FROM THE LIBRARY OF EV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY V /*? ^-. t> / '&*. W. A. VAUGHAN, CftCNDALE Rectory, Canterbury. C O L L E c/l « 933 ^ O F A VO '^£ ' PSALMS and HYMNS, CHIEFLY IMTENDED For PUBLIC WORSHIP. . \ f- ,-' , < , . ■■ . -; BrROWL a-n d. h ill, a. m. 'Zing ye Praifes with Undemanding, Psalm xlvii. 7* Speaking fo yurfh-es in Pfafmi t and Ifyv:;::, and fp'uuual Sor?gs> firgt'g, and making melody in yrur hearts unto the Lord, Eph. v. 19. L O ,N D O K: Printid by M. PA SHAM: And Sold at ihe Surry Chapel, St. GeorgcV Road. ^.DCCrLXXXIll* PREFACE. THE following colle&ion of Pfalms and Hymns I truftwill not be unacceptable; ibme pains having been taken in coliedti ng and compofing them. Notwithftanding, had not the Congregation, for whom they are prin- cipally intended, been in want of a fpeedy publication, I fhould have been glad to have kept them fome time longer from public view. Many of them are well known in moftofour worshipping aflemblies ; thcfc being in themfelves fo excellent, are always new. Others of them, I truft not much inferior, will appear as new, though not altogether fo; they were, composed from fome poetic hints borrowed from other authors ; and herein I mud acknowledge myfeif principally indebted to the Lyric poems of the inimitable Dr. Watts. A third ciafs of them are by no means the better To the READER. better for being entirely new; thefo 1 once thought of diftinguilhing by -a particular mark, but as names are of no nfe, where truth and devotion are fought for, I determined otherwifc- Modeft words before God always become us bed ; firong expreffions ef perfonal inte*eft may do for fome, but not for all ; many fin in (peaking too boldly ; none in fpeaking too humbly* I mention this as an apology for feftenjng or rejecting fome expreilions not fit for a public congregation : though for the fake of thofe happy fouls that are filled with joy and peace in believ- ing, I have not altogether made it % general rule. Befides, I do not fee we need attempt to animate our longs of praife with much perfonal applica- tion, when there is enough and enough in the perfon of the Redeemer, limply conlidered, for our moft exalted praife, Others, perhaps, with an apparent juftnefs may cry, But why fuch a multiplicity of collections of hymns I Let fuch conlider, that as no miniiter or congregation would have wimed To the READER, me to have adopted a publication which they efteem as their property, a new collection, upon this occafion, is not only a matter of choice but of nccefiity. It has given me fome concern, that religion of late years has been ib much expofed in wretched verfe. If I have been fo happy as to find the medium between lhat which is low, mean, and doggrcl, and that which is turgid and bombaft, I am latisfied: my aim has been to feek for exalted praife, and fervent prayer, turned into poetic language, plain, neat, and eafy to be vinderftood. That the Hymns may be the more cafily found, they are placed in the following order, Morning Hymns j Evening Hymns ; Hymns fox the Lord's Day ; Hymns before and after iSermon ; Invitation Hymns; General Hymns of Prayer ; General Hvmns of Praife; Feflival Hvmns; Funeral and Judgment Hvmns; Occafional Hymns ; Hymns for Baptifm ; Hymns for the Communion ; DifmiiTion Hymns and Doxologics. That PREFACE. That this little Book may prove a pleafant guide of praife and prayer to all that ufe it, is the hearty defire Of theirs fincerely, For Chrift's fake, R. HILL. ERRATA. Page 69, line 18. For lead read leads* Page 79, line 13, For Humanity read Humility. Page 82, line 17. For fervant's read fervants* Page 107* line 21. For where read iiw*. Pag& 125, lad: line. For pull read y7W/. Page' 145, line 13, Dele ^ before throne. Page 177, lime 1. For removd read removed, j line 3. For proved read proved* ■ line 9. For iveak, read iveak/y, — — line j 1, For J:ck, rezdjickly. Page 205, line u. For mercy y read meekly % Page 208, line 9, Add Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed 244 247 Al ye that pais by 122 127 AJmighty Lord, thy counfels fland 84 91 Amid the feven lamps behold 198 197 i And are we wretches yet alive 76 S3 Angels deicend to tell the birth 202 20^ Angels attend and join the long 212 211 Arife, O King of grace, arife 235 236 Arife, ye faints, and join to praife 182 1S3 t Array'd in mortal flefh 115 121 Asa /hepherd loves to keep 195 195 ■ Awake our fouls, away our fears 121 1:6 ! Awake and fing the fong 166 166 A Awake my heart, awake my tongue 17A 175 Away from eanh to Calvary 23$ 263, B. Before my Saviour God 94 102 * Before Jehovah's awful throne 152 15.3 1 fie^ia my tongue fome heavenly theme 12 7 131 \ P. H. Begin ye faints the happy fong 148 150 lie prefent at our table Lord 266 fi'id, mighty Lord, my fins depart 91 99 BlefTed are the ions of God 164 164 Bleft be the Lord from day to day 17b 199 * Bit ft be 1 he Father, and his love 217 216 BJeftare thefouls, the word proclaims 222 222 ; BJeft by Jefu's providence 229 230 B I e ft be the dear uniting love 230 231 Bleft be the Lord whofe guardian care 231 232 Blefs'd be the name of Zion's King Z rq 2 6£ fD - Bleft are the fouls that hear and know 26 27 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 23 23 .Jjury'-d in fhadows of the night 149 i$i Caft thy burden. on the Lord 58 64 -.Children of the heavenly King 163 163 Chrift is the true fubftantial good 200 198 Chrift, the Lord, is ris'n today 210 209 Chi ift's own foft hand (hall wipe the 37 42 Come thou incarnate Word 20 20 Come, ye wretched fouls to Jefus, 29 31 Come guilty fouls, and fly away 35 38 'Come,deareft Lord, defcend and dwell 62 08 "Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 73 80 pom*, Holy Spirit, come 96 104 -Come let us join our chearful fongs 109 116 • Come,happyfouls,appvpachyourGodi25 129 v Come let us aicend 132 137 'Come thou fout of every blefling 14 6 i^2 Come^e that love the I^.d 162 162 Come* INDEX. P. tf, * Come, and let us fweetly join 178 178 * Come thou Almighty King 218 217. Come, Holy Ghofl, fel to thy feal 247 252 'Come defcend, O heavenly Spirit 247 253 'Come, thou long expected Jeftis 204 20 \ Coramiffion'd from the Lord of hods 233 235 D. Dear friend of friendlefs firmer*, hear 82 09 Deep in our hearts we would recoid S3 90 Defcend, celeftial Dove 239 241 Did ever one of Adam's race 118 123 10 1 1 66 73 5 6 193 193 Early, my God, without delay Encouraged by thy word vEre I deep, for every favour Exalted high, at God's right hand "Far from our thoughts vain world 18 18 Father, behold with gracious eyes 102 109 Father, how wide thy glory fhines 120 125 Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft ■ 268 • Firm as the earth thy gofyel (lands no 117 Forth in thy ilrength, O Lord, we go 237 230 Forgive, my-God, a mortal tongue 185 185 v For all the bkflings of this day 265 278 For a feafon calTd to part 262 272 » From all that dwell below the ikies 34 37 a 2 INDEX, G. P. H. 188 267 268 189 134- 238 186 i 3 3 239 186 84 90 54- 92 98 60 215 214 172 372 37 60 4* 66 *7 95 Give thanks to God moil high Give glory to God Give to the Father praife ' Glory to God on high Glory to God who gave the word ' Glory be to God on hi ^h God, my fupporter and my hope God the Saviour we adore Gracious Lord, incline thine ear Granted is the Saviour's prayer Great God, whole univerfal fway Great Sun of righteoufnefs arife - Guide us, O thou great Jehovah Guilty and vile before my God H. Hail Father, whofe commanding call 219 21 S Happy the time when Jefus (hone 93 101 v Happy the man to whom ^tis given 247 251 1 Hark ! the herald angels ling 203 201 Hearts of ft one relent, relent 204 203 Head of the church triumphant 112 119 •'He comes! he comes I the judge fevere 224 224 'He dies ! the friend of iinners dies! 186 187 Here, Lord, we give ourfelves away 244 246 * Hither ye poor, ye fick, ye blind 31 32 Ho! all ye trembling fmneis hear 34 36 Ho ! how well are we defended 145 147 Holy Spiri r , gently come, 43 50- Moly Lamb, who thee leceive 61 67 Holy INDEX. P. H, Holy Ghoft, difpel our fadnefs 89 97 Holy Jefus, lovely Lamb 103 no Holy Lord, I come to thee io~ 1 {4 Hofanna to Jefus the Lord 264 275 How fweet the day of iacreel reft 8 9 How do our hearts rejoice to hear 15 15 How Tweet, dear Lord, thy facred word 39 45 How long, O Lord, fhall I complain 74. 81 s How can v;e adore 160 16 1 • How condefcendin?-, and how kind 258 26'J How falfe this earth in all its forms 179 180 >How pleafant, how divinely fair 260 269 *Hqw glorious the Lamb 263 274 Jefus, the all-reftoring word Jefus, thou dear atoning Lamb Jelus, teach our fouls to be Jefus, fhepherd of the fheep Jefus, lover of m) foul Jefus, true and living vine Jefus, my living way Jefus, thou art my rigbteoufnefs Jefus, our Lord, afcend thy throne Jefus, thy blood and righteoofnefs Jefus fhall reign where'er the fun Jefus, Lord, we look to tl Jefus, thy lovely felf revedl Jefus, at whole iupreme command Jefus, full of truth, and grace Jefus, I blefs thy gentle hand Jefus, who dy\l a world 10 Cave Jtfus is now gone up on high a 3 I T 4 4 40 47 4^ 49 a6 5* 53 59 5 7 62 97 105 l 3i 136 '53 *55 J 73 173 22S 228 229 219 249 -57 251 258 |! : i3a 2 1 1 210 *J3 212 J , p. H, 216 2J 5 2 57 265 140 144 7i 77 105 112 113 120 171 17*- I N D E X. Jefus, we hang upon thy word jefus invites his faints *tf Jefus is ours I long to love, but ah ! how far In Jefus approv'd 1 join ail the glorious names Join ye redeemed heirs of grace L, '"Laden with guilt, tinners arift * Lamb of God, whofe bleeding love 1 Let every mortal ear attend Let us all unite toblefs Let God the Father and the Son Light ofthofe whofe dreary dwelling 78 Lo t he comes with clouds defcending 225 v Lort|g have we fat beneath the found Look up, my foul, to him Lord of the worlds above Lord, we are come before thee now vLord, we are vile, conceiv'd in fin Lord, if thou thy grace impart Lord, we welcome thy dear fervant Lord, when my thoughts delight to 139 14^ Love divine, all love excelling 100 107 Low at thy feet we pr. flrrate fall 81 S8 Lo ! what an entertaining fight 195 194. M.. May the grace of Chrift our Saviour 262 271 My dtareft Lord, take thou my heart 68 74 My God accept my eaily vows 3 3 My God, permit my tongue 9 10 My God, permit me not to be 41 48 » My. 37 42 2 53 261 22 22 129 »» 267 ; ?s 85 **3 223 68 75 256 264 12 *3 19 '9 59 65 79 86 232 *33 INDEX. P. H- 'My God, my life, my love 77 S4 My righteous judge, my gracious God 51 57 My foul, how lovely is the place j 1 1 z 6z *9 249 2 5S »7 17 20 n 3* 34 1 3 5 x 39 J68 16X 226 226 252 2 S ^ < My foul, come meditate the day 222 22 1 N: »Not all the blood of beads 'Nothing DUtthy bipod, O Jefus 'Now may the Spirit's holy fire 'Now begin the heavenly theme ' Now to the power of God fupreme 'Now to the Lord, a noble f.ncr 'Now for a time of lofty praife Now, with joint content, we Gng Now to the Lamb, that once was (lain 25 O. ' O come, thou wounded Lamb of God 39 Of all the joys we mortals know Of him who did falvation bringr O for a clofer walk, with God () for a meflage from above • O God, how endlefs js thy love O God, the friend of finners fie O God of all grace Oh, blefs the Saviour, ye that eat * O Jefns, our Lord O Lord, how excellent thy grace O Lord, what love and favour O Lord, turn not thy face away 'O love divine, how fweet thou art OmniprefentLgrd, whofe aid |J9 46 1 So 1S1 246 250 7* 7« 86 94 7 7 85 93 123 12S 2 4 i 244 35 39 3$ 44- 44 5" 106 113 S7 96 4 :> Once INDEX. P. IT. On thee, O God of purity 99 106 O patient, fpotlefs Lamb 52 58 O tell me r.o more 129 134 O that thou woulcTft thine heavens rend 24 25 O the delights, the heavenly jovs 126 130 O thou in whom the Gentiles trull 128 133. Our Saviour alone 152 154 Our Lord is rifen from the dend 214 213 Out of the deeps of long ditbrefs 48 ^4 O what (hall we do 137 141 P. Permit us, deareft Lord, to prove 252 26 Plung'd in a gulph of dark defpair 165 165 PraijLye the Loid, exalt his name 27 28 Praileye the Lord, 'tis good to raife 157 158 PraifeGodfromwhomallblefTirjgsnow267 Prepare, prepare, to meet thy God £5 103 R. Rejoice, the Lord is King 167 167 Rejoice, ye fons of men rejoice 201 199 Rich grace,freegrace,moil(weetly calls 36 40 Rife, my foul, adore thy Maker 2 a Rife, my foul, and ftretch thy wings 154 156 Salvation, O the joyful found 24. 24 See, gracious God, before thy throne 108 115 Sec X 1M XJ £j A-9 See where the mighty Saviour comes 207 206 Sinners, obey the gofpel word 28 30 Sinner, O why Co thoughtlefs grown 3 1 33 Sing we to our God above 267 Smitten on the accurfed tree 104 11 1 Son of God ! thy blefling grant 47 $3 Source of light and power divine 33 35 Strangers and pilgrims here on earth 155 157 Sweet is the work, O God, our King 7 8 Sweet the moments rich in bieffing 248 254 Sweet is the mention of thy grace 266 27^ T. Tell me, Saviour, from above 49 5$ Tell us, O women, we would know 192 192. Thankful for our 1 very blefiing 264 276 There is a voice of ibvrain grace 80 87 Tne God of Abraham praile in 118 The Lord fupplies his people's need 147 149 The Lord of earth and iky 241 ^.3 The fai re it of ten thou land fairs 170 1730 The fountain of Chrift 176 177 Thee, Almighty Lord, we own 227 227 The gofp?l reports 189 190 The wjndering world enquires to know 1 97 196 The wonders, Lord, thy love hath 206 205 The Sun of righteoufneis appears 209 208 Thi peace which God alone reveals 263 274 This is the day the Lord hath made 16 16 Thou hidden loveofGod,whofe height 65 72 Thou God of glorious majeiry 69 76 Thou fhepherd of Ifiael divine 75 82 Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb 131 135 Thy favours. Lord, furprize our foulsi 75 176 <( ' Tis fmilVd," the Redeemer faid 205 204 Thus did the fons of Abra'm pal's 238 2 4© INDEX. P. H. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghcft 167 To God the only wife 136 14.0 To thee our wants are known 261 270 'Twason that daik, that doleful night243 245 'Twas love that Brought the Saviour 346 249/ W. We give immortal praife 220 n« Keep the iflUes of my heart. 3- thou jealous God ccme down, God of fpotlefs purity ; Claim and feize me for thine, c. Confecrate my heart to thee. Under thy protection take, Songs in the night r fe&fon give ; Let me deep to thee, and wake ; Let me die to thee, and live. VI. • E f ven'i72g. I. ?T~? ^ I fleep, for ev'ry favour !Tj This day fhew'd By my God, 1 will blefs my Saviour. . E 3 O my ( 6 ) 2. © my Lord, what fhall I render To thy Name Still the fame, Gracious, good, and tender ? Leave me not, but ever love me ; Let thy peace Be my blifs, Till thou hence remove me. 4- Vifit me with thy falvation : Let thy care Now be near, Jlound my habitation. 5- Be my rock, my guard, my tower$ Safely keep While I fleep, Me with all thy power. 6. So whene'er in death I flumber, Let me rife With the wife, Counted in their number. 7- Glory, honour, thanks and blefli^g JBe to thee. One in three, j^ever. never ceafing. VII. Jfe* ( 7 ) VII. Morning or Evening* |. OGod, how endlefs is thy love, Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new ; And morning mercies from above, Gently diilil like early dew. 2. Thou fpread'fl the curtain of the night, Great guardian of our fleeping hours ; Thy fov'reign word reilores the light, And quickens all our drowfy pow'rs. 3- We yield our pow rs to thy command, To thee we confecrate our days ; Perpetual bleiTings from thine hand Demand perpetual fongs of praife. VIII. Hymns for the Lord's Day. Pfalm xcii. I. SWEET is the work, O God, our king, To praife thy name, give thanks and fing: To fhew thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth by night. 2. Sweet is the day of facred red, Drive earthly care from ev'ry bread? And let our hearts in tune be found, Like David's harp of folemn found ! Our ( 8 ) 3- Our hearts would triumph in thed, Lord* And blefs thy work, and blefs thy word! Thy works of grace, how bright theyfhine! How deep thy counfels ! how divine ! 4; Fools never raife their thoughts fo high ; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die, Like grafs they flourifh ; till thy breath Shall blaft them to eternal death. O may we fee, and hear, and know. What mortals cannot reach below : May all our pow'rs find fweet employ In Chrift's eternal world of joy. IX.] On a Sacrament Qccajion* I. HOW fweet the day of facred reft, The day that faw the Lord arife j The day the Lord himfelf hath bled, To manifeii peculiar joys. 2. Sinners rejoice and faints be glad, Let the Redeemer's name abound : A thou land honours on his head, Who ftands with grace and glory crown'd. 3' Here we delight to hear his word, And tell of all his wond'rous grace ; We wait around his feftal board, And ling hofannas to his praife. In f 9 ) In God's own name he came to bring Salvation to our dying race : J^et the whole church addrefs their king In louder notes than angels raife. X. Panting after God. Pfalm lxiii. I. MY God, permit my tongue This joy to call thee mine j And let my early cries prevailj To tafte thy love divins. 2. My thirfly fainting foul Thy mercy (hall implore ; ISFo traveler, in a defert land, Can pant for waters more. 3- Within the churches Lord, I long to find my place : Thy power and glory to behold, And feel thy quick'ning grace, 4- For life without thy love, No rtrlifh can afford ; No joy can be compar'd with this, To ferve and pleafe the Lord. 5- Since thou haft been my help, To thee my fpirit flies ; ^nd on thy watchful providence, My chearful hope relies. The ( io } 6. The fhadow of thy wingi My foul in fafety keeps ; I follow where my father leads* And he fupports my fleps. XT. Another Verjlon of the Same, The BleJJing of early Worjhip. EARLY, my God, without delay, We hafle to feek thy face ; Our thirfly fouls wou'd faint away, But for thy chearing grace. 2. As pilgrims on a thirfly land, Beneath a burning iky, Long for a cooling ilream at hand> So we mull drink or die. 3- Oft' h?*ve we feen thy gracious pow'r Thro' all thy temples fhine ; Repeat, dear Lord, that heavenly hour That vifion fo divine 1 4- Not all the bleffings of a feaft Can pleafe our fouls fo well, As when thy richer grace we tafle, And in thy prcfence dwell. Not 5- Not life itfelf with all her joys, Can our bell paifions mo\e ; But as our fouls in thee rejoice, And feait upon thy love. 6. Then, till our lait. expiring days, We'll blefs our Lord and King ; Then will we lift our hearts to praife, And tune our lips to fing. XI f. Longing for God^s boufe % Plaim lxxxiv. I. MY foul, how lovely is the place To which thy God reforts ; ' fis heav'n to fee his fmilingface, Though in his earthly courts. 2. With his rich gifts the heav'nly Dove Defcends and fills the place, While Chrilt reveals his wond'rous love, And Iheds abroad his grace. 3- Lord, at thy threfliold I would wait, While Jefus is within; Rather than rill a throne of Hate Oi dwell in tencs of fin. My 4- My heart and flefh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode ; When (hall I tread thy courts and fee. My Saviour and my God ! The fparrow builds herfelf a neft, And fuffers no remove ; O make me like the fparrow bleft, To dwell but where I love ! 6. To fit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice. Exceeds a whole eternity Employed in carnal joys. 7- Could I command the fpacious land* And the more boundlefs fea, For one bleft hour at thy right-hand I'd give them all away* XIII. Another Verjlon of the Same, I. LORD of the worlds above$ How pleafant and how fair, The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are; To his abode My heart afpire, With warm defire To fee thy God, TJie ( *3 ; 2. Trse fparrow for her young With pleafure feeks her neif ; And vvand'ring fwalfows long To £nd their wonted reii ; My fpirit faints, With equal zeal, To rife and dwell Among thy faints, 3- Thrice happy fouls tnat pray Where God appoints to hear j Thrice happy men that pay Their conllant fervice there. They praife thee flill; And happy they That love the way To Sion's hill. 4. They go from ftrength to ftreooth, Through this dark vale of tear*, Till each arrives ac length, Till each in heaven appears* O glorious feat When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet. God is our fun and lniel-J, Our light and our defence ; With gifts his hands are fi!l'd ; We draw our bleilings thence. rr e C ( 14 ) He will bellow- On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too, 6, The Lord his people loves, His hand no good withholds From thofe his heart approves, From weeping waiting fouls. Thrice happy he, O Lord of hofb, Whofe fpirit trulls Alone in thee. XIV. God's Worjhip delightful I. WELCOME fweet day of reft, That faw the Lord arife ; Welcome to this reviving bread, And thefe rejoicing eyes! 2. The king hi mfelf comes near, And feaits his faints to-day; Here we may fit, and fee him here, And love, and praife, and pray, . 3- One day, amidit the place, Where my dear Lord is feen, Is fvveeter than ten thoufand days Of vanity and fin. My ( i5 ) 4- My willing foul would ftay In fuch a frame as this, And fweetly fing herfelf away ToeverlafHng blifs* XV. Joy in Public Ordinances, Pf. cxxii* I. HOW do our hearts rejoice to hear Thy faints devoutly fay, * € In Zion let us all appear And keep the feftal day." 2. Up to her courts, with joy unknown. Our chearful feet repair ; There fits our Jefus on his throne, And rules in judgment there. 3- May peace within this facred place And ceafelefs joy be found ! With holy gifts and heavenly grace May all thy tribes abound ! 4- Profperity attend thy peace, And let thy word of grace Be water'd with divine increafe, And crown'd with large fuccefs. 5- \ thoufand bleffings on him reft That wifhes thine increafe^ That would himfelf become thy gueft, And feeks thyconltant peace. C 2 We'll ( i6 } We'll join to pray for Zion ftill, While life or breath remains ; There our bell friends and kindred dwell. And there our Saviour reigns. XVI. Ho/anna in the High eft y VL cxviiL I. ^"^HIS is the day the Lord hath made. He calls the hours his own ; Let heaven rejoice, let earth he glad, And praiic ftirround the throne. 2. Te-day Chrift rofc, and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell ; To-day the faints his triumphs fpreadj And all his wonders tell. Hofanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Sen ; Hofannas loud to thee we frng. Like thofe around the throne* +' Hoianna ! let the earth and fkic* Repeat the joyful found; Rocks, hills, and vales reflect the voice. In one eternal round. 5- Hofanna! in the higheft drains The church on earth can raife ; The higheft heavens, in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praife. XVtf, ■ ( i7 ) XVII. Opening public Worjlip. NOW may the Spirit's holy fire; Defcendi ng from above, His waiting family infpire With joy, and peace, and love ! 2. Thee we the Comforter confefs ; Without thy prefence here, Our fongs of praife are vain addrefs, We utter heartlefs pray'r ! Wake heavenly wind, ariie and come, Blow on the drooping field ; Our fpices then fhall breathe perfume, And fragrant incenfe yield. 