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The order for the Adminiflration of the L or d s fupper . 89. 6. The order for the Adminiflration of Baptifm. 103. 7. Matrimony. 113. 8. Thankf giving of Women after Child- Birth. 130. 9 . Vifitation of the Sick . 136. 1 o . Burial of the D ead. 150. 1 1 . The order of Prayers to be ufed at Sea. 157. 12. Occafional Prayers and Thankfgiv- ings. 175. 1 3 . Morning and Evening Prayer for a Family. 195. 200. 14. The Pf alter. 1 5. A Collection of Hymns andPfalmsfor public ivorfiip. Advertifement to the jirft edition. THE Liturgy now offered to the Public, is the Liturgy of the church of England, with the amend- ments of Dr. Clarke, and fuch farther alterations as were judged neceffary, to render it unexceptionable with refpecl: to the OBJECT of religious worfhip : and at the fame time, other blemi flies and improprieties are removed, which have been taken notice of by fome of the greateft Names in the Englifh church. The Editor has not prefumed to rely intirely on his own judgment in the far- ther alterations here exhibited -> but has profited by the afliftance and judicious remarks of his Friends. And he propo- fes it as a Liturgy to be made ufe of by a fociety of like-minded Chriftians ; amongft whom he mould be happy if his own labours in the miniftry of the gofpel might find acceptance. As many worthy Perfons are diflatis- fied with the prefent Liturgy, this eflay towards an improvement of it, may call forth ii Adveriifement. forth the labours of others to make it a rnore rational and edifying compofition. He is moreover encouraged to publifh it, from the hope that beneficial effects may in time arife from it, to virtue and true religion : and he will have abun- dant caufe of rejoicing, if haply it fhould, in the remoteft degree, conduce to the REFORMATION, fo long wanteds and now fo loudly called for in the national church* Pec. i, 1774. *%* To this new Edition have been ad- ded the offices of 'Matrimony \ Thankf giving of Women after Child-birth, Vifitation of the Sicky Burial of the Dead, the order of Prayers to be ufed at Sea, with Occafional Prayers and Thankfgivings, and a Collect tion of Hymns. ( 1 ) The O R D E R for MORNING PRAYER, Every Lord's Day throughout the Year. The fame to be ufed, with the proper Colle&s, upon Christ- mas-Day, Good-Friday, Easter-Day, Ascension-Day,, and Whitsunday. At the beginning of MorningP ray er> the Minifler fhall read fome one or more of thefe Sentences of the Scripture! that follow ; and then he fhall fay that which is written after thefaidfentences. WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickednefs that he hath com- mitted, and doeth that which is B lawful 2 MORNING PRAYER. lawful and right, he fhall fave his foul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my tranfgref- fions ; and my fin is ever before me. PfalmYv. 3. Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Pfal. li. 9. The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a broken and con- trite heart, O God, thou wilt not defpife. PfaL li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments j and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindnefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joeln. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his MORNING PRAYER. 3 his laws which he hath fct before us. Dan. ix. 9. 10. Lord, correct me, but in mercy ; not in thine anger, left thou bring me" to nothing, Jer. x. 24. PfaL vi. 1. Repent ye ; for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. S. Matt. iii. 2. 1 will arife, and go to my Fa- ther, and will fay unto him, Fa- ther, I have finned againft Hea- ven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy fon. S. Luke, xv. 18. 19. Enter not into judgment with thy fervant, O Lord ; for in thy light no man living fhall be jus- tified. PfaL cxliii. 2. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us : But if we confefs our fins, God is faithful and B 2 kind 4 MORNING PRAYER. kind to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf- nefs. i S. John, i, 8. 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, before the face of almighty God our heavenly Fa- ther, with a lowly, penitent and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite goodnefs and mercy. And as we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before God, fo ought we to do, when we aflemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy word, and to afk thofe things which MORNING PRAYER 5 which are requisite and neceffary as well for the body as the foul. Wherefore I pray and befeech you, as many as are here prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace ; faying after me 3 A general confejfton to be J aid of the whole congregation after the Mi- nifier. ALMIGHTY and mod mer- ciful Father ; We have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep ; We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts ; We have of- fended againft thy holy laws ; We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofc things B 3 which 6 MORNING PRAYER. which we ought not to have done, — But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confefs their faults. Reftore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promifes declared unto man- kind in Chrift Jefus our Lord. And grant, O moft merciful Fa- ther, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open; all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid ; cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the infpiration of thy holy Spirit, that v/e may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, in obedience to the gofpel of Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. Our MORNING PRAYER 7 OUR Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our tref- pafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us : And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Then Jh all the Minifter fay y O Lord, open thou our lips. Anfw. And our mouth fhall fhew forth thy praife. Then Jball be /aid the XCVth Pfa/m, or the Cth Pfalm ; ex- cept on Eafter-day y when a pro- per Anthem is appointed. At B 4 the 8 MORNING PRAYER. the end of each of thefe the fol- lowing doxology to be ufed\ * Min. Now unto the King eter- nal, immortal, invifible, God only wife; Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen, i Tim. i. 17. Rom. xvi. 27. Pfalm * Dr. Clarke ftrikes out the common doxo- logy, " Glory be to the Father ', and to the Son, " and to the Holy Ghojl" &c. and propofes one of the two following in its place ; viz. " Glory be to God, by Jefus thrift, through cc the heavenly ajfijlance of the Holy Spirit ; " As it was in the beginning, is now, and " ever fh all be, world with end" Amen. " Or, in the words of the text, Eph. iii. 21. " Unto God be glory in the church, by Chriji, " 7 e f us -> throughout all ages, world without end. « Amen." The former of thefe doxologies of Dr. Clarke is rejected, becaufe Glory cannot be faid to have been to God by Chrift in the beginning, but only in thefe loft days in which God hathfpokm to us by his Son. Heb. i. 2. The MORNING PRAYER 9 Pfalm XCV. OC O M E, let us fing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our fal- vation. Let us come before his pre- fence with thankfgiving ; and fhew ourfelves glad in him with pfalms. For the Lord is the great God ; and the great King above all Gods t In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo. The fea is his, and he made it ; and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, The other is not admitted, as it is a wrong tranflation of the text — which ought to be, " To God be glory in the church in Chrift Jefus y \. e. the Chriftian church, &c. Compare 1 Theffal.ii. 14. Gal. 1. 22. Rom. xvi, 7. &c. io MORNING PRAYER. O come, let us worfhip, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God ; and we are the people of his pafture, and the fheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts ; as in the provocation, and in the day of temptation in the wildernefs ; When the children of Ifrael tempted me, proved me, and faw my works. Forty years was I grieved with that generation, and faid ; it is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I fware in my wrath that they fliould not enter into my reft. Now MORNING PRAYER, u Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, God only wife ; A?tfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen. Or this Pfalm. Pfalm C. OBE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and come before his prefence with a fong. Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves ; we are his people, and the fheep of his paf- ture. O go your way into his gates with thankfgiving, and into his courts with praife : be thankful unto 12 MORNING PRAYER. unto him, and fpeak good of his name. For the Lord is gracious : his mercy is everlafting : and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invifible, God only wife ; Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen. Anthem for Eafler-day^ injlead of the foregoing. CHRIST our paffover is fa- crificed for us : therefore let us keep the feaft, not with old leaven, neither with the lea- ven of malice and wickednefs : but with the unleavened bread of iincerity and truth, i Cor. v. 7. Chrift MORNING PRAYER. 13 Chrift being raifed from the dead, dieth no more : death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto fin once : but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to be dead in- deed unto fin, but alive unto God, through Jefus Chrift: our Lord. Rom. vi. 9. Chrift is rifen from the dead, and become the firft fruits of them that flept. For fince by man came death, by man came alfo the refurredtion of the dead. For as in Adam all die : even fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invifible, God only wife ; Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen. Then i 4 MORNING PRAYER, *Then jhall follow a Pfalm, or Pfalms, to be read at the dif- cretion and appointment of the Minijler ; and at the clofe of the lafl Jhall be repeated the doxo- Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, God only wife ; Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen. Then fhall be read the firfl lejjon taken out of the Old Tejlament. After that, inflead of Te Deum,* let the following Pfalm be read. Pfalm * The other hymns in the liturgy being portions of holy fcripture, it is judged proper to leave cut this hymn of Ambroje'%, although Dr Clarke has bellowed fome pains in amend- ing the unfcriptural pans of it. MORNING PRAYER. 15 Pfalm CXLV. I WILL magnify thee, O God, my king ; and I will praife thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praife thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and mar- vellous, worthy to be praifed : there is no end of his greatnefs. One generation fhall praife thy works unto another, and declare thy power. As for me, I will be talking of thy worfhip, thy glory, thy praife, and wondrous works ; So that men fhall fpeak of the might of thy marvellous a&s ; and I will alfo tell of thy greatnefs. The memorial of thine abun- dant kindnefs fhall be (hewed : and 16 MORNING PRAYER. and men fhall fing of thy righ- teoufnefs. The Lord is gracious and mer- ciful ; long-fuffering, and of great goodnefs. The Lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. They fliew the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; That thy power, thy glory, and the mightinefs of thy king- dom might be known unto men. Thy kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, and thy dominion en- dureth throughout all ages. The Lord upholdeth all fuch as fall ; and lifteth up all thofe that are bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord ; and thou giveft them their meat in due feafon. Thou Morning prayer. 17 Thou openeft thine hand, and filleft all things living with plen- teoufnefs. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him : yea, all fuch as call upon him faithfully. He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him ; he alfo will hear their cry, and will help them. The Lord preferveth all them that love him ; but fcattereth abroad all the ungodly. My mouth fhall fpeak the praife of the Lord ; and let all flefh give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever. Amen. Hoefi 18 MORNING PRAYER. Then /hall be read the fecond Lejfon, taken out of the New Teft anient ^ ana after that the hymn follow- ing. S, Luke, i. 68. LESSED be the Lord God of Ifraei ; for he hath vifited and redeemed his people ; And hath raifed up a mighty falvation for us, in the houfe of his fervant David ; As he fpake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been fince the world began ; That we fhould be faved from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us : To perform the mercy promifed to our , forefathers ; and to re- member his holy covenant. That we being delivered from our enemies, might ferve him without fear ; In MORNING PRAYER 19 In holinefs and righteoufnefs before him, all the days of our life. A?nen. Then (hall be f aid the Jlpojlles creed by the Minijler a?td the People.* I BELIEVE in God, the Fa- ther Almighty, Maker of hea- ven and earth ; And in Jefus Chrift, his only fon, our Lord ; who was con- C 2 ceived * Dr. Clarke makes no alteration in this creed, except in putting a comma after the word God in the firft article -, to denote, that there is but one God, the Father. The old word Ghoft is changed, becaufe liable to miQead fome readers. Quick is grown quite obfolete, or never ufed on grave fub- jecls. He defcended into hell, was not inferted in the creed till 400 years after Chrift. The holy catholic church, was at firft only holy church — catholic not added to it till up- wards of 300 years after Chrift. The communion of Saints came in fome hun- dred years later. 20 MORNING PRAYER. ceived by the holy Spirit ; born of the Virgin Mary, fuffered un- der Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried : the third day he rofe again from the dead : he afcended into heaven, and fitteth at the right hand of God, the Fa- ther Almighty ; From thence he fhall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the holy Spirit ; the forgivenefs of fins, the refur- re&ion of the dead ; and the life everlafting. Amen. Then Jhall be read three ColleSis ; the Jirji of which pall be one of thefe following^ at the choice of the Therefore thefe three articles of the creed, being of fo low a date, and alfo obfcure, and of undeterminate meaning, ought to have no place in a folemn declaration of our faith be- fore Almighty God. MORNING PRAYER. 21 the Minijler, unlefs where there is one appoi?tted to be ufed on fome particular occafion : thefe- cond for peace : the thirds for grace to live well. BLESSED Lord God, who haft caufed all holy fcriptures to be written for our learning ; grant that we may in fuch wife hear them, read, mark, learn, and in- wardly digeft them; that by pa- tience and comfort of thy holy word, we may embrace "and ever hold faft the joyful hope of ever- lading life, which thou haft given us in our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlaft- ing God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more C 3 than 22 MORNING PRAYER. than either we defire or deferve : Pour down upon us the abun- dance of thy mercy, forgiving us thofe things whereof our con- fciences are afraid, and giving us thofe good things which we are encouraged to afk through thy great mercy in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. DELIVER, O Lord, we befeech thee, thy faithful people from ignorance and error; and guide them by the continual dire&ion of thy holy Spirit ; that they may plenteoufly bring forth the fruits of good works, and of thee be plenteoufly rewarded, ac- cording to thy gracious promifes in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. The MORNING PRAYER. 23 'The ?tativity of our Lord \ or the birth-day of Chriji^ commonly called Chriftmas-day. ALMIGHTY God, who at the firft coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift, didft fend a meffenger to prepare his way before him ; Grant, we be- feech thee, that the Minifters of thy word may likewife fo prepare and make ready his way, that at his fecond coming to judge the world, we may be found an accep- table people in his fight ; and may by him be prefented faultlefs be- fore the throne of thy glory, there to live with thee world without end. Amen. C 4 Good- 24 MORNING PRAYER. Good-Friday. ALMIGHTY God, we be- feech thee gracioufly to behold thy houfehold the church, for which our Lord Jefus Chrift was willing to be given up into the hands of wicked men, and to fufrer death upon the crofs : And as thou fparedft not thy beloved Son, but deliveredft him up for us all, we confide in thy great mercy that thou wilt with him alfo freely give us all things that thou knoweft to be good for us, now and for ever. Amen. Rafter-Day. ALMIGHTY God, by whofe merciful appointment our Lord Jefus Chrift hath overcome death, and opened unto us the gate MORNING PRAYER. 25 gate of everlafting life : Grant us to rife from the death of fin to the life of righteoufnefs, that when Chrift, who is our life, (hall appear, we alfo may appear with him in glory. A7tien. Afcenjion-day. GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy well-beloved Son, our Lord Jefus Chrift, to have afcended into the heavens ; fo we may alfo in heart and mind thither afcend, and feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth at thy right hand for evermore. Amen. Whitfunday. OGOD, who didft teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by fending to them the light 26 MORNING PRAYER. light of thy holy Spirit ; Grant us, by the fame Spirit, to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in thy holy comfort, and conftantly to obey thy blefled will in all holinefs and righteoufnefs. Amen. The fecond ColleSi^ for Peace. OGOD, who art the author of peace and lover of con- cord, in the knowledge of whom confifteth our eternal life, whofe fervice is perfed freedom ; grant us thy continual protedion, that we may be fafe from all our ene- mies, and evermore give thanks unto thee in the congregation of thy people, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. tbi MORNING PRAYER. 27 The third ColleSl^ for Grace. OLORD, our heavenly Fa- ther, Almighty and ever- lafting God, who haft fafely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the fame by thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no fin, neither run into any kind of dan- ger, but that all our adtions being ordered by thy governance, we may do what is righteous in thy fight, now and for ever. Amen. The following Prayers are next to be read in their order as here placed. A Prayer for the King. OLORD, our heavenly Fa- ther, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the fupreme 28 MORNING PRAYER. fupreme ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; moft heartily we befeech thee, with thy favour to behold our moft gracious fovereign lord king George ; and fo replenifh him with the grace of thy holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. En- due him plenteouily with hea- venly gifts ; grant him in health and happinefs long to live; prof- fer all his righteous undertakings againjl his enemies ; * and, after this life, may he attain everlaft- ing joy and felicity through thy mercy and goodnefs in Chrift Je- fus our Lord. Amen. A Prayer * This alteration was made by the Eccle- liaftical Commiflioners in 1689; each article, we are told, as foon as agreed on, being iigned by the Bifhop of London. Candid Difquifuions^ p. 277,279. MORNING PRAYER 29 A Prayer for the Royal Faintly. ALMIGHTY God, the foun- tain of all goodnefs, we humblv befeech thee to blefs our gracious Queen Charlotte, his royal highnefs George Prince of Wales, and all the royal family : Endue them with thy holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; profper them with all happinefs, and bring them to thine everlafting kingdom, which thou haft promifed by Chrift our Lord. At?ien. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who art the Author of every good and per fed gift ; fend 3o MORNING PRAYER, fend down upon all Bifhops and Ministers of the gofpel, and upon all congregations committed to their charge, the needful Spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing. This, we humbly afk in the name of thy Son, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the high court of Parlicwte?it) to be read during their fejjion. ALiMIGHTY and mod mer- ciful God, we humbly be- feech thee, as for this kingdom in general, fo efpecially for the high court of Parliament, under thy fervant George, our King, at this time affembled ; that thou wouldeft be pleafed to diredt and profper MORNING PRAYER. 31 profper all their confutations, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy church, the fafety, honour, and welfare of our So- vereign and his kingdoms ; that all things may be fo ordered and fettled by their endeavours, upon the beft and fureft foundations, that peace and happinefs, truth and juftice, religion and piety, may be eftablifhed among us for all generations. Thefe and all other neceffaries, for them, for us, and thy whole church, we humbly beg in the name of Jefus Chrift, our moft blefled Lord and Saviour. Amen. A Prayer for all conditions of Men. OG O D, the Creator and Preferver of all mankind ; we humbly befeech thee for all forts 32 MORNING PRAYER, forts and conditions of men, that thou wouldeft be pleafed to make thy way known unto them ; thy fa- ving health unto all nations. More efpecially we pray for the good eftate of the whole chriftian church in all parts of the world, that it may be fo guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profefs and call themfelves Chrif- tians, may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of Spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteoufnefs of life. Fi- nally we commend to thy fatherly goodnefs all thofe who are any ways afHi&ed, or diftreffed in * ™'. . r • j mind, body, or ef- * This to be faid, , *. J r • // when any deRre the tate, ( " ejpecially prayers of the con- thofe for "whom our S rc 8 at prayers are defired) that it may pleafe thee to com- fort and relieve them according to their MORNING PRAYER. 33 their feveral necefllties, giving them patience under .their fuffcr- ings, and a happy iffue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg in the name of Jefus Chrifh Ameni A general Thank/giving. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine un- worthy fervants, do give thee mod humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodnefs and loving kindnefs * tw ■• \ - u to us anc * to all * This is to be . *, faid when any that mcn J ( parttCU- have been prayed larly to thofe who for, defire to return / r , rr praife. de J lre now *<> offer up their pr at fes and thankfgivings for thy late mercies vouchjafed unto them.) We blefs thee for our creation, preferva- tion, and all the bleffing's of this D life • 34 MORNING PRAYER. life ; but, above all, for thine in- eftimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jefus Chrift ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we befeech thee, give us that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thank- ful ; and that we may fhew forth thy praife, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourfelves to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days, ac- cording to the gofpel of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A concluding Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our com- mon MORNING PRAYER. 35 mon fupplications unto thee ; and haft promifed by thy beloved Son, that where two or three are ga- thered together in his name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in this world the knowledge of thy truth j and, in the world to come, life everlaft- ing. Amen* 1 Cor. xiiL 14. TH E grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. D % The (3M The ORDER for EVENING PRAYER, Every Lord's Day throughout the Year. The fame to be ufed, with the proper Collects, upon Christ- mas-Day, Good -Friday, Easter-Day, Ascension-Day, and Whitsunday. At the beginning of EveningPrayer, the Minijler ft) all read fome one or more of thefe Sentences of the Scriptures that follow ; and then he fhall fay that which is written after thefaidfentences. WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickednefs that he hath commit- ted, and doeth that which is law- ful EVENING PRAYER. 37 ful and right, he fhall fave his foul alive. EzeL xvii. 27. I acknowledge my tranfgref- fions ; and my fin is ever before me. PfaL li. 3. Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all mine iniquities. PfaL li. 9. The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit ; a broken and con- trite heart, O God, thou will not defpife. PfaL li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments ; and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindnefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him : neither have we obeyed the voice Qf the Lord our God, to walk in D 3 his 3 3 EVENING PRAYER. ' ( his laws which he hath fet before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. Lord, correct me, but in mercy, not in thine anger, left thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. PfaL vi. i« Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. S. Mat* thew iii. 2. 1 will arife, and go to my Fa- ther, and will fay unto him, Fa- ther, I have finned againft hea- ven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy fon. S. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with thy fervant, O Lord ; for in thy light no man living {hall be jufti- fied. PfaL cliii. 2. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us : But if we confefs our fins, God is faithful and kind to forgive EVENING PRAYER 39 forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteoufnefs. 1 S. jfohn> i. 8, 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Fa- ther, with a lowly, penitent, and obedient heart j to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite goodnefs and mercy. And as we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before God, fo ought we to do, when we affemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy word, and to afk thofe things D 4 which 4 o EVENING PRAYER. which are requisite and neceffaiy as well for the body as the fouL Wherefore I pray and befeech you^ as many as are here prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace ; faying after me ; A general ' confejfton to be faid of the whole congregation after the Mi- ni/ler. ALMIGHTY and moft mer- ciful Father; We have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep ; We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts ; We have of- fended againft thy holy laws ; We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which EVENING PRAYER. 41 which vvc ought not to have done ; But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, mi ferable offenders. Spare thou, them, O God, which confefs their faults. Reftore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promifes declared unto man- kind in Chrift Jefus our Lord. And grant, O moft merciful Fa- ther, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open ; all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid ; cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the infpiration of thy holy Spirit, that we may perfe&ly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Chrift our Lord, Amen. OUR 4 2 EVENING PRAYER. OUR Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven : Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our tref- paffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us : And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever* Amen, Open thou our eyes, O Lord. Anfw. That we may fee the wondrous things of thy law. Here pall be read a Pfalm y or PfalniS) at the appointment and difcretion of the Mmifler y con- cluding the whple with this doxologj, Now EVENING PRAYER. 45 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invifible, . God only wife ; Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. A?nen. Then /hall be read a lejfon of the Old Teftament) and after that the XCVIIIth Pfabn, as fol- loweth. Pfalm XCVIII. OSING unto the Lord a new fong; for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himfeif the vi&ory. The Lord declared his falva- tion ; his righteoufnefs hath he openly (hewed in the fight of the Jieathen. He 44 EVENING PRAYER. He hath remembered his mercy and truth towards the houfe of Ifraelj and all the ends of the world have feen the falvation of our God. Shew yourfelves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; iing, rejoice and give thanks. Praife the Lord upon the harp ; fing to the harp with a pfalm of thankfgiving. Let the fea roar, and all that therein is ; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and the hills be joyful together before the Lord ; for he cometh tp judge the earth. Wi th righteou fnefs fliall he judge the world, and the people with his truth, Amen. Then EVENING PRAYER. 45 Then a leffon of the New Teftament^ and after that Pfalm LXVII. Pfalm LXVIL GO D be merciful unto us, and blefs us, and fhew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy faving health among all nations. Let the people praife thee, O God ; yea, let ail the people praife thee. O let the nations reioice and be glad ; for thou fhalt judge the people righteoufly and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praife thee, O God j yea, let all the people praife thee. Then fhall the earth brinp- forth her increafe ; and God even our own 4 6 EVENING PRAYER, own God, £ball give us his blef- fing. God fliall blefs us, and all the ends of the world fliall fear him. Amen. Then ft) all be read the Apojlles creed by the Minijler and the People. I BEL I EVEiir^od, the Fa- ther Almighty, Maker of hea- ven and earth ; And in Jefus Chrift, his Only fon, our Lord ; who was con^ ceived by the holy Spirit ; born of the Virgin Mary, fuffered un- der Pontius Pilate, was crucified* dead, and buried : the third day he rofe again from the dead : he afcended into heaven, and fitteth at the right hand of God, the Fa-* ther Almighty ; From thence he (hall EVENING PRAYER 47 fhall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the holy Spirit; the forgivenefs of fins, the resur- rection of the dead ; and the life everlafting. Amen. Then pall be read one of the two following prayers. ALMIGHTY God, who alone canft order the unruly wills and affections of finf ul men : Grant unto thy people, that they may love that which thou commandeft, and defire that which thou dofl promife ; that fo, among the fun- dry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may furely there be fixed where true joys are to be found, at thy right hand for ever- more. Amen. O GOD 48 EVENING PRAYER. OGOD whodidft fend thy Son Jefus Chrift to deftroy the works of the devil, and make us the fons of God, and heirs of eternal life ; Grant, we befeech thee, that we, having this hope^ may purify ourfelves even as he is pure j that when he fhall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him, and be admitted to dwell with thee in thy heavenly kingdom* Amen. The fecond ColleSi at Evening Prayer. OGOD, from whom all holy defires, all good counfels* and all juft works do proceed ; Give unto thy fervants that peace which the world cannot give, that both our hearts may be fet to obey thy EVENING PRAYER. 49 thy commandments, and alfo that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pafs our time in reft and quietnefs, through thy merciful aid in Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The third ColleEl for aid agai7tji all perils. OGOD, the proteftor of all that truft in thee, with whom there is no fhadow of dark- nefs ; . defend us, we befeech thee, from all the dangers and evil ac- cidents of the approaching night, and keep us by thy watchful pro- vidence in peace and fafety, now and for ever. Amen. Then /hall follow the Prayers for the King , Royal 'Family ', Clergy ', High Court of Parliament, and E all 50 EVENING PRAYER. all conditions of men ; or infiead tf them, the prayer for the church militant ; at the difcre- tion of the Mini/ler*. A Prayer for the King. OLORD, our heavenly Fa- ther, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the fupreme ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; moft heartily we befeech thee, with thy favour to behold our moft gracious fovereign lord king George; and fo replenifh him with the grace of thy holy Spirit, that he may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. En- due him plenteoufly with hea- venly gifts ; grant him in health and happinefs long to live ; prof- per all his righteous undertakings againfl: EVENING PRAYER 51 againft his enemies ; and, after this life, may he attain everlaft- ing joy and felicity through thy great mercy in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. ALMIGHTY God, the foun- tain of all goodnefs, we humbly befeech thee to blefs our gracious Queen Charlotte, his royal highnefs George Prince of Wales, and all the royal family : Endue them with thy holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; profper them with all happinefs, and bring them to thine everlafting kingdom, which thou haft given us by Chrift our Lord. Amen. E 2 A Prayer 52 EVENING PRAYER. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who art the Author of every good and perfedt gift ; fend down upon all Bifhops and Minifters of thy word, and upon all congregations committed to their charge, the needful Spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleiling. This, O Lord, we humbly afk in the name of thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. A Prayer for the high court of Parliament ^ to be read during their fejfion. ALMIGHTY and moft mer- ciful God, we humbly be- feech thee, as for this kingdom in general, EVENING PRAYER 53 general, fo efpecially for the high court of Parliament, under thy fervant George, our King, at this time afTembled ; that thou would- eft be pleafed to diredt and pros- per all their confultations, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy church, the fafety, honour, and welfare of our Sove- reign and his kingdoms ; that all things may be fo ordered and fet- tled by their endeavours, upon the beft and fureft foundations, that peace and happinefs, truth and juftice, religion and piety, may be eftablifhed among us for all generations. Thefe and all other neceflaries, for them, for us, and thy whole church, we humbly beg in the name of Jefus Chrift, our molt bleffed Lord and Saviour. Amen. E 3 A Prayer 54 EVENING PRAYER, A Prayer for all conditions of Men ^ OGOD, the Creator and Pre- ferver of all mankind 5 we humbly befeech thee for all forts and conditions of men, that thou wouldeft be pleafed to make thy way known unto them ; thy fa- ving health unto all nations. More efpecially we pray for the good eftate of the Chr iftian chyrch in all parts of the world, that it may b$ fo guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profefs and call themfelves Chriftians, may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of Spi- rit, in the bond of peace, and in righteoufnefs of life. Finally we commend to thy fatherly good- nefs all thofe who are any ways afflided or diftrefled in mind, My, EVENING PRAYER. 55 body, or eftate, * This to be faid, ^* especially thofe when any defire the r 7 prayers of the con- f or wbom our gregation. prayers are de- fer ed) that it may pleafe thee to comfort and relieve them according to their feveral neceffities, giving them patience under their fufferings, and a happy iffue out of all their afflic- tions. And this we beg in the name of Jefus Chrift. Amen. A Prayer for the whole fate of Chrifts church militant here on earth, ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who by thy holy Apoftle hath taught us to make fupplications, and to give thanks for all men ; We humbly befeech thee moft mercifully to receive E 4 thefe 5 6 EVENING PRAYER. thefe our prayers which we offer unto thy divine Majefty, befeech- ing thee to infpire continually all thy iincere worfhippers with the fpirit of truth, unity and con- cord ; and grant that all they that do confefs the name of Chrift, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and godly love. We be- feech thee alfo to prefer ve and defend all kings, princes, and governors, efpecially thy fervant George our king, that under him we may be peaceably go- verned. And grant unto his whole council and to all that are put in authority under him, that they may truly and impartially admi- niller juftice, to the punifhment of wickednefs and vice, and the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue. Give grace, O hea- venly EVENING PRAYER. 57 Venly Father, to all the minifters of thy holy gofpel, that they may both by their life and dodtrine fet forth thy true and lively word. And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, and efpecially to this congregation here prefent, that with meek heart and due re- verence they may hear and re- ceive thy holy word, truly ferv- ing thee in holinefs and righ- teoufnefs all the days of their life. And we moft humbly be- feech thee, of thy goodnefs, O Lord, to comfort and fuccour all thofe who in this tranfitory life, are in trouble, forrow, need, lick- nefs, or any other adverfity. And we alfo blefs thy name for all thy fervants departed this life in thy holy fear ; befeeching thee to give us grace fo to follow their good examples, that with them we may be 58 EVENING PRAYER. be partakers of thy heavenly king- dom. In thefe our requefts, we befeech thee, O God, to hear and to accept us as the true dif- ciples of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. A ge?ieral Tkankf giving. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine un- worthy fervants, do give thee moft humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodnefs and loving kindnefs to us and to all * This is to be , % . faid when any that men \ ( * partlCU*. have been pr-yed larly to thofe who for defire to return j e g mw , ^ praife. J i . >r r up their praijes and thanlfgivings for thy late mercies vouchfafed unto them.) We blefs thee for our creation, preferva- tion 3 and all the bleffings of this life j EVENING PRAYER, 59 life ; but, above all, for thine in- eftim^ble love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jefus Chrift ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we befeech thee, give us that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thank- ful ; and that we may fhew forth thy praife, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourfelves to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days, ac- cording to the gofpel of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A concluding Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our com- mon fupplications unto thee j and haft 60 EVENING PRAYER. haft promifed by thy beloved Son, that where two or three are ga- thered together in his name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; fulfil now, O Lord, the deiires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be mod expedieat for them ; granting us in this world the knowledge of thy truth ; and, in the world to come, life everlafl- ing. Atnen* i Cor. xiii. 14, TH E grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen* TH^ ( 6i ) The ORDER for MORNING PRAYER, On fuch Days as the LORD'S SUPPER IS ADMINISTERED. Minifter. I. f^ O D fpake thefe words, Vj" and faid, I am the Lord thy God : Thou fhalt have none other Gods but me. II. Thou fhalt not make to thyfelf any graven image, nor the likenefs of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth be- neath, 62 MORNfNG PRAYER, neath, or in the water under the earth* Thou flialt not bow down to them, nor worfhip them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and viiit the fins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and fhew mercy unto thoufands in them that love me, and keep my com- mandments. III. Thou fhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltlefs that taketh his Name in vain. IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days flialt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do ; but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : In it thou fhalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon, MORNING PRAYER. 6j fon, and thy daughter, thy man- fervant and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle, and the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day : wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it. V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou fhalt do no murder. VII. Thou fhalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou fhalt not fteal. IX. Thou fhalt not bear falfe witnefs againft thy neighbour. X. Thou fhalt not covet thy neighbour's houfe, thou fhalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his 64 MORNING PRAYER. his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his. Hear alfo what our Saviour Chrift faith : " Jefus anfwered him ; the firft of all the com- mandments is, hear, O Ifrael ; the Lord our God is one Lord : and thou {halt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy ftrength. This is the firft commandment. And the fecond is like, namely this ; then fhalt thou love thy neighbour as thyfelf: there is none other commandment greater than thefe." Mark xii. 29, 30, 3 X - People. Lord have mercy upon us, and write all thefe thy laws in our hearts, we befeech thee. The MORNING PRAYER 65 The following Litany , or general fupplicationy to be /aid by the Minifler and People. OGOD, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things that are therein ; have mercy upon us, miferable finners. Gody the Father Almighty^ Maker of heaven and earthy and vfall things that are therein ; have mercy upon us y miferable fnners. O God, who by the death and obedience of thy beloved Son, hath purchafed to thyfelf a church and people, and placed them un- der thy continual protection ; have mercy upon us, miferable finners. Gody who by the death and obedience of thy beloved Sony hath F pur- U MORNING PRAYER. purchafed to thyfelf a church and people^ and placed them under thy continual proteBion ; have mercy upon us y miferable finners. O God, who by thy holy Spi- rit, doft govern, dired, and fanc- tify the hearts of all thy faithful fervants ; have mercy upon us, miferable finners. O Godj who by thy holy Spirit \ doft govern^ direEt^ and fa72Elify the hearts of all thy faithful fer- vants ; have mercy upon us y mife- rable finners. Remember not, Lord, our of- fences, nor the offences of our forefathers, neither do thou pu- nifli us for our fins. Spare us, good Lord, Ipare thy people, and let thine anger ceafe from us; Spare us y good Lord. From MORNING PRAYER 67 From all evil, and mifchief, from fin, from the craft, and affaults of the devil, from thy wrath, and from eveilafting dam- nation ; Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindnefs of heart, from pride, vain -glory and hy- pocrify ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitablenefs ; Good Lord \ deliver us. From fornication, and all other grievous fins ; and from all the deceits of the world, the flefh, and the devil ; Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and temped; from plague, peftilence, and fa- mine ; from battle and murder, and from untimely death ; Good Lord, deliver us. From all fedition, privy con- fpiracy and rebellion ; from hard- F 2 nefs t$ MORNING PRAYER. nefs of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment ; Good Lord> deliver us. In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our profperity, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment ; Good Lord, deliver us. We finners do befeech thee to hear us, O Lord God ; and that it may pleafe thee to rule and go- vern all thy fincere worfhippers, in the right way ; We befeech thee to hear us> good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to keep and ftrengthen in the true wor- fhipping of thee, in righteoufnefs and holinefs of life, thy fervant George y our moft gracious king and governor ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That MORNING PRAYER. 69 That it may pleafe thee to guide his heart in thy faith, fear, and love, that he may evermore put his truft in thee, and ever feek thy honour and glory ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to be his defender and keeper, and to profper all his righteous under- takings againft his enemies ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to blefs and preferve our gracious Queen Charlotte, his Royal Highnefs George Prince of Wales, and all the royal family ; We befeech thee to hear u^ good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to il- luminate all the Minifters of the gofpel with true knowledge and F 3 under- 7 o MORNING PRAYER. underftanding of thy word, and that both by their preaching and living they may fet it forth and ftiew it accordingly ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to en<- due the lords of the council, and all the nobility, with grace, wif- dom, and underftanding ; We befeech thee to hear us y good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep the magiftrates ; giving them grace to execute juftice, and to preferve peace ; We befeech thee to hear us> good Lord. That it: may pleafe thee to blefs and keep all thy people ; We befeech thee to hear us y good Lord* That MORNING PRAYER. 71 That it may pleafe thee to give to all nations, unity, peace, and concord ; We befeech thee to hear us y good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give us an heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; We befeech thee t(f hear us y good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give to all thy people increafe of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affe&ion, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to bring into the way of truth all fuch as have erred and are de- ceived ; F4 Wc 7 2 MORNING PRAYER. We befeech thee to hear us r good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to ftrengthen fuch as do ftand, and to comfort and help the weak- hearted, and to raife up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; We befeech thee to hear us r good J(Lord. • That it may pleafe thee to fuc- cour, help and comfort, all that are in danger, neceflity and tri- bulation ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord* That it may pleafe thee to pre- ferve all that travel by land or by water ; all women labouring of child ; all fick perfpns, and young children, and to fhew pity upon all prifoners and captives ; We MORNING PRAYER, 73 We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to de- fend and provide for the father- lefs children and widows, all that are defolate and opprefled ; ancj efpecially all thofe that fuffer for righteoufnefs fake; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to have mercy upon all men ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to for- give our enemies, perfecutors, and ilanderers, and to turn their hearts ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give find preferve to our ufe the kindly fruits 74 MORNING PRAYER. fruits of the earth, fo as in due time we may enjoy them ; We befeech thee to hear us y good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to ac- cept our fincere repentance, to forgive us all our fins, negligences, and ignorances j and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy word. We befeech thee to hear us y good Lord. Min. Glory be to God in the higheft : People, And on earth peace * good 'will towards men. Then Jhall be read the frfl leffon % taken out of the Old Teflament, And after that Jhall be /aid the following portions of Pfalm cxix, or Pfalm ciii, Pfalm MORNING PRAYER 7$ Pfalm CXIX. BLESSED are they that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord. Bleffed are they that keep his teftimonies j and feek him with their whole heart. For they do no wickednefs : they walk in his ways. Thou haft charged that -we fhall diligently keep thy com^ mandments. that my ways were made fb dired, that I might keep thy fta- tutes ! So fhall I not be confounded, when I have refpedt unto all thy commandments. 