in the Wildernefs Beheld the Tempter fpoil'd, Well known in ev'ry Drcis, In evVy Combat foilMj And I. T I M O T II Aiul joy*d to c rown I'lu Vigor's Head, When Satan rkd Before his Frown. 4 Around the bloody Tree Ye prefs'd with ftrong Defire, That wond'rous Sight to fee, The Lord of Life expire ; And, could your Eyes Have known a Tear, Had drop'd it there Jn fad Surprize. 5 Around his facred Tomb A willing Watch ye keep; Till the Weft Moment conic To roufe Him from his Sleep : Then rolFd the Stone, And all ador'd Your rifing Lord With Joy unknown. 6 When all array 'd in Light The fhining Conqu'ror rode, Ye hail'd his rapt'rous Flight Lp to the Throne of God - y And wav'd around Your golden Wings, And itruck your Strings Of fweeteft Sound. 7 The warbling Notes purfue, And louder Anthems raife; While Mortals fing with you Their own Redeemers Praife : N And 266 II. T IM OT H'Y. And thou, my Heart, With equal Flame, And Joy the fame, Perform thy Part. CCCV. The Stability of the divine Foundation, and its double Injcription. 2 Tim. ii. 19. 1 nOO Thee, great Architect on high, J|_ Immortal Thanks be paid, Who, to fupport thy finking Saints, This firm Foundation laid. 2 Fix'd on a Rock thy Gofpel ftands, And braves * the Rage of Hell ; And, while the Saviour's Hand protects, His Blood cements it well. 3 Here will I build my final Hope; Here reft my weary Soul ; Majeftick (hall the Fabrick § rife, Till Glory crown the whole. 4 Deep on my Heart, All-gracious Lord, Engrave its double Seal -, Which, while it fpeaks thy honour'd Name, Its facred Ufe may tell. 5 Dear by a thoufand tender Bonds, Thy Saints to Thee are known ; And, confcious what a Name they bear, Iniquity they fhun. * defies, § Building. CCCV I. II. T I M O T II Y CCCVI. Perfecution to be i 2 Tim. iii. I S^i RE AT Leader of thine lfracl\ Ho't, VJT We ihout thy conquering Name ; Legions of Foes befet Thee round) And Legions fled with Shame. A VicVry glorious and compleat Thou by thy Death didfr. gain ; So in thy Caufe may we contend, And Death itifetf iiiftain. 3 By our illufirious Gen'ral fir'd, We no Extremes would fear ; Prepar'd to ftruggle and to bleed, If Thou, our Lord, be near. We'll trace the Footfteps Thou h.. To Triumph 2nd Renown ; Nor fhun thy Combate and thy Crofs, May we but fhare thy Crown. CCCVI [. The Chrifiian Scheme of Salvation thy of GOD* Hebrews ii. 10. ORTAL God, on Thee we cail, The gr< at Original of all ; Thro* Thee we are, to Thee we tend, Our lure Support, our gl End, We praife that wife myfterious Grace, That pitied our revolted Race, And feftdSj our victorious H< I 263 II EBRE W S. 3 He, thine eternal Lo J, Should many Sons to Glory lead ; And finful Worms to him are giv'n, A Colony to people Heav'n. 4 J e f us f° r us > (O gracious Name !) Encounter'd Agony and Shame : Jefus 9 the Glorious and the Great, Was by dire* Sufferings made compleat. *; A Scene of Wonders here we fee, Worthy thy Son, and worthy Thee : And, while this Theme employs our Tongues, All Heav'n unites its fweefeft Songs. CCCVIII. Satan and Death conquered by the Death of Christ. Heb. ii. 14, 15. I Q AT A A 7 , the dire * Invader came j[3 Our new- made World t' annoy : And Death march ry, 3 Ye:, 'midft the Honours of his Throne, not for Hirnfeif alone ; His meanell Servants (hare their Part, Share in that royal tender Hea 4 Raife, raife, my Soul, thy raptur'd Si^ h faered Wonder and Delight; jftjus thy own Forerunner fee Enter'd beyond the Veil for thee. 5 Loud let the howling Tempeft yell, And foaming Wave, to Mountains fvvel!, No Shipwreck cai [el fear, Since Hope hath fix'd its Anchor here. CCCXII. The evil Confidence purified ly the & 0/Je?u3. Hcb. ix. 13, 14. I T3^ e ^ De the Lamb, whofe Blood was (pi It X3 To fprinkie C >m its Guilt; To eafe i to calm . And purcha for future Years. ? LIcans'd by this all- atoning Blood e Accefs to God, In ing God, before whole Face in Vu,i: {hall feek a PU< 272 HEBREWS. 3 Roufe thee, my Sou], to ferve him ftil! With cordial Love, with active Zeal : Serve him, like his own Son divine, Who made his Life the Price of thine. 4 Bleft JefitS) introduc'd by Thee, The Father's fmiling Face 1 fee ; And, ftrengthen'd by thy Grace alone, Thefe grateful Services are done. 5 Then muft my Debt from Day to Day Grow with each Service that I pay ; So grows my Joy, Dear Lord, to be Thus more and more in Debt to Thee. CCCXIII. Death and Judgment appointed to all. Heb. ix. 27. 1 T T EAV'N has confirm'd the great Decree, JTjL That Mams Race mud die : One gen'ral Ruin fweeps them down, And low in Dull: they lie. 1 Ye living Men, the Tomb furvey, Where you muft quickly dwell ; Hark how the awful Summons founds In ev'ry Fun'ral-Knell ! 3 Once you muft die, and once for all ; The folcmn Purport weigh ; For know, that Heav'n and Hell are hung On that important Day. 4 Thofe Eye?, fo long in Darknefs veil'd, Muft wake the Judge to fee, II E B R E W And ev'rv Word, and ev'ry Thought Mult pafs his Scrutiny. O may I in the Judge behold My Saviour and my Friend, And far beyond the Reach of Death With all his Saints afcend. CCCXIV. Christ's fecond Appearance^ kc. Heb. ix. 28. 1 "HEHOLD the Son of God appears, J3 And in his Flefh our Sins He bears ; The Viftim at God's Altar itood To expiate Guile by Groans and Blood. 2 But ]o, a fecond Time He comes To (hake the Earth, and rend the Tombs; Thefe Heav'ns before Him melt away, And Sun and Stars in Smoke decay. 3 Yet 'midft this gen'ral Wreck and Dread, Ye Saints, with Triumph lift the Head; With glad Surprize your Saviour meet, Who comes to make your Blifs compleat. 4 My Soul, an Happinefs (o great With pleafing Expectation wait; And, while I dwell upon the Thought, Be Earth and all its Toys forgot. My Saviour-GoD, what Grace is thine, Which give, a Profpect (o divine ! Con J Day, and teach our Tongue^ How An ', out their Songs. 274 HEBREWS. CCCXV. Liberty to enter thro the Veil by the -Blood of Christ. Heb. x. 19 — 22. 1 \ PPROACH, ye Children of your God ; LJL Fav'rites of Heav'n, draw near j Enter the Holieft with Delight, Tho' his own Ark be there. 2 Pafs thro' the Veil, the Saviour's Flefli, That new and living Way ; And Majefly enfhrin'd * in Love Shall gentie Beams difplay. 3 7 e f m w * tn Sin-atoning Blood The Throne hath iprinkled o'er ; His fragrant Incenfe fpreads its Cloud, And Juftice flames no more. 4 Approach with Boldnefs and with Joy, But fpotlefs all draw near ; Pure be your Lives from ev'ry Stain, And ev'ry Conference clear. 5 So fhall the Bleflings of his Grace On all your Souls diftill, Till each a royal Prieil appears On his celeftial Hill. * iurrounded with and foftened by, CCCXVI. GOD's Fidelity to his Promifcsi Heb. x. -23. I rT^HE Promifes I fing, HEBREW 275 Nor will th' eternal King His Words of Grace revoke; ftand fecure, And'frccTrafl ftill ; Not Z/Ws Hill Abides To fure. 2 The Mountains melt away When once the J ears, And Sun and Moon de at meafure Mortals Years ; But (till the f Jn radi;.; The Promife ihincs Thro' all the Flame, 3 Their Harmony (hall found Thro' mine attentive E W hen Thunders cleave the Ground., And diflipate the Spheres -, ..dft all the Shock Of that dread Scene, I Hand ferene, Thy Word my Rock; CCCXVII. The Day approculmg, a M:t\ve to Love a ;>. Heb. x. 24, 25. 1 t I \HE Day approacheth, O my Soul, The great decifive I Which from the mortal Life Shall bear t. ; 2 Anoth awful dawns; 276 HEBREW S. Yc Heav'ns, retire before his face, And fink, ye darkenM Stars. 