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ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 npi-IIS book of Hymns fo exa&ly de- 
 "*■ fcribes the preaching of the late Mr. 
 Hart, that it may juftly be faid in them, he 
 being dead, yet fpeakcth. Herein the doc- 
 trines of the gofpel are illuflrated fo pracli- 
 cally, the precepts of the word enforced fo 
 evangelically, and their effecls ftated fo ex- 
 perimentally, that with propriety it may be 
 ft) led, " A trcafury of doclrinal, practical,. 
 " and experimental Chriftianity." And 
 though it be confeiTed, that it is peculiarly 
 adapted to circumftances of temptation and 
 difrrefs ; yet it will recommend itfelf to chri- 
 ilians in general, diitinguifhed by the author 
 in the following concife character : That 
 keep the faith of Chrift, and the command* 
 of God. 
 
 Thefe Hymns have already gone through 
 •fevcral, and fome of them large editions. 
 Thev have Hkewife been copied into various 
 eolleclions, publiilied by different perfons ; of 
 whom it is requeued, that they would affix 
 the author's name to the hymns they copy, 
 .as it would be a means of fpreading a valua- 
 ble performance. 
 
TO THE 
 
 READER. 
 
 JV the fecond edition of my Hymns the pre- 
 face was omitted for fever al reafons : The 
 chief of which zee re thfe. 
 
 I thought the account of my experience wes 
 
 fufficiently publiflied and difperjtd in the firfl 
 edition ; and therefore there needed no repetition 
 of it; efpecially ay the book mas now more adapt- 
 ed (by the addition of the fupplement) to public 
 worfliip, where narratives of any kind are not 
 very neceffary : Nor was I without apprehehfion 
 that fomc ill ufe might be made of it, as there are 
 
 fever al paffages in it that may not fuit the con- 
 dition of many Clmflians. It teas therefore 'to 
 be feared that fbme foolijli men might take liberty 
 fr omit to turn the grace of God into la/civic uf- 
 nefs ; and that what zvas defigned to difplay the 
 infinite mercy of God to his children, might be 
 made, by the tempter s craft, an occafion of fal- 
 ling. 
 
 But theearnefl and repeated enquiries that were 
 made after the preface, and the longing de/ire 
 
 fome expreffed for it, and (what wa s above all J 
 the feveral accounts I received from ferrous Chn/- 
 tians, to whom it had been much hi' fed, did at 
 a 2 laft 
 
To the READ E R. 
 
 fa/1 fasfo many calls of providence, zufiich I was 
 unwilling to Ke/i/ij prevail upon ?nc to reprint 
 
 in ike third edition: And for the fame reajons it 
 
 ivas judged proper to continue it. 
 
 I befeech Almighty God to make it further ufe- 
 Jul to his chitdren, in making them fee by it the 
 
 riches of his free grace to the worfl of men; for 
 which intent it was written* And let thofe who 
 
 may be tempted thereby to tempt God, or to back- 
 fliae, in hopes of being fo varacaloully reclaim- 
 ed, confider that the repentance iofalvation given 
 yie may not be given to them. I charge them there- 
 fore in the name of Cod to beware g/ any Jiuh di- 
 abolical delufion ; for ihey who fay, let us fin 
 that grace may abound, Their damnation is juft. 
 And the damnation which m?n incur by. a pre- 
 fumpiuous wilful abufe and contempt of the gof- 
 pel, isworfc than that of Sodorn and Gomorrah ; 
 .For our God is a conluming fire 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
PREFACE 
 
 To the First Edition. 
 
 THE fallowing Hymns were compofed, 
 partly from feveral paiTages of iciipture 
 laid on my heart, or opened to my underiiand- 
 ing, from time to time, by the Spirit of God, 
 or elfe hinted to me by other Chriflians ; (of 
 which latter there are indeed but very few) 
 partly from impredions felt under different 
 frames of fpirit at the times when they were 
 refpeftively written ; and partly from fpenta- 
 neous impulfes, or ferious reflections on fuch 
 is as accidentally occurred to my mind. 
 There are alfo paiTages interfperfed here and 
 there, that were written many years ago on 
 various occafions, and now thought worthy, 
 alter a long fuppreffion, of being revived and 
 brought to light ; but thefe like wife are very 
 few. 
 
 They were begun almoft two years ago ; 
 b.;t have been greatly impeded, and often in- 
 >ted by diforder and darknefs of/fcul, 
 ami&ions and temptations of various kinds, 
 and other hindrances. They are published not 
 only in the fame order, but almofr. in the fame 
 manner in which they were fir ft written : For 
 though they have fince' undergone a curfory 
 'a 3 revifal, 
 
ii PREFACE. 
 
 revifal, and have been lightly retouched, the 
 alterations I have made in them are neither very 
 .numerous nor material- 
 
 I defire wholly to fubmit them, with myfelf, 
 to the all-wife difpofal of that God, the fweet 
 enlivening influences of whofe bleffed Spirit I 
 often felt while they were competing. All I 
 would humbly with is ; that Jefr.s of Nazaretfi 
 the mighty God, the friend of fmners, would 
 be pleafed to make them, in fome meafure (weak 
 and mean as they are) initnimental in fetting 
 forth his glory, propagating and enforcing the 
 truths of his gofpel, chearing the hearts of his 
 people, and exalting his ineitimable righteouf- 
 nefs, upon which alone the unworthy author 
 tlefires to reft the whole of his falvation. 
 
 Though the rich difplays of God's free fovc- 
 reign grace, and electing love to me the chief 
 of Tinners may be feen, by an enlightened eye, 
 in feveral parts of the compofitions ; and though 
 one of them in particular (No. XXVII. Page 
 56. entitled, The Author's ca<n Ccnfi'jjich be 
 written profell^dlv with that view ; 1 (hall ne~ 
 venlielefs lay hold on the prefent occafion to 
 make my public acknowlegemcnt of God's un- 
 merited r.\?.TCY to me, by giving a brief hr.d 
 fumraary account of the great things he hat.h 
 done for my foul : I l\\y, a brief end fummary 
 account; for a minute and circomSamial de- 
 
 \ of them would 52 ore lhaa fiil an ample 
 
 voH 1 
 
PREFACE. iii 
 
 AS I had the hanpinefs of being born of bette- 
 ring parents, i imbibed the found doclrines of 
 the gofpcl from my infancy ; nor was I without 
 touches of heart, checks of confeience, and melt- 
 ings of affections by the fecret drivings of God's 
 Spirit with me while very young : But the impref- 
 fions were notdeep, nor the influences lading, being 
 frequently defaced and quenched by the vanities and 
 vices of childhood and youth. 
 
 About the twenty-fird year of my age, I began, 
 to be under greatanxiety concerning my foul. The 
 fpirit of bondage diftrefied me fore; though I endea- 
 voured (as I believe mod under legal c&nvietions do) 
 to commend myfeif to God's favor, by amendment 
 of life, virtuous refolutions, moral rectitude, and a 
 drift attendance on religious ordinances. I drove 
 to fubdue my flefh by fading, and other rigorous 
 acls of penance and mortification ; and whenever I 
 was captivated by its lufts (which indeed was often 
 the cafe) I endeavoured to reconcile myfeif again to 
 God by forrow for my faults; which, if attended 
 with tears, I hoped would pafs as current coin with. 
 heaven; and then I judged myfeif whole again, and 
 to (tand on equal terms with icy foes, till the nest 
 fall ^ which generally fucceeded In a fhort time. 
 
 In this uneafv reftle/s round of finning and re- 
 penting, working and reading, I went on for above 
 feven years ; when a great domedic afHi&ion befal- 
 ling me, (in which I was a moderate fufFerer, but a 
 mondrous fmner) I began to fink deeper and deep- 
 er into conviction of my nature's evil, the deceitful- 
 nefs andhardnefs of my heart, the wickednefs of my 
 life, the fhallownefs of my chridianity, and the 
 blindneis of my devoricn. I faw that I was in a 
 dangerous date ; and that I mud have a better reiU 
 gum than I had yet experienced, before I could, 
 
 with 
 
\v PREFACE. 
 
 with any propriety call nvffelfa CnrifHan. How 
 did I now long to feel the merits of Chrift applied to 
 my foul by the Holy Spirit ! How often did I make 
 my ftrengeit efforts to call God my God! But alas ! I 
 could no more do this, than I could raife the dead. 
 I found now, by wcful experience, that faith was 
 not in my power; and the' quefticn with me now 
 was, not whether 1 would be a Clinician or no ; but 
 whether I mijrht ; not "whether I ihould repent and 
 believe : but whether God would give mc true re- 
 pentance and a living faith. 
 
 After fome weeks palled in this gloomy, dreadful 
 ftate, the Lord was pkafed to comfort me a little, 
 by enabling me to appropriate, in fome fneafure, 
 the merits of the Saviour to my own foul. This 
 comfort increafed for feme time : And my under- 
 ftahding was alio wonderfully illuminated in read- 
 ing the holy fcriptures ; fo that I could fee Chrift in 
 many ptoffages, where before 1 little imagined to 
 find him ; and was encouraged to hope I had an in- 
 tereil in his merits, and the benefits by him procured 
 to his people. 
 
 In this blefied (rate my continuance was but 
 fnort: For, rulhing impetuoufly into notions be- 
 yond my experience, I haded to make rnyfelf a 
 Chriftian by mere doclrine, adopting other mens 
 opinions before I had tried them ; and fet up for a 
 great light in religion, disregarding the internal 
 work of grace begun in my foul by the Holy Ghoit. 
 This liberty, aiTumed bv rnyfelf, and not given by 
 Chrift, fcon grew to Iibcrtittifnk; in which I took 
 large progreflive Ir rides, and advanced to a dreadful 
 height, both in principle and practice. In a word, 
 I ran fuch dangerous lengths both of carnal and fpi- 
 ritnal vn ".. that I even out-went profefled in- 
 
 fidels, and ftiocked the irreligious and profane with 
 
 my 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 my horrid blafphemies, and monftrous impieties. 
 Fiardnefs of heart was, with me, a iign of good con- 
 fidence ; careleffnefs went for truft, empty notions 
 for great faith, a feared confcience for afluranceof 
 faith, and rafti prefumption for chriftian courage. 
 
 My actions were, in a great meafure, conformable 
 to my notions : For having (as I imagined) obtain- 
 ed by Cbrift a liberty cf finning, I was refolved to 
 make me of it; and thought the more I could fin 
 without remorfe, the greater hero I was in faith. 
 A tender confcience I deemed weaknefs ; prayer I 
 left for novices and bigots; and a broken and con- 
 trite heart was a thing too low and legal for me to 
 approve, much more to dtfne. Not to dwell on 
 particulars, Ifhall only fay (what, though (hocking 
 to hear, is too true !) that I commiiied all uncteanncfs 
 nviib greedinefs. 
 
 In this abominable Hate I continued, a Icofe 
 back Aider, an audacious apoftate, a bold faced re- 
 bel, for nine or ten years, not only committing acts 
 of lewdnefs myfelf, but inferring others with the 
 poifon of my delufions, I publifhed feveral nieces 
 on different fubjecls, chiefly tranflations of the anci- 
 ent Heathens ; to which I prefixed prefaces, and fub- 
 joined notes of a pernicious tendency; and indulg- 
 ed a freedom of thought far unbecoming a Chriftian. 
 
 But God, who is rich in mercy, and whofegra.ee 
 is, like himfelf, almighty, did not altogether give 
 me up to hardnefs and impenitence: I feJt, from 
 time to time, meltings of heart and inward com- 
 punction ; and had a fecret hope at the bottom 
 (which often rofe above my grofs corruptions} that 
 I mould not always go on in this abandoned mari- 
 ner, and run as reprobate to final perdition. 
 
 About 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 About feven or eight years ago, I began • 
 grees to reform a little, and to live in a more fober 
 and orderly manner. And now, as I retained the 
 form of found words, and held the dcdfcrines of free- 
 grace, juftificatio;, , and other orthodox te- 
 nets, I was tolerably confident of the goodnefs of 
 my ftate ; efpecially as I could now alfo add that 
 other requifite, a moral behavior. Surely thought 
 I, though I have been fo profligate and profane, yet 
 as I am now recjpimed, and ; in not only found in 
 principles, but fober and honeft in practice, I cannot 
 but be in the right way to the favor of Gcd. 
 
 For fevcral years, I went on in this eafy, cooly 
 fmooth, and indolent manner, with a luke warm in- 
 fpid kind of religion', yet not without feme fecret 
 whifpers of God's love, and vifitations of his grace, 
 and now and then warm addreffes to Jam in private. 
 prayer» But alas! all this while my heart was whole; 
 the fountains of the great deeps of my fmful nature 
 were not broken up. I was therefore confeious that 
 the written word of God was againft me, efpecially 
 thofe parts of it, that reprefent the children of God 
 as a poor, a-fHifted, mourning, broken-hearted peo- 
 ple; of which characleriftic I was deftihite ; Nor 
 was the blood of Chrift effectually applied to my 
 foul; Hooked on bin death indeed as the grand fa- 
 critiee for fin : And always thought on him with 
 refpecT: and reverence ; bul did not fee the ineftirna- 
 ble value of his blood and righteoufnefs clearly e- 
 '*ncugh to make me abhor myfelf, and count all 
 things elfe but dung and drofs. On the contrary, 
 when I ufed to read the fcriptures (which I now did 
 con'.'.arjtlv, both in Evglijh and the original langua- 
 ofteft affected, and my 
 nciing illuminated by many parTages that 
 treated of the Saviour ; yet I was fo far fro 
 cr owning that there was fuch a neceffity for his 
 
 death, 
 
PREFACE. V 1 
 
 -death, and that it couH be of fuch infinite value a» 
 is represented, that 1 have often refolded (O the hor- 
 rible depth of man's fall, and the defperate wicked- 
 nefs of the human heart!) that I never would believe 
 it ; and ha* i to tell God himfelf, that 
 
 he cculd not make me, without injuring my reafon, 
 and impoiing on my under/landing, by downright 
 "violence and perverlive power. 
 
 About three or four years ago, I fdl into a deep 
 defpondencv of mind, becaufe I had never experien- 
 ced grand revelations and miraculous difcoveries. 
 I' was very melancholy, and fnunned all company, 
 walking penfively alone, or fitting in private, and 
 bewailing my fad and dark condition, not having a 
 friend in the world, to whom I could communicate 
 the burden of my foul ; which was fo heavy, that I 
 fometimes hentated even to take my neceilary food. 
 iBut after many a gloomy doleful hour {pent in foli- 
 tude and forrow, not without ftrong and frequent 
 cries and tears to God, and befeeching him to re- 
 veal himfelf to me in a clearer manner, I thought 
 he alked me, in the rnidft of one of my prayers ; 
 aer I rather chofe the vifionary revelations of 
 which I had formed fome wild idea, or to be con- 
 tent with milling to \ the low defpifed myitery of a 
 crucified man ? I was enabled to prefer the latter ; 
 and felt great comfort in expecting the future effects 
 of my choice. 
 
 But gloom of mind, and deje&ion offpirk fall 
 frequently overwhelmed me : From which 1 ui'ed to 
 be relieved, by pouring out my foul to Chriil, and 
 befee.hing him, with cries and groans and tears, to 
 himfelf to me; praying at the fame time it 
 - be done without pain; for I, was fo much a 
 coward, that I preferred cafe to every other connde- 
 ration. I was often anfwered by fuch portions of 
 
 fcripture 
 
v-ii PREFACE. 
 
 fcripture as thefe : Behold I come quickly ; and ?ny 
 reward is with me — That which thou hajl already , 
 hold/aft till I co/ne. To the latter of thefe, I doled 
 my hands fait, and cried, I would fooner part with 
 every drop of blood than let go the hopes I already 
 had in a crucified Saviour : And to the former, I 
 ufed to reply, i after confidering the words, My re- 
 ward utuith me : ) " Come, Lord Jefus, come quick- 
 ly." For tho' I expected fome fore vifitation ; yet, 
 believing that Chrilt would bring ftrength and 
 power with him, I waited, and longed for. his 
 coming. 
 
 The week before Eqfter, 175:7, I had fuch ah 
 amazing view of the agony of Chrift in the garden, 
 as I know not well how to defcribe. I was loft in 
 wonder and adoration ; and the impreffion it made 
 was too deep, I believe, ever "to be obliterated — t 
 fliall fay no more of this ; but only remark, that 
 notwithstanding all that is talked about the fofferings 
 of Jefus, none can know any thing of them, but 
 by the Holy Ghoft ; and, I believe, he that knows 
 molt, knows but very little. It was upon this I 
 made the firlt part of Hymn I. On the PaJJlon : 
 Which however, I afterwards mutilated and altered. 
 
 I ufed to be often terribly cut down with thofe 
 words. And caftje the unprofitable fervattt into cuter 
 darhiefs : There Jhall be wet ping a?id ^najhing of teeth. 
 Matth. xxv. 30. Which fometimes funk me al- 
 moft to utter defpair ; and then again I ufed to re- 
 ceive fome comfort. At length defpair beg: 
 make dreadful head agamft me : hopes grew fainter, 
 and terrors ftronger : Which latter were iqcreafed 
 by a faithful letter I received from a friend, who had 
 alfo run great lengths of impiety with me formerly, 
 but was lijw reclaimed. The convictions I now. 
 laboured under, were not like thofe legal convic- 
 tions 
 
P' R E F A C E. lis 
 
 1 had formerly felt, but far worfe, horrible 
 id expreflion. I looked on myfelf as a gofpel- 
 finner ; one that had trampled under foot the blood 
 of Jefus : and for whom there remained no more 
 facrifice for fin. I (hall not enlarge here, chufing 
 rather to fupprefs than exaggerate ; as I do not lay 
 ftrefs on ir.v '.-.vn fu8erihg&, or thofe of any other 
 man, except the man Ghrift Jefus ; but furely what 
 I felt was very grievous. For fo deep was my del- 
 pair, that I found in me a kind of wifn, that I might 
 only be damned with the common damnation of 
 tranfgreflbrs of God's law. But, oh! I thought 
 the hotted place in hell muft be my portion. All 
 the evangelical promifes were fo far from comfort- 
 ing me, that they were my greateft tormentors ; 
 becaufe they would only increafe my condemna- 
 tion. 
 
 This diftrefs and anguiih of foul was likewife at- 
 tended with great infirmity of body. One morning 
 I was waked with intolerable pain, as if balis of 
 fire were burning my reins. Amidft this excruci- 
 ating torture, which lafted near arpfironr, one of the 
 firft things I thought on, was, the pierced fide of Je- 
 fus, and what pain of body, as well as foul, he un- 
 derwent. Soon after tWisfcrj ftroke, I was feized 
 in the evening with a cold (hivering, which I con- 
 cluded to be the icy damp of death, and that after 
 that muft come everlafting damnation. In this con- 
 dition I went to my bed ; but dared not clofe my 
 eyes, even when nature was overcharged, left I 
 awake in hell. 
 
 While thefe horrors remained, I ufed to run back- 
 wards and forwards to places of religious worfnip, 
 efpecially to the tabernacle in Mmrfields, and the 
 chapel in Tottenham Court : Where, indeed I receiv- 
 ed fome comfort, (which, though little, was then 
 b highly 
 
x PREFACE. 
 
 highly prized, becaufe greatly needed) but in the 
 general almbii every thing ierved only to condemn 
 me, to make me rue my own backflidings, and envy 
 thofe children of God, who had continued to walk 
 hcneftly ever fince their firft converfion. Notions 
 of religion I wanted no man to teach me ; I had 
 docliine enough; but found by woful experience, 
 that dry doclrine, though ever fo found, will not 
 fuftuin a foul in the day of trial. 
 
 In this fad (rate I went moping about (and that 
 I could, was next to a miracle) having foine little 
 hope at the bottom under all, which now and then 
 would glimmer, but was foon overwhelmed again 
 with clouds of horror, till Whitfunday, 1757 ; when 
 I happened to go in the afternoon to the Moravian 
 chrr." el in Fitter-Lane, where I had been feveral times 
 before. 1 he minifter preached on thefe words ; 
 Becaufe thou haft kept the tvord of tny patience, I alfo 
 keep theefmrn the hour of temptation, which Jhall 
 come upon all the r ivcr!d, to try them that dwell upon the 
 earth, Rev. iii. ] o. Though the text, and molt of 
 what was faid on it,feemed to make greatly againft 
 me ; yet I liflened with much attention, and felt 
 myfelf deeply imprefled by it. When'it was over, 
 I thought of battening to Tottenham Court chapel ; 
 but prefently altering my mind, returned to my 
 own houfe. 
 
 I was hardly got home, when I felt myfelf melt- 
 ing away into a lbrange foftnefs of affection ; which 
 made me fling myfelf on my knees before God. 
 My horrors were immediately difpelled, and fueh 
 light and comfort flowed into ray heart, as no words 
 can paint. The Lord by his Spirit of love came, — 
 not in a vifionary manner into my brain, but with 
 fuch divine power and energy into my foul, that I 
 was loft in biifsfuj amazement. I cried out, 
 
 << What 
 
P R E F A C E. fcl 
 
 fC What me, Lord ?" His Spirit anfwered in me, 
 Yet, thee. I objected ; " But I have been fo un- 
 fpeakably vile and wicked.'' — The anft i 
 I pardon thee fully and freely. Thy muwgot 
 I had now fet about a thorough amendment, if pe « 
 adventure I might be fpared) cannot fave thee 
 Jball thy <wickednefs damn thee. Fun 
 all thy works in thee and for thee : and to brl 
 fafe through all. The alteration I then 
 foul, was as fuddeh and palpable, as that •. 
 experienced by a perfon daggering, and almoft link- 
 ing under a burden, when it is immediately 
 from his moulders. Tears ran in dreams from my 
 eves for a confiderable while ; and I was fo fwallow- 
 ed up in joy and thankfulnefs, that I hardly 
 where I was. I threw my foul williiiglv int 
 Saviour's hands; lay weeping at his feet, wholly 
 reiigned to his will, and onh r begging that I m 
 if he was gracicuily pleafed to permit it, be offorae 
 fervke to his church and people. 
 
 Thenceforth I enjoyed fw^t peace in my ibul ; 
 and had fuch clear and frequentmaiiifeyh 
 love to me, that I longed for no other heaven. My 
 horrors- were banifhed, and have not, I thin 
 turned ilncc with equal violence. AnrTtho 
 can fee little figns, as vet, of his ; hy re- 
 
 queft concerning ufefulnefs ; * though I am very 
 barren cf good, and full of evil ; though I have 
 many fore trials and temptations in my foul ; yet it 
 pleafes the Lord to reveal hirhfelf often in me, to 
 open the myfteries of his crofs, and give me to trufb 
 in his precious bleed. 
 
 Not long after this my — Shall I call it reeonver- 
 fan? I was terribly infe Peed with thought:, fo mon- 
 b 2 ;.:;,- 
 
 * Note, This was written before the A.U1 
 call to the miniitry. 
 
xii PR E F A C E. 
 
 firoufly obfcene and blafphemous, that they cannot 
 be fpoken, nor fo much as hinted ; and, I believe, 
 fuch as hardly ever entered into the heart of any 
 other man ; though I am fenfihle that moil of God's 
 children are fome times attacked in like -manner : 
 But mine were foul and black beyond example, and 
 feemed to be the mailer pieces of hell. They haunt- 
 ed me fome months ; and ufed to make me weep 
 bitterly, and cry earneftly to my Gcd to remove 
 them : Which at Iafl he was pleafed to do in a great 
 meafura ; though they would often be returning 
 ftiil, like intruding vifitants, but are not permitted 
 to come with much power. In ihort, I feel myfelf 
 now as poor, as weak, as helplefs, and dependent 
 as ever ; but now my weaknefs is my greateft 
 ftreagth ; I now rejoice, though I rejoice with 
 trembling. 
 
 I foon began to be vifited by God's Spirit in a 
 different manner from whatever I had felt before. 
 I had conftaut communion with him in praver. His 
 fullering*, his wounds, his agonies of foul Were im- 
 prefc upon me in an a nazing manner. I now believ- 
 ed my name was fculptured deep in the Lord Jefus's 
 , with characters never to be erafed. I faw 
 him, witfl the eye of faith, Hooping under the load 
 of-friy fins ; groaning and grovelling in Gethfematie 
 for a-:j. The incarnate God wasj»ore 2nd more 
 revealed to hie ; and I had far-otber notions of his 
 I had entertained before. Now I 
 at the grief of Ghiift was the grief of in- 
 ker i that his wounds were the wounds of the Al- 
 mighty God ; and the .lead drop of his blood now 
 n d to me more valuable tl toufands of 
 
 worlds. As I had before thought his fufierings toa 
 lu tie, to me to be too gnat \ and 
 
 1 cried out, in tranfports of blif-ful aftonim- 
 ipent ; f Lord, 'tis too much, 'tis too much ; furely 
 
 " my 
 
PREFACE. xiii 
 
 " my foul was not worth fo great a price." I 
 had a!fo fuch a {pint of fympathetic love to the 
 Lord Jefus given me, that after I had left off to 
 for row for wjfclf, for fome months I grieved and 
 mourned bitterly for him. I looked on him whom I 
 had pierced, and felt fuch fharp compunction, mixt 
 at the fame time with fo much companion, that liifi 
 pain and the plea&re I experienced, are much better 
 felt than expreft. 
 
 Jefus Chrift, and he crucified, is now the only 
 thing I defire to know. In that incarnate myfrery 
 are contained all the rich treafu res. bf divine wifdorh. 
 This is the mark, towards which I am Hill v. 
 
 d. This is the cup offalvatjon, of 
 I wilh to drink deeper and deeper. This is the 
 knowlege, in which I long to grow ; and aeiSre at 
 the fame time a daily increaie in all true grr ; 
 godlinefs. All duties, means, ordinances, efff. arc 
 to me then only rich, when they are enriched with 
 the blood of the Lamb ; in companion of w 
 all things clfe are but chaff and hulks, 
 
 Pharisaic Zeal, and Ajntinomfan Sffctf- 
 rity, are the two engines of fatan, with which he 
 grinds the church in all ages,, as betwixt the upper 
 and die nether mil&one. The {pace between them 
 is much narrower and harder to find, than molt men 
 imagine. It is a path which the vulture's eye hath 
 net feen ; and none can fhew it us but the Holy 
 Choir. Here, let no one trull the directions of his 
 own heart, or of any other man; left by being 
 warned to ihun the one, he be darned againft the 
 Gthcr. The distinction is too fine for man to difcern : 
 Therefore, let tht ChriiHan aik direction of his God. 
 Thefe two hideous moniters continually worry and 
 perplex my foul : Nor is the- firmer , though ap- 
 
 b 3 uca: 
 
ativ •? R E j A C £. 
 
 pearing in a hoKer Pnape, one whit lefs, but (if pof- 
 iibJf)^moi-e odious to me than the latter. Therefore,, 
 from the wonderful dealings of God towards me, 
 I endeavour to draw the following obfervatk/ns. 
 
 On the o~az hand, I would obferve ; That it is 
 not of kin il.at *ivillcfh t mr of him that runneth, but of 
 God which Jheiveth wary — '1 hat none can make a 
 Chriilian, but he that made the world — That it is 
 the glory of God to bring good out of evil — That 
 i he loveth, he loveth unto the end. — That 
 though all men feek, more or .lefs, to recommend 
 themfelves to' God's favor by their works, yet, la 
 it ixorketh not, but be/ievetheto Him that juftifieih 
 the Ungodly, Li< faith is counted firWighteoufneft — 'i hat 
 the blood of the Redeemer, applied to the foul by his 
 Spirit, is the otte thing needful. — That prayer is the 
 tail: and labor of a Phanfee ; but the privilege and 
 delight of a Christian. — That God grants not the 
 requcil of his people, becaufe they pray ; but they 
 pray, becau'c he dciigns to anfwer their petitions. — 
 That fetf-rigliteoufnefs, and legal hohnefs rather 
 keep the \ thaTi draw it to Chrift — -That 
 
 they voo lock lalvarion by thera, parfue fhadows ; 
 
 i of the lav, and err from the 
 -rv, the i the >' '.--•'! 1-at God's de' 
 
 to glor rie, as to debafe ihe excellency 
 
 -That no righteoufnefs befides 
 "■ of Jefus [that is, the rigbteonfnefs 
 :eptance.~ -T hat 
 to be • a devout man* 
 is very fliort of being a Chri^ian. — That the eye of 
 faith looks more to the blood cf Jcfu.% than to the 
 foul's victory over corruptions. That the deal- 
 ings of God wi h his people, though fimilar in the 
 general, ar : . that there is no. 
 
 thofe 
 
PREFACE. xv 
 
 of another : no laying down regular plans of chrii- 
 oarerfion, chriltian experience, chriltian ufe- 
 Fulnefs, or chriltian conversation. — That the will of 
 God is the only ftandard of right and good — That 
 the fpiinkling of the blood of a prucified Saviour 
 on the confcience, by the Holy Ghcft, fanclifies a 
 man : Without which the mod abltemious life and 
 rigorous discipline is unholy. — Laftly, That faith 
 and holinefs, with every other bleffing, are the 
 purchafe of the Redeemer's blood ; and that he has 
 a right to Inflow them 0:1 wham he will, in inch a 
 manner, and in fuch a meafure, as he thinks belt ; 
 though the fpirit in all men iuiteth to envy. 
 
 On the other hand, I would obferve ; that it is 
 not fo ear, r to be a Chriltian as fame men feem to 
 think. — That for a living foul really to trn.it in 
 Chrift alone, when he fees nothing in himfelf but 
 evil and Mn, is an act as fupernatural, as iotJPeter 
 to walk the fea. — That mere doctrine though ever 
 fo found, will not alter the heart; confequentiy that 
 to turn from one itt of tenets to another, is net 
 Christian conrerfion. — That as much as Laxams 
 coming out of his grave, and feeling himfelf restored 
 to life, differed from thofe who only faw the mira- 
 cle, or believed the fact when told them ; fo great 
 is the difference between a foul's real coming out of 
 himfelf, and having the righteoufnefs cf Chrift im- 
 puted to him by the precious faith of God's elect, 
 and a man's bare believing the doeirne of imputed 
 righteoulnefs becaufe he fees it contained in ferip- 
 ture, or affenting to the truth of it when propofed 
 to his under-Handing by others — That a whole- 
 hearted difciple can have but little communion 
 with a broken-hearted Lord. — That if any manhave 
 not the fpirit ofCkrift he is woneof. his. — That a ] 
 erlefs fpirit, is net the fpirit of Chrift ; but that pray- 
 er ta a Chriitian a is aiijieceiTary and. as n:.:-.:ral as 
 
 food 
 
xvi PREFACE. 
 
 food to a natural man — That the ufual way of go- 
 ing to heaven is through much tribulation — That 
 the {inner, which is drawn to Chrilt, is not he that 
 haslearxt that he is a firmer by head knowledge, but 
 that feels himfelffuch by heart contrition. — That 
 hethatbelieverhjhathan unction from the Holy One. 
 — That a true Chriftian is as vitally united to Chrifl, 
 as my hand or foot to my body; confequently fufFers 
 and rejoices with him. — That a believer talks and 
 converfes with God. — That a dead faith can no 
 more cherifh the foul than a dead corpfe can per- 
 form the functions of Life — That where there is 
 true faith, there will be obedience and the fear of 
 God. That he that lives by the faith of the Son of 
 God, eateth his flelh, and drlnketh his blood. — That 
 A- thai hath the Son, he-ih life ,\ and he that hath not the 
 God, hath not life. — That many imagine them- 
 felves great believers, who have little or no true 
 at all: And many, who deem themfelves void 
 of faith, cleave to Chrifl: by the faith of the opera- 
 f God. — That faith, like geld, muft be tried 
 
 in the lire, before it can be fafelv depended on. — 
 , that Christians are fealed by the Holy Giioft 
 
 to the cay ef redemption : And to this feal they 
 
 truft their eternal welfare, not to naked knowledge, 
 dilative notions, though ever fo deep. They 
 
 dread to dream they are rich, when they are blind 
 
 end poor ;. to have a name to live, and yet be dead; 
 
 or to be forced to fly for precarious refuge to the 
 tural fcheme of univerfalfalvation, with thofe 
 
 who hope to be faved, Leeaufe they think there win 
 
 be none loft. 
 
 For my own part, I confefs myfelf a tinner ftill ; 
 and though I am not much tempted to outward grofs 
 acls of iniquity, yet inward corruptions and fpiritual 
 wickednefs continually harrafs and perplex my foul, 
 and often make me cry out, «« O wretched man that 
 
 « 1 
 
P R E F A C E. 
 
 xvu 
 
 <( I am ; who (hall deliver me from the body of 
 " tin's death!" From me they are not yet removed; 
 though I once hoped, with many others, that I mould 
 foon get rid of them. All I can do is to look to Je- 
 fus through them all ; cling faft to his woui 
 long to becloathed with his righteoufnefs ; pray him 
 to plead my caufeagainit thefe fpiritual enemies that 
 rife up againit me; and, tjaough I feel my felf le- 
 prous from head to foot, i2telic\ e it, a: I am clean 
 through the word which he hath fpoken unto me. 
 In fhort, I rejoice, not bccaufe thefpirits are always 
 fubjccl to me (for, alas ! I find they are often too 
 ftrong for me to controul) but becaufe my name is 
 written in heaven. 
 
 I am daily more and more convinced, that the 
 f>comife of God, to his />ioph>, are abfoltrte; and de- 
 fire to build my hopes on the free electing love of 
 God in Chrirr. Jefus to my foul, before the world 
 began; which, I can experimentally and feelingly 
 fay, hath delivered from the lo'ujcji hell. Ke hach 
 plucked me as a brand out of the fire. 1 hough my 
 ways were dreadfully cangerees to the larl degree, 
 his eye was all along upon me for good. Pie hath 
 excited me to love much, by forgiving me much. 
 me, and full daily fhews'me, the a- 
 bominable deceit, lull, enmity, and pride ol 
 heart, and the inconceivable depths of his mercy ; 
 how far I was fallen, and how much it cofc him of 
 fweat and blood to bring me up. Fie hath proved 
 himfelf Wronger than I : and his gocdnefs fuperior to 
 all my unworthinefs. He gives me to knorju and to 
 feel too, that without him I can do nothing. Ffe 
 tells me (and he enables me to believe it) that I am 
 all fair, and there is no fpotin me. Though an ene- 
 my, he calls me his friend ; though a traitor, his 
 . 'bough a beggared prodigal, he clothes me 
 with the bjitohz, and has put a ring of endlefs love 
 
 and 
 
xviii PREFACE. 
 
 and mercy on my hand. And though I am often 
 forely diilrefl by fpi ritual internal iocs, afflicted* 
 tormented, and bowed down almoft to death, with 
 the fenfe of my own prefent barrennefs, ingratitude, 
 and pronenefs to evil; he fecretly (hews me his 
 bleeding wounds; but foitly, and powerfully vvhif- 
 pers to my foul, " I am thy great falvation." 
 
 His fise diftingvuJSui , grace is the bottom on 
 which is fixt the reft of my poor weary tempted foul. 
 -On this I ground my hope., oftentimes when unfup- 
 ported by any .other evidence, fave only by the fpi- 
 rit of adoption received from him. He hath cho- 
 fen me out from everlaRing, in whom to make 
 known the inexhauftible riches of his free grace and 
 long differing. Though I am a ftranger to others, 
 and a wonder to myfelf; yet I know him, or rather 
 am known of hirn. Though poor in myfelf, I am 
 rich enough in him. When my dry, empty, bar- 
 ren foul is parched with thirft, he kindly bids me 
 come to him, and drink my fill at the fountain-head. 
 In a word, he empowers me to fay, with experiment- 
 al evidence; nukere Jtti abounded; grace did much mare 
 abound. Amen and Amen, 
 
 April, 1759. T'ke 
 
( xix ) 
 THE 
 
 DEDICATION. 
 
 JESUS, Jehovah, Lord of heav'n and earth, 
 To whom I owe my firft and fecond birth ; 
 Whofe hands firft form'd me ; and whofe precious 
 
 blood 
 Redeem'd my foul, and gives me peace with God ; 
 My faithful Friend, my Father reconcil'd, 
 Accept an offering from thy feeble child 
 Whofe helplefs hand this token, mean andfmall, 
 Would fondly give to Thee, who giv'ft him all. 
 Take both the gift and giver to thy care : 
 May both thy bounty, and thy love declare. 
 By thee be both directed to fulfil 
 The holy confels of thy reav'kly will. 
 
( xx ) 
 
 The Faft Hymn. 
 
 s Y | 'HE mighty God that reigns on high 
 X Inhabiting eternity ; 
 Who makes the hcav'nof heav'ns his throne, 
 The holy, high, and lofty one. 
 
 2 Before the fplendor of whofe rays 
 The brighter!: angel veils his face, 
 Whih all the holt with one accord 
 Cry, holy, holy, hplj Lord ! 
 
 3 This God (fo humble is his love) 
 Stoops to behold the things above : 
 But lower ftill that love can go, 
 And ftoop to vifit worms below. 
 
 4 His royal ftate afide he laid, 
 
 Game down to earth, a man- was made, 
 To makfe poor men the fons of God, 
 And pay the debt his brethren ow'd. 
 
 5 With finners (condefcenfion great!) 
 With finners Jefus deign'd to eat ; 
 And tempted in the defart vaft, 
 For finners Jie vouchfaf'd to fall. 
 
 (>■ Hunger and thiril with willing mind 
 He underwent, nor oncerepind ; 
 Content beneath our load to groan, 
 And make cur woes and wants his own. 
 
 7 Now, Chrillian, offer pray'rs and praife ; 
 Acknowledge him in all thy ways. 
 
 Nor alms nor fadings difcileem ; 
 For God accepts them all in him. 
 
 8 Fear not: thy gracious God in love 
 
 Thy pray'rs will hear, thy fafts approve. 
 For what good thing can he deny, 
 Who gave his only Son to die r 
 
 INDEX 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 Pag. Hynn 
 ' A 
 
 A Form of words tho' e'er fo found 
 A man there 13, a real man — > 
 A faint there was in days of old — 
 And mult it, Lord, be fo — 
 
 And now the work is done — 
 
 As when a child fecure of harms — • 
 
 B 
 
 Believers own they are but blind — - 
 Blefs the Lord, my foul, and raife — 
 BleiTed are they whofe guilt is gone 
 Bleil Spir't of truth eternal God — 
 Brethren, let us praife our Lord ' — 
 Brethren, thofe who come to blifs — 
 Brethren, why toil ye thus for toys - 
 Brethren, would you know your Itay 
 
 C 
 
 Chrilt is the friend of finners —- 
 
 Come all ye cfaofen faints of God — ■ 
 Come hither, ye that fain would know 
 Come hither, ye that fear the Lord — 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come 
 
 Come, my foul, and let us try 
 
 Come, poor finners, come away — 
 Come, ye backiliding fons of God - 
 Come, ye Chriftians, ring the praifes - 
 Come, ye humble finder-train — 
 Come, ye redeemed of the Lord — 
 Come, ye finners poor and wretched 
 
 D 
 
 Dark is he, whofe eye's not fingle: — 
 Defcend from heav'n celeftial Doyc — 
 A 
 
 122 
 
 90 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 61 
 
 44 
 
 26 
 
 20 
 
 152 
 
 119 
 
 9 2 
 
 6 9 
 
 106 
 
 77 
 
 95 
 
 72 
 
 136 
 
 103 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 3° 
 
 23 
 
 121 
 
 89 
 
 *45 
 
 1 12 
 
 59 
 
 42 
 
 123 
 
 9 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 84 
 
 62 
 
 39 
 
 2 7 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 3i 
 
 24 
 
 52 
 
 36 
 
 126 
 
 93 
 
 73 
 
 55 
 
 & 
 
 39 
 
 J 5 
 
 12 
 
 l 33 
 
 100 
 
 89 
 
 66 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 
 F 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 F 
 
 Faith in Jefus can repel 
 
 Faith in the bleeding Lamb 
 
 G 
 God thus commanded Jacob's feed — 
 Gracious God, thy children keep — 
 
 H 
 
 He that believeth Chrift the Lord — 
 
 How blefl is the feafon 
 
 How can ye hope, deluded fouls — 
 How hard and rugged is the way < — 
 How high a privilege 'tis to know 
 
 How fore a plague is fin 
 
 How ftrange is the courfe that a ) 
 Chriitian mull fleer ) 
 
 How wond'ro.us are the works of God 
 
 I 
 
 I am, faith Chrift, the way 
 
 Jefus is our God and Saviour — 
 
 Jefus is the chiefeft good ■ 
 
 Jefus, when on the bloody tree 
 
 jefus, while he dwelt below 
 
 If duft and allies might prefume — 
 
 If ever it could come to pals 
 
 If unbelief's that fin accurft 
 
 Jn all our worft afflictions 
 Innumerable foes 
 
 Is then the law of God untrue — 
 
 K 
 
 Kind fouls, who for the miseries moan 
 King Hezekiah lay difeas'd — 
 
 L 
 
 Lamb of God we fall before thee 
 let us all with grateful praifes — 
 Let us alk th' important queflicn <— 
 
 Pag. Hym. 
 
 8? 
 
 64 
 
 66 
 
 5° 
 
 46 
 
 31 
 
 118 
 
 87 
 
 108 
 
 79 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 1 1 
 
 8 
 
 114 
 
 84 
 
 l 3S 
 
 102 
 
 *3* 
 
 106 
 
 44 
 
 29 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 127 
 
 94 
 
 7* 
 
 54 
 
 '5 
 
 1 1 
 
 14.9 
 
 1J 5 
 
 99 
 
 75 
 
 77 
 
 *7 
 
 JI 5 
 
 H 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 29 
 
 22 
 
 79 
 
 5s 
 
 131 
 
 9 8 
 
 70 
 
 5 2 
 
 141 
 
 109 
 
 22 
 
 J 7 
 
 18 
 
 14 
 
 75 ' 
 
 56 
 
 Lord 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Pag. Hy 
 
 Lord, look en all aiTembled here — 
 Lord, pity outcafts vile and bafe — 
 Lord, we lie before thy feet 
 
 Lord, what a riddle is my foul — — 
 Lord, when I hear thy children talk — 
 Lord, when thy Spir't defcends to (hew 
 
 M 
 
 Man bewail thy fituation 
 
 Mercy is welcome news indeed — ■ 
 
 Mighty enemies without 
 
 Miilaken men may bawl 
 
 Much we talk of jefu's blood ■ 
 
 My brethren, why thefe anxious fears 
 My God, when I reflect 
 
 N 
 No prophet nor dreamer of dreams ■ — 
 
 Now for a wond'rous fong 
 
 Now from the garden to the crofs 
 
 O 
 
 O -ye fons of men be 
 
 129 
 
 96 
 
 *fl 
 
 M8 
 
 9 8 
 
 74 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 M-f 
 
 11 1 
 
 60 
 
 43 
 
 88 
 
 *K 
 
 69 
 
 9« 
 
 82 
 
 60 
 
 109 
 
 80 
 
 5* 
 
 4» 
 
 127 
 
 9? 
 
