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Publifhed from the A utho r's
By Job'Orton

Manufcript

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E FIFTH EDI

T I O K.

eftcevt Neposy^r his F aith and Diligence, his Commerti*
on Scripture., and many Hymns, <with which the Brethren
are delighted. Eufeb. Eccl. Hilt. 1. vii. c. 24.

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O. Robinson, W. Otridge, and W, Fox.

M.DCC.LXXIX.

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THE

PREFACE.

CT*HE Author of the following Hymns,
-* welt known to the World by many exx
cellenf and ufeful Writings, was touch fo-
liated by his Friends to print them in his
Life -time, from a Hope they might be fer-
vice able to the Inter efl of Religion, by aj*
fifing the Devotion of Chriflians in their
focialandfecretWorfhip'y and, had GOD
continued his Life till ^FamilV
Expositor on the Epiftles had been
publijhed, it is probable he would have
complied with their Requejl : But tUs and
many other pious and benevolent Purpofes
were broken off by his much -lamented
Death, During the laji Hgur I fpent
A z * with

iv The PREFACE.

' b bim, a ) - tyfore the.

I ; nouti d me with fome par-
ticular Directions about tranferibing and

fubii thing them. I have at lengthy through
the good Hand of my GOD upon me% ji-
nijhcd than, and pre fent them to the World
■ id Hope, that they will pro-
mote and dijfuje a Spirit oj Devo
and, together with other Afjiftanccs hu-
man and divine, prepare many to join
with the devout Author in the nobler and
everlajling Anthems of Hec~

T&eje Hymns being comprfd to be fungs
after the Author had been preaching on
the Texts prefixed to them, it re as his
Dcfign, that theyfjould bring over again
the leading Thoughts in the Sermon, and
naturally exprefs and warmly enforce.
ibofe devout Sentiments, which he hoped
were then rijing in the Minds of his
Hearers, and help to fx them on the
Memory and Heart: Accordingly the
attentive Reader will cbferve, that
of them illujlrate fuch Sentiments, as a
Jkilful Preacher would principally infijl

upon,

The PREFACE. v

upon, i$be% difcourfing from the Texts
on which they are founded. There is a
great Variety in the Form of them : Some
are devout Paraphrafes on the Texts :
Others exprefjive of lively A£is of Devo-
tion, Faith, and Trujl in GOD, Love
to Chrift, Defire of divine Influences,
and good Refolutions of cultivating the
Temper and praffiflng the Duties re-
commended: Others proclaim an humble
Joy and Triumph in the gracious Pro-
mifes and Encouragements of Scripture,
particularly in the D if cover y and Pro-
fpecl of eternal Life. The Nature of the
Subjects will eafly account for the Dif-
ference of Compofure, why feme are more
plain and artlefs, others more lively, fub-
lime, and full oj poetic Fire. If any of
them Jhould at firft Reading appear flat
or obfeure, it may well be fuppofedihey
would qfficf the Mind in a jironger Man-
ner, when ufed in a religious Jifjembly
after Sermons upon the Texts, in which
the Context hath been con/id, red (if that
were necejfary) parallel Places compared,
A 3 the

fi The PREFACE.

• be infpired Writer Judi-
cioufly opened, and the Beauty, Propriety,
and Empba/is of the federal Claufes of
\tedt They therefore
::n in their drcout Retire;,
• fi'fl read and confider the Texts
and Contexts ; and if they ivould confult
feme Expofuor upon them, particularly
the Authors on the Subjects taken from
the New Tejlament, they ivillfee a Spirit
and Elegance in thefe Compojures, which
may other •wife be overlooked % and be more
likely to reap real and lafiing Advantage
by ti

In this Collection there arc many Hymns
i upon Pajfages in the Old Tefta-
menr, particularly in the Prophets, di-
rectly relating to the Cafe of the Iiraelites,
or feme particular good Man among them,
1 the Authcr hath accommodated to
cum/lances of Cbrifiians, where he
' : there was a jufl and natural Re-
femblance ; and he apprehended, that the
Practice of the infpired Writers

xxealwm

modations.

The PREFACE. vii

modations*. He experienced this to be
a very acceptable and ufeful Method of
preaching on the Old Teflament, and ac-
cordingly recommended it to his Pupils, at
what would afford them an Opportunity
of explaining the Defign of the Prophecies ,
difplayijig the Wifdom, Faithfulnefs and
Grace of G 0 D, and fuggejling many
Jlriking and important InftruBions : This
Method would at the fame Time occafion
an agreeable Variety in their Difcourfes,
prevent their confining themfelves to ge-
neral or common-place Subje£tsr or [in
Order to avoid a frequent Repetition of
well known Arguments) running into dry
and abfirufe Speculations, which the Ca-
pacities of the Generality of their Hearers
could not comprehend, nor their Hearts
relijh and feel: A Faflnon in Preaching
too pervalent9 and, confide ring its appa-
rent Unproftablenefs, much to be lamented,

* Compare Hebrews xiii. 5, 6. and Family
Expofitor in Loc. Note (<?). There are alfo fome
good Remarks on this Subject in Dr. Watts's
HfUnefs of Times, Places, &c. Dif.v. efpecially-
Prop. 15.

A 4 Tbofe

The PREFACE.

Thofe young Minijlers, who are de-

f irons of entering into the Spirit and Co-

pioujnefs of Scripture, may find this J fork

greatly ufeful to tfiem, by directing them

to many very fuitable Texts, and to fonie

! 5 ug hts, and ufeful Re /I tiions

in difcturjing jrom

Thcr Hymns in this CrU

fuited to fptcial an ■

e
Prc-i'ij'ion -, fuch as. for open-
./>, the Vacancy
ZhurcheSy the 0
Minijlers, their Removal j re

dally J or Days of Fa/l-
riiF and Hi> on Account of aZlual

rchend'ed Calamities; the Want of
during the late Rebellion and War y
by many Minijlers
rijlians.
In fl y'ure: I hope few low or

.' be found: No-
; the Grai
.. i ■'•flipping JJ/embly :

The PREFACE. ix

Nothing likely to darken or damp the De-
motion cf the humble Chrijiian, or excite
PaJ/iom merely Jen fual. There is nothing
that favours of a Party -Spirit > or carries
an Appearance of dfigni?:g to confine
their Ufe to any cf the Seels into wt
Cbrijlians are unhappily divided. The
Materials are divine* and the Authors
Soul was never more enlarged > than when
he was promoting a Spirit of Piety and
Candor in their juji Connexion.

I cbofe to place thefe Hymns in the Or-
der in which the fever al Texts lie in the
Bible, as that prevents the Necefjity- of
another Index, and there appeared no
particular Reafon for difpefing them in
any different Order. In a few Places,
where Words occur not fuffciently intelli-
gible to common Readers, I have added
fome more plain and familiar ones in the
Margin, that they may be read and fung
with Under flandfttg ; preferring this Me-
thod to that of fome Authors, who have
collected and explained them in a particu-
lar Index.

A 5 As ■

x The P R E F A C E.

As theft Hymns were compofed during
a Series of many Years, amidjl an un-
common Variety and daily Succejfion of
mofi important Labours, by a Man who
lead 910 Ear for Mujic, and as they want
his retouching Hand, the Reader will be
candid to what Inaccuracies he may dif-
cover ; particularly the Repetition of the
fame Thoughts and Phrafes, which in a
few In fiances will be found : And indeed
jome of them could fcarccly be avoided on
Subjects Jo nearly refembling, without the
Exchtfiw of the moji Jui table and affect-
ing Sentiments or Afpiratiom, for which
the Introduction of a new or more poetic
'Thought and Pbrafe would not have been
an Equivalent. There may perhaps befome
Improprieties, owing to my not being able to
read ike Author s Manufcript in particu-
lar Places*, and being obliged, without a
poetic Genius, to fupply thofe Deficiencies,
whereby the Beauty of the Stanza may be
greatly defaced^ though the Senje is pre-
Jcrved.

Thefe

The PREFACE. xi

Thefe Hymns being originally defigned
for the life of a Congregation of plain un -
learned Chriftians, it cannot be expected
they JJjould entertain tho/e, who may perufe
them merely for the Sake of the Poetry: Yet
I think many of them will Jland the Teji
of a critical Examination, and appear at
leafi equal to other Compoftfions of the like
Kind-, and I am perfuaded they will all
be delightful and beneficial to thofe, who
defire to have their Devotions enlivened,
their Souls filled with divine Love, and
who are ambitious to live up to the Rules
' of the Gofpel, and that they will, through
the Influences of the Holy Ghojl, fpread a
Spirit of fervent Piety infuch Congrega-
tions where they may be introduced.

I have nothing to add but my earneft
Wifoes and Prayers, that they may be
fubfervient to the Glory of GOD, the
more delightful Celebration of Divine Or-
dinances, and the Edification of my Fel-
low-Chriftians. Amen .

~SaL0P' Job Orton.

Jan. i, 1755. J "» w*

A 6 A

[ *fi ]

A

TABLE

To find out any

HYMN

By the First Line of it.

A Kymn

A Ccept, Great God,
x x . , ns

Faft our M 127

I rofe 181

Go J, what \U 298

-
Aloud I nrtgthe wondVous ' s 217

Amazing beauteous C ico

99
1 24
And arc wc how brought near to

I

AiH doth the Son of I I J

And i

lo our adrr
And
And will the

And

A TABLE. xiii

Hymn

And will the Majefty of Heaven 144

And will th' eternal King 263

Approach ye Children of your God 315

A prefent God is al! our Strength j8

Arife, my tend'reft Thoughts, arife 64

Amft us, Lord, thy Name to praife 255

'Attend, mine Ear, my Heart rejoice 187

Attend, mv Soul, the Voice divine 12

Attend, my Soul, with reverend Awe 1.59...

Awake, my drowfy Soul, awake 199

Awake, my Soul, ftretch ev'ry Nerve 296

Awake, my Soul, to meet the Day 362

Awake, our Souls, and blefs his Name 228 ^

Awake, ye Saints, and raife your Eyes 264.

B

ID Ackflioing Ifrael, hear the Voice 122

•*-* Behold God's great incarnate Son 337

Behold I come, the Saviour cries 343

Behold I come, the Saviour cries 361

Behold, O IJraeI*s God 14!

Behold our God, he owns his Name 86

Behold th' amazing Sight 233

Behold the bleeding Lamb of God 242

Behold the Glafs the Gofpel lends 32**

Behold the gloomy Vale 32

Behold the great eternal God ir

Behold the great Phvfician ftands 223

Behold the Path that Mortals tread 27

Behold the Son of God appears 314

Behold the Sen of God's Delight 191

Behold with pleafing Extacy 121

Beneath thy mighty Hand, O God 338

Befet

xiv A TABLE.

Hymn

Befet with Snares on every Hand '207

Bleft be the Lamb, whofe Blood was fpilt 312

Blelt Jcfus, bow thim o0[

Bleft Jc'fus, Source of Grace divine 221
Bled Men, who ftretch their willing Hands 24.7

Bled Saviour, to my Heart more dear J39

Bridegroom of Souls, how rich thy Love 29?

Bright Source of intellectual Rays n0

C

/^Aptives of Ifrael, hear 105

^ Come, our indulgent Saviour, come 245

Come, thou celeftial Spirit, come 285

D

TT\Efcend, immortal Dove 259

-*^ Do not I love thee, O my Lord 246

E

T^Nquire, ye Pilgrims, for the Way 137

*-* Eternal and immortal King 321

Eternal God, our humbled Souls 154

Eternal God, our wond'ring Souls 1

Eternal King, thy Robes are white 165

Eternal Source of every Joy 43

Eternal Source of Life and Thought 322

Exalted Prince of Life, we own 248

F

T^Ather divine, the Saviour cried 190

" Father divine, thy piercrng Eye 177

Father of Lights, we fing thy Name 176

Father of Men, thy Care vrc blefs 2
4 Father

A T A B L E. xv

Hymn

Father of Mercies, in thy Houfe 289

Father of Mercies, fend thy Grace 205

Father of Peace, and God of Love 325

Father of Spirits, from thy Hand 13

Flow on my Tears in riling Streams 129

Fountain of Comfort and of Love 271

G

/^ O D of Eternity, from thee 292

^-* God of Manajfeb, wilt thou fcorn 371

God of my Life, thro' all its Days 71

God of my Life, thy conftant Care 134^

God of Salvation, we adore 40

God of the Ocean, at whofe Voice 1 17

Go, faith the Lord, proclaim my Grace 219

Grace ! 'tis a charming Sound 286

Great Father of each perfect Gift 251

Great Father of Mankind 113

Great Former of this various Frame 54

Great God, did pious Abraha?n pray 3

Great God of Heaven and Nature rife 369

Great God of Hofts, attend our Prayer 84

Great God, we fing that mighty Hand 257

Great Leader of thine IfraePs H©ft 306

Great Lord of Angels, we adore j66

Great Objeift of thine Ifrael's Hope *3i

Great Ruler of all Nature's Frame 92

Great Sov'reign of the human Heart 256

Great Source of Being and of Love 147

Great Source of Life, our Souk confefs 59

Great Spirit of immortal Love 331

Great Teacher of thy Church, we own 175

Guardian of Ifratl* Source of Peace 368

Hail,

xvi A T A B L E.

H Hynm

TTAil, cvcrlafting Prince of Peace 282

*"* H ting Spring 1 -o

Hail, gracious Saviour, all 1. 238

. Progeny divine 2uo
Hail to Emanuel's ever-honour'd Name

to the Prince of I tee 351

Hark ! for the . Cl ks 114.

rk ! for 'tis CrodVown Son that calls 226

Hark! for 'tis Wifdom\ Voice -3

Hark the glad Sound, the baviour ccmes 203

Hark ! 'tis our hcav'nly Leader's Voice 353
Hear, gracious 8ov'reign from thy Throne 145

Hearken, ye Children of your God 300

Heav'n has confirmed the great Decree 313
He comes, the royal Conqueror c

He comes, thy God, O I/rael^ comes 156

Henceforth let each believing Heart 241

High let us (well our : >:es 201
Houfe of ourGod, wi: Anthems ring 67

How free the Fountain I 360
How gentle God's c mmands
How glorious, Lord, art thotl

How gracious and how wife 243 •

How keen the Tem 216

How long (hall Dreams of Crea- 125
How rich thy Bounty, King of Ki
How rich tfcy F .341

How fwiftthe Torrent 164

I

T Am thy God, Jehsvab L'd 319

■* Jchi 20

A TABL E. xvif

Hymn

jefits, I love thy charming Name 315 ,

JefiiSy I ling thy matchlefs Grace ' 290

jipis-y mine Advocate above 34.5

Jcfus, my Lord, how rich thy Grace 188

jjrfuS) oar Soul's delightful Choice 197

/ifus the Lord, our Souls adore 31 r

JcJuS) we own thy faving Power 204

JcfiiS) we own thy fov'reign Hand 234

immenfe eternal God 10

Immortal God, on thee we call 307

Indulgent God, with pitying Eye 61

Indulgent Sov'reign of the Skies 120

In glad Amazement, Lord, I ftand 70

In one harmonious chearful Song 232.

In Raptures let our Hearts afcend ' 244.

Interval of grateful Shade 3^3-

Jn thy Rebukes, all-gracious God 109

In what Confufion Earth appears 212

I own, my God, thy fov'reign Grace 240.-

Jfraely thy Tribute bring 357

Is there a Sight in Earth or Heaven 224.^

It is my Father's Voice 90

It is the Lord of Glory calls 126'

L

T Egions of Foes befet me around 31

■*^ Let Heav'n burlr. forth into a Song 103

Let Jacob to his Maker fing 102

Let Zion's Watchmen all awake 324

Lift up, ye Saints, your weeping Eyes 358

Liften ye Hills, ye Mountains, hear 158
Look back,, my Soul, with grateful Love 58

Look-

xviii A TABLE.

Hymn

Look down, O Lord, with pitying Eye J46

Lord, doft thou {hew a Corner-Stone 334.

Lord of the Sabbath, hear our Vows 310

Lord of the Vineyard, we adore 237

Lord, we adore thy wond'rous Name 55

Lord, we have broke thy holy Laws 157

Lord, we have wander'd from thy Way 65

Lord, when Iniquities abound 7

Lord, when thine Ifreel'Vre furvey 83

Lord, when thy Hand is lifted up 88

Loud be thy Name ador'd 283

Loud let the tuneful Trumpet found 50

Loud to the Prince of Heaven 41

M

TVT Ark the foft-falling Snow in
■*^A Mine inward Joys fupprefb'd too long 330

My God, and is thy Table fpread 171

My God, aflift me, while I raife 266

My God ! how chearful is the Sound 297

My God, the Cov'nant of thy Love 21

My God, thy Service well demands 364

My God, what filken Cords are thine 152

My God, whofe all-pervading Eye 45

My gracious Lord, 1 own thy Right 294

My Helper-God, I blefs his Name 19

My Jtfus, while in mortal Flefn 280

My Lord, didft thou endure fuch Smart 276

My Saviour, didft thou die for me 193

My Saviour, I am thine 267

My Saviour, let me hear thy Voice 179

My Sins, alas ! how foul the Stains 348

My Soul, review the trembling Days 68

My

A TABLE. xix

Hymn

My Soul, the awful Hour will come 39

My Soul triumphant in the Lord 33

My Soul, with'all thy waken'd Powers 32c*

My Soul, with Joy attend 231

My various Pow'rs, awake 347

My waken'd Soul, extend thy Wings 342

N

>J O W be that Sacrifice furvey'd 291

•*"^ Now let a true Ambition rife 178

Now let my Soul with Tranfport rife 261

Now let our chearful Eyes furvey 8

Now let our mourning Hearts revive 17
Now let our Songs addrefs the God of Peace 367

Now let our Songs proclaim abroad 318

Now let our Voices join 69

Now let the Feeble all be (rrong 269

Now let the Gates of Zian fing 182

Now let the lift'cing World around 74

Now let the Sons of Belial hear 80

Now to that fov'reign Grace 326

f\ God of Jacob, by whofe Hand 4

^^ O happy Chriftian, who can boaft 349

O happy Day, that fixt my Choice 23

O injur'd Majefty of Heav'n 142

O Ifrael, bleii beyond Compare 16

O Ifrael, thou art bleft 78
O praife ye the Lord, prepare a new Song 366'

O righteous God, thou Judge fupremj 14

O Thou that haft Redemption wrought 24

Our Banner i« th' eternal God 6

Our Eyes Salvation fee 202

Our

x* A T A B L E.

Hymn

VcnJs his lofty Throne 82

other calls 346

juls with pleafing Wonder view 34.

Our Souls with Rev'rencc, Lord, bow down 339

.re is fov'reign Mercy gone jio

O ye immortal Throng 3C4

O ZiQity tune thy Voice 11$

P
T) A rent of univcrfal Good

' Peace, all ve Sorrows of the Heart 235.

:e, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's Hand 42

Perk in empty Name 63

Perpetual Source of Light and Grace 151

Pr.-.ife to our Shepherd's gracious Name . 229

Praife to the Lord of boundlcfs Might 274.

Praife to the Lord on high 273
to the Lord whole mighty Hand

fe to the radiant Source of filifs 10 1

to the Sov'rcign of the Sky 162

. to thy Name eternal God 344
R
*D Aife, thftughtlefs Sinner, raife thine Eye 148
■*^ Remark, my Soul, the narrow Bounds 52

Repent, the Voice celeitial cries 254

Return, my roving Heart, return 29

Retu.-n, my Soul - thy Red 57

S

CAlvation doth to God belong

** E r'Ationl O melodious Sound 36

Satan, the dire Invader came 308

wc know thy Name 132

Saviour

A TABLE. xxl

Hymn

Saviour of Men and Lord of Love 184

Searcher of Hearts, before thy Face 250

Sec how the Lord of Mercy fpreads 185

See I/raeFs gentle Shepherd itand J98

See the Deftru&ion is begun 94

See the fair Structure Wifdom rears 76

See the old Dragon from his Throne 356

Shepherd of Ifraely bend thine Ear 372

Shepherd of Ifrael, thou dofr. keep 123

Shine forth, eternal Source of Light 150

Shine on our Souls, eternal God 53

Shout ! for the Battlements are fall'n 278

Sing to the Lord above 167

Sing to the Lord a new melodious Song 22a

■Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims 30

Sing, ye Redeemed of the Lord 96

So firm the Saints Foundations itand 161

Sov'rcign of all the Worlds on high 28 1
Sov'reign of Heaven, thine Empire fpreads 180

Sov'reign of Life, before thine Eye 25

Sov'reign of Life, I own thy Hand 60

Sov'reign of Nature, all is thine 14.

Spring up, my Soul, with ardent Flight 26^

Stupendous Grace 1 And can it be 287

Supreme in Mercy, who mall dare 160

Supreme of Beings, with Delight 355

T

/Tp H E Cov'nant of a Saviour's Love 236
*- The Creatures, Lorl, confefs thy Hand 5

The darken'd Sky, how thick it lours 66

The Day approacheth, O my Soul 317

The Deluge at th' Almighty's Call 336
5 The

xxii A TABLE.

Hymn
The ever-living God 89

The gloriou* Lord, is IfraeFs hope 95

The great Jehovah! who (hall dare 26

The King 0/ Heaven his Table fpreads 21 r
The Lord from his exalted Throne 28

The Lord ! how kind are all his Ways 149
The Lord ! how rich his Comforts are 277

The Lord Jehovah calls 3C9

The Lord into his Vineyard comes 174.

The Lord of Glory reigns fupremely great 44
The Lord of Life exalted ftands 225

The Lord on mortal Worms looks down 172
The Lord, our Lord ! how rich his Grace 106
The Lord with Pleafure views his Saints 37
The Promifes I fing 316

The righteous Lord fupremely great 128

Thefe mortal Joys, how foon they fade 209
The Sepulchres, how thick they ftand 243

The fwift-declining Day 130

Th' eternal God, his Name how great 24

The Vineyard of the Lord, how fair 81

Thou God of Jabez, hear 370

Thou, Lord, thro', ev'ry changing Scene 51
Thou, mighty Lord, art God alone 253

Thrice happy Souls, who born from Heaven 79
Thrice happy State, where Saints fhall live 215
Thus hath the Son of Jcjfe faid 365

Thus faith Jehovah from his Seat 91

Thy Flock, with what a tender Care 230

Thy Judgments cry aloud 115

Thy piercing Eye, O God, furveys 138

Thy Prefence, everUfting God 279

Til

A TABLE. xxiil

Hymn

rTis mine, the Cov'nant of his Grace 22

To all his Flock, what wond'rous Love 239

To-morrow, Lord, is thine 329

To thee, great Architect on high 305

To thee, my God, my Days are known 38

To thee, O God, we Homage pay 173

Transporting Tidings, which we hear 302

Tremendous Judge, before thy Bar 373

Triumphant Lord, thy Goodnefs reigns 35

Triumphant Zifa, lift thy Head 107
V

Her than Duft, O Lord, are we 135
Ungrateful Sinners, wheace this Scorn 258

Unite, my roving Thoughts, unite 48

W

Ait on the Lord, ye Heirs of Hope 93

Weary, and weak, and faint 87

We blefs th eternal Source of Light 352

We praife the Lord for heavenly Bread 222

We fing the deep myflerious Plan 284

What Bofom mov'd with pious Ztal 9

What doleful Accents do f hear 192

What haughty Scorrier, faith the Lord 168

What Myft'ries, Lord, in thee combine 350

What venerable Sight appears 214

When at this Diftance, Lord, we trace 183

While on the Verge of Life I ftand 295

Whofe Words againft the Lord are flout 136

Why flow thefe Torrents of Diftrefs 196

Why fhould our mourning Souls delight 260

"Why will ye lavifh out your Years 206

Wide

V1

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flcxiv A TABLE.

Hv:nn
Wide o'er all Worlds the Saviour rcigi.

J0/ 333

With flow;; ;.d bleeding IL;.rts 2~o

With humble Ptea Cure, Loa , ji

With Pity, Lord, thy Servant view hi

With rev'rend Awe, tremendou.- | 133
With lYanfport, Lord, oui S ,'m 323
With what Religbi I raije mine i

Y

\/E Armies of the living (

■* Ye golden Lamps of Heav'Og farewel 119

Ye Hearts with youthful Vigour warm 75
Ye Heav'ns, with Sounds of Triumph rin^- 303

Ye humble Souls, rejoice 72

Ye humble Souls, that feck the Lord 194

Ye little Flock, whom J ejus feeds 2c3
Ye mourning Saints, whole itrcaming T .
Yc Pris'ners, who in Bonda
Yes, Britain feem'd to Pvuin doom'd

Ye Servants of the Lord 2)0

Ye Sinners, bend your ftubborn Necks 32^

Ye Sinners, on Backfliding bent 153

Yes, it is fweet to taile his Grace 332

Ye Sons of Men, with Joy record 56
Yes, the Redeemer rofe ;

Yes, 'tis the Voice of Love divine 163

Ye Subjects of the Lord, proclaim 108

Ye weak Inhabitants of CJay 9

H Y M N £

HYMNS

"FOUNDED ON

VARIOUS TEXTS

I N T H E

Old Testament.

I. Enoch'* Piety and TranJIation. Genefis v. 24.
Hebrews xi. 5.

1 TT1 TERN A L God, our wond'ring Souls
1*^ Admire thy matchlefs Grace;

That Thou wilt walk, that Thou wilt dwell,
With Adam's worthlefs Race.

2 O lead me to that happy Path,

Where I my God may meet ;
Tho' Hods of Foes begird it round,
Tho* Briars wound my Feet.

3 Chear'd with thy Converfe, I can trace

The Defart with Delight :
Thro' all the Gloom one Smile of thine
Can diffipate the Night.

4 Nor fhall I thro' eternal Days

A reftlefs Pilgrim roam ;

B Tby

2 GENESIS.

Thy Hand, that now directs my Courfc,
Shall foon convey me home.

5 I aft not Enoch's rapt'rous Flight

To Realms of heav'nly Day;
Nor leek Elijah's fiery Steeds
To bear this Flefh away.

6 Jovful my Spirit will confent

To drop its mortal Load ;
And hail * the fharpeft Pangs of Death,
That break its Way to God.

• Salute or welcome.

II. GO D's gracious approbation of a religious Cart
of our Families. Genefis xviii. 19.

1 rATHER of Men, thy Care we blefs,

* Which crowns our Families with Peace :
From Thee they fprung, and by thy Hand
Their Root and Branches are fufrain'd.

2 To Gcd, moft worthy to be prais'd,
Be our domeftic Altars rais'd ;

Who, Lord of Heav'n, fcorns not to dwell
With Saints in their obfeureft Cell.

3 To Thee may each united Houfe,
Morning and Night, prefent its Vows :
Our Servants there, and rifing Race
Be taught thy Precepts, and thy Grace.

4 O may each future Age proclaim
The Honours of thy glorious Name;
While pleas'd, and thankful, we remove
To join the Family above.

III. Abraham'/

GENESIS. 3

III. AbrahamV IrJerceJfton for Sodom. Genefis
xviii. 32.

For a Faft-Day.

1 pREAT God! did pious Abram^xzy
^-* For Sodom's vile abandon'd Race 1
And fhall not all our Souls be rous'd
For Britain to implore thy Grace ?

2 Bafe as we are, does not thine Eye
Its chofen Thoufands here furvey ;
WhofeSouls,deephumbled, mourn theCrouds,
Who walk in Sin's deftru&ive Way ?

3 O Judge fupreme, let not thy Sword
The Righteous with the Wicked fmite :
Nor bury in promifcuous Heaps
Rebels, and Saints thy chief Delight.

4 For thefe thy Children fpare the Land ;
Avert the Thunders big with Death ;
Nor let the Seeds of latent * Fire

Be kindled by thy flaming Breath.

5 O ! be not angry, Mighty God,
While Duft and Afhes feek thy Face ;
But gently bending from thy Throne,
Renew, and ftill increafe the Grace.

6 Jefus the Interceflbr hear,

And for his Sake thy Grace impart,
Which, while it flops the fiery Stream,
Diflblves the moft obdurate Heart.

7 Sodom (hall change to Zion then,

And heavenly Dews be fcatter'd round,

• Hidden, fee ret

B 2 That

4 GENESIS.

That Plants of Paradife may fpring,
Where baleful * Poifons curs'd the Ground.

* Definitive,

IV. Jacob'* Vow. Genefis xxviii. 20 — 22.

1 AGODof Jacob, by whole Hand
W Thine Ifrael k\\\ is fed,

Who thro' this weary Pilgrimage
Halt all our Fathers led.

2 To Thee our humble Vows we raifc,

To Thee addrefs our P
And in thy kind and faithful Bread
Depofite all our Care.

3 If Thou, thro' each perplexing Path,

Wilt be our conirant Guide ;

If Thou will daily Bread fupply,

And Raiment wilt provide \

a. If Thou wilt fpread thy Shield around,
Till thefe our Wand 'rings ceafe,
And ac our Father's lov'd Abode,
Our Souls arrive in Peace :

5 To Thee, as to our Cov'nant-God,

We'll our whole fclves rcllgn ;
And count, that not our Tenth alone,
But all we have is Thine.

\ . The Hand of the LORD upon the CuttL.

Exodus ix. 3.
1 *Tp H E Creatures, Lord, confefs thy Hand,
* Thro'Earthand Sky, thro' SeaandLand ;
And all their meaneit Orders fhare
1 heir Maker's Pity, and his Care.

I 2 O

EXODU S.

2 O look from thine exalted Throne,
And hear our panting Cattle moan ;
Prone * o'er th' untafted Food they lie,
Groan out their Agonies, and die.

3 What have thefe harmlefs Creatures done
To draw this fore Chafttfement down r
'Tis human Guilt for Vengeance calls,.
And heavy on the Herds it falls.

4 From them to us the Stroke might p^fs
And mow down Thoufandsof our Race;
Till Defolation reign'd around,

Our Cities void, untill'd our Ground.

5 Prevent the Ruin by thy Grace,
And melt our Hearts to feek thy Face :
Bleft Fruit of thy correcting Rod

To lofe our Bcaris, and find our God.

* Stretched out on th« Ground.

VI. Ifrael and Amalek. Exodus xvii. r
For a Faji-Day.

1 AUR Banner is th' Eternal God,
^ Nor will we yield to Fear ;
Amidft ten thoufand fierce AiTau-lts>

His mighty Aid is near.

2 Tohim the Hands of Faith we ffretcn',

And plead experienc'd Grace;
To him the Voice of Pray'r we raife,
Nor will" he hide his Face.

3 No more, proud Amalek^ thy Boafr,

" God's Arm is feeble grown;"

B3 B

r EXt)DUS,

His Sword (hall lop off cv'ry Hand,
That dares infulc his Throne.

4 Awake, tremendous Judge, awake,

Our Nation's Caule to plead j
N% r . and thine,

By Wkktdncfi fu^cecd.

5 Oui Han \ hew fern rhry droop !

But 1 h.u the Weak car.ft pi
And in the Mount of Pray'r canft leave
An Altar to thy Piaiie.

VII. Againjl fJkwing a Multitude to do Evil*
Exodus xxiii. 2.

I T O R D, when Iniquities abound.
And growing Crimes appear;
We view the Deluge rifing round
With Sjrrow, and with Fear.

T Yet when its Waves moft fiercely bear,
And fpread Deftruclion wide,
Thy Spirit can a Standard raife
To (ttm * the roaring Tide.

3 May thy triumphant Arm awake

Thy i'acied Caufe to plead ;

And let the Multitude confefs,

That Thou art God indeed.

4 Their Hearts {hall in a Moment turn,

Like Water, by thy Hand;
Oi.e Ward {hull bow their ilubborn Necks
To own thy high Command.

* .lei?..

5 Our

EXODUS. 7

5 Our feeble Souls at leaft fupport,
And there thy Pow'r difplay;
Then Multitudes (hall ftrive in vain
To draw us from thy Way.

VIII. Christ's Intercejfion typified £y Aaron'*
BreaJl-plaU. Exodus xxviii. 29.

1 ^J OW let our chearful Eyes furvey
^ Our great High Prieft above,
And celebrate his conftant Care,

And fympathetic Love.

2 Tho' rais'd to a fuperior Throne,

Where Angels bow around,
And high o'er all the fhining Train
With matchlefs Honours crown'd ;

3 The Names of all his Saints he bears

Deep graven on his Heart ;
Nor {hall the meaneft Chriftian fay,
That he hath loft his Part.

4 Thofe Characters fhall fair abide,

Our everlafting Truft,
When Gems, and Monuments, and Crowns
Are moulder'd down to Dull.

5 So, Gracious Saviour, on my Breaft

May thy dear Name be worn,
A facred Ornament and Guard,
To endlefs Ages borne.

IX. Who is on the Lord's Side ? Exod. xxxiii. 26.

I WHAT Bofom mov'd with pious Zeal
* * Doth for its God's Difhonour feel?

B 4 What

s EXODUS.

What Heart with gen'rous Ardor glows
To plead his C;iule againii his Foes ?

: God, what Bofom en be cold P
:' Coward muft not here grow bold ?
While Honour, Int'rcft, Truth, and Love
Concur our inm .ft Souls to move ?

3 Around thy Standard, Lord, we prefs*

I h i lie mrur'd Honour to redrefs,
And with deternnn'd Voice demand
The Signal of thy conqu'ring Hand.

4 Thou {halt thefe facred Weapons blefs
And lead thro' War to endlefs Peace ;
Not Death itfelf our Souls fhall dread,
For thy own Arm (hall raife the Dead.

X. GOD's Prefence definable. Exodus xxxiii.

i IMMENSE, Eternal God!
* How marvellous thy Name f
Thy Prefence all abroad
Pervades * all Nature's Frame;

Heav'n, Earth, and Air,

And the dark Cell,

Where Devils dwell

In long Defpair.

2 Yet thou haft chofen Ways
To make thy Prefence known,
To Fav'rites of thy Grace,
To upright Souls alone:

• Penetrant Uuo* or Ufa

TV. i

EXODUS. «

This Glory, Lord,
My Soul would fee,
This Grace to me,.
My God, afford.

3 If Thou thy Luflre veil,
The Charms of Nature fade y
All wither'd, weak, and pale,
They bow their languid Head i

My Father, (hine ;

For Thou canft give

The Dead to live

By Beams divine.

4 Ev'n Eden's blifsful Lands
Would in thine Abfence mourn :.
But Thou wild A fries * Sands
To Paradife canft turn.

If God be there
The Gloom is bright :
But Neon is Night,
Till Thou appear.

5 Come, for my Spirit glows
With infinite Defire !
Strong Love impatient grows,
And fets my Heart on Fire.

My Father, come;
That Prefence give,.
On which I live;.
Or call me home.

• Africa, a Part of xbt Earth remarkable for Tandy bairtn
Defarti,

b e xr

10 EXODUS.

XL Mofew View of the divine Glory. Exodus
xxxiii. 18.

1 \\7 I T H humble Pleafure, Lord, we trace

The ancient Records of thy Grace ;
And cur own Confolation draw,
From what thy Servant Afofa faw.

2 May we behold thy Glory fhine
W ith gentle Beams of Love divine;
And heai thy fecret Voice proclaim
The various Wonders of thy Name.

3 If feeble Nature faint t' endure
A Voice fo fweet, a Ray fo pure ;
]rs Difiblution would delight,
While Death would wear a Form fo bright.

4 Death fhall unveil that World above,
Where the dear Children of thy Love,
Attemper'd * all to heav'nly Day,
Bear, and reflect th' immediate Ray.

* Fitted and manlcd to bear.

XII. The Proclamation tf G O D's Name to
Mofes ; or , divine Mercy and Juftice. Exodus
xxxiv. 6 — 8.

I A TT END, my Soul, the Voice divine
•**• And mark what beaming Glories ihine

Around thy condescending God !
To us, to us, he ftill proclaims
His awful, his endearing Names :
Attend, and found them all abroad.

a " Jf-

NUMBERS. ii

2 u Jehovah I, the fov'reign Lord,

" The mighty God, by Heav'n ador'd,

" Down to the Earth my Footfteps bend :
<c My Heart the tend'reit Pity knovvs>
*' Good net's full-dreaming wide o'erflovvs,
M And Grace and Truth mall never end,

3 " My Patience long can Crimes endure :
" My pard'ning Love is ever Cure,

" When penitential Sorrow mourns ;
" To Millions, thro' unnumber'd Years,
" New Hope and new Delight it bears ;

" Yet Wrath againft the Sinner burns*.-*

4 Make hafte, my Soul, the Vifion meet,
All-proftrate at thy Sov'reign's Feet,

And drink the tuneful Accents in ;
Speak on, my Lord, repeat the Voice ;
Diffufe thefe Heart-expanding Joys,

Till Heav'n compleat the rapt'rous Scene.

XIII. TJ;e GO D of Spirits fought to fpply
Vacancies in the Congregations of bis People,
Numbers xxxvii. 15 — 17.

1 FATHER of Spirits, from thy Hand,
* Our Souls immortal came;

And ftill thine Energy * divine
Supports th' ethereal + Flame.

2 By Thee our Spirits all areknown ;

And each remoteft Thought
Lies wide expanded to his Eye,

By whom their Pow'rs were wrought.
• Power, + Hewn! v.

1 6 3 To

>i n L L I I RONO M V.

j To fhcc, when mortal Comforts fail,
Thy Flock, deferted flics;
And, on th' eternal Shepherd's Care,.
Our cheaxful Hope relies.

4 When o'er thy faithful Servants Dufl

Thy dear AfTemblics mourn,
In fpeedy Tokens of thy Grace,
O Ifrael's God, return.

5 The Pow'rs of Nature all are Thine,

And Thine the Aids of Grace ;
Thine Arm has borne thy Churches up-
Thro'ev'ry riling Race.

6 Exert thy facred Influence here,

And here thy Suppliants blefs,
And change, to Strains of chearful Praife*
Their Accents of Diftrefs.

7 With faithful Heart, with fkilful Hand,

May this thy Flock be fed ;
And with a fteady growing Pace,
To Ziori% Mountain led.

XiV. The Lord'; People his Portion. DeuterorL
xxxii. 9.

1 C O V ' R E I G N of Nature, all is Thine,
^ The Air, the Earth, the Sea:
By Thee the Orbs celeiVial * fhine*
And Cherubs live by Thee.

2. Rich in thy own effential Store ;

Thou cajl/ft forth Worlds at Will :

4 The hwvuJy Bodies.

Ten

DEUTERONOMY. i?

Ten thoufand,, and; ten thoufand more
Would hear thy Summons (till.

3 What Tfeafure wilt Thou then confefs ?

And thy own Portion call ?
What by peculiar Right poflefs,
Imperial Lord of all ?

4 Thine Ifrael Thou wilt ftoop to claim,

Wilt mark them out for Thine :
Ten thoufand Praifes to thy Name
For Goodnefs fo divine !

5 That I am Thine, my Soul would boafty

And boaft its Claim to Thee ;
Nor fhall G o d's Property be loft,
Nor God be torn from me.

XV. The Eternal GOD his Peoples Refuge, and
Support. Deut. xxxiii. 27.

1 DEHOLD the great Eternal God,.
** Spreads everlafting Arms abroad,

And calls oar Souls to fhelter there.
Wonders of mingled Pow'r and Grace
To all his Ifrael he difplays,

Guarded from Danger, and from Fear*

X Thither my feeble Soul fhall fly,

When Terrors prefs, and Death is^iigh*.
And there will 1 delight to dwell :

Om .

i4 DEUTERONOMY.

On that high Tow'r I rear my Head
Serene, nor knows my Heart to dread,,
Amidft furrounding Hofts of Hell.

3 The Shadow of th' Almighty's Wingi
Compofure unmolefted brings,

While threat'ning Horrors round ire croud;
In vain the Storms of rattling Hail
The Walls of this Retreat aiTail,

And the wild Temped roars aloud.

4 In louder Strains my fearlefs Tongue
Shall warble its victorious Song,

My Father's Graces to proclaim;
He bears his Infant Offspring on
To Glory radiant as his Throne,

And Joys eternal as his Name.

XVI. The Happinefs of G 0 Dys Ifrael. Deut.
xxxiii. 29.

1 r\ Ifrael, bleft beyond compare !
^^ Unrival'd all thy Glories are :
Jehovah deigns * to fill thy Throne,
And calls thine Intereft all his own.

2 He is thy Saviour ; He thy Lord ;

His Shield is thine ; and thine his Sword :

Review in Extacy of Thought

The grand Redemption he has wrought.

3 From Satan's Yoke he fets thee free,
Opens thy Pauage thro' the Sea ;
He thro' the Defart is thy Guide,
And Heav'n for Canaan will provide.

* Condescends,

4 Not

JOSHUA. 15

4 Not Jacob's Sons of old could boaft
Such Favours to their chofen Hoft ;
Their QJories, which thro' Ages fhine,
Are but dim Shades, and Types of thine,

5 Celeftial Spirit, teach our Tongue
Sublimer Strains than Mofes fung,
Proportion'd to the fwceter Name
Of God the Saviour, and the Lamb.

XVII. Support in the gracious Prefence of G 0 D
under the Lofs of Min'ifters^ and other ufeful
Friends. Jofhua i. 2, 4, 5.

1 "XJOW let our mourning Hearts revive,
^ And all our Tears be dry.

Why (hould thofe Eyes be drown'd in Grief,
Which view a Saviour nigh ?

2 What tho* the Arm of conqu'ring Death

Does God's own Houfe invade ?
What tho' the Prophet, and the Pried
Be number'd with the Dead ?

3 Tho' earthly Shepherds dwell in Dud,

The Aged, and the Young,
The watchful Eye in Darknefs clos'd,
And mute th' inftru&ive Tongue;

4 TK* eternal Shepherd ftill furvives,

New Comfort to impart ;
His Eye ftill guides us, and his Voice
Still animates our Heart,

Lo,

*6 JUDGES.

5 " Lo, I am with you," faith thcLoRD,^
" My Church mall fafe abide;
<c For 1 will ne'er forfakc my own,
44 Whofe Souls in me confide. "

6 Thro* ev'ry Scene of Life and Death,
This Promife is ourTruft ;
And this mall be our Children's Song,
When we are cold inDuft.

XVIII. GOD Infenfibly withdrawn. Judge*
xvi. 20.

1 A PrefentGoD is all our Strength,
*** And all our Joy and Hope ;
When he withdraws, our Comforts die,

And ev'ry Grace muft droop.

2 But flatt'ring Trifles charm our Hearts-

To court their falfe Embrace,
Till juftly this neglected Friend
Averts his angry Face.

3 He leaves us, and we mifshim not ;

Hut go prefumptuous on,
Till baffled, wounded, and enflav'd,
We learn, that God is gone.
4. And what, my Soul, can then remain
One Ray of Light to give ?
Sever'd from him, their better Life,
How can his Children live ?
5 Hence, all ye painted Forms of Joy>
And leave my Heart to mourn :

I would

I. SAMUEL 17

I would devote thefe Eyes to Tears,
Till chear'd by his Return..

6 Look back, my Lord,, and own the Place,
Where once thy Temple flood ;
For lo, its Ruins bear the Mark
Of rich atoning Blood.

XIX. Ebenezer ; or, G 0 D's helping Hand re*
viewed and acknowledged, I Sam. vii. i2.

For New Tear's Day*

1 TV/fY Helper God! I blefs his Name:
1V± The fame his Pow'r, his. Grace the
The Tokens of his friendly Care [fame*
Open, and crown, and clofe the Year.

2 I 'midft ten thoufand Dangers ftand,
Supported by his Guardian Hand j
And fee, when I furvey my Ways,
Ten thoufand Monuments of Praife.

3 Thus far his Arm hath led me on ;
Thus far I make his Mercy known ;
And, while I tread this defart Land,
New Mercies fhall new Songs demand.

4 My grateful Soul, on Jordan s Shore,
Shall raife one facred Pillar more :
Then bear, in. his bright Courts above,
Inscriptions of immortal Love.

XX. The Saint encouraging hlmfelf In the Lord

his GOD. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

E H O V A H, 'tis a glorious Name,
Still pregnant with.Deligbt;

It

j

i8 II. S A M U E L.

It fcatters round a chearful Beam,
To gild the darkeft Night.

2 What tho* our mortal Comforts fade,

And drcp lilec with'ring Flowers ?
Nor Tiirie nor Death can break that Band,
Which makesJfiHoVAH ours.

3 My Cares, I give you to the Wind,

And ihake you orF like Duftj

Weil may 1 truft my All with him,

Wiih whom my Soul I truft.

JCXI. Support in G 0 D*s Covenant under domefllt
Troubles, 2 Sam. xxiii. 5.

1 V/f Y God, the Cov'nantof thy Love
****** Abides For ever fure,

And in its matchlefs Grace I feel
My. Happinefs fecure.

2 What tho' my Houfe be not with Thee,

As Nature could defire ?
To nobler Joys, than Nature gives,
Thy Servants all afpire.

3 Since Thou, theeverlafting God,

My Father art become ;
Jejus my Guardian, and my Friend,
And Heav'n my final Homej

4. I welcome all thy fov'reign Will ;
For all that will is Love :

And,

II. S A M U E L. 19'

And, when I know not what Thou doll,
I wait the Light above.

5 Thy Cov'nant in the darkeft Gloom
Shall hcav'nly Rays impart,
Which, when my Eye-lids clofe in Death,
Shall warm my chilling Heart.

XX IF. Support in G 0 D*s Covenant in the
t near Views of Death, 2 Sam. xxiii. z. and
5. compared.

1 5npIS Mine, the Cov'nant of his Grace,

^ And ev'ry Promife mine !

All fprung from everl aft ing Love,

And feal'd by Blood divine.

2 On my unworthy favour'd Head

Its Blefftngsall unite ;
Bleffings more numerous than the Stars,
More lading, and more bright.

3 Death, thou may'ft tear this Rag of Flefh>

And fink my fainting Head,

And lay my Ruins in the Grave,

Among my Kindred Dead :

4 But Death and Hell in vain mail flrive

To break that facred Reft,
Which God's expiring Children (c^U
While leaning on his Breaft.

5 Th* enlarged Soul thou canft not reach,

Nor rend from Ckriji away ;
Tr^p* o'er my mould'ring Duft thou boad
The Triumphs of a Day.

6 The

io II. CHRONICLES.

6 The Night is part, my Morning dawns ■>

My Cov'nant-GoD defcends,
And wakes that Duft to join my Soul
In Blifs that never ends.

7 That Cov'nant the laft Accents claims

Of this poor fiilt* ring Tongue ;
Ami that mall the firft Notes employ
Of" my celcftial Song.

XX III. Rejoicing in our Covenant- Engagements to
GOD. 2 Chron. xv. 15.

1 r\ Happy Day, that fix'd my Choice

^^ On Thee, my Saviour, and my God !
Well may this glowing Heart rejoice,
And tell its Raptures all abroad.

2 O happy Bond, that feals my Vows
To him, who merits all my Love !
Let chearful Anthems * fill his Houfe,
While to that facred Shrine f I move.

3 'Tis done ; the great Tran faction's done :
I am my Lorcf's, and he is mine :

He drew me, and I follow'd on,
Charm'd to confefs the Voice divine.

4 Now red my long-divided Heart,
Fix'd on this blifsful Center reft ;
With Allies who would grudge to part,
Whencail'd on Angels Bread to feaft ?

5 High Heav'n, that heard the folemn Vow,
That Vow renew'd ihall daily hear ;

• Hyaam of Puife. + Ahir or Place of Worfliip.

Till

EZRA. 21

Till ia Life's lateft Hour I bow,
And blefs in Death a Bond fo dear.

XXIV. GOD ftirring up the Spirit of Cyrus
to redeem Ifrael. Ezra i. i. compared with
lfaiah xliv. i — 4.

1 HP H' Eternal God ! his Name how great !

A How deep his Counfels ! howcompleat!
The Hearts of Kings his Pow'rcan fwayj
His Word unconfcious * they obey.

2 Summon'd of old in diftant Days

To fervehis Schemes, and (hew his Praife,
Cyrusy illuftrious Prince, appears,
His People frees, his Temple rears.

3 Thro* Legions arm'd he breaks his Way,
And tramples Gen'rals down like Clay 5
The Bars of Steel he cuts in twain,

And brazen Gates oppofe in vain.

4 But to Jehovah's Accents mild
The Hero pliant as a Child,
Lays the new Cares of Empire by,
Till Zion Tite, and fhines on high.

5 Thus, mighty God, fhall ev'ry Hearty
(If Thou thine Influence there exert)
Throw its own fondeft Schemes afide,
And follow where thy Hand fhall guide,

6 The foremoft Sons of Fame fhall boaft
Toraifethy Temples from their Duft;
Princes fhall fhout thy Name aloud,
And new-born Priefts thine Altars croud.

* Without intending it. Jfa, x. 7.

XXV,

22 JOB.

XXV. A Glance from GOD bringing us down to
the Solitude of the Grave. Job vii. 8.

1 COV REIGN ©f Life, before thine Eye,*
*** Lo, mortal Men by Thoufands die !
One Glance from Thee at once brings down
The proudefr. Brow, that wears a Crown.

2 Banifh'd at once from human Sight
To the dark Grave's unchanging Night,
Imprifon'd in that dufty Bed,
We hide our folitary Head.

3 The friendly Band * no more fhall greet,
■ Accents familiar once, and fweet :

No more the well-known Features trace,
No more renew the fond Embrace.

4 Yet if my Father's faithful Hand
Conduct me thro' this gloomy Land,
My Soul with Pleafure fhall obey,
And follow, where he leads the Way.

5 He nobler Friends, than here I leave,
In brighter furer Worlds can give j
Or by the Beamings of his Eye
Aloft Creation well fupply.

• Company.

XXVI. Hie Impcffibility of profperlng while Mr
harden themfihes againji GOD. Job ix. 4.

I *"pHE Great Jehovah J who (hall dare
A With him to tempt unequal War ?
What heart of Steel (hall dare t' oppofc,
And league among his hsfrdca'd Foes ?

5 2 At

JOB. iy

2 At hisCommand the Ligtnrngs dart,
And fwift transfix * the Rebel-Heart :
Earth trembles at his Look, and cleaves,
And Legions fink in living Graves.

3 Where are the haughty Monarchs now,
Who fcorn'd his Word with lowring Brow ?
Where are. the Trophies of their Reigns ?
Or where their Ruin's laft Remains ?

4 See Pharaoh finking in the Tide !
See Babel's Tyrant, mad with Pride,
Graze with the Beafts ! Hear Herod roar,
While Worms his Deity devour !

5 See from the Turrets of the Skies,
Tall Cherubs fink, no more to rife ;

And trace their Rank on Thrones of Light
By heavier Chains, and darker Night !

6 Great God ! and fhall this Soul of mine
Prefume to challenge Wrath divine ?
Trembling I feek thy Mercy* Seat,

And lay my Weapons at thy Feet.

* Pierce chro*.
XXVII. The great yourney. Job xvi. 22.

1 DEHOLD the Path that Mortals tread
-*-* Down to the Regions of the Dead !
Nor will the fleeting Moments flay,

Nor can we meafure back our Way.

2 Our Kindred and our Friends are gone ;
Know, O my Soul, this Doom thy own ;
Feeble as theirs my mortal Frame,

The fSme my Way, my Houfe the fame.

3 From

24 JOB.

3 From vital Air, from chearful Light,
To the cold Grave's perpetual Night,
From Scenes of Duty, Means of Grace,
Muft 1 to God's Tribunal pafs !

4 Important Journey ! Awful View !

How great the Change ! the Scenes how new !

The golden Gates of Heav'n difplay'd,

Or Hell's fierce Flames, and gloomy Shade !

5 Awake my Soul ; thy Way prepare,
And lofe in this each mortal Care;
With fteady Feet that Path be trod,
Which thro' the Grave conducts to God.

6 Jcfus, to Thee my All I truft,
And, if Thou call me down to Duft,
I know thy Voice, I blefs thy Hand,
And die in Smiles at thy Command.

j What was my Terror, is my Joy ;
Thefe Views my brighteft Hopes employ,
To go, ere many Years are o'er,
Secure I (hall return no more.

XXVIII. The Penitent brsught back from the Pit.
Job xxxiii. 27, 28.

1 'TpHE Lord, from his exalted Throne,

*■■ In Majefty array'd,
Looks with a melting Pity down
On all that feek his Aid.

2 When, touch'd with penitent Remorfc,

Our Follies paft we mourn,
With what a Tendernefs of Love
He meets our flrft Return !

3 From

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3 From Hcav'n He fent his only Sop

To ranfom us with Blood,
7o fnatch us from the burning Pit,
When on its Brink we flood.

4 From Death and Hell He leads us up

By. a delightful Way ;
And the bright Beams of endlefs Life
Doth round our Path difplay.

5 Great God, we wonder, and adore ;

And, to exalt fuch Grace,
We long to learn the Songs of Heav'n
Ere yet we reach the Place.