4- Touch with a living coal the lip That fhall proclaim thy word, And bid each awful hearer keep Attention to the Lord. 5- Lo ! for thy prefence, Lord, we pray, Thy pow'r we wait to prove : Thy glorious grace to each difplay, And fill our fouls with love* XVIIf. ( i8 ) XVIII. The Enjoyment of ChrzJ} 9 in Public IVorJbif. F ft A R from our thoughts vain world be go no Let our religious hours alone : O may our eyes the Saviour fee I We wait a vifit, Lord, from thee, 2. O warm our hearts with holy fire ! And kindle there a pure deiire ; Come, our dear Jefus fiom above, And feed our fouls vviih heavenly love, 3- The trees of life immortal Hand In fragrant rows at thy right hand ; And in fv/eet murmurs by their fide Rivers of bliis perpetual glide. Hade then, and with a fmihng face, Come, fpread the tables of thy grace : }>r:vg down a tafie of truth divine, And cheer our hearts with facred wine 5; . Blert Jefus, what delicious fare ! Howiweet thine entertainments sure ! Never did angels talte above .Redeeming grace axd dying love. i Bailj { *9 ) 6. Hail, great Immanuel, all divine 1 *e thy Father's glories fhine : Thou brighter!, Av.ee.tefi, fairelr one, That eyes iiave feen or angels known 1 XIX. The Sinner's Suit for a Blejjing in Gydinances. 1. IOF.D, we come before thee now, j At thy feet \vz feasibly bow ; Oh ! do not our iuit difdain - y Shall we fet : k thee, Lord, in vain } Loi i, on thee our fouls depend ; In corapaflioB novv defcend ; r hearts with thy rich grace- Tune our lips to fing thy praife. 2. In thine own appointed way Now we feek thee ; here we ftay, d, from hence we would not go, Till a bleffing thou befrow : Send forne meffage from thy word, Which may joy and peace afford; Let thy Spirit now impa.t | I falvaticn to each heart . Comfort thofe who weep and mourn ; Bid the time of joy return ; Thofe that are caft down lift up, Mike them ftrong in faith and hope; Grant f 20 } Grant that thofe who feek may find Thee a God divinely kind : Heal the fick, the captive free, Let us all rejoice in thee. XX. Hymns before and afte* S £ R M O N . I, COME thou incarnate word, Gird on thy mighty (word, Our prayer attend : Come and thy people blefs, And give thy word fuccefs, Spirit of holinefs, On us defcend. 2. O may thy fervant be, fill'd with fweet liberty, Clothed with power ; Bid, Lord, the dead ariic By thy almighty voice, May we in thee rejoice, In this £lad hour. XXI. Redeem r : g Love. NOW begin the heav'nly theme, Sing aloud in Jefu's name : Yc who Jeiu's kindnefs prove, Triumph in redeeming love. 7 Yc ( 21 ) 2. Ye, who fee the Father's grace Beaming in the Saviour's face, As to Caman on ye move, Fiaife and- blefs redeeming love* 3- .Mourning fouls, dry up your tear** Banim ail your guilty -fears, See your guilt and curfe remove, Canceled by redeeming love. Ye, alas* who long have been Willing flaves of death and fin, i\ow free: blifs no longer rove, Stop and tafte redeeming love. 5- come all, by nn op pre ft, Welcome to his facred reil ; ►tklng brought him from above* Kothin^ but redeeming love. 6. When his fpirit leads us home, jn we to his glory come, We (hall all the fulnefs prove, Or' our Lord's redeeming love. He fubdu'd th' infernal pow'rs, Thofe tremendous foes of ours, from their curfed empire drove ; flighty in redeeming love. .Hither ( 22 ) 8. Hither/ then, your mufic bring, Strike aloud each chearful firing, Mortals join the hofts above, Join to praife redeeming love. XXII, The Gofpd Invitation, I. LET ev'ry mortal ear attend, And ev'ry heart rejoice, The trumpet of the gofpel founds With an inviting voice. 2. Ho ! all ye hungry, ftarving fouls, That feed upon the wind, And vainly flrive with earthly toy* To fill an empty mind : 3- Eternal wifdom hath prepar'd A foul-reviving feait, And bids our longing appetites The rich provilion tafte. 4- Ho ! ye that pant for living ftreamj, And pine away and die, Here you may quench your raging thirfi With fprings that never dry. Dear Lord! the treafures of thy lore Are everlafting mines, Deep as our helplefs mis'ries are, And boundlefs as our fins. The { *3 ) 6. The happy gates of gofpel grace Stand open night and day ; Lord, we are come to feek fupplies, An4 drive our wants away. XXII I. The Go/pel Trumpet* I. BLOW ye the trumpet, blow The gladly folemn found, Let all the nations know To earth's remote!! bound, The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ranfom'd finners, home ! 2. The gofpel-trumpet hear, The news of heav'nly grace; Ye happy fouls draw near, Behold your Saviour's face ; The year of jubilee, &c, Jcfus our great high prieit, Hath full atonement made ; Ye weary fpirits reft, Ye mourning fouls be glad \ The year of jubilee, &c. 4» Ye flaves of fin and hell, Your liberty receive; Secure in Jefus dwell, And on his fulnefs live : The year of jubilee, &c. Extol C n J 5- Xxtol the lamb of God, The great atoning lamb £ Redemption in his blood Throughout the world proclaim : The year of jubilee, Sec* XXIV. Salvation* SALVATiONi O the joyful found* What pleafure to our ears ! A fov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears, 2. Bury'd in forrow and in fin, At hell's dark door we lay ! Till we arofe by gface divine* To fee an heavenly day ! n $' Salvation ! let the echo fly The fpacious earth around, While all the armies of the iky Gonfpire to raife the found. XXV. A Pro.yer for the Succefs of the GofpeL o X. That thou would'il thine heavens 1 ' rend, And with thy mighty grace defcend ; Proclaim thy name of great renowrf, Subdue the world and wear the cro.vu. Ride Ride in the chariot of thy word ; Ride on, and profper, gracious Lord :• From conquering and to conquer go,. And bring a world of rebels low. 3- Bid thy comraifTion'd faints proclaim,.- The glories of the Saviour's name; 'Till worlds unborn fhall learn to praife The conquers of Almighty grace. As doves falute the rifing day, And to their windows haite away 5 So teach apoftate man to fly Up to the regions of the fky. 5- From pole to pole let finners know The wonders that thine arm can do, Till all the kingdoms mall become The kingdoms of the Lord alone. XXVI. ChriJFs Government and Glor^ exulted. Pf. xlv. I. WE fing the glories of our king, His form how wond'rous fair! None of the fons of mortal race Can with our Lord compare. D Sweet - I 20 ) 2, Sweet is thy fpeech : and heav'nly grace. Upon thy lips is filed ; Thy God with bleftings infinite, Has crown'd thy facred head. 3-. Gird on thy fword, victorious Prince, Ride with majeflic fway ; Thy terror fhall ilrike through thy foes. And make the world obey, 4- Thy throne, O God, for ever Hands, Thy words of grace fhall prove A peaceful fceptre in thine hands To rule the faints by love. 5- juftice and truth attend thy ftate, And mercy lead thee on, Till all thine enemies fhall yield Obedience to thy throne, JCXVII. Pfalm Ixxxviii, 15. I. BLEST are the fouls that hear and know The gofpePs joyful found ; Peace (hall attend the paths they go, And light their Heps furround. Their f 27 ) 2. 'Their joy (hall bear their fpirits up Through their redeemer's name! His righteoufnefs exalts their hope ; Nor Satan dares condemn. 3- The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and falvation gives : Ifrael, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives. XXVIII. Pfalm cxxxy. PRAISE ye the Lord, exalt his name. While in his holy courts ye wait ; Ye faints, that to his houfe belong, Or ftand attending at his gate. 2. Praife ye the Lord ; the Lord is good : To praife his name is fweet employ - T Ifr'el he chofe of old, and Hill His church is his peculiar joy. n # Blefs ye the Lord, who tafte his love c People and priefts exalt his name ; Among his faints he ever dwells, His church is his Jerufalem. D 2 XXIX, ( 23 ) XXIX. Enjoyment ofChriJi in Worjhif* YE that in thefe courts are found, Lift'ning to the joyful feusid, JLoft and helpless as ye are, Sons of forrovv, fin, and care,, Glorify the King.of Kings, [Take the peace the gofpel brings, 2. Turn to (Thrift your longing eyes ^View his bloody facrifice : ;See in him your fins forgiv'n, Pardon, holinefs, and heav'n : .Glorify the King of Kings, Take the peace the gofpel -brings, XXX. An Invitation Hjmn* J. SInner^, obey the gofpel word, ! Hafte to the f upper of your Lord : Be wife to know your gracious day, All things are ready, come,awayl 2. Ready the father is to own, ,And kifs his late-returning fon ; Ready the loving Saviour Hands, 4nd fpreads for^ou his bleeding hands. Hea4y r *9 > 3. Heady the fpirit of his love Awaits the ftony heart to move % To fprinkle the atoning blood, And v/afh and feal you Tons of God. Ready for you the Angels wait, To triumph in your bieft eftate : With harps of gold, they long to praife The wonders of redeeming grace, Come then, ye finners, to your Lord, To happineis in Chriftreitor'd ; His proffer'd benefits embrace, And freely now be fav'd by grace. XXXI. The fame. I. COME, ye wretched fouls, to Jefus, Weak and wounded, fick and poor; Jefus ready ftands to five us, Full of pity join'd with power. He is able, &c. He is willing ; doubt no more. 2. Ho ! ye needy, come and welcome ; God^s free bounty glorify : True belief, and true repentance, Every grace that brings us nigh ; Without money, So Come fc> Jefus-Chrilt, and buv. » 3 Ul 3- "Let not confcience make you linger .5 Nor of fitnefs fondly dream ; All the fitnefs he requireth, Is to feel your need of him * This he gives you, &c. 'Tis the fpirit's rifmg beam* 4. ' Corae, ye weary, heavy laden, Bruis'd and mangled by the fall 5 Jf you tarry till you're better, You will never come at all : .Not the righteous,, &c. Sinners Jems came to calL ... * Agonizing in the garden, Lo ! your Maker proilrate lies ; On the bloody tree behold him ; Hear him cry, before he dies, f« It is nnimed," &c. Sinners will not this fuffice ? 6. JLo ! th 5 incarnate God afcended, Pleads the merit of his blood : Venture on him, venture wholly ; Let no other truft intrude » None but Jefus, &c. Can do helplefs iinners good. .7; Saints and angels, join'd in concert, ig the praifcg'of the lamb ; Whilr ( 3« ) While the blifsful ieats of heaven Sweetly echo with his name - Kallelujah! &c. Sinners here may iing the fame* XXXIL The fame. HIther ye poor, ye Tick, ye blind* A fin-diforder'd, trembling throngs To you the gofpel cadis, to you Meffiah*s bleffing-s all belong* 2. The fons of reafon and of pride* Rejecl the bleflings of his tree : for fmners only jjefus dy'd ! Sinner, behold! he dy'd for thee? .3' *Twas with our griefs MeiTiah groan'd % 'Twas with our guilt his foul was try'dj Our curfe he freely took, he bore ; And finners Iiv"d when Jefus dy'd ! 4- Awake -each heart, arife eacfe foul, And join xhe blifsful choirs above: May nothing tune our future fong, £ut heavenly wifdom, heavenly love. XXXIII. The Same. I. SINNER, O why fo Aoqgjbdefs grown ? Why in fuck dreadful hafte to die? Daring to leap to worlds unknown, jtfecdlei* aeainft thy Ggd ;o fly ? Wife Wilt thou defprfe eternal fate, Urg'donby fin's fantaflic dreams, Madly attempt th' infernal gate, And force thy pafTage to the flames ? 3- Stay, finner, on the gofpel plains, Behold the God of Love unfold The glories of his dying pains P Forever telling, yet untold. Jefos, thy. Saviour and thy God, Becomes a man of grief for thee ; For thee he fheds his facred blood, And hangs a curfe upon the tree. ^ 5 ' Give me thine heart, my fon, he cries, And kindly waits to take thee in ; With love and pity in his eyes, He weeps to fave thee from thy fin. XXXIV. Ehaing Love. I. NOW to the power of God fupreme, Be everlafting honours given ; He faves from hell (we blefs his name) He calls loft wand'ring fouls to heaven. 2. Not for our duties or deferts, But of his own abounding grace, He works falvation in our hearts, And forms a people- for his praiie. 'Twav X 33 ) 'Twas'his own purpofe that begun To refcue rebels doom'd to die ; He gave us grace in C hrift his Son* .Before he {pread the ftarry iky. 3. He dies^l and in that dreadful night Did all the powers of hell deftroy ; JRifmg, he brought our heaven to light* And took pojTenion of our joy. Jefus, the Xord^ appears at lafl, And makes his Father's couniels known % ^Declares the great tranfa&ions pafV, And "brings immortal bleflings down. XXXV. A Prayer for ihf Minijer* SOURCE of light and power divine, Deign upon thy truth to fhine-^ Jielp thy fervant to proclaim, The fall glories of thy name ; Satisfy his/oul's defire, 1 Touch his lips with holy fire. 2. breathe thy fpiri^ fo fhall fall IJnclion fwcet on him and all ; Till by odours fcatterM round, Chrift himfelf be traced and found : Then mall ev'ry raptur'd heart, Rich in peace and joy depart, xxx\x f 34 ) XXXVI, After Sermon. A Word for the Penitent. J. HO \ all ye trembling fmners hear, The pard'ning voice of Chrift, and live ; With humble confidence draw near, Throw off your doubts, and now believe. Believe, and all your fins are gone, Believe, and heaven is all your own. o If all the fins that men had done, In will, in word, in thought, in deed, Since worlds were made,, or time begun, Were laid on one poor fmner's head ; One drop of Jefu's precious blood, At once could cleanfe the dreadful load* XXXVII. Pfalm cxvif. I. FROM all that dwell below the Ikies, Let the Creator's praifa arife ; Let the Redeemer's name be fung, Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue* 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord j Eternal truth attends thy word j Thy praiie fhall found from more to fliore, Till iuns fhall rife and fet no more. XXXVIII. K 35 ; XXXVIII. Encouragement for the Guilty. 1. C^OME, guilty fouls, and fly away ^ To Chrift, and heal your wounds ; This is the welcome gofpel day, Wherein free grace abounds. 2. God lov'd the world, and gave his Son To drink the cup of wrath : And Jefus fays, he'll caft out none That come to him by faith. XXXIX. Good Tidings. T. O JESUS, our Lord, Thy name be ador'd, fwor.l For all the rich bleffings convey'dthro' thy 2. In fpirit we trace Thy wonders of grace, And cheerfully join in a concert of praife. n The Antient of days His glory difplays, frays. And mines on his chofen with cheriming 4- The trumpet of God Is founding abroad [blood. The language of mercy, falvation through Thrice ( 36 J 5- 4 Thrice happy are they Who hear and obey, And iharein the bleflings of thisgofpel day. 6. The people who know The Saviour below, With cheerful affection to worihip him glow 7- . This blefling be mine, Through favour divine ; But, O my Redeemer, the glory be thine, 8. The work is of grace, Thine, thine be the praife, And mine to adore thee,and tell of thy ways. XL. Invitation I. RICH grace, free grace, moft fweetly calls, Directly come who will, Juft as you are, for Chr ill receives Poor helpless Tinners' ftill. 2. ^Tis grace each day that feeds our fouls, Grace keeps us inly poor ; And O that nothing elfe but grace. May rule for evermore* XLJ. ( 37 ) XL I. Pi aim xxx vi. I. GREAT Sun of Righteoufnefs arife, Blefs the dark world with heav'nly light ; Thy gofpel makes the fimple wife, Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 2. Thy nobleft wonders here we view, In fouls renew'd, in fins forgiven ; Forgive our fins, our fouls renew, And make thy word our guide to heaven- XLII. Comfort fir the AJjiided. I. CHRIST'S own foft hand mall wipe the tears From every weeping eye; AhHiclion, pain, and grief, and fear, And death kfelf, mall die. 2. How long, dear Saviour, O how long Shall this bright hour delay I Fly fwiftly round, ye wheels of time, And bring the welcome day. XLIIL Beheld the Lamb. I, LADEN with guilt, finncrs arife, And view your bleeding facrifice,; Each purple drop proclaims there's room, And bids the poor and needy come ! E Beneath ( 38 ) 2. leneath your crimes the viclim flood, Sign'd yoor acquittances in blood; •Hereby Hern juiHce is appeasM : Sinners, look up, and be releas'd ! 3- Peace, mercy, truth, and righteoufnefs, Beam from the reconciler's face ; Here look, till love difiblves your heart, -And bids your ilavifh fears depart. . . 4- Oh ! quit the world's delufive charms, And quickly fly to Jefu's arms ; Wreiile until your God be known, Till you can call the Lord your own. XLIV. Pfalm xxxiv. I. OLord, hew excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort fprings ; ? The fons of forrow in diitrefs, Fly to the fhadow of thy wings* 2. From, the provisions of thy houfe. We fhall be fed with fweet rcpaft : There 'mercy like a river flows, And brings falvation to our taile. . I .3' Life, like a fountain, rich and free, cpripgs from the prefence of our Lord ; , And in thy light our fouls fhall fee, The 'glories prcmis'd in thy word* ( 39 ) XLV. Pfalm xix, I. HO W fweet, dear Lord, thy facrel word, What light and joy thofe leaves afford, To fouls in deep diltrefs : Thy precepts guide our doubtful \v*y, Thy fear forbids our feet to ttray, \ 3'hy promife' leads to reft. 2. rhy threat'nings wake our fiumb'ring eyes, And warn us where our danger lies : But 'tis thy gofpel, Lord, That makes the guilty confeience clean Converts the foul, and conquers fin, And gives a free reward, XL VI. Gexe ral Hymns of Prater; L o nging fo r Cbrift. I. OCome, thou wounded lamb of God, Come wafti us in thy clean fing blood, Give us to know thy love, then pain Is fweet, and life or death is gain, 2. Take our poor hearts and let them be For ever clos'd to all but thee : Seal thou our breads, and let us wear That pledge of love for ever there. E z How ( 40 ) 3- How bleft are thofe who flill abide Clofe fhelter'd near thy bleeding fide f Who life and flrength from thee derive, And by thee move, and in thee live ! 4- How can it be, thou heav'nly king, That thou fhould'it man to glory bring! Make flaves the partners of thy throne, Dtck'd with a never fading crown 1 Ah, Lord! enlarge our fcanty thought, To know the wonders thou haft wrought ; Unlooie our ftamm'ring tongues to tell Thy love immenfe, uniearchable. 6. Firflborn of many brethren thou, To thee both earth and heav'n muft bow ; Help us to thee our all to give : Thine may we die, thine may we live! XL.VII. A Prayer for a CMd-like Spirit* I* TE S US, teach our fouls to be Meek and lowly, like to thee ; Gentle, innocent, and mild, Chang'd into a little child. 2. Caufe the povv'r of fin to ceafe ; Lead us in the paths of peace ; May the Lamb of God impart, Lamb-like tempers to each heart. ( 4i ) 3- Make our ftubborn foals fubmk* Lay us humbly at thy feet ; Pride and anger far remove, Rule us by the law of love. 4- Thus may we be taught to know. What the Saviour can be (low - On the fimple fouls that wait Humbly at his mercy's -gate* XL VIII. Seeking after God, I. MY God, permit me not to be A flranger to myfelf and thee; Amidit. a thoufand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my higheft love. 2. Why fhou'd mypaflions mix with earth, And thus debate my heavenly birth ? Why fhou'd I cleave to things below, Aryi let my God, my Saviour go? 3; Call me away from ielf and fenfe, One fov'reign word can draw me. thence: I wou'd obey thy voice divine, And all iuferior joys refign. E 3 XLIX* ( 4* ) XLIX. Chrift our Shepherd. John x. I. JESUS, fhepherd of the fheep, Gracious is thine arm to keep, All thy flocks with tender care,. Fed in paftures large and fair. 2. Thou do ft call them by their names, While thy bofom bears the lambs ; Gently leading" thofe.with young, . Screening them from heat and wrong. 3- Thee the fheep proiefs and own, Thee they love, and thee alone ; Known of them, and known to th.ee.> They will never from thee flee.. 4- Strangers they will not obey* Thee they follow as the way ; They delight to find thee near f They delight thy voice to hear. Ever}' wandering fheep behold,. Bring us back into thy fold ; On thy moulders bear us home*, r us no more to roam. 6. l.e:. (!ures fair and green, y face is feen ; lht lin fro, re the living haters flow. • Walk ( 43 ; 7- Walk before us in the way, Keep us left we ran aitray ; Teach us in thy fteps to tread, % And conform us to oar head. 8. When thy fheep in judgment iland, Place us there at thy right hand ; Speak the fentence of the bleit, Bid us enter endlefs reil. L. Veni Creator ; or, A Prayer to rhi. Holy Gbojh I. HOLY Spirit, gently come, Raife us from our fallen ilate j Fix in us thy gracious home, All our fpirits recreate. Gracious gift of God mod: high, Vifit every troubled breaft, Fill our. hearts with peaceful joy, Lead us to thy promised reft. 2. Heavenly unctioa from above. Comforter of weary faints, Source of life, and fire of love. Hear and anfwer our complaints. Holy Spirit, thee we pray, JFinger of the living God, Point us out the living way, Shed the Saviour's love abroad. 3; Now thy quick'ning influence bring, On our fouls divinely move ; Open wide our hearts to fing Jefu's everlafting {t>ve. Take the things of" Chrifc, and mew What his love for us hath done ; Thus may we the Father know, Through the well-beloved 'Son, Lighten each beniglited heart, prive our enemies away ;; Joy, and love, and peace impart, Lead us in the heavenly way : Nothing then our hearts mall fear, While we urge our way to heaven, While we feel thy prefence near, Witnefling our'fins forgiven. LI. Adoring free and fever eign Mercy % , O-Lord, what love and favour I That we, fo vile and poor, Can thro' a dying Saviour Approach thy mercy's door. There find an open paflage Unto the throne of grace ; And wait the welcome me/Iage . That bids us go in peace 1 Lord, ( 45 ) 2. Lord, we are helplefs creatures, Full of the deepeft need ; Throughout denPd by nature, All inly dark and dead : Cur ftrength is perfect weaknefs. And all we have is fin : Our hearts are all uncleannefs, A den of thieves within. 3- We'll never ceafe repeating. Our numberlefs complaints, But ever be intreating The glorious king of faints : Till we attain thine image In realms of endlefs love, There pay our grateful homage With all the faints above. 4- Then we, with all in glory, Shall thankfully relate Th' amazing pleafing ftory, Of Jefu's love fo great : In this bleft: contemplation We (hall for ever dwell, And prove fuch confolation As none below can tell. LII, ( 46 ) LIL The templed Sinner's Prayer* I- s. JESUS, lover of my foul, Let me to thy bofom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempeft itill is high ; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the ftorm of life is pait; Safe into the haven guide: receive my foul at laiti 2. Other refuge have I none : Hangs my helplefs foul on thee ? Leive, ah ! leave me not alone : Still iupport and comfort me: All my truft on thee is ftayM, All mine help from thee I bring j Cover my defencelefs head With the fhadovv of thy wing. 3- Thou, O Chriit, art all I want ; More than all in thee I find ; Raife the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the fick, and lead the blind. Jail and holy is thy name: 1 am all unnghteouihe/s : Vile and full of fin I am : Thou art full of truth and grace. . Plenteous ( 47 ) - .4- Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to .pardon all my fin : Let the healing flreams abound : Malce, .and keep me pure within : Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of thee : Spring thou up within mine heart, Now and to eternity L1IL The Poor Sinner's Prajer. I. SON of God! thy bleffing grant, Still fupply my ev'ry wain : Tree of life, thine influence fhed, With thy fap my fpint feed. 2. Tendered branch, alfis ! am T, Wither without thee, and die : Weak as helplefs infancy 5 O confirm my foul in thee ! 