3 Yet does one fhort preparing Hour, One precious Hour remain ; Roufe thee, my Soul, with all thy PowV, Nor let it pafs in vain. ij. With me my Brethren foon muft die, And at that Bar appear; Now be our Intercourfe improved To mutual Comfort here. 5 For this, thy Temple, Lord, we throng; For this, thy Board furround ; Here may our Service be approv'd. And in thy Prefence crown'd. 'CCXVIII. Abraham'* Faith in leaving his Cou?itry at the divine Command. Heb. xi. 8. -N OW let our Songs proclaim abroad Th' unchanging Name oiAbrams God ; In Him let Abra?n\ Children boaft, Their Father's ever-living Lord, His Shield, his Friend, his great Reward, Who never can deceive their Truft. I Caird by thy Voice, with joyful Speed He went, where Thou wait pleas'd to lead. Unknowing in the Path he trod ; His Land, his Kindred, ftrove in vain The pious Pilgrim to detain, Propt on the Promife of his God. II E B R E W S. 277 3 So at thy Word the Saint foreg Each tender Tie, which Nature know?,' And hears no other Voice but Thine; Marches where Thou fhalt point the Way, Where # Thou fhalt pitch his Tent, will ftay, And learns his lfaac to refign. 4 At length, ftill faithful to thy own, Thou call'ft him to a "World unknown, Thro' Paths untrod by mortal Feetj Smiling he owns thy Voice in Death, Gives to the Air his fleeting Breath, And finds the Road to * breaks thro'. CCCXIX. Tie GOD of the Patriarchs prepa* ring them a City. Heb. \\. 16. 1 T Am thy GOD ^ Jehovah laid JL To Abrayji^ and his chofen Seed, And ftill the fame Relation owns To each of Jbra??i'$ faithful Sons. 2 b'ov'reign of Heav 'n, what Works of Love So grand a Title dial I approve ? What fplendid Gifts will God beilow, That all its high Import may know? 3 Not the rich Flocks and Herds that feed Round Abrani* TV fcuir/s Mead; Not C not, nor the Throne, Iv'ry and Gold of Solomon, 4 T\ ! )t ran prove PrnnnrMnrnl ml- i vp • 2 7 $ HEBREWS. Not Z ion's facred Mountain, where His Temple glitter'd like a Star. 5 O'er Z/Ws Mount, o'er Canaan's Plains, Oppreffion now, and Horror reigns ; And, where the Throne of David flood, His ruin'd Sepulchre is view'd. 6 'Tis in the Heav'n of Heav'ns alone Thou mak'll: thy wond'i ous Friendship known \ A City there thy Hand prepares, Fix'd as thy own eternal Years. 7 Long as they reign before thy Face, The biifsful Nations fhall confefs, Thy fov'reign Love has there beitow'd Salvation worthy of a God. CCCXX. Mofcs'j- wife Choice. Heb. xi. 26. 1 li It Y Soul, with all thy waken'd Pow'rs XV JL Survey the heav'nly Prize ; Nor let thefe glittering Toys of Earth Allure thy wand'ring Eyes. 2 The fplendid Crown, which Mcfes fought, Still beams around his Brow ; Tho' foon great Pharoah\ fcepter'd Pride Was taught by Death to bow. 3 The Joys and Treafures of a Day I chearfully refign ; Rich in that large immortal Store, Secur'd by Grace divine. HEBREWS. 4 Let Fools my wifer Choice deride, Angels and God appr Nor Scorn of Men, nor Ra^c of Hell My ftedfaft Soul fhall move. 5 With ardent Eye that bright Reward I daily will furvey ; And in the blooming Profpecl lofe The Sorrows of the \\ CCCXXI. Afting^ as feeing hlr:. tie. Heb. xi. -27. 1 TT^TERNAL and Immortal Ki f v Thy peerlefs * Splendors none can But Darknefs \-eils Seraphick Eves, When God with all his Luftre's there. 2 Yet F^ith can pierce the awful Gloom, The g:eat Inviftble can fee ; And with its Tiemblings mingle Joy In fix'd Regards, GreafGoD, to Thee. 3 Then ev'ry tempting Form of Sin, Sham'd in thy Prefence, difappears; And all the glowing raptur'd c>oul The Likenefs it contemplates wears; 4 O Ever-confcious to my Heart, Witneis to its fupreme Dcfire, Behold it preiieth on to Thee, I it bath caught the heuv'nly Fire. 5 This one Petiiion would it urge, To bear Thcc crer in its Sight; 80 HEBREWS. In Life, in Death, in Worlds unknown, Its only Portion and Delight. CCXXII. Subjection to GOD, the Father of our Spirits. Hcb. xii. -9. EXTERNAL Source of Life and Thought, j Be all beneath Thyfeif forgot; Whilft Thee, great Parent- Mind, we own In proftrate Homage round thy Throne. Whilft in themfelves our Souls furvey Of Thee fome faint reflected Ray, They wonuYmg to their Father rife; His Pow'r how vaft ! His Thoughts how wife! Behold us as thine Offspring, Lord, And do not caft us oft* abhor 'd ; Nor let thy Hand, fo long our Joy, Be rais'd in Vengeance to deftroy. O may we live before thy Face, The willing Subjects of thy Grace; And thro' each Path of Duty move With filial Awe, and filial Love. CCXXIII. The Immutability cf Christ. Heb. xiii. 8. With Tranfport, Lord, our Souls proclaim Th' immortal Honours of thy Name ; AfTembled round our Saviour's Throne We make his ceafelefs Glories known. HEBREWS. 281 2 Hi^h on his Father's royal Seat Our y*fus (hone divinely great, E'er Adam's Clay with Life was warm'd, Or Gabriel's nobler Spirit form'd. 3 Thro 1 all fuccecding Ages He The fame hath been, the fame fliall be : Immortal Radiance gilds \\\> Head, While Stars and Suns wax bid and fade. 4 The fame his Pow'rhis Hock to guard; The fame his Bounty to reward ; The fame his Faithfulnefs and L< vt To Saints on Earth, and ve. 5 LerNature change and (i e; ye/us fliall raife his Chof And fix them near his - \\ one In Glory changelefs as I CCCXXIV. Watching for $ , i U J of the great Account . H e b . x i i i . - 1 7 . For the Ordination of a Minijicr. 1 T" E T Zion's Watchmen all awake, JL/ And take th' Alarm they give; Now let them from the Mouth of God Their folemn Charge receive. 2 'Tis not a Caufe of fmall Import The Pajiors Care demands ; But what might fill an Angel's Heart, 282 HEBREWS. 3 They watch for Souls, for which the Lord Did heavenly Blifs forego * ; For Souls, which mull: for ever live In Raptures, or in Woe. \ All to the great Tribunal hafle, Th' Account to render theie ; And fhouidft thou ftrictly mark our Faults, Lcrd, how fhould we appear? 5 May they that Jefus^ whom they preach, Their own Redeemer fee ; And watch thou d;iily o'er their Souls, That they may watch for Thee. * for fake, lay afide. CCCXXV. The Cbriftian perfctfed by divine Grace through Christ. Heb> xiii. 20, 21. 1 T7ATHER of Peace, and God of Love, Jj We own thy Pow'r to fave ; That Pow'r, by which our Shepherd rofe Victorious o'er the Grave. 2 We triumph in that Shepherd's Name, Still watchful for our Good ; Who brought th' eternal Cov'nant down, And feal'd it with his Blood. 3 So may thy Spirit feal my Soul, And mould it to thy Will ; That my fond Heart no more may ftray, But keep thy Cov'nant flill. J A M E S. 283 4 Still may we gain fuperior Strength, And prefs with Vigour on, Till full Perfection crown our Hopes, And fix us near thy Throne. CCCXXVI. Chiftiam btgatten to GOD as the Firji-Fruits of his Creatures. James i. 1 8. 1 "^T O W to that fov'reign Grace, JL^J Whence all our Comforts fpring, Let the whole new-begotten Race Their chearful Praifes bring. 2 His Will firft made the Choice ; His Word the Change hath wrought; In Him our Father we rejoice, Nor be the Name forgot. 3 Lord, may this matchlefs Love, Which thy own Children fee, Make us from all thy Creatures prove As the Firft fruits to Thee. 4 Bacred to Thee alone B all thefe Pow'rs of mine, Then in the 1 iy own, When moil entire! . I CCCXXVII. / .no the per/Of Law cf Liberty and a in it. James i. 25. i TOEHOLD theGIafcthe* ends, Xj That Men ew: 284 JAMES. How free from Stain its Surface is ! How poli/Vd, and how true ! 2 Behold that wife, that perfect Law, Which nobleit Freedom gives ; O may it all our Souls refine, And fan&ify our Lives ! 