SIX Centuries OF SELECT HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS Collected out of the Holy Bible. TOGETHER With a Catechism, the Canticles, and a Catalogue of Virtuous Women. By William Barton, A. M. late Minister of St. Martin's in Leicester.  
The Fourth Edition Corrected, with above a third part of Additions.  
LONDON, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for William Cooper at the Pelican in Little Britain. 1688.   

TO The Right Honourable Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. Lord Chief Justice of England.  
Right Honourable,  
WHEN this Labour lay obstructed by the injuriousness of others, and partly by my own inability, a word of your Lordship, in favour of this Work, did instantly excite the Right Worshipful, the Mayor and Aldermen of Leicester, and soon after some Honourable Personages and Worthy Gentlemen of our Town and County to promote the Printing of this Book of Hymns: and had not fraud and injury inevitably prevented, I had e'er this presented this little Volume into your Honourable Hands in humble Gratulation of your Lordship's Favours: hoping also to leave it as a lasting monument of your attested Piety and the Liberality of the Benefactors a●d of your Honourable Protection of,  
My LORD, Your Honours Most obliged and humbly devoted Servant, William Barton.   

THE Author's EPISTLE TO THE READER.  
Courteous Reader,  
BE pleased to understand that I was sent to and requested by Mr. Richard Baxter to translate that famous Hymn, composed by St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, called Te Deum, if I thought good, and so good I thought it, (harping upon Scripture all along) that I did it in double Metre, both to the Chapter-Hymns and to the Psalm-Hymns, and to the former I prefixed the Proofs, as you may find in pag. 2, etc. and to render it as near as possibly I could to the Prose-translation by variety of Metres, and the same correspondency I have generally aimed at in all the work, the main design whereof is to propagate and promote Godliness, without which the Notions and Contests of Knowledge are but mere shadows, and (as the Apostle saith of Genealogies) vain janglings; Now how far Spiritual Songs and Psalmody tend to true Godliness, we may gather from the Holy Scriptures, Col. 3.16. where the Apostle saith, Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual Songs, etc.  
For in the use of such as these Christians may truly say, that they do teach and admonish one another. For certainly the most pressing passages of Holy Scriptures being put into smooth and familiar Verse, (keeping also the order, and, as much as may be, the words of the Prose-translation) will fix good Lessons in our mind and memory, so as to edify the understanding, and kindle the affection, and do excellently instruct a Christian unto prayer and Meditation, Ministering abundant hints and helps thereto: And is no innovation or induction, but a renovation and reduction (rather) to Primitive use and Order.  
(And) how frequent, famous and familiar was the use of Hymns in the ancient Churches is both attested by the Ancients themselves, and applauded by worthy Writers of the later times. For the former see Justin Martyr in his 107th. Answer to the Orthodox (here following) touching Songs used in the Church: Tertullian in his Apology against the Gentiles, Chap. 2. and 39 Eusebius de praeparatione Evangelicâ. lib. 12. cap. 14. where he saith That by good right and reason, Christians did train up their Children in Godliness, by the use of Songs and Hymns. And in his Ecclesiastical History, Lib. 5. Cap. 25. of the English Translation, pag. 94. lin. 1. we have these words: How many Psalms and Hymns and Canticles were written from the beginning by faithful Christians, which do celebrate the praise of Christ, etc.  
And for the late Writers, the Reverend Bishop Davenant on Col. 3.16. saith, That it is apparent by ancient Writers, that the ancient Churches did use Hymns.  
Comenius, in a little Book dedicated to his Majesty, saith, that among the Bohemian Brethren they had above 700 Hymns in use, besides the Psalms of David. But if we do reckon the Hymns, Aliters, several Parts, and double Metres, together with the Prefatory Hymns, now published, these do in all amount to the number of 778.  
Learned Dr. Hammond gives this Paraphrase upon Eph. 5.19. And let all your Mirth and Jollity be expressed in several kinds of Hymns, etc. that are used among Christians in a pious manner.  
Aretius' upon that excellent Scripture, 1 Tim. 1.15. This is a faithful saying, etc. hath these words, 

Sententia— digna quae Scribatur aureis,  
literis, ac publicè decantetur. i e.   

A Saying worthy of a GOLDEN PEN,  
And to be sung i'th' Church by Christian Men.    
Wherefore I shall plead no further at present, but only to present my honest aim and purpose in these few Distiches following.  

To fix choice Scriptures firmly in our mind,  
And show us where we shall those Scriptures find:  
To move the mind to meditate and pray,  
And train up Children in a Godly way.  
To plant the Doctrine of our Catechism,  
And root up Errors, Heresy and Schism.  
To purge profaneness, and create an Ocean  
Of Love and Loyalty, and due Devotion.   
This Third or New Century of Chapter-Hymns is composed (for the most part) of Context Scriptures, seldom fetching in any other save for a Doxology, and therefore one quotation at the beginning doth commonly serve for all; yet I dislike not the conjunction of parallel places but may say with holy Herbert, 
This Verse, Notes That, And both do make a motion  
Unto a third, that ten leaves off do lie:  
Then as dispersed Herbs do make a Potion,  
These there make up a Christian's Destiny.  And of the usefulness of these Hymns I may say again with him, 
A Verse may find him who a Sermon flies,  
And turn Delight into a Sacrifice.   
Hymns were accounted Sacred and Divine, even among the ancient Heathen Poets, who the Apostle, Titus, Chap. 1. Vers. 12. calls Prophets, witness that of Hesiod in the beginning of his Book.  

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉,  
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.   

Come, famous Muses, which from Pierus spring,  
Call God your Father while your Hymns you sing.   
Of what account then should Hymns be among Christians? Hymns especially taken out of the Holy Scriptures? Scripture-Hymns than may challenge the pre-eminence, for St. Paul calleth it the Sword of the Spirit, for it is the Word of God; whereby we may gather that the Hymns used anciently were composed out of the Sacred Scriptures, and certainly such as are thence aptly composed and keep nearest to the original Text are the most spiritual and fittest to be sung in God's worship.  
But if any shall think it far inferior, for these ends, to the accustomed Psalmody; I hope I have now, in the regulation of the Psalm-Hymns, given further satisfaction; having retained none but such pressing parts and passages as are generally suitable to the condition of all good Christians, and shall be of easy apprehension for application: I shall say no more, but that if these twenty short Hymns following, prefixed for Preface, (being supernumerary to the Centuries, and consisting most-what of History and Crimination) be thought by some not so suitable for Song, yet, for Apology-sake, I would have the Judicious consider, that some Psalms consist of the same Subjects. The 104th. Psalms (as learned Dr. Roberts saith) is a Narrative of the first five days Creation, and of Man (for whom all things were made) as is showed throughout the Psalm. The 105th. and 106th. Psalms are Narrative, and Criminatory also, as some other Psalms are, as Psalm 50. and Psalm 78. and many others: Neither are such Psalms without great use for Edification; and Edification is a matter of such importance, that the Apostle saith, 1 Cor. 15.5.26. Let all things be done to edifying: and, Greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, that the Church may receive edifying.  
So that if these twenty following Hymns touching the Creation, etc. were but frequently read, though not sung, it might (by imprinting in the memory) conduce much to Edification, which is the design of the whole,  
By Thy Servant, For Jesus sake, William Barton. The Author has finished all that ever he intended both Hymns and Psalm-Book.   

AN ADVERTISEMENT Concerning this Posthumous Edition OF THE HYMN-BOOK.  
Courteous Reader,  
BE pleased to understand that the Author of these Hymns, having a natural Propensity to Divine Poesy, and being conversant in the Hebrew Tongue, took great delight in the study and frequent Meditation of David's Psalms, which at last did incline him to set upon a new Translation thereof into English Metre, (finding withal that the ancient usage of our Speech in Sternhold and Hopkins Translation was become obsoletely contemptuous to many people of this Age) which pious and laborious undertaking he having happily effected caused it to be published in the year of our Lord 1644. which Impression selling off quickly, he set forth a second Edition in the year 1645. and it was again reprinted An. 1654. in 12o. (besides the Piracies which some committed upon him) afterwards finding himself at leisure, in his Meditations upon several parts of Sacred Scripture, he collected 100 Hymns and published them under the Title of a Century of Select Hymns collected out of S. Scripture and Printed Anno 1659. in 12o. and finding in a little time that this single Century was very acceptable to the people, it did much encourage him to proceed, as he did in collecting another Century of Chapter-Hymns (for so he called them to distinguish them from the Psalm-Hymns which he afterwards published) for after he had finished his second Century of Chapter-Hymns, he took occasion to overlook the multiplicity of Aliters which he had made in his Translation of the Psalms, wherein he found that many of those which he had refused at first were not inferior to those which he had published in his Psalm-Book, but were far too many to insert in that Book, therefore not willing that any of his Labours should be lost, he composed out of them two Centuries more of Psalm-Hymns, which four Centuries unpollished and as yet not Methodised, to use the Author's own words in his Epistle to the Reader before the Psalm-Hymns Section 5. [Because these Centuries were formerly put forth Anno Dom. 1668 against my will by an imperfect Copy and in great disorder, I have put them into a handsome method, passing by no Psalm of common use, but have in whole or in part, inserted it, and have put the whole Psalms together in double Metres,] and having reviewed the four Centuries which were surreptitiously printed without the knowledge or consent of the Author, but after that he did then methodise and polish them at his leisure to render them as near the Hebrew, and yet as smooth and acceptable as was possible to mean Capacities, and in the year 1670. he published the two Centuries of Chapter-Hymns; and in the year 1672. he set forth the two Centuries of Psalm-Hymns at his own proper cost and charges, and all in order according to his own desire and design; but since that time it pleasing God to prolong his days he collected a third Century more out of the Chapters of the Old and New Testament, and another out of the Psalms, which he completed, together with a Catechism, the Book of Canticles, and a Catalogue of the Virtuous Women mentioned in Holy Writ, all in Metre, with the last Additions and Corrections of the Author's own hand writing, and his twenty Prefatory Hymns, besides his Replenishing with various Metres, as also completing it with divers excellent Aliters, with his last supervising, and then declared to his Children, Relations and Friends that he had finished all he designed, returning thanks to Almighty God that had spared him to finish his Work, and hoped he should survive to see both his Psalm-book and Hymn-book (so at large completed) to be printed, but within a short time after he sickened, and upon the 14th day of May, 1678. it pleased God to call him out of this life to his Heavenly Kingdom being aged about 74, or 75; and since his death, his last Revise of the Psalm-book was printed Anno 1682. and Now this present year 1688. is published the rest of his Works carefully preserved ever since his death, viz. The Complete Hymn-Book in Six Centuries, besides Aliters, double Metres and distinct Parts, which together with the Prefatory Hymns amounts to the number of 778 Hymns, besides the Catechism, the Book of Canticles, and a Catalogue of Virtuous Women enlarged, all in Metre, and thoroughly corrected by his own hand a little before his Death. The Third Century of Chapter-Hymns are wholly New, and the last Century that he made of Psalm-Hymns (which though mixed for Method sake are distinguishable by the Poetical Arguments) were never before printed: And though the Psalm-Hymns in this Edition follow in order, yet you may not expect here a Psalm-Book; for here is never a Hymn composed upon any of these 29 following Psalms; viz. the 5.10.13.17.18.22.26.27.28.35.38.40.56.57.58.59.60.64.71.75.76.78.88.94.109.116.118.140.143. for these you may see his Psalm-Book printed 1682. in 12o. which with this Hymn-Book makes up the Author's Divine Works complete.  
I need say no more concerning this Posthumous Edition of the Hymn-Book, it will sufficiently manifest its excellency in the perusal; but this only I do assure the Reader that all the care imaginable has been taken that no Injustice might be done to the Memory of the Worthy Author (through any considerable Erratas) not only by the Circumspection of the Printer and Corrector but by sending the Sheets of the whole Work to be Corrected by his Son, And  
Your Servant in Christ Jesus, Edward Barton, Minister of Welford in Northamptonshire.   

Justin Martyr of the use and Excellency of Spiritual Songs in the Church. In his 107. Answer to the Orthodox.  
IT moves the mind and makes affections strong  
To that which is so taking in the SONG.  
The fleshly motions are by it suppressed,  
And vicious thoughts which foes unseen suggest.  
The mind it moistens (as a fruitful field)  
Abundance of divine good things to yield.  
It makes Religious men (such power it brings)  
Champions for patience in all adverse things.  
It cures the Godly man of worldly cares.  
It is the Spirits Sword, as Paul declares.  
Which acts and arms a Christian Soldier so  
That he may grapple with his ghostly foe;  
For 'tis the word of God, which while revolved  
And sung aloud, the Devils are dissolved  
And driven away: yea, it hath power so great  
The mind to perfect, and to make complete  
With Christian virtues, whiles (in sacred throngs)  
The Saints set on with these spiritual Songs.   

ERRATA.  
PAge 214. Line 10. for stock read flock. p. 244. l. 20. for mensounder r. each founder.) p. 246. l. 9 for breaketh r. baketh. p. 300. l. 1. for known r. know. p. 423. l. 4. for blessed r. blasted. p. 428. l. 13. after right add hand. p. 447. for Psalm 23. r. Psalm 50.14, 15, 23. (1. M.) p. 477. l. 11. for fruit r. bruit. p. 500 l. 10. for the r. thy. p. 583. l. 11. for he r. be. p. 627. l. 13. after and add that. p. 637. l. 26. after grieved add because.   

TWENTY Prefatory Hymns.  

HYMN 1. Creation.  

First Day.  
All People, etc.  
Gen. 1.1.  

IN the beginning is set forth  
How God created Heaven and Earth  
Earth did lie void, and darkness keep  
Upon the face of all the Deep.   

Then said the Lord of sovereign might  
Let there be light, and there was light:  
And God saw light, a glorious spark,  
And God divided light from dark.   

And for the light, he called it day,  
And darkness night, thus named were they,  
Evening and Morning set and rose,  
And these the First Day did compose.   

Rev. 4.11.  
Lord thou art worthy of the Crown  
Of Glory, Honour, and Renown;  
For Thou, O Lord, didst all things make,  
And made they were for thy Will sake.    

2. PART. Second Day.  
v. 6, 7.  

A Firmament did God provide,  
Waters from Waters to divide:  
The Firmament which God had framed  
He called Heaven, and so 'twas named.   

And let, said God, the Firmament  
Divide the Watery Element:  
Waters above from these below  
Let be distinct, and it was so.   

Evening and Morning set and rose  
And did the Second Day compose:  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore.    

3. PART. Third Day.  

v. 9  
And this Command from God was given  
Touching the Waters under Heaven,  
That all should gather to a place,  
And the dry Land should show her face.   

v. 10.  
And God did call the dry Land Earth,  
The Water's Seas, which he set forth:  
And God beheld that heaped Flood,  
And saw that it was very good.   

Then was the Earth of God enjoined  
To bring forth Herbs of every kind,  
The Grass and Trees to yield their Fruit,  
And Seed which in itself had Root.   

And God commanded all to grow  
Upon the Earth, and it was so;  
Evening and Morning set and rose,  
And these the Third Day did compose.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore;  
And let all faithful people then  
Say cheerfully, Amen, Amen.    

4. PART. Fourth Day.  
v. 14, 15.  

And, said the Lord, let there be lights  
Distinguishing the Days and Nights:  
And let them shine within the Spheres  
For signs, for seasons, days and years.   

And God made two for greater light  
The Son for Day, the Moon for Night:  
All sorts of Stars he made beside,  
The light from darkness to divide.   

And God beheld that all was good  
Which he had made, and so it stood▪  
Evening and Morning set and rose  
And these the Fourth Day did compose.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And blessed be the King of Kings  
Who doth alone such wondrous things.    

5. PART. Fifth Day.  
v. 20.  

And God did give the Waters charge  
To bring forth moving things at large;  
The living Creatures, Works most rare,  
And Fowl to fly i'th' open air.   

And God created mighty Whales,  
And living Creatures that had Scales,  
And winged Fowl of every kind,  
And all was good, and to his mind.   

And then God blessed them and said  
A great increase by you be made,  
Let Fishes fill the Sea, so wide;  
And Fowl on Earth be multiplied.   

Evening and Morning set and rose  
And these the Fifth day did compose:  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore.    

6. PART. Sixth Day.  
v. 24.  

And God enjoined the Earth to bring  
And to produce each kind of thing,  
cattle and creeping things, and Beasts  
Each in his kind to make increase.   

Then said the Lord, now let us make  
Man in his kind for our own sake:  
And let us make and form him, thus,  
In our own Image like to us.   

And let them have Dominion o'er  
The Fish, the Fowl, the Sea, the Shore:  
And every Creature that is found  
To swim in Sea, or go on Ground.   

So God made Man's original Stem  
Both Male and Female made he them:  
And, blessing them, said God most high  
Be fruitful now, and multiply:   

And fill the Earth, and it subdue,  
I give the Lordship all to you:  
And ye shall rule as Sovereign king  
O'er Fish and Fowl and every thing.   

And lo! said God, I give you meat,  
The Herbs, and Fruits of Trees to eat;  
To Birds and Beasts the Herbs that grow,  
I give for food, and it was so.   

And God beheld how all things stood  
And all he made was very good.  
Evening and Morning set and rose  
And these the Sixth Day did compose.   

Lord thou art worthy of the Crown  
Of Glory, Honour and Renown,  
For thou, O Lord, didst all things make  
For thine own will and pleasure sake.     

HYMN 2. The Sabbath.  
Our Father, etc.  
Gen. 2.1.  

THUS Heaven and Earth were set in place  
With all their Hosts in six days space;  
The Seventh Day the Lord did rest  
Which day he sanctified and blest  
Because thereon the Lord had stayed  
From all the Work which he had made.   

Heb. 11.3.  
And thus by faith we understand  
The Worlds were made by God's command,  
So that the things which now we see  
Were not composed of things that be;  
Something of nothing God did call,  
And of that something God made all.   

Thus also we are put in mind  
That there's a Rest remains behind,  
An Everlasting Heavenly Rest  
Whereof God's people are possessed,  
And we that do believe in him,  
At th' hour of death shall enter in.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let the People all proclaim  
The praises of his holy Name,  
And all of us with one accord  
Say here Amen, praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 3. Marriage.  
Our Father, etc.  
Gen 2.7.18, 21. etc.  

AND God the Lord did man compound  
Of Dust he gathered off the Ground,  
Breathed in his breast a lively flame,  
So man a living Soul-became:  
Yet 'tis not good, said th' Holy One,  
Not good that man should be alone.   

Now will I make a helper meet  
For him, as his companion sweet;  
Then God made Adam fall asleep:  
And so he slept a sleep full deep:  
Then took the Lord a Rib most fit,  
And closed up flesh instead of it.   

And of that Rib a Woman made  
And brought her to the man, who said  
Bone of my bone is this to me,  
And flesh of mine own flesh is she:  
Woman she shall be called, because  
Took out of Man, himself she was.   

Therefore a man shall leave behind  
Father and Mother ne'er so kind,  
And cleave unto his Wife alone,  
And they shall be one flesh and bone:  
And both were naked fairly framed▪  
Man and his Wife, and not ashamed.   

Psal. 106. ult. Psal. 67.3.  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore,  
And let the people all proclaim,  
The praises of his holy Name;  
And let us all with one accord  
Say here Amen: praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 4. Paradise.  
All People, etc.  
Gen. 3.8.  

AND God did plant his Garden trees  
Eastward in Eden full of these:  
All that was pleasant to the sight,  
And good for food or for delight.   

And into Eden thus adorned  
He brought the man whom he had formed;  
And made all Paradise his seat  
To dress it and to keep it neat.   

The tree of Life, of greatest price,  
Was in the midst of Paradise.  
And there the Tree of Knowledge stood,  
Knowledge of evil and of good.   

And God did bring each Bird and Beast  
(Even from the greatest to the least)  
For Man to name, and by his Word  
Was named every Beast and Bird.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let all sorts of people then,  
Say cheerfully Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 5. The Covenant of Works.  
All People, etc.  
Gen. 2.16.  

AND God the Lord did give command  
To Adam, saying, understand  
Of every tree this ground doth bear  
Thou may'st eat freely any where.   

But of the tree of Knowledge (still)  
Knowledge, I say, of Good and Ill,  
To eat thereof be not enticed,  
For if thou eat thereof thou diest.   

This tree, I say, which I so call  
Thou shalt not eat of it at all:  
For in the Day that thou shalt try  
To eat thereof, thou sure shalt die.   

All Glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the Sovereign Throne,  
And to the Son and Holy Ghost  
Be Glory to the uttermost.    

HYMN 6. Man's shameful Fall.  
Our Father, etc.  
Gen. 3.1.  

BUT now the Serpent was more deep  
Than any Beast the field did keep,  
Subtler than all that God had made,  
And to the Woman thus he said  
Yea, hath God said ye shall not eat  
Of all the Garden-trees for meat?   

Fear not, ye shall not surely die,  
For God doth know assuredly  
That when ye both thereof have eat,  
Your eyes it shall illuminate;  
And ye as glorious Gods shall be,  
Knowing both good and ill, as he.   

And when the Woman (having viewed)  
Saw that the tree was good for food,  
And very pleasant to the eyes,  
And to be wished to make one wise,  
She took the fruit thereof and ate,  
And of it did communicate.   

She gave her Husband of the meat,  
And he did also take and eat:  
Then were the eyes of both awaked,  
And saw that they were wholly naked;  
And then they sewed fig-leaves together  
Aprons to hide their shame however.   

Then hear the voice of God did they  
There walking in the cool of day:  
And in the Garden (got aside)  
They sought where they might closely hide,  
Thinking from him, that all things sees,  
To hide themselves among the trees.    

Adam's Arraignment and Excuse.  
Our Father, etc.  
Gen. 3.9.11.  

THAN God called Adam, And, said he,  
Adam where art thou? answer me.  
I heard thy voice then Adam said▪  
i'th' Garden and I was afraid,  
And hid myself because that I  
Was naked thus opprobriously.   

v. 11.  
Then said the Lord, how didst thou know  
That thou wast naked? Who told thee so?  
What! hast thou eaten of the tree  
Which flatly was forbidden thee?  
Whereof with penalty so great  
I charged thee that thou shouldst not eat?   

The Woman, Lord, than said the man▪  
Thou gav'st for my Companion,  
She gave me of it; it was she  
That offered that unhappy tree;  
She gave to me of that dear meat,  
And I unwittingly did eat.    

Eve's Arraignment and Excuse.  
Gen. 3.13. 1 Tim. 2.14. Rom. 5.12.  

THAN to the Woman, who was first  
In the Transgression most accursed,  
Thus said the Lord, what thing is this  
That thou hast done so much amiss?  
For thou hast done, as thou shalt find,  
To the Destruction of Mankind.   

Then said the Woman, that foul fiend,  
The Serpent, whom I thought my friend,  
The Subtle Serpent, it was he  
That cozened and beguiled me;  
And I, beguiled by his deceit,  
Was so unhappy as to eat.    

HYMN 9 The Serpent's Censure, and the Covenant of Grace intimated to his Sorrow.  
Gen 3.14, 15.  

THAN to the Serpent, said the Lord,  
Since thou hast done this thing abhorred,  
Above all beasts to thee be woe;  
Upon thy belly shalt thou go,  
And Dust to thy extreme disgrace,  
Shall be thy food all thy life space.   

Between thee and the Womankind  
I will put enmity of mind:  
Also between thy seed and hers  
There shall be everlasting Wars:  
To bruise thy head, as thou shalt feel,  
And thou shalt also bruise his heel.    

HYMN 10. The Woman's Censure and the Mans.  
Gen. 3.16, 17, 18, 19  

AND to the Woman God said thus,  
Thy sorrows shall be numerous,  
And also thy conceptions;  
In sorrow shalt thou bring forth Sons,  
Thy mind shall to thy husband be,  
And he shall Lord it over thee.   

17.  
And unto Adam thus he said,  
Because that thou hast disobeyed,  
Harkening to what thy Wife did say,  
And her suggestion did obey,  
And so hast eaten of the tree  
Which flatly was forbidden thee:   

The ground is cursed for thy sake,  
With grief, thereof thou shalt partake;  
In sorrow thou shalt eat thy bread  
As long as thou on Earth dost tread:  
Thistles and thorns to thee 't shall yield,  
And thou shalt eat the herb of th' field.   

With sad and sweaty face shalt thou  
Eat careful bread, got by the plough,  
Till thou return unto the Earth  
Whence also thou wast taken forth:  
For by Creation, Dust thou wast,  
And shalt return to Dust at last.    

Adam's Expulsion from Paradise.  
Gen. 3.21, to ult.  

AND unto Adam and his Wife  
(Now in a mortal state of life)  
Did God the Lord make coats of skin  
To clothe their naked bodies in:  
Then said the Lord Almighty, thus,  
The Man's become as one of us.   

Behold, said God his deeper skill  
How well he knows both good and ill!  
And now lest he put forth his hand  
To th' tree of life, and think to stand,  
And eat thereof and never die  
(As he may think presumptuously)   

Therefore the Lord deprived him quite  
Of that sweet garden of delight:  
And to confute his fond device,  
He put him out of Paradise;  
And sent him forth, with open shame,  
To till the ground from whence he came:   

So God drove out the man, disgraced,  
And at the East of Eden placed  
The Cherubins with flaming sword  
On every side that turned and stirred,  
To keep the way from all access  
To th' tree of Life and Blessedness.   

Rom. 5.12.  
And thus by one man entered sin  
Into the World; so Death came in:  
And Death hath passed over all,  
Since all have sinned by the fall;  
And as from Adam, all along,  
Death reigned over old and young.   

Rom. 5.18.  
So by one man's obedience  
Are many cleared from offence;  
That as sin reigned to Death and pain,  
So grace to righteousness might reign:  
Through Jesus Christ our only Lord,  
Wherefore praise him with one accord.    

HYMN 12. The World degenerate.  
To the tune of the Ten Commandments: Or, All People, etc.  
Gen. 6.1.  

IT came to pass when men began  
to multiply upon the Earth,  
And Daughters born to many a man  
were fair and beauteous from their birth;   

That then the Sons of godly seed  
did see the Daughters sprung from those  
That practised many a wicked Deed,  
and took them Wives of all they chose.   

Then said the Lord, my spirit no more  
shall strive with man that is but flesh;  
Yet shall his years be twice threescore  
to wait repentance and redress.   

And God did see Man's works were nought,  
and full of foul Iniquity:  
Each motion of his heart and thought  
was only ill continually.   

And God repented, for his part,  
for making man upon the ground:  
And lo: it grieved him at his heart  
that man so monstrous should be found.   

I will destroy (the Lord then said)  
both man and beast and creeping thing,  
And fowl, and all that I have made,  
for I repent their fashioning.    

HYMN 13. The Ark Ordered.  
Gen. 6.8.  

BUT Noah with the Lord found grace,  
(a perfect man without offence)  
While all the Earth before his face,  
was filled with fraud and violence.   

And unto Noah God said thus  
make thee an Ark of Gopher Wood,  
For th' Earth is most flagitious  
and I will drown it with a flood.   

But thou into the Ark shalt come  
thou and thy Wife, thy Sons their Wives:  
Two of each sort of Creatures dumb  
thou shalt bring in to save their lives.   

Of clean ones thou shalt take thee seven,  
and likewise food for them and thee:  
Both beasts and fowl from under heaven,  
both male and female shall they be.   

Heb. 11.7.  
Thus faithful Noah, moved with fear  
prepared an Ark (as Scripture saith)  
To save his House, and proved an heir  
of righteousness which is by faith.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and to the Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be Glory done as first begun,  
is now, and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 14. The Flood rising.  

IN the six hundreth year it was  
of Noah's life; the seventeenth Day,  
And second Month, it came to pass  
that Noah's Flood swept all away.   