XXIX. Communing with our Hearts. Pfalm iv. 4.

1 T> ETURN, my roving Heart, return,
-" And chafe thefe fhadowy Forms no more;
Seek out fome Solitude to mourn,

And thy forfaken God implore.

2 Wifdom and Pleafure dwell at home;
Retir'd and filent feek them there :
True Conqueft is ourfelves t9 o'ercome,
True Strength to break the Tempter's Snare.

3 And Thou, my God, whofe piercing Eye
Diftinclfurveys each deep Recefs,

In thefe abftra&ed Hours draw nigh,
And with thy Prefence fill the Place.

4 Thro* all the Mazes *of my Heart
My Search let heav'nly Wifdom guide,

* Windiogi, Perplexities.

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26 PSALMS.

And dill its radiant Beams impart,
Till all be fearch'd, and purified.

5 Then, with the Vifits of thy Love,
Vouchfafe my inmoft Soul to chear ;
Till ev'ry Grace fhall join to prove,
That God hath nVd his Dwelling there.

XXX. G 0 D*s Kame^ the Encouragement of our
Faith, Pi aim ix. io.

1 ClNG to the Lord, who loud proclaims
^ His various, and bisfaving Namesj

O may they not be heard alone,
But by our fure Experience known !

2 Let great Jehovah be ador'd,
Th' Eternal, All-fufficient LcRD !

He thro* the World nioft high confefs'd,
By whom 'twas form'd, and is poflefs'd.

3 Awake our nobleft Pow'rs to blefs
The God of Abram^ God of Peace ;
Now by a dearer Title known,
Father and God of ChriJ} his Son.

4 Thro* ev'ry Age his gracious Ear
Is open to his Servants Piay'r;
Nor can on^ humble Soul complain,
That it hath fought its God in vain.

5 What unbelieving Heart fhall dare
In Whiipers to fuggeft a Fear,
While (rill He owns his ancient Name ?
The fame his Pow'r, his Love the fame !

6 To

PSALMS. z7

To Thee our Souls in Faith arife,

To Thee we lift expecting Eyes ;

And boldly thro' the Defart tread,

For God will guard, where GoDfhall lead.

XXI. Triumph in GO DJs Protection. Pfalm
xviii. 2.

T EGI ONS of Foes befet me round,
*~* While marching o'er this dang'rous
Yet in Jehovah's Aid I truft, [Ground ;
And in his Pow'r fuperior boaft.
My Buckler He ; His Shield is fpread
To cover this defencelefs Head :
Now let the fierceft Foes afTail,
Their Darts I count as rattling Hail.

He is my Rock, and He my Tow'r ;
The Bafe * how firm ! the Walls how fure !
The Battlements how high they rife !
And hide their Summits f in the Skies.

Deliv'rances to God belong ;
He is my Strength, and He my Song;
The Horn of my Salvation He,
And all my Foes difpers'd mall flee.

Thro' the long March my Lips fhall fing
My great Protector, and my King,
Till Zion's Mount my Feet afcend3
And all my painful Warfare end.

Rais'd'on the mining Turrets there,
Thro' all the ProfpecT: wide and fair,
* Foundation. f Top.

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28 PSALM S.

A Land of Peace his Hofts furvey,
And blcis the Grace, that led the Way.

XXXII. Support in Death. PCalm xxiii. 4.

1 D E H O L D the gloomy Vale,

*-* Which thou, my Soul, inuft trcai,
Befct with Terrors fierce and pale,
'] hat leads thee to the Dead.

2 Ye plcafing Scenes, Adieu *,
Which 1 (o long have known :

My Friends, a long Farcwel to you,
Fur I muft pais alone.

3 And thou, beloved Clay,
Long Partner of my Cares,

In this rough Part art torn away
With Agony and Tears.

^ But fee a Ray of Light,
With .Splendors all divine,
Breaks thro' thefe doleful Realms of Night,
And makes its Horrors ihincs

< Where Death and Darknefs reigns,
JtHOVAH is my Stay:
His Rod my trembling Feet fuitains,
His Staff defends my Way.
t Dear Shepherd, lead me on ;
My Soul difdains to fear ;
Death's gloomy Phantoms all are flown,
Now Life's great Lord is near.
• Farewel.

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XXXIU. The Good Man's Profpefi for Tun. and
Eternity. Pfalm xxin. 6.

1 \tY Soul, triumphant in the Lob d,
•*■*-*■ Shall tell its Joys abroad ;

And march with holy Vigour on,
Supported by its God.

2 Thro* all the winding* Maze of Life,

His Hand hath been my Guide,
And in that long-experienc'd Care,
My Heart ihall {till confide.

3 His Grace thro* all the Defart flows.

An uaexhaufted Stream :
That Grace on Zion*s facred Mount
Shall be my endlefs Theme f.

4 Beyond the choiceft Joys of Earth

Thefe diftant Courts I love ;
Bat O ! I burn with ftrong Defire
To view thy Houfe above.

5 Mingled with all the (Lining Band,

My Soul would there adore j
A Pillar in thy Temple nVd,
To be remov'd no more.

* Wilderncfs. f Subjeft.

XXXIV. The Goodnefs which GOD has -wrought ',
and laid up for his People. Pfalm xxxi. 19.

1 r\ U R Souls with pleafing Wonder view
^ The Bounties of thy Grace ;

How much beftow'd ; How much referv'd
For them that feelc thy Face !

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^o PSALMS.

2 Thylib'ral Hand with worldly Blifs

Oft makes their Cup run o'er ;
And in the Cov'nant of thy Love
They find diviner Store.

3 Here Mercy hides their num'rous Sins;

Mere Grace their Souls renews ;
Fkrc thy own reconciled F

:h heav'nly Beams diffufe.

4 But O ! what Treafures yet unknown

Are lodg'd in Worlds to come !
If thcfe th' Enjoyments of the Way,
How happy is their Home r*

5 And what mail mortal Worms reply?

Or how fuch Goodnefs own ?
But 'tis our Joy that, Lord, to Thee,
Thy Servants Hearts arc known.

6 ThinoEyesfhall read thofe grateful Thoughts

No Language can exprefs :
Yet, when our livclidr. F hnnks we pay,
Our Debts do moft increafe.

7 Since Time's too fhort, All-gracious God,

To utter half thy Prailc,
Loud to the Honour of thy Name
Eternal Hymns we'll raife.

XXXV. Aili/bing the dhint Gczdncfs. Pfal

xxxiv. 8, 9.
I "pRiumphant, Lord, thy Goodnefs reigns,
* Thro' all the '] tins ;

r\rd its full Streams redundant flew
Down to th' Abode: j\v.

2 Tbrol

PSALMS. , 31

2 Thro* Nature's Works its Glories fhine ;
• The Cares of Providence are Thine :

And Grace erects our ruin'd Frame
A fairer Temple to thy Name.

3 O give to ev'ry human Heart

To tafte, and feel how good Thou art ;
With grateful Love, and rev'rend Fear,
To know, how bleft thy Children are.

4 Let Nature burft into a Song :

Ye echoing Hills, the Notes prolong :
Earth, Seas, and Stars your Anthems raife,
All vocal * with your Maker's Praife.

5 Ye Saints, with Joy the Theme purfue;
Its fweetefl Notes .belong to you ;
Chofe by this condefcending King

For ever round his Throne to fing.

* Sounding, as if endowed with Speech.

XXXVI. GOD faying to the Soul, that he is its
Salvation. Pfalmxxxv. 3.

I CALVATION! O melodious Sound
^ To v retched dying Men !
Salvation, that from God proceeds,
And leads' to God again !

2 Refcu'd from Hell's eternal Gloom,
From Fiends ||, and Fires anJCnains:

Rais'd to a Paradife of Blifs,
Where Love and Glory reigns !
|| Evil Spirits.

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32 PSALM S.

3 But O ! may a degen'rate Soul,

Sinful and weak as mine,
Prefumc to raife a trembling Eye
To BlefTmgs (o divine ?

4 The Luftre of fo bright a Biifs

My feeble Heart o'erbears j
And Unbelief aimoft prcverts
The Promife into Tears.

5 My Saviour-GoD, no Voice but Thine

Thefe dying Hopes can raife :

Speak thy Salvation to my Soul,

And turn its Tears to Praife,

6 My Saviour-GO D, this broken Voice

Tranfported fhall proclaim,

And call on all th' Angelic Harps

To found fo fvveet a Name.

XXX VI 1. G OD's Complacency in the Profierity
of his Servants. Pfalm xxxv. 27.

j HP H E Lord wiih Pleafure views his Saint?,
* And calls them all his own ;
And low He bows to their Complaints,
And pities ev'ry Groan.

2 In all the Joys they here pofTefs,
He takes a tender Part ;
And, when they rife to heav'nly Blifs,
Complacence fills his Heart.

a Mv God, are ail my Pleafures Thine,
My Comforts thy Delight?
O be thy Happinels divine
Moft precious in my Sight.

4 They j

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PSALMS. 33

4 They moft in all thy Blifsfhall (hare,
Whofe Hearts can Jove Thee moft i
O could I vie * in Ardor here
With all th' Angelic Hoft.

* Endeavour to equal.

XXXVIII. TJje Days of the Upright known U
GOD, and their ever la/ling Inheritance. Pi aim
xxxvii. 1 8.

1 HpO Thee, my God, my Days are known. >

-** My Soul ejijoys the Thought i
My Actions all before thy Face,
Nor are my Faults forgot.

2 Each fecret Breath Devotion vents

Is vocal to thine Ear -9 •
And all my Walks of daily Life
Before thine Eye appear.

3 The vacant Hour, the active Scene,

Thy Mercy mall approve ;

And ev'ry Pang of Sympathy,

And ev'ry Care of Love.

4 Each golden Hour of beaming Light

Is guided by thy Rays ;
And dark Affliction's Midnight-Gloom
A prefent God furVeys.

5 Full in thy View thro* Life Ipafs,

And in thy View I die ;
And, when each mortal Bond is broke,
Shall find my God is nigh.

6 Strip' d of its little earthly All,.

My Soul in Smiles mall go*
C 5

PSAL M

And in an heav'n! V * +

ItsF; fcnW.

XXXIX. Cur D:~:re andQroaning before G 0 1)
tatefi Dijhci

XXX.

1 TVf Y Soul, the awful Hour will come,

Apace it pafTcth on,
To bVar this Body to the Tomo,
And thee to Scenes unknown.

2 Mv Heart, long lab'ring with its Woe*,

Shall pant and fink a

vou, mv Eye-lids-, foon fhall clofe
On the laitglimYmg Ray.

3 Whence in that Hour {hall I receive"

A Cordial for my Pain,
When, if Earth's Monarchs were my Friends
Thofe Friends would weep in vain?

4 Great King of Nature, and of Grace,

To thee my Spirit flies,
And opens all its deep Diftrefs
Before thy pitying Eyes.

5 All its Defires to Thee are known,

And ev'ry fecret Fear,
The Meaning of each broken Groan

Well-notic'd by thine Ear.

6 O fix me by that mighty Pow'r,

Which to fuch Love belon
Where Darkncf> veils the Eyes no more,
And Grc i^'d to S«n

XL. GO

PSALMS. 35

XL. GOD magnified by thofe that love his Salva-
tion. Pfalm xl. 1 6.

1 POD of Salvation, we adore
^-* Thy faving Love, thy faving Pow'r ;
And to our utmoft Stretch of Thought
Hail the Redemption Thou haft wrought.

2 We love the Stroke, that breaks our Chain,-
The Sword, by which our Sins are (lain :
And, while abas'd in Duft we bow,
We fing the Grace, that lays us low.

3 Perilh each Thought of human Pride :
Let God alone be magnified :
His Glory let the Heav'ns refound,
Shouted from Earth's remoteft Bound.

4 Saints, who his full Salvation know,
Saints, who but tafte it here below,.
Join ev'ry Angel's Voice to raife
Continu'd, never-ending Praife.

XLI. The Triumph of Christ in the Cauje oj
Truth, Meebiefs, and Righteoufnefs. Pfalra
xlv. 3,4.

I X O U D^ to the Prince of Heav'n
*L' Your chearful Voices raife ;
To Him your Vows be giv'n,
And fill his Courts with Praife,
With confcious Worth
All clad in Arms,
All bright in Charms^
He fallies forth.

C 6l 2 Gir<

3<S PSALMS.

2 Gird on thy conqu'ring Sword,
Alcend thy mining Car *,
And march, Almighty Lord,
To wage thy holy War.

Before his Wheels,
In glad Surprize,
Ye Vallics rife,
And fink, ye Hills.

3 Fair Truth, and fmiling Love,
Andinjur'd Righteoufnefs

In thy Retinue move,

And leek from thee Redrefs :

Thou in their Caufe

Shalt profp'rous ride,

And far and wide

Difpenfe thy Laws,

4 Before thine awful Face
Millions of Foes fhall fall,
The Captives of thy Grace,
That Grace, which conquers all.

The World mall know,
Great King of Kings,
What wondrous Things
Thine Arm can do.

5 Here to my willing Soul
Bend thy triumphant Way ;
Here. evVy Foe controul,
And all thy Pow'r difplay.

My Heart, thv Throne,

Bleft Jefusy fee

Bows low to Thee,

To Thee alone. XLII.

PSALMS. 37

XLII. ^uietnefs under Affile! ion, a proper Acknow*
ledgment of G O D. Pfalm xlvi. 10.

1 pEACE, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's Hand,
* That blafts our Joys in Death 5
Changes the Vifage once fo dear,

And gathers back our Breath.

2 'Tis He, the Potentate fupreme

Of all the Worlds above,
Whofe fteady Counfels wifely rule,
Nor from their Purpofe move.

3 'Tis He, whofe Juftice might demand

Our Souls a Sacrifice ;
Yet fcatters with unwearied Hand
A thoufand rich Supplies.

4 Our Cov'nant-GoD and Father He

In Chrlji our bleeding Lord ;
Whofe Grace can heal the burfting Heart
With one reviving Word.

5 Fair Garlands of immortal Blifs

He weaves for ev'ry Brow ;
And fhall tumultuous Paflions rife,
If He correct us now ?

6 Silent I own Jehovah's Name ;

I kifs thy fcourging Hand ;
And yield my Comforts, and my Life
To thy fupreme Command.

5 XLIII. Tbi

38 PSALMS,

XLI 1 1. The Tear crowned with the divine Gcodnefs •
Pfalm Jxv. ii.

For New Tears Day.

1 pTERNAL Souceof ev'ry Joy !

*^ Well may thy Praife our Lips employ,

While in thy Temple we appear,

Whole Goodnefs crowns the circling Year*

2 While as the Wheels of Nature roll,
Thy Hand fupports the ftcady Pole :
The Sun is tayght by Thee to rife,
And Darknefs when to veil the Skies.

3 The flow'ry Spring at thy Command
Embalms the Air, and paints the Land ;
The Summer-Rays with Vigour (hine
To raife the Corn, and chear the Vine.

4 Thy Hand in Autumn richly pours
Thro* all our Coafts reJundant stores ;
And Winters, foften'd by thy Care,
No more a Face of Horror wear.

5 Seafons, and Month?, and Weeks, and Days
Demand fuccefi'n'e Songs of Praife ;

Still be the chearful Homage paid

With op'ning Light, and Ev'ning Shade.

6 Here in thy Houfe mall Incenfe rife,
As circling Sabbaths blefs our Eves ;
Still will wc make thy Mercies known,
Around thy Board, and round our own.

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PSALMS. 39

7 O may our more harmonious Tongues
In Worlds unknown purfue the Songs;
And in thofe brighter Courts adore,
Where Days and Years revolve no more.

X'LIV. Rebels again/} the fupreme Sovereign ad-
mo nijhed. Pfalm lxvi. 7.

1 '""pHE Lord of Glory reigns fupremelygreat,

* And o'er Heav'n's Arches builds his royal

Seat.

Thro* Worlds unknown his Sov'reign Sway

extends,
NorSpace norTimehisboundlefsEmpireends,
His Eye beholds th' Affairs of ev'ry Nation.
And reads each Thought thro' his immenfe
Creation.

2 Lightnings andStorms his mighty Word obey,
And Planets roll, where he has mark'd theii

Way:

Unnumber'd Cherubs veil'd before him fland.
At his firft Signal all their Wings expand ;
His Praife gives Harmony to all their Voices
And ev'ry Heartthro' the full Choir* rejoices

3 Rebellious Mortals, ceafe your Tumults vain,
Nor longer fuch unequal War maintain :
Let Clay with Fellow-Clay in Combat ftrive
But dread to brave thePow'r, by which youlive
With contriteHearts fall proftrate& adore him
For, if he frowns, ye perifli all before him.

* Company of Singers.

XLV. GQj

40 PSALMS.

XLV. GOD the fappinefs of his People, and
their Support in »w extrtmeji Di/ire/s. Pfalm ^
Jxxiii. 25, 26.

1 \ /f Y God, whofe all-pervading * Eye

•^ ■* Views Earth beneath, and Heav'n above,
Witnefs, if here, or there Thou feeft
An Object of mine equal Love.

2 Not the gay Scenes, where mortal Men
Purfue their Blifs, and find their Woe,
Detain my rifing Heart, which fprings
The nobler Joys q( Heav'n to view.

3 Not all the faireft Sons of Light,
That lead the Army round thy Throne,
Can bound its Flight; it prefleth on,
And feeks its Reft in God alone.

4 Fix'd near th' immortal Source of Blifs,
Dauntlefs and joyous it furvevs

Each Form of Horror and Diftrefs,

That Eauh, combin'd with Hell, can. raife.

5 This feeble Flefh (hall faint, and die ;
This Heart renew its Pulfe no more;
Ev'n now it views the Moment nigh,
When Life's laft Movements all are o'er,

6 But come, thou vanquim'd King of Dread,
With thy own Hand thy Pow'r deftroy ;
'Tis thine to bear my Soul to God,

My Portion, and eternal Joy.
• All feeing.

XLV I. Thi

PSALMS. 41

XLVf. The Rage of Enemies re/trained, and aver-
ruled to the div'nie Glory, Pfalm Ixxvi. 10.

Thank/giving for the Supprejfton of the Rebdliw>
1746.

2 A CCEPT, GreatGoD, thyBritain's Songs,
"**• While grateful Joy unites our Tongues

To own the Work, thy Hand hath done:
Thy Hand hath crufh'd our cruel Foes,
When in rebellious Troops they rofe,

And fwore to tread our Glory down.

2 With Hell confed'rateon their Side,
People and Prince their Rage defy'd,

And in proud Hope devoui'd us all :
Thy Hand its Banner hath difplay'd,
Beckon'd its Hero to our Aid,

And in one Day their Legions fall.

3 Thusfhalt Thou ftill maintain thy Throne*,
And prove, that Thou art God alone.

Tho' Earth and Hell new Efforts try,
'Midft all the Tumults they can raife,
Envenom'd Wrath exalts thy Praife,

Till huuYd at thy Rebuke itdie.

4 So fwell the Surges * of the Sea,
And roar in their impetuous Way,

As they would deluge Earth again :
So ftrike they on th' unmaken Rock,
DaQi'd by the Fiercenefsof their Shock,

And foam to feel their Fury vain.

* Great Waves,

XLVIL GOD

42 PSALMS.

XLVII. GOD furni/hlng a Table in the Wilder-
nefs. Pfalm lxxviii. 19, 20.

1 DARENT of univerfal Good,
A We own thy bounteous Hand,
Which docs (o rich a Table fpread

Ev'n in this defartLand.

2 Struck by thy Pow'r, the flinty Rocks

In gufhing Torrents flow ;
The feather'd Wand'rers of the Air
Thy guiding InftincSr. know.

3 The pregnant Clouds, at thy Command,

Rain down delicious Bread ;
And by light D;ops of pearly Dew
Are num'rous Armies fed.

4 Supported thus, thine Ifrae I march* d

The promis'd Land to gain :

And {hall thy Children now begin

To feek their God in vain ?

5 Are all thy Stores exhaufted now ?

Or does thy Mercy fail ?
That Faith mould languifh in our Breads,
And anxious Cares prevail ?

6 Ye bafe unworthy Fears, begone,

And wide difperfc in Air;
Then may I fee! ray Father's Rod,
When 1 fuipecr. hi* Care.

XLVIII. GOD

PSALMS. 43

XL VIII. GOD /peaking Peace to his. People.
Pfalro lxxxv. 8.

1 TjNITE, my roving Thoughts, unite
^ In Silence foft and fweet :

And thou, my Soul, fit gently down
At thy great Sov'reign's Feet.

2 Jehovah's awful Voice is heard,

Yet gladly.I attend ;
For lo ! the everlafting God
Proclaims himfeif my Friend.

3 Harmonious Accents to my Soul

The Sounds of Peace convey;
The Tempeft at. his Word fubfides,
And Winds and Seas obey.

4 By all its Joys, I charge my Heart,

To grieve his Love no more ;
But, charm'd by Melody divine,
To give its Follies o'er.

XLTX. The Churchy the Birth- Place of the Saints,
and G 0 D's Care of it. Pfalm lxxxvii. 5.

On opening a new Place of JVorJhip.

1 AND will the oreat Eternal God
Jr^ On Earth eftablilh bis Abode?
And will He from his radiant Throne
Avow our Temples for his own ?

2 We. bring the Tribute of our Praife,
And fing that condefcending Grace,

Which

44 PSALMS.

Which to our Notes will lend an Ear,
And call us finful Mortals near.

3 Our Father's watchful Care we blefs,
Which guards our Synagogues in Peace,
That no tumultuous Foes invade,

To fill our Worlhippers with Dread.

4 Thefe Walls we to thy Honour raife ;
Long may they echo with thy Praife ;
And Thou descending fill the Place
With choiceft Tokens of thy Grace.

5 Here let the great Redeemer reign
With all the Graces of his Train ;
While Pow'r divine his Word attends
To conquer Foes, and chear his Friends*

6 And in the great decifive Day,
When God the Nations {hall furvey,
May it before the World appear,
That Crouds were born to Glory here.

L. The Gofpel-Jubilee. Pfalm Ixxxix. 15. c:m-
partd with Levit. xxv. and Ifaiah Jxi. 2.

1 T OUD let the tuneful Trumpet found,
•^ And fpread the joyful Tidings round ;
Let e/ry Soul with Tranfport hear,

And hail the Lord's accepted Year.

2 Ye Debtors, whom he gives to know.
That you ten Thoufand Talents owe,
When humbled at his Feet ye fall,
Your gracious Lord forgives them all.

3 Slaves,

PSALMS. 45

{ Slaves, that have borne the heavy Chain
Of Sin and Hell's tyrannic Reign,
To Liberty aiTert your Claim,
And urge the great Redeemer's Name.

1 The rich Inheritance you loft,
Reftor'd, improv'd, you now may boaft ;
Fair Salem your Arrival waits,

To golden Streets, and pearly Gates.
j Her bleft Inhabitants no more
Bondage and Poverty deplore :
No Debt, but Loveimmenfely great,
Whofe Joy ftill rifes with the Debt.

) O happy Souls that know the Sound !
God's Light (hall all their Steps furround;
And (hew that Jubilee begun,
Which thro' eternal Years fhall run.

LI. G 0 D the Dwelling- Place of hh People thro9

all Generation, Pfalm xc. i
i *Tp HO U, Lord, thro' ev'ry changing Scene
* Haft to thy Saints a Refuge been :
Thro' ev'ry Age, Eternal God,
Their pleafing Home, their fafe Abode.

2 In Thee our Fathers fought their Reft;
In Thee our Fathers ftill are bleft ;

And, while the Tomb confines their Dull,
In Thee then: Souls abide, and truft%

3 Lo, we are ris'n, a feeble Race,
A while to fill our Fathers Place;
Our helplefs State with Pity view,
And kt us flaare their Refuge too.

4 Thro*

46 PSALMS.

4 Thro* all the thorny Paths we trace
In this uncertain Wildernefs,

When Friends defert, and Foes invade,
Revive our Heart, and guard our Head.

5 So when this Pilgrimage is o'er,

And we muff, dwell in Flefh no more,
To Thee our fep'rate Souls (hall come,
And find in Thee a furer Home.

6 To Thee our Infant Race we leave ;
Them may their Fathers God receive;
That Voices yet unform'd may raife
Succeeding Hymns of humble Praife.

LII. Reflexions on our IFa/le of Tears. Pfal.xc. 9.
For New Tears Day.

1 D E M A R K, my Soul, the narrow Bounds
•*^- Ot the revolving Year !

How fwift the Weeks compleat their Rounds !
How (hort the Months appear !

2 So fail Eternity comes on,

And that important Day,
When all, that mortal Life has done,
God's Judgment (hall furvey.

3 Yet like an idle Tale we pafs.

The fwift advancing Year;
And ftudy artful Ways t' increafe
The Speed of its Career.

4 Waken, O God, my trifling Heart

Its great Concern to fee ;
That I may act the Chriftian Part,
And give the Year to Thee.

< So

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So fhall their Courfe more grateful roll,

If future Years arife ;
Or this fhall bear my fmiling Soul

To Joy, that never dies.

[II. Joy and Pro/per ity from the Prefence and
Bleffing of GOD. Pfalm xc. 17.

CHINE on our Souls, Eternal God,
*^ With Rays of Beauty mine:
O let thy Favour crown our Days,
And all their Round be thine.

Did we not raife our Hands to Thee,

Our Hands might toil in vain;
Small Joy Succefs itfelf could give,

If Thou thy Love reftrain.

With Thee let ev'ry Week begin,
With Thee each Day be fpent,
I For Thee each fleeting Hour improv'd,

Since each by Thee is lent,
i Thus chear us thro' this defart Road,

Till all our Labours ceafe ;
And Heav'n refrem our weary Souls
With everlafting Peace.

IV. The Mutability of the Creation, and thelm*
mutability of GO D. Pfal. cii. 25 — 28.

/^ RE A T Former of this various Frame,
^-* Our Squls adore thine awful Name ;
And bow and tremble., while they praife
The Ancient of eternal Days.

2 Thou-

48 PSALMS.

2 Thou, Lord, with unfurpris'd Sim
Saw'ft Nature rifing Yefterday ;
And, as To-morrow, (hall thine Lye
See Earth and Stars in Ruin lie.

3 Beyond an Angel's Vifion bright,
Thou dwellft in felf-exiftent Light ;
Which fhines with undiminim'd Ray,
While Suns and Worlds in Smoke decay.

4 Our Days a tranfient Period run,
And change with ev'ry circling Sun ;
And in the firmeft State we boafr,

A Moth can crufli us into Duft.

5 But let the Creatures fall around :
Let Death confign us to the Ground :
Let the laft gen'ral Flame arife,
And melt the Arches of the Skies :

6 Calm as the Summer's Ocean, we
Can all the Wreck* of Nature fee,
While Grace fecures us an Abode,
Uflflttlca as the Throne of God.

• Deftro&ion.

LV. The Frailty cf human Nature, and G 0 D's

gracious Regard to it. Pfalm ciii. 14.
I T OR D, we adore thy wond'rous Name,
-*-' And make that Name our Truft,
Which rais'd at firft this curious Frame,
From mean and lifelefs Duft.

Z By Duft fupported, ftill it (lands,
Wrought up to various Forms,
Prepar'd by thy creating Hands
T© nourifh mortal Worms. 3 A

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3 Awhile thefe frail Machines endure*

The Fabric of a Day ;
Then know their vital Pow'rs no more,
But moulder back to Clay.

4 Yet, Lord, whate'er is felt or fear'd,

This Thought is our Repofe,
That He, by whom this Frame was rear'd,
Its various Weaknefs knows.

5 Thouview'ft us with a pitying Eye,

While ftruggling with our Load ;
In Pains and Dangers Thou art nigh,
Our Father, and our God.

6 Gently fupported by thy Love,

We tend to Realms of Peace ;
Where ev'ry Pain (hall far remove,
And ev'ry Frailty ceafe.

LVI. GOD adored for his Goodnefs, andlm won-
derful Works to the Children of Men, Pfalm
cvii. 31.

1 \TE Sons of Men, with Joy record

-* • The various Wonders of the Lord ;
And let his Pow'r and Goodnefs found
Thro* all your Tribes the Earth around.

2 Let the high Heav'ns your Songs invite,
Thofe fpacious Fields of brilliant Light;
Where Sun, and Moon, and Planets roll,
And Stars, that glow from Pole to Pole.

3 Sing Earth in verdant Robes array'd,

Its Herbs and Flow'rs* its Fruk and Shade 5
D Peopled

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Peopled with Life of various Form.*;,
Fifties and P'owJ, and Beafte and Worms.

4 View the broad Sea's majeftic Plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns ;
That Band remoteft Nations joins,
And on each Wave his Goodnefs fhines.

5 But O ! that brighter World above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate Love !
God's only Son in Flcfh array 'd,

For Man a bleeding Victim * made.

6 Thither, my Soul, with Rapture foar ;
There in the Land of Praife adore ;
This Theme demands an Angel's Lay f ,
Demands an undeclining Day.

* Sacrifice. f Song.

LVII. The holy Soul returning to its Rejl in a grate-
ful Senfe of divine Bounties. Pfalm cxvi. 7.

1 nETURN, my Soul, and feek thy Reft
•"■^ Upon thy heav'nly Father's Breait :
Indulge me, Lord, in that Repofe,

The Soul which loves Thee only knows,

2 Lodg'd in thine Arms, I fear no more
The TempefFs Howl, the Billows roar :
ThofeStorms muitfhake the Almighty's Seat,
Which violate the Saints Retreat.

3 Thy Bounties, Lord, to me furmount
The Pow'r of Larfguage to recount ;
From Morning-Dawn, the fetting Sun
Sees but my Work o( Praife begun.

4 The

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4 The Mercies, all my Moments bring,
Afk an Eternity to Ting ;

What Thanks thofe Mercies can fuffice,
Which .thro' Eternity fhall rife ?

5 Rich in ten thoufand Gifts poiTefs'd,
In future Hopes more richly blefs'd,
I'll fit and fing, till Death fhall raife
A Note of more proportion'd Praife.

LVIII. Deliverance celebrated. Pfalm cxvi. 8.

1 T O O K back, my Soul, with grateful Love,
**,J On what thy God has done ;

Praife him for his unnumber'd Gifts,
And praife him for his Son.

2 How oft hath his indulgent Hand

Myflowmg Eye-lids dried,
And refcu'd from impending Death,
When I in Danger cried !

3 When on the Bed of Death I lay,

With Sicknefs fore opprefs'd,
How oft hath He affwag'd my Grief,
And lull'd my Eyes to Reft !

4 Back from Deftru&ion's yawning Pit

At his Command I came;

He fed th' expiring Lamp anew,

And rais'd its £ee,ble Flame.

5 My broken Spirit He hath chear'd,.

When torn with inward Grief ;
And, when Temptations prefs'd me fore,
Hath brought me fwift Relief.

D 2 6 My

5* PSALMS.

6 My Soul from everlafting Death

is by his iMercy brought,
To tell hi Z/Ws facred Gates
The Wonders He hath wrought.

7 Still will I walk before his Face,

While He this Life prolongs;
Till Grace (hall all its Work compleat,
And teach me heav'nlv Son^s.

LIX. Deliverance celebrated, and good Rcfolutions
formed, Pfalm cxvi. 8, 9.

1 (^ REAT Source of Life, our Souls confefs
^-* The various Riches of thy Grace;
Crown'd with thy Mercy, we rejoice,

And in thy Praife exalt our Voice.

2 By Thee Heav'n's fhining Arch was fpread j
By Thee were Earth's Foundations laid,
And all the Charms of Men's Abode
Proclaim the wife, the gracious God.

3 Thy tender Hand rcftores our Breath,
When trembling on the Verge of Death;
Gently it wipes away our Tears,

And lengthens Life to future Years.

4 Thefe Lives- are facred to the Lord ;
Kindled by him, by him reftor'd ;
And, while our Hours renew their Race,
Still would we walk, before his Face.

5 So when by him our Souls are led
Thro' unknown Regions of the Dead,

1 With

PSALMS.

With Joy triumphant {hall they move
To Seats of nobler Life above.

LX. Praife for Recovery from Sick'nefs. Pfalra
cxviii. 18, ig.

1 COV'REIGNof Life, I own thy Hand
*^ In ev'ry chaft'ning Stroke ;

And, while I fmart beneath thy Rod,
Thy Prefence I invoke

2 To Thee in my Diftrefs I cried,

And Thou haft bow'd thine Ear;
Thy pow'rful Word my Life prolonged,
And brought Salvation near.

3 Unfold, ye Gates of Righteoufnefs,

That, with the pious Throng,
I may record my folemn Vows,
And tune my grateful Song.

4 Praife to the Lord, whofe gentle Hand

Renews our lab'ring Breath :
Praife to the Lord, who makes his Saints
Triumphant ev'n in Death.

5 My God, in thine appointed Hour

Thofe heav'nly Gates difplay,
Where Pain and Sin, and Fear and Death
For ever flee away.

6 There, while the Nations of the Blefs'd

With Raprures bow around,
My Anthems to deliv'ring Grace
In fweeter Strains (hall found.

D 3 LXI. Regard

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LXI. Regard to Scripture prejfcd upon youxgPer-
font) that they may cLavft their Way, rfalm
cxix. 9.

1 INDULGENT God, with pitying Eye
A The Sons of Men furvey,

And fee how youthful Sinncra fport
In a deftrudtive Way.

2 Ten thoufand Dangers lurk around

To bear them to the Tomb ;
Each in an Hour may plunge them down,
Where Hope can never come.

3 Reduce, O Lord, their wand'ring Minds,

Amus'd with airy Dreams,
That heav'nly Wiidom may difpel,
Their vifionary Scheme*.

4 With holy Caution may they wallc,

And be thy Word their Guide ;
Till each, the Defart fafely paf»\J,
On Zicn's Hill abide.

LXI I. Defres of being quickened by the Word of
GOD. Fialmcxix. 25.

1 XT/ITH Pity, Lord, thy Servant view,

VV As in theDufti lie,
Nor, while I raife mv plaintive* Voice,
Difdamthe broken C.

2 Fain would I mount on Eagles Wirc

And view thy lovely Face ;

* M?'j-

But

PSALMS. ss

But cumb'rous Burdens drag me down
From thine ador'd Embrace.

3 Thy quick'ning Energy diffufe

O'er all my inmoft Frame ;
And animate thefe languid Lips
To celebrate thy Name.

4 Thy living Word has Wonders wrought •>

Thofe YVonders here renew ;
And pour fre(h Vigour thro' my Soul,
WhiLe I jts Glories view.

5 From Thee, Great ever-flowing Spring,

Let vital Streams defcend ;
And chear me to begin thofe Songs,
Which Death fhall never end.

LXIII. Human Perfeftion no where to be found.
Pfalm cxix. 96.

1 pERFECTION! 'Tis an empty Name,
A Nor can repay our Cares ;

And he, that fecks it here below,
Muft end the Search with Tears.

2 Great David on his royal Throne,

The beauteous, and the ftrong,

Rich in the Spoils of conquer'd Foes,

Am'idft the applauding Throng,

3 With all his Mind's capacious Pow'rs,

Purfu'd the Shade in vain ;
Nor heard it his melodious Voice,
Or Harp's Angelic Strain.

D 4 4 From

56 PSALMS.

4 From public to doa-.cftic Scenes

Th' impatient Monarch turns ;
The Friend, the Hufband, and the Sire*
In fad Succeilion mourns.

5 At length thy Law, Eternal God,

He thro' his Tears defcries f,
And, wrapt amidft thofe facred Folds,
He finds the heav'nly Prize.

6 There will I feelc Perfection too,

Where David's God is known ;
Nor envy, with this Volume bled,
His Treafures and his Throne.
• Father. f Difcerns.

LXIV. BeboIdingTranfgreffhrs with Grief. Pfalm
cxix. 136, 158.

1 ARISE, my tend'reft Thoughts, arife ;
^* To Torrents melt my ftreaming Eyes j
And thru, my Heart, with Anguifh feel
Thofe Evils, which thou canit not heal.

2 See human Nature funk in Shame ;
See Scandals pour'don Jefus' Name ;
The Father wounded thro' the Son ;
The World abus'd ; the Soul undone.

3 Sec the fhort Courfe of vain Delight
CJofmg in everlafting Night ;

In Flames, that no Abatement know,
Tno' briny Tears for ever flow.

G'.'D, I feel the mournful Scene ;
Ul\ *jov\cis yearn o'er dying Men j

And

PSALMS. 57

And fain my Pity would reclaim,

And fnatch the Fire-brands from the Flame.

5 But feeble my Companion proves,

And can but weep, where mod it loves :
Thy own all-faving Arm employ,
And turn thefe Drops of Grief to Joy.

LXV. The wandering Sheep recovered. Pfalm
cxix. 176.

1 T O R D, we have wander'd from the Way,

Like foolim Sheep, we've gone aitray j
Our pleafant Paftures we have left,
And of their Guard our Souls bereft *.

2 Expos'd to Want, expos'd to Harm ;
Far from our gentle Shepherd's Arm ;
Nor will thefe fatal Wand'rings ceafe,
Till Thou reveal the Paths of Peace.

3 O feek thy thoughtlefs Servants, Lord,
Nor let us quite forget thy Word ;
Our erring JSouls do Thou reftore,
And keep us, that we ftray no more.

* Deprived,

LXVI. The weeping Seed-time ', and joyful Han eft.
Pfalm exxvi. 5, 6.

1 'Tp H E darken'd Sky, how thick it lours f
* Troubled with Storms, and big with
NochearfulGleamof Light appears, [Show'
But Nature pours forth all her Tears.

D 5 * *m.

$B P S A L M S.

2 Yet let the Sons of Grace revive ;
Gob bids the Soul, that fecks him, live,
And from the gloomieif. Shade of Night
Calls forth a Morning of Dtlight.

3 The Seeds of Extacy unknown,
Arc in thefc water'd Furrows fown ;

See the green Blades, how thick they rife,
And with frelh Verdure blefs our Eye*>.

4 Tn fecret Foldings they contain
Unnumber'd Ears of golden Grain ;
And Heav'n (hall pour its Beams around,
Till the ripe Harveft load the Ground.

5 Then (hall the trembling Mourner come,
And find his Sheaves, and bear them home :
The Voice long broke with Sighs (hall fing,
Till Heav'n with Hallelujahs ring.

LXVII. Thinks to G 0 D for his ever -enduring
Coodnefs. Pfalm exxxvi. i.

For Neiv- Yearys Daft

i JjOUSE of our God, with chearful An-
■* thems ring,
While all our Lipsand Hearts his Graces fing:
The opening Year his Graces (hall proclaim,
And all its Days be vocal with his Name.

The Lord is good, his Mercy never-ending;

His Bleflings in perpetual Show'rs defcending.

1 ThcHeav'n of Hcav'ns he with hisBounty fills:
Yc Seraphs bright on evei-Woommg HiIjs,

His

PSALMS: 59

His Honours found; you to whom Good alone,
Unmingled, ever-growing, has been known.

Thro' your immortal Life, with Love increafmg,.

Proclaim your Maker's Goodnefsnever-ceafing..

3 Thou Earth, enlightened by his Rays divine,.
Pregnant with Grafs, & Corn, & Oil, &Wine,
Crown'd with his Goodnefs, let thy Nations

: meet,.
And lay their Crowns at his paternal Feet:
With grateful Love thatlib'ra! Hand conf-iTing,
Which thro' each Heart diffufeth ev'ry BleiTing.

4. Zion. enrich'd with his diftinguifh'd Grace,
Bleft with the Rays of thine EmanueFs Face*
Zion, Jehovah's Portion, and Delight,,
Grav'n on his Hands, and hourly in his Sight,
In facred Strains exalt that Grace excelling,
Whichmakes thy humbleHillhischofenD welling.

5 His Mercy never ends ; the Dawn, the Shade
Still feenewBountiesthro'newScenesdifplay'dr
Succeeding Ages blefs this fure Abode,

And Children lean upon their Fathers God.
The deathlefs Soul thro' its inrmenfe Duration,
Drinks from this Source immortal Confolation.

6 Burft into Praife, my Soul ; all Nature join y
Angels and Men in Harmony combine :
While human Years are raeafur'd by the Sun*
And while Eternity its Courfe (hall run,

His Goodnefs, in perpetual Show'rs defcending,.
Exalt in Songs, and Raptures never-ending.

D6 LXVIIL GO D>

Co PSALM S.

LXVIII. GOD /lengthening the Souls of his
praying People. Pfalm exxxviii. 3.

1 *Vf Y Soul, review the trembling Days,

In which my God I fought ;
I cry'd aloud for Aid divine,
And Aid divine He brought.

2 Thro' all my weak, and fainting Heart

His fecret Strength He fprcad,
And clafp'd me in his Arms of Love,
And rais'd my drooping Head.

3 He call'd himfclf my Cov'nant~GoD,

His Promifes he (hew'd ;
And wide difplay'd their folemn Seal
In the great Surety's Blood.

4 I heard his People fhout around,

And join'd their chearful Song;
And faw from far the fhining Seats,
Which to his Saints belong.

5 My God, what inward Strength Thou giv'ft

1 to thy Service vow ;
And in thy Strength would upward march,
Till at thy Throne 1 bow.

LX1X. Singing in the Ways of GOD. Pfahn
exxxviii. 5.

1 VOW let our Voices join,

■^ To form one pleafant Song :
Ye Pilgrims in Jehovah's Ways>
With Mufic pafs along.

2 How

PSALMS. 6i

How ftraight the Path appears !
How open, and how fair !
No lurking Gins t' entrap our Feet;
No fierce Deftroyer there.

But Flow'rs of Paradife
In rich Profufion fpring ;
The Sun of Glory gilds the Path,
And dear Companions fing.

See Salem1 s golden Spires
In beauteous Profpecl: rife ;
And brighter Crowns than Mortals wear,
Which fparkle thro' the Skies.

All Honour to his Name,
Who drew the fhining Trace;
To Him, who leads the Wand'rers on,
And chears them with his Grace.

Reduce the Nations, Lord,
Teach all their Kings thy Ways,
That Earth's full Choir the Notes may fwell,
And Heav'n refound the Praife.

LXX. The innumeralle Mercies of GO D thank-
fully acknowledged, Pfalm cxxxix. 17, 18.

1 T N glad Amazement, Lord, I (land,
A Amidft the Bounties of thy Hand ;
How numberlefs thofe Bounties are !
How rich, how various, and how fair I

2 But O ! what poor Returns I make !
What lifelefs Thanks I pay Thee back !

Lord*

Ci PSALMS.

Lord, I confefs with humble Shame*
My OfF 'rings fcarce deferve the Name

3 Fain would my lab'ring Heart devife
To bring fome nobler Sacrifice :

It finks beneath the mighty Load :
What fhall I render to my God?

4 To himi confecrate my Praifer
And vow the Remnant of my Days ;
Yet what at beft can I pretend
Worthy fuch Gifts from fuch a Friend ?

5 In deep Abafement, Lord, I fee
My Emptinefs and Poverty :
Enrich my Soul with Grace divine,
And make it worthier to be Thine.

6 Give me at length an Angel's Tongue,
That Heav'n may echo with my Song;
The Theme* too great for Time, fhall be
The J-oy of long Eternity.

LXXI. Praiftng GOD through the whole of our
Exijience. Pfalm cxlvi. 2.

1 pODofmy Life, thro' all its Days

^-^ My gratefulPow'rs fhall found thy Praife j
The Song (hall wake with op'ning Light,
And warble to the filent Night.

2 When anxious Cares would break my Reft,
And Grtefs would tear my throbbing Breaft>
Thy tuneful Praifes rais'd on high

ShaU check the Murmur and the Sigh.

3 When

PSA L M S. 63

3 When Death o'er Nature {hall prevail,
And all its Pow'rs of Language fail,

Joy thro\ my fwimming Eyes fhall break,.
And mean the Thanks I cannot fpeak.

4 But O ! when that laft Conflict's o'er,
And I am chain'd to Flefh no more,

-With what glad Accents (hall I rife,
To join the Mufic of the Skies !

5 £oon fhall I learn th' exalted Strains,
Which echo o'er the heav'nly Plains ;
And emulate, with Joy unknown,

The glowing Seraphs round thy Throne-.

6 The chearful Tribute will I give,
Long as a deathlefs Soul can live ;

A Work (o fweet, a Theme fo high,
Demands, and crowns Eternity.

LXXII. The Meek beautified with Salvation*
Pfalm cxlix. -4.

1 V^E humble Souls rejoice,

* And chearful Triumphs fing ;
! Wake all your Harmony of Voice,
For Jefus is your King.

2 That meek and lowly Lord,
Whom here your Souls have known,

Pledges the Honour of his Word
Tr avow you for his own.

3 He brings Salvation near,

For which his Blood was paid :
How beauteous fhall your Souls appear
Thus fumptuoufly array 'd I

4 Sin£>

64 PROVERBS.

4 Sing, for the Day is nigh,
When near vour Leader's Seat

The tailed Son's of Pride (hall lie,
The Footftool of your Feet.

5 Salvation, Lord, is Thine;
And all thv Saints confefs,

The royal Robes, in which they fhine,
Were wrought by fov'reign Grace.

LXXIII. The Reproofs of Jplfdom mingled with
Promifes, ard Threatnings to reclaim wandering
Sinners. Proverbs i. 23.

1 TTARK! for 'tis Wifdom's Voice,
*■■*• That breaks in gentle Sound :

Liften, ye Sons of Earth and Sin,
And gather all around.

2 What tho' fhe fpeaks Rebukes,
That pierce the Soul with Smart ;

True Love thro' all her Chaft'nings runs,
By Pain to mend the Heart.

Ye that have wander'd long

In Sin's destructive Ways,
Turn, turn," the heav'nly Charmer cric!x
" And ieize the ofrer'cr Grace.

c I know your Souls are weak,
< And motal Efforts vain
To grapple with the Prince of Hell,
And break his curfed Chain.

* But I'll my Spirit pour
1 In Torrents Jrcm above,

u To

PROVERBS. 65

<e To arm you with fuperior Strength,
" And melt your Hearts in Love.

6 •• Come, while thefe Offers laft,
" Ye Sinners, and be wife :
M He lives, who hears this friendly Call,
" But he that flights it, dies."

LXXIV. The Voice ^Christ addrejedto the
Children of Men. Proverbs viii. 4.

1 "^ O W let the lift'ning World around
•^ In filent Rev'rence hear ;

While from on high the Saviour's Voice
Thus ilrikes th' attentive Ear.

2 " To you, O Sons of Men, I call,

" And from my lofty Throne
" Reclin'd, in gentle Pity bow
" To bring Salvation down.

3 " Ye thoughtlefs Sinners, hear my Voice,

u Attend my Words and live;

" My Words conduct: to folid Joys,

" And endlefs Bleffings give.

4 " Each faithful Minifter is fent

u This Meffage to proclaim ;
" In ev'ry various Providence
*-« The Language is the fame.

" And could the pale forgotten Dead,

" Tho' deep in Duft they lie,
*• Arife in vifionary Crouds,

" They'd join the folemn Cry.

6 « For-

66 PROVERBS.

6 " Forgetful Mortals, yet be wife,

" While o'er the Grave ye ftand ;
M Le"ft long- neglected Love provoke
*< The Vengeance of my Hand.

7 €f In glad Submiflicn how ye down,

** Nor fleel that ftubborn Heart j
u Till mine inexorable Voice

M Pronounce the Word, Depart."

^8 Bleft Jefus, may thy Spirit breathe
On Souls, which elfe muft die ;
For, till thy Grace reflect the Sound,
Thy Word in vain will cry.

LXXV. The Encouragement young Per -fins have ti
feck \ and love Christ. Prov. viii. 1 7.

1 \^E Hearts with youthful Vigour warm,

* In frhiling Crouds draw near,
And turn from ev'ry mortal Charm,
A Saviour's Voice to hear.

2 He, Lord of all the Worlds on high,

Stoops to converfe with you ;
And lays his radiant Glories by,
Your Friendship to purfue.

3 " The Sou], that longs to fee my Face,

<c Is fure my Love to gain ;
" And thofe, that early feck my Grace,
"Shall never feck in vain."

4 What Object, Lord, my Soul fhould move,

If once compai'u with Thee?

PROVERBS. 6?

What Beauty fhould command my Love,
Like what in Chriji I fee ?

Away, ye falfe del u five Toys,

Vain Tempters of the Mind !
'Tis here I fix my lafting Choice,

And here true Blifs I find.

5LXXVI. Tbi Houfe and Feajl of JVidom. Prov.
ix. 1—6.

1 C E E the fair Structure Wifdom rears,
*^ Her MefTengers attend ;

And, charm'd by her perfuafive Voice,
To her your Footfteps bend.

2 Hear me, ye fimple ones ({he cries)

" Thatlur'd *by Folly ftray,
cc And languifh to eternal Death
" In her detefted Way,

3 " Enter my hofpitable Gate,

C£ And all my Banquet fhare ;
<c For heavily Wine furrounds my feoard,
" And Angels Food is there.

I cc Freely of every Dainty tafte ;

cc Tafle, and for ever live ;
" And mingle with your Joys the Hopes

{C Of all a God can give. L

« But if feduc'd by Folly's Arts,

4C Ye feelc her pois'nous Food ;
« Know, thatthe dreadful Moment hades,

w Which pays~the Feaft with Blood. "

* Seduceij,

LXXVII. The

68 PROVERBS.

LXXVII. The Excellency,} the Righteous, with rt-
gardto their Temper, Prov. xii. 26-. Part lft.

1 LlOW glorious, Lord, art Thou I
AA How bright thy Splendors fbine!

Whofe Rays reflected gild thy Saints
With Ornaments divine.

2 With Lowlinefs and Love,
Wifdom and Courage meet;

The grateful Heart, the chearful Eye,
Howrev'rend and how fweet !

3 In Beauties fuch as thefe,
Thy Children now are dreft;

But brighter Habits (hall they wear
In Regions of the Bleft.

4. In Nature's barren Soil,

Who could fuch Glories raife ?
We own, O God, the Work is Thine,
And Thine be all the Praife.

LXXVIII. The Excellency of the Righteous, with
regard to their Relations, Employments , Pleafurer,
and Hopes. Prov. xii. 26-. Part 2d.

I r\ Ifrael, thou art bleft ;

^ Who may with thee compare !
Thine Excellencies (land confefs'u ;
How bright thy Glories are !

O God of I.rael, hear,

And make this Bill's our own ;

Make II

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Make us the Children of thy Care,
The Members of thy Son.

Thus honour'd, thus employ'd,
By thefe great Motives fir'd,
Be Paradife on Earth enjoy'd,
And brighter Hopes infpir'd.

Thy People, Lord, we love;
Their God our Souls embrace j
So may we find in Worlds above
Among thy Saints a Place.

LXXIX. Walking with GOD-, or being in hit
Fear all the Daylong Proverbs xxiii. -17.

'"pHRICE happy Souls, who born from
-■* Heav'n,

While yet they fojourn here,
Thus all their Days with God begin,

And fpend them in his Fear !

l So may our Eyes with holy Zeal

Prevent the dawning Day ;
i And turn the facred Pages * o'er,

And praife thy Name and pray.

; 'Midft hourly Cares may Love prefent
Its Incenfe to thy Throne ;
And, while the World our Hands employs,
Our Hearts be Thine alone,
I As fan&ified to nobleft Ends
Be each Refrefhment fought ;
• The holy Scriptures,

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And by each various Providence
Some wife Inftru&ion brought.

5 When to laborious Duties call'd,

Or by Temptations try'd,
We'll feek the Shelter of thy Wings,
And in thy Strength confide.

6 As different Scenes of Life arife,

Our grateful Hearts would be
With Thee, amidft the focial Band,
In Solitude with Thee.

7 At Night we lean our weary Heads

On thy paternal Breaft;
And, fafely folded in thine Arms,
Refign our Pow'rs to reft.

8 In folid pure Delights, like thefe,

Let all my Days be paft ;
Nor (hall I then impatient wifli,
Nor fhall I. fear the 1 aft.

LXXX. T})e cbfiinate Sinner alarmed. Provcrb>
xxix. i.

1 TS^OW let the Sons of Belial * hear
-**^ The Thunders of the Lord ;
Unfold their long rebellious Ear,

And tremble at his Word.

*

2 Now let the Jron Sinew bow,

And take his eafy Yoke ;
Left fudden Vengeance lay it low

By one refiftlefs Stroke.
. • Difobedient rebellious Perfons.

5 3 Tho'

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3 Tho* yet the great Phyftcian wait,

And healing Balm be found,
One Hour may feal their endlefs Fate,
And fix a deadly Wound.

4 Swift may thy Mercy, Lord, arife,

Ere Juftice ilop their Breath ;
And lighten thofe deluded Eyes;,
That fleep the Sleep of Death.