 H 
 
 10 
 
 96 
 
 73 
 
 94 
 
 7 1 
 
 85 
 
 63 
 
 P 
 
 40 
 
 1 12 
 
 82 
 
 23 
 
 iS 
 
 4+ 
 
 3o 
 
 5° 
 
 3,4 
 
 21 
 
 16 
 
 Of all the creatures God has made — 
 Oh! the pangs by Chriitians felt — 
 Oh! what a narrow, narrow path — 
 Oh ! what a fad and doleful night — 
 Once more the cohftant fun 
 
 P 
 Perfect holinefs of fpirit 91 63 
 
 R 
 Righteous are the works of God — 143 no 
 Righteoufnefs to the believer — — 90 67 
 
 o 
 
 Some Chriilians to the Lord regard a day 49 33 
 
 T 
 
 That day when Chrift was cruicined {2 3 ; 
 
 The fountain of Chrift u-6 £6 
 
 A 2 The 
 
1 N D E a. 
 
 Fag. Hym. 
 
 TheGodltruft 132 99 
 
 The Holy Ghoft in feripture faith 1 2 9 
 
 The Lord aflur'd the chofen race — 42 28 
 
 The Lord that made both heav'n and earth 47 32 
 
 The moon and ftars fhall lofe their light 66 48 
 
 The Tinner that by precious faith — ■ 53 37 
 
 The fmner that truly believes — — 119 88 
 
 The foul that with lincere delires 64 46 
 
 The fouls that would to Jefus prefs — 20 15 
 
 'J 'he things on earth which men efteem 104" 76 
 
 Though ilrait be the way 25 19 
 
 Though void of all that's good — 139 107 
 
 Thus faith the Lord to thofethat ftand 137 104 
 
 To comprehend the great Three-One 65 47 
 
 To you who Hand in Chrift fo faft — 137 105 
 
 W 
 
 What makes miftaken men afraid — 146 113 
 
 What flavifh fears moieft my mind — ^^ 2$ 
 
 What tongue can fully tell 125 92 
 
 Whatever prompts the foul to pride 150 116 
 
 When Aaron in the holielt place — 81 59 
 
 When Adam by tranfgrefiion fell 54 38 
 
 When deaf to ev'ry warning giv'n — 66 49 
 
 When I by faith my Maker fee 130 97 
 
 When Jefus with his mighty love — • 134 iot 
 
 When is it Chriftians allagree 151 117 
 
 When Noah with his fa vour'd few 107 78 
 
 When thebleft day of Pentecoft — 62 45 
 
 When we pray, or when we fing — 84 6t 
 
 Whene'er I makefome fudden Hop 140 108 
 
 Whoe'er believes aright 71 53 
 
 Wide is the gate of death — — 35 26 
 
 Y 
 
 Ye children of God 113 83 
 
 Ye lambs of Chrift's fold no 81 
 
 Ye fouls that are weak — — — 148 114 
 
 Ye tempted fouls, reflect < 93 7° 
 
 HYMNS. 
 
HYMNS, &c. 
 
 H Y M N I. 
 On the Passion. 
 
 i pOME, all ye chofen faints of God, 
 \w^ That long to feci t\\<z cleaniing blood, 
 In penfive pleasure join with me, 
 To fing of fad Gethfttnane. 
 
 2 Gethfemane the Olive-Prefs ! 
 
 (And why fo caird, let Chriflians guefs) 
 Fit name ! fit place ! where vengeance drove. 
 Andgrlp'dand grappled haid with love. 
 
 3 'Twas here the Lord of life appear'd, 
 
 And figh'd, and groan'd, and pray'd, and fear'd; 
 
 Bore all incarnate God could bear, 
 
 With ftrength enough — and none to fpare. 
 
 4. The pow'rs of hell united prefs'd 
 
 And fqueez'd his heart, and bruis'd his breaft. 
 What dreadful conflicts rag'd vvithin, 
 Yy'n.cii fvveat and blood fere'd thro' the fein ! 
 
 5 Difpatch'd from heav'n an angel flood, 
 Amaz'd to find him bath'd in blood, 
 Ador'd by angels and obey'd ; 
 But lower now taan angels made. 
 
 6 He 
 
f - 
 
 6 He flood to ftrengthen, not to fight : 
 Jufti its utmoft ■ 
 
 i his viclim vengeance will purfue : 
 He undertook j and mult go thro*. 
 
 7 Three favour'd fervants, lef"«: not far, 
 Were bid to wait and watch the war: 
 
 Eut Chi ill withdrawn, what watch we keep ! 
 To fhun the fight, they funk in fieep. 
 
 S BackWards and forwards thrice he ran, 
 As if he fought fome hi Jp from man ; 
 Or wiih'd at leaft, they would condole 
 
 ('Twas ail they could) his tortur'd foul. 
 
 9 Wftate'er he fought for, there was none T 
 Our Captain fought the field alone : 
 'Soon as the chief to battle led, 
 That moment tv'vy Ibldier fled. 
 
 30 Myfterious conflict I dark difguife! 
 Hid from all creatures peering eyes. 
 Angels aflonifn'd view'd thefcene; 
 And wonder yet, what all could mean* 
 
 11 O Mount cf Gli<ves, facred grove ! 
 O garden, fcene of tragic love.' 
 "What bitter herbs thy beds produce ? 
 How rank their fcent ! how harfh their juice t 
 
 \i Para virtues now thefe herbs contain : 
 The Saviour fnck'd out ail their bane. 
 My mouth with thefe if eonfeience craftj 
 I'll eat them with the Pafchal Lamb. 
 
 1 3 O Kedron, gloom}- brook, how foul 
 Thy black polluted waters roll ! 
 
 No 
 
( 3 ) 
 
 No tongue can tell (but Tome can talk) 
 The filth that into thee was call. 
 
 [4 In Eden's garden there was food 
 Of every kind for man, while good; 
 But banim'd thence, we fly to Thee, 
 O garden of Gethfemaue. 
 
 PART 2. 
 
 1 AND why dear Saviour, tell me why, 
 ±\. Thou thus would'ft fuffer, bleed and die ? 
 What mighty m otive could thee move ? 
 
 The motive's plain j 'twas all for love. 
 
 2 For love of whom ? Of iinners bafe, 
 A harden'd herd, a rebel-race ; 
 
 That mock'd and trampled on thy blood, 
 And wanton'd with the wounds of God. 
 
 3 When, rocks and mountains rent with dread, 
 And gaping graves gave up their dead, 
 When the fair fun withdrew his lights 
 And hid his head, to fhunihe fight. 
 
 4 Then ftood the wretch of human race, 
 And rais'd his head, and fhew'd his face, 
 Gaz'd unconcem'd when nature fail'd ; 
 
 And fcofFd, and fneer'd, and curs'd, andrail'd. 
 
 5 Harder than rocks and mountains are, 
 More dnll than dirt and earth by far, 
 
 Man view'd unmov'd thy blood's rich flrearr, 
 Nor ever dream'd it flow'd for him. 
 
 6 Such was that race of f.nful men, 
 That gain'd that great falvation then. 
 
 Such, 
 
( 4 ) 
 
 Such, and fuch only, ftill we fee. 
 Such they were all : And fuch are we. 
 
 7 The J^ws with thorns his temples crown 'd ; 
 .And lafii'd him when his hands were bound ; 
 But thorns, and knotted whips, and bands 
 By us were furnifn'd to their hands. 
 
 8 They nail'd him to the accurfcd tree. 
 They did : my brethren, fo did we. 
 The foldier piere'd his fide. 'Tis true : 
 But we have piere'd him thro' and thro'. 
 
 9 O love of unexampled kind ! 
 
 That leaves all thought fo far behind : 
 Where length, and breadth, and depth, and 
 
 height, 
 Are loft to my aftonifh'd fight. 
 
 io For love of me the Son of God 
 Drain'd ev'ry drop of vital blood. 
 Long time I after idols ran ; 
 But now my God's a martyr'd man. 
 
 II. 
 
 Unfettlednefs, 
 
 i T O R D, what a riddle is my foul ! 
 X-J Alive when wounded, dead when whole. 
 Fondly I flee from pain ; yet eafe 
 Cannot content, nor pleafure pleafe. 
 
 a Thou hid'ft thy face ; my fins abound, 
 World, flcih, and futan, all fuiround : 
 
 Fain 
 
( 5 ) 
 
 Fain would I find my God ; but fear, 
 The means, perhaps, may prove fevere. 
 
 3 If thou the leaft difpleafure fhew, 
 And bring my vilenefs to my view : 
 Tim'rous and weak I fhrink, and fay, 
 " Lord keep thy chaft 'ninghand away.' 
 
 4 If reconcil'd I fee thy face, 
 
 Thy matchleis mercy, boundlefs grace ; 
 Tortur'd with blifs, I cry, " Remove 
 " That killing fight ; I die with love." 
 
 5 My dear Redeemer, purge this drofs. 
 Teach me to hug and love the crofs. 
 Teach me thy chaft 'ning to fuftain, 
 Difcern the love, and bear the pain. 
 
 6 Nor fpare to make me clearly fee 
 The forrows thou haft felt for me. 
 If death mull follow, I comply : 
 Let me be fick with love, and die. 
 
 III. 
 
 'The doubting ChriPdan. 
 
 i TF unbelief's that fin aecurft, 
 
 A. Abhorr'd by God above, 
 
 Eecaufe of all oppoiers worir, 
 
 It fights agaimt his love ; 
 
 2 How Avail a heart, that doubts like mine, 
 Diimay'd at ev'rv breath, 
 Pretend to live the life divine ; 
 Or fight the fight of faith ? 
 
 3 Coniciencc 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 3 Conference accufes from within, 
 
 And others from without ; 
 
 I feel my foul the fink of fin ; 
 
 And this produces doubt. 
 
 4 When thoufandfins of various dyes, 
 
 Corruptions dark and foul, 
 Daily within my bofom rife, 
 And blacken all my foul ; 
 
 5 I groan, and grieve, and cry, and call 
 
 On Jefus for relief; 
 But that delay 'd to doubting fall, 
 Cf all my fins the chief. 
 
 6 Such dire diforders vex my foul, 
 
 That ill engenders ill : 
 And when my heart I feel fo foul, 
 I make it fouler ftill. 
 
 7 In this diftrefs, the courfe I take 
 
 Is, ftill to call and pray ; 
 And wait the time, when Chrifr, mall fpeak, 
 And drive my foes away. 
 
 8 For that bleft hour I figh, and pant, 
 
 With wifnes warm and ftrorg : 
 But, deareft Lord, left thefe mould faint, 
 Oh ! do not tarry long. 
 
 c 
 
 IV. 
 
 To the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 OME, Holy Spirit, come 
 
 Let thy bright beams arife, 
 Difpel the darknefs from our minds 
 
 And open all our eyts. 
 
 2 CLcar 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 2 Chear our defponding hearts, 
 
 Thou heav'nly paraclete ; 
 Give us to lie, with humble hope, 
 At our Redeemer's feet. 
 
 3 Revive our drooping faith ; 
 
 Our doubts and fears remove : 
 And kindle in our breads the flames 
 Of never-dying love. 
 
 4 Convince us of our fin ; 
 
 Then lead to Jem's blood : 
 And to our wond'ring view reveal 
 The fecret love of God. 
 
 5 Shew us that loving man, 
 
 That rules the courts of blifs, 
 The Lord of Holts, the mighty God, 
 Th' eternal Prince of Peace. 
 
 6 'Tis thine to cleanfe the heart, 
 
 To fanftify the foul, 
 To pour frefli life on ev'ry part, 
 And new create the whole. 
 
 7 If thou, celeftial dove, 
 
 Thine influence withdraw, 
 Whatealy vi&ims foon we fall 
 To confcience, wrath, and law ! 
 
 8 No longer burns our love ; 
 
 Our faith and patience fail ; 
 Our fin revives ; and death and hell 
 Our feeble fouls affail. 
 
 9 Dwell therefore in our hearts ; 
 
 Our minds from bondage free : 
 Then mall we know, and praife, and lovc> 
 The Father, Son, and Thee. 
 
 B V. 
 
( 8 ) 
 V. 
 
 Another. 
 
 i p L E S T Spirit of truth, eternal God, 
 JLJ Thou meek and lowly dove, 
 Who fiir'ft the foul, thro' Jefu's blood, 
 With faith, and hope, and love ; 
 
 2 Who comforted the heavy heart, 
 
 By fin and forrow preft ; 
 Who to the dead canTt life impart, 
 And to the weary, reft. 
 
 3 Thy fweet communion charms the foul : 
 
 And gives true peace and joy, 
 Which fatan's pow'r cannot controul, 
 Nor all his wiles deftroy. 
 
 4 Come from the blifsful realms above ; 
 
 Our longing breafts infpire 
 With thy foft flames of heav'nly love ; 
 And fan the facred fire. 
 
 5 Let no falfe comfort lift us up 
 
 To confidence that's vain : 
 Nor let their faith and courage droop, 
 For whom the lamb was flain. 
 
 6 Breathe comfort, where diftrefs abounds, 
 
 Make the whole confeience clean. 
 And heal, with balm from Jefu's wounds, 
 The felt 'ring fores of fin. 
 
 7 Vanquifh onr lufts ; our pride remove ; 
 
 Takeout the heart of (tone. 
 Shew us the father's boundlefs love, 
 And merits of the fon, 
 
 8 The 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 8 The Father fent the Son to die ; 
 The willing fon obcy'd ; 
 TheWitnefs thou, to ratify 
 The purchafe Chrift has made. 
 
 ] D^ 
 
 VI. 
 
 Another. 
 
 C E N D from heav'n, celefl ial dove ; 
 th flames of pare fbraphic love 
 Cur ravifn'd breafts infpire. 
 Fountain of joy, bleft paraclete, 
 Warm our cold hearts with heav'nly heat, 
 And fet our fouls on fire. 
 
 2 Breathe on thefe bones fo dry and dead. 
 Thy fweeteft fofteft influence Ihed 
 
 In all our hearts abroad. 
 Point out the place, where grace abounds : 
 Direct us to the bleedjag wounds 
 
 Of our incarnate God. 
 
 3 Conduct, bleir guide, thy rlnner-train 
 To Calu'ry, where the lamb was, (lain ; 
 
 And with us there abide. 
 Let os our lov'd Redeemer meer, 
 Weep o'er his pierced hands and feet, 
 
 And view his wounded lice. 
 
 4. From which pure fountain if thou draw 
 Water to quench the fiery law, 
 And blood to purge our fin, 
 We'll tell the Father, in that day, 
 (And thou malt viritnefs what we fay) 
 
 " We're clean, juil God, we're clean." 
 
 B 2 c Teach 
 
( io ) 
 
 ach us for what to pray ; and how ; 
 And iince, kind Godj 'tis only thou 
 
 The throne of grace can move, 
 Pray thou for us ; that we thro' faith 
 May feel th' effecls of jefu's death, 
 
 Thro' faith that works by love. 
 
 6 Thou with the Father and the Sen 
 Art thatmyfterious three-in-onc, 
 
 God bleft for evermore : 
 "Whom though we cannot comprehend^ 
 Feeling thou art the finner's friend, 
 
 VIL 
 
 Chrift very God and Man, 
 
 i A Man there is, a real man, 
 
 /~\ With wounds Hill gaping wide, 
 (From which rich ftreams of blood once ran) 
 In hands, and feet, and fide. 
 
 2 ("lis no wild fancy of our brains, 
 
 No metaphor we fpeak : 
 The fame dear man in heav'n now reigns, 
 Thatfuffer'd for our fake.) 
 
 3 This wond'rous man of whom we tell, 
 
 Is true Almighty God. 
 Ke bought our fouls from death and hell j 
 The price his own heart's blood. 
 
 £ That human heart he ftill retains, 
 Tho' thron'd in higheft blifs ; 
 And feels each tempted member's pains : 
 For our afflictions his. 
 
 C Come 
 
f II ) 
 
 5 Come then, repenting finner, come j 
 
 Approach with humble faith : 
 Owe what thou wilt, the total fum 
 Is cancell'd by his death. 
 
 6 His blood can cleanfe the blackeii foul ; 
 
 And wafh our guilt away. 
 He mail prefent us found and whole 
 In that tremendous day. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Salvation by Chrift alone. 
 
 1 T Y O W can ye hope, deluded fouls, 
 Jl A To fee what none e'er faw, 
 Salvation by the works obtain'd 
 
 Cf Sin at s fiery law ? 
 
 2 There ye may toil, and weep, and fall \ 
 
 And vex your heart with p£in ; 
 And when ye've ended, find at laft 
 That ail your toil was vain, 
 
 3 That law but makes your guilt abound, 
 
 Sad help ! and (what is worfe) 
 All fouls that, under that are found, 
 By God himfelf are curft. 
 
 4 This curfe pertains to thofe who break 
 
 One precept e'er fo fmall. 
 And where's the man, in thought or deed., 
 1 hat has not broken all ? 
 
 5 Fly then, awaken'd finner, fly ; 
 
 Your cafe admits no ftay ; 
 The fountain's open a now for fin. 
 Come, wafh your guiitaway^ 
 
 B 3 C Seo 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 6 See how from Jefu's wounded fide 
 The water flows, and blood ! 
 If you but touch that purple tide 
 You make your peace with God, 
 
 n Only by faith in Jefu's wounds 
 The fmner gets releafe : 
 No other facrifice for i\a 
 Will God accept but this. 
 
 IX.. 
 
 Of San&ification. 
 
 i r T^ H E Holy Ghoftin fcriptu re faith,. 
 .1 Exprefsly in one part, 
 (Speaking by Peter's mouth) * " By faith 
 " God purifies the heart." 
 
 7. Now what in holy writ he fays, 
 In part, or through the whole, 
 The felf-iame truths by various ways,,. 
 He teaches in the foul.. 
 
 3 Experience likewife tells us this : 
 
 Before the Saviour's blood 
 Has wafh'd us clean, and made our peace, 
 We can do nothing- good. 
 
 4 But here, my friends, the danger lies ; 
 Errors of different kind 
 
 Will ftill creep in ; which dev'Is devife • 
 To cheat the human mind* 
 
 * AcU xv. c. 
 
 5 " I wars 
 
6 
 
 I 13 ) 
 
 •« I want no work within, (fays one) 
 
 " 'Tis all in Chrift the head." 
 Thus carelefs he goes blindly on, 
 
 And trulls a faith that's dead. 
 
 <( Tis dangerous (another cries) 
 
 u To trull to faith alone : 
 " Chrilt's righteoufaefs will not fufiice, 
 
 " Except I add my own.'' 
 
 7 Thus he, that he may fomething do 
 
 To fhun th J impending curfe, 
 
 Upon the old will patch the new, 
 
 And make the rent ftill worfe; 
 
 8 Other's affirm the Spir't of God, 
 
 To true believers giv'n, 
 Makes all their thoughts and ads fo good^ 
 They're always fit forheav'n. 
 
 9 The babe ofChrift, at hearing this ,. 
 
 Is fili'd with anxious fear ; 
 Confcience condemns, corruptions rife. 
 And drive him near defpair. 
 
 10 Thefe trials weaklings fuffer here, 
 
 Cenfure and {corn without; 
 And from within (what's worfe to bear) 
 Defpondency and doubt* 
 
 j 2 But gracious Lord, who once did feel 
 What weaknefs is, and fears ; 
 Who got'il thy vicYry over hell 
 With groans, and cries, and tears i 
 
 i r Do thou direel our feebh hearts 
 To truft thee for the Whole. 
 The work of grace, in all it's parts, 
 Accomplilh in the foul, 
 
 j 3 Tny 
 
( '4 ) 
 
 13 Thy holy Spir't into us breathe. 
 A perfect Saviour prove. 
 Lord give us faith ; and let that faith 
 Work all thy will by love. 
 
 The enlightened Sinner. 
 
 1 T\ T Y Gcd •' when l reflea > 
 
 X VJl How all my life-time pafl 
 I ran the roads of fin and death 
 With raih impetuous hafte; 
 
 2 My foolifhnefs I hate, 
 
 My fiithinefs I loath ; 
 And view, withfharp remc.rfe andihame, 
 My filth and folly both. 
 
 3 With fome the tempter takes 
 
 Much pains to make them mad ; 
 But ine he found, and always held, 
 The eafieil fool he had. 
 
 4 His deep and dang'rous lies 
 
 So grofsly I believ'd, 
 He was not readier to deceive, 
 Than I to be deceiv'd. 
 
 5 His light and airy dreams 
 
 I took for folid good ; 
 And thought his bafe adult'ratecoin 
 The riches of thy blood. 
 
 6 And doft thou ftill regard, 
 
 And caft a gracious eye 
 On one fo foul, fo bafe, fo blind, 
 So dead, fo loft, as I ? 
 
 Then 
 
( '5 ) 
 
 Then finncrs, black as hell, 
 
 May hence for hope have ground 
 
 For who of mercy needs' defpair, 
 Since I have mercy found . ? 
 
 XI. 
 
 Jefus our AIL 
 
 i T E S U S is the chiefeft good, 
 J He has fav'd us by his blood. 
 Let us value nought but him ; 
 Nothing elfe deferves efteem. 
 
 2 Jefus, when (tern juftice faid, 
 " Man his life has forfeited,, 
 ** Vengeance follows by decree/' 
 Cried, " Inflift it all on me." 
 
 5 Jefus gives us life and peace, 
 Faith, and love, and holmefs ; 
 Ev'ry bleffing, great or fmall, 
 Jefus for us purchafed all. 
 
 4 Jefus therefore let us own. 
 jefus we'll exalt alone. 
 Jefus has our fins forgiv'n. 
 Jefu's blood has bought us Heav'n. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Chrift's Nativity. 
 
 i f~^ OM E, ye redeemed of the Lord, 
 \*y Your grateful tribute bring ; 
 And celebrate, with one accord, 
 The birth-day of our King. 
 
 2 L?A 
 
( >6) 
 
 2 Let us with humble hearts repair 
 
 (Faith will point out the Road) 
 To little Bethlehem ; ana there 
 Adore our Infant-God. 
 
 3 In Twaddling bands the Saviour view ! 
 
 Let none this weakneG. fcorn. 
 The feebleft heart (hall hell fubdue, 
 Where Jefus Chrifl is born. 
 
 4 No pomp adorns, no fweets perfume 
 
 The phree where ChriJl is laid. 
 A liable ferves hi in for his room ; 
 A manger is his bed. 
 
 5 The crouded inn, like linners hearts, 
 
 (O ignorance extreme !) 
 For other guefts of various forts 
 Had room ; but none for him. 
 
 6 Eut fee what dki'rent thoughts arife 
 
 In ours and Angels breafts, 
 To hail his birth they left the Ikies ; 
 We lodg'd him with the beafts. 
 
 7 Yet let believers ceafe their fears, 
 
 Nor envy heav'nly pow'rs : 
 If il nlefs innocence be theirs. 
 Redemption all is ours. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Another. 
 
 OW bled is the feafon, 
 At which we appear ! 
 Bow down, {enk and reafonj 
 Faith only rei » n here. 
 
( '7) 
 
 'Tis heard by mere nature 
 With coldnefs or {corn, 
 
 That God our Creator 
 An infant was born. 
 
 Loll fouls to recover 
 
 And form them afrefh, 
 Our wonderful lover 
 
 Took flefh of our flelh : 
 Then let each dull dreamer 
 
 Awake to this morn, 
 And hail the Redeemer 
 
 At Bethlehem born. 
 
 Ye drunkards, ye fwearers, 
 
 Ye muckworms of earth, 
 Repent, and be ftiarers 
 
 In this bleiTed birth. 
 From fin to releafe us, 
 
 That yoke fo long worn, 
 The holy Child Jefus 
 
 Of Mary was born. 
 
 Oppofers, tranfgrefTors, 
 
 Of ev'ry degree, 
 And formal profeiTors, 
 
 The worft of the three, 
 With tears of contrition 
 
 Your foolifhnefs mourn ; 
 To give you remiiTion 
 
 Immannel' § born. 
 
 Ye vileft of creatures 
 Backlliders fo bafe, 
 
 Bold rebels, and traitors, 
 Abufers of grace, 
 
 Come, 
 
( i8 ) 
 
 Come, ceafe your backllidings, 
 And once more return : 
 
 Receive the glad tidings, 
 A Saviour is born. 
 
 Poor fmners dejected, 
 
 Of comfort debarr'd, 
 Whofe hearts are afflicled 
 
 Becaufe they're fo hard, 
 Defpairine of favour, 
 
 Cold, lifelefs, forlorn! 
 Jlemember, the Saviour 
 
 In winter was born. 
 
 And ye that fincerely 
 
 Confide in the Lamb, 
 (He loves you moft dearly) 
 
 Rejoice in his name. 
 No more the believer 
 
 From God fhall be torn ; 
 To hold him for ever 
 
 An Infant is born. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Another. 
 
 LE T us all with grateful praifes 
 Celebrate the happy day, 
 When the lovely loving Jefus 
 Firft partook of human clay : 
 When the heav'nly hoft affembled, 
 Gaz'd with wonder from the fky : 
 Angels joy 'd, and Devils trembled, 
 Neither fully knowing why. 
 
 Long 
 
( 19) 
 
 2 Long had Satan reign 'd imperious 
 'Till the woman's promis'd feed, 
 Born a babe, by birth myfterious, 
 Came to bruife the ferpent's head. 
 Crufh, dear babe, his pow'r within us, 
 Break our chains, and let us free. 
 Pull down all the bars between us, 
 ''Till we fly, and cleave to thee. 
 
 3 Shepherds on their flocks attending, 
 Shepherds that in night-time watch'd, 
 Saw the meiTenger defcending, 
 From the court of heav'n difpatch'd. 
 Beams of glory deck'd his million, 
 Burfting thro' the veil of night. 
 Fear poiiefs'd them at the virion : 
 Sinners tremble at the light. 
 
 4 Dove-like meeknefs grae'd his vifage ; 
 joy and love fhone round his head. 
 Soon he chear'd them with his meifage : 
 Comfort flow'd from all he faid. 
 
 ** Fear not, fav '"rites of the Almighty, 
 ** Joyful news to you I bring : 
 " You have now in David's city, 
 " Born, a Saviour, Chrift the King, 
 
 5 " Go and find the royal Granger 
 
 " By thefe figns. A babe you'll fee, 
 *' Weak, and lying in a manger, 
 " Wrapt and fwaddkd ; that is He." 
 Strait a hoft of Angels glorious 
 Round the heav'nly herald throng, 
 Utt'ring, in harmonious chorus, 
 Airs divine ; and this the fong. 
 
 6 " Glory firii to God be given 
 
 then 
 
 " Peace 
 
 In the higheft heights ; and then 
 
( 20 ) 
 
 <s Peace en earth, proclaim'd by heav ^ 
 " Peace, and great good will to men." 
 Thus they fang with rapture kindling 
 In the Shepherds hearts a flame, 
 Joy and wonder fweetly mingling : 
 Ail believers fiel the fame. 
 
 Lo, fweet babe, we fall before thee. 
 
 jefus, thee we all adore. 
 
 To thee, kingdom, pow'r, and glory, 
 
 We afcribe for evermore. 
 
 Glory to our God be given 
 
 In the higheft heights ; and then 
 
 Peace on earth brought down from heaven, 
 
 Peace, and great good will to men* 
 
 XV. 
 
 Tribulation. 
 
 1 '"p H E fouls that would to Jefus prefs, 
 
 A Mull fix this firm and fure ; 
 That tribulation, more or lefs, 
 They mult and (hall endure. 
 
 2 From this there can be none exempt ; 
 
 'Tis God's own wife decree. 
 Satan the weakeft Saint will tempt : 
 Nor is the ttrongeft f^ec. 
 
 3 The world oppefes from withcut; 
 
 And unbelief within. 
 We fear, we faint, we grieve, we doubt: 
 And feel the lead of lin. 
 
 4 Glad frames too often lift us up ; 
 
 And then how proud we grow ! 
 
 iill 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 Till fad defcrtion makes us drocp ; 
 And down we fink as low. 
 
 5 Ten thoufand baits the foe prepares 
 
 To catch the wand'ring heart ; 
 And feldom do wtfee the fnares, 
 Before we feci the fmart. 
 
 6 But let not all this terrify, 
 
 Purfue the narrow Path ; 
 Lcok to the Lord with liedfa.it eye ; 
 And fight with hell by faith. ' 
 
 7 Tho' we are feeble; Chriil is ftrong. 
 
 His promifes are true. 
 We mall be conqu'rprs all, ere long ; 
 And more than conquerors too. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 New-Year's Day. 
 
 ONCE more the conftant fun,, 
 Revel v lag round his fphere. 
 His cacy courfe has run ; 
 And brings another year. 
 He rifes, fets, 
 But goes not back ; 
 Nor ever qalts 
 His dbffin'd track. 
 
 Hence let believers learn 
 To keep a forward pace. 
 Be this our main concern, 
 To nnifh well our race. 
 
 Backflidings fhun ; 
 
 With patience prefs 
 
 C 2 Towards 
 
( 22 ) 
 
 Towards the fan 
 Of righteoufoefs. 
 
 What now ihall be our talk t, 
 Or rather, what our pray'r ? 
 What good tiling (hall we afo, 
 To vrci'per this new year ? 
 With one accord 
 Our hearts we'll lift; 
 And afk our Lord 
 Some New- Year's Gift. 
 
 No trifling gift or final] 
 Should friends of Chrift defire. 
 Rich Lord, bellow on all 
 Pure geld, well tried by fire; 
 
 Faith that ftands faft, 
 
 When, devils roar; 
 
 And love mac lalts 
 
 For evermore. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Clirift the Believer's All. 
 
 God, we fell before thee ; 
 
 5 
 
 i T AMB of«God, wefeflbefo* 
 .L, rruiling in thy crefs. 
 
 That alone be all our glory ; 
 All things elfe are dung and drofs. 
 '! hee we own a perfect Saviour ; 
 Only fource cf all that's good. 
 Sv'rv giace and ev 5 n Ti\ our 
 Come to us thro' Jcfu's blood. 
 
 2 jefus gives us true repentance 
 By h : :nt from he a v ' n . 
 
 Jefus 
 
f *3 ) 
 
 Jefus whifpers this fweet fentence, 
 ■* Son, thy fns are all forgiv'a.'"' 
 Faith he gives us tc believe it : 
 Grateful hears his love to prize. 
 Want we wifdom ? He muft gi\x it j 
 Hearing ears, and feeing eyes. 
 
 3 Jefus gives us pure affections ; 
 Wills to do what he requires j 
 Makes us follow his directions ; 
 And what he commands, infpircs. 
 All our pray'rs, and all our paifes 
 Rightly o5er"d in his name, 
 He that dictates them, is Jefus : 
 He that anfwers, is die fame. 
 
 4 When we live on Jefu's merit, 
 Then we worfhip God aright : 
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 
 Then we favingly unite. 
 Hear the whole conclusion of it. 
 Great or good, whate'er we call, 
 God, or king, or prieft, or prophet, 
 jefus Chriit is all in all. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Lord, if thou n.v:lt, thou canfi make me clean, 
 Matth. viii, i. 
 
 J f^\ H ! the pangs by Chriilians felt, 
 VV When their eyes are open ; 
 When they fee the gulphs of guilt 
 They muft wade and grope in ; 
 When the hell appears within, 
 Caufing bitter anguifli j 
 
 And 
 
< 24 7 
 
 And the loathfome flench of fin 
 Makes the fpirits languiih. 
 
 4 Now the heart difclcs'd betrays 
 All it's hid diforders ; 
 Enmity to God's right ways, 
 \Blafphemies and murders, 
 Malice, envy, la», and pride. 
 
 Thoughts obfeene and ill. 
 Sores corrupt and putrify'd ; 
 No part lb and or healthy. 
 
 3 All thing* to promote our fait 
 
 Shew a mighty fitneft. 
 Satan will accufe withal ; 
 
 And the conlcience witnefk. 
 Foes within, and Foes without, 
 
 Wrath, and law, and terrors, 
 JRahh pfefumptioo, timid doubts 
 
 Coldnefs, deadneis, errors I 
 
 4 Brethren, in a Hate {6 (ad , 
 
 When temptations feisc m , 
 When our hearts we feel thus bad> 
 
 Let us. look to Jed:;. 
 He that hung upon the crofl 
 
 For his people bleeding, 
 Now in heaveft fits tor us 
 
 Always interceding. 
 
 ^ Vengeance, when the Saviour dfed, 
 Quitted the believer* 
 Juftiee cried, •' I'm iatisfied 
 
 " Now henceforth for ever," 
 Jt i fin >Fd, {;:id the Lord, 
 minute ; 
 
( 2 
 
 !> ) 
 
 Holy Ghoft, repent that word ; 
 Fall falvation's in it. 
 
 6 Leprous foul, prefs thro' the croud, 
 
 Li thy foul condition - r 
 Struggle hard, and call aloud 
 
 On the great Phvfician. 
 Wait till thy difeafe he cleanfe, 
 
 Begging, trailing, cleaving ; 
 When, and nvhere, and by 'what means s 
 
 To his wifdom leaving. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Hitherto hath the Lard helped us, I Sam. vii, 12,. 
 
 i r T^ H O' ftrait be the way* 
 
 JL With dangers befet j 
 And we thro' delay 
 
 Are no farther yet ; 
 Our good Guide and Saviour 
 
 Hath helped thus far : 
 And 'tis by his favour 
 
 We are what we are. 
 
 2 A favour fo great 
 
 We highly mould prize j 
 Not murmur, nor fret, 
 
 Nor fmall things defpife. 
 Eut what call we fmall things ?. 
 
 Sin's whole cancell'd fum ? 
 J Tis greater than all things— * 
 
 Except thole to come. 
 
 My brethren, reflect 
 On what we have been \ 
 
 llovr 
 
( 26 ) 
 
 How God had refpeft 
 
 To us under (in. 
 When lower and lower 
 
 We ev'ry day fell, 
 He ftretch'd forth his power, 
 
 And frtatcrrd us from hell. 
 
 Then let us rejoice, 
 
 And chearfully fing. 
 With heart and with voice, 
 
 To Jefus our King ; 
 Who thus far has brought us 
 
 From evil to good ; 
 The ranfom that bought us 
 
 No lefs than his blood. 
 
 For ble£ings like thefe 
 
 So bounteoufly giv'n, 
 For profpeels c£ peace, 
 
 And fore- talks of heav'n. 
 Tis grateful* 'tis pleafant 
 
 To ling and adore ; 
 Be thankful fcr prefent, 
 
 And then alk for more. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Blejfed is the man that endureth temptation* 
 James i. 12. 
 
 ANDmuftit, Lord be fo ? 
 And muft thy children bear 
 Such various kinds of woe, 
 Such foul-perplexing fear ? 
 Are thefe the bleiTmgs we expeft ? 
 Is this the let of God's cleft ? 
 
 2 Daily 
 
I 27 I 
 
 2 Daily we groan and mourn, 
 Beneath the weight of fin. 
 We pray to be new-born, 
 But know not what we mean : 
 
 We think it fomething very great, 
 Something that's undifcover'd yet. 
 
 3 Boaft not, ye fons of earth, 
 Nor look with fcornful eyes : 
 Above your higheit mirth 
 Our faddeft hours we prize. 
 
 For tho 5 our cup feerns fill'd with gall, 
 There's fomething fecret fweetens all. 
 
 4 How harfn foe'er the way, 
 Dear Saviour, Hill lead on ; 
 Nor leave us, 'till we fay, 
 
 " Father, thy will be done/' 
 At moil we do but tafte the cup; 
 For thou alone hail drunk it up. 
 
 5 Shall guilty man complain ? 
 Shall finful duft repine ? 
 And what is all cur pain, 
 
 How light, compared with thine ? 
 Finifh, dear Lord, what is begun. 
 Chufe thou the way : but itill lead on. 
 
 XXI. 
 The wonders of redeeming love. 
 
 HOW wond'fous are the works of God, 
 DJfpIav'd thro' all the world abroad! 
 Immenfely great ! lmmenfely fmall ! 
 Yet ouz ftrange work exceeds them all. 
 
 2 Ho 
 
( 28 ) 
 
 2 He form r d the fun, fair fount of light ; 
 The moon and liars to rule the night : 
 But night, and (tars, and moon, and fun* 
 Are lictle works compar'd with one. 
 
 3 He roll'd the feas, and fpread the fides ; 
 Made rallies fink, and mountains rife ; 
 The meadows cloath'd with native green ; 
 And bade the rivers glide between. 
 
 4 But what are feas, or Hues, or hills, 
 Or verdant vales, or gliding rills, 
 
 To wonders man was born to prove } 
 The wonders of redeeming love! 
 
 5 'Tis far beyond what words exprefs, 
 What faints can feel or angels guefs : 
 Angels, that hymn the geeat I AM, 
 Fall down and veil before the Lamb* 
 
 6 The hi^heft heav'ns are fnort of this. 
 'Tis deeper than the \ aft '/ 
 
 'Tis more than thought can e'er conceive, 
 Or hope expect, or faith believe. 
 
 r Almighty God figh'd human breath. 
 The Lord of life experienc'd death ! 
 JB ow it was done, we can't di feu is; 
 But this we knov/ ; 'twas done for us. 
 
 g Blefc with this faith then let us raife 
 Our hearts in love, our voice in praife. 
 All things to us mua work for good, 
 For whom the Lord hath fhed his blood. 
 
 9 Trials may prefs of ev'ry fort; 
 
 They may be fore ; they mult be faort. 
 
 We 
 
'I 
 
 ( 29 ) 
 
 We now believe, but foon {hall view, 
 The greateft glories God can (hew. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 Whom refft, ftedfafi in the Faith, 
 1 Pet. v. 9. 
 
 N all our worft afflictions, 
 When furious foes furround us ; 
 When troubles vex, 
 And fears perplex, 
 And Satan would confound us ; 
 When foes to God and gocdnefs 
 We find ourfelves by feeling, 
 To do what's right, 
 Unable quite, 
 And almofl as unwilling ; 
 
 When, like the reftlefs ocean, 
 Cur hearts cad up uncleannefs, 
 
 Flood after flood, 
 
 With mire and mud ; 
 And all is foul within us ; 
 When love is cold and languid, 
 And diff 'rent paffioas make us ; 
 
 When hope decays \ 
 
 And God delays, 
 And feems to quite forfake us ; 
 
 Then to maintain the battle 
 With foldier-like behaviour, 
 
 To keep the field, 
 
 And never yield, 
 But firmly eye the Saviour; 
 To truft his gracious prorcife, 
 
 Tims 
 
S 
 
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 Thus hard befct with evil ; 
 This, this is faith 
 Will conquer Death, 
 
 And overcome the Devil. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Cleaving to Chrift. 
 
 i T) Rethren, let m praife our Lord \ 
 JO Exalt his blefted name : 
 Let us hear, and keep, his word ; 
 
 His glory be our aim. 
 Let us refolutely itrive 
 
 To work God's work with full intent. 
 And what is it ? To believe 
 
 On him whom he hath fent. 
 
 2 Faith implanted from above, 
 
 Will prove a fertile root ; 
 Whence will fpring a tree of love 
 
 Producing precious fruit. 
 Tho' bleak winds the boughs deface, 
 
 The rooted (lock (hall ib'Il remain : 
 Leaves may languifh, fruit decreafe ; 
 
 But more mall grow again. 
 
 3 Happy fouls ! who cleave to Chrift, 
 
 By pure and living Faith, 
 - Finding him their king andprieft, 
 
 Their God and guide till death. 
 God's own foe may plague his fens ; 
 
 Sin may diftrefs, but notfubdue. 
 Chrift who conquer'dyor us once, 
 
 Will ;';; us conquer too. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
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 XXIV. 
 
 A Dialogue between a Believer and 
 his Soul. 
 
 Bel. 
 
 COME, my Soul, and let us try, 
 For a little feafon, 
 Ev'ry burden to lay by : 
 
 Come and let us reafon. 
 What is this that cafes thee down ? 
 Vvho are thofe that grieve thee ? 
 Speak, and let the vvoric be known 
 Speaking may relieve thee. 
 
 2 Soul. Oh ! I fink beneath the had 
 Of my nature's e-t'il ; 
 Full of emniiy to God ; 
 Captiv'd by the De&il: 
 
 Re/ilefs as the troubled feas ; 
 
 -Feeble, faint, and fearful ; 
 Ylagud njjilh e-oryforc dfeafc ; 
 
 Honxj can I be chearful f 
 
 - Bel, Think on what thy Savioar bore 
 
 In the gloomy garden, 
 Sweating blood at ev'ry pore, 
 
 To procure thy pardon. 
 See him ftretch'd upon the wood, 
 
 Bleeding, grieving, crying; 
 Sufr ring all the wrath of God : 
 
 Groaning, gafping, dying ! 
 
 4. Soul. This by faith I fometimes <vu<w • 
 And thofe <vienvs relieve me : 
 But my fins return a?:e-zv ; 
 Thefe are they that grieve me* 
 
 D Oh! 
 
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 Oh ! I'm leprous, Jl hiking, foul, 
 Quite throughout infecled. 
 
 Have not I, if any find, 
 Caufe to be dejeded ? 
 
 5 Bel, Think how loud thy dying Lord 
 
 Cry'd out, " It isfimjb'dJ 1 
 
 Treafure up that faered word 
 Whole ar*d undiminifh'd. 
 
 Doubt not ; he will tarry on, 
 To its full perfection, 
 
 That good work he has begun. 
 Why then this dejeclioa ? 
 
 6 Soul. Faith, when void of 'works is dead ': 
 
 Q"his the f crip tares witnefs. 
 And what works have I to plead, 
 
 Who cm all unfitnefs ? 
 All my powers are dep-ravd, 
 
 Blind, peyverfe, and filthy. 
 If from Death I'm fully fav'd, 
 
 illy am I not healthy f 
 
 7 Bel. Fere not on thyfelf too long, 
 
 : Left it fink thee lower. 
 Look to Jefus kind as ftrong, 
 
 Mercy join'd with power. 
 Ev'ry work that thou mult do 
 
 Will thy gracious Saviour 
 For thee work, and in thee too, 
 
 Of his fpecial favour. 
 
 % Soul. Jifus precious blood oncefpilt, 
 I depend on folely, 
 *To releafe and clear my guilt : 
 Bat I would be hey. 
 