Then all the Fountains of the Deep  
were broken up beneath the Sky:  
And Windows in the Clouds that keep,  
were opened universally.   

The Rain unmeasurably fell  
full forty Days and forty Nights:  
The Waters did prevail and swell  
unto the most excessive heights.   

The Ark was born above the Earth  
no less than fifteen cubits high:  
And all the Hills which now stand forth,  
did underneath the Waters lie.   

And all that moved upon the Ground,  
all Fowl and Beasts (name what you can)  
And every living thing was drowned,  
whatever breathed; and every man.    

HYMN 15. Eight Souls saved in the Ark.  
1 Pet. 3.20.  

ONLY was Noah saved alive,  
and those few souls that did embark,  
With Noah (whiles the Flood let drive)  
and were preserved in the Ark.   

All were destroyed, save such as sailed  
in Noah's Ark, which scaped however;  
And still the Watery Floods prevailed,  
for almost half a year together.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore,  
a God of Judgement, sure is he:  
And let the whole Earth evermore  
give praise to him: Amen say we.    

HYMN 16. The Flood falling.  

AND God remembered Noah then,  
and every living thing with him;  
The cattle also, and the Men,  
that to the Ark were entered in.   

And God did make a drying Wind  
pass o'er the Earth where floods had raged,  
Which for that purpose was designed,  
and so the Waters were assuaged.   

The Fountains also of the Deep  
and Heavens Windows, whence it reigned,  
Were stopped, and made all close to keep,  
and Rain from Heaven was restrained.   

And waters from the Earth always  
were going off: to leave it dry,  
And in an hundred fifty days  
they were abated wondrously.   

And in the seventh Month that Year  
and on the seventeenth Day of that,  
The Ark did rest and plain appear  
upon the Hills of ARARAT.   

And still the waters did decay  
until the tenth Month did ensue;  
And in that Month on its first Day,  
the tops of mountains were in view.    

HYMN 17. The Raven and Dove sent out.  

Then Noah sent a Raven out  
which went and passed to and fro,  
Until the waters all about  
were dried from the Earth below.   

Then also sent he forth a Dove  
to see if waters did abate,  
From off the Earth and all above,  
but they were still at too much height.   

And the poor Dove could find no place  
whereon her weary foot might stand,  
So she returned to th' Ark apace,  
and he received her with his hand.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore,  
and with his glory Earth be filled  
And let the People evermore,  
to him all praise and glory yield.    

HYMN 18. The Dove with the Olive leaf.  
Gen 8.  

AND seven Days more did Noah stay,  
then sends the Dove from th' Ark again,  
Thereby to make a fresh assay  
how clear the Earth was of the rain.   

And in the Evening cometh she,  
brings in her mouth (good news to tell)  
An Olive-leaf plukt off the tree;  
so Noah knew the waters fell.   

Then stayed he yet seven other Days,  
and freshly sends the Dove ashore;  
And, finding place, the Dove there stays,  
and came not at him any more.   

Then Noah did remove straight way  
the covering of the Ark, to spy,  
And lo! that Year, first Month and Day,  
the face of all the Earth was dry.   

Let Israel's God, the King of Kings,  
be ever blest and praised then,  
Whose mercies are above all things;  
and let all people say Amen.    

HYMN 19 The Covenant signed by the Rainbow.  
Gen. 8.15, etc. Chap. 9.11, etc.  

God spoke to Noah then, and said,  
Thy house and harbour now resign,  
And let the Creatures be conveyed  
Out of the Ark with thee and thine.   

And let them breed abundantly  
In all the Earth, and fruitful be,  
And ye shall greatly multiply,  
And I will covenant with thee.   

And I will make my Covenant sure,  
And there shall never more be flood,  
To drown the Earth while Days endure;  
For I will make my Covenant good.   

And when I bring a Cloud on Earth,  
Therein there shall be seen my Bow▪  
And that shall set my Covenant forth,  
And I will look upon it so.   

That I may call to mind, afresh,  
The Everlasting Covenant made  
Between the Lord and mortal flesh  
In all the Earth, as I have said.   

O let the God of Israel  
Be praised and magnified therefore,  
And people all on Earth that dwell  
Give thanks to him for evermore.    

Noah's Sacrifice.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
Gen. 8.20.  

AND Noah built an Altar to the Lord  
And of clean beasts and fowl he offered two:  
And with these Offerings was God's Altar stored,  
And God well pleased that Noah so should do;  
And so the Lord resented a sweet savour,  
And Noah for this Act was in his favour.   

And thus said God, whose bowels yern'd within  
I will no more for man's sake curse the ground,  
For man's imaginations are but sin,  
And such by Nature from his youth are found:  
Neither will I for ever any more,  
Smite all things living, as I did before.   

And while the Earth and Mountains shall remain  
Seeds-time and Harvest ever shall abide:  
And cold and heat shall never fail again;  
Summer and winter shall retain their tide;  
And Day and Night (increasing or decreasing)  
Shall keep their seasons without fail or ceasing.   

Gen. 9.12.  
And this shall be the Covenant which I make,  
And this the Seal betwixt myself and you  
And every living Creature, for your sake,  
And all the Generations that ensue:  
I'll set my Bow i'th' Cloud, to be a token  
Between me and the Earth, as I have spoken    

Doxology.  
Rev. 1.4, 5. Chap. 4.8. 1 John 5.7.  

To him that was and is, and is to come,  
To God Almighty the most Holy One,  
And unto Jesus Christ his only Son,  
And to the seven Spirits before the Throne,  
To Father, Son and Holy Ghost together,  
Be Kingdom, Glory, Power and Praise for ever.     

The Table of the Prefatory Hymns.  

Hymn 1. CReation. 

The First Day. i.  
The Second Day. two.  
The Third Day. Ibid.  
The Fourth Day. iii  
The Fifth Day. iv.  
The Sixth Day. Ibid.    
2. The Sabbath. vi.  
3. Marriage. seven.  
4. Paradise. viij.  
5. The Covenant of Works. ix.  
6. Man's shameful Fall. Ibid.  
Adam's Arraignment and Excuse. xi.  
Eve's Arraignment and Excuse Ibid.  
9 The Serpent's Censure, and the Covenant in Christ intimated. xii.  
10. The Woman's Censure and the Man's. Ibid.  
11. Man's Expulsion from Paradise. xiii.  
12. The World degenerate. xv.  
13. The Ark ordered. xuj.  
14. The Deluge, or Flood rising. xvii.  
15. Eight Souls saved in the Ark. Ibid.  
16. The Deluge ceasing. xviii.  
17. The Raven sent forth and the Dove. nineteen.  
18. The Dove with the Olive-leaf. xx.  
19 Noah Coming out of the Ark, and the Covenant of the Rainbow. Ibid.  
Noah's Sacrifice. xxii.    

The First Century.  

Hymn I. Access to the Throne of Grace at our awaking.  
1 Tim. 4.10. 2 Cor. 1.10. Psal. 119.133. Judas 21. Psal. 73.24. Rev. 22.8.  
Tune. Ye Children, etc.  

O God the Saviour of all men,  
And most especially of them  
That faithfully believe in thee.  
Who hast preserved us all times past,  
And wilt preserve us to the last  
As still our trust and hope shall be.  
Order our steps in thy good word,  
And let no sin reign in us, Lord,  
But keep us ever in thy love;  
And let thy Counsels be our guide  
Till thou receiv'st us to abide  
In glory with thy Saints above.   

Psal. 28.9.115. 1. Mat. 6.13. Psal. 123.3.33.22.31.1.  
Lord, save thy Church in every Age,  
Govern and bless thine Heritage,  
And lift them up for evermore.  
We daily magnify thy fame,  
And thy most high and holy Name  
World without end we still adore.  
Vouchsafe us, Lord, thy grace herein  
To keep us clear this day from sin,  
Show mercy, Lord, show mercy free:  
Show mercy, Lord, as we confide  
On thee, O Lord, have I relied,  
Confounded let me never be.   

The second Metre. The Mighty God.  

O God the Saviour of all sorts of men,  
Especially of them that do believe;  
Author & finisher of the faith of them  
Whose sure salvation, Lo●d, thou wilt achieve.  
Who hast preserved us always heretofore  
And will't, we trust, preserve us evermore.   

Order our steps in thy good word, O God,  
And let no wickedness in us bear sway;  
But Sin and Satan let be undertrod,  
And all our steps upholden in thy way:  
And let thy Counsels guide and never leave us,  
Till to thy glory, Lord, thou shalt receive us.     

Hymn II. Acclamations of Praise, or Te Deum Laudamus. Exemplified with proofs of Holy Scripture.  
Rom. 15.6. Rev. 11.17.  
All people, etc.  



WE praise thee, O God, with one accord,  
We acknowledge thee to be the Lord,  
All the whole Earth adores thy Name,  
Father of everlasting fame.   

Rev. 7.11.5.11. Isa. 6.2.  
To Thee aloud all Angels cry,  
The heavens and all the Powers on high,  
Both Cherubin and Seraphin bright  
Continual cries of praise recite.   

Isa. 6.3. Rev. 5.11.4.8.  
O Holy, Holy, Holy LORD,  
Great God of Sabbaoth (they record)  
With splendour of thy glory spread  
In Heaven and Earth replenished.    

2. Part.  
Rev. 4.10.  

Th' Apostles glorious Company  
Praise Thee, O God, perpetually,  
The Prophet's goodly fellowship  
Praise Thee, and let no moment slip.   

Rev. 7.7, 9, 10.  
The noble and victorious Host  
Of Martyrs do thy praises boast,  
The Holy Church throughout the Earth  
Acknowledge and extol thy Worth.   

Isa. 9.6. Joh. 14.36.  
The Father of boundless Majesty,  
Thy true and only Son most high,  
Also that sweet Remembrancer  
The Holy Ghost the Comforter.    


3. Part.  
Psal. 34.10.2.7.  
Thou art, O Christ, King of renown  
Invested with a Glorious Crown.  
Thou art (before all time begun)  
The Father's everlasting Son.   

1 Pet. 3.18. Gal. 4.4. Heb. 9.15.  
Thou undertaking in our room  
Didst not abhor the Virgins Womb.  
The pains of Death o'ercome by Thee  
Made Heaven to all Believers free.   

Heb. 1.3. John 5.22.  
At God's right hand Thou hast thy Seat,  
And in the Father's glory great.  
We do believe that Thou shalt come  
To judge us at the Day of Doom.    

4. Part.  
Rev. 5.9. Mat. 8.11.  

Lord, help thy Servants whom (when lost)  
Thy blood redeemed at so great cost.  
Place them on Everlasting Thrones  
Of glory with thy Holy Ones.   

Psal. 28.9.  
Thy People, Lord, do Thou protect,  
And bless thine Heritage Elect,  
Govern thy Church, and, Lord, advance  
For ever thine Inheritance.   

Psal. 145.1, 2.  
From day to day, O Lord, do We  
Highly exalt and honour Thee:  
Thy Name we worship and adore  
World without end for evermore.    

5. Part.  
Mat. 6.13. Psal. 123.3.  

Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray,  
To keep us safe from sin this day:  
O Lord, have mercy on us all,  
Have mercy on us when we call.   

Psal 33.22 31.1.  
Thy mercy Lord to us dispense  
According to our confidence:  
Lord, I have put my trust in Thee,  
Confounded let me never be.     

The second Metre.  
Rom. 15.6. Rev. 11.17.7.11.  
Ye Children, etc.  


O God we praise thy Holy Name,  
Thy Sovereign Lordship we proclaim,  
Confessing Thee the Lord alone;  
All the whole Earth doth worship Thee  
The Father from ETERNITY,  
The true and Everlasting One.   

Angels loud voices join with ours,  
The Heavens and all the Heavenly Powers,  
do ever magnify thy fame;  
To thee the winged Cherubin  
And the bright burning Seraphim,  
Continual acclamations frame.    

2. Part.  
Isa. 6.3. Rev. 5.11.4.10.7.7.  

Thrice Holy Lord, they jointly say,  
Whose royal Power all Hosts obey,  
thy glory bright fills Heaven and Earth:  
Th' Apostles glorious Company,  
And Prophets sweet SOCIETY,  
perpetual praises do pour forth.  
The Noble Host of Martyrs stout,  
The Holy Church the World throughout,  
thy power profess, thy praise prefer,  
The Father of endless Majesty,  
Thine only Son most true, most high,  
with th' Holy Ghost the Comforter.    

3. Part.  
Psal. 24.10.2.7. Gal. 4.4. Heb. 9.15.  

Thou art the King of glory, O Christ,  
The King of glory in the highest,  
the Father's everlasting Son.  
Thou freely didst our flesh assume,  
And not abhor the Virgin's Womb,  
for Man's redemption to be done.  
When thou hadst overcome the pains  
Of sharpest death which sadly reigns  
o'er all mankind because of sin;  
Thou didst set open (in thy Love)  
The Kingdom (there) of Heaven above,  
that all Believers might come in.    

4. Part.  
Heb. 1.3. Joh. 5.22. Mat. 8.11.19.28.  

O Saviour Christ, Thou art set down  
At God's right hand, in high renown,  
and in thy Father's glory bright;  
We do believe it, Lord, of thee,  
That thou shalt come our judge to be,  
who hast the sole and Sovereign right.  
We humbly pray Thee, Lord, therefore,  
Assist thy servants evermore,  
those whom thy precious blood did buy:  
Make them be numbered on the Thrones  
Of glory, with the Holy Ones,  
in Everlasting dignity.    

5. Part.  
Psal. 28.9.115.1. Mat. 6.13. Psal. 123.3.33.22.31.1.  

Thy people, Lord, thine heritage,  
Preserve and bless from age to age,  
govern and lift them up for ever.  
We daily magnify thy Name,  
We worship and adore the same  
World without end, surceasing never.  
Thy grace and favour Lord give in,  
To keep us safe this day from sin:  
Show mercy, Lord, show mercy free,  
Show mercy, Lord, as we confide,  
On thee, O Lord, have I relied,  
confounded let me never be.     

The third Metre.  
To the Common-Tune.  

WE praise thee, God, we acknowledge thee  
the only Lord to be:  
O Father, the Eternal One!  
the whole Earth worships Thee.  
To thee all Angels cry aloud,  
the Heavens and all therein:  
Continually to thee do cry  
Cherube and Seraphin.   

O Holy, Holy, Holy Lord,  
the Lord the God of Hosts:  
In Heaven and Earth thy praise is spread,  
throughout the Sky and Coasts.  
The Apostles glorious Company,  
and Prophets goodly train:  
And Noble Host of Martyrs blest  
thy praises do proclaim.   

The Holy Church confesseth Thee  
throughout the spacious Earth:  
The Father of a Majesty  
that cannot be set forth.  
Also thine Honourable true,  
thy dear and only Son:  
And Holy Ghost the Comforter  
of every faithful one.   

Of glory thou, O Christ, art King,  
(that Title is thy due:)  
Thou art the Everlasting Son  
Of God the Father true.  
When sinful man's deliverance  
was that thou camest for:  
To be enclosed in Virgin's Womb,  
Thou didst not abhor.   

The sharp and cruel pains of death  
when thou hadst conquered whole:  
Thou didst set open Heaven's gate  
to every faithful soul.  
Thou in thy Father's glory great  
at God's right hand dost sit:  
We trust that thou shalt come to be  
our Judge, to set us quit.   

Help then thy servants whom Thou hast  
bought with thy precious blood:  
In endless glory reckon them  
among thy Saints so good.  
Do thou, O Lord, thy people save,  
bless thine inheritance:  
Govern them, Lord, by thy good grace,  
and ever them advance.   

We magnify thee day by day,  
thy Name we do adore:  
World without end continually,  
vouchsafe thy grace therefore.  
And keep us, Lord, this day from sin  
lest we offend and fall:  
Have mercy on us, O good Lord,  
have mercy on us all.   

Lord, let thy mercy light on us  
as we do trust in thee:  
In thee I trust, Lord, let me not  
confounded ever be.    

Fourth Metre.  
To the Tune of the 50th. Psalm. The mighty God, etc.  

WE give thee praise,  
O God, with one accord,  
We all acknowledge  
thee to be the Lord:  
All the whole Earth  
adores thee, O most high,  
The blessed Father  
from Eternity.  
Angels loud Voices  
join their praise with ours,  
The heavens on high,  
and all the Heavenly Powers.   

Both Cherubin  
and Seraphin so bright.  
Continual cries  
of praise to thee recite:  
O Holy, Holy,  
Holy Lord, they say,  
Lord God of Sabbaoth,  
whom all Hosts obey,  
Both Heaven and Earth  
are filled every where  
With thy Majestic  
glory shining there.   

The blessed Apostles  
glorious Company  
Do praise thy Holy  
Name harmoniously:  
The Prophet's goodly  
fellowship proclaim  
The constant praises  
of thy glorious Name:  
The Noble Hosts  
of Martyrs also bless thee,  
The Holy Church  
through all the Earth confess thee.   

The Father of  
a Majesty unknown,  
Thine Honourable  
true and only Son:  
Also the Holy  
Ghost they do confess  
The Comforter  
of thine in their distress.  
The King of Glory  
thou, O Christ, art Crowned,  
The Father's everlasting  
Son renowned.   

When thou took'st on  
thee (what none other can)  
Namely to work  
deliverance for man:  
The Virgin's Womb  
thou didst not abhor  
To enter on  
the Work thou camest for.  
When thou hadst quelled  
the pains of death so grievous,  
Thou openedst Heaven  
gate to all Believers.   

At God's right hand  
thou hast thy seat on high,  
And in the Father's  
glorious dignity:  
We do believe  
that thou shalt have the Throne,  
And (one day) come  
to judge us every one.  
O therefore help  
thy servants so esteemed,  
That them (when lost)  
thy precious blood redeemed.   

O make them to  
be numbered with thy Saints  
In endless Glory,  
where no fullness wants:  
Lord, save thy people,  
bless thine Heritage,  
Govern and lift  
them up from age to age.  
We magnify  
Thee daily evermore,  
World without end  
Thy Name we do adore▪   

Vouchsafe to keep  
us, Lord, this day from sin,  
Have mercy on  
us, and thy grace give in.  
O Let thy mercy,  
Lord, upon us light,  
As we have ever  
trusted in thy might:  
O Lord, in Thee  
my confidence is grounded:  
O therefore let  
me never be confounded.     

Hymn III. Adventus Christi; or Accomplishment of the first Promise.  
Joh. 1.14.  

THe eternal word took humane flesh,  
and dwelled amongst us here;  
And men beheld his gloriousness  
most plainly to appear.   

As of th' alone begotten one  
of God the Father, true;  
So also full of grace He sho'n,  
and glorious in our view.   

And of his fullness from on high  
we have, in every place,  
Received Universally  
and (richly) grace for grace:   

For lo! the Law Man's bound unto,  
by Moses was made known,  
But grace and truth to know and do,  
by Jesus Christ alone.   

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,  
all glory be therefore;  
As was, and is to th' uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

Hymn IU. A faithful saying.  
1 Tim. 1.15. John 11.25.5.24.  

THIS is a saying verified,  
and worthy all esteem:  
That Jesus Christ came down and died,  
poor sinners to redeem.  
His Name whoever trusts upon,  
shall live, although he die;  
And free from Condemnation,  
shall live, Eternally.  
To him that thus hath loved us,  
and cancelled all our score:  
With that pure flood of his own blood,  
be praise for evermore.    

Hymn V. A joyful Death, or the Song of Holy Simeon.  
Luke 2.29.  

NOW lettest thou thy servant, Lord,  
depart in perfect peace,  
According to thy faithful Word,  
concerning his decease.  
For now mine eyes have seen declared  
(ere death shall end my race)  
The saving health Thou hast prepared  
before all people's face.   

31. Rev. 1.4.—  
A light to lighten clear enough  
the Gentiles where they dwell,  
And to be made the glory of  
thy People Israel.  
To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

Hymn VI A Morning Exercise.  
All People, etc.  
Lam. 3.22.  

'TIS of God's mercies infinite,  
That we are not consumed quite;  
Because indeed they still prevail,  
And his compassions never fail.   

23, 24.  
Each morning brings a fresh supply,  
So great is God's fidelity:  
The Lord's my portion, saith my soul,  
Therefore my hopes on him shall roll.   

26.  
The Lord is very nigh to those  
That wait on him at his dispose:  
Good to the Soul empowered with grace,  
Unfeignedly to seek his face.   

27.  
And it is good in every straight,  
Both quietly to hope and wait,  
For that salvation to attend,  
Which God in his good time shall send..    

Hymn VII. A Promise of sending the Holy Ghost, and of the Miracles at Pentecost.  
Luke 24.49.  

THUS spoke our Saviour Christ to his,  
behold! I send, said he,  
To you my Father's PROMISES,  
which ye have heard of me.   

Luke 24.49.  
But stay ye at Jerusalem  
until the day draw nigh,  
And ye shall be endued then  
with power from on high.   

Acts 2.1.  
And when full fifty days were come  
(thus hinted by our Lord)  
They all were gathered in a room  
and all with one accord.   

And suddenly a sound from Heaven,  
like mighty rustling wind,  
Filled all the house, where sat the Eleven  
with other Brethren joined.   

And there appeared to the men,  
tongues cloven, as of fire,  
And sat upon each one of them,  
and did their hearts inspire.   

And then began they to advance  
their speech in Languages,  
The Spirit giving utterance  
as He himself did please.   

And Jews were present there in throngs,  
from Nations all abroad,  
And heard them speak in several tongues  
the wondrous works of God.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,  
all Glory be therefore.  
As was, and is, to th● uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

Hymn VIII. Arraignment of Ambition, Covetousness, and Cruelty.  
Hab. 2.9, to 12.  

WOE be to him (must all confess)  
that with a greedy eye,  
Covets an evil covetousness,  
unto his Family.   

That he may set his nest on high,  
and there to keep him warm,  
And sit with great security  
from fear of future harm.   

Thou hast consulted shame enough,  
unto thy house this day,  
And cutting many people off,  
hast sinned thy soul away.   

For lo! the very stone shall cry  
out of the wall to Me,  
And thereto shall the Beam reply,  
out of the Timber tree.   

Woe be to him, to him be woe  
that builds a Town with blood,  
And stablisheth a City so,  
by ways abhorred of God.    

Hymn IX. A Song to celebrate the restauration of the CHURCH.  
Have mercy, etc.  

Isa. 54.11.  

O Thou afflicted Church,  
and tossed with tempest great,  
Left comfortless in thy distress,  
while all those storms did beat.  
Behold! I lay thy stones  
with colours very fair,  
Thy corner stones most curious ones  
with Saphires to compare.   

13, 14.  
And great shall be the peace,  
thy Children are to see,  
And thou, no less, in righteousness  
established shalt be.  
Oppression shall be far,  
because thou shalt not fear,  
No Tyranny shall terrify,  
nor unto thee come near.   

7. Rev. 15.6.  
Though, for a little while,  
I hid from thee my face,  
My care shall be to gather thee  
with everlasting Grace.  
To God in Trinity  
all glory be therefore:  
As hath been done, since time begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

2. PART.  
Isa. 60.15, 16.  

Arise, O Church, and shine,  
thy light comes in and springs:  
Thy Saviour now, hath said, that thou  
shalt suck the breast of Kings.  
And they shall be designed  
for nursing Father's kind,  
And unto thee their Queens shall be  
for nursing Mothers joined.   

ch. 33.17.65.16.  
Thine eyes shall see the King  
in all his beauty bright,  
And God shall crown thee with Renown  
and everlasting Light.  
That such as bless themselves  
(and each man that so doth)  
May bless themselves in nothing else  
but in the God of truth.   

Because the former times  
of trouble are forgot;  
And what men did is past and hid,  
mine eyes behold it not.  
To God in Trinity  
all glory be therefore:  
As was and is and shall be his  
henceforth for evermore.     

Hymn X. Astonishing Judgements, or EGYPT'S ten PLAGVES, for Nou. 5.  
Psal. 135.9.  

THE Lord sent tokens most severe,  
and let great Judgements fall  
On Egypt: Upon Pharaoh there,  
and on his Servants all.   

PLAGVE I.  
Exod. 7.20, 21.  
He turned their waters into blood,  
so that they could not drink:  
Their fishes died within the flood,  
and made the River stink.   

PLAGVE II.  
Exod. 8.6. Psal. 105.30.  
Their Land brought forth from Brooks hard-by,  
from Rivers, Ponds and Springs,  
A brood of Frogs Abundantly,  
in Chambers of their Kings.   

PLAGVE III.  
Exod. 8.17, 19  
He smote the dust of Egypt-land,  
and loathsome vermin crawled  
On man and beast: 'Twas God's own hand,  
and so confessed and called.   

PLAGVE IU.  
Exod. 8.24.  
He sent them divers sort of flies  
in Pharaoh's house to swarm,  
Which sore annoyed all Families,  
and did the Land much harm.   

PLAGVE V.  
Exod. 9.3, 6.  
A grievous Murrain he designed,  
their cattle to betid,  
That sundry beasts of several kind  
of this strange Murrain died.   

2. PART.  

PLAGVE VI.  
Exod. 9.10.  
Handfuls of Ashes He ordains,  
whereby their Plagues increased,  
By breaking forth in Boils and Blains,  
both upon Man and Beast.   

PLAGVE VII.  
Psal. 78.47, 48.  
The Hail destroyed their tender Vines,  
and wealth of their quick stocks,  
The Frost destroyed their Sycamines  
hot Thunderbolts their Flocks.   

PLAGVE VIII.  
Exod. 10.14, 15.  
Locusts went over all the Land,  
such as were never seen,  
And spoiled the trees that yet did stand;  
and all things that were green.   

PLAGVE IX.  
Exod. 10.21.  
A darkness such as might be felt,  
for three whole days, did cover  
The Land where Lordly Pharaoh dwelled,  
they saw not one another.   

PLAGVE X.  
Psal. 78.51.  
All the firstborn which Egypt bore  
He smote with dreadful hand,  
The chief of all their strength and store,  
in Cham's accursed Land.   

Exod. 12.13.  
Then was there a most doleful cry,  
in Egypt heard with dread,  
For there was not a Family,  
where some One was not dead.   

Ps. 72.18. Rev. 19.16.  
Let Israel's God the King of Kings,  
be magnified therefore,  
Who only doth such wondrous things,  
Praise him for evermore.     

Hymn XI. A Testimony Prophetical of the Birth and Kingdom of CHRIST.  
Isa. 9.3, 6.  

NOW, Lord, before thee we rejoice,  
as in a Harvest-day:  
As Conquerors lift up their voice,  
when they divide the prey,  
For unto us a Child is born,  
to us a Son is given,  
And on his shoulder shall be worn  
the badge of power from Heaven.   

His Name entitled Wonderful  
shall faithful Saints so call,  
Our Counsellor, our Oracle,  
God mighty over all.  
The Everlasting Father, and  
the Sovereign Prince of Peace.  
Of whose sweet peace, and sole command  
shall endless be th' increase.   

Th● Throne of David to possess,  
and order it full sure,  
With Judgement and with Righteousness  
for ever to endure.  
To God the Father and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory as at first was done  
and shall be evermore.   

2. PART. On the Birth, Kingdom, and Conquests of CHRIST.  
Isa. 9.3, 4.  

NOW, Lord, before thee we rejoice,  
as men in Harvest-while,  
As Conquerors lift up their voice  
when they divide the spoil.  
For thou hast broke the burdenous yoke,  
the Staff that bore the sway,  
The Rod of our Oppressor's Power,  
as once in Midian's day.   

For every battle generally  
of Warriors prime and good  
Is with confused noise and cry,  
and Garments rolled in blood.  
But this of Christ's against his Foes,  
that spitefully conspire,  
Shall be with burning where it goes.  
and Fuel mixed with Fire.   