LXXXl. G O D's reafonahle Expectations from-
bis Vineyard, Ifaiah v. 1 — 7.

t '"pHE Vineyard of the Lord, how fair!
A Planted by his peculiar Care :
Behold its Branches fpread, and fill
The Borders of his facred Hill.

! His Eye hath mark'd the chofen Ground 5
His mighty Hand hath fenc'd it round -s
His Servants by his Order wait,
To watch and aid its tender State,

But when the Vintage he demands
For all the Labour of their Hands,
What Clufters doth his Vine produce ?
The Grapes are wild, and four the Juice,

Well might he tear its Fence away,
And leave it to the Beafts of Prey,
Might give it to the Wild again, .
And charge his Cloupls, to ceafe their Rairu

But fpare our Land, our Churches fpare,
Thy Vengeance long-provok'd forbear -,

Let

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Let the true Vine its Influence give,
And bid our withVing Branches live.

LXXXII. Ifaiah'j Obedience to the heavenly Fijicn.
Ifaiah vi. 8.

I AUR God afcends his lofty Throne,
^^ Array 'd in Majefty unknown ;
His Luflreall the Temple fills,
And fpreads o'er all th' ethereal * Hills.

1 The holy, holy, holy Lord,
By all the Seraphim ador'd,
And, while they ftand beneath his Seat,
They veil their Faces, and their Feet.

3 And can a finful Worm endure
The Prefence of a God fo pure ?
Or thefe polluted Lips proclaim
The Honours of fo grand a Name ?

4 O for thine Altar's glowing Coal
To touch my Lips, to fire my Soul,
To purge the fordid Drofs away,
And into Cryftal turn my Clay !

5 Then, if a MefTenger Thou afk,
A Lab'rer for the hardeft Tafk,
Thro' all my Weaknefs and my Fear,
Love (hall reply, " Thy Servant's here."

6 Nor fhould my willing Soul complain,
Tho* all its Efforts feem'd in vain ;
Its ample Recompence (hall be,

But to have wrought, my God, for Thee.

# HciTCnly.

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LXXXIII. The Stupidity */Ifrael, and of }\ntmt\
lamented. Ifaiah vi. 9 — 12.

For a Fajl-Day.

1 T ORD, when thine Ifracl we furvey,
•*""i We in their Crimes difcern our own;
And, if Thou turn our Pray'r away,
Our Mis'ry mult, like theirs, be known.

2 To us thy Prophets have been fent
With Words of Terror and of Love ;
But not the Vengeance, nor the Grace
Ten thoufand ftubborn Hearts will move.

3 Our Eyes are blind, and deaf our Ears 3
Our Hearts are harden'd intcrStone ;
As we would bar thy Mercy out,

And leave a Way for Wrath alone.

4 Juflly our God might give us up

To Plague and Famine and the Sword ;
Till Towns and Cities rich and fair
Lay defolate without a Lord.

5 O'er bleeding Wounds of flaughter'd Friends
Rivers of helplefs Grief might flow,

Til! the fierce Conqu'ror's haughty Rage
Drag'd us to Chains and Slaughter too.

6 But fpare a Nation lon^ thy own,
And (hew new Miracles of Grace;
'Tis Thine to heal the Deaf and Blind,
And wake the Dead to Life and Praife.

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LXX X I V . Con federate Nations defied by thofe who
fanflify GOD. Ifaiah viii. 9 — 14.

For a Fajl-Day.

1 p REATGoDof Hofts, attend our Pray'r,
^ And make the Britijh Ifies thy Care :
To Thee we raife our fuppliant Cries,
"When an^ry Nations round us rife.

2 Fain would th~y tread our Glory down,
And in the Dull defile our Crown,
Deluge our Houfes with our Blood,
And burn the Temples of our God.

3 Bur, 'midft the Thunder of their Rage,
We thy Protection would engage :

O raife thy faving Arm on high,
And bring renew'd Deliv'rance nigh.

4 May Britain, as one Man, be led

To make the Lord her Fear and Dread ;
Our Souls no other Fear (hall know,
Tho' Earth were leagu'd with Hell below*

5 Give Ear, ye Countries from afar:
Ye proud ailbciate Nations, hear ;
While fix'd on him, who rules the Sky,
Our Hearts your threat'ned War defy.

6 Ye People, gird yourfelves in vain,
Y'our fcattcr'd Force unite again ;
Ap;ain fiv-Ol all that Force be broke,
When God with us (hall deal the Stroke,

j Now He records our humble Tears,
With ardent Vows for future Years,

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And deftines for approaching Days
Victorious Shouts, and Songs of Praife.

§ Emanuel's Land fhall fafe remain,
Bleft with its Saviour's gentle Reign ;
Till ev'ry hoftile Rumour ceafe
In the fair Realms of perfect Peace.

LXXX V. Christ the Steward of GO D's
Family. Ifaiah xxii. 22 — 24. compared with
Rev. iii. 7.

1 "\T7TT H what Delight I raife my Eyes,

And view the Courts, where Jefu*
JefuSy who reigns beyond the Skies, [dwells !
And here below his Grace reveals.

2 Of David's royal Houfe the Key
Is borne by that majeftic Hand ;
Manfions and Trealures there I fee,

• Subjected all to his Command.

3 He fhuts, and Worlds might ftrive in vain
The mighty Obftacle to move;

He loofes all their Bars again,

And who (hall fhut the Gates of Love ?

4. Fix'd in Omnipotence he bears
The Glories of his Father's Name,
Suftains his People's weighty Cares,
Thro' ev'ry changing Age the lame.

5 My little All I there fufpend,
Where the whole Weight of Heav'n is hung :
Secure I reft on fuch a Frend,
And into Rapture wake my Tongue.

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LXXX VI. The rich Provifton and happy Efecls of j
the Go/pel. Ifaiah xxv. 6 — 9.

1 r> E HOLD our God, He owns his Name;
**-* Jehovah all our Songs proclaim

With Shouts of Wonder and of Joy:
Long have we waited for his Grace,
No longer now his Love delays

For Zion his own Arm t' employ.

2 We charge our Souls the Joy to fed :

Wc charge our Tongues his Praife to tell :

Th' Almighty Saviour ! This is he !
He pours his Streams of Grace abroad,
Till all the Earth confefs the God,
And Lands remote his Glory fee.

3 Dainties how rich his Stores afford !

How pure the Wine, that crowns his Board,
While welcome Nations flock around !

He takes the Veil of Grief away ;

Thro' thickeft Shades He darts the Day,
And not one weeping Eye is found.

4 All-conqu'ring Death, no longer boaft
O'er Millions humbled in the Duft;

Our God with Scorn thy Triumph fees :
Soon as He aims one Shaft * at thee,
Sv/allow'd and loft in Victory,

Thine Empire and thy Name fhaJl ceafe.
• Anew.

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^XXXVII. The peaceful State of the Soul, that
trujleth in GOD. Ifaiah xxvi. 3.

"W7EARY and weak and faint,
*^ I caft mine Eyes around ;
My Joints all tremble, and my Feet
Sink deep in miry Ground.

Defpairing Help below,
To Heav'n I raife my Cries ;
God hears, and his almighty Arm
Out-ftretches from the Skies.

\ I on that Arm repofe,

And all my Fears are o'er ;
New Strength diffus'd thro' all my Soul
Attefts its vital Pow'r.

I My Mind in perfect Peace

Thy Guardian Care {hall keep :

■ I'll yield to gei\tle Slumbers now,
For Thou canft never fleep.

jj Happy the Souls alone
On Thee fecurely ftay'd !
Nor (hall they be in Life alarm'd,
Nor be in Death difmay'd.

LXXXVIII. Ifrael'j Obftinacy under GOD's
lifted Hand, Ifaiah xxvi. 11.

; T OR D, when thy Hand is lifted up,
j -*^ The Wicked will not fee ;
But they {hall fee with glowing Shame,
Tho' they obdurate be.

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2 How few the weighty Stroke regard,

And feek their Maker's Face !
In vain may Providence correct,
If not infore'd by Grace.

3 Exert thy mighty Influence, Lord,

And melt the ftony Breaft ;
Then {hall thy Juftice be ador'd,
Thy Mercy ft and confefs'd.

4 The Scorner then (hall mourn in Duft,

And put his S.ns awav,
No more refift his Maker's Hands,
But lift his own to pray.

LXXXIX. GOD quickening the Dead. Ifaiah
xxvi. 19.

1 'HP H E Ever- living God

* Th' expiring Church (hall raife;
Oti. Kfearts his Prom ifes receive,
And wake a Shout Oi' Praife.

I I)?ath fhall not always reign,

Where Grace hath fix'd its Throne;
His foft CcmpaiTion views the Duft,
He once hath calPd his own.

3 " Yes," faith the G on. of Truth,
11 My Dead {hall live again ;

" The Foe {hail fee their Leader's Breath
" Reanimate the SI :in.

4 tc The Dew of Heaven {hall fall
" In rich Abundance round.

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•c And a redundant Harveft rife
" To cloath the teeming Ground.

; " Now from your Dull awake,
" And burft into a Song ;
M Then fpurn the Earth, and mount the Skies
cc In a triumphant Throng."

i Thy Zion, Lord, believes
A Promife fo divine,
And looks thro' all her flowing Tears
To fee the Glory fhine.

XC. The Godly Mans Ark. Ifaiah xxvi. 20.

I T ;s my Father's Voice ;
* And O ! how fweet the Sound !
It makes my inmoft Pow'rs rejoice,
My trembling Heart rebound.

". Mark, the black Tempeft lours,
M And gathers round the Sky ;.
" Retire and ihun the fw.eping Show'rs
" Of indignation nigh.

" Come, my dear Children, come,
" And feek your Father's Arms ■>
u There is your Shelter, there your Home $
" 'Midft all thefe dire Alarms.

c< Enter at his Command ;
" Clofe in your Ark remain ;
" And wait the Signal of his Hand
" To call you forth again. -

M ^he Moments to beguile,
<c A chearful Song begin ; .

E 4 <c Nor

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** Nor let the roaring Thunders fpoil
44 The Harmony wirhin.

6 " Ere Itmg the Sky (hall clear,
u The Clouds be chas'd away,
" Ai d Grace (ball mine in Radiance fair
44 Thro' an eternal Day."

XCI. Laying hell en GO Us Strength, that wt
may be at Peace with him. I fa i a h XX v i i . c .

1 THUS faith Jehovah from his Seat,

A 4> Who (hall prefume my Wrath to meet?
44 What Rebel Men or Angels dare
44 Towage with me unequal War?

2 " Clofe let the Thorns and Briars (land,
44 In thiol: Array on either Hand ;

44 Forth (hall my flaming Terrors fly ;
11 At once they kindle, blaze, and die.

3 ct Prefumptuous Sinners, yet be wife
4* Ere this o'erwhelming Ruin rife ;

44 Your vain tumultuous Efforts ceafc,

44 And feek in fuppLant Crouds for Peace."

4 Great God, we hlefs the gentle Sound,
And bow fubmiffive to the Ground j
Thy proftrate Foes let Pity raife,

And form a People to thy Praife.

5 His thurtd'ring Storm> r.re fifent now;
Calm are the Tenors of his Brov.
Since Jefus makes the Father known,
Our Guardiai) Shield j our cb earing Sun,

ISAIAH.

XCIL The divine Goodnefs in moderating djfliflions.
Ifaiah xxvii. 8.

I r> RE AT Ruler of all Nature's Frame,
^-^ We own thy Power divine :
We hear thy Breath in ev'ry Storm,
For all the Winds are Thine.

z Wide as they fweep their founding Way,
They work thy fov'reign Will j
And aw'd by thy majeftic Voice
Confufion fhall be ftill.

3 Thy Mercy tempers * ev'ry Blaffc
To them that feelc thy Face ;
And mingles with the Tempeft's Roar
The Whifpers of thy Grace.

4. Thofe gentle Whifpers let me hear,
Till all the Tumult ceafe ;
And Gales of Paradife (hall lull
My weary Soul to Peace.
* Moderates.

XCIIL GOD waiting to be gracious. Ifaiah
xxx. 18.

1 TTTfAIT on the Lord, ye Heirs of Hope,

And let his Word fupport your Soul :
. Well can He bear your Courage up,
And all your Foes and Fears controul.

2 He waits his own well-chofen Hour
Th' intended Mercy to difplayj

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And his paternal Bowels move,
While Wifdom dictates the Delay.

3 With mingled iVlajefty and Love
At length He fea trom. his Throne ;
And, while Salvation He commands,
He makes his People's Joy his own.

.. mble Souls, that wait

With Tweet SubmiiTion to his Will j
Harmonious all their Padions move,
And in the Midft of Storms are frill.

5 Still, till their Father's well-known Voic€
Wakens theii Silence into Songs;
Then E-rch grows vocal with his Praife,
Ah.' Heav'n the grateful Shout prolongs.

>XIV. The different Views cf good and bad Men
in Tunes of public Danger, Ifaiah xxxiii. 14

— n-

j CEE, the Definition is begun,

^ And Heaps of Ruin fpread the Ground -3
With hafty Strides it marches on,
And fcatte.s Conflernation round.

<4 Sinners in ZiontzVe th' Alarm,
The Hypocrites altonifh'd cry,

ho with devouring Flames can dwell?
.) in eternal Burnings lie ?
3 G id's gracious Voice the Saint revive? ;
How fweet the heav'n!y Accents found!

thou en high,' my Child, (he lays)
rd thee all a:>

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4 « There (hall my Hand thy Wants fupply,
" Thy Water and thy Bread are fure ;

M There fhalf ..my Vifits make thee gladr

" While theie alarming Scenes endure.

5 " Then, led in joyous Triumph forth,

" Thine Eyes the dirlant Land (hall fjttfPj

" Shall fee thy King in Beauty dreft,

" And (hare his royal Honours too.;>

6 My Soul the Oracle receives,
And feels its Energy to chear;

A promis'd Heav'n, a prefent God
Forbids my Grief, forbids my Fear.

XCV. GOD the Defence of his People from in-
vading Enemies. Ifaiah xxxiiT. ii — 23.

J /T* HE glorious Lord f his IfraeVs Hope !
-*• How well He bears their Courage up !
How wide his faving Pow'r extends !
His princely Titles will we fing,
Our Judge, our Law-giver, our King,
He guards his Subjects as his Friends.

2 Around the Mountain where they dwell,
Lo, at his Word new Waters fwell

To deluge the invading Foe !
Open'd by hi-m that rules the Skies,
Mark the broad Rivers how they rife,.

And with what rapid Strength they flow !

3 To gain the well-defended Shores
In vain the Galley fpreads its Oars,

And the proud Sh<o her Sails difplays :

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The Sails are rent, the Mails are broke,
The fhatrer'd Oars all d;op their Stroke,
And Lightnings thro' the Tacklings blare.

4 Shout your Hbfdnnai to the Lord :
Thus (ball He frill his Zion guard,

Till the lad Foe be trampled down :
High as the Heav'ns exalt his Praife;
High as the Heav'ns his Hand fhall raife
The Soul, that here his Grace hath known.

XCVI. The High-Way to Zion. Ifaiah xxxv. 8,
9, jo.

i ClNG, ye Redeemed of the Lord,
*^ Your great Deliverer fing :
Pilgrims for Zions City bound,
Be joyful in your King.

2 See the fair Way his Hand hath rais'd \

How holy, and how plain !
Nor fhall the fimpleft Trav'lerserr,
Nor afk the Track in vain.

3 No rav'ntng Lion fhall deftroy,

Nor lurking Serpent wound ;
Pie Jure and Safety, Peace and PraifCj
Thro' all the Path are found.

4 A Hand divine fhall lead you on

Thrown theblifsful Road;

TiU to the facred Mount you rife,

And fee your fmiling God.

5 There Garlands of immortal Joy

Shall blocm on cv'ry Head ;

While

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While Sorrow, Sighing, and Diilrefs,
Like Shadows all are fled.

> March on in your Redeemer's Strength ;
Purfue his Footfteps ftill ;
And let the Profpecl chear your Eve,
. While lab'ring up the Hill.

£CVII. TheGreatnefs and Majefty of GOD*
and the Meannefs of the Creatures. Ifaiah xl.

iii 16, 17.

: yE weak Inhabitants of Clay,
I * Ye trifling lnfecls of a Day,
Low in your native Dull bow down
Before th' Eternal's awful Throne.

\ With trembling Heart, with folmen Eye,

Behold Jehovah feated high ;

And fearch, what worthy Sacrifice

Your Hands can give, your Thoughts devife,
\ Let Lebanon her Cedars bring,

To blaze before the fov'reign King ;

And all the Beads, that on it feed,

As Viclims at his Altar bleed.

Loud let tenthoufand Trumpets found.
And call remoteft Nations round,
Aflembled on the crouded Plains,
Princes and People, Kings and Swains.

Join'd with the Living, let the Dead
Riling the Face of Earth o'erfpread ;
And, while his Praife unites their Tongues,
Let Angels echo back the Songs.

6 The

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6 The Drop, that from the Bucket falfs,
The Dull, that hangs upon the Scales,
Is more to Sky, and iiarth, and Sea,
Than all this Pomp, O God, to Thee.

XCVIII. TJjf timorous Saint encouraged by the
Affwance of the divine Pre fence and Help,.
llaiah xli. jo.

2 A N D art Thou with as, Gracious Lord,
■**■ To diflipate our Fear ?
DoftThou proclaim thyfelf our God,
Our God for ever near ?

2 Doth thyRight-hand, which form'd theEarthj

And bears up all the Skies,
Stretch from on high its friendly Aid,
When Dangers round us rife ?

3 Doft Thou a Father's Bowels feel

For all thy humble Saints ?
And in fuch tender Accents fpeale
To foothe their fad Complaints ?

4. On this Support my Soul (hall lean,
And banifh ev'ry Care;
The Lr'oomy Vale of Death mud fmiTe,
If God be with me there.

5 While I his gracious Succour prove
'Midft ail my various V.
The darkeft Shades, thro' which I pafs,
Shall echo with his Praife.

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:CIX. The Humiliation and Exaltation of GOD'?
Ifrae!. I fa i ah xli. 14, J5.

AMAZING Grace of God on high!
•**' And wijl the Lord look down,
On Sinners, while in Duft they lie,
And dread his awful; Frown f

Weaker than Worms, O Lord, are wej

And viler far than they ;
Yet in thefe Reptiles * weak and vile

Doft Thou thy Pow'r difplay.

Jehovah's fov'reign Voice is heard,

The Worm lifts up its Head,
And Mountains,, that would crufh it dowflj

Before the Worm are fled.

Thou holy One, thine Ifrael's King,

Thou our Redeemer art;
Nor (hall the Bleffings of thy Hand

From thy Redeem'd depart.

Thy Love (hall its own Work fulfil,

And Grace (hall rife on Grace,
Till Worms of Earth around thy Throne

With Angels, find a Place.

* Creeping Things,

. The JVildernefs transformed, or the happy Effecls
of the Go/pel. 1 1 a i a h x 1 i . 1 8 , 1 9 . compared With
xxxv. i, 2. xi. 6 — 9. lv. 13, &c,

A MAZING beauteous Change!
^* A World created new !

My

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My Thoughts with Tranfport range
The lovely Scene to view ;

In all I trace,

Saviour divine,

The Work is Thine,

Be Thine the Praife.
% See Cryftal Fountains play
Amidft the burning Sands \
The River's winding Way
Shines thro* the thirfty Lands ;

New Grafs is feen,

And o'er the Meads

Its Carpet fpreads

Of living Green.
3 Where pointed Brambles grew,
Entwin'd with horrid Thorn,
Gay Flow'rs for ever new
The painted Fields adorn ;

The blufhing Rofe,

And Lily there,

In Union fair

Their Sweets difclofe.
4. Where the bleak Mountain flood,
All bare and difarray'd,
See the wide-branching Wood
Diffufe its grateful Shade j

Tall Cedars nod,

And Oaks and Pines,

And Elms and Vines,

Confefs the God.
5 The Tyrants of the Plain
Their lavage Chafe give o'er;

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No more they rend the Slain,
And thirft for Blood no more ;

But Infant Hands

Fierce Tigers ftroak,

And Lions yoke

In flow'ry Bands.
6 O when, Almighty Lord,
Shall thefe glad Scenes a rife ;
To verify thy Word,
And blefs our vvond'ring Eyes !

That Earth may raife,

With all its Tongues,

United Songs

Of ardent Praife.

CI. The Blind and Weak led and fupported in
GOD's Way. Ifaiah xlii. 16.

I DR A I S E to the radiant Source of Blifs,
Who gives the Blind their Sight,
And fcatters round their wond'ring Eyes
A Flood of facred Light.

% In Paths unknown He leads them on
To his divine Abode,
And fhews new Miracles of Grace
Thro' all the heavenly Road.

3 The Ways all rugged and perplex'd
He renders fmooth and ftraight,

i And ftrengthens ev'ry feeble Knee
To march to Z/Ws Gate.

\L Thro* all the Path I'll fing his Name,
Till I the Mount afcend,

Where

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'Where Toils and Storms are known no mere,
And Anthems never end.

CI I. GOD calling his Ifrael ly Name, and leading
them through IVcder and Fire. Ifaiah xliii. j, 2.

1 T E T "Jacob to his Maker fing,

**"* And piaife his great redeeming Kin^i
Call'd by a ry w, a gracious Name,
Let Ifrael loud h:s God proclaim.

2 He knows our Souls in all their Fears,
And gently wipes our falling Tears,
Forms trembling Voices to a &Ulg,

And bids the feeble Heart be flrung.

3 Then let the Rivers fwell around,

And riun'g Floods o'erflow the C- round j
Hirers and Floods and Sens dlvi
And Homage pay to IfracCs Guide.

4 Then let the Fires the r Raj;e difplay,
And flaming Terrors bar he V.
Unburnt, unfin^'d, He leads them thro',
And makes the Flames refrefhing too.

5 The Fires but on their Bonds fhall prey *,
The Floods but wafli their Stains aw ,
And Grace divine new Trophies \ rails
Amidil the Deluge, and the Bi

* Allufion to the Story in Dan. lii. io; C?c. f Wo'

fcuments Pi Vidiory,

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€111. The Riches of pardoning Grace celebrated*
Ifaiah xliv. 22, 23.

1 T ET Heav'nburft forth into a Song;
-*-> Let Earth reflect; the joyful Sound j
Ye Mountains, with the Echo ring,
And fhcut, ye Forefts all around.

2 The Lord his Ifrael hath redeem'd,
Hath made his mourning People glad,

\ And the rich Glores of his Name
In their Salvation hath dtfplay'd.

3 Unnumber'd Sins, like fable Clouds,
Veil'd ev'ry chearful Ray of Joy,

And Thunders murmur'd thro' the Gloo*ri5 ■"
While Lightnings pointed to deftroy.

j4 He fpolce, and all the Clouds difpers'd,
And Heaven unveil'd its mining Face;
The whole Creation fmil'd anew,
Qeck'd in the golden Beams of Grace*

Ifrael^ return with humble Love,
! Return to thy Redeemer's Bread:,
: And charm'd by his melodious Voice,
1 Compofc thy weary Pow'rs to reft.

CIV. The little Succefs which attended the perfona~£
Miniftry ^/"Christ. Ifaiah xlix. 4.

I /\ND doth the Son of God complain,
x i{ Lo, I havefpent my Strength in vafrt,
" Andftretch'dmyHandswholeDaysand Y§ars
" Tothcfe,whoilighcmyWordsandTears?:,

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92 ISAIAH.

2 O ftubborn Hearts, that could withftand
Such Efforts from a Saviour's Hand !

O gracious Saviour, who wouldft bleed,
When Words and Tears could not fucceed !

3 Fall down, my Soul, in humble Woe,
That thou haft wrong'd his Goodnefs f o :
New let his Grace refiftlefs move

To meit the ftubborn Flint to Love.

4 All-glorious Lord, march forth and reign,
And reap the Fruit of all thy Pain ;
And, till a nobler Scene appear,

Begin the happy Conqucft here.

CV. GOD's Captives rehafed\ applied to fpiritual
Deliverances. Ifauh li. 14, 15.

1 /CAPTIVES of Ifrael, hear,
^ Who now as Exiles * mourn \

See your Almighty God appear
To haften your Return.

2 Jehovah is his Name,
Lord of celeftial Hofrs :

Lef Heav'n that faving Povv'r proclaim
In which his Ifrael trufts.

3 Tho' helplefs now ye lie,
As in a Dungeon thrown,

When parch'd with painful Thirft ye cry,
And when your Dread is gone,

4. Deliv'rance comes apace ;
Ye (hall not there expire;

* Baniihea Pcrfoni,

Prepare

ISAIAH. »

Prepare to fing redeeming Grace
With his triumphant Choir.

He fmote the raging Sea
'Midfl its tumultuous Roar,
And pav'd his chofen Troops a Way
Safe to its diftant Shore.

In Him let Ifrael hope,
At whofe fupreme Command
Graves yield their breathlefs Captives up,
And Seas become dry Land.

CVI. The Cup of Fury exchanged for the Cup of
Bleffmgs, Ifaiah li. 22.

1 *T*HE Lord, our Lord, how rich hisGracs!

•*■ What Stores of fov'reign Love
For humble Souls, thatfeek his Face,
And to his Footftool move !

2 He pleads the Caufe of all his Saints,

When Foes againft them rife;
He liftens to their fad Complaints,
And wipes their {breaming Eyes.

3 He takes away that dreadful Cup

Of Fury and of Piagues,
Which Juflice fentenc'd them to drink,
And wring the bitter Dregs.

* He gave it to their Saviour's Hand,
And fill'd it to the Brim ;
Their Saviour drank the liquid Death,
That they might live by him.

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94 ISAIAH.

5 « Now take the Cup of Life, (he cries)
" Where heav'nly Bleflings flow :
c< Drink deep, nor fear to drain the Springy
" To which the Draught ye owe."

P We drink, and feel our Life renewed,
And all our Woes forget :
We drink, till that tranfporting Hour,
When we our Lord fhall meet.

CVII. The holy City purified and guarded. Ifaiah
lii. i, 2.

TRIUMPHANT lion, lift thy Head
* From Duft, and Darknefs, and the Dead}
Tho' humbled long, awake at length,
And gird thee with thy Saviour's Strength,

2 Put all thy beauteous Garments on,
And let thy various Charms be known ;
The World thy Glories fhall confefs,
Deck'd in the Robes of Righteoufnefs.

'3 No more fhall Foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallow'd Walls with Dread \
No more (hall Hell's infulting Hoft
Their VicYry, and thy Sorrows boaft.

4 God from on high thy Groans will hear;
His Hand thy Ruins fhall repair;
Rear'd and adorn'd by Love divine,
Thy Tow'rs and Battlements fhall fhine.

5 Grace fhall difpofe my Heart and Voice
To fhare, and echo back her Joys ;
Nor will her watchful Monarch ceafe
To £uard her in eternal Peace.

CVIII, GOD's

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CVIII. GOD's Government, Zions Joy. Ifaialj
lii. -7.

1 yE Subjects of the Lord, proclaim
* The royal Honours of his Name;

Jehovah reigns, be all our Song.
'Tis He, thy God, O Zion, reigns,
Prepare thy moft harmonious Strains
Glad Hallelujahs to prolong.

Ye Princes, boaft no more your Crowns^
But lay the glitt'ring Trifles down

In lowly Honour at his Feet •
A Span your narrow Empire bounds,.
He reigns beyond created Rounds,

In felf-fumcient Glory great.

Tremble, ye Pageants of a Day,
Form'd like your Slaves of brittle Clay,

Down to the Duft your Scepters bend i ' '
To everlafting Years He reigns,
And undemininYd Pomp maintains,

When Kings, and Suns, and Time fhall cud*

J. So (hall his favoured Zion live;
In vain confed'rate Nations ftrive

Her facred Turrets to deftroy ;
Her Sov'reign fits enthron'd above,
And endlefs Pow'r, and endlefs Love

Enfure her Safety, and her Joy.

2 IX. Divine Mercies- and Judgments compared^ .
Ifaiah liv. 7, 8.

TN thy* Rebukes, All-gracious God,
■*• What foft Companion reigns !

What

'$6 ISAIAH.

What gentle Accents of thy Voice
A flu age thy Children's Pains !

2 " When I correct my chofen Sons,

*' A Fathers Bowels move:
" One traniknt Moment bounds my Wrath,
" Butendlefs is my Love."

3 Our Faith fhall look thro* ev'ry Tear,

And view thy fmiling Face,
And Hope amidtt our Sighs fhall tune
An Anthem to thy Grace.

4 Gather at length my weary Soul

To join thy Saints above ;
For I would learn a Song of Praife
Eternal as thy Love.

CX. DivineTeachingSy and their happy Confcquenceu
Iiaiah liv. 13.

J DRIGHT Source of intellectual Rays,
" -*-* Father of Spirits, and of Grace,

O dart with Energy unknown
Celeftial Beamings from thy Throne.

H Thy facred Book we would furvev,
Enlighten'd with that heav'nly Day,
And afk thy Spirit, with the Word,

To teach our Souls to know the Lord.
[
3 So (hall our Children learn the Road,

That leads them to their Fathers God;

And, form'd by Leflbns fo divine,

Shall Infant Minds with Knowledge fhine.

4 So

ISAIAH. 97

|. So fhall the haughtieft Soul fubmit,
With Children plac'd at Jefus' Feet :
The noify Swell of Pride fhall ceafe,
And thy fweet Voice be heard in Peace.

2X1. Fruitful Showers, Emblems of the falutary
Effects of the Go/pel, Ifaiah lv. I o, 1 1 , 1 2»

[ TiT A R K the foft-falling Snow,
™* And the diffufive Rain ;
To Heav'n, from whence it fell,
It- turns not back again ;

But waters Earth

Thro' ev'ry Pore,

And calls forth all

Its'fecret Store.

Array'd in beauteous Green
The Hills and Vallies fhine,
And Man and Beaft is fed
By Providence divine ;

The Harveft bows

Its golden Ears,

The copious Seed

Of future Years.

« So," faith the God of Grace,
" My Gofpel fhall defcend,
" Almighty to effect
« The Purpofe I intend ;

" Millions of Souls

" Shall feel its Pow'r,

" And bear it down

" To Millions more.

F 4 «c Joy

98 ISAIAH.

4 " Joy (hall begin your March,
M And Peace protect your Ways,
*' While all the Mountains round
*' Echo melodious Praife ;

" The vocal Groves

" Shall fing the God,

" And ev'ry Tree

" Confenting nod."

CXII. Comfort for pious Parents, who have bten
bereaved of their Children, Ifaiah lvi. 4, 5.

1 XT' E mourning Saints, whofe flreamingTears

* Flow o'er your Children dead,
Say not in Tranfportsof Defpair,
That all your Hopes are fled.

2 While cleaving to that darling Duft,

In fond Diftrefs ye lie,
Rife, and with Joy and Rev'rence view
A heav'nly Parent nigh.

3 Tho\ your young Branches torn away,

Like wither'd Trunks ye ftand,
With fairer Verdure fhall ye bloom,
Touch'd by th' Almighty's Hand.

4 " I'll give the Mourner," faith the Lord,

" In my own Houfe a Place ;
" No Names of Daughters and of Sons
" Could yield fo high a Grace.

5 " Trail-

ISAIAH. 99

5 " Tranfient and vain is ev'ry Hope

M A rifing Race can give ;
M In endlefs Honour and Delight
" My Children all (hall live."

6 We welcome, Lord, thofe rifing Tears,

Thro' which thy Face we fee,
And blefs thofe Wounds,which thro'ourHearts-
Prepare a Way for Thee.

CX1II. The Stranger entertained in G 0 D's Houfe
cf Prayer. I fa i ah Ivi. 6, 7. compared with
Matt. xxi. 13. and Eph. ii, 19.

1 pREAT Father of Mankind,
^*-* We blefs that wond'rous Grace,
Which could for Gentiles find
Within thy Courts a Place.

How kind the Care
Our God difplays,
For us to raife
A Houfe of Pray'r !

2 Tho' once eflranged far,

We now approach the Throne ;

For Jefus brings us near,

And makes our Caufe his own :

Strangers no more,

To Thee we come,
^ And find our Home,

And reft fecure.

3 To Thee our Souls we join,
And love thy facred Name 5

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100 ISAIAH.

No more our own, but Thine,
We triumph in thy Claim ;
Our Father-Kin?,
Thy Cov'nant-Grace
Our Souls embrace,
Thy Titles fing.

4 Here in thy Houfe we fcafr.
On Dainties all divine;

And, while fuch Sweets we tafte,
With Joy our Faces fhine.

Incenfe fhall rife

From Flames of Love,

And God approve

The Sacrifice.

5 May all the Nations throng
To worfhip in thy Houfe ;
And Thou attend the Song,
And fmile upon their Vows ;

Indulgent (till,
Till Larth confpire
To join the Choir
On Zion's Hill.

CXIV. Peace proclaimed, and the Fruit of the
Lips created by a gracious GOD, lfaiah lvii. 19.

I MARK! for the great Creator fpcaks ;
-*■■* In Silence let the Earth attend ;
And, when his Words of Grace are heard,
In grateful Adoration bend.

2 « 'Tis

ISAIAH. 101

2 M 'Tis I create the Fruit of Praife,
4C And give the broken Heart to fing ;

M Peace, heav'nly Peace, my Lips proclaim,
M Pleas'd with the happy News they bring.5'

3 Receive the Tidings with Delight,
Ye Gentile Nations from afar -,
And you, the Children of his Love,
Whom Grace hath brought already near.

4 To thefe, to thofe, his fov'reign Hand
Its healing Energy imparts :

Peace, Peace, be echo'd from your Tongues,
And echo'd from confenting Hearts.

5 Enjoy the Health, which God hath wrought $
Nor let the daily Tribute ceafe,

Till chang'd for more exalted Songs
In Regions of eternal Peace.

CXV. The Duty of remonft rating againft <S//z, zubeti
Judgments are threatned* lfaiah lviii. 1.

X HT HY Judgments cry aloud,
A O Ever righteous God,
And in the Sight of all our Land
Thou lifteft up thy Rod.

2 Aloud thy Servants cry,
Commiffion'd from thy Throne,

And like a Trumpet raife their Voice
To make thy Judgments known.

3 But who that Cry attends,
And makes his Safety fure ?

F 3 Rock'd

io2 ISAIAH.

Rock'd by the Tempeft: they fhould flee,
They fleep the more fecure.

4 Another Trumpet, Lord,
The ftupid Slumb'rers need ;
Nor will they hear a feebler Voice
Than that, which wakes the Dead.

CXVI. Unfuccefsful Fajls accounted for, Ifaiah
Iviii. 3. compared with 4 — 8.

For a Faji Day.

1 f\ ] Where is fov'reign Mercy gone ?

^* Whithsr is Britain's God withdrawn ?
That thro' long Years fhe fhould complain,
She fafts, and mourns, and cries in vain \

2 Haft Thou not feen her fuppliant Bands
Thro' all her Coafts extend their Hands ?
Or has their oft-repeated Pray'r
Efcap'd thy ever-iiiPning Ear ?

3 Thine Ear hath heard, thineEyehath feen;
J)it Gu It hath fpread a Cloud between j
£nd, riling ftill before thy Face,

Averts thy long- imreated'Q race.

4 HDifpe) that Cioud by Ravs divine,
And caufe thy chearing Face to Giine ;
Our IflefhaU fhout from Shore to Shore,
And dread encroaching Fees no more.

5 Our Light fnall like the Morning fpril

ding and Joy our God (hall bring ;
Juftice (hall in our Front appear,
Glory sathtff up our Rear

■CXVII. Th

ISAIAH. 103

CXVII. The Standard of the Spirit lifted up.
Ifaiah lix. -19.

1 /~* OD of the Ocean, at whofe Voice
^^ The threatning Floods are heard no more,
Behold their Madnefs and their Noife,

And filence the tumultuous Roar.

2 Here Streams of puis'nous Error fwell \
There rages Vice in ev'ry Form ;
They join their Tide, led on by Hell,
And Zion trembles at the Storm.

3 Almighty Spirit, raife thine Arm,
And lift the Saviour's Standard high;
Thy People's Hearts with Vigour warm,
And call thy chofen Legions nigh.

4 Wak'd by thy well-known Voice they come,
And round the facred Banner throng ;

Zion prepare the Conqu'ror Room,
While Triumph burfts into a Song.

5 " The Lord on high, when Billows roar,
M Superior Majefty difplays,

" And, by one Breath of fov'reign Pow'r,
" Hufhes the Noife of foaming Seas."

CXVIII. The Glory of the Church in the latter Day.
Ifaiah be. 4,

I r\ Zion, tune thy Voice,

^>^ And raife thy Hands on high ;
Tell all the Earth thy Joys,
And boaft Salvation nigh.

F 4 Chearful

104 I S A I A H.

Chcarful in God,
A rife and fhine,
While Rays divine
Stream all abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning Face
With Beams that cannot fade;
His all-refplendent Grace

He pours around thy Head j
The Nations round
Thy Form (hall view>
With Luftre new
Divinely crown'd.

3 In Honour to his Name
Reflect that facred Light ;
And loud that Grace proclaim,
Which makes thy Darknefs bright :

Purfue his Praife,
Till fov'reign Love
In Worlds above
The Glory raife.

4 There on his holy Hill

A brighter Sun fhall rife,,
Aiul with his Radiance fill
Tru,fe fairer purer Skies j

While round his Throne

Ten thou fa nd Si

In nobler Spheres *

Hii> Influence own.

* Oibs or Paths in which the Stats mote.

CXIX. COD

ISAIAH. 10;

CXIX. GOD the everlaf.ing Light of the Saints
above. Ifaiah Ix. 20.

1 V^E golden Lampsof Heav'n *, farewel,

* With all your feeble Light :
Farewel, thou ever-changing Moon,
Pale Emprefs of the Night.

2 And thou, refulgent Orb of Day j,

In brighter Flames array'd,
My Soul, that fprings beyond thy Sphere,
No more demands thine Aid.

3 Ye Stars are but the {hining Duff

Of my divine Abode,
The Pavement of thofe heav'nly Courts,
Where 1 £hal>l reign with God.

4 The Father of eternal Light

Shall there his Beams difplay;
Norfhall one Moment's Darknefs mix
With that unvaried Day.

5 No more the Drops of piercing Grief

Shall fwell into mine Eyes ;

Nor the Meridian $ Sun decline

Amidii thofe brighter Skies.

6 There all the Millions of his Saints

Shall in one Song unite,
And each the Blifs of all (hall view
With infinite Delight.

* The Starr> f The Sun. J Noon-Day.

F c CXX. GOD

ISAIAH.

GOD irttrtettd for Zion. Ifaiah Ixii.
•6,7.

F,r a F aft -Day \ or A Day of Prayer for the Re-
vival of Religion.

1 INDULGENT Sov'reign of the Skies,

And wilt Thou bow thy gracious Ear ?
While feeble Mortals raife their Cries,
Wilt Thou, the great Jehovah, hear f

2 How (hall thy Servants give thee Reft,
Till Zions mould'ring Walls Thou raife?
Till thy own Pow'r (hall Hand confefs'd,
And make Jerufalem a Praife ?

3 For this, a lowly fuppliant Croud
Here in thy facred Temple wait :
For this, we lift our Voices loud,
And call, and knock at Mercy's Gate.

4 Look down, O God, with pitying Eye,
And view rhe Defolation round ;

See what wide Realms in Darknefs lie,
And hurl their Idols to the Ground.

5 Loud let the Gofpel-Trumpet blow,
And call the Nations from afar;
Let ail the Ifles their Saviour know,
And Earth's remoteft Ends draw near,

6 Let Babylon s proud Altars {hake,
And Light invade her darkeft Gloom;
The Yoke of Iron Bondage break,
The Yoke of Satany and of Rome.

7 With

ISAIAH. i

7 With gentle Beams on Britain lhinet
And blefs her Princes, and her Priefts ;
And, by thine Energy divine,

Let facred Love o'erflow their Breafts.

8 Triumphant here let Jefus reign,
And on his Vineyard fweetly fmile;
While all the Virtues of his Train
Adorn our Church, adorn our Ifle.

9 On all our Souls let Grace defcend,
Like heav'nly Dew in copious Show'rs,
That we may call our God our Friend,
That we may hail Salvation ours.

io Then (hall each Age and Rank agree
United Shouts of Joy to raife ;
And Ziotjy made a Praife by Thee,
To Thee fhall render back the Praife.

CXXI. A 'Nation born in a Day, or The rapid
Progrefs of the Go/pel ' defired. Ifaiah lxvi. 8.

1 DEHOLD with pleafing Extacy .
0 TheGofpel Standard lifted high,
That all the Nations from afar

May in the great Salvation (hare.

2 Why then, Almighty Saviour, why
Do. wretched Souls in Millions die r
While wide th' infernal Tyrant reigns
O'er fpacious Realms in pond'rous * Chains*

* Heavy.

F 6 % And

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3 And fhall he flill go on to boaft,
Thy Crofs its Energy hath loll ?
And fha!l thy Servants ftill complain,
Their Labours, and their Tears are vain ?

4 Awake, All-conqu'ring Arm, awake,
AnJ Hl-H's extenfive Empire (hake -9
AfTert the Honours of thy Throne,
And call this ruin'd World thy own,

5 Thine all fuccefsful Pow'r difplay;
Produce a Nation in a Day ;

For at thy Word this barren Earth
Shall travail with a gen'ral Birth.

6 Swift let thy quick'ning Spirit breathe
On thefe Abodes of Sin and Death ;
That Breath fhall bow ten thoufand Minds,
Like waving Corn before the Winds.

7 Scarce can our glowing Hearts endure

A World, where Thou art known no more ;
Transform it, Lord, by conqu'ring Love;
Or bear us to the Realms above.

CXXII. Backfilling Ifrael invited to return to
GOD. Jerem. iii. 12, 13.

1 D A CK SLIDING//™/, hear the Voice
•*-* Of thy forgiving God,

Nor force fuch Goodnefs to exert
The Terrors of the Rod.

2 Thus faith the Lord, " My Mercy flows

" An unexhaufted Stream,

" And,

JEREMIAH. 109

a And, after all its Millions fav'd,

44 Its Sway is itill fupreme.
" One Moment's Wrath with weighty Crufh

** Might fink you quick to Hell ;
" Yet Mercy points the happy Path,

<c Where Life and Glory dwell.

. *' Own but the Follies thou haft done,
<: And mourn thy Sins in Duft,
" And foon thy trembling Heart fhall learn
" To hope and love and truft."

All gracious God, thy Voice we own;

And, proftrate at thy Feet,
Our Souls in humble Silence wait

A Pardon there to meet.

CXXIII. The Goodnefs of GOD acknowledged
in giving Pajhrs after bis own Heart, Jerem.
iii. 15.

At the Settlement of a Minijler.

t CHEPHERD of Ifrael, Thou doft keep
*-* With conftant Care thy humble Sheep ^
By Thee inferior Paftors rife
To feed our Souls, and blefs our Eyes.

I To all thy Churches fuch impart,
Modell'd by thy own gracious Heart;
Whofe Courage, Watchfulnefs, and Love
Men may atteft, and God approve.
Fed by their a&ive tender Care,
Healthful may all thy Sheep appear,

And,

no J E R E M I A IT.

And, by their fair Example led,
The Way to Z/Ws Pafturcs tread.

4 Here haft thou liften'd toour Vows,
And fcatter'd Bleffings on thy Houfe ;
Thy Saints are fucoour'd, and no more
As Sheep without a Guide deplore.

5 Compleatly heal each former Stroke,
And blefs the Shepherd and the Flock ;
Confirm the Hopes thy Mercies raife,
And own this Tribute of our Praife.

CXXIV. GOD's gracious Methods of adopting
Love. Jerem. iii. 19.

1 A MAZING Plan of fov'reign Love i
"** And doth our God look down

On Rebels, whom his Wrath might doom
To perifh at his Frown ?

2 Doth He project, a wond'rous Scheme

In fuch a Way to fave,
That Jjftice, Majefty, ^nd Grace,
May <>ne joint Triumph have?

3 One Look the ftubborn Hearts fubdues,

And at his Feet they fall j
They own their Father with Delight,
And He receives them all.

4 Numbcr'd amongft his deareft Sons,

The pleafantLand they mare;

On Karth fecur'd by Pow'r divine,

Till crown'd with Glory there.

5 Father,

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5 Father, in thine Embraces lodg'd,
Our Heav'n begun we feel,
And wait the Hour, which Thou (halt mark
Thy Counfels to fulfil.

•XXV. Creatures vain, and GOD the Salvation
of bis People, Jerem. iii. 23.

I TT O W long (hall Dreams of Creature-Blifs
**■*■ Our flatt'ring Hopes employ,
And mock our fond deludejd Eyes
With * vifionary Joy ?

Why from the Mountains and the Hills

Is our Salvation fought,
While our eternal Rock's forfook,

And IfraeVs God forgot.

{ The living Spring neglected flows

Full in our daily View,
! Yet we with anxious fruitlefs Toil

Our broken Citterns hew.

Thefe fatal Errors, Gracious God,

With gentle Pity fee :
To Thee our roving Eyes direct,

And fix our Souls on Thee.

* The Appearance of Joy.

'XX VI. Invitation to return to the LOR D, and
put away Abominations, Jerem. iv. I, 2.

IT is the Lord of Glory calls,
-* O let his Ifrael hear :

" Stop,

ii2 JEREMIAH-

M Stop, ye Revoltcrs, in your Courfe,
u And hearken, and come near.

2, " What tho' in Sin's dclufivc Paths
u Ye from your Youth have ttray'd j
<c What tho' my Meflages of Love
46 Have been with Scorn repay'd ;

3 " At laft return, and Grace divine

" Your Wand'rings (hall forget;
<c If loyal Zeal and Love dethrone
44 Each Idol from its Seat.

4 " Return, and dwell fecureon Earth,

" As in your Lord's Embrace,
4< Till in the Land of perfect Joy
" Ye find a nobler Place. "

5 Father of Mercies, lo, we come,

Subdu'd by fuch a Call :
O let the Hand of Grace divine
Reduce, and blefs us all.

6 So will we teach the World that Lovcv

Which we are made to fee,
And Wand'rers fhall with us return,
And blefs themfelves in Thee.

C X X V 1 1. Ml/imp rove d Privileges, and dij appointed'
Hopes. Jerem.viii. 20.

ALAS, how fad our Moments fly !

***' How fhort our Months appear !

How fwift thro' various Seafons haftes

The ftill-revolving Year !

2 Stafon*

JEREMIAH. uj

2 Seafons of Grace, and Days of Hope,

While Jefus waiting ftands,
And fpreads the Bleflings of his Love
With wide-extended Hands.

3 But O ! how flow our ftupid Souls
' Thefe Bleflings to fecure !
Bleflings, which thro' eternal Years

Unwith'ring (hall endure.

4 Beneath the Wxord of Life we die j

We ftarve amidft our Store;
And what Salvation fhould impart
Heightens our Ruin more.

Pity this Madncfs, God of Love,

And make us truly wife :
So from the pregnant Seeds of Grace

Shall glorious Harvefts rife.

CXXVI1I. Glorying in GOD alone. Jerem. ix.

23, 24.

I 'TpHE righteous Lord, fupremely great,
A Maintains his univerfal State ;
O'er all the Earth his Pow'r extends ;
All Heav'n before his Footftool bends.

|2 Yet Juftice ftill with Pow'r prefides,
And Mercy all his Empire guides;
Such Works are pleafmg in his Sight,
And fuch the Men of his Delight.

3 No more, ye Wife, your Wifdom boaft :
No more, ye Strong, your Valour truft :

Nor

Ii4 JEREMIAH.

Nor let the Rich furvey his Store,
Elate * with Heaps of fhining Ore.

4 Glory, my Soul, in this alone,

That God, thy God, to thee is known,
That thou haft own'd his fov'reign Sway,
That thou haft felt his chearing Ray.

5 My Wifdcm, Wealth, and Pow'r I find
In one Jehovah all combin'd ;

On H:m I fix my roving Eyes,
Till all my Soul in Rapture rife.

6 All elfe, which I my Treafure call,
May in one fatal Moment fall ;
But what his Happinefs can move,
Whom God the Blefled deigns | to loye ?

• Lifted up. f Condefcemli.

CXXIX. Jeremiah'* Tears over the captive Flock.
Jerem. xiii. 15 — 17.

X rLOW on, my Tears, in rifing Streams,
" Ye briny Fountain's, flow;
While haughty Sinners fteel their Hearts,
Nor will Jehovah know.

2 The Flock of God is captive led

In Satan's i eavy Chains ;
Led to the Borders of the Pit,
Where endlefs Horror reigns.

3 Look back, ye Captives, and invoke

Jehovah's aving Aid ;

Give

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Give him the Glory of his Name,
Whofe Hand your Nature made,

4 O turn, ere yet your erring Feet

On Death's dark Mountain fall ;
Cry, and your gentle Shepherd's Ear
Will hearken to your Call.

5 Then (hall thofe Hearts with Pleafure fpring*

Which now in Sorrow melt ;

And deep Repentance yield a Joy

Proud Guilt hath never felt.

5 Almightly Grace, exert thy Pow'r,
And turn thefe Slaves of Sin ;
And, when they bring thy Tribute due,
Shall their own Blifs begin.

'XXX. Giving Glory to GOD) before Darknefi
comes upon us. Jerem xiii. 16.

HP H E fwift-decliningDay,
* How fa ft its Moments fly r
While Ev'ning's broad and gloomy Shade
Gains on the weftern Sky.

Ye Mortals, mark its Pace,
And ufe the Hours of Light ;
And know, its Maker can command
An inftantaneous * Night.
His Word blots out the Sun
In its Meridian Blaze j
• Sudden,

And

n6 JEREMIAH.

And cuts from fmiling vig'rous Youth
The Remnant of its Days.

4 On the dark Mountain's Brow
Your Feet (hail quickly Aide j
And from its airy Summit dafh
Your momentary Pride.

J Give Glory to the Lord,

Who rules the whirling Sphere #$
Submiflive at his Footftool bow,
And feek Salvation there.

6 Then (hall new Luftre break
Thro' Honor's darkeft Gloom,
And lead you to unchanging Light
In a celeftial Home.

• The Revolution of the Sun, Moon, tndStam

CXXXF V?e fatal Conferences of forfaking the
Hope of ll'iael. Jcrem. xvii. 13, 14.

I pRKAT Objects of t^ine IfaeH Hope,
^ Its Saviour, and its Praife,
Attend, while we to Thee levote
The Remnant of our Days.
1 How wretched they that leave the Lord,
And from his Word withdraw,
That lofe his Gofpel from their Sight,
And wander from his Law !
3 O thou eternal Spring of Good,
Whence living Waters flow,

Let

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Let not our thirfty erring Souls
To broken Cifterns go.

Like Characters infcrib'd in Duft

Are Sinners borne away;
And all the Treafures they can boaft,

The Portion of a Day.

But, Lord, to Thee my Heart fhall turn

To heal it, and to fave ;
The Joys, that from thy Favour flow,

Shall bloom beyond the Grave.

'XXXII. Christ, the Lord our Righteoufnefs.
Jerem. xxiii. 6.

A VI OUR divine, we know thy Name,
And in that Name we truft ;
Thou art the Lord our Righteoufnefs,
Thou art thine Ifrael's Boaft.

Guilty we plead before thy Throne,

And low in Duft we lie,
fTill Jefus ftretch his gracious Arm

To bring the Guilty nigh.

The Sins of one moft righteous Day
; Might plunge us in Defpair;
Yet all the Crimes of num'rous Years
Shall our great Surety clear.

That fpotlefs Robe, which he hath wrought,

Shall deck us all around ;
iSTor by the piercing Eye of God

One Blemifh fhall be found,

5 Pardon

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5 Pardon and Peace and lively Hope

To Sinners now are giv'n ;
Jfrael and Judab foon (hall change
Their Wildernefs for Heav'n.

6 With Joy we tafte that Manna now,

Thy Mercy fcatters down ;
We feal our humble Vows to Thee,
And wait the promis'd Crown.

CXXXIII. The Efficacy of GOD's Word.
Jerem. xxiii. 29.

1 \\7 I T H rev'rend Awe, tremendous Lord>

** We hear the Thunders of thy Word j
The Pride of Lebanon it breaks:

Swift the celeftial Fire defcends,

The flinty Rock in Pieces rends,

And Earth to its deep Center (bakes.

2 Array'd in Majefty divine,
Here Sanctity and Juftice fhine,

And Horror ftrikes the Rebel thro*;
While loud this awful Voice makes known
The Wonders which thy Sword hath done,

And what thy Vengeance yet fhall do.

3 So fpread the Honours of thy Name ;
The Terrors of a God proclaim ;

Thick let the pointed Arrows fly;
Till Sinners, humbled in the Duft,
Shall own the Execution juft,

And bleis the Hand by which they die.