1 will thank thee with an un- feigned heart, when I fhall have learned the judgments of thy fighteoufnefs, I will 7 6 MORNING PRAYER; I will keep thy ftatutes : O foiv fake me not utterly. OLORD, thy word endureth for ever in heaven. Thy truth alfo remaineth from one generation to another :. thou haft laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day accords ing to thine ordinance; for all things ferve thee. If my delight had not been in thy law, I fhould have perifhed in my trouble. I will never forget thy com- mandments; for with them thou haft quickned me. I am thine ; O fave me : for I have fought thy commandments. The ungodly laid wait for me todeftroyme: but I will confider thy teftimonies. WhQ Morning prayer, rl I have feen an end of all per- fection ; but thy commandment is exceeding broad. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invifible, God only- wife. Anfw. Be honour and glory, through Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. A?nen* Pfalm CIII. PRAISE the Lord, O my foul ; and all that is within me praife his holy name. Praife the Lord, O my foul; and forget not all his benefits j Who forgiveth all thy fin ; and healeth all thine infirmities ; Who faveth thy life from de- finition ; and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindnefs. Who ^S MOkNING PRAYER. Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good things, making thee young and lufty as an eagle. The Lord executeth righteouf- nefs and judgment, for all them that are opprefled with wrong. He (hewed his ways unto Mofes, his works unto the chil* dren of IfraeL The Lord is full of compaflion and mercy ; long fuffering, and of great goodnefs. He will not alway be chiding ; neither keepeth he his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us af- ter our fins ; nor rewarded us ac- cording to our wickedneffes. For look how high the heaven is in comparifon of the earth : fo great is his mercy alfo toward them that fear him* Look MORNING PRAYER. 79 Look how wide alfo the eaft is from the weft : fo far hath he fet our fins from us. Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children ; even fo is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but duft. The days of man are but as grafs : for he flourifiieth as a ilower of the field. For as foon as the wind goqth over it, it is gone ; and the place thereof fhall know it no more. But the merciful goodnefs of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him ; and his righteoufnefs upon childrens chil- dren; Even 8o MORNING PRAYER. Even upon fuch as" keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them. The Lord hath prepared his feat in heaven ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. O praife the Lord, ye Angels of his, ye that excel in ftrength ; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his Words, O praife the Lord, all ye his hofts ; ye fervants of his that do his pleafure. O fpeak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praife thou the Lord, O my foul. Amen. Then jhall follow the fecond leffon out of the New Tejlament ; and after that fhall be faid Pfalm Pfalm MORNING PRAYER. 81 Pfalm XIX. TH E heavens declare the glory of God, and the fir- mament fheweth his handy work. One day telleth another, and one night certifieth another. There is neither fpeech nor lan- guage ; but their voices are heard among them. Their found is gone out into all lands ; and their words into the ends of the world. In them hath he fet a taberna- cle for the fun, which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his courfe. It goeth forth from the utter- moft part of the heaven, and run- neth about unto the end of it again ; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. G The ft MORNING PRAYER. The law of the Lord is an un^ defiled law, converting the foul ; the teftimony of the Lord is fure and giveth wifdom unto the fim- ple. The ftatutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever : the judg- ments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be defired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : fweeter alfo than honey, and the honey-comb. Moreover by them is thy fer- vant taught, and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can tell how oft he of- fendeth ? O cleanfe thou me from my fecret faults ! Keep MORNING PRAYER 83 Keep thy fervant alfo from pre- sumptuous fins, left they get the dominion over me; fo fhall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable in thy fight, O Lord my ftrength and my re- deemer! Amen. "Then pall be /aid the Apojllet Creed, by the Minijler and People. I BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ; And in Jefus Chrift, his only fon, our Lord ; who was conceived by the holy Spirit ; born of the Virgin Mary, fuffered under Pontius Pilate, was cruci- fied, dead, and buried : the third G 2 day 84 MORNING PRAYER. day he rofe again from the dead : he afcended into heaven, and fit- teth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; From thence he fhall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the holy Spirit ; the forgivenefs of fins, the refur- redion of the dead ; and the life everlafting. Amen. After that pall be f aid the Lord's prayer^ and prayer following. OU R Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trefpaiTes, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us : And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us MORNING PRAYER. 85 us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open ; all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid ; cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the infpiration of thy holy Spirit, that we may perfedly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Chrift our Lord. Amen. The general Thanhf giving. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine un- worthy fervants, do give thee moft humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodnefs and loving kindnefs G3 to 86 MORNING PRAYER. : U . . ; to us and to all * This is to be , * - faid when any that men J ( ' pGrtlCU- have been prayed larly to thofe who for define to return ^^ nQW f * praiie. / - r M t up their praijes and thankfgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.) We blefs thee for our creation, preferva- tion, and all the bleffings of this life ; but, above all, for thine in- eftimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jefus Chrift ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we befeech thee, give us that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thank- ful ; and that we may fhew forth thy praife, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourfelves to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days, ac- cording MORNING PRAYER, 87 cording to the gofpcl of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. A?nen. A concluding Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our com- mon fupplications unto thee ; and had promifed by thy beloved Son, that when two or three are ga- thered together in his name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in this world the knowledge of thy truth ; and, in the world to come, life everlaft- ing. Amen. G 4 2 Cor, 88 MORNING PRAYER. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the cojnmunion of the holy Spirit, be with us all ever- more. Amen. THE ( 89 ) THE Order for the Administration O F T H E LORD'S SUPPER, O R HOLY COMMUNION. The Minifter Jhall fay to them that come to receive the Holy Communion ; YE that do truly and earneftly repent of your fins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new 9 o The LORD'S SUPPER, new life, following the command- ments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and partake of this holy ordinance to your com- fort ; and make your humble confeffion to Almighty God : "Then Jhall this general confejfton be made by the Minijler and People. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and be- wail our manifold fins and wick- ednefs, which we from time to time moft grievoufly have com- mitted, by thought, word, and deed, againfl thy divine Majefty, provoking moft juftly thy wrath, and indignatioa againfl: us. We do The LORD'S SUPPER. 91 do earneftly repent and are hear- tily forry for thefe our mifdoings ; the remembrance of which is grievous unto us. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, moft merciful Father: iorgive us all that is paft ; and grant that we may ever hereafter ferve and pleafe thee, in newnefs of life ; To the honour and glory of thy name. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, our hea- venly Father, who of thy great mercy haft promifed for- givenefs of fins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee ; have mercy upon us ; pardon and deliver us from all our fins, confirm and ftrengthen us in all goodnefs, and bring us to everlafting life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Then 92 The LOR D's SUPPER. Then Jh all the Minifter fay y Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Chrift faith to all that truly turn to him : " Come unto me ; all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you reft. S. Mat- thew xi. 28. " God fo loved the world that he gave his beloved Son, to the end that every one that believeth in him, fhould not perifh, but have everiafting life. S. John iii. 16. 4C This is a true faying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Chrift Jefus came into the world to fave finners." 1 7*im. i. 15. Hear alfo what St. John faith : u If any man fin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jefus Chrift The LORD'S SUPPER. 93 Chrift the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our fins." Life up your hearts, A?tjw. We will lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. Aiifw. It is meet and right fo to do. Minifer. It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we fhould at all times and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, Almighty, everlaft- ing God ! Here Jh all follow the proper Pre- face, if there be any efpecially appointed ; or elfe immediately ft all follow ^ Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company 94 The LORD'S SUPPER; company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, ever- more praifing thee, and faying : holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts ; heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord moll high. Amen. Proper Prefaces, Upon Chrijlmas-day, and /even days after. Becaufe that thou didft fend thy Son into the world, that the world through him might be faved. Therefore with Angels and Arch- angels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore, praifing thee, and faying : holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts ; heaven The LORD'S SUPPER. 95 heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord moll high. A?nen. Upon Eajler-day and /even days after. But chiefly are we bound to praife thee for the glorious refur- re&ion of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord ; who by his death hath deftroyed death ; and by his rifing to life again, hath raifed us to the hope of everlafting life. Therefore with Angels and Arch- angels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praifing thee, and faying : holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts ; heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord moft high. A?ncn. Ufon 96 The LORD's SUPPER. Upon IVhitfunday and [even days after. According to whofe moll true promife, thy holy Spirit was poured forth upon the Apoftles, to lead them into all truth ; giv- ing them both the gift of divers languages, and alfo boldnefs with iervent zeal, conftantly to preach the gofpel unto all nations ; whereby we have been brought out of darknefs and error, into the clear light and true know- ledge of thee, and of thy Son je- fus Chrifi our Lord, Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praifing thee, and faying : holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hoits ; heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be The LORD'sSUPPER. 97 be to thee, O Lord moft high* Amen* Then the Minifler, ftanding before the table^ pall fay the prayer following. ALMIGHTY God, our hea- venly Father, by whofe gracious afliftance, and for our benefit, thy beloved Son, our Lord Jefus Chrift, was obedient even to the death upon the crofs : who did inftitute, and in his holy gofpel command us to continue a perpetual memorial of that his precious death until his coming again : Hear us, O merciful Fa- ther, we moft humbly befeech thee ; and grant that we may re- ceive this bread and wine, in grateful remembrance of his vo- luntary death and fufferings : H Who, 9 3 The LORD's SUPPER. Who, in the fame night that he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his dif- ciples, faying, take, eat, this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me. Likewife, after fupper, he took the cup ; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, fay- ing: drink ye all of this: for this is my blood of the new cove- nant, which is fhed for you, and for many, for the remiilion of fins : Do this as oft as ye fhall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen. Here let the Minijier break the bread. Theft fij all the Minijier fir fi receive the communion in both hinds him- Jelf ; a?td then proceed to deliver the The LORD'S SUPPER. 99 the fame to the congregation. A?id when he delivereth the b ready he fo all fay: Take and eat this in remem- brance of Chrift.* And when he delivereth the cup^ he ji b all fay : Take, and drink this in re- membrance of Chrift. When all have communicated^ the Minifer Jhall fay as follow eth : OLORD and heavenly Fa- ther, we thy faithful fer- vants earneftly defire thy fatherly goodnefs mercifully to accept this our facrifice of praife and thanks- giving ; humbly befeeching thee to grant that by faith in our Lord H 2 Jefus * This form ofvvords Is chofen in conformity to oar Saviour's own — *viz.— - M di this in remembrance of me." ioo The LORD'S SUPPER. Jefus Chrift, and obedience to thy will, we may obtain the par- don of our fins and everlafting life. Here we offer and prefent unto thee, O Lord, ourfelves, our fouls and bodies, to be a reafon- able, holy, and lively facrince unto thee. And although we be unworthy through our manifold fins to offer unto thee any facri- fice ; yet we befeech thee to ac- cept this our bounden duty and fervice ; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, ac- cording to thine abundant mer- cies in Chrift Jefus our Lord ; through whom all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen* rt en The LORD'S SUPPER. 101 The7t pall be f aid by all prefent. GLORY be to God on high, and in earth peace ; good- will towards men. We praife thee, we blefs thee, we worfhip thee, we give thanks to thee for the various manifeftations of thy great glory, O Lord God, hea- venly King, God the Father Al- mighty. We blefs thee for fending thy beloved Son Jefus Chrift inro the world to fave finners : for exalt- ing him unto thy right hand in heaven ; for all the gifts and graces of thy holy Spirit, and for the hope of eternal life. For thou only art wife, and holy, and good ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only doft govern all things both in heaven and earth. H 3 There- 102 The LORD'S SUPPER. Therefore, blefllng and honour, and glory and power, be unto thee who fitted: upon the throne, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all ever- more. Amen. The ( i°3 ) The ORDER for the ADMINISTRATION O F BAPTISM. Note^ That there pall he for every Child two or three Spo?jfors ; ivho may mojl properly be Pa- rentS) or neareji Relations. HEAR the words of our Sa- viour Chrift to his Apof- tles, as they are written by St. Matthew, in the 28th chapter at the 19th verfe. " Go ye, and make difciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and H 4 of !04 BAPTISM. of the Son, and of the holy Spi- nt. Hear alfo what St. Peter faith : " The baptifm which faveth us is not the putting away the filth of the flefli, but the anfwer of a good confcience towards God." i Pet. iii. gi. Dearly beloved, Ye have brought this child here to be baptized : I demand therefore, Will ye faithfully and earneftly exhort this child to renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous defires of the fame, and the carnal defires of the flefh, fo that he may not fol- low nor be led by them ? Anfwer. I will. Will BAPTISM. io Will ye inftruft him in the gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrift ? Anfwer. I will- Will ye exhort him to keep God's holy will and command- rnents, and to walk in the fame all the days of his life ? Anfwer. I will. Then Jhall the Minifter take the child into his hands, and fay to the Sponfors : Name this child : Then naming it after them, and ei- ther dipping it in the water, or fprinkiing water upon it, he fljall cc I baptize thee into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit/' Let lo6 BAPTISM. Let us pray, ALMIGHTY and ever bleffed God, by whofe providence the different generations of man- kind are raifed up to know thee, and enjoy thy favour for ever ; Grant that this child now dedica- ted to thee by our office and mi- niftry, may alfo be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlaftingly faved through thy mercy who doft live and govern all things world without end. Amen. WE give thee humble thanks, O heavenly Father, that thou haft vouchfafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee ; increafe this know- ledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore, that we may be enabled to mortify all our evil and corrupt affedlions, BAPTISM. ic 7 affe&ions, and daily proceed in all virtue and godlinefs of living, till we come to that eternal king- dom, which thou haft promifed by Chrift our Lord. Anien. Exhortation to Parents after Bap- tifnu Brethren, THE defign of receiving in- fants by baptifm into the church of Chrift is to remind parents of their duty to them in their innocent and helplefs age, to train them up as his difciples and the children of God ; that as they have been the inftruments of bringing them into this mor- tal life, they may have the com- fort of contributing to their fu- ture happinefs in a life that will never end. Remember io8 BAPTISM. Remember then that this child belongs to God who gave it you, and intrufts you with it, that it may be educated and fitted for himfelf : and if through your c A i- minal negled, or bad example, his reafonable creature be loft, he will require it at your hands. Inftill therefore into his tender mind the knowledge, reverence, and love of God, the heavenly father and maker of all, and a deep fenfe of the duty he owes to him. Acquaint him with his be- nevolent defigns, from the begin- ning, for the recovery of a dege- nerate and perifhing world to their duty and happinefs : And lead him to learn the mind and will of God for his falvatipn, from that ineftimable treafure of wif- dom, the holy fcriptures, efpe- cially the words of Chrift and his apoftles ; BAPTIS M. 109 apoftles ; and not from the doc- trines and inventions of men. Check the firft rifings of envy and pride in his breaft, by teach- ing Z>///z humility and a juft know- ledge of himfelf "; that all he pof- feffes or hopes for is from God, whole free bounty alone maketh the difference between his crea- tures. But at the fame time in- form him of the dignity of his nature ; of the importance of rea- fon, the light of God within him ; by which he is to govern him/elf, to reftrain his appetites and paf- fions, moderate his affections, to know the God that made him y to learn his will, to become like unto him, holy, juft, and good. Teach him above all things to abhor falfhood, and lies ; and to love and cultivate truth and integrity, which will make him amiable in the lid BAPTISM, the eyes of all, and acceptable to God. Tell hurt that he is to love and do good to all men, becaufe all are equally the children of God with himfelfy and the ob- jects of his fatherly kindnefs and care : That he is not born only for himfelfy but for others ; to ferve his country and mankind by promoting truth and virtue, and the public good. Sow in him be- times thefe feeds of piety, charity, iincerity, and all goodnefs ; for that otherwife the weeds of evil will fpring up of courfe in fuch a world as this, which it may be difficult afterwards to root out. And although no pains that you can take, can enfure fuccefs ; yet whatever happens, you will have difcharged your duty, and not have the guilt and mortifying re- flection of having contributed to the BAPTISM. in the ruin and mifery of thofe you love. But if your labours are jfuccefsful, and generally true is the wife man's remark, Train up a child in the way he Jhall go, and when he is old he will not de- part from it y it will be a fource of the higheft and pureft pleafure and fatisfa&ion to you, and you will have the joy of leaving be- hind you thofe who may live and do good in the world when you fhall be no more in it. And may the fupreme Father and governor of all things, direft and blefs you in the faithful dis- charge of your duty, for his glory, the good of mankind, and the advancement of the gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen. TVhere there are other fponfors who prefent the child to be baptifed and ,,2 BA'PTIS M, and not the parent s, the Mini* Jler may thus begin the exhor- tation^ Ye that have now undertaken the care of this child, which natu- rally belongs to the parents, mud take heed and remember that it is alio a child of God, for whom it is to be educated and fitted : And if through your criminal negled:, or bad example, &c. &c. THE ( i»3 ) The FORM or SOLEMNIZATION O F MATRIMONY. The form of publication of the bamis of Marriage. IPublifh the banns of marriage between M. of and N% of — if any of you knowcaufe or juft impediment, why thefe two perfons fhould not be joined to- gether in holy matrimony, ye are to declare it : This is the firft [fecond, or third] time of afking. I When 114 MATRIMONY. When the perfons to be married are ajfembledwith their friends, the Minifter Jh all fay, DEARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the fight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony ; which is an honourable eftate, inftituted of God in the time of man's inno- cency : which holy eftate Chrift adorned and beautified with his prefence, and firft miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee ; and is commended of Saint Paul to be honourable among all men ; and therefore is not by any to be en- terprifed, nor taken in hand un- advifedly, lightly, or wantonly ; but reverently, difcreetly, advi- fedly, I MATRIMONY. it$ fedly, foberly, and in the fear of God. Then fpeaking unto the per fans that Jhall be married^ he pall fay ', Require and charge you both, as ye will anfwer at the dread- ful day of judgment, when the fecrets of all hearts fhall be dif- clofed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confefs it. For be ye well allured, that fa many as are coupled together otherwife than God's word doth allow, are not joined together by God, neither is their matrimony lawful. v n6 MATRIMONY. If no impediment be alledged^ then Jhall the Minijler fay unto the man y N. TT7ILT thou have this VV woman to thy wed- ded wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy eftate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in iicknefs, and in health, and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto her, fo long as ye both fhall live ? The man Jh all anfwer> I will. Then Jhall the Minijler fay unto the woman y N.TT7ILT thou have this VV man to thy wedded hufband, to live together after God's MATRIMONY. 117 God's ordinance, in the holy eftate of matrimony ? Wilt thou obey him, ferve him, love, honour, and keep him in ficknefs and in health, and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto him, fo long as ye both fhall live ? The woman Jhall anfwer> I will. The?i Jhall the Minijler fay y Who giveth this woman to be married to this man ? Then Jhall they engage themf elves to each other in this manner : The Minijler receiving the woman at her Jather s or Jriend *s hands y Jhall cauje the man with his right hand to take the woman by her right hand y and to Jay ajter him as Jolloweth : 1 3 t ii8 MATRIMONY. IN. take thee N. to fiiy wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worfe, for richer for poorer, in ficknefs and in health, to love and to cherifh, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance, and the laws of this land. Thenfhall they loofe their hands , and the woman with her right hand taking the man by his right hand y Jhall likewife fay after the Mi- nifer : IN. take thee N. to my wed- ded hufband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worfe, for richer for poorer, in ficknefs and in health, to love, cherifh, and to obey, till death us do part, ac- cording MATRIMONY. 119 cording to God's holy ordinance, and the laws of this land. Then pall they again loofe their hands, and the man Jh all give. unto the woman a ring, laying the fame upon the book. And the Minifler taking the ring, Jhall deliver it unto the man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the woman s left hand. And the man holding the ring there y and, taught by the Minifler, pall fay, WITH this ring I thee wed; and to thee only do I promife to keep myfelf, fo long as we both fhall live. Amen. Then fhall they both kneel down, and the Minifler fhall fay >, 1 4 Let 120 MATRIMONY. Let us pray, O Eternal God, creator and preferver of all mankind, giver of all fpiritual grace, the author of everlafting life; lend thy blefling upon thefe thy fer- vants, this man and this woman, whom we blefsin thy name ; that as Ifaac and Rebecca lived faith- fully together, fo thefe perfons may ftedfaftly perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made, and may remain in perfeft peace and love together, unto their lives end. Amen. *Then Jhall the Minijier join their right hands together^ and fay , Thofe whom God hath joined together, let no man put aflxn- der. n en MATRIMONY. \zi Then pall the Minijter /peak unto the people : FORASMUCH as N. and N. have confented together in holy wedlock, and have witneffed the fame before God, and this company, and thereto have en- gaged and pledged themfelves ei- ther to other, and have declared the fame by giving and receiving of a ring, and by joining of Jiands ; I pronounce that they be man and wife together. Ame?i* Then fi all the Minijler fay, Let us pray, OU R Father which art in heaven ; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 122 MATRIMONY. heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trafpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver lis from evil : For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. Miniji. O Lord, fave thy fer- vant, and thy handmaid ; Anfw. Who put their truft in thee. Miniji. O Lord, fend them help from thy holy place. Anfw. And evermore defend them. Miniji. Be unto them a tower of ftrength. Anfw. From the face of their enemy. Miniji. O Lord, hear our prayer. Anfw. MATRIMONY. 123 Anfw. And let our cry come unto thee. MiniJIe?'. O Merciful God and heavenly Father, blefs, we pray thee, thefe thy fervants, and dl- red them in the way to eternal life ; that whatfoever in thy holy word they fhall profitably learn, they may indeed fulfil the fame. And if it fhall be thy good plea- fure to raife unto them a family, grant that they may live fo long together in godly love and ho- nefty, that they may fee their children chriftianly and virtuoufly brought up, and together with them may be inheritors of thine everlafting kingdom, which thou haft promifed by Chrift our Lord, /lme?i, Then 124 MATRIMONY. "Then Jhall he add this blejftng : THE Lord God almighty blefs, preferve and keep you : the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you ; and to fill you with all fpiritual benedic- tion and grace, that ye may fo live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may have life everlafting. Amen. Exhortation to the parties after Marriage. Brethren, IT will become you to confider ferioufly the facred and im- portant engagement into which you have now entered. Marriage was ordained for the continuance of the human kind ; and is the union MATRIMONY. 12$ union of one man with one wo- man for their joint happinefs, and for the pious education of chil- dren, where God gives them : And by the original appointment of God, confirmed by our Savi- our, (Gen. ii. 24. Matt. xix. 4, 5,6.) this union is to be perpe- tual, to be diflblved only by death. It was intended by the benevolent parent of mankind, to be a fource of the pureft fatis-^ factions, to foften the unavoida- ble cares, and increafe the inno- cent pleafures of life, by affording the opportunity of fharing them with a moft intimate friend and partner. By Chriftians in parti- cular it is to be looked upon as a ftate of perfect indiffoluble friend- fhip, in which you are to carry your regards for each other be- yond the grave, that you may fo 126 M A T R I M O N Y, fo live in virtue and holinefs here, that you may live hereafter in that ftate, where there will be no mar- rying nor giving in marriage, but you will be as the angels in heaven. Study then to correct what is amife in your reipe^ive tempers and difpofitioifcs, which may dif- turb your mutual love and peace. And be fevere eenfors of your- felves, but ex&ct mot too much one from another ; and bear with each others infirmities, for there is nothing perfed: here below. None are faultlefs, but all are to endeavour to become fuch. Cul- tivate in yourfelves, and in each other, t the knowledge and prac- tice of virtue, and true religion, as the only foundation of prefent comfort and future hopes. Study the fcriptures and the precepts aud example of Chrift, who alone hath MATRIMONY. 127 hath the words of eternal life. And be not extravagant in your expectations from the world j for although it abound with many in- nocent joys and pleafures, it is not, nor is intended to be a place of unmixed profperity and enjoy- ment, but a tranfltory fcene of trial and improvement for a better and more enduring ftate. The other great end of marri- age is for the well ordering of fa- milies and right education of chil- dren. This is a matter of the highefi: moment. For families are the nurferies and fchools, in which the fucceffive generations of men are to be inftru and be gracious VISITATION of tHE SICK. 149 gracious unt O Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon bifriy and give him peace both now and for evermore. Ami L 3 THE ( ijo ) THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL of the DEAD. The Minifier meeting the corpfe at the entrance of the church-yard : Or whe7i it is brought into the churchy Jhall Jay y I Am the refurrection and the life, faith the Lord : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet lhall he live ; and who- foever liveth, and believeth in me, fhall never die. S. John xi. 25, 26. WE BURIAL of the DEAD. 151 WE brought nothing into this world, and it is cer- tain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; bleffed be the name of the Lord. 1 'Tim. vi. 7. fob i. 21. Afterwards pall be read one or both of the following Pfalms, viz. Pfalm xxxix. xc. Then pall fellow the lejf'on taken out of the fifteenth chapter of the former epijlle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. 1 Cor. xv. 20. to the end. TVhe7i they come to the grave y while the corps is made ready to be laid L 4 into 152 BURIAL' of the DEAD. into the earthy the Minijier Jhall f a Jy AN that is born of a wo- man, hath but a jfhort time to live, and is full of mi- fery : He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a fhadow, and never con- tinueth in one ftay. In the midft of life we are in death : of whom may we feek for fuccour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our fins art juftly dif- pleafed ? Yet, O Lord God moft holy, O Lord moft mighty, O holy and moft merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Thou knoweft, Lord, the fe- crets of our hearts ; fhut not thy merci- BURIAL of the DEAD. 153 merciful cars to our prayers ; but (pare us, Lord moft holy, O God moft mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou moft wor- thy judge eternal, fuffer us not at our laft hour to be without hope or to fall from thee. Then while the earth Jhall be caft upon the body by Jo?ne fta7idi?tg by y the Miniftcr Jhall fay ) FORASMUCH as it hath pleafed Almighty God to take unto himfelf the foul of our dear brother here departed ; we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, afhes to afhes, duft to duft ; in fure and certain hope that there fhall be a refurre&ion to eternal life of all thofe who die in the fear and love- of God, through our Lord jefus Chrift, 154 BURIAL of the DEAD'. Chrift, who fliall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to fubdue all things to himfelf. Then foall be faid^ I Heard a voice from heaven faying unto me, Write ; From henceforth blefled are the dead which die in the Lord : even fa faith the Spirit ; for they reft from their labours. Rev. xiv. 13. The?t the Mi?iifter Jhall fay> OUR Father, which art in heaven ; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our BURIAL of the DEAD. 155 our daily bread. And forgive us our trefpafles, as we forgive them that trcfpafs againft us. And lead us us not in temptation ; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. The ColleEi. O Merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who is the refurre&ion and the life ; in whom whofoever believ- eth, fhall live, though he die ; and whofoever liveth and believ- eth in him, fhall not die eter- nally ; who alfo hath taught us by his holy apoftle St. Paul, not to be forry as men without hope, for them that fleep in him : We humbly befeech thee, O Father, to 156 BURIAL oe the DEAD. to raife us from the death of fin unto the life of righteoufnefs ; that when we fhall depart this life, we may reft in him ; and that at the general refurre&ion in the laft day, we may be found acceptable in thy fight, and re- ceive that bleffing which thy well-beloved Son fhall then pro- nounce to all that love and fear thee, faying, Come, ye bleffed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, G heavenly Father, of thine infinite mercy and good- nefs. Ame?i. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all ever- more. Amen. FORMS ( i57 ) FORMS of PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. The Morning and Evening fervice^ to be ufed daily at fca, JJjall be the fa?ne which is appoi7tted . in the foregoing booh of Cotmnon Prayer. The Colled:. PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy mod gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glo- rify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlafting life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Thefe 158 PRAYERS to be used at SEA, Tbefe two following prayers are to be alfo ufed in the Kings navy every day. O Eternal Lord God, who alone fpreadeft out the hea- vens, and ruleft the raging of the fea ; who haft compaffed the wa- ters with bounds until day and night come to an end ; Be pleafed to receive into thy almighty and moft gracious protedion, the per- fons of us thy fervants, and the fleet in which we ferve. Preferve us from the dangers of the fea, and from the violence of the ene- my ; that we may be a fafe guard unto our mod gracious fovereign Lord King George^ and his king- doms, and a fecurity for fuch as pafs on the feas upon their lawful occafions ; that the inhabitants of PRAYERS to B£ used at SEA. 159 of our ifland may in peace and quietnefs ferve thee our God ; and that we may return in fafety to enjoy the bleflings of the land with the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praife and glo- rify thy holy name, through Jefqs Chrift our Lord. Amen* Prayers to be ufed in Jl or ins at fea. OMoft powerful and glorious LordGod,atwhofecommand the winds blow, and * lift up the waves of the fea, and who ftilleft the rage thereof; We thy crea- tures, but miferable finners, dp in this our great diftrefs with pe- nitent hearts cry unto thee for help : Save, Lord, or elfe we perifh. We confefs, when we have been fafe, and (ccn all things i6o PRAYERS to be used at SEA. things quiet about us, we have forgotten thee our God, and re- fufed to hearken to the ftill voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments : But now we fee how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder ; the great God to be feared above all : and therefore we adore thy divine Ma-. jefty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodnefs. Help, Lord, and fave us, for thy mer- cies fake in Jefus Chrift thy Son our Lord. Amen. Or this. Moft glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwelled in heaven, but beholdeft all things below ; look down, we befeech thee, and hear us calling cut of the depth of mifery, and out PRAYERS to be used at SEA. i6i outof thejawsof thisdeath, which is ready now to fwallow us up : Save, Lord, or elfe we perifh. The living, the living {hall praife thee. O fend thy word of com- mand to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring fea ; that we be- ing delivered from this diftrefs, may live to ferve thee, and to glo- rify thy name all the days of our life. Hear Lord, and fave us, of thine infinite mercy and good- nefs. Amen. "The prayer to bt faid before a fight at fea againft any enemy. f^\ Moft powerful and glorious V^^ Lord God, the Lord of hofts, that ruleft and commandeft all things ! Thou fitteft in the throne judging right ; and there- fore we make our addrefs to thy M divine i6z PRAYERS to be used at SEA. divine Majefty in this our necef- fity, that thou wouldeft take the caufe into thine own hand, and judge between us and our ene- mies. Stir up thy ftrength, O Lord, and come and help us j for thou giveft not alway the bat- tle to the ftrong, but canft fave by many or by few. O let not our fins now cry againft us for vengeance ; but hear us thy peni- tent fervants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou Wouldeft be a defence unto us againft the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty deliverer. Amen. Short PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 163 Short prayers for Jingle perfons that cannot meet to join in prayer with others^ by reafon of the fight or form. General prayers. LORD, be merciful to us, pardon our fins, and fave us for thy mercies fake. Thou art the great God that haft made and ruleft all things : O deliver us for thy name's fake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all : O fave us, that we may praife thee. Special prayers with refpeEl to the enemy. HOU, O Lord, art juft and powerful : O defend our M 2 caufe T 1 64 PRAYERS, to be used at SEA, caufe againft the face of the ene- my. O God, thou art a ftrong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee : O fave us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hofts, figHt for us, that we may glorify thee. O fuffer us not to fink under the weight of our fins, or the vio- lence of the enemy. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thy name's fake. Colle&s of Thank/giving. OMoft bleffed and glorious Lord God, who art of in- finite goodnefs and mercy, we thy poor creatures, whom thou haft- made and preferved, holding our fouls in life, and now refcu- ing us out of the jaws of death, humbly PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 165 humbly prefent ourfelves again before thy divine Majefty, to offer a facrifice of praife and thankf- giving, for that thou heardeft us when we called in our trouble, and didft not caft out our prayer which we made before thee in our great diftrefs ; even when we gave all for loft, our fhip, our goods, our lives, then didft thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliver- ance ; for which we now being in fafety, do give all praife and glory to thy holy name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Or this. OMoft mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in fpecial manner hath been extended to- M 3 wards j 66 PRAYERS to se used at SEA. wards us, whom thou haft fo powerfully and wonderfully de- fended. Thou haft fhewed us terrible things and wonders in the deep, that we might fee how powerful and gracious a God thou art ; how able and ready to help them that truft in thee. Thou haft fhewed us how both winds and feas obey thy command ; that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore blefs and glorify thy name for this thy mercy in faving us, when we were ready to perifh. And we befeech thee, make us as tru- ly fenfible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger ; and give us hearts always ready to ex- prefs our thankfulnefs, not only by words, but alfo by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 167 holy commandments. Continue, we befeech thee, this thy good- nefs to us, that we whom thou haft faved, may ferve thee in holi- nefs and righteoufnefs all the days of our life, according to the gof- pel of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A hymn of praife and than/giving after a dangerous tempeft. OCome, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praifed ; let the redeemed of the Lord fay £0 whom he hath delivered from the mercilefs rage of the fea. The Lord is gracious and full of companion, flow to anger, and of great mercy. M4 He j 68 PRAYERS to be used at. SEA, He hath not dealt with us ac- cording to our fins ; neither re- warded us according to our ini- quities. But as the heaven is high above the earth, fo great hath been his rnercy towards us. We found trouble and heavi- nefs; we were even at death's door. The waters of the fea had well nigh covered us : the proud waters had well nigh gone over our fouls. The lea roar d, and the ftormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep : our foul melted within us, becaufe of trouble. Then cried we unto thee, O Lord ; and thou didfl: deliver us out of our diftrefs. Bleffed PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 169 Blefled be thy name, who didft not defpife the prayer of thy fer- vants ; but didft hear our cry, and haft faved us. Thou didft fend forth thy com- mandment ; and the windy ftorm ceafed, and was turned into a calm. O let us therefore praife the Lord for his goodnefs, and de- clare the wonders that he hath done, and ftill doeth for the chil- dren of men. Praifed be the Lord daily, even the Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh falvation : God is the Lord, by whom we have efcaped death. Thou, Lord, haft made us glad through the operation of thy i 7 o PRAYERS TO BE USED at SEA, thy hands ; and we will triumph in thy praife. Bleffed be the Lord God, even the Lord God who only doeth wondrous things ; And bleffed be the name of his Majefty for ever ; and let every one of us fay, Amen y Amen, After viSiory or deliverance from an enemy. A pfalm or hymn of praife and thankfgiving after viElory. IF the Lord had not been on our fide, now may we fay j if the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, when men rofe up againft us ; They had fwallowed us up quick, when they were fo wrath- fully difpleafed at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 171 us, and the ftream had gone over our foul, the deep waters of the proud had gone over our foul. But praifed be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty falvation for us. We gat not this by our own fword, neither was it our own arm that faved us ; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, becaufe thou hadft a favour unto us. The Lord hath appeared for us; the. Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to ftand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us ; the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dafhed in pieces thofe that rofe up againft us. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not IJZ PRAYERS TO BE USED AT SEA. unto us, but unto thy name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us ; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help ftandeth in the name of the Lord, who hath made hea- ven and earth. Bleffed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore. Amen* Then this ColleSi. Almighty God, the fupreme governor of the world, in whofe hand is pow r er and might, which none is able to withftand ; we blefs and magnify thy great and glorious name for this happy vi&ory, the whole glory whereof we do afcribe to thee, who art the only giver of vi&ory. And we PRAYERS to be used at SEA. I73 we befeech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement ot thy gofpel, the honour of our fovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And we befeech thee give us fuch a fenfe of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thank- fulnefs, fuch as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, according to the gofpel of Jefus Chrift our Lord ; through whom be afcribed unto thee for all thy mercies, and in particular for this victory and de- liverance, all glory, honour, and praife, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. 2 Cor, i 7 4 PRAYERS to be used at SEA. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Spirit, be with us all ever- more. Amen. PRAYERS ( 175 ) PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. Prayers a?id Thank/givings upon feveral occafions y to be ufed be- fore the two final prayers of morning and evening prayer. For rain. OGod, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jefus Chrift haft promifed to all them that feek thy kingdom and the righteoufnefs thereof, all things neceffary to their bodily fufte- nance ; fend us, we befeech thee, in this our neceffitv, fuch mode- rate i 7 6 OCCASIONAL PRAtERS; rate rain and fhowers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy ho- nour; and grant that we may fhew forth our thankfulnefs to thee by a fincere obedience to thy holy laws, which thou haft taught us by Chrift our Lord. Amen. For fair weather. O Almighty Lord God, who for the fin of man didft once drown all the world, except eight perfons, and afterward of thy great mercy didft promife ne- ver to deftroy it fo again ; we humbly befeech thee, that al- though we for our iniquities have worthily deferved a plague of rain and waters ; yet, upon our true repentance, thou wilt fend us fuch weather, as that w r e may receive OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 177 receive the fruits of the earth in due feafon ; and learn both by thy punifhment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praife and glory, now and for ever. Amen. In the time of dearth and famine. OGOD, heavenly Father, vvhofe gift it is, that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruit- ful, beafts increafe, and fifties do multiply ; behold, we befeech thee, the afflictions of thy people ; and grant that the fcarcity and dearth, which we do now moft juftly fuffer for our iniquity, may through thy goodnefs be merci- fully turned into plenty, that we may be preferved to glorify thy pame for this, and for all thy N mercies 178 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. mercies to us by Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. Or this. OGOD, merciful Father, who in the time of Eliflia the prophet didft fuddenly in Samaria turn great fcarcity and dearth into plenty, have mercy upon us, that we who are now for our fins pu- nifhed with like adverfity, may likewift find a feafonable relief: increafe the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benedidion ; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may ufe the fame to thy glory, the relief of thofe that are needy, and our own comfort, through thy mercies in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. In OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 179 In the ti?ne of war and tumults. O ALMIGHTY God, king of all kings, and governor of all things, whofe power no crea- ture is able to refill, to whom it belongeth juftly to punifh finners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent ; fave and deliver us, we humbly befeech thee, from the hands of our enemies ; fuffer them not to be thy fcourge unto us, but fcatter them by thy al- mighty hand, and defeat all their attempts againft us ; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preferved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory. Amen, N 2 .In 180 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. In the time of any common plague or ficknefs* O Almighty God, who in thy juft difpleafure didft fend a plague upon thine own people in the wildernefs, for their obftinate rebellion againft Mofes and Aa- ron ; and alfo in the time of king David didft flay with the plague of peftilence three-fcore and ten thoufand, and yet remembering thy mercy, didft fave the reft; have pity upon us miferable din- ners, who now are vifited with great ficknefs and mortality : that like as thou didft then command the deftroying angel to ceafe from punifhing ; fo it may now pleafe thee upon our penitent and hum- ble fupplication, to withdraw from us this plague and grievous iicknefs, OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 181 ficknefs, through thy mercies in Clirift Jefus our Lord. Amen. For rain. OGOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious pro- vidence doft caufe the rain to de- scend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the ufe of man ; we give thee humble thanks, that it hath pleafed thee in our great neceffity to fend us at the laft a joyful rain upon thine inheritance* and to refrefh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy fervants, and to the glory of thy holy name, through thy great mercies in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Amen. N 3 For 1 82 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS, For fair weather. OLORD God, who haft juftly humbled us by the late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy haft re- lieved and comforted our fouls by this feafonable and bleffed change of weather ; we praife and glorify thy holy name for this thy mercy; and will always declare thy lov- ing kindnefs from generation to generation : unto thee be glory through Jefus Chrift for ever and ever. Amen. For plenty. OMOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodnefshaft heard the devout prayers of thy people, and turned our dearth and fcarcity into plenty and abun- dance; OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 183 dance ; we give thee humble thanks for this thy fpecial boun- ty ; befeeching thee to continue thy loving kindnefs unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increafe, to thy glory, and our comfort. Amen. For peace and deliverance from our ene?nies. O ALMIGHTY God, who art a ftrong tower of defence unto thy fervants againft the face of their enemies; we yield thee praife and thankfgiving for our deliverance from thofe great and apparent dangers, wherewith we were compaffed. We acknow- ledge it thy goodnefs that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them ; befeeching thee ftill to con- tinue fuch thy mercies towards us, that all the world may know N 4 that 1 84 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. that thou art our Saviour and mighty deliverer. Amen. For reJlori?tg public peace at home. O ETERNAL God, our hea- venly Father, who alone makeft men to be of one mind in an houfe, and ftillefi: the outrage of a violent and unruly people ; we blefs thy holy name, that it hath pleafed thee to appeafe the feditious tumults which have been lately raifed up amongft us; moft humbly befeeeching thee to grant to all of us grace that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments ; and leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinefs and honefty, may con- tinually offer unto thee our facri- fice of praifeand thankfgiving for thefe and all other thy mercies to- wards OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 185 wards vis, through Jefus Chrift cur Lord. Amen. For deliverance from the plague ^ or other common Jrcknefs. OLORD God, againft whom we have greatly finned, and who mighteft juftly have confum- ed us by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation ; and now in the midft of judgment remem- bering mercy, haft redeemed our fouls from the jaws of death ; we offer unto thy fatherly goodnefs ourfelves, our fouls and bodies, which thou haft delivered, to be a living facrifice unto thee ; al- ways praiftng, and magnifying thy mercies in the congregation of thy people, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Or 1 86 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS; Or this. WE humbly acknowledge before thee, O moft mer- ciful Father, that all the fevere punifhments which are threatened in thy law, might juftly have fallen upon us, by reafon of our manifold tranfgrefiions and hard- nefs of heart. Yet feeing it hath pleafed thee, of thy tender mercy,; upon our weak and unworthy hu- miliation, to affwage the conta- gious ficknefs wherewith we late- ly have been fore a&idted, and to reftore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings ; wc offer unto thy divine Majefty the facrifice of praife and thankfgiving ; lauding and magnifying thy glorious name for fuch thy prefervation and pro- vidence over us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THANKS- ( i3 7 ) THANKSGIVING TO BE USED ON THE FIFTH DAY of NOVEMBER, Injlead of the fir ft colleEl at morn- ing prayer > JJjall thefe two be ufed: ALMIGHTY God, who haft in all ages {hewed thy power and mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy church, and in the protection of righteous and religious kings and ftates pro- fefling thy hoiy and eternal truth, from the wicked confpiracies, and malicious practices of all the ene- mies thereof; We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praife, for the 1 88 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS; the wonderful and mighty deli- verance of our gracious Sovereign King James the firft, the Queeri, the Prince, and all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Cler- gy, and Commons of England y then affembled in Parliament, by popifh treachery appointed as fheep to the Slaughter, in a moft bar- barous and lavage manner, be- yond the examples of former ages. From this unnatural confpiracy, not our merit, but thy mercy ; not our forefight, but thy providence delivered us: and . therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be afcribed all honour and glory, in all churches of the faints, from generation to generation, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen, ACCEPT OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 189 ACCEPT alio, moil gracious God, our unfeigned thanks for filling our hearts again with joy and gladncfs, after the time that thou hadft afflided us, and putting a new fong into our mouths, by bringing his Majefty King Willia7n upon this day, for the deliverance of our church and nation from Popifli tyranny and arbitrary power. We adore the wifdom and juflice of thy provi- dence, which fo timely interpofed in our extreme danger, and dif- appointed all the defigns of our enemies. We befeech thee, give us fuch a lively and lading fenfe of what thou didft then, and haft hnce that time done for us, that we may not grow fecure and care- lefs in our obedience, by prefum- ing upon thy great and undeferved goodnefs j but that it may lead us 1 9 o OCCASIONAL PRAYERS, us to repentance, and move us to be the more diligent and jealous in all the duties of pur religion, which thou haft in a marvellous manner preferved to us. Let truth and juftice, brotherly kind- nefs and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, with all other virtues, fo flourifh among us, that they may be the (lability of our times, and make this na- tion a praife in all the earth. All which we beg as the true difciples of thy Son, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Or this. ALMIGHTY God, and hea- venly Father, who of thy gracious providence, and tender mercy towards us, didft prevent the malice and imaginations of our OCCASIONAL PRAYERS, i 9i our enemies, by difcovering and confounding their horrible and wicked enterprife, plotted and intended this day to have been executed againft the King, and the whole ftate of England, for the fubverfion of the government and religion eftablifhed among us ; and didft likewife upon this day wonderfully condudt thy fer- vant King William, and bring him fafely into England, to pre- ferve us from the attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our reli- gion and laws : We mod humbly praife and magnify thy moft glo- rious name, for thy unfpeakable goodnefs towards us, exprefied in both thefe a6h of thy mercy. We confefs it has been of thy mercy alone that we are not con- fumed, for our fins have cried to heaven ao;ainft us ; and our ini- quities i 9 2 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. quitics juftly called for vengeance upon us. But thou haft not dealt with us after our fins, nor re- warded us after our iniquities; nor given us over, as we deferved, to be a prey to our enemies ; but haft in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preferved us from death and deftruction. Let the consideration of this thy re- peated goodnefs, O Lord, work in us true repentance, that ini- quity may not be our ruin : And increafe in us more and more a lively faith and love, fruitful in all holy obedience ; that thou mayeft ftill continue thy favour with the light of thy gofpel to us, and our pofterity for evermore* THANKS- ( '93 ) THANKSGIVING UPON HIS MAJESTY'S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE. ALMIGHTY God, who ru- left over all the kingdoms of the world, and difpofeft of them, according to thy good plea- fure ; we yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou waft pleafed, as on this day, to place thy fer- vant our Sovereign Lord King George^ upon the throne of thefe realms. Let thy wifdom be his guide, and let thine arm ftrength- en him ; let juftice, truth, and holinefs, let peace and love, and all thofe virtues that adorn the O Chriftian i 9 4 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. Chriftian profeflion, flourifh in his days ; dired: all his counfels and endeavours to thy glory, and tjie welfare of his people ; and give us grace to obey him cheer- fully and willingly for confcience fake ; that neither our finful paf- fions, nor our private interefts may difappoint his cares for the public good ; let him always pof- fefs the hearts of his people, that they may never be wanting in honour to his perfon, and dutiful fubmiflion to his authority ; let his reign be long and profperous, and crown him with immortality in the life to come, through thy mercies in Chrift Jefus our Lord t Amen, MORN ( 195 ) MORNING PRAYER F O R A FAMILY. OGOD our Creator, and heavenly Father, the giver of all good, upon whom we de- pend now and for ever. Under an awful fenfe of thy conftant prefence with us, we thy creatures and thy fervants are affembled together to thank thee for thy corjimon bleffings and un- deferved goodnefs to us, and par- ticularly to acknowledge the watchful care of thy good pro- vidence by which we have been preferved during the defencelefs hours of the night, and brought O 2 in 196 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. in health and fafety to the light of another day. Thy mercies, O God, are re- newed unto us every morning. Let our gratitude and dutiful o- bedience to thy holy laws bear fome proportion to thy favours, that we may be a family fearing thee and glorifying thy name a- mong men, by our virtuous and godly behaviour. We defire to fet thee our God before us in all our ways, that thy blefling may go along with us in our feveral employments, and that we may never undertake any thing that we dare not beg of thee to profper. If it be confiftent with thy wife and good defigns for us ; we pray that we may be preferved from all dangers and fad accidents, and continued in health. But as we know OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 197 know not what is beft for us, we would therefore refer our outward eftate wholly to thee, and be lolicitous only to be kept from the ways of fin, and to be carried forward in the paths of virtue and holinefs which lead to thee and thy favour. Make us fineere in heart and uncorrupt before thee, and juft and upright in all our dealings with our fellow-creatures; and difpofe us to aits of kindnefs to- wards them, to (hare in their dif- treffes and relieve them, and to rejoice in and embrace all oppor- tunities of doing them good, ef- pecially of promoting their eter- nal happiaefs. Aflift us alio in the juft go- vernment and fubje&ion of our inferiour appetites and paffions to the laws of reafon and true re- O 3 ligion, 198 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. ligion, and make us moderate in the ufe of lawful things, that we may be kept at the greateft dif- tance from what is unlawful and linful. It has pleafed thee, the fdve- reign difpofer of all things, to appoint the different orders and ranks of men for wife purpofes of public good. Enable us all to be ufeful in our feveral ftations and capacities, and to difcharge our duty towards each other with di- ligence and fidelity ; not with eye fervice, but fearing thee, O God, who feeft in fecret, and wilt reward thy fervants in the future world, where greater pie- ty and virtue will make the only difference in the rank of thy crea- tures one from another. Thefe our humble requefts we offer unto thee, O Father fu- preme, OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 199 preme, as the difciples of thy fon Jefus Chrift our Lord, whofe holy example we ardently defire to fol- low, and in whofe perfect form of words we conclude thefe our prayers for ourfelves and others. Our Father, which art in hea- ven ; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in hea- ven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tref- paffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs againfl us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen,. O 4 EVEN- ( 20O ) EVENING PRAYER FOR A FAMILY. O ETERNAL, ever bleffed Lord God, our conftant preferver and benefador, by whofe goodnefs we are brought to the clofe of another day. We thank thee for this and for all thy mer- cies. It is thy gracious defign, O God, in lengthening our days to give us fpace for repentance, and for improvement in every thing holy and good, that we may be fitted for perfect and durable hap- pinefs with thee. If OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 201 If we have this day overcome temptations to evil, if we have in any refpedt obeyed thy holy will, and done good in the world, unto thee be the praife. But we take fhame to ourfeives that we have hitherto profited fo little by thy forbearance and continuance of ua in life. With unfeigned forrow we confefs our fins before thee, feeking forgivenefs at thy hands. And we thank thee, O Father of mercies, for the affur- ance of thy free pardon and ac- ceptance, upon forfaking our fins, which thou haft afforded us by our Lord Jefus Chrift. Help us to correal and amend whatever has been amifs in our conduct and difpofitions, and pre- ferve us from falling into any for- mer fins, of all which we now fincerely repent before thee, that we £02 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. we may grow wifer and better by our paft mifcarriages. And fof this end, let the example of Jefus* thy holy and beloved Son, and our Lord and Maftei^ be always before us, that we may follow him in his piety, integrity, purity, meeknefs, humility and zeal for the good of others, and be ap- proved by thee, at the laft, as his true difciples, that when he, who is our life, fhall appear again at the end of the world, we alfo may appear with him in glory. With a iincere defire for the happinefs of our fellow-creatures, we offer up our prayers for them unto thee who art the common Father of all. Continue the care of thy good providence over the nations that unhappily know not thee ; and raife up chofen instru- ments to carry amongfi: them the know- OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 203 knowledge of thee the only true God, and of Jefus Chrift the meffenger of thy truth to men. Reform the fad errors of the chriftian world; grant " that the worfhip of thee, O Father, in fpirit and truth, eftablifhed by thy fon Jefus Chrift, may every where be reftored ; that thy moral laws may not be rendered ineffe&ual by human devices and falfe notions of religion fet up inftead of them; nor the progrefs of thy holy gofpel be flopped and hindered by the wicked lives and fcandalous be- haviour of thofe who profefs it." Put an end to all ufur-» pation of thy authority and im- pofition upon the confciences of men. Let all animofities ceafe amongft chriftians for diverfities of opinion ; and unite all in fin- cere so 4 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. cere obedience to thy laws, and in good will and kindnefs one to another. Blefs our fovereign the king, and all that are in authority undef him, that they may be wife and faithful to promote the public hap- pinefs, and that the people may lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godlinefs and honefty. Vifit and relieve all that are in mifery and under affli&ion ; and afUft all thy creatures in their feveral trials to which thou expofeft them in this uncertain world, that they may be fandified by them, and qualified for higher degrees of happinefs with thee. Extend thy goodnefs particu- larly to our relations and friends ; enable them to withstand the temptations of the world, and lead OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 205 lead them on in the ways of vir- tue and holinefs unto everlafting life. And now, O Lord, we recom- mend ourfelves, and all that be- long to us, unto thy care and protection this night. Defend us from all dangers and diftrefsful accidents, and give us quiet and refreshing flcep, which may fit us for the duties of the following day. And make us ever mindful of that time which is haftening upon us, when we fhall make our bed in the grave ; that we may never live in fuch a ftate in which we may fear to die. Hear and accept us, O God, as the true difciples of thy fon Jefus Chrift, who hath taught us to addrefs ourfelves unto thee our Father alone, and in whofe comprehen- sive prayer we fum up all our wants. 2 o6 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. wants. Our Father, which art in heaven ; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in hea- ven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tref- pafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever, and ever. Amen* THE PSALMS THE PSALTER or PSALMS O F D A V D. Psalm i BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counfel of the ungodly, nor flood in the way of tin- ners, and hath not fat in the feat of the fcornful. 2 But. his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law will he exercife himfelf day and night. 3 And he fhall be like a tree planted by the water- fide, that will bring forth his fruit in due feafon. 4 His leaf alfo fhall not wither •, and look whatfoever he doth, it fhall profper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not fo with them : but they are like the chaff which the wind fcattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly fhall not be able to ftand in the judgment; neither the finriers in the congregation of the righteous. 7 But the Lord approveth the way of the righteous •, and the way of the ungodly fhall perifh. Psalm 2. WHY do the heathen fo furioufly rage toge- ther ? and why do the peo- ple imagine a vain thing ? 2 The kings of the earth ftand up, and the rulers take counfel together againft the B Lord, The Pfalms. t,ord, and againft his Anoint- I ed. 3 Let us break their bonds afunder, and caft away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven fliall laugh them to fcorn : the Lord fhall have them in derifion. 5 Then fhall he fpeak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his fore difpleafure. 6 Yet have I fet my King upon my holy hill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath faid unto me ; Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Defire of me, and I fhall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ut- rooft parts of the earth for thy poffefTiOn. 9 Thou fhalt bruife them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potters vefiel. io Be wife now therefore, O ye kings : be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 1 1 Serve the Lord in fear -, and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kifs the Son, left he be angry, and ye perifh from the " S A L M %. LORD, how are they in- creafed that trouble me, many are they that rife againft me. 2 Many one there be that fay of my foul ; There is no help for him in his God. 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender : thou art my glory, and the lifter up of my head. 4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. 5 I laid me down and flept, and rofe up again - y for the Lord fuftained me. 6 I will not be afraid for thoufands of the people have fet themfelves a- way, when his wrath is kin- dled but for a moment. Blef- fed are all they that put their truft in him. ten that gainft me round about. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God : for thou fmiteft all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone ; thou haft bro- ken the teeth of the un- godly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord, and thy blefling is upon thy people. Psalm 4. H EAR me when I call, O God of my righ- teoufnefs : thou haft {cz me at liberty when I was in trouble : have mercy upon me, The and hearken unto me, ana neancen unco my prayer. 2 O ye Tons of men, how long will ye blafpheme mine honour, and have fuch plea- fr.re in vanity, and feek after lies? 3 Know this alfo, that the Lord hath cholen to himfelf the man that is godly : when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, and fin not : commune with yourown heart, and in your chamber, and be ftill. 5 Offer the facrifice of righteoufnefs, and put your trull in the Lord. 6 There be many that fay •, Who will fhew us any good ? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou haft put gladnefs in my heart, more than in the time that their corn, and wine, and oil increafed. 9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my reft, for it is thou, Lord, only that makeft me dwell in fafety. Psalm 5. PONDER my words, O Lord : confider my me- ditation. 2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God : for unto thee will I make my prayer. Pfalms. 3 My voice (halt thou hear betimes, O Lord : early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art the God that haft no pleafure in wick- ednefs : neither (hall any evil dwell with thee. 5 Such as be foolifh fhall not (land in thy fight : for thou hateft all them that work vanity. 6 Thou (halt deftroy them that fpeak lies : the Lord will abhor both the blood- thirfty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine houfe, even upon the multitude of thy mercy *, and in thy fear will I worfhip toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteoufnefs, becaufe of mine enemies : make thy way- plain before my face. 9 For there is no faith- fulnefs in his mouth : their inward parts are very wicked- nefs. 10 Their throat is an open fepulchre : they natter with, their tongue. 1 1 Deftroy thou them, O God, let them perifh through their own imaginations : call them out in the multitude of their ungodlinefs ; for they have rebelled again ft thee. B 2 12 And T'he Pfalms. 12 And let all them that put their truft in thee rejoice : they mail ever be giving of thanks, becaufe thou defended them ; they that love thy Name fhall be joyful in thee ; 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blefling unto the righteous ; and witli thy fa- vourable kindnefs wilt thou defend him as with a fhield. Psalm Lord, buke me not indignation •, OJLiOrd, re in thine neither chaften me in thy dif- pleafure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak : O like a lion, and tear it Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies (hall be confounded, and fore vex- ed : they (hall be turned back, and put to fhame fud- denly. Psalm 7. OLord my God, in thee have I put my truft : fave me from all them that perfecute me, and deliver me ; 2 Left he devour my foul Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My foul alfo is fore troubled : but, Lord, how long wilt thou punifli me ? 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my foul : O fave me for thy mercies fake. 5 For m death no man re- membereth thee : and who will give thee thanks in the pit ? 6 I am weary of my groan- ing, every night walli I my bed, and water my couch with my tears. 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away becaufe of all mine enemies. 8 Away from me, all ye that worK vanity -, for the in pieces \ while there is none to help. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done any fuch thing : or if there be any wicked- nefs in my hands •, 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me : yea, I have deli- vered him that without any caufe is mine enemy ; 5 Then let mine enemy perfecute my foul, and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dull. 6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy- felf, becaufe of the indigna- tion of mine enemies : arife up The Pfahns. up for me in the judgment that thou haft commanded. 7 And fo fhall the con- gregation of the people come about thee - y for their fakes therefore lift up thyfclf a- gain. 8 The Lord fhall judge the people -, give fentence with me, O Lord, according to my righteoufnefs, and ac- cording to the innocency that is in me. 9 O let the wickednefs of the ungodly come to an end j but guide thou the juft. io trieth For the the righteous God very hearts and reins. ii God, My help cometh of who preierveth them that are true of heart. 12 God is a righteous judge, Itrong and patient •, and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his fvvord : he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the inftruments of death : he ordaineth his arrows a- gainft the perfecutors. 15 Behold, he travaileth with milchief : he hath con- ceived forrow, and brought forth ungodlinefs. 1$ He ha:h graven and digged up a pit, and is fal len himielf into the deftruc- tion that he made for other. 17 For his milchief (hall come upon his own head, and his wickednefs fhall fall on his own pate. 18 1 will give thanks un- to the Lord, according to his righteoufnefs •, and I will praife the Name of the Lord moil high. Psalm 8. o Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world : thou that haft fet thy glory above the heavens ! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and fucklings haft thou ordained ftrength, be- caufe of thine enemies •, that thou mighteft ftill the enemy, and the avenger. 3 For I will confider thy heavens, even the works of thy ringers •, the moon and the ftars which thou haft ordain- ed. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the fon of man, that thou vifiteft him ? 5 Thou ma deft him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worfhip. 6 Thou makeft him to have dominion over the works of thy hands •, and thou haft B 3 put ¥he Pfalms. put all things in fubjection under his feet -, 7 All fheep and oxen : yea, and the beafts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fifties of the fea : and y/hatfoever walketh through the paths of the feas. 9 O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the world ! Psalm 9. I Will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my \vhole heart : I will fpeak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and re- joice in thee : yea, my fongs will I make of thy Name, O thou moft Higheft. 3 While mine enemies are driven back, they fhall fall and pcrifh at thy prefence. 4 For thou haft main- tained my right, and my caufe: thou art let in the throne that judged right. 5 Thou haft rebuked the heathen, ar.d deftroyed the ungodly : thcu haft put out their name tor ever and ever. 6 As for the enemy, they are utterly deftroyed : they are become everlailing def- lation : even as the cities which thou haft deftroyed *, their memorial is perifhed with them. 7 But the Lord fhall en- dure for ever: he hath alfo prepared his feat for judg- ment. 8 For he fhall judge the world in righteoufnefs, and minifter true judgment unto the people. 9 The Lord alfo will be a defence for the oppreffed ; even a refuge in due time of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name, will put their truft in thee: for thou, Lord, haft never failed them that leek thee. 1 1 O praife the Lord which dwelieth in Sion : mew the people of his doings. 12 For when he maketh inquifuion for blood, he re- mcmbereth them, and for- getteth not the complaint of the poor. 1 3 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; confider the trou- ble which I fuffer of them that hate me, that thou lifteft me up from the gates of death : 14 That I may fhew all thy praifes within the ports of the daughter of Sion •> 1 will rejoice in thy falvation. 15 The heathen are funk down in the pit that they made : in the fame net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. 16 The The Pfalms. 1 6 The Lord is known to execute judgment : the un- godly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 17 The wicked (hall return to the grave, and all the peo- ple that forget God. 1 8 For the poor fhall not alway be forgotten : the pa- tient abiding of the meek fhall not penfh for ever. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand : let the heathen be judged in thy fight. 20 Put them in fear, O that the heathen may themfelves to be but Lord know men. Psalm 10. WH Y flandeft thou fo far off, O Lord, and hideit thy face in the need- ful time of trouble ? 2 The ungodly for his own luft doth perfecute the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wilinefs that they have imagined. 3 For the ungodly hath made boaft of his own heart's defire : and fpeaketh good of the covetous whom God abhorreth. 4 The ungodly is fo proud, that he careth not for God : neither is God in all his thoughts far above out of his fight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 For he hath faid in his heart, 1 fhall never be call down : there fhall no harm happen unto me. 7 His mouth is full of curfing, deceit, and fraud : under his tongue is ungodli- nefs and vanity. 8 He fitteth lurking in the thievifh corners of the ttreets ; and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the in- nocent-, his eyes are fet a- gainlt the poor. 9 He lies in wait in fecret places as a li >n in his den j he lies in wait to make 3. prey of the helplefs : 10 He rends him in pieces, when he has drawn him into his net. 1 1 He falleth down, and humbleth himfelf, that the congregation of the poor may- fall into the hands of his cap- tains. 12 He hath faid in his heart, God hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never fee it. 13 Arife, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand : for- get not the poor. 14 Wherefore mould the wicked blafphemeGod: while he doth fay in his heart, thou His ways are alway God careft not for it. grievous; thy judgments are B4 15 Surely fbe Pfalms. feen un- 15 Surely thou haft it : for thou beholdeft godlinefs and wrong. 1 6 That thou mayeft take the matter into thy hand : the poor committeth himfelf unto thee ; for thou art the helper of the friendlefs. 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and mali- cious : take away his un- godlinefs, and thou lhalt find hone. 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the hea- then are perifhed out of the land. 19 Lord, thou haft heard the defire of the poor : thou prepared their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto. 20 To help the ratherlefs and poor unto their right : that the man of the earth be no more exaked againft them. Psalm 1 1 . IN the Lord put I my truft : how fay ye then to my foul, that (lie mould flee as a bird unto the hill ? 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the qui- ver, that they may privily fhoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will b«" call down; and what hath the righteous done ? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's feat is in heaven. 5 His eyes confider the poor ; and his eye-lids try the children of men. 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickednefs doth his foul ab- hor . 7 Upon the ungodly he fhall rain fnares, fire and brimftone, ftqrm and tem- peft : this fhall be their por- tion to drink. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteoufnefs : his coun- tenance will behold the thing that is juft. Psalm 12. HELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left : for the faithful are minifhed from among the children of men. 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour : they do but flatter with their lips, and diflemble in their double heart. 3 The Lord fhall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that fpeaketh proud things. 4 Which have faid, With our tongue will we prevail: we are they that ought to fpeak, who is Lord over us ? 5 Now The Pfalms 5 Now for the comfortlefs troubles fake of the needy, and becaufe of the deep figh- ing of the poor ; 6 I will up, faith the Lord, and will help every one from him that fwelleth againft him, and will fet him at reft. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words •, even as the filver, which from the earth is tried, and purified feven times in the fire. 8 Thou fhalt keep them, O Lord •, thou fhalt preierve him from this generation for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every fide : when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. Psalm 13. HOW long wilt thou for- get me, O Lord, for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 2 How long fhall I feek counfel in my foul, and be ip vexed in my heart ? how long fhall mine enemies tri- , P i umpn over me 5 But my truft is in thy mercy •, and my heart is joy- ful in thy falvation. 6 I will fing of the Lord, becaufe he hath dealt fo lovingly with me : yea, I will praife the Name of the Lord mod: Higheft. Psalm 14. >HE fool hath faid in his heart -, There is no 5 Confider and hear me, O Lord my God •, lighten mine eyes, that I deep not in death : 4 Left mine enemy fay, I have prevailed againft him : tor if I be call down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. T God. 2 They are corrupt, and becorr e abominable in their doings : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the chil- dren of men, to fee if there were any that would under- ftand, and feek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are al- together become abomina- ble : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Their throat is an open fepulchre, with their tongues have they deceived : the poi- ibn of afps is under their lips. 6 Their mouth is full of curfing and bitternefs: their feet are fwift to fhed blood. 7 Dellruclion and unhap- pinefs is in their ways, and the way of peace have thty not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes. 8 Have The Pfalms". 8 Have they no know- ledge, that they are all fuch workers of mifchief : eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord? 9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was : for God is in the generation of the righteous. 10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counfel of the poor, becaufe he put- teth his trufl in the Lord. ii Who fhall give falva- tion unto Ifrael out of Sion ? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people, then fhall Jacob rejoice, and Ifrael fliall be glad." Psalm 15. LORD, who fliall dwell in thy tabernacle ? or who fhall reft upon thy holy hill? 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doth the thing which is right, and fpeaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath ufed, no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour •, and hath not flandered his neigh- bour. 4 He that fetteth not by himfelf, but is lowly in his own eyes; and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that fweareth unto I his neighbour, and difap- pointeth him not, though it were to his own hinderance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon ufury, nor taken reward againft the in- nocent. 7 Whofo doeth thefe things, (hall never fall. Psalm 16. PRESERVE me, O God, for in thee have I put my truft. 2 O my foul, thou haft faid unto the Lord •, Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. g All my delight is upon the faints that are in the earth, and upon fuch as excel in vir- tue. 4 But they that run after another god, fhall have great trouble. 5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer •, nei- ther make mention of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himfelf is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou (halt maintain my lot. 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my reins alfo chaften me in the night-feafon. 9 I have The Pfalms, q I have fet God always before me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I (hall not fall. 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory re- joiced ; my flefli alfo (hall relt in hope. 1 1 For why ? thou fhalt not leave my foul in the grave: neicher (halt thou iuf- fer thine holy One to fee cor- ruption. 12 Thou (halt mew me the path of life •, in thy prefence is the fulnefs of joy •, and at thy right hand there is plea- sure for evermore. Psalm 17. HEAR the right, O Lord, confider my com- plaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my fentence come forth from thy prefence \ and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal. 3 Thou halt proved and vifited mine heart in the night-feafon •, thou haft tried me, and (halt rind no wick- ed nefs in me : for I am ut- terly purpoied that my mouth fhali not offend. 4 Becaufe of mens works that are done againit the words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the deftroyer. 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footfteps flip not. 6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou fhalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindnefs, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their truft in thee, from fuch as refift thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye: hide me under the fhadow of thy wings, 9 From the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compafs me round about to take away my foul. I o They are inclofed in their own fatj and their mouth fpeaketh proud things. I I They lie waiting in our way on every fide, turn- ing their eyes down to the ground. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey ; and as it were a lion's whelp, lurk- ing in fecret places. 13 Up, Lord, difappoint him, and caft him down : deliver my foul from the un- godly, which is a fword of thine : 14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I fay, and from the evil world, which have their, portion The Pfalmsl in this life, whofe bellies thou filled with thy hid treafure. 15 They have children at their defire, and leave the reft of their fubftance for their babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy prefence in righ- teoufnefs ; and when 1 awake up after thy likenefs, I mall be fatisfied with it. Psalm 18. I Will love thee, O Lord, my ftrength ; the Lord is my ftony rock, and my de- fence; my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom 1 will [truft, my buckler, the horn alio of my falvation, and my refuge. 2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praifed : fo fhall I be fafe from mine enemies. 3 The forrows of death compafTed me •, and the over- flowings of ungodlinefs made me afraid. 4 The pains of the grave came about me : the inares of death overtook me. 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord ; and com- plain unto my God. 6 So fliall he hear my voice out of his holy temple ; and my complaint lhal! come before him, it fhall enter even into his ears. 7 The earth trembled and quaked ; the very foundations alio of the hills (hook, and were removed, becaufe he was wroth. 8 There went a fmoke out in his prefence-, and a con- fuming fire out of his mouth, fo that coals were kindled at it. 9 He bowed the heavens alfo, and came down ; and it was dark under his feet. 10 He rode upon the Che- rubins, and did fly : he came flying upon the wings of the wind. 1 1 He made darknefs his fecret place : his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. 12 At the brightnefs of his prefence his clouds removed hail-ftones, and coals of fire. 13 The Lord alfo thun- dered out of heaven, and the Higheft gave his thunder, hail-ftones, and coals of fire, 14 He lent out his arrows, and icattered them : he caft forth lightnings, and de- ilroyed them. 15 The fprings of waters were feen, and the founda- tions cf the round world were difcovered at thy chid r ing, O Lord ; at the blading of the breath of thy difplea- fure, 16 He The Pfalms. 16 He fhall fend down from on high to fetch me, and fhall take me out of many waters. 17 He (hall deliver me from my ftrongeft enemy, and from them which hate me : for they are too mighty for me. 18 They prevented me in the day or my trouble : but the Lord was my upholder. 19 He brought me forth alio into a place of liberty : he brought me forth, even becaufe he had a favour unto me. 20 The Lord (hall reward me after my righteous deal- ing : according to the clean- nefs of my hands fhall he re- compenfe me. 21 Becaufe I have kept the ways of the Lord ; and have not forfaken my God, as the wicked doth. 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws •, and will not call out his commandments from me. 23 I was alfo uncorrupt before him ; and kept myfelf from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore fhall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing, and according unto the cleannefs of my hands in his eye fight. 25 With the holy thou flialt be holy : and with a perfect man thou (halt be perfect. 26 With the clean thou flialt be clean : and with the froward thou flialt learn fro- wardnefs. 27 For thou flialt fave the people that are in adverflty, and fhalt bring down the high looks of the proud. 28 Thou alfo flialt light my candle : the Lord my God fhall make my darknefs to be light. 29 For in thee I fhall dif- comfit an hofl of men ; and with the help of my God I fhall leap over the wall. 30 The way of God is an undented way : the word of the Lord alfo is tried in the fire-, he is the defender of all them that put their trull in him. 31 For who is God, but the Lord? or who hath any ftrength, except our God? 32 It is God that gird- eth me wiih ftrength of war, and maketh my way per- fect. 2,1 He maketh my feet like harts feet; and fetteth me up on high. 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight, and mine arms fhall break even a bow of fleel. 35 Thou haft given me the defence of thy falvation : thy right hand alio fhall hold me tte Pfalms. me up, and thy loving correc- tion mall make me great. 36 Thou (halt make room enough under me for to go, that my footfteps fhall not Aide. 37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them ; neither will I turn again till I have deftroyed them. 38 I will fmite them, that they fhall not be able to flandj but fall under my feet. 39 Thou haft girded me with flrength unto the bat- tel : thou fhalt throw down mine enemies under me. 40 Thou haft made mine enemies alfo to turn their backs upon me ; and I fhall deftroy them that hate me. 41 They fhall cry, but there fhall be none to help them : yea, even unto the Lord fhall they cry, but he fhall not hear them. 42 I will beat them as fmall as the duft before the wind : I will caft them out as the clay in the ftreets. 43 Thou fhalt deliver me from the ftrivings of the peo- ple ; and thou fhalt make me the head of the heathen. 44 A people whom I have hot known fhall ferve me. 45 As foon as they hear of me, they fhall obey me : but the ftrange children fhall diflemble with me. 46 The ftrange children fhall fail, and be afraid out of their prifons. 47 The Lord liveth, and blefied be my ftrong helper ; and praifed be the God of my falvation. 48 Even the God that feeth that I be avenged, and fub- dueth the people unto me. 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and fetteth me up above mine adverfahes : thou fhalt rid me from the wicked man. 50 For this caufe will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and ling praifes unto thy name. 51 Great profperity giveth he unto his King, and lhew- eth loving kindnefs unto Da- vid his anointed, and unto his feed for evermore. Psalm J 9- THE heavens declare the glory of God-, and the firmament iheweth his handy- work. 2 One day telleth ano- ther •, and one night certifieth another. 3 There is neither fpeech, nor language, but their voices are heard among them. 4 Their found is gone out into all lands ; and their words into the ends of the world. c In The Pfaims. 5 In them hath he fee a tabernacle for the fun, which cometh forth as a bride- groom out of his chamber, and rejoicah as a giant to run his courie. 6 It goeth forth from the uttermoit part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, converting the foul : the teftimony of the Lord is fure, and giveth wif- dom unto the fimple. 8 The ftatutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be defired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : fweeter alfo than honey, and the honey- comb. l i Moreover, by them is thy fervant taught; and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can tell how oft he oiTendeth ; O cleanfe thou me from my fecret faults. 13 Keep thy fervant alfo from prefumptuous fins, left they get the dominion over me : fo lhall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway ac- ceptable in thy fight, O Lord, my (Irength, and my Redeemer. Ps A L M 20. TH E Lord hear thee in the day of trouble : the name of the God of Jacob defend thee-. 2 Send thee help from the fanctuary, and ftrengthen thee out of Sion •, 3 Remember all thy offer- ings, and accept thy burnt- facrifice : 4 Grant thee thy heart's defire, and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy falvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God : the Lord perform all thy petitions. 