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And see their guilt forgiven; God will pronounce the sinners just, And take the saints to heaven.

HYMN 86. C. M.

God holy, just, and sovereign, Job ix. 2-10.

Ho

WOW should the sons of Adam's race
Be pure before their God?

If he contend in righteousness,

We fall beneath his rod.

2 To vindicate my words and thoughts
I'll make no more pretence;
Not one of all my thousand faults
Can bear a just defence.

3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise;
What vain presumers dare
Against their Maker's hand to rise,
Or tempt the unequal war?

4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath
From their old seats are torn;

He shakes the earth from south to north, And all her pillars mourn.

5 He bids the sun forbear to rise,

The obedient sun forbears;

His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, And seals up all the stars.

6 He walks upon the stormy sea,

Flies on the stormy wind;

There's none can trace his wondrous way, Or his dark footsteps find.]

HYMN 87. L. M.

God dwells with the humble and penitent, Isa. lvii. 15, 16.

HUS saith the High and Lofty One,

THE

I sit upon my holy throne;
My name is God, I dwell on high,
Dwell in my own eternity.

2 But I descend to worlds below,
'On earth I have a mansion too;
The humble spirit and contrite
Is an abode of my delight.

3 The humble soul my words revive,
I bid the mourning sinner live,
Heal all the broken hearts I find,
'And ease the sorrows of the mind.

4 [When I contend against their sin,

I make them know how vile they've been; But should my wrath for ever smoke, Their souls would sink beneath my stroke.]' 5 O may thy pardoning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair, and die! Thus shall our better thoughts approve The methods of thy chastening love.

HYMN 88. L. M.

Life the day of grace and hope, Eccles. ix. 4, 5, 6, 10.

1

LIFE is the time to serve the Lord,

The time t' insure the great reward; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return.

2 [Life is the hour that God has given
To escape from hell, and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.

3 The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie;
Their memory and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.

4 [Their hatred and their love is lost,
Their envy buried in the dust;
They have no share in all that 's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.]

5 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.

16 There are no acts of pardon past

In the cold grave to which we haste, But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in eternal silence there.

HYMN 89. L. M.

Youth and judgment, Eccles. xi. 9.
E sons of Adam, vain and young,
tongue,

Taste the delights your souls desire,
And give a loose to all your fire:

2 Pursue the pleasures you design,
And cheer your hearts with songs and wine;
Enjoy the day of mirth, but know,
There is a day of judgment too.

3 God from on high beholds your thoughts,
His book records your secret faults;
The works of darkness you have done
Must all appear before the sun.

4 The vengeance to your follies due
Should strike your hearts with terror thro':
How will ye stand before his face,
Or answer for his injured grace ?

5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes
From these alluring vanities;
And let the thunder of thy word
Awake their souls to fear the Lord.

HYMN 90. C. M.

The same.

Lo the young tribes of Adam rise,
And through all nature rove,
Fulfil the wishes of their eyes,

And taste the joys they love.

2 They give a loose to wild desires;
But let the sinners know,

The strict account that God requires
Of all the works they do.

3 The Judge prepares his throne on high,
The frighted earth and seas
Avoid the fury of his eye,
And flee before his face.

4 How shall I bear that dreadful day,
And stand the fiery test?

I give all mortal joys away
To be for ever blest.

HYMN 91. L. M.

Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state, Eccles. xii. 1, 7. Isa. lxv. 20.

NOW in the heat of youthful blood

Remember your Creator, God;
Behold, the months come hastening on
When you shall say, 'Our joys are gone.

2 Behold, the aged sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head.
3 The dust returns to dust again,
The soul in agonies of pain
Ascends to God, not there to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.

4 Eternal King, I fear thy name,

Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy love.

3

4

5

6

7

8

[Before the flying clouds, 'Before the solid land,

'Before the fields, before the floods,
'I dwelt at his right hand.

• When he adorned the skies,
And built them, I was there,

To order where the sun should rise, • And marshal every star.

'When he poured out the sea, 'And spread the flowing deep, 'I gave the flood a firm decree In its own bounds to keep.

Upon the empty air

The earth was balanced well:

With joy I saw the mansion where The sons of men should dwell.

'My busy thoughts at first

On their salvation ran,

'Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust Was fashioned to a man.

Then come, receive my grace, 'Ye children, and be wise;

'Happy the man that keeps my ways, The man that shuns them dies."

1 HUS saith the Wisdom of the Lord, 'Blessed is the man that hears my word, Keeps daily watch before my gates,

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And at my feet for mercy waits.

2 The soul that seeks me shall obtain
'Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain;
'Immortal life is his reward,

'Life, and the favour of the Lord.

3 But the vile wretch that flies from me
Doth his own soul an injury;
Fools that against my grace rebel
'Seek death, and love the road to hell.'
HYMN 94. C. M.

Justification by faith, not by works; or, The law condemns, grace justifies, Rom. iii. 19-22.

AIN are the hopes the sons of men
On their own works have built;

Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.

2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths Without a murmuring word,

And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.

3 In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now,

Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.

4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace,
When in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.

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HYMN 95. C. M.

Regeneration, John i. 13. and iii. 3, &c.

OT all the outward forms on earth,

Nor rites that God has given.

Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace,
Born in the image of his Son,
A new peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Blows on the sons of flesh,

New models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

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HYMN 96. C. M.

Election excludes boasting, 1 Cor. i. 26-31.

BUT few among the carnal wise,

But few of noble race,

Obtain the favour of thine eyes,
Almighty King of Grace.