4 Then

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Then clear the dark tempeftuous Day,
And radiant Beams of Love difplay ;

Each proftrate Soul let Mercy raife :
So (hall the bleeding Captives feel,
Thy Word, which gave the Wound, can heal,

And change their Groans to Songs of Praife.

XXXIV. The PoJJibillty of dying this Yea?.
Jerem. xxviii. -16-.

For New Tear's- Day,

!pOD of my Life, thy conflant Care
^* With Bleffings crowns each op'ning Year 5
This guilty Life doft Thou prolong,
iAnd wake anew mine annual Song.

I How many precious Souls are fled
■To the vaft Regions of the Dead,
ISince from this Day the changing Sun
(Thro* his laft yearly Period run 1

We yet furvive ; but who can fay,

Or thro* the Year, or Month, or Day,

;" I will retain this vital Breath ;

:c Thus far at Ieaft in League with Death * £*
That Breath is Thine, Eternal God j

Tis Thine to fix my Soul's Abode ;

t holds its Life from Thee alone,

tJii Ea*th, or in the World unknown.

IFo Thee our Spirits we refign ;

Make them and own them ftill as Thine;

* Jfaiab xxviii. J 5.

5 S*

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So fhall they fmile, fecure from Fear,
Tho' Death ftiould blaft the rifing Year.
6 Thy Children, eager to be gone,
Bid Time's impetuous Tide roll on,
And land them on that blooming Shore,
Where Years and Death are known no more.

CXXXV. GOD's Complacency in his Thoughts of
Peace towards his People, Jerem. xxix. n„

1 T7ILER than Dull, O Lord, are we;

* And doth thine Anger ceafe ?
And doth thy gracious Heart o'erflow
With Purpofes of Peace ?

2 And doft Thou with Delight reflect

On what thy Grace fhall do ?
And with Complacency of Soul
Eniov the diftant View ?

3 And can thy often-injur'd Love

So kind a Meflage fend,
That Thou to all our lengthen'd Woes
Wilt give th' expected End ?

4 Why droop our Hearts ? Why flow our Eyes,

While fuch a Voice we hear ?
Why rife our Sorrows and our Fears,
While fuch a Friend is near ?

5 To all thy other Favours add

A Heart to truft thy Word,
And Death itfelf fhall hear us fing,
While refting on the Lord.

CXXXVI. The

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CXXXVI. The impudent Rebellion of the Jewifh
Refugees at Pathros. Jer. xliv. 16, 17, 28.

1 \KTHok Words againft the Lord are {tout ?

* Or who prefume to fay,

" That fov'reign Law, which God proclaims,
" I dare to difobey ?" "

2 Ten thoufand Actions ev'ry where

The impious Language fpeak :
Yet Pow'r omnipotent frands by,
Nor do its Thunders break.

3 But O ! the dreadful Day draws near,

When^GoD's avenging Hand
Shall fhew, if feeble Mortals Breath,
Or God's own Word fhall ftand.

4 My Soul, with proftrate Rev'rence fall,
Before the Voice divine ;

And all thine Int'reft, and thy Pow'rs
To its Command refign.

5 Speak, mighty Lord; thy Servant waits
The Purport of thy Will :

My Heart with fecret Ardour glows
Its Mandates * to fulfil.

!j Let the vain Sons of Belial boafl

Their Tongues and Thoughts are free 3
My nobleft Liberty I own, '
When fubject moft to Thee.

* Commands,

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122 JEREMIAH.

CXXXVII. AJking the Way to Zion, in order U
joining in Covenant with GOD. Jcr. 1. 5.

1 \f N QU I R E, ye Pilgrims, for the Way,
^ That leads to ZiWs Hill,

And thither let your fready Face
With a determin'd Will.

2 Invite the Strangers all around

Your pious March to join;
And fprcad the Sentiments you feel
Of Faith and Love divine.

3 Come, let us to his Temple hafle,

And fcek his Favour there,
Before his Footftool humbly bow,
And pour out fervent Pray'r.

4 Come, let us join our Souls to God

In everlafting Bands,
And feize the Bleflings he beftows
With eager Hearts and Hands.

5 Come, let us feal without Delay

The Cov*nant of his Grace ;
Nor fhall the Years of diftant Life
Its Memory efface *.

6 Thus may our rifing Offspring hafle

To feek their Fathers God,
Nor e'er forfake the happy Path
Their youthful Feet have trod.

• Blot out, deftroy.

CXXXVIII.

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/XXXVIII. Searching and trying our Ways.
Lamenc. iii. 40.

THY piercing Eye, O God, furveys
* The various Windings of our Ways ;
Teach us their Tendency to know,
And judge the Paths in which we go.

How wild, how crooked have they been !
A Maze of Foolimnefs and Sin !
With all the Light we vainly boaft,
Leaving our Guide, our Souls are loft.

Had not thy Mercy been our Aid,
I So fatally our Feet had ftray'd,
Stern Juflice had its Pris'ncrs led
Down to the Chambers of the Dead.

jO turn us back to Thee a^ain,
Or we fhall fearch our Ways in vain ;
iShine, and the Path of Life reveal,
.And bear us onto Zions Hill.

1R0II on, ye fwift-revolving Years,
jAnd end this Round of Sins and Cares;
No more a Wand'rer would I roam,
But near my Father fix at Home.

pCXIX. The Breath of our Nojlrils taken in
lhe Pits of the. Enemy ; applied to Christ.
Lament, iv. 20.

BLEST Saviour, to my Heart more dear
Than balmy Gales of vital Air;

G 2 Were

i24 E Z E K I E L.

Were thy Soul-chcaring Prcfence gone,
What Uie of Breath, unlefs to groan ?

2 Thy Father's royal Hand hath fned,
]n rich Profufion on thy Head,
Ten thoufand Graces; Thou alone
Canftfhare, and canft adorn his Throne.

3 But fee the Sov'reign captive led,
Snar'd in the Pit, which Traitors made,
Fcttcr'd with ignominious Bands,

s\nd murder'd by rebellious Hands.

4 Ye Saints, to your expiring King

ir tributary Sorrows bring :
Jn loyal Crouds aflcmble round,

. bathe in Tears each precious Wound.

5 But from the Caverns of the Grave
He fprings, omnipotent to fave ;

The Captive-King ajfcends and reigns,
And drags his conquered Foes in Chains.

6 Beneath his Shade our Souls (hall Jive,
In all the Rapture Hcav'n can give ;
Where Zion never (hall deplore,

And Heathens vex his Church no more.

CXL. Of lamenting national Sins. Ezek. ix. 4 — 6.
For a Fajl-Day.

I r\ Righteous God, Thou Judge fupreme,
^^ We tremble at thy dreadful Name,
And all our crying Guilt we own
In Dull and Tears before thy Throne.

So

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So manifold our Crimes have been,
Such Crimfon Tincture dyes our Sin,
That, could we all its Horrors know,
Our dreaming Eyes with Blood might flow.

Britaifjf the Land thine Arm hathfav'd,
That Arm moft impioufly hath bravM * ;
Britain, the Ifle its God hath lov'd,
A Rebel to that Love hath prov'd.

4 Eftrang'd from reverential Awe,
We trample on thy facred Law;
And, tho* fuch Wonders Grace hath done,
Anew we crucify thy Son.

Juftly might this polluted Land
Prove all the Vengeance of thy Hand ;
And,bath'dinHeav'n f, thy Sword mightcomc
To drink our Blood, and feal our Doom.

Yet haft Thou not a Remnant here,
Whofe Souls are fill'd with pious Fear ?
O bring thy wonted Mercy nigh,
While proitrate at thy Feet they lie.

7 Behold their Tears, attend their Moan,
Nor turn away their fecret Groan :
With thefe we join our humble Pray'r ;
Our Nation fhieid, our Country fpare.

5 But if the Sentence be decreed,

I And our dear native Land muft bleed,
By thy fure Mark may we be known,
And fave in Life or Death Thy own.

• Defied. f Jfaiab xxxiv. 5.

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i:6 E Z E K I E L.

CXLI. The Iniquity of facrifaing G OUs Children ;
<>-, The Evil of a bad or neglettcd Education,
»•:. xvi. 20, 21 *.

i n EH O L D, O JfraeVs God,
■^ Frcm thine exalted Throne,
And view the defolate Abode,
Thou once haft call'd thy own.

1 The Chi!dren of tW Ficck,
By early Cov'nant thine,
See how they pour their bleeding Souls
On ev'ry Idol's Shrine f !

3 To Indolence and Pride
What piteous Victims made !

Crufh'd in their Parents fond Embrace,
And by their Care betray'd.

4 By Pleafure's polifh'd Dart
What Numbers here are flain !

What Numbers there for Slaughter bound
In Mammon s golden Chain !

5 O let thine Arm awake,
An J dafh h . own :

O call the Captives of their Pow'r
Thy Treamre, and thy Ciown.

6 Thee let the Fathers o
And Thee the Sons adore,

;ng to -he cruel CtfAoOl an-onp (rrr.f Heathens of (*•
:o wnicb ihcic are Ut-
aji- n Refeiencci in Sc jpturc.

Jo:n d

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JoinM to the Lord by folemn Vows,
To be forgot no more.

CXLIL The Humility and SubmiJJicn of a Penitent,
Ezek. xvi. 63.

1 ^Injur'd Majefty of Heav'n,
^ Look from thy holy Throne,
While proftrate Rebels own with Grief

What Treafons they have done.

2 Thy Grace, when Sin abounded moft,

Reigns with fuperior Sway;
And Pardons, bought with Jefus Blood,
To Rebels doth difplay.

3 While Love its grateful Anthems tunes,

Tears mingle with the Song ;
My Heart with tender Anguifh bleeds,
That I fuch Grace mould wrong.

4 How mall I lift thefe guilty Eyes

To mine offended Lord ?
Or how, beneath his heavieft Strokes,
Pronounce one murm'ring Word ?

5 Remorfe and Shame my Lips have feal'd ;

But O ! my Father, fpeak ;

And all the Harmony of Heav'n

Shall thro' the Silence break.

CXLIII. GOD bringing his People into the Cove-
nant under the Rod. Ezek. xx. 3^.

TLT O W gracious and how wife
**"*■ Is our chaftifing God !

And

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And O ! how rich the Bleflings are,
Which blofTom from his Rod !

2 He lifts it up on high
With Pity in his Heart,

That ev'ry Strok- his Children feel
May Grace and Peace impart.

3 Inflrucled thus they bow,
And own his fov'reign Sway;

They turn their erring Footfteps back
To his forfaken Way.

4 His Cov'nant-Love they feek,
And feek the happy Bands,

That clofer ftiil engage their Hearts
To honour his Commands.

5 Peer Father, we confent
To Difcipline divine ;

And oftfs the Pains, that make our Souls
Still more compleatly Thine.

CXLlVi GOD's Condi

■f Men. Ezek. xxxtv. j..

I AND will the Majefty of PL
^~-
And wit:

J features keep ?

I his Guardi

And

In his refreihinj

3 And

E Z E K I E L. ri9

2 And will He lead our weary Souls
To that delighful Scene,
Where Rivers of Salvation fioiv
Thro' Failures ever green ?

4 What Thanks can mortal Men r

For Favours great as Thine ?
Or how can Tongues of feeble Clay
Proclaim iuch Love divine?

5 Eternal God, how mean are we !

How richly gracious Thou !
Our Souls, o'erwhelm'd with humbl.: Joj ,
In file at Tranfnorts bow.

I CXLV. SMRjg to GOD for the Commun

of bis Spirit. Ezek. xxxvi. 37.

Tl EAR,graciousSov'reign, fromthyThronc,
*• •*■ And fend thy various Blefiings down ;
While by thine Ifrael Thou art fought,
Attend the Pray'r thy Word hath taught.

2 Come, facred Spirit, from above,
And fill the coldeft Heart with Love j
Soften to Flefh the rugged Stone,
And let thy godlike Pow'r be known*

3 Speak Thou, and from the haughtieft .:
Shall Floods of pious Sorrow rife ;
While all their glowing Souls are brrne

* To feek that Grace, which now they fcorn.

4. O let a holy Flock await,
Nuni'roas around thy Temple-Gate,

G 5 Each

ijo E Z E K I E L.

Each prtffifrg on with Ztal to be
A living bdcrifice to Thee.

5 In Anhvcr to our fervent Cries,
Give us to fee thy Church arile ;
Or, if that Bieffing feem too great,
Give us to mourn its low Eilaie.

CXLVI. Ezekiel'j Vifion cf the dry Boms,
Ezek. xxxvii. 3.

j T O OK down, O Lord, with pitying Eye;
*~* See Adams Race in Ruin lie;
Sin fpreads its Trophies o'er the Ground,
And fcatters fiaughter'd Heaps around.

2 And can thefe mould'ring Corpfes live?
And can thefe perifh'd Bones revive?
That, Mighty God, to Thee is known;
That wond'rous Work is all thy own.

3 Thy Minifters are fent in vain
To prophefy upon the Slain ;

In vain they call, in vain they cry,
Till thine almighty Aid is nigh.

4 But if thy Spirit deign to breathe,

Life fpreads thro* ali the Realms of Death;
Dry Bones obey thy pow'rful Voice;
They move, they waken, they sejoice.

5 So when thy Trumpet's awful Sound
SruHfh: Ice the Heav'ns, and rend theGround*
Dead Saintl ihall from their Tombs arife,
And luring to Life beyond the Skies.

CXLVII. 7 be

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CXLVII. The Waters of the Sanftuary healing the
dead Sea*, Ezek. xlvii. 8, 9.

;REAT Source of Being and of Love,
Thou wat'reft all the Worlds above.
And all the Joys we Mortals know,
From thine exhauftlefs Fountain flow.

2 A facred Spring, at thy Command,
From Zions Mount, in Canaan's Land,
Befide thy Temple, cleaves the Ground,
And pours its limpid Stream around.

3 The limpid Stream with fudden Force
Swells to a River in its Courfe;
Thro' defart Realms its Windings play,
And fcatter Bleflings all the Way.

4 Clofe by its Banks in Order fair,
The blooming Trees of Life appear ;
Their Bloilbms fragrant Odours give,
And on their Fruit the Nations live.

5 To the dead Sea the Waters flow,
And carry Healing as they go ;

Its pois'nous Dregs their Pow'r confefs,
And all its Shores the Fountain blefs.

6 Flow, wond'rous Stream, with Glory crown'd>
Flow on to Earth's remoteft Bound ;

And bear us on thy gentle Wave
To Him, who ail thy Virtues gave.

* The Sea or Lake, where Sodomy Gomorrah, &c. had flood,
which was putrid and poifonous j and ancient Writers fay, that
no Fifli could live in it.

G 6 CXLVIII.

132 D A N I E L.

III. Tfkel; or TJ:c Sinner weighed in
GOD's Balances, a:.d found wanting. Dan,

v. z7.

1 "D AISE, thnurrhtlcfs Sinner, raife thine Eye;
*^ Behold God's Balance lifted high;
There (hall his Juftice be difplay'd,

And there thy Hope and Life be weigh'J.

2 See in one Scale his per feci Law;
Mark with what Force its Precepts draw:
Would ft thou the awful Tell: fuftain,

': show light! thyThoughtshowvainf

3 Behold the Hand of God appears
To trace thefe dreadful Characters;
*c TekcU thy Soul is wanting found,

" And Wrath (hall fmite thee to theGrounaV*

4 Let fudden Fear thy Nerves unbrace;
Let Horror {hake thy tott'ring Knees * ;
Thro' all thy Thoughts let Anguifh roll,
And deep Repentance melt thy Soul.

5 One only Hope mav yet prevail ;
Chrljl hath a Weight to turn the Scale ;
Still doth the Gofpel publifti Peace,
And (hew a Saviour's Righteoufnefs.

6 Great God, exert thy Pow'rto fave;
Deep on the Heart thefe Truths engrave j
The pond'rous Load of Guilt remove,

That trembling Lips may fing thy Love.
• Compare Vcifc 6.

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H O S E A.

'3?

CXLIX. *£he Backjlider recolle fling him f elf in his
AjfiiEtions. Hofea ii. 6, 7.

1 'Tp HE Lord, how kind are all his Ways*

•■• When mod they feem fevere !
! He frowns, and fcourges, and rebukes,
That we may learn his Fear.

2 With Thorns, He fences up our Path,

And builds a Wall around,
To guard us from the Death, that lurks
In Sin's forbidden Ground.

3 When other Lovers, fought in vain, *

Our fond Addrefs defpife,
He opens his indulgent Arms
With Pity in his Eyes.

4 Return, ye wand'ring SouIs> return,
And feek his tender Breaft ;

Call back the Mem'ry of the Days,
When there you found your Reft.

Behold, O Lord, we fly to Thee,

Tho' Blufhes veil our Face,
Conftrain'd our laft Retreat to k&k

In thy much-injur'd Grace.

CL. The Advantages of fe eking the Knowledge if
GOD. Hofeavi. 3.

II CHINE forth, Eternal Source* of Light,
^* And make thy Glories known >
* Fountain or Original,

Fill

13+ H O S E A.

Fill our enlarg'd adoring Sight
With Luftre all thy own.

2 Vain are the Charms, and faint the Rays

The brighteft Creatures boaft ;
And all their Grandeur, and their Praife
Is in thy Prefence loft.

3 To know the Author of our Frame

Is our fublimeft Skill :
True Science is to read thy Name,
True Life t' obey thy Will.

^ For this I long, for this I pray,
And following on purfue,
Till Vifions of eternal Day
Fix and compleat the View.

CLI. Inconflancy in Religion. Hofea vi. 4.

1 p ERPETU AL Source of Light and Grace,
*■ We hail thy facred Name :

Thro' ev'ry Year's revolving Round
Thy Goodnefs is the fame.

2 On us, all-worthlefs as we are,

Its wond'rous Mercy pours ;
Sure as the Heav'ns eftablifh'd Courfe,
And plenteous as the Show'rs.

3 Inconftant Service we repay,

And treach'rous Vows renew ;
Falfe as the Morning's featuring Cloud,
And tranfient as the Dew.

4 In flowing Tears our Guilt we mourn,

And roud implore thy Grace

To

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To bear our feeble Footfteps en
In ail thy righteous Ways.

; Arm'd with this Energy divine,
Our Souls (hall ftedfaft move,
And with increafing Tranfport prefs
On to thy Courts above.

6 So by thy Powyr the Morning Sun
Purfues his radiant Way,
Brightens each Moment in his Race,
And fhincs to perfed Day.

CLII. Gratitude the Spring of true Religion*
Hofea xi. 4-.

I X /j" Y God, what filkcn Cords are thine f'
•*■*•■• How lb ft, and yet how ftrong !
While Pow'r, and Truth, and Love combine
To draw our Souls along.

Thou faw'ft us crufli'd beneath the Yoke

Of Satan and of Sin :
Thy Hand the Iron Bondage broke

Our worthlefs Hearts to win.

3 The Guilt of twice ten thoufand Sins
One Moment takes away ;
And Grace, when nrft the War begins,
Secures the crowning Day.

Comfort thror all this Vale of Tears

In rich Profulion flows,
And Glory of unnumber'u Years

Eternity beftowsr

5 Drawn

136 H O S E A.

5 Drawn by fuch Cords we onw. rd move,
Till round thy Throne we meet ;
And, Captives in the Chains of Love,
Embrace our Conqu'ror's Feet.

CLIII. The Rehntings of G O D's Heart over his
backjliding People. Ho ft a xi. 7, 8, 9.

1 \T E Sinners on backfliding bent,

* God's gracious Call attend ;
Shall not Companion fo divine
Each flubborn Spirit, bend ?

2 " How {hall 1 give mine Ifrael up

44 To Ruin and Defpair ?
«* How pour down Show'rs of flaming Wrath,
44 And make a Sodom there ?

3 " My Bowels ftrong Relentings feel ;

44 My Heart is pain'd within :
44 I will not all my Wrath exert,
41 Nor vifit all their Sin.

4. 4C The Mercy of a God retrains
44 ThcThrnders of his Hand :
44 Come, feek ProiecYion from that Pow'r,
44 Which you can ne'er wichftand."

5 With trembli-.g Hafte, O God, to Thee

Let Sinners wing their Flight;
As Doves, when Birds of Prey purfue,
Down on theii Windows light

6 Father, we feck thy gracious Arm*

All melted at thy Voice ;

Omay

:

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AMOS. 137

O may thy Heart, that feels our Woes,
In our Return rejoice.

2LI V. G OD's Controverfy by Fire. Amos iv. 1 1.

On Occajion of a dreadful Fire,

ETERNAL God, our humbled Souls,
*-* Before thy Prefence bow :
With all thy Magazines of Wrath,
How terrible art Thou !

Fan'd by thy Breath, whole Sheets of Flame

Do like a Deluge pour ;
And all our Confidence of Wealth

Lies moulder'd in an Hour.

Led on by Thee in horrid Pomp,

Deftru£tion rears its Head ;
And blacken'd Walls, and fmoaking Heaps,

Thro' all the Street are fpread.

Lord, in the Duft we lay us down,
And mourn thy righteous Ire* ;

Yet blefs the Hand of Guardian-Love,
That fnatch'd us from the Fire.

O that the hateful Dregs of Sin

Like Drofs had perifh'd there,
That in fair Lines our purged Souls

Might thy bright Image bear.

So (hall we view with dauntlefs Eyes

The laft tremendous Day,
When Earth and Seas, and Stars and Skies,

In Flames (hall melt away.

* Ang$r.

CLV. Britain

138 AMOS.

CLV. Britain unre formed by remarkable Deliver-
ances. Amos iv. -11.

For a Fa/1 -Day.

1 Vf £ S Britain feem'd to Ruin dcom'd,

* Juft like a burning Brand ;
Till fnatch'd from fierce furrounding Flame*
By God's indulgent Hand.

2 u Once more (he fays) I will fupprefs

" The Wrath, that Sin would wakej,
<c Once more my Patience (hall attend,
" And call my Britain back."

3 But who this Clemency reveres ?

Or feels this melting Grace ?
Who ftirs his languid Spirit up
To feek thine awful Face?

4 On Days like thefe we pour our Cries,

And at thy Feet we mourn ;
Then rife to tempt thy Wrath again,
, And to our Sins return.

5 Our Nation far from God remains,

Far, as in diftant Years ;
And the fmall Remnant that is found,
A dying Afpecl wears.

6 Chaften'd and refcu'd thus in vain,

Thy righteous Hand 'evere
Into the Flames might hurl us back,
And qu.te confume us there.

7 Sc

AMOS. 139

So, by the Light our Burning gives,
Might neighb'ring Nations read,

How terrible thy Judgments are,
And learn our Guilt to dread.

8 Yet, 'midft the Cry of Sins like ours,
Incline thy gracious Ear;
And thy own Children's feeble Cry
With foft Companion hear.
) O bv thy facred Spirit's Breath
Kindle a holy Flame;
Refine the Land Thou might'ft defiroy,
And magnify thy Name.

2LVI. Preparing to meet GOD. Amos Iv. 12, 1 J.

O E comes, thy God, O Ifraely comes j
*■ Prepare thy God to meet :
Meet him in Battle's Force array'd,
Or humbled at his Feet.

He form'd the Mountains by his Strength j,
He makes the Winds to blow ;

And all the fecret Thoughts of Man
Muft his Creator know.

He fhades the Morning's op'ning Rays ;

He makes the folid World ;
And Stars and Angels from their Seats

Are by his Thunder hurl'd.
Eternal Sov'reign of the Skies,

And (hall thine Ifrael dare
In mad Rebellion to arife,

And tempt th' unequal War ?

5 L°,

140 JONAH.

5 Lo, Nations tremble at thy Frown,

And faint beneath thy Rod ;
CrulVd by its gentled Movement down,
They fail, Tremendous God.

6 Avert the Terrors of thy Wrath,

And let thy .Mercy fhin£ ;
While humble Penitence and Pray'r
Approve us truly Thine.

CLVII. Jonah 'j Faith recommended. Jonah :i.

1 T O R D, we have broke thy holy Laws,
"■^ And flighted all thy Grace ;

And juflly thy vindictive * Wrath
Might can: us from thy Face.

2 Yet while fuch Precedents appear

Mark'd in thy facred Book,
We from thefe Depths of Guilt and Fear
Will to thy Temple look.

3 To Thee, in our Redeemer's Name,

We raife our humble Cries ;
May thefe our Pray'rs, perfum'd by him,
Like grateful Incenfe rife.

4 O never may our hopclcfs Eyes

An abfent God deplore,
Where the dear Temples of thy Love
Shall Hand reveal'd no more.

5 Far from thofe Regions of Dcfpair

Appoint our Souls a 1
Where not a Frown thro' endlefs Years
Shall veil thy love'y Face.
• A?cng'ng.

CLVII I. GODys

M I C A H. 141

LVIII. G 0 D's Controversy with Britain Jlated
and pleaded. Micah vi. 1, 2, 3,

For a Fuji -Day.

T IS TEN, ye Hills ; ye Mountains, hear.3
*~* Jehovah vindicates his Laws :
Trembling in Silence at his Bar,
1 hou Earth, attend thy Maker's Caufe,

Ifrael appear ; prefent thy Plea ;
And charge th' Almighty to his Face j
Say, if his Rules oppreflive be;
Say, if defective be his Grace.

Eternal Judge, the Action ceafe ;
Our Lips are fealed in confcious Shame j
'Tis ours, in Sackcloth to confefs,
And thine, the Sentence to proclaim.

I Ten thoufand WitnefTes arife,
1 Thy Mercies, and our Crimes appear,
I More than the Stars that deck the Skies,
: And all our dreadful Guilt declare.

How fhall we come before thy Face,
'And in thine awful Prefenc bow ?
'What Offers can fecure thy Grace,
Or calm the Terrors of thy Brow ?

Thoufands of Rams in vain might bleed;
Rivers of Oil might blaze in vain ;
Or the Firft-born's devoted Head
With horrid Gore thine Altar ftain.

But thy own Lamb, All-gracious God,
Whom impious Sinners dar'd to flay,

Hath

142 M I C A H.

Hath fov'reign Virtue in his Blood
To purge the Nation's Guilt away.

8 With h-umble Faith to that we fly;
With that be Britain fprinkled o'er ;
Trembling no more in Dull we lie,
And dread thy Hand and Bar no more.

CLIX. Hearing the Voice of GOD's Rod'
Micah vi. 9.

1 ATTEND, my Soul, with rev'rend Awe,
-** The Di&ates of thy God ;

Silent and trembling hear the Voice
Of his appointed Rod.

2 Now let me fearch and try my Ways,

And proftrate feek his Face,
Conlcious of Guilt before his Throne
In Duft my Soul abafe.

3 Teach me, my God, what's yet unknown,

And all my Crimes forgive j
Thofe Crimes would I no more repeat,
But to thy Honour live.

4 My Wtther'd Joys too plainly (hew,

That all on Earth is vain ;
In God my wounded Heart confides
True Reft and Blifs to gain.

r Father, I wait thy gracious Call,
To leave this mournful Land,
And bathe in Rivers of Delight,
That flow at thy right Hand.

5 CLX. GOD's

HABAKKUK. 143

^X. GOD's incomparable Mercy admired*
Micah vii. 18, 19, 20.

OUPREME in Mercy, who (hall dare
^ With thy Companion to compare ?
For thy own Sake wilt Thou forgive,
And bid the trembling Sinner live.

Millions of our Tranfgreffions paft,
BancelPd behind thy Back are caft j
Thy Grace, a Sea without a Shore,
3'erflows them, and they rife no more.

\nd left new Legions fhould invade,
\nd make the pardon'd Soul afraid,
)ur inbred Lufts Thou wilt fubdue,
\nd fjrm degen'rate Hearts anew.

:3ur Leader-Goo, our Songs proclaim;
;Ve lift our Banners in his Name;
Vith Songs of Triumph forth we go,
ind level the gigantic Foe.
lis Truth to Jacob {hall prevail;
lis Oath to Abram cannot fail :
^he Hope of Saints in ancient Days,
Vhich Ages yet unborn fhall praife.

XI. The impoverijhed Saint rejoicing in GOD*
Habakkuk iii. 17, 18.

JO firm the Saint's Foundations ftand,
' Nor can his Hopes remove ;
uftain'd by God's almighty Hand,
And fhelter'd in his Love.

2 Fig-

14+ Z E P H A N I A H.

2 Fig-Trees and Olive- Plants may fail,

And Vines their Fruit deny,
Famine thro' all his Fields prevail,
And Flocks and Herds may die.

3 God is the Treafure of his Soul,

A Source of facred Joy;
Which no Afflictions can controul,
Nor Death itfelf deftroy.

4 Lord, may we feel thy chearing Beams,

And tafte thy Saints Repofe ;
We will not mourn the perifh'd Streams,
While fuch a Fountain flows.

P]

CLXII. GOD' s affllRcd Poor trujling in hi
Name. Zephaniah iii. 12.

> R A 1 S E to the Sov'reign of the Sky,
Who from his lofty Throne
Looks down on all that humble lie,
And calls fuch Souls his own.

2 The haughty Sinner He difdains,

Tho' Gems his Temples crown ;

And from the Seat of Pomp and Pride

His Vengeance hurls -him down.

3 On hie afflided pious Poor

He makes his Face to fhine ;
He fills their Cottages of Clay
With Luftre all divine.
4. Among the meaneft of thy Flock
There let my Dwelling be,
Rather than under gilded Roofs,
If abfent, Lord, from Thee.

i 5 Poorj

ZEPHANIAH. 145

j Poor and afflicted tho' we are,
In thy ftrong Name we trull ;
And biefs the Hand of fov'reign Love,
Which lifcs us from the Duft.

>LXIII. GOD comforting and rejoicing overZ'ion.
Zeph. iii. 16, 17.

"VT E S, 'tis the Voice of Love divine !
* And O ! how fweet the Accents found l
Afflicted Zion9 rife and fhine,
Fair Mourner, proftrate on the Ground.

The mighty God, thy glorious King,
Tender to pity, ftrong to fave,
Hath fworn He will Salvation bring,
Tho' Sorrow prefs me to the Grave.

; He all a Father's Pleafure knows
To fold thee in his dear Embrace ;
His Heart with fecret Joy o'erflows,
And chearful Smiles adorn his Face.

At length the inward Extacy

In heav'nly Mufic breaks its Way * ;

Jehovah leads the Harmony,

And Angels teach their Harps the Lay f.

Fain would my Lips the Chorus || join,
And tell the lifVning World my Joys,
But Condefcenfion fo divine
In Silence fwallows up my Voice.

* Sec the Marginal Reading. f Song, Q Company

Singers.

H CLXIV.

i46 ZECHARIAH.

CLXiV. Praclical RefieSlions on the State of our
Fathers. Zechariah i. 5-.

1 TjOW fwift the Torrent rolls,
*"* That bears us to the Sea !

The Tide, that bears our thoughtlcfs Souls
To vaft Eternity !

2 Our Fathers, where are they,
With all they call'd their own ?

Their Joys and Griefs, and Hopes and Cares,
And YVealth and Honour gone.

3 But Joy or Grief fucceeds
Beyond our mortal Thought,

While the poor Remnant of their Duft
Lies in the Grave forgot.

a There, where the Fathers lie,
Muftall the Children dwell;
Nor other Heritage poflefs,
But fuch a gloomy Cell.

5 God of our Fathers, hesr,
Thou everlafting Friend !

While we, as on Life's utmoft Verge*,
Our Souls to Thee commend.

6 Of all the pious Dead
May we the Footfteps trace,

Till with them in the Land of Light
We dwell before thy Face.

• Edge or Border.

CLXV.

ZECHARIAH. iyj

CLXV. Jofauz the High Pricfls Change of Rai-
ment, applied to Chrijiian Privileges. Zech.
iii. 4.

I INTERNAL King, thy Robes are white
*-* In fpotiefs Rays of heav'nly Light ;

1 Adoring Angels round are feen,
Yet in thy Prefence are not clean.

1 What then are we, the Sons of Earth,
That draw Pollution from our Birth ?
Our flefhly Garments, Lord, how mean !
O'erfpread with hateful Spots of Sin.

} Hail to that condefcending Grace,
Which fhews a Saviour's Righteoufnefs \
Eternal Honours to that Name,
Which covers all our Guilt and Shame !

His Blood, an overflowing Sea,
Shall purge our deeped: Stains away :
Our Souls, renew'd by Grace divine,
Shall in their Lord's Refemblance fhine.

Yet, while thefe Rags of Flefh we wear,
Pollution will again appear:
Come, Death, and eafe me of the Load ;
! Come, Death, and bear my Soul to God.

; The King of Heav'n will there beftow
A richer Robe, than Monarchs know;

I Drefs all his Saints in glitt'ring White;
Not JoJJwas Mitre fhone fo bright.

The Grave its Trophies (hall refign ,
Ckrijl will the mould'ring Dull refine;

II 2 Ani

148 ZECHARIA H.

And Death, the hit of Foes, f]ia!l be
Swallow'd and loft n Vic*

8 My Faith, on tow'ring Pinion borne,
Anticipates thai glorious Morn ;
And, with cex ftial Raptur-s ft:
Gives mortal Lips th' inimortai Song.

CLXVI. JoOiua tbtH Zeal and fir]

delity rewarded with a Station among the Angtls,
Zech. in. 0, 7.

For the Ordination cf a Mir

1 pREAT LORD of Angels, we adore
^* Tru- Grace, that builds th) Courts below;
And thro' ten thoufand 60ns or" Light
Stoops to regard wh..t Mortals d ».

2 Amidft the Wades of Time and Death
Succeffive Paftors Thou doit raife

Thy Charge to keep, thy Houle to guide,
And form a People for thyPraife.

3 The heav'nly Natives with Delight
Hover around the facred Place ;

Nor fcorn to learn from mortal Tongues
The Wonders of redeeming Grace.
4. At length, difmifs'd from feeble Clay,
Thy Servants join th' angelic Band ;
With them thro' diilant Worlds they fly,
With them before thy Prclcnce ftand.

5 O glorious Hope ! O bleft Employ !
Sweet Lenitive * of Grief and Care !

• What calcth or alTwageth.

When

ZECHARIAH. 149

When (hall we reach thofe radiant Courts,
And all their Joy and Honour (hare ?

> Yet while thefe Labours we purine,
Thus difta t from thy heav'nly Throne,
Give us a Zeal and Love like theirs,
And'half their Heav'n fhall here be known.

CLXVII. The compleatlng of the fpiritual Temple,
Zech. iv. 7.

I CING to the Lord above,
^ Who deigns on Earth to raife
A Temple to his Love,
A Monument of Praife.

Ye Saints around,

Thro' all its Frame,

The Builder's Name

Harmonious found.

\\ He form'd the glorious Plan,
And its Foundation laid,
That God might dwell with Man,
And Mercy be difplay'd \

His Son He fent,

Who, great and good,

Made his own Blood

The fweet Cement.

I Beneath his Eye and Care
The Edifice fhall rife
Majeftic ftrong and fair,
And ftiine above the Skies.

H 3 There

150 ZECHARIAH.

Tiierc (hall Ke place
The polifh'd Stone,
( )rdatn'd to crown
This Work of* Grace.

CLXVI1L The Error of deftfmg the Day if /mall
Things. Zech. iv. 10-.

I 4* VX/Hat haughty Scorner,"faith theLoRD,
* * " Shall humble Things defpife,
44 When He beholds them with Delight,
14 Who reigns beyond the Skies ?

1 '• I from a O aos dark and wild *

ade Hea\'n's bright Hod appear:
44 i from the fmall unnorie'd Seeds
44 The loftieft Cedars rear.

3 44 From Eden*s Duft I Adam form'd,

11 The nobleft human Frame;

44 And in his humble Sons difplay

44 The Honours of my Name;

4 " From Fifhcrmen, in Number few,

44 In human Arts uota
14 AH the wide Realms my Church can boafr,
44 My potent Hand hath brought.

14 The pious Poor, by Mt n defp:s'd,

44 In deareft Bonds are mine |
44 Once hard'y dfeft in humble Weeds [,

44 They now like Angels ih.ne "

Tyf.RD, if fuch Trophies rais'd from Duft
Thy lov'reign Glory be,

Here

ZECHARIAH. 151

Here in my Heart thy Pow'r may find
Materials fit for Thee.

2LXIX. Prifoners delivered from the Pit by the
Blood of the Covenant. Zech. ix. 1 1.
J
1 \7 E Pris'ners, who in Bondage lie,
* In Darknefs and the Pit,
Behold the Grace that fets us free,
And to that Gmce fubmit.

I The Tidings of Deliv'rance hear,
Confefs the Cov'nant good,
And blefs the Ranfom God hath found
In our EmanueFs Blood.

3 Juftice no more afTerts its Claim
Your forfeit Lives to take ;,
But fmiling Mercy quick defcends
Your heavy Chains to break.

14. We walk at large, and fing the Hand,
To which we Freedom owe ;
And drink thofe Rivers with Delight,
Which thro' this Defart flow.

5 He, that hath Liberty heftow'd,
Will give a Kingdom too;
He, that hath loos'd the Bonds of Death,
The Path of Life will fhow.

CLXX. The Fountain of Life. Zech. xiii. I .

1 T_jAIL, Everlafting Spring !

n Celeftial Fountain, hail !

H 4 Trfy

M A L A C II I.

Stream* Salvation bring,

itcrj never fail :
Still they endure,
And (till they flow
For all our Woe
A fov'reign Cure.

2 Blefr be his wounded Side,
And bleft his bleeding Heart,
Who ail in Anguifh died
Such Favours to impart.

His facred Blood
Shall make us clean
From ev'ry Sin,
And fit for God.

3 To that dear Source of Love
Our Souls this Day would come ;
And thither from above,
Lord, call the Nations homes

That Jew and Greek
With rapt'rous Songs
On all their Tongues
Thy Praife may fpeak.

CLXXI. GOD9 s Name prof, IsTable

is treated with Contempt. Malachi i. 12.

in the Lord's- S

M A L A C H I. 153

> Hail facred Feaft, which Jcfus makes '
Rich Banquet of his Flefh and Blood !
Tnrice happy he, who here partakes
That (acred Stream, that heav'nly Food !

| Why are its Dainties all in vain
Before unwilling Hearts difpiay'd ?

i Was not for you the Victim flam ?
Are you forbid the Children's Bread ?

O let thy Table honour'd be,
And furniih'd well with joyful Guefts ;
And may each Soul Salvation fee,
That here its facred Pledges taftes.

Let Crouds approach with Hearts prepar'd ;
With Hearts inflam'd let all attend ;
Nor, when we leave our Father's Board,
The Pleafure, or the Profit end.

Revive thy dying Churches, Lord,
And bid our drooping Graces live;
And more that Energy afford,
A Saviour's Blood alone can give.

LXXII. G 0 D9 s gracious Regard to aft'ro* At*-
'tempts to revive Religion. Mai. iii. 16, 17.

' HP H E Lord on mortal Worms looks down,

A From his celeftial Throne;
'■And, when the Wicked fwarm around,
He well difcerns his own.

He fees the tender Hearts, that mourn
The Scandals of the Times;

H 5 And

*54 M A L A C II I

And join their Efforts to oppofe
The wide-prevailin* Crimes.

r o

3 Low to the focial Band He bow;

His itill-attentivc Ear ;
And, while his Angels Ting around
Delights their Voice to hear.

4 The Chronicles of Hcav'n (hall keep

Their Words in Tranfcript fair j
In the Redeemer's Book of Life
Their Names recorded are.

5 " Yes (faith the Lord) the World (hall know

44 Thefe humble Souls are mine :
11 Thefe, when my Jewels I produce,
44 Shall in full Luitre fhine.

6 tc When Deluges of fiery Wrath

44 My Foes away lhall bear,
44 That Hand, which flrikes theWicked thro',
44 Shall all my Children fparc."

CLXXIII. Christ, the Sun of Righteoufnefs.
Malachi iv. 2.

j '"p O Thee, O God, we Homage pay,
A Source of the Light that rules the Day;
Who, while he gilds all Nature's Frame,
Reflects thy Rays, and fpeaks thy Name.

2 In louder Strains we fing that Grace,
Which gives the Sun of Righteoufnefs ;
Whofe nobler Light Salvation brings,
And icatters Healing from his Wings.

3 Still

MALACHL 155

{ Still on our Hearts may Jefus fhine
With Reams of Light and Love divine \
Quicicen'd by him our Souls (hall live,
And chear'd by him fhall grow and thrive.

f. O may his Glories (land confefs'd
From North to South, from Eaft to Weft :
Succefsful may his Gofpel run
Wide as the Circuit of the Sun.

When (hall that radiant Scene arife,
When, fix'd on high in purer Skies>
Chrijl all his Luttrefhall difplay
On all his Saints thro' endlefs-Day ?

H6 HYMN'ii

[ '5« ]

HYMNS

FOUNDED ON

VARIOUS TEXTS
I N T H E

New Testament.

HYMN CLXXIV.

TJje Ax laid to the Root of unfruitful Trees,
Matthew iii. 13.

1 T'HE Lord into his Vineyard comes

* Our various Fruit to fee ;
His Eve, more piercing than the Light,
Examine! cv'ry Tree.

2 Tremble, ye Sinners, at his Frown,

If barren frill ye Hand j
And fear that keenly-wounding Ax,
Which arms his awful Hand.

3 Clofc to the Root behold it laid,

To make Deftru&ion fure :
Who can rerift the mighty Stroke ?
Or who the Fire endure ?

4 Lord,

M A T T H E W. 1 57

Lord, we adore thy fparing Love,

Thy I.mg-expec-ting Grace :
life had we low in Run fall'n,
And known no more our Place.

Succeeding Years thy Patience waits;

Nor let it wait in vain ;
But form in us abundant Fruit,

And ftill this Fruit maintain.

:LXXV. The Light cf good Examples, the moft
effedual Way to glorijy GOD. Matt. v. lb.

(~^ R E A T Teacher of thy Church, we own
^* Thv Precepts all divinely wife :
O may thy mighty PowT>r be fhown
To fix them ftill before our Eyes.

Deep on our Hearts thy Law engrave,
And fill our Breads with heav'nly Zeal,
i That, while we truft thy Pow'r to fave,
We may that facred Law fulfil.

Adorn'd with ev'ry heav'nly Grace,
May our Examples brightly fhine,
And the fweet Luftre of thy Face
Reflected beam from each of Thine.

Thefe Lineaments *, divinely fair,
Our heav'nly Father fhall proclaim ;
And Men, that view his Image there,
Shall join to glorify his Name.

• Features.

CLXXVI.

i58 MATTHEW.

C LXX V I . Providential Btunt'iei furveycd and im-
proved. Matt. v. 43.

X p A T H E R of Lights, we fing thy Name*
A Who Icindledft up the Lamp of Day*;
Wide as he fpreads his golden Flame,
His Beams thy Pow'r and Love difplay.

2 Fountain of Good, from Thee proceed
The copious Drops of genial f Rain ;
Which thro' the Hills, and thro' the Meads
Revive the Grafs and fwell the Grain.

3 Thro' the wide World thy Bounties fpread ;
Yet Millions of our guilty Race,

Tho' by thy daily Bounty (ed^
Affront thy Law, and fpurn thy Grace.

4 Not (o may our forgetful Hearts
O'erloolc the Tokens of thy Care ;
But, what thy lib'ral Hand imparts,
Still own in Praifc, ftill afk in Pray 7.

5 So (hall our Suns more grateful fhine,
And Show'rs in fweeter Drops fhall fall,
When all our Hearts and Lives are Thine,
And Thou, our God, enjoy'd in all.

6 Jefus, our brighter Sun, arife ;

In plenteous Show'rs thy Spirit fend;
P^arth then fhall grow a Patadife,
And in the heav'nJy Eden end.

• TrcSii. t Making fruitful.

CLXXVII.

MATTHEW. 159

CLXXVII. $tcr$t Prayer. Matt. vi. 6.

1 P.ATHER divine, thy piercing Eye
* Shoots thro' the darkeft Night;

In deep Retirement Thou art nigh,
With Heart-difcerning Sight.

2 There fnall that piercing Eye furvey

My duteous Homage paid,
With ev'ry Morning's dawning Ray,
And ev'ry Ev'ning's Shade.

3 O may thy own celeftial Fire

The Incenfe (till inflame;
While my warm Vows to Thee afpire*
Thro' my Redeemer's Name.

4 So fhall the Vifits of thy Love
My Soul in iecret blefs ;

So {halt Thou deign in Worlds above
Thy Suppliant to confefs.

CLXX VIII. Seeking fir/I the Kir.gdom o/G 0 D>
Sec. Matt. vi. 33.

1 *\J O W let a true Ambition rife,
^^ And Ardour fire our Breaft,
To reign in Worlds above the Skies,

In heavenly Glories dreft.

2 Behold Jehovah's royal Hand

A radiant Crown difplay,
Whofe Gems with vivid Luftre fhine,
While Stars and Suns decay.

3 Away,

160 M A T T II F.

3 Awqy, each grov'ling anxiou Care,

;.an's Tho
I spring to feize jmm

Wfi I ;cmcr bou

4 Ye HVarts with youthiV Vigour warm,

The glorious Prize purfue ;
Nor fliall ye want the Goods of Earth,
While Heav'n is kept in View.

CLXXIX. Pardon fpsken by Christ. Matt.
ix. -2.

1 \J Y, Saviour, Jet me hear thy Voice,
"*■ •* Pronounce thcfj Words of Peace ;
And a!! my warmeft Pow'rs (hall join

To celebrate the Grace.

2 With gentle Smiles call me thy Child,

And fpeak mvSins forgiv'n ;
The Accents mild lhail charm mine Ear
All like the Harps of Heav'n.

3 Chearful, where'er thv Hand fliall lead,

The darkcfl Path I'll tread ;
Chearful I'll quit thefe mortal Shores,
And mingle with the Dead.

4 When dreadful Guilt is done away,

No oti.cr Fears we know ;
That Hand, that fcatters Pardons down,
Shall Crowns of Life beftow.

CLXXX.

MATTHEW. 161

CLXXX. The relapftng Demoniac. Matt. xii.
43-45-

1 C Ov'reign of Heav'n, thine Empire fpreads
*^ O'er all the Worlds on high :

And at thy Frown th' infernal Pow'rs
- In wild Confufion fly.

2 Like Lightning from his glitt'ring Throne

The great Arch-Traitor fell,
Driv'n with enormous Ruin down
To Infamy and Hell.

3 Permitted now to range at large,

And traverfe * Earth and Air,
O'er captive human Souls he reigns,
And boafts his Kingdom there.

4 Yet thence thy Grace can drive him out

With one almighty Word ;

O fend thy potent Scepter forth,

And reign victorious, Lord.

5 Let wretched Prisoners be releas'd

The fmiling Light to view ;
Nor let the vanquim'd Foe return
Their Bondage to renew.

6 May Grace compleat that wond'rous Work,

Which thy owii Pow'r begun,
And fill, from Satan's gloomy Realms,
The Kingdom of thy Son.

* Wander thro*.

CLXXXI.

\6z M A T T H E W.

CLXXXI. The Faith of the Syrophaenician IVo-
wum ricmmauUdk Matt. xv. 26, 27.

1 A LL-conqu'ring Faith, how high it rofe,
**' When Heav'n itfelf might feem t' oppofe J
All-gracious Lord, who didft appear

Mod merciful, when mod fevere !

2 Thus at thy Fee* our So«:ls would fall,
And loLrdly thus for Mercy call ;

44 Thou So 1 of Dav d, ri'ty (hew,
u And fave us from th* infernal Foe."

3 Tho' viler than the Brutes we be,
Our longing Eyes would wait on Thee,
Who d'oft to Dogs this Grace afford
To tafte the Crumbs beneath thy Board.

4 But Thou the humble Soul wilt raife,
And all its Sorrows turn to Praife :
Each felf-abafing broken He:.rt
Shail w:th thy Children fhare a Part.

CLXXXI L The Church built en a Reck, and ff-
cured ugainjl the Gates 9/ Hell. Matt. xvi. 18.

N(

rO\V let the Gates of Zion
And challenge all her fpiteful Foes :
She triumphs in her Saviour-:.
In Him, who from the Dead arol'e.

He is the Rock, on whom we reft,
And firm on that Foundation (land ;

Divine

MATTHEW. 163

Divine Companion fills his Breaft,

His Word is fure, and ftrong his Hand,

3 Hell and its Hoft may rage in vain ;
Vain are their Counfels and their Pow'r ;
Grim Death may marfhal all his Train,
And boafl: the Conqueft of an Hour.

4 Breathlefs and pale his Servants lie,
And know their former Place no more ;
Their Children raife his Praifes high,
And o'er their Fathers Dutr adore.

5 Their Fathers Duftthe Lord fhall raife,
And burft the Barriers of the Grave;
Parents and Children join his Praife,
Who thro' Eternity can fave.

w LXXXIII. Christ's Transfiguration. Matt,
xvii. 4-.

VX/HEN at thisDiftance, Lord, we trace

* * The various Glories of thy Face,
What Tranfport pours o'er all our Bread,
And charms our Cares and Woes to Reft !

With Thee in the obfcurefl: Cell
On feme bleak. Mountain would I dwell,
Rather than pompous Courts behold,
AnJ ihare their Grandeur and their Gold.

Away, ye Dreams of mortal Joy !
Raptures divine my Thoughts employ :
I fee the King of Glory fhine ;
And feel his Love, and call him Mine.

4. On

i«4 M A T T II E W.

4 On Tabor * ihus his Servants view'J
Hi> Luftrc, when tran^form'd he 0 J ;
And, bidding eirthiy Scenes far. .

Cried, " Lord, 'tis pleafant here to dwell. "

5 Yet ftill our elevated Eyes

To nobler Vifions long to rife ;
That grand AlF-mbly would we join,
Where all thy Saints around Thee fhine.

6 Tha'Mount how bright! thoftFormshow fair!
'Tis good to dwell for ever there :

Come, D Hnvoy f of rny God,

And bear me to that bleft Abode.

• The Moorrain on which Chiist was tranfigurcd.
j Meflenger or Ambaflador.

CLXXXIV. Tin Grace of Christ in miniping
to Men, and dying for them. Matt. xx. 28.

1 CAVIOUR of Men, and Lord of Love,
^ How fweet thy gracious Name !
With Joy that Errand we review,

On which thy Mercy came.

2 While all thy own angelic Bands

S.ood waiting on the Wing,

Charm'd with the Honour to obey

The Word of fuch a King;

For us menu wrctche-' f:nful Men
fl tha: Qloty by,
., Hc(h to fcrvc,
Then in that Fleih to

4 F

3

MATTHEW. i65

4 Bought with thy Service and thy Blood,

We doubly, Lord, are Thine ;
To Thee our Lives we would devote,
To Thee our Death refign.

5 Bleft: Man, who in thy Caufe confumes

His vig'rous Days with Zeal !
Then with the laft How Ebb of Blood
Is cali'd thy Truth to feal !

CLXXXV. Christ's companionate Readinefs to
gather Souls. Matt, xxiii. 37, 38.

1 CEE how the Lord of Mercy fpreads
. His gentle Hands abroad ;

And warns us of the circling Foes,
That thirft to drink, our Blood !

2 " Fly to the Shelter of mine Arms,

" And dwell fecure from Fear;
<c Nor Earth nor Hell mall pluck you thence,
" Or reach, and wound you there."

3 With anxious Heart the Parent-Bird

Thus calls her Offspring round,

When horrid Vultures beat the Air,

And Slaughter ftains the Ground.

4 The trembling Brood, by Nature taught,

Fly to the known Retreat;
Beneath her downy Wings are fafe,
And find the Shelter fweet.

5 But Men, alas ! more thoughtlefs Men,

Refufe to lend an Ear \

4 Their

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Their only Refuge madly fly,
And rather die, than hear.

6 They fpurn the Saviour's offer'd Grace,
Till they his Wrath inflame ;
Then Dofolation lays them low
In Agony and Shame.

CLXXXVI. The Abounding of Iniquity, and CM-
nefs of Chrijiian Love. Matt. xxiv. n.

For a Fa/l-Day.

X A L A S for Britain, and her Sons !
•** What hath fhe not to fear ?
The Sins, that ruin'd Salem once,
O how triumphant here !

% Alas the flrong o'erflowing Tide !
How fiercely doth it rage !
And each foreboding Symptom joins
In terrible Prefage.

3 Yet who hath Eyes that can difcern ?

Or who an tar to hear ?
Whofe Heart is trembling for the Ark ?
Or for his Country dear ?

4 Cold is the Love of Chriflian Breafls,

If Chriflian Breafts remain \
And dving the lail Sparks of Zeal,
Or its laft Efforts vain.

5 Of Britain, oft chaftis'd and fav'd,

What fhall the End be found ?

Shall

MATTHEW. 167

Shall not the Sword, that waves fo long,
Inflict the deeper Wound .?