3- UnfufhinM by thee, I fall : Send the ftrength for which I call : W'eaker than a briiifed reed, Help I every moment need. 4- All my hopes on thee depend : Love me, fave me to the end: Give me per: vering grace ; Take the«verlaftirig praife 1 1IV. ( .43 ) LTV. A Prayer for Pardon. Pfalm cxx*. I. OUT of the deeps of long diflrefs,. The borders of defpair, I fend my cries, to leek thy grace, To more thy gracious ear. 2. Great God ! mould thy feverer eye, And thine impartial hand Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flein could Hand. 3\ But there is mercy with my God, For crimes of high degree ; Mercy procured by Jeiu's blood, To draw me near to thee. 4-; I wait for thy falvation, Lord, In jefu's name I wait; My foul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate. Juft as the guard, that keeps the night, Longs for the morning fkies ; So wait 1 for thofe beams of light, That bid my foul arife. .6. But as redemption from thy throne, For finners long enflav'd, Is now reveal'd thro* Chriit, thy Ton, A finner may be fav'd. ( 49 ) LV. A Pajloral Hymn, Cant. I, 7. , X. TELL me, Saviour from above, De^refl object of ray love, Where thy little nocks abide, Sheker'd near thy bleeding fide ? 2, S2y, my fhepherd, all divine, Where I may my foul recline ; Where for refuge ihall I fly, While the burning fun is nigh ? 3- . Why fhou'd I appear like one, All foriaken and alone? Why fnou'd I draw nigh to death, Gafping, panting after breath? Will thou let me run aftray, Mourning, grieving, all the day ? Wilt thou bear to fee me rove, Seek fome bafe and mortal love ? 5- Never had I fought thy name, N . cr felt the inward flame, Hau not love firlttouch'd my heart, Gave tue pleafant painful fmart, ' 6. Didil thou leave thy glorious throne, Put a mortal raiment en, As a cur fed victim die, For a wretch fu vile a& I ? F Tell ( 50 ) 8. Tell me, faireft of the kind, How to feek, and where to find ; Where to find thy promised rerV How to lean upon thy breair. ? 9- Turn, and claim me as thine, own j Be my portion, Lord alone ; Deign to hear a fmner's call., Be my everlafting all. LVL The Backjlider's Prayer. VL xxv. I. WHEN (hall the fov'reign grace Of my forgiving God, Re (lore me from thofe dangerous tifcgfqfc My wand'ring feet have trod. 2. With 'every morning light, My grief rnew begins ; Look on my anguifh and my pain, And pardon all my fins. 3- O keep my foul from death, Nor put my hope to fhame, While for thy pard'ning love and grace T plead the Saviour's name. 4- With humble hope I wait To fee thy face again ; And (hall it e'er, my God, be faid, 1 fought thy face in vain ? lvil I ( 5* ) LVII. /&/* /« Mifery. Pfalm cxliH* MY righteous judge, my gracious God, Hear when I fpread my hands abroad, I And cry for fuccour from thy throne, O make thy truth and mercy known. 2. Let judgment not againlt me pafs, Behold thy fervant pleads thy grace: Shou'd juftice call us to thy bar, No man alive is guiltlefs there. 3- For thee I third, and pray, and mourrtj When will thy finiling face return: For thee fit waiting all the day, And wear the tireiom.e hours away. Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heavenly hill ; Let the good fpirit of thy love, Conduct me to thy courts above. let me derive fome glimpfe of hope, To bear my drooping fpirits up ; Then (hall my foul no more complain, And Satan then fhall rage in vain. F z LVIII. ( 52 ) LVIII* A Prayer for Patience* o I. Patient, fpotlefs Lamb! My heart in paiience keepy^ To bear the crofs, To eafy made By wounding Thee fo deep, 2. Bring me, my Shepherd, where Thy choieeft flocks abide ; From wand 'ring fave my footifb hear^ And keep it near thy iide. 3- My friend, thou hafl enough My mis'ry to relieve : Though fio and guilt opprefs my foul * The balm is thine to give. 4- I long, my Lc>ve y to reach Thofe bright eternal hills, Where pleafures from thy prefence flow* In fweet celeitial rills. Here, every mortal joy- Is pleafure dafh'd with pain ; There (hall I bafk in fweet repofe, And fpotlefs pleafures gain. Q lead ( 53 ) 6. My Saviour, and my God, No paradife I prove, No heaven my heart can find below, Bat what I find in love. 7- CI eanfe from each dreg of guilt, Nor let thy grace depart ; May holy peace abide within, And patience keep my heart. LIX. Chrift the True Vine. John xv. I. TESUS, true and living vine, ^| Koly, fruitful, and divine ; Graft us on thyfelf the root, fill our hearts with heavenly fruit, 2. Should we, from a living vine JSn ingrafted branch disjoin ; Dead and fruitlefs it would prove, So are wc without thy love. 3- Let, us Lord, in thee remain, Elfe our works are all in vain ; Barren, fruitlefs, helplefs we Can do nothing without thee, 4" Keeper of the vineyard, plant In us every grace we want, Lop off every branch of fin, Clcanfe our hearts and keep them clean, f 3 Planted ( 54 ) 5- Planted in thee we (hall live, Life and juice from thee derive^ 13 iid and blo'Iom ev'ry year, Yielding ciullers large and fair. 6. In thy garden here below, Water us that we may grow ; When all grace to us is given, Then tranfplant us into heavtn. LX. Lord fa away, God's free grace lhall not decay ; He hath promis'd to fulfil All the pleafure of his will. 5- Jefus, guardian of thy flock, * "Be ihyfelf our cor.fiant rock ; Make us by thy pow'rful hand Strong as bion's mountain ttan 1. LXV. Behold I amviU: Pfal. IK I. LORD, we are vile, conceiv'd in fin, And born unholy and andean ; Sprung from the man whoic guilty fall Corrupts the race, and taints us all. 2. Soon as we craw our infant breath, The feeds of fin fpiing up for death; Thy hvv demands a perfect heart, -But we're denTd in every part. i Great ( 6o ) 3- Great God, create our hearts anew, /\na form our fpirits pure and true* O make us wife betimes to know The pardoning love thou can 'ft bellow* ' '4- Behold ! we fall before thy face ; Our only refuge is thy grace : No outward forms can make us clean, The leprofy lies deep within^ 5- Jefus, our God! thy blood alone Haih power fuhlcient to atone ; Lord ! let us hear thy pard'fting voice, And make each drooping heart rejoice. JLXVI. A Prayer Jor Proteftion. I. GUIDE lis, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrims, through this barren land; We are weak, but thou art mighty - t Hold us with thy powerful nana: Bread of heaven, &c. Feed us till we want no more. 2. Open, Lord, the cryftal fountain Whence the healing waters flow, Let the fiery cloudy pillar Lead us all our journey through : Strong deliv'rer, &c. Be ih^u (till our ftrength and fh'el 1. When ( 6i ) 3- When we tread the verge of Jordan, Bid our anxious fears fubfide; Death of death?, and Hell's deftru&ion, Land us fafe on Canaan's fide: Songs of praifes, &c. We will ever give to thee. LXVU* Breathing after Ho/inefs, HOLY Lamb, who thee receive, Who in thee begin to live ; Day ; j nd night they cry to thee ; As thou art, fo let us be. 2. Fix, O fix each wavering mind, To thy crok. our ipirits bind ; Earthly paUions far remove ; Swallow up our fouls in love. -3- Dull and afhes though we be, Full of guilt and mifery : Thine we are, thou Son of God : Take the purchafe of thy blood ! 4- Boundlefs wifdorn, pow'r divine, \ Love unfpeakable, are thine; Praife by all to thee be given. Sons of earth and holts of heaven. G LXVJJI, ( 62 ) LXVUI. Invitation toChrift. I. COme, deareft Lord, defcend and dwell, By fakh and love in every breaft ; Then (hall we know, and tafte, and feel The joys that cannot be exprefs'd. 2. Come, fill our hearts with inward ftrength : Make our enlarged fouls pofTefs The height, and depth, and breadth, and length Of thine unmeafurable grace* 3- Now to the God whole power can do More than our thoughts or wifhes know, Be everlafting honours done, By all the church, through Chrifl his fon ! LXIX. Faith in Chrift our Sacrifice, I. NOT all the blood of beafls On Jewifh altars flain, Could give the guihy conicience peace, Or vValh away the ftain. 2. But Chrifl, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our fins away ; A facrificc of nobler name, And richer blood than they. My ( b 3 7 3- My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine* Whilft like a penitent I tfand, And there confefs my fin. My foul looks back to fee The burdens thou didft bear, When hanging on the cnrfed tree^ And hopes her guilt was there. Believing, we rejoice To fee the curfe remove ; We blefs tne Lamb with cheerful voice, And fmg his bleeding love. LXX. Chrijt's Ccmpafficn for the Tempted* I. WITH joy we meditate the grace Of our High Prieft above ; His hea:: is made of tendemefs, His bowels melt wkh love. 2. Touch'd with a fympathy within, He knows our feeble frame ; He knows what fore temptations mean* For he hath frit die fame, 3- He, in the days of feeble fkfh, Pour'd out his cries and tears ; And in his meafure feels afrefh, What ev'ry member bears. G z He'll ( 6* ) 4- He'll never quench the fmoking flax, But raife it to a flame : The bruifeu reed he never breaks, Nor icorns the meanefi name. 5- Then let our humble faith addrefs His mercy and his power, Who freely gives delivering grace In each aiihefiing hour. LXXI. Safety in God our Refugt. Plklra Ixi. I. WHILE overwhelm 'd with griefj My heart within rr dies ; Helplefs a h d far from all relief, To thee I lift my eyes, 2. O lead me to the rock, That (lands above my head ; And make the covert of thy wings, My ihelter and my ihade. 3- Within thy prefence, Lord, Permit me to abide ; Be thou my tow'r and my defence, My refuge where to hide. LXXIL ( 65 ) JLXXII. Panting for the LoveofGod. J. THOU hidden love of Gcd, whofe height, Whofe depth unfathom'd no man knows* I fee from far thy beauteous light, And inly figh for thy repofe. My heart is pain'd, nor can it be At reit, till it finds reft in thee. 2. Is there a thing beneath the fun That lhives with thee my heart to fhare ? Ah tear it thence \ and reign alone, The Lord ofev'ry motion there I Then ihall my heart from earth be free* When it has found repofe in thee. O hide this Self from me, that I No more, but Chriflin me may live : My vile afFedlions crucify, Nor let one darling lull iurvive. In all things nothing may I fee, Or ought oefire, or ieek but thee. O Love! thy fovrain aid impart, To fave me from low-thoughted care ; Chafe this felf-will thro' all my heart, Thro* all its latent mazes there ; Make me thy duteous child, that I, Ceafelefs, may Abba, Father, cry. G 3 Each ( 66 V 5- Each moment draw from earth away My heart, that lowly waits thy call; Speak to my inmoil foul, and fay, I am thy love, thy God, thy all ! To feel thy power, to hear thy voice, To taite.thy love, be all my choice ! LXXIII. The Beggar, Matt. vii. 7, 8, E 1 I. Ncourag'd by thy word Of promife to the poor ; Behold, a beggar, Lord, Waits at thy mercy's door ! Xo hand, no heart, O Lord, but thine, Can help or pity wants like mine. 2. The beggar's ufual plea Relief from men to gain* If offerM unto thee, 1 know thou wouldlt difdain : And pleas which move thy gracious ear, ^re fuch as men would fcorn to hear* 3- I have no right to fay, That though I now am poor, Yet once there was a day When I pofTefTed more : Thou knowft that from my very birth, I've been the pooreit wretch on earth. Nor (.67 ) 4- Nor can I dare profefs, As beggars often do, Tho' great is my diftrefs, My faults have been but few : If thou (houldil leave my foul to itarve, It would be what I well deftrve. Tho' crumbs are much too good For fuch a dog as I; No lefs than childrens' food My foul can fatisfy : do not frown and bid me go, 1 mull have all thou canfc bellow* 6. Nor can I willing be Thy bounty to conceal From others, who like me, Their wants and hunger feel : I'll tell them of thy mercy's (lore, And try to fend a thoufand moie. 7- Thy thoughts, thou only wife ! Our thoughts and ways tranfeend, Far as the arched ikies Above the earth extend : Such pleas as mine men would not hear, But God receives a beggar's pray'r. tXXIV r ss > LXXIV. tc Mj Son, give me thine Heart. « I. MY deareft Lord, take thou my heart; And there fet up thy throne; So (hall I love thee above all, And live to thee alone. 2. Complete thy work, arid crown thy grace, That I -may faith fill prove, And lift en to that fmall ftill voice, Which fweecly whifpers love. O teach me, Lord ! thy holy will, And how that will to do ; And cover me with fhame, when I Do noc thy will purfue. ■4- This unclion may I ever feel, This leaching from my Lord, And learn obedience to thy voice. Thy fort -reviving word, LXXV. Unfruhfidnefs lamented. LONG have we fat beneath the found! Of thy falvation, Lord : guc ftill how weak our faith is found, A^d- knowledge of thy word \ Oft ( 69 ) 2. Oft we frequent-thin e holy place, Yet hear alrnoft in v tin : How fmall a portion of thy grace Do our falfe hearts retain i Cur gracious Saviour, and our God ! How little krtthoix known, By all.:he judgments of thy rod, And bleflings of thy throne ! 4- How cold and feeble is our love! How negligent our fear! How low our hope of joys above 1 How few affections there ! 5-. Great God ! thy fov'reign aid impart* To give thy word fuccefs ; Write thy falvarion on each heart, And make us learn thy grace. Shew our forgetful feet the way That lead to joys on high ; Where knowledge grows without decay, And love mall nevdr die. LXXV1. A Prayer for Serioufnefs. I. THOU God of glorious majefty ! To thee, againfl myfelf, to thee, A finful worm, I cry : A half t 70 ) An half awaken'd child of man, An heir of endlefs blifs. or pain* A firmer born to die. 2. JLo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded feas I fland, Yet how infenfible ! A point of time, a moment's fpace, Removes me to that heavenly place, Or ihuts me up in hell ! 3- O God ! mine inmoit foul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impreis ; Give me to feel their foleinh weighty And tremble on the brink of fate, And wake to righteoulhe fs. 4- Before me place in dread array, The pomp of that tremendous day. When thou with clouds malt come To judge the nations at thy bar. And tell me, Lord, (hall I be there. To meet a joyful doom ? 5- Be this my one great bufmefs here, With holy trembling and fear, To make my calling fure ! Thine utmoft counfel to fulfil, And fairer all thy righteous will, And to the end endure ! The 7 1 / 6. Thes, Saviour, then my foul receive^ Tranfported from this vale to live And reign with thee above ; Where faith is fweetly loft in fight* And hope in full fupreme deliglic And everlafting love. LXXVIL A Prayer fcr Ccnftanq. t. I Long to love, but ah ! how far My thoughts from tliee, my Jefus are I My wavering heart! how wide it roves, 4 And feeks a thoufand earthly loves ! 2. Look gently down, almighty srace, Surround me by thy kind embrace ; Pity the foul that would be thine, And let thy powers my love confine* 3- I would enjoy my Lord alone, " • And bid all meaner joys be gone ; Command my. love, and charge my will To bar the door, and guard it itil!. 4- But itil! a thoufand trifles fcna Frem entrance to pollute my mind ; Thus, deareft Lord, with grief Ifee jle is my love to thee. Whet* ( 72 ) 5- When fhall my heart prove falfe no more, No other Lord but thee adore ! Say, when (hall that bright moment be, When I mail live alone to thee ! LXXVIII. A Prayer for a clofe Walk with God. I. OFor a clofer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame ! A light to mine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb ! 2. Where is that bleffednefs I knew, When firft I Taw the Lord ! Where is that foal-refrcfhing view Of Jefus, and his word 1 3- What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd, Howfweet their mem'ry ftill ! But now I find an aching void, Which God alone can fill. 4- Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meflengex of reft ! I hate the fins that made me mourn, Thajt drove thee from my breall. 5- The deareft idol I have known, Wh.ue'er that idol be ; Help mc to tear it from thy throne, And worfhip only thee. ( 73 ) 6. • So fhall my walk be clofe with God, Cairn and ferene my frame ; A purer light fhall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. LXX1X. A Prayer to the Holy GhoJlS I. WHY (herald -he children of a king Go mourning all their days ? Great Comforter ! deicend, and bring Some tokens of thy grace. 2. * r Dolt, thou not dwell in .all thy faints, And feal the heirb of heav'n ? Whenwiit thou banifn their complaints, And fhew their fins forgiven ? 3- . Aflure each confeience oi its part In the Redeemer's blood ; And bear thywitnefs in each heart, That we are born of God. 4- Thou art the earned of his love, The pledge oi j ;ys to come ; May thy bleft wings, ce sftial Dove ! Safely convey us ho;.. LXXX. A Prayer for quickening Grace. I. COME, Holy Sp ; rit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powtrs, Kindle a flame of facred love In thefe cold hearts of ouis. H Look { 74 ) • 2. Look feowwc grovel here below. Fond of thefe'earthly toys ; Our fouls how heavily they go To reach eternal joys ! la vain we tune our formal fongs, In vain we ftrive to rife ; Hofannas languish on oar tongue*, And our devotion dies. 4- Dear Lord ! and ill all we ever live At this poor dying rate ; Our love fo faint, fo cold to thee, And thine to us (o great i . . 5- Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quick'nirrg powers ; Come, fried abroaci a Saviour's love, And that (hall kindle oars. LXXXf. Hope in Darknifs, Pfaim xiii. I. IJfOWIong, O Lord, mall I complain jj. L : ke one that feeks his God in vain ? Can It thou thy face forever hide. And let me pray, and be deny'd ? 2. Still fhall my foul thine abfence mourn, And fiil] defpairof thy return? When fhall I feel that heav'nly ray, That turns my darknefs into day? 2 Hear, ( 75 ) m 7. Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, Before my death conclude my grief ; If thou withhold thy heave ily light, I ileep in ev r eriairing night. 4- How will the power: of darknefs boaft, If but one praying foal be loft ! A foal that trulls upon thy grace, And pleads a Saviour's righteoufnefs ! Whate'er my foes or fears fuggeft. Thou art my hope, mv joy, my reft ; And when 1 feel thy hve, I'll raife My ch earful voice to {ongs of praife, LXXXII. The Lord our Shepherd. I. THOU Shepherd of Tfr'el divine, The joy of the upright in heart, For clofcr communion we pine, Still, ftill to relide where than art : The pafture, O ! when (hall we find Where all, who their fhepherd obey, Are ftl oi thy bofom reciin'd, Are fltreen'd from the heat of the day. 2. Ah, fhew us that hippieft place. That place of thy peoples' abode, Where faints in an ecftafy gaze, And hang on a crucify'd Goi : H 2 The (76 ) *Hw love for loll finners declare, Thy paffion and death on the tree ; Our fpirits to Calvary bear, To fuffer and triumph with thee. 3- *Tis therewith the lambs of thy flock, There only we covet to reft, To lie at the foot of the rock, Or rife to be hid in thy breaft ; *Tis there we would always abide, And never a moment depart, Preiery'd evermore by thy fide, Eternally hid in thine heart. LXXX1II. The Patience of God te Sinvers magn'fied* I. AND are we wretches yet alive ? Arid do -• s y. rebel ? 'Tis bouncflefs, 'tis amaz ng lore That bears us up from hell. 2. The burden of our weighty guilt Would fink us down to flames, ; "While threaten-' seance rolls above, To crufh our feeble frames, 3- Almighty goodnefs cries, " Forbear," And iti ait the thunder flays ; Aii'l dare we now provoke his wrath, AncJ weary out his grace ? Lord ( 11 ) 4- Lord, we have long abus'd thy love*, Too htng indulg'd our fin ; that our hearts may bleed, to fed What e have been ! 5- iSo more our lufts may ye command, No more may we obey ; Stretchout! O God, thy conquering hand* And drive thy foes away. LXXXJ.V. Panting after CcJ. i. MY God, my lire, my love, To thee, to thee I call, 1 cannot live if thou remove, For thou art all iii ail. 2. Alining grace can cheer This dungeon where I dwell ; 'Tis paradife when thou art here ; If thod depart, 'tis hell. The finilings or" thy face, How amiable they are ! heaVen to reft in thine cmbr;.:?- And no where elfe but there. 4- To dice, and thee alone, The angels ewe their bills ; They fit around thy gracious throne^ i dwell . *rfas is. H j Not m ( 78 ) Sr Not all the harps above Can make a heavenly place, If God his refidence remove, Or but conceal his face : 6. Nor earth, nor all the fky Can one delight afford ; No, not a drop of real joy Without thy prefence, Lord, 7- Thou art the fea of love, Where all my pleafures roll, The circle where my pahions move, And center of my foul. LXXXV. For more Light and Grace, Ifa. ix. 2. 1. IIGHTof thofewhofe dreary dwelling _, Borders on the {hades of death, Come ! and by thyfelf revealing, Diflipate the clouds beneath: The new heaven and earth's Creator, In our deeper! darknefs riie ! Scattering all the nin, nee prove ; M ike our fouls thy habitation, brocd the Savii love, ;e us love \\ ha eft, i us cle i . ; fly vi Save from error an £n. 1 3 Ea 4- Be our friend on each occnfion, God omnipocent to fave; When we die be our falv-ition, When we're buried be our grave. Seat us with thy faints in glory, From the grave, when we ihall rife, There for ever to adore thee, Lifted high above the fkies. XCVIir. Prayer for Nearnefs and communion with God. I. GOD the Saviour we adore, Author of eternal grace ; Great in glory, great in power, Saviour of the fallen race : Hail thou Sun of Righteoufne£> ! With thy fulled luftre fhine ; Sin, and guilt, and darknefs chafe, Kifing with thy power divine. 2. Let us live by thee alone, Take thee as our daily food; Let us with thyfelf be one, Daily drink thy richeft blood. Gently guide and govern ns By thy mild and peaceful fvvay ; Lead and keep us near thy crofs, Pring us nearer every day. Quickea ( 9-i > 3- Quicken and inflame our zeal, Make our fpirits upwards move ; Let us nothing fee or feel, Nothing tafte befide thy love. With the cords of love divine Draw us to thy glorious throne ; There eternally to (hine Brighter than the noon-day fun, XCIX. A Prayer for Pardon. I. BID, mighty Lord, my (ins depart; Their hateful friend fhip now I fee ; Long have they dwelt too nesir my hearty Lid them to endlefs diftance flee. 2. Thofe fins that gave my Chrift the wound. That drain'd him of his vital blood ; Bid them no more in me hz found, Thofe hateful murderers of my God. 3- . Forgive the murder, Prince of Grace, For the vile Jews were murderers too ; Yet thou di^ft pray for that vile race, 4i Father, they know not what they *.!o." 4- Great Advocate, look down, and A wretch, whofe fmarting for rows bleed: O plead the fan.e excufe for me. For, Lord, I knew not what I did ! 5- May the foft voice or pardon found, And reach the depth of my diftrefs ; Apply the balm that heals the wound, And all my powers ffiali fing thy grace* C Hope in Darknefs > or Doubts b unified by the fromi/is of 'GcJ. I. W" H Y is my heart funk down fo low, Why do fuch ceafelefs forrpws ilow, And why this coniiant mourn ? What though the 1 ord mould hide his face, I'll trail his changelefs love and grace, And wait his kind return. 