2 He takes the men of meanest name
For sons and heirs of God;

And thus he pours abundant shame
On honourable blood.

3 He calls the fool, and makes him know
The mysteries of his grace,
To bring aspiring wisdom low,
And all its pride abase.

4 Nature has all its glories lost,
When brought before his throne;
No flesh shall in his presence boast,
But in the Lord alone.

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HYMN 97. L. M.

Christ our wisdom, righteousness, &c. 1 Cor. i. 30.

2

BURIED in shadows of the night

We lie till Christ restores the light;
Wisdom descends to heal the blind,
And chase the darkness of the mind.
Our guilty souls are drowned in tears
Till his atoning blood appears;
Then we awake from deep distress,
And sing, The Lord our Righteousness.
3 Our very frame is mixed with sin,
His Spirit makes our natures clean;
Such virtues from his sufferings flow,
At once to cleanse and pardon too.
4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns,
Binding his slaves in heavy chains;
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks
The iron bondage from our necks.

5 Poor helpless worms in thee possess
Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness;
Thou art our mighty All, and we
Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee.

2 Death was the threatening; death began To take possession of the man; His unborn race received the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. 3 But Satan found a worse reward; Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, Let everlasting hatred be

'Betwixt the woman's seed and thee. 4 The woman's seed shall be my Son, 'He shall destroy what thou hast done, 'Shall break thy head, and only feel 'Thy malice raging at his heel.'

5 [He spake; and bid four thousand years
Roll on; at length his Son appears;
Angels with joy descend to earth,
And sing the young Redeemer's birth.
6 Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;

But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies
He gave their prince a fatal blow,
And triumphed o'er the powers below.]

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Unspeakable, like those above, And heaven begins below.

HYMN 109. L. M.

Nof all the duties I have done;

O more, my God, I boast, no more

I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.
2 Now, for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.
3 Yes, and I must and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake:
O may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake.
4 The best obedience of my hands

Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands
By pleading what my Lord has done.

HYMN 110. C. M.

Death and immediate glory, 2 Cor. v. 1, 5-8.

1. THE

HERE is a house not made with hands,
Eternal and on high;

And here my spirit waiting stands
Till God shall bid it fly.

2 Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolved and fall,
Then, O my soul, with joy obey
Thy heavenly Father's call.
3 Tis he, by his almighty grace,
That forms thee fit for heaven,
And, as an earnest of the place,
Has his own Spirit given.

4 We walk by faith of joys to come,
Faith lives upon his word;
But while the body is our home,
We're absent from the Lord.

5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace,
But we had rather see;

We would be absent from the flesh,
And present, Lord, with thee.

HYMN 111. C. M.

Salvation by grace, Titus iii. 3-7.

ORD, we confess our numerous faults,

[How great our guilt has been!

Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.

2 But, O my soul, for ever praise,"
For ever love his name,

Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.]

3 ['Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done;
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through his Son.]

4 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed from sin.

5 'Tis through the purchase of his death,
Who hung upon the tree,

The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On, such dry bones as we.

6 Raised from the dead, we live anew;
And, justified by grace,

We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.

HYMN 112. C. M.

Supplying all their need.'

2 The words of his extensive love
From age to age endure;
The angel of the covenant proves,
And seals the blessing sure.

3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms
To our great father given;
He takes young children to his arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

4 Our God, how faithful are his ways!
His love endures the same;
Nor from the promise of his grace
Blots out the children's name.

TH

'Let all thy inward powers unite

To love thy Maker and thy God,
With utmost vigour and delight.

2 Then shall thy neighbour next in place
'Share thine affections and esteem,
And let thy kindness to thyself
'Measure and rule thy love to him.'
3 This is the sense that Moses spoke,
This did the prophets preach and prove,
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law 's fulfilled by love.
4 But O! how base our passions are!
How cold our charity and zeal!
Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.

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HYMN 117. L. M.

Election sovereign and free, Rom. ix. 21-23. EHOLD the potter and the clay,

B He forms his vessels as he please:

Such is our God, and such are we,
The subjects of his high decrees.

2 [Doth not the workman's power extend
O'er all the mass, which part to choose,
And mould it for a nobler end,
And which to leave for viler use?]
3 May not the sovereign Lord on high
Dispense his favours as he will,
Choose some to life while others die,
And yet be just and gracious still?
4 [What if, to make his terror known,
He lets his patience long endure,
Suffering vile rebels to go on

And seal their own destruction sure!
5 What if he means to show his grace,
And his electing love employs
To mark out some of mortal race,
And form them fit for heavenly joys.]

O'er all his Father's house he stands

3

Then to his new commands

Be strict obedience paid;

The Sovereign and the Head.

The man that durst despise

4

The law that Moses brought,

Behold! how terribly he dies For his presumptuous fault!

5

But sorer vengeance falls

On that rebellious race,

1

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls, And dare resist his grace.

HYMN 119. C. M.

The different success of the gospel, 1 Cor. i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16. 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

2 But souls enlightened from above
With joy receive the word;
They see what wisdom, power, and love
Shines in their dying Lord.

3 The vital savour of his name

Restores their fainting breath;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.

4 Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

Faith of things unseen, Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10.

FAITH is the brightest evidence

Of things beyond our sight,

Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home,
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty word;
Abra'm, to unknown countries led,
By faith obeyed the Lord.

4 He sought a city fair and high,
Built by the eternal hands;
And faith assures us, though we die,
That heavenly building stands.