6 O ftay thine Arm, All-gracious God ;
Thy Spirit largely pour ;
He can the Streams of Guilt reftrain,
And dying Love reftore.

CLXXXVII. The final Sentence, and Happinefs of
the Righteous. Matt. xxv. 34.

1 A TTEND mineEarj my Heart rejoice ;
^* While Jefus fro:n his Throne,
Begirt with all th* angelic Hods,

Makes his laft Sentence known.

2 When Sinners, curfed from his Face,

To raging Flames are driv'n,
His Voice, with Melody divine,
Thus calls his Saints to Heav'n.

3 " Bleft of my Father, all draw near,

" Receive the large Reward ;
<c And rife with Raptures to poiTefs
" The Kingdom Love prepar'd.

4 " Ere Earth's Foundations firft were laid,

M This fov'reign Purpofe wrought,
" And rear'd thoie Palaces divine,
" To which you now are brought.

5 " There (hall you reign u mumber'd Years,

" Protected by my Pow'r,
M While Sin and Hell, and Pains and Cares
" Shall vex your Souls no more."

5 6 Come,

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6 Come, dear majeftic Saviour, come,
This Jubilee proclaim,
And teach us Accents fit to praife
So great, fo dear a Name.

CLXXXVIII. Relieving Christ in bis poor
Saints. Matt. xxv. 40.

1 TESUS, my Lord, how rich thy Grace !
J Thy Bounties how compleat !

How (hall I count the matchlefs Sum ?
How pay the mighty Debt ?

2 High on a Throne of radiant Light

Doft Thou exalted fhine;
What can my Poverty beftow,
When all the Worlds are Thine ?

3 But Thou haft Brethren here below,

The Partners of thy Grace,
And wilt confefs their humble Names
Before thy Father's Face.

4. In them Thou may'ft: be cloath'd, and fed,
And vifited, and chear'd ;
And in their Accents of Diftrefs
My Saviour's Voice is heard.

5 Thy Face with Rev Yence and with Love
I in thy Poor would fee;
O rather let me beg my Bread,
Than hold it back from Thee.

CLXXXIX.

MATTHEW. 169

CLXXXIX. The final Sentence and Mifery of the
Wicked Matt. xxv. 41.

1 AND will the Judge defcend ?
^* And muft the Dead arife I

And not a fingle Soul efcape
His all-difcerning Eyes ?

2 And from his righteous Lips
Shall fuch a Sentence found ?

And thro' the Millions of the Damn'd
Spread black Defpair around ?

3 *c Depart from me, Accurs'd,
" To everlafting Flame,

u For Rebel-Angels rirft prepar'd,
u Where Mercy never came."

4 How will my Heart endure
The Terrors of that Day,

When Earth and Heav'n before his Face
Aftonifh'd (hrink away ?

5 But ere that Trumpet (hakes
The Manfions of the Dead,

Hark from the GofpePs gentle Voice
What joyful Tidings fpread !

6 Ye Sinners, feek his Grace,
Whofe Wrath ye cannot bear ;

Fly to the Shelter of his Crofsa
And find Salvation there.

7. So fhall that Curfe remove
By which the Saviour bled*

I And

1 7o M A T T H E W.

And the laft awful Day fhall pour
His Bleffings on your Head.

CXC.Christ's Submijfion to his Father's Will.
Matt. xxvi. 42.

1 " rATHER divine," (the Saviour cried,

* While Horrors prefs'd on ev'ry Side,
And proftrate on the Ground he lay)
M Remove this bitter Cup away.

2 " But if thefe Pangs muft ftill be borne,
" Or helplefs Man be left forlorn,

<c I bow my Soul before thy Throne,
" And fay, Thy Witt* not mine be done*

3 Thus our fubmiffive Souls would bow,
And, taught by Jefus, lie as low ;
Our Hearts, and not our Lips alone,
Would fay, Thy Willy not ours be done*

4 Then, tho' like him in Duft we lie,
We'll view the blifsful Moment nigh,
Which, from our Portion in his Pains,
Calls to the Joy in which He reigns.

C X C I . Rejletlions on theDifciplesforfakingC H R 1 s T,
when he was betrayed. Matt. xxvi. -56.

1 DEHOLD the Son of God's Delight;
*■* HisSmileshowfweet! HisRays how bright!
A Friend of Tendernefs unknown :
To the lafl Breath He lov'd his own.

1 But

MATTHEW. i7i

2 But Jo, his Friends, his Brethren dear
Fled, when they faw his Danger near;
And not one gen'rous Heart remains
To fhield his Life, or (hare his Pains.

3 So frail is Man ; fb frail are we,
When unfupported, Lord, by Thee;
Thus fhrinks our Faith; thus droops our Love,
And thus our Vows abortive prove.

4 Bleft JefuS) thy own Pow'r impart,
And bind in Cords of Love my Heart :
The Fugitive no more fhall flee,

But keep thro* Death its Hold onThae.

CXCII. Christ's Complaint of his Fathers
forfaking him on the Crofs. Matt, xxvii. 46.

-\TT HAT doleful Accents do I hear?
* * What piercing Cry invades mine Ear ?
Loaded with Shame, and bath'd in Blood,
Who calls to a forfaking God ?

Amazing and Heart-rending Sight!
'Tis his own Darling and Delight,
Who once in his Embraces lay,
Dearer than all the Sons of Day !

} Yet when this Jefus died for me,
Diftended on the curfed Tree,
God ftood afar, nor would afford
One pitying Look, one chearing Word.

What then, my Soul, mud thou have fe\t9
If prefs'd with all thy Load of Guilt,

I 2 Beneath

j72 MATTHEW.

B ncath whofe Weight the Saviour cries,
Who form'd the Earth, and built the Skies ?

5 But in that dark tremendous Hour
Unconquer'd Faith exerts itsPow'r;
My GOD, my Father) cried aloud,
And Hcav'n th' endearing Name avow'd.

6 From Death, from Earth, He rais'd his Son,
And gave him for his Crofs a Throne;
Triumphant there theSulFrer reigns,

And reaps the Harveft of his Pains.

7 Eternal Raptures there are known ;
Nor flows the Joy on Him alone,

But for his Sake the Lord hath fwore,
To leave the meancft Saint no more.

CXCIII. TJ?e fame. Matt, xxvii. 46.

1 \iY Saviour, d id ft Thou die for me ?
*** For me fend forth that bitter Cry ?
With bleeding Heart thy Wounds I fee,
Prepar'd at thy Command to die.

2 By all thine Anguifh on the Crofs,
When God thy Father ftood afar,
Rich in thy temporary Lofs,

Thy Church is brought forever near.

3 From far the Beamings of thy Throne
Rcviv'd my fympathizing Heart;

Thy Love made Sinners Griefs thy own,
Mine in thy Joys muft take its Part.

4 "Midft all the Splendors of thy Reign,
Think on the Sorrows Thou haft felt ;

Nor

MATTHEW. 173

Nor let a Mourner weep in vain,

For whom thy precious Blood was fpilt.

5 While thro* Earth's darkeit Gloom I tread,
Dart to my Soul a chearing Ray ;
And on the Confines of the Dead,
Thy Pow'r, as Lord of Life, difplay.

CXCIV. TJ:e AngeVs Reply to the JVomen, that
fought Christ. Matt, xxviii. 5, 6.

J "\T E humble Souls, that feek the Lord,
* Chafe all your Fears away :
And bow with Pleafure down to fee
The Place where Jefus lay.

1 Thus low the Lord of Life was brought ;
Such Wonders Love can do j
Thus cold in Death that Bofom lay,
Which throb'd, and bled for you.

3 A Moment give a Loofe to Grief j

Let grateful Sorrows rife,
And vvalh the bloody Stains away
With Torrents from your Eves.

4 Then raife your Eyes, and tune your Songs, .

The Saviour lives again;
Not all the Bolts and Bars of Death
The Conqu'ror could detain.

5 High o'er th' angelic Bands He rears

His once difhonour'd Head ;
And thro' unnumber'd Years He reigns,
Who dwelt among the Dead.

I 3 6 With

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6 With Joy lilcc his fhall ev'ry Saint
His empty Tomb furvey ;
Then rife with his afcending Lord
Thro' all his fliining Way,

CXC V. Christ ever prefent with his Minifltrs

and Churches. Matt, xxviii, -20.

i *VXT IDE o'er all Worlds the Saviour reigns;
* * Unmov'd his Pow'r and Love remains j

And on his Arm his Church (hall reft.
Fair Zion, joyful in her King,
Thro' ev'ry changing Age fhall fing,

Witii his perpetual Prelence bleft.

2 Tyrannic Death, in vain thy Rage,
Thy Triumphs new in ev'ry Age,

OVr the n ft Heroes of his Hoft ;
Confcious of more than mortal Aid,
Our bleeding Hearts arc not difmuy'd,

But an immortal Leader boaft.

3 Tho* buried iccp in Duft they lie,
Whole tuneful Voices rais'd on high

Led the fwcet Anthems to his N.une ;
The Children learn the Fathers Song,
And unferm'd Tongues fhall ftill prolong

The ever-prefent Saviour's Fame.

4 The prelcnt Saviour, He fhall give
Millions of future Saints to live,

And croud the Temnles of his Grace :

The

MARK. 175

The prefent Saviour, lo, He comes
To call whole Legions from their Tombs,
And teach their Duft fublimer Praife.

CXCVI. Departed Saints ajleep. Mark v. 39.

1 " Vf/ H Y flow thefe Torrents of Diftrefs?"

* * (The gentle Saviour cries)
4i Why are my deeping Saints furvey'd
M With unbelieving Eyes ?

2 u Death's feeble Arm fhall never boaft,

" A Friend of Chriji is flain ;
€i Nor o'er their meaner Part in Duft
M A lafting Pow'r retain.

3 " I come, on Wings of Love I come,

4< The Slumb'rers to awake ;
** My Voice fhall reach the deepeftTomb,'
•« And all its Bonds (hall break.

4 " Touch'd by my Hand in Smiles they rife;

" They rife to deep no more;.
*• Butrob'd with Light, and crown'd with Joy
M To endlefs Day they foar."

5 JifuS) our Faith receives thy Word j

And, tho' fond Nature weep,
Grace learns to hail the pious Dead,
And emulate their Sleep,.

6 Our willing Souls thy Summons wait

With them to reft and praife;
So let thy much-lov'd Pretence chear
Thefe feparating Days.

I 4 CXCVII.

i;6 MAR K.

CXCV II. TJjc Struggle between Faith and Unbelief.
Mark ix. 24.

1 ^fESUS, our Souls delightful Choice,
J In Thee believing we rejoice ;

Yet ftill our Joy is mix'd with Grief,
While Faith contends with Unbelief.

2 Thy Promifes our Hearts revive,
And keep our fainting Hopes alire.j
L'utGuilr, and Fears, and Sorrows rife,
And hide tbe Promife from our Eyes.

3 O let not Sin and Satan boaft,

While Saints lie mourning in the Duft ;
Nor fee that Faith to Ruin brought,
Which thy own gracious Hand hath wrought*

4 Do Thou the dying Spark inflame;
Reveal the Glories of thy Name ;
And put all anxious Doubts to Flight,
As Shades difpers'd by op'ning Light.

CXCVIII. Christ's condefcending Regard t$
little Children. Mark x. 14.

1 CEE IfraeFs gentle Shepherd (rand
^ With ajl-«ngaging Charms ;
Hark how he calls the tender Lambs,

Arid folds them in his Arms !

2 u Permit them to approach, (he cries)

tw Nor fcorn their humble Name;

1 For 'twas to blefs fuch Souls as thefe,
<fc The Lord of Angels came."

3 We

MARK. 177

3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful Hands,

And yield them up to Thee ;
Joyful, that we ourfelves are Thine,
Thine let our Offspring be.

4 Ye little Flock, with Pleafure hear:

Ye Children, feek his Face;

And fly with Tranfport to receive

The Bleffings of his Grace.

5 If Orphans they are left behind,

Thy Guardian-Care we truft :
That Care fhall heal our bleeding Hearts,
If weeping o'er their Duft.

CXCIX. Chrijllan Watchfuhefs. Mark xiii. 37.

1 AWAKE, my drowfy Soul, awake,
"^^ And view the threat'ning Scene ;
Legions of Foes encamp around,

And Treach'ry lurks within.

2 'Tis not this mortal- Life alone

Thefe Enemies affail ;
All thine eternal Hopes are loft,
If their Attempts prevail.

3 Now to the Work of God awake 5

Behold thy Matter near;
The various arduous Tafk purfue
With Vigour and with Fear.

4 The awful Regifter goes on,

Th' Account will furely come,
And op'ning Day, or clofing Night
May bear me to my Doom.

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5 Tremendous Thought ! How deep it (hikes !
Yet like a Dream it flies,
Till God's own Voice the Slumbers chafe
From thefe deluded Eyes.

CC. The Nativity of Christ. Luke ii. 10 — 12.

i U AIL, Progeny * divine !

*■•* Hail, Virgin's wond'rous Son !
Who, for that humble Shrine,
Didft quit th' Almighty's Throne :

The Infant-Lord

Our Voices fing,

And be the King

Of Grace ador'd.

: Ye Princes, difappear,

And boaft your Crowns no more j
Lav down your Scepters here,
A ad in the Duft adore :

Where J ejus dwells,

The Manger bare

In Luftre far

Your Pomp excels.

3 With Betblems Shepherds mild
The Angels bow their Head ;
And round the facred Child
Their Guardian-Wings they fpread ;

They knew, that where

Their S. v'reign lies

In low Difguiie,

HeavVh Court is there.

• Ofcpriflg.

4 Thither,

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4 Thither, my Soul, repair,.
And earthly Homage pay.
To thy Redeemer fair,

As on his natal * Day :
I kifs thy Feet ;
And, Lord, would be
A Childlike Thee,
Whom thus I greet*

* Birth-Day..

GCI. The Angels Song at Christ's Birth. Luke
ii. 13, 14.

x TjTGH let us fwell our tuneful Notes,.
*•■*• And join th' angelic Throng ;
For Angels no fuch Love have known,
T' awake a chearful Song.

2 Good -Will to finful Men is (hewn*.

And Peace on Earth is giv'n ;
For lo, th' incarnate Saviour corner.
With Meflages from Heav'n*

3 Juftice and Grace with fweet Accord

His rifing Beams adorn ;
Let Heav'n and Earth in.Confort join,

Now fuch a Child is born.
4, Glory to God in higheft Strains

In higheft Worlds be paid ;
His Glory by our Lips proclaim'd,

And by our Lives difplay'd.

5 When fha.i we reach t ,oie blifsful Realms,

Where Chriji exalt .d, reigns*

16 Aad

i So LUKE.

And learn of the celcftial Choir
Their own immortal Strains ?

CCU. Simeon'* Song and Declaration toihcVirgbt
Mary. Luke ii. 30 — 35.

1 r\UR Eyes Salvation fee,
^>^ Prepar'd by Grace divine :

How wide its Splendors are diffus'd !
How bright its Glories fhine !

2 Thro' diftant Heathen Lands
It darts a vivid * Ray,

And to the Realms, where Satan reign'd.
Imparts celeftial Day.

3 The If rati of the Lord

In Chriji their Glory boaft,
And on the Honours of his Name
Their whole Salvation truft.

By Him fhall Millions rife
To an immortal Crown,
And Millions, that his Grace defpife,
Shall (ink in Ruin down.

Our Reckoning is begun,
And on th' Account will go,
Till clos'd in everlafting Joy,
Or never-ending Woe.

• Lively.

:CIII. Christ's Meffage. Luke iv. 18, 19.

I U ARK the glad Sound ! the Saviour comes!
, "■ The Saviour promis'd long !

Let

LUKE. ,8i

Let ev'ry Heart prepare a Throne,
And ev'ry Voice a Song.

Z On Him the Spirit largely pour'd
Exerts its facred Fire ;
Wifdom and Might, and Zeal and Love
His holy Breaft infpire.

3 He conies the Pris'ners to releafe,
In Satan 's Bondage held ;
The Gates of Brafs before him burft,
The Iron Fetters yield.

4. He comes from thickeft Films of Vice
To clear the mental Ray,
And on the Eye-Balls of the Blind
To pour celeftial Day.

5 He comes the broken Heart to bind,

The bleeding Soul to cure,
And with the Treafures of his Grace
T' enrich the humble Poor.

6 His Silver Trumpets publifh loud

The JuFlee of the Lord * ;
Our Debts are all remitted now,
Our Heritage reftor'd.

7 Our glad Ho/annas, Prince of Peace,

Thy Welcome fhall proclaim ;
And HeavVs eternal Arches ring
With thy beloved Name.

* The acceptable Year of the Lord, ;. et the Year of Jubilee
Ltvit, xxv*

CCIV. The

iS* L U K E.

CCIV. The recovered Daemoniac, an Emblem of
a converted Sinner. Luke viii. 35.

1 i^fESUS, we own thy faving Pow'r,
J And thy victorious Hand ;
Hell's Legions tremble at thy Feet,

And fly at thy Command.

2 O'er Souls, by Paflions Uproar fill'd

With Anarchy * unknown,
The nobler P ow'rs, rcftor'd by Thee,
Afcend their peaceful Throne.

3 No more they rend their Cloathing ofF^

No more their Wounds repeat;
But gentle and compos'd they wait
Attentive at thy r ect.

4 O'er Thousands more, where Satan rules,.

May we fuch Triumphs fee ;
And be their refcu'd Souls and ours
Devoted, Lord, to Thee.

• Confufion and Diforder.

CCV. The good Samaritan. Luke x. 30 — 37.

1 TfATHER of Mercies, fend thy Grace
* All-pow'rful from above,

To form in oar obedient Souls
The Image of thy Love.

2 O may our fympathizing Breafts

That gen'rous Pleafure know

Kindly

LUKE. ^83

Kindly to (hare in Qthers Joy,
And weep for others Woe !

3 When the moft helplefs Sons of Grief
In low Diftrefs are laid,
Soft be our Hearts their Pains to fee\9
And fwifc our Hands to aid.

So Jsfus look'd on dying Men,
When thron'd above the Skies,

And, 'midft th' Embraces of his God,
He felt Companion rife.

On Wings of Love the Saviour flew

To raife us from the Ground,
And made the richeft of his Blood

A Balm for ev'ry Wound.

CCVI. The Care of the Soul the meThlng needful.
Luke x. 42-.

1 \\7 H Y will ye lavifh out your Years

* * Amidft a thoufand trifling Cares ?
While in this various Range of Thought
The one Thing needful is forgot ?

2 Why will ye chafe the fleeting Wind,
And famifh an immortal Mind ;
While Angels wan Regret look down
To fee you fpurn a heav'nly Crown I

3 Th' Eternal God calls from above,
And "Jefus pleads his bleeding Love;
Awaken'd Confcience gives you Pain ;
And ihall they join their Pleas in vain ?

4 Not

iU LUKE.

4 Not fo your dying Eyes fhall view
Thofe Objects, which yc now purfue;
Not fo fhall Heav'n and Hell appear,
When the decifive Hour is near.

5 Almighty God, thy Pow'r impart
To fix Convictions on the Heart ;
Thy Pow'r unveils the blinded Eyes,
And makes the haughtieft Scorner wife..

CCVII. Mary'* Choice of the better Part. Luke
x. -42.

I T> ESET with Snares on ev'ry Hand,
** In Life's uncertain Path I ftand :
Saviour divine, diffufe thy Light
To guide my doubtful Footfteps right.

1 Engage this roving treach'rous Heart
To fix on Marys better Part ;
To fcorn the Trifles of a Day
For Joys, that none can take away.

3 Then let the wildeft Storms arife :
Let Tempefts mingle Earth and Skies ;
No fatal Shipwreck fhall I fear,

But all my Treafures with me bear.

4 If Thou, my Jefus% {till be nigh,
Chearful I live, and joyful die ;
Secure, when mortal Comforts flee,
To find ten thoufand Worlds In Thee.

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CCV1II. Christ's little Flock comforted with thi
Views of a Kingdom. Luke xii. 32.

1 yE little Flock, whom Jefus feeds,

* Difmifs your anxious Cares ;
Look to the Shepherd of your Souls,
And fmile away your Fears.

2 Tho' Wolves and Lions prowl around,

His Staff is your Defence :
'Mid ft Sands and Rocksyour Shepherd'sVoW*
Calls Streams and Paftures thence.

3 Your Father will a Kingdom give,

And give it with Delight ;
His feebleft Child his Love fhall call
To triumph in his Sight.

4 Ten thoufand Praifes, Lord, we bring

For fure Supports like thefe :
And o'er the pious Dead we fing
Thy living Promifes.

5 For all we hope, and they enjoy,

We blefs a Saviour's Name ;
Nor (hall that Stroke difturb the Song,
Which breaks this mortal Frame.

CCIX. Providing Bags that wax not old, &c#
Luke xii. 33.

I 'T1 H E S E mortal Joys, how foon they fade !

A How fwift they pafs away !
The dying Flow'r reclines its Head,
The Beauty of a Day !

2 The

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2 The Bags are rent, the Treafures loft,

We fondly call'd our own :
Scarce could we the PoflefTion boaft,
And ftrait we found it gone.

3 But there are Joys that cannot die,

Which God laid up in Store j
Treafure beyond the changing Sky,
Brighter than golden Ore.

4 To that my rifing Heart afpires,

Secure to find its Reft,
And glories in fuch wide Defires
Of all their Wifh poflefs'd,

5 The Seeds, which Piety and Lovt

Have fcatter'd here below,

In the fair fertile Fields above

To ample Harvefts grow.

6 The Mite my willing Hands can give

At Jefus* Feet I lay ;
Grace fhall the humble Gift receive,
And Heav'n at large repay.

CCX. The aaive Chrijlian. Luke xii. 35—- 38.

Y

E Servants of the Lord,
Each in his Office wait,
Obfervant of his heav'nly Word,
And watchful at his Gate.

Let all your Lamps be bright,
And trim the golden Flame ;
Gird up your Loins, as in his Sight,
For awful is his Name.

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3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's Command 5
And while we fpeak, He's near :

Mark the firft Signal of his Hand,
And ready all appear.

4 O happy Servant he

In fuch a Pofture found !
He fhali his Lord with Rapture fee,
And be with Honour crown'd.

5 Chr\Jl fhall the Banquet fpread
With his oWn royal Hand,

And raife that fav'rite Servant's Head
Amidft th' angelic Band.

CCXI. Room at the Gofpel~ Ftaft. Lukexiv.-22.'

1 *Tp HE King of Heav'n his Table spreads,

■^ And Dainties crown the Board $
Not Paradtfe with all its Joys
Could fuch Delight afford.

2 Pardon and Peace to dying Men,

And endlets L»fe are g'v'n,
And the rich Blood, that Jefus (hed
To raife the Soul to Heav'n.

3 Ye hungry Poor, that long have ftray'd

In Sin's dark Mazes, come :
Come from the Hedges and Highways,
And Grace fhall find you Room,

4 Millions of Souls in Glory now

Were fed and feafled here ;
And Millions more, (till on the Way,
Around the Board appear.

5 Yet

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5 Yet is his Houfc and Heart fo large,

That Millions more may come;
Nor could the wide aflembling World
O'cr-fill the fpacious Room.

6 All Things are ready; come away,

Nor weak Excufes frame ;
Croud to your Places at the Feaft,
And blefs the Founder's Name.

CCXII. Theprefent and future State of the Saint
and Sinner compared* Luke xvi. 25.

1 TN what Confufion Earth appears!

**" God's deareft Children bath'd in Tears j
While they, who Hcav'n itfelf deride,
Riot in Luxury and Pride.

2 But patient let my Soul attend,
And, ere I cenfure, view the End :
That End, how difPrent, who can tell ?
The wide Extremes of Hcav'n and Hell

3 Sec the red Flames around him twine,
Who did in Gold and Purple mine !
Nor can his Tongue one Drop obtain
T* allay the Scorching of his Pain.

4 While round the Saint, fo poor below,
Full Rivers of Salvation flow ;
On Abrams Brcaft he leans his Plead,
And banquets on celcftial Bread.

?'efusy my Saviour, let me (hare
'he meancft of thy Servants Fare ;

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May I at lad approach to tafte

The Blefiings of thy Marriage-Feaft.

CCXIII. Rebels again/1 Christ executed.
Luke xix. 27.

1 T_J E comes; the royal Conqu'ror comes j
*■■■* His Legions fill the Sky;

Angelic Trumpets rend the Tombs,
And loud proclaim him nigk.

2 Ye Rebel Hods, how vain your Rage

Againft this fov'reign Lord ?
What Madnefs bears you on t' engage
The Terrors of his Sword ?

3" Bring forth (he cries) thofe Sons of Pride,
" That fcorn'd my gentle Sway,
" To prove the Arm they once defy'd
H Omnipotent to flay."

4 Tremendous Scene of Wrath divine !

How wide the Vengeance fpreads !
His pointed Darts of Light'ning fhine
Round their defencelefs Heads.

5 Now let the Rebels feek that Face,

From which they cannot flee !
And thou, my Soul, adore the Grace,
That fweetly conquer'd thee.

CCXIV. The Redee?ners Tears wept over loft Souls,
Luke xix. 41, 42..

I "VXTHAT venerable Sight appears ?
\ y The Son of God difTolv'd in Tears !

Trace,

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Trace, O my Soul, with fad Surprize,
The Sorrows of a Saviour's Eyes.

2 From whom, bleft Jefus, we would know,
Doth fuch a facred Torrent flow ?

What Brother, or what Friend of Thine,
Is grac'd and mourn'd with Drops divine I

3 Nor Brother there, nor Friend I fee,
But Sons of Pride and Cruelty ;
Who like rapacious Tigers ftood
Infatiate panting for thy Blood.

4. Dear Lord, and did thy gufhing Eyes
Thus ftream o'er dying Enemies ?
And can thy Tendernefs forget
The Sinner humbled at thy Feet ?

5 With deep Remorfe our Bowels move,
That we have wrong'd fuch matchlefs Love ;
Thy gentle Pity, Lord, difplay,

And fmile thefe trembling Fears away.

6 Give us to fhine before thy Face,
Eternal Trophies of thy Grace;
Where Songs of Praife thy Saints employ,
And mingle with a Saviour's Joy.

CCXV. Departed Saints living to GOD. Luke
xx. -38.

I ^"pHrice happy State, where Saints mall live
**• Around their Father's Throne,
In ev'ry Joy, that Heav'n can give,
And live to God alone 1

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2 Unnumber'd Bands of Kindred Minds,

That dwelt in feeble Clay,
Us and our Woes have left behind
To reign in endlefs Day,

3 Immortal Vigour now they breathe,

And all the Air is Peace ;
They chide our Tears, that mourn the Death,
Which brought their Souls Releafe.

4 Thus fhall the Grace of Chriji prevail,

Till all his Chofen meet ;
And not the meaneft Servant fail
His Houfhold to compleat.

5 To that bleft Goal * with ardent Hafte

Our active Souls would tend ;
Nor feel their Sorrows, as they pafs'd
To fuch a blifsful End.

* The End of a Race, where the Prize wai hung*

CCXVI. Christ's Admonition to », and Care 0/
Peter under approaching Trials* Luke xxii.
3*> 32.

1 UOW keen the Tempter's Malice is !
*"* How artful, and how great !
Tho' not one Grain fhall be deftroy'd,

Yet will he fift the Wheat.

2 But God can all his Pow'r controul,

And gather in his Chain ;
And, where he feems to triumph moll,
The captive Soul regain,

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3 There is a Shepherd kind and ftrong^

Still watchful for his Sheep;

Nor (hall th' infernal Lion rend,

Whom he vouchfafes to keep.

4 Bleft Jefus, intercede for us,

That we may fall no more;
O raife us, when we proftrate lie,
And Comfort loft reftore.

5 Thy fecret Energy impart,

That Faith may never fail ;
But, 'midft whole Show'rs of fiery Darts#
That temper'd Shield prevail.

6 Secur'd ourfelves by Grace divine,

We'll guard our Brethren too ;
And, taught their Frailty by our own,
Our Care of them renew.

CCX VII. Christ's Prayer for bis Enemies.
Luke xxiii. 34.

U ALOUD I fing the wond'rous Grace,
**- Chrift to his Murd'rers bare ;
Which made the tort'ring Crofs its Throne,
And hung its Trophies there.

2 Father, forgive, his Mercy cried
With his expiring Breath,
And drew eternal Bleflings down
On thofe, who wrought his Death.

X Then may I hope for Pardon too,
Tho' I have piere'd the Lord ->

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Bleft Jefus, in my Favour fpeak
That all-prevailing Word.

4 I knew not what my Madnefs did,

While I remainM thy Foe :
Soon as I faw the Wounds were Thine,
My Tears began to flow.

5 Melted by Goodnefs fo divine, ,

I would its Footfteps trace ;
And, while beneath thy Crofs I fland,
My fierceft Foes embrace.

CCXVIII. The Refarrefiion of Christ,
Luke xxiv. 34.

1 VT E S, the Redeemer rofe ;

* The Saviour left the Dead ;
And o'er our hellifh Foes
High rais'd his conqu'ring Head:

In wild Difmay

The Guards around

Fell to the Ground,

And funk away.

2 Lo, the angelic Bands
In full AfTembly meet,

To wait his high Commands*
And worfhip at his Feet :

Joyful they come,

And wing their Way

From Realms of Day

To fuch a Tomb.

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3 Then back to Heav'n they fly,
And the glad Tidings bear :
Hark ! as they (bar on high,
What Mufic fills the Air !

Their Anthems fay,

<c Jefui who bled

« Hath left the Dead ;

•: He rofe To-day."

4 Ye Mortals, catch the Sound,
RcdeenVd by him from Hell ;
And fend the Echo round

The Globe on which you dwell :
Tranfported cry,
" Je/us who bled
* Hath left the Dead ;
u No more to die."

5 ^11-hail, triumphant Lord,
Who fav'ft us with thy Blood!
Wide be thy Name ador'd,
Thou rifing, reigning God !

With Thee we rife,
With Thee we reign,
And Empires gain
Beyond the Skies.

CCXIX. The Go/pel firft preached at Jerufaleni.
Luke xxiv. -47.

j « (~** O (faith the Lord) proclaim my Grace
^ " To all the Sons of Adams Race,
u Pardon for ev'ry Crimfon Sin,
<* And at Jcrufakm begin,

2 « There,

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2 " There, where my Blood, not fully dry,
M Stands warm upon Mount Calvary ;
" That Blood mall purge away their Guilt,
•* By whom i'o lately it was fpilt.

3, " Now let the daring Rebels turn,

" And o'er their bleeding Sov'reign mourn ;

<c Their bleeding Sov'reign (hall forgive,

" And. bid the Rebels look and live/'

4 Is this thy Voice, All-gracious Lord ?
And did the Rebels hear thy Word ?
And did they fall beneath thy Feet,
And on their Knees Forgivenefs meet ?

5 Then may I hope for Mercy too ;
Such Love can my hard Heart fubdue,
And give this guilty Soul a Place
Among thefe Captives of thy Grace.

6 Here be it daily mine Employ

To bathe thy Wounds with Tears of Joy,

Till 'midft the new Jirufalem

In one full Choir we fing thy Name.

CCXX. GOD's Love to the World in fending
Christ for its Redemption. John iii. j 6.

I ClNG to the Lord a new melodious Song :

^ Aflift the Choir, yeTribes of ev'ry Tongue:

Wide as theWorld his fovrreign Mercy rei-n:;

Wide as theWorldrefoundtherapt'rousStrains*

Ye Angels, join the joyful Acclamation,

And fing the Love, that brings to Men Salvation,

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2 His gracious Eye beheld In fu!l Surrey
Where Adams Race in mingled Ruin lay:
No human Aid the Danger could avert :
NoAngel'sHanvi couldfoothe the ragingSmart:

In h:s own Breaft div ne Companion nfes,
AndihegrandSchemetheCourtofHeav'nfurprifes.

3 God's only Son with peerlels*Giones bright,
His Father's faireft Image and Delight,
Juftice and Grace the Victim have decreed,
To wear our Flefh, and in that Flefh to bleed.

Proitrate in Duft, ye Sinners, all adore him,
And tremble, while yourHe irts rejoicebetorehim.

4 Thewond'rousWorkisdonejtheCov'nantftood,
And Jcfus expiates human Guilt with Blood ;
Nail'd to the Tree He bows his facred Head ;
A mangled Corpfe He fojourns with the Dead ;

Rifing, the Gofpel fends thro' ev'ry Nation;
Sinners believe, and gain complete Salvation.

5 Father of Grace, accept our humble Praife;
O let it run thro' everlafting Days !
AndThou,BleftSaviour,fpotlefsLambofGoD>
Accept theSoulsdear-ranfom'd with thyBlood*

And to thofe Songs, form all our feeble Voices i
InwhichtheChoirroundthybrighiThronerejoices*

• Unequalled.

CCXXI. The Spirit's Influences compared to living
Water. John iv. 10.

j T>LEST Jtfuty Source of Grace divine,
& What Soul-refrelbing Streams are Thine!

O

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O bring thefe healing Waters nigh,
Or we muft droop, and fall, and die.

2 No Traveller thro* defert Lands,

'Midft fcorching Suns, and burning Sands,
More eager longs for cooling Rain,
Or pants the Current to obtain.

3 Our longing Souls aloud would fmg,
Spring up, celeftial Fountain, fpring;
To a redundant River flow,

And chear this thirfty Land below.

4 May this bleft Torrent near my Side
Thro* all the Defert gently glide ^
Then in Emanuel's Land above
Spread to a Sea of Joy and Love.

CCXXlI.TbeChrt/lian'sftcretFeq/I. John iv. 3?..,

1 \\T E praife the Lord for heav'nly Bread,

v With which immortal Souls are fed :
We praife Thee for that heav'nly Feaft,
Which Jefus with Delight could tafte.

2 He, while He fojourn'd here below,

Had Meat, which Strangers could not know ;
That Meat He to his People gives,
And he that taftes the Banquet lives.

3 So let me live, fuftain'd by Grace,
Regal'd with Fruits of Righteoufnefs ;
Enter my Heart, All-gracious Lord,
And fup with me, and declc thy Board.

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4. Devotion, Faith, and zealous Love,
And Hope, that bears the Soul above,
Be thefe my Dainties, till I rife,
And tafte the Joys of Paradife.

CCXXIII. The Paratylic at Bethefda. John v. 6.

1 DEHOLD the- great Phyfician ftands,
^ Whofe Skill is ever fure ;

And loud He calls to dying Men,
And free He offers Cure.

2 And will ye hear his gracious Voice,

While fore-difeas'd ye lie?
Or will ye all his Grace defpife,
And trifle till ye die ?

3 Bleft Jefus, i'peak the healing Word,

And inward Vigour give;

Then, rais'd by Energy divine,

Shall helplefs Mortals live.

4 With chearful Pace our trembling Feet

la thy bleft Paths fhall run,
Till Zions healthful Hill they gain,
Wnere no Complaint is known.

CCXXIV. GOD's Purpofes efedual, and
Christ's Invitation fmcere, John vi. 37.

l T S there a Sight in Earth or Heav'n
* Can fuch Delight im;
As 'J'jui wide-extended Arms
Ana ibftly melt in:: Hi

2 « All

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2 •• All that my heav'nly Father gives
•• Shall come (the Saviour cries)
" And ev'ry weakeft Soul, that comes,
M Find Favour in mine Eyes.

2 c< I'll not reject him with Difdain,
M Nor hurl him down to Hell;
46 But, folded in my kind Embrace,
" He fafe and bleft fhall dwell."

4 Hearken, ye dying Sinners all \

All haften, while ye hear;
For Crouds of wretched Souls at once
May find their Refuge there.

5 I hear thy Voice, and I obey j

Low at thy Feet I fall ;
Nor fhall the Tempter's Voice prevail
Againft the Saviour's Call.

CCXXV. Christ's Invitation to thirfty Souls*
John vii. 37.

1 '"p HE Lord of Life exalted ftands,

-** Aloud He cries, and fpreads his Hands :
He calls ten thoufand Sinners round,
And fends a Voice from ev'ry Wound.

2 " Attend, ye thirfty Souls, draw near,
" And fatiate all your Wifhes here :

" Behold the living Fountain flows
46 In Streams as various as your Woes.

3 cc An ample Pardon here I give,

" And bid the fentenc'd Rebel live,

K 4 « Shew

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" Shew him my Father's fmiling Face,
*u And lodge him in his dear Embrace.

4 " I purge from Sin's detcfted Stain,

<c And make the Crimfon white again,

" Lead to celeftial Joys refin'd,

<c And lading as the deathlefs Mind,

5 M Muft I anew my Pity prove ?

" Witnefs the Words of melting Love,
" The gufhin^ Tear, the lab'ring Breath,
M And all thefe Scars of bleeding Death."

6 Bleft Saviour, I can doubt no more j
I hear, and wonder, and adore :
Panting I feek that Fountain Head,
Whence Waters fo divine proceed.

7 Clear Spring of Life, flow on, and roll
With growing Swell from Pole to Pole,
Till Flow'rs and Fruits of Paradife
Round all the winding Current rife.

8 Still near thy Stream may I be found,
Long as 1 tread this earthly Ground ;
Chear with thy Wave Dea'.h's gloomy Shade,
Then thro* the Fields of Canaan fpread.

CCXXVI. True Liberty given by C H R I S T.
John viii. 36.

1 LJJARK! for 'tis God's own Son that calls
*"* To Life and Liberty ;
Tran. ported fall before hL Feet,
Who makes the Pris'nen :.

2 The

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2 The curfed Bonds of Sin He breaks,

And breaks old Satan's Chain :
Smiling He deals thofe Pardons round,
Which free from endlefs Pain.

3 Into the captive Heart He pours

His Spirit from on high ;
We lofe the Terrors of the Slave,
And Abba, Father, cry.

4 Shake off your Bonds, and fing his Grace;

The Sinner's Friend proclaim j
And call on all around to feek
True Freedom by his Name.

5 Walk on at large, till you attain

Your Father's Houfe above ;
There {hall you wear immortal Crowns,
And fing. redeeming Love.

CCXXVII. The fame. John viii. 36.

1 AND fhall we ftill be Slaves,
^* And in our Fetters lie,

When fummon'd by a Voice divine
T* aflert our Liberty ?

2 Did the great Saviour bleed
Our Freedom to obtain,

That we (hould trample on his Blood*,
And glory in our Chain ?

3 Alas, the fordid Mind \

How all its Pow'rs are broke f
Proud of a Tyrant's haughty Sway,
And pra&is'd to the Yoke !

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4 Divine Redeemer, hear,

; ■r/'rcign Pow'r impart,
And let thy gen'rous Spirit wake
True Ardour in our Heart.

5 Then fhall the Sons of Death,
That in the Dungeon lie,

Spring to the Throne of pard'ning Grace,
And Abba> Father, cry.

CCXXVIII. Christ the Door. John x. 9.

1 A WAKE, our Souls, and blefs his Name,
•^ Whofe Mercies never fail ;

Who opens wide a Door of Hope
In Jcbor's gloomy Vale *.

2 Behold the Portal wide difplay'd,

The Buildings (hong and fair ;
Within are Paftures frefh and green,
And living Streams are there.

3 Enter, my Soul, with chearful Hafte,

For J ejus is the Door ;
Nor fear the Serpent's wily Arts,
Nor fear the Lion's Roar.

4 O may thy Grace the Nations lead,

And Jews and Genii lei come,
All trav'iin^ thro' one beauteous Gate
To one eternal Home.

• Hcfea ii, 15.

CCXXIX.

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CCXXIX. Abundant Life by Christw Shep-
herd, John x. -10.

1 pRAISEto our Shepherd's gracious Name,

Who on To kind an Errand came j
Came, that by him his FJock might live,
And more abundant Life receive.

2 Hail, great Emanuel from above,
High feated on thy Throne of Love !

0 pour the vital Torrent down,

Thy People's Joy, their Lord's Renown.

3 Scarce half alive we figh and cry ;
Scarce raife to Thee our languid Eyej
Kind Saviour, let our dying State
Companion in thy Heart create.

* 4 The Shepherd's Blood the Sheep mufr. heal j
O may we all its Influence feel ;
Till inward deep Experience {hew,
Chrijl can begin a Heav'n below.

GCXXX. Christ 's Sheep defcribed. John x. 27.

I: HP H Y Flock, with what a tender Care,

1 Bieft Jefus, doft Thou keep ?
Fain would my weak, my wand'ring Soul

Be number'd with thy Sheep.

2 Gentle and tradable and plain
My Heart would ever be,
Averfe to Harm, propenfe to help,
And faithful ftill to Thee.

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3 The gentle Accents of thy Voice

My lift'ning Soul would hear ;
And, by the Signals of thy Will,
I all my Courfe would ftcec.

4 I follow where mv Shepherd leads,

And mark the Path he drew ;
My Shepherd's Feet Mount 'Lion tread,
And I fhall reach it too.

CCXXX1. The Happinefs and Security of
Christ's Sheep. John x. 28.

1 \K Y Soul, with Joy attend,
±V1 While Jejus Silence breaks ;

No Angel's Hum fuch Mufic yields,
As what my Shepherd fpeaks.

2 " T know my Sheep (He cries)
*8 My Soul approves them well :

" Vain is the treach'rous World's Difguife,
" And vain the Rage of Hell.

3 "I freely feed them now

*■ With Tokens of my Love,

" But richer Paftures I prepare,

" And fweeter Streams above.

4. " Unnumber'd Years of Blifs
" I to my Sheep will give;
«c And, while mv Throne unfhaken ftands,
M Shall all my Cnoicn li e.

5 " This tried almighty Hand
" Is rais'd for their Defence :

" Where

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m Where is the Pow'r (hall reach them there ?
" Or what (hall force them thence f*

Enough, my Gracious Lord,
Let Faith triumphant cry ;
My Heart can on this Promifelive,
Can on this Promiie die.

CCXXXII. Christ's Sheep given by the Father*
and guarded by Omnipotence. John x. 29,30.

1 T N one harmonious chearful Song,
*• Ye happy Saints, combine ;
Loud let it found from ev'ry Tongue,

The Saviour is divine.

2 The leaft, the feebleft of the Sheep

To Him the Father gave ;
Kind is his Heart the Charge to keep,
And ftrong his Arm to fave.

3 In Chrifl th' Almighty Father dwells,

And Chrijl and He are One ;
The Rebel Pow'r, which Chrift aflails,
Attacks th' eternal Throne.

4 That Hand, which Heav'n and Earth fuflains.

And bars the Gates of Hell,

And rivets Satan down in Chains,

Shall guard his Chofen well.

5 Now let th* infernal Lion roar,

How vain his Threats appear !
When he can match Jehovah's PowV,
I will begin to fear*

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CCXXXIII. The attraelive Influence cf a crucified
Saviour. John xii. 32.

1 T>E HOLD th' amazing Sight,
*r The Saviour lifted high !

Behold the Son of God's Delight
Expire in Agony !

2 For whom, for whom, my Heart,
Were all thcfe Sorrows borne ?

Why did He feel that piercing Smart,
And meet that various Scorn I
4 For Love of us He bled,
And all in Torture died :
'Twas Love, that bow'd his fainting Head,
And op'd his gufhing Side.
v I fee, and I adore

In Sympathy of Love:
I feel the ftrong attractive Pow'r
To lift my Soul above.
«- Drawn by fuch Cords as thefe,
Let all the Earth combine
With chearful Ardour to confefs
The Energy divine.
6 In Thee our Hearts unite,
Nor fliare thy Griefs alone,
But f.om thy Croft puriue their Flight
To thy triumphant Throne.

CCXXXIV. C H rist's myfleruus Conducl to bf

unfolded hereafter. John x.u. 7.
j *^rESUS, we own thy fov'reign Hand,
J Thy faithful Care we own s

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Wifdom and Love are all thy Ways,
When moft to us unknown.

2 By Thee the Springs of Life were form'd,

And by thy Breath are broke,
And good is ev'ry awful Word,
Our gracious Lord hath i'poke.

3 To Thee we yield our Comforts up,

To Thee our Lives refign 5
In Straits and Dangers rich and fafe,
If we and ours are Thine.

4 Thy Saints in earlier Life remov'd,

In fweeter Accents fing ;
And blefs the Swiftnefs of their Flight,
That bore them to their King.

'5 The Burdens of a lengthen'd Day
With Patience we would bear ;
Till Evening's welcome Hour (hall fhew
We were our Matter's Care.

CCXXX V. Christ's Pity and Confolation for
his troubled Difciples. John xiv. J — 3.

1 pE ACE, all ye Sorrows of the Heart,
-*• And all my Tears be dry ;
That Chriftian ne'er can be forlorn,

That views his Jefus nigh.

2 " Let not your Bofoms throb, (He fays)
" Nor be your Souls afraid :

" Truft in your God's almighty Name,
" And truit yourSaviour's Aid.

3 " Fair

ao8 J O H N.

3 " Fair Manfions in my Father's Houfe

w For al! his Children wait;
*' And I, vour elder Brother, go
" To open wide the Gate.

4 " And if I thither go before,

" A Dwelling to prep ire,
u I furely fh 11 return again,
M That I may fix you there.

5 " United in eternal Lcve,

" My Chofen fhall remain,
" And with lejoicing Hearts fhall {hare
" The Honours of my Reign."

6 Yes, Lord ; thy gracious Words we hear,

And cordial Joys the, bring:

Frail Nature may extort a Groan,

But Faith fhali learn to fing.

CCXXXVI The Chriflians Life annexed with
that of C H R j s t. John xi v. -19

1 ^HE Cov'nantof a Saviour's Love

** Shall (ta; d forever good,
And thus his Life fhall guard the Souls,
He p'juhas'd with his Blood.

2 c< I live for ever, (faith the Lord)

" And you (ha! therefore live ;
cc Receive wt Pleafure ev'ry Pledge
M My Pow'r and Love can give.'"

3 We own the Promiie, Prince of Grace,
Tho' earthly Helpers die -,

And

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And animate our fainting Hearts,
While Chriji our Friend is nigh.

4 The King of Fears can do no more
Than ftop our mortal Breath \
But Jefus gives a nobler Life,
That cannot yield to Death.

CCXXXVII. Abiding in Christ necejjaryta
our Fruitfulnefs, John xv. 4.

1 T ORD of the Vineyard, we adore
•^ That Pow'r and Grace divine,
Which plants our wild, our barren Souls

In Chriji the living Vine.

2 For ever may they there abide,

And, from that vital Root,
Be Influence fpread thro' ev'ry Branch,
To form and feed the Fruit.

3 Shine forth, my God, the Clufters warm

With Rays of facred Love ;
Till Eden's, Soil, and Zion's Streams
The gen'rous Plant improve.

CCXXXVIII. Our Prayers effeftual^ when we
abide in Christ, and his Word abideth in us.
John xv 8.

I LJ AIL, Gracious Saviour, All-divine!
L1 Myfterious, ever-living Vine !
To Thee united may we live,
And nourifh'd by thine Influence thrive.

2 Still

2io JOHN.

2 Still may our Souls in Thee abide,
Torn by no Tempefts from thy Side ;
Nor from its Place within our Heart
Thy Promife, or thy Law depart.

3 Then fhall our Pray'rs accepted rife,
Thro* Thee a grateful Sacrifice ;
And all our Sighs before thy Throne
Defcend in ample Bleflings down.

4 In filent Hope our Souls fhall wait
Their Penfion from thy Mercy's Gate ;
Nor can our Lips or Hearts exprefs

A Wifh proportion^ to thy Grace.

CCXXXIX. Continuing in Christ's Love.
John xv. 9.

I HP O all his Flock, what wond'rous Love
* Doth our kind Shepherd bear ?
As He to his great Father's Heart,
So we to his are dear.

1 So fure, fo conftant, and fo ftrong
Do his Endearments prove :
O may their Energy prevail
To fix us in his Love.

3 No more let my divided Heart

From this bleft Center turn ;

But, tir'd by fuch all-potent Rays,

With Flames immortal burn.

4 Defcend, and all thy Pow'r difplay,

And all thy Love reveal ;

; That

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That the warm Streams of Jefus* Blood
This frozen Heart may feel.

CCXL. The Jpoftles and Chrijliam chofen by
Christ to bring forth permanent FruiU
John xv. 1 6.

I T Own, my God, thy fov'reign Grace,
* And bring the Praife to Thee j
If Thou my chofen Portion art,
Thou firft haft chofen me.

% My Gracious Counfellor and Guide
Will hear me when I pray ;
Nor, while I urge a Saviour's Name,
Will frown my Soul away,

Bleft Jefus, animate my Heart
With Beams of heav'nly Love,

And teach that cold unthankful Soil
The heav'nly Seed t' improve.

4 In copious Show'rs thy Spirit fend

To water all the Ground ;

So to the Honour of thy Name

Shall lafting Fruit be found.

CCXLI. Peace in Christ amidjl Tribulations*
John xvi. 33.

I TJT Enceforth let each believing Heart
AA From anxious Sorrows ceafe :
Tho' Storms of Trouble rage around,
In Jefus we have Peace. .

2 His

212 J O H N.

2 His Blood from Wrath to come redeems,

And his almighty Grace,
By bitt'reft Draughts of deep Diftrcfs,
Its healing Pow'r difplays.

3 Jefus, our Captain, march'd before

To lead us to the Fight ;
And now He rcacheth out the Crown
With heav'nly Glories bright.

4 Lord, 'tis enough ; thy Voice we hear;

That Crown by Faith we fee :
No Sorrows (hall o'erwhelmour Souls,
Since none divide from Thee.

CCXLII. Christ fcnftify'mg himfelf, that his
People may be fanftified. John xvii. 19.

1 "DEHOLD the bleeding Lamb of God,
*** Our fpotlefs Sacrifice !

By Hands of barb'rous Sinners feiz'd,
Nail'd to the Crofs He dies.

2 Blefr. Je/us, whence this dreaming Blood?

And whence this foul Disgrace?
Whence all thele pointed Thorns, that rend
Thy venerable Face ?

3 « I fandify Myfelf (He cries)

" That thou may'ft holy be ;
" Come, trace myLife ; com ?, viewmyDcath,
" And learn to copy Me."

4. Dear Lord, we pant for Holincfs,
And inbred Sin we mourn :

To

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To the bright Path of thy Commands
Our wand'ring Footfteps turn.

5 Not more fmcerely would we wifh
To climb the heav'nly Hill,
Than here with all our utmoft Pow'r
Thy Model to fulfil.

CCXLIII. Meditations on the Sepulchre in the
Garden. John xix. 41.

1 HP H E Sepulchres, how thick they ftand

-*■ Thro' all the Road on either Hand !
And burft upon the ftarting Sight
In ev'ry Garden of Delight !

2 Thither the winding Alleys tend ;
There all the flow'ry Borders end ;

And Forms, that charm'd the Eyes before,
Fragance and Mufic are no more.

3 Deep in that damp and filent Cell
My Fathers, and my Brethren dwell;
Beneath its broad and gloomy SLhade
My Kindred, and my Friends are laid.

4 But, while I tread the folemn Way,
My Faith that Saviour would furvey,
Who deign'd to fojourn in the Tomb5
And left behind a rich Perfume.

5 My Thoughts with Extacy unknown,
While from his Grave they view his Throne*
Thro' my own Sepulchre can fee

A Paradife referv'd for me.

CCXLIV

214 JOHN.

CCXLI V. Christ afcending to his Father and
GOD, and ours. John xx. 17.

1 TN Raptures let our Hearts afcend
A Our heav'nly Seats to view,
And grateful trace that mining Path

Our rifing Saviour drew.

2 cc Up to my Father, and my God,

" I go; (the Conqu'ror cries)
4C Up to your Father, and your God,
M My Brethren, lift your Eyes."

3 And doth the Lord of Glory call

Such Worms his Brethren dear?
And doth He point to HeavVs high Throne,
And fhew our Father there ?

4. And doth He teach my finful Lips
That tuneful Sound, ?ny GOD?
And breathe his Spirit on my Heart
To fhed his Grace abroad ?

5 O World, produce a Good like this,

And thou (halt have my Love ;

Till then, my Father claims it all,

And Cbrjfiy who dwells above.

6 Dear Jefus, call this willing Soul,

That ftrugglcs with its Clay ;
And fain would leave this weary Load
To wing its airy Way.

CCXLV.

JOHN. 2i5

CCXLV. The Difciples Joy at Christ's Ap-
pearance to thtm after bis Refurredion. John
xx. 19, 20.

I POME, our indulgent Saviour, come,
^ Illuftrious Conqu'ror o'er the Tomb ;
Here thine afiembled Servants blefs,
And fill our Hearts with facred Peace.

l O come Thyfelf, moft gracious Lord,
With all the Joy thy Smiles afford $
Reveal the Luftre of thy Face,
And make us feel thy vital Grace.