3 Not with a tranfient Glance furvey'd, And in an Hour forgot, But deep inferib'd op ev'ry Heart, To reign o'er ev'ry Though^. \. Great Author of each perfect Gift, Thy fov'reign Grace difplay, That thefe rebellious roving Pow'rs May hearken and obey. j Infpir'd by Thee, our feeble Souls Shall pafs victorious on ; As the faint dawning Light improves To all the Blaze of Noon. CCXXV1II. James"* Advice to Sinners. James :v. 7, 8. E Sinners, bend your ftubborn Necks Beneath the Yoke divine; In low Submiffion bow ye down Before his facred Shrine. In pious Streams your Follies mourn, And feek his injur'd Grace ; And wait with broken bleeding Hearts The Op'nings of his Face, J A M E S. 3 Refill the Tempter's fierce Att: And he fhall fpeed bit Flight: Draw near to God, and his Embrace Shall fold you with Delight. 4 Ye Sinners, cleanfe your fpotted Hands, And purge your Hearts from Sin ; Here fix your long-divided View , And Peace fhall reign within. 5 Bleft Saviour, draw us by thy Love, And fix us by thy Pow'r ; When we have felt thefe fweet ConftraLu, Our Sauls (hall rove no more. CCCXX1X. The Vanity cf worldly Schemes In- ferred fr:?n the Uncertainty of Life. James iv 9 13, i 4 , 15. I rpO-MORROW, Lord, is Thine, J[ Lodg'd in thy fov'relgn Hand; And, if its Sun arife and mine, It (bines by thy Command. *2 The prcfent Moment flic , And bears our Life away ; O make thy Servants trulv wife, it chey may live to- 3 Since on this winged Hour nity is hung, Waken by thine Almighty Pov. The Aged and the Young. 4 ( )ne Thing demands our Carcj Ol ill uriu'd! >G6 I. P E T E R. Left, flighted once, the Scafon fair Should never be renew'd. j To Jefus may we fly Swift as the Morning-Light, Left Life's young golden Beams fhould die In fudden endlefs Night. ^CCXXX. Rejoicing in an unfeen Saviour, i Peter i. 8. [ 1^ yT^^ inward Joys, fupprefs'd too long, iVjL Extatick burft into a Song; From Chrijl, tho' now unfeen, they rife And reach his Throne beyond the Skies, I His Glories ftrike the wond'ring Sight Of all the firft- born Sons of Light j Beyond the Seraphim they fhine, Unrivall'd all, and all divine. 3 Yet mortal Worms his Friendfhip boaft, And make his faving Name their Truft : Jcfus, my Lord, I know Him well; He refcu'd me from Death and Hell. 4. This finful Heart from God eftrang'd His new-creating Pow'r hath changed; And, mingling with each fecret Thought, Maintains the Work, which firft it wrought. 5 He gives to fee his Father's Face ; He gives my Soul to thrive in Grace; And brings the Views of Glory down, The Beamings of my heav'nly Crown. I. P E T E R. 6 Thus entei: lie here I Un! i grow i New Joys in fwift Succeffion roll, And Glory fills my iilent Soul. CCCXXXL The Heart purified to Lcve unj by the Spirit. I Peter i. 22. 1 Z^REAT Spirit of immortal Love, \JT Vouchfafe our frozen Hearts to nur With Ardour ftrong thefe Bieails inflame To all that own a Saviour's Name. 2 Still let theheav'nfy Fire endure . cnt and Vlg'rous, true and pure: Let ev'ry Heart and ev'ry Hand Join in the dear fraternal Band*. 3 (Aleftial Dove, defcend, and bring The finiling Bleffings on thy Wing; And make us tafte thofe Sweets below, Which in the blifsful Maniions grow. * Brotherly Union. CCCXXXII. Tqfting thai the Lord is grdi l Peter ii. 3. Y it is facet to tafte hi:^ ( i Who bought us with hi 5oul prefers the Rdi{h frill To all created Good. I love that vita] Word, Which taught me fiiit to live ! 288 I. P E T E R. Thirft for that uncorrupted Milk, That I may grow and thrive ! 3 All-gracious Lord, inftrucT: us more Thy faving Gifts to know: And let our inmoft Hearts rejoice, That Thou haft lov'd us fo. 4 Open thy Stores with lib'ral Hand, That we may daily feaft; And let each dying Soul around The fweet Salvation tafte. CCCXXXIII. Coming ^Christ as a living Stone, i Pet. ii. 4, 5. 1 ITflTH Extafyof Joy V V Extoll his glorious Name, Who rais'd the fpacious Earth, And rais'd our ruin'd Frame: He built the Church Who built the Sky, Shout and exalt His Honours high. 2 See the Foundation laid By Pow'r and Love divine ; Jefus, his firft-born Son, How bright his Glories fhine ! Low He defcends, In Duft He lies, That from his Tomb A Church might rife. 7 But I. P E T E R. 289 3 But He for ever live:, Nor for Himfelf alone; Each Saint new Life derives From this myfterious Stone; His Influence darts Thro' ev'ry Soul, And in one Houfe Unites the whole. 4. To Him with Joy we move; In Him cemented (land ; The living Temple grows, And owns the Founder's Hand : That Structure, Lord, Still higher raife, Louder to found Its Builder's Praife, 5 Defcend, and fhed abroad The Tokens of thy Grace, And with more radiant Beams Let Glory fill the Place; Our joyful Souls Shall proitrate fall, And own, our God Is All in All. CCCXXXIV. Christ the Csnier-Stone. I Pet. ii. 6. compared with Ifaiah xxviii. 16, 17. I 1 ORD, doft Thou fhew a Corner- Stone _L> For us to build our Hopes upon, That the fair Edifice may rife Sublime in T/icrhf hpvmvl the SWie* ? 29° I. P E T E R. 2 Wc own the Work of fov'reign Love : Nor Death nor Hell thofe Hopes mail move* Which fix d on this Foundation (land, Laid by thy own Almighty Hand. 3 Thy People long this Stone have tried* And all the Pow rs of Hell defy'd ; Floods of Temptation beat in vain ; Well doth this Rock the Houfc fuftain. 4 When Storms of Wrath around prevail, Whirlwind and Thunder, Fire and Hail, 5 Tis here our trembling Souls (hall hide, And here fecurely they abide. 5 While they that fcorn this precious Stone, Fond of fome Quickfand of their own, Borne down by weighty Vengeance die, And buried deep in Ruin lie. CCCXXXV. Christ precious to the Believer. i Peter ii. 7-. 1 c^fESUS, I love thy charming Name; . / 'Tis Mufick to mine Ear ; Fain would I found it out fo loud, That Earth and Heav'n fhould hear. 2 Yes, Thou art precious to my Soul, My Tranfport, and my Truft: Jewels to 1 hee are gaudy Toys, And Gold is fordid Duft. 3 All my capacious Pow'rs can wi/h In Thee doth richly meet : I. P E T E R. iji Noj to mine Eye t Co dear, N ffirp hn'f fo fwcet. 4 Thy Grace Arid fh( cl/T.s The i brarl ics Wounds, The Cordial of its Care. 5 I'll fpealc the Honours of thy Name With my laft lab'ring Breath; Then fpeechlefs dafp Thee in mine Arms, The Antidote of Death. CCCXXXVI. Noah prcfervrd in tfo Ark, and the I r. I Pet. iii. 20, 21. I 'TH HE Deluge, at th' Almighty's Call, JL In what impetuou it fell! Swailow'd the Mountains in its Rage, And fvvept a guijty World to HclL I Sons of Pride clofe-purfuing Wave; Nor could their m fend, Nor 6\\ ii . nor Cour; 3 How dire the Wreck ! How loud the Roar I How fhrill the univerfal Cry • in the lait Pefpair, Re from the louring Sky • 4 Yet V nt, the chofc \:k, fecure from Fear, A;. that fteer'd him thr 292 I. P E T E R. 5 So I may fing, in Jefus fafe, While Storms of Vengeance round me fall, Confcjous how high my Hopes are fix'd, Beyond what (hakes this earthly Ball. 6 Enter thine Ark, while Patience waits, Nor ever quit that fure Retreat: Then the wide Flood, which buries Earth, Shall waft thee to a fairer Seat. j Nor Wreck nor Ruin there is feen ; There not a Wave of Trouble rolls ; But the bright Rainbow round the Throne* Seals endlefs Life to all their Souls. * Rev. iv. 3. CCCXXXVII. The Ungodly warned of their final Appearance. I Peter iv. -18. 1 TOEHOLD God's great incarnate Sort JLJ In Majefty comes flying down : Hark ! for his Trumpet's awful Sound Awakes the Dead, and cleaves the Ground. 