 Bel, 
 
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 Bel. He that bought tree on the crofs 
 Can controul thy nature. 
 Fully purge away t] 
 
 Make thee a new creature. 
 
 9 Soul. 'Thci he env I not}, ing doubt, 
 
 Le it but .'. . 
 Bel. Tho' it be not done throughout, 
 
 it not in meafure ? 
 Soul. When thai meafure, far from great , 
 
 S>t ill jkr.il feem dt cretrftng 
 
 Bel. Faint not then ; but pray, and wait, 
 
 Never, never ceafirig. 
 
 10 Soul . ff h '. t - vhen p ray V meets no t egard ? 
 Bel. Still repeat it often. 
 
 Soul. But I feci myfelffo hard-* 
 
 Bel. Jefus will thee (often. 
 
 Soul. But my enemies make head. 
 
 Bel. Let them clofer drive thee. 
 
 Soul. But I'm cold, I'm dark, I'm dead. 
 
 Bel. Jefus will revive thee. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Chrift the Believer's Surety. 
 
 i TI7HAT flavifh fears moleft my mind, 
 VV And vex rcy fickly ic-ui ? 
 Kow is it, Lord, that thou art kind; 
 And yet I am not whole r 
 
 2 Ah ! why mould unbelief and pride, 
 With all their heliim train, 
 Still in my ranfom'd foul abide, 
 And give me all this pain ? 
 
 D 2 3 Thy 
 
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 5 Thy word is pnft ; thy promife made : 
 With Pow'r it came from hcav'n. 
 " Chear up ddjpon ling foul (it faid) 
 " Thy fins are all forgiv'n. 
 
 a. " Behold I make thy raufe my own : 
 " I bought thee with my blood. 
 " Thy n.vicxed works on me be thrown ; 
 " And I will work thy good. 
 
 5 f< I am thy God, ihy guide 'till death, 
 
 " Thine everlafting friend : 
 **. On Me for love, for works, for faith, 
 " On Me for all depend." 
 
 6 Thy blood, dear Lord, has bought my peace, 
 
 And paid the heavy debt ; 
 Has giv'n a fair and full releaie ; 
 But I'm in prifon yet. 
 
 7 Unjuftly now thefe foes of mine 
 
 Their devlifh hate purfue : 
 Thev made my iurety pay the fine ; 
 "Yet plague the pris'ner too. 
 
 8 What right can my tormentors plead, 
 
 That I fhould not be free ? 
 Here's an amazing change indeed I 
 Tuftice is now for me. 
 
 9 Lord, break thefe bars that thus confine, 
 
 Thefe chains that gall me fo, 
 Say to that ugly jailer, Sin, 
 •' Loo/e him, and let him g:." 
 
 XXVI, 
 
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 XXVI. 
 
 The narrow Way. 
 PART I. 
 
 1 T T 7 I D E is the gate of death ; 
 
 V V The way is l2rge and broad : 
 And mam- enter in thereat, 
 And walk that beaten road. 
 
 2 Becaufe the gate of life 
 
 Is narrow, low, and fmall ; 
 The path fo preft, fo clofe, fo flrait, 
 There feems no path at all. 
 
 3 This way, that's found by few, 
 
 Ten thoufand fnares befet, 
 
 To turn the fbeker's fteps afide, 
 
 And trap the trailer's feet. 
 
 4. Before we've journey 'd far, 
 
 Two dang'tfous gulphs are irxt, 
 Dead floth and Pharifaic pride, 
 Scarce a hair's breadth betwixt. 
 
 5 Falfe lights delude the eyc^, 
 
 And lead the fteps aftray: 
 That trav'ler treads the fureft here, 
 That feldom fees his way. 
 
 6 Guides cry, lo here ! lo there ! 
 
 On this, on that fide keep : 
 Seme over-drive ; fome frighten back ; 
 And others lull to fleep. 
 
 7 On the left hand, and right, 
 
 Clofe flagged rocks are feen, 
 
 ■D 3 Diftruft 
 
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 Diilruft and felf-wrcught confidence r 
 'Tis hard to fqueeze between. 
 
 8 Sometimes we feern to gain 
 
 Great lengths of ground by day ; 
 But find, ab.s ! when night comes on, 
 We quite miftook the war. 
 
 9 Sometimes we have no ftrength ; 
 
 Sometimes we want the Will ; 
 And fometimes, left we might.go wrong, 
 We chute toftand quite Li'!. 
 
 !to Again, thro 5 heedlefs hade, 
 
 We catch fome dang'rous fall. 
 Then fearing we may move too faff, 
 We hardly move at ail. 
 
 11 Deep quagmires choak the way, 
 
 Corruptions foul and thick ! 
 Whofe trench iafecls the aii , and make* 
 The irrongdt trav'ler fkk» 
 
 12 Thro' thefe we long muft wade , 
 
 And oft flick fail in mire. 
 Now heatconfumes: now froft benumbs 
 As dang'rous as the i~rc. 
 
 $3 Speclres of various forms 
 Allure, enchant, affright, 
 Frefuraption tempts n-6 e\ T ry day ; 
 
 Defpair aiTaults by night. 
 
 14 Companions if we find, 
 
 Alas ! how foon they're gone ? 
 For 'tis decreed that moft muft pafs 
 Tic dark-. 'one, 
 
 *5 Diftn 
 
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 15 Diftreft on tv*rf fide 
 
 With evils felt or feajr'd, 
 We pray, we cry ; but cannot find 
 That pray'rs or cries are heard. 
 
 1 6 Thickets of bri'rs and thorns 
 
 Our feeble feet enclofe ; 
 Apd ev'ry Itep we take betrays 
 New dangers, and new foes. 
 
 1 7 When ail theft fpes are queli'd* 
 
 And ev'ry danger pail ; 
 That gfiaftly phantom death remain*, 
 To combat with at laft. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 i T F this be. Lord thy way ; 
 X Then who can hope ro gain 
 That prize fuch numbers never feek, 
 Such numbers feek in vain ? 
 
 2 'Tis thine Almighty Grace, 
 
 That can fufiice alone. 
 Thou giv'ft us ftrength to run the racej al 
 And then beRow'it the crown. 
 
 3 Chear up, ye trav'lmg fouls ; 
 
 Onjefu's aid rely: 
 
 Ke fees us when we fee not him ; 
 And always hears our cry. 
 
 4 Without cefTation pray. 
 
 Your pray'rs will net prove vain : 
 Cur Jcjc'ph turns afide to weep, 
 But cannot long refrain. 
 
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 5 Sudden he ftands confeft : 
 
 We look, and all is light ; 
 The foe confounded, fwift as thought 
 Sneaks off, and fkulks from fight. 
 
 6 His prefence clears the foul, 
 
 And fmooths the rugged way, 
 Pie often makes the crooked it rait; 
 And turns the night to day. 
 
 7 We then move chearful on. 
 
 The ground feels firm and good. 
 And left we mould miftake the way, 
 He lines it out with blood. 
 
 8 Again we cannot fee 
 
 I ".is helping h?.nd; but feel : 
 And tho' we neither feel nor fee, 
 His hand fuftains us (till. 
 
 g He gentl\- leads us on : 
 
 Protects from fatal harms ; 
 And when we faint, and cannot walk, 
 He bears us in his arms. 
 
 io He guide? and moves our (reps; 
 For thp 5 ivc feem to move, 
 Uisipint all the motion gives 
 By fprings of fear and love. 
 
 1 1 The meek with love he draws ; 
 PvCitrains the ram by fear ; 
 Searches and finds the wand'ring out, . 
 And brings the din-ant near. 
 
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 i 2 When for a time we (top, 
 Ferplext and at a lofs, 
 He like a beacon on a hill 
 Erc&s his bloody crofs. 
 
 i < Forward 
 
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 13 Forward again we prefi ; 
 
 And while that mark's in view, 
 Tho' holts of foes befet the way, 
 We boldly venture thro'. 
 
 14 When all Uiefe foes are qucll'd, 
 
 And ev'iry danger 
 Tho' Death remains, he but remains 
 To be fubdu'd the iait. 
 
 xxvn. 
 
 The Author's own Confedion. 
 
 1 pOME hither, ye that fear the Lord, 
 V^ Difciples of God's fuff'ring Son ; 
 Let me relate, and yea record, 
 
 What he for my poor foul has done. 
 
 2 The way of truth I quickly miiVd, 
 And further ftray'd, and further ftill ; 
 Expected to be fav'd by Chrift ; 
 
 But to be holy had no will. 
 
 3 The road of Death with ra(h career 
 I ran • and gloried in my fha 
 Abus'd his grace ; defpis'd his fear ; 
 And others taught to do the lame. 
 
 4 Far, far from home on hufks I fed, 
 Puft up with each fantaftic whini. 
 With (wine a beaftly life I Isd : 
 Aad ferv-'d God's foeinftead of him. 
 
 5 A forward fool, a willing drudge, 
 I aftcd for the Prince of hell : 
 
 Did 
 
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 Did all he bade without a grudge ; 
 And boafted, I cculd fin Co well. 
 
 6 Fold blafphemics employ 'd my tongue. 
 I 1 eedtd not my heart unclean ; 
 
 Loft all regard of right or wrong, • 
 In thought, in wc:.i, in act, obfcene. 
 
 7 My body was with luft denl'd. 
 my foul I pamper *d up in pride : 
 Cculd fit and hear the Lord revil'd, 
 The Saviour of mankind deny'd. 
 
 8 I it rove to make my flelh decay 
 With foul difeafe, and waging pain. 
 1 ftrove to fling my life away, 
 
 And damn my feel — but drove in vain, 
 
 9 The Lord, from whom I long back Hid, 
 Firfl check 'd me with fome gentle flings 
 Turn'd on me, look'd, and foftly chid; 
 And bid me hope for greater things. 
 
 i o Seen to his bar he made me come 
 Arraign'd, convidled, caft, I ftocd, 
 Expecting from his mouth the doom 
 CftWjj, who trample on his blood, 
 
 j i Pangs of rem orfe my conscience tore., 
 J fell open'd hidoeus to my •■ 
 And what I only heard befcre, 
 1 found by fad experience true. 
 
 12 Oh ! what a difmal Rate war, this : 
 What horrors fhook my feeble frame! 
 But, Brethren, furely you can guefs : 
 For you, perhaps, have feit the fame. 
 
 2 B " ? 
 
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 l$ But O the goodnefs of our God ! 
 What pity melts his tender heart ! 
 He faw me welt'ring in my blood : 
 And came, and eas'd mc of my fmart. 
 
 14 While I was yet a great way off", 
 He ran, and on my neck he fdl. 
 My fhortdiftrefs he judg'd enough ; 
 And fnatch'd me from the brink of hell, 
 
 15 What an amazing change was here ! 
 
 I look'd for hell ; he brought me heaven* 
 Chear up, faid he ; difmifs thy fear ; 
 Chearup, thy fins are ail forgiv'n. 
 
 16 I would object ; hut fa uer much 
 
 He anfwer'd peace. What Me ? — Yes The 
 Eut my enormous crimes are fuch — 
 1 'grve thee pardon full ami free ! 
 
 17 But for the future, Lord — lam 
 
 Thy great falu.it ion — perfect, nuhcle. 
 Behold! thy bad works fhall not damn, 
 Nor ca?i thy good works fa<ve thy foul, 
 
 18 Renounce them both. Myf If alone 
 Will for thee work, and in thee too. 
 Henceforth I make thy caufe my own; 
 And undertake to bring thee thro' ; 
 
 19 He faid. I took the full releafe. 
 The Lord had fign'd it with his blood. 
 My horrors fled ; and perfect pe?.ce 
 And joy unfpeakable enfu'd. 
 
 20 I only begg'd one humble boon ; 
 (Nor did the Lord offended feem) 
 
 )omc 
 
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 Some fervice might by me be done 
 To fouls that truly truft in him. 
 
 21 ThusT, who lately had been cail, 
 And fear'd a jult but heavy doom, 
 Receiv*d a pardon for the paft, 
 
 A promife for the time to come. 
 
 22 This promife oft I call to mind, 
 As thro'fome painful paths I go ; 
 And fecret consolation find, 
 
 And iirength to fight with ev'ry foe* 
 
 23 And oft-times, when the tempter fly 
 Affirms it fancied, forg'd, or vain, 
 Jcfus appears ; difproves the lie ; 
 And kindly makes it o'er again. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 Corruptions. 
 
 1 r T" 1 H E Lord aflbr'd the chofen race, 
 
 X From E£ypt's bondage brought, 
 They mould obtain the promi's'd place; 
 And find the reft they fought. 
 
 2 Strong nations now pdflefs the land ; 
 
 Yet yield not thou to doubt ; 
 With arm out ftretch'd, and mighty hand. 
 Thy God fhall drive them out. 
 
 3 Not all at once : for fear thou find 
 
 1 he rav'nous beafts of pre v 
 Riiing upon thee from behind, 
 
 As dang'rous foes as the^. 
 
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 4 By little and by little, he 
 
 Will chace them from thy fight. 
 Believers are not call'd, we fee, 
 To ileep or play, but fight. 
 
 5 Spiritual pride, that rampant beaft. 
 
 Would rear its haughty head. 
 True faith would foon be difpolTeft> 
 And carelcffnefs fucceed. 
 
 6 C orruptions make the mourners fiiun 
 
 Prefumption's dang'rous fnare ; 
 Force us to trull to Chrifb alone, 
 And fly to God by pray'r. 
 
 7 By them we feel how low we'er loft ; 
 
 And learn, in feme degree, 
 Plow dear that great faivation colt, 
 Which comes to us fo free. 
 
 S If fuch a weight to ev'ry foul 
 Of f.n and forrow fall ; 
 What love was that, which took the whole; 
 And freely bore it all ! 
 
 g O when will God our joy complete, 
 And make an end of fm ! 
 When fhall we walk the land, and meet 
 No Canaaniie therein ? 
 
 i o Will this precede the day of death ? 
 Or muft we wait till then ? — 
 Yeftruggling fouls, be ftrong in faith, 
 And quityourfelves like men. 
 
 I : Our dear deliv'rer's love is fuch, 
 I le cannot long delay. 
 
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 Morn time, that foe can't boaft of much. 
 Who makes us watch and pray. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 The Paradox. 
 
 T T T O W ftrange is the courfe, that a 
 
 XpL Chriftian muft fteer ? 
 
 How perplext is the path he muft tread? 
 The hope of his happinefs rifes from fear; 
 
 And his life he receives from the dead. 
 
 2 His faireft pretenfions muft*wndfly be wav'd; 
 
 And his belt refolutions be croft. 
 Nor can he c;:pec> to be perfectly fav'd, 
 
 ''Till he rinds himfelf utterly loft. 
 
 3 When all this is dene; and his heart is afiur'd 
 Of the total remiflion of fins : 
 
 When his pardon isfign'd, and his peace is procur'd, 
 From that moment his confiift begins. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 ■Jltll and fee the Salvation of the Lord* 
 Excd. xiv. 13. 
 
 II ! v/hat ?. narrow, harrow path 
 1st' h leads to life ! 
 
 of faith, 
 crlj anvl ftrife. 
 
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 2 Eut after all that's fr.id or done, 
 
 Let men think v iiat th«^ will, 
 The Strength ofev'ry tempted fon 
 Coniifts in llandin^ fall. 
 
 3 " Stand dill ! fays one*. That's eafy fare ; 
 
 " 'Tis what I :o. 5s 
 
 Deluded foul, be not fecure: 
 This is not ineant to you. 
 
 4 Not driv'n by flr;r. nor drawn by love, 
 
 N( r 1 :d. 
 
 £/<? {till you do, arid never mo*. 
 For who can i^ovc, that'c deed ? 
 
 5 Eut for a living foul to ft and, 
 
 By thousand dangers fcarr'd. 
 Andfeel dei1ruc"iion clofe at feand^ 
 
 O ! this indeed is hard ! 
 
 6 To (bun this danger others run, 
 
 To hide they know not where : 
 Or too' they fight, no vicYrj 's won ; 
 
 They only beat the air. 
 
 7 He that believes,, the fcripture (ays, 
 
 :t confus'dly hafte. 
 Thus danger threats both him that flays. 
 And him that runs too fait.. 
 
 8 Kafte grafps at all ; but nothing keeps ; 
 
 Sloth is a dang'rous ftate : 
 And he that flies, and he thatfleeps. 
 
 Cannot be iaia to wait. 
 
 9 Lord, let thy Spirit prompt us when 
 
 To go, and when to hay, 
 
 E 2 Attract 
 
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 Attract us with the cords of men, 
 And we fhall not delay. 
 
 10 Give pew 'rand will ; and then command; 
 And we will follow Thee : 
 And when we're frighten 'd, bid us ftand, 
 And thy falvation fee. 
 
 XXXI. 
 Xhe Sabbath. 
 
 i /""^ O D thus commanded Jacob's feed, 
 VJT When, from Egyptian bondage freed, 
 
 He led them by the way. 
 Remember with a mighty hand 
 I brought thee forth From Pbaraab'* land ; 
 Then keep my Sabbath-day. 
 
 2 In fix days" Gcd made heav'n and earth; 
 
 Gave all the various creatures birth : 
 And from his working ceas'd. 
 
 Thefe days to labour he applied ; 
 
 The Sev'nth he blefs'd, and fanclif-ed, 
 And call'd the day of rejl. 
 
 3 To all God's people now remains 
 A Sabbatifm, a reft from pains 
 
 And works of flavifh kind. 
 When tir'd with toil, and faint thro' fear, 
 The child of God can enter here, 
 And fweet refreshment find. 
 
 4 To this by faith lie oft retreats, 
 Bondage and labour quite forgets, 
 
 And Lids his cares adieu ; 
 
 Slides 
 
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 Slides foftly into promis'd reft, 
 Reclines his head on jefu's breaft 
 And proves the Sabbath true. 
 
 5 This, and this only, is the way, 
 To rightly keep that Sabbath-day, 
 
 Which God has holy made. 
 All keepers, that come fhort of this, 
 The fubftance of the Sabbath mifs j 
 
 And graip an empty made. 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 Who hcih d'fpftdthc day of J mall things ? 
 Zech. iv. 10. 
 
 i Y 2 y H E Lord that made both heav'n and 
 JL earth, 
 
 And was himfelf made man, 
 Lay in the womb, before his birth, 
 Contra-fled to a Span; 
 
 2 Matur'd by time, 'till forth he came 
 
 A babe like others feen ; 
 As fmall in fize, and weak of frame, 
 As babes have always been. 
 
 3 From thence he grew an infant mild, 
 
 By fair and due degrees ; 
 And then became a bigger child, 
 And fat on Marys knees. 
 
 4 At firft held up, for want of itrength ; 
 
 In time alone he ran : 
 Then grew a boy : a lad ; at length 
 A youth ; atlaft a man. 
 
 E 3 5 EehoH, 
 
5 Behold, fr:m what beginni 
 
 Our great falvation rofe I 
 The ftrength of God is own'd by all ; 
 But who his weaknefs knows ? 
 
 6 Thus fouls that would to heav'n attain* 
 
 Mull 'Jacob's ladder climb ; 
 And ftep by fcep the fummit gain, 
 In meafurti and in time. 
 
 ej Let not the ftrong the weak defpife ; 
 Their faith, tho' fmall, is true ; 
 Though low they feem in others eyes : 
 Their Saviour feern'd fin tco. 
 
 S Nor meanly of the tempted think : 
 , O what tongue ran tell, 
 How low the Lord of life mull fink,. 
 Before he vanquifh'd hell L 
 
 9 The lead beiierer is a faint. 
 
 And if on? growth be flow, 
 We mould not therefore tire and faint 
 Since Chrift himfelf could grow. 
 
 10 As in the days of flem he grew 
 
 In wifdom, ftature, grace ; 
 So in the foul that's born anew,, 
 ktfieps a gradual pace. 
 
 •j Iefs Almighty at his birth„ 
 . i on his throne fupreme : 
 Kis (boulders held up heav'n and 
 - : Mfficy held up him. 
 
 XXXIII 
 
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 XXXIII. 
 
 Holy Days. 
 
 r QOME Chriftians to the Lord regard a dry. 
 O And others to the Lord regard it mt. 
 Now tho 5 thefe feem to chufe a diff'rent way ; 
 Yet both, at laft, to one fame poinc are bBOughf. 
 
 2 He that regards the day will reafon thus, 
 
 ** This glorious day our Saviour and our King 
 " Ferfbrm'd fome mighty aft of love for us : 
 " Gbferve the time in. mem'ry of the iking" 
 
 3, Thus he to Jefus points his kind intent ; 
 And offers pray*rs and pratfes in his nam^. 
 As to the Lord alone his love is meant, 
 The Lord accepts it.. And who dares to blame 2 
 
 4 For tho' the fhell indeed is not the meal • 
 'Tis not rejected when th& meat's within, 
 Tho'fuperilition is a vain conceit ; 
 Commemoration furely is no fin. 
 
 5 Pie alfo, that to- days has no regard, 
 The madows only for the fubftaace quits f 
 Towards the Saviour's prefence preiles hard 3 
 And outwaid things thro' eagernefs ofcnits* 
 
 6 For warmly to himfelf he thus reflects, 
 
 '* My Lord alone I count my chiefeft good, 
 " All empty forms my era-ring foul rejects j 
 " And feeks the folid riches of his blood. 
 
 7 <c All days and times I place my fble dd\ght 
 ** In Him, the only object of my care. 
 
 « External 
 
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 " External {hews for his dear fake I flight ; 
 
 " Left ought but Jefus my refpect mould ftiare.' 
 
 8 Let not th' ob/erver therefore entertain 
 Againft l\is brother any fecret grudge : 
 
 on-obfefver call him vain : 
 But ufe his freedom, and forbear to judge. 
 
 9 Thus both may bring their motives to the teft. 
 Cur cendefcending Lord will both approve. 
 Let each purfue the way that likes him beft. 
 He cannot walk amifs, that walks in love. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 Good-Friday. 
 
 1 f^\ H ! what a fad and doleful night 
 V_/ Preceded that Bay's morn ! 
 When darknefs feiz'd the Lord of light ; 
 
 And fift by Chi ill was borne 1 
 
 2 When cur intolerable load 
 
 Upon his foul was laid ; 
 And the vindictive wrath of God 
 Flam'd furious on his head ! 
 
 3 We in our Conqu'ror well may ber.fl : 
 
 For none, but God alone, 
 Can know how dear the vicYry ceil, 
 How hardly it was won. 
 
 4 Forth from the garden, fully tried, 
 
 Cur bruifed Champion came, 
 To fufTer what remained befide 
 Of pain, and grief, and faame. 
 
 5 Mock'd, 
 
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 5 Mock"d, fpit upon, and crown'd with thorns 
 
 A fpeftacle he flood ; 
 His back with fcourges lafh'd and torn, 
 A vi&im bath 'din blood! 
 
 6 Nail'd to the crofs thro' hands and feet 
 
 He hung in open view : 
 To make his forrows quite complete, 
 By God deferted too. 
 
 1 Thro' nature's works the woes he felt 
 With foft infection ran : 
 The hardeil things could break or melt— 
 Except the he^rt of man. 
 
 8 This day before thee, Lord, we come. 
 
 Oh ! melt our hearts, or break : 
 For fhould we now continue dumb, 
 The very ftones would fpeak. 
 
 9 True ; thou haft paid the heavy dtbt, 
 
 And made believers clean : 
 But he knows nothing of it yet, 
 Who is net griev'd at lin. 
 
 io A faithful friend of grief partakes, 
 But union can be none 
 Eetwixt a heart like mtltitig <zvax* 
 And hearts as hard as Hone ; 
 
 1 1 Eetwixt a head difFufing blood, 
 
 And members found and whoh ; 
 Eetwixt an agonizing God, 
 And an unfeeling foul. 
 
 1 2 Lord my long'd happinefs is full, 
 
 When I can go with thee 
 
 * Pfalm xxii. 14. 
 
( 5* ) 
 
 To Golgotha : The place c/Jluil 
 Is htav'n en earth to mc. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Another. 
 
 t 'T^ HAT day when Chrift was crucified, 
 - JL The mighty God Jehovah died 
 An ignominious d. 
 He that would keep this folemtt day 
 (And true dii r < iples fafely may) 
 Mult keep it firm in Faith. 
 
 2 For tho' the mournful tragedy 
 May call up tears in ^\cry e>e ; 
 
 Yet, brethren, reii not here. 
 Would you condole your dying friend? 
 Let each into his foul d< 
 
 A^nd find his Saviour there. 
 
 3 This Qnjy caiti our hearts affure; 
 
 And make cur outwafd wqrfhip pure 
 
 In God's all-fearchir.g fight. 
 When ?A) love is mixt, 
 
 And iiediaiV faith on Jefu ' t, 
 ^ly brethren, then were right. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 Another. 
 
 i p r 'M" peer miners, come away ; 
 \Ls In meditation fweet, 
 Let us go to Golgotha, 
 
 And kifs our Saviour's feet. 
 
 Let 
 
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 Let us in 1.1s wounded fide 
 
 Warn, 'till we ev'ry whit are clean 
 That's the fountain open'd wide 
 
 For filthinefs and fin. 
 
 Zion's mourners, ceafe your fear : 
 
 For lo ! the dying Lamb 
 Utterly forbids defpair 
 
 To all that love his name. 
 Him your fellow-fuff 'rer fee : 
 
 He was in all things like to ycifc 
 Are you tempted ? So was He. 
 
 Deierted ? He was too. 
 
 Jefus, our Redeemer, fned 
 
 For us his vital blood. 
 We, thro' cur victorious Head, 
 
 Can now come near to God. 
 Sin and forrow may diflrefs ; 
 
 But neither mall us quite controul 
 Chriit has purehaVd holinefs 
 
 For every fm-fick foul. " 
 
 XXXVII. 
 Perfeverance. 
 
 j r TP H S finner that by precidiis faith, 
 A Has felt his iins fcrgiv n, 
 Is, from that moment pafs'd from death, 
 Andfeai'd an heir of heavn. 
 
 2 Tho' thoufand fnares enclofe his x^et, 
 Not one mail hcV him faft. 
 Whatever dangers he may meet, 
 He mall get fafe at hit. 
 
 s Noi 
 
( 54) 
 
 3 Not as the world the Saviour gives. 
 
 He is no fickle friend : 
 Whom once he loves, he never leaves ; 
 But loves him to the end. 
 
 4 The Spir't that would this truth withfland, 
 
 Would pull God's temple down, 
 Wreft Jefu's fceptre from his hand, 
 And fpoil him of his crown. 
 
 £ Satan might then full vicYry boaft ; 
 The church might wholly fall : 
 If one believer may be lofc, 
 It follows, fo may all. 
 
 6 But Chrift in ev'ry age has prov'd 
 
 Kis purchafe firm and true. 
 If this foundation be remov'd, 
 What mall the righteous do ? 
 
 7 Brethren by this your claim abide, 
 
 This title to your blifs : 
 Whatever lofs you bear befide, 
 O ! never give up this. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 This is a faithful Saying and 'worthy of all Accepta- 
 tion, that J (jus Chriji came into the World to fa<ve 
 Sinners, i Tim. i. 15. 
 
 1 "TTTHEN^/tf/wbytranfgreffionfelJ, 
 V V And confeious fled his Maker's face, 
 Linkt in clandestine league with hell 
 He ruin'd ail his future race. 
 
 the 
 
( 5; ) 
 
 The feeds of evil, once brought in, 
 Increas'd ; and fill'd the world with firu 
 
 This lurking leav'n ferments the mafs. 
 
 All nature's lick ; creation's fpoii'd ; 
 Each fin-infecled fire, alas ! 
 
 Begets a fin-infecled child. 
 Thus propagation fpreads the curfe : 
 And man, born bad, grows worfe and worfci 
 
 But lo, the fecond Adam came, 
 
 The Serpent's fubtle head to bruiie. 
 
 He cancels his malicious claim, 
 
 And difappoint's his dev'lifh views ; 
 
 Ranfoms poor pris'ners with his blood ; 
 
 And brings the Saner back to Cod. 
 
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 4 To understand thefe terms aright, 
 
 This grand diitin&ion ihould be known ; 
 Tho' all are finners in God's fight, 
 
 There are but few foin their ovon. 
 To fuch as thefe cur Lord was lent : 
 They're only finners, who repent. 
 
 5 What comfort can a Saviour bring 
 
 To thofe who never felt their woe ? 
 A finner is a facred thing : 
 
 The Holy Ghoft has made him fo. 
 New life from Him we muil receive, 
 Before for fin we rightly grieve. 
 
 6 Let the felt-righteous hence beware* 
 
 Left he this great falvation fcorn. 
 Letev'ry carelefs foul take care ; 
 
 For they that laugh (hall one day mourn. 
 High-flying lights, ham hence to Hoop ; 
 Dry knowledge only pufFd men up, 
 
 F 7 This 
 
i W) 
 
 This faithful faying let us own ; 
 
 (Well worthy 'tis to be believ'd) 
 That Chrift into the world came down, 
 
 That Sinners might by him befav'd. 
 Sinners are high in his efteem : 
 And finners highly value him. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 The Sinner's Hope. 
 
 COME, ye humble finner-train, 
 Souls for whom the Lamb was flain, 
 Chearfui let us-taife our voice : 
 We have reafon to rejoice. 
 Let us fing, with faints in hea\ n, 
 Life reftcr'd, and lins forgiv'n. 
 Glory, and eternal laud 
 Be to our incarnate God. 
 
 Now look up with faith, and fee 
 Him thai bled for you and me, 
 Seated on his glorious throne, 
 Interceding for his own. 
 
 at can Chriilians have to fear 
 When they view their Saviour there ? 
 Hell is vanquifh'd, heav'n appeas'd ; 
 God is reconcil'd, and pieis'd; 
 
 Snares and dangers may befet ; 
 For we are but trav'lers yet. 
 As the way indeed is hard, 
 
 Let us keep a ccnflant guard, 
 Neither lifted up with air, 
 Nor dejected to defpair, 
 
 Always 
 
> I 
 
 Always keeping Chrift in new; 
 He wiii bring us fafely thro'. 
 
 XL. 
 
 The World by Wifdtim l;:c~'j not Cc\ 
 i Cor. i. 21. 
 
 o 
 
 Truft no longer dreams and lies, 
 Cut of Chrift, Almighty pow'r 
 Can do nothing but devour. 
 
 2 God, you fay, is good. 'Tis true j 
 But he's pure and holy too ; 
 Juft, and jealous in his ire, 
 Earning with vindictive fire. 
 
 3 This of old himfelf declar'd : 
 Ifrael trembled when they heard. 
 But the proof of proofs indeed 
 Is, he {ent his Son to bleed. 
 
 4 When the bleffed Jefus died, 
 God was clearly jpftified : 
 Sin to pardon without blood, 
 Never in his nature f,:ocd. 
 
 5 Worfhip God then in his Son : 
 There he's love, and there alone. 
 Think not that he will, or ma 
 Pardon any other way. 
 
 6 See the fufFring Son of God, 
 Panting ! groaning ! fweating blood ! 
 Brethren, this had never been, 
 Had not God detefted fin. 
 
 F 2 ? R- 
 
( js ) 
 
 7 ffe his mercy therefore fought 
 In the way himfelf has 
 ''. here his clemency is fuch, 
 We can never trufl too much. 
 
 S He that better knows than we, 
 Bids us all to Jefus flee. 
 Humbly take him at his word ; 
 And your fouls fhall blefs the Lord. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 bold hnd jfce, if there he any Sorrow like unto t?t} 
 Sorr&w. Lam. i. 12. 
 
 MX 
 
 IT UC H we talk of jefu's blood. 
 
 JL But how littles uncterftood ! 
 Of his fuff 'rings fo intenfe 
 Angels have no perfect fenfe. 
 Who can rightly comprehend 
 Their beginning, or their end! 
 : Tis to God, and Godalcne, 
 That their weight is fully known. 
 
 2 O thou hideous monfter, fin, 
 What a curfe has thou brought in ! 
 All Creation groans thro' thee, 
 Piegnant caufe of mifery ! 
 
 '] hou haft ruin'd wretched man, 
 - Ever fince the world began ; 
 Thou haft God affliflcd too; 
 Nothing \ti\ than that v/ould do. 
 
 3 W 7 ould we then rejoice indee 
 £e it, that from thee we're ft 
 
 And 
 
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 And our juiteft caufe to grieve 
 Is, that thou wilt to us cleave. 
 Faith relieves us from thy guilt : 
 But we think whofe blood was fpilt* 
 All we hear, or kd, or fee, 
 Serves toraife our hate to thee. 
 
 4 Dearly are we bought : for God 
 Bought us with his own heart's blood 
 Boundiefs depths of love divine I 
 Jefus, what a love was thine ! 
 Tho' the wonders thou haft done 
 Are, as yet, fo little known ; 
 Here we fix, and comfort take 3 
 Jefus died for finners' fake, 
 
 XLII. 
 
 Election. 
 
 j T)Rethren, would you know your flay J 
 
 X3 What it is fupports you full ? 
 Why, tho'" tempted ev'ry day, 
 
 Yet you fl and ; and Hand you will ? 
 Lcng before our birth, 
 
 Nay, before Jehovah laid 
 The foundations of the earth, 
 
 We were chofen in our Head^ 
 
 z God's election is the ground 
 
 Of our hope to perfevere. 
 On this rock your building found ; 
 
 And preferve your title clear. 
 hi fide Is may laugh; 
 
 PL aryl es g ai n fay , o r ra i 1 ; 
 Here's your tenure (keep it fafe) 
 
 God'i Ekfi ca?i never fail. 
 
 F 3 XLIIL 
 
( 6o ) 
 XLUI, 
 
 Create in me a clean heart, Pfalrn If. I o. 
 
 'L 
 
 CRD, when thy Spirk defcends to Jhcw 
 The badnefs of our hearts, 
 Aftonifn'd at th' amazing view 
 The foul with horror ftarts. 
 
 Z The dungeon op'ning foul as hell, 
 
 It's loathfomc flench emits ; 
 
 And brooding in each fecret cell 
 
 Some hideous monfter iits. 
 
 g Swarms of ill thoughts their bane difiufe, 
 
 Proud, envious, falfe, unclean ; 
 And ev'ry rarfack'd corner ihews 
 Some unfufpected fin. 
 
 4 Our (tag;>'ring faith gives way to doubt 
 Our courage yields to fear. 
 Shock 'd at the light, we ftrait cry oat;. 
 " Can e\ er God dwell here V* 
 
 'j But he that mews can purge the filth 
 Of each polluted foul ; 
 Reftore the putrid parti to health, 
 And purify the whole. 
 
 6 None lefs than God's Alrai 
 
 Can mc. e 
 
 :r from his fide mu.l run 
 
 -afh this durgeon clean. 
 
 n O come, thou much-expecled gudl. 
 Lord fefus 
 
 
{ 61 ) 
 
 Enter the chamber of my breaft : 
 Thyfelf prepare the room. 
 
 8 For fhouldit thou fray, till thou canft meet 
 
 Reception worthy thee ; 
 With finners thou wouldft never fit — 
 At lead (I'm fare) with me. 
 
 9 When, when will that bleft time arrive, 
 
 When thou wilt kindly deign 
 With me to lit, to lodge, to lfve ; 
 And never part again ? 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 JabezV prayer, i Chron. iv. 9, 10, 
 
 s A Saint there was in days of old, 
 ±\. Tho' we but little of him hear, 
 In honor high ; of whom is told 
 
 A ihort, but an effectual pray ; r. 
 This pray'r, my brethren, let us view; 
 And try if we can pray fq too. 
 
 2 He call'd on Iff el's Gcd 'tis faid, 
 
 Let us take notice nrft of that : 
 Had he to any other pray'd, 
 
 To us it had not matter'd what. 
 For all true l/ralites adore 
 One Gcd, Immanud, and no more. 
 
 3 " Oh ! that thou wouldft me Mefs Meed ; 
 
 " And that thou wouldft enlarge my bound 
 " And let thy hand in ev'ry need 
 
 " A guide and help be with me found ; 
 '* That thou wouldft caufe that evil be 
 •' No caufe of pain and grief to me." 
 
 4 What 
 
( 62 ) 
 
 4 What is it to be blcft indeed, 
 
 But to have all our fins forgiv'n; 
 
 To be from guilt and terror freed, 
 
 Redeem' a from hell, andfeal'dfor heav'nj 
 To wenhip an incarnate God, 
 And know he fav'd us by his blood ? 
 
 5 And next to have our coaft enlarg'd, 
 
 Is, that our hearts extend their plan, 
 From bondage and from fear difcharg'd, 
 
 And iilrd with love to God and man : 
 To call off ev'ry narrow thought : 
 And ufe the freedom Chriit has bought. 
 
 6 To ufe this liberty aright. 
 
 And not the grace of God abufe, 
 We always need his hand, his might: 
 
 '■; what he gives us we fhould lofe;. 
 Spirit al pride would foon creep in, 
 And turn his very grace to fin. 
 
 j This pray'r fo lovy ago prefcrr'd, 
 
 Is left on facrcd record thus. 
 And this good pray'r by God was heard ; 
 
 And kindly handed down to us. 
 Thus Jakez pray'd (for that's his name) 
 Let all believers pray the fame. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 Whit fun day. 
 
 £ TI7HEN the bleft day of penticoft 
 V V Was fully come ; the Holy Ghotf 
 
 Defcended from above, 
 Sent by the Father and the Son, 
 
 (The 
 
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 (The fender and the fent are one) 
 The Lord of life and love. 
 
 2 Within one houfe, with one accord, 
 The faithful foll'wers of our Lord 
 
 Waiting his promife fit ; 
 That vefted with fupemal * pow'r 
 They might be then, and not before, 
 To preach the gofpel fit. 
 
 3 Sudden a ru thing wind they hear ; 
 And fiery cloven tongues appear ; 
 
 It fat on ev'ry one. 
 Cloven, perhaps, to be the fign 
 That God no longer would confine 
 
 His word to Jtnjos alone. 
 
 4 To ev'ry nation under heav'n 
 To hear the gofpel-found is giv'ii ; 
 
 The call to all extends. 
 As ours was parted long ago ; 
 So God divides his language too ; 
 
 And after finners fends. 
 
 5 And were thefe firfl: difeiples bleft 
 With heav'nly gifts ? Anl mail the reft 
 
 Be pafs'd unheeded by ? 
 What ? Has the Holy Ghoil forgot 
 To quicken fouls that Chriil has bought j 
 
 And let's them lifcleis lie r 
 
 6 No, thou Almighty Paraclete ; 
 
 Thou medd'ft thy heav'nly influence yet; 
 
 Thou viiit'll finners ftill : 
 Thy breath of life, thy quick'ning Hame, 
 Thy pov/'r thy Godhead, ftill the fame, 
 
 We own ; becaufe we feel. 
 
 * Froim ibove. 
 * XLVI. 
 
( <4 ) 
 XLVI. 
 
 Another. 
 
 1 nrHE foul that with fincere defirei 
 
 X Seeks after Jefu's love, 
 That foul the Holy Ghoft infpires 
 With breathings from above. 
 
 2 Not ev'ry one, in like degree, 
 
 The Spir't of God receives : 
 
 The Chriftian often cannot fee 
 
 His faith ; and yet believes. 
 
 3 So gentle fometimes is the flame ; 
 
 That, if we take not heed, 
 We may unkindly quench the fame : 
 We may, my friends, indeed. 
 
 4 EleftGod, that once in fiery tongues 
 
 Cam'ft down in open view, 
 Come, vifit ev'ry heart that longs 
 To entertain thee too. 
 
 5 And tho' not like a mighty wind, 
 
 Nor with a ruming noife ; 
 May we thy calmer comforts find : 
 And hear thy Hill fmall voice. 
 
 6 Not for the gift of tongues we pray ; 
 
 Nor pow'r the fick to heal : 
 
 Give wifdom to direct cur way ; 
 
 And Itrength to do thy will. 
 
 7 We pray to be renew'd within, 
 
 And reconcil'd to God ; 
 To have cur confeienee wafh'd from fin 
 In the Redeemer's Wood. 
 
 8 We 
 
(6S ) 
 
 8 We pray to have our faith increas'cL 
 And, O celeftial Dove ! 
 We pray to be completely bleft 
 With that rich blefllng, love. 
 
 XLVII. 
 Hymn and Doxology to the Trinity, 
 
 1 r TPO comprehend the great Three One 
 
 jL Is more than higheft angels can ; 
 Or what the Trinity has done 
 From death and hell to ranfom man. 
 
 2 But all true Chriftians this may boaft 
 (A truth from nature never learn 'd) 
 That Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, 
 To fave our fouls are all concerned. 
 
 3 The Father's love in this we find ; 
 He made his Son our facriiiee. 
 The Son in love his life refign'd. 
 The fpir't of love his blood applies. 
 
 4 Thus we the Trinity can praife 
 In unity, thro' Chriil our King ; 
 Our grateful hearts and voices raife 
 In faith and love ; while thus we fmg, 
 
 5" Glory to God the Father be; 
 Becaufe he fcnt his Son to die. 
 Glory to God the Son ; that he 
 Did with fuch willingnefs comply. 
 
 6 Glory to God the Holy Ghoft, 
 Who to our hearts this love reveals. 
 Thus God Three-One to finners loft 
 Salvation feuds, procures, and feals, 
 
 XL VIII. 
 
( 66) 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 Heaven and earth Jhall pafi, aivaj<, but my words Jball 
 not pafs&woy. Matt. xxiv. 35. 
 
 1 r I 'HE moon and flars (hall ioofe their light; 
 
 JL The fun mail fink in endlefs night; 
 Bothheav'n and earth fhall pafs away ! 
 The works of nature all decay. 
 
 2 But they that in the Lord confide, 
 And fhelter in his wounded fide. 
 Shall fee the danger overpaft ; 
 Stand ev'ry ftorm; and live at laft. 
 
 3 What Chrifthas faid miifi be fulfll'd. 
 On this firm rock, believers, build, 
 His word fhall (land, his truth prevail ; 
 And not one jot or tittle fail. 
 
 4 His word is this (poor finners, hear) 
 
 " Believe on Me, andbaniih fear. 
 
 " Ceafe from your own works, bad or good 
 
 " And wain your garments in my blood." 
 
 The Rainlow. Ifa. 1 
 
 IV. 9. 
 
 1 TI7HEN deaf to ev'ry warning giv'n ; 
 V V Man brav'd the patient pow'r of heav'n, 
 Grea Codarofe, 
 
 Del ' 1, and drown'd Lis iocs. 
 
 igeanct 
 
2 Vengeance, that call'd for this juil doom, 
 Retir'd to make fweet mercy room : 
 God, of his wrath repenting, fvvore, 
 
 A flood fliould drown the earth no more, 
 
 3 That future ages this might know, 
 He plac'd in heav'n his radiant bow, 
 The fign, till time itfelf fhali fail, 
 That v/aters mall no more prevail. 
 