■} With Rapture kneeling round we greet
, Thy pierced Hands, thy wounded Feet;
And from the Scar, that marks thy Side,
We fee our Life's warm Torrent glide.

y Enter our Hearts, Redeemer bleft ;
Enter, Thou ever-honour'd Gueft,
Not for one tranfient Hour alone,
But there to fix thy lafting Throne.

; Own this mean Dwelling as thy Home;
And, when our Life's laft Hour is come,
Let us but die, as in thy Sight,
And Death fhall vanifh in Delight.

'CXLVI. Appeal ^Christ for the Sincerity
of Love to him, John xxi. 15. . ,

T*\ O not I love Thee, O my Lord ?
*-* Behold my Heart and fee j

5 And

ai<5 J O H N.

And turn each curfed Idol out,
That dares to rival Thee.

2 Do not I love Thee from my Soul ?

Then let me nothing love?

Dead be my Heart to ev'ry Joy,

When Jefus cannot move.

3 Is not thy Name melodious ftill

To mine attentive Ear ?
Doth not each Pulfe with Pleafure bound
My Saviour's Voice to hear ?

4 Haft Thou a Lamb in all thy Flock,

1 would difdain to feed ?
Haft Thou a Foe, before whofe Face
1 fear thy Caufe to plead ?

5 Would not mine ardent Spirit vie*

With Angels round the Throne,
To execute thy facred Will,
And make thy Glory known ?

6 Would not my Heart pour forth its Blood

In Honour of thy Name ?
And challenge the cold Hand of Death
To damp th' immortal Flame.

j Thou know'ft I love Thee, Deareft Lord :
But O ! I long to foar
Far from the Sphere of mortal Joys,
And learn to love Thee more.

• Endeavour to equal,

4 CCXLVII,

ACT S. 2if

CCXLVII. Zeal for the Caufe of C H Jti s T ; or
Peter and John following their Majler. John
xxi. 18 — 20*.

1 "DLeftMen, who ftretch their willing Hands,
■^ Submiflive to their Lord's Commands,
And yield their Liberty and Breath

To Him, that lov'd their Souls- in Death !

2 Lead me to differ, and to die,-

If Thou, my gracious Lord, art nigh :
One Smile from Thee my Heart (hall fire,
And teach me fmiling to expire.

3 If Nature at the Trial fhake,

And from the Crofs or Flames draw back,
Grace can its feeble Courage raife,
And turn its Tremblings into Praife.

4 While fcarce I dare, with Peter, fay,

" I'll boldly tread the bleeding Way 5*
Yet in thy Steps, like John, I'd move
With humble Hope, and filent Love.

* See Family Expofoor in Loc.

CCXLVIII. Christ exalted to be a Prince and
a Saviour. Acts v. 3 1 .

E

X A L T E D Prince of Life, we owit
The royal Honours of thy Throne :
'Tis fix'd by God's Almighty Hand,
And Seraphs bow at thy Command.

L t Exalted

aiS ACTS.

2 Exalted Saviour, we confefs

The fov'reign Triumphs of thy Grace ;
Where Beams of gentle Radiance fliine,
And temper Majefty divine.

3 Wide thy refiftlefs Sceptre fway,
Till all thine Enemies obey:

Wide may thy Crofs its Virtue prove,
And conquer Millions by its Love.

4 Mighty to vanqui(h, and forgive !
Thine 7/r^/fhall repent and live;
And loud proclaim thy healing Breath,
Which workstheirLife,whowroughtthyDeath.

CCXLIX, The Believer committing his departing
Spirit to Jesus. Acte vii. -59.

1 /^)Thou, that haft Redemption wrought,
^^ Patron of Souls, thy Blood hath bought,
To Thee our Spirits we commit,

Mighty to refcue from the Pit.

2 Millions of blifsful Souls above,
In Realms of Purity and Love,
With Songs of endlefs Praife proclaim
The Honours of thy faithful Name.

3 When all the Pow'rs of Nature fail'd,
Thy evcr-conftant Care prevaii'd j
Courage and Joy thy Friendship fpoke,
When ev'ry mortal Bond was broke.

4 We on that Friendfhip, Lord, repofe,
The healing Balm of all our Woess

And

ACTS. 219

And we, when finking in the Grave,
Truft thine Omnipotence to fave.

5 O may our Spirits by thy Hand
Be gather'd to that happy Band,

Who, 'midft the Bleflings of thy Reign,
Lofe all Remembrance of their Pain.

6 In Raptures there divinely fweet
Give us our Kindred-Souls to meet,
And wait with them that brighter Day,
Which all thy Triumph (hall difplay.

I

CCL. Peter's Admonition to Simon Magus. Acts
viii. 21 — 24.

ii OEARCHER of Hearts, before thy Face
^ I ail my Soul difplay;
And, confeioas of its innate * Arts,
Intreat thy ftrict Survey.

2 If lurking in its inmofl Folds

I any Sin conceal,
O let a Ray of Light divine
The fecret Guile reveal.

3 If tin&ur'd with that odious Gall

Unknowing I remain,
Let Grace, like a pure Silver Stream,
Wa(h out th' accurfed Stain.

4 If in thefe fatal Fetters bound

A wretched Slave I lie,
Smite oft my Chains, and wake my So A
To Light and Liberty.

* Natural,

L 2 5 To

220 ACT S!

5 To humble Penitence and Pray'r
lie gentle Pity giv'n ;
Speak ample Pardon lo my Heart,
And leal its Claim to Heav'n.

CCLI. The Dcfccnt of the Spirit ; or his I • '
/. Acts x. 44.

1 pREAT Father of each perfect Gift,
^-* Behold thy Servants wait;

With longing Eyes and lifted Hands,
We flock around thy (

2 O fhed abroad that royal Gift,

Thy Spirit from above,
To blefs our Eyes with facred Light,
And fire our Hearts with Love. v

3 With fpeedy Flight mav He defcend,

And folid Comfort bring,
And o'er our languid Souls extend
His all-reviving Wing.

4 Dlcft Earneft of eternal Joy,

Declare our Sins forgiv'n ;
' And bear with Energy divine

Our raptur'd Thoughts to Heav'n.

5 Diffufe, O God, thofe copious Show'rs,

That Earth its Fruit may yield,
And change this barren Wildernefs
To CdrmeTs flow'ry Field *.

ij xxxv. 1, ;.

CCLII.

ACTS. 221

CCLII. The Word of Salvation fcntto us, Acls
xiii. 26.

1 AND why do our admiring Eyes
,-** Thefe Gofpel-Glories fee ?

And whence, doth ev'ry Heart reply,
Salvation fent to me ?

2 In fatal Shades of Midnight Gloom

Ten thoufand Wretches {tray ;
And Satan blinds ten thoufand more
Amidft the Blaze of Day.

3 Millions of raging Souls beneath

In endlefs Anguifh hear
Harmonious Sounds of Grace transform'd
To Echoes of Defpair.

4 And doft Thou, Lord, fubdue my Heart7

And ihew my Sins forgiv'n,
And bear thy Witnefs to my Part
Amongft the Heirs of Heav'n ?

5 As the Redeemed of the Lord,

We fmg the Saviour's Name ;
And, while the long Salvation lafls,
Its fov'reign Grace proclaim.

CCLIII. The unknown GOD. Acls xvii. 23,

I THOU, mighty Lord, art God alone,
A A King of Majefty unknown ;
And all thy dazling Glories rife
Beyond the Reach of Angels Eyes.

L 3 2 Yet

222 ACT S.

2 Yet thro* this Earth thy Works proclaim
Some Notice of thy rev'rend Name ;
And, where thy gracious Gofpel fhines,
We read it in the faireft Lines.

3 But O ! how few of Jdam's Pvace
Have learn'o thy Nature and thy Ways !
While Thoufands, e'en in Lands of Light,
Are buried in Egyptian Night.

4 They tread thy Courts, thy Word they heara
And to thy folemn Rites draw near;

Yet, tho' Salvation feems fo nigh,
Becaufethey know not God, they die,

5 Send thy victorious Gofpel forth
Wide from thefe Regions of the North;
And thro' thy Churches Grace impart
To write thy Name on ev'ry Heart.

CCLIV. GOD's Command to all Men to repent.
Ads xvii. 3c.

1 J^EPENT) the Voice celeftial cries,
"**■ Nor longer dare delav :

The Wretch that fcorns the Mandate * dies,
And meets a fiery Day.

2 No more the fov'reign Eye of God

Oerlooks the Crimes of Men ;
His Heralds are difpatch'd abroad
To warn the World of Sin.

3 The Summons reach thro' a!l the Earth;

Let Earth attend and

* Com rr. and.

Liften,

ACTS. 223

Liften, ye Men of royal Birth,
And let their VafTals * hear.

4 Together in his Prefence bow,

And all your Guilt confefs;

Accept the offer'd Saviour now.

Nor trifle with the Grace.

5 Bow, ere the awful Trumpet found,

And call you to his Bar :
For Mercy knows th' appointed Bound,
And turns to -Vengeance there.

6 Amazing Love, that yet will call,

And yet prolong our Days !
Our Hearts fubdu'd by Goodnefs fall,
And weep, and love, and praife.

* Subj^&s and Slaves.

CCLV. Paul'j Solicitude to fin:jh his Courfe with
Joy. A6I3 xx. 24.

1 ASSIST us, Lord, thy Name to praife
■**'' For this rich Gofpel of thy Grace ;
And, that our Hearts may love it more,
Teach them to feel its vital Pow'r.

2 With Joy may we our Courfe purfue,
And keep the Crown of Life in View;
That Crown, which i-n one Hour repays
The Labour of ten thoufand Days.

3 Should Bonds or Death obftrucl: our Way,
Unmov'd their Terrors we'll furvey ;
And the laft Hour improve for Thee,
The laft of Life, or Liberty.

L 4 4 Wei-

224 AC T S.

4 Welcome thole Bonds, which may unite
Our Souls to their iupreme Del:

I fe painful Strife
ears us to Chriji our better Life !

CCLVI. Paul preaching and Felix trembling.
Acts xxiv. 25.

1 /^ R E AT Sov'reign of the human Heart,
^-* Thy mighty Energy impart,

Which darts at once thro' Brcafts of Steel,
And makes the nether Millftone * feel.

2 Let Sinners tremble at thy Word,
Struck by the Terrors of the Lord ;
And, while they tremble, let them flee,
And feek their Help, their Life from Thee.

3 O let them feize the prefent D
Nor n(k Salvation by Delay :
To-morrow, Lord, to Thee belongs ;
This Night may vindicate thy Wrongs.

4 This Night may ilnp their fleeting Breath,
And feal them to eternal D< a h,

May veil Redemption from their Sight,
And give them rlarr.es inftead of Light.

c Or {rnuU fucceeding Years remain,
Years, with ih-ir Sabbaths, all in vain
Before their dark n*d Eyes may toll,
And more obd.jr.Ue leave the Soul.

£ Gre^t Saviour, let thy Pity rife,

[pake the wretched Trirlers wife;

* Tbc harden I tli, 24.

Left

R O M A N S. ii$

Left Pangs and Tremblings felt in vain
Hafien and feed immortal Pain.

CCLVII. Help obtained of GOD. A&s xxvi. 22*

For New-Year $ Day.

1 C^ R E AT God, we fingthaf mighty Hand,*
^^ By which fupported (till we (land :

The op'ning Year thy Mercy (hews ;
That Mercy crowns it, till it clofe.

2 By Day, by Night, at Home, Abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God,

By his inceflant Bounty fed,
By his unerring Counfel led.

3 With grateful Hearts the Pad we own ;
The Future, all to us unknown,

We to thy Guardian-Care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy Feet.

4 In Scenes exalted or deprefs'd

Thou art our Joy, and Thou our Reft :
Thy Goodnefs all our Hopes fhall raife,
Ador'd thro* all our changing Days.

5 When Death fhall interrupt thefe Songs,
And feal in Silence mortal Tongues,
Our Helper-G OD, in whom we truft,
In better Worlds our Souls (hall boaft.

CCLVIII. Treafuring up Wrath by defpifmg Mercy*
Romans ii. 4, 5.

I T TNgrateful Sinners, whence this Scorn- . *
^ Of long extended Grace ?

h 5 And

226 ROM A N S.

And whence this Madnefs, that infults
Th' Almighty to his I

2 Is it becaufe his Patience waits,

And pitying Bowels move,

You multiply audacious Crimes,

And fpurn his richeft Love ?

3 Is all the treafur'd Wrath To {"mail,

You labour ftill for more,
Tho' not eternal rolling Years
Can e'er exhauil the Store ?

f 4 Swift doth the Dav of Vengeance come,
That muft your Sentence leal ;
And righteous Judgment now unknown
In all its Pomp reveal.

5 Alarm'd and melted at thy Voice,

Our conquer'd Hearts would bow ;
And, to efcape the Thund'rer then,
Embrace the Saviour now.

CCLIX. The Love of GOD fled abroad in the
Heart by the Spirit. Rom. v. 5.

1 -TvESCEND, immortal Dove;
*-* Spread thy kind Wings abroad,

And, wrapt in Flames of holy Love,
Bear ail my Soul to God.

2 J*f** my Lord reveal

In Ch .rms of Grace divine,

And be thyfelf the facred Seal,

That Pearl of Price is mine.

3 Behold

ROMA N S. 227

3 Behold mv Heart expands

To catch the heav'nly Fire ; •
It longs to feel the gentle Bands,
And groans with ftrong Defire.

4 Thy Love, my God, appears,
And brings Salvation down,

My Cordial thro' this Vale of Tears,
In Paradife my Crown.

C6LX. Chrtfiiam quickened and raifed by the Spirit,
Rom. viii. 1 1.

1 T1THY fhould our mourning Thoughts

W q-0 grove] jn tL,e £)uft ? [delight

Or why fhould Streams of Tears unite
Around th' expiring Juft ?

2 Did not the Lord our Saviour die,

And triumph o'er the Grave?

Did not our Lord afcend on high,

And prove his Pow'r to fave ?

3 Doth not the facred Spirit come,

And dwell in all the Saints?
And fhould the Temples of his Grace
Refound with long Complaints ?

4 Awake, my Soul, and like the Sun

Burft thro' each fable Cloud ;
And thou, my Voice, tho' broke with Sighs,
Tune forth thy Songs aloud.

5 The Spirit rais'd my Saviour up,.

When He had bled for me j

L 6 And

228 ROMA N S.

And fpite of Death and Hell {hall raife
Thy pious Friends and thee.

6 Awake, ye Saints, chat dwell in Duft,
Your Hymns of Vic.
And let his dyin

Theii ever-living rvinir.

CCLXI. GOD' s Rca;ll>;cfi to give all Things ar-
gued from the Gift of bis Son. Rom. viii. 32.

1 V[OW let my Soul with Tranfport rife,
■^ AndrangethroJ Earth, and mounttheSkiesJ

And view each various Form of Good,
Where Angels hold iruir high Abode.

2 I give my Thoughts unbounded Sen
On equal Pinions foars my Hope;
My Faith at nobleft Objects- aims,
And what (he lees, the humbly claims.

3 Hath not the bounteous King or Heav'n
From his Embrace all

That Son of his eternal L

Who fill'd the brighteft Throne above ?

4 Behold his Hand or, Jeftis laid !
Behold that Lamb a Victim made !
And what {hall Mercy hold too good
For Sinners, ranfom'd with his Blood ?

5 My Soul, with heav'nly Faith embrace
The facred Cov'nant of his Grace j
Then in delightful Silence wait

The I flues of a Love io great

4 CCLXJI.

ROMA N S. 2i9

CCLXII. Believing With the Heart, end c:nfejjing~
with the Mouth, nccsjj^ry to Salvation. Horn.
x. 6 — io.

1 A N D is Salvation brought fo near,
'^^ Where iinfui Men expiring lie?
Triumph, my Soul, the Sound to iiear,
And fhout it joyous to the Sky.

1 I afk not, who to Heav'n (hall fca'e;

That Chriji the Saviour thence rru:y come ;
Or who Earth's inmoft Depths afiaj],
To bring Him from the dreary Tomb.

3 From Heav'n on Wings of Love He flew.,
And Conqu'ror from the Tomb He fprung r
My Heart believes the Witnefs true,

And dictates to my faithful Tongue.

4 I Ting Salvation brought fo near,
No more on Earth expiring lie;

1 teach the World my Joys to hear,
And fhout them to the echoing Sky.

CCLXIII. The living Sacrifice. Rom., xii. i.,

1 AND will th' Eternal King
^*- So mean a Gift reward ?

That OfPring, Lord, with Joy we bring,
Which thy own Hand prepared.

2 We own thy various Claim,
And to thine Altar move,

The willing Victims of thy Grace,.
And bound with Cords of Love.

3 Defcen&>

230 ROMAN S.

3 Dcfccnd, celeftial Fire,
The Sacrifice inflame;
So (hall a grateful Odour rife
Thro' our Redeemer's Name.

CCLXIV. The nrar Approach of Salvation, an
Engagement to Diligence and Love. Rom. xiii.
11.

1 AWAKE, ye Saints, and raife your Eyes,
^* And raife your Voices high;
Awake, and praife that fov'reign Love,

That fhews Salvation nigh.

2 On all the Wings of Time it flies :

Each Moment brings it near ;
Then welcome each declining Day !
Welcome each clofing Year !

3 Not many Years their Round fliall run,

Nor many Mornings nfe,
Ere all its Glories {land re-veal'J
To our admiring Eyes.

4 Ye Wheels of Nature, fpecd your Courfe ;

Ye mortal Pow'rs, dec.y ;
Fait as ye bring the Night of Death,
Ye bring eternal Day.

CCLXV. The GOD of Peace bruifing Satan.
Rom. xvi. 20-.

Y

E Armies of the living God,
Jn his all-conqu'ring Name,

Lift

I. CORINTHI'ANS. 231J

Lift up your Banners, and aloud
Your Leader's Grace proclaim.

What tho' the Prince of Hell invade

With Show'rs of fiery Darts,
And join, to the fierce Lion's Roar,

The Serpent's wily Arts ?

Jefus, who leads his Hofts to War,

Shall tread the Monfter down,
And ev'ry faithful Soldier fhare

The Triumph and the Crown.

So Ifrael on the haughty Necks

Of Canaan s Tyrants trod,
And fung their Jojbua's conqu'ring Swordj

And fung their faithful God *.

CCLXVI. Christ our Wifdom^ Righteoufnefs*
Sanflification> and Redemption, i Corinth, i,

1 TV/TY God, aflift me, while I raife
-*■-*■ An Anthem of harmonious Praife ;
My Heart thy Wonders (hall proclaim.
And fpread its Banners in thy Name.

2 In Chriji I view a Store divine :
My Father, all that Store is Thine ;
By Thee prepar'd, by Thee beftow'd ;
Hail to the Saviour, and the God !

3 When gloomy Shades my Soul o'erfpread,
" Let there be Light," th' Almighty faid ;

And

232 I CORINTHIANS.

An J Chrijiy my S'.:n, his Beams difplays>
And leaders r bund celeftial Rays.

4 Condemi.'d ihy Criminal I flood,
Ar. : tod ;
That wci ,;r from thy Throne
Brought Righteoufoefc and Pardon down.

5 My Soul was all o'erfpread with Sin,
And lo, his Grace hath made me clean :
He refcyes from th' infernal Foe,

And full Redemption will beltow.

6 Ye Saints, afiifr my grateful Tongue;
Ye Angels, warble \>?.z&. my Song :
For Love like this demands the Praife
Of heav'nly Harps, and er.dlefs Days.

CCLXVII. .' to Christ, and whs

Spitn i Lor. vi. 17.

MY Saviour, I am Thine,
By everlafting B

, mv Heart, I would refign,
ooul is in thy Hands.

2 To Thee I (till would cleave
With ever-growing Zeal ;

Let Millions tempt rne Chrij} to leave,
Thi-y never fhall prevail.

3 His Spirit fhall unite

My Soul to Him, my Head ;
ill form me to his Image bright,
And teach his Path to tread.

4 1

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Death may my Soul divide
From this Abode of Clay ;
But Love (hall keep me near his Side
Thro' all the gloomy Way.

Since Cbrift and we are One,
What fhould remain to fear ?
If He in Heav'n hath fix'd his Throne,
He'll fix his Members there.

CCLXVIII. The tranfitory Nature of the World*
an Argument for Chrijlian Moderation. \ Cor.
vii. 29 — 31.

1 C P R I N G up, my Soul, with ardent Flight,
^ Nor let this Earth delude thy Sight

With glitt'ring Trifles gay and vain :
Wifdom divine directs thy View
To Objecls ever grand and new,

And Faith difplays the fhining Train.

2 Be dead, my Hopes, to all below ;
Nor let unbounded Torrents flow,

When mourning o'er my wither'd Joys:
So this deceitful World is known j
PofTefs'd I call it not my own ;

Nor glory in its painted Toys.

3 The empty Pageant rolls along;
The giddy unexperiene'd Throng

Purfue it with enchanted Eyes;

234 I. CORINTHIANS.

It paflcth in fwift March away,
Still more and more its Charms decay,
Till the laft gaudy Colour dies*.

4 My God, to Thee my Soul (hall turn ;
For Thee my nobleft Paflions burn,

And drinlc in Biifs from Thee alone :
I fix on that unchanging Home,
Where never-fading Pleafures bloom,
Frefh fpringing round thy radiant Throne.

• Pageants, Images, or emblematical Figures in a Cavalcade
Or Proceflion, continuaiiy moving, and quickly gone out of
Sight. See Family Expcfuor in Loc.

CCLXIX. GO D's Fidelity in moderating Temp-
tations, I Cor. x. 13.

1 XJ O W let the Feeble all be ftrong,

-^ And make Jehovah's Arm their Song;
His Shield is fpread o'er ev'ry Saint,
And thus fupported, who fhall faint *

2 What tho' the Hofts of Hell engage
With mingled Cruelty and Rage ?

A faithful God reftrains their Hands,
And chains them down in Iron Bands.

3 Bound by his Word he will difplav,
A Strength proportion'd to our Day;
And, when united Trials meet,
Will (hew a Path of fafe Retreat.

4 Thus far we prove that Promife good,
Which Jefus ratified with Blood :

J J Still

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Still is He gracious, wife, andjuft,
And ftill in Him let Ifrael truft.

CCLXX. Bearing the Image of the earthy and the

heavenly Adam. 1 Cor. xv. 49.
j

11 TirlTH flowing Eyes and bleeding Hearts
VV A blafted World furvey !
See the wide Ruin Sin hath wrought
In one unhappy Day !
\2 Adam, in God's own Image form'd,
From God and Blifs eftrang'd,
And all the Joys of Paradife
For Guilt and Horror chang'd !

; Ages of Labour and of Grief
He mourn'd his Glory loft ;
At length thegoodlieft Work of Heav'fl
Sunk down to common Dull.

. O fatal Heritage bequeathe
To all his helplefs Race !
Thro' the thick Maze of Sin and Woe
Thus to the Grave we pafs.

But, O my Soul, with Rapture hear

The fecond Adam's Name ;
And the celeftial Gifts, He brings

To all his Seed, proclaim.

In Holinefs and Joy compleat

He reigns to endlefs Years,
And each adopted chofen Child

His fplendid Image wears.

7 What

236 II. CORINTHIANS.

7 What tho' in mortal Life they mourn ?

What thV by Death they rail ?
Jefui in one triumphant Day

Transforms and crowns them all.

8 Praife to his rich myfterious Grace !

E'en by our Fall we rife ;
And gain, for earthly Eden loft,
A heav'nly Paradife.

CCLXXI. Mhujlcrs comforted, that they may com-
fort ethers. 2 Cor. i. 4.

1 pOUNTAIN of Comfort and of Love,
A Thy Streams, how free they flow !
Firft water all the World above,

Then vifit us below !

2 From Gbrtfi, the Head, what Grace defcends

To cheiifh ev'ry Part !
He (hares his Joys with all his Friends,
For all have fhar'd his Heart.

.3 What tho' the Sorrows here they feel
Are manifold and great ?
He brings new Con fol at tons ftill,
As various an.! .

4. He fhews our num'rous Sins forrjiv'n,
And fhews our Cov'nant-GoD ;
He witneflerh 1 - Hea\ 'n,

The 1 ijlood.

5 TUo' Earth a;1. ;.ft us join,

In Him we are Lcuie ;

Our

II. CORINTHIANS. 237

Cur Diadems (hall brighter fhinc
For all we now endure.

6 On ev'ry faithful Shepherd's Breaft,
Lord, fend thefe Comforts down;
That they may lead thy Flock to Relt,
Which their own Souls have known.

jCCLXXII. GOD's delivering Goodnefs acknow-
ledged, and trujlcd. 2 Cor. i. io.

A Song for the $th of November.

Hand

1 p RAISE to the Lord, whofe mighty 1
A So oft reveal'd hath fav'd our Land ;
And, when united Nations rofe,

Hath fham'd and fcourg'd our haughtiefl Foes%

2 When mighty Navies from afar
To Britain wafted floating War,

His Breath difpers'd them all with Eafe,
And funk their Terrors in the Seas*,

3 While for our Princes they prepare
In Caverns deep a burning Snare ;
He (hot from Heav'n a piercing Ray,
And the dark Treach'ry brought to Day f .

ij. Princes and Priefts again combine

New Chains to forge, new Snares to twine;

Again our gracious God appears,

And breaks their Chains, andcuts their Snares.

* Referring to the Defeat of the Spanijh Armada, 1588,
• Gunpowder Plot.

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238 II. CORINTHIANS.

5 Obedient Winds at his Command
Convey his Hero to our Land ;

The Sons of Rome with Terror view,

And fpeed their Flight, when none purfue*.

6 Such great Deliv'rance God hath wrought,
And down to us Salvation brought j

And (till the Care of Guardian- Heav'n
Secures the Blifs itfelf hath giv'n.
j In Thee we truft, Almighty Lox^d,
Continu'd Refcue to afford :
Still be thy pow'rful Arm made bare,
For all thy Servants Hopes are there.

• Revolution by King fViliiam, 16SS.

CCLXXIII. Minifiers a fweet Savour, whether of
Life or Death. 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16.

1 P RAISE to the Lord on high,

■* Who fpreads his Triumphs wide !
While Jefus* fragrant Name
Is breath'd on ev'ry Side;

Balmy and rich

The Odours rife,

And fill the Earth

And reach the Skies.

2 Ten thoufand dying Souls
Its Influence feel and live ;
Sweeter than vital Air
The Incenfe they receive :

They breathe anew,
And rife and fing
Jefus the Lord,
Their conqu'ring King.

3 But

II. CORINTHIANS. 239

But Sinners fcorn the Grace,
That brings Salvation nigh ;
They turn their Face away,
And faint, and fall, and die.

So fad a Doom,

Ye Saints, deplore,

For O ! they fall

To rife no more.

Yet, wife and mighty God,
Shall all thy Servants be,
In thofe, who live or die,
A Savour fweet to Thee ;

Supremely bright

Thy Grace (hall fhine,

Guarded with Flames

Of Wrath divine.

CLXXIV. GOD Jhining into the Heart.
2 Cor. iv. 6.

DRAISE to the Lord of boundlefs Might,'
■*■ With uncreated Glories bright !
His Prefence gilds the Worlds above;
Th' unchanging Source of Light and Love,

Our rifing Earth his Eye beheld,
When in fubftantial Darlcnefs veil'd ;
The fnapelefs Chaos Nature's Womb,
Lay buried in eternal Gloom*.

Let there be Lights Jehovah faid,
And Light o'er all its Face was fpread ;

* GenejU i. 2, 3.

5 Nature,

*40 II. CORINTHIANS.

Nature, array'd in Charms unknown,
Gay with its new-born Luftre fhone

4 He fees the Mind, when loft it lies
In vShidcs of Ignorance and Vice;
And darts from Hcav'n a vivid * Ray,
And changes Midnight into Day.

5 Shine, mighty God, with Vigour fhine
On this benighted Heart of mine ;

And let thy Glories fland reveaPd,
As in the Saviour's Face beheld.

6 My Soul, reviv'd by Heav'n-born Day,
Thy radiant Image fhall difplay,
While all my Faculties unite

To praife the Lord, who gives me Light.

* Lively, fprightly.

CCLXX V. The Go/pel Treafure in earthen Vejfels.
2 Cor. iv. 7.

1 TjOW rich thy Bounty, King of Kings!
*-•*" Thy Favours how divine !
The Bleflings, which thyGofpel brin

How fplendidly they fhine !

2 Gold is but Drofs, and Gems butT^

Should Gold and Gems compare;
How mean, when fetagainft thofe Joys,
Thy pooreft Servants fhare !

3 Yet all thefe Treafures of thy Grace

Are lodg'd in Urnsf of Clay j
f Vcflch or Jvs,

And

II. C O R I N T H I A N S. 241

And the weak Sons of mortal Race
Th' immortal Gifts convey.

4 Feebly they lifp thy Glories forth ;

Yet Grace the Vict'ry gives :
Quickly they moulder back to Earth ;
Yet (till thy Gofpel lives.

5 Such Wonders Pow'r divine effects ;

Such Trophies * God can raife ;
His Hand from crumbling Duft erects
Long Monuments of Praife.

* Monuments or Tokens of Vi&orjr.

CCLXXVI. Living to hirriy who died for us,
2 Cor. v. 14, 15.

1 A/TY Lord, didft Thou endure fuch Smart
-*■-*■ My Life, when forfeited, to fave ?
And didft Thou bear upon thy Heart
My Name, when rifing from the Grave ?

' 2 Am I in thy Remembrance ftill,

'Midft all the Glories of thy Throne ?
To form thy Servant to thy Will,
And fix my Dwelling near thy own ?

3 What can a feeble Worm repay
For Love fo infinite as Thine ?
The Torrent bears my Soul away,
ThJ impetuous Stream of Grace divine f.

•f Referring to the Emphafis of the Original Word, viz.
bears us away like a flrong Torrent.

M 4 To

24x II. CORINTHIAN S.

4 To Thee, my Lord, it bears me on ;
Self Hi all be aeify'd • no more ;

By Self betrav'd, by Self undone,
1 live by thy recov'nng Pow'r.

5 Accept a Soul To dearly bought,
Bought by thy Life upon the Tree ;
A Soul which, by thy Spirit taught,
Knows no Delight, but ferving Thee.

* Made a God o.f.

CCLXXVII. GOD the Author of Confolatlon.
2 Cor. vii 6.

1 xHE Lord, how rich his Comforts are !

* How wide they (pread! How high they rile!
He pours in Balm to bleeding Hearts,
And wipes the Tears from flowing Eyes.

2 1 have no Hope, my Spirit cry'd,
Juft trembling on the Brink of Hell ;
J am thy Hope, the Lord reply'd,
My Love fecures its Fav'rites well.

3 My grateful Soul fhall fpealc its Praife,
Who turns its Tremblings into Songs;
And thofe that mourn fhall learn from me,
Salvation to our God belongs.

CCLXXVIII. Satan'; Strong-Holds cajl down by
the GofpeL 2 Cor. x. 4, 5.

1 CHOU T, for the Battlements are fall'n,
0 Which Hcav'n itielf defv'd !

Th'

II. C O R I N T H I A N S. 243

Th' afpiring Tow'rs, difmantled * all,
Now fpread their Ruins wide !

2 Thy wond'rous 7>umpets, Prince of Peace,

Sent forth their mighty Sound ;
The Strength of 'Jericho was (truck,
And totter'd to the Ground f.

3 No more proud Reasonings fhall difputc

What Truth divine declares ;
No more Self-Righteoufnefs to plead
Its own Perfections dares.

i 4 No Strength our ruin'd Pow'rs can boafl

Thy Precepts to fulfil ;
J No Liberty we afk or wifti

For our rebellious Will.

1 5 The Gates we open to admit
The Saviour's gentle Sway :
Bleft Jefus, 'tis thy Right to reign>
Our Pleafure to obey.

6 Each Thought in fweet Subjection held,
Thy fov'reign Pow'r fhall own >
And ev'ry Traitor fhall be flain,
That dares difpute the Throne.

* Demolished, broke down, -j- Jojhua vi. 20.

CCLXXIX. The Chrijiian FareweL 2 Cor. xiii.
1 1.

I 'TpHY Prefence, Everlafting God,
*■• Wide o'er all Nature fpread s abroad ;
Thy watchful Eyes, which cannot fleep,
In ev'ry Place thy Children keep.

M 2 2 While

244 G A L A T I A N S.

rhile near each other we remain,
Thou doft our Lives and Souls fuftain ;
When abfent, happy if we fhare

Smiles, thy Counfels, and thy Care.
3 To Thee we all our Ways commit,

feck our Comforts near thy Feet ;
Still on our Souls vouch fare to fhine,
And guard and guide us ftill as Thine.

4. Give us in thy beloved Houfe
Again to pav our grateful Vows ;
Or, if that Joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around thy Throne.

CCLXXX. Living utbih in the Flejh by Faith in
Christ, who loved us, &c. Galat. ii. 20.

1 \/i Y Jefus, while in mortal Flefh
1V1 I hold my frail Abode,

Still would my Spirit reft on Thee,
Its Saviour, and its God.

2 By hourly Faith in Thee I l;ve

Wlid ft all my Griefs and Snares ;
And Death, encounter'd in thy Sight,
No Form of Korror wears.

3 Yes, Thou haft lov'd this finful Worm,

Haft giv'n Thyfelf forme;
Haft bought me from eternal Death,

Nail'd to the bloody Tree.

4 On thy dear Crofs I fix mine Eyes,

Then raife them to thy Seat ;
Till Love diflblves my inmoft Soul,
At its Redeemer's Feet.

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G A L A T I A N S. 245

5 Be dead, my Heart, to worldly Charms }

Be dead to ev'ry Sin ;
And tell the boldeft Foes without,
That Jefus reigns within.

6 My Life with his connected ftands,

Nor afks a furer Ground ;
He keeps me in his gracious Arms,
Where Heav'n itfelf is found.

CCLXXXI. A filial temper, the Work of the Spi-
rit> and a Proof of Adoption, Gal. iv. 6.

1 C O V ' R E 1 G N of all the Worlds on high,
*-* Allow my humble Claim ;

Nor, while a Worm would raife its Head,
Difdain a Father's Name.

2 My Father GOD! How fweet the Sound !

How tender, and how dear I
Not all the Melody of Heav'n
Could fo delight the Ear.

3 Come, facred Spirit, feal the Name

On mine expanding Heart ;
And fhew, that in Jehovah's Grace
I Hiare a filial Part.

4 Chear'd by a Signal fo divine,

Uitwav'ring I believe ;
Thou know'it I Mb'a, Father, cry,
Nor can the Sign deceive.

5 On Wings of everlafting Love

The Comforter is come -,

M 3 All

E P H E S I A N S,

All Terror:, at his Voice difperfe,
And endlefs Pleafures bloom.

CCLXXXII. Chrijlian Sympathy. Gal. vi. 2.

l JJ A I L, everlafting Prince of Peace !
Hail, Governor divine !
How gracious is thy Scepter's Sway !
What gentle Laws are thine !

1 His tender Heart with Love o'erflow'd^
Love fpoke in ev'ry Breath ;
Vig'rous it reign'd thro' all his Life,
And triumph'd in his Death.

3 All thefe united Charms He fhews
Our frozen Souls to move;
This Proof of Love to Him demands,
That we each other love.

4. O be the facred Law fulrlll'd
In cv'ry Acl and Thought ;
Each angry Paffion far rtmov'd,
Each lelfkh View forgot.
5 Be thou*, my Heart, dilated wide
By thv Redeemer's Grace;
And, in one Grafp of fervent Love,
All Earth and Heav'j] embrace.

CCLXXXIII. Bkftng G 0 D for fpiritual Blef-
■ i Chri st. Lphef. i. 3.

1 1" QUD be thy Name ador'd,
" Tby Title road,

Of

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Of Chriji, our glorious Lord,
The Father and the God !

Thro' fuch a Son,

Thy Churches Head,

Thine Honours fpread

O'er Worlds unknown.

2 Ten thoufand Gifts of Love
From Thee thro' Him defcend ;

, And bear our Souls above
To Joys that never end :
To Heav'n they foar,
Suftain'd by God,
And thro' the Road
His Arm adore.

3 Ten thoufand Songs of Praifc
Shall by the Saviour rife,
And thro' eternal Days
Shall echo round the Skies.

New fhouts we'll give,
And loud proclaim
The honour'd Name,
By which we live.

CCLXXXIV. The grand Scheme of the Go/pel,
£ph. i. 9, 10, 1 1-.

I \\T E fing the deep myfterious Plan,

* Which God devis'd ere Time began ;
At length difclos'd in all its Light.
We blefs the wond'rous Birth of Love,
Which beams around us from above,

With Grace fo free, and Hope fo bright.

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248 E P H E S I A N S.

2 Here has the wife eternal Mind

In Chrtfli their common Head, conjoin'd

Gentiles aiuj JiWS^ and Earth and Heav'n :
Thro' Him, from the great Father's Throne,
Rivers of Blifs come lolling down,
And endlefs Peace and Life are giv'n.

3 No more the awful Cherubs guard
The Tree of Life with flaming Sword,

To drive afar Man's trembling Race ;
At Salem's pearly Gates they (land,
And fmilmg wait (a friendly Band !)

To welcome Strangers to the Place.

4 While we expect that glorious Sight,
Love (hall our Hearts with theirs unite,

And ardent Hope our Bofoms ra
From Earth's dark Vale, and Tongues of Clay,
To thefe refplendent Realms of Day,

We'll try to fend the founding Praife.

CCLXXXV. The heavenly Inheritance made known
ij .he Spirit. Ephef. i. 18.

1 p O M E, Thou celeflial Spirit, come,

And call my roving Paflions home j
To mine enlighten 'd Eyes difplay
The Heritage of heav'fi'y Day.

2 My God, that Heritage is Thine:
How rich, how glorious, how divine !
How far above all mortal Thii

The little Pride of Courts and Kings !

3 Of endlefs Joy the unbounded Store,

y is its Lullre known no more ?

A war s

E P H E S I A N S. 249

Awav, ye Miles of envious Night,
That veil Salvation from my Sight !

4 Shine forth, Almighty Saviour, fhine;
Shew the bright World, and mew it mine;
Then Paradife on Earth (hall fpring,

And mortal Worms like Angels ling.

CCLXXXVI. Salvation by Grace. Eph. ii. 5.

: 1 pRACE! 'tis a charming Sound,
^-^ Harmonious to mv Ear;
Heav'n with the Echo fhall refound, -
And all the Earth fhall hear.

2 Grace fir'ft contriv'd a Way
To fave rebellious Man,
And all the Steps that Grace difplay,
Which drew the wond'rous Plan.

5 Grace taught my wand'ring Feet
To tread the heav'nly Road,

And new Supplies each Hour I meet,
While prelling on to God.

\, Grace all the Work fhall crown
Thro' everlafting Days;
It lays in Heav'n the topmofl Stone,
And well deferves the Praife.

* CCL3fXXVN. Chrtftians rifen and exalted with
Christ to heavenly Places. Eph. ii. 5, 6.

1 CTUPENDOUS Grace! and can it be
*^ Deiign'd for Rebels fuch as we I

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250 E P H E S I A N S.

O let our ardent Praifcs rife,

High as our Hopes beyond the Skies ?

2 This Flefh, by righteous Vengeance (lain,
Might ever in the Duft remain •,

Thefe guilty Spirits Pent to dwell

Wiidft all the Flames and Fiends * of Hell.

3 But lo, incarnate Love defcends ;
Down to the Sepulchre it bends ;
Riling, it tears the B .»rs away,
And fprings to its own native Day.

4 Then was our Sepulchre unbar'd ;
Then was our Path to Glory clcar'd ;
Then, ir that Saviour be our own,
Did we afcend a heav'nly Throne.

5 A Moment (hall our Joy compleat,
And fix us in that fhining Scat,
Bought by the Pangs our Lord endur'tt,
And by unchanging Truth (ecur'd.

6 O may that Love, in Strains fublime,
Be fung to the laft Hour of' Time !
And let Lternity confefs,

'1'hro' all its Rounds, the matchlefs Grace.

* Evil Spirit3.

CCLXXXV1II. Nearnefs to GOD through
Christ. Lph. ii. i j.

N D are we now brought near to God,
Who once at Diilance ftood ?
And, to effect this glorious Change,
Did Jefui ilied his Blood \

2 O

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2 O for a Song of ardent Praife

To bear our Souls above !
What fhould allay our lively Hope,
Or damp our flaming Love !

3 Draw us, O Lord, with quick'ning Grace,.

And bring us yet more near ;
Here may we fee thy Glories fhine,
And tafte thy Mercies here.

4 'O may that Love, which fpread thy Board,

Difpofe us for the Feaft;
May Faith behold a mailing God
Thro' Jefus' bleeding Breaft.

5 Fir'd with the View, our Souls fhall rife

In fuch a Scene as this,
And view the happy Moment near,
That fhall compleat our Blifs.

CCLXXXIX. The LijUtution of aGofpel-MiniJlry
from Christ. Eph. iv. 11, 12.

For the Ordination or Settlement of a Minifler*

1 FATHER of Mercies, in thy Houfe

Smile on our Homage, and our Vows;
While with a grateful Heart we {hare
• Thefc Pledges of our Saviour's Care.

2 The Saviour, when to Heav'n He rofe
In fplendid Triumph o'er his Foes,
Scatter'd his Gifts on Men below,
And wide his royal Bounties flow.

M 6 3 Hence

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ne ;

;C ;

And hence the j

4 Li lowlier Forms, to blefs our Eyer,

. ; from hence, and Teachers rife ;
Who, tho' with feebler Rays they fhine,
Still gild a long-extended Line.

5 From Chr'ijl their varied Gifts derive,
And fed by Chrijl their Graces live:
While, guarded by his potent Hand,
'Midft all the Rage of Hell they ftand.

6 So (hall the bright Succeflion run
Thro' the laft Courfes of the Sun ;
While unborn Churches by their Care
Shall rife and ilourim. large and fair.

7 Jrfcs our Lord their Hearts (hail know,
The Spring, whence all thefe Bleflings How:
Pajiors and People fhout his Praife

Thro' the long Round of endlefs Days.

CCXC. Christ the Head of the Church.
Eph. iv. 15, 16.

j ^jfESUS, I fing thy matchlefs Graflp,
J That calls a Worm thy own ;
Gives me among thy Saints a Place
To make thy Glories known.

2 Allied to Thee our vital Head,
Wc acl, and grow, and thrive :

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From "fhee divided, each is dead,
When moit he feems alive.

3 Thv Saints on Earth, and thofe above

Here join in fvveet Accord ;
One Body all in mutual Love,
And Thou, our common Lord.

4 O may my Faith each Hour derive
. Thy Spirit with Delight;

While Death and Hell in vain (hall ftrivtt
This Bond to difunite.

5 Thou the whole Body wilt prefent

Before thy Father's Face ;
Nor fhall a Wrinkle or a Spot
Its beauteous Form difgrace.

CCXCI. Love to others urged from Chri sTf3
Love, in giving himfelf a Sacrifice* Eph. v. 2.

1 'VT O W be that Sacrifice furvey'd,

-^ That Ranfom which the Saviour paid ;
That Sight familiar to my View,
Yet always wond'rous, always new.

2 The Lamb of God, that groan'd and bled,
And gently bow'd his dying Head ;
While Love to Sinners nYd his Heart,

And conquer'd all the killing Smart.

3 Bleft Jefus, while thy Grace I fing,
What grateful Tribute fhall I bring,

. That Earth and Heav'n and Thoa may'ftfee
My Love to Him, who died for me r

4 That

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4 That OfFring, Lord, thy Word hath taught,
Nor be thy new Command forgot,

That, if their Mailer's Death can move,
Thy Servants fhould each other Jove.

5 When to thy facred Crofs we fly,
There Jet each favage Paffion die;
While the warm Streams of Blood divine
Melt our cold Hearts to Love like thine.

CCXCII. The JVifdomcf redeeming Time. Eph.
v. 15, 16.

1 POD of Eternity, from Thee

^^ Did Infant-Time his Being draw;
Moments and Days, and Months and Years,
Revolve by thine unvaried Law.

2 Sileitf and flow they glide away ;
Steady and ftrong the Current flows,
Loft in Eternity's wild Sea,

The boundk-is Gulf, from whence it rofe.

3 With it the thoughtlefs Sons of Men
Before the rapid Streams are borne
On to that everlafting Home,
Where not one Soul can e'er return.

4 Yet while the Shore on either Side
Prefents a gaudy flattering \

We gaze, in fond Arm lenient loft,
Nor think to what a World we go.

r Great Source of Wifdom, teach my Heart
To know the Price of ev'ry Hour ;

That

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That Time may bear me on to Joys
Beyond its Moafure, and its Povv'r.

CCXCIII. Christ's Love to the Church in giving
himfejf for it, &c. Eph. v. 25 — 27.

1 T>Ridegroom of Souls, how rich thy Love !
*-* How gen'rous, how divine !

Our inmoft Hearts it well may move,
' While thus our Voices join.

2 Deform'd and wretched once we lay,

Worthy thy Hate and Scorn ;
Yet Love like thine could find a Way
To refcue and adorn.

3 Thou art our Ranfom ; from thy Veins

A wond'rous Fountain flows,
To warn thy Bride from all her Stains,
And heal our deeped Woes.

4 Transform'd by Thee, e'en here below

Thy Church is bright and fair :
But O ! how glorious mall me fhew*
When Jefus fhall appear f

5 Thine Eye thall all her Form furvey

With infinite Delight,
Confefs'd, in tha LUuftrious Day,
Unblemilh'd in thy bight.

CCXCIV. C h r t s t's Service, the Fruit of our
Labours on Earth. Phil. i. 22.

I \IY Gracious Lord, I own thy Right
™^ To ev'ry Service I can pay ^

And

256 P H I L I P P I A N S.

And call it my fupreme D

To hear thy Dictates and obey.

2 What is my Being, but

re Support, its nobleft End ?
Thy ever- (railing Face to Ice,
And fervc the Cauie of fuch a Friend ?

3 I would not breathe for worldly Joy,
Or to increafe my worldly Good ;
Nor future Days or Pow'rs employ
To fpread a founding Name abroad.

4 'Tis to my Saviour I would live ;
To Him, who for my Ranfomdied,
Nor could untainted Eden give
Such Blifs, as blofToms at his Side.

5 His Work my hoary Age fhall blefs,
When youthful Vigour is no more :
And my laft Hour of Life confefs
His Love hath animating Povv'r.

CCXCV. The Happlnefs of departing and bang
with Christ. Phil. i. 23.

1 T T7 H I L E on the Verge of Life I ftand,

* * And view the Scene on either Hand,
My Spirit ftruggles with its Clay,
And longs to wing its Flight away.

2 Where Jefus dwells my Soul would be;
It faints my much-lov'd Lord to fee :
Earth, twine no more about my ILart,
For 'tis far better to depart.

3 Come,

P H I L I P P I A N S. 257

3 Come, ye angelic Envoy *, come,
And lead the willing Pilgrim home :
Ye know the Way to Jefus' Throne,
Source of my Joys, and of your own.

4. That blefTed Interview, how fweet I
To fall tranfported at his Feet !
Rais'd in his Arms to view his Face,
Thro' the full Beamings of his Grace !

5 To fee Heav'n's fhining Courtiers round,
. Each with immortal Glories crown'd !

And, while his Form in each I trace,
' Belov'd, and loving all t' embrace !

5 As with a Seraph's Voice to fmg !
' To fly as on a Cherub's Wing !
; Performing with unwea ied Hands
A prefent Saviour's high Commands !

7. Yet, with, thefe Profpedls full in Sight,
I'll wair thy Signal for my Flight;
For, while thy Service I pur'ue,
1 find my Hcav'n begun below.

* MefTengcrs, Embaflacors.

bCXCVL PreJJingGnintheChriftian Race. Phil,
lii. 12 — 14.

<: AWAKE, my Soul, flretch ev'ry Nerve,
^^ And prefs with Vigour on :
A heav'nly Race demands thy Zeal,
And an immortal Crown.

2 A

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2 A Cloud of WitneiTes around
thee in full Sur

Forget the Steps already trod,
And onward urge thy Way.

3 'Tis God's all-animating Voice,
That calls thee from on high ;

'Tis his own Hand prefents the Prize
To thine afpiring Lye.

4 That Prize with peerlefs Glories bright,
Which (hall new Luftre hoaft,

WThen Victors Wreaths* and MonarchsGems
Shall blend in common Duft.

5 Bleft Saviour, introduc'd by Thee,
Have I my Race begun ;

And crown'd with Vict'ry at thy Feet
I'll lay my Honours down.

• Crowns or Garlands given to Conquerors,

CCXCVII. GOD Applying the Neuffitm of bis

;.>. Phil. iv. 19, 2 0.

I \fT Y God, how chearful is the Sound !
-*•■*• How pleafant to repeat !

II mav that Heart whh Pleafure bound,
Where God hath fix'd his Seat.

tt Want (hall not our God fupply
From his redundant Stores ?
What Stre
An Arm -

3 From C.

Thefe am; : How :

C O L O S S I A N S. 259

Prepare, my Lips, his Name to fing,
Whcfe Heart hath lov'd us fo.

4 Now to our Father and our God
Be endlefs Glory giv'n,
Thro' all the Realms of Man's Abode,
And thro' the higheft Heav'n.

CCXCVIII. Thankfulnefs for being made meet for
the heavenly Inheritance, ColofT. i. 12.

1 A LL-Glorious God, what Hymns of Praife
^*- Shall our tranfported Voices raife ?
What flaming Love and Zeal is due,
While Heav'n ftands open to our View?

2 Once we were fall'n, and O ! how low !
Juit on the Brink of endlefs Woe ;
Doom'd to a Heritage in Hell,
Where Sinners all in Darknefs dwell.

: 3 But io, a Ray of chearful Light
Scatters the horrid Shades of Night !
Lo, what triumphant Grace is fhewn
To Souls impov'rinYd and undone !

4 Far, far beyond thefe mortal Shores
A bright Inheritance is ours ;

Where Saints in Light our Coming wait.
To fhare their holy blifsful State.

5 If ready dreft for Heav'n we fhine,
Thine are the Robes, the Crown is Thine :
May endlefs Years their Courfe prolong,
While " Thine the Praife," is all our Song.

CCXCIX.

26o COLOSSI A NS.

CCXCIX./^/W; andChrijYians unit td in Christ,
Head, Col oft*, ii. 10.

1 1_J AIL to EmanueTs ever rnnour'd Name !

ye Angels, thro' HeavVb fa-

cred 2 lame.

Ye (center m, before his Throne,

And ., bow humbly down.

He is your fead ; ite Awe adore him,

Aiu lay with Joy your radiantCrowns before him.

2 \1 in his refulgent Beams ye fliine,

. nee * from his Source divine ;
, e wait the Signal of his Hand,
H'-nour'd too highly by his leafr. Command ;
indwelling Deity admii
And tq ter hinge (till afpiring.

3 Mortals with you in chearful Homage

And bring their Anthems to Emanuers Shrine;
Mean as we are, with Sins and Griefs befet,
c glory, that in Him we are compleat.
He is our Head, and we with you aiore him,
And p ants; our Joys, our Hearts be-

fore him.

4 We fing the Blood that ranfom'd us from Hell ;
We fing the G Paces, that in Jefus dwell ;
Led by his Spirit, guarded bv his Hand,
Our Hopes anticipate your goodly Land;

Still his incarnate Deity admiring.
AndwithHeavVsHierarc hy

* Beinsr, or Life. f The fevcral Orders of Angels.

CCC

I. THESSALONIANS. 261

CCC. Chriftiansy as rifen with Christ, exhorted
to feek Things above. ColofT. iii. I.

1 O EAR KEN, ye Children of your God;
*•■* Ye Heirs of Glory, hear;

For Accents fo divine as thefe
Might charm the dulleft Ear.

2 Baptiz'd into your Saviour's Death,

Your Souls to Sin muft die ;
With Chri/i our Lord ye live anew,
With Chriji afcend on high.

I 3 There at his Father's Hand He fits
Enthron'd divinely fair ;
Yet owns Himfelf your Brother ftill,
And your Forerunner there.

4 Rife from thefe earthly Trifles, rife,

On Wings of Faith and Love ;
jfefus your choiceft Treafure lies,
And be your Hearts, above.

5 But Earth and Sin will drag us down,

When we attempt to fly;
Lord, fend thy ftrong attractive Force
To raife and fix us high.

CCCI. The Profpcrity of the Church, the Life of a
faithful Minijhr. I Thefl*. iii. 8.

I T> L E S T Jefus9 bow thine Ear,
■*-* While we intreat thy Love;
O come, and all our Hearts pofTefs,
And our beft Faflions move.

2 May

262 II. T H E S S A L O N I A X S.

2 May we (land faft in Thee,

Storms and Tcmpcfrs beat;
An:! in thy Guardian-Arms obtain
A calm and fafe Retreat.