2 So folernn (ball the Judgment be* And fo fevere the Scrutiny J, That, by his Merit tried alone, The Saint himfelf would be undone. 3 Where then, ye Sons of Belial^ where Will your aftonifh'd Souls appear? How will ye (hun his piercing Sight? Or how refift his matchlefs Might? I. P E T E R. 293 4 Up to the pointed Mountains fly, And gain the Confines * of the Sky ; There mall ye meet celellial Fire, While Mountains melt before his Ire*. 5 Call on the rending Earth to fave, And in its Center fearch a Grave; The Judge (hall well difcern thee there, And drag thee trembling to hib Bar. 6 Deck thee around with Fraud and Lyes, And put on ev'ry fair Difguife; Soon fhall thy painted Form be known Amidft ten thoufand of his own. 7 Gird thee in Arms his Wrath t' oppofe, And league with Millions of his Foes ; Soon would the Rebel -Band expire, Like crackling Thorns amidft the Fire. 8 One only Way may yet be found ; Submiflive bow ye to the Ground * His Crofo a Refuge will afford From all the Terrors of his Sword. * Borders. J Anger. CCCXXXVIII. Humbling curfches under GOD'f mighty Hand. 1 Peter v. 6. 1 T)ENEATH thy mighty Hand, O God, J3 Our Souls we proftrate low ; Shine forth with radiant gentle Beams, That we thy Name may know. 2 Thy Hand this various Frame produe'd, And ftill fupports it well; 294 I. P E T E R. That Hand with Juftice and with Eafe Might (mite our Souls to Hell. 3 Confcious of Meannefs and of Guilt, We in the Dull would lie ; Stretch forth thy condefcending- Arm, And lift the humble high. 4 So in the Temples of thy Grace We'll fov'reigb Mercy own, And, when we (hint above the Stars, Extol thy Grace alone. 5 The more Thou raife fuch finful Duft, The lower would it fail ; For \pfs than nothing, Lord, are we, And Thou art All in All. CCCXXXIX. The fame. For a Fajl-Dcy. Ur Souls withRcv'ience,LoRD|bow down Struck by the Splendors of thy Throne; Humbled * while in thy Houie we (land, Beneath thy great tremendous Hand. 2 That Hand, which bears the (ready Pole, While Nature's Wheels unwearied roll ; That Hand, which gives each Creature Food, And fills the World with various Good. 3^ That Hand, which piere'd thy darling Son To expiate Crimes, that we had done: That Hand, which fcatters Grace abroad To turn thy Foes to Sons of God. 4 But G ! with what diflrafied Rage Have we prefum tl that Hand t' engage ! I. P E T R R. 295 And, while long Patience hath been ft ►led to force thy Vengeam 1 might thy Wrath b gin R> fla , And e thin injur'd Name: Tfll the red Thunders of thy H Had dealt D n round cur Land. 6 With humble Hearts our God v. C) rai e the Suppliants at thy Feet ! And let that glorious Arm this Day Embrace the Rebels it might flay. CCCXL. G D's Care a Remedy fir curs. 1 Peter v. 7. HOW gentle God's Commands ! How kind his Precepts are ! " Come, caff, your Burdens on the Lord, " And truft his conftant Care." While Providence ftipports, Let Saints fecurely dwell ; That Hand, which bears all Nature up, Shall guide his Children well. Why fhould this anxious Load Prefs down your weary Mind ? Hafte to your heav'nly Father's Throne* And fweet Refrefhment find. His Goodnefs frands approval vn to the prefent Day ; I'll drop my Burden at his Feet, And bear a Song away. 296 II. P E T E R. CCCXLT. Eflablijhment in Religion from th§ COD cfallGracey &c. 1 Peter v. 10, II. 1 TTOW rich thy Favours, God of Grace! JLjL How various and divine ! Full as the Ocean they are pour'd, And bright as Heav'n they fhine. 2 He to eternal Glory calls, And leads the wond'rous Way To his own Palace, where He reigns In uncreated Day. 3 J e f u5 * tne Herald of his Love, Difplays the radiant Prize, And {hews the Purchafe of his Blood To our admiring Eyes. 4 He perfects what his Hand begins, And Stone on Stone He lays -, Till firm and fair the Building rife, A Temple to his Praife. 5 The Songs of everlailing Years That Mercy fhall attend, Which leads, thro' Sufferings of an Hour, To Joys, that never end. CCCXLII. The Circumflances ^/Christ's /*- cond Appearing. 2 Peter iii. 11, 12. I 1\ /T Y waken'd Soul, extend thy Wings J^VX Beyond the Verge of mortal Things $ See this vain World in Smoke decay, And Rocks and Mountains melt awav. U. PETER. 297 2 Behold the fiery Deluge roll Thro' Hcav'ns wide Arch from Pole to Pole ; Pale Sun, no more thy Luftre boait j Tremble and fall, ye ftarry Hoft. 3 This Wreck of Nature all around, The Angel's Shout, the Trumpet's Sound Loud the defcending Judge proclaim, And cccho his tremendous Name. 4 Children of Adam^ all appear With Reverence round his awful Bar; For, as his Lips pronounce, ye go To endkfs Biifs, or endLfs Woe. 5 Lord, to mine Eyes this Scene difplay Frequent thro' each revolving Day, And let thy Grace my Soul prepare To meet its full Redemption there. CGCXLIII. The Importance of being prepared for Christ's fecond Appearing. 2 Pe'er lii. 14. 1 fcC "TTy EHOLD I come, (the Saviour cries) J3 " With winged Speed I come i 3 at Home. CCCXLIV. Grcvj'iKg inGrace^ &c. 2 Pet. iii. 18. Pv A I S E to thy Name, Eternal God, For all the Grace Thou fhed'ft abroad $ For all thine Influence from above To warm our Souls with facrcd Love. 2 Bleft be thy Hand, which from the Skies Brought down this Plant of Paradife, And gave its heav nly Glories Birth, To deck this Wildernefb of Earth. 3 Bui why does that celeftial Flow'r Open* and thrive, and (Vine no more ? Where are its balmy Odours flt-d ? Ajid why reclines its beauteous Head ? A Too plain alas ! the Langour (hews Tii* unkind! v Soil in which it Prows : I. J O II X. Where the black Frofts and beating Storm Witbtf and rend its teiuLr Form. 5 Uncha Seams difplay To drive the FroJ inns awaj • Make all thv potent Virtues kn To chear a Plant fo much thy own. 6 And thou, bleft Spirit, deign to h!ow Frefh Gales of Heav'n on Shrubs below ; So fiiall they grow, and breathe abroad A Fragrance grateful to our God, CCCXLV. Experh \kuted. I John i. I — 3. 1 ^rESUSy mine Advocate above, , / Let me not he:.r of Thee alone, But make the Wonders : tl L By d e fweetly kno 2 On Thee my Soul would fix its Eyes ; lid tafte thy heav'nly Grace; Th I raife thine Honou And teach a thoufand Tongues thy Praife. 3 The fa le from Heart to Heart :'> run ; T II ... h in God coi ' r t, Thru' fa his Son. 4 LtiRD . n ; ive the Wordj And O 6 CCCXLVI. loo I. J O H N. ^CCXLVI. Communion with GOD and CHRIST* I John i. -3. OUR heav'nly Father calls, And Cbriji invites us near ; With both our Friendship fhall be fwcet, And our Communion dear. God pities all my Griefs 5 He pardons evYy Day ; Almighty to protect my Soul, And wife to guide my Way, ; How large his Bounties are ! What various Stores of Good, Diffus'd from my Redeemer's Hand, And purchas'd with his Blood ! JefuS) my living Head, v I blefs thy faithful Care; Mine Advocate before the Throne* And my Forerunner there. Here fix, my roving Heart ; Here wait, my warmeft Love, Till the Communion be compleat In nobler Scenes above. ICCXLVII. The Privileges of Saints by the Blood 0/* Jesus, i John i. 7. MY various Pow'rs, awake To found redeeming Grace; To Him, that wafh'd us in his Blood, I. J O H N. 301 2 What tho' our Guilt appears Dy'd in a Crimfon-Grain ? The Stream, that flows from Jefus* Side, Shall purge away the Stain. 3 'Midft all our various Forms We in this Center meet; Our Hearts, cemented by his Bloody Shall tafte Communion fweet. 