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 ^ FEB 111936 
 
 AND 
 
 PARAPHRASES 
 
 OF 
 
 SEVERAL PASSAGES 
 
 OF 
 
 SACRED SCPIPTURE. 
 
 COLLECTED AND PREPARED 
 
 By a Committee appointed by the General 
 Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 
 
 And, by the Act of ArTembly 1745, tranfmitted to Presbyteries 
 for their eonfideration. 
 
 'lite Third Edition Revised and corrected according to Appoint" 
 meat of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1749. 
 
 PRINTED io the YEAR M,DCC,L1Y. 
 
 
 * The Title of subsequent editions ran ihu mm;: 
 
 or Translations," &c, 
 
" A D VER TISEMENT. 
 
 IT has been often and earnestly desired, by pious and devout Persons 
 to have our Psalmody enlarged, by joining with the Psalms of 
 David some other Scriptural Songs, out of the New Testament as well as 
 the Old. The Church of Scotland had this Design in View not long 
 after the Revolution, and it has been at different Times under their 
 Deliberation, as appears by several Acts and Recommendations of 
 General Assemblies. By Act of Assembly 1742, a Committee was 
 appointed to collect and prepare Translations and Paraphrases of 
 Sacred Wbtt in Verse : This Committee having made no Report, the 
 Assembly 1744 renewed their Appointment on them for this Purpose, 
 and added some others to their Number. In Consequence of these 
 Appointments of the Assembly, Letters were writ, in Name of this Com- 
 mittee, to the several Presbyteries, desiring them to send any Materials 
 they could furnish for this pious Design. These Poems, which are now 
 Printed, and transmitted to Presbyteries, by Act of Assembly, as partly 
 collected from the Pious and ingenious Dr. Watts, and some other 
 Writers, with such alterations as appeared to fit them more for the pre- 
 sent Purpose ; and partly furnished by Ministers of this Church. The 
 Use for which they were intended required Simplicity and Plainness of 
 Composition and Stile. The Committee who prepared them chiefly 
 aimed at having the Sense of Scripture expressed in easy Verse ; such 
 as might be fitted to raise devotion, might be intelligible to all, and 
 might rise above Contempt from Persons of better taste. 
 
 The General Assembly 1749 did, by their Act, transmit these Trans- 
 lations and Paraphrases to the Committee, with Instructions to con- 
 sider the Amendments which have been Offered by Presbyteries, to 
 admit such as they judge proper and material, and to cause print a new 
 Impression of the Collection so amended, in order to its being again 
 transmitted to Presbyteries : Accordingly the proposed Amendments 
 have been carefully considered and examined by the Commitee, and 
 many of them admitted into this new Impression." 
 
11 TRANSLATIONS AND PARAPHRASES 
 
 FROM 
 
 SACRED SCRIPTURE 
 
 i. luke ii., 8-15. xxxvii. (a) 
 
 1 "TT7PIILE humble shepherds watch Yl 
 
 V V their flocks 
 
 in Bethleh'm's fields by night, 
 An angel sent from heav'n appear'd, 
 
 and fiird the fields with light. 
 
 2 Fear not, said he, (for sudden dread, 
 
 had seiz'd their troubled mind,) 
 Glad tidings of great joy I bring, 
 to you, and ali mankind. 
 
 3 To you in David's town, this day 
 
 is born, of David's line, 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; 
 and this shall be the sign : 
 
 4 The heav'nly babe you there shall find 
 
 to human view displayed, 
 All meanly wrapt in swadling bands, 
 and in a manger laid. 
 
 5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
 
 appear'd a Bhining throng 
 Of angels praising God, and thus 
 address'd their joyful song : 
 
 6 All glory be to God on high, 
 
 and to the earth lie peace ; 
 Good will i.- shown byheav'n to men, 
 and never more shall cease. (/>) 
 
 The Song of Mary. 
 
 II. LUKE i., 46-56. XXXVJ. 
 
 1 ]\/TY soul and spirit lill'd with joy, 
 liX my (iud and Saviour praise ; 
 Whose goodness did from poor estate 
 
 his humble handmaid raise. 
 
 2 Me bless'd of God, the God ofpow'r, 
 
 all ag( - .-hall C03 
 
 ^ hose name i.- lioly, and whose ! 
 
 his saints shall ever bl< 
 
 3 Strength with his arm th' Almighty 
 
 '' i 
 
 the proud he did confound ; 
 (a) The nambi rt at the end of these linea refcT to 
 
 tlie modi in I in,,], in.' 
 
 (6) " Qood win bencefbrth from heav'n t.< men, 
 
 begin unci never erne" 
 
 He cast the mighty from their seat ; 
 the meek and humble crown'd. 
 
 4 The hungry with good things are fill'd ; 
 
 the rich with hunger pin'd : 
 
 He sent his servant Isrel help ; 
 
 and call'd his love to mind : 
 
 5 Which to our father's ancient race 
 
 his oath did once ensure, 
 To Abrah'm, and his chosen seed, 
 for ever to endure. 
 
 The Song of Simeon. 
 in. luke ii., 29-33. xxxvin. 
 
 1 IVTOW let thy servant die in peace, 
 1 1 from this vain world dismist : 
 I've seen thy great salvation, Lord ; 
 
 and hasten to my rest. 
 
 2 Thy long-expected grace, disclosed 
 
 before the people's view, 
 Hath proved thy love was constant 
 and promises were true. [still, 
 
 3 This is the sun. whose cheering ray, 
 
 through Gentile darkness .-pleads : 
 Pours glory round thy chosen rat 
 and blessings on their heads. 
 
 IV. LUKE iv.. 18, 19. xxxix. 
 
 i TARE, the glad sound, the Saviour 
 JL1 comes ! 
 
 the Saviour promis'd long : 
 Let every heart a throne prepare, 
 and every voice a song ! 
 2 On him the Spirit, largely shed, 
 exerts if- .-acred fire : 
 Wisdom and might, and seal and hive, 
 
 his holy breast inspire. 
 8 He c the pris'ners to relieve 
 
 in Satan's bondage held : 
 The gates of brass before him bur 
 the iron fetters yield, 
 l II .. from thickest clouds of vice 
 
 I i clear the darken'd mind ; 
 And, from on high, a saving Light 
 to pour apon the blind, (c) 
 
 (c) " lie oomea from the thi< k » 
 to dear the mental raj : 
 Ami on the eyo-halia • . i 
 to pom < eleattal day." 
 
14 
 
 PARAPHRASES V. VL 
 
 5 He comes, the broken hearts to bind, 
 
 the bleeding souls to cure ; 
 And, with the treasures of his grace, 
 V enrich the humble poor. 
 
 6 His silver trumpets publish loud 
 
 the jub'lee of the Lord : 
 Our debts are all forgiv'n us now, 
 our heritage restor'd. 
 
 7 Our glad hosannahs, Prince of Peace ! 
 
 thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
 And heav'n's exalted arches ring 
 with thy beloved name ! 
 
 v. isAiAn xlii 1-13. xxni. 
 
 1 T)EHOLD my servant ! see him rise, 
 -13 exalted in my might ! 
 
 Him have I chosen, and in him 
 I place supreme delight. 
 
 2 In rich effusion, on his soul, 
 
 toy Spirit's pow'rs shall flow : 
 He'll to the Gentiles, and the Isles, 
 my truths and judgments show. 
 
 3 Peaceful and calm shall be the words, 
 
 which from his mouth proceed : 
 The smoking flax he shall not quench 
 nor break the bruised reed. 
 
 4 The feeble spark to flames he'll raise ; 
 
 the weak he'll not despise : 
 Judgment he shall bring forth to truth, 
 ami make the fallen rise. 
 