2. A father's love may raife a frown To chide the child, or prove the Ton, 13 ut love can ne'er defiroy. The hour of darknefs is but fhsrt, God through rive night is my fupport, And morning: brings the jov, n • T ; Soon fh*U our Lord his love difplajr, And turn my darknefs into day, And fdl my heart with joy. Break, glorious brightnefs, thro' the vail, Arod let thy conquering beams prevail, And every doubt leftroy. f 93 ) CI. Backfii dings lament td. I. HAPPY the time when Jefus fhone With all his radiant power an J grace ; Bur now thofe happy times are gone, And Jefus hides his lovely face. 2. Curft be thofe fins that grievM my Lord, That drove my Saviour from ray breaft ; Blefs'd be the grace that gave :he word, That Jefus in his love fhould reft. 3- What though the fun lefjfe to fnine, Though for a momer * lie depart, His oath and promifei divine, Shall bind his ptople near his heart. 4- Grrat God ! be thou our fun, and fhield. And bid us urge the battle on ; Renew the light, regain the field, And conquer by thy grace alone. 5- Thine is unalterable grace ; Nor can thy dear companions fail, While guarded by thy faithfulnefs. The powers of hell (hall ne'er prevail. CII. B CI I. Hardne.fs and Impenitence lamented* I. EFORE my Saviour God f tell my deep diftrefs, How 1 have finn'd againfl thy blood, And trampled on thy grace. 2. How of en have I flood A rebel to the fkies ! Refus'd the tenders of a % God y And mercy's loudeft cries.! 3- The ofTers of his grace, And all his heaven to me, Come to my heart like fenfelefs braft That cannot feel ncr fee. A* Jefus, the Saviour, flands : To court me from above ; And looks, and fpreads his wounded handj^ And fhews the prints of love. 5- Not all his heavenly charms, Nor terrors of his hand, Could force me to lay down my arms^ And bow to his command r 6. The heavenly Dove comes down, And tenders me his wings, To mount me upwards to a crown, To live and reign with kin^s. Lord 7- Lord, I'm afham'ci to fey, That I refas'd thy Dove ; A&d fent thy Spirit griev'd away To his own realms of love. 8. O for one powerful glance, Dear Saviour from thy face ; This rebel heart no more withfhnds, But finks beneath thy grate. CIII. Be ye cJfo ready* Matt. ::xiv. 44.. 1- PRF.PARE, prepare, to meet thy God, Nor trifle with a Saviour's blood ; Attend the voice, immortal fouls, 51 is time, 'lis death, 'tis judgment calls. 2. Jefiis, cur fpirits waiting ftand, To heir thy great, augult command; Afiift us, Lord, to watch and p»ay, And realize that fblemn day. 3- Give ns a faith that works by love, To bear our fouls to thee above $ Thy heavenly graces ah impart, To cleanfe and purify the heart. om us with thy fpotlefs robe, bring us to thy blefs'd abode ; Where all thy faints in glory mine, CJoathM in a righteoufnefs divine. Then c There fhall we fee our Saviour God*, And fpread redeeming love abroad, While liitening angels round the throne, Shall join to make thy wonders known, CIV- To the Holy Ghojt. I. OME, Holy Spirit, come, Let thy bright beams arife; Difpel the for row from our minds, The darknefs from our eyes. 2. Cheer our defponding hearts With vifitations fweet ; Give us to lie, with humble hope At our Redeemer's feet. 3\ Revive our drooping faith, Our doubt6, and fears remove; And kindle in our breails the flame Of never-dying love, 4. Convince us of our fin, Then lead to Jefu's blood ; And to our wondering view reveal The fccret love of God. 5- Shew us the Aimer's friend „ That rules the courts of blifs: The Lord of hoih, the mighty GoJ, Th' eternal Prince of Peace. 'lis t 97 ) 6. 'Tis thine to cleanfe the hearty T' illuminate the foul * r To pour freih life on every part, And new create the whole* If thou, celelHa! Dove, Thy influence withdraw, What eafy victims foon we fall To terror, fin, and law 1 8. No longer burns our love. Our faith and patience fail ; Corruption rages; guik y and deaJi Our feeble fouls aiTail. 9- . Dwell, therefore, in our hearts, Our minds from bondage free; Then ihall we know, and praife, and love* The Father, Son, and Thee. CV. Chrift cur Rigbteoufncfs. I. JESUS,, thou art my righteoufnefs, For all my fins were thine ; Thy death hath bought of God my peace,. 1 hy life hath made him mine. 2. Spotlefs and juft, in thee I am E tern illy forgiven ; I tafte ialvation in thy name, And antedate my heaven* K tor 3- For ever .here my reit fhall be, Clofe to thy bleediag fide; 'Tis all my hope, and all my plea, For me the Saviour dy'd. 4- My dying Saviour, and my God, Fountain for guilt, and fin ; Sprinkle me ever with thy blood, And cleanfe, and keep me clean. 5- Walh me, and feal me thus thine own; Warn, me, and mine thou art ; Waih me, but not my feet alone, My hands, my head, my heart 1 . 6. Th' atonement of thy blood apply, 'Till filth to fight improve ; 9 fill hope in full fruition die, And all my foul is love. 7- From every -proud, ielf-righteous boafi", Sweet lefus, fet me free ; Let all I am in thee be lofl, And give thyfelf to me, 8. Thy gifts, O Lord, cannot fuffice Unlefs thyfelf be given : Thy prefence makes my paradife ; Where'er thou art, is heaven. CVI, ( 99 ) CVI. Breathing after Holincjs.* I. ON thee, O God of purity, I wait for hallowing grace : ne, without holinefs, (hall fee The glories of thy face: 2. In fouls unholy and unclean Thou never canft delight; Nor Oiall they, while unfav'd from fin> Appear before thy fight. 3« But, as for me, with humble fear I wiil approach thy gate ; Tho* mod unworthy to draw near, Or in thy courts to wait. 4- Tru fling to thy fufficient grace, In Jeius freely given ; I worfhip toward thy holy place, And lift my eyes to heaven. Lead me in all thy righteous ways, Nor fufFer me to Aide; Make plain thy path before my face, And be my conftant guide. 6. O may I ne'er to evil yield, Defended from above ; Secur'd and coverM by the fhield ©f thy Almighty love ! » {efti6 7* Jefus, if chos withdraw thy hand* That moment fees me fall*: O may I ne'er on felf depend. But look to thee for all 1 8. And. even when I feel thy grace* And fins feem moil fubdu'd ; I'll wrap me in chy righteoufnefs, And plead alone thy blood. CVIT. Breathing after Holinefs. I. IOVE divine, all love excelling, _j Joy of heaven to earth come down ! Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown: Jefus ! Thou art all companion, Pure unbounded love thou art* Vifit us with thy falvation, Enter every trembling heart ! 2. Breathe! O breathe thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breaft ! Let us all in thee inherit Peace, and joy, and holy reft.: Take away the love of finning, Alpha and Omega be* Bnd of faith as its beginning, Set Gur hearts at liberty* ■ Come f Id ) 3- Come ! Almighty to deliver, Let us life, and power receive'! Come, pofTefs oar heart?, and never,. Never, Lord, thy temple leave i Thee we would be always bieiFing, Serve thee as thine holts above, Blefs and praife thee without ceaiing. Glory in thy changelefs love. Garry on thy new creation, Happy, holy-, may we be, Lcr us fee thy great falvation Pei fectly reiior'd by thee. C hang'd from glory into glory, 'Till in heaven we take our place, Till we caft our crowns before thee, Loitin wonder, love, and praiie. CVIII. The Church the Lord's Garden. I. Z ION's a garden wall'd around, Chofen tfni made peculiar ground - r A little (pot incloVd by grace, Gut of the world's wide wildernefs. 2. Like fpicy trees believers Hand, Planted by an Almighty hand ; And all the fpringsin Zion flow, To make the rich plantation grow. K 3 4wake>, ( 102 ) 3-. Awake, G heav'nly wind, and come, Blow on this garden of perfume: Spirit divine, defcend, and breathe A gracious gale on plants beneath! . 4- Make thou our fpices flow abroad., A grateful incenfe to our God ; Let faith, and love, and joy appear, And every grace be aclive here. CIX. A Prayer for Public Werjbfr. I. FATHER, behold, with gracious eyes* The fouls before thy throne; Who now prefent their facrifice, And feek thee in thy So a. 2. Well plens'd, in him,, thyfelf declare.; Thy pardoning love reveal : The peaceful anfwer of our prayer To every confcience feal. 3- On each fome heavenly g'fc be(tow$ Some blefling now impart : The feed of life eternal fow In every waiting heart. Thy loving, powerful Spirit (bed, And fpeak our fins forgiven ; A n i hafte throughout the lump to fpread The fanclifving leaven. M ' Refrefh 5; Sefrefh us with aceafelefs fhower Of graces from above, Till all receive the hem-felt power Of everlaffrng love. 6/ O Father, glorify thy Son, And grant what vve require ; Pot Jefus' fake, ihe gift lend down, And anfvver us by fire* 7- Kindle the flame cf love within, Which ma. to heaven afcend ; And now the work of grace begin, Which fhall in gljry end. CX. Christ All in AIL I. HOLY Jefus, lovely Lamb, Thine, and only thine 1 am; 'Take my body, fpirii, foul, •Only thou po fiefs the whole. 2. Thou my one thing needful be,, Let mc ever cleave to chee; Let me chafe tne better part, Let me give thee all my heart. Fairer than the fons of men, Do not let me turn again, Leave ihe founcain he;:d of blifs, Stoop to creature happinels 1 m Whom 4- Whom havirf on earth below ?'- Only thee I'd with to know ; Whom have I in heav'n, but diee?- Thou art All in All to me. All my treafure is above, All my riches is thy love : Who the worth of love can tell ?- Infinite ! unfearchable ! 6. Nothing die may I require ; Let me thee alone defire : Pleas'd with what thy love provides ; Wean'd from all the world befides. CXI. Hope in Chrlft alone* I. SMITTEN on th'accuifed tree-, Rock of ages, Shelter me ; Let the water, and the blood From thy wounded fide vvhich flow'd,. Be of fin the double cure, Clean fe me from its guilt and power; U Not the labours of my iunds Can fulfill thy law's demands; Could my zeal no refpite know, Could my tears for ever flow* All for fin could not atone ; Thou mult fave,,an4 thou alone. Nothing ( *o$ ) JNothmg in my hand I bring; Simply to thy crois I cling ; Naked come to thee for drefs; ilelplefs look to thee for grace Foul I to the fountain fly, Wafh me, Saviour, or I die. I CXII. On 'EleBing Love. I. N Jefus approv'd, Eternally lov'd, Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'd % How happy are we, Our calling who fee, And venture alone for falvation on thee! 2. Our feeking thy face Wa> all of thy grace, [the praife. "Thy mercy demands^ and fhall have all No iinner can be Beforehand with thee, [frce^ Thy grace k preventing, almighty, and 3- The foul that believes,, Thy Spirit ne'er leaves, Nor ever repeats of t^e grace that he gives ; The work that's begun Shall furely be done, The victory Jeius already hath won. Yet \et one thing we want,. More holinefs grant, r we pant ; JZor more of thy mind, and thine image Thine imno ( e imprefs On thy chofen. race, O polifh, and iaiiiicn thy veffels of g race- s' Thy wcrknnanfhip we More fully would be, [thee ; Lord, take us in hand* and conform us to While onvvard we move T O' C a n a a n a b o ve , Come,- fill us with holinefs, fill us with love. 6. Vouch fafe us to know More of thee below, Thus fit us for heaved and glory befto\vj : O love and defend, And fitve to the end, Till we to the regions above Hi all afcendl CX 1 1 1 . Pari of the Lam mt a lion of a Sinnem I. OLord turn not thy face away From us that lie prollrate; Lamenting fore our finful hearts Before thy mercy gate. 2. We come before thy throne of grace,. Where mercy doth abound; Defiling mercy for our fins To heal the deadly wound. ( icy } 3- O, Lor J, we need noc to repeat What we do "beg and cm\e ; .For thou c J efr know befcie we lifk Thai -mercy we would have. 4- Mercy, good Lord, mercy we afk, Mercy'- the total fum • For mercy, Lord, is all cur fuit, O let thy m rcy come. CXIV. Holinefs cur Hcppinrfs and Sin our Mi/try. I. HOLY Lord T come to thee, God of fpotlefs purity, All my happinef> below Is thy holy i elf to know. Some will fay, that they can find Happinefs with fm eonjoin'd ; But my foul can ne^er be Full of joy, 'till full of thee. a. Should I fcand in glory crown'd, Joy in crowns conld ne'er be found Where the tortuiing curfe of fin With me there to enter in : A\) the joys of heaven would be Only pain znd grief to me; ing this alone therein • . but -hell within. . i lour I 10 ° ) 3* Carry on the mighty work,. Let not fin prefume to lurk Asa fecret foe within ; Cleanfe thou me, and keep me clean* Let thy holy Spirit come ; Claim me as his conftant home; All my joys I find in thee; All befides is mifery. CXV. On a public Fuji. I. SEE, gracious God, before thy throne Thy mourning people bend! 'Tis on thy fovrain grace alone, Our humble hcpes depend. 2. Tremendous judgments from thy hand Thy dreadful power difplay : Yet mercv fpares this guilty land, And full we live to pray. 3; Great God and why is Britain fpar'd, Ungrateful as we are? O make thy awful warnings heard While mercy cries " Forbear." .4* What numerous crimes increa/ing rife, Throughout this finful iile ! What land fo favcr',d thro' the fkies !' And yet what land fo vile ! .4 How ( 109 ) 5- How chang'd, alas, are truths divine, For error, gu.lt, and (hame ! Wnat impioub numbers, bold in fin, Di grace the Chriftian name. Reeardlefs of thy (mile or frown, Falie pleafures they require ; And finkj with gay indifference, down To everlaitintr £re. o V O turn thou us, almighty Lord, tiy ihy renirlefs grace ; Then fhali oar he irtt receive thy word, And humbly frek thy f,ce. HYMNS of PRAISE. CXVL Cbrift rworjbipped by all bis Crea- tures* I. C^'ME, let us join our chearfu] fongs With angels round the th o m . Ten thoufauci th mfai is are their toigues, But all their joys are one. 2. Worthy t^e Lamb that dy'd, they cry, To be exalted thus: Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply, For he was (lain for us. L Jefus Jefus, the King of Glory, reigns On Sion's heavenly hill ; Stands as a lamb but newly flain^ And wears his priefthood ftill. r - 4 *. Jefus 15 worthy to receive Honour and power divine; And bleilings more than we can give, Ee, Lord, for ever thine. The whole creation join in one, To blefs the facred name Of him that fits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. CXVII. Perfe Shall turn his heart, his love away, 6. Should all thehofts of death, And powers of hell unknown, Put their moll dreadful forms Of rage and mifchief on ; We (hall be fafe while Chrift difplays Superior power and guardian grace. CXXII. lOr blejjings of a View of Heaven* I. WHEN we behold the heavenly fbite, The reft that doch thy faints await, What firearm of comfort fi'l the foul, What floods of blifs around us roll ! 2. Above the world by faith we rife, And tafte the joys above the ikies ; With angels feaft, with angels join In hymns immortal and divine. .3- On wings of love ftill upwards borne, Downward we look with holy fcorn ; The pains and pleafures of this life Afford us neither joy nor grief. While ( n7 I 4- While we enjoy this blifsful fight Wuh hear tso'erwhelm'd with fweet delight; We long to reach the heavenly ihore, And fee this evil world no more. O how we dread to fin again, 'Tis fin alone rhac gives us pain ; We wifh to melt in tears of blood, Becaufe we fin againft our God. 6. But whst are all thefe tafles oflove To thofe we (hall enjoy above, Juil as a drop to all the lea A moment to eternity ! 7- Did worldlings know the jovs we feel, How glorious, how unfpeakable, Tftey would no longer feed with fwine On hufks, but feail on love divine. Sinners who feed on wine andluft, And with the ferpent lick the dull, Come taite the ftreams that here below From the rich wells of Sion flow. 9- Saints who have tailed of this grace, Drink more and more with thankfulncfs ; Drink heavenly wine, eat heavenly food, And feail till you are fill'd with God. CXXIII. ( l<8) CXXIII. Sinners of whom I am Chief. I. DID ever one of Adam's race [grace Cofi: thee, my Lord, more toil and Than 1 have done, before my foul Could yield to thy divine comroul? 2. How preat the power, how vaft the fway, That firft conilrain'd me to obey ; How large the grace thou did it impart, That conquer'd iin and won my heart. 3- Vile was my heart, deep plung'd in fin ; A difmal den of thieves within, Where every lull prefum'd to dv*elf> The hateful progeny of hell* A deep ap oft ate from my God, I trampled on the Saviour's blood ; I fcorn'd his mercy, mock'd his pain. And crucify 'd my Lord again. But, lo, the chiwf ol tinners now Is brought before thy throne to bow ; Surely this mighty power from thee Can conquer all that conquers me. 6- Hail, dearefl: Lord, my choicelt love/ Defcending Saviour from above, I wonder at that grace of thine Tnat won a heart fo vile as mine. CXXIV. CX XIV. Je/us the Sinners Confidence. I. WHEN Jems, °ur fhepherd, is near, How quickly all forrows depart 1 New glories around us appear, New fpirits enliven the heart: His prefence gives peace to the foul, And fatan affaults us in vain ; If Jefus his power control, His malice we bcldly clifdaln. 2. But ah ! what a change do we find, When Jefus withdraws from our light ! Our fears all return to the mind, Our day is icon chang'd into night. Then fatan his efforts renews, To vex and enfnsre us again : Our pleafing enjoyments we lofe, And only lament and complain. By what wc To often pafs thro', We learn our cwn v.eaknefs to knew ; We learn what the fhepherd can do, How much to his mercy we owe : 'Tis lie who fup ports us thro* all, Poor finners i;e loves to fuftain ; fit anfwers our prayer when we call, And then we can praife him again. Why ( 120 ) 4- Why, then, mould we murmur and grieve, Since Jefus is always the fame? He promifes never to leave The foul that confides in his name: To fave us from all that we fear, Himfelf he refign'd to be ilain ; We trult that he ftill will appear To cherifh and comfort again. 5- While here, in an enemy's land, We cannot be always at peace ; If Jefus, our friend, is at hand, We, fure, mail have timely releafe: 'Ere long he will bid us remove From regions of forrow and grief, To reft in his pre fence above, And give us eternal relief. CXXV. God glorions, and Sinners faved* I. FATHER, how wide thy glory mines] How high thy wonders rife ! Known thro' the earth by thoufand figns, By thoufands thro' the ikies. 2. Thofe mighty orbs proclaim thy power; Tneir motions fpeak thy will : And on the wings of every hour We read thy patience ftill. 4 But 3- But, when we view tny great delicti To fave rebellious worms, Where vengeance and comjpafiion (bine In their divineft forms; Ojr thoughts are loit in joyful awe : We love and we adore ! The firit archangel never faw So much of God before. , .5-. Here the whole Deity is known ; Nor dares a creature gue-s, Wriich of the glories brighter! fhone, The juilice, or the grace. 6. When finners broke the Father's la\v:>, Thy dying Son atones : O the fweet myfte.-ies of his crofs ! The triumph of his groans ! 7- Now the full glories of the Lamb Adcrn the heavenly plains: The blood-bought tribe adore his name., And bring their choiceit drains. CXXVL A Song for Pilgrims* I. AWAKE, our fouls, away our fears ; Letevery trembling thought be gone: Awoke, and run the heavenly race: And put a cheerful courage on. M True 2. True, 'tis a flraitand thorny road, And mortal fpirits tire and faint; But we forget the mighty God, Who feeds the ftrength of every faint 3- From thee, the everflowing fpring, Believers drink a frefh fupply; While fuch as trufl their native ftrength, Will melt away, and droop, and die. 4- Swift as an eagle cuts the air, . O may we mount to thine abode! On wings of love to Jefus fly, Nor tireamidil the heavenly road! A : C XXVI I. Cbrift the Sinner s Sacrifice. I, h L ye that pafs by - To Jefus draw nigh, To you is it nothing that Jefus ihoulddic? Oar ranfom and peace, Our furccy he is, Come, fee if there ever was forrow like his. 2. The Lord in the day Of anger did lay Our fins on the Lamb, and he bore thern He dy'd to atone [away; For fins not his own, The Father hath punilh'd for us his dear fon. Come, ( i2 3 ) 3- Come, lift up your eyes At Jefus's cries, Behol J how he Cutters ! how patient he dra I For finners like me He dies on the tree, His death is accepted, the (inner is fico. ! 4- O may we approve This wonderful love ! A wonder to ait both below and above ! Love mov'd him to die, This therefore we cry, Our Jefus has lov'd us, we cannot fay vtfiy. 5- But this we can tell, He lov'd us To well, By loi'ing his life he redeem'd us from hell * He ranfom'd our race ; O hew (hall we praife, Or worthily fm^ his unfpeakable grace! CXXVUL The Same. Second Part. I. OGod of all Grace, Thy mercy we praife, Thy Son thou haft given to die in our place ! He came from above Our curfc to remove, He lovine did love us becaufe he would love. M 2 What, ( I2 4 ) 2. What, tho' we withftood, And fied from our God, Yet flil! there is mercy thro' Jefus's blood ! C let us embrace The ranfoming grace [place ! Of him who hath fuffer'd and dy'd in our 3- Salvation to God Who carried ou r load, [his blood! And purchas'd our lives with the price of Thus mercy is free For finners like me [thee. Who hunger and thirft for redemption by When time is no more, We ftill {hall adore The mercy of Chriit without bottom or Our Saviour and friend, [(hore : His love fliall extend ; It knows no beginning, nor never fhall end. 5- For finners alone, Did Jefus atone, Our debt he hath paid, and our penalty And fhall he not have [borne; The lives which he gave An infinite ranfom, for ever to fave? 6. Yes, Lord, we are thine ; O may we rcfi^rn Our fouls to be fill\i with the fulnefs divine! ( I2 5 ) \Ve yield thee thine own, To fefve thee alone ; Thy wili upon earth, as in heaven, be clone, CXXIX. Adoration of Divine Mercy. I* COME, happy fouls, approach your With new melodious longs ; [God I Come, tender to Almighty grace The tribute of your tono-ues. * o 2. So ftrange, fo boundlefs was the love That pity'd dying men. The Father fent his equal Son, To give them life again. 3. Thy hands, dear Jeius, were not arm'd With a revenging rod ; No hard com million to perform The vengeance of a God. 4- Cut all was mercy, all was mild, -And wrath for look the throne, When Chriil on his kind errand came,, And brought falvation down. Here, finners, you may heal your wounds, And wipe your forrows dry ; Truft in the mighty Saviour's name, And you fhull never die. M3 O ( 126 ) 6. O cleared Lord, make every foul Accept thine ofrer'd grace ; Then will we blefs the Saviour's love, And give the Father praiie. CXXX. Cbrifi exalted. I. OThe delights, the heavenly joys, The glories of the place, Where Jefus Iheds the brightefl beams Of his o'erflowing grace! 2. Sweet majefly, and awful love Sit fmiling on his brow, Whilft all the glorious ranks above At humble diftance bow. 3- Pnnces to his imperial throne Bend their bright fceptres down, Dominions, Powers, and Thrones rejoice, To fee him wear the crown. 4- . His head, that dear majeftic head, Which cruel thorns did wound, Lo ! what immortal glories (hine, And circle it around ! 5- This is the Saviour God and Man Whom we unfeen, adore; But when our eyes behold his face, Our hearts ihall love him more. Lord, ( "7 ) 6. Lord, fet oar fpirits all on fire To fee thy blefs'd abode ; And tune our hearts to Ting the praife Of our incarnate God ! CXXXL God faithful to his Word. I. BEGIN, my tongue, fome heavenly Prepare my heart to fing [theme, The mighty works, and mightier name Of Chrilt our heavenly king. 2. Tell of his wonderous faithfulnefs, And found his power abroad, Sing the iweet promife of his grace, And promife-keeping God. 3- Proclaim falvation from the Lord, For wretched dying men ; Whofe hand hath writ the facred word With an immortal p:n. 4- Engrav'd as in eternal brafs The mighty promife mines; Nor can the powers of darknefs raze Thofe everlafting lines. The facred word of grace Is ftrong As that which built the fcies ; The voice that rolh the ilars along Spoke all the promiies. t 128 ) 6. O might I hear thine heavenly tongue But whifper, Thou arc mine ! Thofer gentle words mould raife my fong To notes almoit divine. 