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 1 ^HE Bible is the Book of God, 
 X Which he alone could frame ; 
 A little Child may learn to prove 
 It anfwers to it's Name. 
 
 2 The great Jehovah it reveals, 
 
 So glorious and fo good ! 
 So much of God, tho' God could tell, 
 No other Being cou'd. 
 
 3 The wiiefl Men, that never faw 
 
 This Hook, when they have try'd 
 The Character of God to draw, 
 His Glories have deny'd. 
 
 Some made a fpotted Bull their God, 
 And feme to Serpents pray'd; 
 
 Idols of Metal, Stone, or Wood, 
 They cali'd upon for Aid. 
 
 5 The Bible (hews one God alone ; 
 
 Right Reafon joins in this : 
 Tho' Reafon noiv m fallen Man 
 The glorious Truth might mifs. 
 
 6 Firfr, beft, and greateft, Caufe of all J 
 
 A Character complete ! 
 How glorious is Jehovah's Name, 
 Where ail Perfections meet! 
 
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 7 This Book contains his holy Law, 
 
 Th' eternal Rule of Right ; 
 How happy muft all Creatures be, 
 Would they herein unite. 
 
 8 All Duty in one Word is fumm'd, 
 
 That one fweet Word is, " Love i" 
 Flew (hort, how hoi)/, juft, and good S 
 May I this Law approve! 
 
 9 « To Him, who is fuprernely good, 
 
 Supreme Affection's due : 
 Deal by your Neighbour as you'd have 
 Your Neighbour deal by you. 
 
 10 None eife but God, who knows the Heart, 
 
 This Sacred Book could pen, 
 Which does dete£t the inward Thoughts 
 And lecret Lufts of Men. 
 
 11 But what avails to know our Ail, 
 
 Unhfs we know the Cure ? 
 This is a melancholy Tale, 
 lhat endlefs Woe is jure. 
 
 12 Can none escape the Wrath of God ? 
 
 Are all condemn d to Hell ? 
 Who can but dread that dark Abode? 
 Who can with Devils dwell? 
 
 13 The fame bleft Book reveals the Way 
 
 To Life above the Skies ; 
 The very chief of Sinners may 
 Receive fo rich a Prize. 
 
 14. Will God revoke his firm Decree^ 
 
 That he zv ho fins muft die ? 
 And difannul his Law for me } 
 And lay his Anger by ? 
 
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 '1,5 His Law can never be repeai'd, 
 It is too juft and good : 
 Better a thoufand finful Worlds 
 Should perifh, than it fhould. 
 
 x6 But how can Sinners fatisfy 
 
 J he Laiu y which once they broke ? 
 Will Penitence for Payment /land. 
 And ft keep off the Stroke? 
 
 17 No, all the Sinner's Efforts here 
 
 Would fruitlefs be and vain ; 
 Nor Streams, nor Floods of flowing Tears, 
 Could wafh away the Stain. 
 
 18 A Surety muft be found, to pay 
 
 The Debt which Sinners ow'd j 
 He muft the holy Law obey, 
 And bear our heavy Load. 
 
 1 9 But where Jhall fitch an One he found? 
 
 What Creature is fo kind^ 
 Of all who dwell on earthly Ground: 
 Or what angelic Mind? 
 
 20 Mankind are all involv'd in Sin ; 
 
 Nor would an Angel dare 
 So great a Work to undertake, 
 Or fuch a Load to bear. 
 
 21 No Creature truly can fuffice ; 
 
 But God's eternal Son, 
 For this, detcended from the Skies, 
 And put our Nature on. 
 
 22 Jefus, I fay, th' incarnate Word, 
 
 Did all the Law obey ; 
 And thus it's Honour was reftor'd, 
 Which Sinners took away. 
 
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 23 He bore his People's countlefs Sins, 
 
 And dy'd that they might live \ 
 And all poor Sinners fhall be fav'd, 
 Who in his Name believe. 
 
 24 Had God the Son more Love to Man 
 
 Than God the Father had? 
 Or did he come to die becaufe 
 He thought the Law too bad ? 
 
 25 No 1 God fo lov'd a ruin'd World 
 
 Hefent his Son to die ; 
 Then rais'd nim up again, to fit 
 On his right Hand, on high. 
 
 26 Chrift meant to magnify the Law, 
 
 And ranfom Sinners too : 
 He dy'd that we, with Joy and Awe, 
 Mi?ht Grace and Tuftice view. 
 
 27 Now God is juft, yet juftifies 
 
 Each Sinner who believes, 
 Sin is condemn'd, the Law fecur'd, 
 God all the Praife receives. 
 
 28 God's, Glory highly is advane'd, ^ 
 
 And Peace on Earth proclaim'd ; 
 Good Will is {hewn to finful Men, 
 From Satan thus reclaim'd. 
 
 29 We ought, indeed, with rapt'rous Joy, 
 
 To hear this joyful Sound : 
 
 But, Oh!Jn our apoftate Race, 
 
 What Wickedneis is found ! 
 