4 Then let us walk in Light, Like Chrijl, whofe Name we wear ; And, as the Pledge of endlefs Blifs, Our Father's Image bear. CCCXLVHI. The Blood of Christ chanfwg from all Sin. 1 John i. -7. ' M™ ins, alas ! how foul the Stains ! low deep, and O ! how wide ! O'er my polluted Soul they fpread, In double Crimfon dy'd. 2 How (hall I ftand before that God, In whofe All-piercing Sight Some Shades of Darknefs feem to veil The purcft Sons of Light ? 3 Where (hall I wafh thefe Spots away, And make my Nature clean, Since Drops of penitential Grief Are tindtur'd it i 1 1 with Sin ? 4 Behold a Torrent all divine Flows from the Saviour's Side, ; 2 I. J O H N. And ftrmsely bears a crvPal Stream Amidil the purple Tide *. - II re will I bathe my fpotted Soul, And make it pure and fair ; Till not the Eye of God difcern One foul Pollution there. > Then, drcft in Robes of fnowy White, I'll join the fhining Band, And learn new Anthems to the Lamb, While round his Throne we {land. 1 referring to the Blood and Water, that came out of Cbrifii 'wounded Side. John xix. 34. CCCXLIX. Having the &*, and having Life in him. I John v. 12. J Happy Chriftian, who can boaff, " The Son of God is mine !" Happv, tho' hunr.bkd in the Dull:; Rich in this Giftxlivine. 2 He lives the Life of Heav'n below, And mall for ever live; Eternal Streams from Cbrift {hall flow, And.er.dltG Vigour give. - That Life we afk with bended Knee, 6 Nor will the Lord deny ; Nor will cclcftial Mercy fee urnble Suppliants die. A That Life obtaind, Far Praife alone We with conttfiu'd Breath \ And taught bv bit Q Experience own, That Praife can live in Death. CCCL REVELATION. 303 CCCL. Chr 13 t the Fir/1 and tbi Loft, hu to Death, and temalTriu I it Revelation i. 17, 18. 1 *T IT THzt Myft'ries, Lor J, in Thee combine ! VV y*f u$ * oficemortal, yet divine; The Firft, the Laft ; the End, the Head; The Source of Life among the Dead 2 O Love, beyond the Stretch of Thought ! What matchlcfs Won it wrought ! My Faith, while (lie the Grace declares, nfeles beneath the Load fne bears. 3 H.iil, royal Conqu'ror o'er the Grave, Tender to pity, itrong to fave ! For ever live, for ever reign, And profp'rous may thy Throne remain ! 4 Thy Saints, obedient to thy Word, With humble Joy furrounJ thy Board ; And, long as Time purfues its Ra; \ Proclaim thy Death, and fhout thy Grace, 5 In the full Choir, w disjoin :ir Harps of Melody divine, Thy Death ii of Praife, New thro' thy Life's eternal D.: . CCCLI. 5 tf£w$ andtht un I Rev, i.-iS. J T" P.incc of Life and Pe^CC, X JL^V. )fDeat -and Meil ! The 304 REVELATION. The fpacious World unfeen is His, And fov'reign Pow'r becomes Him well. 2 In Shame and Torment once He died; But now He lives for evermore: Bow down, ye Saints, around his Seat, And, all ye Angel-Bands, adore. 3 So live for ever, Glorious Lord, To crufli thy Foes, and guard thy Friends ; While all thy chofen Tribes rejoice, That thy Dominion never ends. 4 Worthy thy Hand to hold the Keys, Guided by Wifdom, and by Love ; Worthy to rule o'er mortal Life, O'er Worlds below, and Worlds above. 5 When Death thy Servants (hall invade, When Pow'rs of Hell thy Church annoy, Controul'd by Thee, their Rage (hall help TheCaufe, they labour'd to deflroy. 6 For ever reign, Victorious King : Wide thro' the Earth thy Name be known $ And call my longing Soul to fing Subiimer Anthems near thy Throne. CCCLII. Christ's Care cf Minijlers and Churches. Rev. ii. I. I "T T TUL blefs th' eternal Source of Light, V V Who makes the Stars to fhine ; And, thro' this dark beclouded World, Diffufeth Rays divine. * We REVELATION. 305 2 Wc blefs the Churches fov'reign King, Whofe golden Lamps we are; Fix'd in the Temples of his Love To fhine with Radiance fair. 3 Still be our Purity preferv'd ; Still fed with Oil the Flame; And in deep Characters inferib'd Our heav'nly Matter's Name. 4 Then, while between our Ranks He walks, And all our State furveys, His Smiles fhall with new Luftre deck The People of his Praife. CCCLIII. The Ckrljlian Warrior animated and crowned. Rev. ii. -10. 1 XT ARK! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's Voice From his triumphant Seat : 'Midft all the War's tumultuous Noife, How pow'rful and how fweet ! 2 Ci Fight on, my faithful Band, (He cries) " Nor fear the mortal Blow : te. 310 REVELATION. 4 Our Triumphs we prepare, Andcheaiful Anil civ-, laile; Jehovah's Arm made bare Demands immortal Praife; And while we fing, Ye Shores proclaim His wondrous Name, Ye Defarts, ring. 5 Thro' all the Wildernefs Tiiy Pretence, Lord, fhalllead; And bring us to the Place, Thy fovVe.gn Love decreed; Thofe blifcful Plains, Wheie all around Hofannm found, And Tranfport reigns, CCCLVIII. The danqueft of Death and Grief by Views f the heavenly S; ate. Rev. xxi. 4. 1 "T I FT up, ye Saints, your weeping Eyes, \_j Sufpend your Sorrows and your S Turn all your Groans to joyful Song-, Which y^fiis dictates to your Tongues. 2 Thus faith the Saviour from his Throne, c< Behold all former Things are gone, " Paft like an anxious Duani aw, 1 , " Chas'dby th. golden Beams of Day. o " See in celeftiai Pomp array'd •« A new-created World difplay'd ; " Mark with what Light its Proipe&s mine ! " How grand, how various, how divine ! R E V E L A T I X. 311 4 • There my own gentle ! i " Each Tear from ti " And open v\ ide mj fi " To lull the wear] Soul to Ri 5 " No more fliall Grief aJlei your Heart, 11 No boding Fear, n i Smart; " For tv:r (here my People dwell " Beydtid tl ofDc th and Hell.* 1 6 V in King of Terrors, boa'' no mfire Thine ancient wide ex ended Polv'r; Each Saint in Life With Chrifi his H ShdU reign, whien thou thyfelf art dead. CCCLIX. CHtffst, ''• Root a^d Offspring of David, and tie Mewing Star. Rev. xxii. -iO. I. A L L-U \ I Lj myficrious King ! r ^ Hajl, David s ancie rtt R|p . uls fliall 1 Beneath thy grateful Shade; Our thirdmg Li] s Salvation tafte; ,r fainting Hearts are sdad. 3 Fair Mprning-Star, afife, With And i wak'ning Eyes A Flood of facred Light. 4 n i> tied, Picrc'd I ..u.coUj Ray J Shine 3 i2 REVELATION. Shine, and our wand'ring Footfteps lead To everlafting Day. CCCLX. Christ's Invitations ecchoed back^ &C# Rev, xxii. 17. 1 TTOW free the Fountain flows JLJl Of endlefs Life and Joy ! That Spring, which no Confinement knows f Whofe Waters never cloy ! 2 How fweet the Accents found From the Redeemer's Tongue ! 4] HYMNS O N PARTICULAR OCCASIONS, AND IN Uncommon Measures. HYMN CCCLXII. A Morning- HY M N^ to be ufed at awaking and riftng. 1 A WAKE, my Soul, to meet the Day ; jfjL Unfold thy drowfy Eyes, And burft the pond'rous Chain that loads Thine a£tive Faculties. 2 God's Guardian-Shield was round me fpread In my defencelefs Sleep : Let Hi in have all my waking Hours, Who doth my Slumbers keep. 3 [ The Work of each immortal Soul Attentive Care demands i Think II Y M N S. 315 Think then what painful Labours wait The faithful Paftor's Ham! 4 My Moments fly with winged Pace, And fwift my Hours are hurl'd ; And Death with rapid March comes oil T' unveil th' eternal World. 