 4 The beauties of this bow but mine 
 To vulgar eyes as fomething fine : 
 Others inveitigate their caufe 
 
 By mediums drawn from nature's laws. 
 
 5 But what great ends can men purfue 
 
 From fchemes like thefe, fuppofe them true ? 
 Defcribe the form ; the caufe define j 
 The rainbow flill remains a fign ; 
 
 6 A fign, in which by faith we read 
 The cov'nant God with Noah made; 
 A noble end, and truly great ! 
 
 But fomething greater lies there yet. 
 
 7 This bow, that beams with vivid light, 
 Prefents a fign to Chriitians' fight, 
 
 That God has iwom (who dares condemn ?) 
 " He will no more be wroth with Them." 
 
 8 Thus the believer, when he views 
 The rainbow in it's various hues, 
 May fay; " Thofe lively colours fhine 
 " To mew, that heav'n is furely mine. 
 
 2 " See in yon' cloud what tinctures glow, 
 <( And gild the fmiling vales below I 
 
 G « So 
 
(63 ) 
 
 So fmiies my chearful foul to fee, 
 My God is reconcil'd to me." 
 
 Charity upver faileth. j Cor. xiii, 8, 
 
 j T7 1 A I T H in the bleeding Lamb, 
 JL O what a gift is this ! 
 Hope of falvation in his name, 
 How comfortable 'tis ! 
 
 2 Knowledge of what is right ; 
 
 How God is reconciled, 
 A ioe receiv'd a favorite, 
 An alien made a child, 
 
 3 Bleflings, my friends, like thefe, 
 
 Are very very great : 
 But foon they ev'ry one ma ft ceafe; 
 Nor are they now complete. 
 
 4 Faith will to bli/s give place. 
 
 In fight we hope mall lofe, 
 For who needs truft for things he has ; 
 Or hope for what he views r* 
 
 5 The little too that's kmivft, 
 
 Which children-like we boaft, 
 Will fade, like glow-worms in the fun, 
 Or drops in ocean loft. 
 
 6 But love (hall ftill remain ; 
 
 It's glories cannot ceafe. 
 No other change {hall that fuftain, 
 Save only to increafe. 
 
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 7 Of all that God beftows, 
 In earth, or heav'n above, 
 The beft gift faint or angel knows, 
 Or e'er will know, is love. 
 
 £ Love all defects fupplies, 
 
 Makes great obltru&ions fmall. 
 'Tis pray'r ; 'tis praife ; 'tis facrifice ; 
 'Tis holinefs ; 'tis all. 
 
 9 Defcend, celeftial Dove, 
 With Jefu's flock abide : 
 Give us that beft of bleffings, love ; 
 Whate'er we want befide. 
 
 LI. 
 
 And when they had nothing to fay, he frankly forgave 
 them both, Luke vii. 42. 
 
 1 "jV/TERCYis welcome- news indeed, 
 JLVi To thofe thztguihy ftand. 
 Wretches, that j^W what help they need, 
 
 Will blefs the helping hand. 
 
 2 Who rightly would his alms difpofe. 
 
 Muft give them to the poor. 
 None but the wounded patient knows 
 The comforts of his cure. 
 
 3 We all have finn'd againfr our God ; 
 
 Exception none can boaft : 
 But he, that feels the heavieft load, 
 Will prize forgivenefs moll. 
 
 4 No reck'ning can we rightly keep. 
 
 For who the fums can know ? 
 
 G 2 Sonre 
 
( 7* ) 
 
 Some fouls are fifty pieces deep ; 
 And foine five hundred owe. 
 
 $ But let our debts be what they may. 
 However great, or fmall ; 
 As foon as we have nought to pay, 
 Our Lord forgives us all. 
 
 6 'Tis perfect poverty alone, 
 That fets the foul at large : 
 While we can call one mite our own, 
 We have no full difchargc 
 
 LII. 
 
 Praying for Relations. 
 
 i T/" IND fouls,, who for the mis'riesmoaa 
 Jt\. Of thofe who feldom mind their own \ 
 But treat your zeal with cold difdain, 
 Refolv'd to make your labor-; vain ; 
 
 2 You, wnofe fmcere affection tends 
 To help your dear, ungrateful friends, 
 That think yon foes, or mad, or fools, 
 JBecaufe you fain would fave their fouls ; 
 
 3 Tho' deaf to ev'ry warning giv'n, 
 They fcorn to walk with you to heav'n \ 
 But often think, and fometimes fay, 
 They'll never go, if that's the way ; 
 
 4 Tho' they the Spir't of God refill, 
 Or ridicule your faith in Chrift ; 
 
 Tho' they blafpheme, oppofe, contemn ; 
 Aad hate you for vcur love, to them ; 
 
 5 One 
 
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 5 One fecret way is left you ftill 
 
 To do them good, againft their will 
 Here they can no obftruclion give ; 
 You tnay do this without their leave. 
 
 6 Fly to the throne of grace by pray'r, 
 And pour out all your wifhes there ; 
 Effectual fervent pray 'r prevails, 
 When ev'ry other method fails. 
 
 LIII. 
 
 Faith is the Viftory. 
 
 i T X THOE'ER believes aright, 
 V V In Chrift's atoning blocd. 
 Of all his guilt's acquitted quite ; 
 And may draw near to God. 
 
 2 But fin will ftill remain, 
 
 Corruptions rife up thick ; 
 And Satan fays the med'cine's vaia, 
 Becaufe we yet are fick. 
 
 3 But all this will not do ; 
 
 * Our hope's on Jefus call : 
 Let all be Li'rs, and him be true; 
 We mail be well at laft. 
 
 LIV. 
 
 Faith and Repentance. 
 
 l Y E S U S is our God and Saviour, 
 J Guide, and Counfellor, and friend, 
 Bearing all our mifbehaviour, 
 Kind, and loving to the end, 
 
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f 7* T 
 
 Tmtt him ; he will not deceive xts T 
 Tho' we hardly of him deem : 
 He will ne\er, never leave us; 
 Nor will la us quite leave him. 
 
 2 View him in the doleful garden ; 
 View him on the bloody tree, 
 Dearly purchafing a pardon, 
 For his people, full and free. 
 View him now in heaven fitting* 
 Interceding for us there, 
 
 Not a moment intermitting* 
 Hia companion and his care. 
 
 3 Nothing huf thy blood, O Jefus,. 
 Can relieve us from ourfmart ; 
 Nothing el fe frtnn guilt releafe us ; 
 Nothing elfe can melt the heart. 
 
 1 aw and terrors do but harden, 
 Ail the while they work alone : 
 But a fenie of blood-bought j . 
 Soon diflblveb a heart of itonc. 
 
 4 ""Tis a fafc, tho' deep compunction', 
 Thy repenting people feel. 
 
 Love and grief compound an un&ioff, 
 Both to cleanfero'jr wounds ar. 
 Balm is ufekfs to th' unfeeling ; 
 And repentance without faith 
 Is a fore, that never Heal 
 Frets and rankles unto death,. 
 
 Jefbs. alf our conflations 
 Flow i:om Thee the Sov : reigngooe. 
 Love, and fairl . e, and patience^ 
 
 Ail are piTvl.as'd b) thy blood. 
 
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 From thy fulnefs we receive them ; 
 We have nothing of our own : 
 Freely thou delightft to give them 5 
 To the needy, who have none* 
 
 6 Teach us, by thy patient Spirit, 
 How to mourn, and not defpair, 
 Let us, leaning on thy merit, 
 Wreftle hard with God in pray'r. 
 Whatfoe'er afflictions feize us, 
 They mall profit, if not pleafe : 
 But defend, defend us, Jefus, 
 From fecurity and eafe- 
 
 7 Softly to thy garden lead us-, 
 To behold thy bloody fweat. 
 
 Tho' thou from the curfe haft freed us, 
 
 Let us not the coft forget. 
 
 Be thy groans and cries rehearfed, 
 
 By the fpirit, in our ears ; 
 
 "Tili we, viewing whom we've pierced, 
 
 Melt in fympathetic tears. 
 
 Another. 
 
 O M E, ye Chriftians, fing the praifca 
 Of your corMefcending God; 
 
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 Come, and hymn the holy jefus, 
 Who hath wafh'd us in his blood. 
 We are poor, and weak, and filly, 
 And to ev'ryevil prone; 
 Yet our Jefus loves us freely, 
 And receives us for his own. 
 
 Tho' 
 
( 74) 
 
 2 Tho' we're mean in man's opinion, 
 He hath made us priefts and kings. 
 Pow'r and glory, and dominion 
 To the Lamb thefinner fings, 
 Leprous fouls, unfound and filthy, 
 Come before him as you are : 
 'Tis the fick man, not the healthy. 
 Needs the good Phyfician's care. 
 
 3 Hear the terms that never vary : 
 " To repent, and to believe." 
 Both of thefe are neceflary : 
 Both from Jefus we receive. 
 Would-be-Chriilian, duly ponder 
 Thefe in thine impartial mind : 
 And let no man put afunder 
 What the Lord has wifely join'd. 
 
 4 Oh! beware of fondly thinking 
 G»d accepts thee for thy tears. 
 Are the fh ip-w reck 'dfav'd by finking? 
 Can the ruin'd rife by fears ? 
 Oh ! beware of truft ill-grounded : 
 'Tis but fancied faith at molt, 
 To be cur'd, and not be wouuded ; 
 To be fav'd before you're loft. 
 
 ^ No big words of ready talkers, 
 No dry dodrines will fuffice. 
 Broken hearts, and humble walkers, 
 Thefe are dear in Jefu's eyes. 
 Tinkling founds of difputation, 
 Naked knowledge, all are vain : 
 Ev'ry foul, that gains falvation, ^ 
 Muft and lhall be born again. 
 
 LVI. 
 
(is ) 
 
 LVI. 
 
 Another. 
 PART I. 
 
 LE T us afk th' important queftioa 
 (Brethren, be not too fecure) 
 What it is to be a Chriftian ; 
 How we may our hearts afiiire. 
 Vain is all our Left devotion, 
 If on falfe foundations built : 
 True religion's more than notion ; 
 Something muft be known and felt, 
 
 2 'Tis to truft our Well-beloved 
 In his blood has wafh'd us clean. 
 'Tis to hope our guilt's removed, 
 Tho' we feci it rife within. 
 
 To believe that all is finim'd, 
 Tho' fo much remains t' endure. 
 Find the dangers undiminim'd ; 
 Yet to hold deli v 'ranee fare. 
 
 3 'Tis to credit contradictions. 
 Talk with him one never fees. 
 Cry and groan beneath afflictions ; 
 Yet to dread the thoughts of eafe. 
 'Tis to feel the fight againft us ; 
 Yet the vicl'ry hope to gain. 
 
 To believe that Chrift has cleans'd us; 
 Tho' the leprofy remain. 
 
 4 'Tis to hear the Holy Spirit 
 Prompting us to fecret pray'r. 
 To rejoice in Jefu's merit ; 
 
 "V et continual forrow bear. 
 
 To 
 
To receive a full remiflion 
 Cf our fins for evermore ; 
 Yet to figh with fore contrition^ 
 Bfgging mercy cv'ry hour. 
 
 5 To be fteadfaft in believing; 
 Yet to tremble, fear, and quake. 
 Ev'ry moment be receiving 
 Strength ; and yet be always weak. 
 To be fighting, fleeing, turning; 
 Ever finking, yet to fwim, 
 To convene with Je^us, mourning 
 For ourfelves, or elk for him. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 i /~1 REAT High Prieft, we view thee (looping, 
 KJX With our names upon thy breaft, 
 In the garden groaning, drooping, 
 To the ground with horrors prelt. 
 Weeping Angels ftocd confounded 
 To behold their Maker thus. 
 And can we remain unwounded, 
 When we know 'twas all for us ? 
 
 2 On the crofs thy body broken 
 Cancels ev'ry penal tie. 
 Tempted fouls, produce this tokea 
 All demands to fatisfy. 
 
 All is finifh'd ; do not doubt it, 
 But believe your dying Lord : 
 Never reafon more about it : 
 Only take him at his word. 
 
 3 Lord, we fain would truft thee folely : 
 'Twa* for us thy blood was fpilt. 
 
 Bruifed 
 
( 77) 
 
 Bruifed Bridegroom, take us wholly; 
 Take, and ma»ce us what thou wilt. 
 Thou has borne the bitter fentence 
 Paft on man's devoted race : 
 True belief, and true repentance 
 Are thy gifts, thou God of grace. 
 
 LVII. 
 
 The Wifli. 
 
 i T F duft and allies might prefume, 
 X Great God, to talk to thee ; 
 If in thy prefence can be room 
 
 For crawling worms like me : 
 I humbly would my nxnjh prefent ; 
 
 For nvi/tes I have none; 
 All my deiires are now content 
 
 To be compriz'd in One. 
 
 2 I would not fue for length of days ; 
 
 For honor, or for wealth ; 
 Nor, that which far furpafleth theft, 
 
 Uninterrupted health. 
 I would not alk, a monarch's heir. 
 
 Or counfellor to be : 
 A better wifdom I would (hare, 
 
 A nobler pedigree. 
 
 3 Not joy, nor ftrength would I requeft; 
 
 Tho' neither I contemn : 
 But would petition to be bleft 
 
 With what tranfcendeth them. 
 'Tis not that angels might convey 
 
 My foul this night to heav'n ; 
 
 Thy 
 
( 7« .) 
 
 Thy time with patience I- can flay, 
 Since all my fin's forgiv'n. 
 
 4 Nor would I crave in highert flate 
 At thy right hand to fit : 
 (The fuit of Zeb'dce'% fons) for that 
 
 I know my felf unfit. 
 Nor in thy church on earth would ftrive 
 
 A pompous port to fill : 
 For fear I might not xvdl perceive, 
 Or fail to do, thy will. 
 
 5 The fingle boon I would intreat 
 
 Is, to be led by thee, 
 To gaze upon thy bloody fweat 
 
 In fad Gethfemaue, 
 To view (as I could bear at lead) 
 
 Thy tender broken heart, 
 Like a rich olive, bruis'd and preft 
 
 With agonizing fmart. 
 
 4 To fee thee bow'd beneath my guilt, 
 
 Intolerable load ! 
 To fee thy blood for finners fpilt, 
 
 My groaning, gafping God ! 
 With fympathizing grief to mourn 
 
 The forrows of thy foul : 
 The pangs and tortures by thee borne 
 
 In fome degree condole. 
 
 7 There raufmg on thy mighty love. 
 
 I always would remain : 
 Or but to Golgoiha remove, 
 
 And thence return again. 
 In each dear place the fame rich fcenc 
 
 Should ever be renew 'd : 
 
 No 
 
(79) 
 
 No object elfe mould intervene ; 
 But all be love and blood. 
 
 For this one favour oft I've fought 
 
 And if this one be giv'n, 
 I feek on earth no happier lot j 
 
 And hope the like in heav'n. 
 Lord, pardon what I afk amifs ; 
 
 For k no wlege I have none. 
 I do but humbly fpeak my wifh $ 
 
 And may thy will be done. 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 Pride. 
 
 INnumerable foes 
 Attack the child of God. 
 He feels within the weight of fin, 
 A grievous galling load. 
 
 Temptations too without, 
 Of various kinds, affault. 
 S>ly fnares befet his traveling £ttt t 
 And make him often halt. 
 
 From finner, and from faint, 
 He meets with' many a blow : 
 His own bad heart creates him fmart, 
 Which only God can know. 
 
 But tho* the hoft of hell 
 Be neither weak nor fmall ; 
 One mighty foe deals dang'rous woe, 
 And hurts beyond them all, 
 
 H < Tis 
 
( So ) 
 
 5 'Tis pride, accurfed pride, 
 That Spir't by God abhorr'd : 
 
 Do what we will, it haunts us ftill ; 
 And keeps us from the Loid. 
 
 6 It blows it's pois'nous breath, 
 And bloats the foul with air ; 
 
 The heart tip-lifts with God's own gifts, 
 And makes ev'n grace a fnare. 
 
 7 Awake — nay while we fleep ; 
 In all we think or fpeak, 
 
 It puffs us glad, torments us -fad ; 
 Its hold we cannot break. 
 
 8 In other ills we find 
 
 The hand of heav'n not flack : 
 Pride only knows to interpofe, 
 And keep our comforts back. 
 
 9 'Tis hurtful, when perceiv'd : 
 When not peYceiv'd, 'tis worfe. 
 
 Unfeen or feen it dwells within ; 
 And works by fraud or force. 
 
 ro Again!! it's influence pray, 
 It mingles with the pray'r ; 
 Againft it preach, it prompts the fpeech; 
 Be filent, (till 'tis there. 
 
 1 1 This moment, while I write, 
 I feel it's pow'r within ; 
 
 My heart it draws to feek applaufe, 
 And mixes all with fin. 
 
 1 2 Thou meek and lowly Lamb, 
 This haughty tyrant kill ; 
 
 That 
 
; 8i ) 
 
 That wounded thee, tho' thou waft free, 
 And grieves thy Spirit {till. 
 
 15 Cur condescending God, 
 (To whom elfe (hall we go ?) 
 Remove our pride, whate'er betide ; 
 And lay, and keep us low. 
 
 14 Thy garden is the place, 
 
 Where pride cannot intrude : 
 For fhould it dare to enter there, 
 'Twould foon be drown'd in blood. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 The High-Prieft. 
 
 1 TI^HEN Aaron in the holi'ft place 
 
 V V Atonement made for Ifrel\ race, 
 The names of all their tribes expreft 
 He woreconipicuous on his breaft. 
 
 2 Twelve letter 'd ftones, with fculpture bold, 
 Deep feated in the wounded goid, 
 Glow'd on the breaft-plate richly bright, 
 And beam'd chara&eriftic light. 
 
 3 His hands a golden cenfer held 
 
 With burning coals and ihcenfe fill'd : 
 Which clouded all the holy room 
 W T ith od'rous {learns of rich perfume. 
 
 4. And, left the Prieit the place defile, 
 A coftly confecrating oil, 
 With mingkd gums and fpices fweet, 
 Had for his office made him meet. 
 
 H 2 5 The 
 
( 82 ) 
 
 5 The liquid compound from his head 
 It's unftuous odours downward fpread : 
 Delicious drops, like balmy dews, 
 O'er all the man their fweets diiFufe. 
 
 Array'd in hallow'd verts he (rood 
 Sprinkled with holy oil and blood. 
 The tabernacle's facred frame, 
 And all within it mar'd the fame. 
 
 f So when our great MelchiftAee 
 
 The true atonement came to make, 
 A holy oil anoints Him too, 
 Richer than Aaron ever knew. 
 
 % His body bath'd in fweat and blood, 
 Show Yd on the ground- a purple flood ; 
 The rich effufion copious ran, 
 To glad the heart of God and man. 
 
 9 Deep in his breaft engrav'd he bore 
 Our names with ev'ry penal fcore ; 
 When preft to earth he proihate lay, 
 Shock'd at the fum, yet prompt to pay* 
 
 zo The fragrant inceafe of his pray'r, 
 To heav'n went up thro' yielding air, 
 Perfum'd the throne of God on high, 
 And cairn 'd offended Majefty. 
 
 LX. 
 
 Eleftion. 
 
 MIGHTY enemies without, 
 Much mightier within, 
 Thoughts we cannot quell, nor rout, 
 Blaipliemoufly obfeene ; 
 
 Coldnefs, 
 
( §3 ) 
 
 Coldnefs, unbelief, and pride, 
 Hell, and all it's murd'rous train, 
 
 Threaten death on ev'ry fide, 
 Arid have their thoufands ilain. 
 
 2 Thus purfu'd, and thus diiheft, 
 
 Ah i whither (hall we fly ? 
 To obtain the promis'd reit, 
 
 On what Aire hand rely ? 
 Shall the Chriician truft his heart ? 
 
 That, alas ! of foes the worfc, 
 Always takes the tempter's part ; 
 
 Nay, often tempts him firft. 
 
 3 If to-day we be fincere, 
 
 And can both watch and pray ; 
 Watchfulnefs, perhaps, and pray 'r 
 
 To-morrow may decay. 
 If we now believe aright ; 
 
 Faithfulnefs is God's alone : 
 We are feeble, fickle, light, 
 
 To changes ever prone. 
 
 4 But we build upon a bafe 
 
 That nothing can remove, 
 When we truft electing grace 
 
 And everlafting love. 
 VicYry over all our foes 
 
 Chrift has purchas'd with his blood 
 Ferfeverance he bellows 
 
 On ev'ry child of God, 
 
 H ? 1X1. 
 
( s 4 ) 
 
 LXI. 
 
 Another. 
 
 i ~Y T THEN we pray, or when we fing> 
 V V Or read, or fpeak, or hear, 
 Ordoaryholy thing, 
 
 Be this our conflant care ; 
 With a fixt habitual faith 
 
 Jefas Chrift to keep in view,. 
 Trufting wholly in his death 
 In ali we afk, or do. 
 
 1 Holinefs, in all its part3, 
 
 Affections piae'd above, 
 Self-abhorrence, contrite hearts^ 
 
 Humility and love, 
 Ev'ry virtue, ev'ry grace, 
 
 All that. bears the name of good, 
 Ferfeverance in our race, 
 
 We draw from JeiVs blood. 
 
 3 Lamb of God, in thee we truft, 
 
 On thy fixt love depend y 
 Thou art faithful, true, andjuft ; 
 
 And loveft to the end : 
 Keav'n and earth mall pafs away y 
 
 But thy word mail firm abide : 
 That's thy children's ftedfaft flay,. 
 
 W hen all things fail befide. 
 
 LXII. 
 C hriil in the Garden. 
 
 5 /"^ OME hither ye, that fain would know 
 V_^ Th' exceeding finfulnefs of fin : 
 Come fee a fcene of matchlefs woe ; 
 J\ni teil aae, what it all can mean, 
 
 2 Behold 
 
(■8* ) 
 
 2 Behold the darling Son of God 
 Bow'd down with horror to the ground, 
 Wrung at the heart, and fweating bloody 
 His eyes in tears of forrow drown 'd. 
 
 3 See how the Victim panting lies, 
 His foul with bitter anguiih preft. 
 
 He fighs, he faints, he groans, he cries, 
 Difmay'd, dejected, (hock'd, diitreft ! 
 
 4 What pangs are thefe that tear his heart ? 
 What burden's this that's on him laid ? 
 What means this agony of fmart ? 
 What makes our Maker hang his head ? 
 
 5 "Tis juftice with it's iron rod 
 Inflicting ftrokes of wrath divine: 
 'Tis the vindictive hand of God' 
 Incens'd at all your fins, and mine* 
 
 6 Deep in his breait cur names were cut, 
 He undertook our defp 'rate debt. 
 Such loads of guilt were on him put, 
 He could but juit fuftain the weight. 
 
 7 
 
 Then let us not ourfelves deceive ; 
 For while of fin we lightly deem, 
 Whatever notions we may have, 
 Indeed we are not much like him. 
 
 LXIII. 
 The Cruicifixion. 
 
 I^T O W from the garden to the crois 
 Jl\ Let us attend the Lamb of God* 
 Be all things elfe accounted drofs, 
 Conipard with fin-atoning blood, 
 
 2 Ses 
 
( S6 J 
 
 2 See, how the patient Jefus Hands, 
 Limited in his loweit eafe : 
 
 Sinners have bound th' Almighty's hands; 
 And f pit in their Creator's face. 
 
 3 With thorns his temples gor'd and gafli'd 
 Send ftreams of blood from ev'ry part ; 
 His back's with knotted fcourges lafh'd j 
 But (harper fcourges tear his heart. 
 
 4 Nail'd naked to th' accurfed wood, 
 Expos 'd to earth and heav'n above, 
 A fpeclacle of wounds and blood ; 
 A prodigy of injur'd love ! 
 
 5 Hark, how his doleful cries affright" 
 Affected Angels, while they view. 
 His friends fotfook him in the night ; 
 And now his God forfakes him too. 
 
 6 O, wliat a field of battle's here! 
 Vengeance and love their pow'rs oppofe : 
 Never was fuch a mighty pair ; 
 
 Never were two fuch defp'rate foes. 
 
 7 Behold that pale, that languid face, 
 That drooping head, thofe cold dead eyes ! 
 Behold, in forrowand difgrace 
 
 Cur conqu'ring Hero hangs, and dies! 
 
 $ Ye that a flume his facred name, 
 Now tell me, what can all this mean ? 
 What was it bruis'd God's harmlefs Lamb ? 
 What was itpiere'd his foul, but fin ? 
 
 5 Blum Qhriftian, blufh ; let fhame abound : 
 If fin aife&s thee not with woe. 
 
 Whatever 
 
 I 
 
f 87 ) 
 
 Whatever Spir't be in thee found, 
 
 The Spir't of Cnrift thou doit not know. 
 
 LXIV. 
 
 In the Lord have I righteoufnefs and jircngth, 
 Ifa. xlv. 24. 
 
 1 Tp A I T H in Jefus can repeal 
 JL The darts of fin and death. 
 Faith .gives vicYry over hell : 
 
 But who can give us faith ? 
 Hope in Chrift the foul revives ; 
 
 Supports the Spirits, when they droop, 
 Hope celeftial comfort gives : 
 
 But who can give us hope P 
 
 2 Love to Jefus Chrift and His 
 
 Fixes the heart above. 
 Love gives everlainng blifs : 
 
 But who can give us love P 
 To believe 's the gift of God. 
 
 Well grounded hope he feuds from heav'ft. 
 Love's the purchafe of his blood, 
 
 To all his children giv'n. 
 
 3 Jefus, from thy bound lefs ft ore, 
 
 Thy treafuries of grace, 
 On thy feeble foil Vers pour 
 
 Thy righteoufnefs and peace. 
 Of thy righteou fnefo alone 
 
 Continual mention we will make. 
 We have nothing of our own ; 
 
 But foul and all's at flake. 
 
 LXV, 
 
( ss ) 
 
 LXV. 
 
 Man's Righteoufnefs. 
 
 1 TV /f A N, bewail th v fit nation : 
 . lvl Hell-born fin, 
 
 Once crept in, 
 Irl:;rrs God's fair creation. 
 
 2 Vaunt thy native ftrength no longer : 
 
 Vain's the boait ; 
 All is loft; 
 Sin and death are itronger. 
 
 3 Enemies to God and goodnefs 
 
 Great and fmaii, 
 Since the fall, 
 Sink in lull and lewdnefs. 
 
 4 If to this thou art a ftranger; 
 
 While thou li'ft 
 CutofChrift, 
 
 Greater is thy danger. 
 
 5 Trait not to thy fraooth behaviour : 
 
 All's deceit; 
 
 And the cheat 
 
 Keeps thee from the Saviour. 
 
 6 Oft we're belt when dangers fright us ; 
 
 Jefus came 
 
 To reclaim 
 
 Sinners, not the righteous. 
 
 7 Sick men feel their bad condition; 
 
 But the foul, 
 That is whole. 
 
 Slights the good Phyficlan, 
 
 LXVI. 
 
LXVI. 
 
 The Linfey-woolfey Garment, 
 
 i TP\ ARK is he whofe eye H not fingle : 
 jL/ Foolifh man, 
 
 Never can 
 Hell with heaven mingle. 
 
 2 Ev'ry thing we do we fin in : 
 
 Chofen yews 
 Mull not ufe 
 Woolen mixt with linen. 
 
 3 God is holy in his nature; 
 
 And by that 
 Needs muft hate 
 Sin in ev'ry creature. 
 
 4 Infinite in truth and juftice, 
 
 He furveys 
 All our ways; 
 Knows in whom our truft is. 
 
 5 Partial fervice is his loathing: 
 
 He requires 
 Pure deli res 
 All the heart, or nothing. 
 
 6 If we think of reconciling 
 
 Black with white, 
 Dark with light, 
 'Tis but felf-beguiling. 
 
 7 Righteoufnefs to full perfection 
 
 Muft be brought, 
 Lacking nought. 
 Fearlefs of rejection, 
 
 LXVIL 
 
LXVII. 
 
 Chrift's Righteoufnefs, 
 
 i "p Ighteoufnefs to the believer. 
 XV Freel)- giv'n, 
 
 Comes from heav'n. 
 God himfelf the giver. 
 
 2, Chrift has wrought this mighty wonder : 
 God and man 
 By him can 
 Meet, and never funder. 
 
 « All the law in human naturt 
 Ke fulfill^, 
 Reconciled 
 Creature and Creator. 
 
 4 Ev'ry one, without exemption. 
 
 That believes, 
 
 Now receives 
 
 Abfolute redemption. 
 
 5 Robes of righteoufnefs imputed. 
 
 White and whole, 
 Cloath the foul> 
 Each exactly fuited, 
 
 6 'Tis a way of God's own finding; 
 
 "I is his act ; 
 And die Pan * 
 Cannct but be binding. 
 
 7 Here is no prevarication ; 
 
 Juftice ftands, 
 And demands, 
 Full and free falvation. 
 
 * Covenant. 
 
 LXVHJ. 
 
( V 1 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 The Saints Inheritance. 
 
 i T>ERFECT holinefs of Spirit 
 
 ■ 
 
 Saints above 
 Full of Love 
 With the Lamb inherit. 
 
 2 This inheritance, believer, :'* 
 
 Faith alone 
 
 Makes thy own, Hk 
 
 Safe and fure for ever. 
 
 3 True, 'twss thine from everlafting; " r 
 
 But the blifs 
 Of it is 
 Known to thee by tailing. 
 
 4. Tho' thou here receive but little, 
 Scarce enough 
 For the proof 
 Of thy proper title. 
 
 5 Urge thy claim thro' all un£tnefs ; 
 
 Sue it out, 
 Spurning doubt; 
 Th' Holy Ghoit's thy witnefs. 
 
 6 Cite the will of his own feaiing; - 
 
 Title good, 
 Sigri'd with blood, 
 Valid, and unfailing. 
 
 7 When thy title thou diicerneM; ; 
 
 Humbly then 
 Sue again 
 For continual earned:. 
 
 I LXIX. 
 
t9* ) 
 LXIX. 
 
 Qui It is good for me to draw near to G»d, 
 Pfalm lxxiii. 28. 
 
 Jvnen a child fecure of harms 
 [angs at the Mother's breaft, 
 led in her anxious arms 
 ving food and reft : 
 j while thro' many a painful path 
 
 he trav'ling parent fpeeds, 
 e fearlcfs babe, with pafiive faith, 
 Jes ftill, and yet proceeds. 
 
 Should fome ihort ftart his quiet break, 
 
 He fondly ftrives to fling 
 His little arms about her neck, 
 
 And feems to clofer cling. 
 Poor Child, maternal love alone 
 
 Preferves thee firu and lr.ft ; 
 Thy Parent's arms, and not thy own, 
 
 Are thofe that hold thee fall. 
 
 So fouls that would to Jefus cleave, 
 
 And hear his fecret call, 
 Muft ev'ry fair pretenfion leave, 
 
 And let the Lord be all. 
 P Keep clofe to me, thou helpkfs fheep," 
 
 The Shepherd fcftly cries, 
 Lord, tell me what 'tis clofe to keep ? 
 
 The lift'ning fheep replies. 
 
 " Thy whole dependence en me fix ; 
 
 " Nor entertain a thought, 
 '* Thy worthlefs fchemes with mine to mix, 
 
 ** But venture to be nought, 
 
 " Fond 
 
( 93 ) 
 
 " Fond felf-dire&ion is a fhelf ; 
 
 " Thy ftrength, thy wifdom flee : 
 * When thou art nothing in thy felf, 
 
 M Thou then art dole to me." 
 
 LXX. 
 
 Temptation. 
 
 I "VT E tempted fouls, reflect 
 
 X Whofe name 'tis you profefs : 
 Your Matter's lot you mull expeft, 
 Temptations more or lefs. 
 
 -2 Dream not of faith fo clear, 
 As (huts all doubtings out : 
 Remember how the dev'l could dare 
 To tempt ev'n Chrift to doubt. 
 
 3 " If thou *rt the Son of God, 
 
 (O, what an IF was there-!) 
 *' Thefe ftones here, fpeak them into food, 
 " And make that fenfnip clear." 
 
 4 View that amazing fcene ! 
 
 Say, could the tempter try 
 To make a tree fo found, fo green ? 
 Good God, defend the dry. 
 
 $ Think not he now will fail 
 
 To make us fhrink and droop. 
 Our faith he daily will aflail j 
 And dafh our very hope, 
 
 6 That impious IF he thus 
 At God incarnate threw, 
 
 I 2 No 
 
No wonder if he caft at us, 
 And make us feel it too. 
 
 7 To caufe defpair's the febpe 
 
 Of i a tan and his pow'rs. 
 Againft hope to believe in hope, 
 My brethren, muft be ours. 
 
 8 Buts, ifs, and honvs are horl'd 
 
 To fink us with the gloom 
 Of all that's difmal in this world, 
 Or in the world to come. 
 
 9 Eut here's our point of reft : 
 
 Tho' hard the battle feem, 
 Our Captain flood the fiery teft, 
 And we fnallftand thro' him. . 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 The Prodigal, 
 
 *- TVT O W for a wond'rous fong. 
 JL\I (K QQ P diftance, ye profane ; 
 Be filent,each unhallowd tongue -, 
 Nor turn the truth to bane.) 
 
 2 The Prodigal's return 'd, 
 
 Th' 3i oliare hold and bale ; 
 Tha 's counfeis fpurn'd, 
 
 And long abus'd Lis Grace. 
 
 5 What treatment fince he came ? 
 Lcvc tenderly cxpreft. 
 What robe isbrci me? 
 
 Thebeftj beft, 
 
 4 Rich 
 
(95) 
 
 4 Riclj food the fervants bring;. 
 
 Sweet mule charms his ears. 
 See what a beauteous coftly ring 
 The beggar's ringer wears ! 
 
 5 Ye elder fons, be ftill ; 
 
 Give no bad pafTiOn vent : 
 My brethren, 'tis our Father's will, 
 And you muft be content. 
 
 6 All that he has is yours : 
 
 Rejoice then, not repine. 
 That love that vMyour ftates fecures, 
 That love has alter'd mine* 
 
 7 Good God, are thefe thy ways ! 
 
 If rebels thus arc freed. 
 And favour'd with peculiar grace, 
 Grace mull be free indeed. 
 
 LXXII. 
 All my Sprifigs are in thee, Pfalm kxxvii. 7* 
 
 BLESS the Lord, my foul \ and raifc 
 A glad and grateful fong 
 To my dear Redeemer's praife ; 
 
 For I to him belong. 
 He my goodnefs, ftrength, and God, 
 
 In whom I live, and move, and am, 
 Paid my ranfom with his blood : 
 My portion is the Lamb. 
 
 Tho' temptations feldom ceafe i 
 
 Tho' frequent griefs I feci j 
 Yet his Spirit whifpers peace j 
 
 And he is with me ftill : 
 
 I 3 Weak 
 
( 96 ) 
 
 Weak of body, fick in foul, 
 
 Depreil at* heart, and faint with fears, 
 His dear pretence makes me whole, 
 
 And with fweet comfort chears. 
 
 .3 O my Jefus, thou art mine^ 
 
 With all thy grace and pow'r; 
 I am now, and ihall be thine, 
 
 When time (hall be no more. 
 Ihou reviv'ft me by thy death ; 
 
 Thy blood from guilt has fet me frc<: ; 
 My frefh fprings of hope, and faith, 
 
 And love, are all in tl.ee. 
 
 LXXIII. 
 
 ■If there arife among jab a prophet, or a dreamer cf 
 {[reams, ts\: Deet. xiii. 1, &c. 
 
 1 IV TO prophet, nor dreamer of dreams, 
 XNi No matter of plaufible fpeeeh, 
 
 To live like an angel who feems, 
 
 Or like an apoftle to preach ; 
 No tempter, without or within, 
 
 No Spirit, tho' ever fo bright, 
 That comes crying out againft fin, 
 
 And looks like an angtl oil 
 
 2 Tho' reafon, tho' fltnefshe urge, _ 
 
 Or plead with the words of a friend, 
 Or wonders of argumenlipFge, 
 Or deep revelations pretend, 
 
 eld meet with a moment's regard, 
 But rather be boldly witlnood, 
 
 If 
 
(97 ) 
 
 If any thing, eafy or hard, 
 
 He teach, lave the Lamb and his blood. 
 
 3 Remember, O Chriilian, with heed, 
 
 When funk under fentence of death, 
 How firfl thou from bondage wail freed : 
 
 Say : was it by works, or by faith ? 
 On Chrift thy atteftio'ns then fixt. 
 
 What conjugal truth didft thou xoxv I 
 With him was. thete any thing mixt ? 
 
 Then whr.t would'il thou mix with him now ? 
 
 4 If clofe to thy Lord thou would'il cleave ; 
 
 Depend on his prdmife alone. 
 His righteoumefs would'il thou receive ? 
 
 Then learn to renounce all thy own. 
 The faith of a CnrifHah indeecl 
 
 Is more than mere nqtion or whim : 
 United to Jefus, his head, 
 
 He draws life and virtue from him. 
 
 5 Deceiv'd by the father of lies 
 
 Blind guides cry, Loherel and Lo there / • 
 By thefe our Redeemer us tries ; 
 
 And warns us of fuch to beware. 
 Poor comfort to mourner's they give, 
 
 Who fet us to labor in vain : 
 And itrive, with a Do this and li<vc, 
 
 To drive us to Egypt again. 
 
 6 But what fays our Shepherd divine ? 
 
 (For his blefled word we fhould keep) 
 " (a) This flock has my Father made mine. 
 " fbj I lay down my life for my fheep. 
 
 (a) Johnx. 29. (b) Verf. 15. 
 
 V (c) 'TIs 
 
(98 ) 
 
 ft (c) 'Tis life everlafting I give : 
 
 " (d) My blood-Was the price that it coft. 
 
 " fej Not one that on Me fhall believe, 
 " Shall ever be finally loft." 
 
 7 This God is the God we adore, 
 
 Our faithful unchangeable friend ; 
 Whofe love is as large as his pow'r; 
 
 And neither knows meafure nor end. 
 *Tis Jefus, the firit and the laft ; 
 
 Whofe Spirit fhall guide us fafe home. 
 We'll praife him for all that is paft, _ 
 
 And truft him for ail that's to come. 
 
 (c) John x. 2 8. (d) Verf. 1. 1 . (e) Ch. iii. 15,16. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 Belle-ve in the Lord your God ; foJJ.mttym he eflahlijhtd, 
 2 Chron. xx. 2c. 
 
 1 T ORD, we lie before thy feet: 
 JLj Look en all our deep diftrefs. 
 Thy rich mercy may we meet. 
 
 Cloath us with thy righteoufnefs. 
 Stretch forth thy A-.mighty Hand } 
 Hold us up ; and we fhall ftand. 
 
 3 Shame, and fear, and pain we feel 
 
 Viewing our unliable hearts ; 
 How we wander, waver, reel, 
 
 Only wife by fits and ftarts. 
 Thou art truth : But what are we ? 
 Fickle fools, and falfe to Thee. 
 
 3 Ch, that clofer we could cleave 
 To thy bleeding, dying breaft I 
 
( 99 J 
 
 Give us firmly to believe, 
 And to enter into reft. 
 Lord, increafe, increafe, our faith: 
 Make us faithful unto death. , 
 
 4 Make thy mighty wonders known. 
 
 Let us fee thy fuff 'rings plain. 
 Let- us hear thee figh and groan, 
 
 Till we figh and groan again. 
 Rend, O rend the veil between ; 
 Open wide the bloody fcene. 
 
 5 Let us, with a ftedfaft faith, 
 
 View our dear incarnate God 
 Shudd'ring in the arms of death, 
 
 Bow'd beneath our nature's load. 
 Make our union with thee clear. 
 Perfect love : and call out fear. 
 
 6 Let us truft thee evermore ; 
 
 Ev'ry moment on thee call, 
 For new life, new will, new power ; 
 
 Let us truft thee, Lord, for all. 
 I. lay we nothing know befide 
 Jefus, and him crucified. 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 Jefus oft times rcforted thiiher^ <with his dfciflcs, 
 John xviii. 2. 
 
 i YE 
 
 J - 
 
 S U S, while he dwelt below, 
 \s divine hjiiorians fay, 
 To a place would often go ; 
 Near to Kedrons brook it lay : 
 
 In 
 
( ioo ) 
 
 In this place he lov'd to be ; 
 And 'twas nam'd Geihjemane, 
 
 2 'Twas a garden, as we read, 
 
 At the foot of Olivet, 
 Low, and proper to be made 
 
 The Redeemer's lone retreat. 
 When from noife he would be free, 
 Then he fought Gethfemant. 
 
 3 Thither, by their Matter brought, 
 
 His difciples likewile came. 
 There the heav'nly truths, he taught, 
 
 Often fet their hearts on flame. 
 Therefore, they, as well as he, 
 Vifited Gcthfcmane, 
 
 \ Here they oft converfing fat ; 
 
 Or might join with Chrift in pray'r. 
 Oh, what bleft devotion's that, 
 
 When the Lord himfelf is there ! 
 All things to them feern'd t' agree 
 To endear Geihjemane, 
 
 c Here no fcrangers durft intrude ; 
 
 Eut the Prince of Peace could fit, 
 CI ear'd with facred folitude, 
 
 Wrapt in contemplation fwect : 
 Yet how little could they fee, 
 Why he chofe Gcthjemane, 
 
 6 Full of love to man's loft race 
 
 On this conflict much he thcught. 
 This he knew the ceiiin'd place : 
 he lov'd the facred fpot. 
 rc.fore 'twas he lik'd to be, 
 Often in Gethfemane. 
 
 ' They 
 
I ioi ) 
 
 7 They his foll'wers with the reft, 
 
 Had incurr'd the wrath divine : 
 And their Lord, with pity preft, 
 
 Long'd to bear their loads — and mine. 
 Love to them, and love to me 
 Made him love Gethfemane', 
 
 8 Many woes had he endur'd, 
 
 Many fore temptations met, 
 Patient, and to pains inur'd : 
 
 Bat trie foreft trial yet 
 Was to be fuftain'd in thee, 
 Gloomy fad Gethfemane I 
 
 q Came at length the dreadful night. 
 
 Vengeance witn it s iron rod 
 
 Stood, and with collected might 
 
 Bruis'd the harmlefs Lamb of God. 
 See, my foul, thy Saviour fee, 
 Grov'ling in Gethfemane / 
 
 10 View him in that Olive-Prefs, 
 
 Squeez'd and wrung, till whelm'd in blood I 
 View thy Maker's deep diftrefa ! 
 