 5 His heart shall not despond nor fail, 
 
 nor ought shall him dismay ; 
 Till judgment in the earth he set, 
 
 ami islands own his sway. 
 C He who spread forth the arch of heav'n, 
 
 and hung its orbs on high ; 
 Who fortn'd the earth, and bade his 
 
 pOWT 
 
 its tribes with breath supply ; 
 
 7 Thus speaks the Lord : Thee have I 
 
 my prophet thee install ; [rais'd ; 
 
 In right I've call'd thee, and in 
 
 I'll succour whom I call, [strength 
 
 8 I with the lands establish will 
 
 a covenant in thee, (") 
 To light the Gentiles, and the blind ; 
 and set the prisoners free. 
 I am (he Lord ; mid by the name 
 of great Jehovah known : 
 [dols shall not my glory Bhare, 
 nor mount into my throne. 
 10 Lo! former scenes, predicted once, 
 conspicuous rise to view : 
 Ami Future events, thus foretold, 
 
 shall be accomplish'd too. 
 
 Thffl will I IBOA to make the l.unW 
 
 my plaited goodneae lee." 
 
 1 1 Sing to the Lord a new made song ; 
 
 let earth his praise resound ; 
 Ye who upon the ocean dwell, 
 and fill the isles around ! 
 
 12 Ye who inhabit desert wilds, 
 
 or peopl'd cities throng ; 
 "With humble Kedar's scatter' d tribes, 
 the joyful notes prolong ! 
 
 13 Let all combined, with one accord, 
 
 Jehovah's glories raise ; 
 'Till, in earth's utmost bounds remote, 
 the islands sound his praise ! 
 
 VI. 
 
 ISAIAH liii. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 1 TTOW few receive, -with lively faith. 
 -ll the truths which we impart? 
 How few have felt the powY divine 
 
 revealed within their heart? 
 
 2 The Saviour comes ! — no outward 
 
 pomp 
 bespeaks the Saviour nigh : 
 No earthly beauty shines in him, 
 to draw the carnal eye. 
 
 3 As in dry soil, a tender plant 
 
 weak and neglected grows ; 
 So, in this cold and barren world, 
 that sacred root aros 
 
 4 Rejected and despis'd of men ; 
 
 behold, a man of woe ! 
 Grief was his close companion still, 
 through all his life below. 
 
 5 Yet these were ours, these griefs he 
 
 felt ; 
 ours were the woes he bore : 
 Pangs not his own his spotless soul, 
 with bitter anguish tore. 
 
 6 We held him as accurst by heav'n, 
 
 an outcast from his God ; 
 'Whilst for our sins he groaifd, lie 
 beneath his Father's rod. [bled, 
 
 7 That sacred blood hath wash'd our 
 
 from sin's polluted stain ; [souls 
 
 His stripes have heal'd us, and his 
 
 reviv'd our souls again. [death 
 
 8 The blind apostate race of men 
 
 like sheep had gone astray : 
 
 And the transgressions of us all 
 the Lord on him did lay. (h) 
 
 9 "Wrong' d ami opprOSS'd, how meekly 
 
 in patient silence stood. [he, 
 
 Mote, as the peaceful harmlesslamb, 
 when brought to shed its blood V 
 M Who can his generation tell ? 
 
 from prison see him led ; (r) 
 
 (/<> " on him oar victim lay " 
 
 wii i eonld declare Ma b.eav'nljr blrtb, 
 
 v. !kh from a [uisuii led ; " 
 
PARAPHRASES VIT. VIII. IX. 
 
 15 
 
 With impious show of law con- 
 demned, 
 and number'd with the dead. 
 
 11 Laid low in dust with sinners he ; 
 
 the rich a grave supply'd : 
 Pure was his life, unstain'd by sin ; 
 and as he lived, he dy'd. 
 
 12 Yet God again his head shall raise, 
 
 tho' thus he brought him low : 
 This sacred off 'ring once complete, 
 shall finish all his woe. 
 
 13 For, saith the Lord, my pleasure then 
 
 shall prosper in his hand : 
 
 His shall a numerous issue be, 
 
 and still his honour stand. 
 
 14 His soul rejoicing shall behold 
 
 the purchase of his pain : 
 And thousand guilty souls redeem'd 
 shall bless Messiah's reign. 
 
 15 He with the great shall share the 
 
 and baffle all his foes, [spoil, 
 
 Tho' rank'd with sinners here he fell 
 a conqueror he rose. 
 1G He dy'd to bear the guilt of men ; 
 that sin might be forgiv'n : («) 
 He lives to bless them, and defend 
 and plead their cause in heav'n. 
 
 vii. philip. ii., G-12. lii 
 
 1 T^OU who the name of Jesus bear, 
 J. his holy footsteps trace, 
 
 On his bright pattern form your mind, 
 and be what Jesus was. 
 
 2 Who, tho' the form of God he bore, 
 
 His nature tho' the same, 
 Nor deem'd it robb'ry in himself 
 to equal God supreme. 
 
 3 That greatness he for us abas'd ; 
 
 for us that glory vcil'd : 
 In human likeness God did dwell, (b) 
 his Majesty conceal'd. 
 
 4 Nor only man the God appears, 
 
 but stoops a servant low ; 
 Submits to death, nay to the cross, 
 in all its shame and woe. 
 
 5 Hence God with high rewards hath 
 
 this gen'rous love to men ; [crown'd 
 Supreme hath set him o'er his works, 
 and highly rais'd his name ; 
 G That at his Dame, with sacred awe, 
 each humbled knee should bow, 
 Of hosts immortal in (lie skies, 
 and nations spread below. 
 7 That powers of hell before his feet 
 might fall, and own his sway; 
 And, to his Father's praise, each 
 his boundless rule display, [tongue 
 
 (a) '• lie saw their miis f'l'Kiv'n : " 
 
 (b •• In human llkeneei dwell mi earth 
 whlltl < Iodhi v!> l.i> oonce iled." 
 
 viii. Hep. iv., 14. 15, 16. lvii. 
 
 1 TESUS the Son of God, who once 
 v for us his life resign'd, 
 
 Hath enter'd heav'n, our great High 
 and never-dying friend. [Priest 
 
 2 Thro' life, thro' death, let us to him 
 
 with constancy adhere : 
 Faith shall supply new strength, and 
 shall banish every fear. [hope 
 
 3 For not to human weakness harsh 
 
 is our High Priest above : 
 AVith tenderness his heart o'erflows, 
 His bowels melt with love. 
 
 4 Touch'd with a sympathy within, 
 
 he knows our feeble frame : 
 He knows what sore temptations are, 
 For he has felt the same. 
 
 5 But spotless, innocent and pure, 
 
 the Great Redeemer stood ; 
 While Satan's fiery dart he bore, 
 and did resist to blood. 
 
 6 He in the days of feeble flesh, 
 
 pour'd out his cries and tears ; 
 And, tho' exalted, feels a-fresh 
 what ev'ry member bears. 
 
 7 Then let us to the throne of grace, (c) 
 
 with holy boldness come ; [there 
 There to pour forth our hearts, and 
 make all your sorrows known : 
 
 8 That avo may find propitious aids 
 
 of mercy and of grace 
 To guard us in the evil hour, 
 and help us in distress. 
 
 ix. rev. v.. G-14. LXV. 
 
 1 BEHOLD the glories of the Lamb, 
 -D amidst his Father's throne : 
 Prepare new honours for his name, 
 and songs before unknown. 
 
 2 Let elders worship at his feet ; 
 
 the Church adore around : 
 With vials full of odours sweet, 
 and harps of sweeter sound. 
 
 3 Those are the prayers of the saints ; 
 
 and these the hymns they raise ; 
 Jesus is kind to our complaints ; 
 he loves to hear our praise. 
 
 4 Eternal Father! who shall leek 
 
 into thy sacred will ? 
 "Who, but the Son, sin mid take that 
 and open every sea! ? [book 
 
 5 Now to the Lamb that once \\ a- Blaiu, 
 
 be endless blessings paid. 
 Salvation, glory, joy. remain 
 for ever On thy head ! 
 
 6 From every kindred, every tongue, 
 
 thou bronght'st thy chosen race : 
 
 \ on i t .Mi.i B rabstlttited for our rem foe 
 which we have nd rpa 
 
16 
 
 PARAPHRASES X. XI. 
 
 Aiid distant lands aud isles have felt 
 the riches of thy grace. 
 