 30 All Men are ^o in Love with Sin, 
 
 They will not from it part, 
 Nor let the bleft Redeemer in 
 To their ungrateful Heart. 
 
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 31 A free Salvation they defpife ; 
 
 They fcorn to be forgiv'n : 
 This empty World they idolize, 
 And have no Tafte for Hcav'n. 
 
 32 Will none then own their wretched State^ 
 
 And humbly fue for Grace f 
 No, not till God renews the Mind, 
 And doth his Pride abaie. 
 
 33 Thus we as much God's Spirit need, 
 
 Our Spirits to renew, 
 As that his Son for us fhould bleed, 
 To give the Law it's Due. 
 
 34 And can the Spirit by his Pow'r^ 
 
 Renew the Man afrefn ? 
 Yes ; he removes the Heart of Stone, 
 And gives a Heart of Flefb. 
 
 35 Are none fo good, but what they need 
 
 An Inierejl in his Grace ? 
 Not One by any other Means 
 Can fee the Father's Face. 
 
 36 Are none fo bad, but that he can 
 
 Their Load of Guilt remove ? 
 There is no Limit to his Povv'r, 
 No Limit to his Love. 
 
 37 When did the Saviour condefcend 
 
 To die for weitched Man ? 
 It was about Four Thoufand Years 
 Since Time on Earth began. 
 
 38 Near Eighteen Hundred Years are pafl 
 
 Since Jefus Chrift was {tt\\ 
 On Jewifh Ground, in mortal Flefh, 
 Appearing poor aad mean. 
 
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 39 No worldly Pomp did he-aflame y 
 
 He did falfe Greatnefs fcoFn ; 
 Conceiv'd in a poor Virgin's Womb, 
 And in a Stable born. 
 
 40 He pail for humble Jofeph's Son, 
 
 But was the Son of God ; 
 The Earth itfelf might well be proud 
 That he upon it trod. 
 
 41 He once a Carpenter was call'd, 
 
 Who built the Earth and Skies : 
 Proud Men would not their Maker own 
 In fuch a low Difguife. 
 
 42 Mozv could they think that this was Me y 
 
 The Saviour all divine ? 
 Strange that his Godhead was not known 
 By feme undoubted Sign ! 
 
 43 The Saviour did not come to reign, 
 
 In gaudy pomp below; 
 But the Law's Honour to maintain, 
 And God's fiee Love to ihew. 
 
 44 Pie came to cleanfe away our Sins, 
 
 By his moft precious Blood ; 
 And liv'd, and dy'd, and rofe again, 
 For our eternal Good. 
 
 45 Long Time before, had God foretold 
 
 His Advent and Benen : 
 Which all the Prophets witnefs'd to, 
 Infpir'd by Light divine. 
 
 46 They nam'd the Nation, Tribe, and Race, 
 
 From which he mould defcend ; 
 Said BethJ'em was his natal Place; 
 Shew'd how his Life fhould end. 
 
 
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 4.7 The antient Prophets now were dead ; 
 The Jews their Tombs adorn'd : 
 But Him, to whom thofe witnefted, 
 They all abhor'd and fcorn'd. 
 
 48 Thus they who kept the Prophecies, 
 
 Thofe Prophecies fulfill'd, 
 Rejected Him, the Prince of Life, 
 And crucify'd and kili'd. 
 
 49 They hop'd a King with mighty Pow'r, 
 
 And purple for his Robe, 
 
 Would elevate his Nation high 
 
 Above a conquer'd Globe. 
 
 50 Victorious Arms, triumphal Cars, 
 
 Sceptres, and Crowns, and Thrones, 
 Guards, Courtiers, Palaces, Featts, 
 And Gold and precious Stones. 
 
 51 Such pompous Baubles fiU'd their Minds ; 
 
 Thefe Tokens, they expect, 
 Muft point the great Meffiah forth j — 
 So Jefus they reject. 
 
 52 No Crown of Gold the Saviour wore ; 
 
 They crown'd him, once, with Thorn ; 
 No Sceptre, in his Hand, he bore j 
 They gave a Reed, in Scorn. 
 
 53 He had no Place to lay his Head, 
 
 Much lefs a Palace proud ; 
 Was hungry, thirfty, hard-beftead, 
 His Guards a vulgar Crowd. 
 
 54 His Steps poor Fifhermen attend, 
 
 With neither Place nor Pay ; 
 Nor had he ready Cam at Hand, 
 The Tribute to defray. 
 
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 55 The fhameful Crofs he made his Throne, 
 
 And there refign'd his Breath ; 
 The Sepulchre was not his own, 
 Which held him after Death. 
 
 56 O who could think this low Difguife 
 
 Conceal'd Heaven's glorious Lord, 
 By Hods angelic, in the Skies, 
 Surrounded and ador'd. 
 
 57 His Throne is Heav'u; his Footftool Earth; 
 
 In Robes of Light array'd ; 
 Clouds are his Car ; his thundering Voice 
 Makes all the Earth afraid. 
 
 58 They beft his boundlefs Riches know 
 
 Who live with him above, 
 Where Springs of Blifs for ever flow, 
 And banquet on his Love. 
 