 Hear the fighs and groans of God ! 
 Then reflecl:, what iin rnuft be, 
 Gazing on Gethfemane. 
 
 1 1 Poor difciples, tell me now, 
 
 Where's the love ye lately had ? 
 Where's that faith ye all could vow ?— 
 
 But this hour is too too fad. 
 'Tis not now for fuch as ye 
 To fupport Gethfemane. 
 
 12 Oh, what wonders love has done ! 
 
 But how little underftood ! 
 
 God 
 
( >°* ) 
 
 God well knows, and God alone, 
 
 What produced that fweat of blood. 
 Who can thy. deep wonders fee, 
 Wonderful Gethfemane f . 
 
 15 There my God bore all my guilt : 
 This thro' grace can be believ'd. 
 
 Eut the horrors which he felt, 
 Are too vaft to be conceiv'd. 
 
 None can penetrate thro' thee, 
 
 Doleful, dark Gethfemane, 
 
 14 Gloomy garden, on thy beds, 
 
 Wafli'd by Kedron's waters fo uT, 
 Grow molt rank and bitter weeds : 
 
 Think on thefe, my finful foul, 
 [d'ft thou fin's dominion fiee f* 
 Call to mind Gethfemane, 
 
 15 Sinners, vile like me, and loft, 
 
 (If there's one {o vile as I) 
 Leave more righteous fouls to boaft : 
 
 Leave them ; and to refuge fly, 
 We may well blefs that decree, 
 Which ordain'd Gethfemane, 
 
 16 We can hope no healing hand, 
 
 Leprous quite throughout with fin. 
 Lcath'd incurables we Hand, 
 
 Crying out, unclean, unclean. 
 Help there's none for fuch as we, 
 
 . in dear Gethfemane, 
 
 1 1 Eden, from each fiow'ry bed, 
 
 Did for man fhort fweetnef> breathe. 
 Soon, by Satan's counfel led, 
 
 Kan wrought fin, and fin wrought dtzth. 
 
 Bat 
 
( »M ) 
 
 But of life the healing tree 
 Grows in rich Gsthjcmaiie. 
 
 1 8 Hither, Lord, thou didfl: refort 
 
 Oft-times with thy little train. 
 Here would'lt. keep thy private court '. 
 
 Oh ! confer that grace again. 
 Lord, refort with worthlef's me 
 Oft-times to Geihfemane, 
 
 19 True ; I can't deferve to mare 
 
 j.n a favour fo divine. 
 But, firice fin firft fix'd thee there, 
 
 None have greater fins than mine I 
 And to this my woeful plea 
 Witnels thou, 'Gctkfema?:c t 
 
 20 Sin;; againft a holy God; 
 
 Sins againfthis righteous laws ; 
 Sins againjft his love, his blood ; 
 
 Sins againjt his name and caufe ; 
 Sins imraenfe as is the fea — 
 Hide me, O G'ethfeqiane. 
 
 21 Here's my claim, and here alone j 
 
 None a Saviour more can need. 
 Deeds 01 rlghtecufheis I've none : 
 
 No, not one good work to plead. 
 Net a glimpfe of hope for me ; 
 Only in Gct'ijlmane, 
 
 22 Saviour, all the Itone remove 
 
 From my flinty frozen heart. 
 Thaw it with the beams of love : 
 ■ce it with a blood-dipt dart. 
 nd the heart, that wounded thee ; 
 Mfclt it in Qetbfemane* 
 
 K 23 Fathtfj 
 
(io 4 ) 
 
 23 Father, Son, and Holy Ghofr, 
 One Almighty God of love, 
 
 Hymn'd by all the heav'nly hod, 
 In thy mining courts above, 
 
 We poor finnersi gracious Three, 
 
 Blefs thee for Gethj^naue, 
 
 LXXVL 
 
 The ineitimable Berefits of Child's Death, inferred 
 from the Excellency of his Perfon. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 i ' \ , H E things on earth which men efteem* 
 Jl And of their richnefs bcaft, 
 In value, lefs or greater feem, 
 Proportion J d to their coft. 
 
 2 The diamond that's for thoufands fold, 
 
 Cur admiration draw9. 
 For dult, men ftldom part with gold } 
 Or barter pearls for draws* 
 
 3 Then what ireftimable worth 
 
 Mult in thofe crowns appear, 
 For which the Lord came down to earth> 
 And bought for us fo dear ? 
 
 4 The Father dearly loves the Son, 
 
 And rates his merits high. 
 For no mean caufe he icnt him down 
 To fuiTer, grieve, and die. 
 
 £ The bleflmgs, from his death that ficvv, 
 So little weefleem, 
 Only becaufe we ilightly kncw 3 
 And meanly value him, 
 
 6 Twaa 
 
( io5 ) 
 
 6 'Twas our Creator for us hied, 
 The Lord of life and pow'r ; 
 Whom a.igels worship, devils dread, 
 God blcit for evermore. 
 
 *j Oh ! could we but with clearer eyes 
 'His excellencies trace ; 
 Could we his perfoii learn to prize. 
 We more mould prize his grace. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 1 \ ND did the darling Son of God 
 J_ ~\_ For linners deign to bleed ? 
 
 1 he purchafe of that precious blood 
 Mufl needs be rich indeed. 
 
 2 God's wifdom would not pay for toys 
 
 So great a price as this. 
 'Tis God-like glory, boundlefs joys, 
 'Tis unexampled blifs. ' 
 
 3 Saints, raife your expectations high ; 
 
 Hope all that heav'n has good. 
 Think what the blood of Chrift can buy; 
 Invaluable blood ! 
 
 4. Eye hath not feen, nor ear hath heard, 
 Nor can the heart conceive, 
 What bleflings are for them prepar'd, 
 Who in the Lord believe. 
 
 5 By others, for their virtue fair, 
 Let rich rewards be fought : 
 Give mc, my God, to freely mare. 
 What thou hail dearly bought. 
 
 K 2 LXXVH, 
 
( io5 ) 
 
 LXXVIL 
 
 ■ God is made unto us Wifdom^ nnd \Righteoufneft M 
 and San fl ijication , and Redemption, i Cor. i. 30. 
 
 j 13 Elievers own they are but blind : 
 .JL3 They know themfolves unwife : 
 Eut Wifdom in the Lord they findj 
 Who opens all their eyes. 
 
 2 Unrighteous are they all, when tiled: 
 But Cod himfelf d 
 In Jefus they are juftified ; 
 His rigtiteottfnefs is theirs. 
 
 $ That we're unholy needs no proof; 
 We {ortly fed the fall : 
 B v t C h ri ll h as ho 1 ; ne f a en au gh 
 To fafffiify us all. 
 
 4 Expos'd by fin to God's juft wrath, 
 
 We look to Chriit, and view 
 
 Redemption in his blood by faith ; 
 
 Ana full redemption too. 
 
 q Some tbi-S forne that good virtue teach, 
 To rectify the foul : 
 fcut we 6/3 after Jefus reach, 
 And richly grajfp the whole. 
 
 6 To Jefus join'd we all that's good 
 From him our head derive ; 
 We eac his flefh, and drink his bleed ; 
 And />• and in him live, 
 
 LXXV1IL 
 
LXXVIII. 
 A.'.J the Lord Jbut him in. Gen. vii. 16. 
 
 1 TITHEN Noah, with his favour'd few, 
 
 V V Was order'd to embark ; 
 Eight human fouls, a little crew, 
 Enter 'd on.board his Ark. 
 
 2 Tho' ev'ry part he might fecure, 
 
 With bar, or bolt, or pin ; 
 To make the prefervation fure, 
 Jehovah fhut him in. 
 
 3 The waters then might {well their tides, 
 
 The billows rage and roar ; 
 They could not ftave th* aiiaulted fides, 
 Nor burit the batter'd doer. 
 
 4. So fouls, that into Ghrift believe,. 
 Quicken'd by vital faith, 
 Eternal life at once receive 3 
 And never {hall fee death, 
 
 5 In his own heart the Christian puts 
 
 No trim ; but builds his hopes 
 On him that opes, and no man ihuts ; 
 And ihuts, and no man opes. 
 
 6 In Chrift his ark he Mely rides, 
 
 Not wreck 'd by death nor fin. 
 How is it he fo fail abides ? 
 The Lord has ihut him in. 
 
 LXXIX, 
 
( io8 } 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 ' Difference and Degrees of Faith, 
 
 C TT E that belicveth Chrift, the Lord, 
 Jl~L Who filed for man his blood, 
 By giving credence to his word 
 
 Exalts the truth of God. 
 So far he's right : but let him know, 
 Farther than this he yet muit go. 
 
 £ He that believes on Jefus Chrift, 
 
 Has a much better faith ; 
 His prophet now becomes his prieft, 
 
 And laves him by his death. 
 By Chrift he finds his fins forgiv n ♦ 
 And Chrift has made him heir of heav'i>» 
 
 » But he that,/*/* Chrift believes, 
 What aVich faith has he ! 
 In Chrift be moves* and act?, and Iive§> 
 
 From felf and bondage free. 
 He hath the Father and the Son ; 
 For Chrift and He are now but one* 
 
 4 Till we attain to this r'ch faith, 
 Tho' fare, we 2 re not found. 
 Tho : we are fav'd from guilt and wralr^, 
 Perfection is nor found. 
 
 Lord, make our union clofer yet ; 
 Ar; -riage be complete.. 
 
 T vv v 
 
( *o 9 ) 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 Thcu haft guided them in thy Jlrength unto thy ka& 
 
 habitation. Exod. XV. 13 
 
 I TV /TIftaken men m?.y bawl 
 
 1VJ. Againft the grace of God ; 
 
 And threat with final fall 
 
 The purchafe of his blood ; 
 But tho' they own the Saviour's name s 
 From him fuch gcfpel never came. 
 
 2 Shall babes in Chrift, bereft 
 Of God's rich gift of faith, 
 Be to their own will left ; 
 And fin the fin to death ? 
 
 Shall any child of God be loft ; 
 Andjatan cheat the Holy Ghoit ? 
 
 3 Dark unbelief and pride,* 
 With Pharifaic zeal, 
 
 We lay you all afide ; 
 
 And truft a furer feal. 
 We reft our fouls on JeiVs word, 
 And give the glory to the Lord. 
 
 4 Led forth by God's free grace, 
 A.nd guided in his pow'r, 
 
 We reach his holy place, 
 
 And live for evermore. 
 'Twas this place Mofes had in view ; 
 Of this he fang; and we ling too* 
 
 l::x;:l 
 
( no ) 
 LXXXL 
 
 Yheyeutrg lions do Inch, and faff er hunger : -But the} 
 thatfetk this Lord jhall not <wa?:t any good thing, 
 Pi'alm xxxiv. i o. 
 
 I X/'E lamb's of Chritt's fold, 
 X Ye weaklings in faith, 
 Who long to lay hold 
 
 On life by his death ; 
 Who fain would believe him, 
 
 And in your ^rSi room 
 Would gladly receive him, 
 Eut fear to prcfume , 
 
 a Remember one thing : 
 
 (O ! may it fink deep) 
 Our Shepherd and King 
 
 Cares much for his fuezp. 
 To truit him endeavour; 
 
 The work is his own : 
 lie makes the believer, 
 
 And gives him his crown, 
 
 3 Thofe feeble defires, 
 
 Thofe wiilies fo weak, 
 'Tis Jefus inspires, 
 
 And bids you frill feek. 
 His Spirit will dherifh 
 
 The life he iirfr gave : 
 You never mall perifh, 
 
 If Jefus can fare. 
 
 4 Proud Liens, that boaft 
 
 When luiiy and young, 
 
 Soon 
 
( III ) 
 
 Socn find, to their cofc, 
 Self-confidence wrong : 
 
 Tormented with hunger 
 
 They feel their llrength vain; 
 
 For famine is ftronger, 
 
 And gnaws them with pain. 
 
 Bat lambs are preferv'd, 
 
 Tho'helplefsinkbd; 
 When Horn are ftary'd, 
 
 They nourifKment find. 
 Their Shepherd upholds them, 
 
 When faint, in his arms ; 
 And feeds them, and folds them ; 
 
 And guards them from harms. 
 
 The' fometimes, we fee, 
 
 The cafe is not thus ; 
 Bad Shepherds will flee : 
 
 Yet what's that to us ? 
 The Shepherd that ehofe us 
 
 Mutt furely be good ; 
 Who rather, than iofe us, 
 
 Would fned his heart's blood. 
 
 Bleft foul, that canft fay, 
 
 " Chriit only I leek';" 
 W T ait for him alway ; 
 
 Be conftant, tho' weak. 
 The Lord, whom thou feekeil. 
 
 Will not tarry long. 
 And to him the weakefl 
 
 h dear as the ftrong. 
 
 Lxxxn, 
 
( -112 ) 
 
 LXXXII, 
 
 He hath covered* me with the Robe of Rightcwfnefs* 
 Ifa. Ixi. 10 
 
 o 
 
 There is but man alone, 
 That ftahds in need to be array 'd 
 In cov 'rings not his own. 
 
 2 But nature, bears, and bulls, and fwine, 
 
 "With fouls of ev'iy wing, 
 Are much more warm, more fafe, more fine, 
 T han man their fallen king. 
 
 3 Naked and weak, we want a fkreen : 
 
 But when with deaths we're deckt, 
 Not only lies cur fhame unfecn, 
 But we command refpeel. 
 
 4 Can finful fouls then (land unclad 
 
 Before God's burning thrcne, 
 All bare ; or (.what is quite as bad) 
 In cov 'rings of their own ? 
 
 5 Rich garments muft be worn to grace 
 
 The marriage of the Lamb ; 
 Not nmcy rags, to {link the place, 
 Nor nakednefs to maine. 
 
 6 Robes of imputed righteoufnefs 
 
 Will gain us Cod's cfteem ; 
 No naked pride, no fig-leaf drefs, 
 How fair foe'er it feem. 
 
 1 'Tis call'd a Robe, perhaps to mean. 
 Man has by nature none : 
 
 It 
 
f »M ) 
 
 It grows not native like cur fitla> 
 But is by faith put s.v. 
 
 % A firmer cloath'd in this rich veft, 
 And garments vvalh'd m blood, 
 Ii rend 'red iit with Chriflf to feaft, 
 And be the gueit of God. 
 
 LXXXIII. . 
 
 Free Grace, 
 
 1 \7"E Children of God, 
 
 JL By faith in his Son, 
 Redeem'd by his blood, 
 
 And made one. 
 
 7 Ms union with wonder 
 
 And rapture be feen ; 
 Which nothing fnall funder, 
 
 Without or within. 
 
 2 This pardon, this peace 
 
 Wi ; :!\ none can deftroy, 
 This treafure of grace, 
 enly joy, 
 The worthlefs may crave it, 
 
 It always comes free : 
 The viieil may have it, 
 
 'Twas given to Me. 
 
 3 'Tis not for good deeds, 
 
 Good tempers nor frames ; 
 From grace it proceeds, , 
 
 And all is the Lamb's. 
 No goodnefs, no fitnefs 
 
 Expects he from us : 
 
 This 
 
( iH 1 
 
 T. ; s I can well witnefs : 
 For none. could be worfc. 
 
 4 Sick Hnner expect 
 
 No balm, but Chrift's blood 
 Thy own works reject, 
 
 The bad, and the good. 
 None ever rrdfcarry 
 
 That on him rely, 
 Tho* filth j*. 
 
 Manajjlhy or 1. 
 
 * Mary Magdalen*. 
 
 LXXXIV. 
 
 God's various Dealings with his Children. 
 
 j TJ OW hard and rugged h the way 
 JTiL To fome poor pilgrim's feet V 
 la all they do, or think, or fay, 
 They opposition meet. 
 
 2 Others again more fmoothly go 
 Secur^ from hurts and harms ; 
 Their Saviour leads them gently ti 
 Or bears thcrn in his arms. 
 
 '- and repentance all muft find : 
 tvet, we daily fee, 
 They differ in their time, and kin: 1 , 
 Duration, and degree. 
 
 4 Some long repent, and late believe; 
 
 A clearer 
 
 

 ( 1*5 ) 
 
 A clearer paflport they receive, 
 And walk with joy to Heav'n. 
 
 5 Their pardon fome receive at firft; 
 
 And then, compell'd to fight, 
 They feel their latter ftages worft j 
 And travel much by night* 
 
 6 But be our conflicts fhort or long; 
 
 This commonly is true, 
 That wherefoevery^/V^ is ftrong, 
 Repentance is fo too, 
 
 LXXXV. 
 
 Dependance on Chrift alone, 
 
 I TF ever it could come to pafs, 
 
 X That fheep of Chrift might fall away; 
 My fickle feeble foul, alas ! 
 
 Would fall a thoufand times a day. 
 Were not thy love as firm as free, 
 Thou foon would'ft take it, Lord, from me# 
 
 z I on thy promifes depend, 
 
 (At leaft, I to depend deiire) 
 That thou wilt love me to the Qnd ; 
 
 Be with me in temptation's fire ; 
 Wilt for me work, and in me too ; 
 And guide me right, and bring me through, 
 
 3 No other flay have I beiide ; 
 If thefe can alter, I muft fall* 
 I look to Thee, to be fupply'd 
 
 With life, with will, with pow'r, with all* 
 L Rich 
 
( "6 ) 
 
 Rich fouls may glory in their flore) 
 But Jefus will relieve the poor. 
 
 LXXXVI. 
 
 In that day there fhallbe a fountain opened to the h&ufe 
 of David, and to the inhabitants of Jtrufalem 3 for 
 fin and for uncleannefs, Zech. xiii t I • 
 
 1 nr H E fountain of Chrift 
 
 JL ASiit me to fing, 
 The blood of our Prieft, 
 
 Our crucify 'd King; 
 Which perfectly cleanfes 
 
 From fin, and from filth ; 
 And richly difpenfes 
 
 Salvation and health. 
 
 2 This fountain fo dear 
 
 He'll freely impart; 
 Unlock "d by the fpear, 
 
 It gufh'd from his heart. 
 With blood, and with water, 
 
 The hrrt to atone, 
 To cleanfe us the latter ; 
 
 The fountain's but one. 
 
 3 Tb : s fountain is fuch 
 
 (As thoufands can tell) 
 The moment we touch 
 
 It's ftreams, we are well. 
 All waters beiide them 
 
 Are full of the curfe ; 
 For all that have try'd them 
 Swell, rot, and grow worfe. 
 
 4 Thia 
 
( "7 ) 
 
 This fountain, fick foul, 
 
 Recovers thee quite; 
 .Bathe here, and be whole; 
 
 Wafh here and be white : 
 Whatever difeafes 
 
 Or dangers befal, • 
 The fountain of Jefus 
 
 Will rid thee of all. 
 
 5 This fountain from guilt 
 
 Not only makes pure, 
 And give^ foon as felt, 
 
 Infallible cure ; 
 But if guilt removed 
 
 Return, and remain, f 
 It's pow'r may be proved 
 
 Again, and again. 
 
 6 This fountain unfeal'd 
 
 Stands open for all, 
 That long to be heaPd, 
 
 The great and the fmall ; 
 Here's ftrength for the weakly, 
 
 That hither are led ; 
 Here's health for the fickly ; 
 
 Here's life for the dead. 
 
 7 This fountain, tho' rich, 
 
 From charge is quite clear; 
 The poorer the wretch 
 
 The welcomer here. 
 Come needy, come guilty, • 
 
 Come loathfome and bare ; 
 You can't come too filthy—* 
 
 Come juft as you are. 
 
 ^ This 
 
f "8 X 
 
 This fountain in vain 
 
 Has never been try'd; 
 It takes out all ftain. 
 
 Whenever agply'd: 
 The water flows fweetly 
 
 With virtue divine, . 
 To cleanfe fouls completely } 
 
 Tho' leprous as mine. 
 
 LXXXVII. 
 
 Chrifl the Chrifl ianVtsdfy help. 
 
 i /~^ Racious God, thy children keep, 
 VJ Jefus, guide thy filly fheep. 
 Fix, oh ! fix our fickle fouls. 
 Lord, direct us ; we are fools. 
 
 2 Bid us in thy care confide. 
 Keep us near thy wounded fide. 
 From thee let us never ftir ; 
 
 For thou know'ft how foon we err. 
 
 3 Lay us low before thy feet, 
 Safe from pride and felf-conceit. 
 Be the language of our fouls ; 
 
 " Lord, protect us ; we are fools.'* 
 
 4 We are fools ; but thou art wife. 
 Son of David, ope our eyes. 
 Hold thy Lambs feenre from harms 
 In thy everlaiting arms. 
 
 5 Oh! defend thy purchased flock, 
 See th' infulting IJhmaeh mock. 
 Guard us from a world of fin ; 
 Foes without, and worfe within ; 
 
 6 Dang'rosa 
 
( "9 ) 
 
 6 Dang'rous doctrines from without, 
 Lies and errors round about ; 
 From within a treach'rous heart, 
 Prone to take the tempter's part. 
 
 7 Look upon th' unequal war ; 
 Saviour, do not go too far'. 
 Crafty is the foe and ftrong ; 
 Saviour do not tarry long. 
 
 8 By thy word we fain would fteer 5 
 Fain thy Spirit's dictates hear. 
 Save us from the rocks and fnelves : 
 Save us chiefly from ourfelves. 
 
 9 Never, never, may we dare 
 What we're not to fay we are. 
 Make us well our vilenefs know : 
 Keep us very, very low. 
 
 10 May we all our wills refign, 
 Quite abforptand loft in thine • 
 Let us walk by thy right rules. 
 Lord, inftrucl us ; we are fools. 
 
 LXXXVIII. 
 
 Saving Faith. 
 
 1 r I * PI E {inner that truly believes, 
 A And trufts in his crucified God, 
 His juftification receives, 
 
 Redemption in full thro' his blood : 
 Tho' thoufands and thoufands of foes 
 
 Againft him in malice unite, 
 There rage he thro' Chriit can oppofe, 
 Led forth by the fpirit to fight. 
 
 L 3 2 Nofc 
 
( *2° ) 
 
 2 Not all the delufions of fin 
 
 Shall ever feduce him to death i 
 He now hss the witnefs within, 
 
 United to Jefus by faith. 
 This faith fhall eternally fail 
 
 When Jefus fhall fall from his throne r 
 For hell againft both rauft prevail ; 
 
 Since Jefus and He are but One,. 
 
 3 The faith that unites to the Lamb, 
 
 And brings inch falvation as this, 
 Is more than mere notion or name ; 
 
 The work of God's Spirit it is ; 
 A principle a&ive and young, 
 
 That lives under preflure and load ; 
 That makes out of weaknefs- more ftrong j, 
 
 And draws the foul upward to God. 
 
 4 It treads on the w^orld, and on hell. 
 
 It vanquiihes death and defpair ; 
 And (what Hill is itrangcr to tell) 
 
 It overcomes heaven by pray'r; 
 Permits a vile worm of the duft 
 
 With God to commune as a friend "j 
 To hope his forgivenefs as juft;. 
 
 And look for his love to the end* 
 
 5 It fays to the mountains, depart, 
 
 That ft and betwixt God and thee fouL 
 It binds up the broken in heart, 
 
 And makes their fore confciences wholes 
 Bids fins of a crimfcn-like dye 
 
 Be fpotlefs as fnow, and as white ; 
 And makesfuch a finner as I 
 
 As pure as an angel of light* 
 
 LXXXIX, 
 
( w ) 
 
 LXXXIX 
 
 Ilkefe are thry nxhich came cut of great Tribulation* 
 and have ivajhcd their Robes, and ?nade ihem white, 
 the Blood of the Lamb. Rev. vii. 14. 
 
 in 
 
 1 T> Rethren, Thcfe who come to blifs^ 
 X3 Come thro' fore temptations. 
 Let us all, rememb'ring this, 
 
 Pray for faith and patience. 
 
 2 See the fufPring church of Chriir, 
 Gather'd from all quarters : 
 
 Ail contai no. in that red lift, 
 Were not murder'd martyrs. 
 
 3 Saints who feel the load of fin, 
 Yet come off victorious, 
 Suffer martyrdom within ; 
 Tho' it feem lefs glorious. 
 
 4 Th' Holy Ghoft will make the foul 
 Feel it's fad condition ; 
 
 For the fick, and not the whole* 
 Need the good Phyfician. 
 
 $ Of that mighty multitude, 
 Who of life were winners, 
 This we fafely rnav conclude* 
 All were wretched finners» 
 
 6 All were loathfome in God's fight,. 
 Till the blood of jefus 
 Walh'd their robes, and made them white l 
 Now they ling his praifes* 
 
 7 Ly xy 
 
f 122 ) 
 
 7 Ev'ry kindred, tongue, and tribe, 
 From their tribulation 
 Stand ; and to the Lamb afcribe 
 All their free falvation. 
 
 S Let us likewife laud the Lamb : 
 And in all arHiclion, 
 Count our cafe *vith theirs the fame, 
 Without contradiction. 
 
 XC. 
 
 For the kingdom of Gcd is not in Word, but in Pcnvcr, 
 i Cor. iv. 20. 
 
 2 A Form of words, tho' e'er fo found, 
 i\ Can never fave a foul. 
 The Holy Ghoji mull give the wound : 
 And make the wounded whole. 
 
 2 Though God's eleSIian is a truth, 
 
 Small comfort there I fee, 
 Till I am to'd by God's own mouth, 
 That he has ckofen me, 
 
 3 Sinners,, I read, arejuftiiied 
 
 By faith in Jefu's blood : 
 But, when to me that blood's applied, 
 'Tis then it does me good. 
 
 * 
 
 4 To perfeverance I agree : 
 
 The thing to me is clear ; 
 Becaufe the Lord has promis'd me* 
 That I mail perfevere. 
 
 5 Imputed righteoufnefs I own 
 
 A doclrine molt divine j 
 
 Foi 
 
f "3 ) 
 
 For Jems to my heart makes known 
 That all his merit's «//,?. 
 
 6 That Chrirl is God, I can avouch, 
 
 And for his people cares ; 
 Since I have pray'd to him as fuch, 
 And he has heard my pray'rs. 
 
 7 That finners black as hell, by Chriffc 
 
 Are fav'd, I know full well : 
 For I his mercy have not mifs'd ; 
 And I am black as hell. 
 
 $ Thus Chriftians glorify the Lord, 
 
 His Spirit joins with ours, 
 
 In bearing witnefs to his word, 
 
 With all its faving pow'rs. 
 
 XCI. 
 
 BleJ/ed are they that mourn : Fer they Jlyall hi 
 comforted. Matth. v. 4. 
 
 CHRIST is the friend of fmners ; 
 Ee that forgotten never. 
 
 A wounded foul, 
 
 And not a whole, 
 Eecomes a true believer. 
 To fee fin, fmarts but fiightly \ 
 To own with lip-confeffion, 
 
 Is eafi'r Hill ; 
 
 But oh ! to fed, 
 Cuts deep beyond exprefnon. 
 
 2 Trull: not to joyous fancies, 
 Light hearts, or fmooth behaviour. 
 
 Swtxrs 
 
( If* J 
 
 Sinners can fay 
 
 (And none but they) 
 " How precious is the Saviour ! 
 Then hail, ye happy mourners, 
 How bleft your itate to come is I 
 
 Ye foon will meet 
 
 With comfort fweet ; 
 It is the Lord's own promife. 
 
 3 The contrite heart and broken 
 God will not give to ruin. 
 
 This facrifice 
 
 He'll not defpife ; 
 For 'tis his Spirit's doing. 
 Then hail, ye happy mourner* : 
 Who pafs thro' tribulation. 
 
 Sin's filth and guilt, 
 
 Perceived and felt, 
 Make known God's great falvaticn* 
 
 4 Dry doctrine cannot fave us, 
 Blind zeal, or falfe devotion. 
 
 The feebler! pray'r, 
 
 If faith be there, 
 Exceeds all empty notion. 
 Then hail, ye happy mourners i 
 Ye will at laft be winners. 
 
 By Jefu's blood, 
 
 The righteous God. 
 Is reconcil'd to finners. 
 
 XCII, 
 
f 125 ) 
 
 XCIL 
 
 The Spirit that dnvelleih in us lufteth to En-zy. 
 James iv. 5. 
 
 1 TI7HAT tongue can fully tell 
 V V That Chriitian's grievous load, 
 Who would do all things well, 
 And walk the ways of God ; 
 But feels within 
 Foul envy lurk, 
 And luit, and work, 
 Engend'ring fin ? 
 
 7. Poor, wretched, worthlsfs worm ! 
 In what fad plight I ftand ! 
 When good I would perform, 
 Then evil is at hand. 
 
 My leprous foul 
 
 Is all unclean, 
 
 My heart cbfcene, 
 
 My nature foul. 
 
 5 To truft to Chrift alone, 
 By thoufand dangers fcar'd, 
 And righteoufnefs have none, 
 Is fomething very hard. 
 
 What'er men fay, 
 
 The needy know 
 
 It mult, be fo ; 
 
 It is the way. 
 
 4 Thou all- fufficient Lamb, 
 God bleft for evermore, 
 We glory in thy name ; 
 For thine is all the po\y'r t 
 
 Stretch 
 
f 126 ) 
 
 Stretch forth thy hand, 
 And hold us faft ; 
 Cur fu ft and laft, 
 Irf thee we it and. • 
 
 XCIII. 
 
 / twill bear the hid'ignation of the Lord, becaufi 
 I have Jinncd agatnjt him. Mic. vii. 9. 
 
 t /^OME, ye backfiiding fons of God, 
 V_y (For many fuch there are) 
 Who long the paths of nn have trod. 
 
 Come, caft away defpair. 
 Return to Jefus Chrift ; and fee, 
 There's mercy ftill for fuch as we. 
 
 2 True, we cannot pretend to much 
 
 Of ufefulnefs or fruit : 
 Eut yet, the love of Chrift is fuch, 
 
 We ftill retain the root. 
 Returning prodigals fhail find, 
 Tho' they are bafe, their Father's kind. 
 
 3 They who have never gone aftray, 
 
 Since firft the Lord the}' knew, 
 Walk in a much more pleafant way ; 
 
 W 7 hile we our folly rue : 
 But tho' we feem to differ thus, 
 They can't be perfect without us, 
 
 4 The indignation of the Lord 
 Awhile we will endure; 
 For we hare finn'd againft his word : 
 But ftill his grace is fure, 
 
 'Ti! 
 
f«7) 
 
 'Tis all a gift ; let no man boaft : 
 For Jefus came to fave the left* 
 
 XCIV. 
 
 / am the JVqy, and the Truth, and the Life* 
 John xiv. 6. 
 
 1 T Am, faith Chrift, the way, 
 JL Now, if we credit him, 
 All other paths rauft lead aftray, 
 
 How fair foe'er they feem. 
 
 2 I am, faith ChrLI, the truth. 
 
 Then all that lacks this teft, i 
 Proceed it from an angel's mouth, 
 Is but a lie at bell. 
 
 3 I am, faith thrift, the life, 
 
 Let this be feeri by faith, 
 It follows without further [irife, 
 That all befides is death. 
 
 4 If what thofe words arer, 
 
 The Holy Ghofl apply ; 
 The firnpieil Chriftian mall not err, 
 Nor be dtceivd, nor die. 
 
 XCV. 
 
 Love not the World. I John ii. i r, 
 
 I TV IT Y brethren, why thefe anxious fears 
 1SJL Thefe warm purfu its, and eager cares, 
 
 For earth, and all its gilded toys ? 
 If the whole world you could polfefs, 
 
 M It 
 
( 128 ) 
 
 It might enchant ; it could not blefs : 
 
 Falfe hopes, vain pLafures, and light joys ! 
 
 1 Remember, brethren, uhofe you are ;" 
 
 Whofe caufe you own ; whole name you bear. 
 
 It is not bis, who could not call 
 His own (tho' he h.id ail things made) 
 A place, whereon to lay his head ? 
 A fervant, tho' the Lord of all ? 
 
 3 If wealth, or honor, pow'r, or fame, 
 Can bring you nearer to the Lamb, 
 
 Then follow thefe with all your might : 
 But if they only make you ftray, 
 And draw your hearts from him away : 
 
 Reflect, in what you thus delight. 
 
 4 Jefus hath faid, (who furely knew 
 Much better what we ought to do, 
 
 Than we can e'er pretend to fee) 
 " No thought ev'n for the morrow take." 
 And, " He that will not, for my fake, 
 
 " Relinquifh all's unworthy me." 
 
 $ Let no vain words your fouls deceive ; 
 Isior fatan tempt you to believe 
 
 The world and God can hold their parts. 
 True Chriilians long for Chriii alone. 
 The facriHces Gcd will own, 
 Are broken, not divided, hearts. 
 
 6 Great things we are not here to crave ; 
 Eu.t, if we food and raiment have, 
 
 Should learn to be therewith content. 
 Into the world we nothing brought ; 
 
 N 
 
 or 
 
( <*9) 
 
 Nor can we froro it carry aught : 
 
 Then walk the way your Matter went. 
 
 XCVI. 
 
 For a public Fait, 
 
 O R D, look on all affembled here ; 
 
 Who in thy prefence ftand, 
 To offer up united pray'r 
 • For this our finful land. 
 
 *L 
 
 2 Oft have we, each in private, pray'd 
 
 Cur country might find grace. 
 Now hear the fame petitions made 
 In this appointed place. 
 
 3 Or, if amongft us feme be met, 
 
 So carelefs of their fin, 
 They have not cried for mercy yet ; 
 Lord, let them now begin. 
 
 4 Thou, by whole death poor linners live.j 
 
 By whom their pray'rs fucceed, 
 Thy Spir't of fupplication give, 
 And we mail pray indeed. 
 
 5 We will not flack ; nor give thee reft ; 
 
 But importune thee fo, 
 That, till we mail be by thee bleft, 
 We will not let thee go. 
 
 6 Great God of Holts, deliv 'ranee bring. 
 
 Guide thofe that hold the helm ; 
 Support the ftate ; preferve the king ; 
 And fpare the guilty realm, 
 
 M z 7 Or 
 
( 150 ) 
 
 7 Or fhould the dread decree be pair, 
 And we muii feel thy red ; 
 May iaith and patience hold us fall 
 To our correcting God. 
 
 S Whatever be our deftia'd cafe, 
 Accept us in thy Son. 
 Give us his gofpcl, and his grace i 
 And then thy will be done. 
 
 XCVII. 
 
 For he hath made him to be Sit/ for as, ivho hnyw no 
 Sin ; that <we Might be made the Plight cQnJncfs of 
 God in him. 2 Cor. v. 2 1 . 
 
 i TITHEN I, by faith, my Maker fee 
 V v In weaknefs and dhtrefs, 
 Brought down to that fad fiate for me, 
 Which angels can't exprefs ; 
 
 2 When that great God, to whom I go 
 For help, amaz'd, I view : 
 By (in and forrow funk as low- 
 As I — And lower too : 
 
 3 
 
 (For all our fins we his may call, 
 As he fuftain'd their weight. 
 
 How huge the heavy load of all; 
 When only mine's fo great !) 
 
 4 Then, raviflk'd with, tie fich belief 
 Of fu£fe a love as this, 
 I'm loft in wonder, melt with grief, 
 And faint beneath the blifs. 
 
 5 Frofirate 
 
( W ) 
 
 5 Proftrate I fall, afham'd of doubt} 
 
 And worfhip love divine. 
 Thus may I always be devout j 
 Be this religion mine. 
 
 6 In this alone I can confide : 
 
 Here's righteoufnefs enough. 
 What's all the hoaft of nature's pride! 
 What uiifubftantial Huff! 
 
 7 Rounds of dead fen-ice, forms, and ways., 
 
 Which fome fo much efleem, 
 Compar'd with this ilupendous grace., 
 What trivial * train they feem ! 
 
 8 Lord, help a worthlefs worm, fo weak 
 
 He can do nothing good. 
 May all I act, or think, orfpeak, 
 Be fprinkled with thy blood. 
 
 * Mean or common. 
 
 XCVIII. 
 
 For the Law <was given by Mofes ; hut Grace and 
 Truth came by J ejus Chriji. John i. wf% 
 
 i T S then the law of God untrue, 
 X Which he by Mofes gave ? 
 No : but to take it in. this view, 
 That it has pow'r to fare. 
 
 <% Legal obedience were complete, 
 Could we the law fulfil : 
 But no man ever did fo yet ; 
 And no" man ever will. 
 
 M 5 2 Th* 
 
5 The law was never meant to give? 
 New ftrength to man's loit race* 
 We cannot act, before wo live ; 
 And life proceeds from grace. 
 
 4 But grace and truth by Chrift are giv'n,. 
 
 To him mult Nkfcs bow, 
 Grace fits the new-born foul for heav'n*. 
 And truth informs us how* 
 
 5 By CHHft we enter into reft ; 
 
 And triumph o'er the fall. 
 Whoe'er would be completely bleff,. 
 Mult trail to Chriffc for alL 
 
 XCIX. 
 
 Lei Ged hi true, but every Man a Liar* 
 Rom., ill. 4. 
 
 THE Godl'trufly 
 Is true and juit ; 
 Kis mercy hath no end.. 
 HimfclfhathfaiJ, 
 My ranfom's paid ;.- 
 And I on him dt^znd t . 
 
 1 hen why fo fad, 
 
 My foul ? Though bad; 
 -Tuou haft a friend that* goodt 
 
 He bought thee dear : 
 
 (Abandon fear) 
 He bought thee with his blood*. ^ 
 
 So rich a coft 
 Can ne'ex be Ief$ 
 
 Thon^> 
 
( m ) 
 
 Though faith be tri'd by ike. 
 Keep Chrift in view : 
 Let God be true, 
 
 Andev'ry man a li'r. 
 
 
 Come and welcome, to Jefus Chrift* 
 
 1 f~^ OM E, ye finners, poor and wretched-,. 
 \^> Weak and wounded, lick and fore* 
 Jefus ready itands to lave you, 
 
 Full cf pity join'd with pow'r* 
 
 He is able, he is able, he is able ;. 
 
 He is willing : doubt no more* 
 
 2 Ho ! ye needy ; come, and welcome j 
 
 God's free bounty glorify. 
 True belief, and true repentance, 
 
 Ev'ry grace that brings us nigh, 
 Without money, without money, without money^ 
 
 Come to Jefus Chrift and buy. 
 
 3 Let not confeience make you linger > 
 
 Noroffitnefs fondly dream.. 
 All the rltaefs he requireth 
 
 Is, to feel your need of Him ; 
 This he gives ycu, this he gives you> this hs 
 gives you ; 
 
 'Tis the Spirit's riling beam, 
 
 4. Come ye weary, heavy been, 
 
 Bruis'd and mangled by the fall j 
 If ye tarry, till you're better, 
 You wili n^\Q£ come a: all* 
 
 Not 
 
( '34 J 
 
 Not the righteous, net the righteous, not the 
 
 righteous ; 
 Sinner^ jefus came to call. 
 
 5 View him grov'Iing in the garden ; 
 
 Lo ! yotfr Maker prdftrate lies. 
 On the bloody tree behold him : 
 
 Hear him cry, before he- dies ; 
 It is Jr/iijh'd; it is finijb'd; it is Jiuijb'd, 
 
 Sinner, will not this fuffiee r 
 
 6 Lo ! th' incarnate God, afcended, 
 
 Pleads the merit cf his blood. 
 Venture on him, venture wholly ; 
 
 Let no other truft intrude. 
 None but jefus, none but jefus, none but jefus. 
 
 Can do helplefs tinners good. 
 
 7 Saints and angels join'd in concert, 
 
 Sing the piaifes of the Lamb; 
 While the blifsful feats cf heaven 
 
 Sweetly echo with his name. 
 Hallelujah! hallelujah! hallelujah! 
 
 Sinners here may fing the feme. 
 
 CI. 
 
 A?:d the Lord nxvxt his Way ; as foon as he had hff 
 communing <with Abraham : and Abraham returned 
 unto his //ace. Gen. xviii. ■$■$. 
 
 j "\^\7* H E N Jefus with his mighty love * 
 VV Vifits my troubled hi, 
 hHy doubts fu-biide,'my fears remove] 
 And I'm completely bklt, 
 
 2 1 
 
 
( '55 ) 
 
 2 I love the Lord with mind and heart, 
 
 His people and his ways.; 
 Envy, and pride, and in ft depart; 
 And all his works I praife : 
 
 3 Nothing but Jefus I efteem : 
 
 My foul is then fmcere ; 
 And ev'ry thing that's dear to him, 
 To me is alio dear. 
 
 4 But ah ! when thefe (hort viiits end, 
 
 Tho' not quite left alone, 
 I mifs the prefenee of my Friend, 
 Like one whofe comfort's gone. 
 
 5 I to my own fad place return, 
 
 My wretched ifcate to feel. 
 I tire, and faint, and mope, and mourn j 
 And am but barren rail. 
 
 € More frequent let thy viiits be, 
 Or let them longer lad ; 
 I can do nothing without thee ; 
 Make haile, my God, make ha&e. 
 
 CII. 
 
 Sen, be of gnod Chear ; thy Sins he forgiven thee* 
 Matt. ix. 2. 
 
 Wl 
 
 OW high a priv'Iege 'tis to know 
 ur fins are all forgiv'n ! 
 
 To bear about this pledge below^ 
 This fpechi grant of heav'n ! 
 
 2. To4ook on this, when funk in fears.; 
 While each repeated fight 
 Like fome reviving cord-id chears, 
 And makes temptations light ! 
 
 3 OW 
 
3 Oh! whatis honor, wealth, or mirth, 
 
 To this well-grounded peace ! 
 Ho ,7 poor are all the goods of earth. 
 To Fuch a gift as this ! 
 
 4 This is a treafure rich indeed, 
 
 Which none but Chrift can give. 
 Of this the beft of men have need : 
 This I, the worit, receive. 
 
 CIIL 
 
 Another. 
 
 i T3 LefTedare they, whofe guilt is gone, 
 JlJ Whofe fins arewafh'd away with blood.) 
 Whofe hope is nxt on Chrift alone ; 
 Whom Chrift hath reconcil'd to God. 
 
 2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lord 
 Iniquity will not impute ; 
 
 "Who vent'ring on his faviour's word, 
 Of faith enjoys the peaceful fruit. 
 
 3 Tho* trav'iing thro' this vale of tears, 
 He many a fore temptation meet ; 
 The Holy Ghoft this witnefs bears, 
 He (lands in Jefus Hill complete* 
 
 4 This pearl of price no works can claim. 
 He that finds this, is rich indeed. 
 This pure white ftone contains a name, 
 V. hich none, but who receives, can read. 
 