7; Then would my leaping heart rejoice, And think my heaven fecure; Give me to hear thy gracious voice, And filth deiires no more. CXXXII. Adoration of Chrift. I. OThou, in whom the Gentiles trua*, Thou only holy, only juft, Tune all our fouls to praife thy name, Jefus I unchangeable, the lame i 2.. If angels, while to thee they fmg, Wrap up their faces in their wing, Howfliali we, fin ful dure draw nigh The great, the awful Deity ? Glory to thee, aufpicious Lamb ! Thou holy Lord, thou great I Am : Thy match le is power, thy grace we blefs? Our joy, our peace, our righteoufnefs. 4- Live, ever glorious Jefus ! live. Worthy all bie dings to receive 1 Worthy on high enihron'd to fit, With every power beneath thy ^:t. CXXXIII. ( "9 ) CXXXIII. The fame. I. LET us all unite to blefs * Jefu^ Chrift, our joy and peace : Let our praife to him be given, High at God's right hand in heaven, 2. Matter, lo ! to thee we bow, Thou arc Lord, and only thou; HTCioa, the bleiTcJ Virgin's feed, Glory of thy church, and head. 3/ Ail rhine angels ceafelefs fing, Thee our Prophet, Prieft, and King; Worthy is thy name of praife, Full of glory, full of grace ! 4- . Thou hall gladfome tidings brought Of falv ition by thee wrought ; Wrought for all thy church; and we Wortfnp in their company. 5- We, thy little flock, adore ', the Lord, for evermore : Ever with us (hew thy love. Till we join thy hofts above. CXXXI V. A Farnyel to the World. I. OTell mere more Of earthly vain ftore ; The time for fuch trifles, thro'mercy is o'er. A 2. A Canaan I've found Where true joys abound, Tisheav'nlydwellingon that happy grouncf. 5/ The fouls that believe, In par ad iie live, And me in that number my Jefus receive ! 4- No mortal doth know What he can bellow, [go*. What light, love and comfort: go after him* 5- Ah t do not delay, Chriit calls thee away, f^ a V. Pule, follow thy Saviour, and blefs the glad 6. And when I fliall die, " Receive me/' Til cry; For Jefus hath lov'd me, I cannot fay why! 7- But this I do find, We two are fo join'd, He'll not live in glorv and leave me behind. 8. And now I'm in care My neighbours may (hare [ you dare. Theie bleilings : To feek them will none of 9- In bondage, O why ! And death will you lie, When Jefus afTures you free grace is fo night V X ( 1 3« ) God in the perfon of his Son, Hath all his mightier! works outdone, 3- Grace ! 'tis a fweet, a charming theme ; Exult, my foul, at Jefu's name ! Ye angels, dwell upon the found : Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground ! 4- O that we all may reach the place, Where Chrift unveils his lovely face ; Where we his beauties fhall behold, And fing his name to harps of gold! CXL. Preferring Grace* I. TO God, the only wife, Our Saviour and our king, Let all the faints below the fkies, Their humble praifes bring, 2. 'Tis his Almighty love, His counfel and his care, Preferves us fafe from fin and death, And every hurtful fnare. 3- He will prefent his faints UnblemiuYd and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great. Then (' *37 ) 4- Then all the chofen kcd Shall meet around the throne, Shall blefsthe conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. 5- To our redeeming God Wifdom and powet belongs, Grown'd with immortal majeir.y, And prais'd in endlefs fongs. CXLI. Panting to Praife. I. OWhat mall we do Our Saviour to praife y So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace ; So itrong to deliver, So good to redeem, The weakeft believer That hangs upon him ! 2. How happy the man Whofe heart is fet free,, The people that can Be joyful in thee ! Their joy is to walk In the light of thy face, And frill they are talking Of Jefui's grace. N 3 Tfok ( 133 ) 3- Their daily delight Shall be in thy name, Alone thro' thy right, Salvation they claim : Thy righteoufnefs wearing, And cleans'd by thy blood, Bold fliall they appear, in The prefence of God, 4- For thou art their boaft, Their glory, their power, And we alio trufl To fee the glad hour, Our fouls new creation, Our life from the dead, The day of falvation, That lifts up the head, 5- On thy mighty power Teach us to rely, All evil before Thy prefence mud fly ; Come, Jefus, our Saviour, And never depart, For ever and ever, Come, dwell in each heart. CXLIL ( *39 ; CXLII. Dedication to Gcd. I. LORD, when my thoughts delight to Amid the wonders of thy love, [rove The fight revives my drooping heart, And bids invading fears depart. 2. Guilty and weak to thee I fly, On thy atoning blood rely ; An J on thy righteoufnefs depend, My Lord, my Saviour, and my Friend. B? all my heart, and all my days Devoted to thy fmgle praife, And let my glad obedience prove, How much I owe, how much I love. CXLIII. Praife for EieSiing Love. I. WHAT a merciful Saviour is ours! What fulnefs of grace he difplays ! The fongs of the heavenly powers Are {hort of his excellent praife. The redeemed are bound to declare His tendernefs, mercy, and love, Wno f^on fliall be brought to appear To triumph in heaven above. 2. When down to the regions of hell Poor iinners are running -apace, Of wonderful mercy we tell, Of infinite riches and grace ; 'Twas ( MO ) 'Twas Jefus triumphantly came Omnipotent love to reveal, Our pardon he dies to proclaim 3 His Spirit he gives as the feal. Eternally fixM in his love, The finner he'll never reject; Nor ever his mercy remove From one of the happy elect. In faithful nefs vviil he not keep The fouls that are given to him ?' He has not a lamb or a fheep But what he vvilifurely redeem. But fhall we continue in fin That grace may prevail and abound ? May what thou doft kindly begin, Dear Saviour, in glory be crown'd. Thofe idols for ever remove That ftrive in my heart for a place, That holinefs ever may prove, Th' effect of diftinguifhing grace. CXLIV. Unchangeable Love. I. F Jefus is ours We have a true friend ; His goodnefs endures The fame to the end. Our comforts may vary, Our frames may deliae J We cannot mifcarry, Our aid is divine. i ( Hi ) 2. Can women forget Their fucklings at home, And cruelly treat The fruit of their womb ? Yet God hath engraven Our names on his hand, Our building in heaven For ever (hall ftand. 3- A moment he hid The light of his face ; Yet firmly decreed To fave us by grace. And tho' he reprov'd us, And ftill fhould reprove, Yet ever he lov'd us, And ever will love, 4- When men can reveal The height of the fkies, And certainly tell Where earth's centre lies'; Then Ifrael's defection And treacherous ways, Shall caufe their rejection From glory and grace. The hills may depart, The mountains remove; God's infinite heart Is nothing but love; The waters of Noah Shall Tooner return Than Sod fhall forego a True oath he has sworn* 6. Tho' God may delay To fkew us his lights And heavinefs may Endure for a night ; Yet joy in the morning Shall furely abound ?■' No fhadow of turning In Jefus is found. 7- Then tune exery ilring To jefus's name ;. With angels we fing The fong of the Lamb. . Thee every believer Shali joyfully praife The bountiful- giver- Of glory and grace. CXLV. Gratitude. I. WHAT fhall we render unto thee, Thou holy Lord of life and power Teach us to bow the humble knee, Teach us with thankfulness t'adore ; To praife thee as thy faints above, To praife theeibr thy wond'rous love. When* 2. When, like loft (beep, we wander'd wide, And left the watchful fheph era's eye ; When borne along th 'impetuous tide Of r his world's fin and vanity; Then Jeius from theheav'ns came down To lave us by his grace aion?. 3- He bore our (ins upon the tree, To feek and fave the Jofl he carne ; There was he bound to fet us free From death an<^ everlailing fharoe: The captive flock from hell was freed, And ranfom'd when their fiiejpherd bled. 4- Before the Father's awful throne. Our merciful High Prieit. yetftands, And interceding for his own, The purchased remnant now demands; His people's everlafting friend., Who loving — loves them to the end- s' May we, his banihVd ones, rejoice, Him for our Lord and God to own, To take him as our only choice. And cleave to him, in lovf , alone:: Still growing up in holinefs, Till call'd to meet injealms of peace. Tke I 144 / 6. Then mall our grateful fongs abound, And ev'ry tear be wip'd away ; No fin, no farrow ihall be found, No night o'ercloud that endlefs day : O praife him ! all beneath, above, O praife him ! praife the God of love, CXLVI. Ifaiah xliv. 23* I. E heavens rejoice In jefus's grace ; Let earth make a noife, And echo his praife : The great congregation^ Below and above, Redeem'd by his pafilon, Shall fing of his love. 2, Ye mountains and vales, In praifes abound ; Ye hills and ye dales, Continue the found. Break forth into finging Ye trees of the wood, Fcr Jefus is bringing Loit finners to God. 3- Atonement he made For each of his own. Their debt he hath paid, Their work he hath done, With With glad exaltation His triumph proclaim* Afcribing {* vatKn To God ana the L^mb. CXLVII. Who is he that ccndemneth ? I. HO, how well are we defended Since the Lcrd has fet us free, Since the Saviour us befriended By his dying on the tree. Such as find him, hnd a fweetnefs, Deep, myfterious, and unknown. As at once creates a meetnels To enjoy a heavenly a throne. 2. Satan now may come and try as* Chriit v ppoint his aim ; Tho 5 his fiery darts pafs by us, We in ail not be put to lhan e. While in thee we find falvaricn, Let who will our ion Is condemn, There remains no condemnation For the foul* thou JiJit redeem. 3-. Tho' by man we 2re rejeded, '[ ho' the world fhoold us defpife ; While alone by thee refpected, We ca n v. ipt o 1 1 r v> ee ping eyes. T. o 1 our confeiem es aecufe us Of our fin ail p:ll ; THuu wi -, I id, refufe us, But wilt iove us t< the laft. O Tho ( 14b I 4- 7 ho 1 no {ingle foul approves us, Still our hopes are none the lefs While the loving Saviour loves us, Fills us with tweet joy and peace. ^ * Led, accompliih all qui wifh.es With full glory on us thine; Kifs us with ten thoufand kiffes % Better is thy love than wine. CXLVIII. A Song of Praife. 1. COME, thou font of every bleding, Tune our hearts to fing thy grace, Streams of mercy never-:caiing, Call for Ton os of loudeft praife : Teach us fome melodious fonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above ; Praife the mount ; — O fix us on it, Mount of God's unchanging love! 2. Here we raife cur Ebcn-Ezer, Hither by thine help ve'r: vome: And ^ e trait by thy good pleafure, Safely to arrive ;)t home ; jefus fought us all when ftrangcrs, Wandering from the fold of God, He, to reicue es from dangers Jnterpos'd his precious blood, * Cant i. 2. 2 O! ( 147 ) 3- O ! to grace y what mighty debtors Daily we're conitrain'd to be! Let that grace, like loving fetters, Bind our wandering hearts to thee ; Prone to wander,. Lord, we feel them, Prone to leave the God of love ; Take cur hearts; O take, and fca\ them! ! them from thy courts above. CXLIX. ThcLcrdcur Sbtf&trdSPfal.xxili* I. THE Lord fupplies his people's need, Jehovah is his name : In paftures fair he makes us feed Beiide the living dream, 2. He brings our wandering fpirits back, When w* f nfake his ways, And leads us for his mercy's fake, In pittha of truth and grace. 3- When walking thro' the ihacjes of death, His pre fence is our it y : A word of his fupporting breath Drives all our fears away. 4 ' His hand, in fight of all our foes, Do:h dill our table fpread; Our cup with bleflings overflows, His oil anoints our heaJ. O z The ( 143 ) 5-, The fure provisions of our God Attend us all our days : May his dear houfe be our abode, And all our works his praife I CL. Praife to the Redeemer* I. BEGIN, ye faints, the lnppy fong, Let love infpire the theme; 'Tis Jefus's grace, That calls for our praife, 'Twas jefus alone did redeem. 2. When juflice fix'd the finner's fate In endlefs woe to dwell, 'Twas Jefus thatilood Refilling to blood, And ranfom'd ihe finner from hell. 3\ Our only aavocate and friend, The mighty work he wrought; When bowing --his- head, " 'Tis finifh'd," he iaid ; O (inner exult at the thought! A fpotlefs vi&im to the crcfs Himfeli he thus refign'd : Then enter'd the grave The wretched to idve, The poor, and the halt, and the blind, Lo! C H9 ) 5- Lo! now in blifs our caufe he pleads, 'Till we beholJ his f.xct; Unchangeable love To us he will prove, Eternal in mercy and grace. 6. Then let us life cur ioudeit praife To Sion's holy King; He's worthy we Gwn Who fits on the chrons : Hofiiina to Jefus we fine. CLT. Chrijl the Sinner's Light. 1. BURY'D in fnadows of the night, We lie till Chriit reiloreo the light ; Till he defcends to heal the blind, And chafe the darknefs of the mind. 2. Our guilty fouls are drown'd in tears, Till his atoning blood appears ; Then we awake from deep diftrefs, And ting, The Lord our Righteoufiiefe* 3; Jefus beholds where latan reigns, Rinding his Haves in heavy chains: He fets the pris'ners free, and bicaks The iron bondage from their necks* O 3 Poor ( *5o ) 4- Poor helplefs worms in thee pofTefs Grace, wifdom, power, and righreoufnefs ; Thou art our mighty All, may we Give our whole ielves, O Lord, to thee 1 CLIT. Encouragement for the Weak* I. YE fouls that are weak, And helplefs, and poor, Who know not to fpeak, Much lefs to do more : Lo! here's a foundation For comfort and peace ; In Chrift is falvation, The kingdom is his. 2. With power he rules, And wonders performs; Gives conduct to fools, And courage to worms, Befet by fore evils Without and within, By legions of devils, And mountains of fin. 3: Then be not afraid, All power is given To Jefus our head, In earth and in heaven : TW f 151 ) Thro' him we fliali conquer The miffhtieft foes : Our Captain is ftronger Than all that oppofe. His power from above He'll kindly impart ; So free is his love, So tender his heart ! Rensw'd by his Spirit, And walTi'd in his blood, We fvveetly inherit The peace of our God. 5- Thv grace we adore, Director divine ; The kingdom, an J power, And glory, are thine : Preferve us from running On rocks, or on fhelves, From foes itrong and cunning, But mod from ourfelves, 6. Reign o'er us as King; Accomplifli ihv will; And each of us bring ToZion'sbltfsM hill: There falling before thee, And praifing thy name, We'll ever adore thee, for ever ilie Gu ami. CLIII. PfalmC. I. BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye people bow with facred joy, Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he deilroy. 2. .His fovrain power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men ; And when like wandering fheep we ftray'd* He brought us to his fold agun, 3- We'll croud thy gates with thankful fongs, High as the heavens our voices raife ; And earth with her ten thoufand tongues, Shall fill.thy courts with founding praiie. Wide as the world is ihy command, Vaft as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth will fland, When rolling years (hall ceafe to move, CLIV. P raife fcr Sal-uatioiz. J. OUR Saviour alone, The Lord let us blefs, Who reigns on his throne, The Prince of our peace ; Who evermore faves us By fhedding his blood ; All hail, holy Jefus, Our Lord and cur God ! We ( i53 ) 2. We thankfully fmg, Thy g.ory and praife, Thou merciful fpring Of pity and grace : Thy kindnefs for ever To men we ivil] tell ; And fay, Our dear Saviour Redeems us from hell. 3- Preferve us in love, While here we abide; O nev^r remove Thy prefence, nor hide Thy glorious falvation, 'Till jo ful we fee The beautiful vifion Completed in thee! CLV. The Lord cur Right eoufnefs. I. JESUS, thy blood and righteoufnefs My beauty are, my glorious drefs, 'Mi it flaming worlds in theft nrray'd, With joy fnall I lift up my head. 2. When from the dufl of death T rife To take my manfion in the Ikies, Ev'n then, (hall this be all my plea : M Jefus hath liv'd and cy'd for me" Bold ( iS4 J 3- Bold fiiall I Hand in that great day, For who ought to my charge (hall lay ? While thro 1 thy blood abloiv'ci I am, From iin's tremendous ciiife and fhame. Thus Abraham the friend of God, Thus ajl the armies bought wich bloody Saviour of ilnners thee proclaim, Sinners, of whom the chief I am. This fpotlefs robe the fame appears When ruin'd nature finks in years: No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Chrilt is ever new. 6. O ! let the dead now bear thy vo'ce, Bid, Lord, thy baniuVd ones rejoice, Their beauty this, their glorious drefsj J el us, The Lord our Righteoafnefs? CLVI. The Pihrirns Song. I. RISE, my foul, and ftretch thy w:ngs> Thy bet v er portion trace; Rife from tranfuory things, Tow'rds heaven thy native place. Sun, and moon, and liars decay, Time mail foon this earth rexove : Rife, my foul, and hafle away To feats prepared above. Rivers ( 155 ) 2. Rivers to the ocean run, Ncr flay in all their court: Fire amending feeks the fun, Both fpeed them to their fource : (Thus a foul new born of God Parts to view his glorious face, Upward tends to his abode, To reft in his embrace. 3- Ceafe, ye pilgrims, ceafe to mourn ; Prefs onward to the prize ; Soon the Saviour will return Triumphant in the fkies : Yet a feafon, rnd you know Happy entrance will be given, All our forrows left below, And earth exchans'd for heaven. CLVII. The fame. I. STr angers and pilgrims here on earth, Behold thy lowly followers Lord ; CalPd to the work by fecond birth, We yield obedience to thy word. 2. Gladly the fummons we obey, To tread the paths of joy and peace; le fun that makes the day, - the Sun of Righteoufnefs. CheerM i 150 ; 3- Cheer'd by thy healing beams we rife, Call'd forth by grace from graves of fin; We foar aloft and (eck the fkies, And everlafting glories win. 4- What tho* with dangers all around, We combat with athoufand foes, We foon mall reach the happy ground Where peace prevails, and pleafure flows, 5- Tho'iighs and grief our hearts mould heave, And tears bedew the way wetre?d, Each downcaft heart thou wilt relieve, And dry the tears that once we fhed» 6. Thy hand fuflains the poor with bread, The fainting cheers with Canaan's win* ; The meek thou wilt in judgment lead, The feeble blefs with love divine. Tho' lefty mountains of defpair, Arife to fink us down to hell, They mall as fowly v^les appear Before our great Zerub babel. 8. Kofanna, to the pilgrim'.', Lord ; He'll guard us to his felt above, He is our fhield and great reward, Hofannah to the God of love. 4 CLVIII. X 3J CLVIII. Praifeforprefervaticn^iA. cxlvL I. PRAISE ye the Lord, 'tis gccd to ralfe Our hearts and voices in his pr Father's features brake ; Ail hail I thou Pr.'nce of Peace. 7- . O may we prove thee fhll the fame, Whene'er our need ue fee : Thou beared ilill the Saviour's nam?, Our Saviour ihou flialt be! No ( 159 ) 8. Nd law, nor fin, nor hell, nor death, Can us from thee divide ; Give us to held this precious faith, For us our Saviour dy'd. CLX. Prai/i to Cbrift* I. *T7E Tenants of Gor*, J Your mailer proclaim, And puhlifh abroad His wonderful name ; The name all victorious Of Jcfus extol ; His kingdom is glorious, And rule:* over all. 2. Gol ruleth on high, Almighty to fave, And fail he is nigh, Hi 4 prL-fence we haves The great congregation His triumph will ling, Afcribing falvation To Jeius our King. Salvation to God Who fits on his throne ; Let all cry aloud, And honour the 3on ; P 2 Oaf ( i6o ) Our Jefus's praifes All Angels proclaim, Fall down on their face?, And worfhip the Lamb. 4« Then let us adore, And give him his right, All glory, and power, And wifdom, and might; All honour and blefling, With ar.gels above, And thanks never-ceafing For Jefus's love. CLXI. Praife to the Creator and Redeemer. HOW can Yve adore, Or worthily praife Thy mercy and power, Thou God of all grace ! With honour and blefling Before rhee we fa 11, Mod gladly confefling, Thee Father of all. 2. The heavens and earth, And water and air, To thee owe their birth, Subfiit by thy care; While ( Kfl ) While angels are Tinging Thy praifes above, We mortals are bringing Oar tribute of love. 3- Thou, Saviour, art one With God the fupremr, His eternal Son, Co-equal with him : In veiled with glory, On high doll thou {it, While angels adore thee, And bow at thy fee:. 4- How great was thy love I How wonderous thy grace ! To come from above And fave a loft race ; And man to deliver, Of woman was horn, That every believer To God might return. . 5- How foon will thy feat Of judgment appear ! Prepare u? to meer, And welcome thee there : Thy witneifing Spirit In us Hied abroad, And bid us inherit The kingdom of God. P 3 CLXIE ( i6a ) CLXII. Heavenly Joy on Earth* I. COME, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known ; Join in a long with fweet accord, While ye furround the throne. 2. The forrows of the mind Be banifhed from this place; Religion never was defign'd To make our pleafures kfs. 3- Let thofe refufe to ling Who never knew our God; But children of the heavenly King Will fpeak their joys abroad. 4- The men of prace have found Glory begun below ; And heavenly fruits on earthly ground, From faith and hope will grow. 5- The hill of Zion yields A thoufand. holy fweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden ftreets. Then let our fongs abound, And every taar be cry; We're marching thro' Immauuers ground To fairer worlds on high. CLXI1L ( *3 > CLXIII. R^joici?tg in Hope. i. CHILDREN of the heavenly King, ' ye journey fweetly fing : Sinq- your S iviour's worthy praife, Glorious in his works and ways. 2. Ye nre travelling home to God, In the way the fathers trod ; They are hnppy now, and ye Soon their happinefs mail fee, 3- Oh, ye banifh'd feed, be glad ! Chriit our Advocate is made ; Us to fave our flsfh a flumes,. Brother to our fouls becomes. 4- Shout, ye little fleck, and Heft, You on Jefu's throne fhall reft; There your feat is now prepared, There your kingdom and reward* Fear not, brethren, joyful ftand, O.i the borders of your Ian 1 ; Jefus Chrift, your Father's Son, iiids you undifoiay'd go on. 6. J. >rd ! fubmiffive mike us go, G lly leaving al] Only Thou our be, And we ftill will follow thee! CL CLXIV.-- The Privileges of the Peopl* of God. I. BLESSED are the ions of God, They are bought with Jefu's bloody They are ranfom'd from the grave, Life eternal they (hall have. With them numbered may wc be^ Here, and in eternity ! 2. God did love them in his Son, Long before the world begun ;. They the feal -of this receive When on Jefus they believe* With them, &c. 3- They arc juftify'd by grace, They enjoy a folid peace ; All their fins are wahYd away, They ihall itand in God's great day, Witn them, &c. A- They produce the fruits of grace, In the works or righteoufnefs ! They are hacmlefs, meek, and mild^ Holy, humble, undefii'd. With them, &c. 5- They are bghts upon the earth, Children oi an he.ivenlv birth y Eons ( 1 65 ) of God ; they hate all fin, G ;d's pure iced remains within* b them, &c. 6. They hive fe!Iowrn ; p with GoS 9 Thro' the Mediator's blood ; One with God, thro' Jefus one, .' is in them begun. jMfich them, &c« Tho' they fufF;r much en esrth, fe rangers quLe to this world's mirths Yet i hey have an inward joy, Pic.ifures which can never cloy. Whh them, &c. 8. They alone are truly blefT, Heirs of God, joint heirs with Chrifl; They with love and peace are hi I'd They are by his Spirit feal'd. With them number'd may we be, Here and in eternity. CLXV. Praife for Redemption* I. PLUNG'D in a gulph of dark defpair \ wretched Tinners lay, [thorn one cheerful beam of hope, Or (park of glimmering day. Witt 2. With pitying eyes the Prince of Grace Beheld our helplefs grief ; He faw, and (O amazing love !