 7 Thou hast redeem'd us with thy 
 
 hast set the pris'nera free ; [blood; 
 
 Hast made us kings and priests to 
 
 and we shall reigu with thee. [God; 
 
 8 Hark ! how th' adoring hosts above 
 
 with songs surround the throne : 
 Ten thousand thousand arc their 
 tongues, 
 but all their hearts are one. 
 
 9 Worthy the Lamb that dy'd, they cry, 
 
 to be exalted thug ! 
 Worthy the Lamb ! let us reply, 
 for he was slain for us. 
 
 10 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 honour and pow'r divine : 
 And blessings, more than we can 
 O Lord ! be ever thine. [give, 
 
 11 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 let air, and earth, and seas, 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high, 
 and speak thine endless praise ! 
 
 12 The whole creation join in one, 
 
 to bless the sacred name 
 Of him that sits upon the throne, 
 and to adore the Lamb ! 
 
 x. 
 1 
 
 The Lord's Prayer. 
 MATT, vi., 9-14. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 FATHER of all ! we bow to thee, 
 who dwell'st in heaven ador'd ; 
 But present still through all thy works 
 the universal Lord. 
 
 2 All hallowed be thy sacred name, 
 
 o'er all the nations known : 
 Advance the kingdom of thy grace ; 
 and let thy glory come. 
 
 3 A grateful homage may we yield, 
 
 with hearts resign'd to thee : 
 And as in beav'n thy will is done, 
 on earth so let it be. 
 
 4 From day to day we humbly own 
 
 the hand that feeds us still. 
 Give us our bread ; and may we n 
 contented in thy will. 
 
 5 Our sins and tn . n ; 
 
 () may they be forgiv'n ! 
 That mercy we to others show, 
 we pray the like from beav'n. 
 
 6 Our Life let still thy grace direct : 
 
 from evil guard our \\ ay ; 
 And in temptation's fatal path 
 permit na nol i<> stray. 
 
 7 For thine the pow'r, the kingdom 
 
 all glory's due to th [thine ; 
 
 Thine from eternity they were : 
 and thine shall ever be I 
 
 xi. 1 Cor. xiii. xj.ix 
 
 1 rpHO' all men's eloquence adorn'd 
 J- my sweet persuading tongue ; 
 Tho' I could speak in higher strains 
 
 than ever angel sung ; 
 
 2 Tho' prophesy my soul inspir'd, 
 
 and made all myst'ries plain : 
 Yet, Mere I void of Christian love, 
 these gifts were all in vain. 
 
 3 Nay, tho 1 my faith, with boundless 
 
 pow'r, 
 cv'n mountains could remove ; 
 I still am nothing, if I'm void 
 of charity and love. 
 
 4 Tho' with my goods the poor I fed ; 
 
 my body to the 11;, me, 
 In quest of martyrdom, I gave ; 
 ev'n this were all in vain. 
 
 5 Love suffers long ; love envies not, 
 
 but love is ever kind : 
 She never boasteth of herself, 
 nor proudly lifts the mind. 
 
 6 Love no unseemly carnage shows ; 
 
 she bears no selfish view ; 
 But lays her own advantage by, 
 her neighbours to pursue. 
 
 7 Love harbours no suspicious thought ; 
 
 is patient to the bad ; 
 Griev'd when she hears of sins and 
 and in the truth is glad, [crimes ; 
 
 8 Love beareth much, much she bc- 
 
 shejhopes still for the best : [lie\ 
 Love still with meekness doth endure, 
 tho' much with hardship pre 
 
 9 Love still shall hold an endless reign 
 
 on earth, and beav'n above. 
 When ton ase, ami pro- 
 
 phets fail, 
 and even gift but love. 
 
 10 Here all our gifts imperfect are ; 
 
 but better days draw nigh, 
 When full perfection's reign shall 
 and all these shadows fly. [come, 
 
 11 Like children here we speak and 
 
 Avhom childish tOysamuse: [think, 
 Our BOUls, when they to manhood 
 
 come, 
 
 will slight their present views. 
 
 12 Here, dark and dim, as through B \ eil, 
 
 i ( rod and truth beheld ! 
 Then sl:;ill v, i - face to face, 
 
 and Cod shall be unveifd. 
 
 13 Faith, hope and love, now dwell on 
 
 and earth by them is blesl ; [earth, 
 
 Bui faith and hope mustyield to love, 
 
 oi f\ ery grace the best. 
 
 11 Elope Bhall to full fruition rise, 
 and faith be sight, above : 
 
PARAPHRASES XII. XIII. XIV. XV. 
 
 17 
 
 These are the means, but this the end: 
 for saints for ever love. 
 
 xii. iieb. xii., 1-13. LIX 
 
 1 T)EHOLD, what witnesses unseen, 
 JD encompass us around ; 
 
 Men once like us, with suffering try'd, 
 but now with glory crowivd. 
 
 2 Like them, inspir'd with patient heart, 
 
 your Christian race begin : 
 By each incumbrance laid aside, 
 and every fav'rite sin. 
 
 3 A pattern, nobler far than theirs, 
 
 demands our first regard ; 
 Jesus, who leads us in our faith, 
 and crowns it with reward. («) 
 
 4 To him, your glorious chief, look up, 
 
 whom future joy could move 
 To bear the cross, despise the shame ; 
 and now he reigns above. 
 
 5 If he the scorn of sinners vile 
 
 with patience could sustain, 
 Becomes it us, with hearts opprest, 
 to murmur or complain ? 
 (I Have you, like him, to blood, to 
 death, 
 with all temptations strove ? 
 And is the Word divine forgot, 
 which speaks a father's love ? 
 
 7 My Son, saith he, with patient mind 
 
 endure the chast'ning rod ; 
 Believe, when by affliction try'd, 
 that thou art lov'd of God. 
 
 8 His children thus, most dear to him, 
 
 their heav'nly Father trains, 
 Through all the hard experience led 
 of sorrows and of pains. 
 
 9 'Tis thus we know he owns us his, 
 
 when we correction share ; 
 
 Nor wander, as a bastard race, 
 
 without our Father's care. 
 
 10 A Father's voice, with rev'rence, we 
 
 on earth have often heard : 
 The Father of our spirits, then, 
 how much should we regard ? 
 
 11 Our fathers here, with erring hand, 
 
 may sometimes deal the rod : 
 But heav'n's wise chastisements are 
 to raise our souls to God. (b) [sent, 
 
 12 Tho' harsh and grievous now they 
 
 and spread a field of woe : [seem, 
 Yet, planted there, the peaceful fruits 
 of righteousness shall grow. 
 
 13 Then let our hearts no more despond, 
 
 our hands be weak no more: 
 Still trust your heav'nly Father's 
 and still his ways adore. [love, 
 
 ( Tills verse was super-added. 
 (6) " But all Heaven's Phaitlwmriffllta are wise, 
 and raise the BOO] to QOD." 
 
 xiii. job i., 21. in. 
 
 1 "Vf AKED as from the earth we came, 
 1 ' and enter'd life at first, 
 
 We to the earth return again, 
 and mingle with our dust. 
 
 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, 
 
 and fondly call our own, 
 Are but short favours lent us now, 
 to be repaid anon. 
 
 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high 
 
 or sinks them to the grave : 
 He gives, and takes, (bless'd be his 
 he takes but what he gave, [name ! 
 
 4 Peace, all our angry passions, then ; 
 
 let each rebellious sigh 
 Be silent, at his sov'reign will, 
 and every murmur die. 
 
 5 If smiling mercy crown our lives, 
 
 its praises shall be spread ; 
 And we'll adore the justice too 
 that strikes our comforts dead. 
 
 xiv. johx xiv., 1-5. XLII. 
 
 1 r ET not your hearts, with anxious 
 JU thoughts, 
 
 be troubled or dismay'd ; 
 But trust to Providence divine, 
 and trust my gracious aid. 
 
 2 I to my Father's house return : 
 
 there num'rous mansions stand : 
 And glory manifold abounds 
 through all the happy land. 
 