 5 This precious gift, thi: bond of love, 
 The Lord oft gives his people here. 
 But what we all mall be above, 
 Dctli not, my brethren, yet appear. 
 
 6 Yet 
 
( 137 ) 
 
 6 Yet this we fafely may believe ; 
 "Tis what no words can e'er exprefs; 
 What faints themfelves cannot conceive, 
 And brightest Angels can but guefs. 
 
 CIV. 
 Is not this a brand pluck d out of the fire ? Zech. iii. 2 ( 
 
 1 HP H U S faith the Lord to thofe that Hand, 
 
 X And wait to hear his great command \ 
 I have a iinner to renew ; 
 And lo ! this charge I give to you. 
 
 2 Ml his polluted garments on. 
 
 Here, foal, here's raiment rich enough ; 
 Cioath thee with righteoufnefs divine, 
 Not creature's righteoafnefs, but mine. 
 
 3 Satan, avaunt ; Hand off, ye foes : 
 In vain ye rail, in vain oppofe ; 
 Your cancelled claim no more obtrude; 
 He's mine: I bought him with my bl&od, 
 
 4 Sinner, thou Sand'fl: in me complete : 
 
 j' they uccufe thee, I acquit. 
 I bore for thee th'" avenging ire ; 
 Andpluck'd thee burning from the fire. 
 
 . cv. 
 
 Condcfcend to men of low eftate. Rom. xii. 16. 
 
 T 
 
 O you who {land in Chrift {o faft, 
 Ye know your faith (hail ever lait. 
 
 The 
 
f '-3 ; 
 
 The Lord on whom that faith depends, 
 This kind important meflage fends. 
 
 a If light exulting thoughts arife, 
 Your weaker brethren to defpife ; 
 • Reme mber, all to me are dear : 
 Who moll is favour'd, moil ihould bear* 
 
 3 If ftrong thyfelf, fupport the weak; 
 If well, be tender to the fick : 
 
 To babes I oft reveal my mind ; 
 And they who feek my face mall find, 
 
 4 If faith be ftrong as well as true, 
 Then flrive that love may be fo too. 
 Bor.ft not ; but meek and lowly be : 
 The humbled foul is moil like me. 
 
 c Should I, difpleas'd, my face but turn, 
 Yc fadly would your folly mourn ; 
 
 , Who now feem heft, would foon be worft 
 I often make the lafl the firft. 
 
 6 Enc: 1 c . that on me wait ; 
 
 Andf.oop to thofe of low eflatc. 
 Contempt, or flight, I can't approve : 
 Be love your aim : for I am love. 
 
 CVI. 
 
 wretched max that I am ! Who flail deliver k* 
 
 from the body of tki: death ? Rom. vii. 24. 
 
 1 y T O W fore a plague is fin, 
 I! To thofe by whom 'tis felt ! 
 1 he chriftian cries ; unclean, unclean, 
 
 E\ 'n tho' rdeas'd from guilt. 
 
( W ) 
 
 s O wretched, wretched man ! 
 What horrid fcenes I viewl 
 I find, alas ! do all I can, 
 That I can nothing do. 
 
 3 When good I would perform, 
 
 Thro'' fear of mainel flop : 
 Corruption rifes, like a ftorm, 
 And blafts the promis'd crop. 
 
 4 Of peace if I'm in quell, 
 
 Or love my thoughts engage, 
 Envy and anger in my b re ail 
 That moment rife, and rage* 
 
 | When for an humble mind 
 To God i pour my pray'r, 
 I look into my heart, and find 
 That pride will ftill be there. 
 
 6 How long, dear Lord, how long 
 
 Deli v 'ranee muft I feek ; 
 And fight with foes fo very ftrong, 
 Myfelf fo very weak ? 
 
 7 I'll bear th' unequal ftrife, 
 
 And wage the war within ; 
 Since death, that puts an end to life, 
 Shall put an aid to fin. 
 
 CVII. 
 
 I thank God through J ejus Chrift our Lord, 
 Rom. vii. 25. 
 
 E r I' 1 H O' void of all that's good, 
 JL And very, very Door, 
 
 N * Thro! 
 
( Ho ) 
 
 Thro' Chrift I hope to be renew *d 3 
 And live forevermore. 
 
 2 I view my own bad heart, , 
 
 And fee fuch evils there, 
 The light with horror makes me ftart, 
 And^ tempts me to defpair : 
 
 3 Then with a fingleeye 
 
 I look to Chriit alone ; 
 And on his righteoufnefs rely, 
 Tho' I in) felt' have none. 
 
 4 By virtue of his blood 
 
 The Lord declares me clean. 
 Thus ferves my mind the law of God, 
 My riefiithe law of fin. 
 
 cvnr. 
 
 t Thm Jhali «nn1e me with ihy Couxfch 
 Pfalm Ixxiii. 24. 
 
 i T \ THene'er I make fome fuddenftop> 
 V V (For many fuch I make) 
 And cannot fee the cloud clear 'd up, 
 Nor know which path to take ; 
 
 2 I to ray Saviour fpeed my way, 
 
 To tell my dubious ftate ; 
 Then liften what the Lord will fay ; 
 And hope to fellow that. 
 
 3 If Jefus feem to hide his face, 
 
 What anxious fears I feel ! 
 But if he deign to whifper peace, 
 T'ra happy ; all is well. 
 
 4 Confirm 'd 
 
( HI ) 
 
 4 Confirm'd by one foft fscret word, 
 
 I feek no further light : 
 But walk, depending on my Lord. 
 By faith, and not by fight. 
 
 5 Of friends and counfellors .bereft, 
 
 I often hear him fay ; 
 " Decline not to the right nor left; 
 '« Go on; lo, here's the way." 
 
 6 Weak in myfelf, in Rim I'm ftrong; 
 
 His Spirit's voice I hear. 
 The way I walk cannot be wrong, , 
 If Jefus be but there. 
 
 *7 He is my helper and my guide. 
 I truft to him alone. 
 No other helps have I befide. 
 I venture all en one. 
 
 CIX. 
 
 Then he turned his Face to the Wall, and prayed usX* 
 the Lord. 2 Kings xx. 2. 
 
 'K 
 
 ING Hezehiah lay difeas'd, 
 With ev'ry dang'rous fymptom feiz'd, 
 Beyond the cure of art, 
 With languid pulfe, andftrength decay 'd* 
 With fpirits funk, and foul diimay'd, 
 And ready to depart. 
 
 2 Kis friends defpair ; his fervants droop : 
 The learned leech can give no hope : 
 All figns of life are iied : 
 
 N 2 When, 
 
( 14* ) 
 
 When, lo ! the feer Ifaiah came, 
 With words to damp th' expiring fitme. 
 And ftrike the dying dead. 
 
 3 Ent'ring the royal Patient's room, 
 He thus denoune'd the dreadful doom* 
 
 " Of flat'ring hopes beware. 
 " God's mefTenger behold I Hand. 
 ** Thus faith the Lord, thy death's at hand 
 
 " Prepare, O King, prepare." 
 
 4 Where is the man, whom words like thefe 
 fTho' free before from all difeafe) 
 
 Would not dejedt to death ? 
 Fav'rite of heav'n ! in Thee we fee 
 The miracles of pray 'r ; in Thee 
 
 Th' omnipotence of faith. 
 
 5 Methinks I hear the Hero fay ; 
 
 t( And mail my life be fnach'd away, 
 
 " Before I'm fit to die ? 
 "■ Can pray'r reverfe the item decree, 
 " And fave a wretch condemn'd like me ? 
 
 " It may — at lead I'll try. 
 
 6 <f Ye damps of death that chill me thro%. 
 " God's prophet, and prediction too, 
 
 " I muft wifhftand you all. 
 " Both heav'n and earth, awhile be gone t 
 " I turn me to the Lord alone; 
 
 " And face tlie filent wall." 
 
 7 He faid; and weeping pour'd aprar'r, 
 That conquer'd pain, remov'd dcipair 
 
 With ail it's heavy load. 
 Repeli'd the force of death's attack, 
 Brought the recanting prophet back, 
 
 And turn'd the mind of God* 
 
 ex. 
 
( 143 ) 
 
 CX. 
 
 But thou Jhalt Invw hereafter. John xiii. 
 
 i "O Ighteous are the works of God ; 
 JLV All his ways are holy j 
 Juit his judgments ; fit his rod 
 To correct our folly : 
 
 -2 All his dealings wife and good, 
 Uniform, tho' various ; 
 Tho' they ieem, by reafon view'd, 
 Crofsj or quite contrariou?. 
 
 3 Thefe are truths ; and happy he, 
 
 Who can well receive them. 
 Brethren, tho' we cannot fee, 
 Still we mould believe them. 
 
 4 Why thro' darkfome paths we ga, 
 
 We may know no reafon ; 
 But we (hall hereafter know, 
 Each in his due feafon. 
 
 5 Could we fee how all is right. 
 
 Where were room for credence ? 
 But by faith, and not by fight, 
 Chriilians yield obedience. 
 
 6 Let all fruitlefs fearches go, 
 
 Which perplex and teaze us : 
 We determine nought to know, 
 But a bleeding Jefus. 
 
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 CXI. 
 
 Biffed hz ye poor, Luke vi. 20. 
 
 ■1 "T O R D when I hear my children ta!k> 
 X-i (And I believe' 'tis often true) 
 How with delight thy ways they walk,. 
 And gladly thy commandments do. 
 
 2 In my own breaft I look and read 
 Accounts fo very difF'rent there, 
 That, had I not thy blood to plead* 
 Each fight would fink me to defpair. 
 
 3 Needy, and naked, and unclean^ 
 Empty of good, and full of ill, 
 A lifelefs lump of loathfome fin, 
 Without the pow'r to ad or will I 
 
 4 I feel my fainting (pints droop : 
 My wretched, leannefs I deplore ; 
 'Till gladden *d with a gleam of hope 
 From this ; " The Lord has bleft the$ 
 
 Then, while I make my fecret moan, 
 Upwards I call my eyes ; and fee, 
 Tho' I have nothing of my own, 
 My treafure is immenfe in thee. 
 
 6 Still may I keep thy love in view, 
 Lean there ; nor envy thofe that run 5 
 Still truft to — not what I can do, 
 But what thy felf haft for me done. 
 
 7 My treafure is thy precious blood. 
 Fix there my heart : And for the refr, 
 L nder thy forming hands, my God, 
 Civs me that frame whkh thou lik'ft left. 
 
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 CXII. 
 
 A general Admonition. 
 
 1 TJ Rethren, why toil ye thus for toys 5 
 J3 And reckon train for treafure ; 
 Call gay deceptions folid joys, 
 
 Intoxication pleafure ? 
 
 2 If more renn'd amufements plcafe, 
 
 As knovvlege, arts, or learning y 
 A moment puts and end to theft ; 
 And fometimes fhort*s the warning, 
 
 3 What balm could wretches ever find 
 
 In wit, to heal affliction ? 
 Or who can cure a troubled mind, 
 With all the pomp of di&ion I 
 
 4 P.enect, what trifles ye purfue 
 
 So anxious and {o heedful : 
 For after all (you'll find it truej 
 There is but one thing needful, 
 
 5 God in his Scriptures to reveal 
 
 His will has condefcended. • 
 What there is faid, he will fulfil ; 
 Tho' man may be offended. 
 
 6 This written word with rev'rence treat : 
 
 Join pray r r with each infpecftion. 
 And be not wife in felf conceit ; 
 'Tis folly to perfection. 
 
 7 True wifdom, of celeftial birth, 
 
 Can both inftrucl: and cherifh* 
 Other attainments are of earth : 
 And all that's earth muft peri I'll. 
 
 8 The chief concern of fail 'n mankind 
 
 Should be to gain God's favor. 
 What fafety can the fmner find, 
 Before he find a Saviour I 
 
 9 Thla 
 
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 9 This Saviour muft be one that can 
 
 From fin and death releafe 1 
 Make up the breath 'twixt God and man : 
 Which none can do, but Je: 
 
 10 Jefus is judge of quick and dead : 
 
 And there is none befide him ; 
 Whether his pow'r we flight, or dread, 
 'Adore him, or deride him. 
 
 1 1 Whate'er we judge ourfelves ; we muft 
 
 Or fiand, or fall by his doom. 
 And they that in this Jefus truft, 
 Have found eternal wifdom, 
 
 j 2 Mercy, and love, from Jefus fdt, 
 Can heal a wounded Spirit ; 
 Mercy, that triumphs over guilt, 
 And love that feeks no merjt. 
 
 13 Then kifs the Son : For from his wrath 
 No wifdom can deliver. 
 Clcie in with Chrift, by faving faith, 
 And God's your friend for ever. 
 
 CXIIL 
 
 Becaufe thou fay eft I am rich, and increafed with goods. 
 Rev. iii. 17. 
 
 t TT7KAT makes miftaken men afraid 
 ■ V V Of fov'reign grace to preach I 
 The reafon is (if truth be faid) 
 Becaufe they are 10 rich, 
 
 2 "Why fo ofFenfive in their eyes 
 Doth God's election feem ? 
 Becaufe they think themfelves fo wife, 
 That they have chofen him* 
 
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 3 Of perfeverance why fo loth 
 
 Are fome to fpeak or hear ? 
 Becaufe, as mailers over iloth, 
 They vow to perfevere. 
 
 4 Whence is imputed righteoufnefs, 
 
 A point fo little known ? 
 Becaufe men think, they all pcfTeft 
 Some righteoufnefs their own. 
 
 5 Not fo the needy helplefs foul 
 
 Prefers his humble pray'r. 
 Hemlocks to him that works the whole; 
 And feeks his treafure there, 
 
 6 His language is ; " Let me, my God, 
 
 " On fovereign grace rely ; 
 cc And own 'tis free, becaufe beftow'd 
 l< On one fo vile as I. 
 
 7 
 
 (t Election ! 'Tis a word divine : 
 •• For, Lord, I plainly fee, 
 
 *' Had not thy choice prevented mine* 
 " I ne'er had chofen thee. 
 
 B " For petfeverance ftrength I've none i 
 (e But would on this depend ; 
 <f Thai Jefus having lov'd his <rwn r 
 (( He lev' J them to the end* 
 
 2 " Empty and bare I come to thee, 
 " For righteoufnefs divine. 
 (( O may thy matchlefs merits be, 
 " By imputation* mine!'* 
 
 io Thus dixFer thefe ; yet hoping each 
 To make falvation fare. 
 Now moit men would approve the rich, 
 But Chiift has bleft the/<wr. 
 
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 CXIV. 
 
 For thine is the Kingdom, &c. Matth. vi. 13* 
 
 YE fouls that are weak, 
 And helplefs, and poor, 
 Who know not to fpeak ; 
 Much lefs to do more ; 
 Lo ! .here's a foundation 
 
 For comfort and peace. 
 In Chrift is faivation : 
 The Kingdom is His, 
 
 With power he rules ; 
 
 And wortders performs ; 
 Gives conduct to focls, 
 
 And courage to worms, 
 Befet by fore evils 
 
 Without, and within, 
 "By legions of devils, 
 
 And mountains of fin. 
 
 Then be net afra:d ; 
 
 All power is giv n 
 To Jefus our head, 
 
 In earth, and in heav'n. 
 Thro' him we (hall conquer 
 
 The mightjfeft fees : 
 Cur Captain is ftrongef 
 
 Tien all that oppofe. 
 
 His pow'r from above 
 
 He'll kindly impart ; 
 So free is his love. 
 
 So tender his heart. 
 Redeem'd with his merit, 
 
 We're wafh'-d in his blood ; 
 Renew'dhy his Spirit, 
 
 V, e've power with God. 
 
 5 Thy 
 
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 5 Thy grace we adore, 
 
 Director divine. 
 The kingdom, and pow'r, 
 
 And glory, are thine. 
 Preferve us from running 
 
 On rocks or on (helves ; 
 From foes rtrcng and cunning ; 
 
 And moit from ourfelves. 
 
 6 Reign o'er us as king ; 
 
 Accomplifn thy will ; 
 And pow'rfully bring 
 
 Us forth from ail ill ; 
 Till falling before thej 
 
 We laud thy lov'd name, 
 Afcribing the glory 
 
 To God, and the Lamb. 
 
 cxv. 
 
 Who tuas delivered for our offences, and 'Was rajfed 
 again for our juflificalion. Rom. iv. 25. 
 
 1 TESUS, when on the bloody tree 
 
 J He hung, thro' foul and body pierc'd, 
 (That all things might accomplifn'd be 
 Contain'd in fcripture) faid, / thirft. 
 
 2 Hvffbp, the plant ordain'd by God, 
 And held by Jenm in high efteem, 
 
 Which fprinkled them with Fafchal blood, * 
 Sharp vinegar convey'd to Him. 
 
 3 This done, our dear, our dying Lord 
 Exerts his fhcrt expiring breath ; 
 Utters this rich important word, 
 "Tisfnijb'd; and fubmits to death. 
 
 * Exod- xii. 22. 
 
 4 Henceforth 
 
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 4 Henceforth an end is put to fin : 
 (Th' important word implies no lefs) 
 Now for believers is brought in 
 
 An everlafting righteoufnefs. 
 
 5 The Son of God and man has died, 
 Sinners as black as hell to fave : 
 And, that they might be juftified, 
 Is ris'n victorious from the grave. 
 
 6 In heav'n he lives, our king, our prieft ; 
 . There for his people ever pleads. 
 
 Kcw fure is our falvation ! Chrift 
 Died, rofe, afeended, intercedes. 
 
 CXVI. 
 
 For hejhall not /peak of him/elf. John xvi. I $, 
 
 I T T THatever prompts the foul to pride, 
 V V Or gives us room to boaft, 
 (Except in Jefus crucified) 
 Is not the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 2 That bleffed Spir't omits to fpeak 
 
 Of what himfelf has done ; 
 And bids th' enlighten 'd finner feek 
 Salvation in the Son. 
 
 3 He fcldom moves a man to fay, 
 
 " Thank God, I'm made fogood." 
 But turns his eye another way, 
 To Jefus, and his Blood. 
 
 4. Great are the graces he confers 
 But all in jefu's name. 
 He gladly diclat.es, gladly hears, 
 «' Salvation to the Lamb,** 
 
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 CXVII. 
 
 And ye are complete in him. Col. ii. 10. 
 
 H E N is it Chriftians all agree, 
 
 And let diftinclions fall 
 When, nothing in themfelves, they fee 
 That Chrift is all, in all. 
 
 2 But ftrife and difference will fubfift, 
 
 While men will fomething feem. 
 Let them but fingly look to Chrift, 
 And all are one in Him, 
 
 3 The infant and the aged faint, 
 
 The worker, and the weak ; 
 They who are ftrong, and feldom faint, 
 And they who fcarce can fpeak. 
 
 4 Eternal life's the gift of God. 
 
 It comes thro' Chrift alone. 
 s Tis his ; he bought it with his blood ; 
 And therefore give his own. 
 
 5 We have no life, no pow'r, no faith, 
 
 But what by Chrift is giv'n. 
 We all deferve eternal death : 
 And thus we all are ev'n. 
 
 CXVIII. 
 The Outcafls of Ifrael. 
 
 LORD, pity outcafts vile and bafe, 
 The poor dependants on thy grace. 
 Whom men diiturbers call. 
 By finners and by faints withftood, 
 For thefe too bad, for thofe too good, 
 Condemn'd, or fhunn'd by all. 
 
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 Tho' faithful Abrham us rejecl, 
 Andtho' his ranfom'd race, elect, 
 
 Agree to give us up ; 
 Thou art our. Father ; and thy name 
 From everlafting is the fame ; 
 
 On that we build our hope. 
 
 CXIX. 
 
 The Lord thy God brought it to me % 
 Gen. xxvii. 20. 
 
 1 A N D now the work is done, 
 
 JTjL Without much pains or coft. 
 The author's merit's none ; 
 And therefore none his boaft : 
 
 He only claims what'er's amifs. 
 
 Alas ! how large a fhare is his ? 
 
 \ Some time it took to beat 
 
 And hunt for tinkling found ; 
 
 But the rich fav'ry meat 
 
 Was \ cry quickly found. 
 For ev'ry truly Chriftian thought 
 Was by the God of ' IJaac brought. 
 
 May he that fings, cr reads, 
 
 That precious bleffing know, 
 
 Thai comes by Jacob's kids, 
 
 And not from Efuns benv. 
 O bring no price ; God's grace is free, 
 *VoPaut; to Magdalene — to mt. 
 
 Glory to God alone, 
 
 (Let man forbear to boaft) 
 
 To Father, and to Son, 
 
 And to the Holy Ghoft. 
 Eternal life's the gift of God : 
 The Lamb procur'd it by his blood. 
 
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 SUPPLEMENT. 
 
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 For the Lord's Supper. 20 Hymns. 
 
 I. 
 
 H E king- of heav'n a feait has made 
 
 And to his much lov'd friends, 
 The faint, the famifh'd, and the fad, 
 This invitation fends. 
 
 2 " Beggars, approach my royal board 
 
 " Furnifti'd with all that's good : 
 " Come, fit at table with your Lord ; 
 " And eat celeftial food. 
 
 3 " My body and my blood receive. 
 
 " It comes intirely free : 
 
 " I aflc no price, for all I give. 
 
 M But O, remember me.'' 
 
 4 Lo, at thy gracious bidding, Lord, 
 
 Tho' vile and bafe we come, 
 O, fpeak the reconciling word, 
 And welcome wand'rers home. 
 
 5 Rich wine, and milk, and heav'nly meat, ' 
 
 We come to buy, and live, 
 Since nothing is the price that's {tt j 
 And we have nought to give. 
 
 £ Impart to all thy flock below 
 The bleflings of thy death. 
 On ev'ry begging foul bellow 
 Thy love, "thy hope, thy faith. 
 
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 a j.iv each, with ftrength from heav'n endu'd, 
 
 Say, " My Beloved's mine : 
 " I eat his fiefh, and drink his blood, 
 
 " In figns of bread and wine." 
 
 II. 
 
 i r 'V* H I S is the day the Lord has made. 
 Jl Rejoice, my friends, to fee 
 His royal table richly fprcad 
 For iuch vile worms as we. 
 
 2. Ye beggars, from your dunghills rife ; 
 Calx off your rags of fhame. 
 Open, ye blind, your long clos'd eyes ; 
 And leap for joy, ye lame. 
 
 3 Come, and with regal robes be clad, 
 
 Ail at the coil of Chrift. 
 Come, ev'ry one a king be made ; 
 And ev'ry one a prieit. 
 
 4 Welcome, poor firmer, welcome here.. 
 
 Leave all thy cares behind. 
 Difmifs thy doubt, caft off thy fear ; 
 Give reas'nings to the wind. 
 
 $■ Eelieve thy God : Eelieve his word, 
 His Spirit, and his Son. 
 Only believe thy d) ing Lord, 
 And ail the work is done. 
 
 6 Come eat his flcfii, and drink his blood. 
 Make all his merits thine, 
 Sure as thy body lives on food, 
 
 And feels the ftrength of wine. 
 
 III. 
 
III. 
 
 GLORY to God on high ; 
 Our peace is made with heav'n* 
 The Son of God came down to die,- 
 That fin might be forgiv'n. 
 
 His precious bldod was fihed,. 
 His body bruis'd, for fin ; 
 
 Remember this in eating bread, 
 And that in drinking wine- 
 Approach his royal board, 
 In his rich garments clad. 
 
 Join ev'ry tongue to praife the Lord ;; 
 And ev'ry heart be glad. 
 
 The Father gives the Son ; 
 The Son his flefh and blood : 
 The Spir't applies, and Faith puts on 
 The righteoufnefs of God. 
 
 Sinners, the gift receive ; 
 And each fay, " I am chief. 
 M Thou know'ft, O Lord, I would believe 
 '* Oh! help my unbelief." 
 
 Lord, help us from above : 
 The pow'r is all thy own. 
 Faith is thy gift, and hope, and love j 
 For of ourfelves we've none. 
 
 IV. 
 
 i T^Ather of heav'n, almighty king, 
 JL How wond'rous is thy love ! 
 That worms of dull thy praife mould ring ; 
 And thou their fongs approve .' 
 
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 2 Since by a new and living way 
 Accefs to thee is giv'n ; 
 Poor finners may with boldnefs pray; 
 And earth converfc with heav'n. 
 
 5 Give each fome token, Lord, for good ; 
 And fend the Spirit down,. 
 To feed us with ceieftial food, 
 The body of thy Son. 
 
 4 The feail thou haft been pleas 'd to make 
 We would by faith receive : 
 That all that come their part may take ; 
 And all that take may live. 
 
 e. Let ev'ry tongue the Father own ; 
 Who, when we all were loft, 
 To feek and fave us fent the Son ; 
 And gives the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 2 T ORD, who can hear of all thy woe, 
 i i Thy groans and dying cries ; 
 And not feel tears of farrow flow, 
 And fighs of pity rife ? 
 
 2 Much harder than the hardeft flone 
 That man's hard heart raufi be. 
 Alas ! dear Lord, with fname we. own, 
 That jull fuch hearts have we. 
 
 -} The fvmbob of thy flefh end blood 
 Will (as they have been oft) 
 With unrelenting hearts be view'd, 
 Unlefs thou make them foft. 
 
 4 DiiTclve theie rocks : call fort:: the ftream ; 
 Make ev'ry eye a fluice : 
 Let none be flow to weep for him. 
 Who wept fc n:<ueh for us, 
 
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 And while we mourn, and fing, and pray, 
 And feed on bread and wine, 
 
 Lord, let thy quick'ning fpir't convey 
 The fubflance with the iign. 
 
 VI. 
 
 1 H E ^ H E bleft memorials of thy grief, 
 
 JL The fuff rings and thy death, 
 We come, dear Saviour, to receive; 
 But would receive with faith. 
 
 2 The tokens fent us to relieve 
 
 Our Spirits when they droop, 
 
 We come dear Saviour, to receive ; 
 
 But would receive with hope. 
 
 3 The pledges thou waft pleas 'd to leave, 
 
 Our mournful minds to move, 
 We come, dear Saviour, to receive ; 
 But would receive with love. 
 
 4 Here in obedience to thy word 
 
 We take the bread and wine ; 
 The utmofl we can do, dear Lord, 
 For all beyond is thine. 
 
 5 Increafe our faith and hope and love j 
 
 Lord, give us all that's good. 
 We would thy full falvation prove, 
 And fhare thy flefii and blood. 
 
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 i T O I N ev'ry tongue to fing 
 The mercies of the Lord, 
 The love of Chrift our King 
 Let ev'ry heart record. 
 He fav'd us from the wrath of God ; 
 And paid our ranfom with his blood. 
 
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 3 What wond'rous grace was this I 
 We finn'd ; and jefes died, 
 He wrought the righteoufnefs, 
 And we were juftified. 
 
 W 7 e ran the icore to lengths extreme ;. 
 
 And all the debt was charg'd on him.. 
 
 3 Hell was our juft defert ; 
 And he that hell endur'd. 
 Guilt broke his guiltlefs heart 
 W 7 ith wrath that we incurr'd. 
 
 Webruis'd his bcdy,fpilt his blood ;. 
 
 And both became our heav'nly food. 
 
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 VIII. 
 
 A I L, thou bridegroom bruis'd to death ! 
 Who haft the Wine- Pre fs trod 
 Of th' Almighty's burning wrath. 
 Hail flaughter'd Lamb of God! 
 Melt our hearts with love like thine, 
 While we behold, thee on the tree, 
 Sweetly mourning o'er each fign 
 In memory of thee. 
 
 2 Hail, thou mighty Saviour! blcfir 
 
 Before the world began 
 In th' eternal Father's breaft. 
 
 Hail, Son of God and man? 
 Thee we hymn in humble drains, 
 And to receive we all agree 
 
 Thefe bleft fymbols* of thy pains 
 
 In memory of thee. 
 
 3 Break, O break thefe hearts of ftonc 
 
 By fome endearing word. 
 
 Jefus, come ; may ev'ry one 
 
 Behold his fuiTring Lord, 
 
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 Th' -Holy Ghoft into us breathe. 
 Held us to take, from doubtings free, 
 Thefe dear tokens of thy death 
 In memory of thee. 
 
 4 Thou our great Melchifedec, 
 
 Bring'ft forth thy bread and wine. 
 Thou haft wrought out for our fake 
 
 A righteoufnefs divine. 
 Send thy ble/Iing from above, 
 When worms partake, fuch worms as wc, 
 Thefe rich pledges of thy love 
 In memory of thee. 
 
 IX. 
 
 r /"\ H ! that our flinty hearts would me!t, 
 V_>/ While to remembrance, Lord, we call 
 Part of that weight which thou haft felt, 
 For who can comprehend it all ! 
 
 -2 Ye finners, while thefe fymbols dear 
 Prefent your fuff'ring Lord to view, 
 Drop the foft tribute of a tear : 
 For he fned many a tear for you. 
 
 3 In the fad garden, on the wood, 
 His body bruis'd, from ev'ry part, 
 Pour'd on the ground a purple flood ; 
 'Till forrow broke his tender heart. 
 
 4 Lord, while we thus fhew forth thy death, 
 O fend thy Spirit from above : 
 
 Help us to feed on Thee by faith ; 
 
 And figh, and ling, and mourn, and love. 
 
 X. 
 
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 X. 
 
 i TX7HEN thro' the defart vaft 
 
 V V The chofen tribes were led, 
 They could not plow, nor till, nor fow ; 
 Yet never wanted bread. 
 
 1 Around their wand'ring camp 
 
 The copious manna fell : 
 Strew 'd on the ground, a food they found ; 
 But nx)hat t they could not tell. 
 
 3 But better bread by far 
 
 Is now to Chriuians giv'n ; 
 Poor fmners eat immortal meat, 
 The living bread from heav'n* 
 
 4 We eat the flefh of Chrift ; 
 Who is the bread of God. 
 
 Their food was coarfe, compar'd with ours : 
 Tho' theirs was angels food. 
 
 XL 
 
 j T ORD, fend thy Spirit down 
 
 A-J On babes that long to learn. 
 Open our eyes ; and make us wife, 
 
 Thy body to difcern. 
 
 2 'Tis by thy word we live, 
 And not by bread alone; 
 
 The word of truth from thy Weft mouth : 
 O, make it clearly known. 
 
 3 With what we have recciv'd 
 Impart thy quick'ning pow'r. 
 
 We would be fed with living bread, 
 And live forevermore. 
 
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 XII. 
 
 i pITYa helplefs finner, Lord, 
 
 JL Who would believe thy gracious word; 
 But own my heart, with fhame and grief, 
 Afiniv of fin and unbelief. 
 
 2 Lord, in thy houfe I read there's room : 
 Ana vent'iing hard behold I come. 
 But can there, tell me, can there be, 
 Among thy children room for me P 
 
 3 I eat the bread, and drink the wine : 
 But oh ! my foul wants more than fign. 
 I faint; unlefs 1 feed on Thee, 
 
 Ana drink thy blood as flied for me, 
 
 4 For fmner.s, Lord, thou cam'ft to bleed: 
 And I'm a finner vile indeed! 
 
 Lord, I believe thy grace is free ; 
 O, magnify thy grace in me. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 i {T\ How good our gracious God is I 
 V^^ What rich feafts does he provide ! 
 Bread and wine to feed our bodies: 
 But much more is fignixied. 
 All his fneep (amazing wonder !) 
 Feeds he with his fiefh and blood. 
 Where's the pow'r can ever fundef 
 Souls united thus to God ? 
 
 2 When we take the facred fymbcls 
 Of his body, bread and wine ; 
 While the heart relents and trembles* 
 We rejoice with joy divine. 
 
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 Jefus makes the weakeft able : 
 Feeds us with his flefh and blood. 
 Needy beggars at his table 
 Are the welcome guefts of God. 
 
 Ceafe thy fears then, weak believer. 
 Jefus Chrift is (till the fame, 
 Yefterday, to-day, for ever. 
 Saviour is his unclious name. 
 Lolinefs of heart and meeknefs 
 To the bleeding Lamb belong. 
 Truft in Him ; and by thy weaknefs 
 Thou malt prove that Chrift is ftrcng. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 i QUfF'ring Saviour, Lamb of God, 
 O How haft thou been ufed ! 
 With th' Almighty's wrathful rod 
 Soul and body bruifed ! 
 
 2 We, for whom thou once waft flain, 
 
 We, whofe fins did pierce thee, 
 Now commemorate thy pain, 
 And implore thy mercy. 
 
 3 We would with thee fympathize 
 
 In thy bitter paflion ; 
 With foft hearts and weeping eyes 
 See thy great falvation. 
 
 4 Thine's an everlafting love : 
 
 We have dearly tri'd thee. 
 Whom have we in Hcav'n above ? 
 Whom on earth befide Thee ? 
 
 - What can helplefs fmners do, 
 When temptations feize us ! 
 Nought have we to lo k unto, 
 Eut the blood of Jefus. 
 
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 6 Pardon all our bafe.nefs, Lord; 
 
 All our weaknefs pity. 
 Guide us fafely by thy word 
 To the heav'nly city. 
 
 7 Oh ! fuflain us on the road 
 
 Thro' this defart dreary. 
 Feed us with thy flefh and blood, 
 When we're faint and weary. 
 
 8 Bid us call to mind thy crofs 
 
 Our hard hearts to for ten. 
 Often, Saviour, feaft us thus ; 
 For we need it often. 
 
 XV. 
 
 1 HH H E tender mercies of the Lord 
 
 JL On thofe that fear his name, 
 For ev'ry thankful tongue afford 
 An everlafting theme. 
 
 2 He pities all, that feel his fear, 
 
 When wounded, pain'd, or weak : 
 As tender mothers grieve to hear 
 Their infants moan, when fick. 
 
 3 He to the needy and the faint 
 
 His mighty aid makes known ; 
 And when their languid life is fpent, 
 Supplies it with his own. 
 
 4 The body in his bounty (hares 
 
 Suftain'd with corn and wine : 
 But for the foul himfelf prepares 
 A banquet more divine. 
 
 5 By faith receiv'd his flefh and blood 
 
 Shall life eternal give : 
 For he that eats immortal food 
 Immortally mult live. 
 
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 XVI. 
 
 i *V7T7HEN Jefus undertook 
 V V To refcue ruin'd man, 
 
 The realms of blifs forfook, 
 
 And to relieve us ran ; 
 He fpar'd no pains, dt clin'd no load, 
 Refolv'd to buy us with his blood. 
 
 2 No harm commands he gave, 
 No hard conditions brought. 
 He came to feek and fave, 
 And pardon ev'ry fault. 
 
 Foor trembling fmners hear his call; 
 They come ; and he forgives them alL 
 
 3 When thus we're reconcilM, 
 He fets no rig'rous talks. 
 His yoke is foft and mild ; 
 For love is ail he afks : 
 
 Ev'n that from him we firft receive ; 
 For well he knows, we've none to give> 
 
 4 This pure and heav'nly gift 
 Within our hearts to move, 
 The dying Saviour left 
 Thefe tokens oi his lovt : 
 
 Which fecm to fa}-, " While this ye do, 
 " Remember him that died for you." 
 
 XVII. 
 
 i r f "* H AT doleful night before his death, 
 JL 'I he Lamb of fmners flam 
 Did almoft with his lateft breath 
 
 This folcrr.n feaft ordain. 
 To keep thy feaft, Lord, are we met; 
 
 And to remember Thee. 
 Help each poor trembler to repeat, 
 
 Firms, he Hal, 
 
 2 Thy 
 
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 £ Thy fuff'rings, Lord, each facred fign 
 
 To our remembrance brings : 
 We eat the bread, and drink the wine ; 
 
 Eat think on nobler things. 
 O, tune our tongues, arid let in frame 
 
 Each heart that pants to Thee, 
 To fing, " hofanna to the Lamb, 
 
 " The Lamb that died for me." Hal. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 2 T E S U S, once for linners flain, Hal. 
 
 J From the dead was rais'd again ; 
 And in heav n is now fet down 
 With his lather in his throne. 
 
 There he reigns a King fupreme. 
 We (hall alio reign with Him. 
 Feeble fouls, be not difmay'd : 
 Trull: in his almighty aid. 
 
 And his blood hath waili'd us clean. 
 
 Fear not ; he is ever near : 
 
 Now, ev'n now, he's with us here, 
 
 4 Thus anembling we by faith, 
 Till he come, fhew forth his death, 
 Of his body bread's the iign : 
 And we drink his blood in wine. 
 
 5 Bread thus broken aptly fhews 
 How his body God did bruife, 
 When the grape's rich blood we fee. 
 Lord, we then remember thee. 
 
 6 Saints on Earth, with faints above, 
 Celebrate his dying love. 
 
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 And let cv'ry ranfom'd foul 
 Sound his praife from pole to pole. 
 
 VTX. 
 
 i T^xHE God, that firft us chofe, 
 
 JL Th' eternal Father praife. 
 What wond'rous bounties lie bellows ! 
 And by what wond'rous ways ! 
 
 His creatures all are nll'd, 
 By him, with proper food : 
 But O ! he gives to ev'ry child 
 His Son's own fiefh and blood. 
 
 Here hungry fouls appear, 
 And eat celeftial bread. 
 The needy beggar banquets here, 
 With royal dainties tzd. 
 
 Here thirfty fouls approach, 
 And drink immortal wine. 
 The entertainment is forfuch, 
 Frepar'd by grace divine. 
 
 God bids us bring no price, 
 Thefeait is furnihYd free : 
 His bounteous hand the poor fupplics, 
 And who more poor than we r 
 
 His Spirit from above 
 Our Father fends us down : 
 And looks with everlaihng love 
 On all .hat love the Son. 
 
 XX. 
 
 j "^XTHAT creatures befide 
 V V Are favour'd like us ? 
 Forgiven, fupply'd, 
 And ban queued thus. 
 
 By 
 
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 By God our good father : 
 Who gave us his Son ; 
 And fent him to gather 
 His children in one ? 
 
 Salvation's of God, 
 Th' effect of free grace 
 Upon us bellow 'd 
 Before the world was. 
 God from everlafting 
 Be bleft ; and again 
 Bleft to everlafting, 
 Amen, and amen. 
 
 XXI. 
 Before Preaching. 2 Hymns. 
 
 1 /^\ N C E more we come before our God 5 
 \^Jr Once more his blefTmg afk, 
 
 O, may not duty feem a load ! 
 Nor worfnip prove a talk. 
 
 2 Father, thy quick'ning Spirit fend 
 
 From heav n in Jem's name, 
 To make our waiting minds attend, 
 And put our fouls in frame. 
 
 3 May we receive the word we hear, 
 
 Each in an honcft heart ; 
 Hoard up the precious treafure there, 
 And never with it part. 
 
 f To feek thee all our hearts difpofe, 
 To each thy bleffings fuit. 
 And let the feed thy fervarit lows 
 Produce a copious fruits, 
 
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 5 Bid the refreshing north wind, wake ; 
 
 Say to the fouth wind, blow : 
 Let ev'ry plant the pow'r partake, 
 And all the garden grow. 
 
 6 Revive the parch'd with heav'nly fliow'rs 
 
 The coid with warmth divine. 
 And as the benefit is ours, 
 Be all the glory thine. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 i HP H E good hand of God 
 JL Has brought us again 
 (A favour beftow'd, 
 We hope not in vain) 
 To hear from our Saviour 
 The word cf his gmce. 
 Then be our behaviour 
 Becoming the place. 
 
 2 Remember the ends 
 For which we are met. 
 Alas ! my dear friends, 
 We're apt to forget. 
 
 The motives that brought us 
 T he Lord only fees : 
 But if he has taught us, 
 Our ends fnould be thefe. 
 
 3 To worfliip the Lord 
 With praife and with pray'r, 
 To pra&ife his word, 
 
 As well as to hear. 
 
 To own with contrition 
 
 The deeds we have done ; «, 
 
 And take the remifiion, 
 
 Gcd gives in his Son, 
 
 a. Bfeft 
 
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 Bleft Spirit of Chrift, 
 
 Defcend on us thus. 
 
 Thy Servant aiiiil : 
 
 Teach him to teach us. 
 
 O fend us thy unclion, 
 
 To teach us all good ; 
 
 And touch with compunction ; 
 
 And fprinkle with blood. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 The Fear of the Lord. 3 Hymns. 
 
 1 HP'H E fear of the Lord 
 
 X Our days will prolong ; 
 In trouble afford 
 A confidence ftrong * 
 Will keep us from finning ; 
 Will profper our ways ; 
 And is the beginning * 
 Of wifdom and grace. 
 
 2 The fear of the Lord 
 Preferves us from death ;. 
 Enforces his w r ord ; 
 Enlivens our faith. 
 
 It regulates paffion ; 
 And helps us to quell 
 The dread of damnation 
 And terrors of hell. 
 
 3 The fear of the Lord 
 
 Is foundnefs and health y 
 A treafure well ftor'd 
 With heavenly wealth ; 
 A fence againft evil ; 
 Ey which we refill 
 World, fleih, and the devil $ 
 And imitate Chrift, 
 
 4 The 
 
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 4 The fear of the Lord 
 Is clean and approv'd ; 
 Makes Satan abhorr'd, 
 And Jefus belov'd. 
 It conquers by weakness : 
 Is proof againft ftrife ; 
 A cordial in ficknefs ; 
 A fountain of life. 
 
 5 The fear of the Lord 
 Is lowly and meek ; 
 The happy reward 
 Cf all that Him feek : 
 They only that fair him 
 The truth can difcern ; 
 For living fo near him 
 His fecrets they learn. 
 
 6 The fear of the Lord 
 His mercy makes dear, 
 His Judgments ador'd, 
 His rightecufnefs clear.. 
 Without its frefh flavour 
 In knowlege there's fault, 
 In doctrines r.o favour, 
 In duties no fait. 
 
 7 The fear of the Lord 
 Confirms a good hope* 
 By this are rcilor'd 
 The fenfes that droop. 
 The deeper it reaches, 
 The more the foul thrives* 
 It gives what it teaches, 
 And guards what it gives. 
 
 S The 
 
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 The fear of the Lord 
 Forbids us to yield. 
 It fharpens our Avord, 
 And ftrengthens our fliield. 
 Then cry we to heaven, 
 With one loud accord, 
 That to us be given 
 The fear of the Lord. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 i TTAPPY the men that fear the Lord, 
 JlJL They from the paths of fin depart 
 Rejoice, and tremble at his word, 
 Aud hide it deep within their heart. 
 
 2 They in his mercy hope, thro' grace ; 
 Revere his judgments, not contemn. 
 In pleafing him their pleafure's plac'd j 
 And his delight is plac'd in them. 
 
