2 Let wicked men the way of fin forfake,- 3 Faithfuls he is, juft alfo to forgive; Whoever will, may tafte his grace and live: Both Jew and Gentile", if they come, may be Through Chrift accepted, and from fin set free! I A1 CXXXVIII. Moral and Evangelical Precepts. LL nations tremble at the rod Abrations tremble Of him who these commands do give: 2 Turn from oppreffion, feed the poor, Bow down to idol gods no more, 3 Hate ev'ry evil thought and way; 4 Hear ye this word, O Bafhan's kine, 5 For lo, the Lord will fhortly come ! Repent, and thereby miss the doom (s) 1 Johni. 9. (t) Rev. xxii. 17. (u) Rom. x. 12,13.-Gal. iii. 28.-Col. iii. 11. (v) Pfal. cxiv. 7.—Ifa. Ixvi. 2.—Jer. v. 27. See the fourth and fifth chapters of Amos. I CXXXIX. Sinners called to Repent, to review the Sufferings of Chrift, and to believe in his faving Power. 1 X INNERS give ear, the great I AM", 2 2 Mercy hath against judgment long Why will you then the broad-way throng, Ye hearts of stones, relent to see 3 The ploughers ploughed on his back, 4 Thus wounded for what fin hath done, We through his love the curfek may fhun,- (w) Exod. iii. 14. 6.-Luke xiii. 3, 5. (x) Num. xvi. 31, 32, 33. (z) Pfal. lxxv. 8.-Rev. xvi. 19. 13. (b) Tit. ii. 11. (c) Ezek. xi. 19.-xxxvi. 26. (y) Ezek. xiv. (a) Jam. ii. (d) Heb. xii. 2., 3. (e) Pfal. cxxix. 3. (f) Pfal. xxii. 17. (g) Matt. xxvii. 50. (h) John x. 15, 17, 18. (i) Luke xxiv. 5, 6, 7. (k) Gal. iii. 13. (1) Eph. ii. 13,- - 16. (j) Ifa. liii. 5. (m) Rom. iii. 22. 5 For God his temple now prepare, CXL. On the Sufferings and Death of Chrift, through whose name Sinners obtain the Salvation of God. From the foundation of the world; 2 Look on him who was pierc'd', and mourn: 3 He died on the fhameful tree! There view his facred body torn, And made a curfes for you and me! No forrow' e'er was like to his, Or any love" fo great as this! O let us now by faith' draw near He is the WAY that leads to heav'n. (n) 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.-vi. 19. (0) Heb. xii. 1. (r) John i. 29, (p) Pfal. ix. 17. 36.Ŕev. xiii. 8. (s) Gal.. iii. 13. (v) Heb. x. 22. i. 77.—xxiv. 47, (q) John ii. 25. (w) Heb. iv. 16. (z) John xiv. 6. CXLI. For Mercy and Salvation. N mercy view thy creatures, Lord, And raise us from our fallen a state; . 2 Why fhould we lie beneath thy frown Wherein from fin we fhall find reft, And be through Chrift with pardon bleft. CXLII. The Lord's Prayer Verfified. OUR FATHER which in heaven art, Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come, in ev'ry heart, Till all shall know the fame. 2 Thy will be done in earth below, 3 Forgive us all our trefpaffes, (c) Lev. xxv. 9, &c. 4 Deliver us from evil here,- CXLIII. For Grace to Replenish our wants.. WE E want the happy art to learn, To reft without a wrong concern, 2 When call'd to fuffer for thy fake, 3 We want, when fin and danger's near, True faith, that faves from flavish fear, 4 A victory1 we want to gain, O'er frowns and flatt'ring charms: 5 Come, Lord, replenish all our wants I. R CXLIV. Complaint and Prayer. EMEMBER, O remember, Lord, And now, by thy life-giving word, (g) Gal. v. 6. (f) Luke xiv. 33. |