The day doth come, as God assures,  
that like an Oven shall burn,  
And all the proud and wicked doers  
that day shall overturn.  
But unto them that fear my Name  
there shall arise and spring  
The Sun of Peace and Righteousness  
with healing in his wing.   

To God the Father and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.     

Hymn XII. At FUNERALS to mitigate Mourning.  
Job 1.21.  

NAked we go unto the Grave,  
as from the womb we came,  
God gives and takes but what he gave,  
and blessed be his Name.  
For he shall wipe off tears one day,  
and make all faces free,  
And our rebuke quite take away,  
and no more death shall be.  
No sorrow shall, nor crying last,  
nor any further pain,  
Because the former things are past,  
and never come again.    

Hymn XIII. At Funerals to press Patience.  
1 Tim. 6.7. Job 1.21.  

NOthing we brought into this world,  
and it is out of doubt,  
That we (from hence whenever called)  
can carry nothing out.  
The Lord of his good pleasure gave,  
the Lord doth take away,  
And let his Name the honour have,  
and bless him day by day.    

Hymn XIV. At Funerals touching the preciousness of the Saints death.  
Psal. 116.15. Rom. 14.8.  

A Thing of price unparallelled  
in God our Soviour's eyes  
The death of all his Saints is held,  
when any of them dies.  
For while we live, we live to God,  
to God we also die,  
And live or die, we are indeed  
the Lords peculiarly.    

Hymn XV. At Funerals touching the Resurrection.  
Job 19.25.  

I Know that my Redemeer lives,  
I know he lives always,  
And shall appear and stand up here  
on earth at Judgement day.  
And though my skin, and next to that  
my body turn to dust,  
Yet in my flesh restored afresh  
I shall see God, I trust.  
Whom I shall perfectly behold,  
when I from dust recover,  
Not otherwise but with these eyes,  
myself, and not another.    

Hymn 16. At Funerals touching the Saint's safety in Death.  
John 11.25, 26.  

THE Resurrection and the Life,  
saith Christ our Lord, am I,  
And he that hath in me belief  
shall live, although he die.  
And whosoever here he be,  
that draws this mortal breath,  
And steadfastly believes in Me,  
shall never more see death    

Hymn 17. At Funerals touching the Saints sweet Rest.  
Rev. 14.13.  

I Herd a voice that spoke, and said  
to me, from Heaven on high,  
Write, blessed henceforth are the dead  
that in the Lord do die.  
Yea, saith the Spirit, that such men,  
may leave their labours hard,  
Their works likewise do follow them  
to reap a full reward.    

Hymn 18. A Thanksgiving at, or after the Sacrament.  
All People, etc.  
Luke 2.13.  

GLory to God in Highest Place,  
On Earth be peace, to Men free grace:  
We praise, we bless thee, we adore  
And glorify thee evermore.   

Rom. 11.17.  
We thank thee for thy glory great,  
Lord God, that hast the Sovereign seat:  
O heavenly King, and God alone,  
The Father, the Almighty One.   

John 1.14, 29. Acts 2.36.  
O God the true begotten Word,  
Son of the Father, Christ and Lord,  
O Lamb of God, that tak'st away  
The world's great sin, thy grace display.   

2 Cor. 5.21. 1 Pet. 2.24.  
Thou that wast made sin for our sake,  
(Who knewest no sin) some pity take.  
Thou that didst in thy body bear  
The sins of all, receive our prayer.   

Eph. 1.20, 21. Job 10.30.  
Thou that dost sit at God's right hand,  
One with the Father in Command,  
Above all Angels having place.  
Have mercy on us, and show grace.   

Acts 2.27, 33, 36.  
For Thou art Christ the Holy One,  
The only LORD, and Thou alone  
Art with the Holy Ghost most high  
In God the Father's Dignity.    

Hymn 19 Atonement sought upon Humiliation, or, a woeful bewailing of our Corruptions and Calamities.  
Dan. 9.4, 5.  

O God that great and dreadful art,  
who keepest truth and grace,  
To them that love thee in their heart,  
and do thy Laws embrace.  
O we have sinned, we confess,  
we have done wickedly,  
We have rebelled by wickedness,  
and great Apostasy.   

6, 7, 9  
Not harkening to thy Messengers,  
who spoke by thy command  
To Princes, Kings and Ancestors,  
and People of our Land.  
But, Lord, to thee belongeth grace,  
to us, contrary way,  
Belongs confusion of the face,  
as at this present day.   

14.12.  
Therefore the Lord hath watched the stroke,  
and brought it on us all,  
And hath confirmed the Word he spoke  
against us so to fall.  
Our Judges too, that judged us,  
on them the Lord hath brought  
The evil so prodigious  
for sins which we have wrought.   

12, 13.  
For under the whole heavens of God,  
among all sorts of men,  
The like hath not been done abroad,  
as to Jerusalem.  
Yet sought we not to know the truth,  
nor for repentance prayed,  
But God is just in all he doth,  
for we have not obeyed.   

2. PART.  
Dan 9.8, 11.  

Confusion of the face pertains  
to us and to our Kings,  
Our Peers, and Parents for our pains  
in doing wicked things.  
For all have broke thy Law, O Lord,  
revolting worse, and worse:  
That we might not obey thy Word,  
which pours out all this curse.   

9.16.  
But mercy and forgivenesses  
belong, O Lord, to thee,  
Though our rebellious Trespasses,  
grow to a high degree.  
O Lord, according unto all  
thy righteousness, we pray,  
Let not thy dreadful fury fall,  
but turn thy wrath away.   

18.19.  
For we present not our address,  
before thy Mercy-Seat,  
For any of our righteousness,  
but for thy mercies great.  
Lord, hear, forgive, and pity take,  
harken, O Lord, and do,  
Defer not for thine own dear sake,  
now thou art prayed unto.   

18.17.  
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear,  
open thine eyes and see  
Our desolations, and the place  
relating unto thee.  
And let thy face behold with grace  
thy Sanctuaries seat,  
Whose present state is desolate,  
for Christ's sake, we entreat.     

Hymn 20. A woeful Lamentation (or David's Elegy) for Saul and Jonathan.  
2 Sam 1.19.  

THY beauty is, O Israel,  
in thy high places slain,  
O how those mighty Champions fell,  
and we the loss sustain!  
O tell it not to any one,  
nor publish it in Gath,  
Nor in the streets of Askalon,  
that Israel bears such wrath   

20.21.  
The Daughters of the Philistines,  
lest they therein rejoice,  
And those uncircumcised ones,  
lest they lift up their voice.  
Ye mountains great of Gilboa,  
let neither Rain nor Dew,  
Nor fields of Offerings, from that day  
for ever fall on you.   

21.  
For there the shield of Sovereignty  
was vilely cast away:  
The shield of Saul, as if that He  
had known no Unction-day.   

2. PART.  
Verse 22, 23.  

From fat of many a mighty Man,  
and blood of enemies slain,  
Went not the bow of Jonathan,  
nor Sword of Saul in vain.  
Lovely were Saul and Jonathan,  
and living pleased us well,  
Division in their death was none,  
for both together fell.   

23, 25.  
Swifter upon the chase they were  
than Eagles in their flight:  
And stronger than the Lions are,  
although they fell in fight:  
Daughters of Israel mourn for Saul,  
who decked you gorgeously,  
With Gems of Gold, and clothed you all  
in cloth of scarlet-die.   

27.  
How are the mighty fallen then,  
as we may sigh and say,  
Weapons of War and warlike men  
how perished in a day!     

Hymn 21. A zealous applause of Christian Conquests.  
All People, etc.  
1 Joh. 5.4, 5.  

WHatever soul is born of God,  
o'ercomes the World effectually,  
And thus the World is undertrod  
by Faith, which gets the victory.  
For who is he that can achieve  
the conquest of the world abroad,  
But he alone that doth believe  
that Jesus is the Son of God?   

Col. 2.15. 1 John 4.4.  
Who spoiling Principalities  
and Powers of hell that durst oppose,  
Made show of them in open wise,  
triumphing over all his foes.  
And ye have overcome them too;  
ye little Children that are his;  
For greater is the Lord in you,  
than he that in these worldlings is.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father, and the Son;  
and to the Holy Ghost therefore,  
Eternal honour let be done,  
from first to last for evermore.    

Hymn 22. A zealous Invective against Hypocrisy.  
Luke 12.1.  

WHen as a mighty multitude,  
were gathered on a day.  
Our Lord to his Disciples showed  
what things he had to say.  
Beware of first (said he) to these,  
and shun most heedfully  
The leaven of Scribes and Pharisees,  
which is Hypocrisy.   

Mat. 23.4.7.3.  
Most grievous burdens do they bind  
wherewith to load another:  
But cannot one small finger find  
to bear it with their Brother.  
They spy a mote, when small or none,  
within their Brother's eye:  
Whenas a beam is in their own,  
but that they never spy.   

23.13, 15.  
The Kingdom where God's glory dwells,  
is so shut up by them,  
They neither enter in themselves,  
nor suffer other men.  
They coast and compass Sea and Shore,  
to make one of their sect,  
A Child of Hell made twofold more,  
than they, by this effect.   

24. Luke 11.42. Joh. 21.8.  
They tithe their Mint and Aniseed,  
(what every Garden hath)  
But weightier things they never heed,  
as Mercy, Judgement, Faith.  
Demurely at a Gnat they strain,  
a Camel swallowing whole,  
But what's their hope, although they gain,  
when God requires their soul!   

20.5.  
For the triumphing jollity  
of sinners soon goes o'er:  
The joy of Hypocrites shall be  
a moment, and no more.   

2. PART.  
Mat. 5.20, 23, 25.  

Unless your righteousness exceed  
the Scribes and Pharisees,  
Ye can in no case hope to speed  
of Heaven, more than these:  
Which make the outside of the Cup  
and Platter clean enough,  
But leave the inside all filled up  
with vile and odious stuff.   

Luke 11 39 Mat. 23.14.  
The outside (Hypocritical)  
they finely scour and dress,  
But leave the inside full of all  
extortion and excess.  
Poor Widows houses they devour,  
and for to seem sincere,  
Out of their lips long Prayers they pour,  
these greater wrath shall bear.   

Mat. 15.8. Jam. 3.11.  
Th' approach to God with mouth alone,  
and honour him with their lips:  
But what their mouth and lips do own,  
their heart quite over-slips.  
But, first, the wisdom from above  
is pure without deceit,  
Then peaceable, and full of love,  
and easy to entreat.   

Jam. 3.17.1.27.  
'Tis full of liberality,  
and fruits of mercy kind:  
'Tis void of partiality,  
and of a double mind.  
Religion pure and undefiled  
with God and with the Father,  
Is to relieve the Orphan-child  
with what estate we gather.   

To visit Widows (with our wealth)  
from habitation hurled:  
And for a man to keep himself  
unspotted of the world.    

3. PART.  
Prov. 30.11. Mat. 23.27.  

There is a generation vile,  
yet pure in their own eyes,  
But are not cleansed all the while  
from their impurities:  
They are like Tombs, those painted ones,  
that glister to the eye,  
When full within of dead men's bones,  
and all impurity.   

Luke 16.15.18.9.  
They justify themselves to men,  
as if they had no sin:  
But God well knows the hearts of them,  
and what doth lodge within.  
They trust upon themselves likewise  
to be a righteous sort,  
But other people they despise  
as altogether short.   

Isa. 65.5. Luke 16.15.  
They say, stand by thyself apart,  
and come not near to me,  
For I am holier than thou art,  
but God knows what they be.  
These are a smoke, saith God most high,  
within my Nose too strong,  
And as a fire of Jealousy,  
that burneth all day long.   

Job 36.13, 14.  
For lo! the Hypocrite in heart,  
shall heap up wrath extreme,  
They often in their youth depart,  
whose life's among th' unclean,  
The company of Hypocrites  
shall come to desolation,  
And fire shall quite consume the gates  
of bribe— abomination.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.     

Hymn 23. Blessed Angels Attendance.  
Psal. 34.7.91.11.  

BEhold the Angel of the Lord  
encampeth round about  
All that fear God, and is their guard  
to keep all dangers out  
For he hath given his Angels charge  
to keep thee day by day,  
That thou mayst walk abroad at large  
with safety in thy way.   

Psal. 91.12. Heb. 1.14.  
And they this charge must execute,  
And bear thee in their Arm,  
Lest ever thou shouldst dash thy foot  
against a stone for harm.  
For are not all these Ministers  
sent forth for ministration,  
In their behalf that shall be heirs  
of God's assured Salvation?    

Hymn 24. Blessedness of Pardon.  
Rom. 4.6.  

MAN's blessedness most absolute,  
thus David doth express,  
Whose faith alone God doth impute  
to him for righteousness.   

7.  
For blessed is the man, saith He,  
whose pardon is brought in,  
To clear him of Iniquity,  
and cover all his sin.   

8.3.  
Blessed is He to whom the Lord  
imputeth none offence:  
And thus the scripture doth record  
man's blessedness from hence.   

24.3.  
And unto us doth so remain.  
if we in Him do trust,  
Who died for sin, and rose again,  
to justify th' unjust.   

Rev. 1.4.5.11.  
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,  
all glory be therefore,  
As was and is to th' uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

Hymn 25. Boasting Corrected.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Jer. 9.23.  

THUS saith the Lord of Hosts,  
let not the man most wise  
Glory at all, or make his boasts  
what wisdom in him lies.  
The mighty in his might,  
the rich man in his wealth,  
Though he should have it to the height,  
let him not boast himself.   

24.  
But all man's boast must be  
to boast in this alone,  
In knowing and discerning me  
the Lord and gracious one.  
I exercise kind love,  
judgement and doing right,  
Towards all men, saith the Lord above,  
for therein I delight.    

Hymn 26. Charity and Piety extended.  
Prov. 3.9, 10. 2 Cor. 9.7.  

HOnour the Lord with all thy store,  
give thy first-fruits to him:  
So shall thy Barns be filled with more,  
the Press with Wine shall swim.  
Let each man give as moved in mind,  
not grudgingly however:  
Nor of constraint, for this we find,  
God loves a cheerful giver.   

Mat. 1.14.  
But cursed the Deceiver is  
that hath in's flock a Male,  
And yet doth vow and sacrifice  
a thing corrupt and stale.  
For I'm a King most highly crowned,  
saith God, the Lord of Hosts:  
And dreadfully my Name doth sound  
in all the Heathen coasts.    

Hymn 27. Circumcision of the Heart.  
Jer. 9.25.  

BEhold, saith God, the time draws nigh,  
that I will punish a●l  
Th' uncircumcised generally,  
and circumcised shall fall.   

26.  
For just as all the Gentiles were  
uncircumcised in skin,  
So all the house of Israel are  
uncircumcised within.   

Deut. 10.16.  
The foreskin of your hearts therefore  
be sure to Circumcise:  
And be not henceforth any more  
stiffnecked in any wise.    

Hymn 28. Confession of Sin.  
All People, etc.  
Joh. 7.20. Isa. 3.8.  

O Thou Preserver of mankind,  
what shall we say or do to thee?  
Or what excuse, Lord, can we find?  
for we have sinned in great degree.  
Our ways and doings still have been  
Against the Lord by grievous sin,  
So to provoke the glorious eyes,  
Of God, by our Iniquities.   

Job 40.4.42.5. Isa. 55.9.  
O we are vile in every part,  
with self abhorring we relent:  
And from the bottom of our heart  
in dust and ashes we repent!  
But, Lord, thy ways and thoughts of grace,  
Are not as ours, of narrow space:  
Thy thoughts transcend our thoughts as far  
As Heaven and Earth in distance are.    

Hymn 29. Constant seeking of God, by the Meek.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Zeph. 2.3.  

SEEK, seek the Lord most high,  
O all ye meek on earth,  
Ye that have wrought most faithfully  
the Judgements he set forth:  
Seek Righteousness, I say,  
seek meekness, it may be  
Ye shall be hid i'th' evil day,  
and from God's Wrath go free.    

Hymn 30. Correction of Anger.  
Jam. 1.19, 20.  

LET every man be swift to hear,  
but slow to speech and wrath:  
Because man's wrath goes nothing near  
to God's most righteous path.   

3.16.  
For wheresoever strife takes place,  
and lusts of envy lurk,  
There is confusion in such case,  
and every evil work.   

Prov. 21.24. Eccles. 7.9.  
Proud haughty scorner is his Name,  
in whom proud passion rules:  
And anger rests not in the flame,  
but in the breast of fools.   

16.32.  
Whereas the slow to wrath excel  
a Champion in renown,  
And he that rules his spirit well,  
the man that takes a Town:   

1 Pet. 3.4.  
Put on therefore the Ornament  
of meek and quiet minds,  
Which in God's sight is eminent,  
and great acceptance finds.    

Hymn 31. Danger of heinous Sins, and dehortation from them.  
2. Pet. 2.9.  

THE Lord of our Salvation,  
knows well how to deliver  
The godly from Temptation,  
how perilous soever.   

And to reserve ungodly men,  
unto the dreadful day  
Of Judgement, to be punished then  
for their ungodly way.   

And those men more especially  
that wickedly transgress,  
By practice of impurity  
and fleshly filthiness.   

Acts. 3.19.  
Repent, and be ye all therefore,  
converted from your crimes,  
To get your sins wiped off the score,  
against refreshing times.   

Rev. 21.7.  
He that o'ercomes this world impure,  
shall gain the world to come,  
And God will be his God, be sure,  
and he shall be his Son.   

8. Heb. 6.8.  
But faithless ones, and fooled with fears,  
vile persons (thorns and briers)  
Whoremongers, Murderers, Sorcerers,  
Idolaters and Liars,   

Shall have their portion in the Lake,  
that burns with sulphurous breath  
Of fire and brimstone (for their sake)  
which is the second death.   

2. PART. The Adulterers Peril and Penance.  
Prov. 6.32.  

Whoso commits Adultery  
with women, is not wise:  
For he that doth so wickedly,  
his own dear soul destroys.   

33.  
A wound he gets, a brand of shame,  
that's sure to stick and stay:  
And the dishonour of his Name,  
is never done away.   

23.27.22.14.  
He falls as in some narrow pit,  
or in a ditch most deep:  
Designed for him to fall in it,  
whom God abhors to keep.   

6.26.  
It brings a man of good estate  
unto a bit of bread:  
And the Adultress lies in wait,  
the precious blood to shed.   

2.18.5.18.  
Her house inclines to theirs that die,  
her paths to death's dark shade:  
Yea, it goes down to hell hard by,  
and there her guests are laid.   

2.19.  
They seldom turn that are so bold  
as to go in to her,  
Nor on the paths of life take hold  
who e'er so lewdly err.   

7.24, 25.  
Harken therefore to my advice,  
attend to what I say:  
Let not her paths thy heart entice  
to wander in her way.    

3. PART. The seven Abominations.  
Prov. 6.16.  

Six things there are, and here expressed,  
which God almighty hates:  
Yea, seven things are manifest,  
which he abominates.   

A lofty look, a lying tongue,  
are both abhorred of God:  
And hands that act so great a wrong,  
as shedding guiltless blood.   

A heart that harbours Wickedness  
lewd projects to pursue:  
And feet that press with eagerness  
mischievous deeds to do.   

A slanderous witness speaking lies,  
and Him that discord sows,  
To make kind Brethren Enemies,  
and feiends to be as foes.   

1 Pet. 3.10.  
Let him that loveth life therefore,  
and longs to see good days,  
Eschew all evil evermore,  
and follow all good ways.   

Let him refrain his tongue from ill,  
his lips from speaking guile:  
Let him seek peace with great good will,  
and follow it all the while.   

For th' eyes of God are bend with care,  
the righteous to secure:  
His ears He openeth to their prayer,  
but frowns on th' evil doer.    

4. PART. The flying Roll for Swearers and Cursers.  
James 5.12.  

But above all things, this I say,  
my Brethren, do not swear,  
But let your words be yea and nay,  
And every Oath forbear.   

Because a Curse prodigious  
shall pass on every side,  
And seize upon the Swearers house,  
and there it shall abide.   

And from that house shall not depart  
the Curse, the Flying-Roll,  
Till Stone and Timber it subvert,  
and so consume it whole.   

Yea, Swearing makes a Land to Mourn,  
and pleasant places dry,  
When Men to such ill courses turn,  
and so impetuously.   

Be careful that thou do not then  
God's Holy Name profane:  
For God will not acquit such Men,  
as take his Name in vain.   

Rom. 3.16.14.  
Destruction (too) and misery  
do all their paths possess,  
Whose mouths are full of blasphemy,  
Cursing and bitterness.   

Col. 3.8.  
Cease anger, then, and wrath likewise,  
and put off altogether:  
Oaths, Cursing, and Scurrilities,  
out of your Mouths for ever.     

Hymn 32. Deceitfulness of the Heart.  
Jer. 17.9, 10.  

Deceitful is the heart of man,  
above all things that are,  
And desperately carried on  
to sin, who knows how far?  
ay, saith the Lord, do search the heart,  
and try the reins within,  
And deal to each man his due part,  
just as his works have been.    

Hymn 33. Deliverance from shipwreck, or of the Prophet Jonah.  
All People, etc.  
Jonah 2.  

BY reason of our grief and fear  
We cried to God, and he gave ear:  
Out of the depths of hell we cried,  
And he unto our Prayer replied.   

For thou hadst plunged us in the deep,  
In midst of Seas, where waters keep  
Surrounding floods with waters vast,  
And all thy Billows o'er us passed.   

We are cast out, then did we say,  
Out of thy sight, quite cast away:  
Yet one look more we will afford  
Towards thy holy Temple, Lord.   

The waters compassed us about,  
Even to the soul they launched out:  
The depths had us encompassed,  
The weeds were wrapped about our head.   

To th' bottom of the Seas we went,  
'Twixt endless Bars of mountains penned:  
Yet was our life when under trod,  
Brought up by thee, O Lord our God   

When as our soul within did faint,  
We thought on thee in our complaint,  
And then to thee came in our prayers,  
As by thy holy Temple stayrs.   

They that observe deceitful Lies,  
And trust to Idol-vanities:  
Forsake the tenders of thy Grace,  
Which as their own they might embrace▪   

But we will sacrifice to thee,  
With thankful songs of melody:  
And pay our Vows besides our Songs  
Salvation to the Lord belongs.    

Hymn 34. Descending of the Spirit.  
Numb. 11.29. 2 Cor. 3.18.  

O That the people of the Lord  
were Prophets every one,  
Such as the Lord of's own accord,  
would pour his Spirit upon!  
That we might all with open face  
behold, as in a glass,  
The glorious image of his grace,  
upon our souls to pass.   

And by degrees of Glory thus  
be changed, as still we shall,  
Even by the Spirit of God in us,  
that worketh all in all.  
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,  
all glory be therefore,  
As was and is to th' uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

Hymn 35. Drunkard's Cup and Calamities.  
Prov. 23.31.  

LOOK not upon the Wine filled up,  
when sparkling red and bright,  
It gives his colour in the Cup,  
and moves itself aright.   

For in the end that pleasant thing,  
which did so much entice,  
Bites as a Serpent, and shall sting  
like to the Cockatrice.   

Strange women shall thine eyes behold,  
strange words thou shalt rehearse,  
And lust shall make thy heart full bold  
to utter things perverse.   

As one that floats upon the Sea,  
and sleeps exceeding fast,  
Such shalt thou be: Or just as they  
that sleep upon the mast.   

Thou shalt discern the strokes set on,  
and blows, but all in vain,  
For when the fit is past and gone,  
thou seekest it yet again.    

Hymn 36. Due fear of God and the King.  
Prov 24.21, 22.  

FEar God my Son, and fear the King,  
and shun their courses strange,  
That love a factious meddleing,  
and are so apt to change.  
For surely their calamity  
shall suddenly arise,  
And who can tell what misery  
shall both of them surprise?    

Hymn 37. Duty to Magistrates.  
Prov 8.15.  

BY me (saith God) Kings reign on Earth,  
and Justice they decree:  
Princes, and all of Noble Birth,  
and Judges rule by Me.   

1 Pet. 2.13.  
Submit therefore with one consent,  
and for the Lord's dear sake,  
Yield to each form of Government,  
which God himself did make.   

1 Tim. 2.1, 2.  
And pray for Kings especially,  
and all those men that be  
In places of Authority,  
or eminent degree.   

That we may spend our days in peace,  
without the storms of strife,  
In all good ways of Godliness  
and honesty of life.   

8.  
Let men therefore (as God commands)  
pray every where in faith,  
Lifting up pure and holy hands  
without distrust or wrath.   

2. PART.  
1 Pet. 2.13.  

Submit yourselves in every thing  
to th' Ordinance of Men,  
Whether it be unto the King  
as the Supreme of them:   

Or to inferior Governors,  
whom his commissions raise  
For punishment of evil doers,  
or for well doers praise.   

For so's the sacred will of God,  
that ye, by doing well,  
May silence foolish tongues abroad,  
and all men's clamours quell.   

As free with freedom from offence,  
and not to cloak thereby  
Rebellious Disobedience,  
but serving the most high.   

Have all men in esteem so good,  
that no reproach may spring:  
Fear God, and love the Brotherhood,  
and honour much the King.    

3. PART.  
Rom. 13.1.  

Let every Soul be subjugate  
unto the higher Powers,  
For all these Powers did God create,  
'tis his Decree, not Ours.   

Whoever then resists the Power,  
against God's Law rebels.  
And the resisters shall procure  
damnation to themselves.   

5.1.  
And ye must needs be subject then  
(to Laws which rulers make)  
Not only for the wrath of men,  
but most for conscience sake.   

7.  
Render therefore to all their deuce,  
Tribute where Tribute's due,  
Custom, and fear, and honour use,  
to those ye owe it to.   

8.  
And leave behind no duty owed,  
but each one love another:  
For he fulfils the Law of God  
that truly loves his Brother.    

4. PART.  
Tit. 3.1.  

Of duty to Superior Powers  
put Christians still in mind,  
Subject to be to Governors,  
to all good works inclined.   

Rom. 13.3.  
For rulers are not terrible  
to good works but to bad:  
Wouldst thou not fear the power? do well,  
and praise shall thence be had.   

4.  
But if thou dost an evil thing,  
then fear and fear again,  
Because the person governing  
bears not the sword in vain.   

Ibidem.  
For he is God's chief Minister  
to execute his will,  
With wrath upon the trespasser,  
whoever doth ill.   

Ibidem.  
For he's God's minister to thee  
for thy great good and gain,  
But fear t' offend because that he  
bears not the sword in vain.   

Prov. 20.8, 26.  
A King that sitteth on the Throne  
of judgement, and is wise,  
Scatt'reth away (as clouds o'erblown)  
all evil with his eyes.     

Esaie's Commination.  

Isa. 5.8.  
WOE's them that draw Iniquity  
with cords of vanity,  
And, as it were with Cart-ropes, dare  
draw sin most eagerly.   

21.  
woe to the wise in their own eyes,  
prudent in their own sight,  
Whom draughts of wine and mixed strong drink  
commend for men of might.   

11.  
That early in the morning rise,  
to follow drink so good:  
And there they stay to drink all day,  
till wine inflame their blood.   

8.  
That (covetous) join house to house,  
and land they lay to land,  
Until no place be left on earth,  
but in their griping hand.   

20.  
Good evil, evil good that call,  
that darkness put for light,  
Bitter for sweet, and sweet for gall,  
the wrong way for the right.   

23.  
That justify iniquity,  
for base reward and pay,  
And take the blessed righteousness  
of righteous men away.   

ch. 3.10, 11.  
Yet must we tell how safe and well  
with just men it shall go:  
But woe again to wicked men,  
for all reap as they sow.    