 3 If no such happy laud there were, 
 
 the truth I'd have declard ; 
 And not with vain delusive hopes 
 
 you easy minds ensnar'd. 
 i Now, in your name, I go before, 
 
 to take possession there ; 
 And, in the land of promis'd rest, 
 
 your mansion to prepare. 
 5 But thence I shall return again, 
 
 and take you home with me : 
 Then shall we meet, to part no more, 
 
 and still together be ! 
 G Thus whither I am bound you know ; 
 
 and I have shewn the road : 
 For I'm the true and living way, 
 
 that leads the soul to God. 
 
 xv. john xiv., 25-29. xlii. 
 
 OU now must hear my voice no 
 
 more ; 
 
 my Father calls me home : 
 But soon from he&v'n, the Holy Ghost, 
 your comforter shall come. 
 2 Him God the Father, in my name, 
 will send, your guide to be ; (c) 
 Reviving ev'rv saered truth 
 that ye have heard from me. 
 
 (c) " Bin GOB Rt my desire will send, 
 your friend, your gvkta to l>«'-." 
 
 I 
 
 1 Y' 
 
18 
 
 PARAPHRASES XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. 
 
 3 Peace to your souls I, parting, give ; 
 
 my peace to you bequeath : 
 I brought the precious gift from heav'n, 
 and seal it with my death. 
 
 4 I give not like this world, whose 
 
 with vain pretence impose : [hopes 
 Seek ye my peace, and trust ray words, 
 and ye shall find repose. 
 
 5 I know you're griev'd, because I said, 
 
 that you and I must part : 
 But when you hear I'm to return, 
 how should it chcar your heart ? 
 
 6 If, with a pure and grateful love, 
 
 to me your bosoms glow, 
 You'll share my joy, since I have said 
 I to my Father go. 
 
 xvi. isaiaii xl., 27-31. XXII. 
 
 1 TY7TIY pour'st thou forth thine 
 
 » V anxious plant, 
 despairing of relief ; 
 As if the Lord o'erlook'd thy cause, 
 and did not heed thy grief? 
 
 2 Hast thou forgot th' Almighty name 
 
 that form'd the earth and sea? 
 And can an all-creating arm 
 grow weary or decay ? 
 
 3 Supreme in wisdom, as in pow'r, 
 
 that rock of ages stand : 
 Tho' him thou canst not see, nor trace 
 the working of his hands. 
 
 4 He gives the conquest to the weak, 
 
 supports the fainting heart ; 
 And courage in the evil hour 
 his strength'ing aids impart. 
 
 5 Mere mortal pow'r shall fade and die, 
 
 and youthful vigour cease : 
 But they that wait upon the Lord 
 shall feel their strength increase. 
 
 6 They, with unweary'd feet, shall tread 
 
 the path of life divine : 
 They still, with growing ardor, move ; 
 with growing brightness shine. 
 
 7 On eagles' wings they mount, they 
 
 soar ; 
 their wings are faith and love : 
 Till, past the cloudy regions here, 
 they rise to heav'n above. 
 
 xvn. iSAiAn xlix., 13-17. xxiv. 
 "E heav'ns, send forth your praising 
 
 1 yEl: 
 X s 
 
 earth, raise thy voice below ! 
 Let hills and mountains join the hymn: 
 and joy through nature How ! 
 2 Behold, how gracious is our God ! 
 with what comforting strains 
 
 (a) 2 " To vindicate my words and thoughts, 
 I'll make no inoic pretence, 
 Not one of all my thousand faults, 
 tan bear a just defence." 
 
 He chears the sorrows of our heart, 
 and banishes our pains ! 
 
 3 Cease ye, when days of darkness fall, 
 
 with troubled hearts to mourn ; 
 As if the Lord could leave a saint 
 forsaken or forlorn. 
 
 4 Can a fond mother e'er forget 
 
 the infant of her womb ? 
 And 'mongst a thousand tender 
 thoughts, 
 her suckling have no room? 
 
 5 Yet, saith the Lord, should nature 
 
 change, 
 and mothers monsters prove ; 
 Sion still dwells upon the heart 
 of everlasting love. 
 
 6 Deep on the palms of both my hands 
 
 I have engrav'd her name : 
 My hands shall raise her ruin'd walls, 
 and build her broken frame. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 job ix., 2-10. 
 
 VII 
 
 1 TTOW should the sons of Adam's 
 Xl be pure before their God ! [race 
 If he contend in righteousness, 
 
 we fall beneath his rod. 
 
 2 If he should scan my words and 
 
 thoughts, 
 with strict inquiring eyes ; 
 Could I, for one of thousand faults, 
 the least excuse devise? (a) 
 
 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise ; 
 
 what vain presumers dare 
 Against their Maker's hand to rise, 
 or 'tempt th' unequal war? 
 
 4 He makes the mountains feel his 
 
 and their old seats forsake ; [wrath, 
 The trembling earth desert her place, 
 and all her pillars shake, (b) 
 
 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise, 
 
 th' obedient sun forbears : 
 His hand with saekeloth spreads the 
 
 and seals up all the stars. [skies, 
 G He walks upon the raging sea, 
 
 flies on the stormy wind : 
 There's none can trace his wondrous 
 
 or his dark footsteps find. [way, 
 
 xrx. titus iii., 3-9. lvi. 
 
 1 ' OKD, we confess our numTous 
 Ju faults ; 
 
 how great our guilt has been ! 
 Foolish, and vain were all ourthoughts, 
 and all our lives were sin. 
 
 2 But, O my soul ! for ever praise, 
 
 for ever love his name ; 
 
 (b) 4 "Mountains by his Almighty wrath 
 from their old seats trq torn: 
 
 He shakes the earth from south to north 
 and all her pillars mourn." 
 
PARAPHRASES XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. 
 
 19 
 
 Who turns thy feet from dang'rous 
 of folly, sin, and shame. [ways, 
 
 3 'Tis not by works of righteousness, 
 
 which we ourselves have done ; 
 But we are sav'd by sovereign grace, 
 abounding through his son. 
 
 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God, 
 
 that all our hopes begin : 
 His mercy sav'd our souls from death, 
 and wash'd our souls from sin. 
 
 5 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, 
 
 its sacred fire imparts : 
 Refines our dross ; and love divine 
 does kindle in our hearts. 
 
 6 Thence, rais'd from death, we live 
 
 and, justify 'd by grace, [a-new ; 
 We shall appear in glory too, 
 and see our Father's face. 
 
 7 Let all who hold this faith and hope, 
 
 in holy deeds abound ; 
 Thus only faith is genuine prov'd, 
 by active virtue crown'd. 
 
 xx. 
 
 john iii., 14-19. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 AS when the Hebrew prophet rais'd(a) 
 the brazen serpent high, 
 The wounded look'd, and straight were 
 the people ceas'd to die. (b) [cur'd, 
 
 2 Look upward in the dying hour, 
 
 and live, the prophet cries : 
 
 So Christ performs a nobler cure, 
 
 when faith lifts up her eyes. 
 
 3 High one the cross the Saviour hung; 
 
 high in the heav'ns he reigns j 
 Here sinners, by th' old serpent stung, 
 look, and forget their pains. 
 
 4 Such was the pity of our God ; 
 
 Mankind he lov'd so well, 
 He sent his Son to bear our sins, 
 and save our souls from hell. 
 
 5 Not to condemn the sons of men 
 
 the Son of God appeared ; 
 But that salvations joyful sound 
 might from this mouth be heard. (c) 
 
 6 Let sinners hearken to his voice, 
 
 believe on him and live ; 
 He'll guide them in the paths of bliss, 
 and peace and pardon give. 
 
 7 But vengeance just for ever lies 
 
 Oil all the rebel rare, 
 Who (;<»<i\s eternal Son despise, 
 and scorn his offer'd grace. 
 
 xx 
 1 
 
 BOM. iii., 19-22. 
 
 XL VI. 
 