3 Still be thy Truth maintain'd,
And ftill thy Wordobey'd,

And to the Merits of thy Blood
A conftant Homage paid.

4 So fhall thy Shepherds live,
And raife their chearful Head,

And, in fuch Blcflings on their Flock,
Confefs their Toils repaid.

CCCII. Ccmfort on the Death of pious Friends.
I Their, iv. 17, 18.

1 '"pRanfporting Tidings which we hear !

*- What Mufic to the pious Ear !
Chrijl loves each humble Saint fo well,
He with his Lord (hall ever dwell.

2 Bleft Jefus, Source of ev'ry Grace,
From far to view thy fmiling Face,
While abfent thus by Faith we live,
Exceeds all Joys, that Earth can give.

3 But O ! what Extacy unknown

Fills the wide Circle round thy Throne,
Where ev'ry rapt'rous Hour appears
Nobler than Millions of our Years !

4 Millions by Millions multiplied

bhall ne'er thy Saints from Thee divide;

But

II. T H E S S A L O N I A N S. 263

But the bright Legions live and praife
Thro' all thy own immortal Days.

5 O happy Dead, in Thee that fleep,
While o'er their mould'ring Duft we weep !
O faithful Saviour, who fhalt come
That Dull to ranfom from the Tomb !

5 While thine unerring Word imparts-
So rich a Cordial to our Hearts,
Thro' Tears our Triumphs (hall be fhown,
Tho' round their Graves, and near our own.

CCCIII. Christ glorified and admired in his
Saints at the great Day. 2 TheiT. i. 10.

V7" & Heav'ns, with Sounds of Triumph ring;

Ye Angels, burft into a Song ;
Jefus defcends, victorious King,
And leads his fhining Train along.

I Ye Saints that ileep in Duft, arife ;
Let Joy re-animate your Clay ;
Spring to your Saviour thro' the Skies,
And round his Throne your Homage pay.

3 Then let the Sons of Heav'n draw nigh,
While to th' aftonifh'd Hofts you tell,

, How feeble Mortals rofe fo high

From Graves and Worms, from Sin and Hell.

k Tell them, in Accents like their own,
| What an incarnate God could do;
Then point to Jefus on the Throne,
And boaft, that Jefus died for you.

4 5 Tranf-

264 I T I M O T H Y.

5 Trnnfportcd, they no more can hear ;
1 h' ir Voices catch the facrrd Name;
Harmonious to his Father's Ear,
jfejin the Gcd, their Harps proclaim.

6 Sin hath its dire * Jncurfions made,

That Thou might'ft prove thy Fow'r to fave ;
And Death its Enfigns wide difplay'd,
That Thou might it triumph o'er the Grave.

* Dreadful.

CCCIV. Christ feen of Angch, i Tim. iii.«i6-.

1 C\ Ye immortal Throng

^ Of Angels round the Throne,
Join W!th our feeble Song
To make the Saviour known :

On Earth ye knew

His wond'rous Grace,

His beauteous Face

In Heav'n ye view.

2 Ye faw the Heav'n-born Child
In human Flefh array'd,
Benevolent and mild,

While in the Manger lard :
And Praife to God,
And Peace on Earth,
For iuch a Birth,
Prociaim'd aloud.

2 Ye in the Wildernefs

Beheld the Tempter fpoilM,
Well known in ev'ry Drefs,
In ev'ry Combat foil'di

And

I. T J M O T H Y. 265

And joy'd to crown
The Vi&or's Head,
When Satan fled
Before his Frown.

4 Around the bloody Tree

Ye prefs'd with ftrong Defire,
That wond'rous Sight to fee,
The Lord of Life expire;

And, could your Eyes

Have known a Tear,

Had dropp'd it there

In fad Surprize.

5 Around his facred Tomb
A willing Watch ye keep ;
Till the bleft Moment come
To rouze Him from his Sleep :

Then roll'd the Stone,
And all ador'd
Your rifing Lord
With Joy unknown.

6 When all array'd in Light
The fhining Conqu'ror rode,
Ye hail'd his rapt'rous Flight
Up to the Throne of God 5

And wav'd around
Your golden Wings, *
And ftruck your Strings
Of fweeteft Sound.
j The warbling Notes purfue,
And louder Anthems raife ;
While Mortals fing with you
Their own Redeemer's Praife ;

N A*l

266 II. T I M O T H Y.

And thou, my Heart,
With equal Flame,
And Joy the fame,
Perform thy Part.

CCCV. The Stability of the divine Foundation, and
its double Infcription. 2 Tim. ii. 19.

1 *"p O Thee, great Architect on high,

* Immortal Thanks be paid,
Who, to fupport thy finking Saints,
This firm Foundation laid.

2 Fix'd on a Rock thy Gofpel {lands,

And braves * the Rage of Hell ;
And, while the Saviour's Hand protects,
His Blood cements it well.

3 Here will I build my final Hope;

Here reft my weary Soul ;
Majeftic fhall the Fabric f rife,
Till Glory crown the whole.

4 Deep on my Heart, All-gracious Lord,

Engrave its double Seal-;
Which, while it fpeaks thy honour'd Name,
Its facred Ufe may tell.

5 Dear by a thoufand tender Bonds,

Thy Saints to Th'ee are known ;
And, confeious whaf a Name they bear,
Iniquity they {hun.

• Defies. f Building.

CCCVL

HEBREWS. 267

CCCVI. Perfection to be expe&ed by every true
Chrijiwn. 2 Tim. iii. i2.

1 GR£A 7 LeaderoF ^ine Ifraen Hoft,

We fhout thy conqu'ring Name s
Regions of Foes belet Thee round, '
And Legions fled with Shame.

2 A VicTry glorious and compleat

Thou by thy Death didft gain j
So in thy Caufe may we contend*
And Death itfelf fuftain.

3 By our illuftrious Gen'ral fir'd,

We no Extremes would fear $

Prepar'd to ftruggle and to bleed,

If Thou, our Lord, >- near.

4 WVH trace the Footfteps Thou hafl: drawn

To Triumph and Renown ;
' Nor fliun thy Combat and thy Crofs
May we but fhare thy Crown.

CCCVII. TheCbriJlian Scheme of Salvation worth
of GOD. Hebrews ii. 10.

JMMORTAL God, on Thee we call,

1 he great Original of all 3
Thro' Thee we are, to Thee we tend,
Our fure Support, our glorious End.
I We praife that wife myfterious Grace,
That pi ied our revolted Race,
And Jefus, our victorious Head,
The Captain of Salvation made.

N 2 3 He,

263 H E B R E W S.

3 He, reed,
Should a »ad •

are giv'n,
A Colony to p?cp!c Heav'n.

4 Jefiu foru^, (O gracious Name!)
Encounter'^ Agony and Shame:

Glorious and the Great,
as by dire* SufPrings made complcat.

5 A Scene of Wonders here we fee,
Worthy thy ^on, and worthy Thee:

And, while this Theme employsour Tongues,
All Heav'n unites its fweeteit Son^s.

o

CCCVIII.Satan^iDeath conquered by the Death
of Christ. Heb. ii. 14, 15.

5'

AT AN, the dire * Invader came
Our new-made World t' annoy:
And Death march'd dreadful in his Rear,
His Captives to deilroy.

2 Caught in his Snares our Father funk ;

With him his Children fell ;
And Death his fatal Shaft f prepar'd
To fmite them down to Hell.

3 Jefus with pitving Eye beheld,

And left his ftarry Crown ;
Turn'd his own Weapons on the Foe,
And mow'd his Legions down.

• Dreadful. f Arrow,

4 By J

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j. By Death the Saviour Death difarm'd,
That we in Light may fhine ;
And fix'd this great myfteriojis Law,
Tnat Ddft (hould Dud refine.

5 No more the pointed Shaft we fear,
Nor dreacl the Monger's Boaft ;
No more the picus Dead we mourn,
, As Friends for ever Joft.

.0 Their Tongues, great Prince of Life, (hall join
With our recover'd Breath,
And all th' immortal Hofts, t' afcribe
Our VidTry to thy Death.

CCC1X. An Immediate Attention to GOD's Voice
required* Heb. iii. 15.

1 '"PHE Lord Jehovak calls,

A Be ev'ry Ear inclin'd ;
May fuch a Voice awake each Heart,
And captivate the Mind.

2 If Me in Thunder fpeaks,
Earth trembles at his Nod ;

But gentle Accents here proclaim
The condescending God.

3 O harden not your Hearts,
But hear his Vole** To-day ;

Lett, ere To marrow's earlieft Dawn,
He ca!' vour Souls away. .

4 Almighty God, pronounce

The Word of conqu'ring Grace;

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So fhall the Flint diflblve to Tears,
And Scorners feelc thy Face.

CCCX. The eternal Sabbath. Heb. W. 9.

J T OR D of the Sabbath, hear our Vo-vs,
*^ On this thy Day, in this thy Houic :
And own, as ^rateM Sacrifice,
The Stfrigs, which from the Defart rife.

2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love ;
But there's a nobler Reft above ;

To that our lab'ring Souls afpire
With ardent Pangs 0/ ftrong Defirc.

3 No more Fatigue, no more Diftr fs;
Nor Sun nor fieil fnall reach the Place;
No Groans to mingle with the Songs,
Which warble from immortal Tongues.

4. No rude Alarms of raging Foes ;
No Cares to break the long Repofe ;

' lidnight Shade, no clouded Sun,
But facred, hi^h, eternal Noon.

5 O 1 on g<*ex peeled Day be?, in ;

Dawn on fncfe Realms of Woe an^ Sin :
Fain would we leave this weary Ro.ul,
And flcep in Death to reft with God.

CCCXI. Christ our Forerunner, andtU
(latlon of our Hope. Heb. vi. 19, 20.

j f^YESUS the Lord our Souls adore,
J A painful SufFrcr now no more 5

HEBREWS. 271

High on his Father's Throne He reigns
O'er Earth, and Heav'n's extenfive Plains.

2 His Race for ever is compleat;
Forever undifturb'd his Seat;
Myriads of Angels round Him fly,
And fing his well-gain'd Vi&ory.

3 Yet, 'midft the Honours of his Throne*
He joys not for Himfelf alone;

His meaneft Servants fnare their Part,
Share in that royal tender Heart.

4 Raife, raife my Soult thy raptur'd Sight
With facred Wonder and Delight ;
jf^fus thy own Forerunner fee

Enter'd beyond the Veil for thee.

5 Loud let the howling Tempeft yell,
And foaming Waves to Mountains fwell,
Ko Shipwreck can my Venel fear,
Since Hope hath fix'd its Anchor here.

CCCXII. The evil Ccnfcience purified by the Blood
of Jesus. Heb. ix. 13, 14.

1 "DLEST be the Lamb, whole Blood was fpilt ]
*** To fprinkle Conscience from its Guilt j
To eafe its Pains, to calm its Fears,

And purchafe Grace for future Years.

2 Cleans'd by this all-atoning Blood,
We joy in free Accefs to God,
The living God, before whofe Face
Sinners in vain fhall feek a Place.

N 4 3 Rouze

2J2. HEBRE W S.

3 Rouze thee, my Soul, to ferve him ftill
With cordial Love, with active Zeal :
Serve him, like his own Son divine,
Who made his Life the Price of thine.

4 Bled Jtfis, introduce by Thee,
The Father's fmiling Face I fee;
And, ftrengthen'd by thy Grac* alone,
Thefe grateful Services are done.

5 Then muft my Debt from Day to Day
Grow with each Service that I pay ;
So grows my Joy, Dear Lord, to be
Thus more and more fti Debt to Thee.

CCCXIII. Death and Judgment appointtd to all.
Heb. ix. 27.

* JLJ E A V ' N has confirm'd the great Decree,
" That Adam's Race muft die :
One gen'ral Ruin fsveeps them down,
And low in Duft they lie.

Ye living Men, the Tomb furvey,
Where you muft quickly dwell ;

Hark how the awful Summons founds
In ev'ry Fun'ral Knell !

Once you muft die, and once for all ;

The folemn Purport weigh ;
For know, that Heav'n and Hell are hung

On that important Day.

Thofc Eyes, fo long in Darknefs veil'd,
Malt wake the Judge to fee,

And

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And ev'ry Word, and ev'ry Thought
Mult pafs his Scrutiny.

5 O may I in the Judge behold
My Saviour and my Friend,
And Tar beyond the Reach of Death
With all his Saints afcend.

CCCXIV. Chris t's fecond Appearance^ &c.
Heb. ix. 28.

ars,
bears :

1 p E FI O L D the Son of God appear

And in his Flefh our Sms He bears
The Victim at God's Altar flood
To expiate Guilt by Groans and Blood.

2 But lo, a fecond Time He comes

To (hake-th-e Earth, and rend the Tombs ;

Thefe Heav'ns before Him melt away,
And Sun and Stars in Smoke decay.

3 Yet 'midfl: this gen'ral Wreck and Dread,
Ye Saints, with Triumph lift the Head 3
With glad: Surprize your Saviour meet,
Who comes to make your Bl.fs compleat.

4 My Soul, an Happinefs To great
With pleafing Expectation wait;
And, while I dwell upon the Thought,
Be Earth and all its Toys forgot.

5 My Saviour-GoD, what Grace is thine,
Which gives a Profpecl: fo divine !

Come blefi'ed Day, and teach our Tongues
How Angels warble out their Songs.

N 5 CCCXV.

274 HEBREW S.

CCCXV. Libirty to enter through the Val by the

Blood of Christ. Hcb. x. 19—22.

1 APPROACH, vc Children of yourGoD-

1 :v rues 0f Heav'n
Holicfl with Deli

2 Pal's thro' the Veil, the Saviour'* FJdbf

new and living \
And W * in Love

Shall

th Sin-atoning Bl
I he Throne bath . ' . r ;

His fragrant Inccnfe fprcads its Cloud,
And Juftic 1 :norc.

4 Approach wit!) Boldncfa and with Joy,

But fpotleft all draw near j

>ur Lives from ev'ry Stain,
Corifcience

5 So {hall the Ble.Tings of his Grace
. On all your Souls diftil,

Till l ! Priefl appears

On his eclcftial Hill.

• SurrounJcd wr.h and foftcned by.

CCCXVI. GODS Fixity ,0 bit Promi/a.
1Kb. x. -

1 nr hf; PromHfej i fin-,

Which fov'ieign Love hath fpokej

1 Nor

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fi E BREW ft 275

Nor will th' eternal King
His Words of Grace revoke -,

They ftand fecure,

And ftedfaftftill;

Not Zion's Hill

Abides fo fure.

a The Mountains melt away
When once the Judge appears.
And Sun and Moon decay,
That meafure Mortals Years ^

But ftill the fame

In radiant Lines

The Promife fhines

Thro' all the Flame.

3 Their Harmony fhall found
Thro' mine attentive Ears,
When Thunders cleave the Ground,
And diffipate the Spheres;

'Midtt all the Shock

Of that dread Scene,

I ftaid ferene,

Thy Word my Rock.

CCCXVII. The Day approaching, a Motive t9
Love and Worfoip. Heb. x. 24, 25.

1 'TP H E Day approacheth, O my Soul,

A The great decifive Day,
Which frOm the Verge of mortal Life
Shall bear tnee far away.

2 Another Day more awful dawns ;

And lo, the Judge appears j

N6 Ye

276 HEBREWS.

Ye Heav'ns, retire before his Face,
And fink, ye darken'd Stars.

3 Yet does one fhort preparing Hour,

One precious Hour remain ;
Rouzethec, my Soul, with all thy Pow'r,
Nor let it pal's in vain.

4 With me my Brethren foon muft die,
And at that Bar appear ;

Now be our Intercourfe improv'd
To mutual Comfort here.

5 For this, thy Temple, Lord, we throng ;
For this, thy Board furround ;

Here may our Service be approv'd,
And in thy Prefence crown'd.

CCCXVIIL Abraham'; Faith in leaving his
Country at the divine Command. Heb. xi. 8.

I "XJO W let our Son^s proclaim abroad
^^ Th' unchanging Name of Jbratns God ;

In Him let Abram's Children boaft,
Their Father's ever-living Lord,
His Shield, his Friend, his great Reward,

Who never can deceive their Truft.

Call'd by thy Voice, with joyful Speed
He went, where Thou waft pleas'd to lead,

Unknowing in the Path he trod ;
His Land, his Kindred, ftrove in vain
The pious Pilgrim to detain,

Propt on the Promife of his God.

1 So

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So at thy Word the Saint foregoe *
Each tender Tie, which Nacure knows,

And hears no other Voice but Thine ;
Marches, where Thou fhalt point the Way,
Where Thou fhalt pitch his Tent, will ftay,

And learns his Ifaac to refign.

At length, ftill faithful to thy own,
Thou call'ft him to a World unknown,

Thro' Paths untrod by mortal Feet ;
Smiling he owns thy Voice in Death,
Gives to the Air his fleeting Breath,

And finds the Road to Abram's Seat.
* Bieaks thro*.

^CCXIX. The GOD of the Patriarchs preparing
them a City. Heb. xi. 16.

[ J Am thy GOD, Jehovah faid,
"*■ To Abram, and his chofen Seed;
And ftill the fame Relation owns
To each of Abrarns faithful Sons.

2 Sov'reign of Heav'n, what Works of Love
So grand a Title (hall approve ?

What fplendid Gifts will God beftow,
That all its high Import may know ?

3 Not the rich Flocks and Herds that feed
Round Abrams Tents in Mamre's Mead ;
Not Jofepb's Chariot, nor the Throne,
Iv'ry and Gold of Solomon.

4. No: Canaan's Plains a Lot can prcve
Proportion^ to Jehovah's Lovcj

[No

278 II EBItEWS.

Not 'Zio?i\ ficred Mountain, where
His Temple glitter'd like a Star.

5 O'er Zhn's Mount, o*er Canaan s Plains,
Oppreffion now, and Horror reigns ;
And, where the Throne of" Djvid ftood,
His ruin'd Sepulchre is view'd.

6 'Tis in the Heav'n of Heav'ns alone
Thou mak'ft thy wond'rou^Friendfhipknown;
A City there thy Hand prepares,

Fix'd as thy own eternal Years.

J Long as they reign before thy Face,
The blifsful Nations (hall confefs,
Thy fov'reign Love has there beftow'd
Salvation worthy of a God.

CCCXX. Mofes'j wife Choice. Heb. xi. 26.

1 \yT Y Soul, with all thy waken'd Pow'rs
•*- * Survey the heav'nly Prize;

Nor let theft glitt'riog Toys of Earth
Allure thy wand'ring Eyes.

2 The fplendid Crown, which Mofes fought,

S nl be,, .is around his Bro v j
Tho' foon great Pharaoh's 1'cepter'd Pride,
Was taught by Death to bow.

3 The Joys and Treaiure^ of a Day

1 chearfullv r Qgfl ;
Rich in that iarg immortal Store,
Secur'd by Grace divine,

4 Let

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{. Let Fools my wifer Choice deride,
Angels and God approve ;
Nor Scorn of Men, nor Rage of Hell
My ftedfaft houl fball move.

5 With ardent Eye that bright Reward
- 1 daily will furvey ;
And in the blooming Profpecl: lofe
The Sorrows of the Way.

CCCXXI. Acling, at feeing him^ who is invifillc
Heb. xi. -27.

1 pp T ER N" A L and Immortal King,

*~* Thy peerlefs * Splendors none can bearr
But Darlcnefs veils Seraphic Eyes,
When God with all his Luftre's there.

2 Yet Faith can pierce the awful Gloom,
The great Invifible can fee ;

And with its Tremblings mingle Joy
In fix'd Regards, Great God, to Thee.

3 Then ev'ry tempting Form of Sin,
Sham'd in thy Prefence, difappears ;
And ai: the glowing raptur'd Soul
The Likenefs it contemplates wears.

4 O Ever-confcious to my Heart,
Witnefs to its fupreme Defire,
Behold it preffeth on to Thee,

For it hadi caught the heav'nly Fire.

5 This one Petition would it urge,
To bear Thee ever in its Sights

• Unequalled.

la

2&o HEBREW S.

In Life, in Death, in Worlds unknown,
Its only Portion and Delight.

CCCXXII. SubjcMon to GOD, the Father of
our Spirits. Heb. xii. -9.

1 pTERNAL Sourceof Life and Thought,
*-* Be all beneath Thyfelf forgot;
Whilft Thee, great Parent-Mind, we own
In proftrate Homage round thy Throne.

2 Whilft ia themfelves our Souls furvey
Of Thee fome faint reflected Ray,
They wond'ring to their Father rife ;

His rovv'r how vaft ! His Thoughts how wife!

3 Behold us as thine Offspring, Lord,
And do not cart: us off abhorr'd ;
Nor let thy Hand, fo long our Jov,
Be rais'd in Vengeance to deftroy.

4. O may we five before thy Face,
The willing Subjects of thy Grace;
And thro' each Path of Dirty move
With filial Awe, and filial Love.

CCCXXIII. The Immutability of Christ.
Heb. xiii. 8.

I Tl JYTH Tranfport, Lord, our Souls proclaim
W Th' immortal Honours of thy Name :
AfTembled round our Saviour's Throne,
\Ve make his ccafelefs Glories known.

2 High

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2 High on his Father's royal Seat
Our Jefus fhone divinely greac,

Ere Adam's Clay with Life was warm'd,
Or Gabriel's nobler Spirit form'd.

3 Thro* all fucceeding Ages He

The fame hath been, the fame fhall be :
Immortal Radiance gilds his Head,
While Stars and Suns wax old and fade.

4. The fame his Pow'r his Flock to guard j
The fame his Bounty to reward ;
The fame his Faithfulnefs and Love
To Saints on Earth, and Saints above.

5 Let Nature change and fink and die;
Jefus fhall raife his Chofen high,
And fix them near his ftable Throne,

! In Glory changelefs as his own.

CCCXXIV. Watching for Souls in the View of
the great Account. Heb. xiii. -17.

For the Ordination of a Minifler,

1 1 ET Zions Watchmen all awake,
^ And take th' Alarm they give ;
Now let them from the Mouth of God

Their folemn Charge receive.

2 'Tis not a Gaufe of fmall Import

The Pajlors Care demands ;
But what might fill an Angel's Heart,
And lill'd a Saviour's Hands.

3 They

282 HEBREWS.

3 They watch for Souls, for which the Lord
Di<! hcav'nly 131 ifs forego * ;
For Souls, which mud for ever live
In Raptures, or in Woe.

4. All to the great Tribunal hafte,
Th' Account to render there ;
And lhouldft thou ftri&ly mark our Faults,
Lord, how fhould we appear I

5 May they that Jefusy whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer fee ;
And watch thou daily o'er their Souls,
That they may watch for Thee.

* Forfalce, lay afide.

CCCXX V. The Chriftian perfected hy divine Grace
through Christ. Heb. xiii. 2C, z i .

1 p AT HER of Peace, and God of Love,
* We own thy Pow'r to fave ;

That Pow'r, by which our Shepherd rofe
Victorious o'er the Grave.

2 We triumph in that Shepherd's Name,

Still watchful for our Good ;
Who brought th' eternal Cov'nant down,
And feal'd it with his Blood.

3 So may thy Spirit fcal mv Soul,

And mould it to thy Will ;
That my fond Heart no more may flray,
Jiut keep thy Cov'nant ltill.

± Still

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4 Still may we gain fuperior Strength,
And prefs with Vigour on,
Till full Perfe&ion crown our Hopes,
And fix us near thy Throne.

CCCXXVI. Chri/iians begotten to GOD as tht
Firji-Fruits of his Creatures, James i. 18.

I ^T O W to that fov'reign Grace,

-*-^ Whence all our Comforts fpring,
Let the whole new-begotten Race
Their chearful Praiies bring.

4 . His Will firft made the Choice ;

His Word the Change hath wrought;
In Him our Father we rejoice,
Nor be the Name forgot.

3 Lord, may this matchlefs Love,
Which thy own Children fee,

Make us from all thy Creatures prove
As the Firft-Fruits to Thee.

4 Sacred to Thee alone

Be all thefe Pow'rs of mine,
Then in the nobleft Senfe my own,
When moft entirely Thine.

CCCXXVIT. Looking into the perfecl Laiv of Li-
berty, and continuing in it. James i. 25.

€ D EH OLD the Glafs the Gofpel lends,
- That Men themfelves may view :

How <

184 JAMES.

How free from Stain its Surface is I
How polifn'd, and how true !

2 Behold that wife, that perfect Law,

Which nobleft Freedo n givei j
O may it all our Souls refine,
And fanclify our Lives !

3 Not with a tranfien: Glance furvey'd,

And in an Hour forgot,
But deep inferib'd o;i ev'ry Heart,
To reign o'er ev'ry Thought.

4 Great Author of each perfect Gift,

Thy fov'reign Grace dilplav,
That thefe rebellious roving Puw'rs
May hearken and obey.

5 InfpirM by Thee, our feeble Souls

Shall pafs victorious on ;
As the faint dawning Light improve*
To all the Blaze of Noon.

CCCXXVIII. ]zm^sJdjicetoSin?:crs. James
iv. 7, 8.

I yE Sinners, bend your flubborn Necks
* Beneath the Yoke div ;;e j
In low Submiliion bow ye down
Before his lacred Shr.ne.

7. In pious Streams your Follies mourn,
And feek hr injur'd G acj
And wait with broken b ceding Herts
The Op'nmgs of his Face.

* b 3 Refift

JAMES. 28|

3 Refill the Tempter's fierce Attacks,

And he mall fpeed his Flight :
Draw near to God, and his Embrace
Shall fold you with Delight.

4 Ye Sinners, cleanfe your fpotted Hands,

And purge your Hearts from Sin ;
Here fix your long-divided Views,
And Peace fhall reign within.

5 Bleft Saviour, draw us by thy Love,

And fix us by thy Pow'rj
When we have felt thefe fweet Conftraints,
Our Souls (hall rove no more.

CCCXXIX. The Vanity of worldly Schemes in-
ferred from the Uncertainty of Life, James iv.
1$, 14, 15.

1 npO-MORROW, Lord, is Thine,

A Lodg'd in thy fov'reign Hand 5
And, if its Sun arife and mine,
It fhines by thy Command.

2 The prefent Moment flies,
And bears our Life away ;

O make thy Servants truly wife,
That they may live To-day.

3 Since on this winged Hour
Eternity is hung,

Waken by thine Almighty Pow'r
The Aged and the Young.

l One Thing demands our Care;
O be it (till purfu'd !

Lefti

286 I. P E T E R.

Left, flighted once, the Seafon fair
Should never be renew'd.

5 To Jefus may we fly

Swift as the Morning Light,
Left Life's young golden Beams fhould die
In fudden endlefs Night.

CCCXXX. Rejoicing in an unfeen Saviour.
i Peter i. 8.

1 XTlNE inward Joys, fupprefs'd too long,
-*-*A Extatic burft into a Song ;

From Chrijl^ tho' now unfeen, they rife \
And reach his Throne beyond the Skies.

2 His Glories ftrike the wond'ring Sicrht
Of all the firft-born Sons of Light j
Beyond the Seraphim they (hine,
UnrivalPd all, and all divine.

3 Yet mortal Worms his Friendfhip boaft,
And make his faving Name their Trull:
Jefus, my Lord) I know Him well ;

He refcu'd me from Death and Hell.

4. This (infill Heart from God eftrang'd
His new-creating Pow'r hath chane'd ;
Ami, mingling with each fecret Thought,
Maintains the Work, which firft it wrought.

5 He gives to fee his Father's Face;
He givis my Soul to thrive in Grace ;
And brings the Views of Glory down,
The Beamings of my heav'nly Crown.

6 Thus

I. P E T E R. 287

i Thus entertain'd, while here below
Unfpeakabla my Tranfports grow;
New Joys in fwift Succeflion roll,
And Glory fills my iilent Soul.

XCXXXI. The Heart purified to Love unfeigned
by the Spirit. 1 Peter i. 22.

* pREAT Spirit of immortal Love,
^-* Vouchfafe our frozen Hearts to movftj
With Ardour ftrong thefe Bread, inflame
To all thai own a Saviour's Name.

I Still let the heav'nly Fire endure
Fervent and vig'ious, true and pure:

1 Let ev'ry Heart and ev'ry Hand
Join in the dear fraternal Band *.

; j Celeftial I.-: ve, defcend, and bring
The fmilii Bleuings on *hy Wng$
And make s talre tno e Sweets below,
Which in uie biifsful Maniions grow.

* Brotherly Union.

XCXXXII. Tq/ling that the Lord is grachu$.
1 Peter ii. 3.

Y E S, it is fweet to tafte his Grace,
* Who bought us with his Blood j
My Soul prefers the Reliih ftill
To all created Good. -

O how I love that vital Word,
Which taught cne firft to live \

Thirft

SkSS I. PETER.

Thirfl for that uncorruptcd Milk,
That I may grow and thrive !

3 All-gracious Lord, inftruft us more

Thy faving Gifts to know :

And let our inmoft Hearts rejoice,

That Thou hail lov'd us fo.

4 Open thy Stores with lib'ral Hand,

That we may daily feaft ;

And let each dying Soul around

The fweet Salvation tafte.

CCCXXXIII. Coming to Christ as a living
Stone. 1 reter ii. 4, 5.

c vyITH Extacyof Joy

* * Extol his glorious Name,
Who rais'd the fpacious Earth,
And rais'd our ruin'd Frame :
He built the Church
Who built the Sky,
Shout and exalt
His Honours high.

Z See the Foundation laid
By Pow'r and Love divine ;
JefitSy his Firft-born Son,
How bright his Glories mine !
Low He defcends,
In Duft He lies,
That ffom his Tomb
A Church might rife.

3 But

I.PETER. 289

5 But He for ever lives,
Nor for Himfelf alone;
Each Saint new Life derives
From this Myfterious Stone;

His Influence darts

Thro' ev'ry Soul,

And in one Houfe

Unites the whole.

j. To Him with Joy we move $
In Him cemented ftand ;
The living Temple grows,
And owns the Founder's Hand*:

That Structure, Lord,

Still higher raife,

Louder to found

Its Builder's PraTfe.

j Defcend, and fhed abroad
i The Tokens of thy Grace,

And with more radiant Beams
I Let Glory fill the Place ;

Our joyful Souls

Shall proftrate fall,

And own, our God

Is All in All.

JCCXXXIV. Christ the Corner-Stone. 1 Pet.
ii. 6. compared with Ifaiah xxviii. 16, 17.

T ORD, doft Thou fhew a Corner-Storte
*** For us to build our Hopes upon,
That the fair Edifice may rife
Sublime in Light beyond the Skies ?

O 2 We

290 L P E T E R.

2 We own the Worlc of fov'reigo Love :
Nor Death nor Hell thofe Hop s fnall move,
Which fix'd on his Foundation .land,
Laid by thy own Almighty Hand.

3 Thy People long this Stone have tried,
And all the Pow'rs of Hell defy'd ;
Floods of Temptation beat in vain ;
Wc : doth this Rock the Houfe fuftain.

4 When Storms of Wrath around prevail,
Whirlwind and THiiridef, Fire and Hail,
'Tis here our trembling Souls (hall hide,
And here fecurely they abide.

5 While they that fcorn this precious Stone,
Fond of fome Quickfand of their own,
jiorne down by weighty Vengeance die,
And buried deep in Ruin lie.

CCCXXXV. Christ precious to the Believer.

1 ^ESUS, I love thy charming Name ;
J 'Tis Mufic to mine Far ;

Fain would I found it out fo loud,
That Earth and Heav'n fhould hear.

2 Yes, Thou art precious to my Soul,

My Tranfport, and my Truft :
Jewels to Thee are gaudy Toys,
And Gold is fordid Duft.

3 AH my capacious Pow'rs can wifll

In Thee doth richly meet:

Nor

I. PETER. 291

Nor to mine Eyes is Light fo dear,
Nor Friendmip half fo fweet.

4 Thy Grace ftill dwells upon my Heart,

And fheds its Fragrance there ;
The nobleft Balm of all its Wounds,
The Cordial of its Care.

5 I'll fpeak the Honours of thy Name

With my laft lab'ring Breath ;
Then fpeechlefs clafp Thee in mine Arms,
The Antidote of Death.

CCCXXXVI. Noahprefervedin the Ark, and the
Believer ^Christ, i Pet. iii. 20, 21.

.

'"pHE Deluge, at th' Almighty's Call,
A In what impetuous Streams it fell !
Swallow'd the Mountains in its Rage,
And fwept a guilty World to Hell.

In vain the talleft Sons of Pride
Fled from the clofe-purfuing Wave ;
Nor could their mightieft Tow'rs defend,
Nor Swiftnefs 'fcape, nor Courage fave.

How dire the Wreck ! How loud the Roar !
How fhrill the univerfal Cry
Of Millions in the laft Defpair,
Re-echo'd from the low'ring Sky !

Yet Noah, humble happy Saint,
Surrounded with the chofen Few,
Sat in his Ark, fecure from Fear,
And fang the Grace that fteer'd him thro'.

O 2 5 So

292 I. P E T E R.

I 5 Sol may fing, in Jefus fafe,

While Storms of Vengeance round me fall,
Confcious how high my Hopes are fix'd,
Beyond what (hakes this earthly Ball.

6 Enter thine Ark, while Patience waits,
Nor ever quit that fure Retreat :

Then the wide Flood, which buries Earth,
Shall waft thee to a fairer Seat.

7 Nor Wreck nor Ruin there is feen ;
There not a Wave of Trouble rolls ;

But the bright Rainbow round the Throne *
Seals endlefs Life to all their Souls.

* Rev. iv. 3.

CCCXXXVII. The Ungodly warned of their fin J
Appearance. 1 Peter iv. -18.

1 DEHOLD God's great incarnate Son
** In Majefty comes flying down :
Hark ! for his Trumpet's awful Sound
Awakes the Dead, and cleaves the Ground.

2 So folemn fhall the Judgment be,
And fo fevere the Scrutiny +,
That, by his Merit tried alone,
The Saint himfelf would be undone.

3 Where then, ye Sons of Belial J, where
Will your aftonifh'd Souls appear ?
How will ye fhun his piercing Sight ?
Or how refift his matchlefs Might ?

f Examination. \ Rebellious Men,

4 4 Up

I. PETER. 293

4 Up to the pointed Mountains fly,
And gain the Confines* of the Sky ;
There (hall ye meet celeftial Fire,
While Mountains melt before his Ire f .

5 Call on the rending Earth to fave,
And in its Center fearch a Grave;
The Judge {hall well difcern thee there,
And drag thee trembling to his Bar.

6 Deck thee around with Fraud and Lies,
And put on ev'ry fair Difguife ;

Soon (hall thy painted Form be known
Amidft ten thoufand of his own.

7 Gird thee in Arms his Wrath t' oppofe,
And league with Millions of his Foes ;
Soon would the Rebel-Band expire
Like crackling Thorns amidft the Fire*

8 One only Way may yet be found ;
Submiflive bow ye to the Ground ;
His Crofs a Refuge will afford
From all the Terrors of his Sword.

* Borders, "j* Anger,

CCCXXXVIII. Humbling our/elves under GOD's
mighty Hand. 1 Peter v. 6.

1 BENEATH thy mighty Hand, O God,
-L* Our Souls we proftrate low ;

Shine forth with gentle radiant Beams,
That we thy Name may know.

2 Thy Hand this various Frame produc'd,

And ftill fupports it well 5

O 3 That

294 I. P E T E R.

That Hand with Juftice and with Eafe
Might fmite our Souls to Hell.

3 Confcious of Mcannefs and of Guilt,
We in the Duft would lie ;
Stretch forth thy condefcending Arm,
And lift the Humble hi^h.

4. So in the Temples of thy Grace
We'll fov'reign Mercy own,
And, when we fhine above the Stars,
Extol thy Grace alone.

5 Th? more Thou raife fuch finful Dulr,
The lower would it fall ;
For lefs than nothing, Lord, are we,
And Thou art All in All.

CCCXXXIX. The fame. For a Fafl-Day.

1 /^vUR Souls withRev'rence, Lord, bow down
^ Struck by the Splendors of thv Throne ;
Humbled, while in thy Houfe we ftand,
Beneath thy great tremendous Hand.

2 That Hand, which bears the fteady Pole,
While Nature's Wheels unwearied roll;
That Hand, which gives each Creature F00J,
And fills the World with various Good.

3 That Hand which piere'd thy ('arling Son

Mate Crimes, that we had done :
: Hand, which fcatters Grace abroad
turn thy Foes to Sons of God.

4. But O ! with what diftrac^e^l Rage
Have we prefum'd that Hand :' engage ?

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And, while long Patience hath been (hewn,
Struggled to force thy Vengeance down !

5 Here might thy Wrath hegin to flame,
And vindicate thine injur'd Name :
Till the red Thunders of thy Hand
Had dealt Deftru£lion round our Land.

6 With humble Hearts our God we meet :
O raife the Suppliants at thy Feet !
And let that glorious Arm this Day-
Embrace the Rebels it might flay,

CCCXL. GOD's Care a Remedy for ours.
1 Peter v. 7.

1 T_T O W gentle God's Commands !
A -*• How kind his Precepts are !

" Come, cuft your Burdens on the Lord,
" And truft his confrant Care."

2 While Providence fupports,
Let Saints fecurely dwell ;

That Hand, which bears all Nature up*
Shrdl guide his Children well.

3 Why ftiould this anxious Load
Prefs down your weary Mind ?

Hafte to your heav'nly Father's Throne,
And i'weet Refreshment find.

4 His Goodnefs ftands approv'd
Down to rhe prefe'nt Day*

I'll drop my Burden at his Feet,
And bear a Song away.

O 4 CCCXLI.

2q6 II. PETER.

CCCXM. / in Religion frcm the GOD

Tpracg. i Peter v. ic, 1 1.

1 U" O W rich thy Favours, God of Grace !
A x Mow various and divine !

I as the Oc^an they are pourM,
And bright as Heav'n they (bine.

2 He to eternal Glory calls,

And leads the wond'rous Way
To his own Palace, where He reigni
In uncreated Day.

3 Jtfmi the Herald of his Love,

Difplays the radiant Prize,
And mews the Purchafe of his Blood
To our admiring Eyes.

4 He perfe<£ls what his Hand begins,

And Stone en Stone He lays ;
Till firm and fair the Building rife,
A Temple to his Praife.

5 The Sonss of everlafting Years

That Mercy fhall attend,
Which leads, thro' SufT'rings of an Hour,
To Joys, that never end.

CCCXLII. The Circumjlances ofQ HRIST's/r-
cor.d Appearing. 2* Peter ill. II, 12.

I \ ft Y waken'd Soul, extend thy Wings
**■"*• Beyond the Verge of mortal Things ;
See this vain World in Smoke decay,
And Rocks and Mountains melt away.

2 Behold

II. PETE R. iff

2 Behold the fiery Deluge roll

Thro' HeavVs wide Arch from Pole to Pole ;
Pale Sun, no more thy Luftre boaft -3
Tremble and fall, ye ftarry Hoft,

3 This Wreck of Nature all around,

The Angel's Shout, the Trumpet's Sound
Loud the defcending Judge proclaim,
And echo his tremendous Name.

4 Children of Adam, all appear

With Rev'rence round his awful Bar ;
For, as his Lips pronounce, ye go-
To endkfs Blifs, or en-dlefs Woe.

5 Lord, to mine Eyes this Scene difplay
Frequent thro' each revolving Day,
And let thy Grace my Soul prepare
To meet its full Redemption there.

CCCXLIII. The Importance of Being prepared for
Christ's fecond Appearing. 2 Peter iii. 14.

[EHOLD I come, (the Saviour cries)
" With winged Speed I come;
<c My Voice (hall call your Souls away
" To their eternal Home*

" Awake, ye Sons of Sloth, awake y
u Your vain Amufemcnts ceafe,

ci And Arlve with )our united Pow'rs,
" That ye be found in Peace.

« Seize the bleft Hour with ardent Hafle,
" Ngr flight this peaceful Wgrd,

Q 5 •♦ Left

B]

II. P E T K K.

ik Lefl your affrighted bonis in

01 my flaming Sword.

the Man, wrhofe ready Heart

" And (hcltcrs in my C i ;ace

" His eyerlafling All."

5 Biffr Jtfn<> whole All -fetching Eye

in mod Pow'rs can
Doft Thou not know my willing Soul
Hath lodg'd that All with Thee ?

6 Thefe eager Eyes thy Signal wait ;

My dear Redeemer, come :
I rove a weary Pilgrim here,
And long to be at Home.

CCCXLIV. Growing in Grace, kc. 2 Pet. iii. 1 8.

1 DRAISE to thy Name, Eternal God,

"*■ For all the Grace Thou fhed'ft abroad j
For all thine Influence t'rom above
To warm our Souls with facred Love.

2 Bleft be thy Hand, which from the Skies
Brought down this Plant of Paradife,
And gave its heav'nly Glories Birth,

To deck this Wildernefs of Earth.

3 But why docs that celeftial Flow'r
Open, and thrive, and fhine no more?
Where are its balmy Odours fled ;
And why reclines its beauteous Head ?

4 Too plain alas ! the Languor fbewi
Th' unkindly Soil in which it grows;

Where

I. JOHN,

Where the black Frofls and beating Storm
"Wither and rend its tender Form.

5 Unchanging Sun, thy Beams difplay
To drive the Frofls and Storms awayj;
Make all thy potent Virtues known.
To <Jjeara Plant i'o much thy own.

6 And thou, blefl Spirit, d«igri to blow
Frefh Gales of Heav'n on Shrubs below ;
So (hall they grow, and breathe abroad
A Fragrance grateful to our God.

CCCXLV. Experimental Knowledge communicated*
I John i. i — 3.

1 ^ESUS, mine Advocate above,
J Let me not hear of Thee alone,
But make the Wonders of thy Love
By deep Experience iweetly known.

2 On Thee my Soul would fix its Eye ;
My Lips would tafte thy heav'nly Grace ;
Then would I raife thine Honours high,
And teach a thoufand Tongues thy Praife. ;

3 The facred Flame from Heart to Heart
Should with a rapid Progrefs run ;
Till each in God could boaft his Part,
Thro' fweet Communion with his Son.

P Thus may the Servants of the Lord
Feel the Salvation they proclaim;
And thus may Crouds receive the Word,
And echo back the Saviour's Name.

O 6 CCCXLVI..

*co I. J O H N.

^CCXLVI. Communion with GOD and Christ.
1 John i. -3.

r AUR hcav'nly Father calls,
^"^ And Chriji invites us near;
With both our Friendfhip fhail be fweet*
And our Communion dear.

1 God pities all my Griefs j
He pardons ev'ry Day ;
Almighty to protect my Soul,
And wife to guide my Way.

3 How large his Bounties are '
What various Stores of Good,

Diffus'd from my Redeemer's Hand>
And purchas'd with his Blood !

4 *fefHSi my living Head,

1 o.efs thy faithful Care;
Mine Advocate before the Throne>
And my Forerunner there.

5 Here fix, my roving Heart ;
Here wait, my warmeft Love,

Till the Communion be compleat
In nobler Scenes above.

CCCXLVII. T/?e Privileges of Saints tj the Blood
of Je s us. 1 John i. 7.

I AT Y various Pow'rs, awake

-**** To found redeeming Grace v
To Him, that wauYd us in his Blood,
Afcribe eternal Praife.

2 What

I. JOHN. 301

2 What tho' our Guilt appears
Dy'd in a Crimfon-Grain ?

The Stream, that flows from Je/us* Side,
Shall purge away the Stain.

3 ' 'Midft all our various Forms

We in this Center meet ;
Our Hearts, cemented by his Blood,
, Shall tafte Communion fweet.
4. Then let us walk in Light,

Like Chrijl, whofe Name we wear;
And, as the Pledge of endlefs Blifs>

Our Father's Image bear.

CCCXLVI1I. fBt Blood ^/Christ deanfwg
from all Sin. 1 John i. -7.

1 Tiyf Y Sins, alas ! how foul the Sta;ns !
■**•■' How deep, and O ! how wide !
O'er my polluted Soul they fpread,

In double Crimfon dy'd.

2 How fhall I ftand before that God,

In whofe All-piercing Sight
Some Shades of Darknefs feem to veil
The pureft Sons of Light ?

3 Where (hall I wafh thefe Spots away*

And make my Nature clean,
Since Drops of penitential Grief
Are tin&ur'd frill with Sin I
^ Behold a Torrent all divine
Flows from the Saviour's Side,

And

302 I. JOHN.

And ftrangely bears a cryftal Stream
Amidft the purple Tide *.

5 Here will I bathe my fpotted Soul,

And make it pure and fair;
Till not the Eye of God difcern
One foul Pollution there.

6 Then, dreft in Robes of fnovvy White,

I'll join the (hining Band,
And learn new Anthems to the Lamb,
While round his Throne we {land.

• Referring to the Blood and Water, that came out of
Cbrifl's wounded Side. Jibn x.x. 34.

CCCXLIX. Having the Son, and having Life in
him. 1 John v. 12.

1 C\ Happy Chrifiian, who can boaft,
*^ " The Son of God is mine !"
Happy, tho' humbled in the Duftj.

Rich in this Gift divine.

2 He lives the Lite of Heav'n below,.

And {hall for ever live;
Eternal Streams from Chrijl (hall flow,
And endleis Vigour give.

^ That Life we afk with bended Knee,
Nor will the Lord deny ;
Nor wiil-celeitial Mercy fee
Its humble Suppliants die.

(j. That Life obtain'd, for Praife alone
We wifti continu'd Breath ;
And t:ui<;ht by blelt. Experience own,
That Praife can live in Death.

CCCL.

REVELATION. 303

XCL. Christ the Firft and the Lq/i9 humbled
to Deaths and exalted to an eternal Triumph over
it. Revelation i. 17, 18.

1 \\/rHA™yft,ries> Lord, in Thee combine!
yefusy once mortal, yet divine;
The Firft, the Lail ; the End, the Head;
The Source of Life among the Dead.

I O Love, beyond the Stretch of Thought !
What matchlefs Wonders bath it wrought!
My Faith, while fhe the Grace declares,
Trembles beneath the Load me bears.

3 Hail, royal Conqu'ror o'er the Grave,.
Tender to pity, ftrong tp :ave !
For ever live, for ever reign.
And profp'rous may thy Throne remain !'

f Thy Saints, obedient to thy Word,
With humble Joy furround ihy Board ;
And, long as Time purfues its R ice,
Proclaim thy Death, and fhout thy GraceJt

5 In the full Choir, where Angels join
Their Harps of Melody divine,
Thy Death infpires a Song of Pra\fe.a
New. thro' thy Life's eternal Days.

CCCLI. The Keys of Death and the unfeen World
in Christ's Hand. Rev. i. - 1 8.

I TJ A I L to the Prince of Life and Peace,
** Who holds the Keys of Death and Hell !

The

5c4 REVELATION.

The fpacious World unfcen is His,
And fov'reign Pow'r becomes Him well.

2 In Shame and Torment once He died ;
But now He lives for evermore :

Bow down, ye Saints, around his Seat,
And, all ye Angel- Bands, adore.

3 So live for ever, Glorious Lord,

To crufh thy Foes, and guard thy Friends ;
While ail thy chofen Tribes rejoice,.
That thy Dominion never ends.

4 Worthy thy Hand to hold the Keys,
Guided by Wifdom, and by Love ;
Worthy to rule o'er mortal Life,

O'er Worlds below, and Worlds above.

5 When Death thy Servants fhall invade,
When Pow'rs of Hell thy Church annoy,
Controul'd by Thee, their Rage fhall help
The Caufe, they labour'd to deftroy.

6 For ever reign, Victorious KJng :

Wide thro' the Earth thy Name be known ^
And call my longing Soul to fing
Sublimer Anthems near thy Throne.

CCCLIL Christ's- Care of MimJTtn and
Churches. Rev. ii. i.

I T 1/ E blefs th' eternal Sc '^ht,

VV Who makes the Stars to fhine ;
And, thro' this dark bec:ouued World,
Diffufeth Rays divir ,

2 We

REVELATION. 305

2 We blefs the Churches fov'reign King,
Whofe golden Lamps we are ;
Fix'd in the Temples of his Love
To fhine with Radiance fair.

.3 Still be our Purity preferv'd ;
Still fed with Oil the Flame;
And in deep Characters infcrib'd
Our heav'nly Matter's Name.

4 Then, while between our Ranks He walks,
And all our State furveys,
His Smiles fhall with new Luftre deck
The People of his Praife.

CCCLIII. The Chrlflian Warrior animated and
crowned. Rev. ii. -10.

1 LfARK! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's Voic*
A"1 From his triumphant Seat:

'Midft all the War's tumultuous Noife,
How pow'rful and how fweet !

2 " Fight on, my faithful Band, (He cries)

" Nor fear the mortal Blow :

** Who firft in fuch a Warfare dies

" Shall fpeedieft Vict'ry know.

3 u I have my Days of Combat known,

M And in the Duft was laid ;
" But thence I mounted to my Throne,
" And Glory crowns my Head.

\ M That Throne, that Glory you fhall fhare ;
H My Hands the Crown fhall give ;

" And

Sc6 REVELATION.

Ci And you the fparkling Honours wear,
" While God himfclf (hall live."

5 Lord, 'tis enough ; our Bofoms L'low

With ;.ove;

Thy Hand (hall bear thy Soldiers thro',
And raTc their Iliads above.

6 My Soul, while Deaths befet me round,

Erects her ardent Eyes,
And lonss, thro' fome illuftrious Wound,
To ru(h and feize the Prize.

CCCLI V. The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple,
with its Inscription. Rev. iii. 12.

1 ALL-HAIL, Victorious Saviour, hail!
•**' I bow to thy Command ;

And own, that David's royal Key
Well fits thy fov'reign Hand.

a Open the Treafures of thy Love,
And fhed thy Gifts abroad;
Unveil to my rejoicing P^yes
The Temple of my God.

2 There as a Pillar let me (land

On an eternal Bafe "* j
Up-rear'd by thine almighty Hand,
And polirti'd by thy Grace.

4. There dc°p engraven let me bear
The Title of my Goo ;
And mark: the new Jtrufulelri\
As my i'ecure A

• Ftundatioa.

< In

REVELATION. 307

In lading Characters infcribe

Thy own beloved Name,
That endlefs Ages there m2y read

The great Emanuel's Claim.
Lead on, my Gen'ral ; I defy

What Earth or Hell can do;
Thy Conduct, and this glorious Hope

Shall bear thy Soldier thro'.

CCLV. GO D^s Covenant unchangeable ; or, Tht
Rainbow round about the Throne, Rev. iv. -3*
compared with Gen. ix. 13 — 17.

CU^REMEof Beings, with Delight
^ Oar Eyes furvey this heav'nly Sight 3
And trace with Admiration fweet
The beaming Splendors of thy Feet.

Jafper and Sapphire ftrive in vain
To paint the Glories of thy Train ;
Thy Robes all ftream eternal Light,
Too pow'rful for a Cherub's Sight.

Yet round thy Throne the Rainbow (nines*
Fair Emblem of thy kind Defigns ;
Bright Pledge, that fpeaks thy Cov'nant fur$
Long as thy Kingdom fhall endure.

No more (hall Deluges of Woe
Thy new -created World o'erflovv ;
JefuSy our Sun, his Beams difplays,
And gilds the Clouds with beauteous Rays.
No Gems fo bright, no Forms fo fair;
Mercy and Truth {till triumph there;

Thy

$o8 REVELATION.

Thy Saints (hall blefs the peaceful Sign,
When Stars and Suns forget to fhine.

E'en here, while Storms and gloomy Shade,
And Horrors all the Scene o'erfpread,
P'aith views the Throne with piercing Eye,
And boafts the Rainbow ftili is nigh.

CCCLVI. Vifiory over Satan by the Blood of the
Lamby and the IVordof the Tejlimony of hisStr-
vants. Rev. xii. II.

J CEE the old Dragon from his Throne
*** Sink with enormous Ruin down !
Banifh'd from Heav'n, and doom'd to dwell
Deep in the fiery Gloom of Hell !

2 Ye Heav'ns with all your Hofts, rejoice :
Ye Saints, in Confort lend your Voice :
Approach your Lord's victorious Seat,
And tread the Foe beneath your Feet.

3 But whence a Conqueft fo divine
Gain'd by fuch feeble Hands as mine ?
Or whence can finful Mortals boaft
O'er Satan and his Rebel-Hoft ?

4 'Twas from thy Blood, Thou flaughter'd Lamb,
That all our Palms and Triumphs came ;
Thy Crofs, thy Spear, inflicts the Stroke,
By which the Monfter's Head is broke.

5 Thy faithful Word our Hope maintains
Thro' all our Combat and our Pains ;
The Accents of thy heav'nly Breath

Thy Soldiers bear thro' Wounds and Death.