HYMN 39 Exaltation of Humility.  

1 Pet. 5.5.  
BE clothed with Humility,  
and lowliness embrace:  
For God resists the proud and high,  
but gives the humble grace.   

Prov. 15.33.16.18.  
Humility shall honour find,  
but Pride destroyeth all,  
For sure the proud and haughty mind  
goes still before a fall.   

Luke 14.11.  
For he that prides himself, must know  
that God will pluck him down,  
But the self humbled sitting low,  
shall thereby get renown.    

HYMN 40. Exalting a Nation.  
Prov. 14▪ 34.  

THE exercise of righteousness  
exalts a Nation high:  
And sin is a reproach no less  
to any Family.   

Psal. 107.34.  
A fruitful Land doth God expose  
to barrenness for sin,  
And for the wickedness of those  
that live and dwell therein.   

Job 22. ult.  
But God doth save the smallest Land  
of th' innocent and pure,  
And by the pureness of thy hand  
it is delivered sure.    

HYMN 41. Excellent Counsel of Wisdom.  
Prov. 8.1.33.1, 32, 33.  

WIsdom puts forth her voice and cries,  
and such like words doth use,  
Hear ye instruction, and be wise,  
and do not now refuse.   

For ease shall slay those simple souls,  
that let devotion die,  
And the prosperity of fools  
destroys them utterly.   

But whoso hearkeneth unto me  
shall dwell in safety still,  
And shall be quiet safe and free,  
from fear of any ill,   

2. PART. 8.34, 35, 36.  

Blessed is he that heareth me,  
saith Wisdom to her friends,  
That at my Gate doth daily wait,  
and at my door attends.   

For surely he that findeth me,  
finds life, and shall obtain  
The favour of the Lord above,  
to his eternal gain.   

But he that sins against such things  
wrongs his own soul thereby,  
And all that hate on me to wait  
love death, and so shall die.     

HYMN 42. Fallow Ground to be dressed.  
Host 10.12.  

SOW to yourselves in righteousness,  
and reap in mercy sweet,  
Your fallow ground break up and dress  
for seed to make it meet.   

For it is time to seek the Lord,  
till he (descending on you)  
Shall come, and of his own accord,  
rain righteousness upon you.    

HYMN 43. God's Covenant for us with the Creatures.  
Host 2.18, 19, 21.  

THUS saith the Lord above,  
I have betrothed thee,  
In mercy, truth, and tender love,  
for ever unto me.   

And in that day will I  
a faithful Covenant make  
With all my Creatures generally,  
for thy sweet safeties sake.   

The heavens shall hear the earth,  
the earth shall hear the corn,  
The corn and wine that thence come forth,  
shall hear my Church new born.    

HYMN 44. God's Jealousy for Jerusalem.  
Zach 1.14.  

THUS saith the Lord of Hosts,  
a Jealous God am I,  
For Zion and for Salems' Coasts,  
with eager Jealousy.   

15.  
And I am unappeased  
towards Heathens yet unscourged;  
For I was but a while displeased,  
and they th' affliction urged.   

16.  
Therefore (saith God) I am  
returned (for all their sin)  
With mercies to Jerusalem,  
to build my house therein.    

HYMN 45. Humble Supplications and Confessions.  
All People, etc.  
Deut. 32.4. Rom. 7.12, 14.  

O Thou most just and righteous God  
Thy Law is holy, just, and good:  
But we are carnal of ourselves,  
As sold to sin, and nothing else.   

Rom. 3.23 Psal. 15.5.  
For all have sinned of every sort,  
And of thy glory are come short:  
Our shape in sin we did assume,  
And are transgressors from the womb.   

Rom. 7.18, 19  
We from polluted Parents spring,  
And in our flesh dwells no good thing:  
The good we would do, that we bate,  
And do the evil that we hate.   

Host 14.2.  
Take off all our iniquity,  
And Lord receive us graciously:  
So shall we sacrifice to thee  
The Fatlings of our lips most free.    

HYMN 46. Humble Supplications in time of Drought.  
All People, etc.  
Jer. 14.20.  

LORD, we acknowledge and confess  
Our grievous sins and wickedness,  
Our Father's faults we do deplore,  
For we have sinned against thee sore.   

21.  
For thy Name sake loathe not thine own,  
Do not disgrace thy glorious Throne:  
Remember and do not infringe  
Thy Covenant with us for our sins.   

22.  
Can any of the Idol Powers  
Cause rain, or can the heavens give showers?  
O Lord our God, art not thou he?  
And therefore will we wait on thee.   

Chron. 6.27.  
Send rain, O Lord, upon this Land,  
Put here into thy people's hand:  
Lest Britain be one dried Strand,  
And all our Earth be turned to Sand.  
And teach us that good way to know,  
Wherein we always ought to go.    

HYMN 47. Humble Supplications in time of Sickness.  
All People, etc.  
Jer. 10.24.  

COrrect us but in Judgement, Lord,  
Not in thy wrath with sharpened Sword,  
Lest thou shouldst bring us down thereby  
To dust and ruin utterly.   

9.21.  
Death climbs our windows, by disease,  
Enters into our PALACES,  
Cuts off the Children from without,  
And from the streets the young and stout.   

14.7. Isa. 38.9.  
O Lord, though our Iniquities  
As witness-clouds against us rise,  
Our help and healing undertake,  
And do it for thine own Names sake.    

HYMN 48. Humble Supplications in times of Tempest.  
All People, etc.  
Psal. 103.19. Isa. 64.6.  

O Thou that dost in Heaven Reign!  
We all are as a thing unclean;  
And all our righteousnesses are  
As filthy rags, unfit to wear.   

And therefore are we justly made  
Like as a Leaf, to fall and fade:  
And our transgressions, bearing sway,  
As wind have taken us away.   

Psal. 107.25.77.17, 18.  
At thy command big storms arise,  
Thunder and lightning fill the Skies;  
The Clouds pour down their watery load,  
Thy flaming Arrows fly abroad.   

Joel 2.17. Isa. 64.9. Hab. 3.2.  
O spare thy People, gracious God  
Redeemed with thy precious Blood:  
Keep not our sins upon record,  
In wrath remember mercy, Lord.    

HYMN 49. Humble Supplication in times of Transgression and Revolt.  
All People, etc.  
Isa. 43.27.  

OUR Father, Our first Father, Lord,  
Hath sinned, and disobeyed thy Word:  
And all our Teachers, at the best,  
Against thee greatly have transgressed.   

Isa. 64.9.  
Lord, be not angry very sore,  
Nor mind our faults for evermore:  
See, we beseech thee, and behold,  
How we are all thy Flock and Fold.   

8.  
Thou art our Father at this day,  
Thou art the Potter, we the Clay:  
And we are all and every one▪  
Thy handiwork, O Lord, alone.    

HYMN 50. Humble Supplication in time of War.  
All People, etc.  
Isa. 64.1.  

O That thou wouldst the Heaven rend,  
And in thy Glorious power descend;  
And that the mountains might flow down  
At presence of thy face and frown.   

2.  
As when the melting fire doth flame,  
It makes the waters boil a main,  
To make thine enemies know thy might,  
And Nations tremble at thy sight.   

3.  
When dreadful things were done by thee,  
Such as we never looked to see,  
Then at thy presence and thy frown  
The mighty Mountains flowed down.   

Lam. 3.42. Isa. 64.5.  
But we have sinned, and for our crimes  
Thou hast not spared, but scourged the times:  
But in thy mercies is engraved  
CONTINVANCE, and we shall be saved.    

HYMN 51. Judgement waited for.  
Luke 21.19. Jam. 5 7. Hab. 2.3. Heb. 10.37.  

POssess your Souls with patience,  
and wait unweariedly  
Until the coming of the Lord,  
for lo! the day draws ●●gh.  
For yet a little while endure,  
(Th' account shall not miscarry)  
And he that shall come will be sure  
to come, and will not tarry.   

Heb. 10.38, 39 Hab. 2.4.  
Now than the Just shall live by Faith,  
but if a man draw back,  
My soul shall have no joy in him  
that true belief doth lack.  
But we are not of those that do  
draw back to condemnation,  
But those that do believe unto  
the Souls assured Salvation.    

HYMN 52. Judgement upon the Proud and Scornful.  
All People, etc.  
Prov. 8.13.  

THE fear of God is seen in this,  
To hate the Paths that lead amiss,  
Pride, Arrogance, and all the rest  
Of evil ways, doth God detest.   

13.10.  
The froward mouth (saith he) I hate,  
Only by pride comes all debate:  
And sure God scorns the scornful race▪  
But to the lowly gives his grace.   

Luke 14.11.  
He than that doth himself exalt,  
Shall be debased by's own default;  
But the self-humbling soul shall be  
Exalted in a high degree.    

HYMN 53. Kind love of God, in Christ.  
1 John 3.2.  

BEhold, dear Saints, what kind of love  
the Father grants to us!  
To be the Sons of God above,  
and he to style us thus.  
Therefore the World discerns us not,  
because it knew not him:  
And we are Sons of God begot,  
though yet with eyes so dim.   

3. Mat. 25.31.  
Not seeing what we once shall see,  
but this we know most clear,  
That like unto him we shall be,  
when he shall next appear.  
For we shall see him as he is  
in glorified estate:  
And sitting on that Throne of his,  
where all the world must wait.   

Heb. 6.19. 1 John 3.3.  
This hope we have whereon to roll,  
as that which cannot fail,  
A steadfast Anchor of the soul,  
Entering within the Veil.  
And he that hath this hope on high  
established in him sure,  
Doth purify himself thereby,  
as God himself is pure.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore;  
Eternal honour let be done,  
henceforth for evermore.   

2. PART.  
Rom. 8.35, 36.  

WHO can take off Christ's love from us  
can trouble or distress,  
Or Persecution perilous,  
or need, or nakedness?  
Can Famine do it, or the Sword?  
(as David hath his Song)  
For thy sake are we slain, O Lord,  
and killed all day long.   

37, 38.  
Counted as sheep for butchery,  
nay, we (though martyred thus)  
Triumph in all these gloriously,  
through him that loved us.  
I am persuaded on this wise,  
that neither Death nor Life,  
Nor Angels, Principalities,  
nor Powers, with us at strife.   

39  
Nor present things, nor things to come▪  
nor height nor depth together,  
Nor any thing that can be done  
by Creatures whatsoever,  
Shall separate us from the love  
which (of his own accord)  
Is born to us by God above,  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father, and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.     

HYMN 54. King David's EXALTATION, in type of Christ.  
Give land, etc.  
1▪ Pet. 2.6. Mat. 21.42. Psal. 118.22, 23.  

LO here the stone Elect,  
and which (as ye have read)  
The Builders did reject,  
now made the Corner's head:  
This work most wise  
God wrought for us, and marvellous  
in all our eyes.   

24.25.  
This is the day so sweet  
which God himself hath made,  
We will rejoice in it,  
and be exceeding glad.  
I earnestly  
Beseech thee, Lord, now to afford  
Prosperity.   

26, 27.  
Blessed is he that doth come  
in God's good Name to us,  
And we have sent you home,  
blest from his Holy House:  
God is the Lord  
That hath so bright and clear a light  
this day restored,   

Heb 13.16.  
Come bind the Sacrifice  
with Cords yet never worn,  
Bind it before our eyes  
unto the Altars horn:  
Show charity,  
That Sacrifice the Lord doth prise  
exceedingly.   

Psal 69.30.  
Now will I praise God's Name  
with a delightful Song:  
And magnify his Fame  
with thankful heart and tongue.  
And this likewise,  
Beyond the proof of horn or hoof,  
the Lord shall prise.   

Psal. 118.28.29.  
O God, thou art my God,  
thou art my God, I say:  
Thy Name I will applaud,  
thy praise I will display:  
Give thanks to God,  
Whose goodness flows, whose mercy knows  
no period.    

HYMN 55. Large Mercies Corporal.  
All People, etc.  
Psal. 68.21, 22.  

BLessed be God Our Saving health,  
Who daily loads us with his wealth;  
The Issues of assailing death  
Belong to God, who gives us breath.   

He sends us Rain and fruitful Years,  
Our hearts with Food and gladness cheers;  
And gives us with a rich supply  
All things in plenty to enjoy.   

Psal. 44.8. Joel 2. Psal. 46.9. 2 Cor. 9.10.  
He saved us from our enemy's hand,  
And hath done great things for our Land:  
Wars o'er the Earth he soon doth cease,  
Blessing the Fruits of our increase.   

Psal. 115.1.  
Not unto us, O Lord, therefore,  
Not unto us on any score,  
But to thy Name the glory take,  
For thy sweet truth and mercy sake.    

HYMN 56. Large Mercies Spiritual.  
Eph. 3— 7.  

BLessed be God, that of his grace  
hath us so richly stored;  
With Spiritual gifts in heavenly place,  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.  
As he hath chosen us in him  
before the World began,  
To be without the blame of Sin,  
with Love to God and Man.   

Having predestinated Us,  
adopted Children dear,  
Of his good pleasure chosen thus,  
and now by Christ brought near.  
To praise the glory of his grace,  
wherein he hath so done:  
His Saints with Favour to embrace  
through Jesus Christ his Son.   

Rev 1.4.  
In whom we have Redemption free  
through his most precious blood,  
Pardon of our Iniquity  
by that rich grace of God.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore  
Be glory done, as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 57 Large Mercies Temporal implored, to make Jerusalem a praise in the Earth.  
Isa. 62.1.  

FOR Zions' sake I undertake,  
and will not hold my peace;  
And for Jerusalem's dear sake  
I will not rest or cease.   

Until her righteousness appear  
as glorious as the light,  
And her Salvation shine as clear  
as doth a lamp by night.   

Till Gentiles see thy righteousness,  
thy glory Kings proclaim;  
And a new Name shall Zion bless,  
which God's own mouth shall Name.   

4.6.3.1.  
Thou shalt no more (as heretofore)  
be in forlorn estate  
Nor shall thy Borders any more  
be termed desolate.   

Ye that make mention of the Lord,  
resolve within your breast,  
And keep not silence, nor afford  
the great Jehovah rest,   

Till Zion be a Diadem  
by God's own hand held forth:  
And till he make Jerusalem  
a praise in all the Earth.    

HYMN 58. Large Mercies through Christ in things Eternal.  
Eph. 1.8.  

BLessed be God who doth display  
abundant grace to us,  
In depth of Wisdom every way,  
and Prudence marvellous.  
Having to us discovered  
the mystery of his will,  
As his good pleasure purposed  
towards us to fulfil.   

That in the full appointed time  
he might Collect in one  
All things in Heaven and Earth, to join  
in Him, and him alone:  
In whom we also have obtained  
the inheritance above,  
Predestinated and Ordained  
unto it, of his Love.   

According to the purposes  
which he performeth still,  
That worketh all things as he please  
by Counsel of his will.   

To Father Son and Holy Ghost  
all glory be therefore.  
As was and is to th' uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 59 Life and Conversation Conscientious.  
Isa. 33.15.  

THE man that walks, as God prescribes,  
in paths of Justice plain,  
That speaks the truth, and scorneth bribes,  
and all oppressive gain:  
That stops his ear from hearing Blood,  
from evil shuts his Eye;  
That man shall have a safe abode,  
and he shall dwell on high.   

16. Psal. 84.11.  
Munitions of the Rocks shall be  
his resting place secure,  
Store of Provision He shall see,  
his waters shall be sure.  
For God that is both Sun and Shield,  
will grace and glory give,  
And all good blessings freely yield  
to them that purely live.   

Psal. 106.48.  
Let Israel's God, the Lord most high  
be ever blest therefore,  
From time to time eternally,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 60. Light and Darkness discovered.  
1 John 2.9.  

HE that shall say he is in light,  
and doth his Brother hate,  
That man doth yet in darkness sit,  
in unregenerate state.   

But he that loves abides in light,  
and not in darkness dim;  
And there is none occasion  
of stumbling found in him.   

But he that doth his Brother hate,  
in depths of darkness lies:  
And whither he goes he never knows,  
for darkness blinds his eyes.    

HYMN 61. Looking and longing for the general dissolution.  
2 Pet. 3.12.  

THe coming of the day of Christ  
we look for, and desire;  
Whenas the Heavens shall be dissolved,  
and th' Elements melt with fire,   

Yet, as his promise holds it forth,  
we Christians (nevertheless)  
Expect new Heavens and new Earth,  
wherein dwells righteousness.   

Wherefore (Beloved) give diligence  
to keep in such a frame,  
As to be found of him in peace,  
without offence or blame.   

Because we look for such a thing  
as this World's new Creation:  
Accounting God's long suffering,  
to aim at our Salvation.    

HYMN 62. Love in deed and truth.  
All People, etc.  
1 Joh. 3.18.  

MY little Children every one,  
Let us not love in word alone;  
Neither in tongue and only so,  
But deed and truth our love must show.   

And this a confidence will breed,  
That we are of the truth indeed:  
And that by this we may assure  
Our hearts before him to be pure.   

For if our hearts do us condemn,  
God's greater far who searches them:  
But if our hearts be pure and clear,  
Boldly may we to God draw near.   

And whatsoever thing we crave  
Of him, we shall be sure to have:  
Because we keep his Laws aright,  
And do things pleasing in his sight.    

HYMN 63. Love's Link, or the Golden Chain of God's Mercy.  
Rom. 8.28.  

WE know that all shall work for good  
to those that love the Lord:  
That (as his Holy purpose stood)  
are called by his word.  
For his foreknown he preordained  
before all time begun,  
That they might be conformable  
to th' image of his Son.   

The blessed firstborn that he might be  
of many Brethren dear:  
Moreover, whom he preordained  
he called, and brought them near.  
And whom he called he justified  
from their iniquities:  
And whom he freely justified  
he gloryfied likewise.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be Glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 64. Memorial of God's Mercies.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Isa. 63 7.  

NOW will I mention and record  
The Loving Kindness of the Lord:  
and praises of the Lord above:  
Answering to all He hath bestowed,  
And his great goodness sweetly showed  
to th' House of Israel in his love.  
According to the multitude  
Of his compassions still renewed;  
for thus He said, they are my flock,  
They are my people certainly,  
Children that will not falsify,  
So He became their saving rock.   

9 Chap. 50.1. Neh. 5.8. Psal. 72.19.  
In all their grievance He was grieved,  
And th' Angel of his eyes relieved,  
and saved them (when to Enemies sold)  
In's love and pity he redeemed,  
And saved them as his high esteemed,  
and bore them all the days of old.   

Let Israel's God, the Lord most high,  
Be honoured to ETERNITY,  
with everlasting praise therefore:  
And let his glittering glory then  
Replenish all the Earth, Amen,  
Amen, say we, for evermore.    

HYMN 65. Ministerial Gifts conferred.  
All People, etc.  
Eph. 4.11. 2 Cor. 9.15.  

CHrist hath ascended up on high,  
And Captive led Captivity:  
And straightway gave his gifts to men,  
Ordaining some Apostles then.   

Some Prophets, some Evangelists,  
Some Pastors, and some Teaching Priests▪  
For making of the Saints complete,  
And Ministerial work so great.   

And for upbuilding by the word  
The Sacred Body of our Lord:  
To him that gave these gifts therefore  
Be Praise and Honour evermore.    

HYMN 66. Our Saviour's call to the Nations.  
Isa. 45.22.  

LOOK unto me, O all ye Lands,  
and be ye saved thereby;  
For I am God who so commands,  
and there is none but I.  
And by myself, and none beside,  
shall all the faithful Seed  
Of Israel's house be justified,  
and glory in my deed.    

HYMN 67. Our thorough Sanctification prayed for.  
1 Thes. 5.23.  

AND now the very God of peace  
sanctify you throughout,  
And grant that such a rich increase  
of grace may be poured out.   

That your whole spirit regenerate,  
body and soul (I pray)  
May be preserved immaculate  
till Christ our Saviour's day.   

Faithful is he that calleth you,  
and he will do it sure;  
To whom be praise as i● most due  
for ever to endure.    

HYMN 68 Passover slain for us and preparation thereunto.  
1. Cor. 5.7.  

LO! Christ our Blessed Passover  
is sacrificed for us,  
Now let us keep the Feast therefore,  
Subduing all our lusts.  
So, not with leaven inveterate  
of th' unregenerate flesh:  
Nor with the leaven of debate  
of spite or wickedness.   

8. Col. 3.17.  
But let us keep it carefully,  
(conforming to our head)  
With Sanctifi'd Sincerity,  
and Truth's unleavened bread.  
And in the name of Christ always  
do every work and word;  
To God the Father giving praise  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.    

HYMN 69. Perpetuity and Power of Christ's Resurrection.  
Rom. 6.9.  

CHrist being risen from the dead,  
now never dies again:  
No longer over Christ our Head  
may death for ever reign.  
For dying he took sin away,  
at once and altogether:  
But living is without decay,  
and lives to God for ever.   

So count yourselves as dead to sin,  
But yet to life restored,  
To live to God through grace brought in  
By Jesus Christ our Lord.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be Glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 70. Power and prevalency of Christ's Resurrection.  
1 Cor. 15.20.  

NOW Christ is risen from the dead,  
the hope that Christians have:  
And is to be acknowledged  
the first fruits from the Grave.  
For as by man's defection  
Came sin and death to reign,  
So came the Resurrection  
by man to live again.   

Rev. 1.4.  
For as by Adam all men die,  
So all by Christ revive:  
And in the twinkling of an eye  
must all be made alive.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be Glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 71. Praise to the Creator.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Rev. 4.11.  

WOrthy art thou, O Lord,  
to wear the glorious Crown:  
All honour we ascribe to thee,  
All power and all renown.  
For thou, O Lord, alone  
didst all the Creatures make,  
Even all that are, and made they were  
for thy good pleasure sake.   

Luke 2.14.  
Glory to God on high,  
on earth be plenteous peace:  
And great good will extended still  
among men to increase.    

HYMN 72. Praise to the giver of Grace.  
Eph. 3.20.  

TO him whose mighty Power exceeds  
our ask and our thought,  
According to his mighty deeds  
which he in us hath wrought.  
To him let all God's Heritage  
give Glory yet again,  
By Jesus Christ, from age to age,  
world without end, Amen.    

HYMN 73. Praise to the Prince of Potentates.  
O Lord Consider, etc.  
1 Tim 6.15.  

THE blessed and only Potentate,  
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords,  
Who only hath immortal state,  
in Light that no access affords.  
Whom no man yet did ever see,  
nor can behold with mortal eye:  
To him all Praise and Honour be,  
for ever to Eternity.    

HYMN 74. Praise to the Redeemer.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Rev. 1.5, 6. Eph. 5.27.  

ALL praise to him whose grace so good  
washed off our sin with his own blood,  
So to present us pure and clean:  
The faithful witness (Christ our head)  
The first begotten from the dead,  
and Prince of princes here that reign.   

Heb 10.14. Rev. 1.6.  
Who dying fully cleared the score  
Of all his saints for evermore,  
By one oblation offered then:  
And made us Kings and Priests to God,  
And to the Father, O give laud,  
and praise to him for ever, Amen.    

HYMN 75. Praise to the Trinity.  
Give laud, etc.  
1 John 5.7. Rev. 1.4.  

UNTO the Three in One  
that bear Record above,  
The Father and the Son,  
and holy Spirit of Love,  
Be Glory then,  
As first begun, and shall be done  
for Ever, Amen.    

HYMN 76. Remission of Sin.  
1 John 1.5.  

THIS message have we heard from God,  
and showed to great and small,  
That God is light, in whom no cloud  
of darkness is at all.   

If then we say we know the Lord,  
and walk without the light,  
We plainly falsify our word,  
and do not what is right.   

But we that walk with him in light  
have fellowship together,  
And Christ his blood shall wash us white  
from all sins whatsoever.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and holy Ghost therefore  
Be Glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 77. Renewing of Joy.  
Isa. 65.18.  

Rejoice, saith God, as Joyful men,  
in that which I create;  
For I create Jerusalem  
a joyful happy State.   

And they shall build their houses new,  
and dwell in what they build:  
And plant them Vineyards thereunto,  
and with the fruits be filled.   

They shall not build and others take  
their Habitation seat:  
Nor plant (as for a stranger's sake)  
for other men to eat.  
As Trees stand long before they die,  
my people's time so stands:  
And mine Elect shall long enjoy  
the labours of their hands.    

HYMN 78. Restraining of fleshly lusts.  
All People, etc.  
1 Pet. 2.11.  

NOW we beseech You, Brethren dear,  
As Strangers, and as Pilgrims here,  
Ye would all fleshly lusts control,  
As foes that fight against the Soul.   

Phil. 2.15.  
That pure and blameless ye may be,  
The Sons of God, from blemish free,  
Amidst a Cross and Crooked race,  
Shining as lights in every place.   

Phil. 1.10.  
That ye may give a full assent  
To those things which are excellent:  
And also be sincere, and clear  
From all offence, till Christ appear.    

HYMN 79. Right reasoning of Temptation.  
Jam. 1.13.  

LET no man say, when drawn by Sin  
some evil deed to do,  
That it was God that tempted him,  
and led him thereunto.  
For God Almighty neither can  
be tempted unto ill,  
Nor ever tempts he any man  
to so corrupt a will.  
But every man is tempted then,  
when his own lust bears sway,  
And lust conceived brings guilt on men,  
And guilt of sin doth slay.  
Watch ye therefore, and evermore  
pray hard against Temptation:  
And with sincere and awful fear  
wo●k out your own salvation.    

HYMN 80. Sobriety, Prayer and Charity enjoined.  
1 Pet. 4.7, 8.  

THE end of all things is at hand,  
let us therefore have care  
To walk in all Sobriety,  
and watch to earnest prayer.  
And specially let charity  
on all sides be kept in;  
For Charity helps mightily,  
and hideth many a sin.    

HYMN 81. Solemn ascension of Christ, and leading Captivity captive.  
Psal. 68.18. Eph. 4.10.  

THOU didst, O Christ, ascend on high,  
and by almighty power,  
Led captive our Captivity,  
in that triumphant hour.  
Thou gavest then thy gifts to men,  
to them that did rebel,  
That God the Lord, (th' eternal Word)  
might with the Gentiles dwell.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 82. Spirit of God dwelling in us.  
1 Thes. 3.23, 24.  

THIS is the Lord's Commandment,  
and chiefly to be done:  
That every one should trust upon  
the Name of Christ his Son.   

And that we should love mutually,  
as his Commandment ties,  
And doing thus, God dwells in us,  
and we in him likewise.   

And that the Lord abides in us  
hereby a Christian knows,  
Namely by his good Spirit it is  
which he on us bestows.    

HYMN 83. The Benediction from the God of Peace.  
Heb. 13.20, 21.  

AND now the very God of peace  
that brought back Christ (our head)  
Even Jesus our sweet Saviour,  
and raised him from the dead;  
That Shepherd of the Sheep so great,  
by whose most precious blood  
The Lord did grant a Covenant  
to our eternal good.   

He perfect you in all good works  
to do his will aright,  
Working in you to act and do  
things pleasing in his sight.  
Through Jesus Christ our Saviour,  
who died and rose again,  
To whom always be given praise  
World without end, Amen.    

HYMN 84. The Children of light exhorted▪  
1 Thes. 5.4.— 9  

BRethren, ye are not of the dark,  
but children of the light,  
Children, I say, of lightsome day,  
and not of darksome night.  
Let us not sleep in sin therefore,  
as others (ill inclined)  
But Brethren, we must watchful be,  
and of a sober mind.   

For they that sleep, do sleep by night,  
and drunkards light eschew:  
But Christians! they are of the day,  
and fear not open view.  
Be sober then, and putting on  
brest-plates of faith and love:  
And take with you that helmet too,  
the hope of life above.   

For God ordained not us to wrath,  
which is for sinners stored,  
But to obtain Salvation  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.   