} He came to our relief. 3- Down from the finning feats above, With joyful hafie he fled, Enter'd the grave in mortal flefli^ And dwelt among the dead, G ! for this 1 love let rocks and hills Their lading filence break, And nil harmonious human tonguesy The Saviour's praifes fpeak. Angels, atfift our mighty joys, Strike all your harps of gold : But when you raife your higheft notes, His love can ne'er be told I CJLXVL The Seng of Mofes and the Lamb* l. AWAKE, and fing the fong Of Moles and the Lamb, Wake every heart and every tongue To p raife the Saviour's name. 2. Sing of his dvina love, Sing of his rifing power, Sin^r } 10 w he intercedes above For thofe whole fins he bore. Sing ( i6 7 ) Sing till we feel our heart Afcending v\ ith cur tongues., Sing till the love of fin depart?, And grace infpires our longs* 4- Sing on your heavenly way, Ye ranfbm'd tinners ring ; Sing on, rejoicing tvcry day" In Chrilt th' eternal King. 5;. Soon mall ye hear him fay, Ye (defied children come ; .Scon will he c?Vi you hence av And take his pilgrims iiome. CLXVII. Rejoice cvermt i. REJOICE, the Lord is King ! Your Lord and King adore % Mortals give thanks and ring, id triumph evermore : Lif: up your heart, lift up your voice, ice, again 1 fay, rejoice. 2. Jefus the Saviour reigns The God of truth and love. When he had purg'd our flams, : t >ok his feat above ; Lift up your heart, &c. Hi 3- He all our fees fhall quell, And Satan's works deilroy j And every bofom ftvell Wi;h pure feraphic joy : Lift up your hearts, &c. His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o'er earth and heaven* The keys of death and hell Are to our Jefus given : Lift up your heart, &c. 5* He fits at God's right hana Till all his foes fubmit, And bow to his command, And fall beneath his feet : Lift up your heart, &c. 6. Rejoice in glorious hope, jefus the judge fhall come, And take his pilgrims up To their eternal home : We foon (hall hear th' archangel's voice. The truniD of God fhall found, rejoice. CLXVIII. CbrlJTs Sufferings and Glory. I. ^TOW for a tune of lofty praife *- ; To gre ivah's equal Son, Awake my voice in heavenly L; Tell the loud wonders he hath done. Sing ( 1^9 ) 2. Sing how he \ch the worlds of light,. And the bright robes he wore above ;. How fwift and joyful was his flighty Gn wings of everlafting love. 3-. Down to this bafe, this fmful earth, He came to raife our natures high ; He came t 9 atone Almighty wrath, Jefus the God was born to die. 4- Deep in the fhades of gloomy death Th' Almighty captive prifoner lay ; Th' Almighty captive left the earth,. And rofe to everlafting day. 5- Lift up your eyes, ye fons of light, Up to the throne of mining grace ; See what immortal glories lit Round the iweet beauties of his face, 6. Amidft a thoufand harps and fongs Jefus our God exalted i His facred name fills all their tongue And echoes thro' th' heavenly ph, CLXIX. The FirJI and Second Adam. I. AD A M, our father and our head, tranigrefVd ; and juitice doom'd us The fiery law fpeaj iir, [dead ; There's no reprieve, nor pardon ti Q '( 1 7 o 3 2. IBut, O unutterable grace ! "Th^eternal Son takes Adam's place-; Down to the world the Saviour flies, Surfers our curfe, and groans, and dies* 3- O the compafilons of our God, To pay our debts with heavenly blood ! Our tit molt penalties he bore, Juftice itfelf could aik no more. . 4- We blefs the dear incarnate Son, And fmgthe glories he hath won : With ioudeft notes we join to tell The wonders he perform' d fo weli. 5". Triumph and reign, victorious Lord, By all thy flaming hofts ador'd ! Take the reward of all thy pains, And bind the monfter fin in chains. CLXX. Admiration of the Lo-ve cf Cbrift* I. THE faireft often thousand fairs, Bends down his chariot fom the fkics., Infinite grace his way prepare^, infinite love adorns his eyes. 2. O ! 'ti« a thought would melt a rock, And make a heart of iron move, That thofe fweet lips, that heavenly look Should feck and wifli a mortal love ! When ( I 7 I } 3- When, as a traitor doom'd to £rer rebel courted fo In groans of an expiring God. Now may my tongue in ceafelefs praife Mr.ke known the wonders he hath ioiej May a'l iny ieart admire his g:a e, And all my life be his a'one. CLXXI. Rev. v. 5>&c J. JOIN" ve redeemed heirs of grace In a new fong of lofty prai us is worthy to receive The uimoit glories ye can give* 2. Worthy, thou dear atoning Lamb, From ev'ry kindred, tongue, and name Thou haft redeemed us by thy b'ocd And made us kings, arid prieils to God. 3- Blefs'd be thy name, forever blefs'A Of wifdom, power, and ftrength poiTefb'd ;■ Honor and might, and glory too We give thee as thine endltfs due. Q^z Ten ( *£* ) 4- Ten thoufand times ten thoufand tongues., With thoufand thousands join in fongs, Wich all their powers their God to own, And the dear Lamb that fills the throne. Unnumber'd hods thy glories flng, They hail thee as their Lord and King* Not one bright crown is worn above Sat what is own'd a gift of love. 6. Elders, and faints, and angels join In work fo wonderous and divine ; Their glories at thy fooiilool lay. And praife thee thro' an endlefs day. CLXXlf . The kingdom of Chfifi exalted. Pial. Ixii. I. GREAT God, whofe univerfal fway, The known, and unknown worlds Now give the kingdom to thy Son ; [obey.; Extend his power, exalt his throne. 2. Thy fcepter well becomes his hind ; All heaven fu bmits to his command ; His worfhip, and his fear fhall lalt Till hoars, and years, and lime be pad. 3- As ram on meadows newly mown, So fhall he lend his influence down: His orace on fainting fouls diftills, Like heavenly dew on thirily hills. ( its y 4- The fa -ruing fouls that lie beneath- Tbe (hides of overfpreaciing dea*h, Revive at his fiift dawning light, Cheer'd by his beams divinely brig 5- The faints fh^ll flounih all his days, Drefl in the robes of joy and praife ; While pea:e, like rivers from his throne, Shall flow to nations yet unknown. CLXXIIL The Same. Second Part, I. JESUS (hall reign where'er the fun His vail fucceffive courfe ill all run ; Hi~ kingdom itretch from fhore to more 'Till moons (hall wax and wain no more, 2. To him (hall eikHefs prayer be made, And praifes throng to crown his head ; His name, like fweet perfume (hall rife With every evening ficrifice. 3.. Pecp?e, and rearms of every tongue, Dwell on his love with fweeteft fonjl And infant voices fhall proclaim Their early bleflings on his name. Bleffings abound where'er he reign?, The prifoner leaps to look His chains r The weary find eternal reft, And all the fons of wane are bleft. Qj Where ( 174 ) 5- Where he difplays his healing power, Death and the curfe are known no more.| In him the fallen race can boaft More blefiings gain'd than e'er were loft. 6. Let every creature rife and bring Peculiar honours to our King : Angels defcend with fongs again, And earth repeat the long Amen. CLXXIV. Praifefor Pretention. ?f. 138., I. WHEN to thy throne I raife my cry, My fins are fore'd to flee ; So fwift is prayer to reach the Iky, So near is God to me. 2. Thou canfl fecure my foul from death, And fet thy pris'ner free, That hand and heart, and life and breath, May be en: ploy } d for thee. CLX X V. Rejforing and preferring Grace, I. AWaicEj my heart, awake, my tongue, The Saviour's love fh all fwell my fong.j Angels (hall hear the notes I raife, Approve the long and join the praife. 2. I fing thy truth and mercy, Lord, 1 fing the wonders of thy word ; 1 magnify thy righteoufnefs, Thy loving-kindnefs and thy grace* ( i75 ) 3- To thee I cry'd when trouble rofe, Thy faithful arra fubdu'd my foes; Thou did ft my rifing fears controul And ftrength diftufe thro' all my foul. My Jefus well maintains his ftate, Frowns on the proud and fccms the great; But from his throne defcends to fee The fons of humble poverty. 5- Amidft a thoufand fnares I Hand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; Thy words my fainting foul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 6. Grace will complete what grace begins, To fave from forrows or from fins ; The work that Wifdom undertakes, -Eternal mercy ne'er forfakes. CLX'XVI. C on defc ending Grace. I. THY favours, Lord, furprizeour fouls; Will the Eternal dwell with us ! What canft thou find beneath the poles, To tempt thy chariot downward thus ? 2. '"Still mi^ht he fill his {tarry throne, (ing his ear with Gnbriel's fongs : And will the King of Kings come down, And bow to hearken to our tongues ! Great I. 170 h 3- Great God ! what poor returns we payy. Eor love fo infinite as thine ! Words are but air, and tongues but clay, But all thy. mercies. are divine. CLXXV1I. AFuiinlaln opened for Sinners* THE fountain of ChrifF Lord help us to fing, Ihe blood of our Prieit, Our crncify'd King: The fountain that cleanfes From fm and from filth, And richly difpenfes Salvation and health* Z. This fountain {o dear He'll freely impart ; When pierc'd by the fpear, It rlow'd from his heart With blocd and with water, • The fir it to atone, To clean fe us the latter ; The fountain's but one, 3' This fountain lrom guilt Not only makes pure, And gives, foon as felt, Infallible cure ; Bat ( 177 ) •But if guilt remov'd, Return and remain, Its power may be proved Again and again. 4' This fountain unfeal'd Stands open for all Who long to be heal'd, The great and the fmall-: Here's flreng:h for the weak That hither are led ; Here's health for the fick, . And life for the dead. This fountain tho' rich, From charge is all clear, The poorer the wretch The welcomer here. Come needy, and guilty, Come loathfome, and bare; Tho' lep'rous and filthy, Come juit as you are. 6. This fountain in vain His never been try'd, •It purgeth all {tain Whenever apply'd : The fountain rt ws fweetly Wkh virtue divine, To cltanfe fouls completely, Tho' lep'rous as mine. CLXXVIir. c 173 ) CLXXVII1. Communion cf Saints I. COME, and let us iwcetly jo : n Ch ill to praiie in hymns divine ; Give we all with one accord Glory to our co .nmon Lord: Strive we, in affection, it rive, Le. the purer flame revive* Such as in. the martyrs glcw'd, Dying champions for their Godo. 2. Sing we then. in Jefu'i name, Now, as yefterday the fame ; One in every age and place, FV'l of love, and trir.h and grace r C h n ft is no w g.e n e u p on h i g h ; Thither may our withes fly ! There he fits enthroned above, Thither follow him in love.. CLXXIX. Praifefor Deliverance. P£ 34.. I. LESSM be the Lord from day to day; How good are all his ways 1 Ye humble fouls that love to pray, Come help my lips to praife. 2. Sine the loud honours of his name, Kow a poor fuflerer cry'd ; Nor was his hope expos'd to Ihame, Nor yet his fuit deny'd. I told i *79 ; 3- I told the Lord my fore diHreis, With heavy groans and tears, He gave my (harped torments eafe, And iiiene'd all my fears. A' O finners come and tafte his love, Come learn his pleafant ways, And let .your own experience prove,, The fweetnefs of his grace. 5-. D love the Lord, ye faints of his, His eyes regard the jaffc ; How richly bleft their portion is Who make the Lord their trail ! LXXX. Hafpinrfs in Cbrijl. 1. HOW ralfe this earth in all its forms, j low big v.. teringlies, l^e feek to catch her airy charma, An8 ftraight vhe phantom dies. 2. There's nothing 'round thefe painted Ikies r round this earthly clod, Nothing below that's worth our jo; Or lovely as our G 3- vain to teefc for blus. For blifi iai ne'er be found, 11 we arrive were jeius is, . ..d tread that happy ground. I 100 ; 4« 3 Tis heaven on earth to tafte his love,. To feel his quickening grace ; And all the heaven we want above. Is but to fee his face. CLXXXI. The fam. I. OF all the joys we mortals know,- Jefus thy love exceeds the re it, Love, the befl blefling here below,, And neareft image of the bleft. 2. Sweet are my thoughts, and foft my cares L When the celeftial flame I fee], In all my hopes and all my fears, There's femething kind and pleafing ftill. ?: While I am held in his embrace, There's not a thought attempts to move,. Each fmile he wears upon his face, Fixes, and fires, and charms my love. He (peaks, and (rrait immortal joys Run through my ears and reach my heart,. How fweet is his dear pardoning voice, What peaceful joy his words impart. 5- If he withdraw a moment's fpace, He leaves a facred pledge behind, Here in my brealt his image ftays The CDnftant comfort of my mind. While 6. While of his abfence I complain* And long and mourn as lovers go, I feel a pleafure in the pain, I fed my grief has fweetnefs too. 7- When round his courts by day I rove, Or afk the watchmen of the night, For fome kind tidings of my love, His very name creates delight. 8. Jefus, my God, yet rather come, And let me fee thy lovely face ; Make thou my heart thy con flan t home, The temple of the Prince of Peace. CLXXXH. Thank -for/ extracted from Pfahn cxi I. JESUS, I blefs thy gentle hand, How kina waa thy chafufing rod, That made me yield to thy command, That brought my w foul to G 2. Foolifh and vain, T went a 1 had fell thy I \ I left my guide, and loft rm way, But now 1 learn to keep thy v>ord. o O* 'Twas i^ood for me to ! ke f That God my Father c vc ; R nu I 182 ; *Twas good to bear my Father's ftroke, That I might learn to trull and live, 4- may thy rod be my delight, That flows from thy paternal care : 1 know thy (latuces, Lord, are right, Tho' they may feein to man fevere. CLXXXIII. The Wonders of Redemption, cr Mercy and Jufticc magnified. Pi . 8 5 . I. ARISE, ye faints, and join to praife The tender love and matchlefs grace Of our redeeming Lord ; Arife to blefs the Sacred Name, To day as yefteiday the fame, In endlefs worlds ador'd. 2. When our bafe hearts, and impious hands, Dar'd to tranfgrefs thy great commands, And taught us to rebel: Juft would have been our rmfery, Hadft thou pronoune'd the great decree, And fix'd us down in hell. 3- But how fjupendcus was the love, That brought the Saviour from above, The tinner to relieve : What fweet companions in his eyes, While en the bloody tree he dies, And meekly fays forgive ! O ( i3 3 ) 4- O the companions of oar God, That flow in ftreams of richefi: blood, To fave a murderous race ! With melting hearts and weeping eyes, Teach us to view, in deep furprize, The wonders of thy grace. , Tis here we fee thy grace alone, With vengeance taught to join in one, To fave a do ft ale man : 'Tis here created powers fliall fail, Nor can a Gabriel's foul prevail, This mighty love to fcan. 6. Here, on the gofpel plains, behold The glorious Deity unfold The fecrets of his heart. Here truth and mercy fweetiy join, With righteoufnefs and peace combine, To kifs and never part. CLXXXIV. Tie Glories of Salvation* i. WHAT heart can reach, what tongue exprefs, The wonders of redeeming grace, The power of Chi ill to fave ? He longs his mercy to difpli Nor knows his grace the leait lelay, Whene'er that ?r.ice we crave. R 2 Tho' ( i8 4 ) 2. Tho' fill'd with all unrighteoufnefs, The boundlefs ocean of his grace Gan clean fe us. from all Cm : While in his righteoufnefs we ihine, Not the bright Majefty divine, Can find a fpot theiein. 3- He gives his faints confirming grace, To keep them fledfafl in his ways, Againft the iinal day ; Upholds them in his powerful hand, And i'trengthens them by faith ft Hand, And never fall away. Our fainting fpirits ihall revive, Becaufe he lives our fouls ihall live, Our fprings from him arife ; His body -cannot be complete Unlefs his members with him fit Above in paradife. 5- The firir, fruits he of them that flept, His living members fhall be kept By his Almighty power : Tho' death o'er them awhile may reign, They from the dead (hall rife again, And rei^n for evermore. ■o CLXXXV, ( i8 5 ) CLX XX V. Come boldly to the throne of Grace. I. FORGIVE, my God, a morfal tongue, Thai dares attempt a lofty fong, That dares to celebrate the praife Of juftice and eternal grace. 2. Tho' fins unnumber'd reach the ikies, To make thy dreadful anger rife, Thou canft be juft, while I believe, Thou canfl be juft, and yet forgive* 3- I dare appear before thy throne, Tho' fili'd with purity alone ; While in the Saviour's work I fhlne, Rob'd in his righteoufnefs divine. . 4' I dare behold thy juftice too, While the dear Lamb appears in view, With all his garments dipc in blood, To quell thy vengeance, Mighty God. 5- I dare expec*l a royal crown, To fill a throne of great renown, The vail atonement of my Lord Demands this glory and reward. 6. But not of debt I dare demand One iingle gift from Jefu's hand ; All the rich blefiings I receive, Are his, and onK' his to give. R 3 CLXXXVI. ( i66 ) CLXXXVI. Glory be to God on high &c. I. GLORY be to God on high, God whofe glory fills the fky ; Peace on earth to man is given, Man the well-belov'd of heaven. 2. Sovrain Father, heavenly King, Thee we now prefume to Ting ; Glad thine attributes confefs, Glorious all and numberlefs. Hail ! by all thy works ador'd, Hail! thou everlaflinp Lord : Thee with thankful hearts we prove, Lord of power, and God of love. 4- Chnfr. our Lord and God we own, Chrift, the Father's only Son : Lamb of God for finners flain, Saviour of rebellious man ! CLXXXVlhCbrif s death ana 7 refurreaion. I. HE dies ! the Friend of Sinners dies! Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ! A folemn darknefs vails the fkies ! A fudden trembling fhakes the ground ! Come, faints, and drop a tear or two For him whogroan'd beneath your load \ He Hied a thoufand drops for you, A thoufaad drops of richer blood ! ( i8 7 ) 2. Here's Love and Grief beyond degree, The Lord of Glory dies for man ! But Lo ! what fudden joys we fee i Jeius the Dead revives again ! The nfing God forfakes the tomb ! (The tomb in vain forbids his rife !) Cherubic legions guard Him home, And fhout Him welcome to the fkies ! 3- Break ofF your teari, ye faints, and tell .7 high our great Deliveier reigns ! Sing how he fpoil'd the hofts of hell, And led the rnonfter, Death, in chains] , M Live for ever, wonderous King, 11 Born to redeem, and firong to five l" Then afk the rnonfter, "Where's thy ftingj And where's thy vi&ory,boafting grave:" CLXXXVIII. Adoring Cbriji. I. WHAT equal honours mall we bring Tothee,OLord,ourGod,theLamb? Since all tr/e notes that angels ling, Are far inferior to thy name. 2. Worthy is he that once was (lain, The Prince of Peace that groan'd and dy'd; Worthy to rife and live and re gn ^mighty Father's iicie. Poww ( i88 ) 3- Power and dominion are his due Who flood condemn'd at Pilate's bar ; Wifdom belongs to Jefus too, Tho' he was charg'd with madnefs here. 4- Honour immortal muft be paid Inftead of Scandal and of Scorn ; While glory mines around his head, A glorious crown without a thorn. 5- Bleflings forever on the Lamb, Who bore our fins, and curfe, and pain ; Let angels found his facred name, And every creature fay, Amen. GLXXXIX. Pfalm cxxxvi. GIVE thanks to God moil high, The univerfal Lord, The fovrainKing of kings, And be his grace ador'd : His power and grace Are Ml the fame, And let his name Have endlefs praife. 2. How mighty is his hand ! What wonders hath he done ! He form'd the earth and feas, And fpread the heavens alone : Thy ( 189 ) Thy mercy, Lord, Shall ftill endure, And ever lure Abides thy word, . 3-. He faw the nations lie, AH perilling in fin, And pity'd the fad Hate, Tiie ruinM world was in : Thy mercy, Lord, Shall Hill endure, And ever fure Abides thy word. 4- He fent his only Son To iave us from our woe, From Satan, Sin, and Death, And every hurtful foe : His power and grace Are itill the fame, And let his name Have endlefs praife. CXC. Invitation to Sinners, I. TIIS gofpel reports A total reprieve From fins of all forts For all who believe ; Their guilt and pollution Doth Jefus remove, In him is an ocean Of infinite lov^. ( i9° ) 2. Come, laden with fins, Ye feekers of God, And vvafh and be clean In Jefus's blood. The publican, harlot, The drunkard, and knave, Whofe fins areas fcarlet, Forgivenefs may have. 3- The vileft of men He kindly forgives; Backfliders again He freely receives. Come then, ye deriders Of God and his word, Return, ye backfillers, Return to the Lord. ■■*■ If Jefus be thine, And thou art but his, The practice of fin You'll furely difmifs. Be willing to venture Your fouls in his hand, And foon fhail you enter The heavenly land. CXCL CXCL Zee. vi. jo. i. YE prifoners of hope O'erwhelmed with grief, To Jefus look up For certain relief; Declare the condition And Mate you are in, And Chrifr, the Phyficiaa Will fave you from fin. 2. Should juftice appear A mercilefs foe, Yet be of good cheer, And foon fhall you know That finners confeflinQ; Their tranfgreffions paft, A plentiful blefiing Of pardon (hail tafte. 3- Law, confeience, and fin, Accufe us in vain If we are found in The Lamb that was flain : There's no condemnation In Jefus the Lord, But ftrong confolation His grace doth afford. Then 4- Then dry up your tears, Ye children of grief, For Jefus appears To give you relief; If you are returning To Jefus your friend, Your fighing and mourning In finging fhall end. 5- None will I cait out Who come, faith the Lord, Why then do you doubt? Lay hold of his word. Ye mourners of Sion Be bold to believe, Be bold to rely on Your Saviour, and live. CXCII. A Dialogue. I. ^.' | *ELL us, O women, we would know, A Whither fo fail ye move ? A. We, calVd to leave the world below, Are feeling one above. 2. j Thither we travel, nor intend Short of that blifs to reft; A. Nor ive, till in the firmer s* friend Our weary fouls are blefi, 5- Friends of the bridegroom ~j:e fo all reign ; Sa~. ;e ajk no mere ; flail L am b of God ! fo r fe finer s flain, \ea>v *m and earth adore. CXCI1L The Same. ILv. vii. 12—17. I. Q, T7 X.\- ted high, atGod's right hairl, JlL r the throne than cherubs itand, With glory crown'd in white array, My wond'ring foul fays, Who are they? 2. J§. Thcfe are the faints belov'd of Goi, W:tVd are their robes in Jefus' blood; j fpotlcfa than the pureft white, They Ihine in uncreated light, 3- g. Brighter than ai fnine, Tht ; , and all 'I ell me their origin, and fay Their order what, and whence came thev ? S J t TW ( *94 ) J. Thro' tribulation great they came, They bore the crofs and fcorn'd the (name ; Within the living temple Weft, In God they dwell, and on him reft. 5- <£. And does the crofs thus prove their gain; And (hall they thus for ever reign, Seated on fapphire thrones to praife The wonders of redeeming grace ? 6. A. Hunger they ne'er (hall fed again, Nor burning thirfl ihall they fuflain ; To wells of living waters led, By God, the Lamb, for ever fed. 7- Q Unknown to mortal ears they ling The feciet glories of their King : Tell me the fubjeft of their lays, And whence their loud exalted praife ? 8. A. Jefus the Saviour is their theme ; They fing the wonders of his name ; To him afcribing power and grace, Dominion and eternal praife. 