6 Tri-

REVELATION. 309

Triumphant Lamb, in Worlds unknown,
With Tranfport round thy radiant Throne,
Thy happy Legions, all compleat,
Shall lay their Laurels at thy Feet,

CCLVII. The Song of Motes and the Lamb.
Rev. xv. 3.

JSRAEL, the Tribute bring
*■ . To God's victorious Name*
The Song of Mofes fing,
Of Mofes and the Lamb :

Improve his Lays * ;

The Theme exceeds,

And nobler Deeds

Demand our Praife.
The Prince of Hell arofe
With impious Rage and Pride,
And 'midft our num'rous Foes *'*

Our feeble Pow'r defy'd;

" I will o'ertake,

<c And I deftroy,

" My Hand with Joy

M Shall force thee back."
Thy Hand, Almighty Lord,
Thy trembling Ifrael faves ;
Thine unrefifted Word
Divides the threat'ning Waves ;

Thy Hofts pafs o'er 5

The Foe o'erthrown

Sinks like a Stone

To rife no more.

* Sengs of Praife*

4 Our

3io REVELATION.

4 Our Triumphs we prepare,
And chcarful Anthems raife ;
Jehovah's Arm made'bare
Demands' immortal Praife ;

And while we fing,
Ye Shores, proclaim
His wond'rous Name,
Ye Defarts, ring.

5 Thro' all the Wildernefs

Thy Prcfence, Lord, fhall lead ;
And bring us to the Place,
Thy fov'reign Love decreed ;

Thofe blifsful Plains,

Where all around

Hof annas found,

And Tranfport reigns.

CGCLVIII. Tin Conqueji of Death and Grief by
Views of the heavenly State, Rev. xxi. 4.

I T IFT up, ye Saints, your weeping Eyes,
-L; Sufpend your Sorrows and your Sighs ;
Turn all your Groans to joyful Songs,
Which Jffus dictates to vour Tongues.

1 Thus faith the Saviour from his Throne,
M Behold all former Things are gone,
<c Paftlike an anxious Dream away,
" Chas'd by the golden Beams of Day.

3 " See in celeftial Pomp array'd
" A new-created World difplay'd ;
<c Mark with what Light its Profpecls fhine !
" How grand, how various, how divine !

4 « There

REVELATION. ff|

" There my own gentle Hand fhall dry
M Each Tear from each o'erflovving Eye,
C4 And open wide my friendly Breaft
" To lull the weary Soul to Reft.

" No more fhall Grief afTail your Heart,
" No boding Fear, no piercing Smart;
" For ever there my People dwell
" Beyond the Range of Death and Hell."

6 Vain King of Terrors, boaft no more
Thine ancient wide-extended Pow'r ;
Each Saint in Life with Chrift his Head
Shall reign, when thou thyfelf art dead.

CCCLIX. Christ, the Root and Offspring of
David, and the Morning Star. Rev. xxii. -16. '

[ A LL-H AIL, myfterious King!
** Hail, David's ancient Root !
Thou righteous. Branch, which thence didft
To give the Nations Fruit. [Spring

t Our weary Souls (hall reft
Beneath thy grateful Shade;
Our thirfting Lips Salvation taftej
Our fainting Hearts are glad.

; Fair Morning-Star, arife,
With living Glories bright,
And pour on thefe awalt'ning Eyes,
A FJood of facred Light.

The horrid Gloom is fled,
Pierc'd by thy beauteous Ray ;

5 Shine,

512 REVELATION.

Shine, and our wand'ring Footfteps lead
To everlafting Day.

CCCLX. C H R I s t's Invitations echoed back, &c.
Rev. xxii. 17.

1 TT O W free the Fountain flows
" Of endlefs Life and Joy !

That Spring, which no Confinement knows,
Whofe Waters never cloy !

2 How fweet the Accents found
From the Redeemer's Tongue !

<c AfTemble, all ye Nations round,
" In one obedient Throng.

3 " The Spirit bears the Call
" To all the diftant Lands;

" The Church, the Bride, reflects it back,
*' While Jefus waiting ftands.

4 " Ho, ev'ry thirfty Soul,

w Approach the facred Spring ;
«* Drink, and your fainting Spirits chear;
" Renew the Draught, and Ting.

r " Let all, that will, approach ;
« The Water freely take ;
«c Free from my op'ning Heart it flows
" Your raging Thirff to flake/'

£ With thankful Hearts we come

To tafte the offer'd Grace ;

And call on all that hear to join

The Trial, and the Praife.

CCCLXI.

REVELATION. 313

CCCLXL The Chrtftian rejoicing in the Views of
Death and Judgment, Rev. xxii. 20.

I " DEHOLD I come, (the Saviour cries)
-0 " On Wings of Love I fly :"
So come, Dear Lord, (my Sotfl replies)
And bring Salvation nigh.

1 Come, loofe thefe Bonds of Flefh and Sin ;
Come, end my Pains and Cares \
Bear me to thy ierene Abode
Beyond the Clouds and Stars.

3 I greet the MefTengers of Death,

By which Thou caH'ft me Home ;
But doubly greet that joyful Hour,
When Thou thyfelf (halt come.

4 Come, plead thy Father's injur'd Caufe,

And make thy Glory lhine ;
Come, roufe thy Servants mould'ring Dud,
And their whole Frame refine,

5 O come amidft th* Angelic Hofts

Their humble Name to own ;

And bear the full AiTembly back

To dwell around thy Throne.

6 With winged Speed, Redeemer dear,

Bring on th' illuftrious Day :
Come, left our Spirits droop and faint
Beneath thy long Delay,

HYMNS

( 3'4 ]

HYMNS

O N

PARTICULAR OCCASIONS,

AND IN

Uncommon Measures.

HYMN CCCLXII.

A Morning-H T M Ny to be vfed at awaking
and rifing.

1 AWAKE, my Soul, to meet the Day •
^* Unfold thy drowfy Eyes,

And burft the pond'rous Chain that loads
Thine active Faculties.

2 God's Guardian-Shield was round me fprcad

In my defencelefs Sleep :
Let Him have all my waking Hours,
Who doth my Slumbers keep.

j [The Work of each immortal Soul
Attentive Care demands j

Think

HYMNS, Cafe. 315

Think then what painful Labours wait
The faithful Pallor's Hands.]

4 My Moments fly with winged Pace,

And iwift my Hours are hurl'd ;
And Death with rapid March comes on
T' unveil th' eternal World.

5 I for this Hour muft give Account

Before God's awful Throne:
Let not this Hour neglected pafs,
As Thoulands more have done.

6 Pardon, O God, my former Sloth,

And arm my Soul with Grace ;
As, rifing now, I feal my Vows
To proiecute thy Ways.

7 Bright Sun of Righteoufnefs, arife £

Thy radiant Beams difplay,
And guide my dark hewilder'd Soul
To everlafting Day.

CCCLXIII. AnEvening-HTMN, to be ufcj
when compofmg ones felf to Jleep,

I.

INTERVAL of grateful Shade,
■*• Welcome to my weary Head !
Welcome Slumbers to mine Eyes,
Tir'd with glaring Vanities !
My great Mailer iiill allows
Needful Periods of Repofe :
By my heav'nly Father bleil,
'111 us I give rnv Pow'rs to Reft ;

? a Hcav'ttb

6 HYMNS on

Heav'nly Father ! gracious Name !
Night and Day his Love the fame :
Far be each fuipicious Thought,
EvVy anxious Care forgot:
Thou, my ever-bounteous God,
Crown'ir. my Days with various Good ;
Thy kind Lye, that cannot fleep,
Thefe dcfencelefs Hours fhall keep :
Bleft Viciflitude to me !
Day and Night I'm ftill with Thee.

What tho' downy Slumbers flee,
Strangers to my Couch and me ?
Slceplefs well 1 know to reft,
Lodg'd within my Father's Breafl.
While the Lmprefs of the Night
Scatters mild her Silver Light j
While the vivid Planets ftray
Various thro' their myftic Way;
Whiie the Stars unnumber'd roll
Round the ever-conftant Pole j
Far above thefe fpangled Skies
All my Soul to God fhall rife ;
'Midft the Silence of the Night
Mingling with thofc Angels bright,
Whofe harmonious Voices raife
Ceafelefs Love and ceafelefs Praife :
Thro' the Throng his gentle Ear
Shall my tundefs Accents hear :
From on high doth He impart
Secret Comfort to my Heart.
He in thefe fereneft Hours
Guides my intellectual Pow'rs,

And

Particular Occasions. 317

And his Spirit doth difTufe,
Sweeter far than Midnight Dews ;
Lifting all my Thoughts above
On the Wings of Faith and Love.
Bleft Alternative to me,
Thus to ileep, or wake, with Thee !

III.

What if Death my Sleep invade ?
Should I be of Death afraid ?
Whilft I encircled by thine Arm,
Death may ftrike, but cannot harm.
What if Beams of op'ning Day
Shine around my breathlefs Clay ?
Brighter Vifions from on high
Shall regale my mental Eye.
Tender Friends a while may mourn
Me from their Embraces torn 5
Dearer better Friends Ihave
In the Realms beyond the Grave.
See the Guardian-Angels nigh
Wait to waft my Soul on high !
See the golden Gates diiplay'd !
See the Crown to grace my Head !
See a Flood of facred Light,
Which no more fhall yield to N ight'I
Tranfitory World, farewel !
Jifiis calls with him to dwell.
With thy heav'nly Prefence bled,.
Death is Life, and Labour Reft.
Welcome Sleep, or Death to me,
Still fecure, for (till with Thee.

P 3 CCCLXIV.

jlS HYMNS on

CCCLXIV. On Recovery from Sidne/s, during
which) much of the divine Favour had been ex-
perienced.

1 \ T Y God, thy Service well demands
-*■ * The Remnant of my Days ;
Why was this fleeting Breath renew'd.

Bat to renew thy Praife ?

2 Thine Arms of everlafrin^ Love

D.d this weak Frame fuften,
When Life was hov'ring o'er the Grave,
And Nature funk with Pain.

3 Thou, when the Pains of Death were felt]

Didft chafe the Fears of Hell ;
An i teach my pale and quiv'ring Lips
Thy matchlefs Grace to tell.

4 Calmly I bow'd my fainting Head

On thy dear faithful Breair. ;
Pieas'd'to obey my Father's Call
To his eternal Reft.

5 Into thy Hands, my Saviour-GoD,

1 my Soul r< Qgn,

Inf.' nee on that Truth,

Which D n mine.

6 Back from the 1' he Grave

A t • h y C o m m 3 n J I c o m e :
N >r would 1 t i | cr Flight

. .' .-ne.

ine Abode,
would I C

Particular Occasion?. 319

For in thy Prefence Death is Life,
And Earth is Heav'n with Thee

CCCLXV\ The Idji Words of David. 2 Sam,
xxiii. 1—8 *.

1 T»HUS hath the Son of Jejfe faid,

•* When IfraeFs God had rais'd his Head
To high imperial Sway :
' Struck with his laft poetic Fire,
Zion's fweet Pfalmift tun'd his Lyre
To this harmonious Lay.

2 Thus dictates Ifrael's facred Rock :
Thus hath the God of Jacob fpoke

By my refporfive Tongue :
Behold the Just On f ovr Men
Commencing his religious Reign,

Great Subject of my Song !

3 So gently mines with genial Ray
Th' unclouded Lamp of rifing Day,

And chears the tender Flow'rs,
When Midnight's fofc diffufive Rain
Hatl* blefs'd the Gardens and the Plain

With kind refrefhing Show'rs.

4 Shall not my Houfe this Honour boaft ?
My Soul th' eternai Covenant truft,

Well-order'd ftill and fare ?
There all my Hopes and Wifhes meet :
In Death I call its Blefnngs fweet,

And feel its Bond fecure.

* Agreeable to the ingenious metrical Verficn of the learned
Dr. Richard Grey.

P 4 5 The

3?o II Y M N S on

5 The Sons of Belial fhall not fpring,
Who fpurn at Heav'n's appointed King,

And fcom his high Command :
7"ho' wide the Briars infcft the Ground,
And the fharp pointed Thorns around

Defy a tender Hand ;

6 A dreadful Warrior fhall appear
With Iron Arms, and mafl'y Spear,

And tear them from their Place :
Touch'd with the Lightning of his Ire>
At once they kindle into Fire,

And vanifh in the Blaze.

CCCLXVI. A Military ODE.
P S A L M CXLIX.

Probably c:?npofed by David, to be fung when his
Army was marching out to War againjt the Rem-
nant cf the devoted Nations of Canaan, and fi'Jl
went up in folemn ProceJJion to the Houfe 5/ God
/// Jcrufalem, there, as it were, to confecrate the
Arms, which he put into their Hands, The Beds
referred U Ver. 5, were probably the Couches, on
which they lay at the Banquet attending their Sa-
crifices ; which gives a noble Senje to a Pajfagc^ on
any &H)er Interpretation hardly intelligible.

I f~\ Praife ye the Lord, prepare a new Song,
^ And let all his Saints in full Confort join :
Ye Tribes all afTemble the Feaft to prolong,

L In folemn Proceflioa wUh Mufic divine.

2 O

Particular Occasions. 32*

2 O.Ifrae/, in Him that made thee rejoice ;
Let all Zien's Sons exult in their King ;
While to martial Dances you join a glad Voice,
Your Lutes Harps and Timbrels in Harmony

bring.

3 The Lord in his Saints flill finds his Delight;
Salvation from Him the Meek (hall adorn ;-
They well may be joyful, fulrain'dbyhisMight,
And crown'dbyhisFavourmayliftup:heirHorn,

4 Let Carpets be fpread, and Banquets prepar'd
Thofe Altars around, whence Incenfe afcend-s;
WhilftAnthems of Glory ihr-o' Salem are heard,
A ndGoD, whom we worfhip, indulgent attends.

5 Then as yourHearts bound withMufic& Wine.
Infpir'd by the God, who reigns in the Place:
Uniheath all your Weapons, and bright let

them fhine,
And brandifhyourFauIchions, while chaunting
his Praife.

6 Then march to the Field ; the Heathen defy;
And fcatter his Wrath on Nations around :
Like Angels of Vengeance your Sword lift on

high,
And bozftth&tjehsvab commimonsthe Wound.

7 Their Gen'rals fubdu'd your Triumphs fhall

grace,
And loaded with Chains their Kings fhall be

brought ;
On theNecks (hill ye trrmpleof Canaan sproud :

Race,
AndalltheirlailRemnantforSlaughterbefought. •
F5. 8Na-

II Y M N S on

o No Rfge of your own fuch Rigour demands;
. inc your Anns muft fulhl :
Of old he this Vengeance confign'd to your

' d*,
And in facred Volumes recorded his Will.

9 This Honour, ye Saints, appointed for you,
All-grateful receive, and faithful obey;
And, vvhile this dread Pleufure refifllefs ye do,
Still make his high Praifes the Song of the Day.

CCCLXVII. For the 7 hank/giving- Day for the
Peace, April 25, 1749.

1 ""VjOW let ourSon^saddrefstheGoDof Peace,
•^ Who bids the Tumult ofthe Battle ceafe:
The pointedSpearstoPruning-hooks he bends,
And thebroadFaulchioninthePlow-fhareends.

His pow'rful Word unius contending Nations
In kind Embrace, and friendly Salutations.

2 Britain, adore the Guardian of thy State ;
Who, high on his celeftial Throne elate,
Still watchful o'er thy Safety and Repofe,

, Frown'd en theCoun/elsof thyhaughtieftFoes;.
Thy Coaft (ecur'd from ev'ry dire Invauon
Of Fire and Sword and fpreading Defolation.

3 When Rebel-bands with defp'rate iMadnefs

join*.:,
Me wafted o'er Deliv'rance with his Wind ;
Drove backtheTide, that delug'dhalfourLandJ
. curb'd their Fury with his mightier Hand :
I dreadful Slaughter, and the lall (
Tau^bc thole audacious Sinners their

4 ■

Particular Occasions. 323

4 He gave car Fleets to triumph o'er the Main,
And fcatter Terrors 'crofs wide Ocean's Plain :
Oppofing Leaders tremble at the Sight,

Nor found their Safety in th' attemptedFlight;
Taught by theirBonds,how vainlythey pretended
Thole to diflrefs, whom Ifrael's God defended.

5 FJerceStormswerefammon'dupin3r;^;';;'sAid,
And meagre Famine hoftile Lands o'erfpread;
BySufPringsbow'dtheirConque [eaie,
Nor icorn the Overtures of equal Peace :

Contending Pow'rs congratulate the Bleiling,
Joint Hymns of Gratitude to Heav'ti addre&ng.

6 While we beneath our Vines and Fi£-trees lit,
Or thus within thy facred Temple meet,
Accept, Great God, the Tribute of our Song,
And all the Mercies of this Day prolong.

Then fpread thy peaceful Wordthro'ev'ryNation,
That ail the Larch may hail thy great Salvation.

CCCLX VIII. The Bhjfrng pronounced upon Ifrael
by the Pi lefts. N umbers v i . 24 — 2 7 .

For New Year's -Day.

1 pUARDlANof Ifrael, Source of Peace,
^ Who haft ordaitTd thy Priefts to blefs,
Shine forth as our propitious Lord,

And verify thy Servants Word.

2 Let thy own Pow'r defend us flill
Thro' all the Year from ev'ry 111 ;
And let the Splendor of thy Face
Cheat all its bright or I onoy D^.vs.

P-6 ' ' 3 Thy

324 HYMN. S, on

3 Thy Countenance our Souls would fee*.
For all our Jovs unite in Thee j

And Peace ftill waits at thy Command
To calm our Hearts, and blefs our Land.

4 Hear, while thy Priefts addrefs their Vows*
And fcatter BlelTings thro' thy Houfe ;
And, while they fail, may Ifrael raife

its pious Songs of ardent Praifc.

CCCLXIX. A Hymn for a Faji-Day in Time cf
IVar* Deut. xxiii. 9.

I pREAT GoDof Heav'n and Nature, rife,
^-* And hear our loud united Cries :
See Britain bow before thy Face
Thro' all her Coafb, and feek thy Grace.

I No Arm of Flefh we make our Truft ;
Nor Sword, nor Horfe,, nor Ships we boafl:
Thine is the Land, and Thine the Main-,
And human Force and Skill is vain.

3 Our Guilt might draw thy Vengeance down
On ev'ry Shore, on ev'ry Town ;

But view us, Lord, with p;tying Eye,
And lay thy lifted Thunder by.

4 Forgive the Follies of our Times,

And purge our Land from. all its Crimes \
Reform'd and deck'd with Grace divine,
Let Princes, Priefts, and People fhine.

5 O may no GoD-provoking Sin
Thro' all our Camps a4id Navies reign >

No'

Particular Occasions. 373

No foul Reproach, to drive from thence
Our fureft Glory and Defence.

6 So fhall our God delight to blefs,

And crown our Arms with wide Succefs :
Our Foes mail dread Jehovah's Sword,
And conqu'ring Britain (hout the Lord.

CCCLXX. J zbez's Prayer recommended to Youth*
1 Chron. iv. 9, ia.

1 q^HOU God of Jabez, hear,..

*■- While we intreat thy Grace,
And borrow, that expreflive Pray'r,.
With which he fought thy Face,

2 " O that the Lord indeed

M Would me his Servant blefs,
" Erom ev'ry Evil fhield my Head,
" And crown my Paths with Peace !

3 " Be his^Almighty Hand

" My Helper and my Guide,
" Till, with his Saints in Canaan's Land,
<* My Portion He divide."

4 Thus pious Jabez pray'd,
While God inclin'd his Ear ;

And all, by whom this Suit is made,.
Shall find the Bleiiing near.

5 Ye Youths, your Vows combine^
With loud united Voice ;

So fhall your Heads with Honour fhlne*,
And all your Hearts rejoice.

"CLXXI.

326 HYMNS on

CCCLXXI. Manafleh'j Affllel'ion, Penitence and
Rejhration. 2 Chron. xxxiii. ic — 12.

iPODof Mannjfeh, wilt Thou fcorn
^-* To own that humble Name,
While Sinners, fo remote as we,
Thy Grace to him proclaim {

2 High rai^'d on fudab's Throne he feem'd,
That Hell in him might reign -,
And taught thy facred Name to know
Its Honours to profane.

3. Yet Thou the royal Wretch died: view
With Pity in thine Eyes :
How ftrange a Cure thy Mercy wrought! '
How wond'rous, yet how wife !

4 Caught in the Thorns by hoftile Hands,

The Captive learn'd to reign ;
And Babel's Fetters fct him tree
From Satan s heavier Chain.

5 Fiom the deep Dungeon where he lay,

Thou heard'ft his doleful *Crv ;
Didll raife the Suppliant from the Dufl,
And brmg Salvation nigh.

6 Our Souls, deprav'd and hard like h

t its Pow'r ;
And they (hall biefs the wholefome Smart,
That W'j:.-

CCCLXXIL

Particular Occasions. 327

CCCLXXII. A Church fecking Direction from God
in the Choice of a Pajlor. Ezra viii. 21.

1 CHEPHERD of IfracU bend thine Ear,
^ Thy Servants Groans indulgent hear?
Perplex'd, diftrefs'd, to Thee we cry,

And leek the Guidance of thine Eye.

2 Thy comprehenfive View furveys

Our wand'ring Paths, our tracklefs Ways;
Send forth, O Lord, thy Truth and Light*-
To guide our doubtful Footfteps right.

3 With longing Eyes, behold, we wait
In fuppliant Crouds at Mercy's Gate :
Our drooping Hearts, O God, fuftain :
Shall Ifrael feek thy Face in vain ?

4 O Lord, in Ways of Peace return,.
Nor let thy Flock negle&ed mourn;
May our blefr. Eyes a Shepherd fee,
Dear to our Souls, and dear to Thee.

5 Fed by his Care, our Tongues mall raife
A chearful Tribute to thy Praife ;
Our Children learn the grateful Song,
And theirs the chearful Notes prolong.

CCCLXXI 1 1 . DivineCoridemnation deprecated, and,
Inftiutiion defired, by the Ajflltled. Job x. 2.

I '"pRemendous Judge, before thy Bar,
•*- What human Creature can be clear?

An!

3»8 HYMNS on

An Arm fo ftrong, an Eye fo pure,
Who can cfcape, or who endure ?

2 " Do not condemn us, Lord", we cry,
As trembling in the Duft we lie ;

But, while with Grief our Guilt we own,
Let fmiling Mercy take the Throne.

3 If Thou wilt fmitc, offended God,
Sheath up thy Sword, and take thy Rod,
And, 'midft the Anguifh and the omart,
Open to Difcipline our Heart.

4 By Chaft'ning if our Souls be taught,
And cleans'd from ev'ry fecret Fault,
The wife Severity we'll blefs,

And mix our Groans with Songs of Praife.

CCCLXXI V. Thank/giving for National Deliver-
ance and Improvement of it. Luke i. 74, 75.

i CALVATION doth to God belong ;
*^ His Pow'r and Grace (hall be our Song ;
His Hand hath dealt a fecret Blow,
And Terror ftrikes the haughty Foe.

2 Praife to the Lord, who bows his Ear
Propitious to his People's Pray'r ;
And, tho' Deliv'rance long delay,
Anfwers in his well-chofen Day.

3 O may thy Grace our Land engage,
(Refcu'd from fierce tyrannic R^^,)
The Tribute of its Love to bi

To Thee, our Saviour, and our King !

~ Our

Particular Occasions. 329

Our Temples guarded from the Flame,
Shall echo thy triumphant Name;
And ev'ry peaceful private Home
To Thee a Temple fhall become.

Still be it our fupreme Delight
To walk as in thy honour'd Sight :
Still in thy Precepts and thy Fear,
To Life's laft Hour to perfevere.

A N

A N

INDEX,

O R
TABLE to find a Hymn by the
Ti tle or Contents of it, or a
Hymn fuitable to Particular
Subjects and Occasions.

N. B. The Figures refer to the Hymns.

A

AARON'; Breall-plate, 8.

■** Abiding in Chrijl, 237, 238.

Abraham'; Care of his Family, 2. bis Fuith in
leaving his Country, 318. Gcd, his God, 319.
his Intercejfion for Sodom, 3.

Abfence of God dreadful, 18, 157.

Activity in Religion, 199, 210. rewarded, 172.

Adam, the Fit ft and Second, 27 p.

Adopting Love, 124, 281.

Affliction* improved^ 159. InftruP.ion under them
de fired, 373. moderated, 92. falutary, 143. fub-
mittcd toy 42. fucceeded by Jcy, 66. by Rejl and
Happincfs in Heaven, ill, 3 JO, 358.

Angels, Chrijl fe en of them, 304. their Head, 299.
Reply to thofe who fought Chrijl, 194. their
S:ng at Chrifs Birth, 200, 201.

Appeal to Chr'fl for the Security of Love to him, 246.

Ark.

INDEX.

Ark, the. godly Mans, 90. Noah fayed In //, an
Emblem of the Believer s Safety in Cbrij?, 336%

B

B

AckfliJerSj their Ingratitude, 191. invited tare-
turn, 122. God's Pity for them, 153. recollect-
ing th'emfelves, 1 49.
Blefiing of God necejfary and defired, 53, 368.
Bleflings fpiritual acknowledged, 238.- temporal,

God's Readinefs to give them argued, 261.
Blood of Chriji, admitting to the Holiejl, 315.

cleanfmg fro?n Sin, 348^ conquering Satan, 356.

conveying Blejfings, 347. purifying, 312.
Britain, God intreated for it, 120. his Control

vcrfy with it, 1 5 8. unreformed by Deliver ancts^

140, 155.

/^Aptives of Sin lamented, 129.

^ Care, anxious, reproved, 20, 47, 340. 0/7^4?
Soul mojl needful, 206, 207,

Cattle, the Hand of God upon ihem% 5.

Charity to the Poor, 188, 205. rewarded^ 209*

Ch i 1 d 1 e fs Chriflians comforted, ill.

Children, Chriffs Regard to them, 198. co?nmended
to God, 51. defrayed, 141. irfrucledy 2. 0/^
GW, 281, 326.

Christ, his Appearance after his Refurrefiion^
245. his fecond Appearance, 314, 342. his AC-
cenfion, 24.4- his Blood, fee Blood, his Com-
panion, 185, 205, 214, 235. his Complaint
on the Crfs, 192, 193. Chriflians complect /*<
him, 299. Z^Conquefts, 41, 356, 357. the

Door,

INDEX.

Door, 228. onr Fore-runner, 3 j 1. forfaken by
his Difciples, 191. by his Father, 192, 193. his
Flock comforted, 208. humbled and exalted, 139, »
350. his Interceflion, 8. his Invitations, 74,
224, 225, 360. our Leader, 3^7, 353, 356.
living to bint, 276, the Lord our Rightecu/nefs,
132. loving him, 239, 246. his Meffage, 203.
£fi Nativity, 200, 201. hisPrzyer for his Ene-
mies, 21 J. precious to Believer s, 335. his Pre-
tence with his Churches, 195, 352. a Prince and
Saviour, 248. rejoiced in though unfe^n, 330. A/x
Refurre&ion, 194, 218. Chrijlians rifen and ex-
alted with h'nn, 287. the Root of David, 359.
Sanctification byhi?n, 242, 266. Security in him,
336. &tt Sheep, 230, 231, 232. the Morning-
Star, 359. r/;* Steward of God's Family, %$> the
living and Corner- S to n e , 3 3 3 , 3 3 4 . 6/i S u b m i f-
fion, 190. his Sufferings, fee Sufferings, the
Sun of Righteoufnefs, 173. /;u Transfiguration,
183. his Triumph, 41. unchangeable, 323.
Union with him, 267. our Wifdom, Righteouf-
nefs, &c. 266.

Chriftians, fee Saints.

Church, the Birth-Place of the Saints, 49. its
Glory in the latter Day, 118. ChrijV s Prefence
with it, 195. Care of it, 352. its Profperity a
Minifler s Happinefs, 301. purified and guar ded,
107. its Security, 182. praying for aPaftor, 13,

372-

Comfort, in God, 20. to theChildlef, 112. a»^r
/)ttrt£ 0/* Friends, 236, 260, 302. £*? Sup-
port.

Communion*

INDEX.

Communion with God through Cbrift, ?46 247
^ompaffion, of God, 55, 109. of Chrifl, .#£

. 2°j5j^li'fl9* 235- chrijtian, 205, 282.
-ondudt of Chrifl, myjhrious, 234.
'onfolation /r^/z GW, 277. from Chri/l, 2?c
ovenant, the Blood of it delivering Prifiners, 160

the Engagements of it defired, 137. r„yW ?

23, fupporting under Troubles, 21. in DeatL 22

unchangeable, 355.

ourage /» £,/£/,», 9. ,« ^ Qaufi of Chrifl, 247.
3urfe, the Chri/lian's fini/hed with Joy, 25 c
'^f^nfufficient, 125. ««,*, 97. w/„,326g#
-ofs */" CW, * Influence, 233, 276, 280.
jp of Blejfings, 106.
fRUs'j Spirit Jlirred up, 24,

: D

l^moniac, recovered, 204. r*%^, ,g0.
J Ua vid, encouraging him/elf in God, 20. his
Word r 6 °fFerfeaim °n 'Earth> 63- & l*ft
T, of fmall Things not defpifid, 168. of Grace y
,127, 256. of Judgment, fie judgment.
iad quickened, 89. the pious, living to God, 21 C
ath, appointed to all, 313. conquered by CbriJL
\0%. under his Controul, 351. of Friends im-
roved, 164. Happinefs beyond it, 29S, a great
ourney, 27. »*„ /* /W*, 358. prepared for,
■3°> 3*3> 3I7- rejoiced in, 361. *£/*#, fq6.

:«#"* <* 1/, 22, 32, 45. »»rt/8 r/W */,>.

3°> *34> 329- ,

*ywg Sinners admonijbed, 127, 130, 256,202,

3°> 329, " J 7 *

4 Deliver-

INDEX.

Deliverance celebrated, 58, 59> 6o> &\. Pul-U'

272, 274- fpirituaU 105, 204.
Dcdres^^G^ 39- grayer.
Devil, fee Satan.
Devotion, daily, 79. /jf«» «77« « *«»

Adoption, 281. ^Prayer.
Diligence, ^r//?/^, I99> 2l0> 29b-
E

EDucation, good, 2. W, M-1-
Enemies, of God, dejlroyed, 44- ofChnfl,de-
Jlroyed, 213. bU Fr^n fit tBm, 217. of the

Clmrch, retrained, 46. Defence againjt tbem, 95-
Lw* f* **"*, 217. #ir/ftwA /" batan.

Enoch' s Piety and Tranflation, 1.

Eftablilhment in Religion, 341-

S : ^r , ofCbrfl* 222. of heavenly

Etermcy, of God, 54- */ u/"yjl AJ^» A -r '
J/«#W, 187, 3Wt: employedinGod sPraife,*]^

Even. ng-Hymn, 363.

Examples, ^, their Ufefulnefs, 1,5-

F

T-Aith tfW C<t-/M 262. Jonah'; n&*
F wJ ,57. L^ *v 1/, 280. A. ^MgS

iq-7 /^ Syrophoenician Jl .man s, ltoi.
Faiihfulncfs c/ (&J, 26*3^. 355-

,.0, 155, -58- 186> 339. .St-
raits, unjuccetful, account, ,d 'for, ITO.

I N D E X.

Pear, unreafonable, retrained, 15, 20, 4.7, q£;
* eaft ofWifdom, 76. ,//*< (?*>/, 2IY jj^

Fire, God's Controverfy by it, 154. his Word com^

Pr% it0, l\ I3* ™erlajling, the Portion of the
tricked, 189.

Forgivenefs./^^W, 217. divine, fee Pardon.
Forfaking GW, ft £„//, ,3I, the Mf of b{
for fa ken by him, 18. J 5

Foundation, the divine, firm, 305. of the Church

isLhrift, 333, 334.
Frailty */ J^„, and God's Pity, cc.
Fruitfulnek of Chrifiians, 237, 240.
*unerai Hymns, 17, 25, 27, 32, 42, i96, 20S,

215, 260, 295, 302. &* Death, Grave, Rel

iurrecfron.

G

QEnerations, ^% *«,*;,, \^fuccecdlng,fup~
W ported by God, 5 r . *,y ^

GemiJes, Chnj? the Light of them, 202. united to
the Lhurch, 113, 284.

Glory, divine, Moles V /^ ,/:t% XI< fut f
Heaven. J ,J

Glorying in God alone, 128.

God, bis Bitting defireate, $3, 363. his Com.
paffion, 55, ic9, 153. ^ Complacency ?« his
People, 38. m their Profperity, 37. ,**^ 7W>fcj
*£ / V3£. °* ^ Salvation of his Church,
163. the Dwelhng-Place of his People, cj. fo
Eternity, 54. his Faithfulnefs, 269, 316, qcc.
^ God ./" ^ Patriarchs, %. his Gocdn^
/* baints, 34. ^ all Creatures, 56. crowning the
$ Year,

INDEX.

Tear, 43. ever -en during, 67. relijhed, 35. his
Great nefs, 97. the Happinefs of his People, 45.
his Juftice end Mercy, 12. his Knowledge of
cur Days, 38. ofcurDi/lrefs, 39. of our Frame ,
55. £/7 Love in Chrijl, 220. £/j pardoning
Mercy, 28, 50, 103, 160. his Name proclaim-
ed, 12. Trujl in it, 3c. his People his Portion,
14. our Portion here and hereafter, 45. his
Prefence defer eable, 10. with his Saints, 38. our
Preferver, 102. cur Protector, 31, 340. his
Providence, 47. its Bounties, 176, 297. the
Salvation of his People, 36, 125. our Shepherd,
144. fhining into the Heart, 274. fpealcing
Peace, 48, 109, 114. Support in him, 15, 45.
unchangeable, 54. unknown, 253. waiting /$
be gracious, 93.

Good nefs of God for Time and Eternity, 34.
crowning the Tear, 43. everlajling, 67. taj:edy
35. unine?fal, 56.

Goipel, its happy Effects, 86, 1 00, 1 1 1. its Feaft,
2ir. a Law of Liberty, 327. ;/j Progrefs *fc-
y7r^/, 120, 121. its grand Scheme, 284. itsjcyjul
Sound, 50. its Treafure in earthen VeJJels, 275.

Government of God, Zion'j- Joy, 108. of Chrijl,
85, 351. over Death and the unfeen World, 351.

Grace, growing in it, 344. pardoning, 103, 16c.
perfecting, 325. quickening, 62. faved by it, 286.

Gratitude, /ta Spring of Religion, 152. &YPraife.

Grave, its Solitude, 25, 27. Chrijl* s Triumph over
it, 194, 350, 35 1 . &"<? Refurreclion.

Grief, a/ beholding Trcnfgrejfcrs, 64. moderated,
J 96, 268, 302.

Happinefs.

INDEX.

H

TJ Appinefs, of God's Ifrael, 16. his Complacency

1***1 37, 38, 163. only in God, 45.
Hztfemngourfelves againflGod, fatal, 26,256,309.
Head of the Churchy Chrifl, 290. of Angeh andMeny

*99»
Health rejlored, 58, 59, 60. fpiritual, 204, 223.

Heaven, its Happinefs, 295. tf?z Inheritance, 285.

evtrlajiing Light there, 119. *wtf^ ;«**/ y*r /r,

298. its Reft, 310. y^««^ Chrift there, 295.

/a be fought firfl, 178. View of it §ver coming

Grief and Death, 358.
Heavenly- mindedhefs, 300.
Help/rflffz £o4 I0o 98, 257. fought and obtained^

68.
Houfe, of God above, 33, 354. of Prayer, 113^

0/ IVifdom, 76.
Humiliation, and Exaltation of ifrael, 99. of Chrift,

*39> 35 *• Day of, fee F aft.
Humility of a Penitent, 142, 371. K/z*kr Gtfi'j
" i/W, 338, 339.
Hymn for Morning, 362. for Evening, 363. yir

*z D^y 0/ Prayer, 120. ^ Praife.
Hypocrify, dreaded, 250.

I

Tabez'j Prayer, 370.

J Jacob'* /^w, 4.

Jerusalem, Chrifl' s Tears ever it, 214. hisGof-

pel firfi preached there, 219. *fo «f^, 354.
Incarnation of Chrifl, 200, 220.
Inconftancy ;'« Rcligisn, 151.

Q. Inheritance

INDEX.

Inheritance of the Upright, 38. of Heaven, 285.

Iniquity abounding, 186. to be avoided, 7.

Intcrccffion of Chri/l, 8.

Invifible God, regarded, 321.

Joy, religious, 69. in God, 161. in Chri/l, 330,
335. i« the Covenant, 22, 23.

Israel and Am alek, 6. backfliding invittd to re-
turn, 122. blejfed by the Priejli, 368. its Hap-
pinefs, 16. humbled and exalted, 99. its Objii-
nacy, 88. fcf Stupidity, 83.

Jubilee, //;* Gvfpel, 50.

Judgment appointed to all, 313. approaching, 317,
f&« Circumftances of it, 342. no efcaping it, 337 '.
prepared for, 343. difired and rejoiced in, 314,
36 r . &d^/y /ar /A* Saints, 303.

Judgments of God, deprecated, 373. compared with
his M.-rcies, 109.

Juitice tf«i Mercy of God, 12.
K

I/-EY «/ David i'a Cftr^j £rW, 85, 350,
351.

Kingdom 0/ GW, 108. *o fo fir ft fought, 178.
of Chrift y 41, 351. of Heaven, 187, 208.

Knowledge of God fought, 150. experimental, 345*
L

T AW of Liberty, 327. of Love, 205, 282.

-*^ Liberality, /<v Charity.

Liberty given £y Chrift, 226, 227. /£* Ztfu> *f,
327. /<? ^7fcr fta Hclieft, 315.

Life, abundant by Chrift, 229, 349. f£* Chriftians
connected with Chrift' s, 236. /^ Fountain of it,
? 7©. w/;i, 52. uncertain, 130, 134, 329.

Light,

INDEX.

Light, Jhinhtg into the Heart, 274. of the Gentiles*,
Chrift, 202. everlafling from God, 119. of good
Examples, 175.

Living to Chrif, 27b, 294. by Faith in him, 280.
to God hereafter, 215.

Love, $/"God in fending his Son, 220. in giving all
Things with him, 261. Jbed abroad, 259. of
Chriil in minijiring to Men, 184. in giving him-
felf for them, 184, 291, 293. to Chriil expreffed,
335. continued in, 239. Appeal to him jor its
Sincerity, 246. to Men, 291. unfeigned, 331.
to Enemies, 217.

M

V/TAjefty of God, 97.

XYJ> Man, frail and mortal, 270, frail, but Gad
eternal, 54.

Manasseh'j Repentance, 371.

Marriage, fpiritual, 293.

Meditation #«</ Retirement, 29.

Meek, r/wr Happinefs, 72.

Mercy, pardoning, 103, 160, 371. defpifed, 258,
public, improved, 374. *SVf Companion.

Military O^, 366.

Minifters, zm*fcr Chrif s Cart, 352. C£r//? z^rr
twYA //;tvn, 195. comforted, that they may comfort
others, 271. Comfort on their Death, 17, 182,
195, 27 5. faithful, promoted to join the Angela
}bb. frail and weak, 275. given by God, 123.
/£* Church's Profperity their Happinep, 30 1, tf
Jweet Savour to God, 273. fought from God, 13,
372. watching for Souls, 324. willing to be em-
ployed, 82. ^zV, but the Go [pel lives, 275.

Miniftr y,jnfitutcd, 289. Chri/i's unfuccefsful, IC4.
Q^2 Miracles

INDEX.

Miracles for Ifrael in the Wildernefs, 47,

Moderation, Chriflian, 268.

Morning Hymn, 362.

Mortality, fee Man, Death.

Moses, his wife Choice, 320. his Regard to the

ittvifibh God, 32 1, his oongy 357. his Vi*\u if

the divine Glory, 1 1 .
Mourners comforted^ 66, 196, 302. Sie Comfort,

Support.
Multitude not to be followed to Evil, 7.
N

*^T Ational Sins lamented, 140. Deliverances celt-

*^* brated, 272, 374.

Nature, frail, but God compaffionatey 55. and Scrip-
ture, 63.

Nearnefs to God through Chrifl, 1 13, 288.

New-Year's Day, Hymns for, 19, 43, 52, 67,
*34> 257, 368.

Noah prefcrvedin the Ark, 336.

November the $th, Hymns fer, ic8, 272, 374.

O

/"VBedience to the heavenly Vifion, 82. to God's
^ IVord, 1 36. the Defign off national Deliver-
ances, 374.
Ordination, Hymns for, 82, 123, 166, 275, 289,
3H-

P

pArdon of Sin ctUbn.tr J, ic?, T53, r6o. fir
■ :'n'nf of Sinners, 219. and Strength, 160.

1*7* 320.

Patience,

INDEX.

Patience, under Jffliciions, 42. under myflerisus

Providences, 2IX. in waitings 93, 295.
Patriarchs, a City prepared for them, 319.
Peace, with God fought, 91. obtained 87, 114.
rejoiced in, 135. improved, 48. in Qhrift amidft
Tribulations, 241. public celebrated, 367.
Perfection, not to be found in Nature, 63. in Re*

Hgim, 34-'-
Perfecution /o be expccled by Chrifiians, 306.
Perfeverance of the Saints, 232, 341.
Pity, fee Companion.
Poor, trujling in God, 162. Charity to them9 188,

205, 209.
Portion, of God, his People, 14. God, ours, 45.
Power of God, 26, 156. the Security of the Saintsy

31, 216, 232.

PraiferoG^everlafting, j 1. f or Ch rift, 201, 220.

for his Goodnefs, 34, 35, 43, 56. for his ever-

lajling Goodnefs, 67, 70. for the Hope of Glory y

298. y~0r Liberty ofWorjhip, 49./^ Minifters,

123, 289. /or Pardon, 1 60. for public Peace,

307 > 374- /or Prefervation, 257. /or Protection,

31* for Recovery from Sicknefs, 58, 59, 60,

364. as our Shepherd, 144. for ipiritual Blejjings9

283. for tGmpQralBleJfivgs given withChrif, 261.

Prayer heard, 68, 370, 37 t. fecret, ijy. Family ,

2. /or f/j* Spirit, 251. /or Miniflers, 1 3, 372.

for the Revival of Religion, 120, 12 1. Houfe of

Prayer, 113.

Preparation f<? 02^/ GW, 156. /<?r CbriJTs fecond

Coming, 317, 343.
Prefence of God defirable, 10, 3681 of Chrifl with
his Churches, j7, 195.

Q.3 Prefer-

INDEX.

Prefervation, from God, 31, 95, 102, 257.

Pride punijhca, 26.

Prifoncr.% fpiritual de!iuere<l, 105, 169, 203.

Privileges mifmiproved, 127. of Chrijtians by the
Blood of Chrijl, 287, 288, 347, 348, 356.

Promifeb, GcdJs Fidelity to them, 316, 355.

Profpcrity, from God, 53. «$/ fa be expeHedby Re-
bels againjl him, 26. dreadful, if abufed, 212.

Providence, 108. followed, 318. /Vj Bounties, |jo,
297. z/j Myjleries to he chared up hereafter, 212,

/""\Uickening Gra:* defirel, 62.
^V^, Quietncfo w«^r Trouble, 42.

R
"D Ace, ?£/ ChrijYian, 296. CV///1 sar Forerunner
•*^ (jj //, 311.

Raimenr, fpiritual, 132, 165.
Rainbow raaW the Throne, 355.
Rebels again}} God warned, 44. punijhed, 26, 156.

again ji Chrijl executed, 213.
Rebellion, impudent, 136. Hjmn for Deliverance

from it, 46.
Recovery /rww Sicknefs, 58, 59, 60, 364.
Redemption ty Chrijt, 170, 226, 227, 266.
Rejoicing /a G^ amidfl Poverty, 161. ;;; C/?>//?

though unfeen, 330. fa car Covenant Engagements,

23. in f& Views of Death and "Judgment, 314,

361. /^ Joy.
Religion revived, 146. Activity in it, 172. Incon-

flancy in it, 151. Gratitude the Spring of it, 152.
Repentance commanded to all^ 254. /^ Means of

Pardon^

INDEX.

Pardon, 28, 371. producing Humility and Sub-

mijfton, 142.
Refignation, fee Patience, Submiffion.
Reft, the holy Soul's in God, 57. remaining for God's

People, 310
Refurre&ion^/C/jn/?, 194, 218. ofChrifians, 89,

260, 270, 287. by the Spirit, 260.
Retirement, and Self- Examination, 29.
Returning to God, 122, 126^ 149.
Revival of Religion attempted, 172. prayed for,

120, 12 r.
Riches, their Vanity, 63, 212. Defire of them mo-
derated, 268. everlajling, obtained by Charity^

209.
Righteous Men, fee Saints.
Righteoufnefs from Chrifl, 132, 165, 266, 274.
Rod of God beard) 159. its good Effects, 143, 373.

S

CAbbath, the eternal, 3'0.

^ Sacrifice of Cbrifl, 220, 291. fee Blood, the
living, 263.

Safety in God, 31, 90, 95, 98, 102. in the Ways
of Religion, 96.

Saints, their Excellency, jj, 7$. their Happinefs9
16, 38* God's Portion, 14. their Profpecls for
Time and Eternity, 33, 45. their Sentence and fi-
nal Happinefs, 187. Chr if} glorified in them, 303,.
and Sinners different Views in Time of Danger^
94. their different End, 2 1 2.

Salvation, approaching, 264. beautifying the Meek -,
72. everlajling, 310, 314. _/** Heaven, /r^wi
Gody 36, GW magnified for it, 40. fpeaking it to

bis

I N D E X.

his People, 36. by Grace, 286. the Scheme of it
worthy of God, 3c -. the I Ford of it fent to us,
252.
Samaritan, the good, 2.05.
Sandlification of Chrijl and his Church, 242. by

Chrifi, 266, 293.
Satan, his Captives lamented, 129. conquered by
Chrifi, 308. by Chrijiians, 265, 356. his Power
refrained, 216. his Strong- holds cafldown, 278.
Scripture, its Excellency, 63. fee Word.
Seafons of the Tear, 43.
Secret Prayer, ijj.

Seeking Cbri/1,75. the Knowledge of God, 150. the
Kingdom of God firfl, 178. Things above, 300.
Self Dedication, 23, 263.
Self-Examination, 29, 138.
Sepulchre in the Garden, 243. fee Grave.
Serving Chrijl, 276, 294. with Zeal, 210, 247.
Settlement of a Minijler, a Hymn for, 123. fee

Ordination, Mimfter.
Sheep, Chrijl' s, their Character, 230. Happinefs*
231. Securi y, 232. comfrted, 2c8. God's Care
of them, 144. recovered from tendering, 65.
Shepherd o/* Saints is God, 144.
Sicknefs, healed, 58, 59, 60, nf)^. fpiritual, heeded*

204, 223.
Silence under Jffliclion, 42. /y Submimon.
Simeon^ Srng and Prophecy, 202.
Sin, its Captives lamented, 129. coufing Grief to
good Men, 64. cleanfed by CbriJY s Blood, 312,
348. pardoned, 169, 170. remonfrated againjl*
115. none in Heaven, 310.
Singing M Gm'j A/tf)', 69. /«* Joy, Rejoicing.

Sirrners,

INDEX.

Sinners, alarmed, 80. dejlroyed, 26. their Doom ,
148. exhorted, 328. recovered, 204. relapfing,
1 80. their final Sentence and Mifiery, 189. warned
of their Appearance at Judgment, 337. their vain

Xtftg'* 337- .
Soldier, the Chrifiian animated and crowned, 353,

354*

Song 0/* Mofes tfW *£* Za^, 357. firs Hymn,
Praife.

Sorrow, fee Affliction, Grief.

Soul, God its Saviour j 36. its Strength, 68. the
Care of it needful, 206, 207.

Spirit of God, compared to Water, 22 f, 225, 360.
his Influences defined, J45, 251, 360. lifting up
his Standard, 117. the Proof of our Adoption ,
281. quickening dead Saints, 260. revealing Hea-
ven, 285.

Spirits of Men under God's Influence^ 24. departing^
committed to Chrift, 249.

Spiritual Enemies, fee Satan.

State of the Dead reflected on, 164.

Stone, the living, 333. the corner, 334.

Strength from Heaven, 15, 68, 98, 269,

Subjection to God, 322.

Submiffion to God, 42, 190. fee Patience.

Suecefs of the Gofipel, ico, III, 147, 173. fought r,

120, 121.

Sufferings of Chrift, 191, 307. and his Succefies,
4I> 139. of Chriftians, 306. fee Grief, Com-
fort, Support.

Su n of R ighteoufinefs, 1 7 3 .

Supper, Lord's, Hymns for it, 171, 288, 350.

Support from God, 15. in Death, 32,45. in the

Covenant^

I N D E X.

Covenant, under Troubles, 20, 21. in Death, 22.

on the Death of faithfid Miniflers, 17, 182, 195.

pious Friends, 17, 196, 208, 215, 260,302.

young Chrijlians, 234.
Sympathy, Cbrijiian, 205, 282.

T
/T1Abie of the Lord polluted, 171. fpread, and

Invitations fent, 21 I. attended, 350.
Tafting divine Goodnefsy 35. that the Lord is gro-

ciousy 332.
Teachings, divine, 2T0. Chrijl's, excellent, 175.
Temple, the fpiritual, 167,333. the heavenly, and

Chrijlians Pillars in it, 33, 354.
Temptations moderated, 216. overcome, 356.

Strength proportioned to them, 269.
Thankfulnefs, y^/ Praife.
Thank fgi v ing, Hymns of, 67, 70, 71. for public

Mercies, 49, 95, 272, 374.
Things, fnal!, the Day of, not deftifed, 168.
Time, redeemed, 130, 292, 317, 329. wafled,

52, 127.
Triumph in God's Prctedion, 31. c/ Chrijl, 41.

0/ /A* Gofpel, fee Succefs.
Trouble, Patience under it, 42. Conflation in it \

235. in domejiic Troubles, 21. y^Y Support.
Truit /'* GW, 30, 87, 162.

V
TTAeant Congregations feeking God, 13, 372.
* Vanity of Creatures, and God's Sufficiency,

I 25. of earthly Things, 268. of Alan* 63. 0/*

A/**, and Majcjly oj God, 97. of Riches, 212.

of'.. . :;cs> 329. of our Years , 52.

Victory

INDEX.

Vi&ory celebrated^ 46, 272, 374. fpiritual, fee

Satan.
Vine, Chrijl the true, 237. abiding in him, 237,

238'
Vineyard of God, 81. its Unfruitfulnefs punijhed9

174.

Unbelief and Faith, Jlrnggling, 197.

Unchangeablenefs of God, 54, 316. of Chrijl, 323.
of the Covenant, 355.

Unknown GW, 253.

Voice of Chrijl calling Men, 74. of God to be imme-
diately heard, 309. of the Rod beard, 159, 373.

Vows, religious encouraged, 137. re joked in, 23,

W

V\7Aiting /*r GW, 93.
vv Walking w//7A GW, 1, 79.

Warfare, fpiritual, 199, 306, 353, 354.^ Satan,

Watchfulnefs, Chrijlian, 129, 210.

Waters, living, an Emblem of the Spirit, 221, 225,
360. 0/" //jf Sancluary, 147.

Ways 0/* GW, fnging in them, 69. Safety in them9
96. /fo Blind and Weak led in them, 101. of the
Upright known to God, 38. fearching and trying
out Ways, 138.

Wicked, fee Sinner.

Wildernefs, transformed, 100. Miracles in it, 47.

Wifdom, her Houfe and Feafl, 76. her Invita-
tions, 76. for Reproofs and Encouragements, 73,
fra*, 150. C£W// our Wifdom, 266.

Word of God, its Benefit to Youth, 61. its Efficacy,
133, 356. fii Excelfoicy, 63.

World, tranfttory z68» tw», 329. dejlroyed, 342.
4 WorQiipj

INDEX.

Worfhip, daily i 79. Family, 2. fecret, IJj. $pen-
ing a new Place of Worfhip, 49.

Wrath, future, 189. treafured up, 258. of Ene-
mies rejlrained, 95. and over-ruled, 46.

Y
VfEar, crowned with divine Goodnefs,^. wajlcd,
* 52. /?<? New Year's-Day.
Youth preffedto pray, 370. regard to Scripture, 61 .
/a y>*£ Cbrijl, 75. to feek Heaven firjl, 178.
Comfort on their Death, 234.

Z

CfEal /$r G^, 9. /or ChriJVs Caufe, 246, 247.

^^ approved and rewarded, 172.

Zion, GW comforting it, 163. intreated for it,
220. its Joy in God S Government, 108. purified
and guarded, 107. the Highway to it, 96. //^y
f* rf fought y 127* fee Church.

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