6 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven -, even with the wholfome ftrength of his right-hand. 7 Some put their truft in chariots, and fome in horfes ; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 8 They The Pfalms. 8 They are brought down, and fallen : but we are rifen, and Hand upright. 9 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee. Psalm 21. THE king fhall rejoice in thy ftrength, O Lord > exceeding glad fhall he be of thy falvation. 2 Thou hall given him his heart's defire, and haft not denied him the requeft of his lips. 3 For thou fhalt prevent him with the blefiings of goodnefs, and fhall let a crown of pure gold upon his head. 4 He afked life of thee, and thou gaveffc him a long life, even for ever and ever. 5 His honour is great in thy falvation : glory and great worfhip fhalt thou lay upon him. 6 For thou fhalt give him everlafting felicity, and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 7 And why ? becaufe the king putreth his trufl in the Lord, and in the mercy of the moft Higheft he fball not mifcarry. 8 All thine enemies fhall feel thy hand : thy right hand fhall find out them that hate thee. 9 Thou (halt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath : the Lord fhall deftroy them in his difplea- fure, and the fire fhall con- fume them. 10 Their fruit fhalt thou root out of the earth, and their feed from among the children of men. 1 1 For they intended mif- chief againft thee, and ima- gined fuch a device as they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore fhalt thou put them to flight, and the ftrings of thy bow fhall thou make ready againft the face of them. 1 3 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own ftrength : io will we fing, and praife thy power. Psalm 22. MY God, my God, look upon me, why haft thou forlaken me, and art fo far from my health, and from the words of my complaint ? 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou heareft not, and in the night feafon alfo I take no reft. 3 And thou continueft holy, O thou worfhip of Ifrael. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee : they trufted in thee, and thou didft deliver them. 5 They The Pfalms. 5 They called upon thee, and were holpcn : they put their trull in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man ; a very (corn of men, and the outcait or* the people. 7 All they that fee me laugh me to feorn : they fhoot out their lips, and fhake their heads, laying, 8 He trufted in God, that he would deliver him : let him deliver him, if he will have him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb : thou waft my hope when I hanged yet upon my mother's breads. io I have been left unto thee ever fince I was born : thou art my God, even from my mother's womb. ii O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand : and there is none to help me. 12 Many oxen are come about me: fat bulls of Bafan dole me in on every fide. 13 They gape upon me with their mouths, as it were a ramping, and a lion. 14 I am poured out like s water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart alfo in the mid It of my body is even like melting wax. roanng thou far thou art thee to 15 My ftrength is dried up like a potfherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums; and thou (halt bring me into the duft of death. 16 For many dogs are come about me : and the council of the wicked layeth fiege ap-ainft me. 17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones : they (land (taring and looking upon me. 18 They parr my garments among them, and call lots upon my vefture. 19 But be not from me, O Lord : my fuccour, hafle help me. 20 Deliver my foul from the fword ; my darling from the power of the dog. 2 1 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou haft heard me alfo from among the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren : in the midft of the congregation will I praile thee. 2 3 O praife the Lord, ye that fear him : magnify him, all ye of the feed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye feed of Ifrael. 24 For he hath not de- fpifed nor abhorred the low eftate of the poor : he hath C not Tfa Pfalms. riot hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, lie heard him. 25 My praife is of thee in the great congregation : my vows will I perform in the light of them that fear him. 26 The poor fhall eat, and be fatisfeed : they that feek after the Lord fhall praife him ; your heart fhall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world fhall remember them- felves, and be turned unto the Lord : and all the kin- dreds of the nations fhall worfhip before him. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the Governor among the people. 29 All fuch as be fat upon earth, have eaten, and wor- fhipped. 30 Ail they that go down into the duft, fhall kneel be- fore him ; and no man hath quickened his own foul. g 1 My i^cd fhall ferve him : they fhall be counted unto the Lord for a gene- ration. 32 They fhall come, and fhall declare unto a people that mail be born, his righte- oufnefs that he hath done. Psalm 23. THE Lord is my fhep- herd; therefore can I lack nothing. 2 He fhall feed me in 3 green pafture, and lead me forth befide the waters of comfort. 3 Pie mall convert my foul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteoufnefs for his Name's fake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the fhadow of death, I will fear no evil 5 for thou art with me, thy rod and thy ftaff comfort me. 5 Thou {halt prepare a ta- ble before me againft them that trouble me : thou haft anointed my head with oil, and my cup {hall be full. 6 But thy loving-kindnefs and mercy {hall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the houfe of the Lord for ever. Psalm 24. THE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is, the compafs of the world, and they that dwell theiem. 2 For he hath founded it upon the leas, and prepared it upon the Roods. 3 Who fhall afcend into the hill of the Lord : or who fhall rife up in his holy place ? 4 Even he that hath clean hands, sr.d a pure heart; and that hath not lift up his mind The Pfalms. of O up, and mind unto vanity, nor fworn to dec. ive his neighbour. 5 He dial I receive the bleffing from the Lord, and riahteoufnds from the God of his falvation. 6 This is the generation of them that fec#k him ; even them that leek thy face, God of Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye life ye everlafting doors : the King of glory fliall come in. 8 Who is the King of glory ; it is the Lord flrong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battel. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlafting doors, and the king of glory (hall come in. 10 Who is the King of glory •, even the Lord ot hofts, he is the King of glory. Psalm 25. UNTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up my foul - 9 my God, I have put my truft in thee •, O let me not be con- founded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 2 tor all they that hope in thee fhall not be afhamed •, but fuch as tranfgrefs with- out a caufe fliall be put to confufion. 3 Shew me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me thy paths. 4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me ; for thou art the God of my falvation ; in tliee hath been my hope all the day long. 5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kin-. mcflTes, which have been ever of old. 6 Oh remember not the fins and offences of my youth ; but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodnefs. 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord -, therefore will he teach miners in the way. 8 Them that are meek [haB he guiele in judgment; and fuch as are gentle, them fhall he learn his way. 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto fuch as keep his cove- nant, and his tellimonies. 10 For thy Name's fake, O Lord, be merciful unto my fin, for it is great. u What man is he that feareth the Lord ; him fhall he teach in the way that he fliall chooie. 12 His foul fhall dwell at eafe •, and his feed fliall in- herit the land. 13 The fecret of the Lord is among them that fear him ; C2 and The Pfahns. and he will mew them his 1 is ever before mine eyes, and I will walk in thy truth. 4 I have not dwelt with vain perfons; neither will I have fellowfhip with the de- ceitful. 5 1 have hated the congre- gation of the wicked, and will not fit among the un- godly. 6 I will wafli my hands in innocency, O Lord, and fo will I go to thine altar : 7 1 hat I may (hew the voice of thankfgiving, and tell of all thy wonderous works. 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy houfe, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O fhut not up my foul with the finners ; nor my life with the blood-thirfty : io In whofe hands is wickednefs, and their right hand is full of gifts. 1 1 But as for me, I will walk innocently ; O deliver me, and be merciful unto covenant. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord ; for he fhall pluck my feet out of the net. 15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me •, for I am defolate and in mifery. 16 The forrows of my heart are enlarged ; O bring thou me out of my troubles. 17 Look upon my adver- fity and mifery, and forgive me all my fin. 18 Confider mine enemies how many they are, and they bear a tyrannous hate againft me. 19 O keep my foul, and deliver me; let me not be confounded, for I have put my truft in thee. 20 Let perfeclnefs and „ righteous dealing wait upon me ; for my hope hath been in thee. 21 Deliver Ifrael, O God, out of all his troubles. Psalm 26. BE thou my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently ; my trull hath been aifo in the Lord, there- fore (hall I not fall. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me-, try out my reins, and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindnefs me. 12 My foot flandeth right; I will praife the Lord in the congregations. Psalm 27. TH E Lord is my light, and my falvation; whom then fhall 1 fear; the Lord is the ftrength of my life; of The Pfalms. of whom then fhall I be afraid ? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies, and my foes came upon me to eat up my fiefh, they (tumbled, and fell. 3 Though an holt of men were laid again ft me, yet fhall not my heart be afraid; and though there rofe up war againft me, yet will I put my truft in him. 4 One thing have I defired of the Lord, which I will feek after ; even that I may- dwell in the houfe of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty or the Lord, and to vifit his temple. 5 For in the time of trou- ble he fhall hide me in his tabernacle-, yea, in the fe- cret place of fhall he hide me, upon a rock of ftone. now fhall he lift head above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his great gladnefs : I and fpeak praifes Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee ; have mercy upon me, and hear me. 9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face ; thy face, Lord, will I feek. yea, in his dwelling and fet me 6 And up mine dwelling an oblation with will unto fin g, the jo O hide not thou thy face from me, nor caft thy fervant away in difpleafure. 1 1 Thou hail been my fuccour-, leave me not, nei- ther forfake me, O God of my falvation. 12 When my father and my mother forlake me, the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in the right way, becaufe of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adver- faries •, for there are f -lfe wit- nefTcs rifen up againft me, and fuch as fpeak wrong. 15 I fhould utterly have fainted; but that I believe verily to fee the goodnefs of the Lord in the land of the living. 1 6 O tarry thou the Lord's leifure ; be ftrong, and he fhall comfort thine heart, and put thou thy truft in the Lord. P S A L ^ 28. U N c T O thee will I cry, O Lord my ftrength ; think no fcorn of me, left if thou make as though thou heareft not, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of humble petitions, when I unto thee, when I hold c 3 my cry up my The Pfalms, my hands towards the mercy- feat of thy holy temple. 3 O pluck me not away, neither deftroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers ; which ipeak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mil- chief in their hearts. 4 Reward the.n according to their deeds, and according to the wickednefs of their own inventions •, 5 Recompenfe them after the work of their hands; pay them that they have defer v- ed. 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands •, therefore mail he break them down, and not build them up. 7 Praifed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. 8 The Lord is my ftrength, and my fhield, my heart hath trufted in him, and I am helped •, therefore my heart danceth for^oy, and in my fong will I praife him. 9 The Lord is my ftrength, and he is the wholefome de- fence of his Anointed. io O fdvc thy people, and Psalm 2 9< BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord ; afcribe unto the Lord wor- fliip and ftrength. 2 Give the Lord the ho- nour due unto his name; wor- fhip the Lord with holy wor- ihip. 3 It is the Lord that com- mandeth the waters ; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the fea ; the voice cf the Lord is mighty in operation ; the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar-trees, yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 6 He maketh them alfo to fkip like a calf; Libanus alfo, and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire, the voice of the Lord maketh the wildernefs ; yea, the Lord maketh the wildernefs of Ca- des. 8 The voice of the Lord ( maketh the hinds to bring ritahce's feed them, and forth young, and difcovereth give hy ' bleffing unto thine an iec them up for ever, the thick bufhes ; in his tern- pie doth every man fpeak of his honour, 9 The 9 The Lord fitteth above the water flood, and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord {hall give ftrength unto his people, the Lord fhall give his people- peace. P S A L H the bleifing or 3°- magnify thee, I Will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou had fee riic up; and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou haft healed me. 3 Thou, Lord, haft brought my foul out of the grave: thou haft kept my lite from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praifes unto the Lord, O ye faints of his, and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holi- nefs. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleafure is life \ heavinefs may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my profperity I faid, I fhall never be re- moved ; thou, Lord, of thy goodn«°fs had ft made my hill fo ftrong. 7 Thou didft turn thy face from me, and I was trou- bled. The Pfalms. 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord, and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when 1 go down to the pit ? io Shall the duft give thanks unto thee, or fhall it declare thy truth ? 1 1 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me-, Lord, be thou my helper. 12 Thou hall turned my heaviness into joy ; thou haft put off my f tckcloth, and girded me with nl-dneis. 13 Therefore mall every man fir.g of thy praife without ceafings O my God, e thanks unto thee for ever. 1 Psalm 31. N thee, O Lord, have I put my truft; let me never be put to confufion, deliver me in thy righteouf- nefs. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; make hafte to deliver me. 3 And be thou my ftrong rock, and houfe of defence, that thou mayeft fave me. 4 For thou art my ftrong rock, and my cattle ; be thou alio my guide, and lead me for thy Name's fake. 5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid pri- C 4 vily The P faints. vily for me-, for thou art my ftrength. 6 Into thy hands I com- mend my fpirit; for thou haft redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of fuperftitious vanities, and my trull hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad, and re- joice in thy mercy •, for thou haft confidered my trouble, and haft known my foul in adverfities. 9 Thou haft not fhut me up inro the hand of rhe ene- my, but haft fet my feet in a large room. to Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble ; and mine eye is confumed for very heavinefs •, yea, my foul and my body. ii For my life is waxen old with heavinefs, and my years with mourning. 12 My ftrength faileth me, becaufe of mine ini- quity, and my bones are con- fumed. 13 I became a reproof a- mon^ all mine enemies, but efpecially among my neigh- bours ; and they of mine ac- quaintance were afraid of me, and they that did fee me without, conveyed them- fejves from me. 14 I am clean forgotten, as a dead man out of mind ; I am become like a broken veffel. 1 5 For I have heard the blafphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every fide, while they confpire together againft me, and take their counfel to take away my life. 16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord: I have faid, Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thine hand, deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that perfecute me. 18 Shew thy fervant the light of thy countenance, and fave me for thy mercy's fake, 19 Let me not be con- founded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee ; let the ungodly be put to confufion, and be put to filence in the grave. 20 Let the lying lips be put to filence, which cruelly, difdainfully, and defpitefully fpeak againft the righteous. 21 O how plentiful is thy goodnels which thou haft laid up for them that tear thee; and that thou haft prepared for them that put their truft in thee, even before the fons of men ! 22 Thou (halt hide them privily by thine own prefence from the provoking of all men ; The Pfi men •, thou (halt keep them fecrctly in thy tabernacle irom the ftrife of tongues. 23 Thanks be to t!. for ivj h .no mar- in 1 ftrong city. 24 An. I when I made , I (aid, I am caft out of light of thine eyes. 2 5 Ne vert h e 1 e (s , thou he a rd - eft the voice of my prayer n I cryed un 26 O love the Lord, all ye his faints j for the Lord pre- fer veth them that are faith- ful, and plenteouQy reward- proud doer. ng, and he fliall eftablifh your heart: all ye that put your trull in the Lord. Psalm 32. BLESSED is he whofe unrighteoufnefs is for- given, and whofe fin is co- vered. 2 Blefled is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no fin, and in whofe fpint there eth the t , 27 Ik is no guile. 3 For while I held my tongue, my bones confumed away through my daily com- plaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moifture is like the drought in fummer. 5 I will acknowledge my fin unto thee, and mine un- righteoufnefs have I not hid. 6 I laid, I will cor. my fins unto the Lord; ana fo thou • . .eked- nefs of my fin. 7 For this fnall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when chou mayeft be found, but in the great water- Bocds they (hall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou fhalt preferve me from trouble; thou fhalt compafs me about with fongs of deliverance. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou fhalt go, and 1 will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horfe and mule, which have no un- derstanding ; whofe mouths mult be held with bit and bridle, left they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly ; but whofo putteth his truft in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every fide. 12 Be glad, O ve rig-hte- ous, and rejoice in the Lord, and Le joyful, all ye that are true of heart. Psalm Psalm 33. REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous ; for it becometh well the juft to be thankful. 2 Praife the Lord with harp, fmg praifes unto him with the lute, and inftrument of ten firings. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new fong; fing praifes ikii- fully unto him with a good courage. 4 p'or the word of the | Lord is true, and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteoufnefs and judgment, the earth is full of the goodnefs of the Lard. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hofts of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the wa- ters of the fea together, as it were upon an heap, and lay- cth up the deep as in a trea- fure-houfe. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; ft and in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world ; 9 For he fpake, and it was done*, he commanded, and it ftood faft. 10 The Lord bringe'th the counfel of the heathen to pought, and maketh the de- The Pfalms. none eft'ecl, and cafteth out the counicls of princes. 1 1 The counfel of the .Lord fnall endure for ever, and the thoughts of his heart from generation to genera- tion. 12 Blefll-d is the nation whofe God is the Lord Jeho- vah ; and blefied are the people that he hath chofen to him, to be his inheri- tance. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men; from the habitation of his dwelling he confidereth all them that dwell on the earth. 14 He fafhioneth all the hearts of them, and under- ftandeth all their works. 15 There is no king that can be faved by the multitude of an hoft ; neither is any mighty man delivered by much ftrength. 16 A horfe is counted but a vain thing to fave a man ; neither fhall he deliver any man by his great ftrength. ly Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their truft in his mercy, ; 1 3 To deliver their foul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth. 19 Our foul hath patiently vices of the people to be of I tarried for the Lord ; for I he the Pfa'ims. our help and our he is 20 For our heart fhall re- joice in I in i L *rd, I i ■ in thee. Ps A L M I Will alway UntO the: Lo :r he in my ,u.r. ble QiaU hear thereof, and 3 O praile the Lord • me, and ki us . / his Name t'j._v: ; :cr 4 I fought the Lord, and he hear ne i yea, he deli- vered me out ot all my rear. 5 ere enlightened, j ices were not a Lo, the poor cri and the Lo: reth him ; faveth him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lor,; tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O tafte, and fee, how gracious the Lord is j ble (Ted is the man that trufteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, yethat are his Uint&| for theythat fear him lack nothing. ro The lions d i la< k, and fuficr hunger 9 but they wh'o feck the Lord, mall wart no manner of thing that is g^od. I i Ckjiw ye children, and :en unto me, I will tea h you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lufteth to live, and would i tin fee good days 3 13 Keep thy rongue from evil, and thy lips, that they 1 peak no go 14 Depart from evil, and tdj fa .; peace, and en- fue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and ins ears are open unto their . is. 16 The countenance of the Lord is again ft them that do evil, to root out the remem- brance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and will fave fuch as be of an humble fpirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous •, but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He The Pfalms. i\ He keepeth all his boms ; fo that not one of then is broken.! 2: But misfortune fhall flay the ungodly, and they that hate the righteous iHall be defdate. 22 The Lord delivereth the fouls of his fervants, and all :hey that put their truft in him fhall not be deflitute. Psalm 35. PLEAD thou my caufe, O Lord, with them that drive with me, and fight thou againfl them that fight againfl me. 2 Lay hand upon the fhield and buckler, and ftand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the fpear, and flop the way againfl them that perfecute me ; fay unto my foul, I am thy falvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to fhame, that feek after my foul \ let them be turned back, and brought to confufion, that imagine mif- chief for me. 5 Let them be as the dufl before the wind, and the Angel of the Lord fcattering them. • 6 Let their way be dark and flippery, and let the An- gel of the Lord perfecute them. 7 For they have privily laid their net to deflroy me without a caufe •, yea, even without a caufe have they made a pit for my foul. 8 Let a fudden deftructicn come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath Laid privily catch himfelf, that he may fall into his own mif- chief. 9 And, my foul, be joyful in the Lord •, it fhall rejoice in his falvation. 10 All my bones fhall fay, L-jrd, who is like unto thee, who deliverer!: the poor from him that is too ilrong for him ♦, yea, the poor, and hiin that is in mifery, from him that fpoileth him ? 1 1 Falfe witneiTes did rife up ; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the great dif- comfort of my foul. 1 3 Neverthelefs, when they were fick, I put on fackcloth, and humbled my foul with falling, and my prayer fhall turn into^mine own bofom. 14 I behaved myfelf as it had been my friend, or my brother -, I went heavily as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adverfity they rejoiced, and gathered themfelves together ; yea, the very abjedts came together againfl though Tie Pfahns. againft me unawares, making | teouihefs •, and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not fay in their hearts, There, there, fo would we have it •, neither let them fay, We have de- voured him. 26 Let them be put to confufion and fliame together that rejoice at my trouble •, let them be clothed with re- buke and difhonour that boaft themfclves againft me. 27 Let them be glad and rejoice that favour my righ- teous dealing ; yea, let them tion mong miica mouths at me, and cealed not. 16 With the flatterers were bufy mockers, who gnafhed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this ? O de- liver my foul from the cala- mities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congrega- I will praife thee a- people. O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly •, neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cauie. 20 And why ? their com- muning is not for peace ; but they imagine deceitful words againft them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and faid, Fie on thee, fie on thee, we faw it with our eyes. 22 This thou haft feen, O Lord ; hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me, O Lord. . 23 Awake, and fland up to judge my quarrel ; avenge thou my cauie, my God, and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righ- fay alway, BlefTed be the Lord, who hath pleafure in the profperity of his fervant. 28 And as for my tongue, it mail be talking of thy righteoufnefs, and of thy praife all the 'day long. Psalm 36. MY heart fheweth me the wickednefs of the un- godly, that there is no fear of God before their eyes. 2 For he flattereth him- felf in his own fight, until his abominable fin be found out. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit •, lie luh left off to behave himfelf wifely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mifchief upon his bed, and hath fet himfelf The Pfalms. himfelf in no good way -, nei- ther doth he abhor any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reached! unto the heavens, and thy faithfulnefs imto the clouds. 6 Thy righteoufnefs ftand- cth like the ftrong mountains; thy judgments are like the great deep. 7 Thou, Lord, malt fave both man and bead ; how ex- cellent is thy mercy, O God, and the children of men fhall put their trutl under the fha- dow of thy wings. 8 They mail be fatisfied with the plenteouihefs of thy houfe, and thou fhalt give them drink of thy pleafures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light fhall we fee light. io O continue forth thy' loving-kindneis unto them that know thee, and thy righ- teoufnefs unto them that are true of heart. ii O let not the foot of pride come againft me, and let not the hand of the un- godly caft me down. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickednefs •, they are caft down, and fhail not be able to ftand. Ps A L M 37, FRET not thyfelf be- caufe of the ungodly 3 neither be thou envious a- gainfl the evil doers. 2 For they fhall foon be cut down like the grafs, and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy truft in the Lord, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou fhalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord, and he fhall give thee thy heart's defire. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy truft in him, and he fhall bring it to pafs. 6 Fie fhall make thy righ- teoufnefs as clear as the light, and thy juft dealing as the noon day. 7 Hold thee ftill in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him ; but grieve not thyfelf at him whofe way doth profper, againft the man that doth after evil coun- fels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go difpleafure ; fret not thyfelf, elie fhalt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers fhall be rooted out, and they that pa- tiently abide the Lord, thofe fhall inherit the land. 10 Yet The Pfalms 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly (hall be clean gone-, thou fhalt look after his place, and he fhall be away. ii But the meek-fpiri fhall polTefs the earth, and fhall be refrefhed in the mul- titude of peace. 12 The ungodly feeketh counfel againft the juft, and gnafheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord mall laugh him to icorn •, for he hath fecn that his day is coming. 1 4 T h e u n go d 1 y h ave d raw n out the iword, ana have bent their bow, to cad down the poor and needy, and to flay iuch as are of a right conver- fation. 15 Their fword fhall go through their own hearr, and their bow fnali be broken. 16 A fmail thing that the righteous hath, is better than great riches of the un godly. 17 For the arms of the un- godly fhall be broken, and the Lord'upholdeth the righ- teous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly, and their inheritance mail endure tor ever. 19 Tney fhall not be con- founded in the perilous time, and in the days of dearth they fhall have enough. 20 As for the ungodly, they fhall perifh, and the enemies of the Lord fhall confume as the fat of lambs ; yea, even as the frnoke fhall they confume away. 21 The ungodly borrow- eth, and payeth not again ; but the righteous is merciful, and liberal. 22 Such as are bleffed of God, (hall po fiefs the land, and they that are curfed of him, fhall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going, and mak- eth his way acceptable to him- felf. 24 Though he fall he fhall not be call away 5 for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old, and yet law I never the righteous forfaken, nor his feed begging their bread. 26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his feed is bleiTed. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right; he for- iaketh not his that be godly, but they are preferved for ever. 29 The unrighteous fhall be punifhed j as for the feed of of the ungodly, it rooted out. qo The righteous {hall in- herit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 31 The mouth of the righ- teous is exercifed in wifdom, and his tongue will be talk- ing of judgment. 32 The law o-f his God is in his heart, and his go- ings fhall not Aide. 33 The ungodly feeth the righteous, and feeketh occa- fion to flay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 25 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he fhall promote thee, that thou fhalt pofTefs the land ; when the ungodly mail perilh, thou Jhak fee it. 36 1 myfelf have feen the ungodly in great power, and fiourifhing like a green bay- tree, 37 I went by, and lo, he was gone ; 1 fought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right, for that (hall bring a man peace at the laft. 39 As for the iranfgref- fors, they fhall perifh toge- ther, and the end of the un- the valleys alfo fhall Hand fo thick with corn, that they fhall laugh and fing. Psalm 66. in God, all fins praifes OBE joyful ye lands-, unto the honour of his Name, make his praife to be glo- rious. 2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works, through the greatnefs of thy power fhall thine ene- mies be found liars unto thee. 3 For all the world fhall worlhip thee, fing of thee, and praife thy Name. 4 O come hither, and be- hold the works of God •, how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men ! 5 He turned the fea into dry land, fo that they went through the water on foot •, there did we rejoice thereof. 6 He ruleth with his power forever, his eyes behold the people, and fuch as will not believe, fhall not be able to exalt themfelves. 7 O praife our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praife to be heard ; 8 Who holdeth our foul in life, and fuffereth not our feet to flip* 9 For thou, O God, haft proved us •, thou alfo haft tried us, like as filver is tried. 10 Thou broughteft us into the fnare, and laideft trouble upon our loins. 1 1 Thou fufferedft men to ride over our heads •, we and went through fire and water, and thou broughteft us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go into thine houfe with burnt-offerings, and will pay thee my vows, which I promiied with my lips, and fpake with my mouth, when I was in trou- ble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-facrifkes, with the incenfe of rams •, I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what he hath done for my ioul. 1 5 I called unto him my mouth, and gave with him praifes with my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wick- ednefs with my heart, the Lord wiji not hear me. 17 But God hath heard me, and confidered the voice of my prayer. 18 Praifed be God, who hath not call out my prayer \ nor turned his mercy from me. The Pfalms. Psalm 6j, GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us, and fhew us the light of his counte- nance, and be merciful unto US; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy fav- ing health among all nations. 3 Let the people praife thee, O God ; yea, let all the people praife thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou fhalt judge the people righteoufly, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praile thee, O God •, let all the peo- ple praife thee. 6 Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe, and God, even our own God, fhall give us his blefling. 7 God fhall blefs us, and all the ends of the world fhali fear him. Psalm 68. LET God arife, and let his enemies be fcat- tered ; let them alfo that hate him flee befoie him. 2 Like as the fmoke va- nifheth, fo fhalt tnou drive them away, and like as wax melteth at the fire, fo let the ungodly perifh at the pre- fence of God. 3 But let the righteous he glad, and rejoice before God •, let them alfo be merry and joyful. 4 O fing unto God, and fing praifes unto his Name -, magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, praife him in his Name JAH, and re- joice before him. 5 He is a father of the fatherlefs, and defendeth the caufe of the widows •, even God in his holy habita- tion. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an houfe, and bring- eth the prifoners out of cap- tivity -, but letteth the run- agates continue in fcarcenefs. 7 O God, when thou went- eft forth before the people, when thou wenteft through the wildernefs, 8 The earth (hook, and the heavens dropped at the prefence of God, even as Si- nai alfo was moved at the prefence of God, who is the God of Ifrael. 9 Thou, O God, fenteft a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and ref refhedft it when it was weary. io Thy congregation fhall dwell therein ; for thou, O God, hail of thy goodnefs prepared for the poor. ii The Lord gave the E 4 word The Pfalmsl word ; great was the com- pany of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were difcom- fited, and they of the houf- hold divided the fpoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet fhall ye be as the wings of a dove, that is covered with filver wings. and her feathers like gold 14 When the Almighty Scattered kings for their fake, then were they as write as fnow in Salmon. 1 5 As the hill of Bafan, fo is God's hill, even an high hill, as the hill of Bafan. 16 Why hop ye fo, ye high hills r this is God's hill, in the which itpleafeth him to dwell ; yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thouiand, even thoufands of angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 1 8 Thou art gone up on the God of whom cometh falvation ; God is the Lord, by whom we efcape death. 21 God fhall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy fcalp of fuch a one as goerh on ftill in his wicked- nefs> 22 The Lord hath faid, I will bring my people again, as I did from Bafan ; mine own will I bring- ag-ain, as I did fometime from the deep of the fea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the fame. 24 It is well feen, OGod, how thou goefl •, how thou, my God, and King, goeft in the fancluary. 25 The fingers go before, the minftrels follow after ; in the midft sre the damfels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Ifrael, unto God the Lord in the congregations, from the high, thou haft led captivity \ ground of the heart. captive, and received gifts for men ; yea, even for thine 27 There is little Benja- min their ruler, and the enemies, that the Lord God j princes of Judah their coun- might dwell among them 19 Praifed be the Lord daily ; even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even, cil •, the princes or Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath fent forth frrength for thee ; fta- blijh the thing, O God, that thou haft wrought in us. 29 For The Pfahns. 29 For thy temple's fake at Jeruialem, fo (hall kings bring prelents unto thee. 30 When the company of the fpear-men, and multitude of the mighty are Scattered abroad among the beads of the people, fo that they hum- bly bring pieces of filver, and when he hath fcattered the people that delight in war, 31 Then ihall the princes come out of Egypt •, the Morians land ihall foon flretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth ; O fing praifes unto the Lord. 33 Who fitteth in the hea- vens over all from the be- ginning •, lo, he doth fend out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 34 Afcribe ye the power to God over Ifrael •, his wor- fhip and flrength is in the clouds. 35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places-, even the God of Ifrael, he will give flrength and power unto his people ♦, blefled be God. Psalm 6(). SAVE me, O God, for the waters are come in, even unto my foul. 2 I (lick fait in the deep mire, where no ground is -, I am come into deep waters, fo that the floods run over me. 3 I am weary of crying, my throat is dry ; my fight failcth me for waiting fo long upon my God. 4 They that hate me without a caufe, are more than the hairs of my head ; they that are mine enemies, and would deflroy me guilt- lefs, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took ; God, thou knoweft my fimplenefs, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that truft in thee, O Lord God of hods, be afhamed for my caufe; let not thofe that feek thee, be confounded through me, O Lord God of Ifrael. 7 And why ? for thy fake have I fuftered reproof; fhame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a flranger unto my brethren ; even an alien unto my mother's chil- dren. 9 For the zeal of thine houfe hath even eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me. 10 1 wept and chaftened myfelf with falling, and that was turned to my reproof, II I The Pfalms. 1 1 I put on fackcloth alio, and they jefted upon me. 12 They that fit in the gate fpeak againft me, ani the drunkards make fongs upon me. 1 3 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee, in an ac- ceptable time. 14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy fal- vation. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I fink not ; O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 1 6 Let not the water- flood drown me, neither let the deep fwallow me up, and let not the pit fhut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindnefs is comfortable ; turn thee unto me, according to the multi- tude of thy mercies. i& And hide not thy face from thy fervant, for I am in trouble; O hafte thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my foul, and fave it ; O deliver me, becaufe of mine ene- mies. 20 Thou haft known my reproof, my ftiame, and my difhonour; mine adversaries are all in thy fight. 2 1 Thy rebuke hath bro- ken my heart, I am full of heavinefs ; I looked for fome to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirfty, they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a fnare to take themtelves withal, and let the things that fhould have been for their wealth, be unto them an occafion of falling. 24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they fee not, and ever bow thou down their backs. 25 Pour out thine indig- nation upon them, and let thy wrathful difpleafure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they perfecute him whom thou haft fmitten, and they talk how they may vex them whom thou haft wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wickednefs to another, and not come into thy righteouf- nefs. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous, 30 As the Pfaims. 30 As for me, when I am I poor and in heavinefs, thy he'p, O God, mall life nit 31 I will praiie the name of God with a fong, and magnify it with thunkfgiving. 32 This alio fhall pleale the Lord, better than a bul- lock that hath horns and Hoofs. 33 The humble mall con- fitter this, and be glad ; feek ye after God, and your foul fhall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor, and defpifeth not his prifoners. 35 Let heaven and earth praiie him, the fea and all that moveth therein. 36 For God will fave Sion, and build the cities of Ju dah, that men may dwell there, and have it in poffef- fion. 37 The pofterity alio of his fervants fhall inherit it, and they that love his Name fhall dwell therein. Psalm 70. HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me \ make hafte to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be afliamed and confounded, that feek af- ter my foul ; let them be turned backward and put to confufion, that wifh me evil. 3 Let them ior their re- ward be foon brought to fhame, that cry over me, Theft, there. 4 But let all thofe that feek thee, be joyful and glad in thee, and let all fuch as de- light in thy falvation, fay alway, The Lord be praifed. 5 As for me, I am poor, and in mifery ♦, haite thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper and my redeemer ; O Lord, make no long tarrying. Psalm 71. IN thee, O Lord, have I put my truft, let me ne- ver be put to confufion, but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteoufnefs ; incline thine ear unto me, and fave me. 2 Be thou my flrong hold, whereunto I may alway re- fort; thou haft promifed to help me; for thou art my houfe of defence, and m^ caftle. 3 Deliver me, O my God* out of the hand of the un- godly •, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou, O Lord God* art the thing that I long for * thou art my hope, even from my youth. 5 Through thee have I been The Pfalms. been holden up ever firice I was born ; thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb, my praife mall be al- ways of thee. 6 I am become as it were a monfter unto many •, but my fure truft is in thee. 7 O let my mouth be fil- led with thy praife, that 1 may fing of thy glory and honour all the day I 8 Call me not away in the time of age ; forfake me not when my ftrength faiieth me. 9 For mine enemies fpeak againft me, and they that lay wait for my foul take their counfel together, faying, God hath forfaken him, perfecute him, and take him •, for there is none to deliver him. 10 Go not far from me, O God ; my God, hafte thee to help me. ii Let them be con- founded and perifh that are againft my foul •, let them be covered with ihame and difhonour that feek to do me evil. 12 As for me, I will pa- tiently abide alway, and will praife thee more and more. 13 My mouth fhall daily fpeak of thy righteoufnefs and' falvation ; for I know no end thereof. 14 I will go forth in the ftrength of the Lord God, vill make mention of thy righteoufnefs only. 15 Thou, O God, haft taught me from my youth up until now ; therefore will I tell of thy wonderous works. 16 Forfake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am hea( a j until I have d thy ftrength to this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 17 Thy righteoufnefs, O God, is very high, and gieat things arc they that thou haft done ; O God, who is like unto thee ? 18 O what great troubles and adverfities haft thou ihewed me ! and yet didft thou turn and refrefn me ; yea, and broughteft me from the deep of the earth again. 19 Thou haft brought me to great honour, and com- forted me on every fide. 20 Therefore will I praife thee and thy faithfulnefs, O God, playing upon an in- ftrument of mulick ; unto thee will I fing upon the harp, O thou holy One of Ifrael. 21 My lips will be fain when I fing unto thee, and fo will my foul whom thou haft delivered. 22 My tongue alfo lhall talk Tie Pfalms: talk of thy righteoufnefs all the day long •, for they are confounded and brought unto fhame, that feek to do evil. me P S A L M 72 GIVE the king thy judg- ments, O God, and thy righteoufnefs unto the king's Ion. 2 Then (hall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor. 3 The mountains alfo fhall bring peace, and the little hills righteoufnefs unto the people. 4 He fhall keep the fim- ple people by their right, de- fend the childre 1 of the poor, and punifh the wrong doer. 5 They ihall fear thee as long as :he fun and moon endureth, from one genera- tion to another. 6 He fhall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool ; even as the drops that water the earth. 7 In his time fhall the righteous rlourifh-. yea, and abundance of peace, fo long as the moon endureth. 8 His dominion ihall be alfo from the one fea to the other, and fiom the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wildernefs fhaii kneel before I him ; his enemies fhall lick the duff. 10 The kings of Tharfis, and of the iflcs fhall give prefents-, the kings of Ara- Saba Ihall and bring kings fhall fall be- all nations fhall bia gifts. 11 All fore him . do him fervice. 12 For he fhall deliver the poor when he crieth, the • needy alio, and him that hath no helper. He fhall be favourable to the fimple and needy, and fhall preferve the fouls of the poor. 14 He fhall deliver their fouls from falfhood and wrong, and dear fhall their blood be in his fight. 15 He fhall live, and unto him fhall be given of the gold of Arabia ; prayer fhall be made ever unto him, and daily fhall he be praifed. 16 There fhall be an heap of corn in -the earth, high upon the hills •, his fruit fhall (hake like Libanus, and mail be green in the city like grafs upon the earth. 17 His Name fhall endure for ever, his Name fhall re- main under the fun among the poflerities, which fhall be bleffed through him, and all the heathen fhall praife him. 18 Bleffed be the Lord God, The Pfakns. God, even the God of Ifrael, which only doeth wonderous things ; 19 And bleiTed be the Name of his Majefty for ever; and all the earth mail be filled with his Majefty. Amen, Amen. S A L M 73- TRULY God is loving unto Ifrael •, even unto fuch as are of a clean heart. 2 Nevenhelefs, my feet w r ere almoft gone ; my tread- ings had well nigh flipped. 3 And why ? I was grieved at the wicked ; I do alfo fee the ungodly in fuch profpe- rity. 4 For they are in no peril of death ; but are lufty and ftrong. 