 3 This fear, a rich and endlefs ftore, 
 Freferves the foul from pois'nous pride. 
 The heart that wants this fear, is poor, 
 Whatever it pofTefs befide. 
 
 4 This treafure was by Chrift poiTefl. 
 In this his underflanding ftood. 
 And ev'ry one that's with it blefr, 
 Has free redemption in his blood. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 TH E men that fear the Lord, 
 In ev'ry fcate are bleit. 
 The Lord will grant, wkatfeter they want. 
 Their fouls fhall dwell at reir. 
 
 2 His 
 
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 2 PI is fecrcts they (ball fliare ; 
 
 His covenant fhall learn : 
 Guided by grace, (hall walk his ways, 
 And heav nly truths difcern. 
 
 3 He pities all their griefs ; 
 
 When linking, makes them fwim* 
 He dries their tears, relieves their fears $ 
 And bids them trail in him. 
 
 4 In his remembrance-book 
 The Saviour fcts them down, 
 
 Accounting each, a jewel rich ; 
 And calls them all his own. 
 
 5 This fear's the Spir't of faith ; 
 A confidence that's lirong; 
 
 An uncluous light, to all that's right, 
 A bar to all that's wrong* 
 
 (f It gives religion life 
 
 To warm as well as light ; 
 Makes mercy fweet, falvation great, 
 And ail God's judgments right. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 / nvil'lfng of Mercy and of Judgment. Pfalm CI. I , 
 
 i r TPHY mercy, Lord, we praife : 
 JL Of judgment too we ling : 
 For all the riches of thy grace 
 Our grateful tribute bring. 
 
 -3 Mercy may jaftly claim 
 A dinner's thankful voice : 
 And judgment joining in the theme, 
 We tremble and rejoice. 
 
 3 Thy 
 
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 3 Thy mercies bid us truft ; 
 
 Thy judgments ftrike with awe : 
 We fear the laft, we blefs the firft ; 
 And love thy righteous law. 
 
 4 Who can thy ads exprefs ? 
 Or trace thy wond'rous ways ? 
 
 How glorious is thy holinefs 1 
 How terrible thy praiie ! 
 
 5 Thy goodnefs how immenfe 
 To thofe that fear thy name ! 
 
 Thy love furpaffes thought or fenfe; 
 And always is the fame. 
 
 6 Thy judgments are too deep 
 For reafon's line to found. 
 
 Thy tender mercies to thy fheep 
 No bottom know, nor bound. 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 Characters and Offices of Chrifl. 
 
 1 f^ HRIST is th' eternal Reck, 
 
 V_^ On which his church is built ; ■ 
 The Shepherd of his little flock ; 
 
 The Lamb that took our guilt ; 
 
 Cur Counfcllor ; our Guide ; 
 
 Our Brother, and our Friend ; 
 The Bridegroom of his chofen bride^, 
 
 Who loves her to the end. 
 
 2 He is the Son to free ; 
 The Bijkop he to blefs ; 
 
 1 he full Propitiation he ; 
 The Lord our Right 'soufnefs ; 
 
( '74) 
 
 His body's glorious Head ; 
 Our Advocate that pleads ; 
 Our Prie/i that pray d, aton'd, and bled, 
 And ever intercedes. 
 
 Let all obedient fouls 
 
 Their grateful tribute bring; 
 Submit to Jefu's righteous rules, 
 
 And bow before their King. 
 
 Our Prophet Chrift expounds 
 
 His and our Father's will. 
 This good Phyficia?i cures our wounds 
 
 With tendernefs and Ikill. 
 
 When fin had fadly made 
 
 'Twixt wrath and mercy ftrife : 
 Cur dear Redeemer dearly paid 
 
 Our ranfom with his life. 
 
 Faith gives the full releafe ; 
 
 Our Surety for us itood : 
 The Mediator made the peace, 
 
 And fign'd it with his blood. 
 
 Soldiers, your Captain own. 
 
 Domeitics, ferve your Lord. 
 Sinners, the Saviour's love make known. 
 
 Saints, hymn th' incarnate Word ; 
 
 The Whnejs fure and true 
 
 Of God's good will to men, 
 The Alpha and th' Omega too, 
 
 The firft and laft Amen, 
 
 Poor pilgrims (hall not ftray. 
 Who frighted flee from wrath : 
 A bleeding Jefus is the ttkry ; 
 And blood tracks all the path. 
 
 Chriftians 
 
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 Chriftians in Chrift obtain 
 The Truth that can't deceive. 
 And never mall they die again, 
 Who in the Life believe. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 Praife for Creation and Redemption. 
 
 WHILE heav'nly holts their anthems fmg, 
 In realms above the Iky, 
 Let worms of earth their tribute bring, 
 
 And laud the Lord molt high. 
 In thankful notes your voices raife, 
 
 Ye ranfom'd of the Lord ; 
 And fing th' eternal Father's praife, 
 The God by all ador'd. 
 
 All creatures to his bounty owe 
 
 Their being and their breath : 
 But greateft gratitude mould flow 
 
 In men redeem 'd from death. 
 His only Son he deign'd to give ; 
 
 (What love this gift declares !) 
 And all that in the Son believe, 
 
 Eternal life is theirs. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 Put on the (whole armour of God* Eph. vi. 1 1» 
 
 l /^ I R D thy loins up, Chnftian foldier, 
 \JX Lo ! thy Captain calls thee out ; 
 Let the danger make thee bolder ; 
 War in v/eaknefs ; dare in doubt, 
 
 Q^ Eucjde 
 
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 Buckle on thy heav'nly armour : 
 Patch up no inglorious peace : 
 
 Let thy courage wax the warmer, 
 As thy foes and fears increafe. 
 
 2 Bind thy golden girdle round thee, 
 
 Truth to keep thee firm and tight $ 
 Never fhall the foe confound thee, 
 
 While the truth maintains thy fight* 
 Righteoufnefs within thee rooted 
 
 May appear to take thy part ; 
 But let righteoufnefs imputed 
 
 Ee the breafl-plate of thy heart, 
 
 3 Shod with gofpel-preparation 
 
 In the paths of promife tread. 
 Let the hope of free falvation, 
 
 As a helmet, guard thy head. 
 When befet with various evils 
 
 Wield the Spirit's two-edg'd fword: 
 Cut thy way thro' hofts of devils; 
 
 While they fall before the word, 
 
 4 But when dangers elofer threaten ; 
 
 And thy foul draws near to death ; 
 When allaulted fore by Satan, 
 
 Then object the fhield of faith : 
 Fiery darts of fierce temptations, 
 
 Intercepted by thy God, 
 There mail lofe their force in patience, 
 
 Sheath'd in love, and quench'd in blood. 
 
 £ Tho' to fpeak thou be not able, 
 Always pray, and never reft. 
 Pray Ys a weapon for the feeble : 
 •Weaken 1 fouls can wield it belt. 
 
 Ever 
 
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 Ever on thy Captain calling, 
 
 Make thy worii condition known. 
 
 He lhall hold thee up when falling ; 
 Or fhall lift thee up when down. 
 
 D 
 
 XXX. 
 Befertion. 
 
 E E P in "a cold, a joylefs cell, 
 A doleful gulph of gloomy care ! 
 Where difmal doubts and darkoefs dwell, 
 The dang'rous brink of black defpair; 
 Chili'd by the icy damps of death 
 1 feel no firm fupport of faith. 
 
 £ How can a bnrden'd cripple rife ? 
 
 How can a fetter'd captive flee ? 
 Ah! Lord, direct my wifhful eyes ; 
 
 And let me look, ?,t lerfr, to thee. 
 Alas ! my finking Spirits droop. 
 I fcarce perceive a glimpfe of hope. 
 
 3 Extend thy mercy, gracious God. 
 
 Thy quickening Spir : t vouchfafe to fend ; 
 Apply the reconciling blood ; 
 
 And kindly call thy foe thy friend : 
 Or if rich cordials thou deny ; 
 Let patience comfort's place fupply. 
 
 4 Let hope furvive, tho' dampt by doubt ; 
 
 Do thou defend my fhatter'd fhield. 
 Oh ! let me never quite give out. 
 
 Help me to keep the bloody field. 
 Lord, look upon th' unequal ftrife. 
 Delay not, kit I lofe my life, 
 
 Qjl XXXI, 
 
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 XXXI. 
 
 ChriiVs Refurreclion. 4 Hymns. 
 
 EE from the dungeon of the dead 
 Our great deliverer rife ; 
 While conqueit wreaths his heav'nly head. 
 And glory glads his eyes. 
 
 2 The ftruggling hero, flrong to fave, 
 
 Did all our mis'ries bear 
 Down to the chambers of the grave ; 
 And ieft the burden there. 
 
 3 See, how the well-pleas'd angel rolls 
 
 The {tone ; and opes the pris'n. 
 Lift up your heads, ye fin-fick fouls ; 
 And ting, The Lad is ris'n. 
 
 4 No more indictments juftice draws; 
 
 It fets the foul at large. 
 Our furety undertook the caufe ; 
 And faith's a full difehargc. 
 
 5 To fave us, our Red emer died ; 
 
 To juftify us, rofe. 
 Where's the condemning pow'r befide 
 Has right to interpofe ? 
 
 6 The Lord is ris'n, thou trembling foul : * 
 
 Let fears no more confound. 
 Let heav'n and earth from pole to pole 
 The Lord is ris'n refound. 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 I T> Eliever, lift thy drooping head ; 
 JL-J Thy Saviour has the vict'ry gain'cL 
 See all thy foes in triumph kd j 
 - And everlafting life obtain'd. 
 
 2 God 
 
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 2 God from the grave has rais'd his Son. 
 The pow'rs of darknefs are defpoiFd. 
 Juftice declares the work is done, 
 
 * And God and man are reconcil'd. 
 
 3 Lo ! the Redeemer leaves the tomb : 
 See the triumphant hero rife ; 
 
 His mighty arms their ftrength refurae ; 
 And ccnqueft fparkles in his eyes. 
 
 4 Death his death's wound has now receiv'd ; 
 An end of fin's entirely made, 
 
 Prisoners of hope are quite repriev'd, 
 And ail the dreadful debt is paid. 
 
 5 Chriftians, for whom the Lord was flain, 
 Give him the purchafe of his blood. 
 
 Let fin no longer in you reign, 
 But dedicate your fouls to God. 
 
 6. Earth's empty toys no more efteerrft 
 Your minds from worldly things remove. 
 Let your affections rife with him, 
 And fet your hearts on things above. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 CHriftians, difmifs your fear ; 
 Let hope and joy fucceed. 
 The great good r'ews with gladnefs hear. 
 
 The Lord is ris'n indei d. 
 The fliades of death withdrawn. 
 His eyes their beams difblay. 
 So wakes the fun when rofy dawn 
 Unbars the gates of day. 
 
 CU 2 Tho 
 
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 The promife is fulfilled, 
 
 Salvation's work is done. 
 Juiiice with mercy's reconcil'd : 
 
 And God has rais'd his Son. 
 
 He quits the dark abode, 
 
 From all corruption free. 
 The holy, harmlefs child of God 
 
 Cculd no corruption fee. 
 
 Angels with faints above 
 
 The rifixig Victor fing : 
 A.nd all the blifsful feats of love 
 
 With loud hofannas ring. 
 
 Ye pilgrims too below, 
 
 Your hearts and voices raife. 
 Let ev'ry brealt with gladnefs glow 
 
 And ev'ry mouth fing praife. 
 
 My foul, thy Saviour laud ; 
 
 Who ail thy forrows bore. 
 Who died for fm ; but lives to God 
 
 And lives to die no more. 
 
 His death procur'd thy peace. 
 
 His refarrcCtion's thine. 
 Eelieve ; receive the full releafe : 
 
 'Tis fio-n'd with blood divine. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 i T TlVifmg from the darkforae tomb 
 I^J See the victorious Jcfus come .' 
 Th 5 Almighty Pfis 'ner quits the pris'n : 
 And angels tell, the Lord is ris'n. 
 
 Angels, angels, angels, angels, angels tell the 
 Lord is ris n. 
 
 2 Ye guilty fouls that groan and grieve, 
 Jicar the glad tidings ; hear, and live. 
 
 God\ 
 
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 GoJ's righteous law is fatisfied : 
 And juitice now is on your iide. 
 Juftice, juitice, &c. 
 
 3 Your furety, thus releas'd by God, 
 Pleads the rich ranfom of his blood. 
 No new demand, no bar remains ; 
 But mercy now triumphant reigns. 
 
 Mercy, mercy, Sec. 
 
 4 Believers, hail your rifing head; 
 The firtl begotten from the dead. 
 Your refurreCtion's fure thro' His, 
 To endiefs life, and boundlefs biifs. 
 
 Endiefs, endiefs, See. 
 
 XXXV. 
 Chrift's Afcenfion. 2 Hymns. 
 
 1 1VT O W for a tlieme of thankful praife, 
 1S\ To tune the ftamm'rer's tongue. 
 Chriftians, your hearts and voices raife> 
 
 And join the joyful fong. 
 
 2 The Lord's afcended up on high, 
 
 Deck'd with refplendent wounds ; 
 While fhouts of vicVry rend the iky : 
 And heav'n with joy refounds. 
 
 3 See, from the regions of the dead, 
 
 Thro' all th' etherial plains, 
 The pow'rs of darknefs captive led; 
 The Draggon dragg'd in chains. 
 
 4 Y' eternal gates your leaves unfold ; 
 
 Receive the conqu'ring King. 
 Ye angels, ftrike your harps of gold; 
 And faints, triumphant fiog. 
 
 5 Sinners, 
 
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 5 Sinners, rejoice ; be died hrj/ou; 
 
 For jo v prepares a place ; 
 Sends down his Spir't to guide you thro', 
 With ev'ry gift and grace. 
 
 6 His blood, which did your fins atone, 
 
 For your falvation plead? ; 
 And feated on his Father's throne, 
 He reigns, and intercedes. 
 
 ■J 
 
 XXXVI 
 
 E S U S oui triumphant head, 
 
 kis'n victorious from the dead, 
 To the realms of glory's gone, 
 To afcend his rightful throne. 
 
 2 Cherubs on the conqu'ror gaze. 
 Seraphs glow with brighter blaze. 
 Each bright order of the iky, 
 Hail him, as he paffes by. 
 
 3 Saints the glorious triumph meet; 
 See their en'mies at his feet. 
 
 By his fears his toils are view'd, 
 And his garments roli'd in blood. 
 
 4 Ileav'n it's King congratulates; 
 Opens wide her golden gates. 
 Angels fongs of vicY'ry ling ; 
 All the blifsful regions ring. 
 
 5 Sinners, join the heav'nly pow'rs: 
 For redemption all is ours. 
 None but burden d miners prove 
 Blood-bougLt pardon, dying love. 
 
 Hah 
 
 6 KaiL 
 
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 6 Mail, thou dear, thou worthy Lord; 
 Holy Lamb, incarnate word! 
 Hail, thou fuff'ring Son of God! 
 Take the trophies of thy blood. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 The Gofpel. 
 
 i 13 EPENT, ye fons of men, repent, 
 XV Hear the good tidings God has fent, 
 Of linners fav'd, and fins forgiv'n, 
 And beggars rais'd, to reign in heav'n. 
 
 Beggars, beggars, beggars, beggars, beggars rais'd 
 to reign in heav'n. 
 
 2 God fent his Son to die for us, 
 Die to redeem us from the curfe. 
 
 He took our weaknefs bore our ioad ; 
 And dearly bought us with his blood. 
 Dearly, dearly, &c. 
 
 3 In guilt's dark dungeon when we lay ; 
 Mercy cried, "/pare ,•" andjuiiice, '« flay" 
 But Jefus anfwer'd, " fet them free : 
 
 " And prrdon them ; and puniih me ;* 
 Pardon, pardon, &c. 
 
 4 Salvation is of God alone ; 
 Life everlafting in his Son : 
 
 And he, that gave his Son to bleed, 
 Will freely give us all we need. 
 Freely, freely, &c. 
 
 5 Believe the gofpel and rejoice. 
 
 Sing to the Lord with chearful voice. 
 His goodnefs praile; his wonders tell, 
 Who ranfom'd all our fouls from hell. 
 Ranfom'd, ranfom'd, &c. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
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 XXXVIII. 
 
 True, and Falfe Faith. 
 
 i T? A I T H's a convincing proof; 
 X A fubilance found and fure : 
 That keeps the foul fecur'd enough ; 
 But makes it not fecure. 
 
 2 Notion's the harlot's teft, 
 By which the truth's revil'd : 
 
 The child offsmcy finely dreft ; 
 But not the living child. 
 
 3 Faith is by knowledge fed ; 
 And with obedience mixt. 
 
 Notion is empty, cold, and dead: 
 And fancy's never fixt. 
 
 fT . True faith's the life of God, 
 Deep in the heart it lies. 
 It lives, and labours under load; 
 Tho' dampt, it never dies. 
 
 5 A weak'ning, emptying grace: 
 That makes us ftrong and full, 
 
 Falfe faith, tho' ftout and full in face, 
 Weakens and ftarves the foul. 
 
 6 Opinions in the head 
 True faith as far excels ; 
 
 As body differs from a (hade, 
 Or kernels from the fhells. 
 
 7 To fee good bread or wine 
 Is not to eat or drink; 
 
 So fome, who hear the word divine, 
 Do not believe, but think* 
 
 8 True 
 
True faith refines the heart ; 
 And purifies with blood : 
 Takes the whole gofpely-not a part; 
 And holds the tear of God. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 Sicknefs. 2 Hymns, 
 
 L 
 
 To Thee my foul in fecret moans. 
 My body's weak, my heart's unclean. 
 I pine with fickneis j and with fin. 
 
 My ltrength decays ; my fpirits droop. 
 Bow'd down with guilt, I can't lock up. 
 I lofe my life ; I lote my io j! ; 
 Except thy mercy makes we whole. 
 
 Thou know'ft what 'tis, Lord to be lick : 
 And, tho' Almighty, haft been weak. 
 Sin thou had'ft none ; and yet didft die 
 For guilty iinners, fuch as I. 
 
 Sin's rankling fores my foul corrode. 
 Oh ! heal them with thy balmy blood. 
 And if thou doft my health reftore ; 
 Lord, let me ne'er oiFend Thee more. 
 
 Or if I never more muft rife ; 
 Put death's cold hand muft clofe my eyes, 
 Fardon my fins : and take me home. 
 O come, Lord Jefus, quickly come. 
 
 XL. 
 
 i T ~K THEN pining ficknefs waftes the Frame, 
 V V Acute difeafe, or tiring pain ; 
 When life faft fpends her feeble Flame, 
 And all the help of man proves vain \ 
 
 2 Joy 
 
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 2 Joylefs and flat all things appear ; 
 The fpir'ts are languid, thin the Be^ ; 
 Med'cines can't eafe, nor cordials chear 3 
 Nor food fupport, nor fleep refrelh : 
 
 3 Then, then, to have recourfe to God: 
 To pour a pray'r in time of need ; 
 And feel the balm of Jefu's blood, 
 This is to find a friend indeed. 
 
 4 And this, O Chriftian, is thy lot, 
 Who cleavell to the Lord by faith. 
 He'll never leave thee (doubt it not) 
 In pain, in ficknefs, or in death. 
 
 5 When flefh decays ; and heart thus fails \ 
 He fhall thy ftrength and portion be : 
 Shall take thy weaknefs, bear thy ails ? 
 And foftly whifper, " trull in Me." 
 
 6 Himfelf fhall be thy helping friend j 
 Thy good phyiician ; nay, thy nurfe: 
 To make thy bed fhall condefcend. 
 And from th' affliction take the curfe. 
 
 7 Should'ft thou a moment's abfence mourn ; 
 Should feme fiiort darknefs intervene ; 
 Vie : \l give thee pow'r, till light return, 
 To trull him, with the cloud between. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 Death. 3 Hymns. 
 
 j "\Z E fons of men, the warning take, 
 X A moment brings us all to duft. 
 Awake from fin ; from floth awake. 
 Reflect in what you put your truil. 
 
 2 Life 
 
( *8 7 ) 
 
 2 Lite is a lilly, fair to-day ; 
 To-morrow into th' oven thrown. 
 Health foon will fail, and ftrength decay, 
 No help in pow'r ; in riches none. 
 
 3 Ah ! what avails the pompous pall ? 
 The fable ftoles *, the plumed herfe? 
 To rot within fome facred wall; 
 
 Or wound a ftone with lying verfe ? 
 
 4 'Tis deftin'd, all men once muft die, 
 And after death receive their doom. 
 Then whither will th' ungodly fly ? 
 Or thofe who carelefsly pre fume ? 
 
 5 BielTed are they, and only they, 
 Who in the Lord, the Saviour, die, 
 Their bodies wait redemption's day j 
 And fleep in peace, where'er they lie, 
 
 6 Where is thy vicl'ry ; where thy fting, 
 Thou grielly King of terrors, death ; 
 We worms defy thee, while we fing; 
 And trample on thy pow'r by faith. 
 
 * Black robes. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 i T TAIN man, thy fond purfuits forbear. 
 V Repent. Thy end is nigh. 
 Death at the fartheft can't be far. 
 Oh ! think before thou die. 
 
 2 Refled; thou haft a foul to fave. 
 
 Thy fins ; how high they mount ! 
 What are thy hopes beyond the grave ? 
 How Hands that dark account ? 
 
 3 Death enters, and there's no defence. 
 
 Iiis time there's none can tell. 
 He'll in a moment call hee hence, 
 To heaven j or to hell. 
 
 R 4 Thy 
 
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 4 Thy fletn, perhaps thy chiefelt care, 
 
 Shall crawling worms confume : 
 But ah ! deftruction ftops not there; 
 Sifo kills beyond the tomb. 
 
 5 To-day, the gofpel calls, to-day : 
 
 Sinners, it fpeaks to you. 
 Let ev'ry one forfake his way, 
 And mercy will enfue; 
 
 6 Rich mercy, dearly bought with blood j 
 
 How vile foe'er he be ; 
 Abundant pardon, peace with God; 
 Allgiv 'n entirely free. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 i ~\Z E bold blaipheming fouls, 
 
 JL Whofe ccnfcience nothing fcares 3 
 Ye carnal cold profeffing fools, 
 Whofe date's as bad as theirs ; 
 
 2 Ye ftrong deluded lights, 
 
 I lofe faith's too ftout to pray ; 
 And ye, whom proud perfection cheats,, 
 As free from lin as they ; 
 
 3 The awful change, not far, 
 Difiblves each golden dream : 
 
 Death will diftinguifh what you arc^ 
 From what you only feem. 
 
 4 Repent, or you're undone ; 
 And pray to God with fpeed. 
 
 Perhaps the truth may yet be known ; 
 And make you free indeed. 
 
 5 The hour of death draws nigh. 
 'Tis time to drop the mafk. 
 
 Fall at the feet of Chrift, and cry. 
 
 lie gives to all that aik. 
 
 6 Good 
 
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 Good Shepherd of the fhcep, 
 Abolifher of death, 
 O, give us all repentance deep, 
 Aad purifying faith, 
 
 XLIV. 
 4 Funeral Hymns. 
 
 THE fpi'ritsofthejuft, 
 Confin'd in bodies, groan; 
 'Till death coniigns the corpie to dull ; 
 And then the conflict's done. 
 
 Jefus, who came to fave, 
 The Lamb for fmners flam, 
 Perfum'd the chambers of the grave j 
 And made ev'n death our gain. 
 
 Why fear we then to trail 
 The place, where Jefus lav ? 
 
 In quiet refts our brother's daft : 
 And thus it feems to fay. 
 ** Forbear, my friends, to weep, 
 " Since death has loft its inng. 
 
 <s Thofe Chriftians, that in Jefus fleep, 
 " Cur God will with him brins." 
 
 This mefiage then receive ; 
 And grief indulge no more : 
 Return to work awhile; believe ; 
 And wait the welcome hour. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 SONS of God by blcfl adoption, 
 View the dead with Heady eyes. 
 What is fown thus in corruption, 
 Shall in incorruption rife. 
 
 Pv z Whet 
 
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 What is fo ;vn in death's dimonour, 
 Shall revive to glory's light. 
 What is Town in this weak manner, 
 Shall be rais'd in matchlefs might. 
 
 a Earthly cavern, to thy keeping 
 We commit our brother 's duft. 
 Keep it fafdy, foftly fleeping ; 
 'Till our Lord demand thy truft. 
 Sweetly fiecp, dear faint, in Jefus. 
 Thou, with us, fhalt wake from death, - 
 Hold he cannot, tho' he feize us : 
 We his pow'r defy by faith. 
 
 3 Jefus, thy rich confolations 
 To thy mourning people fend. 
 May we all, with faith and patience., 
 Wait for our approaching end. 
 Keep from courage vain or vaunted. 
 For our change our hearts prepare. 
 Give us confidence undaunted, 
 Chearful hope, and godly fear. 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 i /~1 Hriftians, view this folemn fcene 
 V-y And, if your fouls be hd, 
 Look beyond the cloud between ; 
 
 And let your hearts be glad. 
 Never from your mem'rylofe 
 The refurrection of the juft. 
 Death's a blefTing now to thofc 
 Who in our Jefus truit. 
 
 2 Deep interr'd in earth's dark womb 
 
 The mould'ring body lies. 
 
 But the Chriftian from the tomb 
 
 Shall foon triumphant rife. 
 
 Jefus 
 
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 Jefus Chrift, the righteous judge, 
 For all his people's fins was flain. 
 Give the Saviour, without grudge, 
 The purchafe of his pain. 
 
 3 Now the grave's a downy bed, 
 
 Ernbroider'd round with blood. 
 Say not the believer's dead ; 
 
 Ke only refts in God. 
 Lord, we long to be at home; 
 Lay down our heads, and fieep in Thee, 
 Come Lord Jefus ; quickly come; 
 And fet thy pris'ners free. 
 
 XL VII. 
 
 i T70untam of life, who gav'fi us breath ; 
 JL Eternal fire, by all ador'd ; 
 Who mak'ftus ccnqu'rors over death, 
 Thro' Jefus our victorious Lord; 
 
 2 We give thee thanks ; we fing thy praife, 
 For calling thus thy children home; 
 And fliortning tribulation-days, 
 
 To hide them in the peaceful tomb. 
 
 3 Jefus, confiding in thy name, < 
 Thou King of faints, thy body's head, 
 We give to earth the breathlefs frame, 
 Rememb'ring thou thyfelf waft dead. 
 
 4 Thine was a bitter death indeed, 
 Thou harmlefs fufFring Lamb of God : 
 Thou haft from hell thy people freed ; 
 Anddrown'd definition in thv blood. 
 
 R 2 XLVilL 
 
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 XLVI1I. 
 
 The Refurreftion. 3 Hymns. 
 
 I HTHS praife of Chrift, ye Chriftians, found. 
 X His mighty acts be told. 
 Death has receiv'd a deadly wound ; 
 He takes but cannot hold. 
 
 2 Clipt are the greedy vulture's claws. 
 No more we dread his pow'r. 
 He gapes with adamantine jaws, 
 And grins, but can't devour. 
 
 .3 Believers in their darkfome graves 
 Shall flart, to light reftor'd; 
 Forfake their monumental caves, 
 And mount to meet the Lord. 
 
 4 Not long in ground the dying grain 
 
 Is hid, or lies forlorn ; 
 .But foon revives, and (brings again, 
 And comes to (landing corn. 
 
 5 So, waking from the womb of earth, 
 
 Vv'hereChriil has lain before, 
 And burning to a better birth, 
 We rife to die no more, 
 
 6 The wicked too mall rife again : 
 
 The difference will be this. 
 
 They rife to eyerlaftirig pain ; 
 
 And faints to endlefs bills. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 PLeasM we read, in fuered (lory, 
 How our Lord refum'd his breath. 
 < ' grave, "s thy conqu'ring glory ? 
 V. 'here's thy fting, thou phantom. Death ? 
 
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 Soon thy jaws, reftrain'd from chewing, 
 Muit difgorge their ranfom'd prey. 
 
 Man firit gave thee pow'r to ruin : 
 Man too takes that pow'r away. 
 
 2 I am Alpha, fays the Saviour ; 
 
 I Omega like wife am. 
 I was dead; and live for ever, 
 
 God Almighty and the Lamb. 
 In the Lord is cur perfection ; 
 
 And in him our boaft we'll make. 
 We mall lhare his refurreclion, 
 
 If we of his death partake. 
 
 3 Ye that die without repentance, 
 
 Ye muft rife, when Chrift appears ; 
 Rife to hear your dreadful fentence : 
 
 While the faints rejoice in theirs. 
 You to dwell with fiends infernal, 
 
 They with Jefus Chrift to reign ; 
 They go into life eternal, 
 
 You to everlafting pain. 
 
 4 Bold rebellion, bafe backfliding. 
 
 Stop your courfe ; reflect with dread. 
 In deftruction there's no hiding : 
 
 Death and hell give up their dead. 
 Ev'ry fea, and lake, and river, 
 
 Shall reftore their dead to view. 
 Shout for gladnefs, O believer; 
 
 Chrift is ris'n ; and fo fhall you. 
 
 L. 
 
 j ^V7"E Chriftians, hear the joyful news. 
 X Death has receiv'd a deadly bruife. 
 Our Lord has made his empire fail : 
 And conquer'd him that conquer'd all. 
 Conquer'd, conquer'd, conquer'd, conquer'd, 
 conquer'd him that conquer'd all, 
 
 2 Tho' 
 
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 2 Tho' dconvd are all men once to die ; 
 Yet we by faith Death's pow'r defy. 
 We foon fliali feci his bands unbound, 
 Awaken'd by th' Archangel's found. 
 
 Waken'd, waken'd, &c. 
 
 3 The trump of God mall rend the rocks ; 
 And open adamantine locks. 
 
 Bring forth the dead from death's dark dome ; 
 And Jefus calls his ranfom'd home. 
 Jefus, Jefus, &c. 
 
 4 Ye finners, timely warning take. 
 Turn to the Lord ; your ways forfake : 
 And hope, thro' God's Almighty pow'r, 
 The happy refurreclion-hour. 
 
 Happy, happy, &c. 
 
 LI. 
 
 The Day of Judgment. 3 Hymns. 
 
 1 A WAKE, ye fieeping fouls, awake; 
 -/Mil And hear the God of I/rel fpeak. 
 His word is faithful, firm, and true. 
 Sinners, attend ; he fpeaks to you. 
 
 2 Mercy and vengeance in me dwell. 
 One lifts to heav'n ; one calls to hell. 
 My favor's more than life ; my wrath 
 Will burn beyond the bounds of death. 
 
 3 Short is the fpace, and death muft come : 
 And after death the day of doom ; 
 
 When quick and dead the Judge mail call ; 
 And deal their due deferts to all. 
 
 4 Fixt in their everlafting fiate, 
 
 Could men repent, 'twere then too late : 
 
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 Juftice has bolted mercy's door ; 
 And God's long-fuff'ring is no more. 
 
 5 Tis ntrai the gofpel meiTage fent 
 Commands repentance ; now repent. 
 Wifely be vvarn'd ; to refuge run : 
 Obey the Father, kifs the Son. 
 
 6 In Chriil receive the gift of God, 
 Complete redemption thro' his blood j 
 Mercy triumphant ; fin forgiv'n ; 
 And everlafting life in heav'n. 
 
 LII. 
 
 BEHOLD ! with awful pomp, 
 The Judge prepares to come, 
 Th' Archangel founds the dreadful trump j 
 And wakes the gen'ral doom. 
 
 Nature, in wild amaze, 
 Her dilTolution mourns. 
 Blufhes of blood the moon deface ; 
 The fun to darknefs turns. 
 
 The living look with dread : 
 The frighted dead a rife : 
 Start from the monumental bed, 
 And lift their ghaiUy eyes. 
 
 Horror^ all hearts appal. 
 They quake ; they fhriek ; they cry ; 
 Bid rocks and mountains on them fall ; 
 But rocks and mountains fly. 
 
 Ye wilful wanton fools, 
 Let danger make you wife. 
 Carnal profefTors, carelefs fouls, 
 Unclofe your lazy eyes. 
 
 6 Tis 
 
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 'Tis time we all awake ; 
 The dreadful da;/ draws near. 
 Sinners, your proud prefurnption check, 
 And ftop your wild career. 
 
 >w is th* accepted time. 
 To Chrili for mercy fly. 
 O, turn, repent, and truft in him ; 
 And you ihall never die. 
 
 Great God, in whom we live, 
 Prepare us for that day. 
 Help us in Jefus to believe, 
 To watch, and wait, and pray. 
 
 LIII. 
 
 i Q INNER, that dumb 'reft on the brink 
 _ k3 Of hell's devouring lake, 
 O chink on death ; on judgment think. 
 What mean'ft thou, fleeper ? Wake. 
 
 2 Soon (hall the Lord himfelf defceod, 
 
 The clouds before him driv'n. 
 A fudden fhout the earth lhall rend - a 
 And lhake the pow'rs of heav'n. 
 
 3 Myriads of angels bright mall wait, 
 
 His orders to obey : 
 And ranfom'd faints triumphant meet : 
 As bright and bleu as A. j'. 
 
 4$ The King fhall fend hisfummons forth : 
 His raeflengers (hall -peed, 
 From eaft 2nd weft, from fouth and north, 
 To cite the quick and dead. 
 
 5 But ah ! what pale, w hat ghaitly looks 
 
 When guilty wretches come* 
 ) hear from God's unerring hoc 
 'I heir juit tho' dreadful doom ! 
 
 6 Convinc'd 
 
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 6 Convinced of ev'ry wanton word, 
 
 Of ev'ry daring fin, 
 Of {peeches hard againfl the Lord, 
 
 And thoughts and ads unclean. 
 
 7 Save us, O Jefus, by thy death; 
 And cleanfe us in thy blood. 
 Give us to live and die in faith ; 
 And wait the trumph of God. 
 
 LIY. 
 
 Hell. 
 
 i r | ^ H E dev'l can felf-denial ufe, 
 
 Jl And that with dev'l nl: felfifti views ; 
 His being and his ftate difown ; 
 And teach, that dev'l or hell there's nene, 
 
 2 But here the words of Gcd, O man, 
 " Sinners, amongfl you all who can 
 " With everlafting burnings dwell ? 
 " The wicked fliali be caft to hell. 53 
 
 3 Kell is tftat woeful dreadful place, 
 Where Jefus never mews his face. 
 Where finners damn'd with de . 'IS remain, 
 In hopelefs horrors, endlefs pain ! 
 
 5 God's wrath without his mercy's there. 
 Wrath without mercy who can bear ? 
 How hot the fire, how huge the lead, 
 Thy fuff 'rings {hew, thou Sen of God. 
 
 5 O man, let gcodnefs make thee melt. 
 Confider what the Lord has felt. 
 Repent, and to thy Saviour turn ; 
 Who burn'd, that thou might'ft never burn. 
 
 LV. 
 
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 LV. 
 
 Heaven. 
 
 4 "V7E fouls thattruft in Chrift, rejoice: 
 X Your (ins are all forgiv'n. 
 Let ev'ry Chriltian lift his voice, 
 And ring the joys of heav'n. 
 
 2 Heav'n is that holy happy place, 
 
 Where fin no more defiles. 
 Where God unveils his blifsful face ; 
 And looks, and loves, • nd fmiles. 
 
 3 .W T here Jefus, fon of man and God, 
 
 Triumphant from his wars, 
 W 7 alks in rich garments dipt in blodd ; 
 And ihews his glorious fears. 
 
 4 Where ranfom'd finners found God's praife 
 
 Th' angelic hofts among ; 
 Sing the rich wonders of his grace : 
 And jefus lead: the Song. 
 
 5 W 7 here faints are free from ev'ry load 
 
 Ofpaffions, or of pains. 
 God dwells in them ; and they in God : 
 And love for ever reigns. 
 
 6 Eye hath not feen, nor ear hath heard, 
 
 Nor can the heart conceive, 
 All that the blood of Chi ill procur'd, 
 Cr all that God can give. 
 
 7 Lord as thou mew 'ft thy glory there, 
 
 Make known thy grace to us : 
 And heav'n will not be wanting here, 
 W 7 hile we can hymn thee thus. 
 
 
 8 Jefus 
 
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 8 Jefns our dear Redeemer died, 
 That we might be forgiv'n ; 
 Rofe, that we might be juftified ; 
 And fends the Spir't from heav'n. 
 
 LVI. 
 Good Works. 3 Hymns. 
 
 s T N vain men talk of living faith, 
 JL When all their works exhibit death, 
 When they indulge forne finful view 
 In all they fay, and all they do. 
 
 2 The true believer fears the Lord ; 
 Obeys his precepts ; keeps his word ; 
 Commits his works to God alone; 
 And feeks his will before his own. 
 
 3 A barren tree, that bears no fruit, 
 Brings no great glory to its root. 
 When on the boughs rich fruit we fee, 
 s Tis then we cry, <c A goodly tree !" 
 
 4 Never did men by faith divine 
 To Jelfiflinefs or floth incline. 
 
 The Chriflian works with all his pow'r 
 .'And grieves that he can work no more. 
 
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 lvii. 
 
 V V Profeflbrs minds controui ; 
 When men give up the reins to lull ; 
 And int'reit fways the whole ; 
 
 2 Or when they feek themfelves to pleafe, 
 Decline each thorny road, 
 Indulge their flcth, confult their eafe, 
 And flight the fear of God j 
 
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 3 The faith is vain fuch men profefs ; 
 
 It comes not from above ; 
 The righteous man does righteoufnefs ; 
 And true faith works by love. 
 
 4 Men'g actions with their minds will fuit 
 
 By them the heart is view'd. 
 A tree that bears corrupted fruit 
 Cannot be called good. 
 
 $ The Chriftian feeks his brother's good, 
 Sometimes beyond his own : 
 Or if felf-int'relt will intrude, 
 It does not reign alone. 
 
 6 Help us, dear Lord, to honor Thee. 
 Let our good works abound. 
 Thou art that green, that fruitful tree ; 
 From Thee our fruit is found. 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 V 
 
 The know lege in thy head. 
 The kcred fcriptures this declare; 
 Faith without 'works is dead. 
 
 When Chrift the judge fhall come, 
 To render each his due, 
 Lle'll deal thy deeds their righteous doom> 
 And let thy works in view. 
 
 Food to the hungry give ; 
 
 Give to the thirity drink. 
 
 To follow Chrift is to belie-ve : 
 
 Dead faith is but to think. 
 
 The man that loves the Lord 
 Will mind wliate'er he bid ; 
 
 Will 
 
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 Will pay regard to all his word : 
 And do as Jefus did. 
 
 5 The dead profeflbr counts 
 Good works as legal ties. 
 
 His faith to action feldom mounts ; 
 On doctrine he relies. 
 
 6 But words engender ftrife. 
 Behold the gofpel-plan. 
 
 Trull in the Lord alone for life ; 
 And do what good you can. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 Repentance. 2 Hymns. 
 
 1 II THAT various ways do men invent 
 
 V V To give the confcience eafe ? 
 Some fay, believe ; and forne, repent ; 
 And fome fay, ftrive to pleafe. 
 
 2 But, brethren, Chrift and Chrift alone 
 
 Can rightly do the thing. 
 Nor ever can the wav be known, 
 'Till he falvation bring. 
 
 3 What mean the men that fay, believe ; 
 
 And let repentance go ? 
 What comfort can the foul receive 
 That never felt it's woe ? 
 
 4. Chrift fays, " That I might finners call 
 " To penitence, I'm font." 
 And, 1* Likewife ye (hall perifh all, 
 " Except ye do repent." 
 
 5 Thofe who are call'd by grace divine 
 Believe, but not alone : 
 Repentance to their faith they join ; 
 And (o go hfdy on. 
 
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 6 But mould repentance, or mould faith, 
 Should both deficient feem ; 
 Jefus gives both (the fcripture faith) 
 Then afk them both of him. 
 
 LX. 
 
 i T3 Epentance is a gift befiow'd, 
 XV To fave a foul from death. 
 Gofpel-repentance towards God 
 Is always jcin'd to faith. 
 
 2 Not for an hour, a day, or week, 
 
 Do faints repentance own ; 
 But all the time the Lord they feek 
 At fin they grieve and groan. 
 
 3 Nor is it fuch a difraal thing, 
 
 As 'tis by feme men nam'd : 
 A ilnner may repent and fihg, 
 Rejoice and be afham'd. 
 
 4 'Tis net the fear of hell alone, 
 
 For that may prove extreme. 
 
 Repenting faints the Saviour own. 
 
 And grieve for grieving him. 
 
 .5 If penitence be quite left out, 
 Religion is but halt; 
 And hope, tho' e'er fo clear of doubt, 
 Like off'rings without (Jit. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 Tulieve only* Luke viii. 50. 
 
 ZE A I, extinguifh'd to a fpark ! 
 Life is very very low ; 
 All my evidences da-. k! 
 
 And good works I've none to fnew. 
 
 Pray'r 
 
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 Pray'r too feems a load. 
 Ordinances teize or tire. 
 I can feel no love to God ; 
 Hardly have a good defire. 
 
 Tho' thy fainting fpirits droop ; 
 
 Yet thy God is with thee frill. 
 To believe in hope 'gainft hope ; 
 
 And again ft thee all things feel ; 
 Only to beliepSi 
 'Midft thy coldnefs, doubts, and death ; 
 Can'it thou not, poor foul, perceive, 
 
 This is now thy work of faith ? 
 
 LXII. 
 
 Chrifl; is Holy. 2 Hymns. 
 
 1 JESUS, _Lord of life and peace, 
 J To thee we lift our voice. 
 Teach us at- thy Holinefs 
 
 To tremble and rejoice. 
 S.veet and terrible's thy word : 
 Thou and thy word are both the fame, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 We love thy holy name. 
 
 2 Burning Seraphs round thy throne 
 
 Beyond all brightnefs bright, 
 Bow their bafliful heads, and own 
 
 Their own diminim/d light. 
 Worthy thou to be ador'd, 
 Lord God Almighty, great I AM ! 
 Holy, holy, holy-Lord, 
 
 We love thy holy name. 
 
 3 Saints, in whom thy Spirit dwells, 
 
 Pour out their fouls to thee : 
 
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 Each his tale in fecret tells ; 
 
 And fighs to be fet free. 
 Chrift admir'd, themfelvesabhorr'd, 
 They cry, with awe, delight, and ihame, 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 We love thy holy name. 
 
 4 Men whofe hearts admit not fear 
 
 At thyperfectionsaw'd, 
 Ufe thy name but not revere 
 
 The holy child of God ; 
 Thefe thy kingdom own in word : 
 Save us from loyalty fo lame. 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 We love thy holy name. 
 