9- Amen, they cry to him alone Who chrns to fill his Father's throne ; They give him glory, and again Repeat his praife, and fay, Amen. CXC1V. C 195 ) CXCIV. Brotherly Love, Pfalm cxxxiii. I. IO ! what an entertaining fight _j Are Brethren that agree; Brethren whole chearful hearts unite In love and axnitjft *T:s like the oil, divinely fweet, On Airon's reverend head, The trickling drops perfum'd his feet, And o'er his garments fpread. 3. So dreams of love from Chriit. the fpring Defcend on every foul, While heavenly peace on balmy wing Shades, and bedews the whole. 'Tis pleafant as the morning dew That falls on Sion's hill, Wnere Goi his mi Id eft glory (hews, And makes his grace dLtil. CXCV. Tbt Office* of Cbtift* J. AS a Shepherd loves to keep, Watch, and lead, and feed his fhcep ; So the gracious Sen of God Saves the purchafe of his blood. 2. As a Father's manly care Proves his heart to be fincere, So the Lord his love difplays, Mix'd with majefty and grace. ( ^ ) 3- As a Mother loves to reft Tender babes upon her breaft, So the babes of gra:e (hall find Jefus Chriil divinely kind. 4" As a Huiband loves his bride Like hirnfelf, and none befide ; Did not Chriil: this love excel When he fav'd his bride from hell ? 5- As a Friend that's truly kind, In his heart fweet love we find ; So in Jefus Chriil we prove Sweet difplays of changelefs love* 6. As a Brother, clearer Hill Than a friend, fo Jefus will ] Man i felt a brother's care, Freely make us his joint-heir. 7- Asa Prophet, good and wife, Gives the meek his beft advice, So does Chrift delight to guide Tiiofc that men for fools deride. 8. As a Prieft devotes to God Incenfe and atoning blood, So the dear redeeming Lamb Bore the crofs and fcorn'dthe fhame. As ( 197 ) 9- As a King with loving fway Bends his people to obey, So does Chrilt the rebel win. Gains his heart and flays his fin. CXC VI. CbriJTt Beauties defcribcd. Cant. v. 9 — io, I. THE wondering world enquires to know Why we fhouid blefs the Saviour fo : €i What are his charms," fay they, " above r* All oilier charms of earthly love?" 2. White is his Soul, from blernifh free ; Red with the blood he fhed for me ; The fairelt of ten thoufand fairs ; A fun among ten thoufand ilars : 3- His Ilea. 4 the fined gold excels ; There wifj.om in perfection dwells, And glory like a crown adorns Thole temples ence befet with thorns. His Hands are fairer to behold Than rubies fet in rings of gold ; Thofe heavenly Hands that on the tree Were nail'd and torn for fuch as me. 5- Tho' once he bow'd his feeble Knees, Laden with fins and agonies, S 3 Now ( 198 ) Now on the throne of his command, His Legs like marble Pillars Hand. 6. His Eyes are majefty and love, The eagle temper'd with the dove ; No more mall trickling forrows roll Thro' thofe dear windows of his fouL 7- All over Morions is mv Lord, Mult be belov'd, and yetador'd; His worth if all the nations knew Sure the whole world would love him too. CXCVIL Tfa Same, imitated from Rev, u I. AMID the feven lamps behold The glorious Son of man and God, Array'd in royal robes of gold, Dy'd in his own atoning blood. 2. Down to his Feet his garments flew, Clad with falvation all around, Such majelty, and beauty too In Chrift, my King and Prieft, abound* 3- His Girdle,, form'd of pureft gold, Near to his tender Bofom twin'd ; His truth and faithfulnefs unfold With love, and fweet compaffion join'd. His ( *99 ) 4- His Godlike Eyes are all divine, And beam the language of his heart: As flames of fire, how bright they fhine, And bid the fbades of death depart. 5- His Head, more white than virgin fnow, Fair emblem of his Heart appears ; Asfome bright fun, while here below, Shining among ten thouiand ilars. 6. Ten thoufand ftars he calls his own, And holds them forth in his right hand ; Created by his power alone Tney rife and ihineat his command. The noon-day Sun, divinely bright, Shining wiih all its largeft powers, Shines as a taper's dying light Cornpar'd to this dear Sun of ours, 8- Not many waters can compofe Sounds fo delightful as his Voice ; From his dear Uj :. fuch muMc flow* As bids t : he foas of grief rejoice. 9- His Feet the finefr. brafs excel, Burn'd in a furnace, while he bore G r iefs deeper than the dc tell Tiut r*cver mc Forth io. Forth from his Mouth the twc-edg'd fword From conquering, find to conquer goes; He rules his people by his word, But pours his vengeance on his foes. CXCVIII. Jefus Chrift All in All. I. CHRIST is the true fubilantiaf good, The fpring of heavenly grace; The hungry Tinner's daily food, The Lord our Righteouihefs, 2. Cbriit, by the eye of faith we vie\r 5 The true believer's joy ; He can the power of hell fubdue, And all our wants fupply. 3', Chrift is the fure foundation flone. Our Prophet, Priefr, and King ; Sav'd by his fovrain grace alone, His £race alone we fing. 4- Chrift is the evcrlading Lord, Our ilrength whene'er we call. The fum and iubftance of the word, The (inner*' all in all. FESTIVAL ( 201 ) FESTIVAL HYMNS. CXCIX. CbrijPt Nativity. i. REJOICE, ye Ton: of men, rejoice* And fend your fears away ; News from the regions of die ikies, Jefus is born to day I 2. Jefus, the God whom angels fear, Comes down to dwell on earth ; To-day he makes his entrance here By a myiierious birth. 3- -old nor purple fwaddhng bands^ Nor robes of bright array ; A manger for his cradle Hands, His fofteft bed is hay. 4- Go, fhcj-herds, where the infant liei And iee his humble throne ; Whh tears of joy in all your eyes, Go, fhepherds, kits the Son. Glory to God that rJgns above, Let peace furrouiiJ the earth ; Morcals mall know their Maker';: love At dieir Redeemer's birth. cc« CC. The Same. I. ANGELS defcend to tell the birth^ And fing Immanuel's praife ; Good tidings they bring, Great joy from our King, Revealing a meilage of grace. 2. Glory to God on high, they fing, Who reigns enthron'd above ; Lo ! ptace upon earth Ac Jefus's birth Who fives us by infinite love. 3- Hail, everlalling Father, hail! Hail, great incarnate Son; The Almighty Lord, His name be ador'd, An infant in time is become. Welcome, thou holy Prince of Peace* Born that we ne'er might die; The Counfellor's Fame, Of Wonderful name, We fing in a rapture of joy. 5- Loud hallelujahs reach the (ky At our Immanuel's birth; The Antient of Days His mercy difplays, While born of a virgin on earth. CCL ( 203 ) CCI. The Same. I. HARK ! the herald-angels nng, Glory to the new-born King ! Peace en earth and mercy mild, God and nnners reconcii'd. 2. Joyful all ye nations rife, Join the triumphs of the ikies ; With the heavenly hoft proclaim, •' Chriit is born in Bethlehem 1" 3- Chrift, by higheft heaven acor'd, Chriir, the everlafting Lord; Late in time behold him come, OiFspring of a Virgin's womb. Vlili, he lays his glory by, 3crn, that man no more may die ; Bom toraife the fons of earth, crn to give them fecond birth. .St Dome, defire of nations, come, ?'ix in us thy humble horn j ; 3dfe, the woman's co qucring feed t Bruife in us the ferpent's head. 6. Adam's Likenefs now efface, i thine image in its place ; Second Adam from above, fce-inftate us in thy love. CCIf< i 204 ; CCII. The Sams. I. COME, thou long-expecled Je&% Born to fet thy people free ; From oar fears and finsreleafe us. Let us find our reft in thee : Ifracl's fbength and confolation, Hope of all the earth thou art ; Dear deiire of ev'ry nation, Joy of every longing heart. 2. Born thy people to deliver ; Born a Child, and yet a King; Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring r By thine own eternal Spirit, Rule in all our hearts alone ; By thine all-fufficient merit, Raife us to thy glorious throne. CCIII. For the Crucifixion. I. HEARTS of flone, relent, relent, By the crofs of Chrifl fubdu'd ; See his body mangled, rent, Cover'd with a gore of blood! Sinful foul, what haft thou done? MuaierM Goa's eternal Son ! 2. Yes, our fins have done the deed, Drove the nails that fix him there, Crown'd with thdrns his facred he Pierc'd him with ajfoldier's fpear, ( 205 ) Made his foul a facrifice : For a finful world he dies. 3- Shall we put our Lord to pain ? Still to death purfue our God ? Open tear his wounds again, Trample on his precious blood ? Jefus, let thy murderers live, Whifper peace, and fay forgive. CCIV. " // isfnijbed." John xix. 39. I. n ''THIS finifli'd," the Redeemer fa id, J[ And mercy bow'd his dying head, Releas'd from all his pain ; Come,- finners, and obfeive the word, Behold the conquefts of cur Lord, Complete for helplefs men. 2. FinifrVd th^ righteoufnefs of grace, Finifh'd for ftnners pardoning peace %. Their mighty debt is paid ; Arxufing law, cancell r d by biocd, And wrath of our offended God In fweet oblivion laid. 3- Who now fhall urge a fecond cteimi The law no longer can condemn, Faith a releaie can (hew : ce itlelf a friend appears ; prifon-houfe a whifper hears, •• Loefr him and let him go." t o ( 206 ) O unbelief! injurious bar! Source of tormenting fruitlefs fear, Why doft thou yet reply ? - Where'er thv loud objections fall, « 'Tis finifh'd," " mil may anfwer all, And filence ev'ry cry,. CCV. Chrift our Sacrifice. Pf. xc. 5 — 10 I. TH E wonders, Lord, thy love hath wrought, Exceed all praife, furmount all thought, Should we attempt the long detail, Our fpeech would faint, our numbers fail, 2. No blood of beafts on altars fpilt, Can cleanfe the fouls of men from guilt, But thou haft fet before our eyes An all-fufhcient facrifice. 3- Lo ! thine eternal Son appears, To thy defigns he bows his ears : AiTumes a body well prepar'd, And well performs a work fo hard. 4- * f Behold, I come, the Saviour cries, '• Love is the language of his eyes, *' I come to besr the heavy load *• Of fins, and do thy will, O God. 2 " I'll ( 20/ ) " I'll magnify thy holy law, " And rebels to obedience draw, r When on my crois I'm lifted high, f I'll win their hearts, and bring them nigh* 6. I 1 Thy law is written in mv heart, u I'll finifh weil the Saviour's part; " Bid wond'ring w. 'ore m grace, fi And fa\ r w them by my r.ghteoafnefs. CCVI. Hl lxiii. i. S£E where the mighty Saviour come? From Edon 's iiofti e plains! A crimfon vefture he a flumes, And blood his raiment flains. 2. From Bozrah, glorious he appears ; His robes with victory fhine ; Complete falvation, lo! he wears, With majefty divine. 3- . Why thus array'd, Almighty God, In veils of purple glow, *Vith garments tinp'd in dreams of blood That from the wine-prefs flow. 4- • The wine-prefs I myfelf have trod 11 And with me there was none ; ' Your itrength and your falvation flood, ** Complete in me alone." T 2 Whence ( 208 ) i' Whence flow thefe favors, To diving To fave the rebel race ? Why for a heart., fo vile as mine, Such rich difplays of grace ? 6. When not a glorious mind above Had half the power we crave, Had half the grace, or half the love, A finking world to fave. 7- When not angels flrength could bear The vengeance of a God, Then did the Son of man appear In garments roll'd in blood* CCVII. Ifaiah lilt. I- WHO hath our report believed, Of our God fo deeply grieved* Grieved for the fmful race: Lo! his arm of flrength revealed, While the covenant unfealed, Manifefts Almighty grace. 2. As a tender plant that's growing, Full of richeft fap o'erflcving, Springing in a thirfly ground : So the Lord by man defpifcd, By his true difciples prized, Stands with grace and beauty crown'd. Bj ( 209 ) 3- By the nations long expected r - See him come, by man rejected^ Deeply taught to fuffer grief; All our fins were laid upon him, While we hid our faces from him, While he died for our relief. 4- No deceit his lips had fpoken, Blamelefs, he no law had broken, Stricken, fin it ten for our guilt : Yet it pleas'd the Lord to chufe him, With Almighty Wrath to bruifehim, When his blood for man was fpilt. N. B. See Hy?nns for the Communion. CCVIII. The Refurretlion of Chrijl* I. THE Sun of Righteoufnefs appears, To fet in blood no more ; Adore the fcatterer of your fears, Your rifing God adore. 2. The faints, when he refign'd his breath, Unclos'd their fleeping eyes ; He breaks again the bands of death, Again the dead a rife. 3- Alone the dreadful race he ran, Alone the wine-prefs trod ; He dy'd and fufrer'd as a man, He rifes as a God. T x - fa ( 2IO ) 4- In vain the (tone, the watch, the Teal,, Forbid an early rife To him who burih the gates of hell, And opens paradife. CCIX. The Same. I. CHRIST, the Lord, is ris'n to-day, Sons of men and angels fay, RaTe your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, 2. Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won: Lo ! the fun's eclipfe is o'er, Lo ! he fets in blood no more. 3- Y'ain the ftone, the watch, the feal, Chrift hath burit the gates of hell: Death fliall ne'er forbid his rife, Chrifl hath open'd paradife. 4' Lives again our glorious King ? Where, O Death, is now thy iting ? Once he dy'd our fouls to fave ; Where's thy vi&ory, boalting grave f Soar we now where Chrifl: has led, Following our exalted head : Made like him, like him we rife, Ours the crofs, the grave, ;he ikies. What ( 211 ) 6. What tho' once we perifh'd all, Partners of our parents fall ; Second life we ihall receive, En our heavenly Adam live. 7- Hail the Lord of earch and heaven ! Praife to thee by both be given 1 Thee we greet triumphant now, Hill! the Refurrection — thou i CCX. The Same, I. JESUS, who dy'd a world to fave, Revives and rifes from the grave By his Almighty pfowef ; From fin, ani death, and hell fet free, Jie captive lends captivity, And lives to die no more. 2. The Lord, who fpoke the world from nought, Hath for poor finners dearly bought S ilvadon by his blood : Lo ! how he burlts the bonds of death, And re-afl'umes his vital breath, To make our title good. 3- O mqy we all from fin awake., In par ad He our places take, Near our exalted head : May all our fouls to heaven afpire, In thought, and will, and ftrong defire^ To ienfual pleafures dead. C 212 ) 4- Children of God, look up and feo Your Saviour cloath'd in Majeily, Triumphant o'er the tomb: Give o'er your griefs, caft ofFyour fears, * In heav'n your manfion he prepares And foon will take you home- His Church is dill his joy and crown, He looks with love and pity down* On her he did redeem : He tailes her joys, he feels her wees And prsys that fhe may fpoil her foes And ever reign with him, CCXI. The Same. I. ANGELS attend, and join the fong,, To whom immortal notes belong, Your golden harps and voices join To pr-aife Immanuel's love divine. 2. Lo ! he, who on the crofs was flain, High thron'd in glory lives again; Clad with eternal victory, He captive leads captivity." With fbngs of joy audrefs his name, His vi&o ies and fti love proclaim ; Sing how le conquer'd as he fell, And vanquifhM ail the powers of hell. Now Now in his conquefts we partake, He gairTd thofe triumphs for our fake: Immortal glories to the Lamb, Who death by his own death overcame. . 5- Saints (hout with joy your rifen God, And fpread his boundlefs love abroad, Let every heart the Saviour blefs, And every tongue his name confefs. N. B. See Hymns for the Lor d's Day* CCXII. The Afccnfion of Chrijl^^ I. JESUS is now gone up on high To fill a heavenly throne; He captive leads captivity, And tramples Satan down. 2. Jefus, the mighty conqu'ror Hands, To give the rebel race <3ifts, from his heavenly Father's hands* Of richeft love and £race« 3- Come Holy Spirit from on high, Gift of the Saviour come, Our natures change and purify, And make our hearts thine home, 4- Come, like a mighty rufhing wind, Defcend and fill the place ; X^et every foul to God be join'd, And feel an heavenly peace. t *'4 J . 5- Sit on our heads, like cloven tongues^ That we may pray and praife ; And lengthen out our joyful fong% To everlailing days. CCXIII. The Same. I. OUil Lord is rifen from the dead, Our Jefus is gone up on high, The powers of hell are captive led, Dragg'd ;o the portals of the Iky. 2. There his triumphal chariot waits, And mgels chant the foiemn by; Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, Ye everlaibng doors give way. 3- Loofe all your bars or ma fly light, And wide unfold the heavenly fcene ;. Ke claims thefe manfions as his right, Receive the king of glory in. 4- Who is the king of glory, who? The Lord that all his foe 3 o'ercame : The world, fin, death, and hell o'enhrew, And Jefus is the conqu'ror's name. 5-. Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the foiemn lay, Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, Ye everiafting doors give way. Who ( m ) 6. Who is the King of glory, who ? The Lord of glorious power pofTeft; The King of faints and angels too, j God over all, for ever bleit 1 CCXIV. For Whit-Sunday. 1. GRANTED is the Saviour's prayer, Now descends the Comforter ; Open wide your hearts to prove All the powers of life and love. 2. Come, divine and peaceful gueft, Enter every waiting brealt, Holy Ghoft our hearts iniplre, Kindle there the gofpel fire. 3- Prince of Peace, and Lord of Life, Give us agonizing ltrife ; Life divine in us renew, Thou the gift and giver too. 4- Come and wake thefe hearts of earth, Wake us into fecond birth : Quick'ning power may we receive ; Breathe, and our dry bones fhall live. Bitl our fin and forrow ceafe, Fid us with thine hcavenlv peace ; Joy divine we then lhall pro\ e, iit of truth, and fire of love. 6CXV. ( 2l6 ) CCXV. The Same. I. JESUS, we hang npon thy word, Our longing fouls have heard from thee Be mindful of thy promife, Lord, Thy promife made to fuch as me, To fuch as Sion's paths purfue, And would believe that God is true. 2. Thou fayeft, I will the Father pray, And he the Comforter mail give, Shall give him in your hearts to flay, And never more his temples leave ; Myfelf will to my orphans come, And make you mine eternal home. Come then, dear Lord, thyfelf reveal, And let the promife now take place 5 Be it according to thy will, According to the word of grace; Thy forrowful difciples chear, And fend us down the Comforter. 4- He vi£ts oft the troubled breaft, And oft relieves our fad complaint; But foon we lofethe tranfient gut ft, But foon we droop again, and feint. Repeat the melancholy moan " Our joy is fled, our comfort gone !" 4 i-J alien ( 2I 7 ) Haften him, Lord, into each heart, Our fure infeparable guide ; might we meet and never part ! O might he in our hearts abide ! And keep his houfe of praife and prayer, -And reft and reign for ever there 1 Hymns to the Trinity, CCXYI. I. BLEST he the Father and his love-, To whofe celeitial fource we owe Rivers of endlefs joys above, And rills of comfort here below. o. Glory to thee, great Son of God, From whofe dear wounded body rclls 1 A precious dream of vital blood, Pardon and life for dying fouls. 3- . . . We give the facred Spirit praife, Who in our hearts of fin and woe Makes living fprings of grace arile, And into boundlefs glory floi 4- Thus God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit we adore, That lea of life and love unknown, Without a bottom or a mere. U CCXVII. ( ai8 ; CCXVII. The fame. I. COME, thou Almighty King* Help us thy name to fing, Help us to praife, Father all-glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days. 2. Jefus, our Lord, arife, Scatter our enemies, And make them fall, Let thine Almighty aid Our fure defence be made, Our fouls on thee be ltay'd ; Lord, hear our call. 3- Come, Holy Comforter, Thy facred witnefs bear In this glad hour ! Thou who Almighty art, Rule thou in every heart, And never more depart, Spirit of R#wer. To the great One in Three Eternal praifes be Hence— evermore ! 3 * ( 2ig ) His fovrain Maj efty May we in glory fee, And to eternity Love and adore ! CCXVII1. The Same: I. HAIL, Father ! whofe commanding call Unnumber'd worlds attend, Jehovah, comprehending all, Whom none can comprehend. 2. Elecled by thy grace alone, Our names are wrote in heaven ; And for our fins thy dear lov'd Son A facrifice haft given. 3- Hail, God the Son ! with glory crown' 2. They die In Jefus, and are bleft ; How kind their fl umbers are ! From fufFerings and from fins releas'd, And free from every care. 3- Far from this world of toil and firife, And ever with the Lord; The labors of this mortal life End in a large reward. CCXXIII. Judgment Hymns. I. LO ! he comes with clouds defcending. Once for favord finners flain ! Thoufand thoufand faints attending, Swell the triumph of his train : Hallelujah ! Hallelujah I Amen. 2. Everv eye (hall now behold him RoVd in dreadful majefty ; Thofe *ho fet at nought and fold him, Pierc'u and n;: ; to the tree, Dv liling, Shall the grea: Meiiiah fee. 3- Ei r r " iflan J, ( lin, aven anc All who hate h nfounc- lie. r the trump proclaim the day ; Co nt! Come tc j u - -men: ! come away ! C 224 ) 4- Now redemption long expelled, See ! in folemn pomp appear I Ail his faints, by man rejected, Now fhall meet him in the air ! Hallelujah ! See the day of God appear! 5- Anfwer thine own Bride and Spirit, Haften, Lord, the general doom! Thy kingdom fain we would inherit, Take thy pining exiles home : All creation Travails ! groans 1 and bids thee come ! 6. Yea ! Amen! let all adore thee,^ High on thine exalted throne! Saviour, take the power and glory : Claim the kingdoms for thine own ! O come quickly, Hallelujah ! Come, Lord, come ! CCXXIV. The Same. ■ I. HE comes! he comes! the Judge fevere; The feventh trumpet fpeaks him near! His lightenings flafh, his thunders roll, He's welcome to the faithful foul. 2. From heaven angelic voices found, Lo ! the Almighty Jefus crown'd ! Girt with omnipotence and grace, While glory decks the Saviour's face> ( 225 ) 3- Defcen ding on his azure throne, He claims the kinp-dorr.s for his own :• The kingdoms all obey his word, And hail him their triumphant Lord, 4- Shout, all ye people of the fky, And all ye faints of the moll high : Our God, who now his right obtain?, For ever and for ever reigns. 5- The Father praife, the Son adore, The Spirit biefs for evermore : Salvation's glorious work is done, We welcome thee, great Three in One . CCXXV. The Same from Pfalm 50. I. WHEN ChriGt in judgment mall de- fcend, And faints furffeund the Lord, H: bids unnumbcr'u worlds atiend, The fenteme of his word. 2. TiVon'd on a cloud, he foon (hall come, Bright flames prepare his way ; ider and darknefs, fire and ilorm, Lead on the dreadful day. o :>; I ven from above his call fhali hear, Attending angds come, And earth and hell (hall knew and fear, Ilia jurlice and their dcom. f 226 J 4-. fe conlbnt love fhall frill prepare To guide us in the narrow way. 2. We Hcfi the Sun of Righteoufnefs, Whole beams command our night to ceafe; Whofe wavs are ways of pieafantnefs, Whofe paths are all the paths of peace. J' Thy cloudy pillar a]] the day Shail guard us thro' the burning light;' While brighter glories mall difplay Thy cheering prefence thro' the night. X z At ( 23a ) 4- As thofe that follow thee above, Where'er thy (lately footfteps ftray, Thro' ftreets of gold, in realms of love, In fhining robes of bright array, 5- So let us learn where'er we go To yield obedience to thy call ; To feek thy footfteps here below, And ferve thee as our All in All. CCXXX1II. ForMiniJIers at their Arrival. I. LORD, we welcome thy dear Servant, 4 MefTenger of gofpel -grace! O how beauteous are the feet of Him that brings good news of peace! Lord, we welcome Ev'ry fervantfent of thee. 2. Blefs, O blefs his meilage to us, Give us hearts to hear the word Of redemption, dearly purchas'd, By the death of Chrilt our Lord. O reveal it To oar poor and helplefs fouls. 