5 They come in no mis- fortune like other people; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 And this is the caufe that they are fo holden with pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty. 7 Their eyes fwell with fat- nefs, and they do even what they luft. 8 They corrupt other, and fpeak of wicked blafphemy ; their talking is againft the mod High. 9 For they ft retch forth their mouth unto the heaven, tongue goeth and their through the world 10 Therefore fall the peo- ple unto them, and thereout fuck they no fmall advan- tage. 1 1 For fay they, how fhould God perceive it ? Is there knowledge in the moft High ? 12 Lo, thefe are the un- godly, thefe profper in the world, and thefe have riches in poileflion ; and I faid, Then have I cleanfed my heart in vain, and wafhed mine hands in innocency. 13 All the day long have I been puniftied, and chaf- tened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almoft: faid even as they •, but lo, then I fhould have con- demned the generation of thy children. 15 Then thought I to un- derftand this, but it was too hard for me, 36 Until I went into the fancluary of God, then un- derftood I the end of thefe men ; 17 Namely, how thou dofb fet them in flippery places, and cafteth them down, and deftroyeft them. 18 Oh how fuddenly do they confume, perifh, and come to a fearful end I 19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awake th *, fo The Pfalmsi fo (halt thou make their image to vanifh out of the city. 20 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my reins. 21 vSo foolifti was I, and it were a ignorant •, even as beatl before thee. 22 Neverthelefs, I am al- way by thee -, for thou hail holden me by my right hand. 23 Thou (halt guide me with thy council, and after that receive me with glory. 24 Whom have I in hea- ven but thee, and there is none upon earth that I defire in companion of thee P 25 My flefh and my heart faileth-, but God is the ftrength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 26 For lo, they that [far- fake thee fhall perifh •, thou haft deftroyed all them that commit fornication againft thee. 27 But it is good for me to hold me faft by God, to put my truft in the Lord God, and to fpeak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion. Psalm 74. OGOD, wherefore art thou abfent from us fo long ? why is thy wrath fo hot againft the fheep of thy pafture ? 2 O think upon thy con- crresnuion, whom thou haft pure ha fed, and redeemed of old. 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance, and mount Sion, wherein thou haft dwelt. 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayeft utterly deftroy every enemy, which hath done evil in thy fanctuary. 5 Thine adverfaries roar in the midft of thy tions, and let up their Congrega- te o ban- ners for tokens. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, was known to bring it to an excellent work. 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof, with axes and ham- mers. 8 They have fet fire upon thy holy places, and have de- filed the dwelling place of thy name, even unto the ground. 9 Yea, they have faid in their hearts, Let us make haveck of them altogether; thus have they burnt up all the houfes of God in the land. 10 We fee not our tokens, there is not one prophet more ; no, not one is there among us, that underftand- eth any more. 1 1 O God, how long fhall the the adverfarv do this difho- nour ? How long fhall the enemy blafpheme thy Name, for ever ? 12 Why withdraweft thou thy hand ? Why pluckeft thou not thy right hand out of thy bofom to coniume the enemy ? j 3 For God is my King of old -, the help that is done upon earth, he doeth it him- felf. 14 Thou didft divide the fea through thy power •, thou brakeft the heads of the dra- gons in the waters, 15 Thou fmoteft the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gaveft him to be meat for the people in the wildernefs. 16 Thou broughtefl out fountains, and waters out of the hard rocks •, thou driedfl up mighty waters. 17 The day is thine, and the night is thine -, thou haft prepared the light and the fun. 18 Thou haft fet all the borders of the earth •, thou haft made fummer and win- ter. 19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy hath rebuked, and how the foolifh people hath blafphemed thy Name. 20 O deliver not the foul of thy turtle-dove unto the Pfalmf. multitude of the enemies, and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever. 21 Look upon the cove- nant-, for all the earth is full of darknefs, and cruel habi- tations. 22 O let not the fimple go away alhamed ; but let the poor and needy give praiie unto thy Name. 23 Arife, O God, main- tain thine own caufe ♦, re- member how the foolifh man blafphemeth thee daily. 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies •, the pre- emption of them that hate thee, increafeth ever more and more. s A L M 75' UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks •, yea, unto thee do we give thanks. 2 Thy name alfo is fo nigh, and that do thy wonderous works declare. 3 When I receive the con- gregation, I fhall judge ac- cording; unto rip-ht. 4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof; I bear up the pillars of it. 5 I faid unto the fools, Deal not fo madly -, and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn. 6 Set not up your horn on The Pfalms* on high, and fpcak not with a ftiff neck. 7 For promotion cometh neither from the eaft, nor from the weft, nor yet from the fouth. 8 And why ? God is the judge, he putteth down one, and fetteth up another. 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red •, it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the fame. io As for the dregs there- of, all the ungodly of the earth mall drink them, and luck them out. 1 1 But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praife him for ever. 12 All the horns of the ungodly alfo will I break, and the horns of the righteous mail be exalted. Psalm 76. IN Jewry is God known •, his Name is great in If- rael. 2 At Salem is his taber- nacle, and his dwelling in Sion. 3 There brake he the ar- rows of the bow, the fhield, the fword, and the battle. 4 Thou art of more ho- nour and might than the hills of the robbers. § The proud are robbed, they have flept their deep, and all the men whole hands were mighty, have found no- thing. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horfe are fallen. 7 Thou, even thou art to be feared •, and who may (land in thy fight when thou art angry ? 8 Thou didft caufe thy judgment to be heard from heaven ; the earth trembled, and was dill. 9 When God arofe to judgment, and to help all the meek upon earth. 10 The fiercenefs of man fhall turn to thy praife, and the fiercenefs of them fhak thou refrain. j 1 Promife unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him ; bring prefents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He fhall refrain the fpirit of princes, and is won- derful among the kings of the earth. Psalm 77. I WILL cry unto God with my voice •, even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he mall hearken unto me. 2 In the time of my trou- ble I fought the Lord ; my fore ran, and ceafed not in F the The Pfalms. the night feafon •, my foul refufed comfort. 3 When I am in heavi- nefs, I will think upon God -, when my heart is vexed, I will complain. 4 Thou holdeft mine eyes waking ; I am fo feeble that I cannot fpeak. 5 I have confidered the days of old, and the years that are pad. 6 I call to remembrance my fong, and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and fearch out my fpirits. 7 Will the Lord abfent himfelf for ever ? And will he He no more intreated ? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? And is his promife come utterly to an end for evermore ? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? And will he {hut up his loving-kindnefs in difpleafure ? 10 And I faid, It is mine own infirmity : but I will re- member the years of the right hand of the moll: Higheft. 1 1 I will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think alfo of all thy works, and my talking mall be of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is holy -, who is fo great a God, as our God ? 14 Thou art the God that doeft wonders, and hall de- clared thy power among the people. 15 Thou haft mightily de- livered thy people \ even the Ions of Jacob and Jofeph. 16 The waters faw thee, O God, the waters faw thee, and were afraid ; the depths alfo were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thun- der was heard round about, the lightnings fhone upon the ground, the earth was moved, and fhook withal. 19 Thy way is in the fea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footfteps are not known. 20 Thou leddeft thy people like fheep, by the hand of Mofes and Aaron. Psalm 78. H EAR my people •, ears unto the mouth. 2 I will open in a parable, J law, O my incline your -vords of my my mouth will declare weighty truths of old time. 3 Which we have heard and The Pfalmf. and known, and fuch as our fathers have told us-, 4 That we fhould not hide them from the children of the generations to come •, but to ihew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Ifraela law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children ; 6 That their pofterity might know it, and the chil- dren which were yet unborn ; 7 To the intent that when they came up, they might fhew their children the fame -, 8 That they might put their truft in God, and not to for- get the works of God, but to keep his commandments ; 9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithlefs and ftubborn generation -, a gene- ration that fet not their heart aright, and whofe fpi- rit cleaveth not iledfaftly unto God •, 10 Like as the children of Ephraim, who being harnef- fed, and carrying bows, turn- ed themfelves back in the day of battle. 1 1 They kept not the co- venant of God, and would not walk in his law ; 12 But forgat what he had done, and the wonderful works that he had fhewed for them. 13 Marvellous things did he in the fight of our fore- fathers, in the land of Egypt; even in the Held of Zoan. 14 He divided the fea, and let them go through •, he made the waters to Hand on an heap. 15 Jn the day-time alfo he led them with a cloud, and all the night through with a light of fire. 16 He clave the hard rocks in the wildernefs, and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth. 17 He brought waters out of the itony rock, fo that it gufhed out like the rivers. 18 Yet for all this they finned more againft him, and provoked the moft Higheft in the wildernefs. 19 They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their luft. 20 They ipake againfl God alfo, faying, Shall God pre- pare a table in the wildernefs ? 2 1 He fmote the ftony rock indeed, that the water gufhed out, and the ftreams Rowed withal •, but can he bread alio, or provi for his people ? 22 When the Lord heard this, he was wroth-, fo the F 2 lire give flefh $he P faints. fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy dif- pleafure againlt Ifrael, 2 3 Becaufe they believed not in God, and put not their trufl in his help. 24 So he commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven. 25 He rained down Manna alfo upon them for to eat, and gave them food from heaven. 26 So man did eat angels food ; for he fent them meat enough. 27 He caufed the eaft-wind to blow under heaven, and through his power he brought in the fouth-weft wind. 28 He rained flefh upon them as thick as duft, and feathered fowls like as the fand of the fea. 29 He let it fall among their tents, even round about their habitation. 30 So they did eat and were well filled, for he gave them their own defire ; they were not difappointed of their lull. 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and flew the wealthier!: of them •, yea, and frnote down the cholen men that were in Ifrael. 32 But for all this they finned yet more, and believed not his wonderous works. 33 Therefore their days did he confume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he flew them, they fought him, and turned them early, and enquired af- ter God. 35 And they remembered that God was their ftrength, and that the high God was their redeemer. $6 Neverthelefs, they did but flatter him with their mouth, and dififembled with him in their tongue. 37 For their heart was not whole with him, neither con- tinued they fledfafl in his covenant. 38 But he was lb merciful, that he forgave their mifdeeds, and deftroyed them not. 39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not fufFer his whole difpleafure to arife. 40 For he confidered that they were but flefh, and that they were even a wind that paffeth away, and cometh not again. 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilder- nefs, and grieved him in the defer t. 42 They turned back, and tempted God, and moved the holy One in Ifrael. 43 They The Pfalms, 43 They thought not of his hand, and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy •, 44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into blood, fo that they might not drink of the rivers. 46 He fent lice among them, and devoured them up, and frogs to deflroy them. 47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grafhopper. 48 He deftroyed their vines with hail ftones, and their mulberry-trees with the froft. 49 He fmote their cattle alfo with hail-ftones, and their flocks with hot thunder- bolts. 50 He cad upon them the furioufnefs of his wrath, an- ger, difpleafure, and trouble, and fent evil angels among them. 51 He made a way to his indignation, and fpared not their foul from death •, but gave their life over to the pef- tilence. 52 And fmote all the firft- born in Egypt-, the moil principal and mightieft in the dwellings of Ham, $1 But as for his own peo- ple, he led them forth like fheep, and carried them in the wildernefs like a flock. 54 He brought them out fafely, that they fhould not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the lea. 55 And brought them within the borders of his fancluary •, even to his moun- tain which he purchafed with his right hand. 56 He call out the hea- then alfo before them, caufed their land to be divided a- mong them for an heritage, and made the tribes of lfrael to dwell in their tents. 57 So they tempted and diipleafed the moil high God, and kept not his teftimo- nies ; 58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their fore- fathers •, flarting aflde like a broken bow. 59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars, and pro- voked him to difpleafure with their images. 60 When God heard this, he was wroth, and took fore difpleafure at lfrael ; 61 So that he forfook the tabernacle in Silo; even the tent that he had pitched a- mong men. 62 He delivered their power into captivity, and F 3 their *fhe Pfalms their beauty into the enemies hand. 63 He gave his people over alfo to the fword, and was wroth with his inheri- tance. 64 The fire confumed their young men, and their maidens were not given to marriage. 65 Their priefts were (lain with the fword, and there were no widows to make la- mentation. 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of deep, and like a giant refrefhed with wine. 67 Pie fmote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual fhame. 68 He refufed the taber- nacle of Jofeph, and chofe not the tribe of Ephraim •, 69 But chofe the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Sion which he loved. 70 And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the earth which he hath efta- blimed for ever. 71 He chofe David alfo his fervant, and took him away from the fheep-folds. 72 As he the ews great with ones, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Ifrael his inheritance. 73 So he fed them with a o s following young faithful and true heart, and ruled them prudently v/ith all his power. Psalm 79. God, the heathen are come into thine inheri- tance, thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Je- rufalem an heap of (tones. 2 The dead bodies of thy fervants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the fielh of thy faints unto the beafts of the land. 3 Their blood have they fried like water on every fide of Jerufalem, and there was no man to bury them. 4 We are become an open fhame to our enemies -, a very fcorn and derifion unto them that are round about us, 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry; mail thy jea- loufy burn like fire for ever ? 6 Pour out thine indig- nation upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid wafte his dwelling place. 8 O rememember not our old fins, but have mercy upon us, an for we mifery. d that foon ; are come to great 9 Help The Pfahns. 9 Help us, O God of our falvation, for the grJory of thy Name; O deliver us, and be merciful unto our fins for thy Name's lake. 10 Wherefore do the hea- then fay, Where is now their God? ii O let the vengeance of fervants blood that is fhed be openly fhewed upon the heathen in our fight. 12 O let the forrowful fighing of the priibners come before thee; according to the greatnefs of thy power, pre- fer ve thou thofe that are ap- pointed to die. 13 And for the blafphemy wherewith our neighbours have blafphemed thee, re- ward thou them, O Lord, feven-fold into their bofom. 14 So we, that are thy people, and fheep of thy padure, fhall give thee thanks for ever, and will always be ihewing forth thy praife from generation to generation. Psalm 80. HEAR, O thou Shep- herd of lfrael, thou that leaded Jofeph like a fheep; fhewthyfelf alio, thou that fitted upon the cheru- bims. 2 Before Ephraim, Benja- min, and ManaMes ; dir up thy ftrength, and come, and help us. 3 Turn us again, O God ; fhew the light of thy coun- tenance, and we (hall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hods, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that pray- ed? 5 Thou feeded them with the bread of tears, and givcd them plenteoufnefs of tears to drink. 6 Thou had made us a very drife unto our neigh- bours, and our enemies laugh us to fcorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hods ; fhew the light of thy countenance, and we fhall be whole. 8 Thou had brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou had cad out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou maded room for it, and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the fhadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. 11 She dretched out her branches unto the fea, and her boughs unto the river. 12 Why had thou then broken down her hedge, that all they that go by, pluck off her grapes ? 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, F 4 and ftrong The Pfalms. and the wild beafts of the field devour it. 14 Turn rhee again, thou God of hofts, look down from heaven ; behold, and vifit this vine ; 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madeft fo fbrthyfelf; 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down : they mall perifh at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the fon of man, whom thou madeft fo ftrong for thine own felf. 18 And fo will not we go back from thee-, O let us live, and we fhall call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hofts •, fhew the light of thy countenance, and we fhall be whole. Psalm ING aloud our ftrength Bi, unto, God make a the God cheerful noife unto of Jacob. 2 Take the pfalm, brir-.g hither the tabret, the plea- fant harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and upon our folemn feaft day* 4 For this was made a (la- tute for Ifrael, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Jo- feph for a teftimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a flrange language. 6 I eafed his moulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledft upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee •, I heard thee what time as the florm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee alfo at the waters of ft rife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will afTure thee, O Ifrael, if thou wilt hearken unto me, 10 There fhall no ftrange god be in thee ; neither malt thou worfnip any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy.God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt •, open thy mouth wide, and I fhall fill 12 But my people would not hear my voice, and Ifrael would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lulls, and let them follow their own imaginations. 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me i for if Ifrael had walked in my ways, 15 I fbe Pfalms. 15 I mould foon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand againft their adverfaries. 1 6 The haters of the Lord mould have been found liars-, but their time fhould have endured for ever. 17 He mould have fed them alio with the fined wheat-flour, and with honey out of the (tony rock mould I nave iatisfied thee. Psalm 82. GOD flandeth in the con- gregation of princes -, he is a judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the perfons of the ungodly ? 3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs •, fee that fuch as are in need and necefiity have right. 4 Deliver the out-cafl and poor •, lave them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor underftanu, but walk on {till in darknefs •, all the foundations of the earth are out of courfe. 6 I have laid, Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the mod Higheft. 7 But ye mall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arife, O God, and judge thou the earth •, for thou malt take all heathen to thine inheritance. Psalm 83. HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not (till filence-, refrain not thyfelf, OGod. 2 For lo thine enemies make a murmuring, and they that hate thee have life up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily againft thy people, and taken counfel againft thy iecret ones. 4 They have faid, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a peo- ple, and that the name of Ifrael may be no more in re- membrance. 5 For they have caft their heads together with one con- fent, and are confederate againft thee ; 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites and thelfmaelites; the Moabites and Haga- renes ; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, andAmalech; thePhiliftines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 8 AfTur is alio joined with them, and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto The Pfalms. Unto the Midianites, unto Sifera, and unto Jabin at The brook of Kifon ; 10 Who perifhed at Endor, and became as the dung of the earth. 1 1 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb * yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana, 12 Who fay, Let us take to ourielves the houfes of God in pofTeftion. 13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the ftubble before the wind-, 14 Like as the fire that burnetii up the wood, and as the flame that confumeth the mountains ; 15 Perfecute them even fo with thy temped, and make them afraid with thy ftorm. 16 Make their faces a- fhamed, O Lord, that they may feek thy Name. 17 Let them be confound- ed and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to fhame, and perim. 18 And they fhall know- that thou whofe name is Jehovah, art only the mod Higheft over all the earth. Psalm 84. How amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord o of hofts ! 2 My foul hath a defire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my fiefh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the fparrow hath found her an houfe, and the fwallow a neft, where he may lay her you no; ; even thy altars, Lord of hofts, my King snd my God. 4 Bleded are they that dwell in the houfe, they will be alway p railing th* 5 BlefTed is the man whof ftrength is in thee, in whofe heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through che vale of mifery, ufe it for a well, and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from ftrength to ftrength, and unto the god of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hofts, hear my prayer -, hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts is better than a thou* fand. ill had rather be a door- keeper in the houfe of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodlinefs. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence -, the Lord will 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he fware unto ifaac ; 10 And appointed the fame unto Jacob for a law, and to Ifrael for an everlaft- ing teflament ; 1 1 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance. 12 When there were yet but a few of them, and they (Irangers in the land •, 13 What time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people-, 14 He fuffered no man to do them wrong, but re- proved even kings for their fakes. 15 Touch not mine A- nointed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land, and deftroyed all the pro- vifion of bread. 17 But he had fent a man before them, even Jofeph, who was fold to be a bond- fervant -, 18 Whofe feet they hurt in the (locks-, the iron en- tered into his foul ; 19 Until the time came that his caufe'was known, the word of the Lord- tried him. 20 The Tie Phlm*. 20 The king fent, and delivered him, the prince of the people let him go free. 2i He made him lord alfo ofhishoufe, and ruler of all his fubftance, 22 That he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his fenators wifdom. 23 Ifraei aifo came into Egypt, and Jacob was a ftranger in the land of I lam. 24 And he increaied his people exceedingly, and made them (lrono;er than their ene- mies •, 25 Whofe heart turned fo, that they hated his people, and dealt untruly with his fervants. 26 Then fent heMofes his fervant, and Aaron, whom he had chofen. 27 And thefe fhewed his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He fent darknefs, and it was dark, and they were not obedient unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and flew their fifli. 30 Their land brought forth frogs ; yea, even in their king's chambers. 31 He fpake the word, and there came all manner of 5, and lice in all their quar- ters. 32 He gave them hal- ftones for rain, and flames of fire in their land. 33 He fmote their vines and fig-trees, and de- ftroyed the trees that were in their coafts. 34 He fpake the word, and the gralhoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable, and did eat up all the grafs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 35 He fmote all the firft- bom in their land, even the chief of all their ftrength. 36 He brought them forth alfo with filver and geld, there was not one feeble perfon among their tribes. 3 j Egypt was glad at their departing •, for they were afraid of them. 38 He fpread out a cloud to be a covering, and fire to give light in the night feafon. 39 At their defire he brought quails, and he filled them with the bread of heaven, 40 He opened the rock of (tone, and the waters flowed cut, fo that rivers ran in the dry places. 41 For why? he remem- bered his holy promife, and Abraham his fervant. 42 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chofen with gladneis ; 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen, and they The Pfalms. they took the labours of the people in pofTefiion •, 44 That they might keep his ftatutes, and cbferve his laws. Psalm 106. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra- cious, and his mercy en- durtth for ever. 2 Who can expreis the noble acts of the Lord, or fhew forth all his praife ? 3 BlefTed are they that al- way keep judgment, and do righteoufnefs. 4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou beared unto thy people -, O vifit me with thy falva- tion. 5 That I may fee the feli- city of thy chofen, and re- joice in the gladnefs of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance. 6 We have finned with our fathers, we have done amifs, and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodnefs in remembrance, but were difobedient at the lea, even at the Red-lea. 8 Nevtnhelefs, he helped them for Ins Name's fake, that he might make his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red-fca alio, and it was dried up •, fo he led them through the deep, as through a wilder- nefs. 10 And he faved them from the adverfaries hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 1 1 As for thole that trou- bled them, the waters over- whelmed them •, there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words, and fang praife unto him, 13 But within a while they forgat his works, and would not abide his counfel. 14 But lull came upon them in the wildernefs, and they tempted God in the de- fert. 15 And he gave them their defire, and fent leannefs withal into their foul. 16 They angred Mofes alio in the tents, and Aaron the faint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened, and fwallowed up Dathan, and covered the congrega- tion of Abiram. 1 8 And the fire was kindled in their company •, the flame burnt up the ungodly. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worfhipped the molten image 20 Thus they turned their glory The Pfalms, glory into the fimilitude of a calf that eateth hav. 21 And they forgat God their Saviour, who had done fo great things in Egypt •, 22 Wonderous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things by the Red-tea. 23 So he faid, he would have deftroyed them, had not Mofes his choien flood before him in all the gap, to turn away his wrathful indig- nation, left he fhould deftroy them. 24 Yea, they thought fcorn cf that pleaiant land, and gave no credence unto his word. 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. 26 Then lifted he up his hand againfl them, to over- throw them in the wilder- nefs -, 27 To cafl out their feed among the nations, and to fcatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themfelves unto Baalpeor, and ate the offerings of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions, and the plague was great among them. 30 Then flood up Phineas and prayed -, and fo the plague ceafed. 3 1 And that was counted unto him for righteoufnefs 7 among all poiterities for ever- more. 32 They angred him alio at the waters of ftrife, (o that he punifhed Mofes for their fakes •, 33 Becaufe they provoked his fpirit-, io that he fpake unadvifedly with his lips. 34 Neither deftroyed they the heathen as the Lord com- manded them ; 35 But were mingled a- mong the heathen, and learned their works. 36 Infomuch that they worfhiped their idols, which turned to their own decay ; yea, they offered their fons and their daughters unto dae- mons.* 37 And filed innocent blood, even the blood of their fons and of their daugh- ters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood. 38 Thus were they ftained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 39 Therefore was the wra:h of the Lord kindled againit his people, infomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance* 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen - 9 i. e. dead men dsijia and The Pfalm. and they that hated them, were lords over them. 41 Their enemies op- prefied them, and had them in fubjection. 42 Many a time did he deliver them ; but they re- belled againft him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wick- edneis. 43 Neverthelefs, when he faw their adverfitv, he heard their complaint. 44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies ; yea, he made all thole that led them away captive to pity them. 45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boatt of thy praife. 46 BlefTed be the Lord God of Ifrael from everlaft- ing, and world without end, and let all the people fay, Amen. Psalm 107. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra- cious, and his mercy en- dure th for ever. 2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath re- deemed, and delivered from the hand of the enemv ; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the eaft, and from the weft, from the north, and from the fouth. 4 They went aftray in the wildernefs out of the way, and found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirfty -, their foul fainted in them. 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their diftrefs. 7 He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 8 O that men would there- fore praife the Lord for his goodnefs, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! 9 For he fatisfieth the empty foul, and filleth the hungry foul with goodnefs ; 10 Such as fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death ; being faft bound in mifery and iron. 1 1 Becaufe they rebelled againlt the words of the Lord, and lightly regarded the counfel of the moil Higheft ; 12 He alfo brought down their heart through heavi- ness •, they fell down, and there was none to help them. 1 3 So when they cried unto the The Pfahns. the Lord in their trouble, he delivered them out of their diftrefs. 14 For lie brought them out of darknefs, and out ot the fhadow of death, and brake their bonds in ilinder. 15 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodnefs, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brafs, and fmitten the bars of iron in funder. 1 7 Foolifh men are plagued for their offence, and becaufe of their wickednefs. 18 Their foul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door. 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivered them out of their diftrefs. 20 He fent his word, and healed them, and they were faved from their deftruction. 21 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodnefs, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! 22 That they would offer unto him the facrifice of thankfgiving, and tell out his works with gladnefs ! 23 They that go down to the fea in fhips, and occupy their bufinefs in great wa 24 Thefe men fee the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 2 5 For at his word the ftormy wind arifeth, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep ; their foul melt- eth away becaufe of the trou- ble. 27 They reel to and fro, and dagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their diftrefs. 29 For he maketh the ftorm to ceafe ; fo that the waves thereof are ftill. 30 Then are they glad, becaufe they are at reft, and fo he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 31 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodnefs, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 32 That they would exalt him alfo in the congregation of the people, and praife him in the feat of the elders ! 33 Who turneth the floods into a wildernefs, and drieth up the water- fp rings. 34 A fruitful land maketh n he ?he Pfalms, he barren* for the wickednefs of them that dwell therein. 35 Again, he maketh the wildernefs a Handing water, and water-fprings of a dry und. Psalm 108. o 36 And there he fetteth the hungry, that they may build them a city to dwell in. 37 That they may fow their land, and plant vine- yards, to yield them fruits of increafe. 38 He blelTeth them, fo that they multiply exceed- ingly, and fuftereth not their cattle to decreafe. 39 And again, when they are minifhed and brought low, through oppreflion, through any plague or trou- ble ; 40 Though he fuffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants, and let them wander out of the way in the wilder- nefs ; 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of mifery, and maketh him houfholds like a flock of fheep. 42 The righteous will con- fider this and rejoice, and the mouth of all wickednefs fhall be flopped. 43 Whofo is wife will ponder thefe things, and they fhall underftand the loving kindnefs of the Lord. GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready ; I will fing and give praife. 2 Awake, my glory-, I will awake the lute and harp betimes in the morning. 3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people; I will fing praifes unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth. 6 That thy beloved may be delivered, let thy right hand fave them, and hear thou me. 7 God hath fpoken in his holinefs ; I will rejoice there- fore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suc- coth. 8 Gilead is mine, and Ma- naffes is mine, Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of my head. 6 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wafhpot •, over Edom will I caft out my fhoe-, upon Philiflia will I triumph. 10 Who will lead me into the flrong city, and who will bring me into Edom ? 11 Haft The Pfalms. 1 1 Haft not thou forfaken us, O God ; and wilt not thou, O God, go forth wi:h our hofts ? 12 O help us againft the enemy ; for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we fhall do great acts, and it is he that fhall tread down our enemies. Psalm 109. HOLD not thy tongue, O God of my praife ; for the mouth of the ungod- ly, yea, the mouth of the de- ceitful is opened upon me. 2 And they have fpoken againft me with falfe tongues •, they compafTed me about al- io with words of hatred, and fought againft me without a caufe. 3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary part ? but I give myfelf unto prayer. 4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my good will. 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him, and let the adverfary ftand at his right hand. 6 When fentence is given upon him, let him be con- demned, and let his prayer be turned into fin. 7 Let his days be few, and let another take his office. 8 Let his children be fa- therlefs, and his wife a wi- dow. 9 Let his children be va- gabonds, and beg their bread; let them leek it alio out ot defolate places. 10 Let the extortioner; confume all that he hath, and let the ftranger fpoil his labour. 11 Let there be no man to pity him •, nor to have companion upon his father- lefs children. 12 Let his pofterity be de- ftroyed, and in the next gene- ration let his name be clean put out* 13 Let the wickednefs of his fathers be had in remem- brance in the fight of the Lord, and let not the fin of his mother be done away. 14 Let them alway be be- fore the Lord, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth ; 15 And that, becaufe his mind was not to do good ; but perfecuted the poor help- lefs man, that he might flay him that was vexed at the heart. 16 His delight was in curf- irig, and it fhall happen unto him; he loved not bleffing, therefore fhall it be far from him. 1 7 He clothed himfelf with II 2 curfing, The Pfalms. curfing, like as with a rai- ment, and it fhall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him, and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal. 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies, and to thofe that fpeak evil againfl my foul. 20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name - 9 for fweet is thy mercy. 2 1 O deliver me, for I am helplefs and poor, and my heart is wounded within me. 22 I go hence like the ihadow that departeth, and am driven away as the graf- hopper. 23 My knees are weak through failing ; my flefh is dried up for want of fatnefs. 24 I became alfo a re- proach unto them, they that looked upon me, fhaked their heads. 25 Help me, O Lord my God, O fave me according to thy mercy. 26 And they fhall know, how that this is thy hand, and that thou, Lord, haft done it. 27 Though they curfe, yet blefs thou, and let them be confounded that rife up againft_ me, but let thy fefc vant rejoice. 28 Let mine adverfaries be clothed with fhame, and lcc them cover themfelves with their own confufion as with a cloke. 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth, and praife him among the multitude. 30 For he fhall (land at the right hand of the poor, to fave his foul from unrigh- teous judges. Psalm iio. THE Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footftool. 2 The Lord Ihall fend the rod of thy power out of Sion ; be thou ruler, even in the midft among thine ene- mies. 3 In the day of thy power Ihall the people offer thee free-will-oiferings with an holy worfriip; the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 4 The Lord fware and will not repent ; thou art a priefl ibr ever after the order of Melchifedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand fhall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He fhall judge among chia The Pfahns. the heathen, he {hall fill the places with the dead bodies, and finite in funder the heads over divers countries. 7 Me fhall drink of the brook in the way, therefore fhall he lift up his head. Psalm hi. I WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart, fecretly among the faithful, and in the congre- gation. 2 The works of the Lord are great, fought out of all them that have pleafure therein. 3 His work is worthy to be praifed and had in honour ; and his righteoufnefs endu- reth for ever. 4 The merciful and gra- cious Lord hath fo done his marvellous works, that they ought to be had in remem- brance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him * he fhall ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 He hath fhewed his peo- ple the power of his works, that he may give them the he- ritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment •, all his commandments are true. 8 They ftand fail for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity. 9 He fent redemption unto his people •, he hath com- manded his covenant for ever-, holy and reverend is his Name. io The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wifdom j a good underftanding have all they that do thereafter ; the praife of it endureth for ever. Psalm 112, BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord ; he hath great delight in his com- mandments. 2 His feed fhall be mighty upon earth ; the generation of the faithful (hall be blef- fed. 3 Riches and plenteoufnefs fhall be in his houfe, and nis righteoufnefs endureth for ever. 4 Unto the godly there arifeth up light in the dark- nefs ; he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth, and will guide his words with difcretion. 6 For he fhall never be moved ; and the righteous fhall be had in everlaiting re- membrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings ; for his heart ftandeth iaft, and be- lieveth in the Lord. 8 His heart is ftablifhed, H 3 and The Pfalms. andwill net Hirink, until he feel 8 He maketh the barren his defne upon his enemies 9 Hehathdifperfed abroad, and given to the poor, and his righteoufneis remaineth for ever i his horn fhall be exalted with honour. 10 The ungodly fhall fee it, and it fhall grieve him; he fhall gnaih with his teeth, and confume away •, the de- fire of the ungodly fhall perifh. Psalm 113. PRAISE the Lord, ye fer- vants ; O praife the Name of the Lord. 2 BlefTed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. 3 The Lord's Name is praifed, from the rifing up of the fun, unto the going down of the lame. 4 The Lord is high above all heathen, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling fo high, and yet humbleth himfelf to behold the things that are in heaven and earth ? 6 He taketh up the fim- ple out of the duft, and lift- eth the poor out of the mire, 7 That he may fet him with the princes, even with the princes of his people. woman to keep houfe, and to be a joyful mother of chil- dren. Psalm 114. WHEN Ifrael came o u t of Egypt, and the houfe of Jacob from among the ftrange people, 2 Judah was his fan&uary, and Ifrael his dominion. 3 The fea faw that, and fled ♦, Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains flapped like rams, and the little hills like young (heep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou fea, that thou fleddeft* and thou Jordan, that thou waft driven back ? 6 Ye mountains, that ye fkipped like rams, and ye little hills like young fheep ? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the prefence of the Lord, at the prefence of the God of Jacob ; 8 Who turned the hard rock into a Handing water, and the flint-ftone into a fpringing well. Psalm N 115. OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praife-, for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's fake. 2 Where- The Pfalms. 2 Wherefore (hall the hea- then fay, V/here is now their God ? ' 3 As for onr God, he is in heaven •, he hath done whatfoever pleafed him. 4 Their idols are filver and gold, even the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, and fpeak not ; eyes have they, and fee not. 6 They have ears, and hear not ; nofes have they, and fmell not. 7 They have hands, and ! handle not ; feet have they, and walk not, neither fpeak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them, and lb are all fuch as put their truft in them. 9 But thou, houfe of If- rael, truft thou in the Lord ; he is their fuccour and de- fence. to Ye houfe of Aaron, put your truft in the Lord ; he is their helper and defen- der. 1 1 Ye that fear the Lord, put your truft in the Lord, he is their helper and defen- der. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he mail blefs us ; even he (hall blefs the houfe of Ifrael, he fhall fclefs the houfe of Aaron. 13 He fhall blefs them that fear the Lord, both fmall and great. 14 The Lord fhall increafe you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are the bleiTed of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's •, the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praife not thee, O Lord ; neither all they that go down into filence. 18 But we will praife the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Praife the Lord. Psalm 116. I AM well pleafed, that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer. 2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The fnares of death compafled me round about, and the pains of the grave gat hold upon me. 4 I fhall find trouble and heavinefs, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord ; O Lord, I befeech thee, de- liver my foul. 5 Gracious is the Lord, Ha The Pfalms. and righteous \ yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preferveth the fimple •, I was in mifery, and he helped me. 7 Turn again then unto thy reft, O my foul, for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 8 And why ? thou haft delivered my foul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling*. o 9 I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the liv- ing. I o I believed, and therefore will I fpeak, but I was fore troubled -, I faid in my hafte, All men are liars. ii What reward mail I give unto the Lord, for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? 12 I will receive the cup of falvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my vows now in the prefence of all his people ; right dear in the fight of the Lord is the death of his faints. 14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy fervant ; 1 am thy fervant, and the fon of thine handmaid, thou haft broken my bonds in fun- der. 15 I will offer to thee the facrifice of thankfgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the fight of all his people ; in the courts of the Lord's houfe, even in the midft of thee, O Jerufa- lem. Praife the Lord. Psalm i *7- O PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen; praife him, all ye nations. 2 For his merciful kindnefs is ever more and more to- wards us, and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praife the Lord. s A l m 11 GIVE thanks unto the ord, for he is gra- en- 01 cious, becaufe his mercy durerh for ever. 2 Let Ifrael now confefs, that he is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the houfe of Aaron now confefs, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord, confefs, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard me at large. 6 The Lord is on my fide ; I will not fear what man doeth unto me, 7 The "the Pfalms: 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me, therefore fhall I fee my dcfire upon my enemies. 