 5 Juit and righteous is our King, 
 
 Glorious in holinefs : 
 Tho' we tremble, while we ling, 
 
 We would not wifh it lefs. 
 Souls by whom the truth's explored 
 Wonders of mercy belt proclaim. 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 We love thy holy name. 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 2 /^ O D is a high and holy God, 
 vJT Eternally the fame. 
 Holinefs is his bkfc abode ; 
 And Hgi.y is his name. 
 
 2 The holy Father, holy Ghofl, 
 Men readily will own; 
 Eut 'tis a bfeffng £cw can boafr, 
 To know the holy Son. 
 
 ^ With hearts of flint, and fronts of brafs> 
 Some talk of Cl;dfc their he: 
 
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 And make the living Lord, alas ! 
 Companion with the dead. 
 
 4 Familiar freedom, lufcious names, 
 
 To Chrift fome fondly ufe. 
 Vifions of wonder, flamy frames, 
 Are others utmoft views. 
 
 5 Br things like thefe men often run 
 
 To this, or that extreme. 
 But that man truly knows the ion, 
 Who loves to live like him. 
 
 6 Lord, help us, by thy mighty pow'r 
 
 To gain cur contlant view ; 
 Which is, that we may know thee more, 
 And more referable too. 
 
 LXIV 
 
 The ftony Heart. 
 
 H! for a glance of heav'nly day, 
 ""To take this ftubborn ftone away ; 
 And thaw with beams of love divine 
 This heart, this frozen heart of mine. 
 
 2 The rocks can rent; the earth can quake; 
 The feas can roar ; the mountains make j 
 Of feeling ail things (hew fome fign ; 
 But this unfeeling heart of mine. 
 
 3 To hear the forrows thou haft felt, 
 Dear Lord, an adamant would melt : 
 But I can read each moving line, 
 And nothing move this heart of mine. 
 
 4 Thy judgments too unmov'd I hear, 
 (Amazing thought I) which devils fear, 
 Goodnefs and wrath in vain combine, 
 To flir this ft up id heart of mine, 
 
 5 But 
 
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 5 But fcmething yet can do the deed : 
 And that dear fomething much I need. 
 Thy Spirit can from drofs refine, 
 And move and melc this heart of mine. 
 
 LXV. 
 
 Worthy is the Lamb that nxasjlain, &c% 
 
 Rev. v. 12. 
 
 i T T J E fing thy praife exalted Lamb, 
 V V Who fitt'it upon the throne. 
 Ten thoufand bleflings on thy name, 
 
 Who worthy arc alone; 
 Thy bruifecl broken body bore 
 
 Our fins upon the tree. 
 And now thou liv'ft for evermore : 
 
 And now we live thro' thee. Hah 
 
 1 Poor f.nners, fing the Lamb that died. 
 
 (What theme can found fo fweet ?) 
 His drooping head, his ft reaming fide, 
 
 His pierced hands and feet, 
 With all that fcene of fufFring love, 
 
 Which faith prefents to view. 
 For now lie lives and reigns above : 
 
 And lives and reigns for you. 
 
 3 Was ever grace, Lord, rich as thine ? 
 
 Can aught be with it nam'd. 
 What pow'rful beams of love divine 
 
 Thy tender heart inflam'd ! 
 Ye Angels, hymn his glorious name, 
 
 Who lov'd and conquer'd thus. 
 And we will likew ife laud the Lamb : 
 
 For he was ilain for us, 
 
 LXVI. 
 
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 LXVI. 
 
 Stt jour Jjfefl ions on thhtgs above* Col. iii. 1. 
 
 i pOME raifc your thankful voice, 
 V^ Ye fouls red'eem'd with blood : 
 Leave earth and all its toys : 
 And mix no more with mud. 
 Dearly we're bought, highly efteem'd, 
 Redeem'd, with Jefu's blood redeemed. 
 
 2 Chriilians are priefts and kings, 
 
 All born of heaVnly birth. 
 Then think on nobler things ; 
 
 And grovel not in earth. 
 Dearly we're bought, highly efteem'd; 
 Redeem'd, with jcfu's blood redeem'd. 
 
 3 With heart, and foul, and mind 
 
 Exalt redeeming love. 
 Leave earthly cares behind ; 
 
 And fet your minds above. 
 Dearly we're bought, highly efteem'd, 
 Redeem'd, with Jem's bided redeem'd, 
 
 4 Lift up your ravifh'd eyes, 
 
 And view the glory giv'n: 
 All lower things defpife, 
 
 Ye citizens ofhea\ 'n. 
 Dearly we're bought", highly efteera'd, 
 Redeem'd, with JeiVs blood redeem'd. 
 
 5 Eeto this world as dezd, 
 
 Alive to that to co-e. 
 Cur life in Chrift is hid ; 
 
 Who foon mail call us home. 
 Dearly we're bought, highly efteem'd, 
 Redeem'd, with Jem's blood redeem'd. 
 
 I.XVII. 
 
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 LXVII. 
 
 Praifing ChrifL 
 
 i T E S U S Chrift, God's holy Lam 
 I We will laud thy lovely name. 
 We were fav'd by God's decree: 
 And our debt was paid by Thee. 
 
 2 Thou haft wafh'd us in thy blood. 
 Made us kings and priefts to God. 
 Take this tribute of the poor : 
 Lefs we can't, we can't give more. 
 
 3 Souls redeem'd, your voices raife; 
 Sing your dear Redeemer's praife. 
 Worthy thou of love and laud, 
 King of faints, incarnate God. 
 
 4 Righteous are thy ways, and true : 
 Endlefs honors are thy due. 
 Grace and glory in thee mine ; 
 Matchlefs mercy, love divine. 
 
 5 We, for whom thou once waft flain, 
 We thy ranfom'd {inner- train, 
 
 In this one requeft agree : 
 
 " Make us more refemble Thee." 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 Backfliders. 3 Hymns. 
 
 2 T3 Ackfliding fouls, return to God. 
 
 JL3 Your faithful God is gracious ft ill, 
 
 Leave the falfeways ye long have trod; 
 
 And he will all backflidings heai. 
 2 Your iirft efpoufals call to mind, 
 
 'lis time ye mould be now reclaim'd. 
 
 What 
 
( 209 ) 
 
 "What fruit could ever Chriftians find, 
 In things whereof they're now aiham'd? 
 
 3 The indignation of the Lord 
 
 A while endure ; for 'tis your due. 
 But rirm and ftedfaft Hands his word. 
 Tho' you are faithlefs, He is true. 
 
 4 Poor famim'd prodigal, come home : 
 Thy Father's houfe is open yet. 
 Much greater mercy bids thee come 
 Than all thy fins, tho' thefe are great. 
 
 5 The blood of Chrift (a precious blood!) 
 Cieanfes from ail fin (doubt it not) 
 And reconciles the foul to God, 
 From ev'ry folly , ev'ry fault. 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 tt 
 i ip\Eferters to the camp return : 
 XJ Refume your former pofc. 
 Bewail your crimes, your bafenefs mourn, 
 For yet ye are not loft. 
 
 2 Yours is a fad, a dang'rous cafe. 
 
 Be humble, and repent. 
 Mercy you'll find, tho' e'er fo bafe. 
 The moment you relent. 
 
 3 Sinners are fav'd by Jefu's blood, 
 
 How vile foe'er they be. 
 
 Eternal life's the gift of God ; 
 
 And gifts are always free. 
 
 4 'Tis not by works of righteoufnefs, 
 
 Which any man has done ; 
 But God has fent his Son toblefs : 
 Return, andkifs the Son. 
 
 LXX, 
 
( 210 ) 
 
 LXX. 
 7 Tp ROM pois'nous errors, pleafing cheats, 
 JO And glided baits of fin, 
 Which fwaliow'd as delicious meats, 
 Infect and rot within ; 
 
 2 Lord, pardon a backflider bafe 
 
 Returning from the dead, 
 Afham'd to ihew his mameful face, 
 Or lift his guilty head. 
 
 3 Ah ! what a fool have I been made ? 
 
 Or rather made myfelf! 
 That manner's mad part I play 'd, 
 That fees, yet ftrikes the fhelf. 
 
 4 How weak muft be this wicked heart ; 
 
 Which, boafting much to know, 
 Made light of all thy bitter fmart ; 
 And wanton'd with thy woe ! 
 
 5 Monftrous ingratitude, I own, 
 
 Well worthy wrath divine ! 
 Can blood fuch horrid crimes atone ? 
 Yes, blood fo rich as thine. 
 
 6 Then fmce thy mercy makes me melt, 
 
 My bafenefs I deplore. 
 Regard the grief and fhame I've felt,— 
 And daily make them more. 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 Ills Merry endurcth for ever. Pfalm cxxxvi. 
 
 G 
 
 Eternal is his name. 
 His mercy is forever fure. 
 As long as life and fpeech endure, 
 My tongue, this truth proclaim. 
 His mercy is forever fure. 
 
( 2H ) 
 
 I bafely finn'd againft his love : 
 And yet my God was good. 
 
 His mercy is for ever fare. 
 
 His favor nothing could remove : 
 For I was bought with blood. 
 
 His mercy is for ever fare. 
 
 That precious blood atones all fin ; 
 
 And fully clears from guilt. 
 His mercy is for ever fure. 
 It makes the fouleft finners clean: 
 
 For 'twas for iinners fpilt. 
 His mercy is for ever fure. 
 
 He rais'd me from the loweil ftate ; 
 
 When hell was my defert. 
 Kis mercy is for ever fure. 
 I broke his law ; and (worfe than that) 
 
 Alas ! I broke his heart. 
 His mercy is for ever fure. 
 
 My foul, thou hall (let what will ail) 
 
 A never changing friend. 
 His mercy is for ever fure. 
 "When brethren, friends, and helpers fail 
 
 On Him alone depend. 
 His rnerey is for ever fure. 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 The Lord our Righteoufnefs. Jer. xxiii. 6* 
 
 TE H O V A H is my righteoufnefs: 
 In him alone I'll boaft, 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 My tongue his mercy mall confefs, 
 
 Who feeks and faves the loft. 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 
 T 2 When 
 
( 212 ) 
 
 When funk in fears, with anguifh preft, 
 Bow'd down with weighty woe; 
 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 
 i\I; weary foul in Rim finds reft : 
 From Him my comforts flow. 
 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 
 Ill fay me down, and fweetly fleep : 
 
 For I have peace with God. 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 And when I wake he mail me keep ; 
 
 Thro' faith in Jem's blood. 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 
 Ten thoufand and ten thoufand foe* 
 
 Shall not my foul deftroy. 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 My God their counfels overthrows ; 
 
 And turns my grief to joy, 
 Jehovah is my righteoufnefs. 
 
 LXXIII. 
 Salvation to the Lamb. 
 
 i pOC?v firmer, come, cafl off thy fear ; 
 JL And raife thy drooping head. 
 Come, fing with ail poor Tinners here, 
 
 Jefus, who once was dead. 
 Salvation fmg ; no word more meet 
 
 To join to Jefus name. 
 Let ev'ry thankful tongue repeat. 
 
 Salvation ta the Lamb, 
 
 2 Saints, from the garden to the crofs 
 Your conqu'ring Lord purfue. 
 Who, dearly to redeem your lofs, 
 (Jrosui'd, bled, aad died for voa ; 
 
 Now 
 
( 213 ) 
 
 Now reigns victorious over death, 
 
 The glorious great I A ML 
 Letev'ry foul repeat, with faith, 
 
 Salvation to the Lamb\ 
 
 When we incurr' J the wrath of God ; 
 
 (Alas ! what could we worfe ?) 
 He came, and with his own heart's blood 
 
 Redeem 'd us from the curie. 
 This Pafchal Lamb, our heavenly meat, 
 
 V. as roafted in the nam?. 
 Repeat, ye ranfom'd fouls, repeat, 
 
 Salvation to the Lamb. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 Baptifm. 3 Hymns, 
 
 i T^ATKEP, cfheav'n, we Thee addrefs ; 
 JL (Obedience is our view) 
 Accept us in thy fon ; and blefs 
 The work we have to do. 
 
 2 Jefus, as water well applied 
 Will make the bodv cle;m ; 
 So in the fountain cf thy fide 
 Wafh Thcu the foul from fin. 
 
 $ Celeflial Dove, defcend from high, 
 And on the water brood ; 
 And with thy quick'ning pow'r apply 
 The water and the blood. 
 
 4 Great God, Three-One, again we call, 
 And our requeits renew. 
 Accept in Chrifi ; and blefs withal 
 The work we've now to do> 
 
 T 2 LXXV, 
 
'■B 
 
 ( 214 ) 
 
 LXXY. 
 Y what amazing ways 
 
 The Lord vouchfafes t 'explain 
 The wonders of bis fov' reign grace 
 Towards the fons of men ! 
 
 ; 2 He (hews us firft, how foul 
 
 Our nature's made by fin : 
 '3Tien teaches the believing foul 
 
 The way to make it clean. 
 
 3 Our baptifm firft declares, 
 What need we've all to cleanfe ; 
 
 'Then mews that Chrift to all God's heirs 
 Can purity difpehfe. 
 
 4 Water the body laves : 
 And, if 'tis done by faith, 
 
 'Ihe blood of Jefus furely faves 
 The fmful foul from death. 
 
 5 Water no man denies : 
 
 But, brediren, reft not there : 
 ? Tis faith in Chrifc that juftifies, 
 And makes the confeience clear. 
 
 6 Baptiz'd into his death, 
 W e rife to life divine. 
 
 The Holy Spirit works the faith; 
 And water is the fgn. 
 
 LXXVI. 
 
 1 T> URIED in baptifm with our Lord, 
 JL3 We rife with him, to life rcftor'd : 
 Not the bare life in Adam loft, 
 But richer far: for more it coft. 
 
 2 Water 
 
2 Water can cleanfe the flefh, we own ; 
 
 But Chrift well knows, and Chrift alone, w 
 How dear to him our cleaning ftood, 
 Baptiz'd with fire, and bath'd in blood. 
 
 3 His was a baptifm deep indeed, 
 O'er feet and body, hands and head. 
 He in his body purg'd our fin : 
 
 A little water makes us clean. 
 
 4 Not T)ut wc tafte his bitter cup ; 
 But only he could drink it up. 
 To burn for us was his defire : 
 And he baptizes us with fire , 
 
 5 This fire will not confume but melt. 
 How foft, compar'd with that he felt ! 
 
 " Thus cleans'd from filth, and purg'd from drofs, 
 Baptized Chriilian, bear the crofs. 
 
 LXXVII. 
 
 Hymn, at recommending a Miniftcr. 
 
 i T T O L Y Ghoft, infpire our praifes ; 
 
 X X Touch our hearts, and tune cur tongues. 
 
 While we laud the name of Jcfus, 
 
 Heav'n will gladly {hare our fongs. 
 
 Hofts of angels bright and glorious, 
 
 While we hymn our common king, 
 
 Will be proud to join the chorus : 
 
 And the Lord himfelf will finei 
 
 o 
 
 2 Raife we then our cheaeful voices 
 To our God ; who, full of grace, 
 In our happinefs rejoices, 
 And delights to hear us praife. 
 
 T 3 Whc/e 
 
( 2:6) 
 
 Whofo lives npon his promife, 
 Eats his fiefh and drinks his blood. 
 All that's pait, and all to come, is 
 For that foul's eternal good. 
 
 Happy foul ! that hears and follows 
 Jefus fpeaking in his word. 
 Paul, and Cephas, and Apdlos, 
 All are his in Chrift the Lord. 
 Ev'ry ftate, howe'er diitrefSng, 
 Shall be proiit in the end ; 
 Ev'ry ordinance a blefTmg; 
 Ev'ry providence a friend. 
 
 ChriiHan, doft thou want a teacher, 
 Helper, counfellor, or guide ? 
 Wouldft thou lind a proper preacher? 
 Afk thy God ; and he'll provide. 
 Build on no man's parts or merit, 
 But behold the gofpel-plsn. 
 Jefus fends his Holy Spirit ; 
 And the Spirit fends the man. 
 
 Blefs, dear Lord, each lab'ringfervant \ 
 Biefs the work they undertake. 
 Make them able, faithful, fervent; 
 Blefs them for thy church's fake. 
 AH things for our good are given, 
 Comforts, erorTes, ftaffs, cr rods. 
 All is ours in earth and heaven : 
 We are ChrifVs; and Chrift is God's. 
 
 LXXVIII. 
 At difraHRoR. 5 Hymns. 
 
 Ifrnifs us with thy bkrfing, Lord* 
 
 us to feed upon thy word, 
 
 DUfaufi 
 Help 
 
 All that has been amifs forgive; 
 
 And let thy t: rth vvjtliiri ys live 
 
 3 TIi 
 
( 2i 7 ) 
 
 Tho' we are guilty, thou art good. 
 Wafh all our works in Jefu's blood, 
 Give ev'ry fetter'd foul releafe ; 
 And bid us aii depart in peace. 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 i f^\ NC E more, before we part, 
 \^J We'll blefs the Saviour's name. 
 
 Record his mercies, ev'ry heart ; 
 Sing, ev'ry tongue, the fame. 
 
 2 Hoard up his facred word ; 
 
 And feed thereon ; and grow. 
 Go on to feek to know the Lord ; 
 
 An«l pra&ife what you know. 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 1 T O R D, help us on thy word to kid, 
 1 j In peace difinifs us hence. 
 
 Be thou, in ev'ry time of need., 
 Our refuge and defence. 
 
 2 We now defire to blefs .thy name ; 
 
 And in our hearts record, 
 And with our thankful tongues proclaim, 
 The goodnefs of the Lord. 
 
 LXXXI. 
 
 GUARDIAN of thy helplefs fneep, 
 Jefus, Almighty Lord, 
 Help our heedful hearts to keep 
 
 The treafure of thy word. 
 Let not Satan (leal what's fown. 
 Bid it bring forth precious fruit. 
 
 Thou 
 
( 2lS ) 
 
 Thou canft foften hearts of Hone ; 
 And make thy word take roor. 
 
 LXXXII. 
 
 FATHER, ere we hence depart, 
 Send thy good Spirit down, 
 To refide in ev'ry heart, 
 
 And blefs the feed that's fown. 
 Fountain of eternal love, 
 Thou freely gav'il thy Son to die : 
 Send thy Spirit from above 
 To quicken and applj% 
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 i. 
 
 OPraife the Lord, ye heav*hly hoft ; 
 The fame on earth be done. 
 Praife Father, Sen, and Holy Ghoft, 
 The great, the good Three-One. 
 
 II. 
 
 TO the great Godhead, Father, Son, 
 And Holy Spirit, Three in One, 
 Be glory, praife, and honor giv'n 
 By all on earth, and ail in heav n. 
 
 III. 
 
 WITH all the heav'nly hoft. 
 Let Chriftians join to laud 
 The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, 
 Our Saviour and our God, 
 
 IV. 
 
( 2I 9 ) 
 
 IV. 
 
 GIVE glory to God, 
 Ye children of men ; 
 And publilh abroad 
 Again and again 
 The Son's glorious merit. 
 The Father's free grace, 
 The gifts of the Spirit, 
 To Adam's loft race. 
 
 V. 
 
 GLORY to th* Eternal be, 
 Three in One, and One in Three, 
 God that pitied finners loft, 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. 
 
 VI. 
 
 YE fons of men your voices raife : 
 And ting th' eternal Father's praife ; 
 And glorify the Son ; 
 Give glory to the Holy Ghoft ; 
 And join with all th 5 angelic hoft 
 To blefs the great Three-One. 
 
 VII. 
 
 WE laud thy name, Almighty Lord, 
 ^ The Father of all grace. 
 We laud thy name, Incarnate Word, 
 
 Who fav'dft a finful race : 
 We laud thy name, bteit Spir't of Truth, 
 
 Who deft falvation feal ; 
 Incline the heart, unclofe the mouth, 
 And fanctify the will. 
 
 APPEK- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Chailifement. 3 Hymns. 
 I. ' 
 
 1 T-J A P P Y the man that bears the flroke 
 I 1 Of his chaftifmg God ; 
 
 Nor ftubbornly reje&s his yoke, 
 Nor faints beneath his rod. 
 
 2 They who the Lord's correction fhare, 
 
 Find favour in his eyes ; 
 As kindeft fathers will net fpare 
 Their children to chaftife. 
 
 3 Thy Lord for nothing would not chide : 
 
 Ihon highly (hould'ft efteem 
 The crOis that's fent to purge thy pride 1 , 
 And make the more like him, 
 
 4 For his correction render praife j 
 
 'Tis giv'n thee for thy good. 
 The lafn is fteep'd; he on thee lays, 
 And foften'd in his blood. 
 
 5 Know, whom the Saviour favours much, 
 
 Their falts he oft reproves : 
 He takes peculiar care of fuch ; 
 And chaftens whom he loves. 
 
 6 Then kifs the rod ; thy fins confefs. 
 
 It (hall a blefTjng prove ; 
 And yield the fruits of righteoufnefs, 
 Humility aud love. 
 
 II. 
 
 1 f~^ OLD in the furnace tried 
 VJT Ne'er lofes aught but drofs : 
 
 the Chritlian purified, 
 And better'd by the crofs, 
 
 1 AfFiicticns 
 
{ 221 ) 
 
 2 Afflictions make us fee 
 
 (What elic would Ycape our fight) 
 How very foul and dim are we ; 
 
 And God how pure and bright. 
 
 3 The punifh'd child repents ; 
 The parent's bowels move : 
 
 Th' offended father foon relents, 
 And turns with double love. 
 
 4 If God rebuke for pride, 
 He'll humble thy proud heart : 
 
 If for thy want of love he chide, 
 That love he will impart. 
 
 5 He (hall, by means like thefe, 
 Thy itubborn temper break ; 
 
 Soften thy heart, by due degrees, 
 And make thy fpirit meek. 
 
 6 His chad'ning therefore prize, 
 The privilege of a faint : 
 
 Their hearts are hard who that defpife ; 
 And their's too weak who faint. 
 
 III. 
 
 i r I ^ O Thee, my God, I make my plaint ; 
 
 A To thee my trembling foul draws near i 
 Let not thy chait'ning make me faint ; 
 Nor guilt overwhelm me with defpair. 
 
 2 What tho' thou frown to try my faith ; 
 What tho' thy heavy hand affiidt ; 
 Thou wilt not give me up to death; 
 Nor enter into judgment iirict. 
 
 3 I knew thy judgments, Lord, are right. - 
 Thy rod commands me to repent. 
 
 If with my fin eompar'd, 'tis light : 
 And ail in faithfuinefs is fent. 
 
 4 What 
 
( 222 ) 
 
 4 What would my blood avail, if fpilt ? 
 Thou haft in richer blood been paid j 
 When all my dreadful debt of guilt 
 W 7 as on my dying Saviour laid. 
 
 5 Then help me by thy grace to bear 
 
 Vv hate'er thou fend to purge my drofs. 
 
 If in his crown I hope to fhare, 
 
 Why mould I grudge to bear his crofs J 
 
 6 Tho' thou feverely with me deal. 
 Still will I in thy mercy truft. 
 Accomplifh in me all thy will : 
 Only remember, I am duft. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Praying for Fruitfulnefs. 2 Hymns. 
 
 LO R D, if with thee part I bear ; 
 If I thro' thy word am clean ; 
 In thy mercy if I mare : 
 If thy blocd has purg'd my fin ; 
 To my needy foul impart 
 Thy good Spirit from above, 
 To enrich my barren heart 
 With Humility and Lo v e . 
 
 Lord, my heart, a defart vail, 
 Thy manuring hand requires. 
 Sin has laid my vineyard wafte, 
 Overgrown with weeds and bri'rs, 
 Thou canft make this defart blocm. 
 Breathe, oh ! breathe, celeb' al dove 
 Till it blow with rich perfume 
 Of Humility and Lovr. 
 
 Vanquish in ir.e luft and pride. 
 All my ftubbornnefs fubdue. 
 Smile me into Fruit — or chide, 
 If no milder means will do. 
 
 Ah! 
 
Ah ! companionate my cafe ; 
 Let the foor thy pity move. 
 Give me of thy boundlefs grace, 
 Give Humility and Love. 
 
 Why mould one that bears thy name, 
 Why ihould thy adopted child, 
 Be in rags expoa^ to fhame, 
 Like a favage fierce and wild ? 
 With thy children I would fit ; 
 And not like an alien rove : 
 Cloath my foul, and make it fit, 
 With Humility and Love. 
 
 Greateft finners, greatly fpar'd, 
 Love much ; and themfelves debate* 
 Mine's a paradox too hard, 
 Rich of mercy, poor of grace* 
 Me thou haft forgiven much, 
 (This my fms too plainly prove) 
 Give me what thou giveft fuch, 
 Much Humility and Love. 
 
 JESUS, to thee I make my moan * 
 My doleful tale I tell to thee : 
 For thou canft help, and thou alone, 
 A lifelefs lump of fin like me. 
 
 Fain would I find increafe of faith ; 
 Fain would I lee frem graces bloom. 
 But, ah ! my heart's a barren heath 
 Blafted with cold, and black with gloom* 
 
 True ; thou haft kindly giv'n me light. 
 I know what Chriftians ought to be. 
 But did thy blind receive their fight 
 Nothing but difmaJ things to fee ? 
 
 U 4 Tho! 
 
( "4) 
 
 4 Tho' winter wafle the earth awhile, 
 Spring foon revives the verdant meads. 
 The ripening fields in fummer fmile ; 
 And autumn with rich crops fucceeds. 
 
 5 But I from month to -month complain. 
 I feel no warmth ; no fruits I fee. 
 
 I look for life ; but dead' remain ; 
 'Tis winter all the year with me. 
 
 6 Yet fin's rank weeds within me live ; 
 Barrennefs is not all I bear : 
 
 I do not fo for nothing grieve ; 
 
 Alas ! there's worfe than nothing there, 
 
 7 Still on thy promife I'll rely, 
 
 From whom alone my fruit is found : 
 Until the Spirit from en high 
 Enrich the dry and barren ground. 
 
 VI. 
 
 The Brazen Serpent. Numb. xxi". 
 
 r TTTHENthe chofen tribes debated 
 
 V V 'Gaihft their God, as hardly treated^ 
 
 And complain'd their hopes were fpilt ; 
 God, for murm'ring to requite them, 
 Fiery ferpents fent to bite them, 
 lively type of deadly guilt. 
 
 2 Stung by thefe they foon repented : 
 And their God as foon relented. 
 
 Mo/es pray'd : He anfwer gave. 
 f» Serpents are the beads that ftrike thern, 
 " Make of brafs, a ferpent like them. 
 
 " That's the way I chufe to fave." 
 
 ^ Vain was bandage, oil, or plaifter : 
 
 Rankling venom kili'd the falter ; 
 
 Till the ferpent Mo/es took, 
 
 Rear'd 
 
( "5 ) . 
 
 Rear'd it high, that all might view It, 
 Bid the bitten look up to it : 
 Life attended ev'ry look. 
 
 4. Jefus thus, for finners fmitten, 
 Wounded, bruifed, ferpent-bitterr, 
 
 To his crofs directs their faith. 
 Why fhould I then poifon cherifli ? 
 Why defpair of cure, and perilh ? 
 
 Look, my foul, tho' ftung to death. 
 
 5 Thine's (alas !) a loft condition. 
 Works cannot work thee remiffion : 
 
 Nor thy goodnefs do thee good. 
 Death's within thee, all about thee ; 
 But the remedy's without thee : 
 
 See it in thy Saviour's blood. 
 
 6 See the Lord of glory dying ! 
 
 See him gafping ! Hear him crying ! 
 
 See his burden'" d bofom heave ! 
 Look, ye finners, ye that hung him ; 
 Look, how deep your fins have flung him ^ 
 
 Dying fimiers, look, and live. 
 
 VII. 
 The Relative Duties. 
 
 1 /CHRISTIANS, in your feveral Nations, 
 V-^ Dutiful to all relations, 
 
 Give to each his proper due. 
 Let not their unkind behaviour 
 Make you difobey your Saviour : 
 
 His command's the rule for you. 
 
 2 Parents, be to children tender. 
 Children, full obedience render 
 
 To your parents, in the Lord. 
 Never flight, nor difrefpeel them ; 
 Nor, thro' pride, when old reject them ; 
 
 'lis the precept of the word. 
 
 U 2 3 Wiv« 
 
( 2*6 ) 
 
 3 Wires to hufbands yield fubje&ion. 
 Hufbands, with a kind affection, 
 
 Cherilh, as yourfelves, your wires. 
 Makers, rule with moderation, 
 Sway'd by juftice, not by palfion : 
 
 lb the fcriptures fquare your lives. 
 
 4 Servants, ferve your matters truly, 
 Not unfaithful, nor unruly, 
 
 To the good — nor to the bad ; 
 Not refilling what you're bidden. 
 Nor replying when you're chidden : 
 
 'Tis tlie ordinance of God. 
 
 5 This fnali folve the important queftion, 
 Whether thourt a teal Chrijlian, 
 
 Better than each golden dream. 
 ."Better far than lip-expreflion, 
 Tovv'ring notions, great profeffion, 
 
 This mail fhew your love to him. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 The Scriptures. 
 i Q A Y, Christian ; v/ouldft thou thrive 
 O In knowlege of thy Lord ? 
 Againft no feripture ever ftrire ; 
 B>it tremble at his word. 
 
 2 Revere the facred page 
 To injure any part 
 
 Betrays, with blind and feeble rage, 
 A hard and haughty heart. 
 
 3 If aught there dark appear, 
 Bewail thy want of light : 
 
 No imperfection can be there ; 
 For all God's words are righ 
 
 j. The fcriptures and the Lord 
 Bear one tremendous nai 
 
 The 
 
( *7») 
 
 The written, and th' incarnate word 
 In ali things are the fame. 
 
 For Jefus is the truth, 
 As well as life and way-. 
 The two-edg'd (word that's in his mouth. 
 Shall ali proud reas'ners flay. 
 
 Why doft thou call him Lord ; 
 And what he fays refill r 
 The foul that ftumbles at the word, 
 Offended is at Chtfift. 
 
 The thoughts of man are lies, 
 The word of God is true. 
 To bow to that is to be wife : 
 Then hear, and fear, and do. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Suffer the Word of Exhortation. Keb. xiii. 2 2, 
 
 TAKE heed, ye Chriftians, how ye hear. 
 Pay every truth refpecl. 
 The word of exhortation bear ; 
 Nor treat with cold neglect. 
 
 Defpife not thofe that would you warn, 
 
 Remember, this is true ; 
 He that his duty will qq{ learn, 
 
 His duty will not do. 
 
 Who flights in any part, God's word; 
 
 Shews a too haughty look. 
 The flothful foul will not be ftiir'd ; 
 
 Nor fcorners hear rebuke. 
 
 Better's a babe that would be wife, 
 Than thofe who mind high things : 
 
 Whofe long prcfeiiion fcorns advice, 
 Thofe old and foolith kings, 
 
 U 3 5 Lord, 
 
Lord, let me not, by pride entic'd, 
 Thy precepts count a load. 
 
 Help me to keep the faith of Ckrift, 
 And the commands of God. 
 
 X. 
 
 Treasure in Heaven. 2 Hymns, 
 
 •ai "|3 Emember,. man, thy birth ; 
 JL\. Set not on gold thy heart. 
 Naked thou eam'ii upon the earth ; 
 And naked rrmft depart. 
 
 2 This world's vain wealth defpifc ; 
 Kappinefs is not here. 
 
 To Jeius lift thy longing eyes ; 
 And leek thy treaiure there, 
 
 3 Be wife to run thy race, 
 And cait off ev'ry load. 
 
 Strive to be rich in works of grace :. 
 Be rich towards thy Gcd. 
 
 4 T he poor may thus be rich,. 
 Their means however fffl 
 
 When rich men once gave very much*' 
 Two mites exceeded all. 
 
 5; If profit be thy feo;\ , 
 Diuufe thy alms about : 
 The worldling profp 
 
 'i he CHriftian-, laying out. 
 
 6 Returns will not fee feant^ 
 With honor in rhe 
 For who relieves his brethren's want* 
 Beftows his ah .rift-. 
 
 1 Give gl • - poor. 
 
( 22 9 } 
 
 In fee ret To increafe thy ftore ; 
 And hide in Hea\ 'n the hoard, 
 
 8 There thou may "ft fear no thief; 
 No rankling ruft nor moth. 
 Thv treaiure and thy heart are fafe : 
 Where one is, will be both. 
 
 XI. 
 
 i T Ukewarm fouls, tlic foe grows ftronger, 
 X^j See whatfrofts your camp lurround, 
 Arm to battle ; lag no longer. 
 
 Hark ! the fiiver trumpets found. 
 Wake, ye flcepers ; wake. What mean yen ? 
 
 Sin befets you round about. 
 Up, and fearch. The world's within you, 
 
 Slay, or chafe the Craitor out. 
 z What enchants you ; pelf, or pleafure ? 
 
 Pluck right eyes ; with right hands part, 
 A!k your confeience where'syour treafure ? 
 
 For, t»e certain, there's your heart. 
 Give the fawning foe no credit. 
 
 Lo ! the bloody flag's unfurl'd, 
 That bafe heart (the word has faid it) 
 
 Loves not God, that loves the world, 
 
 3 God and Mammon ? Oh be wifer. 
 
 Serve them both ? It cannot be. 
 Eafe in warfare, faint and mifer, 
 
 Thefe will never well agree. 
 Shun the fhame of foully tailing 
 
 Cumber'd captives clogg'd with clay, 
 Prove your faith. Make fure yoar calling. 
 1 the fword > and win the day. 
 
 4 Ferward prefs toward perfection. 
 
 :h, and pray; and all things prove. 
 
( *5» ) 
 
 Seek to know your God's election ; 
 
 Search bis everlafting love. 
 Dread bachfliding, feern diffembung. 
 
 Now falvation's near in view. 
 Work it out, with fear and trembling : 
 
 'Tis your Gcd that works in you. 
 
 XII. 
 ray <wi:hout ceafnig. i ThefT. v. I 
 
 to convey 
 :ns to eive. 
 
 I T> RAY'R was appointed 
 JL The bleffings God defigi 
 Long as they live fhould Chriftians pray : 
 For only while they pray, they li<ve. 
 
 2 The Chriftian*s heart his pray'r indites; 
 He {peaks as prompted from within. 
 The fpirit his petition writes ; 
 
 And Chrift receives and gives it in. 
 
 3 And wilt thou in dead filence lie, 
 
 When Chriit ftands waiting for thy pray'r I 
 
 . foul, thou haft a friend on high: 
 Arife, and try thy int'reft there. 
 
 4 If pain afflict, or wrongs opprefs, 
 If cares diltracl ; or fears difmay ; 
 If guilt deject ; if fin difcfs : 
 The remedy 's before thee. Pray. 
 
 £ 'Tis pray'r fupports the foul that's weak ; 
 Tho' thought be broken, language lame- 
 Pray ; if thou canft, or canft not, fpeak ; 
 But pray with faii-h in jefu's name. 
 
 5 Depend on him ; thou canft not fail. 
 Make all thy wants and wiihes known. 
 Fear not ; his merits muft prevail : 
 A& what thou wilt, it fnaii be done. 
 
 XIII. 
 
( *3* ) 
 
 XIII. 
 
 The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 i T7ATHER of Spir'te in heav'n and earth 
 X. Higher than all that's higheft, 
 God of ourfirft, and fecond "birth, 
 Father of Jefus Chriir. 
 
 2 Let all, with rev'rence, and with love, 
 
 Thy facred name adore. 
 Set up thy throne all thrones above 
 And reign forevermore. 
 
 3 Help us thy pleafure to fulfil. 
 
 As done by heav'nly pow'rs. 
 Accomplifh in us all thy will : 
 And let that will be ours, 
 
 4 Our fouls and bodies feed, we pray, 
 
 With food that thou feetf bell : 
 We afk our portion for the day ; 
 And leave to thee the red. 
 
 $ Let mercy pardon all our crimes ; 
 Which juftice muft condemn. 
 As fome have wtong'd us many times, 
 And we would pardon them. 
 
 6 Let not temptation us befaJ, 
 Temptation from the dev'I ; 
 But refcue and defend us all 
 From ev'ry thing that's evil. 
 
 1 Thine is the kingdom, thine the pow'r* 
 O'er angels, and o'er men ; 
 The Glory too for evermore 
 Is thine. Amen, Amen-. 
 
 INDEX, 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO THE 
 
 SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 A 
 
 Wake, ye fleeping fouls, awake 
 
 B 
 Backfliding fpuls, return to God 
 
 Behold! with awful pomp • 
 
 Believer, lift thy drooping head 
 Buried in baptifm with our Lord 
 £v which amazing ways 
 
 C 
 Chrifl: is rh' eternal rock — 
 
 Chriiiians, difmifs your fear — 
 
 Chriitians view this folemn Icene 
 Come, raife your thankful voice 
 
 D 
 Deep in a cold ajoylefs cell 
 Deferters to the camp return — 
 
 Difmifs us with thy bicmng, Lord 
 F 
 
 Faith's a convincing proof 
 
 Lather, ere we hence depart — 
 
 Father of heav'n, almighty king 
 Father of heaven we thee addreis 
 Fountain of life, who gav'ft us breath 
 From pois'nous errors, pleating cheats 
 
 G 
 Gird thy loins up, chriftian foldier 
 
 Glory to Gcd on high 
 
 God is a high and holy God — 
 
 God's mercy is forever fure -— 
 
 Guardian of thy helplefs iheep - — 
 
 g- H 
 
 ym. 
 
 194 
 
 5 l 
 
 208 
 
 63 
 
 *95 
 
 178 
 214 
 
 214 
 
 62 
 
 76 
 
 IS 
 
 J 73 
 179 
 190 
 
 207 
 
 2 7 
 55 
 46 
 66 
 
 177 
 209 
 216 
 
 30 
 69 
 
 7* 
 
 i?4 
 218 
 
 38 
 
 82 
 
 '55 
 a '3 
 
 191 
 210 
 
 4 
 74 
 47 
 
 70 
 
 '75 
 
 204 
 2IO 
 
 2 3 
 3 
 
 • 
 
 217 
 
 Hail 
 
 81 
 * 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Pa 
 H 
 
 Hail, thou bridegroom bruis'd to death 
 Happy the men that fear the Lord 
 Holy Ghoft, infpireour praifes *— 
 
 Jehovah is m< r righteoufnefs — 
 
 Jefus Chrift, God's holy Lamb — 
 
 Jefus, Lord of life and peace ■ — 
 
 Jefus once for finners ilain 
 
 Jefus our triumphant head — 
 In vain men talk of living faith — h 
 
 Join, ev'ry tongue tofmg 
 
 J_i 
 Lord, hear awreftlefs wretch's groans 
 Lord, help us on thy word to feed 
 Lord,' fend thy Spirit down — — — • 
 
 Lord, who can hear of all thy woe 
 
 N 
 Now for a theme of thankful praife 
 
 O 
 O, how good our gracious God is 
 Gh ! for a glance of heav'nly day 
 Oh, that our flinty hearts would melt 
 
 Once more before we part 
 
 Once more, we come before our God 
 
 P 
 Pity a helplefs finner, Lord — 
 
 Pleas'd we read in facred (lory — 
 Poor finner, come, call off thy fear 
 
 R 
 Repent, ye fons of men, repent ■ — 
 
 Repentance is a gift beftow'd — 
 
 See from the dungeon of the dead 
 Sinner, that flurab'reft on the brink 
 Sons of God by Weft adoption — - 
 SufTring Saviour, Lamb of God 
 
 g.fl 
 
 rm. 
 
 158 
 
 8 
 
 171 
 
 24 
 
 215 
 
 75 
 
 211 
 
 7 2 
 
 208 
 
 P 
 
 203 
 
 62 
 
 165 
 
 18 
 
 182 
 
 36 
 
 199 
 
 56 
 
 157 
 
 7 
 
 185 
 
 39 
 
 217 
 
 80 
 
 163 
 
 1 1 
 
 I56 
 
 > 
 
 l8l 
 
 3S 
 
 l6l 
 
 l 3 
 
 20 S 
 
 H 
 
 *59 
 
 9 
 
 217 
 
 79 
 
 167 
 
 21 
 
 161 
 
 12 
 
 192 
 
 42 
 
 212 
 
 73 
 
 183 
 
 37 
 
 202 
 
 60 
 
 i73 
 
 3i 
 
 196 
 
 53 
 
 189 
 
 45 
 
 162 
 
 14 
 
 That 
 
Pag. Hym. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 T 
 
 That doleful night before his death 
 The bleft memorials of thy grief 
 The dev'l can felf-denial ufe — 
 
 The fear of the Lord 
 
 The God that firft us chofe 
 
 The good hand of God — — — 
 The King of heav 'n a fesfthas made 
 The men that fear the Lor# 
 Thepraifeof Chrilr, ye Cliriftians, found 
 The fpirits of the juit — — — 
 The tender mercies of the Lord — 
 This is the day the Lord has made 
 Thy mercy, Lord, we praife '—- « 
 
 V 
 Vain man thy fond purfuits forbear 
 
 & r am man, to boaft forbear 
 
 V\ rilino- from the darkfome tomb 
 We fmg thypraife, exalted Lamb 
 What creatures bef.de — — — 
 What various ways do men invent 
 when filthy paffions or unjuft •— 
 
 When Jefus undertook 
 
 When pining ficknefs wafres the frame 
 KVhen through the defart vail — 
 
 While heav'nly hofts their anthems fing 
 
 Y 
 Ye bold bhfpheming fouls — ■ — 
 Ye Chriftians, hear the joyful news 
 Ye fons of men, the warning take 
 Ye fouls that truft in Chrilt, rejoice 
 
 Z 
 
 Zeal extinguifn'd to afpark — . — 202 61 
 
 F I N I S. 
 
 164 
 
 H 
 
 J 57 
 
 6 
 
 *97 
 
 54 
 
 169 
 
 2 3 
 
 166 
 
 l 9 
 
 168 
 
 22 
 
 153 
 
 1 
 
 171 
 
 2 5 
 
 192 
 
 48 
 
 189 
 
 44 
 
 ^3 
 
 J 5 
 
 i*4 
 
 2 
 
 172 
 
 26 
 
 187 
 
 42 
 
 200 
 
 5S 
 
 180 
 
 54 
 
 206 
 
 6J 
 
 j 66 
 
 20 
 
 201 - 
 
 59 
 
 199 
 
 57 
 
 164 
 
 u> 
 
 i8 S 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 
 10 
 
 J 75 
 
 28 
 
 188 
 
 45 
 
 *95 
 
 5° 
 
 1 86 
 
 4* 
 
 19^ 
 
 52 
 
w 
 
M 
 
 18 
 
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