5 I for this Hour muft give Account Before God's awful Throne j Let not this Hour neglected pafs, As Thoufands more have done. 6 Pardon, O God, my former Sloth, And arm my Soul with Grace; As, rifing now, I feal my Vows To profecute thy Ways. 7 Bright Sun of Righteoufnefs, arife ; Thy radiant Beams difplay, And guide my dark: bewilder'd Soul To everlafting Day. CCCLXIII. An Evening- H T M N, to be ufU when compofmg one/elf tojlcep. I. TNTERVAL of grateful Shade, Welcome to my weary Head ! Welcome Slumbers to mine Eyes, Tir'd with glaring Vanities ! My great Mafter itill allows Needful Periods of Repofe : By my beav'nly Father bled Thus I give my Pow'rs to Reft; P 2 Heavily ■ 2iO HYMNS on Heav'nly Father ! gracious Name f Night and Day his Love the fame : Far be each fu'picious Thought, Ev'ry anxious Care forgot: Thou, my ever- bounteous God, Crown'ft my Days with various Good : Thy kind Eye, that cannot flcep, Thefe defencelefs Hours (hall keep : Bleft Vicifiitude to me ! Day and Night I'm (till with Thee. II. What tho' downy Slumbers flee, Strangers to my Couch and me ? Sleeplefs wA\ I know to reft, Lodg'd within my Father* Breafl. While the Emprefs of the Night Scatters mild her Silver Light ; While the vivid Planets ftray Various thro' their myftick Way ; While the Stars unnumber'd roll Round the ever-conftant Pole ; Far above thefe fpangled Skies All my Soul to God (hall rife ; 'Midft the Silence of the Night Mingling with thofe Angels bright, Whofe harmonious Voices raife Ceafeiefs Love and ceafelefs Praife : Thro' the Throng his gentle Ear Shall my tunelefs Accents hear: From on high doth He impart Secret Comfort to my Heart. He in thefe fereneft Hours Guides my intellectual Fow'rs, And Partk i'lar Oc i 317 Anil his : lnight-D< Lifting all my IV, On the Wings of Faith and Love. Blcit Alternative to me, Thus to fleep, or wake, with Thee f HI. What if Death my Sleep invade ? Should I be of Dea h afraid ? Whilft encircled by thine Arm, Death may ftrike, but cannot harm, What if Beams of op ning Day Shine around my breathlefs Clay ? hter Vifions from on 1 Shall regn'e my mental Eye. Tender Friends a -while may mourn from their Embraces torn -> Dearer better Friends I have In the Realms beyond the Grave. the Guardian- Angels nigh my Soul on high ! the golden Gates difplay'd ' See the Crown to grace my Head ! .See a Flood of facred Light, Which no more (hall yield to Night ! Tranfitory World, farewell ! ti calls with him to dwell. With thy heavenly Prefencc blell, , and Labour Reft. Welcome Sleep, or Death to me, Still I r irill with Thee. P 3 CCCLX1V. 3*8 HYMNS on CCCLXIV. On Recovery from Sicknefs, during which, much of the divine Favour had been ex- perienced. 'M Y God, thy Service well demands The Remnant of my Days: Why was this fleeting Breath renew'd, But to renew thy Praife ? 2 Thine Arms of everlafting Love Did this weak Frame fuftain, When Life was hov'ring o'er the Grave, - And Nature funk with Pain. 3 Thou, when the Pains of Death were felt, Didft chafe the Fears of Hell ; And teach my pale and quiv'ring Lips Thy matchlefi Grace to tell. 4 Calmly I b*)w'd my fainting Head On thy dear faithful Bieaft. ; Pleas'd to obey my Father's Call To his eternal Reil. 5 Into thy Hand?, my Saviour-GcD, Did I my Soul refign, In firm Dependence on that Truth, Which made Salvation mine. 6 Back from the Borders of the Grave At thy Command I come : Nor would I urge a fpeedier Flight To my ecleftial Home. 7 Where Thou determin'lr. mine Abode, There would I chufc to be j For i Particular Occasions. For in thy Prcfcncc Death is Life, And Earth is Hcav'll with Thee. 3*9 CCCLXV. The lajl Words of David. 2 Samuel. xxiii. I — 8J. 1 rpHUShaththeSonof 7#faid, When IfrbeVt God had rais'd his Head To high imperial Sway : Struck with his laft poetick Fire, Z/Ws fweet Pfalmift tun'd his Lyre To this harmonious Lay. 2 Thus dictates IfroeVs facred Rock : Thus hath the God of Jacob fpoke Bv my refponfive Tongue : Behold the Just- One over Men Commencing his religious Reign, Great Subject of my Song ! 3 So gently fhines with genial Ray Th' unclouded Lamp of rifing Day, And cheers the tender Flow'rs, When Midnight's (oft diffufive Rain Hath blefc'd the Gardens and the Plain With kind refreshing Show'rs. 4 Shall not my Houfe this Honour hoaft ? Mv Soul th 1 cie-nal Covenant trull, W li-order'd (Ml and fure ? There all my Hopes and Wiflies meet : In Death I call its Bleflings fweet, And fee] its Bond fecure. J igw.iMr totlif inrrnior r metrical Verfion of the .. V 4 5 Tl 320 HYMNS on 5 The Sons of Belial (hall not fpring, Who fpurn at Heav'n's appointed King, And fcorn his high Command: Tho' wide the Briars infeft the Ground, And the fharp-pointed Thorns around Defy a tender Hand ; 6 A dreadful Warriour fhall appear With Iron-Arms, and mafly Spear, And tear them from their Place : Touch'd with the Lightning of his Ire, At once they kindle into Fire, And vanifh in the Blaze. CCCLXVI. A Military ODE. PSALM CXLIX. Probably compofed by David to be fung, when his Army was marching out to War again/I the Rem- nant of the devoted Nations 0/* Canaan, and firjl went up in folemn Proccjfion to the Houfe of G CD at Jerufalem, there, as it were, to confecratc the Arms, which he put into their Hands. The Beds referred to ver. 5, were probably the Couches^ en which they lay at the Banquet attending their Sacrifices \ which gives a noble Senfe to a Pajfage y on any other Interpretation hardly intelligible. j /^V Praife ye the Lord, prepare a new Song, V^ And let all his Saints in full Confort join : Ye Tribes all afilmble the Feaft to prolong, In folemn Proceflion with Mufick divine, 2 O Particular Occasions, 321 2 O IfraeU in Him that made thee rejoice ; Let all Zions Sons exult in their King ; While to martial Dances you join a glad Voice f Your lutes harps and timbrels in harmony bring, 3 The Lord in his Saints ftil] finds his Delight; Salvation from Him the Meek (hall adorn ; They well maybe joyful, fuftain'dby his Might, Andcrown'd by his favour may lik up their horn. 4 Let Carpets be fpread, and Banquets prepar'd Thofe Altars around, whence Incenfeafcends; Whilft Anthems of Glory thro' Salem are heard, AndGoD, whom we worfhip, indulgent attends. 5 Then as yourHearts bound withMufick &Wine> Infpird by the God, who reigns in the Place: Unfheath all your Weapons, and bright let them [{bine, Andbrandifh vourFaulchions, while chaunting [his Praife. 6 Then march to the Field ; the Heathen defy ; And fcatter his Wrath on Nations around : Like angels ofvenneanceyour fwords lift on high, Andboaitthat ^/-sl^ com millions the wound. 7 TheirGen'rab fubdu'd your triumphs (hall grace, And loaded with Chains their Kings (hall be [brought ; On the Necks fnall ye trample of Canaan'iproui And all their laft remnant for (laughter be fou 8 No Rage of your own fu< h Rig mx demands ; A Sentence our Aimj P 5 522 HYMNS on Of old he this vc ngeance confign'd to your hands, And in facred Volumes recorded his Will. ) This Honour, ye Saints, appointed for you, All-grateful receive, and faithful obey; And, while his dread Pleafure refiftlefs ye do, Still make his high Praifes the Song of the Day. XCLXVII. For the Thankfgiving-Day for the Peace ^ April 25, J 749. [ T\Tow let our Songs addrefs theGoD of Peace, JJ^| Who bids the Tumult of the Battle ccafe: The pointed Spears to pruning Hooks he bends, And the broadFaulchion in the Plow-fhare ends. 3is pow'rful Word unites contending Nations n kind Embrace, and friendly Salutations. I Britain^ adore the Guardian of thy State; Who, high on his celeftia! Throne elate, Still watchful o'er thy Safety and Repofe, Frown'd on the Counfels of thy haughtiest Foes ; rhy Coaft fecur'd from ev'ry dire Invafion Of Fire and Sword and fpreading Deiblation. j When rebel- bands with defp'ratemadnefsjoin'd, He wafted o'er Deliv'rance with his Wind ; Drove back the Tide, that delug'd half ourLand, And curb'd their Fury with his mightier Hand; Til! dreadful Slaughter, and the laft Confufion Taught thofe audacious Sinners their Delufion. 4. He gave our Fleets to triumph o'er the Main, And fcatter Terror 'crofs wide Ocean's Plain : o P - Particular Occasions. 