 59 Immortal Honours, endlefs Joys, 
 
 He for his Saints prepares ; 
 Made, by him, Kings and Priefts to God, 
 His Children and his Heirs. 
 
 60 His Birth feem'd mean on Earth below ; 
 
 But Angels at it fang ; 
 While all the Firmament around 
 With heav'nly Mufic rang. 
 
 61 The Jews their new-born Prince difown; 
 
 But wife Men from afar, 
 To vifit our Redeemer came, 
 Conducted by a Star. 
 
 62 No flatt'ring Nobles cring'd areund ; 
 
 But Patients, who apply'd, 
 Healing for Soul and Body found, 
 Nor once was one deny'd. 
 
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 63 He made the Dumb his Praifes Zing 5 
 
 The Lame, for Joy, to leap ; 
 His Word reftor'd the Blind to Sight, 
 And wak'd the Dead from Sleep. 
 
 64 No armed Guards, nor gaudy Slaves, 
 
 His followers were made : 
 But Health and Siclcnefs, Life and Death, 
 His potent Word obey'd. 
 
 65 The cruel Devils, at his Word, 
 
 Were forc'd to quit their Prey ; 
 Death and the Grave confefs'd their Lord, 
 And durft not difobey. 
 
 66 He not on fine-wrought Carpets trod, 
 
 But walk'd upon the Sea ; 
 Th' obedient Waves confeft the God, 
 And the tam'd Winds agree. 
 
 67 Thoufands, repeatedly, were fed, 
 
 When Jefus made the Feaft ", 
 He pray'd, and a few Loaves of Bread 
 Supply'd a full Repair. 
 
 68 Tribute from him when Men demand, 
 
 Obedient to his Wifh, 
 The Sea conveys it to his Hand, 
 And fends it by a Fifh. 
 
 69 Ev'n in his Death his Glory fhines j 
 
 The Sun in Black array'd, 
 Abhors the monftrous Crime, whkh makes 
 The trembling; Earth afraid. 
 
 70 Tho' Men, ungrateful and unjufr, 
 
 His Agonies deride, 
 The Rocks were rent, the Graves were burft, 
 When Jefus groan'd and dy'd. 
 
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 71 Boaft, O devouring Grave, that He 
 
 Was once thy Captive made ; 
 Or, rather,' own thy Conqueror, 
 Who did thy Realms invade. 
 
 72 The king of Terrors loft his Sting, 
 
 When Chrift triumphant rofe : 
 And now his dying Saints may Ting, 
 And (mile at all their Foes. 
 
 73 To chofen witnefies, he prov'd 
 
 His Refurrection clear : 
 Their Former Cowardice remov'd, 
 And baniih'd all their Fear. 
 
 74 Endu'd with Power from on high, 
 
 They publim'd in his Name, 
 Pardon for Souls condemn'd to die, 
 To all where'er they came. 
 
 75 Unlearn'd before, with ready Skill, 
 
 They fpeak with diiT'rent Tongues ; 
 They ufe no Arms, but Faith and Love. 
 And Patience under Wrongs. 
 
 76 Their Doctrine they confirm'd by Signs, 
 
 Wrought all among the Foes, 
 And Miracles of Pow'r divine. 
 Which no one could cppdc. 
 
 77 Like Sheep amidil a Hoft of Wolves, 
 
 They venture undifmay'd : 
 For God they act ; for God they bear 
 The Suft'rings on them laid. 
 
 78 Their Lives, all holy, well confirm 
 
 The Doctrines that they preach i 
 Their conftant Deaths as plainly prove 
 The blefTed Truths they teach. 
 
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 79 And ftill, by Earth and Hell opposd, 
 
 Thefe Truths maintain their Ground ; 
 Their bleft Eftecls, from Age to Age, 
 By Thoufands have been found. 
 
 80 Satan has vary'd his Affaults, 
 
 But never could prevail ; 
 The Church is founded on a Rock, 
 A Rock which cannot fail. 
 
 81 The Jews, who from their Unbelief, 
 
 Were fcatter'd all abroad, 
 Are kept from all the World difrinft, 
 And fliew the Truth of God. 
 
 82 But Chrifilam know the fweeteft Sign, 
 
 To prove the Bible true, 
 Who feel it's Energy Divine 
 Their Paffions to mbdue. 
 
 $3 O tnat the Spirit may impart 
 This heav'nly Light to me; 
 That I may feel a foften'd Heart} 
 And God's own Glory fee. 
 
 $4 My Soul thereon mall daily feed, 
 Nor Honey tafte fo fweet ; 
 Thy Precepts, Lord, my Steps mall lead, 
 Thy Promife be my Meat. 
 
 $5 Thy Statutes here (hall be my Song, 
 While I remain below, 
 Till I (hall join the blifsful Throng 
 W T ho in thy Prefence bow. 
 
 86 For, when my Heart and Flefh {hall fail, 
 Thy Word mall ftedfaft ftand : 
 Thy Saints thy Faithfulnefs mall tell 
 To all th' Angelic Band. 
 
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