 \TA I \ arc the hopes the sons of men 
 on their own works have built ; 
 
 (.it "Of old tin- Hebrew prophet rali'd." 
 i tie wounded felt Immediate ease, 
 
 The camp forbore t<> .1 
 
 <■■ ' No vreepooa in his head ure seen 
 nor voice of terror heard.'' 
 
 Their hearts by nature, all unclean, 
 and all their actions, guilt. 
 
 2 Let Jew and Gentle stop their mouths, 
 
 without a murm'ring word, 
 And the whole race of Adam staud 
 guilty before the Lord. 
 
 3 No hope can on the law be built 
 
 of justifying grace ; 
 The law, that shows the sinner's guilt, 
 condemns him to his face, (d) 
 
 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace ! 
 
 when in thy name we trust, 
 Our faith receives a righteousness 
 that makes the sinner just. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 rom. vi., 1, 2, 6. 
 
 XL VII. 
 
 X A : 
 
 ND shall we then go on to sin 
 because thy grace abounds ? 
 Or crucify the Lord again, 
 and open all his wounds ; 
 
 2 Great God ! forbid the impious 
 
 nor let it e'er be said, [thought ; 
 That we, whose sins are crucify'd, 
 should raise them from the dead. 
 
 3 Nay, now we will be slaves no more, 
 
 since Christ hath made us free ; 
 Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross, 
 and bought our liberty. 
 
 xxu 
 
 1 
 
 ROM. 11 
 
 ,4,5. 
 sinner 
 
 XLV. 
 
 whence 
 
 ttXGRATEFUL 
 U this scorn 
 
 of God's long-suff 'ring grace ? 
 And whence this madness, that insults 
 
 th' Almighty to his face ? 
 
 2 Is it because his patience waits, 
 
 and pitying bowels move, 
 You multiply transgressions more, 
 and spurn his richest love V 
 
 3 Dost thou not know, self-blinded man ! 
 
 his goodness is design'd 
 To move repentance in thy soul, 
 and melt thy hardn'd mind ? 
 
 4 Is all the treasur'd wrath so small, 
 
 you treasure up still more? 
 Tho' not eternal rolling years, 
 can e'er exhau.-t the .store. 
 j Swift doth the day of vengeance erne, 
 that must your sentence seal, 
 And righteous judgments, now un- 
 in awful pomp reveal. [known, 
 ) Alarm'd and melted at the thought, 
 our conqner'd hearts should bow ; 
 
 And, to escape th' avenger then, 
 embrace the Saviour now. 
 
 (rf) v. 3. " In vain we ask God's righteous law 
 to justify u« now; 
 Since to convince and to condemn 
 i> all the law can do." 
 
20 
 
 PARAPHRASES XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. 
 
 XXIV 
 
 job viii., 11-22. 
 
 "VI. 
 
 1 CJAY, grows the rush without the 
 O mire ? 
 
 the flag without the stream ? 
 Green and uncut, it quickly fades ; 
 the wicked's fate's the same. 
 
 2 Slight is his hope, cut off and broke, 
 
 or if entire it rise, 
 Yet, as the spider's web, when try'd, 
 it yieldeth, breaks, and flies. 
 
 3 Fix'd on his house he leans, his house 
 
 and all his props decay ; 
 He holds it fast, but faster still 
 the tott'ring frame gives way. 
 
 4 Though, in his garden, to the sun 
 
 his boughs with verdure smile ; 
 Though, deeply fix'd, his spreading 
 unshaken stand a while : [roots 
 
 5 Yet, when from heav'n his sentence 
 
 he's hurried from his place ; [flies, 
 It then denies him for its Lord, 
 nor owns it knew his face. 
 C Lo, this the joy of wicked men, 
 who heav'n's just laws despise ; 
 They quickly fall, and in their room 
 as quickly others rise. 
 7 But God his pow'r will for the just, 
 with tender care employ : 
 He'll fill their mouths with songs of 
 praise, 
 and fill their hearts with joy. 
 
 XXV. LUKE XV., 13-25. XL. 
 
 J T)EHOLD the wretch, whose lust 
 X) and wine 
 
 had wasted his estate ; 
 He begs a share amongst the swine, 
 to taste the husks they eat. 
 
 2 Whilst I with hunger die, he cries, 
 
 and starve in foreign land, 
 The meanest in my father's house 
 is fed with bounteous hand, (a) 
 
 3 I'll go, and, with a mournful tongue, 
 
 fall down before his face : 
 Father, I've sinn'd 'gainst heav'n and 
 nor can deserve thy grace, [thee, 
 
 4 He said, and hasten'd to his home, 
 
 to seek his father's love : 
 The father saw him from a-far, (M 
 and all his bowels move. 
 
 5 He ran, and fell upon bis neck, 
 
 embrae'd and kiss'd his son ; 
 The grieving prodigal bewail'd (r) 
 The follies he had done. 
 G Bring forth tin; fairest robe for him, 
 the joyful father said ; 
 To him each mark of grace be shown, 
 and every honour paid. 
 
 <n) " My father'! room has large iuppli< 
 and bounteoui are ins hud*. 
 
 ( " 'I lie Cither M« t!ic rebel I "iii ,' 
 
 (rj " i tie rebel*! bead with sorrow bi 
 !i id done " 
 
 7 A day of feasting I ordain ; 
 let mirth and joy abound : 
 My son was dead, and lives again ; 
 was lost, and now is found. 
 
 xxvi. Mat. xi., 25, to the end. xxxiv. 
 
 1 1T7TTH solemn thanksgiving, our 
 
 VV Lord 
 
 his Father thus address'd : 
 For ever may the sovereign Lord 
 of heaven and earth be blest. 
 
 2 Who from the wise and prudent hast 
 
 thy heav'nly truths conceal'd ; 
 Which yet to weak and simple babes 
 thou plainly has reveal'd. 
 
 3 Ev'n so thou, Father ! hast ordain'd 
 
 thy wise decree to stand ; 
 Nor men, nor angels may presume 
 the reason to demand. 
 
 4 All pow'r my Father me hath given ; 
 
 for me he knows and loves : 
 Him none can know, but they to whom 
 the Son a Saviour proves. 
 
 5 Come then, all weary lab'ring souls, 
 
 with guilt and fears opprest ; 
 By faith your burdens on me cast, 
 and I will give you rest. 
 
 6 Your willing necks bend to my yoke, 
 
 and own my rightful sway : 
 My pattern learn to imitate, 
 and all my laws obey. 
 
 7 Learn from your meek and humble 
 
 a meek and humble mind ; [Lord, 
 And thus your weary troubled hearts 
 shall rest and quiet find. 
 
 8 Gentle and easy is my yoke ; 
 
 my yoke the sinner frees : 
 And the light burden 1 impose, 
 a heavier load doth ease. 
 
 XXVII. ISAIAH lv. XXVI. 
 
 1 TJO ! ye that thirst, approach the 
 XX of ever-flowing bliss ; [spring 
 Free to the poor life's waters flow, 
 
 and bought without a price. 
 
 2 AVhy bargain ye fox earthly goods, 
 
 where fruitless is the cost ? 
 In vanity ye waste your days, 
 and all your labour's lost : (<7) 
 
 3 To me incline your willing ear, 
 
 so shall your souls be blest : 
 And fed with truth, and real good, 
 attain their native rest. 
 
 4 Hear ye, and live for evermore ! 
 
 my mercy shall renew 
 The hope that gladden'd David's 
 in covenant with YOB. [heart, 
 
 .'» llim lor my witness, have I rais'd, 
 your leader, and your chief: 
 
 (rf) " Why, following unsubstantial poods, 
 spend j <■ .i DrutleM 09 -i. 
 in \amt\ beguile your <iuy«. 
 imii find j our labour 1" t " 
 
PARAPHRASES XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. 
 
 21 
 
 The nations he shall call, and they 
 be bless'd in his belief. 
 
 6 Behold great prophet ! Lands un- 
 
 known, 
 and lands that knew not thee, 
 Shall hasten to thy call ; and God 
 in thee exalted be. 
 
 7 Seek ye the Lord, whilst yet his ear 
 
 is open to your call : 
 Whilst offer'd mercy yet is near, 
 before his footstool fall. 
 