323 Oppofing Leaders trembled at the Sight* Nor found their Safety m th' attempted Flight ; Taught by their fronds, how vainly they pre- Thofc to diftrefV, whom IfraeW God del ended. 5 FierceStormv werelummnn'd up in/>V/7rf/Ysaid, And meagre Famine hoflilc Lands o'erfprcad ; B] Suffering! bow'd their Conqucfts they rth Nor fcorn the Overtures of equal Peace: Contending PowYs congratulate the Welling, Joint Hymns of Gratitude to Heav'n addreffing. 6 While we beneath our Vines and Fig-Trees fit, Or thus within thy (acred Temple meet, Accept, Great God, the 1 our Song, And all the Mercies of this D.iy profc Thai fpread thy peaceful W\>:d thro'ev'rv Nattoft, That all the Earth may hail thy great Salvation. CCCLXVIIL The ?AcjJt>ig pron:.unccd upon Ifrael by the Pricjls . Numbers vi. 2 4 — 2 7 . Fcr New Tear's Day* 1 y^UARDIAN of Ifrael, Source of Peace, VJ Who hail ordain'd thy Priefts to blefc* Shine forth as our propitious Lord, And verify thy Servants Word. 2 Let thy own Pow'r defend us ft ill Thro' all the Year from ev'rv 111 ; Anil let the Splendor of thv Face Cbear all its bright or gloomy L I 524 HYMNS on 5 Thy Countenance our Souls would fee, For all our Joys unite in Thee ; And Peace ftill waits at thy Command To calm our Hearts, and blefs our Land. \ Hear, while thy Priefts addrefs their Vows, And fcatter Bleflings thro' thy Houfe ; -And, while they fall, may Ifrael raife Its pious Songs of ardent Praife. £CCLXIX. A Hymn for a Faji-Day in Time of War. Deut. xxiii. 9. I ^>|REATGod of Heav'n and Nature, rife, VJT And hear our loud united Cries: See Britain bow before thy Face Thro' all her Coafts, and feek thy Grace. > No Arm of Flefh we make our Truft; Nor Sword, nor Horfe, nor Ships weboaft : Thine is the Land, and Thine the Main, And human Force and Skill is vain. 5 Our Guilt might draw thy Vengeance down On ev'ry Shore, on ev'ry Town ; But view us, Lord, with pitying Eye, And lay thy lifted Thunder by. (. Forgive the Follies of our Times, . And purge our Land from ail its Crimes; Reform'd and deck'd with Grace divine, Let Princes Priefts and People fhine. j O may no GoD-provoking Sin Thro' all our Camps and Navies Reign; No Particular Oc No foul Reproach! to drive from thence Our Cureft Glory and Defence. 6 So fhall our God deli And crown our Arms y Our Foes (hall dread 1 1 And conqu'ring Britain (h< . xd. CCCLXX. Jabez'i Pn, i Chron. iv. 9, 1 1 rpFIOU Godof-7*fcs, h JL While we intreat thy Gra 1 And borrow that expreffive Pra; With which he fought thy Face. 2 " O that the Lord indeed. " Would me his Servant blefs, " From cv'ry Evil fhicld my Head " And crown my Paths with Peace f 3 " Be his Almighty Hnnd c; My Helper and my Guide, " Till, with his Saints in C " My Portion He divide." 4 Thus pious "Jabex prav'd, While God inclm'd his Far ; And all, by whom this Suit is m« Shall find the Bleffing near. 5 Ye Youth , your Vows combiti With loud united Voice ; I leads with Honour fll ,: Heatts rejoice. CC 526 H Y M N S on XCLXXT. ManafTeh'j Affliaim^ Penitence and RijloraUon. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 10 — 12. I /^>r O D of Manajfeh, wilt Thou (corn VJX To own that humble Name, While Sinners, (o remote as we, Thy Grace to him proclaim f I High raLs'd on Judab's Throne he feerr/d, That Hell in him might reign ; And taught thy facred Name to know Its Honours to profane. 3 Yet Thou the royal Wretch did ft view With Pity in thine Eyes : How firange a Cure thy Mercy wrought ! How wondrous, yet how wife ! 4. Caught in the Thorns by hoftile Hands, The Captive learrfd to reign; And Babel's Fetters let him free From Satan's heavier Chain. 5 From the deep Dungeon where he lay, Thou heard'ft his doleful Cry; Didft raife the Suppliant from the Dull, And bring Salvation nigh. j On Soul?, deprav'd and hard like his, May Grace exert its Pow'r ; And they fhall blefs the wholefome Smart, That works the fov'reign Cure. CCCLXXII. Particular Occ\ 327 CCCLXXH. A Church feeking God in the Choice of a Pajhr. El : : a. v 1 1 1 . 2 1 . i QHFPHERDof/r^ bend chine Ear, * j Thy Servants Groans indulgent heai ? Perplex'd, diftrefe'd, to Thee n And leek the Guidance of thine I 2 Thy com pre ;v:n live View furv Our wand'i T vVnv; ; Send forth, O Lo u, thy Truth and Light) To guide our doubtful Footflep 3 With longing Eyes behold, we wait In fuppliaiK Crouds at Our drooping Hearts, OG00, fuftain : Shall I/raeli'cek thy Face in vain ; 4 O Lord, in Ways of Peace return, Nor let thy Flock neglected mourn \ May our bleit Eyes a Shepherd Dear to our Souls, and dear to Th 5 Fed by his Care, our Tongues (hall raife A chearful Tribute to thy Praife ; Our Children Larn the grateful S And theirs the chearful Notei prole CCCLXXIIT. Divine Cbndemnat and I Jif.redy ly the A fob. x. 2. Reniendous Judge*, before ' Wlut human Creature can be cl Aa T ;28 HYMNS on An Arm fo ftrong, an Eye fo pure, Who can efcape, or .who endure ? \ " Do not condemn us, Lord", we cry, As trembling in the Dud: we lie ; But, while with Grief our Guilt we own, Let fmiling Mercy take the Throne. ► If Thou wilt fmite, offended Go), Sheath-up thy Sword, and take thy Rod, And, 'midfr. the Anguifh and the Smart, Open to Difcipline our Heart. |. By Chaft'ning if our Souls be taught, And cleans'd from ev'ry fecret Fau't, The wife Severity we'll blefs, And mix our Groans with Songs of Praife. XCLXX1V. Tbankfglving for National Deliver- ance^ and improvement of U. Luke i. 74, 75. 1 QALVATION doth to God belong; ^ Kis Pow'r and Grace fhall be our Song ; His Hand hath dealt a fecret Blow, And Terror ftrikes the haughty Foe. I Praife to the Lord, who bows his Ear Propitious to his People's Pray'r ; And, tho' Deliv'rancc long delay, Anfwers in his well-chofen Day. 3 O may thy Grace our Land engage, (Refcu'd from fierce tyrannic Rage,) The Tribute of its Love to bring To Thee, our Saviour, and our King ! 4 Our Pa rti 4 Our T< Shall cc AnJev'iv peaceful private Home To i i hi pie (hall become. 5 Still be it our fupreme Delight 'JO vralk as in thy honour'd Sight: Still in thy Precepts and thy r ear To Life's lafl Hour to pcrfevere. THE END. A N [ N D E X, O R 'ABLE to find a H y m n by the Title or Contents of it, or a Hymn fuited to Particular Subjects and Occasions. N. B. The Figures refer to the Hymns. A \ARON's BreaflplateZ. Abiding in Chnft 237, 238. BRAHAM's Care of his Family 2. his Faith in leaving his Country 318. GW, his God 319. his Inter ce (fun f r S od o m 3 . b fence of God dreadful 18, 157. dtivity in Religion 1 99, 210. rewarded 17 2. dam, the Firji and Second 270. dopting Love 124, 281. ffliclions, improved 159, InJlru5lion under them defired 373. moderated 9 2 . falutary 143. y^£ - mitted to 42. fucceeded by Joy 66. by Rejl and Happinefs in Heaven 212, 310, 358. ngels, Chrijl feen of them 304. /^/V Head 2gg. their Reply to thoje who fought Chrijl 194. flwr So'agat Chrijl' s Birth 200, 201. ppeal f0 Chrijl for the Sincerity of Love to him 246. Ark, I N I) Ark, . Muni 90. K Emblem B BAckfliders, their Ingratitm. return ill, GoTs Pity for the? letting tbe?n.ft'ivc> 149. Bleffing of Gul necefjary and de fir el Blcflings, fpirituai acknowledged 1 pV*A God's Readinefs to give them argued ?6i. Blood of Cbrift) admitting to the tfoltf/t 315. ileanfmg fom Sin 348. con ■ 35 6. conveying Bliffings 347. furifjing 3 1 2. Britain, God Tntremhiftt it 12c. verjy with it 158. unre formed by Dili vet antes 140, 155. c CAptives of Sin lamented 129. Care, anxious reprvbed 26, 47,34c. of iht Soul m ojl needful 206, 2 c 7 . Cattle, : / 'land of God upon th.m 5. Charity to the Poor 188, 205. rewarded log. Childlefc Chrijlians comforted 1 1 2. Children, Cbrijfs Regard to them 198. 