3. Lord, vouchfafe thy grace and glory, To thy faithful labourer dear, Let the incenfe of our hearts be OfFer'd up in faith and prayer. Blefs, O blefs him, Now, henceforth, for evermore* ( m ) CXXXIV. For Minifters at their De- parture* I. ^T 7 ITH heavenly power, OLorJ, defend V V Him whom we now to thee commend; Thy faithful mefTenger fecure, And make him to the end endure. 2. Gird him with nil- fufficient grace ; J) : rect his feet in paths of peace ; Thy truth, and faithfulnefs fulfil, And bend him to obey thy will. Before him thy protection fend ; O love him, fave him to the end ! N r let him, as thy pilgrim, rova Without the convoy of thy love. 4- Enlarge, enHime, and fill his heart, In him thy mighty power exert : That thoufawds yet unborn may praife The wonders of redeeming grace. CCXXXV. A Prayer for a MiniJIer, or for an Ordination* I. COMMissiON'nfrom the Lord of hofts, Servant of God, ariie, and mine ; A rife, and gird thine armour on, And prove the ilren^thof Jefus thine. X 3 Go ( *34 ) 2. Go, dare the dreadful powers of fin, From conquering, and to conquer go; Smite with the Spirit's mighty ivvord, And bring the vanquiih'd moniler low. 3- Strong in the ftrengtri of God alone Let faun, the firfl finner, feel The energy of truth divine, The vengeance of thy holy zeal. 4- As darknefs -flies before the fun, And feeks a region where to dwell Remote from earth, in worlds unknown, Hard by the difmal gloom of hell; 5- So learn to make delufion fly : Ani with the beams ofgoipel light Chacedown the lofty pride of man, Down to the pit of endlefs night. 6. Nor let thy fears prefume to quell The flame that kindles on thine heart ; Strength more than equal to the day The great Jehovah ihall impart. 7- In weakness will thy ftrength be found, While unbelief lhall fhrink away ; As finner s burfl: the bands of death And rife to blefs the gofpel day. Thus ( 235 ) 8. Thus may my friend and brother prove The champion of the Lord moil high ; Thus urge the lingering combat on ; The battle win, and gain the fky. CCXXXVI. Onopeninga Place oflVorJhip* I. ARISE, O King of grace, arife, And enter now thy facred reft; Corne in, thou Lord of all our joys, And with us reign, for ever bleit. 2. Here come, and fix thy gracious throne, And fway thy fceotre and thy {Word ; Here may thy power and love be known, And energy attend thy word, 3-. Here fill thy hungry, thirfty poor With living dreams, and living bread; Unto thy rich exhauftlefs ftore With peaceful fleps may they be led. 4- Girded with truth, and cloth'd with grace Bid all thy mini Mors to ihine ; To preach thy glorious righteoufncfs And no one's elie but thine, 5- Here let a numerous offspring rife, Born from above by fpccial grace, Lift loud hofanr.ahs to the fkies In loftier no;ei than angels raifa ( s 3 6 ) 6. Clothe all thine enemies with fliame* Shame that (hall bid them blufh for fin ; Such terms of love compofe thy name As can the vileit rebel win. CCXXXVIIO* taking aMemler intoSociety I. WELCOME, thou well-belovM of God, Thou heir of grace, redeem'd by blood ; Welcome with us thine hand to join, A partner of our lot divine: Bleilings abundant from above, Give wm> we pray, Thou God of love, 2. With us the nilorim-ftate embrace ; We travel to a blifsful place, The new Jernfalem above, 7'he throne of God, the feat of love : The Holy Ghofl that knows the way, Conduct thee on from day to day ! 3- The flaiTof promife now receive, Thy vvca^y footfleps to relieve, The chief fupport the pilgrim knows, Leaning on this he forward goes : Thus if for reft thy fpirits call, Trufring on this thou canfl not fall, 4- With peace, with ceafelefs peace be flrdd, The ihoes of peace receive of God ; Theft ( 237 ) Thefe keep from pain the pilgrim's feet, And make the rugged way feem fvveet : So Sion's paths (hall ever prove The paths of joy, and peace, and love. 5- Thus onward move with upright pace; Stedfaii purfue the gofpel-race: Fiil'd with the power of truth divine, Prove all the (trench of lefus thine: o J Co.-nmifiioii'd angels foon fliall come, And waft thee to thy wiih'd-for home. CCXXX VIII. For Field preaching. I. FORTH in thy ftrength, O Lord, we go Thy gofpel to proclaim, Thine only righteoufnefs to ihevv, And glorify thy name. 2. Vouch fafe thine aid to fpeak thy word In this appointed hour! Attend it with thy Spirit, Lord, And let it corn^ with power. 3- Open the hearts of all that hear, To make the Saviour room, O let the n 6nd . :ion near, Let faith by hearing come, 4- Give them to hear the word as thine, With m to receive, To feel the laving power divine, Which teaches to believe. ( 2 3 8 ) CCXXXIX. On returning, I, GLORY to God, who gave the word, And brought falvation nigh; Who caus'd his will to be proclaim/d To Tinners doom'd to die, 2. Lord, with thy mighty power defcend, And grant them ears to hear, Hearts to receive the heavenly feed, To bring forth fruit with fear : 3- Fill every panting hungry foul From thine exhauftlefs (lore ; And let not one go empty hence, But talte, and pray for more. 4* Let all thy children, Lord, be fed From thine eternal Word, Stronger and flronger may they grow, Increafing in the Lord ! CCXL. Infant Baptifm. I. THUS did the fons of Abraham pafg Under the bloody feal of grace : The young cifciples bore the yoke, TillChriil the painful bondage broke. 2. By milder ways doth Jefus prove His Father's covenant and his love: He feals to faints his glorious grace ; And not forbids their infant race. 3- Their feed is fprinkled with his blood j Their children fee apart for God , His Spirit on their offspring fried, Like water pour'd upon the head. Let every faint, with cheerful voice, In this large covenant rejoice ; Young children in their early days, Shall give the God of Abraham praife, CCXLI. Adult Baptifm. 1. DESCEND, celeftial Dove ! In every bofom dwell ; Upon che prefent water move, Let each the influence feeL 2. Anoint with holy fire, Baptize with purging flames, And with thy grace this foul infpire, With ceafelefs, living ftreams. 3- Thy heavenly unction give ; Thy promiie Lord fulfil ; Give power thy Spirit to receive > And Itrength to do thy pill. 4' Witnefs to this thy £ gn, And grant the inward grace ; Let this thy fervant, feal'd for thine, From hence depart in peace* 8 A- f 240 ) For the Condiifan of the Old Tear. CCXLIL Time bow fwift. I. WHILE with ceafelefs courfe the fun Now concludes another year, Many fouls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have done with all below y We a little longer wait, But how little—- none can know. 2. As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightening from the fkles Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus car fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid ilream ; Upwards, Lord, our fpirits raiife* All below is but a dream. If from guilt and fin let free, By the knowledge of thy grace; Welcome, then, the call will be, To depart and fee thy face : To thy faints, while here below, With new years, new mercies come; But the happieft year they know L their laft, which leads them home. Thanks f HI ) Thanks for mercies pafc receive* Pardon of our fins renew ; Teach us, henceforth, how to live With eternity in view : Blefs thy word to young and old, Fill us with a Saviour's love; And when life's fhort tale is told, May we dwell with thee above. CCXLIII. For the Ue-w Year, I. THE Lord of earth and Iky, The God of ages praife, Who reigns cnthron'd on hi^h, Ancient of endlefs days ; Who lengthens out our trial here, And fpares us yet another year. 2. Barren and wkher'd trees, Wecumber'd long the grounds No fruit of ho) in eft On our dead fouls was found; Yet doth he us in mercy fpare, Another, and another year. 3- When juftice bar' a the (Word To cut the fig-tree down, The pi y of our Lord L'rv'd, Let it dill alone. The Father mild inclines his ear, And (pares us yet Y C 242 } .4- Jefus, thy fpeaking blood, From God obtain'd the grace, Who therefore hath beftow'd On us a longer fpace : Thou didft in our behalf appear, And io, we fee another year. 5- Then dig about our root, Break up our fallow ground, And let our gracious fruit To thy great praife abound : O let U5 all thy praife declare, And fruit unto perfection bear. Communion Hymns. CCXLIV. Welcome to the Table. I. OH, blefs the Saviour, ye that eat, With royal dainties fed 9 Not heaven affords a richer treat, For Jefus is the bread ! 2. The vile, the loft he calls to him ; Ye trembling fouls appear ! The righteous, in their own efteem, Have no acceptance here. 3- Approach, ye poor, nor dare refufe The banquec fpread for you ; Dear Saviour, this is welcome news ; O may we prove it true ! ( 243 ) 4- If guilt and fin afford a plea, And may obtain a place ; Surely the Lord will welcome me, And I mall fee his face. CCXLV. The Lord's Supper inftituted. I. ? ^"T"MV a s on that dark, that doleful night, JL When powers of earth and hell arofe Againfi the Son of God's delight, And friends betrayed him to his foes : 2. Before the mournful fcene began, He took the bread, and blefs'd and brake ; What love through all his actions ran ! What vvonderous words of grace he fpake! 3- " This is my body broke for fin, M Receive and eat the living food : Then took the cup, and bleis'd the wine! " 'Tis the new covenant in my blood. 4- ** Do this ;" he cry'd, •« till time (hall end, CCLVIIL Pfalmxc. 5—10. I. JESUS, full of truth and grace, Comes in mercy from above, Manifefting rich difplays Of his bleeding, dying love. 2. Ye, who pierc'd the Lamb of God, Caus'd his bitter agony, Blufh to fee him bath'd in blood, Dying on th* accurfed tree. 3- Lo! th' heavenly fufferer dies, Bowing down his facred head; What a coftly facrifice God the holy Saviour made! 4" He alone fuftains our grief, Dies for our iniquities, Bears the curfe for our relief; Never fure was grief like his! 5- DeareH fufferer, thee we own, All our powers belong to thee ; Claim us for thyfelf alone, Thine forever may we be. CCLIX. ( 252 ; CCLIX. Worthy is the La?nB. I. NOW to the Lamb, that once wasflain,. Be endlefs bleliings paid r Salvation, glory, joy, remain Forever on thy head, 2. Thou haftredeem'd us by thy blood, And fet the pris'ners free ; Had made us kings and prieits to God,. And we fhall reign with thee* CCLX. Efpcufed as a chajle Virgin t& Jefus Chrift. z Cor. xi. 2. I. PERMIT us, dearefl Lord, to prove Our int'reft in thy bleeding love,, To hear that tender voice of thine, That whifpers peace and life divine. 2. Allure us by thy dying charms, To feek our refuge in thine arms ; To tafte thy love, that here appears Sought by thy blood, and groans, and tears. 3- As virgins, taught by chafleff. love, Seek in a hufband's care to prove The fofteft joys that mortals know, That love and innocence bellow. So C 253 ) 4- So may our virgin fouls be thine, Won by thy grace and love divine; Difdain all other loves befide The love of Jefus crucify'd. 5- Thy deareft flefh we make our food, And gladly drink thy richeft blood; A richer feaft than angels prove, Who ne'er can talte thy dying love. CCLXI. Calvary. I. LA MB of God, whofe bleeding Iovg We thus recall to mind, Send the anfwer from above, And let us mercy find : Think on us, who look to thee, And every ftruggling foul releafe; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace, 2. By thine agonizing pain, And bloody fweat we pray ; By :hy dying love to man, Take all our fins away : Buritour bonds, and fee us free, From all iniquity releafe; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace. 3- Let thy blood, by faith apply d, The tinner's pardon feal, Speak ns freely juilify'd, And all our fkknefs heal : By thy paflion on the tree, Let all our griefs and troubles ceafe : O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace. 4- Lord, we would not hence depart, Till thou our wants relieve; Write fcrgivenefs on each heart, And all thine image give : May our fouls ftill cry to thee, Till perfected in holinefs ! O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace. CCLXTI. The fame. T. AWAY, from earth to Calvary, There fee thy bleeding Saviour, fee, And love thy dying Lord : Away, my foul, attend the call, Beneath his Crofs devoutly fall, And hear his gracious word* 2. k, deareft Lord, thy fervant hears, Bid me to love and melt in tears, And wait to know thy wiii; z TcH ( 255 ) Tell me the fufFerings of thine heart, Let me from thee no more depatlf But fit and hear thee ftiil. 3- I hear the glorious fuiferer tell How on his crofs he vaiiquihYd hill, And all the powers beneath; Ho v, on the great anoning day, He did Almighty Wrath away Aad died to conquer death* 4' He tells me, how his work complete Can make the vileft. firmer meet For ever lifting reft; He bids me wait, and long, and love, 'Till call'd to fill a throne at>ove, And reign for ever hie ft. 5- Whence flow thefe favors fo divine, Whence all this wonderous love of thine To fried fuch facred blood? O might I blufh with holy fhame, And weep, and love, and blefs the name Of my redeeming God. 6. O the immenfe, th' amazing love, That brought thee from thy throne above, To take the finner's pla:e : What could conftrain the Lord to die, For fuch a wretch fo vile as I, Butricheft love and grace. Zz CCLXIII C 256 ) CCLXIII. Heavenly Food. I. WE blefs the Lord who gives this cup, This bread to feaft upon : We blefs the Lord who offer'd up His belt beloved Son* 1i How fweet the flreams of pleafures flow* From this repaft of love ! And if fo fweet the ftreams below, How fweet the fpring above ! a- There fhall we fee the lovely face Of our forgiving God, And Hand complete in righteoufnefs, Wafh'd in the Saviour's blood. 4. There fhall we all forget to fin, No more remember death, !But drink eternal pleafures in, And draw immortal breath. CCLXIV. Behold the Lamb. I. LOOK up, my foul, to him Whole death was thy defert, And humbly view the living ftream Plow from his bleeding heart. 2. There on the curfed tree, In dying pangs he lies, Fulfils nis Father's great decree* And all our wants fupplies. ( *57 ) . 3- My Saviour's pierced fide Pour'd out a double Hood ; By water we 2re purify'd, And pardon'd by his blood. It cofl him cries and tears To bring us near to God ; Great was our debt, and he appea To make the payment good. CCLXY. / I. JESUS invites his To meet around his bo«fd ; II<°re pardon'd rebels fweetly b Communion with their Lord. 2. For food he give^ % 9 And bids us drink his blood : Am, zing favour ! matchlefs gr*Ci Of our redeeming God ! 3- Our heavenly Father cidls Chriil and his members one; We the dear children of his love, And he the hril-born Son. 4- Let all our pow'rs be join'i His glorious name to raife ! Let peace and !o\c fill cv'ry mir.. J , And ev'ry voi:e be praife. C ( * 5 8 > CCLXVI. Chriji's dying Love. I. OW condefcending, and how kind, j X Was God's eternal Son ; Our mifery reach'd his heavenly mind, • And pity brought him down. 2. When juftice, by our fins provok'd, Drew forth its dreadful fword, He gave his foul up to the ftroke, Without a murm'ring word, 3- He funk beneath our heavy woes, To raife us to his throne ; There's not a gift his hand beftow?, But colt his heart a groan. 4-. This was companion like a God, That when the Saviour knew The price of pardon was his blood, His pky ne'er withdrew. CCLXVII. Invitation to the Lord's Table, I. YE fons and daughters of the Lord, That wait around this feftal board, Come, taftewith me the rich difplays Of Chrilt's eternal love and grace. 2. Draw near, ye guilty, and receive The pardon which he loves to give: The blood of Jefus has a voice That whiipers peace, and fays, rejoice. 3- Draw near, ye poor, that feel and know, Ye need whate'er he can beftow ; There is in him, whene'er ye call, All that ye want, and mere than all. 4- Draw near, ye blind, the Lord, thy light, Can fpeal: the word, and heal thy fight; He will conduct thee in the way That leads to everlafting day. 5- Draw near, ye fimple and unwife, H~ gives the meek his befi. advice ; The fools of Chriil fhall far excel The wifeil of the fons of hell, 6. Draw near, ye naked, and be clad, Ye mourning tribes he'll make you glad ; Ye poor, ye maim'd, ye halt, ye blind, Ail that ye want in Jefus find. See Passion Hymns, &c. Concluding Hymns. CCLXVIII. Prai/e to the Trinity for a precious GoffeU I. BLESS'Dbe the name of Zion's King, For gladfome tidings brought, With thankful hearts we join to f:ng The love the Father wrought. Bids'* ( *€6 ) 2. Blefs'd be the Son, whofe matchlefs love Redeem'd us by his blood, Who left the Father's feat above, To bring us near to God. . . 3- Blefs'd be the Spirits holy grace, Who gives the life divine, Who cloaths the word with fweet fuccefs, And Teals the iinner thine. . 4- Blefs'd be the undivided Three, The preat myflerious One; The meifage was alone from thee, We blefs thy name alone. CCLXIX. A Prayer for nearnefs to God in Public Orditiances* I. HOW pleafant, how divinely fair, O Lord of Hofts, thy dwellings are, With long defire my fpirit faints To meet th' affemblies of thy faints, 2. A thoufand years could I command, Might I but in thy prefence ftand, To fpend within thy courts one day, J'd give a thoufand years away, 3- ' rwere better far to keep the dcor, Where faints aflerrrble and adore, Where God himfelf refides within^. Than dwell in palaces of £&» ( 26l ) 4- Blcfl: are the fouls thi : find a place, Within :he temples of thy grace, There they behold thy gentler rays, And (eek thy face and learn thy pratffe* 5- Bleft are the men whofe hearts are fet, To fin 3 the way to Scon's gate, God is their ftrength, and on the road, They lean upon their helper G . 6. Chearful they walk with growing ilrength. Till they fh all meet in heaven at lengl Till ali before thv fare appear, And join in nobler worfhip there. CCL X X. A concluding Prayer. I. TO thee our wants- ere known, From thee are all Oui \ - T Accept what is thine own, And pardon what is oois; Our praties, Lord, and prayers receive, And to thy Word a bleffing gi 2. O grant that each cf us Mow met before thee here, May meet together thus, When thou and thine appear! And follow true to heaven our home ; E'en fo. Amen : Lcrd ]ef;,s cone ! A a CCLXXI { 202 ; CCLXXI. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. MAY the grace of Chrifi: our Saviour, And the Father's bound lefs love, With the Holy Spirit's Favour, Reft upon us from above ! Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord ; Still poffefs in fweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. CCLXXII. A parting Prayer* I. FOR a feafon calPd to part, Let us now ourfelves commend To the gracious eye and heart Of our ever-prefent Friend. 2. Jefus, hear our humble Pray'r! Tender fliepherd of thy fheepi Let thy mercy and thy care All our fouls in fafety keep. 3- In thy ftrength may we be ftrong, Sweeten every crofs and pain : Give us, if we live, 'ere long Here to meet in peace again. "Then, if thou thy help afford, 3F,ben-ezer«s ihall be rear'd ; And our fouls (hall praife the Lord, ^Vho our poor petitions heard. CCLXXUI. ( 26 3 ) CCLXXIII. Phil. iv. 7. THE Peace which God alone reveals,, And by his word of grace imparts, Which only the Believer feels, Rirecl:, and keep, and cheer our hearts; And may the Holy Three in One, The Father, Word, and Comforter, Pour an abundant bleiling down On all our fouls affembled here! CCLXXIV. Praife to the Lamb. 1. HOW glorious the Lamb Is feen on his throne ! His labours are o'er, His conquells are won : A kingdom is given Into the Lord's hand, In earth and in heav'n, For ever to ftand. 2. Ye finners below Then trull in the Lord, Look up to his arm, His honour, his word : Athirft for his favour, His Godhead adore, Look up to your Saviour, And joy evermore ! A a z CCLXXV. ( *6 4 ) CCLXXV. Hofanna io ChrSJf. I. TTOSANNA to Jeftis the Lord, il 1 For tidings of infinite grace ; Connrm'd by the promlfe and word. And oath of the Antientof Days. 2. What cnufe f r eternal delight, That Jefus is ever the fame, Our guardian by day and by night, Hofanna to jefus's name. CCLXXVI. A Thanksgiving Hjvnt. I. THANKFUL for our every b! effing, Let us fing, Chriil the fpring, Never, never ceaiing. Source of all our gifes and graces, Chriil alone, Chriil we own Calls for all our praifes. 3- He cifpels our fin and fadnefs, Life imparts, cheers our hearts* Fills with food and ghdnefs. 4- He himfelf for us hath given, Us he feeds, us he leads To a feail in heaven. CCLXXVI1* C 265 } CCLXXVII. The fame. 1. WHAT creatures befide are favoured like us? Forgiven, fupplied, and banquetted thus UyGodourgoodFather^whogaveushisSon And fenthim to gather his children in Q 2. Salvation's of God, the fruit of fre? grace* Upon us beitow'd before the world was. God from ever lading be bleft; ar:4 agaih Bleil :o everjailing ; Amen, and Amen I CCLXXVIII. The fa*::. FOR all the bleflings of this aay, Humble thankfgiving lee us pay; And when to endlefs dav we ioar, There may we praife thee evermore. 2. Hail, dear Redeemer! live and reign, Hail, holy Lamb ! fov finners flain, Preferver of the ranfom'd race, Exalted high in truth and grace. Our Guide thou all this day had been, O guard us from each nightly fin, Remain our Saviour Hill, and be Our hope and guard eternally. ecLXxix. ( 266 ) CCLXXIX. Before or after Meats. t. SWEET is the memion of thy grace* My God, my heavenly Kiflg; Let age to age thy righteo uiheis, Thy era tli and mercy fiag, 2. God reignr on high, but not confines His goodnefs to the fkics, Thro' the whole earth his bounty Hiiscs, And every wan: fupolies. 3- With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food, Thy liberal hand provides their saear. And fills their mouths with good. Creatures, with all their numerous race,. Thy power and praife piocbim ; But faints, that talte thy richer grace, Can iing a Saviour's name. Grace before Meat. E prefent at our table, Lorc!, Be here and every where adorM : Thy creatures bleis, and grant that we May feali in paradife with thee. Grace after Meat. WE thank thee, Lord, for this our food, But moft of all for Jefu's blood : May manna to our fouls be given, The bread of life lent down from heaven* D O X. D O X O L O G I E S [flow ; PRAISE God, from whom all bleffings ife him all creatures here below ; Praife hrai above, ye h l ; Praiic Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. SING we to our God above, Praife eternal as his love : Praife him, all ye heavenly hoft, Father, Son and Holy Ghoil. GIVE glory to C; J Yc children of n:en, .And publifn abrc A irain and again Tive Son's plonous merit- The Father's free gra:e, The gifts of the Spirit, To Adam's loft ra LE T God the Father and the Soi ] Spirit be ador'd, : are works to make him kne O the Lord. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, Be praife amidfi the heavenly h church belc :ure<; drew their birth -, the ear From w I comforts B ( 268 ) GIVE to the Father praife, Give glory to the Son, And to the Spirit of his grace, Be equal honours done. FATHER, Son, and Holy Gho&Y One God whom we adore, Join we with the heavenly holt, To praife thee evermore. Live by heaven and earth ador'd, Three in One, and One in Three* Holy, holy, holy Lord, All glory b$ to thee. FINIS. I r L > iB^^: 3f* ML ^^^r : 1 ^^^Tt^^^> f tt9k . ' ■ ^m < f