To Father Son and Holy Ghost  
all Glory be therefore,  
As first begun and shall be done  
henceforth for evermore.    

HYMN 85. The Confidence accursed.  
Jerem 17.5, 6. Psal. 106. ult.  

CUrsed is man that trusts in man,  
to keep him safe from harm;  
And lets his heart from God depart,  
to make proud flesh his arm.   

He shall be like the desert heath,  
not seeing future good:  
But shall possess the Wilderness,  
not having friend or food.   

Let Israel's God, the Lord most high,  
be magnified therefore:  
From first to last, till time be passed,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 86. The Confidence applauded and blessed.  
Isa. 30.18. Jer. 17.7.  

Blessed is the man that waits on God,  
and doth in him confide:  
For he shall be like fruitful tree  
set by the water side.   

Whose leaf (still green) shall feel no heat,  
but keep a spreading root,  
And shall not fear the droughty year,  
nor cease from yielding fruit.   

Psal. 106.48.  
Let Israel's God, the Lord most high▪  
be magnified therefore,  
And people then, say all, Amen,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 87. The day of grace proclaimed.  
2 Cor. 6.2. Rom. 10.10, 11.  

LO! I have heard thee, saith the Lord,  
in an accepted time:  
And in the day which doth display  
Salvation unto mine.  
Behold (saith he) I succoured thee,  
when Gospel-time took place:  
This is that prime appointed time,  
this is that day of grace.   

And every one that calls upon,  
the Name of God most high,  
And calls in faith (as Scripture saith)  
shall sure be saved thereby.  
To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore:  
Be glory done, as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 88 The great Condemnation.  
1 John 3.19. Eph. 5.13.  

THIS is the Condemnation great,  
that light to men is brought,  
And men loved darkness more than light  
because their deeds were nought.   

For evil doers hate the light,  
nor come they thereunto,  
Lest that their deeds should be reproved,  
which light is sure to do.   

But he that doth the works of truth  
comes to the light abroad,  
Whereby his deeds are manifest  
that they are wrought in God.    

HYMN 89. The Lively Hope.  
Give laud, etc.  
1 Pet. 1.3—  

BLessed be God above  
the Father of Christ our Lord,  
Who, in abundant love,  
begat us by his Word  
To' a lively hope,  
By Christ (our head) raised from the dead,  
to raise us up.   

To an inheritance new,  
pure, endless, uncorrupt,  
Reserved in Heaven for you,  
who by his power are kept,  
Through faith t' ascend  
God's blessed abode, sure to be showed  
when time shall end.   

Wherein ye much rejoice  
though now (if need so press)  
The season be for sighs,  
and groans of heaviness:  
Which sighs and groans  
On you take hold, through manifold  
temptations.   

The trial of your faith  
which is of price far higher  
Than gold that perisheth,  
though it be tried with fire:  
That then it may  
Great glory, praise, and honour raise  
at Christ his day.    

HYMN 90. The Sluggard rouz●d.  
Prov. 6.6.10.4, 5.  

GO to the Ant, thou slothful one,  
learn of her, and be wise,  
Who having Guide or Ruler none  
to order or advise,  
Provides her meat in Summer's heat,  
in harvest stores her food;  
While thou art deep in sloth and sleep,  
and still in that dull mood.   

Whereby thy want and poverty  
comes fast and fiercely on,  
As travaylers come suddenly,  
or like an armed man.  
For he is sure to grow full poor  
that lets his business slack;  
But (understand) the diligent hand  
makes rich, and feels no lack.   

A prudent son is he therefore,  
and that shall be his stile,  
That labours hard, and lays up store  
in heat and harvests while.  
But he that keeps his bed, and sleeps▪  
in harvest, is to blame,  
And fitly shall be styled of all  
a son that causeth shame.    

HYMN 91. The true fast.  
Isa. 58.6.  

THIS is the fast, and none but this,  
chosen, saith God, by me,  
To lose the bands of wickedness,  
and let th' oppressed go free.  
The heavy burdens to unbind,  
all injuries to redress,  
To deal thy bread to th' hunger-pind▪  
and house the harbourless.   

To clothe the naked, when thou seest  
in what great need he ●●ood,  
And not to hide thyself (i'th' least)  
from thine own flesh and blood.  
Then shall thy light break forth as day,  
thy health shall soon appear,  
Thy righteousness shall lead the way,  
God's glory be thy rear.   

And thou unto the Lord shalt pray,  
and answer shall be made:  
And thou shalt cry, and he shall say,  
Lo! here am I thine aid.  
If thou shalt take away from thee  
the yoke of Tyranny,  
The beckoning fingers mockery,  
and speaking vanity.   

2. PART.  
10, 11, 12.  

If thou draw out thy tender soul,  
the hungry to relieve,  
And with th' afflicted dost condole  
to satiate souls that grieve.  
Then shall thy light arise to thee  
in thine obscurest night:  
And all thy darkness then shall be  
as noontide shining bright.   

The Lord shall guide thee evermore,  
suffice thy soul in drought,  
And make thee fat with plenteous store  
of blessings poured out.  
Thou shalt be like the watered soil  
within the garden pale,  
And as a spring, whose waters boil,  
break forth, and never fail.   

And they that be produced of thee  
shall build the old decays:  
And groundworks laid for many an age  
thy buildings shall up-raise.  
And thou shalt then be called of men  
repairer of the breach,  
Restorer of the dwelling-paths;  
so far thy fame shall reach.     

HYMN 92. The vile bodies change.  
Phil. 3.20. Mat. 24.31.  

OUR Conversation is in Heaven,  
from whence we do expect  
The Lord our Saviour Christ to come,  
and gather his elect.  
And he shall change our body vile,  
how vile soever it is,  
For to be fashioned (in a while)  
a glorious one like his.  
His mighty working power to show,  
whereby the Holy One  
Is able all things to subdue  
unto himself alone.    

HYMN 93. Warning of Judgement by beginning at God's house.  
1 Pet. 4.17.  

THE time is come that Judgement must  
at God's own house begin:  
And if it first attack the just,  
what case are sinners in?  
And if the righteous scarce go free  
from judgement so severe,  
What shall the end of sinners be?  
or where shall they appear?   

Let him therefore that bears distress  
according to God's will,  
Commit his soul in uprightness  
to God's protection still.  
As knowing that he doth commit  
his Soul to him alone,  
Who by his power created it,  
and is the faithful One.    

HYMN 94. Warning of the general dissolution.  
2 Pet. 3.9.  

THE Lord is not of promise slack,  
as some men slackness call,  
But is indeed long-suffering,  
and patient towards all  
Not willing any should be lost,  
but all should turn and live,  
Because the day of Christ shall come,  
and shall no warning give.   

When Heaven shall pass away with noise,  
the Elements melt with heat,  
The Earth and all its works likewise  
burn up with fire so great.  
Since all things than must be dissolved  
what manner of men should we  
(With grace and godliness resolved)  
in all points aim to be?    

HYMN 95. Well approved hearers.  
Jam. 1.25 & vers. 22.  

THE perfect law of liberty  
whoever looks into,  
Continuing in it constantly  
the same to know and do;  
Not being a forgetful one,  
but hearing with good heed,  
To do the work, that man alone  
is blessed in his deed.  
Be doers of the word therefore,  
and not as nothing else,  
But hearers merely, and no more,  
deceiving your own selves.    

HYMN 96. Whirlwind of God's Wrath.  
Jer. 23.19. Rom. 1.18.  

BEhold a whirlwind of the Lord  
with fury over spread,  
A grievous whirlwind falling hard  
upon the sinner's head.  
Because the wrath of God most high  
from Heaven is revealed  
Against lewd men's Iniquity  
that truth have so concealed.   

Rom. 1.19, 25.  
For that which may be known of God  
is manifest in them,  
For God hath made it understood,  
the●r doings to condemn.  
Who changed the truth of God to lies,  
and creatures did adore,  
And the Creator did despise,  
who's blest for evermore.   

26.28.32.  
The lusts therefore of vilest kind  
God gave them up unto,  
And to a Reprobated mind,  
unseemly things to do.  
Who knowing well God's Judgement just  
what death such men deserve,  
Both do such things, and please their lust  
in liking those that swerve.   

To Father Son and Holy Ghost  
all glory be therefore,  
As was and is to th' uttermost,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 97. Winking at the times of ignorance.  
Act. 17.30.1.7. Mat. 24.36.  

GOD winked at the times that were  
in former blindness spent,  
But now are all men every where  
commanded to repent.  
Because the Lord (whose power's no less)  
hath set the day (unknown)  
To judge the world in righteousness,  
by his appointed one.   

Act. 17.31. Rom. 6.9.  
Whereof he hath sufficiently  
informed us all before,  
By raising him miraculously  
from death to die no more.   

To Father Son and Holy One  
be all the glory then,  
As hath been done since time begun,  
World without end, Amen.    

HYMN 98. Works, Words and Thoughts for the Lord's-day.  
All People, etc.  
Mark 2.27. Rev. 1.10.  

THIS is the day God made for man  
To Spiritualise a Christian;  
This is the day, upon record,  
Whereof the Son of Man is Lord.   

Isa. 58.13.48.17.  
Lord, make thy day my dear delight  
To think, and speak, and act aright;  
For Thou alone art God most high,  
That teachest us to edify.   

Ibidem. Psal. 139. ult.  
Thou art our guide, and thou dost show  
The way wherein we ought to go:  
Cause us to take the path most blest  
That leads to everlasting rest.   

Heb. 4.9.3.  
For such a rest there doth remain  
For God's own People to obtain,  
And all that are believers true  
Are sure to enter thereinto.   

Rev. 4.13.  
All glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the Sovereign Throne,  
And to the Lamb of God therefore  
Be Praise and Honour evermore.   

2. PART.  
2 Thes. 3.1. Psal. 51.13.  

LORD, give thy Gospel a free course,  
And crown it with effectual force,  
That converts may come in to Thee,  
And Saints, this day, built up may be.   

Col. 4.3. Rev. 3.8. John 5.25.  
A door of Utterance open, Lord,  
To him that speaks thy Holy Word:  
A door of Entrance also give,  
That thy dead men may hear and live.   

Rev. 3.7.  
O thou that hast at thy command  
The Keys of David in thy hand,  
Thou only openest or canst shut  
Into whose hands those Keys are put.   

Luke 24.45. Psal. 51.15.  
Open our hearts to apprehend  
The Scriptures which thy Prophets penned:  
And open, Lord, our lips always  
To make our mouth show forth thy praise.   

Rev. 4.13.  
All glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the Sovereign Throne,  
And to the Lamb of God most high  
Be given praise perpetually.     

HYMN 99 Wrongs to be remitted, or a Lesson of true Charity.  
Mat. 18.21. Heb. 12.25.  

THUS Peter to our Saviour spoke;  
How oft, O Lord, said he,  
Must I forgive my Brother's faults?  
Till seven times must it be?   

Our Saviour made him this reply,  
I, that do speak from Heaven,  
Say not to thee till seven times,  
but times full seventy seven.   

For if ye pardon faults to men,  
this Charity assures,  
That God your heavenly Father then  
will also pardon yours.   

But if ye do not, from your heart,  
forgive, as ye should do,  
Your heavenly Father will impart  
no pardon unto you.   

Rev. 1.4—  
To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 100 Worldly CARES forbidden.  
Mat. 6.31, 25, 32.  

O Take no thought solicitous  
what you shall eat or drink:  
And wherewithal you should be clothed  
be never toiled to think.  
Is not the life much more than meat,  
the body than the clothes?  
And that your need of these is great  
your heavenly Father knows.   

26, 28, 29.  
The fowls that neither sow nor reap,  
nor into Barns do gather,  
Consider how they are supplied  
by your celestial Father.  
Think how, in fields, the Lilies grow,  
that neither toil nor spin:  
Yet made that glory no such show  
that Solomon lived in.   

30, 25.  
And, sure, if God so clothe the grass,  
(cut down when at the height)  
Shall he not then much more clothe you,  
O ye of little faith?  
Take ye therefore no thoughtful care  
for present life, I say,  
What ye should eat, or drink, or wear,  
for bodily array.   

32. 1 Pet. 5.7. Judas 25.  
For after all these things abroad,  
the Gentiles do pursue:  
But cast ye all your care on God,  
for he takes care for you.  
God only wise our Saviour  
have all the glory (then)  
Dominion, Majesty and Power,  
both now, and ever, Amen.   

2. PART. Phil. 4.6.  
Be careful for no worldly thing,  
but (still) in all distress  
Your Prayers and Supplications bring  
to God, with thankfulness.   

7.  
And then the peace which God imparts,  
past all that can be known,  
Shall sweetly keep your minds and hearts  
through Christ, the Holy One.   

Judas 25.  
God only wise our Saviour,  
have all the glory (then)  
Dominion, Majesty and Power,  
world without end, Amen.    
The end of the First Century.   

The Second Century.  

Hymn CI.  
Acclamations of Praise for Babylon's Fall.  
Rev. 14.8.16.5.  

NOW Babylon is fallen and sunk, drunk  
that City great in state:  
Because she made the Nations  
with wine adulterate.  
And Thou, O Lord, art righteous,  
who art, and always waste,  
And art to come most glorious,  
for judging as thou hast.   

6, 7.  
For thy Saint's blood hangs on the score,  
thy Prophet's blood they shed:  
And blood to drink thou gav'st them store,  
as they have merited.  
Even so, Lord God omnipotent,  
we gladly do confess,  
Thy Judgements are most eminent  
for truth and righteousness.   

19.3, 1, 7.  
Now Allelujah sing aloud,  
Salvation, Glory, Fame,  
Be given to the Lord our God,  
and Honour to his Name.  
Be glad in God (for this just doom)  
rejoice and honour Him:  
The Marriage of the Lamb is come,  
his Wife hath made her trim.    

HYMN 102. ALLELUJAH for the same.  
Give laud, etc.  
Rev. 19.5, 6.  

PRaise to our God proclaim,  
O ye his Servants all,  
And ye that fear his Name,  
together, great and small.  
Allelujah,  
For God supreme with power doth reign,  
and bears the sway.   

9.1.  
O they be ever blest,  
that shall be called unto  
The Lambs great Marriage Feast,  
These are God's words most true:  
Allelujah,  
Strength, Glory, Power, and Fame to our  
Lord God always.   

2.  
For thou hast poured forth  
thy wrath on that great whore,  
That did corrupt the earth  
with all her acts impure:  
And hast, this day,  
Avenged the flood of thy Saints blo●d,  
Allelujah.   

11.15.  
The Kingdoms of this world  
are every one become  
The Kingdoms of our Lord,  
and of his Christ (his Son)  
And he, always,  
Shall reign on high, with Majesty,  
Allelujah.    

HYMN 103. ALMS-DEEDS.  
Isa. 32.8. Psal. 112.9.  

THE Just deviseth liberal things,  
and by such things shall stand:  
He hath dispersed his Charity,  
and with a liberal hand.  
With honour and with dignity  
his horn shall sure be raised:  
And these his deeds of piety  
for ever shall be praised.   

2 Cor. 9.6. Ecc. 11.1.  
For he that soweth liberally  
shall gather many a heap:  
And he that soweth sparingly,  
but sparingly shall reap:  
Then, on the waters cast thy bread,  
it shall not be in vain:  
For when long times accomplished,  
it shall be found again.   

Prov. 19.17.  
For he that giveth to the poor  
doth lend unto the Lord,  
And, trusting him, he shall be sure  
to have it all restored.    

HYMN 104. Blessed Death.  
Rev. 14.13.  

BLessed, O blessed are the dead  
that in the Lord do die:  
Thus hath the Spirit witnessed,  
and most assuredly.   

For from their toils that were extreme,  
they are in quiet re●●:  
Their works likewise do follow them,  
to make them truly blest.   

Isa 57.2.  
Thus shall they enter into peace,  
and quiet rest possess,  
In blessed beds, each one of these  
that walk in uprightness.    

HYMN 105. Blessings of Obedience.  
Prov. 3.1, 2, 3.  

MY Son, keep my Commandments,  
forget not my decree,  
For length of days, long life and peace  
shall these things add to thee.  
Then let not truth and mercy kind  
forsake thee and depart,  
About thy neck my Precepts bind,  
and write them in thy heart.   

4. Chap. 2.5, 6.  
So shalt thou find a good respect  
and understanding, then,  
Approved in the sight of God,  
and in the sight of men.  
Then shalt thou understand and know,  
his wisdom and his fear:  
For from his mouth doth wisdom flow,  
and he gives knowledge clear.   

10, 11.9.  
When Wisdom enters in thy heart,  
and is thy souls delight,  
Discretion shall preserve thee then,  
and knowledge keep thee right.  
Then righteousness shall readily  
by thee be understood:  
Judgement likewise and equity  
and every path that's good.   

Mat. 25.29. Prov. 4.18.  
For unto every one that hath  
there shall be given more:  
And he shall have abundant grace  
still to increase his store.  
For like unto the shining light  
is every good man's way,  
Which more and more shines clear and bright,  
unto the perfect day.   

2. PART.  
Deut. 28.1, 2, 3, 4.  

If thou shalt hearken diligently  
To all that God commands,  
The Lord thy God shall set thee high  
above all other Lands.   

And all these blessings shall come on,  
and overtake thee soon:  
The blessings of the Town and Field,  
and blessings of the Womb.   

5, 6, 27.  
The Lord shall bless thee mightily  
with Fruits upon thy Ground:  
Thy Flocks of Sheep shall multiply,  
thy cattle shall abound.  
The Lord shall take away from thee  
all sickness and disease,  
And lay upon thee no such Plague  
as did on Egypt seize.   

7, 12.  
The Lord shall smite thine enemies  
that rise up in thy sight,  
One way against thee shall they rise,  
and seven ways take their flight.  
The Lord shall make the Heavens give rain  
in season on thy Land:  
And prosper thee in all thy works  
which thou shalt take in hand.   

9 1 Sam. 15.22.  
The Lord shall then establish thee  
A people of his praise:  
If thou shalt keep to his decree:  
and walk in all his ways.  
For better is Obedience  
than Bullocks, Goats and Lambs,  
And harkening to the will of God,  
than all the fat of Rams.     

HYMN 106. Blessings on the Mount, or Blessed Qualifications.  
Mat. 5.3. to the 10.  

BLessed, O blessed are the poor,  
the poor, I say, in spirit:  
For they shall have the Kingdom, sure,  
of Heaven, to inherit.  
And blessed they that mourn and weep,  
for they shall meet with mirth:  
And blessed also are the meek,  
for theirs is all the earth.   

Blessed are they that hunger much,  
and thirst for righteousness,  
For God shall satisfy all such,  
with comforts that refresh.  
And blessed are the merciful,  
for God will show them Grace:  
And blessed are the pure in soul,  
for they shall see his face.   

Blessed are they that strive for peace▪  
to make men to accord:  
For we must call all such as these  
the Children of the Lord.  
And blessed are the sufferers  
for love of righteousness:  
Because a Kingdom shall be theirs  
in Heaven to possess.    

HYMN 107. Call out of Babylon.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Rev. 18.4,— 8.  

COme out of Babylon,  
my people, at my Call:  
Lest, for her sake, ye should partake  
her sins and plagues withal.  
Because her sins have reached  
unto the Heaven's high:  
And God doth find, and call to mind  
all her iniquity.   

Reward her to the full,  
as she rewarded you:  
And fill her cup twice double up,  
as she was wont to do.  
Look how much she hath been  
a proud Luxurious Liver,  
So much inflict her torments strict,  
and so much sorrow give her.   

For thus, within her heart,  
I sit a Queen, saith she:  
No desolate poor widow's state,  
nor sorrow shall I see.  
And therefore shall her plagues  
come on her in one day:  
Famine, and death, and mournful breath  
to make her pine away.   

And she shall utterly  
be burnt with fire at length,  
For God the Lord, that doth reward  
and judge her, hath such strength.    

HYMN 108. Charity's Qualifications.  
1 Cor. 13.4, 5.  

LOng-suffering is Charity:  
and most exceeding kind:  
It envies not, nor vaunts itself,  
nor is puffed up in mind▪  
Doth not unseemly bear itself,  
it seeketh not its own:  
Is not provoked easily,  
and evil it thinks none.   

6, 7, 8.  
It Joys not in iniquity,  
but in the truth takes joy:  
Believes, and bears, endures and hopes  
in all things patiently.  
And Charity fails not at all,  
but Prophecies shall fail:  
And Tongues shall cease, and Knowledge fade,  
but Love shall still prevail.   

13.  
And now do Faith and Hope abide,  
and Charity, these three:  
But that which is most magnified,  
is Love and Charity.    

HYMN 109. Chastisement.  
Heb. 12.5, 6.  

THE castigation of thy God,  
my Son do not despise:  
And when rebuked by his Rod  
faint not in any wise.  
For whom he loves he never leaves  
without chastisement fit:  
And every Son whom he receives  
must to his scourge submit.   

7, 8.  
By his chastisement if he bleed,  
Sonlike you have your lot:  
For what Son is there whom indeed,  
the Father chast'neth not.  
But if ye no chastisement bear,  
which all partake of here:  
Then Bastards verily ye are,  
and not his Children dear.   

11.  
And now, indeed, no chastening  
doth, for the present, seem  
A joyous, but a grievous thing,  
as usually we deem.  
But afterward, it, nevertheless,  
doth yield us evidently  
The peaceful fruits of righteousness,  
when exercised thereby.    

HYMN 110. Christ his Benefits.  
Eph 1.3. 1 Cor. 1.30.  

BLessed be God that of his grace  
hath us so richly stored  
With spiritual gifts in heavenly place,  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.  
Made to us wisdom, righteousness,  
and sanctifying grace;  
Redemption also, to possess  
the purchased heavenly place.   

2 Cor. 5.21. Joh. 14.6. Eph. 2.18.  
Made also to be sin for us,  
who from all sin was free,  
That we the perfect righteousness  
of God, in Christ, might be.  
The way, the truth, and life he is,  
and thorough him alone  
We, by one Spirit, have access  
unto the Holy One.   

Col. 3.11.  
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew;  
nor Sex of great or small,  
Barbarian, Scythian, bond or free,  
but Christ is all in all.   

2 PART. Rom. 8.1, 2.  
There is no condemnation now  
to them that are in Christ:  
Who by the Spirit walk with God,  
not as by flesh enti●'d.  
Because the Law of Spirit and Life,  
which is in Christ our Lord,  
Hath made us free from force of sin,  
and us from death restored.   

3. Gal. 4.4. 1▪ Pet. 1.8.  
For when the Law was weak through Flesh,  
and had no strength to save,  
God sent his Son of Virgin-seed,  
and him to us he gave:  
Whom having never seen we love,  
and through belief (no less)  
Rejoice with joy unspeakable,  
and full of gloriousness.   

Judas 25. Rev. 4.13.  
God only wise our Saviour,  
that on the Throne doth sit,  
Have honour, glory, praise and power,  
for ever, so be it.    

HYMN 111. Christ's Commission.  
Mat. 10.1, 8.  

WHenas our Lord had called his twelve  
he gave them power at large  
Against all Devils and Disease;  
and thus he gave them charge:  
Go heal the sick, the Leprous cleanse,  
the dead men cause to live:  
Cast Devils out, your grant is free,  
and therefore freely give.   

14, 15, 16.  
Whoso receives or he●rs you not,  
it shall be far more ease  
For Sodom, and Gomorrah's Land,  
at judgement than for these.  
Behold as Sheep in midst of Wolves,  
I send you forth, saith he:  
The Serpent's wisdom therefore use,  
and Doves simplicity.   

2. PART.  
Mat 28.18, 19  

Behold all power is given me  
in Heaven, and Earth likewise:  
Go therefore into all the world,  
and Nations gospelize.   

Baptise them in the Father's Name,  
in every Land and Coast:  
And in the Name of God the Son,  
and of the Holy Ghost.   

20. Rev. 19.16. Gal. 1.5.  
And teach them to observe and do  
whatever I command:  
And I, behold, am now with you,  
and while the world doth stand.  
To Christ the King of Kings therefore,  
and Lord of Lords most high,  
Be praise, and glory evermore  
to all eternity.     

HYMN 112. Communion of Saints.  
Heb. 12.22, 23.  

NOW are we come to Zion Mount,  
the City of abode,  
The Heavenly Jerusalem,  
where dwells the living God.  
To Hosts of Angels numberless,  
and to th' assembly there,  
The General Church of God's first born,  
whose names in Heaven appear.   

24. Mat. 25.32.  
And unto God the Judge of all  
(on whom the world must wait)  
And to the Spirits of all just men,  
made perfect in that State.  
To Jesus Mediator of  
the covenant now made new,  
Who●e sprinkled blood speaks better things  
than Abel●s blood could do.   

Rev. 5.13.  
Blessing, and glory, and renown,  
then give we altogether,  
To him that on the Throne sits down,  
and to the Lamb for ever.    

HYMN 113. Confession of Christ.  
Mat. 10.32. Rom. 10.10.  

HIM that confesseth me to men,  
will I, saith Christ, record,  
And will acknowledge him again,  
before my heavenly Lord.  
For man believes to righteousness,  
with humble heart alone:  
And with the tongue doth man confess  
unto Salvation.   

1 Tim 3.16.  
This Mystery of Godliness  
is very great and high▪  
God manifested in the flesh,  
the Spirit did justify.  
The blessed Angels saw his face,  
his word the Gentiles heard:  
Believed on in the world he was,  
to God's right hand preferred.    

HYMN 114. Confession of Sin.  
All People, etc.  
Heb. 1.13. Dan. 9.6.  

O Lord that art of purer eye  
than to behold iniquity:  
We all have sinned, we confess,  
and have committed wickedness.   

Isa. 59.12. Ezr. 9.6.  
Our trespasses against us show,  
our sins we cannot choose but know:  
For they are swollen above our head,  
and are unto the Heavens spread.   

Luke 15.18.  
O Father we have grievously  
offended Thee, that dwellest on high;  
Unworthy to be owned therefore,  
as thy dear Children any more.   

Ezra 9.13. Ezek. 18.32.  
Yet hast thou never punished sin,  
so much as our deserts have been:  
Nor is the death of him that dies  
a matter pleasing in thine eyes.   

Neh. 9.27. Ezek. 13.32.  
For thou art unto anger slow,  
and dost with grace and mercy flow:  
Thou art most ready to forgive,  
therefore let us return and live.    

HYMN 115. Confidence in God.  
O Lord consider, etc.  
Hab. 3.17, 18.  

ALthough the figtree shall not spring,  
although the Vine no grape shall yield,  
The Olive fail her fruit to bring,  
nor any food be in the field.  
The flock be cut off from the fold,  
no beasts can in the stalls be had:  
Yet in the Lord my joys shall hold,  
in God my Saviour I●le be glad.    

HYMN 116. The Conquest.  
All People, etc.  
Deut. 33.26, to the end.  

THere is not one ('tis truly said)  
like Jeshurun's great God on high,  
Who rides on heaven for thy aid,  
with excellency on the sky.  
Th' eternal God thy refuge is,  
his everlasting Arms thy stay:  
He will thrust out thine enemies:  
before thee, saying, kill and slay.   

Then Isr'el shall dwell safe, unmixed,  
and on a Land of Corn and Wine;  
There Jacob's Fountain shall he fixed,  
the Heavens dropping on his Vine.  
O happy Isr'el! we record,  
whom like to thee doth God advance?  
O people saved by the Lord!  
the shield of thy deliverance.   

Thy excellency's Sword is he,  
and all thy foes of foreign Powers  
Shall be found liars unto thee,  
and thou shalt tread on their high Towers.    

HYMN 117. Conscience.  
2 Tim. 1.5. Prov. 4.23. Act. 21.16.  