1 /$ G^/ 5 1 . iijtroyed 141. r/j# cr2frjf 2. c/ G\vi 281, 326. Christ, his Appearance after lis Re fur ■ > 14 5 « Covei 23. Courage* in Riligion 9. in the Caufe of Courie, the Qbrijliarisfinijhidty* .55. Creatures, infujficient 1 2 $• .mean qj . rain 268. C r o fs of Chrijt, its Influence 2 3 ^ , 2 7 6, 280. Cup/?/' BUJJings 106. Cyrus' SpuitJiirrcJ up 24. D Dioniack, recovered 204. relapfing 180. U A V I D, fftrfptf Mi GW 2 vain Purfuit of Perfection on Earth 63. his laf\ Words 365. Day, of f nail 127, 256. of Judgment j fee Judgmcj Dead quickened 89* 1 215. Death, a) 30S. U i . \y/ ;/ 295. CArj/0 r ft? ^ fought firfl 178. /7dt(; j^"#V GV;V/~ tfwrf Dorf£ 358. H e ; ; v c 1 1 1 v - wi inch dneft 3 C . Hui y) am God 1 9, 98, 257. fought and obtained 68. Houfe, of God above 33, 354. tfPtayer 113 / i&jyj 76. Humiliation, and Exaltation j/'Ifrad 99. of C! 1 39, 35I. Z)<7y 0/*, y^r Fail. H u m i I i t y ^ tf P*a rf {JHf I 4 2 , 371. & ;;rfVr G Handi^ 339. Hymnyir Morning 362 /" ■> j /)#; ;_/* Prayer 1 2 c H vpocn fy , dreadi d 250. I JAbez'a Prayer 37c. Jaccp/s / 7 rw 4. Jerus a l E m , Cfo ///' 1 Tears $vei V y"- pel fitjr pnad iig. the ) Incarnation ofChri jio. Incoii fion 1 ~ 1 . Inhcr , . ., Iniquity abounding 186. .' I N D E X. n v i fi b 1 e G $ * Cii cwnjiances of it 342. #0 efcaping it 337. prepared for 343. de fired and rejoiced in 3 1 4, 36 1 . /?#£/>^ /ir ^ Saints 303. [udgments cfGod^ deprecated [37 3. compared with his Mercies 109. fuftice tffl^/ Mercy of God 12. K KEY 0/ David in Chrijl 9 s HandSs* 35°> 351- kingdom of God 108. ta be fir ft fought 178. 0/* Chrijl ^i^ 351. of Heaven 187, 208. Knowledge ^ God fought 150. experimental 345. L LA W 0/" Liberty 327. of Love 205, 282. Liberality, y^ Charity. Liberty £/t/*/2 /^ C£r//? 226, 227. /£*? Zaw; 0/" 327. -/0 enter the Holteji 315. Life, abundant by Chrijl 229, 349. the Cbrijlian's connected with Chrijf s 236. the Fountain of it 170. 7;tf/?2 52. uncertain 13c, 134, 329. Light, jhining into the Heart 274. 0/*//^ Gentiles^ Chr'tjl 202. everlajling from God 119. of good 7? irnmblpc TIC. t God INDEX. Z to Chrijl 276, 294. 1 ; to u 1 : 5. Love, of God in finding his > ■: giving all Thin im 26 i.jh • 1 in w&niflrtng \ 184, 291,293. toChri I in 239. Appeal to him for h to Men 291. unfeigned 331. to Enemies ai7, M MAiefty #/(?«/ 97. m 9 frail and mortal 270. /K eternal 54* Manasseh's Repehtema 37 r. Marriage, Jpiritual 293. Meditation #W /J : 29. Meek, /Ae'/r Happinefs 72. Mercy, pardoning 103, I I -' puhlicky improved 374. &<* Cod Military CV& 366. Minifter?, under ChrijPi Care 352. 1 h them 195. < I 271. Comfort on th , 182, 195, 275. faithful, / J 66. fiail and ivcak 2 the Church's Profpcrity their li ; yu/irf Savour to God 273. 372. watching fo- Svkls 324. willing to hi ployed 82. a. :vs 275. MiniflfVj injlituted 289. Clri/i'> fid 104. M i rfccli ■! ;/i }& /£ jAfa mj/3 4 7 . Moderation, chrijl tan 268. Vlornins: //ytfw ^62. INDEX. Mortality, fn Man, Death. Moses, bis wife Choice 320. his Regard to the invifible Gcd 321. his Sang 357. his Vinu of the divine Glory 1 1 . Mourners com for ted 66, 196, 302. See Comfort, Support. Multitude net to be followed to Evil 7. N NAtional Sins lamented 140. Deliverances ce~ Ubrattd 272, 374. Nature, frail, but Gcd ccnipnjfionate 55. and Scrip- ture 63, <*. Nearnefs / . lope 298. /if Liberty >, 289. for Pardon n ... y 367, 374* for Prefervation -. 31, /or Recovery /" 364. ai our Shepherd 244. / 283. for tempo: a, ) Piayer 0*fh4 6b, 370, 371.7 ff*«f J 77. /<• for the Spirit 25 j. Unifiers j ?, the Revival of Reunion 12c, 121. ii.. PVdyr 113. Preparation ta w#l Gj^ 156. /ir CbriJFs feccne Coming 317, 343. Pretence of L>ud djirable io, 368. cfChriJiixiJ his Churches 17, 195. Preleivation, jfawi (JW3I, 95, 102, 257. Pride funijhed 26. YnlontiSifpiritiial delivered 105, 169, 203^ Privileges, rnifimprxtoed 127. 0/ i ofCbri/t 287, 2ho, 347, 34JB. 35G. Proaufes* God C^ 3 INDEX. Profj crity, from God 53. not is be expecled by Re- bels againji him 26. dreadful, if abufed 212. Providence 108. followed $\%% its Bounties 176,297. its Myjhries to be cleared up hereafter 212, 234* QUickning Grace defied 62. Quie.nefs wider Trouble 42. R RAce, theChrifiian 296. Ckri/i our Forerunner in it 311. Raiment, fpiritual 132, 165. Rainbow round the Throne 355. Rebels again]} God warned 44. punijhed 26, 1 56, again// Cbrifi executed 213. Rebellion, impudent 136. Hymn for Deliverance from it 46. Recovery from Sickncfs 5S, 59, 6c, 364. Redemption by Cbrifi 170, 226, 227, 266. Rejoicing, in God amidfi Poverty 161. in Chrifi tho* unfeen 330. Ill 0«r Covenant Engagements 23. /a //^ ^/Vzw cf Death and Judgment 314, 361. y&fjoy. ; Religion revived 146. Activity in it 172. Incon- Jiancy in it 151. Gratitude the Spring of it 152, Repentance commanded to all 254. the Means of Pardon 2%, 371. producing Humility andSubmif- fion 142. Refignation, /Jv Patience, Submiflion. Reft, £&4 fe/y 5W'j /« Gcd sj. remaining for God's People 310. Refurreclion ofChrifi 194, 218. ofCbri/iiansSgj 260, 270, 287. ty//v 5/>/Wf 260. Ftetiiement, and Sef- Examination 29. Returning I N D F, X. Returning t: (7 7 122, 126, 140. Revival of Religion attempted 172. pra III. Riche-, their Vanity 63, 212. D d-. rated 26cS. eVerlaJimgy obtained by C Righteous AIen, fee Saints. Ri^hteoufnefs/w/z Chrijl 132, 1 6 s> 26 Rod of God heard 159. f/j £ss<7 Effect* 14 j, J ~ : S SAbbath, fAt tfW 310. Sacrifice f Chrijl 220, 291. /7 Bl r«£ 263 3 ! > 90j 955 9S, ic2. of Religion 96. Sain:?, their Excellency 7 7 , 78. fA«V // 38. GW'j Portion 14. their Pi tied Eternity 33, 45. /£ Character 230. Happinejs 231. Security 232. comforted 2c8. Gs^'j 6V^ of them \\\.'recovered from Wandering 65. lepherd of Saints is God 144. cknefs, £*#/ul, GW /n Saviour 36. rjfc Strength 68. ftftt C^rs fljf.// needful 206, 207. >irit rtT GW, compared to IVater 221, 225, 360. &/f Influences de fired 145, 251, 360. #/*i*g **/> I N D E X. o lard u j. the ProcJ qui. Spiri . ( 249. Spiritual / 1 64. S-OIH £ trench/) 0/7/ Heaven 15, 68, 98, 1 Subjection to God 322. SubmiiTion to \go. ^Patience. Succefs of the Go/pel 100,1115147,173. 120, 121. Sufferings ofChrift 191, 307. aid his Succ ■■' I39. cf Chrijitans 306. fee Grief, C^nfort, Support. Sun 'f /. . 5 1 73. Suppei , Av. 1 / , Hymn; f r it I 7 T , 2 E Support /f cm G a 15. in Deal y Trouble* 20, 21. i 2 ' ,TJ 17, |82, I9>. 17, 196, 2cS 5 215, I yMW . •' Sympathy, 2S2. T TAble 0/ the Lord polluted 171 tfr\ afd God's Sufficiency 125. c/* •rr/A/y Sfoflgj 268* 0/* 3i0» 63. */ A/tf/z, and Majejiy «f Gcd QJ. of Ricbis 212, f/* worldly Schemes 329. of cur Years 5 2 . r i ;:ory celebrated 4.6, 272, 3; 4 ftfiriUial^ fee Satan, r ine, Ch\f the true 7^1 ubifixg-in^him-Tgfa 238. r in y -::drfGrdSi, it, Ufuilftinejspunijhed 174. Jnbelief tffff/ Faith firuggimg 197. Jnchangeahlenefs c/ uSflf 54, 316. cf drift 323. ^/^ Covenant 355. J n known GW 253. foice r/ CAr/// te/&f£ A&» 74. */" G*« /* fe i«- mediateiy heard 309. *ftt* Xtfd Aftfwrf 159, 373* /^ows, religious encouraged 137. rejoiced in 23. ■w WAiting/ir (^93. Walking o&)5 GW I, 79. Varfare, fpiritual 199, 306,353, 354.^ Satan. Afatchfulnefs, chrijiian 199, 210. Waters, //*;/»£, <™ Emblem of the spirit 221, 225, 360. c/lfo Sanftuary 147. 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