8 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in princes. io All nations compaffed me round about, but in the Name of the Lord will I de- ft roy them. 1 1 They kept me in on every fide, they kept me in, I fay, on every fide •, but in the Name of the Lord will I deftroy them. 12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire among the thorns •, for in the Name of the Lord I will deftroy them. 13 Thou haft thruft fore at me, that I might fall ; but the Lord was my help. 14 The Lord is flrength and my fong, is become my falvation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous ; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pafs. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence •, the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pafs. my and 17 I fliall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chaf- tened and corrected me, but he hath not given rue over unto deaths 19 Open me the gates of righteoufnefs, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous fhall en- ter into it. 21 I will thank thee, for thou haft heard me, and art become my ialvation. 22 The fame ftone which the builders refufed, is be- come the head ftone in the corner. 23 This is the Lord's do- ing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now, OLord; O Lord, fend us now prof- perity. 26 BlefTed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord ; we have wifhed you good luck, ye that are of the houie of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, who hath fhewed us light; bind the facrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar, a 8 Thou the Pfalms. 28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee ♦, thou art my God, and I will praife thee. 29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 119. 1 BLESSED are thofe that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord. 2 BlefTed are they that keep his teftimonies, and feek him with their whole heart. 3 For they do no wicked- nefs *, they walk in his ways. 4 Thou haft charged, that we mail diligently keep thy commandments. 5 O that my ways were made fo direct, that I might keep thy ftatutes ! 6 So mall I not be con- founded, while I have refpect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I fhall have learned the judg- ments of thy righteoufnefs. 8 I will keep thy ftatutes, O forfake me not utterly. WHEREWITHAL fhall a young man clean fe his way ? even by ruling himfelf after thy word. 2 With my whole heart have I fought thee ; O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments. 3 Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I fhoujd not fin againft thee. 4 BlefTed art thou, O Lord ; O teach me thy fta- tutes, 5 With my lips have I been telling of all the judg- ments of thy mouth. 6 I have had as great de- light in the way of thy tefti- monies as in all manner of riches. 7 I will talk of thy com- mandments, and have refpect unto thy ways. 8 My delight mall be in thy ftatutes ; and I will not for-, get thy word. ODO well unto thy fer- vant, that I may live and keep thy word. 2 Open thou mine eyes, that I may fee the wonderous, things of thy law. 3 I am a ftranger upon earth ; O hide not thy com- mandments from me. 4 My foul breaketh out for the very fervent defire that it hath always unto thy judgments. 5 Thou haft rebuked the proud 5 and curfeel are they, thai; The Pfatms. that do err from thy com- mandments. 6 O turn from me fhame and rebuke ; for I have kept thy teflimonies. 7 Princes alio did fit and fpeak againft me -, but thy fervant is occupied in thy fta- tutes. 8 For thy teflimonies are my delight, and my counfel- lors. MY foul cleaverh to the dull ; O quicken thou me according to thy word. 2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardeft me ; O teach me thy ftatutes. 3 Make me to underftand the way oi thy command- ments, and fo Ihall I talk of thy wonderous works. 4 My foul melteth away for very heayipefs j comfort thou me according unto thy word. 5 Take from me the way of lying, and caufe thou me to make much o, thy law. 6 I have chofen the way of truth •, and thy judgments have 1 laid before me. 7 I have fluck unto thy teflimonies; O Lord, con- found me not. 8 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou haft fet my heart at li- berty. TEACH me, O Lord, the v/ay of thy ftatutes, and I fhall keep it unto the end. 2 Give me underftanding, and I fhall keep thy law ; yea, I fhall keep it with my whole heart. 3 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; for therein is my defire. 4 Incline my heart untp thy teflimonies, and not tp covetoufnefs. 5 O turn away mine eyes, left they behold vanity ; and quicken thou me in thy way. 6 O ftablifh thy word in thy fervant, that I may fear thee. 7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of-, for thy judgments are good. 8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments ; O quicken me in thy righte- oufnefs. LET thy loving mercy come alfo unto me, O Lord, even thy faivation, ac- cording unto thy word. 2 So fhall I make anfwer unto my blafphemers ; for my truft is in thy word. 3 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth > The Pfalms. mouth ; for my hope is in thy judgments. 4 So fhall I alway keep thy law; yea, for ever and ever. 5 And I will walk at li- berty, for I feek thy com- mandments. 6 I will fpeak of thy tef- timonies alfo, even before kings, and will not be a- jhamed. 7 And my delight mall be in thy commandments, which I have loved. 8 My hands alfo will I lift tip unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and my ftudy fhall be in thy ftatutes. O Think upon thy fervant, as concerning thy word, wherein thou haft caufed me to put my truft. 2 The fame is my comfort in my trouble ; for thy word hath quickened me. 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in derifion, yet have I not lhrinked from thy law. 4 For I remembered thine everlafting judgments, O Lord, and received comfort. 5 I am horribly afraid for the ungodly that foriake thy Jaw. 6 Thy ftatutes have been pilgrimage. 7 1 have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night-feafon, and have kept thy law. 8 This I had, becaufe \ kept thy commandments. 8 THOU art my portion, O Lord ; I have promifed to keep thy lav/. 2 I made my humble peti- tion in thy pretence with my whole heart ; O be merciful unto me according to thy word. 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy teftimonies. 4 I made hafte, and pro- longed not the time, to keep thy commandments. 5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed rrte, but I have not forgotten thy law. 6 At midnight J will rife to give thanks unto thee, be- caufe of thy righteous judg- ments. 7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandments. 8 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy ; O teach me thy ftatutes. LORD, thou haft dealt gracioufly with thy fer- my fongs, in the houfc of my I yant 3 according unto thy word o 2 Q The Pfalmsl i O learn me true under- Handing and knowledge, for I have believed thy com- mandments. 3 Before I was troubled, I went wrong •, but now have 1 kept thy word. 4 Thou art good and gra- cious ; O teach me thy fta- tutes. 5 The proud have ima- gined alieagainft me; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn, but my delight hath been in thy law. 7 It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy ftatutes. 8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thou- fands of gold and filver. io THY hands have made me, and fafhioned me, O give me underftanding, that I may learn thy com- mandments. 2 They that fear thee will be glad when they fee me, becaufe I have put my trull in thy word. 3 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithful nefs haft caufed me to be trou- bled. 4 O let thy merciful kind- nefs be my comfort, accord- ing to thy word unto thy iervant. 5 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live-, for thy law is my delight. 6 Let the proud be con- founded, for they go wickedly about to deftroy me *, but I will be occupied in thy com- mandments. 7 Let fuch as fear thee, and have known thy teftimonies, be turned unto me. 8 O let my heart be found in thy ftatutes, that I be noc afhamed, it MY foul hath longed for thy falvation, and I I have a good hope becaufe of thy word. 2 Mine eyes long fore for thy word; faying, O when wilt thou comfort me ? 3 For I am become like a bottle in the fmoke; yet do I not forget thy ftatutes. 4 How many are the days of thy fervant ; when wilt thou be avenged of them that perfecute me ? 5 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 6 All thy commandments are true ; they perfecute me falfly, O be thou my help. 7 They had almoft made an the Pfalms: an end of me upon earth ; but I forfook not thy com- mandments. 8 O quicken me after thy loving-kindnefs, and fo mail I keep the teftimonies of thy mouth. o 12 LORD, thy word en- dureth for ever in hea- ven. 2 Thy truth alfo remaineth from one generation to ano- ther ; thou haft laid the foun- dation of the earth, and it abideth. 3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance ; for all things ferve thee. 4 If my delight had not been in thy law, I mould have perifhed in my trouble. g I will never forget thy commandments ; for with them thou haft quickened me. 6 1am thine, O fave me •, for I have fought thy com- mandments. 7 The ungodly laid wait for me, to deftroy me; but I will confider thy teftimonies. 8 I fee that all things come to an end; but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 13 LORD, what love have 1 unto thy law; all the day long is my ftudy in it. 2 Thou through thy com- mandments haft made me wifer than mine enemies j for they are ever with me. 3 I have more underftand^ ing than my teachers ; for thy teftimonies are my ftudy, 4 I am wifer than the aged ; became I keep thy commandments. 5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy word. 6 I have not fhrunk from thy judgments ; for thou teacheft me. 7 O how fweet are thy words unto my throat : yea, fweeter than honey unto my mouth. 8 Through thy command- ments I get underftanding ; therefore I hate all evil ways. 14 TH Y word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths. 2 I have fworn, and am ftedfaftly purpofed to keep thy righteous judgments. 3 1 am troubled above mea- fure; quicken me, O Lord, according to thy word. 4 Let the free will offerings of The Pfalmu of my mouth pkafe thee, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. 5 My foul is alway in my hand •, yet do I not forget thy law. 6 The ungodly have laid a fnare for me-, but yet 1 fwerved not from thy com- mandments. 7 Thy teftimonies have I claimed as mine heritage For ever-, and why ? they are the very joy of my heart. 8 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy ftatutes alway, even unto the end. I Hate them that imagine evil things : but thy law do I love. 2 Thou art my defence and fhield j and my truft is in thy word. 3 Away from me, ye wick- ed ; I will keep the command- ments of my God. 4 O ftablifh me according to thy word, that I may live-, and let me not be difap- pointed of my hope. 5 Hold thou me up, and I fhall be lafe •, yea, my delight lhall be ever in thy ftatutes. 6 Thou haft trodden down all them that depart from thy ftatutes ; for they imagine but deceit. 7 Thou putteft away all the ungodly of the earth like drofa ; therefore I love thy teftimonies. 8 My fle(h trembleth for fear of thee ; and I am afraid of thy judgments. 16 i thing that right : O unto mine Deal with the is lawful and give me not over oppreflbrs. 2 Make thou thy fervant to delight in that which is good, that the proud do me no wrong. 3 Mine eyes are wafted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteoufnefs. 4 O deal with thy fervant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy fta- tutes. 5 I am thy fervant ; O grant me underftanding, that I may know thy teftimonies. 6 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand ; for they have deftroyed thy law. 7 For I love thy com- mandments above gold and precious ftone. 8 Therefore hold I ftraight all thy commandments, and all falfe ways I utterly abhor. n tte 17 THY teftimonies are won- derful -, therefore doth my foul keep them. 2 When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and un- derstanding unto the fimple. 3 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath •, for my delight was in thy com- mandments. 4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou ufeft to do unto thofe that love thy Name. 5 Order my fteps in thy word, and fo mail no wick- ednefs have dominion over me. 6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men, and fo fhall I keep thy com- mandments. 7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy fer- yant, and teach me thy fta- tutes. 8 Mine eyes gum out with water •, becaufe men keep not thy law. 18 RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, and true is •thy judgment. 2 The teftimonies that thou haft commanded, are exceeding righteous and true. 3 My zeal hath even con- iumed me 5 becaufe mine Pfalmsl enemies have forgotten thy words. 4 Thy word is tried to the uttermoft ; and thy fer- yant loveth it. 5 I am fmall, and of no reputation ; yet do I not for- get thy commandments. 6 Thy righteoufnefs is an everlafting righteoufnefs, and thy law is the truth. 7 Trouble and heavinefs have taken hold upon me •, yet is my delight in thy commandments. 8 The righteoufnefs of thy teftimonies is everlafting ; O grant me underftanding, and I fhall live. 19 I Call with my whole heart ; hear me, OLord; I will keep thy ftatutes. 2 Yea, even unto thee do I call ; help me, and I fhall keep thy teftimonies. 3 Early in the morning do i I cry unto thee j for in thy word is my truft. 4 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words. 5 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving- kindnefs-, quicken me ac- cording as thou art wont. 6 They draw nigh that of malice perfecute me, and are far from thy law. 7 Be The 7 Be thou nigh at hand, O LorJ. ; for ail thy com- mandments are true. 8 As concerning thy tefti- monies, I have known lono; fince, that thou haft ground- ed them for ever. 20 OConfider mine advcr- fity, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law. 2 Avenge thou my cauie, and deliver me •, quicken me according to thy word. 3 Health is far from the ungodly ; for they regard not thy ftatutes. 4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord ; quicken me as thou art wont. 5 Many are they that trouble me, and perfecute me •, yet do I not fwerve from thy teflimonies. 6 It grieveth me when I fee the tranfgreflbrs ; becaufe they keep not thy law. 7 Confider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments j O quicken me according to thy loving-kindnefs. 8 Thy word is true from everlafting •, all the judg- ments of thy righteoufnefs endure for evermore. Pfahns. 21 PRINCES haveperfecuted me without a caufe ± but my heart llandeth in awe of thy word. 2 I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great fpoils. 3 As for lies, I hate and abhor them 5 but thy law do I love. 4 Seven times a day do I praife thee becaufe of thy righteous judgments. 5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law, and they are not offended at it. 6 Lord, I have looked for thy faving health, and done after thy commandments. 7 My foul hath kept thy teflimonies, and loved them exceedingly. 8 I have kept thy com- mandments and teflimonies - 3 for all my ways are before thee, 22 LET my complaint come before thee, O Lord ; give me underflanding ac- cording to thv word. 2 Let my fupplication come before thee \ deliver me according to thy word. 3 My lips fhall fpeak of thy praife, when thou hall taught me thy flatutes. 1 4 Yea, tte Pfalms. fing Yea, my tongue (hall of thy word ; for all thy commandments are righ- teous. 5 Let thine hand help me ; for I have chofen thy com- mandments. 6 I have longed for faving health, O Lord, in thy law is my delight. 7 O let my foul live, it mail praife thee, and judgments (hall help me. 8 I have gone aftray like a fheep that is loft •, O feek thy fcrvant, for I do not forget thy commandments. Psalm thy and and thy 120. trou- i WHEN I was in ble, I called upon the Lcrd, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my foul, OLord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What reward (hall be given or done unto thee, thou falfe tongue ? even mighty and lharp -arrows, with hot burning coals. 4 Wo is me, that I am conftrained to dwell with Me- lech, and to have my habi- tation among the tents of Kedar! 5 My foul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace. 6 I labour for peace, but when I fpeak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle. Psalm 121. Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and^earth. 3 He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved, and he that keepeth thee will not fleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael, fhall neither {lumber nor fleep. 5 The Lord himfelf is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy de- fence upon thy right hand ; 6 So that the fun fhall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from all evil ; yea, it is even he that fhall keep thy foul. 8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out and thy com- ing in, from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 122, 1 Was glad when they faid unto me, We will go into the houfe of the Lord. 2 Our feet fhall ftand in thy gates, O Jerufalem. 3 Jerufalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itfelf. 4 For Jle Pj 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, to tcitify unto Iirael, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the feat of judgment; even the feat of i\\c houfe of David. 6 O pray for the peace of Jerufalem ; they fhall profper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and plenteouihefs within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions fakes, I will wiih thee profperity. 9 Yea, becaufeof the houfe of the Lord our God, I will feek to do thee good. P 6 a l m 123. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes •, O thou that dwelled in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of fervants look unto the hand of their mailers, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftrefs, even fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us ; for we are utterly defpifed Psalm 12 TF the Lord himfelf nad JL not been on our fide, now may Iirael fay, if the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, when men rofe up a- gainft us, 2 They had fwallowed us up quick, when they were fo wrathfully difpleafed at us. 3 Yea the waters had drowned us, and the ftream had gone over our foul. 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our foul. 5 But praifed be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our foul is efcaped even as a bird out of the fnare of the fowler-, the fnare is broken, and we are deli- vered. 7 Our help ftandeth in the Name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. Psalm 125. THEY that put their trull in the Lord, fhall be even as the mount Sion, which may not be removed, but ftandeth fait for ever. 2 The hills ftand about 4 Our foul is filled with Jerufalem, even fo ftandeth the fcornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the defpite- fulnefs of the proud. the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore, I 2 3 For The Pfalms. 3 For the rod of the un- godly cometh not into the lot of the righteous, left the righteous put their hand unto wickednefs. 4 Do well, O Lord, unto thofe that are good and true of heart. 5 As for fuch as turn back unto their own wickednefs, the Lord fhall lead them forth with the evil-doers, but peace fhall be upon Ifrael. Psalm 126. Psalm 127. XCEPT the Lord build WHEN the Lord turn- ed again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. 3 Then laid they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already \ whereof we rejoice. 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the fouth. 6 They that low in tears, fhall reap in joy. 7 Pie that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good feed, fhall doubt- lefs come again with joy, and bring his (heaves with him. \2J the houfe, their labour is but loft that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wak- eth but in vain. 3 It is but loft labour that ye hafte to rife up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the bread of carefulnefs •, for fo he giveth his beloved deep. 4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb, are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant; even fo are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them ; they fhall not be alhamed when they fpeak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 128. BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord, and walk in his ways. 2 For thou fhalt eat the labours of thine hands \ O well is thee, and happy fhalt thou be. 3 Thy wife mall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine houfe. 4 Thy children like the olive branches round about thy table. 5 L o> The Pfalms. 5 Lo, thus fhall the man be bleffed that feareth the Lc: 6 The Lord from out of Sion fhall lo bids thee, that thou fhalt fee Jcrufalem in profperity all thy life Ion 7 Yea, that thou malt fee thy childrens children, and peace upon llrael. s A L M l 29, MANY a time have they fought againft me from my youth up, may llrael now fay. 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up ; but they have not pre- vailed againft me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows. 4 But the righteous Lord hath hewn the fnares of the ungodly in pieces. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward, as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grais growing upon the houfetops, which withereth afore it be plucked up. 7 Whereof the mower fil- leth not his hand; neither he that bindeth up the fheaves bis bofom. 8 So that they who go by fay not fo much as, The Lord profper you, we wifh you good luck in the Name of the Lord. Psalm 130. OU T of the deep have 1 called unto thee, O Lord •, Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine ears confider well the voice of my com- plaint. 3 If thou. Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amils, O Lord, who may abide it? 4 But there is mercy with thee -, therefore fhalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord ; my foul doth vvait for him : in his word is my truft. 6 My foul fieeth unto the Lord, before the morning watch ; I fay, before the morning watch, 7 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he fhall redeem If- rael from all his fins. Psalm 131. LORD, I am not high minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercife myfelf in great matters which are too high for me. 3 But I refrain my foul, I 3 and defpife not then the works of thine own hands. Psalm i 39' OLord, thou haft fearch- ed me out, and known me ; thou know eft my down- fitting, and mine up-rifing, thou underftandeft my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed, and fpieft out all my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O Lord, knoweft it altoge- ther. 4 Thou haft falbioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me -, I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither mail I go then from thy Spirit ? or whither fhall I go then from thy pre* fence ? 7 If I climb up into hea- ven, thou art there ; if I go down to the grave, thou art there alfo. 8 If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermoft parts of the fea; 9 Even there alfo mall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand fhall hold me. to If I fay, Perad venture the darknefs fhall coyer me, ther* The Pfaltns. then mall my night be turned to day. ii Yea, the darknefs is no darknefs with thee, but the night is as clear as the day, the darknefs and light to thee are both alike. 1 2 For my reins are thine ; thou haft covered me in my mother's womb. 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvel- lous are thy works, and that my foul knoweth right well. 14 My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made fecretly, and faftiioned beneath in the earth. 1 5 Mine eyes did fee my fubftance, yet being imper- fect ; and in thy book were all my members written ; 16 Which day by day were fafhioned, when as yet there was none of them. 1 7 How dear are thy coun- fels unto me, O God °, O how great is the fum of them ! 1 8 If I tell them, they are more in number than the fand -, when I wake up, I am prefent with thee. 19 Wilt thou not flay the wicked, O God ; depart from me, ye blood-thirfty men. 20 For they fpeak unrigh- teoufly againft thee, and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee ; and am not 1 grieved with thofe that rife up againft me ? 22 Yea, I hate them right fore; even as though they were mine enemies. 23 Try me, O God, and feek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. 24 Look well if there be any way of wickednefs in me, and lead me in the way ever- lafting. Psalm 140. DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man, and preferve me from the wicked man; 2 Who imagine mifchief in their hearts, and ftir up ftrife all the day long. 3 They have fharpened their tongues like a ferpent ; adder's poifon is under their lips. 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly ; preferve me from the wicked men, who are purpofed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have laid a fnare for me, and fpread a net abroad with cords *, yea, and fet traps in my way. 6 I had laid unto the Lord, thou art my God •, hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord, 1 7 O Lord, The Pfalms 7 O Lord God, thou ftrength of my health •, thou hail covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his defire, O Lord ; let not his mifchievous imagifia- tion profper, left ihey be too proud. 9 Let the mifchief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compafs me about. 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them : let them be iraft into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rile up again. n A man full of words fKall not profper upon the earth ; evil mail hunt the •wicked perfon to overthrow him. 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor, and maintain the caufe of the helplefs. 13 The righteous alfofhall give thanks unto thy Name, and the juft mail continue in thy fight. Psalm 141. LORD, I call upon thee; hade thee unto me, and confider my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be fet forth in thy fight as the in- cenfe, arid let the lifting up of my hands be an evening facrifice 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips. 4 O let not mine lieart be inclined to any evil thing ; let me not be occupied in ungodly works, with the men that work wic^ednefs, left I eat of inch things as pleafe them. 5 Let the righteous rather fmite me friendly, and re- prove me. 6 But let not their pre- cious balms break my head ^ yea, I will pray yet againft their wickedneis. 7 Let their judges be overthrown in ftony places, that they may hear my words, for they are fweet. 8 Our bones lie fcattered before the pit, like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. 9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God •, in thee is my truft, O call: not out my foul. 10 Keep me from the fnare that they have laid for me, and from the traps cf the wicked doers. 1 1 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, and let me ever efcape them. FSALM The Pfaims. i Psalm 142. Cried unto the Lord with my voice •, yea, even unto the Lord did I make my fup- plication. 1 I poured out my com- plaints before him, and d him of my trouble. 3 When my ipirit was in heavinefs, thou kneweft my path ; in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a in are for me. 4 I looked alfo upon my right hand, and law there was no man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto, and no man cared for my foul. 6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and faid, Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living. 7 Confider my complaint ; for I am brought very low. 8 O deliver me from my perlecutors ; for they are too ftrong for me. 9 Bring my foul out of priibn, that I may give thanks unto thy Name; which thing if thou wilt grant me, then fhall the righteous re fort unto my company. Psalm 143, HE A \i my prayer, O Lord, and confider my ; hearken unto me for thy truth and righteoufnefs fake. 2 And enter not into judg- ment with thy fervant ; for in thy fight (hall no man liv- ing be juitified. 3 For the enemy hath perfecuted my foul, he hath fmitten my life down to the ground, he hath laid me in the darknefs, as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my ipirit vexed within me, and my heart within me is defolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time pail, I mule upon all thy works ; yea, I exercife myfelf in the works of thy hands. 6 I ftretch forth my hands unto thee ; my foul gafpeth unto thee as a thirfty land. 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that foon, for my ipirit wax- eth faint ; hide not thy face from me, left I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 O let me hear thy loving-kindnefs betimes in the morning, for in thee is my truft; inew thcu me the way that I mould walk in, fur I lift up my foul unto thee. 9 Deliver the Pfalms. 9 Deliver me, O Lord, irom mine enemies •, for| I flee unto thee to hide me. \ 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleafeth thee, for thou art my God - 9 let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteouf- nefs. ii Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's fake, and for thy righteoufhefs fake bring my foul out of trouble. 12 And of thy goodnefs flay mine enemies, and de- ftroy all them that vex my foul, for I am thy fer- yant. Psalm 144. BLESSED be the Lord my ftrength, who teach- eth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight ; 2 My hope and my for- trefs, my caftle and deliverer, my defender, in whom I truft •, who fubdueth my peo- ple that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man that thou haft fuch refpect unto him ; or the fon of man, that thou fo regardeft him ? 4 Man is like a thing of nought ; his time pafleth away like a fhadow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down •, touch the mountains, and they fhall fmoke. light- 6 Caft forth thy ning, and tear them •, moot out thine arrows, and confume them. 7 Send down thine hand from above ; deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of ftrange children; 8 Whofe mouth taiketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of wicked- nefs. 9 I will fing a new fong unto thee, O God, and fing praifes unto thee upon a ten- ftringed lute. 10 Thou haft given vic- tory unto kings, and haft de- livered David thy fervant from the peril of the fword. ■ 11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of ftrange children, whofe mouth taik- eth of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of ini- quity. 12 That our fons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polifhed corners of the temple. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of ftore •, that our fheep may bring forth thou- fands, and ten thouiands in our ftreets. 14 That our oxen may be ftrong to labour, that there be The Pfahns. be no decay; no leading into captivity, and no complain- ing in our ftreets. 15 Happy are the people that are in filch a cafe; yea, blefled are the people who have the Lord for their God. Psalm 145. I Will magnify thee, O God, my King, and I will praife thy Name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praife thy Name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praifed -, there is no end of his greatnefs. 4 One generation mall praife thy works unto ano- ther, and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worfhip, thy glory, thy praife, and won- derous works •, 6 So that men fhall fpeak of the might of thy marvel- lous acts, and I will aifo tell of thy greatnefs. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindnefs fhall be fhewed, and men fhall fing of thy righteoufnefs. 8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful, long-fuffering, and of great goodnefs. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praife thee, O Lord, and thy faints give thanks unto thee. 11 They fhew the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power •, 12 That thy power, thy glory, and the mightinefs of thy kingdom might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlaRing kingdom, and thy dominion endureth through- out all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all fuch as fall, and lifteth up all thofe that are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord, and thou giveft them their meat in due ieafon. 16 Thou opened thine hand, and filleil all things living with plenteoufnefs. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him ; yea, all fuch as call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him •, he alfo will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord prefer veth all them that love him •, hue fcattereth abroad all ungodly. 2 1 My T'k Pfalms. 21 My mouth fhall fpeak the praife of the Lord ; and let all flefh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. Psalm 146. PRAISE the Lord, O my foul, while I live will I praife the Lord ; yea, as long as I have any being, I will fing praifes unto my God. 2 O put not your truft in princes, nor in any child of help is no man ; for there in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he fhall turn again to his earth; and then all his thoughts perifh. 4 BlefTed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and whofe hope is in the Lord his God. 5 Who made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that therein is ; who keepeth his promife for ever ; 6 Who helpeth them to right that fuffer wrong •, who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord loofeth men out of prifon ; the Lord giv- eth fight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen ; the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the flrangers, he defendeth the fatherleis and widow ; as for he- o the way of the ungodly, turneth it upfide down. ' 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, fhall be King for evermore, and throughout all generations. Psalm 147. Praife the Lord, for it is a good thing to ling praifes unto our God-, yea, a joyful and pleafant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerufalem, and gather toge^ ther the out-cafts of Ifrael. 3 He healeth thofe that are broken in heart, and giv-^ eth medicine to heal their ficknefs. 4 He telleth the number of the ftars, and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power ; yea, and his wifdom is infinite. 6 The Lord fetteth up the meek, and bringeth the un- godly down to the ground. 7 O fing unto the Lord with thankfgiving •, praifes upon the harp our God -, 8 Who covereth the ven with clouds, and pareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grafs to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the ute of men •, 9 Who giveth fodder unto the fing unto hea- pre- Pfalms* the cattle, and fcedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleafure in the ftrength of an horfe •, neither delighteth he in the force of man. 1 1 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him, and put their truft in his mercy. 1 2 Praife the Lord, O Je- rufalem ; praife thy God, O Sion. 13 For he hath made faft the bars of thy gates, and hath bleffed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He fendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and his word runneth very fwiftly. 16 He giveth fnow Jike wool, and fcattereth the hoar- froft like afhes. 17 He cafteth forth his ice like morfels ; who is able to abide his froft ? 18 He fendeth out his word, and melteth them •, he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 He fhcweth his word unto Jacob; his ftatutes and ordinances unto Ilrael. 20 He hath not dealt fo with any nation ; neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. P s A L M 148, O Praife the Lord of hea- ven ; praife him in the height. 2 Praife him, all ye angels of his; praife him, all his hoft. 3 Praife him, fun and moon ; praife him, all ye ftars and light. 4 Praife him, all ye hea- vens; and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praife the Name of the Lord : for he fpake the word, and they were made, he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them faft for ever and ever ; he hath given them a law which {hall not be broken. 7 Praife the Lord upon earth, ye dragons and all deeps ; 8 Fire and hail, fnow and vapours, wind and ftorm fulfilling his word ; 9 Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all cedars ; 10 Beafts and all cattle-, worms and feathered fowls ; 1 1 Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges of the world ; 12 Young men and mai- dens, old men and children, praife the Name of the Lord : for his Name only is ex- It cellent, The Pfalms. cellent, and his praife above heaven and earth. 13 He fhall exalt the horn of his people ; all his faints fhall praife him, even the children of Ifrael, even the people thac ferv'eth him. Ps A L M I49, OSing unto the Lord a new fong •, let the con- gregation of faints praife him. 2 Let Ifrael rejoice in him that made him, and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. g Let them praife his Name in the dance, let them ling praifes unto him with tabret and harp. 4 For the Lord hath plea- fure in his people, and help- eth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the faints be joyful with glory -, let them rejoice in their beds. 6 Let the praifes of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged fword in their hands -, 7 To be avenged of the heathen, and to rebuke the people ; 8 To bind their kings in chains -, and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be a- venged of them, as it is written; Such honour have all his faints. Psalm 150. O Praife God in his ho- linefs ; praife him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praife him in his noble acls ; praife him according to his excellent greatnefs. 3 Praife him in the found of the trumpet i praife him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praife him in the cym- bals and dances ; praife him upon the firings and pipe. 5 Praife him upon the well tuned cymbals ; praife him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praife the Lord. COLLECTION O F HYMNS AND PSALMS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON No. r- ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. ins- HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn I. Long Metre. Ail nations called upon topraife God the Creator* A plain tr (inflation of Pfalm C. I. Ye nations round the earth, rejoice Before the Lord, your fov'reign king: Serve him with chearful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory fing. II. The Lord is God : 'tis he alone Doth life, and breath, and being; give: We are his work, and not our own •, The fheep that on his paitures live. III. Enter his gates with fongs of joy, With praifes to his courts repair; And make it your divine employ To pay your thanks and honours there. IV. The Lord is good, the Lord is kind •, Great is his grace, his mercy fure : And the whole race of man fhall find His truth from age to age endure. Hymn II. Long; Metre. A paraphrafe of the fame. I. Sing to the Lord with joyful voice •, Let ev'ry land his name adore -, The BritiOi i(ks fhall fend the noife Acrofs the ocean to the Ihore. B II. Nations HYMNS and PSALMS. II. Nations attend before his throne With folemn fear, with facred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he deftroy. III. His fov'reign pow'r, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men : And when, like wandring iheep, we ftray'd, He brought us to his fold again. IV. We are his people, we his care, Our fouls and all our mortal frame : What lading honours mail we rear, Almighty maker, to thy name ! V. We'll croud thy gates with thankful fongs ; High as the heav'ns our voices raife ; And earth with her ten thoufand tongues, Shall fill thv courts with founding praife. VI. Wide as the world is thy command ! Vaft as eternity thy love 1 Firm as a rock thy truth muft (land, When rolling years fhall ceafe to move. Hymn III. Long Metre. The one living and true God. I. Eternal God, almighty caufe Of earth and leas and worlds unknowns All things are fubject to thy laws ; All things depend on thee alone. II. Thy glorious being fingly (lands, Of all within itfelf poffeit : ControuPd by none are thy commands j Thou from thyfelf alone are bleft. III. To HYMNS and PSALMS. III. To thee alone ourfelves we ewe ; Let heav'n and earth due homage pay, All other Gods we diiavow, Deny their claims, renounce their fway. IV. Spread thy great name thro' heathen lands ; Their idol deities dethrone > Reduce the world to thy command, And reign, as thou art, God alone. Hymn IV. Long Metre. The divine perfections. I. Great God ! thy glories fliall employ Our holy fear, our humble joy •> Our lips in grateful longs, fhall bring Their tribute to th' eternal king. IJ. The earth and flars, and worlds unknown, Depend precarious on thy throne > All nature refts upon thy word, And men and angels own their Lord. III. His fov'reign pow'r what mortal knows ; If he command, who dares oppofe ? With ftrength he girds himlelf around, And treads the rebels to the ground. IV. Who mall pretend to teach thee (kill, Or guide the counfels of thy will ? Thy wifdom, like a fea divine, Flows deep and high above our line. V. Th' eternal law before thee ftands : Thy juftice, with impartial hands* Divides to all their due reward, Or by the fceptre, or the fword. B 2 VI. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS. VF. Thy love reveals a chearing face, Thy truth and promife feal the grace : Thy mercy ages paft have known, And ao;es long to come fhall own. VII. Thou, God of heav'n ! doft condefcend To be our father and our friend : We love thy name •, we love thy word : Join, all our pow'rs, to praife the Lord. Hymn V. Common Metre. tfhe immutability of God. I. Thro' endlefs years thou art the fame, O ever bleiled God \ Ages to come fhall know thy name, And tell thy works abroad. II. The ftrong foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid ; By thee the beauteous arch of heav'n With matchlefs fkill was made. III. Soon fhall this goodly frame of things, Form'd by thy pow'rful hand, Be, like a vefture, laid-afide, And chang'd at thy command. IV. But thy perfections, all-divine, Eternal as thy days, Thro' everlafting ages mine, With undiminifh'd rays. V. Thy fervants children, flill thy care, Shall own their father's God ; To lateft times thy favour fhare, And fpread thy praife abroad. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS, Hymn VI. Long Metre. 'O Gcd incomprehenfible. I. Can creatures, to perfection, find Th' eternal uncreated mind ? Or can the largefr itretch of thought Mealure and fearch thy nature out ? II. 'Tis high as heav'n, 'tis deep as hell ; And what can mortals know, or tell ? Thy glory fp reads beyond the fky And all the fhining worlds on high. III. God is a king of pow'r unknown ; Firm are the orders of his throne : If he refolve, who dare oppofe, Or afk him why, or what he does ? IV. He wounds the heart, and he makes whole ; He calms the tempeft of the foul : When he fhuts up in long defpair, "Who can remove the heavy bar ? V. He frowns, and darknefs veils the moon, The fainting fun grows dim at noon : The pillars of heav'ns ftarry roof Tremble and flart at his reproof. VI. He gave the vaulted heav'n its form, The crooked ferpent and the worm ; He breaks the billows with his breath, And fmites the fons of pride to death. VII. Thefe are a portion of thy ways ; But who Ihall dare defcribe thy face ? Who can endure thy light, or ftand To hear the thunders of thy hand ? B 3 Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS Hymn VII. Long Metre. The all-feeing God. I. Lord, thou haft fearch'd and feen us thro'; Thine eye commands, with piercing view Our waking and our fleeping hours, Our heart and flefh with all their pow'rs. II. Our thoughts, before they are our own, Are to our God diftinctly known : He knows the words we mean to fpeak, E'er from our op'ning lips they break. ill. Within thy circling power we (land ; On every fide we find thy hand : Awake, afleep, at home, abroad, We are furrounded H: ill with God. IV. Amazing knowledge, vaft and great ! What large extent ! wli3t lofty height ! Our fouls with all the pow'rs they boaft, Are in the boundlefs profpect loft. V. O may thefe thoughts poffefs our breaft, Where-e'er we rove, where-e'er we reft ! Nor let our weaker paflions dare Confent to fin, for God is there. Pause I. Could we fo falfe, fo faithlefs prove, To quit thy fervice and thy love, Where, Lord, could we thy prefence (hun, Or from thy dreadful glory run ? 'VII. If up to heaven we take our flight ; 3 Tis there thou dwell'ft enthron'd in light •, Or dive to hell *, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. VIII. If HYMNS and PSALMS. VIII. If mounted on a morning-ray We fly beyond the weftern lea, Thy fwifter hand would firft arrive, And there arreft the fugitive. IX. Or fliould we try to fhun thy fight Beneath the fpreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Wou'd kindle darknefs into day. X. O may thefe thoughts pofTefs our bread:, Where-e'er we rove, where-e'er we reft ! Nor let our weaker paflions dare Confent to fin, for God is there. Pause II. XI. The veil of night is no difguife, No fcreen from thine all-iearching eyes ; Thy hand can feize thy foes as foon Thro' midnight-fhades as blazing noon. XLI. Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee •, Not death can hide what God will fpy, And hell lies naked to his eye. XIII. O may thefe thoughts pofTefs our bread, Where-e'er we rove, where-e'er we reft ! Nor let our weaker paflions dare Confent to fin, for God is there. Hymn VIII. Common Metre. To God the Creator, I. Great firft of beings ! mighty Lord Of all this wond'rous frame ! Produc'd by thy creating word, The world from nothing came. B 4 II. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS, II. Thy voice fent forth the high command ; T'was inftantly obey'd : And thro' thy goodneis all things {land, Which by thy pow'r were made. III. Thy glories mine throughout the whole, Each part reflects thy light: For thee, in courfe the planets roll, And day fucceeds the night. IV. For thee, the fun difperfes heat And beams of chearing day : The diftant ftars in order fet, By night, thy pow'r difplay. V. For thee, the earth its produce yields ; For thee, the waters flow : And various plants adorn the fields, And trees afpirins; grow. VL Jnfpir'd with praife, oiir minds purfuc This wife and noble end ; And all we think, and all we do Shall to thine honour tend. Hymn IX. Common Metre. To God the Creator and Lord of all. I. Almighty God ! thy pow'rful word From nothing all things brought : Earth, feas, and fkies, by thee, their Lord, With fkill divine were wrought. ii. By thee preferv'd the world remains A proof of pow'r divine : Whatever this great whole contains, By fov'reign right is thine. III. Thou HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Thou over all art Lord fupreme, All things from thee derive : No creature can difpute thy claim, Or independant live. IV. To thine all-gracious pow'r we bow; Our wills to thee refign : Accept the praife; accept the vow-, We wou'd be ever thine. Hvmn X. Common Metre. To God the Creator of mankind, I. God of our lives, whofe bounteous care Firit gave us pow'r to move ; How mall our thankful hearts declare The wonders of thy love ? II. While void of thought and fenfe we lay, Duft of our parent earth ; Thy breath inform'd the fleeping clay, And call'd us into birth. III. From thee our limbs their fafhion took ; And e'er our life began, Within the volume of thy book, Were written ev'ry one. IV. Thine eye beheld in perfecl view The yet unfinilh'd plan ; Th' imperfect lines thy pencil drew, And form'd the future man. V. O may this frame, which rifing grew Beneath thy forming hands, Be ftudious ever to purfue Whate'er thy will commands. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XI. Common Metre. The goodnefs of God. I. Sweet is the mem'iy of thy grace, O God, our heav'nly king; Let age to age thy righteoufnefs In founds of glory fing. II. God reigns on high, but not confines His goodnefs to the fides ; Thro' the whole earth thy bounty mines, And ev'ry want fupplies. III. With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee, for daily food ; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. iv. s How kind are thy companions, Lord ! How flow thine anger moves ! But foon he fends his pardoning word To chear the fouls he loves. V. Creatures with all their endlefs race Thy pow'r and praife proclaim ; But thofe that tafte thy richer grace Delight to blefs thy name. Hymn XI L Long Metre. Tbe daily goodnefs of God. I. Great God, how endlefs is thy love ! Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new \ And morning mercies from above Gently diftil, like early dew. II. Thou HYMNS and PSALMS. II. Thou fpreadft the curtains of the night, Great guardian of our ilecping hours •, Thy ibv'reign word reftores the light, And quickens all our drowfy pow'rs. III. \Vc yield our pow'rs to thy command \ To thee we confecrate our days : Perpetual blefllngs from thine hand Demand perpetual fongs of praiie. Hymn XIII. Long Metre. The goodnefs of God unchangeable. I. Eternal fourcc of ev'ry joy ! Well may thy praife our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear : Thy goodnefs crowns the circling year. II. Wide as the earth and planets roll, Thy hand fupports and chears the whole j By thee the fun is taught to rife, And darknefs when to veil the Ikies. III. The flow'ry fpring at thy command, Embalms the air and paints the land -, The fummer rays with vigour fhine, To raife the corn, and chear the vine. IV. Seafons and months, and weeks and days, Demand fuccefiive hymns of praiie : Still be the chearful homage paid, With op'ning light, and ev'ning made. V. O may our more harmonious tongues In worlds unknown puriue the fongs : And in thofe brighter courts adore, Where days and years revolve no more. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XIV. Common Metre. The eternal dominion of God. I. Great God ! how infinite art thou ! What worthlefs worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praife to thee. II. Thy throne eternal ages flood, Ere feas or ftars were made ; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. III. Nature and time quite naked lie To thine immenfe furvey, From the formation of the Iky, To the great burning day. IV. Eternity, with all its years, Stands prefent in thy view ; To thee there's nothing old appears j Great God ! there's nothing new. V. Our lives thro' various fcenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undifturb'd affairs. VI. Great God ! how infinite art thou ! What worthlefs worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praife to thee. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XV. Short Metre. Divine mercy. I. Obleis the Lord, our fouls •, Let all within us join, And aid our tongues to bleis his name, Whofe favours are divine. II. O blefs the Lord, our fouls ; Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulnefs, And without praifes die. III. 'Tis he forgives our fins ; 'Tis he relieves our pain ; 'Tis he that heals our ficknefies ; And makes us ftrong again. VI. He crowns our lives with love, When ranfom'd from the crave : He that redeems our fouls from death, Hath fov'reign pow'r to fave. V. He Mils the poor with good ; He gives the fufPrers reft : The Lord hath judgments for the proud, And juftice for th' oppreft. VI. His wond'rous works and ways, He made by Mofes known : But fent the world his truth and grace By his beloved fon. Hymx HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XVI. Short Metre. The fame. I. Our fouls, repeat his praife Whofe mercies are fo great ; Whofe anger is fo flow to rife, So ready to abate. II. God will not always chide; And when his ftrokes are felt, His ftrokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. III. High as the heav'ns are rais'd Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of thy grace Our higheft thoughts exceed, IV. Thy pow'r fubdues our fins -, And thy forgiving love, Far as the eaft is from the weft, Doth all our guilt remove. V. The pity of the Lord To thofe that fear his name, Is fuch as tender parents feel : He knows our feeble frame. VI. He knows we are but dull, Scatter'd with ev'ry breath : His anger, like a rifing wind, Can fend us fwift to death. VII. Our days are as the* grafs, Or like the morning flow'r : If one fharp blaft fweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. VIII. But HYMNS and PSALMS, VIII. But thy companions, Lord, To endlefs years endure -, And cluldrens children ever find Thy words of promiie iure. Hymn XVII. Long Metre. God kind and merciful. I. Let ev'ry tongue thy goodnefs fpeak, Thou fov'reign Lord of all : Thy ftrength'ning hands uphold the weak, And raife the poor that fall. II. When forrow bows the fpirit down, Or virtue lies diftreft Beneath fome proud oppreflbr's frown, Thou giv'ft the mourners reft. III. Thy grace fupports our tott'ring days, And guides our giddy youth \ Holy and juft are all thy ways, And all thy words are truth. IV. Thou knows the pains thy fervants feel; Thou hears thy childrens cry ; And their bed wifhes to fulfil Thy grace Is ever nigh, V. Thy mercy never mail remove From men of heart fiacGrc, To fave the fouls, whofe humble love Is join'd with holy fear. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XVIII. Common Metre. The companion of God. I. Othou, the wretched's fare retreat, Who doft our cares controul, And with the chearful fmile of peace Revive the fainting foul ! II. Did ever thy relenting ear The humble plea difdain ? Or when did plaintive mis'ryfigh, Or fupplicate, in vain ? III. Opprefs'd with grief and fhame, diiTolv'd In penitential tears, Thy goodnefs calms our reftlefs doubts, And difiipates our fears. IV. New life from thy refrefhing grace Our finking hearts receive ; Thy gentleft beft lov'd attribute, To pity and forgive. Hymn XIX. Common Metre. The wifdom of God in his works. I. Songs of immortal praife belong, To thee, almighty God ! To thee are due our heart, our tongue, To fpread thy name abroad. II. How great the works thy hand has wrought ! How glorious in our fight ! And men in ev'ry age have fought Thy wonders with delight. HI. How HYMNS and PSALMS III. How moft exact is nature's frame ! How wife th' eternal mind ! Thy counfels never change the fcheme That thy firfl: thoughts deiign'd. IV. Nature and time, and earth and ikies Thy heav'nly fkill proclaim : What mall we do to make us wife, But learn to read thy name ? V. To fear thy pow'r, to truft thy grace, Is our diviner! (kill -, And he's the wifeft of our race That beft obeys thy will. Hymn XX. Long Metre. The wifdom of God in his works i I. Great God, the heav'ns well order'd frame Declares the glories of thy name ; There thy rich works of wonder mine : A thoufand flarry beauties there, A thoufand radiant marks appear Of boundlefs pow'r and fkill divine. II. From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wifdom read : With filent eloquence they raife Our thoughts to the Creator's praife, And neither found or lang-ua-e need. III. Yet their divine inftruclions run Far as the journeys of the fun : All nature joins to fhew thy praife. Thus God in ev'ry creature mines : Fair is the book of nature's lines, But fairer is thy book of grace. C FL iHYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XXI. Long Metre. The equity of the divine difpenfations. I. Father of men, who can complain Under thy mild and equal reign ? Who does a weight of duty fliare More than his aids and pow'rs can bear ? II. With diiT'ring climes and dirPring lands, With fruitful plains and barren lands, Thy hand hath form'd this earthly round, And let each nation in its bound, III. With like variety thy ray Here fheds a full, there fainter day ; While ail are in their meaiure fhow'd The way to happinefs and God. IV. O the unbounding grace which brought To us the words by Jeius taught 1 Eo bleft and with fuch hopes infpir'd, How much is giv'n, how much requir'd ? Hymn XXII. Long Metre. Divine providence. Thro' all the various mifting fcenc Of life's miftaken ill or good ; Thy hand, O God, conduces unieen, The beautiful vicifiitude. II. Thou giveil with a father's care, How e'er unjuftly we complain, To each their neceflary mare Of joy and forrow, health and pain. III. All things on earth, and all in heav'n On thine eternal will depend •, And all for greater orood were giv'n, Would man purfuc th' appointed end. Be HYM NS and PSALMS. IV - Be this our care — to all befide IndifPrent let our wifhes be : PafTion be calm, and dumb be pride, And fix'd our ibuls, O God, on thee ! Hymn XXIII. Long Metre. The perfections and providence of God, I. High in the heav'ns, eternal God, Thy goodnefs in full glory mines ; Thy truth mail break thro' ev'ry cloud, Which veils and darkens thy defigns, II. For ever firm thy juftice flands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wife are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep, ill. Thy providence is kind and large ; Both man and bead thy bounty mare j The whole creation is thy charge ; The good are thy peculiar care. IV. O God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort fprings ; The fons of Adam in diftrefs Fly to the fhadow of thy wings. Hymn XXIV. Long Metre. Confidence in the divine proteclion* I. The Lord my pafture mall prepare, And feed me with a (hepherd's care : His pretence mail my wants fupply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he fhall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. C 2 II. When HYMNS amd PSALMS. II. When in the fultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirfty mountains pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads, My weary wand'ring fteps he leads, Where peaceful rivers foft and flow Amidft the verdant landfkip flow. III. Tho* in a bare and rugged way, Thro' devious lonely wilds I ftray ; Thy prefence mall my pains beguile, The barren wildernefs fnall fmile ; With fudden greens and herbage crown'd, And ftreams mall murmur all around. IV. Tho' in the paths of death I tread W 7 ith gloomy horrors overfpread, My ftedfaft heart mail fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me flill ; Thy friendly crook mall give me aid, And guide me thro' the difmal made. . Hymn XXV. Long Metre. Dependence upon providence, I. Great Lord of earth, and feas, and fkies ! Thy wealth the needy world fupplies : On thee alone the whole depends, Thy care to ev'ry part extends. II. To thee perpetual thanks we owe For all our comforts here below ; Our daily bread thy bounty gives, And ev'ry rifing want relieves. III. The waftes of life thy pow'r repairs, Thy mercy (tills tempeituous cares : And fafe beneath thy guardian arm, We live fecur'd from ev'ry harm. IV. To HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. To thee we chearful homage bring •, In grateful hymns thy praifes fing -, Direct to thee our waiting eyes, And humbly look for frcfli (applies. V. dill arc indigent and poor, Indebted much, yet lacking more : On thee we ever will depend, The rich, the hire, the faithful friend. VI. And mould thy meafures feem fevere, Calmly may we thy chaft'ning bear: Without complaint to thee fubmit, Th' unerring judge of what is fit. Hymn XXVI. Long Metre. Dependence on providence. I. On thee, O God ! we (till depend, Our father, and our conftant friend ; All that is good thou can'fr, fupply, And put all threatening evil by. if Should wars on ev'ry fide invade, We'll (belter feek beneath thy (bade : We'll truft to thy paternal care, Nor want, nor harm, nor danger fear. III. We'll dill refer ourfelves to thee, And with our lot contented be ^ With one confenting heart and voice, Approve our heav'nly father's choice. IV. From earth we'll turn our longing eyes, To regions far beyond the fkies ; O fit us for that bleft abode, \VL lis our father and our God. C 3 Hvmn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XXVII. Long Metre. 7*0 God the preferver. I. The earth, and all the heav'nly frame. Their great Creator's love proclaim, He gives the fun his genial pow'r, And fends the foft refrefhing fhow'r. II. The ground with plenty blooms again, And yields her various fruits to men : To men, who from thy bounteous hand* Receive the gifts of ev'ry land. III. Nor to the human race alone, Is thy paternal goodnefs fhown ; The tribes of earth and fea and air Enjoy thine univerfal care. IV. Not ev'n a fparrow yields its breath. Till God permits the ftroke of death : He hears the ravens when they call, The father, and the friend of all. Hymn XXVIII. Common Metre. To God our preferver \ I. Gt reat God ! to thee, our grateful tongues T United thanks mall raiie : lnfpire our hearts to tune the fongs, Which celebrate thy praife ! II. From thine almighty forming hand. We drew our vital pow'rs : Our time revolves at thy command In all its circling hours. III. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Thy pow'r, our ever prcfent guard, From ev'ry ill defends : While numerous dai . >ver round, Our help from (bends. IV. Beneath the fhadow of thy wings How fweet is our repoie : The morning light renews the fprings From whence our comfort flows, V, In celebration of thy praife, We would employ our breath : And walking ftedfaft in thy ways, Will triumph e'en in death, Hymn XXIX. Common Metre. Preferving goodnefs acknowledged. I. How are thy fervants bleft, O Lord ! How fure is their defence ! Eternal wifdom is their guide, Their help omnipotence. II. In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, Through burning climes I pafs'd unhurt, And breath'd in tainted air. III. Thy mercy fweeten'd ev'ry foil, Made ev'ry region pleafe ; The hoary frozen hills it //arm'd, And fmooth'd the boift'rous feas. IV. Think, O my foul, devoutly think, How with affrighted eyes, Thou faWft the wide extended deep In all its horrots rife! Ci V. Con- ^^ HYMNS and PSALMS. V. ConfuHon dwelt in ev'ry face, And fear in ev'ry heart ; When waves on waves, and gulphs on gulphs, O'ercame the pilot's art. VI. Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy let me free •, Whilft in the confidence of pray'r My foul took holct on thee. VII. For though in dreadful whirles we hung. High on the broken wave ; I knew thou wer't not flow to hear, Nor impotent to fave. VIII. The ftorm was laid, the winds retir'd, Obedient to thy will : The fea that roar'd at thy command, At thy command was ftill. IX. In midft of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodneis I'll adore ; And praife thee for thy .mercies paft, And humbly hope for more. X. My life, whilft thou preferv'ft my life, Thy facrifice fhall be ; And death, when death mall be my doom. Shall join my foul to thte. Hymn XXX. Proper Tune. God our father and our friend. I. The Lord Jehovah reigns, His throne is built on high ; The garments he aflumes Are light and majefty : His HYMNS and PSALMS, His glories fhine With beams fo bright, No mortal eye Can bear the fi^ht. II. The thunders of his hand Keep the wide world in awe ; His truth and juftice ftand To guard his holy law : And where his love Refolves to blefs, His truth confirms, And leals the grace. III. And will this gracious king Of glory condefcend ? Will he declare himfelf, " Our father and our friend }'* We love his name, We love his word ; Join all our pow'rs, To praife the Lord. Hymn XXXI. Common Metre* The faithfulnefs of God. I. Our never-ceafing longs fhall mow Thy mercies, gracious Lord ! And make fucceeding ages know How faithful is thy word. II. The facred truths thy lips pronounce Shall firm as heav'n endure : And if thou fpeak a promife once, Th' eternal grace is fure. III. How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewifh throne ! But there's a nobler cov'nant leal'd To David's greater fon. IV. His HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. His feed for ever (hall poffefs A throne above the fkies ; The meanefl fubject of his grace Shall to that glory rife. V. Lord God of hods, thy wondrous ways Are fung by faints above ; And we on earth would honour raife To thy unchanging love. Hymn XXXII. Common Metre. Praife to God, I. C>f reat is the Lord ; his works of might "J Demand our nobleft fongs : Let his affembled faints unite Their harmony of tongues. II. Great is thy mercy, fov'reign Lord j Thou givTt thy children food ; And ever mindful of thy word, Doft make thy promife good. III. Thy fon, the great redeemer,came To feal thy cov'nant fure : Holy and rev'rend is thy name, * Thy ways are juft and pure. IV. They who would grow divinely wife a Mud with thy fear begin ; Our faireft proof of knowledge lies In hating ev'ry fin. * Pfalm cxi. 3.. HYM!* HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XXXIII. Long Metre. fbe fame. I. Praife ye the Lord ; our God to praife Our foul* their utmoll pow'rs ihall raife: With private friends, and in the throng Of faints, thy praife fhall be our long. II. Thy works, for greatnefs tho' renown'd, Thy vvond'rous works, with eafe, are found By t hole who feek for them aright, And in the pious fearch delight. III. Thy works are all of matchlefs fame, And univerfal glory claim : Thy truth, conhrm'd thro' ages pad, Shall to eternal ages laft. IV. By precept thou hail us enjoyn'd, To keep thy wond'rous works in mind ; And to pofcerity record, That good and gracious is our Lord. Hymn XXXIV. Common Metre The fame. I. Thee will we blefs, our God and king, Thy endlefs praife proclaim j This tribute daily will we bring, And ever blefs thv name. II. Thou, Lord, beyond compare art o-reat, And highly to be prais'd : Thy majelty, with boundlefs height, Above our knowledge rais'd. ';d v III. Renown'd HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Renown'd for mighty acts, thy fame To future times extends : From age to age thy glorious name Succeflively defcends. IV. Whilft we thy glory and renown, And wond'rous works exprefs : The world with us thy might fhall own, And thy great pow'r confefs. ' V. The praife that to thy love belongs, They fhall with joy proclaim : Thy truth of all their grateful fongs Shall be the conftant theme. VI. Thou, Lord, art good •, frefh acts of grace Thy pity ftill fupplies : Thy anger moves with flowed pace, Thy willing mercy flies. VII. Thy love thro' earth extends its fame, In all thy works expreft : Thefe fhew thy praife, whilft thy great name Is by thy fervants bled. Hymn XXXV. Common Metre. Praife to the great and good God. L I. ong as we live, we'll blefs thy name, Great king, and Gocl of love : Our work and joy fhall be the fame, In the bright world above. II. Great art thou, Lord, thy pow'r unknown, And let thy praife be great : "We'll fing the honours of thy throne,. Thy works of grace repeat. III. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Thy grace fhall dwell upon our tongues, And while our li;>s rejoice, The men who hear our facred fdngs, Shall join their chearful vc . . IV. Fathers to ions fhall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways : Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And nations found thy praife. V. Thy glorious deeds of antient date Shall thro' the world be known : Thine arm of pow'r, thy heavenly date V/ith public fplendor mown. VI. The world is govern'd by thy hands, Thy people rul'd by love : And thine eternal kingdom flands, Tho' rocks and hills remove. Hymn XXXVI. Long Metre. Univ erf at praife to God. I. OGod, our king, thy various praife Shall fill the remnant of our days : Thy grace employ our humble tongue, Till death and glory raife the fong. II. The wings of ev'ry hour fhall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear; And ev'ry fetting iun fhall fee New works of duty done for thee. III. Thy truth and juftice we proclaim •, Thy bounty flows, an endlefs ftream ; Thy mercy fwift, thine anger flow, But dreadful to the ftubborn ioc. IV. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS, IV. Thy works with fov'reign glory fhine, And fpeak thy majefty divine : Let Britain round her fhores proclaim The found and honour of thy name. V. Let diftant times and nations raife The long fucceftion of thy praife : And unborn ages make our fons: The joy and labour of their tonsrue. VI. But who can fpeak thy wondrous deeds ? Thy greatnefs all our thoughts exceeds : Vaft and unfearchable thy ways, Vail and immortal be thy praife. Hymn XXXVII. Common Metre, Praife to the Creator, I. Jehovah reigns, let every nation hear, And at his footftool bow with holy fear; Let heav'n's high arches eccho with his name, And the wide peopled earth his praife proclaim, Then fend it down to hell's deep gloom refounding,' Thro' all her caves in dreadful murmurs founding. II. He rules with wide and abfolute command O'er the broad ocean and the (ledfalt land ; Jehovah reigns, unbounded, and alone, And all creation hangs beneath his throne 5 He reigns alone, let no inferior nature Ufurp, or fhare the throne of the Creator, III; Hefaw the flruggling beams of infant light Shootthro'themafiyg'ioomofantient night. His fpirit hufh'd the elemental flrife, And brooded o'er the kindling ieeds of life ; Seafons and months began their long proceffion And meafur'd o'er the year in bright fucceflion. . IV. The HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. The joyful fun fprung up th' etherial way 1 1 a bridegroom gay ; And the pafe moon diffused her fhadowy 1: Superior, o'er the clufky bro ight* Ten thouland glittering lamps the I >rning, Numerous as dew dr be womb of morning. V. Earth's blooming face with rifing fiow'rs he dreft, A nd fpread a verdant man tie o'er her bread, Then from the hollow of his hand he pours The circling waters round her winding mores, The new born world in their cool arms embracing, And with loft murmurs frill her banks caremng. VI. At length Iherofe compleat in fininYd pride; All fair and ipotlefs like a virgin bride-, Frefh with untarniuYd luftre as fhe flood Her maker bleft his work, and call'd it good; The morning ftars with joyful acclamation Exulting lung, and hail'd the new creation. VII. Yet this fair world, the creature of a day, Tho' built by God's right hand muft pals away ; And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things, The fate of empires, and the pride of kings: Eternal night mall veil their prouder! (lory, And drop the curtain o'er all human glory, VIII. The fun himfelf with weary clouds oppreft Shall in his filent, dark pavilion reif, His golden urn (hall broke, and ufelefs lie, Amidlt the common ruins of the fky : The ftars rum headlong in the wild commotion And bathe their glittering foreheads in the ocean. IX. But fix'd,0 God, for everftands thy throne, Jehovah reigns, a univerfe alone: Th' eternal lire that feeds each vital flame Collected, or diffused is (till the fame} Me HYMNS and PSALMS. He dwells within his own unfathom'deffence, And fills all fpace with his unbounded prefence." X. But oh! our higheft notes the theme debafe, And filence is our leaft injurious praife ; Ceafe, ceafe, your fongs, the daring flight controul, Revere him in the ftillnefs of the foul : With filent duty meekly bend before him, And deep within your inmoft hearts adore him. Hymn XXXVIJI. Proper Tune. Praife to God for his works. I. Give thanks to God mod high, Jehovah, heav'nly king ; And let the fpacious earth, His works and glories fing : Thy power and grace Are (till the fame, And let thy name Have endiefs praife. II. How mighty is thy hand ! What wonders haft thou done \ Who form'd the earth and feas* And fpread the heav'ns alone : Thy mercy, Lord, Shall ftill endure, And ever fure Abides thy word. III. Thywifdom fram'd the fun, To crown the day with light ; The moon and twinkling itars To chear the darkfome night : Thy HYMNS and PSALMS. Thy power and grace Are itill the fame, And let thy name Have endlefs praife. IV. Thine only fon is fent To fave us from our woe, From Satan, fin, and death, And ev'ry hurtful foe ; Thy mercy, Lord, Shall ftill endure, And ever fure Abides thy word. Hymn XXXIX. Long Metre. Praife for protection, grace and truth* I. OGod, in whom are all the fprings Of boundlefs love, and grace unknown^ Hide us beneath thy fpreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown. II. Up to the heav'ns we fend our cry, The Lord will our defires perform *, He fends his angels from the fky, And faves us from the threat'ning ftorm. III. Be thou exalted, gracious God, Above the heav'ns where angels dwells Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. IV. Our heart is fiVd : our fong mall raife Immortal honours to thy name; Awake, our tongue, to found his praife, Our tongue, the glory of our frame. D V. High HYMNS and PSALMS. V. High o'er the earth thy mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmoft fky •, Thy truth to endlefs years remains, When lower worlds diffolve and die. VI. Be thou exalted, gracious God, Above the heav'ns where angels dwell-, Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. Hymn XL. Common Metre. Praifefor God's providential care. I. Lord, how thy wonders are difplay'd Where'er we turn our eye ! If we furvey the ground we tread, Or gaze upon the Iky. II. There's not a plant, or flow'r below, But makes thy glories known ; And clouds arife, and tempefts blow, By order from thy throne. III. Creatures (as num'rous as they be) Are fubjecT: to thy care : There's not a place where we can flee, But God is prefent there. IV. Thy hand is our perpetual guard, Thou keep'ft us with thine eye : Why fhould we then forget thee, Lord, Who art for ever nigh ? HtTMff HYMNS and PSALMS. H/mn XLI. Long Metre. Praife to God for his universal cart and goodnefs. I. Vaft are thy works Almighty Lord ! All nature refts upon thy word, And the whole race of creatures (land, Waiting their portion from thy hand. II. While each receives his diff'rent food, Their chearful looks pronounce it good ; Eagles and bears, and whales and worms, Rejoice and praife in diff'rent forms. III. But when thy face is hid, they mourn, And dying to their dull return •, Both man and bead their fouls refign ; Life, breath and fpirit, all are thine. IV. Yet thou canft breathe on duft again, And fill the world with beads and men ; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the waftes of time and death. V. Thy works, the wonders of thy might, Are honour'd with thy own delight •, How awful are thy glorious ways ? O Lord, how dreadful in thy praife ! Hymn XLII. Short Metre. God* sf over eignty^ and goodnefs to man. I. OLord, our heav'nly king, Thy name is all divine : Thy glories round the earth are fpread, And o'er the heav'ns they Ihine. D 2 When HYMNS and PSALMS. II. When to thy works on high We raife our wond'ring eyes, And fee the moon, complete in light, Adorn the darkfom fkies : III. When we furvey the ftars And all their mining forms ; Lord, what is man, that worthlefs thing, Akin to dull and worms ? IV. Lord, what is worthlefs man, That thou fhouldft love him fo ? Next to thine angels is he plac'd, And lord of all below. y. How rich thy bounties are ! And wond'rous are thy ways : Of duft and worms thy pow'r can frame A monument of praife. Hymn XLIII. Common Metre. Gratitude to God. I. TT7hen all thy mercies, O my God, V V My rifmg foul furveys ; Tranfported with the view, I'm loft In wonder, love, and praife. II. O how mail words with equal warmth The gratitude declare, Which glows within my ravifh'd heart ? But thou canft read it there. III. Thy providence my life fuftain'd, And all my wants redrefs'd, When in the filent womb I lay, And hung upon the breaft. IV. To HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. To all my weak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd l*o form themfelves in pniy'r. V. Unnumber'd comforts on my foul Thy tender care beftow'd, Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whence thofe comforts flow'd. VI. When in the flipp'ry paths of youth With heedleis ftep I ran, Thine arm unfeen convey'd me fafe, And led me up to man. VII. Thro' hidden dangers, toils and deaths, It gently clear'd my way * ^.nd thro' the pleafing fnares of vice, ^iore to be fear'd than they. Pause. VIII. When worn with ficknefs, oft haft thou With health renew'd my face ; And, when in fin and forrow funk, Reviv'd my foul with grace. IX. Thy bounteous hand with worldly blifs Hath made my cup run o'er ; And, in a kind and faithful friend, Has doubled all my (lore. X. Ten thoufand thoufand precious gifts My daily thanks employ •, Nor is the leaft a chearful heart, That taftes thofe gifts with joy. D 3 XI. Through HYMNS and PSALMS. XI. Through ev'ry period of my life, Thy goodnefs I'll purfue ; And, after death, in diftant worlds, The glorious theme renew. XII When nature fails, and day and night Divide thy works no more, My ever grateful heart, O Lord, Thy mercy fhall adore. XIJI. Thro' all eternity to thee A joyful fong I'll raife ; For oh ! eternity alone Can utter all thy praife. Hymn XLIV. Common Metre. Thanks to God for prefervation. I. To heav'n we lift our waiting eyes \ There all our hopes are laid : The Lord that built the earth and fkies, Is our perpetual aid. II. Their feet mail never Aide to fall, Whom thou doit love to keep \ Thy ear attends the fofteft call ; Thy eyes can never deep. III. Thou wilt fuflain our weakeft pow'rs With thine almighty arm, And watch our moil unguarded hours Againft furprizing harm. IV. Xfr'el rejoice, and reft fecure, Thy keeper is the Lord; His wakeful eyes employ his pow'r For thine eternal guard. V. Nor HYMNS and PSALMS. V, Nor fcorching fun, nor fickly moon, Shall have its leave to finite •, He fhields thy head from burning noon, From blading damps at night. VI. He guards thy foul, he keeps thy breath, Where trucked dangers come: Go and return fecure from death, 'Till God commands thee home. Hymn XLV. As the 148th Psalm. Thanks to God our preferver. I. Upward we lift our eyes, From God is all our aid ; The God who built the Ikies, And earth and nature made : God is the tow'r To which we fly; His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. II. Our feet mail never Aide, And fall in fatal fnares, Since God our guard and guide Defertds us from our fears. Thofe wakeful eyes That never fleep, Shall Ifr'el keep, When dangers rife. III. No burning heats by day, Nor blafts of ev'ning air, Shall take our health away, If God be with us there : Thou art our fun, And thou our Ihade, To guard our head By night or noon. D 4 IV. Haft HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. Hail thou not giv'n thy word To fave our fouls from death ? And we can truft our Lord To keep our mortal breath ; We'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call us home. Hymn XLVI. Long Metre. Thanks for temporal and fpiritual mercies* I. Give thanks to God •, he reigns above, Kind are his thoughts ; his name is love : His mercy ages paft have known, And ages long to come fhall own. II. He feeds and cloaths us ev'ry day, He guides our footfteps left we ftray ; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. III. O let the faints with joy record, The truth arid goodnefs of the Lord ! How great thy works! how kind thy ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce thy praife. Hymn XLVII. Long Metre. Give thanks to God always in all things. I. Great God our joyful thanks to thee Shall, like thy gifts, continual be : In conftant ftreams thy bounty flows, Nor end, nor intermiflion knows. II. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS, II. Thy kindnefs all our comforts gives, Our num'rous wants thine hand relieves: Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor, Who live on thine exhauftlefs ftore. ' III. If, what we wifh, thy will denies, 5 Tis becaufe thou art good and wife : Afflictions, which may make us mourn, Thou can'ft, thou do'ft to blefiings turn. IV. Deep, Lord, upon our thankful breaft, Let all thy favours be impreft - 9 That we may never more forget The fum, or any fingle debt. V. May we with grateful hearts, each day, For daily gifts, our praifes pay - 9 Delighted may we always be, In all things to give thanks to thee. Hymn XLVII I. Long Metre. Thank/giving* I. O Render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love ; Whole mercy firm thro' ages pail Has flood, and mall for ever laft. II. Who can his mighty deeds exprefs, Not only vaft, but numberlefs ? What morcal eloquence can raife, His tribute of immortal praife ? III. Happy are they, and only they, Who from thy judgments never ftray : Who know what's right ; not only lb, But likewife practice what they know. IV. o HYMNS and PSALMS IV. O may I worthy prove to fee Thy faints in full profperity ; That I the joyful choir may join, And count thy people's triumph mine. Hymn XLIX. Common Metre. God our conjlant btnefaftor. I. Great God \ to thee our grateful tongues United thanks fhall raife : Inipire our hearts to tune the fongs Which celebrate thy praife. II. From thine almighty forming hand We drew our vital pow'rs •, Our time revolves at thy command, In all its circling hours. III. Thy pow'r, our ever prefent guard, From ev'ry ill defends i While num'rous dangers hover round, Our help from thee defcends. IV. Beneath the fhadow of thy wings, How fweet is our repofe ; The morning-light renews the fprings From whence our comfort flows* Jn celebration of thy praife We will employ our breath •, And, walking ftedfaft in thy ways, Will triumph over death. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn L. Proper Tune. Praife to God in profperity and adverfity. I. Praife to God, immortal praife, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous fource of every joy, Let thy praife our tongues employ ! XI. For the blefllngs of the field, For the (lores the gardens yield, For the vine's exalted juice, For the generous olive's ufe : III. Flocks that whiten all the plain, Yellow (heaves of ripen'd grain ; Clouds that drop their fatt'ning dews, Suns that temperate warmth diffufe : IV. All that fpring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the fmiling land : All that liberal autumn pours From her rich o'erflowing (lores : V. Thefe to thee, our God, we owe ; Source whence all our bleffings flow ; And for thefe, our fouls (hall raife Grateful vows and folemn praife. VI. Yet (hould rifing whirlwinds tear From its (lem the ripening ear ; Should the fig-trees blafted (hoot Drop her green untimely fruit ; VII. Should the vine put forth no more, Nor the olive yield her (lore ; Though tr>e fick'ning flocks mould fall, And the herds defeat the ftall •, VIII. Should HYMNS and PSALMS. VIII. Should thine alter'd hand reftrain The early and the latter rain -> Blaft each opening bud of joy, And the riling year deftroy •> IX. Yet to thee our fouls mould raife Grateful vows, and folemn praife; And when every blefTing's flown, Love thee — for thyfelf alone. Hymn LI. Common Metre. The peculiar gocdnefs of God to his few ant z* I. With pleaflng wonder, Lord, we view The bounties of thy grace -, How much beftow'd, how much referv'd^ For thofe who feek thy face. n. ' Thy liberal hand with worldly blifs Oft makes their cup run o'er j And in the cov'nant of thy love They find diviner ftore. III. For them rich treafures, yet unknown^ Are ftor'd in worlds to come ; Peaceful and pleafant is their way, And happy is their home. IV. What equal tribute can we pay ? Or how fuch goodnefs own ? But 'tis our joy that, Lord, to thee Thy fervants hearts are known. V, Since time's too fhort, O gracious God^ To utter all thy praife, Loud to the honour of thy name Eternal hymns we'll raife. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS, Hymn LII. Long Metre. God the Lord of nature. I. With glory clad, with (Irength array'd, The Lord, who o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations ftrongly laid, And the vaft fabric itill fuftains. II. How furely ftabliuYd is thy throne! Which fhall no change or period fee; For thou O Lord, and thou alone, Art God from all eternity. III. The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, And tofs the troubled waves on high & But God above can ftill their noife, And make the angry fea comply. IV. Thy promife, Lord, is ever fure, And they who in thy houfe would dwell, That happy ftation to fecure, Muft ftill in holinefs excel. Hymn L1II. As the 148th Psalm. Fhankjgiving. I. Give thanks to God moil high, The univerfal Lord, The fov'reign king of kings, And be his grace ador'd. His pow'r and grace . Are ftill the fame^ And let his name Have endlefs praife. II. How HYMNS and PSALMS; IT. How mighty is his hand I What wonders hath he done ! He form'd the earth and feas, And fpread the heav'ns alone. Thy mercy, Lord, Will ftill endure; And ever fure Abides thy word. III. His wifdom fram'd the fun To blels the day with light ; The moon and mining ftars To cheer the darkfome night. His pow'r and grace Are ftill the fame ; And let his name Have endlefs praife. IV. He faw the nations lie All perifhing in fin, And pity'd the fad ftate The ruin'd world was in. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall ftill endure; And ever fure Abides thy word. V. He fent his only fon To fave us from our woe, From folly, vice, and death, And ev'ry hurtful foe. His pow'r and grace Are ftill the fame ; And let his name Have endlefs praife. IV. Give HYMNS and PSALMS, VI. Give thanks to God alone, To God, our heav'nly king, And let the fpacious earth His boundlefs goodnefs fing. Thy goodnefs, Lord, Shall iiill endure; And ever lure Abides thy word. Hymn LIV. Short Metre. The book of nature a?idfcripturt. I. Behold the lofty Iky Declares its maker God, And all his ftarry works on high Proclaim his pow'r abroad. II. The darknefs and the light Still keep their courfe the fame; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name. III. In ev'ry difPrent land Their gen'ral voice is known ; They fhew the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. IV. Ye Britifh lands rejoice ; Here he reveals his word ; We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord. V. His ftatutes and commands Are fet before our eyes ; He puts his gofpel in our hands Where our falvation lies. VI. His HYMNS and PSALMS; VI. His laws are juft and pure, His truth without deceit; His promifes for ever fure, And his rewards are great. VII. While of thy works we fing, Thy glory to proclaim-, Accept the praife, O God, our king, We offer to thy name. Hymn LV. Short Metre. God's word moft excellent. I. "TJehold the morning fun JJ Begins his glorious way : His beams thro' all the nations run^ And life and light convey. 11 • But where the gofpel comes, It fpreads diviner light ; It calls dead fmners from their tombs* And gives the blind their fight. III. How perfect is thy word, And all thy judgments juft : For ever fure thy promife, Lord, Which we fecurely truft, IV. O gracious God, how plain Are thy directions giv'n ! O may we never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n. Pause. V. We hear thy word with love, And we would fain obey ; Send thy good fpirit from above To guide us left we ftray, VI. While HYMNS and PSALMS. VI. While with our heart and tongue We ipread thy praife abroad ; Accept the worfhip and the fong, Our father and our God ! Hymn LVI. Long Metre. The glory andfuccefs of the go f pel. I. The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord ; In ev'ry ftar thy wifdom fhines \ But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. II. The rolling fun, the changing light, And nights and days thy pow'r confefs •, But the bled volume thou haft writ, Reveals thy juftice and thy grace. III. Sun, moon, and (tars, convey thy praife Round the whole earth, and never ftand ; So when thy truth began its race, It touch'd and glanc'd on ev'ry land. IV. Nor (hall thy fpreading gofpel reft, Till through the world thy truth has run : Till Chrift has all the nations bleft That fee the light or feel the fun. Hymn LVII. Long Metre. A Pfalm for the Lord's day. I. Sweet is the work, O God, our king, To praife thy name, givethanks andfing, To (hew thy love by morning-light, And talk of all thy truth at night. II. Sweet HYMNS and PSALMS. II. Sweet is the day of facred reft, No mortal care mall feize our breaft; O may our hearts in tune be found, Like David's harp of folemn found ! Our hearts (hall triumph in the Lord, And blefs his works, and blefs his word : Thy works of grace, how bright they mine ! How deep thy counfels ! how divine ! IV. Fools never raife their thoughts fo high ; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die ; Like grafs they flourim, till thy breath Blaft them in everlafting death. V. But we mail Ihare a glorious part, When grace hath well refin'd our heart, And frefh fupplies of joy are fried, Like holy oil, to chear our head. VI. Then mall we fee, and hear, and know, All we defir'd or wifh'd below ; And ev'ry pow'r find fweet employ In that eternal world of joy. Hymn LVIII. Common Metre. For the Lord's day morning. I. Lord in the morning thou malt hear My voice afcending high •, To thee will I direct my pray'r, To thee lift up mine eye. II. Thou art a God, before whofe fight The wicked (hall not ftand ; Sinners mall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand. III. But HYMNS and PSALMS. Ill But to thy houfe will I refort To tafte thy mercies there ; I will frequent thine holy court, And worfhip in thy fear. IV. O may thy fpirit guide my feet In ways of righteoufnefs! Make ev'ry path of duty ftraight And plain before mv face. V. The men that love and fear thy name Shall fee their hopes fulfill'd •, Thou, mighty God, wilt compafs them With favour as a fhield. Hymn LIX. Short Metre, A pfalm before fermon. I. Come, found his praife abroad, And hymns of glory fing : Jehovah is the fov'reign God, The univerfal king. II. He form'd the deeps unknown \ He gave the feas their bound ; The wat'ry worlds are all his own* And all the folid ground. III. Come, worfhip at his throne : Come, bow before the Lord ; We are his works, and not our own j He form'd us by his word. IV. To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod; Come, like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God. E z Uyuh HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LX. Long Metre. A wraning to delaying /inner s. I. Come, let our voices join to raife A lac red long of folemn p raife* God is a fov'reign king ; rehearfe His honour in exalted verfe. II. Come, let our fouls addrefs the Lord, Who fram'd our natures with his word ; He is our fhepherd •, we the fheep His mercy chofe, his paftures keep. III. Come, let us hear his voice to day, The counfels of his love obey •, Nor let our hard'ned hearts renew The fins and plagues that Ifr'el knew. IV. Seize the kind promife while it waits, And march to Zion's heav'nly gates : Believe, and take the promis'd reft, Obey, and be for ever bleft. Hymn LXI. From Pfalm 119, firft part. "The blejfednefs of faint s^ and mifery of finners* I. Bleft are the undehTd in heart, Whofe ways are right and clean •, Who never from thy law depart, But fly from ev'ry fin. II. Bleft are the men that keep thy word, And pradtife thy commands : With their whole heart they feck the Lord, And ferve thee with their hands. III. Great HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Great is their peace who love thy law •, How firm their fouls abide ! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their fteady feet afide. IV. Then fhall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from fhame, When all thy ftatutes I obey, And honour all thy name. V. But haughty finners God will hate, The proud fhall die accurft: The fons of fallhood and deceit Are troden to the duft. VI. Vile as the drofs the wicked are : And thofe that leave thy ways Shall fee falvation from afar, But never tafte thy grace. Hymn LXII. Second Part. Secret devotion. I. To thee, before the dawning light, O gracious God, I pray •, I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. II. My fpirit faints to fee thy grace ; Thy promife bears me up ; And while falvation long delays, Thy word fupports my hope. III. Seven times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee. Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praife from me. IV. When HYMNS and PSALMS, IV. When midnight darknefs veils the fkies, I call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in warm devotion rife, And fweet acceptance find. Hym* LXIII. Third Part. Profeffions of fmcerity ^repentance and obedience, I. Thou art my portion, gracious God •, Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes hafte t'obey thy word, And fuffers no delay* II. I choofe the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice ; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me fo rejoice. III. The teftimonies of thy grace I fet before my eyes : Thence I derive my daily ftrength. And there my comfort lies. IV. If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways -, Then turn my feet to thy commands, And truft thy pard'ning grace. V. Now I am thine, for ever thine, O fave thy fervant, Lord ; Thou art my fhield, my hiding-place, My hope is in thy word. VI. Thou haft inclined this heart of mine Thy flatutes to fulfil: And thus, till mortal life mall end, [Would I perform thy will. Hym* HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXIV. Fourth Part. Inftr uft ion from fcripiure. I. How (hall the young fecure their hearts, And guard their lives from fin ? Thy word the choiceit rules imparts To keep the confeience clean. II. When once it enters to the mind, It fpreads fuch light abroad, The meaneft fouls instruction find, And raife their thoughts to God. III. *Tis like the fun, a heav'nly light, That guides us all the day ; And thro' the dangers of the nighty A lamp to lead our way. IV. The men that keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wifer than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. V. Thy precepts make me truly wife ; I hate the finner's road : I hate my own vain thoughts that rife ; But love thy law, my God. VI. Thy word is everlafting truth, How pure is ev'ry page ! Thy holy book mall guide our youth, And well fupport our age. E 4 Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXV. Fifth Part. Delight in fcripture. I. OHow I love thy holy law ! 5 Tis daily my delight : And thence my meditations draw Counfel divine bv night. II. My waking eyes prevent the day, To meditate thy word : My foul with longing melts away To hear thy gofpel, Lord. III. How doth thy word my heart engage ! How well employ my tongue ! And in my tirefom pilgrimage, Yields me a heav'nly fong. IV. Am I a ftranger, or at home : 'Tis my perpetual feaft : Not honey dropping from the comb So much allures the tafte. V. No treafures fo enrich the mind : Nor fhall thy word be fold For loads of filver well refin'd, Nor heaps of choiceft gold. VI. When nature finks, and fpirits droop, Thy promifes of grace Are pillars to fupport my hope, And there I write thy praife. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXVI. Sixth Part. Hclincfs and comfort from the fcriptu I. Lord, I eficem thy judgments right, And all thy ftatutes juit ; Thence 1 maintain a conflant fight With ev'ry fiatt'ring lull. II. Thy precepts often I furvey : I keep thy law in fight, Thro' all the bufinefs of the day, • To form my actions right. III. My heart in midnight filence cries, " How fweet thy comforts be !** My thoughts in holy wonder rife, And bring their thanks to thee. IV. And when my fpirit drinks her fill Of thy mod holy word, Not mighty men that fhare the fpoil, Have joys to mine compar'd. Hymn LXVII. Seventh Part. Imperfeclion of nature^ and perfection of fcripture. I. Let all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book, Great God, if once com pa^'d with thine, How mean their writings look ' II. Not the mod perfect rules they gave Could fhew one fin U "giv'n, Nor lead a ftep beyond the grave : But thine conduct to heav'n. III. I\c HYMNS and PSALMS. III. I've feen an end to what we call Perfection here below : How fhort the pow'rs of nature fall, And can no farther go. IV. Yet men would fain be juft with God By works their hands have wrought j But thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to ev'ry thought. V. In vain we boaft perfection here, While fin defiles our frame, And finks our virtues down fo far, They lcarce deferve the name. VI. Our faith, and love, and ev'ry grace Fall far below thy word ; But perfect: truth and righteoufneii Dwell only with the Lord. Hymn LXVIII. Eighth Part. Tbe excellency and variety effcripture* I. Lord, I have made thy word my choice* My lading heritage ; There (hall my nobleft pow'rs rejoice, My warmeft thoughts engage. II. I'll read the hifFries of thy love, And keep thy laws in fight, While thro' thy promifes I rove With ever-frefh delight. III. 3 Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where fprings of life arife, Seeds of immortal bltis are fown, And hidden glory lies. IV. The HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. The bed relief that mourners have, It makes our lbrrows bldt; Our fairett hope beyond the grave, And our eternal reft. Hymn LXIX. Ninth Part. Deftre of knowledge, L Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord, How good thy works appear! Open my eyes to read thy word, And fee thy wonders there. II. My heart was fafhion'd by thy hand j My fervice is thy due ; O make thy fervant underfland The duties he muft do. III. Since I'm a ftranger here below, Let not thy path be hid, But mark the road my feet mould go* And be my conftant guide. IV. When I confefs'd my wand'ring ways s Thou heard'ft my foul complain; Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I (hall ftray again. V. If God to me his ftatutes fhew, And heav'nly truth impart, His work for ever I'll purfue, His law Ihall rule my heart. VI. This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief; It made me learn thy word the more, And fly to that relief. VII. When HYMNS and PSALMS. VII. When I have learn'd my father's will, I'll teach the world his ways : My thankful lips, infpir'd with zeal, Shall loud pronounce his praife. Hymn LXX. Tenth Part. Pleading the promifes. I. Behold thy waiting fervant, Lord, Devoted to thy fear ; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. II. Haft thou not writ falvation down, And promis'd quick'ning grace ? Doth not my heart addrefs thy throne. And yet thy love delays. III. Mine eyes for thy falvation fail; O bear thy fervant up ; Nor let the fcoffing lips prevail, Who dare reproach my hope. iv. J Didft thou not raife my faith, O Lord ? Then let thy truth appear : Saints fhall rejoice in my reward, And truft as well as fear. Hymn LXXI. Eleventh Part. Breathing after holinefs, I. OThat the Lord would guide my ways, To keep his ftatutes ftill ! O that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will ! II. O HYMNS and PSALMS. II. O fend thy fpirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ! Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act. the liar's part. III. From vanity turn off my eyes; Let no corrupt defign, Nor covetous defires arife Within this foul of mine. IV. Order my footfteps by thy word, And make my heart fincere •, Let fin have no dominion, Lord, But keep my confeience clear. V. My foul hath gone too far aftray •, My feet too often (lip ; Yet lince I've not forgot thy way, Reftore thy wand'ring fheep. VI. Make me to walk in thy commands ; 'Tis a delightful road ; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend againft my God. Hymn LXXII. Twelfth Part. Seeking comfort and deliverance. I. OGod, confider my diftrefs, Let mercy plead my caufe ; Though 1 have finn'd againft thy grace, I can't forget thy laws. II. Forbid, forbid the fharp reproach Which I fo juftly fear ; Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, Nor let my fhame appear. III. My HYMNS and PSALMS III. My eyes with expectation fail -, My heart within me cries, *« When will the Lord his truth fulfil, " And make my comforts rife?" IV. Look down upon my forrows, Lord, And (hew thy grace the fame, As thou art ever wont t' afford Tothofe that love thy name. Hymn LXXIII. Thirteenth Part. Holy fear, and tendernefs of confcience. I. With my whole heart I've fought thy face, O let me never ftray From thy commands, O God of grace, Nor tread the finners' way. II. Thy word Pve hid within my heart* To keep my confcience clean, And be an everlading guard From ev'ry rifing fin. III. I'm a companion of the faints, Who fear and love the Lord : My forrows rife, my nature faints, When men tranfgrefs thy word. IV. While finners do thy gofpel wrong, My fpirit (lands in awe ; My foul abhors a lying tongue, But loves thy righteous law. V. My heart with facred rev'rence hears The threat'nings of thy word ; My flefh with holy trembling fears The judgments of the Lord. VI. O God, HYMNS and PSALMS. VI. God, I long, I hope, I wait For thy falvation ft ill ; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. Hymn LXXIV. Fourteenth Part, Benefit of affiiflions. I. Confider all my forrows, Lord, And thy deliv'rance fend ; My foul for thy falvation faints, When will my troubles end ! II. Yet I have found 'tis good for me To bear my father's rod; Afflictions make me learn thy law And lean upon my God. III. This is the comfort I enjoy When new diftrefs begins, 1 read thy word, I run thy way, And hate my former fins. IV. Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys were fled, My foul oppreft with forrow's weight Had funk amongft the dead. V. I know thy judgments, Lord, are right, Tho' they may feem fevere; The fharpeft fuff'rings I endure Flow from thy faithful care. VI. Before I knew thy chaft'ning rod My feet were apt to ftray ; But now 1 learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS, Hymn LXXV. Fifteenth Part. Holy resolutions^ I. OThat thy flatutes ev'ry hour Might dwell upon my mind ! Thence I derive a quick'ning pow'r, And daily peace I find; II. To meditate thy precepts, Lord, Shall be my fweet employ *, My foul fhali ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. III. How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart difcharge Frcm fin and Satan's hateful chains, And fet my feet at large ? IV. My lips with courage (hall declare Thy flatutes and thy name •, I'll fpeak thy word, tho' kings fhould hear, Nor yield to finful (name. V. Let bands of perfecutors rife To rob me of my right, Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. VI. Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whofe hands and hearts are ill - 9 I love my God, I love his ways, And mud obey his will. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXVI. Sixteenth Part. For divine ajfiftancc. I. My foul lies cleaving to the duft ; Quicken me by thy word : From vain defires, and ev'ry luft, Turn off my eyes, O Lord! II. I need the influence of thy grace To fpeed me in the way, Left I mould loiter in my race, Or turn my feet aftray. III. When fore afflictions prefs me down, I need thy quick'ning pow'rs •, Thy word that I have refted on, Shall help my heavieft hours. IV. Are not thy mercies fov'reign ftill, And thou a faithful God ? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal To run the heav'nly road ? V. Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to fee thy face ; And yet how flow my fpirits move Without enliv'ning grace ! VI, Then mall I love thy gofpel more, And ne'er forget thy word, When I have felt its quick'ning pow'r, To draw me near the Lord. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXVII. Seventeenth Part. Courage and per/ever ance under perfecution. I. When pain and anguifh feize me, Lord, All my fupport is from thy wordj My foul diflblves for heavinefs, • Uphold me with thy ftrength'ning grace. II. The proud have fram'd their feoffs and lies. They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my foul to fnares and fin, Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. III. They hate me, Lord, without a caufe ; They hate to fee me love thy laws j But I will truft and fear thy name, To keep me free from fin and fhame. Hymn LXXVIII. Laft Part. Sanftified afflictions. I. Father, I blefs thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chaftifing rod, That fore'd my confeience to a Hand, And brought my wand'ring foul to God! II. Foolifh and vain, I went afrray ; Ere I had felt thy fcourges, Lord ; I left my guide and loft my way ; But now I love and keep thy word. III. *Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rife and fwell ; 'Tis good to bear my father's ftroke, That I may learn his ftatutes well. IV. T^ HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. The law that ifiues from thy mouth, Shall raife my chearful pafTions more Than all the treafurcs of the fouth, Or weitern hills of golden ore. V. Thy hands have made my mortal frame -, Thy fpirit form'd my foul within •, Teach me to know thy wondrous name, And guard me fafe from death and fin. VI. Then all that love and fear the Lord At my falvation fhall rejoice ; For I have hoped in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice. Hymn LXXIX. Common Metre, Truft in God under trouble. I. OGod, the cov'nant of thy love Abides for ever fure, And in its matchlefs grace we feel Our happinefs fecure. II. What though our houfe be not with thee As nature could defire ? To nobler joys, than nature gives, Thy fervants all afpire. III. Since thou, the everlafting God, Our father art become, Our teacher, guardian, and our friend, £nd heav'n our final home ; IV. We welcome all thy fov'reign will ; For all that will is love : And, when we know not what thou doll, We wait the light above. F 2 V. Thy HYMNS and PSALMS, V. Thy mercy in the darkeft gloom, Shall heav'nly rays impart, And, when our eye-lids clofe in death, Shall warm our trembling heart. Hymn LXXX. Common Metre. The bappinefs of the dying fbriftian. I. Hear what the voice from heav'n pro- claims For all the pious dead ; Sweet is the favour of their names, And foft their fleeping bed. II. They deep in Jefns, and are blefs'd : How kind their {lumbers are! From fufP rings, and from fms, releas'd, And freed from ev'ry fnare. hi! Far from this world of toil and ft rife, They're fafe in thee, O Lord! The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. Hymn LXXXI. Lonsr Metre. Man mortal, and God eternal. I. Thro' ev'ry age, eternal God ! Thou art our reft, our fafe abode; High was thy throne ere heav'n was made, Or earth, thy humble footftool, laid. II. Longhad'ft thou reign'd ere time began, Or duft was fafhion'd into man ; And long thy kingdom mall endure, When earth and time lliall be no more. III. But Hymns and psalms. hi. But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity : Thy dreadful fentence, Lord, was juft, " Return, ye finners, to your dud." IV. A thoufand cf our years amount Scarce to a day in thy account ; Like yefterday's departed light, Or the laft watch of ending night- Pause. V. Death, like an overflowing dream, Sweeps us away \ our life's a dream-, An empty tale-, a morning flow'r, Cut down and wither'd in an hour. VI. Our age to feventy years is fet : How more the term ! How frail the ftatel And if to eighty we arrive, We rather figh and grone than live VII. But O how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years ! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ; We fear the pow'r that flrikes us dead. VIII. Teach us, O Lord } how frail is man ; And kindly lengthen outourfpan, Till a wife care of piety Fits us to die, and dwell with thee. F 3 Hymnt HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXX1I. Common Metre. Manfrail^ and God eternal. I. OGod, our help in ages part, Our hope for years to come, Our fhelter from the ftormy blaft, And our eternal home; II. Under the fhadow of thy throne Thy faints have dwelt fecure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is fure. III. Before the hills in order flood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlaiting thou art God, To endlefs years the fame. IV. Thy word commands our fiefh to duft, " Return, ye fons of men:" All nations rofe from earth at firft, And turn to earth again. V. A thoufand ages in thy fight Are like an ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rifing fun. VI. O God, our help in ages paft, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles laft, And our eternal home. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXXIII. Common Metre. The frailty and importance of human life. I. Thee we adore, eternal God! And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying creatures we. Our wafting life grows fhorter ftill, As months and days increafe \ And ev'ry beating pulfe we tell, Still leaves the number lefs. III. The year rolls round, and deals away The breath, which firft it gave > Where'er we are, whate'er we do, We're trav'ling to the grave. IV. Dangers (land thick thro' all the road, To pulli us to the tomb ; And fierce difeafes wait around, To hurry mortals home. V Good God ! on what a flender thread Hang everlafting things! Th' eternal ftate of all mankind Upon life's feeble firings. VI. Waken, O Lord, our active pow'rs, To walk this dang'rous road; And, if our fouls be hurried hence, May they be found with God, Hym^ HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXXIV. Long Metre. Frail life: I. Lord what a feeble frame is ours! How vain a thing is man! How frail are all our boafted pow'rs! And fhort at beft our fpan ! II. Swift as the feather'd arrow flies, And cuts the yielding air; Or as a kindling meteor dies, E'er it can well appear. III. So pafs our fleeting years away, And time runs on its race: In vain we afk a moments flay, Nor will it flack it's pace. IV. But Lord, what mighty things depend On our precarious breath! For foon this dying life will end In endlefs life or death. V. Oh ! make us truly wife to learn How very frail we are; That we may mind our grand concern, And for our change prepare : VI. May think of death, and learn to die To all inferior things •, Whilft our glad fouls ftill foaring fly Tow'rds life's eternal fprings. VII. Then may we bid our years roll on, And time make hafte away : The fooner will our fouls be gone To endlefs life and day. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXXV. Long Metre. Life the only feafon of preparation for eternity. I. Lire is the time to ferve thee, Lord ! The time t* enfure thy great reward: And, while the lamp holds out to burn, To thee, the Tinner may return. II. Life is the hour, which thou haft giv'n, To Tcape from hell, and fly to heav'n: The day of grace, and mortals may Secure the blefiings of the day. III. The living know that they mull die ; But all the dead forgotten lie; They have no (hare in all that's done, Beneath the circuit of the fun. IV. There are no acts of pardon pafs'd, In the cold grave, to which we hade ; But darknefs, death, and long defpair, Reign in eternal filence there. V. Then what our thoughts defign to do, May we with all our might purfue, Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. HymnLXXXVI. Long Metre. The wifdom of redeeming time. I. God of eternity, from thee Did infant time its being draw; Moments and days and months and years Revolve by thine unvaried law. II. Silent HYMNS and PSALMS. U. Silent and flow they glide away ; Steady and ftrong the current flows, Loft in eternity's wild fea, The boundlefs gulf, from whence it rofe. III. With it the thoughtlefs fons of men, Before the rapid dream, are borne On to that everlafting home, Whence not one foul can e'er return. IV. Yet while the fliore on either fide Prefents a gaudy flatt'ring fhow, We gaze, in fond amazement loft, Nor think to what a world we go. V. Great fource of wifdom, teach our hearts To know the price of ev'ry hours That time may bear us on to joys Beyond its meafure, and its pow'r. Hymn LXXXVII. Short Metre. Cbriftians fons of God. I. Father, what wond'rous grace Thy mercy hath beftow'd On finners of a mortal race, To call them fons of God! II. It doth not yet appear How great we mull be made; But when we fee our Saviour here, We (hall be like our head. in. A hope fo much divine May trials well endure, May purge our fouls from fenfe and fin, As Chrift the Lord is pure. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn LXXXVIII. Common Metre. Confidence in God our father. I. OGod, on thee we all depend, On thy paternal care : Thou wilt the father and the friend, In every a£t appear. II. With open hand, and lib'ral heart, Thou wilt our wants fupply'; Thy heav'nly bleflings flill impart, And no good thing deny. III. Our father knows what's good and fit, And wifdom guides his love ; To thine appointments w r e fubmit, And ev'ry choice approve. IV. In thy paternal love and care, With chearful hearts we trufl ; Thy tender mercies boundlefs are, And all thy thoughts are juft. V. We cannot want, while God provides ; What he ordains is beft ; And heav'n, whate'er we want befides, Will give eternal reft. Hymn LXXXVIII. As the 113th Psalm. The excellency of the fcriptures. I. We love the volumes of thy word; What light and joy thofe leaves afford To fouls benighted and diftreft! Thy precepts guide our doubtful way, Thy fear forbids our feet to ftray, Thy promife leads our hearts to reft. II, From HYMNS anu PSALMS. II. From the difcov'ries of thy law The perfect rules of life we draw, Thefe are our ftudy and delight : Not honey fo invites the tafte, Nor gold that hath the furnace pair, Appears fo pleafing to the fight. III. Thy threat'nings wake our flumb'ring eyes* And warn us where our danger lies •, ' But 'tis thy bleffed gofpel, Lord, That makes our guilty confcience clean* Converts our foul, fubdues our fin, And gives a free, but large reward. IV. Who knows the errors of his thoughts r" O God, forgive our fecret faults, And from prefumptuous fins reflrain: Accept our poor attempts of praife, That we have read thy book of grace, And book of nature, not in vain. Hymn LXXXIX. Common Metre. Hope of heaven by the refurreftion of Chrijl* I. Blefs'd be the everlafting God, The father of our Lord ; Be his abounding mercy prais'd, His majefty ador'd. II. When from the dead he rais'd his fon, And calFd him to the iky, He gave our fouls a lively hope, That they fhould never die. III. What tho' thy uncontrouPd decree Command us back to dull; Yet, as the Lord our Saviour rofe, So all his followers mud, IV. There's HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. There's an Inheritance divine Relerv'd againlt that day ; 'Tis uncorrupted, undehTd, And cannot fade away. V. We by thy pow'r, O God, are kept 'Till the lalvation come •, We walk by faith as itrangers here, Till Chrift fhall call us home. Hymn XC. Short Metre. Chrift' s death and rifing again foretold. Compare Pialm ii. Acts iv. 24. I. Maker and fov'reign Lord Of heav'n and earth and feas, Thy providence confirms thy word, And anfwers thy decrees. II. The things fo long foretold By David are fulfill'd •, When Tews and Gentiles join to flay Jeius, thine holy child. III. Why did the Gentiles rage, And Jews with one accord Bend all their counfels to deftroy Th' anointed of the Lord? IV. Rulers and kings agree To form a vain deiign ; Againft the Lord their pow'rs unite, Againft his Chrift they join. V. The Lord derides their rage, And will fupport his throne ; He that hath rais'd him from the dead, Hath own'd him for his Ion. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn XCI. Common Metre. Obedience is better than facrifice. i i. Thus faith the Lord, " the fpacions fields, " And flocks and herds are mine ; " O'er all the cattle of the hills " I claim a right divine. II. " I afk no fheep for facrifice, " Nor bullocks burnt with fire; " To hope and love, to pray and praife, " Is all that I require. III. " Call upon me when trouble's near, " My hand (hall fet thee free; « Then (hall thy thankful lips declare " The honour due to me. IV. " The man who offers humble praife, " He glorifies me bed ; " And thole who tread my holy ways " Shall my falvation tafle. Hymn XCII. Common Metre. The true way to pleafe God. i. Wherewith fhall we approach thee,Lord! And bow before thy throne? Or how procure thy kind regard, And for our guilt atone ? II. Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, And fpicy fumes afcend? Will thefe our earned wifh fucceed, And make our God our friend P VI. Oh' HYMNS and PSALMS III. Oh' no, great God! 'tis fruitlefs all, Such off'rings are in vain: No fadings from the field or Rail, Thy favour can obtain. IV. To men their fights we nmfl allow, And proofs erf kiudnefs give: To thee with humble rev'rence bow, And to thy glory live. V. Hands that are clean, and hearts fincere, Thou, God, wilt not defpife^ And chearful duty wilt prefer To coitly facrifice. Hymn XCIIT. Long Metre. Devotion vain without virtue. I. Th' uplifted eye and bended knee Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee; In vain our lips thy praile prolong, The heart a ltranger to the fong.. II. Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal, The breaches of thy precept heal r Or fait and penance reconcile Thy juftice, and obtain thy finite i III. The pure, the humble, contrite mind, Thankful, and to thy will refign'd, To thee a nobler ofPring yields Than Sheba's eroves or Sharon's fields ; IV. Than floods of oil or floods of wine, Ten thoufand rolling to thy fhrine, Or than if, to thine altar led, A firft-born ion the victim bled. V: « Be HYMNS and PSALMS. V. All our defires and hopes befide Are faint and cold, compar'ci with this. Hymn CI. Long Metre. An evening hymn. I. Thus far the Lord has led us on, Thus far his pow'r prolongs our days \ And ev'ry ev'ning mall make known Some frefh memorial of his grace. II. Much of our time has run to wafte, And we perhaps are near our home ; But he forgives our follies paft, He gives us ftrength for days to come. III. We lay our body down to deep, Peace is the pillow for our head ; His ever-watchful eye fhall keep Its conftant guard around our head, IV. Faith in his name forbids our fear : O may thy prefence ne'er depart ! And in the morning make us hear The love and kindnefs of thy heart. V. Thus when the night of death (hall come, Our flefh fhall reft beneath the ground, And wait thy voice to roufe our tomb, With fweet falvation in the found. G 3 Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn CII. Common Metre. An evening pfalm. I. Iord, thou wilt hear us when we pray ; j We are for ever thine -, We fear before thee all the day, Nor would we dare to fin. II. And while we reft our weary head, From cares and bus'nefs free, 3 Tis fweet converfing on our bed With our own heart and thee. III. We pay this ev'ning facrifice : And when our work is done, Great God ! our faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. IV. Thus, with our thoughts compos'd to peace, We'll give our eyes to deep ; Thy hand in fafety keeps our days, And will our {lumbers keep. Hymn CIII. Long Metre. ybe aged chrifliatfs prayer andfong. I. God of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all my days, I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth, And told thy wond'rous ways. II. Wilt thou forfake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart ? Who fhall fuftain my linking years, If God my ftrength depart ? III. Let HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Let me thy powV and truth proclaim To the furviving age, And leave a favour of thy name When I mall quit the ftage. IV. The land of filence and of death Attends my next remove ; O may thefe poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love! Pause. V. Thy righteoufnefs is deep and high, Unfearchable thy deeds •, Thy glory fpreads beyond the iky, And all my praife exceeds. VI. Oft have I heard thy threat'nings roar, And oft endur'd the grief-, But when thy hand has preft me fore, Thy grace was my relief. VII. By long experience have I known Thy fov'reign pow'r to fave ; At thy command I venture down Securely to the grave. VIII. When I lie bury'd deep in duft, My flefh (hall be thy care; Thefe with'ring limbs with thee I truft, To raife them ftrong and fair. Hymn CIV. Long Metre. Encouragement from the prefence of God, I. And art thou with us, gracious Lord, To diflipate our fear ? Doft thou proclaim thyfelf our God, Our God, for ever near ? G 4 II. Doth HYMNS and PSALM S. II. Doth thy right hand which form'd the earth, And bears up all the fkies, Stretch from on high its friendly aid, When dangers round us rife? III. Doft thou a father's bowels feel For all thy humble faints ? And in fueh tender accents fpeak To footh their fad complaints ? IV. On this fupport our fouls fhall lean, And banifti every care ; The gloomy vale of death (hall fmile If God be with us there. V, While we thy gracious fuccour prove 'Midft: all our various ways, The darkeft ihades thro' which we pafs, Shall eccho with thy praife. Hymn CV. Common Metre. ^he Lord's prayer imitated. I. Father of all ! eternal mind ! Thou, good and great alone! Thy children form'd and blefs'd by thee, Approach thy heav'nly throne. Thy name in hallow'd flrains be fung! We join the folemn praife : To thy great name, with heart and tongue, Our chearful homage raife. III. Thy righteous, mild, and fov'reign reign Let ev'ry being own : And in our minds, thy work divine, Erect thy gracious throne. IV. As HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. As angels round thy feat above, Thy bleft commands fulfil ; So may thy creatures here below Perform thy heav'nly will. V. . On thee we day by day depend, Our daily wants fupply •, f And feed with truth and virtue pure, Our fouls which never die. VI. Extend thy grace to ev'ry fault, Oh ! let thy love forgive : Teach us divine forgivenefs too, Nor let reientments live. VII. Where tempting fnares beftrew the way, Permit us not to tread : Avert the threatening evil near, From our unguarded head. VIII. Thy facred name we thus adore, With joyful humble mind : And praife thy goodnefs, power, and truth, Eternal, unconfin'd. Hymn CVI. Long Metre. Brotherly love, I. OGod, our father, and our king, Of all we have or hope, the lpring; Send down thy fpirit from above, And warm our hearts with holy love. II. May we from ev'ry act abftain, That hurts, or gives our neighbour pain ; And ev'ry fecret wifh fuppreis That would abridge his happjnefs. HI. Still HYMNS and PSALMS. III. Still may we feel our hearts inclin'd, To act the friend to all our kind ; Still feek their fafety, health and eafe, Virtue, eternal life and peace. IV. With pity let our bread o'erflow, When we behold a wretch in woe ; And bear a fympathizing part With all who are of heavy heart. V. Let love in all our conduct mine. An image fair, tho' faint of thine : Thus may we Chrift's difciples prove Who came to manifeft thy love. Hymn CVII. Long Metre. Charitable judgment. I. All feeing God ! 'tis thine to know Thefpringswhencewrongopinionsflow} To judge, by principles within, When frailty errs, and when we fin. II. Who among men, high Lord of all, Thy fervant to his bar {hall call ? For modes of faith judge him a foe, And doom him to the realms of woe ? III. Who with another's eye can read ? Or worfhip by another's creed ? Revering thy commands alone, We humbly feek and ufe our own. IV. If wrong forgive, approve if right, While faithful we obey our light, And cens'ring none, are zealous ftill, To follow, a»-*o Jearn thy will. V. When HYMNS and PSALMS. V. When fhall our happy eyes behold Thy people fafhion'd in thy mould ; And charity our lineage prove Deriv'd from thee, O God of love ? Hymn CVIII. Short Metre. The right and duty of private judgment. I. Impofture fbrinks from light, And dreads a curious eye: Thy doclrincs, Lord, the teft invite, They bid us fearch and try. a X^ord, to thy word we bring A meek, enquiring mind •, And, joyful, at falvation's Ipring, Refrelhing truth we find. III. With understanding bleft, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not reft, Subject to none but thee. IV. O Lord, our fpirit lead, With founded knowledge fill ; From noxious error guard our creed, From prejudice our will. V. The truth once learn'd imprefs With favour on our hearts-, /\.nd help us firmly to profefs 'Gainft all fed ucing arts. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn CIX. Long Metre. Juftice. I. If high or low our ftation be, Of noble, or ignoble name, By uncorrupted honefty, Thy bleffing, Lord, we'll humbly claim. II. Enrich'd with that, no want we'll fear, Thy providence mail be our truft ; Thou wilt provide our portion here, Thou friend and guardian of the juft. III. Oh ! may we, with fincere delight, To all the talk of duty pay j Tender of every focial right, Obedient to thy righteous fway. IV. Such virtue thou wilt not forget, In worlds where every virtue fhares A fit reward-, tho' not of debt, But what thy boundiefs grace prepares, Hymn CX. From Pfalm y$. Power and government from God. Applied to the glorious revolution by king Wil- liam, and the happy acceffion of king George the fir ft to the throne. I. To thee, mod holy, and moil high, To thee we bring our thankful praife; Thy works declare thy name is nigh, Thy works of wonder and of grace. II. Britain HYMNS and PSALMS. II. Britain was doom'd to be a flavc, Her frame diffolv'd •, her fears were great -, When God a new fupporter gave, To bear the pillars of the date. III. He from thy hand receiv'd his crown, And fwore to rule by wholefome laws; His foot mall tread th' opprefibr down, His arm defend the righteous caufe. IV. Such honours never come by chance, Nor do the winds promotion blow - 9 'Tis God the judge doth one advance, 'Tis God that lays another low, V. No vain pretence to royal birth, Shall fix a tyrant on the throne; God, the great fov'reign of the earth, Will rile, and make his juftice known. Hymn CXI. Common Metre. The blejfings of civil government. I. Eternal, fov'reign Lord on high, And Lord of all below ! We mortals -to thy majefly Our firft obedience owe. II. Our fouls adore thy throne fupreme, . And blefs thy providence For magiftrates of meaner name, Our glory and defence. III. Kingdoms on firm foundations (land, While virtue finds reward, And finners perifh from the land, By juftice and the fword. IV. Where HYMNS and PSALMS. IV. Where laws and liberties combine, To make a people bieft, There crowns with brighceft luftre mine, And kings are honour'd beft. V. Let Csefar's due be ever paid To Caefar and his throne; But confeiences and fouls were made For thee, O God alone. Hymn CXII. As the 1 13th Pfalm. 4 general national thankf giving. I. Say, mould we fearch the globe around, Where can iuch happinefs be found, As dwells in Britain's favour'd ifle ? Here plenty reigns \ here freedom fheds Her choicer!: bleflings on our heads, And bids our bleakeft mountains fmile, II. Here commerce fpreads the wealthy ftore, Which comes from ev'ry foreign fliore ; Science and art their charms difplay ; Religion teacheth us to raife Our voices in our maker's praife, As truth and confeience point the way. III. Thefe are thy gifts, almighty king ! From thee our matchlefs bleffings fpring \ Th' extended trade, the fruitful ikies, The raptures liberty bellows, Th' eternal joys the gofpel fhows, AH from thy boundleis goodnefs rife. IV, With HYMNS AND PSALmo. IV. With grateful hearts, withchearful tongues, To God we raiie united fangs; His pow'r and mercy we proclaim > Britons, thro' ev'ry age, (hall own, Jehovah here hath hVd his throne, And triumph in his mighty name. V. Long as the moon her courfe mall run, Or man behold the circling fun, O Rill may God in Britain reign ; Still crown her counfels with fuccefs, With peace and joy her borders blefs, And all her facred rights maintain. Hymn CXIII. Common Metre. For afaft day in public calamity. I. When Abra'm, full of facred awe, Before Jehovah flood, And, with a humble fervent pray'r, For guilty Sodom fu'd ; II. With what fuccefs, what wond'rous grace, Was his petition crown'd! The Lord would fpare, if in the place Ten righteous men were found. III. And could a Qngle pious foul So rich a boon obtain ? Good God! and fliall a nation cry, And plead with thee in vain ? IV. Britain, all-guilty as ftie is, Her num'rous faints can boaft-, See their united pray'rs afcend j And fhaJl thefe pray'rs be loll ? V. Are HYMNS and PSALMS. V. Are not the righteous dear to thee Now, as in ancient times ? Or does this finful land exceed Gomorrah in her crimes ? % VI. Still we are thine, we bear thy name, Here yet is thine abode; Long has thy prefence bleft our land : Forfake us not, O God! VII, O may our people, priefts, and king, Thy choiceft bleflings ihare -, And know thee by that glorious name, " The God who heareth pray'r." Hymn CXIV. Long Metre. New year's day. I. Great God, we fing that mighty hand* By which fupported fcill we ftand^ The op'ning year thy mercy ihowsj Thy mercy crowns it till it clofe. II. By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still are we guarded by our God - y By thy iaceffant bounty fed, By thy unerring counfel led. III. With grateful hearts the paft we own j The future, all to us unknown, We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet. IV. In fcenes exalted or deprefs'd, Thou art our joy, and thou our reft-, Thy goodnefs all our hopes ilia!! raife, Ador'd thro' all our changing days. V. When HYMNS and PSALMS. V. When death mall interrupt thefe Tongs, And leal in filence mortal tongues, Our helper God, in whom we trufl, In better worlds our fouls fhall boaft. Hymn CXV. Long Metre. Praife from the hecv'nh bodies. I. The fpacious firmament on high, With all the blue etherial fky, And fpangled heav'ns, a fhining frame, Their great original proclaim. II. Th' unwearied fun from day to day Doth his creator's pow'r difplay j And publilhes to ev'ry land, The work of an almighty hand. III. ' Soon as the ev'ning (hades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale 4 And nightly to the lift'ning earth Repeats the ftory of her birth : IV. Whilft all the ftars which round her burn, And ail the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And fpread the truth from pole to pole. V. What tho* in folemn filence all Move round the dark terreftial ball ; What tho' no real voice nor found Amidft their radiant orbs be found : VI. In reafon's ear they all rejoice, And ut:er forth a glorious voice; For ever finging as they fhine, The hand which made us is divine. H Hymn' HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn CXVT. Common Metre. The God of nature worfhiped. I. Hail, king fupreme ! all wife and good, ^o thee our thoughts we raife ; While nature's beauties wide difplay'd, Infpire our fouls with praife. II. At morning, noon, and ev'ning mild, Thy works engage our view •, Oft as we gaze our hearts exult With tranfports ever new. III. Thy glory beams in ev'ry ftar Which gilds the gloom of night : And decks the rifing face of morn With rays of cheering light. j IV. The funny hill, the dewy lawn With thoufand beauties mine; The filent grove, and awful fhade Proclaim thy pow'r divine. V. From tree to tree, a conftant hymn Employs the feather'd throng ; To thee their chearful notes they fwell, And chaunt their grateful fong. VI. Great nature's God ! ftill may thefe fcenes Our ferious hours engage ; Still may our grateful hearts confult Thy works inftruftive page. Hymn HYMNS and PSALMS. Hymn CXVII. Long Metre. The God of grace, I. God, who in various methods told His mind and will to faints of old, Sent his own Ion with truth and grace, To teach us in thefe latter days. II. Our nation reads the written word, That book of life, that true record ; The bright inheritance of heav'n Is by this fure conveyance giv'n. III. God's kindeft thoughts are here expreftj Able to make us wife and bleft: The doctrines are divinely true, Fit for reproof and comfort too. IV. O render thanks to God above, For his rich grace, his boundlefs love ; Let all mankind receive his word, And ev'ry nation praife the Lord. Hymn CXVIII. Short Metre. Afong of praife. I. In God's own houfe pronounce his praife* His grace he there reveals ; To heaven your joy and wonder raife, For there his glory dwells. II. Let all your facred pafTions move, While you rehearfe his deeds •, But the great work of faving love, Your higheft praife exceeds. H 2 III. All HYMNS and PSALMS, III. All that have motion, life and breath* Proclaim your maker bleft •, Yet when our voice expires in death, Our fouls mall praife him beft. Hymn CXIX. Short Metre. Seeking God. I. My God, permit my tongue This joy, to call thee mine* And let my early cries prevail To tafle thy love divine. II. For life without thy love No relifh can afford; No joy can be compar'd with this* To ferve and pleafe the Lord. III. To thee I'll lift my hands, And praife thee while I live; Not the rich dainties of a feaft, Such food or pleafure give. IV. In wakeful hours of night I call my God to mind; I think how wife thy counfels are* And all thy dealings kind. V. Since thou haft been my help, To thee my fpirit flies, And on thy watchful providence My chearful hope relies. J-Iymn Ji Y M N S. and PSALMS. Hymn CXX. Long Metre. Subjeftion to God the Father of our fpirits. Heb. xii. o» I. TJ* ternaj fource of life and thought, \^j Be all beneath thyfelf forgot ; Whilft thee, great parent- mind, we own In proftrate homage round thy throne. IL Whilft in themfelves our fouls furvey , Of thee ibme faint reflected ray, They wond'ring to their Father rife; His pow'r how vaft ! his thoughts how wife? III. Behold us as thine offspring, Lord, And do not caft us off abhorr'd ; Nor let thy hand, ib long our joy, Be rais'd in judgment to deftroy. IV. may we live before thy face, The willing fubjects of thy grace; And thro' each path of duty move With filial awe, and filial love. Hymn CXXI. Common Metre. The mercies of God acknowledged. I. T ord when I count thy mercies o'er 1 j They ftrike me with furprife; Not all the fands which fpread the fhorc To equal numbers rife. II. My flefh with fear and wonder ftands, # The product of thy fkill, And hourly bleflings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal, H 3 HI. Thefc HYMNS and PSALMS, III. Thefe on my heart by night I keep; How kind, how dear to me! O may the hour that ends my Oeep Still find my thoughts with thee. Hymn CXXII. Long Metre. Grace and Glory. I. Th* almighty reigns exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the fkyj Tho' clouds and darknefs vail his feet. His dwelling is the mercy-feat, II. G ye that love his holy name, Hate ev'ry work of fin and fhame : He guards the fouls of all his friends, And from the fnares of ill defends. III. Immortal light, and joys unknown, Are for the faints in darknefs fown ; Thole glorious feeds fhall fpring and rife. And the bright harveft blefs our eyes. IV. Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The facred honours of the Lord ; None but the foul that feels his grace, Can triumph in his holinefs. JIymn CXX1II. Common Metre Chrifi the light of the world* Song of Simeon. I. ■ 7\Tov/ let thy fervant die in peace, j^^ From this vain world dilmift: I've feen thy great falvation, Lord; And haften to my reft. II. Thy HYMNS and P J A L M S. II. Thy long expected grace, difclps'd Before the people's view, Hath prov'd thy lovr was conftant dill, And promifes were true. JII. This is the fun, whole chearing ray Through Gentile darknefs fpreads : Pours glory round thy chofen race, And bleflings on their heads* Hymn CXXIV. Common Metre. drifts coming and office foretold, I. Hark, the glad found, the Saviour comes! The Saviour promis'd long : Let ev'ry heart a throne prepare, And ev'ry voice a fong! II. On him the fpirit largely fhed, Exerts its facred fire: Wifdom and might, and zeal and love, His holy breait infpire. III. He comes, the pris'ners to relieve In Satan's bondage held: The gates of brafs before him burlr, The iron fetters yield. IV. He comes, from thickeft clouds of vice To clear the darken'd mind j And from on high, a faving light To pour upon the blind. V. He comes, the broken hearts to bind, Hie bleeding fouls to cure •, m And, with the treafuresof his grace, 'T enrich the humble poor. H 4 JH HYMNS and PSALMSJ Hymn CXXV. Common Metre, Chrijl's kingdom. I. Hear what the Lord in vilion faid. And made his mercy known: " Sinners, behold, your help is laid " On my beloved fon." II. Behold the man my wifdom chofe Among your mortal race ; His head my holy oil o'erflows, The fpirit of my grace. III. High mail he reign on David's throne, My people's better king; My arm mall beat his rivals down, And ftill new fubje&s bring. IV. My truth fh.aH guard him in his way. With mercy by his fide, While in my name thro' earth and fea, He fhall in triumph ride. V. Me for his father and his God He fhall for ever own, Call me his rock, his high abode^ And I'll fupport.mv fon. vi. My firft-born fon array'd in grace At my right hand fhall fit; Beneath him angels know their place, And monarchs at his feet. VII. .My cov'nant ftands for ever fall; <, My promifes are flrong ; Firm as the heav'ns his throne fhall laft, His feed endure as long. Hymn . HYMNS and PSALMS, Hymn CXXVI. Long Metre. Chrift exalted-, or, the fuccefs of\hegofpeL I. Thus the eternal Father fpaka To Chrift the Ton: " Afcendandfk W At my right hand, till I (hall make " Thy foes fubmifiive at thy feet. .II. " From Zion mail thy word proceed, " Thy word, the fcepter in thy hand, " Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, " And bow their wills to thy command. III. M That day mail (hew thy pow'r is great, M When faints fhall flock with willing " minds, J* And finners croud thy temple gate, " Where holinefs in beauty mines." IV. O bleffed pow'r ! O glorious day ! What a large vict'ry fhall enfue ! And converts who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew.' Hymn CXXVII. Long Metre. The Chrijliarfs fareweL 2 Cor. xiii.2. I. Thy prefence, everlafting God, Wide o'er all nature fpreads abroad; Thy watchful eyes, which cannot deep, In ev'ry place thy children keep. II. While near each other we remain, Thou doft our lives and fouls fuilain; W T hen abfent, happy if we (hare Thy fmiles, thy counfels, and thy care. III. To HYMNS and PSALMS III. To thee we all our ways commit, And leek our comforts near thy feet; Still on our fouls vouchfafe to fhine, And guard and guide us ftill a$ thine. IV, Give us in thy beloved hoiife, Again to pay our grateful vows ; Or, if that joy no more be known, iGive us to meet around thy throne. A TABLE A TABLE to find out any Hymn or Part of a Hymn by the firlt Line of it. A Hymn Almighty God ! thy pow'rful word 9 And art thou with us, gracious Lord — 104 All-feeing God ! 'tis thine to know 107 B Behold the lofty Iky 54 Behold the morning fun • 55 Behold thy waiting fervant, Lord — 7 1 j-Jlcft are the undcnTd in heart ■ 61 Jjlcft be the eyerlailing God 89 c Can creatures, to perfection, find — 6 Come, found his praife abroad 59 Come, let our voices join to raife 60 Confider all my forrows, Lord __ j^ Could we fo falfe ? {o faithlefs prove 7 E Eternal God, almighty caufe • » 3 Eternal fource of ev'ry joy 13 Eternal fov'reign Lord on high ■ III Eternal fource of life and thought — 120 Father of men, who can complain » ■ ■■ 21 Father, I blefs thy gentle hand «— ■ — — 78 Father, what wond'rous grace ■ 87 Father divine, thy piercing eye 97 Father of men, thy care we blefs — 98 father of all,' eternal mind « 105 G C> ive thanks to God moft high ■ 38 X Give thanks to God moft high • • 53 Give thanks to God ; he reigns above 46 God of our lives, whole bounteous care — 10 God of eternity, from thee 86 ,God of the fabbath, hear our vows ■ ■ 99 God of the morning, at whofe voice ■ ■ 100 God of my childhood and my youth 103 God, who in various methods told • 1 1 7 Grpt God! thy glories ihall employ — 4 Great A TABLE to the Hymns. Hymn Great firft of beings [ mighty Lord ■ g Great Qod ? how endlefs is thy love — 12 Great God, how infinite art thou ■ 14 Great God, the heay'ns well-order'd frame — 20 Great Lord of earth, and feas, and fkies — 25 Great is the Lord ; his works of might — 32 Great God, to thee, our grateful tongues ' — 49 Great God ! to thee our grateful tongues — 28 Great God, our joyful thanks to thee — — ■ 47 Great God, permit us not to be 96 Great God, we fmg that mighty hand •— 1 14 H Hail King fupreme ! ail wife and good — 116 Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims 80 Hear what the Lord in vifion faid . 125 High in the heav'ns, eternal God 23 How are thy fervants bleft, O Lord — 29 How fhall the young fecure their hearts — 64 How pleafant, how divinely fair -« 95 Hark the glad found the Saviour comes — 124 Jehovah reigns, let ev'ry nation hear * — — 37 If high or low our ftation be 109 Jmpofture fhrinks from light — 108 In God's own houfe pronounce his praife — u8 Let ev'ry tongue thy goodnefs fpeak — 17 Let all the heathen writers join ■ 67 Life is the time to ferve thee, Lord • 85 Long as we live, we'll blefs thy name 35 Lord, thou wilt hear us when we pray — 102 Lord, thou hall fearch'd and feen us thro' ■ 7 Lord, how thy wonders are difplay'd — 40 Lord, in the morning thou malt hear ■ 53 Lord, I efteem thy judgments right ■ 66 Lord, I have made thy word my choice — - 68 Lord, what a feeble frame is ours — *— 84 Lord when I count thy mercies o'er ■ 1 21 M r aker and fov'reign Lord — 1 90 My foul lies cleaving to the duft — 76 My Godj permit my tongue ■■ ■ ■ ■ 1 19 Nov/ A TABLE to the Hymns. N Hymn Now let thy fervant die in peace — 123 O Oblefs the Lord, our fouls ■ 15 O God, our king, thy various praife — 36 O God, in whom are all the fprings — 39 O God, confidcr my diftrefs 72 O God, the cov'nant of thy love ■ 79 O God, our help in ages paft • 82 O God, onthec we all depend 88 O God, thou fpirit, juft and wife 94 O God, our Father, and our King — 106 O how I love thy holy law — 65 O Lord, our hcav'nly King 42 On thee, O God, we frill depend — • 26 O render thanks to God above ■■ 4$ O thou, the wretched's fure retreat " - 18 O that the Lord would guide my ways ■ 71 O that thy ftatutes ev'ry hour ■ 75 Our fouls repeat his praife ■ 16 Our never-ceafing fongs fhall fhow ■ 31 33 50 P Praife ye the Lord ; our God to praife — Praife to God, immortal praife S Say, fhould we fearch the globe around - 112 Sing to the Lord with joyful voice ■ 2 Songs of immortal praife belong 19 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace ■ 1 1 Sweet is the work, O God, our King 57 T The Almighty reigns exalted high 122 The fpacious firmament on high — 115 The veil of night is no difguife ■ 7 The Lord my pafture fhall prepare ■ 24 The earth,' and all the heav'nly frame 27 The Lord Jehovah reigns . 30 The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord 56 Th' uplifted eye and bended knee 93 Thee will we blefs, our God and King — — - 34 Thee we adore, eternal God 83 Th