THE end of all the Law is Love,  
out of an heart unstained:  
A conscience that we can approve,  
and out of Faith unfeigned.  
Keep, then, your heart with diligence  
with all the care you can:  
A Conscience void of all offence,  
both towards God and Man.   

Heb. 10.22. 2 Cor. 1.12. 1 Joh. 3.21.  
And so draw near with upright heart,  
with faith both full and sure,  
Our Conscience cleansed, our Bodies washed  
with Baptism-water pure.  
And our rejoicing shall be this,  
our consciences attest:  
For if our hearts condemn us not,  
on God we boldly rest.    

HYMN 118. Contentation.  
Prov. 30.8, 9  

LORD give me neither poverty,  
nor too abundant store:  
Give me to live conveniently,  
and I desire no more.  
Not riches, Lord, too largely deal,  
lest pride should be my bane:  
Nor poverty, lest I should steal,  
and take God's Name in vain.   

Phil. 4.11, 12. Heb. 13.5.  
And teach me, if my state be scant,  
or if I fullness find,  
To know how to abound, or want,  
with a contented mind.  
And let my conversation still  
be void of covetousness:  
For God hath said, I never will  
forsake thee in distress.    

HYMN 119. Covenant-Grace.  
Give laud, etc.  
Isa. 55.1, 2, 3.  

HO, all that thirst and pine,  
come to the waters here:  
And, ye that have no coin  
Come buy, and eat good cheer:  
O Come, I say,  
Buy milk and wine, without your coin,  
without your pay.   

Why do ye money spend  
for that which is not bread,  
And labour to no end,  
not b●ing filled or fed?  
Hark diligently,  
And eat ye food, both fat and good,  
to your souls joy.   

Incline your ear, and come  
hear, and your soul shall live,  
And I will make you room,  
and I to you will give  
My Covenant-grace:  
The mercies sure, which shall endure  
to David's race.   

2. PART.  
Give laud, etc.  
Ezek. 36.25.  

Besprinkle you will I,  
wi●h water that shall cleanse:  
And I will purify  
your conscience by this means  
from Idols then,  
And all excess of filthiness  
I'll make you clean.   

26.  
I will in you create  
a heart with grace refined:  
I will regenerate  
the Spirit of your mind:  
your heart of stone  
I will remove, and make it prove  
a tender one.   

27.  
My Spirit I will place  
within you, and will cause  
That you shall (by my grace)  
walk in my Statute-Laws;  
so that ye shall  
Observe with trust my judgements just,  
and do them all.    

3. PART.  
Give laud, etc.  
Heb. 10, 11.  

And this shall be (in sum)  
the Covenant of my word▪  
Made good, in days to come,  
to Isr'el, saith the Lord:  
My Laws will I  
Put in their hearts, and inward parts,  
effectually.   

12.  
And they shall all know me,  
together great and small:  
And gracious I will be  
to their offences all.  
Their sins therefore  
And doings ill, I never will  
remember more.   

Jer. 32.40.  
My people then shall they  
be styled, and I their God,  
Nor will I turn away  
from doing of them good:  
My fear shall be  
In them so put, that they shall not  
depart from me:    

4. PART.  
Jer. 50.5.  

They shall inquire the way  
with faces Sion-ward,  
Come, join ye, shall they say,  
in Covenant with the Lord,  
such as shall bind  
Perpetually, and never be  
put out of mind.   

32, 39  
And I will give them all  
one heart, and way, saith God,  
And fear me then they shall,  
for ever, for their good:  
Their good always,  
And of their Sons and little ones  
in after days.   

Ezek. 34.23. Zech. 14.9.  
One Shepherd I will place  
over my pasture stock  
(A King of David's race)  
and he shall feed my Flock:  
Then shall there be  
One Lord alone, and his name one,  
in midst of thee.     

HYMN 120. Counsel of Christ.  
Rev. 3.18.  

I Counsel thee to buy of me  
Gold tried in the fire:  
And white array to make thee rich,  
and trim in thine attire.  
That in this dress, thy nakedness  
and shame may not appear:  
With eye salve then anoint thine eyes,  
to make thy eyesight clear.   

19, 20.  
All whom I love I do reprove  
with wholesome chastisement:  
Be zealous therefore in my way,  
and of thy sloth repent.  
Behold how I, most graciously,  
stand at the door and knock,  
If any man attend to me,  
and will the door unlock,   

21, 22.  
I will come in and sup with him,  
and he with me▪ alone,  
And he that overcomes with me,  
shall sit upon my Throne.  
Who hath an ear, now let him hear,  
what things the Spirit saith  
Unto the Churches, every where,  
to keep them in their Faith.    

HYMN 121. CREED.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord consider.  
Gal. 1.8. 1 Cor. 3.11. Eph. 2.20.  

SHould we another Gospel preach,  
or if a glorious Angel durst  
Contrary to our Doctrine teach,  
let him be holden as accursed.  
Other foundation none can lay,  
than what is laid, to build upon,  
Namely what Holy Scriptures say,  
Christ that is made chief cornerstone.   

Eph. 4.4, 5. 1 Co. 8.7. Eph. 1.7. Ro. 4. ult. 25.  
One Body, and one Spirit free,  
one hope, whereto we have our Call:  
One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,  
one God, and Father of us all.  
One Jesus Christ, in whom we have  
redemption, through his precious blood,  
Who died for us, from sin to save,  
and rose to make th' assurance good.   

Ro. 8.34 Jo. 2.3. Luk. 24.47 Act. 26.18. Heb. 1.3.  
Who by the word of his command  
made and upholds whatever is:  
Who sits enthroned at God's right hand,  
and intercedeth there for his.  
Repentance preached in his Name,  
and free remission of our sin:  
That we th● inheritance might claim,  
among the Saints by faith in him.   

Heb. 6.1. Act. 3.19. Mat. 24.35. Luk▪ 1.45.  
The Resurrection of the Flesh,  
and the eternal Judgement Day:  
When Christ his Presence shall refresh,  
and Heaven and Earth shall pass away.  
Blessed are they that have believed,  
for every thing, and every word  
Shall be accomplished, and achieved,  
that hath been spoken by the Lord.    

Deborah's Song.  
Judg. 5.2, 3.  

SIng praise, O Israel, to the Lord,  
that hath avenged thee:  
When as the people went to fight,  
offering themselves so free.  
Ye Kings give ear, ye Princes hear,  
I, even I will sing,  
And sweetly raise my voice in praise,  
to Israel's mighty King.   

8.6, 7, 10.  
My heart is towards the Governors  
that did their help afford:  
Offering themselves so willingly,  
wherefore bless ye the Lord.  
Ye travellers, and passengers,  
and ye that ride in state,  
And ye that yet in judgement sit  
now speak it in the Gate.   

11.6, 7.  
They that are freed from frightful noise  
of Archers at the Well,  
Shall oft rehearse God's righteous Acts,  
his Acts to Israel.  
The Passengers were wanderers  
in by-paths up and down:  
And none could dwell in Israel,  
but in a walled Town.   

2. PART.  
12, 19  

Awake, awake, O Deborah!  
rise, Barak, sing a Song:  
Abinoam's Son, thy captives lead;  
thy captives lead along.  
There fought the Kings, hard by the springs,  
of great Megiddoes plain:  
But brought away no prize nor prey,  
to glory of their gain.   

30, 20.  
Curse Meroz (said God's Angel then)  
curse Meroz bitterly:  
That would not help the Lord against  
a potent Enemy.  
But there were those against our foes  
that fought from Heaven that day:  
The Stars in course, did fight with force  
against keen Sisera.   

27, 31.  
At Jael's feet he bowed, he fell;  
he bowed and fell down dead:  
She smote and pierced his temples through,  
and then cut off his head.  
So perish those that are thy foes,  
but, Lord, let all thy Lovers  
Be like the Sun, when he (at noon)  
his brightest beams discovers.     

HYMN 123. Diligence in Duties.  
Phil. 2.12. 2 Pet. 1.8, 10.  

WORK out your own salvation  
with trembling and with fear,  
That barren ye may neither be,  
nor fruitless plants appear.  
But use all circumspection  
that ye may so find out  
Your Calling and Election,  
to make it out of doubt.   

5, 6.  
Add to your Faith the Virtuous Path,  
to Virtue Knowledge knit:  
With this advance sweet Temperance,  
and Patience join to it.  
To Patience add true Piety,  
with Piety express  
The Kindness that is Brotherly,  
and Charitableness.   

5, 10, 11.  
Besides all this ye may not miss  
of Diligence in all:  
For if ye do these things pursue,  
then can ye never fall.  
Opening a door of large extent  
(by this devout behaviour)  
Into the Kingdom permanent  
of Christ our Lord and Saviour.    

HYMN 124. Dragon's Downfall.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Rev. 12.10, 11.  

NOW is salvation come abroad,  
The strength and Kingdom of our God:  
now hath his Christ extolled his might,  
For the Accusers made to fall,  
He that accused our Brethren all,  
before our God, both day and night:  
And him they quelled and overcame  
By the pure blood of Christ the Lamb  
and by their testimony true:  
For by that double-edged Sword  
(The witness of their faithful word)  
this enemy they overthrew.   

12.  
Nor did they spare their utmost breath,  
Nor love their lives unto the death,  
but boldly laid down all at stake:  
Therefore, ye Heavens, lift up your voice,  
And ye that dwell in them rejoice,  
in this Salvation to partake.  
But woe to you, to you, O Sirs,  
The Earth and Seas inhabiters,  
guilty of our Accuser's Crime:  
For Satan is come down to you,  
Having great wrath, because he knew  
he now must have but little time.   

11.17.7.10, 12.  
We give thee thanks with one consent:  
O Lord, our God omnipotent,  
Which art, and waste, and art to come:  
For thou hast taken unto thee  
Thy great power and Authority  
and reigned with Jesus Christ thy Son.  
Salvation to our God therefore,  
Wisdom, and blessing evermore  
to him that on the Throne doth sit:  
And to the Lamb be glory bright,  
Thanksgiving, honour, power, and might:  
Amen, say we, and so be it.    

HYMN 125. Easy Yoke.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Mat. 11.28.  

COME to me, saith the Lord,  
All ye that are oppressed,  
And grieved within, by weight of sin,  
and I will give you rest.   

Take on you my sweet yoke,  
and learn of me this Art,  
How meek to be and like to me,  
that am of humble heart.   

So shall your souls find rest,  
not to be had elsewhere:  
My yoke alone's an easy one,  
my burden light to bear.    

HYMN 126. Errors and Heresies to be avoided.  
Gal. 5.1. Eph. 4.14.  

STand steadfastly in liberty,  
wherewith ye are made free:  
And in the yoke which Christ hath broke  
no more entangled be.  
Nor childishly transported by  
loose Doctrines various wind:  
Through their deceit that lie in wait,  
beguiled souls to blind.   

15. 1 Thes. 5.21, 24.  
But speaking truth in love thereof,  
(and not by error led)  
Grow up and spring in every thing,  
in him which is the Head.  
Prove all (be sure) keep what is pure,  
eat all that seemeth ill:  
Faithful is he that calleth thee,  
who also will fulfil.   

2. PART.  
Col. 2.8. 2 Cor. 11.19.  

Beware lest by Philosophy,  
and vain deceit enticed,  
Ye follow men's traditions,  
which are not after Christ.  
For Heresies must needs arise,  
and Sects with you be found,  
That such as be from error free  
may be approved sound.   

2 Pet. 3.17, 18.  
Be careful then lest wicked men  
should draw you to digress,  
And there withal you strangely fall  
from your own steadfastness.  
But grow apace in Heavenly Grace  
and knowledge of our Lord:  
To whom always be given praise  
of all with one accord.     

HYMN 127. Esaies' Song of Thanksgiving.  
O Lord Consider. Or, All People, etc.  
Isa. ch. 12.  

LORD, I will praise thee now this day,  
though thou wast angry with me sore,  
Thine anger now thou turn'st away,  
and all my comforts dost restore.  
Behold, God is my Saviour strong,  
I will confide, as not afraid:  
For great Jehovah is my Song,  
also my strength and saving aid.   

Therefore by means of this supply,  
possessed with joy and great delight,  
Ye shall draw water plenteously  
out of the wells of saving might.  
Then shall ye say, O praise the Lord,  
call on his Name, declare his deeds  
Among the people, and record  
how far his noble Fame exceeds.   

Sing to the Lord the sweetest Hymns  
of solemn praise with joy and mirth,  
For he hath done most excellent things,  
this is well known in all the Earth.  
Oh thou that dost in Zion dwell,  
cry out and shout, for thou dost see  
The Holy one of Israel  
is mighty in the midst of thee.    

Esaie's Triumphant Song.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Isa. 26.1, 2, 4, 5.  

WE have a City very strong,  
God sets Salvation all along,  
for Walls and Bulwarks every where:  
Now open ye the Gates for them  
Of righteous Jerusalem,  
which keep the truth, to enter there.  
And since the Lord Jehovah is  
Th' eternal Rock of strength to his,  
in his great Name for ever trust:  
He gives the proud the overthrow,  
He lays the lofty City low,  
flat to the ground, and to the dust.   

8, 10, 11.  
Yea, Lord, in thine own judgement's way,  
We waited for thee every day,  
our Souls desire is to thy Name:  
But let thy favour be declared  
To wicked men, they'll not regard,  
nor learn Religion by the same:  
But most unjustly will transgress,  
Here in the Land of uprightness,  
and will not see God's Majesty:  
But they shall see, and see with shame,  
And feel, as foes, thy fiery flame,  
for envying our felicity.   

2. PART.  
Isa▪ 16.18, 19,  

Lord, we have been with child in vain,  
And we have been in grievous pain,  
and as it were, brought forth the wind:  
For by our power we have not wrought,  
The least deliverance can be thought,  
in all the Earth in any kind.  
Nor have the dwellers on the earth  
Fallen by the powers that we put forth,  
but by thy strength are under trod.  
For, Lord, thou wilt ordain, at last,  
True peace for us, because thou hast  
wrought all our work in us, O God.   

20, 21.  
O come, my people, enter thou,  
Into thy secret chambers now,  
and shut thy doors about thee fast:  
And hide thyself now as it were  
But for a little moment there,  
until the wrath be overpast.  
For lo the Lord comes from his place,  
To punish this ungodly race  
for wickedness that they maintain:  
The Earth shall also now disclose  
The bloodshed of our barbarous foes,  
and shall no more conceal her slain.     

HYMN 129. Example of Saints.  
Ephes. 5.1, 2. Heb. 6.12.  

BRethren, be followers of the Lord,  
as Children dear and true:  
And walk in love with one accord,  
as Christ hath loved you.  
And be not slack through negligence,  
but followers of their spirit  
That through Faith and Patience  
the Promises inherit.   

13.7. Mat. 5.16.  
Whose Faith likewise do ye pursue,  
considering the end,  
And blessed issue whereunto  
Their conversations tend.  
And let your light so shine to men,  
by what good works they see,  
That God your heavenly Father then  
much glorified may be.    

Ezekiel's Infant.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Ezek. 16.3, 5, 6.  

THUS saith the Lord to Israel,  
Thy birth and birthplace know I well,  
of Canaan's cursed Land to be:  
And in the day when thou wast born,  
Thou wast cast out to open scorn,  
there was no eye to pity thee.  
And when I saw thee (passing by)  
Polluted in thy blood to lie:  
behold it was the time of love,  
When in thy blood thou didst remain,  
I said to thee, and said again,  
Live, Infant, Live, blest from above.   

8.11, 14.  
Then over thee my skirt I spread,  
Thy nakedness I covered,  
I swore to thee, and made thee mine:  
With ornaments I did thee deck,  
I put a Chain upon thy neck,  
and Bracelets on those hands of thine:  
And thy renown for beauty, then,  
Went forth among the heathen men,  
that praised it with one accord:  
For, true, it was a perfect dress,  
Through my exceeding comeliness,  
which I put on thee, saith the Lord▪    

HYMN 131. Faith praised.  
Heb. 11.1, 2, 13.  

FAith is the substance of those things  
which once we hope to get:  
And the assured evidence  
of things not seen as yet.  
By it the Elders have obtained  
a good report and fame:  
And died boldly in this Faith,  
before the Promise came.   

6. Rom. 4.3.  
But without Faith and Confidence,  
as Scriptures clearly say,  
It is a thing impossible  
to please God any way.  
For he that comes to God must trust  
that God is God most high:  
And the rewarder of them all  
that seek him diligently.   

Gal. 3.7, 9  
Know then that they that are of Faith,  
are all of Abraham's seed,  
And blest with faithful Abraham,  
that are of faith indeed.    

HYMN 132. Faith Proved.  
Jam. 1.14, 20.  

WHAT profits it, my Brethren dear,  
if any person saith  
That he hath faith, and hath not works,  
is that a saving Faith?  
But wilt thou know, O thou vain man,  
that Faith by Works unknown,  
Is not a living Faith, but dead,  
it being all alone.   

26. Gal. 5.6.  
For as that body is but dead  
the which no breath supplies:  
So Faith that is not perfected  
by Works, is dead likewise.  
And neither circumcision,  
avails with God above:  
Nor yet uncircumcision,  
but Faith that works by Love.    

HYMN 133. God's Glittering Sword.  
Deut. 32.39,— 43.  

I Kill, saith God, and make alive,  
I wound, and heal, alone;  
And there is none with me can strive,  
to rescue any one.   

For I lift up my hand on high  
to heaven above, and say,  
Behold I live eternally,  
and am without decay.   

If once my hand with Judgement close,  
and whets my glittering Sword,  
With vengeance on my hateful Foes,  
I'll execute my Word:   

I'll make mine Arrows drunk with blood,  
my Sword shall flesh devour,  
The slain and captives shall be food  
from the revenging hour.   

Rejoice ye Nations with his Land  
to whom he will be good:  
And (while his foes shall feel his hand)  
avenge his Servants blood.    

HYMN 134. Government.  
2 Sam. 23.1. Deut. 16.20. 2 Cor. 4.4.1.17. 2 Chr. 19.6. Psal. 82.1.  

THE Prince that Ruleth over men  
must be exceeding just:  
And govern in the fear of God  
that putteth him in trust.  
Because the judgement is not man's  
but God's (the judge on high)  
Who sits among these earthly Gods,  
to judge most righteously.   

Rom. 13.1.5. 1 Tim. 2.2.  
And every soul must needs submit  
unto the powers supreme:  
And, not for wrath, but conscience sake,  
be subject unto them.  
And pray for Kings and Rulers all,  
that we, through their defence,  
May live in Peace, and Godliness,  
with all good conscience.   

2 Cor. 5.10.  
For we must every one appear,  
and personally come  
Before the Judgement seat of Christ,  
there to receive our doom.  
As hath been in the body done  
by each man (bond or free)  
And as the work is good or bad,  
so shall his sentence be.   

2. PART.  
1 Thes. 5.12, 13. 1 Pet. 4.10.  

Obey those Rulers over you  
that warn you in the Lord:  
And, for their work-sake prise them much  
that preach to you the Word.  
As each man hath received the gift  
let him discharge his place:  
As good and faithful Ministers  
of God's abundant grace.   

1 Th. 5.14. 2 Th. 3.6, 14. 1 Tim. 5.22.  
Warn the unruly, help the weak,  
support them lest they fall:  
Comfort the feeble-minded ones,  
be patient towards all.  
Withdraw from the inordinate,  
to shame them from their sin:  
And no way be partakers of  
the sins that such live in.   

Heb. 12.15, 16. 1 Cor. 14.26, 33.  
And let no root of bitterness,  
no person vain and vile,  
Spring up with you to trouble you,  
and many to defile.  
Let all be done to edify,  
for God's the God of peace,  
In all the Churches of the Saints,  
to make disorders cease.   

2 Cor. 13.11. Rom. 13.8.  
And live in peace and holiness,  
whereto ye have your call:  
And then the God of love and Peace  
shall still be with you all.  
And owe to no man any thing,  
but one to love another,  
For 'tis the Laws accomplishing,  
to be a perfect Lover.    

3. PART.  
Eph. 6.1, 2, 4.  

Obey your Parents in the Lord,  
ye Children, as 'tis fit:  
This is the first Commandment,  
with Promise made to it.  
Parents, provoke not unto wrath  
your Children, in their youth:  
But bring them up in fear of God,  
and nurture of his Truth.   

5.6, 9  
Servants, obey your Masters will  
with reverential fear:  
Not with eye-service, pleasing men,  
but as Christ's servants dear.  
And, Masters, do your Servants right  
knowing ye have on high  
A Master who hath no respect  
of Persons partially.   

Rev. 1.7.22.12.  
Behold, he cometh in the Clouds,  
whom every eye shall see:  
And every man shall have reward  
so as his works shall be.     

HYMN 135. Government of the Tongue.  
Jam. 1.26. Mat. 12.36.  

IF he that seems religious  
doth not his tongue refrain,  
That man's Religion, verily,  
is altogether vain.  
For, sure, of every idle word  
that any man shall say,  
He is to give account thereof  
at God's great Judgement day.   

5.22. Jam. 3.2.  
Rash anger shall be judged a sin,  
contemptuous speech goes higher:  
And he that saith, thou fool, shall be  
in danger of hell fire.  
But not to sin in Word or Tongue  
doth testify and tell  
A perfect man, and one that can  
rule all the body well.    

HYMN 136. Harvest.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Mat. 9.37, 38.  

THE Harvest, truly Sirs,  
is very great to view:  
But lo, the faithful Labourers  
are but a very few:  
Pray ye the Lord therefore,  
whose own the Harvest is,  
To send out Labourers good store  
into this field of his.   

Joh. 4.35, 36. Phil. 4.17.  
That he that doth engage  
to sow and reap, or either,  
May have eternal life for wage,  
and both rejoice together.  
And that our fruit amount  
(as we desire and pray)  
Abundantly to our account,  
in that great Harvest-day.    

HYMN 137. High and lofty One.  
O Lord Consider, etc.  
Isa. 57.15.  

THUS saith the high and lofty One,  
inhabiting Eternity,  
Whose Name is Holy; be it known,  
I dwell in Holy place on high.  
Also with him that is contrite,  
whose humble Spirit sighs and groans,  
To cheer the humbled in my sight,  
to cheer the heart of contrite ones.   

16.66.2.  
For, still, contending with the frail,  
and keeping anger unallayed,  
The Spirits would before me fail,  
and those poor souls which I have made.  
But unto him will I be sure  
to look with favour, saith the Lord,  
That is in Spirit meek, and poor,  
and trembles at my Holy Word.    

HYMN 138. Humiliation.  
Host 6.1.  

COme now, and let us search and try  
the ways that we have trod:  
And turn again unfeignedly  
unto the Lord our God:  
For he hath torn and put to pain,  
and he hath made the wound;  
And he will bind it up again,  
and make us whole and sound.   

3. Jam. 4.9.  
After two days he will revive,  
and raise us up the third:  
And set us in his sight alive,  
that felt so sharp a Sword.  
Be then afflicted, weep and mourn,  
(repentance to express)  
Your laughter into mourning turn,  
your joy to heaviness.   

10. Mic. 6.9. Joel 2.13.  
Hear him that smiteth and the Rod,  
humble yourselves and stoop:  
Cast down yourselves in sight of God,  
and he shall raise you up.  
For he is gracious, merciful,  
and unto anger slack:  
Of kindness great, and one that will  
his judgements soon call back.    

HYMN 139. Idolatry Forbidden.  
1 Cor. 10.14.22. 2 Cor. 6.14.  

FLEE fast from all Idolatry,  
from Idols keep you free:  
Provoke we God to Jealousy?  
are we more strong than he?  
With Belial can Christ accord?  
or can these things unite  
The house of Idols and our Lord,  
the darkness and the light?   

15, 16, 17, 18.  
Unrighteousness, can that combine  
with righteousness to dwell?  
Or can the true believer join  
with any Infidel?  
Be therefore separate and clear,  
and all uncleanness flee:  
And ye my Sons and Daughters dear,  
and I your God shall be.   

Rev. 3.4.  
For but a few do walk aright,  
and keep their Garments fair:  
And these shall walk with me in white,  
for worthy Saints they are.    

HYMN 140. Jew and Gentiles Call.  
Rom. 11.26.15.  

THERE cometh a Deliverer  
from Zion hill on high,  
To turn away ungodliness  
from Jacob's Family.  
For if the World be reconciled  
by casting them away,  
Much more shall their return be styled  
life from the dead that day.   

26, 27.16.  
And then all Israel shall be saved,  
(as Scripture doth declare)  
Because the Gifts and Calls of God  
without repentance are.  
For if the first-fruits Holy be,  
the lump is Holy too:  
And if the root yield sanctity,  
so shall the branches do.   

2. PART.  
Rom. 11.32, 33.  

Yet now hath God adjudged the Jews  
by unbelief to fall,  
That he might this occasion choose,  
to show his grace to all.  
O depth of riches infinite!  
and wisdom of our God  
His Judgements O how past our sight!  
his Tracks O how untrod!   

34, 35, 36.  
For who hath known the mind of God,  
or lent his counsels aid?  
Or who hath given unto him,  
and it shall be repaid?  
For of, and through him are all,  
and pass to him again:  
To whom be praise of great and small  
for evermore, Amen.     

HYMN 141. Jew and Gentiles fullness held out in many Promises.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Isa. 66.8.  

OH who hath heard of such a thing,  
As now God's power to pass doth bring?  
or who hath seen such things as these?  
For shall a Land (can any say)  
Be made to bring forth in a day?  
are Nations born at once with ease?  
Before that Zion traveled,  
She presently was brought to bed,  
and brought forth Sons by heavenly aid,  
Before she travelled she brought forth,  
Before her pain she brought the birth,  
and of a sweet Manchild was laid.   

54.1.66.9.  
Break out, O barren Church, and sing  
Thou that didst (once) no Children bring,  
let joyful Songs take up thy life:  
Thus saith the Lord of thine estate,  
The Children of the desolate  
are more than of the married Wife.  
For shall I bring it to the birth,  
And then not bring the Children forth,  
saith the Almighty Sovereign Lord?  
Or shall I cause to bring forth some,  
And then untimely shut the womb,  
thy God, O Zion, spoke this word.   

2. PART.  
Isa. 66.10, 11, 12.  

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,  
And let her lovers (all of them)  
in her spiritual joys partake:  
Rejoice, I say, lift up your voice,  
Be glad with her, and much rejoice,  
all ye that mourned for her sake.  
That ye may suck, and take your fill  
Of Consolations, which distil  
in plenty, from your Mother's breast:  
Then shall ye suck (danced on Her knee)  
Milk out, and much delighted be  
with her abundant gloriousness.   

54.7, 8, 60.18.  
Though for a very little space,  
Angry I was▪ and hid my face,  
and thou wast termed desolate:  
Yet will I gather thee again  
With kindnesses that shall remain,  
and bear an everlasting date.  
Destruction shall no more be heard  
Within thy Land, nor wasting feared,  
nor violence be in thy ways:  
But throughout thy borders all,  
Thy Walls Salvation they shall call,  
and give thy Gates the Name of praise.    

3 PART.  
Isa. 51.1, 5.54.2.2. ch. 4.  

Harken, O people, and give ear,  
My Righteousness is drawing near,  
my saving health I will disclose;  
My Arm shall judge the heathen men,  
The Isles shall wait upon me then,  
and on my power shall they repose.  
Enlarge and spread thy Tents apace,  
(And Curtains of thy dwelling place)  
lengthen thy Cords, and stretch them far:  
And men shall break their Swords and Spears  
To pruning hooks and Ploughing shares,  
nor shall they any more learn War.   