 8 Now let the sons of vice repent : 
 
 from sin the sinner cease : 
 To God returning, they shall meet 
 their God's returning grace. 
 
 9 He pardons with o'erfiowing love ; 
 
 for, hear the voice divine : 
 My nature, as 'tis not like yours, 
 so nor my ways as thine. 
 
 10 But far as heav'n's resplendent orbs 
 
 beyond earth's spot extend ; 
 So far my nature, thoughts and ways, 
 your ways and thoughts transcend. 
 
 11 For as the rains from heav'n distil, 
 
 nor thither tend again ; 
 But swell the earth with fruitful juice 
 and all its tribes sustain : 
 
 12 So not a word that flows from me 
 
 shall ineffectual fall ; (a) 
 But universal nature prove 
 obsequious to my call. 
 
 13 With joy and peace, shall then be led 
 
 the glad converted lands : 
 The mountains then shall seem to 
 sing, 
 the trees to clap their hands. 
 11 For briers then, and thorny wilds, 
 shall firs and myrtles spring : 
 Thus shall it ever last; and all 
 to God shall praises sing. 
 
 XXVIII. [8AIAH ii., 2-G. xvm. 
 
 1 TN latter days the mount of God, 
 -1- his sacred house, shall rise 
 Above the mountains and the hills, 
 
 and strike the wond'ring eyes. 
 
 2 To this the joyful nations round, 
 
 all tribes and tongues shall flow ; 
 Up to the house of God, they'll --ay, 
 
 to Jacob's God we'll go. 
 8 To us he'll point (he ways of truth ; 
 
 the sacred path we'll tread ; 
 Prom Salem and from Zion Hill, 
 
 his law shall then proceed. 
 
 4 among the nation.- and the isles, 
 
 as jndge supn me be'U sil : 
 And. \ ested with unbounded pow Y, 
 will punish or acquit. 
 
 5 No Strife .shall rage, nor angry U'\u\> 
 
 disturb tin ;. aC4 tul /. 
 
 (a) " Mi. ill una. I ML" 
 
 To plough-shares then they'll beat 
 their swords, 
 to pruning-hooks their spears. 
 
 6 Then nation shan't 'gainst nation, rise, 
 
 and slaughter' d hosts deplore : 
 They'll lay the useless trumpet by, 
 and study war no more. 
 
 7 O come ye, then, of Jacob's house, 
 
 our hearts now let us joiu ; 
 And, walking in the light of God, 
 with holy beauties shine. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 XX. 
 
 ISAIAH xxvi., 1-6. 
 
 1 I OW honourable is the place, 
 -II where we, adoring stand ; 
 Zion, the glory of the earth, 
 
 and beauty of the land ! 
 
 2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend 
 
 the city where we dwell : 
 The walls, of strong salvation made, 
 defy th' assaults of hell. 
 
 3 Lift up the everlasting gates ! 
 
 the doors wide open fling ; 
 Enter, ye nations, that obey 
 the statutes of our King. 
 
 4 Here shall you taste unmingled joys, 
 
 and live in perfect peace ; 
 You that have known Jehovah's name, 
 and trusted in his grace. 
 
 5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust, 
 
 and banish all your fears ; 
 Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells, 
 eternal as his years. 
 
 6 What tho' the rebels dwell on high, 
 
 his arm shall bring them low ; 
 Low as the caverns of the grave, 
 their lofty heads shall bow, 
 
 7 On Babylon our feet shall tread, 
 
 in that rejoicing hour ; 
 Tin. 1 ruins or her walls shall spread 
 a pavement for the poor. 
 
 xxx. 1 .mux [ii., 1-4. lxiii. 
 
 1 T)EIIOLI) th' amazing height of love 
 ■D the Father hath bestow'd 
 
 On us, the sinful sons of men, 
 to call us sons of God ! 
 
 2 Conceal'd as yet this honour lies, 
 
 by this dark world unknown ; 
 So the world knew not when he came, 
 God's everlasting Son. 
 
 3 High is the character we bear; 
 
 but higher we shall rise ! 
 
 Tho' what we'll be In future worlds 
 is hid from mortal ej 
 
 I But this we know, when he, whom 
 now 
 Heav'n veils from mortal ey< . 
 
 Shall in his Father- glory eome, 
 and call the dead to ri.-e : 
 
 5 At that blesl day. we shall transform'd 
 into his likem i ' 
 
22 
 
 PARAPHRASES XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. 
 
 Because our raptur'd souls shall then 
 imveil'd their Saviour see. (a) 
 6 A hope so great, and so divine, 
 may trials well endure ; 
 Retine the soul from sense audsin, 
 as Christ himself is pure. 
 
 xxxi. Hab. iii., 17, 18. xxxn. 
 
 1 ITTTHAT tho' uo flowera the fig-tree 
 » V clothe, 
 
 tho' vines their fruit deny; 
 The labours of the olive fail, 
 and fields no meat supply ? 
 
 2 Tho' from the fold, with sad surprize, 
 
 my flocks cut off I see ; 
 Tho' famine pines in empty stall 
 where cattle us'd to be ; 
 
 3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad, 
 
 and glory in his love : 
 In him I'll joy, who will the God 
 of my salvation prove. 
 
 4 God is the treasure of my soul ; 
 
 a source of sacred joy, 
 Which no afflictions can controul, 
 nor death itself destroy, (b) 
 
 xxxii. 2 tim. i., 12. LIV. 
 
 1 I 'M not asham'd to own my Lord, 
 J- or to defend his cause ; 
 Maintain the glory of his cross, 
 
 and honour all his laws. 
 
 2 Jesus, my God ! I know his name, 
 
 his name is all my trust : 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 Firm as his throne, his promise stands ; 
 
 and he can well secure 
 What I've committed to his hands, 
 'till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Then will he own my worthless name 
 
 before his Father's face ; 
 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 
 appoint my soul a place. 
 
 xxxiii. 2 tim. iv., 6, 7, 8, and 18. lv. 
 
 1 iX/TY race is run ; my warfare's o'er ; 
 -i'J- the solemn hour is nigh 
 When, offer'd up to God, my soul 
 
 shall wing its flight on high, (c) 
 
 2 With heav'nlv weapons 1 have fought 
 
 the battles of the Lord ; 
 Fioish'd my course, and kept the faith, 
 and wait the sure reward. 
 
 3 God has laid up in heav'n lor me 
 
 a crown which cannot fade ; 
 The righteous Judge, at that great 
 shall place it on my head. L (la . v - 
 
 (a) The 4tli Uiitii 'wli verses were substitut* >1 in 
 place of the following lour hues: — 
 
 " Bttt this w • know, cur houls shall then 
 
 their God an I Baviour see, 
 Unveiled behold him, and transformed 
 
 illtd Ml llktIK ^** In'." 
 
 (i Bee Appi >i ■'"' No 111. 
 
 4 Nor hath the King of Grace decreed 
 
 this prize for me alone ; 
 But all that love and long to see, 
 th' appearance of his Son. 
 
 5 Jesus, the Lord, shall guard my steps 
 
 from cv'iy ill design ; 
 And to his heav'nlv kingdom safe 
 preserve this soul of mine. 
 
 6 God is my everlasting aid ; 
 
 and hell shall rage in vain : 
 
 To him be highest glory paid, 
 
 and endless praise. Amen. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 LX. 
 
 heb. xiii., 20, 21. 
 
 1 TjlATIIER of peace, and God of love ! 
 J- we own thy pow'r to save ; 
 
 By which our mighty Shepherd rose 
 victorious o'er the grave. 
 
 2 Him from the dead thou broughtst 
 
 when, by his sacred blood, [again, 
 Confirm'd and seal'd for evermore 
 th' eternal cov'nant stood, (d) 
 
 3 O may thy spirit seal our souls, 
 
 and mould them to thy will ; 
 That our weak hearts no more mar 
 but keep thy precepts still, [stray, 
 
 4 Work in us all thy holy will 
 
 to man by Jesus shewn ; 
 Till we, thro' him, improving still, 
 at last approach thy throne. 
 
 xxxv. rom. viii., 31, to the end. xlviii. 
 