11.6.49.23.60.20, 22, 23.  
The Wolf and Lamb shall jointly feed,  
The Leopard with the Calf and Kid,  
the Lion and the Youngling fat:  
Thy Nursing-fathers' Kings shall be,  
Queens Nursing-mothers' unto thee,  
they shall bow down before thee flat.  
Thy Sun shall never more decline,  
Nor yet thy Moon desist to shine,  
for God's thy everlasting light:  
A little one shall thousands bring,  
Strong Nations from a small one spring,  
and all thy people shall be right.    

4. PART.  
Isa. 66.12.60.4.66.13.  

Behold (saith God) I will extend  
The peace of Israel far-an-end,  
that like a River it shall seem:  
Then shall the glorious Dignity  
Of the converted Gentiles be  
like to an overflowing stream.  
Thy Sons shall come from far and wide,  
And (to be nursed at thy side)  
thy Daughters from the earth's far ends.  
Then will I sweetly comfort them,  
That dwell in my Jerusalem,  
as one whom his dear Mother tends.   

14, 24. Psal. 149.5. Isa. 35.10.  
Which when ye see, your heart shall joy,  
Your bones shall flourish wondrously,  
like a sweet herb that freshly grows.  
Then shall the hand of God be known,  
Towards his Servants every one,  
and his displeasure towards his foes:  
For lo, their worm shall never die,  
Their fire shall burn perpetually,  
and not be quenched night nor day:  
But Saints shall shout upon their beds,  
Eternal joy shall crown their heads,  
sorrow and sighs shall flee away.     

HYMN 142. Imperfection.  
Eccl. 7.20. Jam 3.2. 1 Cor. 10.12.  

THere is not any in the earth,  
(through all the coasts of it)  
A righteous man, that still doth good,  
and doth no sin commit.  
For, verily, in many things,  
we sin, and trespass, all:  
Let him therefore that thinks he stands  
be careful lest he fall.   

Gal. 6.1. Eph. 4.32.  
And if by imperfection,  
ye see a man transgress,  
Restore him, ye spiritual ones  
with love, and gentleness;  
And kind and tenderhearted be,  
forgiving mutually,  
As God for Christ his sake forgave  
all your iniquity.   

2. PART.  
Gal. 5.17. Rom. 7.23.  

The Spirit wars against the Flesh,  
and this with that doth fight:  
So that ye cannot do such things  
as ye would do, aright:  
We, in our members find a Law  
averse to that within:  
And bringing in captivity  
unto the Law of sin.   

Jam. 5.16, 20.  
Confess your faults, then, mutually,  
And pray for one another:  
That so ye may be healed thereby,  
and grace afresh recover.  
Who turns a sinner from the path  
wherein he went aside,  
Shall thereby save a soul from wrath,  
and numerous sins shall hide.     

HYMN 143. Joys of Heaven.  
Rev. 22.14.3.  

BLessed are they whose only strife  
is God's good Law to do:  
That they may taste the tree of Life,  
and have a right thereto.  
And that they may have entrance all  
into the City Gate,  
There, where no curse can ever fall  
to alter their Estate.   

4,  
But there the Throne of God shall be,  
and Christ the Lamb's high Throne:  
And there his Servants shall be free  
to serve the holy One.  
And they shall see his blessed face,  
and bear his glorious Name,  
Which on their foreheads shall have place,  
his Image to proclaim.   

5.  
And there, there shall ensue no night,  
(as if their day were done:)  
Nor have they need of candlelight,  
or shining of the Sun.  
For God the Lord (●●om whom it springs)  
shall give them light on high:  
And they shall reign, as crowned Kings  
to all Eternity.    

HYMN 144. Judgment-Day Forewarned.  
Joh. 5 28, 29.  

THE day and hour is drawing nigh,  
when all the dead must hear  
The voice of him that is most high,  
and shall forthwith appear.  
All they to sure Salvation  
whose works are good and right:  
And they to condemnation  
in evil that delight.   

Prov. 12.28. Rom. 6.23. Gal. 6.8.  
For life is found in righteous ways,  
no death can be therein:  
But death the certain wages pays  
of all unpardoned sin.  
All they that sow to sinful flesh  
corruption shall inherit:  
But endless life shall them refresh  
that sow unto the Spirit.   

1 Cor. 15.58.  
Be steadfast, Brethren, now therefore,  
and always be unmoved;  
Abounding now and evermore,  
in works of God approved.  
Because ye know his Holy Word  
doth make the Promise plain,  
So that your labour in the Lord,  
can never be in vain.   

2. PART.  
Luke 21.34.  

Be careful, lest at any time,  
you should, by your excess,  
Surcharge your souls with surfeiting,  
or shameful drunkenness.  
And lest your heart be overcome  
with weight of worldly cares:  
And so, that day, the day of Doom,  
o'ertake you unawares.   

1 Thes. 5.2, 3. Luke 12.47.  
Because the day of Christ will come  
like as a Thief by night:  
And when they say, Peace, Peace, will be,  
shall sudden vengeance light.  
He that did know his Masters will,  
and not himself prepare  
To do according to his skill,  
full many a stripe shall bear.   

37, 38, 44.  
But blessed are those Servants all  
that watch with wakeful mind:  
Whom Christ shall at his coming call  
and in this posture find.  
He shall come forth assuredly,  
and set them at his board:  
And make them partners in the Joy  
of their advanced Lord.     

HYMN 145. Justification.  
Rom. 8.33, 34.  

IT is the Lord that justifies,  
who therefore shall condemn?  
It is our Saviour Christ that died,  
or rather rose again.  
Who also is at God's right hand  
ascended up on high:  
And maketh intercession there  
for us continually.   

Heb. 4.16. Col 3.17.  
Now therefore let us boldly come  
(in certain hope to speed)  
Unto the Throne of grace, for grace  
to help in time of need.  
And let all things we speak or do  
be in the name of one,  
To God the Father giving thanks  
through Christ our Lord alone.    

HYMN 146. Laud and Praise for God's Judgements, or the Lamb's Song.  
Rev. 15.3, 4.  

THY works are great and marvellous,  
Lord God th' Almighty one:  
Thy ways are true and righteous,  
thou King of Saints alone.  
Who shall not fear thee, O most high,  
and glorify thy Name;  
For thou alone for sanctity  
deservest laud and fame▪  
For all the Nations of the earth  
shall come and worship thee:  
Because thy judgements are set forth  
so plain for us to see.    

HYMN 147. Longing after Christ.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Joh. 6.32, 35. Chap. 7.38.  

THE bread of God (so truly call●d)  
That giveth life unto the world,  
is he that down from Heaven came:  
And with this sweet celestial bread,  
Lord, let us be replenished,  
and give us ever of the same.  
For he that (as the Scripture saith)  
Lays hold on Christ by lively Faith  
shall never thirst or hunger more:  
For by that Faith, and feeding so,  
Out of his belly there shall flow  
of living waters plenteous store.   

Rev. 22.17, 20. Cant. 8.14. Jam. 5.8.  
Come say the Spirit and the Bride,  
And so of all let be replied  
that hear the Lamb and his dear Wife,  
Come all that thirst, and take your fill,  
Take freely whosoever will  
the water of eternal life.  
Make haste, my love, and be not slow,  
Be like the nimble Hart or Row  
tracing upon the Mountain's spiced:  
And I, behold, come speedily,  
The coming of the Lord draws nigh,  
Amen, so come, Lord Jesus Christ.    

HYMN 148. Love of God.  
Joh. 3.16. 1 Joh 4 9 Joh. 3.17.  

SO greatly God did love the world  
that freely he did give  
His only and begotten Son,  
that we through him might live.  
God sent him not into the world  
the world for to condemn,  
But that he might be manifest  
a Saviour unto men.   

Rev. 1.5. Joh. 3.16. Rev. 21.24.  
Who loved us, and gave himself  
for our eternal good,  
And washed away our scarlet sins  
in his own precious blood.  
And whosoever trusts in him  
shall never perish quite,  
But he shall have eternal life,  
and live in endless light.   

Luke 2.24.  
To God therefore that dwells on high  
be praise and glory still:  
On earth be true tranquillity,  
and unto men good will.   

2. PART.  
1 Joh. 2.3. c. 5.3.  

Hereby we know undoubtedly  
that we do love the Lord,  
By keeping with fidelity  
the Precepts of his Word,  
And this is sure God's love in us,  
that we his Laws fulfil;  
Nor do we count them burdenous,  
but do them with good will.   

4.19. Eph. 1.4. 1 Joh. 4.10, 19  
The perfect Love of God most high  
is manifested thus,  
And we love him so perfectly  
because He first loved us.  
Herein is love, not ours it is,  
but his for our dear sake,  
In sending that sweet son of his  
our debts to undertake.   

Rev. 5.13.  
To him that sits upon the Throne,  
and to the Lamb therefore  
Be glory, strength, dominion,  
and honour evermore.     

HYMN 149. Love of the World forbidden.  
Mat. 16.26. Col. 3.2.  

WHAT shall it profit any man  
the world to purchase whole,  
And thereby miss the certain bliss  
of his immortal soul?  
Oh set your strong affections then  
on things that are above!  
And let no worth of things on earth  
be motives of your Love.   

1 Joh. 2.16.15.  
All in the world is pride of Life,  
and lusts of flesh and eyes:  
Which do not from the Father come,  
but from the world they rise.  
Love not the world nor things thereof;  
if any love so low,  
The perfect Love of God above  
in him can never flow.   

17.  
These worldly things all pass away  
and peri●h altogether,  
But to fulfil God's holy will  
makes to abide for ever.    

HYMN 150. Marriage.  
Heb. 13.4.  

THE due estate of Marriage  
(as Scripture doth assure)  
Is honourable every where  
(the bed preserved pure:)  
But Harlots and Adulterers  
that violate this thing,  
By practice of unchastity,  
will God to Judgement bring.   

1 Thes. 4.4. Col. 3.19, 20.  
Then let us every one know how  
his vessel to possess  
In honourable dignity,  
and spotless holiness.  
And Husbands dearly love your Wives,  
giving no bitter word:  
And Wives, submit obediently  
to them, as to the Lord.   

1 Pet. 3.3, 4.  
And your adorning let not be  
in any pompous way,  
Of plaited hair, and wearing gold,  
or putting on array.  
But of the heart and hidden man,  
where no corruption lies,  
And of a meek and quiet soul,  
which God doth highly prize.   

1 Cor. 7.39. 1 Pet. 3.7.  
And be not yoked unequally,  
but joined in the Lord;  
Honouring the Wife (the weaker Sex)  
according to the Word.  
And live together lovingly,  
as heirs of Grace, of Life:  
That disagreements hinder not  
the prayers of Man and Wife.   

Mat. 22.30.  
And in the Resurrection, where  
none are in Marriage given,  
Ye shall be like the Angels there,  
Triumphant Saints in Heaven.    

HYMN 151. Mediator.  
All People, etc.  
1 Tim. 2.5.  

ONE God there is, and one alone,  
and Mediator none but one;  
The man whom we Christ Jesus call,  
who gave himself full price for all.   

1 Joh. 2.1, 3.  
If any sin, we have on high  
an Advocate to qualify,  
Jesus the Just, whose blood was spilt  
to expiate our heinous guilt.   

Rev. 5.13.  
Blessing and glory and renown  
to him that on the Throne sits down,  
And to the Lamb of God therefore  
be praise and honour evermore.    

HYMN 152. Mercies.  
All People, etc.  
Mic. 6.18, to the end.  

WHO is a God like unto thee  
that pardons all Iniquity;  
And from their sins doth disengage  
the remnant of his heritage?   

This wrath he doth not long excite,  
for mercy is his dear delight:  
He will return again, he will,  
and have compassion on us still.   

Isa. 43.25.  
He will subdue our trespasses,  
as drowned in the deepest Seas:  
And for his own Name sake on high,  
he blots them out of memory.   

Thou wilt perform thy Truth and Grace,  
to Abraham and Jacob's race.  
As thou hast to our Fathers told,  
and sworn it from the days of old.    

HYMN 153. Mercy and Terror mixed.  
All People, etc.  
Nah. 1.2,  

JEalous is God's avenging eye,  
the Lord avengeth furiously,  
He will take vengeance on his foes,  
and he reserveth wrath for those.   

3,  
Yet is the Lord to anger slow,  
but of great power to overthrow:  
And he will not at all acquit  
the wicked that repent no whit.   

6. Hab. 3.5.  
Before his fury who can stand?  
who can abide his angry hand?  
The Pestilence before him rolls,  
beneath his feet are burning coals.   

Nah. 1.5.  
The Mountains quake, the Hills do melt  
when as his presence is but felt,  
The earth is burnt at sight of him  
the world and all that dwell therein.   

Isa. 14.27. Neh. 9.17.  
His judgements none can disannul;  
but yet our God is merciful;  
Thine anger, Lord, is slow of pace:  
thy kindness great, and rich thy grace▪   

2 PART.  
All People, etc.  
Nah. 1.7, 8.  

The Lord is good▪ a Tower to his  
when as the day of trouble is:  
And them that trust in him he knows,  
but darkness shall pursue his foes.   

8.6.  
He will with overrunning flood:  
consume the Palaces that stood:  
Like fire his fury poureth down,  
the rocks by him are overthrown.   

9  
Against him what do ye intend?  
the Lord will make an utter end:  
Affliction (for so great a crime)  
shall not rise up the second time.   

10.  
Folden as thorns, although they be,  
and drunken with prosperity,  
They shall be very suddenly  
devoured as stubble fully dry.   

15.  
O Judah! keep thy solemn feasts,  
thy Mountains bring good news of peace  
No more shall sinners pass through thee,  
but utterly cut off shall be.     

HYMN 154. Merit disclaimed.  
Luk. 17.10. Phil. 2.13.  

WHen you have done the best ye can,  
say thus with humble thought,  
Unprofitable Servants all  
we do but what we ought.  
For it is God that works in you,  
he works both will and deed,  
And of his mere good pleasure too,  
doth all your power proceed.   

Eph. 2.8, 9 Chap. 3.21.  
And ye are saved by grace, through faith,  
wrought by the Holy Ghost:  
Not of yourselves, nor of your works,  
lest any man should boast.  
To him let all the Church therefore  
ascribe, with one accord,  
All praise and honour evermore,  
through Jesus Christ our Lord.    

HYMN 155. Moral Precepts.  
Pressed with Arguments.  
Mic. 6.8. Psal. 37.28. Col. 3.25.  

THe Lord hath showed thee, O man,  
what God requires as good:  
Do justly, love compassion,  
walk humbly with thy God.  
Because the Lord loves equity,  
his Saints he will not leave:  
And he that deals injuriously,  
shall suitably receive.   

Mat. 5.7. Jam. 2.13. Luk. 14.11.  
And mercy to the merciful,  
the Lord will still express:  
But Judgement shall with rigour fall  
upon the merciless.  
And God doth still resist the proud,  
but gives the humble grace,  
Self-humbling, then, shall honour men,  
self-honouring shall abase.   

2. PART.  
Jam. 5.12, Eph. 4.25. Rev. 21.8.  

Swear not by heaven, nor by earth,  
nor any oath at all:  
Lest into condemnation,  
by such offence, ye fall.  
Put Lies away and speak the Truth,  
for every wilful Liar  
Must sure partake of that broad Lake  
which burns with brimstone-fire.   

Rom. 13.13. Heb. 12.14.  
eat surfeiting and drunkenness,  
and do not lead your Life  
In chambering and wantonness,  
in envy, or in strife.  
And ever follow peace withal,  
and holiness together:  
Without which grace there's no man shall  
behold God's face for ever.    

3. PART.  
Eph. 4.31, 29. Rom. 12.21.  

All malice, wrath, and bitterness,  
and clamour put away:  
And be not overcome with ill,  
but let the good bear sway.  
And let no talk come from your mouth●  
corrupt in any case:  
But such as serves to edify,  
and teach the hearers grace.   

Eph. 5.3, 4.  
But fornication, avarice,  
and what pollutes or taints,  
Amongst you, let not once be named,  
as it becometh Saints.  
Nor filthiness, nor foolish talk,  
nor unbeseeming jests  
(Which things are not convenient)  
but rather thankfulness.    

4. PART.  
Rom. 12.10, 15. Eph. 2.4. Gal. 6.  

By kind affection mutually  
the Love of Brethren keep:  
Rejoice with them that do rejoice,  
and weep with them that weep.  
And heed not your own things alone,  
but each for other care:  
And to fulfil the Law of Christ,  
each others burden bear.   

Rom. 12.16. Mat. 7.1, 2.  
Mind not high things, but condescend  
to men of low estate:  
And be not wise in your own eyes  
puffed up with self-conceit.  
And judge not, that you be not judged,  
for as you meet to men,  
Accordingly shall God reply,  
and deal to you again.    

5. PART.  
Mat. 7.12. Rom. 13.7. Chap. 12.17. T. 3.2. 1 Thes. 4.7.  

Do as you would be done unto,  
and give to all their right:  
Of no man ever speak amiss,  
not ill with ill requite.  
Let none defraud or go beyond  
his brother any way:  
For God avengeth all such things,  
and will the wrong repay.   

Jam. 5.9. Joh. 7.24. Phil. 4.5. Rom. 14.4.  
And, Brethren, let no one of you  
against another grudge:  
Nor judge ye by appearances,  
but righteous judgement judge.  
And let your moderation  
be manifest to all:  
The Lord our Master is at hand,  
to whom we stand or fall.    

6. PART.  
Eccles. 5.4, 5. Heb. 13.16.  

When thou hast vowed a vow to God  
defer not then, to pay:  
For God hath no delight in Fools,  
that mock him with delay.  
And to do good and distribute  
forget ye in no wise:  
For God is pleased exceedingly  
with such like sacrifice.   

Phil. 4.8. 1 Cor. 4.5.  
And all things honest, just and true,  
and such as sweetly please,  
For virtue, praise, and good report,  
think on such things as these.  
Until the secrets of all hearts  
be published all abroad:  
And then shall every one of us  
have his due praise of God.     

HYMN 156. More spiritual Precepts.  

Prov. 3.5, 6. Mat. 22.37. 1 Thes. 5.15, 16.  
TRust in the Lord with all thy heart,  
love him with all thy might:  
In all thy ways acknowledge him,  
and make him thy delight.  
Pursue good things, rejoicing still,  
and pray continually:  
Quench not the Spirit any way,  
despise not prophecy.  
Walk after God's Commandments,  
fear him, obey his Voice:  
Rejoice in him continually,  
and still I say rejoice.   

Rom. 12.11. Heb. 12.28. Joh. 6.27.  
With fervent spirit serve the Lord,  
and (having grace) draw near  
To worship God with reverence,  
and Godly filial fear.  
And for the food that perisheth  
be not at any Strife:  
But for the food that doth endure  
to everlasting life.   

Mat. 6.33.  
And seek God's Kingdom first of all,  
his righteousness pursue:  
And then shall all the other things  
be added unto you.    

HYMN 157. Mortality and Immortality.  

Isa. 40.6, 7.  
All flesh is grass, and soon must yield,  
for all the goodly show,  
Which is but as a flower in field  
that some short time doth grow.  
The grass doth wither and is gone,  
the flower doth fade and pass:  
Because God's Spirit blows thereon;  
the people sure is grass.   

8. 1 Cor. 15.53.  
The grass doth change, the flower doth fade  
at one rebuking blast;  
But lo! the word our Lord hath said  
for ever standeth fast.  
The corruptible must put on  
a state that cannot die;  
The mortal must be clothed upon  
with immortality.   

54, 56, 57  
The Scriptures sayings then shall be  
fulfilled for Saints to sing,  
O Grave! where is thy Victory?  
O Death! where is thy Sting?  
The Sting of Death Sin needs must be,  
the Law the strength of Sin,  
But thanks to God for Victory  
through Christ our Lord herein.    

HYMN 158. Mortification.  

Col. 3.5. Rom. 6.12. c. 8.13.  
YOUR earthly members mortify,  
and let no sin bear sway,  
Or in your mortal body reign  
while ye the lusts obey.  
For if ye serve the flesh ye die,  
but if that by the Spirit,  
The body's lusts ye mortify,  
then shall ye life inherit.   

Chap. 6.16. Chap. 13.14.  
For his ye are, whom ye obey,  
whether of sin to death;  
Or else of righteousness to life,  
after this mortal breath.  
Put on, then, Jesus Christ the Lord,  
and for the flesh's ease  
Make no provision, nor regard  
the lusts thereof to please.   

2. PART.  
Rom. 8 7. Chap. 12.2.  

The carnal mind is enmity  
against the living Lord:  
Not subject, neither can it be  
to his revealed word.  
Be changed therefore by minds renewed,  
that ye may understand  
What pleasing good and perfect things  
the Lord doth here command.   

Chap. 8.6. Chap. 6.11, 8.  
Because to be of carnal mind  
is death without release:  
But if Spiritually inclined,  
it savours Life and Peace.  
Then count yourselves as dead to sin,  
to God (in Christ) alive:  
Because if we be dead with him  
we trust we shall revive.     

Mose's Song.  
All People, etc.  
Exod. 15.1.  

NOw sing unto the Lord will I,  
for he hath triumphed gloriously:  
The Horse and Rider (both of these)  
his hand hath cast into the Seas.   

5, 6.  
The depths devoured them every one,  
they sank to th' bottom as a stone  
Lord thy right hand with power shines bright,  
thy right hand crushed the enemy quite.   

7,  
In thy great excellence, O God,  
thou hast those Rebels undertrod.  
Thou sent●●t forth thy wrath whereby  
they were consumed as stubble dry.   

9,  
The enemy thus proudly spoke,  
I will pursue, and overtake,  
The spoil ●saith he) I will divide,  
my Lust shall so be satisfied.   

10,  
Then didst thou blow with blustering force,  
the Sea returned to its course;  
And (covering them) became their graves,  
they sank as Led in mighty Waves.   

11.  
Among the Gods, who's like to thee?  
who like thee shines in sanctity?  
Fearful in praises, as exceeds,  
and doing rare and wondrous deeds.    

HYMN 160. Oppression and Rapine dissuaded.  
Prov. 4.14, 15, 16.  

GO not with wicked men, my Son,  
go not with them, I say;  
Their crooked paths avoid and shun,  
and come not near their way.  
For if they do no wicked deed,  
they take no rest at all:  
Their sleep departs, unless they speed  
of making some to fall.   

Mic. 22. Prov. 4.17.2.13.  
They covet fields, and violently  
they take them for a prey,  
Oppressing Town and Family,  
because they bear the sway.  
They eat the bread of wickedness,  
and drink the wine of strife;  
They leave the paths of Righteousness  
to lead a brutish life.   

Isa. 59.7, 8.  
Destruction and unhappiness  
are ever in their ways;  
Nor do they know the way of peace;  
for still their Judgement strays.  
They make them crooked paths of sin,  
form which they cannot cease:  
And whosoever walks therein  
shall never know true peace.   

2. PART.  
Prov. 1.10, 11, 13.  

My Son, let sinners 'ticing thee  
be constantly withstood;  
If they say, come, let us agree,  
let us lay wait for blood:  
All precious substance we shall find,  
to make us rich and great;  
And with the spoil of every kind  
shall fill our house complete.   

14, 15, 16, 18.  
Cast in thy Lot among us now,  
let us have all one purse.  
Refrain, my Son, and go not thou  
with them in this lewd course:  
For unto rapine they run fast,  
but lo their laying wait  
Shall be for their own lives at last,  
and their own blood the bait.   

19, 31.  
The projects which they prosecute  
shall pay them home one day:  
And they shall eat the bitter fruit,  
of their own cursed way.  
Such ways are his, whoever strives  
his hands with blood to slain,  
To take away the owner's lives  
for greediness of gain.     

HYMN 161. Passion and Compassion of Christ.  
1 Pet. 3.18. Chap. 2.24.  

LO Christ hath suffered once for sin,  
the Just for wicked men;  
That he might bring us unto God  
now reconciled again:  
Who bore our sins in his own flesh  
upon that cursed Tree,  
That we should live to righteousness  
and dead to sin should be.   

Isa. 53.6.3.  
All we like sheep have gone astray,  
each took his course to fall:  
And God hath laid the Load on him,  
to answer for us all.  
A man of sorrows sure he was,  
and he hath born our grief:  
Mean while we hid our face from him,  
And gave him no relief.   

Joh. 10.11.  
Lo, this is that sweet Shepherd, than  
so infinitely good,  
That for his sheep laid down his Life,  
and spilt his precious blood.   

2 PART.  
Joh. 15.13. Rom. 5.7.  

A greater Love than this hath none,  
to act or apprehend,  
Than that a man should stake his life,  
and lose it for his friend:  
For scarce will any die for him  
that lives most righteously,  
Yet haply for a special friend  
some one might dare to die.   

18. Chap. 14.9.  
But God commends his tender Love  
to us ward in this wise:  
In that Christ Jesus died for us  
when we were enemies.  
And therefore did our Saviour die,  
recover and revive,  
To be the Lord both of the dead,  
and those that are alive.   

Heb. 13.15.  
By him therefore give we to God  
the sacrifice of praise,  
(The grateful fruit of thankful lips)  
blessing his name always.     

HYMN 162. Patience.  
Jam. 1.4. Heb. 10.36.  

LET Patience have her perfect work,  
that ye may be entire,  
And nothing wanting in your grace  
which God doth here require.  
For ye have need of Patience,  
that having done his Will,  
Ye may receive the Promises  
which God shall then fulfil.   

Chap. 6.19. Rom. 5.4, 5. 2 Co. 4.17.  
For Patience works experience,  
experience hope doth gain:  
And hope shall never make ashamed  
whatever we sustain.  
And lo! our light affliction,  
which is but transitory,  
Works for us a more excellent  
eternal weight of glory.   

2 Tim. 2.12. Jam. 5.72.  
For they that suffer with the Lord  
shall reign with him full sure:  
Therefore, behold, we count them blest  
whoever do endure.    

HYMN 163. The Peace of God, and Prayer.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
Phil. 4.6, 7.  

IN nothing be perplexed with care,  
but call on God for every thing:  
And with thanksgiving in your prayer  
to him your supplications bring.  
And lo! the peace which God imparts,  
past understanding to make known,  
Shall safely keep your minds and hearts,  
through Jesus Christ the Holy One.    

HYMN 164. Perseverance.  
Heb. 3.12, 13.  

TAKE heed, my brethren, lest there be  
in any of you all  
An heart of infidelity,  
whereby from God to fall.  
But still exhort with mutual heed,  
while it is called to day,  
Lest any one be hardened  
by sins deceitful way.   

14. Chap. 10.23 1 Thes. 5 24.  
For we partake of Christ (be sure)  
if we by faith hold fast,  
So that our confidence endure  
unshaken to the last.  
Let's hold profession firm therefore,  
not wavering in our faith,  
For faithful is the promiser,  
and will do what he saith.   

Rev. 2.10.  
Be faithful to the death, (saith he)  
persisting in my way,  
And I will surely give to thee  
a Crown of Life that day.    

HYMN 165. Portion of the little Flock.  
Luke 12.32. 1 Cor. 2.9.  

FEAR not, O little Flock and few!  
for 'tis your Father's pleasure.  
To give the Kingdom unto you,  
that hath eternal treasure.  
Eye hath not seen, nor Ear hath heard  
what things God hath above,  
Beyond the thoughts of man, prepared  
for them that do him love.   

1 Tim. 4.8.  
For godliness avails to all,  
having the Promise sure  
Of this Life which is temporal,  
and that which doth endure.  
To God the Father and the Son,  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Eternal honour let be done,  
henceforth for evermore.    

HYMN 166. Power of Prayer.  
Jam. 1.5. Mat. 7.11.  

IF any of you wisdom wants,  
ask of the Lord alone,  
Who liberally to all men grants,  
and yet upbraideth none.  
For if that ye, which evil are,  
can give good things to yours,  
Much more your heavenly Father's care  
his suppliants assures.   