 1 1V[0W let our souls ascend above 
 1 1 the fears of guilt and woe : 
 God is for us our friend declar'd ; 
 
 who then can be our foe ? 
 
 2 He who his Son, most dear and lov'd, 
 
 for us gave up to die, 
 Will he withhold a lesser gift, 
 or ought that's good deny? 
 o Behold, all blessings seal'd in this, 
 the highest pledge of love ; 
 All grace and peace on earth below, 
 and endless life above! 
 •4 Who now shall dare to charge with 
 whom God hath justify'd V [guilt 
 Or who is he that shall condemn, 
 since Christ the Saviour dy'd V 
 
 5 He died, — but he is risen again, 
 
 triumphant from the grave ; 
 And pleads for us at God's right-hand, 
 omnipotent to sa\ e. 
 G Then, who can e'er divide us more 
 from Christ, and lore divine? 
 
 (c) " Death may dleeolve my body now, 
 
 : 1 1 • 1 1 beai uiy spirit home ; 
 
 \\ My (in my minutes more so slow, 
 
 DO! thy .salvation conic V" 
 
 (■/) Substituted for this— 
 
 "We triumph iu that Saviour's name, 
 
 stii] watchful for oar coed, 
 Who brought th" eternal covenant down 
 and waled it with his blood." 
 
PARAPHRASES XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. 
 
 23 
 
 Or what dissolve the sacred band, 
 that joins our souls to him ? 
 
 7 Let troubles rise, and dangers roar, 
 
 and days of darkness fall; 
 Through him all terrors we'll defy, 
 and more than conquer all. 
 
 8 Xor death, nor life, nor heav'n, nor 
 
 nor time's destroying sway, [hell, 
 Can e'er efface us from his heart, 
 or make his love decay. 
 
 9 Each future period this will bless, 
 
 as it has bless'd the past : 
 He lov'd us from the first of time, 
 and loves us to the last. 
 
 xxxvi. prov. viii., 1, 22-36. xiii. 
 
 1 QHALL heav'nly wisdom cry aloud, 
 
 and not her speech be heard ? 
 The voice of God's eternal word, 
 
 deserves it no regard ? 
 
 2 I was th' Almighty's chief delight, 
 
 his everlasting Son : 
 Before the first of all his Avorks, 
 creation, was begun. 
 
 3 Before the skies, and Hying clouds, 
 
 before the solid land ; 
 Before the fields, before the floods, 
 I dwelt at his right-hand. 
 
 4 When he adorn'd the arch of heav'n, 
 
 and built it, I was there. 
 To order when the sun should rise, 
 and marshal ev'ry star. 
 
 5 "When ocean's bed he measur'd out, 
 
 and spread the flowing deep ; 
 
 1 gave the flood a firm decree, 
 in its own bounds to keep, 
 
 6 When, hung amid'st the empty space, 
 
 the earth was balanc'd well, 
 With joy I saw the mansion, where 
 the sons of men should dwell. 
 
 7 My thoughts from everlasting days, 
 
 on their salvation ran ; 
 E'er sin was known, or Adam's dust 
 was fashion'd into man. 
 
 8 Now, therefore, hearken to my words, 
 
 ye children, and be wise : 
 Happy the man that keeps my ways; 
 the man that shuns them, dies. 
 
 9 'Tis I that point the path of life, 
 
 and give the best reward : 
 Life shall be his that follows me, 
 and favour lien the Lord. 
 
 10 Surely they to themselves are foes, 
 
 who 'gainst my word rebel : 
 
 And they who my Instructions hate 
 do court the road to hell. (</ ) 
 
 <<j) "Foes to then oa are they 
 
 who 'guioBt nay word rebel: 
 
 They wrong their souls whfi injur.- in--. 
 and court the road to hell." 
 
 1 F 
 
 TO. GENESIS 1. I. 
 
 OW, let the spacious world arise, 
 said the Creator Lord: 
 At once th' obedient earth and skies 
 rose, at his sov'reign word. 
 
 2 Dark was the deep, the waters lay 
 
 confus'd, and drown'd the land : 
 He call'd the light ; a new-born day 
 attends on his command. 
 
 3 He bids the clouds ascend on high ; 
 
 the clouds ascend, and bear 
 A wat'ry treasure to the sky, 
 and float on softer air. 
 
 4 The liquid clement below 
 
 was gather'd by his hand : 
 The rolling seas together flow, 
 and leave the solid land. 
 
 5 With herbs and plants (a flow'ry 
 
 birth) 
 the naked globe he crown'd, 
 E'er there was rain to bless the earth, 
 or sun to warm the ground. 
 
 6 Then he adorn'd the upper skies ; 
 
 behold the sun appears : 
 The moon and stars in order rise, 
 to mark out months and years. 
 
 7 Out of the deep th' Almighty King 
 
 did vital beings frame ; 
 And painted fowls of ev'ry wing, 
 and fish of ev'ry name. 
 
 8 He gave the lion, and the worm, 
 
 at once their wond'rous birth ; 
 And grazing beasts, of various form, 
 rose from the teeming earth. 
 
 9 Then, chief o'er all his works below, 
 
 at last was Adam made : 
 His Maker's image bless'd his soul, 
 
 and glory crown'd his head, {b) 
 10 Thus, glorious in the Maker's eye, 
 
 the young creation stood : 
 He saw the building from on high, 
 
 his word pronoune'd it good. 
 
 XXXVIII. REV. XXi., 1-0. LXVII. 
 
 1 " O, what a glorious sight appears 
 lJ to our believing eyes ! 
 
 The earth and seas are pass 1 *] away, 
 and the old rolling Bkies. 
 
 2 From heav'n the new Jerusalem 
 
 all worthy of its Lord : [comes, 
 See, all things now at last renew'd, 
 and paradise restor'd. 
 
 3 Attending angels shout for joy, 
 
 and the bright armies sin : 
 Mortal.-! behold the sacred seat 
 of our descending King. 
 
 4 The God of glory down to men 
 
 removes his bless'd abode: 
 
 (h) "Adam was (ranted of equal day 
 the BoTYetgn ol the reel i 
 i taetj Bed for nobler end.-, then they, 
 with (iod's. own Image bleat'd." 
 
24 
 
 PARAPHRASES XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLU. 
 
 He dwells with men ; his people they, 
 and he his people's God. 
 
 5 His gracious hand shall wipe the tears 
 
 from ev'ry weeping eye ; 
 And pains and groans, and griefs, and 
 and death itself, shall die. [fears, 
 
 6 Behold I change all human things ! 
 
 Thus speaks th' eternal One ; 
 The world shall vanish from its place, 
 and time shall cease to run. 
 
 7 I am the first, and I the last, 
 
 through endless years the same ; 
 I AM is my memorial still, 
 and my eternal name. 
 
 8 Such favours as a God can give, 
 
 my royal grace bestows : 
 Ho ! ye that thirst, come taste the 
 stream 
 where life and pleasure flows. 
 
 9 The saint that triumphs o'er his sins, 
 
 I'll own him for a son ; 
 The whole creation shall reward 
 the conquests he has won. 
 
 1 But bloody hands and hearts unclean, 
 
 and all the lying race ; 
 The faithless and the scoffing crew, 
 that spurn at offer'd grace ; 
 
 11 They shall be taken from my sight, 
 
 bound fast in iron chains ; 
 And headlong plung'd into the lake 
 where fire and darkness reigns. 
 
 12 O may I stand before the Lamb, 
 
 when earth and seas are fled ! 
 And hear the judge pronounce my 
 with blessings on my head ! [name. 
 
 13 How long, dear Saviour, O how long 
 
 shall this bright hour delay ? 
 Fly swifter round, yc wheels of time, 
 and bring the promis'd day. 
 
 xxxix. job iii., 17-20. iv. 
 
 1 TTOW still and peaceful is the grave ! 
 ■CI that silent bed how blest ! 
 
 The wicked there from troubling 
 and there the weary rest. [cease, 
 
 2 There the freed pris'ner groans no 
 
 beneath life's galling load ; more 
 Mute is th' oppressor's cruel voice, 
 and broke the tyrant's rod, 
 
 3 There slaves and masters equal lye, 
 
 and share the same repose ; 
 The small and great are there ; and 
 friends 
 now mingle with their foe*. 
 
 XL. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 1 pi. i. i., 3-5. 
 
 1 T)LESS'D be the everlasting God, 
 J-) the Father of our Lord : 
 Be his abounding mercy prais'd, 
 his Majesty adorM. 
 
 2 When from the dead be rais'd his Son, 
 
 and call'd him to the sky. 
 He gave our souls a lively hope, 
 That they should never die. 
 
 3 What though our inbred sins require 
 
 our flesh to see the dust ; 
 Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose, 
 so all his foil Vers must. 
 
 4 There's an inheritance divine 
 
 reserv'd against that day , 
 Tis uncorrnpted, undefU'd, 
 and cannot waste away. 
 
 5 Saints, by the pow'r of God, are kept 
 
 till the salvation come : 
 We walk by faith, as strangers here, 
 till Christ shall call us home. 
 
 XLI. 1 COR. xv., 52, to the end. l. 
 
 1 TTTHEX the last trumpet's awful 
 
 V Y voice 
 
 this rending earth shall shake, 
 The op'ning graves shall yield their 
 and dust to life awake. [charge, 
 
 2 These bodies, then, so corrupt now, 
 
 shall incorrupted rise : 
 Mortal they fell, but rise to life 
 immortal in the skies. 
 
 3 Behold, what heav'nly prophets sung, 
 
 is now at last fulfill'd ; 
 That death should yield his ancient 
 and quit the vanquish'd field, [reign, 
 
 4 Let faith exalt her joyful voice, 
 
 and thus begin to sing : [now? 
 
 O Grave ! where be thy triumphs 
 and where, O Death ! thy sting? 
 
 5 Thy sting was sin, and conscious guilt, 
 
 'twas this that arm'd thy dart : 
 The law gave that its strength and 
 to pierce the sinner's heart, [force 
 
 6 But God, whose name be ever bless'd ' 
 
 disarms that foe we dread ; 
 And makes us conqu'rors when we die, 
 through Christ our living head. 
 
 7 Then fix'd and constant be your 
 
 and in his grace abound : [hearts. 
 Through him your labour's not in vain, 
 with such an issue crown'd. 
 
 XLU. 
 
 2 cor. v., 1-11. 
 
 LI. 
 
 1 OOON shall this earthly frame dis- 
 O in death and ruins lye : [solv'd, 
 But better mansions wait our soul, 
 
 prepar'd above the sky. 
 
 2 An house eternal, built by God, 
 
 shall clothe a purer mind. 
 When once these prison-walls shall 
 
 in which 'tis now confin'd. [fall, 
 8 Hence bnrden'd with this load of clay, 
 
 our wcary'd spirits groan : [free, 
 Till death's kind hand shall set them 
 
 and God shall bring them home. 
 
PARAPHRASES XI. III. XLIV. XLV. 
 
 'Jo 
 
 4 Not that we wish the soul oncloth'd, 
 
 might from this body fly ; 
 But animate a purer frame, 
 with life that cannot die. 
 
 5 Such are the hopes that wait the just ; 
 
 these hopes their God hath giv'n : 
 His spirit is the earnest now, 
 and seals their souls for heav'n. 
 
 6 We walk by faith of joys to come ; 
 
 faith lives upon his word : 
 But, while this body is our home, 
 we mourn an absent Lord. 
 
 7 What faith rejoices to believe, 
 
 we long and pant to see : 
 AVe would be absent from the flesh, 
 and present, Lord, with thee. 
 
 8 But still, or here, or going hence, 
 
 to this our labours tend, 
 That, in his service spent, our life 
 may in his favour end. 
 
 9 For, lo ! before the Son, as Judge, 
 
 th assembled world shall stand, 
 To take the punishment, or prize, 
 from his impartial hand. 
 
 10 Impartial retributions then 
 
 our different lives await : 
 Our present actions, good or bad. 
 shall fix our future fate. 
 
 God is their sun. whose ebeering beams 
 
 diffuse eternal day. 
 6 The Lamb shall lead his heavenly 
 
 where living fountains rise ; [flock 
 And love divine shall wipe away 
 the sorrows of their eves. 
 
 XLIV 
 
 1 
 
 gen. xxviii., 20, 21, 22. 
 
 ii. 
 
 0GOD of Bethel, by whose hand 
 thine Is'rael still is fed ! 
 Who through this weaiy pilgrimage 
 hast all our fathers led. 
 
 2 To thee our humble vows we raise ; 
 
 to thee address our pray'r : 
 And in thy kind and faithful breast 
 deposit all our care. 
 
 3 If thou, through each perplexing path, 
 
 wilt be our constant guide ; 
 If thou wilt daily bread supply, 
 and raiment wilt provide ; 
 
 4 If thou wilt spread thy wings around, 
 
 till these our wand'rings cease, 
 And at our Father's lov'd abode, 
 our souls arrive in peace. 
 
 5 To thee, as to our cov'nant God, 
 
 we'll our whole selves resign ; 
 And count that not our tenth alone, 
 but all we have is thine. 
 
 xliu 
 
 REV. vii., 13-1' 
 
 I.XVJ. 
 
 1 
 
 THESE glorious minds, how bright 
 they shine, 
 whence all their white array ? 
 Ilow came they to the happy seats 
 of everlasting day? 
 2 t Lo ! these are they, to endless joy, 
 from sofFrioga great who came, 
 And wash'd their raiment white in 
 blood, 
 the blood of Christ the Lamb, (a) 
 S Now they approach a holy God, 
 and bow before his throne, 
 With hearts enlarg'd to serve him still, 
 and make his glory known. 
 
 4 His presence fills each heart with joy, 
 
 time's ev'ry mouth to sin:: : 
 By day, by night, the bleas'd abodes 
 with glad hosannas ring. 
 
 5 Hunger and thirst are felt no more, 
 
 nor suns with scorching ray : 
 
 ! their raiment in the blood, 
 
 rill the 'lying Lamb." 
 
 XLV. (b) 
 
 KEY. i., 5-9. 
 
 LXIV 
 
 1 rpO him that lov'd the souls of men, 
 JL and wash'd OS in his blood ; 
 
 To royal honours rais'd our head, 
 and made 08 priests to God : 
 
 2 To him let ev'ry tongue be praise, 
 
 and ev'ry heart be love ! 
 All grateful honours paid on earth, 
 and nobler songs above ! 
 
 3 Behold, on flying clouds he emu. 
 
 his saints shall bless the day ; 
 Whilst they that piere'd him, sadly 
 
 in anguish and dismay. [mourn 
 
 1 1 am the first, and I the last : 
 time centres all in me, 
 Th' Almighty God. who was, and is, 
 and evermore shall be I 
 
 (6) No alteration was made on this, from 1740 to 
 the present time. It It the only one tliat passed un- 
 mutllated through the bands of the compilers of the 
 nt unauthorittd collection. 
 
 I IXIS. 
 
•JO 
 
 APPENDIX, No. 111. 
 
 (See Foot-note, page 22.) 
 XXXI. PARAPHRASE. 
 
 FROM THE PROOF OF 1745. 
 
 1 Secure the Saint's foundation stands, 
 
 nor shall his hopes remove, 
 Sustained by God's Almighty hand 
 and sheltered in his love. 
 
 2 Fig trees and olive plants may fail, 
 
 and vines their fruits deny : 
 Famine thro' all the fields prevail, 
 and Flocks and Herds may die : 
 
 3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad, 
 
 and glory in his Love : 
 In him I'll joy, who will the God 
 of my salvation prove. 
 
 4 Lord, may we feel thy cheering beams 
 
 and taste thy sweet repose ! 
 We will not mourn these perished streams 
 when such a fountain flows. 
 
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