7. Jam. 1.6. Joh. 16.24.  
Ask therefore and be sure to have,  
and seek and ye shall find:  
But ask in Faith whatever ye crave,  
and not with wavering mind.  
But if ye ask and shall believe:  
God will thereto agree:  
Ask therefore that ye may receive,  
that full your joy may be.    

HYMN 167. Reasonable Service.  
Rom. 12.1. 1 Cor. 6.19.  

PResent your bodies to the Lord  
a living Sacrifice:  
A holy offering unto him,  
and pleasing in his eyes.  
This is a service which ye owe,  
and reasonably due:  
For ye are not your own, ye know,  
but Christ hath purchased you.   

20. Chap. 10.31.  
Now therefore glorify the Lord  
(dear brethren every one)  
Both in your bodies and your souls.  
for they are God's alone.  
And whether eat or drink ye do,  
or aught else, all your days.  
Let all be done, by each of you  
to God's renown and praise.    

Vide Cent. I. Hymn 55. Psal. 68 HYMN 168. Recovery of the Church.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Mic. 17.8, 9  

Rejoice not over me,  
O thou mine enemy!  
For, when I fall, the boast is small,  
so soon arise shall I.  
And when I sit me down  
in darkness desolate,  
The Lord will be a light to me,  
in that distressed estate.   

And I will therefore bear  
the Lords most just displeasure:  
Since I have been enticed to sin  
against him in such measure.  
Until the Lord be pleased  
my cause to undertake:  
And, at my suit, shall execute  
his judgement for my sake.   

For verily, the Lord  
will bring me forth to light,  
And will express his righteousness  
apparent in my sight.    

HYMN 169. Redeeming of Time.  
Eccles. 12.1, 7.  

REmember thy Creator now,  
in these thy younger days:  
Before the year and day draw near  
when pleasure quite decays.  
Then shall the dust return to earth,  
to earth from whence it came:  
The spirit than goes back again  
to God that gave the same.   

13, 14.  
Now let us hear the end of all,  
that Scripture doth declare,  
Oh fear the Lord, and keep his word,  
which should be all our care.  
For every work, both good and bad,  
with every secret thing,  
That here have past, from first to last,  
will God to judgement bring.   

Eph. 5.15, 16.  
See that ye walk exactly then,  
and not as fools, but wise;  
And still redeem your precious time  
because ill days arise.    

HYMN 170. Redemption. Out of the Songs of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of Zacharias and Old Simeon.  
Luke 1.46.47,— 50.  

MY soul doth highly magnify  
the Lord of Sovereign power:  
My spirit joys exceedingly,  
in God my Saviour.  
For holy is that Name of his,  
and lets great grace to fall  
On them that fear him, every where,  
through Generations all.   

51, 52.  
The things that his right arm hath wrought  
have showed his strength full well:  
Scattering the proud in that high thought  
wherewith their hearts did swell.  
Yea, he dethrones the mighty ones,  
and plucks them from their seat:  
And them that be of low degree  
he hath made high and great.   

53, 54, 55.48— 2.11.  
He fills the hungry with good things,  
the rich sends empty away:  
And to his Servant Israel brings  
Soulsaving help this day,  
Calling to mind his mercy's kind,  
to our Forefathers told,  
With Abraham, and his seed to stand  
for ever, as of old.   

2. PART.  
Out of the Song of Zacharie.  
Luke 1.1.68, 69.  

The Lord the God of Israel,  
we praise with one accord:  
For visiting and redeeming us  
the people of the Lord.  
For he hath thus raised up for us  
salvations surest horn:  
Which in his servant David's house,  
is of a Virgin born.   

70, 71, 72.  
As holy Prophets all foretold  
should come to pass for man:  
And by their mouth he spoke of old,  
since first the world began.  
From hands of those our hateful foes  
that he would set us clear:  
And so perform the mercy sworn  
unto our Father's dear.   

73, 74, 75.  
His holy Covenant (still the same)  
He hath remembered thus:  
His oath to Father Abraham,  
that he would grant to us.  
That safely we (from foes set free)  
might walk in fearless ways  
Of holiness and righteousness,  
before him, all your days.    

3. PART.  
Out of the Songs of Simeon and Zacharie.  
Luke 2.30, 31, 32.  

And now, O Lord, our eyes have seen,  
thy saving health and grace,  
By power divine prepared to shine  
before all people's face.  
And as a light to shine full bright  
where blindfold Gentiles dwell:  
And to be made the glory of  
thy people Israel.   

Chap. 1.77, 78.  
The knowledge of salvation,  
that God might thus give in:  
Unto his people making known  
the pardon of their sin.  
All through the love of God above,  
so tenderly let fall:  
Whereby the dayspring from on high  
hath visited us all.   

79. Chap. 2.14.  
From darkness and the shade of death  
to grant us glad release:  
And give us light to guide our feet  
into the paths of peace.  
To God be glory now therefore,  
in heaven's highest place:  
Let peace on earth be poured forth,  
to men good will and grace.     

HYMN 171. Reformation.  
Give laud, etc.  
Hag. 2.6.  

THUS saith the Lord of Hosts,  
but yet a little while,  
And I will shake all Coasts,  
yea, every Land and Isle,  
Yet once again,  
I shake all these, heaven, earth, and seas,  
and all the main.   

7.  
All Nations I will shake  
the Long desired day,  
Which doth all Nations take,  
lo, that shall come, I say,  
And (for all Coasts)  
This house I will with glory fill,  
saith God of Hosts.   

9  
The glory of this last  
far greater shall it grow,  
Than of the Temple past,  
the Lord of Hosts saith so,  
And in this place,  
Will I (the Lord of Hosts) afford  
sweet peace and grace.   

Zach 4.6, 7. H. 2.22.  
Yet not by might nor power,  
but by my Spirit alone:  
Saith God of Hosts our Tower,  
The strength of all in one:  
For who art thou  
O Mountain great (the Empire's seat)  
to hinder now?   

Zach. 4.7.  
Before Zerubbabel  
thou shalt become a plain:  
The stone that doth excel  
(The headstone of the same)  
His hand shall fit,  
And bring it out with general shout,  
grace, grace to it.   

9 Hag. 2.22.  
The hand of that same Man  
that laid the groundwork low,  
Shall end what he began  
and I will overthrow  
The Heathen Kings;  
Who then are they that slight the day  
of smaller things.    

HYMN 172. Regeneration.  
Joh. 3.5. Gal. 6.15.  

EXcept a man be born again  
of water and the spirit,  
He cannot any way attain  
salvation to inherit.  
For circumcision serveth none  
(the privilege is small)  
Nor serves uncircumcision,  
but a new creature's all.   

2 Cor. 5.17. Jam. 1.18.  
Behold a man in Christ, therefore,  
and a new creature view:  
Old things are past, and come no more,  
and all things are made new.  
By his own will and word hath he  
wrought our regeneration,  
A kind of first ripe fruit to be  
of all his whole Creation.    

HYMN 173. Repentance.  
Isa. 59.1, 2.  

GOD's arm is never shortened,  
but it can reach to save:  
His ear not dull, or wearied  
to hear us what we crave.  
But from you, do your sins divide  
your God that was so near,  
And cause the Lord his face to hide,  
so that he will not hear.   

Ezek. 18.13. 2 Cor. 30.9.  
Lay therefore your transgressions by,  
repent and turn saith he,  
And so your great iniquity  
your ruin shall not be.  
Because the Lord is full of grace,  
ready to pardon sin:  
And will not hide away his face,  
if ye return to him.   

Luke 15.7, 10.  
One sinner that returns again  
makes Angel's joy exceed,  
More than do ninety nine just men  
that no repentance need.   

2. PART.  
Jer. 3.13. 1 Joh. 1.9.  

Acknowledge how ye have transgressed  
against the Lord your God:  
And only let it be confessed  
what by-paths ye have trod.  
For if we do our sins confess,  
faithful and just is he,  
From sin and all unrighteousness  
to cleanse and set us free.   

Prov 28.13. Joel 2.13. Neh. 9.17. Ez. 18.32.  
For he that hides his sins shall fall,  
(they prosper but a space:)  
But to confess and leave them all  
shall with the Lord find grace.  
For he is unto anger slow,  
and ready to forgive:  
And doth abundant kindness show.  
wherefore return and live.   

Exod. 34.7.  
For he reserves compassion  
for thousands that come in:  
Remitting all transgression,  
iniquity and sin.    

3. PART.  
Isa. 55.6, 7.  

Seek ye the Lord unfeignedly,  
now while he may be found;  
Oh call on him while he is nigh,  
with mercies that abound!  
Oh let the wicked leave his Lusts  
(the way that sinners take)  
And let the man unrighteous  
his sinful thoughts forsake.   

— Chap. 1.18.  
And turn again unto the Lord,  
while mercy now takes place,  
And to our God so richly stored  
with gifts of pardoning Grace.  
For though your sins were crimson-like,  
as red as scarlet (full)  
I (saith the Lord) will make them white,  
as white as snow or wool.   

Rev. 1.5, 6.  
To him that thus hath loved us,  
and washed off all our score,  
With that pure flood of his own blood▪  
be praise for evermore.     

HYMN 174. Reproach for Christ, and Imitation of him.  
1 Pet. 4.14, 16.  

IF that ye be reproached for Christ,  
happy are ye, and blest:  
The Spirit of God and glory great  
upon your souls shall rest.  
On their parts he's ill spoken of,  
but glorified on yours:  
Therefore let no man be ashamed  
that Christianly endures.   

Mat. 5.11, 12.  
Blessed are ye when men revile,  
and speak each evil word  
Against you falsely, for the sake  
of Christ your Sovereign Lord.  
Rejoice and be exceeding glad,  
considering the reward,  
How great it is in heaven above,  
for suffering Saints prepared.   

2. PART.  
Phil. 2.5, 7.  

Let that good mind be in you all  
that was in Christ our Lord:  
Who being in the form of God,  
the true eternal Word,  
Yet made himself of no repute,  
to death did condescend,  
And came not to be tended on,  
but to observe and tend.   

Phil. 2.9, 10. Heb. 9.28.  
Therefore God gave to him a Name,  
above all Names, most high:  
That every knee should bow to him,  
and every tongue comply.  
Who came to take our sins away,  
once, by his own oblation:  
And shall appear the second time,  
without sin, to salvation.     

HYMN 175. Resurrection.  
All People, etc. or, O Lord consider, etc.  
1 Cor. 15.20, 21, 22.  

NOW Christ is risen from the dead,  
as whom no bands of death could keep:  
And is to be acknowledged  
as the first fruits of those that sleep,  
For as by man came death to reign,  
so by a man to rise again:  
And as by Adam, all men die,  
by Christ came immortality.   

Col. 3.1, 2, 3, 4▪  
If ye be risen then with Christ  
set all your heart on things above:  
And be not any way enticed  
on earthly things to set your love.  
For ye are dead to things abroad,  
and your life hid with Christ in God:  
When Christ who is our Life appears  
ye must shine with him in the Spheres:    

HYMN 176. Revenge forbidden.  
Rom. 12.19. Luke 6.27. Mat. 5.44.  

DEAR Saints avenge not your own selves,  
nor let fierce wrath incense:  
For vengeance, saith the Lord, is mine  
and I will recompense.  
Love ye your very enemies,  
and them that curse you, bless:  
Do good to them that use you ill,  
with hate and spightfulness.   

45.  
And people persecuting you  
curse not, but bless them rather:  
That ye may be the children true,  
of your celestial Father.  
For he doth cause his rain to fall,  
and lets his Sun to rise  
On good and bad in general,  
just and unjust likewise.    

HYMN 177. Sabbath.  
Isa. 58.13.  

IF from my holy Sabbath-day  
thou turn away thy foot:  
And do not by thy pleasures stray,  
my Sabbath to pollute.  
But call the Sabbath a delight,  
the holy of the Lord:  
And thine own carnal pleasure slight  
in thought, in deed, and word.   

14.  
Then shalt thou joy in God alone,  
with sweet and sacred mirth:  
And he shall make thee ride upon  
high places of the earth.  
With Father Jacob's heritage  
the Lord shall feed thee fat:  
For thus doth God's own mouth engage,  
and thou mayst trust to that.    

HYMN 178. Sacrament of the Supper.  
Cant. 1.1, 2. Chap. 2.5.  

LET those life-breathing lips of thine  
be joined, O Christ, to me!  
Because thy love excelleth wine,  
and all thy Saints love thee.  
With flagons of refreshing joy,  
and comforts from above,  
Stay me, O stay me powerfully,  
for I am sick of Love!   

2.4.3.  
Into the house of Banqueting  
he brought me to be fed:  
Love was his banner flourishing  
with honour o'er my head.  
Beneath his shadow I was placed  
with very great content:  
His fruit was sweet unto my taste  
(his Word and Sacrament.)   

5.1.  
O friends, said he, (preferred on high)  
eat well of my good cheer:  
And drink, yea, drink abundantly,  
my guests to me, most dear.   

2 PART.  
Cant. 5.16 2 Cor. 5.20.  

My Saviour, my beloved one  
is mine, and I am his:  
Chief of Ten Thousand he alone,  
pure red and white he is.  
Made sin for us that knew no sin,  
that so we might be made  
The righteousness of God in him,  
by whom the price was paid.   

Cant. 8.7. Chap. 1.4.  
Stronger than death his love is found,  
not to be bought with goods:  
Nor quenched with waters, nor be drowned  
with whatsoever floods.  
O draw me, my dear Saviour,  
with those strong cords of Love,  
And then will we go after thee  
as fast as we can move.   

2, 3.  
We will record thy Love, O Lord,  
above the joy of Wine:  
The Virgins fair that spotless are  
do love thy Name Divine.    

3 PART.  
1 Cor. 5.7.11.  

Lo Christ is sacrificed for us,  
(our Passeover from Heaven)  
Now therefore let us keep the feast,  
not with old lumps of Leaven:  
Not with the Leaven of wickedness,  
or Leaven of malice led:  
But keep it with sincerity,  
and truths unleavened bread.   

Chap. 11.29, 28.  
Who eat and drink unworthily  
their own damnation earn:  
Because they want a spiritual eye  
his body to discern.  
Our hearts (with care) examined,  
let us be stirred up  
To eat of this celestial bread,  
and drink this sacred cup.   

26.  
To eat this bread and drink this cup  
holds forth a Saviour slain,  
So often as we celebrate,  
until he come again.    

4 PART.  
1 Cor. 10.16.  

The cup of blessing which we bless,  
is it not understood  
The sweet communion to express  
of Christ our Saviour's blood:  
The bread we break (the Holy Loaf)  
do we not all accord  
To call it the Communion of  
the body of our Lord?   

17.  
For we though many, are one bread,  
and in one body join:  
For all of us are jointly fed  
with that one bread divine.  
The living bread is he on high  
that down from heaven came;  
And he shall live and never die  
that eateth of the same.   

Mat. 26.28.  
The blood of the new Testament,  
we sweetly taste herein,  
Which was for us and many spent,  
for pardon of our sin.    

5. PART.  
1 Joh. 4.10. Chap. 5.6.  

Herein is love, not ours to God,  
but his to us most large:  
In sending down his only Son  
our great debts to discharge.  
Lo! this is he that came to us  
by water, and by blood,  
And not by one of them alone,  
but both ways to our good.   

Joh. 17.17. Acts 13.39.  
Therefore he sanctified himself,  
to lead us into truth:  
That he thereby might sanctify  
us also, as he doth.  
By whom we may be justified  
from sins both great and small,  
From which set free we could not be  
by Moses Laws at all.   

1 Thes. 1.10.  
He saved us from the wrath to come,  
at that most dreadful day:  
And was so good to shed his blood  
to wash our sins away.    

6. PART.  
Mat. 21.9. Rev. 5.9.  

Hosanna to King David's Son,  
Hosanna to the Christ,  
That in th' Almighty's Name doth come,  
Hosanna in the Highest.  
For thou wast slain, and art alive,  
redeeming us to God,  
From every Nation, Kingdom, Tongue,  
by thy most precious blood.   

1 Pet. 1.18. 1 Thes. 1.10. Rev. 1.5.  
Corruptive things as silver is,  
and gold redeemed us not:  
But the dear blood of Christ, our Lord,  
a Lamb without a spot.  
Even Jesus Christ, who saved us  
from storms of future wrath:  
Whose love to wash our sins away  
made his own blood the bath.   

5.13.  
To him that on the Throne sits down  
and Christ the Lamb, therefore,  
Be blessing, glory and renown,  
and power for evermore.     

HYMN 179. Salvation Shining.  
Tit. 2.11, 12.  

GOD's grace that brings salvation  
hath shone to every eye:  
Teaching us worldly lusts to shun,  
and all impiety.  
And that we should live soberly,  
and in a godly way:  
With righteousness, and equity,  
while in this world we stay.   

13, 14.  
That blessed hope still looking for,  
and glorious drawing near,  
When that great God our Saviour  
Christ Jesus shall appear,  
Who freely gave himself for us,  
for our dear sakes to die:  
That we might be redeemed thus  
from all iniquity.   

— 1 T. 6.17. Rev. 5.13.  
To purify to his own Name  
(from whom this grace proceeds)  
A people of peculiar claim  
and zealous of good deeds.  
Unto the King of Kings therefore  
that on the Throne doth sit,  
Be honour, glory, praise and power,  
for ever, so be it.    

HYMN 180. Sanctification.  
Eph. 5.14. Chap 4.17, 18.  

AWaken thou that sleepest in sin,  
and stand up from the dead:  
And Christ shall let his light break in  
whereby thou shalt be led.  
Then walk not as some Gentiles walk,  
in vanity of mind:  
Estranged from the life of God,  
because their hearts were blind.   

19, 20, 21.  
Who being past the sense of sin,  
let loose to all excess  
Of wanton and unclean desires,  
and that with greediness.  
But ye have not so learned Christ,  
if ye by him were taught:  
And as the truth in Jesus is  
have learned him as ye ought.   

22. Chap. 5.11.  
The old man that ye do put off,  
which is corrupt and vile,  
In sinful Lusts of former life,  
which did your souls beguile▪  
And have no fellowship at all  
with works that eat the light:  
But rather such unfruitful works  
reprove in open sight.   

2 PART.  
Eph. 4.24, 23. Chap. 5.8.11.  

Cast off the old man with his deeds,  
and put ye on the new,  
Made after God in righteousness,  
and holiness most true.  
And be renewed in heart and soul,  
and walk as sons of light:  
And prove what things the Lord allows  
as pleasing in his sight.   

2 Tim. 2, 19, 22, 21. Rom.  
And as 'tis meet, let every one  
that names the Name of Christ  
Depart from all iniquity,  
and by no lust be ticed.  
The purging of ourselves from these  
will evidently produce  
Vessels to honour sanctified,  
meet for the Master's use.   

Rom. 6.22. 1 Tim. 1.17.  
And being thus from sin made free,  
God's Service to attend,  
The fruit to holiness shall be  
eternal Life the end  
Now to the true eternal King  
not seen with humane eye:  
Th' immortal only wise true God  
be praise perpetually.     

HYMN 181. Scriptures.  
Joh. 5.39.  

SEarch Scriptures, for ye hope thereby  
eternal Life to have:  
And those are they that testify  
of him that came to save.   

Rom. 15.4.  
For what of old is registered,  
was for our learning penned,  
That we by Scriptures comforted,  
might hope unto the end.   

2 Pet. 1.21.  
The prophecy came not of old  
by man's own private will;  
But holy men of God foretold,  
by Heaven-inspired skill.   

Isa. 8.20.  
Then to the Law and Testament,  
for they that speak not right,  
And as this word doth represent,  
in them there is no light.   

2 Tim. 3.16, 17.  
For Scriptures sacred verities  
came all by inspiration;  
Able to perfect, and make wise  
in all things to salvation.    

HYMN 182. Secret revealed.  
1 Cor. 2.7, 8, 14.  

GOD's wisdom in a mystery  
we speak to perfect men,  
But not the wisdom of this world,  
nor what is known to them.  
For man while merely natural  
receives not what we press,  
The things of God spiritual  
he counteth foolishness.   

— Prov. 24.7. Mark 4.11.  
Too hard for him to know or learn  
(for natural men too high)  
And such as nothing can discern  
but a spiritual eye.  
But unto you (dear Saints) it is,  
touching the things of heaven,  
To know that Kingdom's Mysteries,  
to them it is not given.   

2 PART.  
John 1.18.  

No man hath seen Almighty God  
since first the world began:  
He that in heaven hath blest abode  
declared him unto man:  
The only and begotten Son  
of God the Holy One,  
Did from the Father's bosom come  
to make this Doctrine known.   

John 3.32. Judas 25.  
Attesting what he saw and heard,  
yet faith appeared in few,  
But whosoever believes his Word  
hath sealed that God is true.  
To God our Saviour only wise  
be all the praise therefore.  
Dominions, Thrones, and Dignities,  
Amen, for evermore.     

HYMN 183. Secrets unrevealed.  
Rom. 12.3. Deut. 29 29.  

BE wise unto sobriety,  
as God hath given faith,  
And dealt to each man diversely  
the measure that he hath.  
The secret things that are decreed  
belong to God alone:  
But to ourselves and to our seed,  
the things that are made known.   

1 Tim. 6.17.  
Now to the blessed Prince of might,  
the chief of Kings and Lords,  
Who only dwells in endless light,  
which no access affords.  
Whom no man can behold and see,  
nor ever did see yet:  
To him all praise and glory be  
for ever; so be it.    

HYMN 184. Souls under the Altar.  
Give laud, etc.  
Rev. 6.10.  

HOw long, O Lord, how long  
thou holy one, and true,  
Ere thou avenge our wrong,  
and judge, with judgement due  
Them that have spilt  
Our blood on earth, and pou●'d it forth,  
with heinous guilt.   

Luke 18.7, 8.  
And shall not the most High  
avenge his own Elect,  
Which night and day do c●y,  
and pray to that effect?  
Though he bear long,  
I tell you, he will speedily  
avenge their wrong.   

Rom. 8.36. Psal. 44.23, 24.  
But we are killed thus  
all day for thy dear sake,  
As sheep they count of us  
which they for slaughter take.  
O God arise,  
Why dost thou yet our griefs forge●,  
and our sad cries?   

2 Thes. 1.6, 7.  
But with the Lord, ye know,  
the thing is just and due,  
To render wrath and woe  
to them that trouble you.  
But ye, that thus  
Afflicted are, shall surely share  
sweet peace with us.   

— 8.  
When Christ shall come abroad,  
in flaming fire from Heaven:  
And they that know not God,  
shall have their portion given  
Of Vengeance meet:  
Because that they would not obey  
his Gospel sweet.    

HYMN 185. Spiritual Shepherds.  
Acts 20.28. 1 Pet. 5.4.  

TAKE heed you Shepherds to your charge,  
to feed with wholesome food  
The flock which God hath purchased  
with his own precious blood.  
And the chief Shepherd, coming down  
from heaven at his great day,  
Shall crown you with a glorious Crown  
that never fades away.   

Zach. 11.17.  
But to the Idol Shepherd woe,  
a Sword will God assign  
To cleave his arm and his right eye  
that leaves the flock to pine.  
〈◊〉 arm, to nothing withered,  
●lean dried up shall be:  
And his right eye so darkened  
as not at all to see.    

HYMN 186. Straight Gate.  
Mat. 7.13, 14.  

O Enter at the narrow Gate,  
for wide is that of sin:  
And broad the way that leads astray,  
and many go therein.  
Because the Gate to life is straight,  
and all the way thereto:  
Is (as I say) a narrow way.  
and they that find it, few.   

Luke 13 24, 30.  
Strive then to hit the narrow Gate,  
the right way to attain:  
For not a few (I say to you)  
shall seek, and seek in vain.  
And there are first that prove the worst,  
and last that first prepare:  
For in this world are many called,  
but few elected are.    

HYMN 187. Suffering and Self-denial.  
Mat 10.34, 21.  

THink not (saith Christ) that I am come  
to send all peace on earth:  
But through malicious minds of some)  
a Sword must I send forth.  
The Father shall the Son betray,  
the Daughter her own Mother:  
Brethren shall Brethren seek to slay,  
set one against another.   

26, 30, 28.  
Yet fear not men in these affairs,  
nor have them in such dread:  
For God hath numbered all the hairs  
that grow upon your head.  
Who kill the body, fear not them  
that than no more can do:  
But him that can to Hell condemn  
both soul and body too.   

2. PART.  
Mat. 10.39, 38. Luke 14.27, 33.  

He that doth find his life, shall be  
at loss of it thereby:  
And he that loseth it for me,  
shall find it gainfully.  
And he that leaves not all to loss,  
to follow after me,  
Nor for my sake takes up his Cross,  
my follower cannot be.   

Mark 10.29, 30.  
But whoso lays down all at stake,  
forsaking Friends and Lands,  
For me, and for my Gospel sake,  
to follow my commands.  
An hundred fold shall he regain,  
although with persecution,  
And afterwards a life obtain  
that fears no dissolution.     

HYMN 188. Temptations succoured.  
Heb. 4▪ 15.  

SUCH an High Priest we have not now,  
as is not touched at all  
With sense of such infirmities  
as on his Saints do fall.  
But suffered such temptations  
as we ourselves fall in:  
And was in all points like to us,  
but yet excepting sin.   

Chap. 2.18. 1 Cor. 12.13. Isa. 40.31.  
In suffering such temptations,  
the tempted he can aid:  
And no temptation taketh you,  
But what on Saints is laid.  
But God is faithful verily,  
who will not suffer you  
To be assailed above the strength  
which ye shall still renew.   

But will in all temptations,  
provide and order so,  
That ye may have a way to scape,  
and strength to undergo.    

HYMN 189. The Tree good.  
Prov. 21.27. Mat. 7.16, 18.  

THE sacrifice of wicked men  
is hateful to the Lord:  
And offered with a wicked mind  
is then much more abhorred.  
For figs of thistles cannot grow,  
nor grapes of thorns be had:  
A bad tree cannot bear good fruit,  
nor yet a good tree bad.   

Chap. 12.35, 33.  
From the good treasure of the heart  
good men bring forth good things:  
And from the evil treasury  
bad fruit the bad man brings.  
Now therefore let the tree be good  
the fruit will then be so:  
And make the tree an evil one  
the fruit the same will show.   

3.10.  
And now's the Axe laid to the root,  
and therefore every tree  
That brings not forth good wholesome fruit  
cut down for fire shall be.    

HYMN 190. Trinity.  
1 Joh. 1.7. Joh. 6.57. Luke 11.13.  

THree witnesses there are above,  
and all these three are one:  
The Father, Son, and sacred Dove,  
one Deity alone.  
The living Father sent the Son,  
who by the Father lives:  
And unto them that ask of him  
the Holy Ghost he gives.   

1 Cor. 12.4, 5.  
Diversities of gifts indeed  
there are that he bestows:  
But from one spirit all proceed,  
who doth them so dispose.  
And his Administrations  
great difference afford:  
And divers operations,  
but one Almighty Lord.   

6. 2 Cor. 13, 14.  
All these in great variety  
from his good hand do fall:  
But one adored Deity  
that worketh all in all.  
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,  
and love of God, therefore,  
And comforts of the Holy Ghost  
be with you evermore.    

HYMN 191. Vine-yard of Israel.  
Isa. 5.1, 2, 3.  

NOW will I sing to my belov'd  
(although with mournful voice)  
A Song of my Beloved one  
touching his Vine-yard choice.   

A Vine-yard my beloved had,  
placed in a fruitful hill:  
He fenced it, and pluckt●out the stones,  
and planted it with skill.  
Choice Vines he set, and built therein▪  
a Wine-press and a Tower:  
Expecting it should bring sweet grapes  
and lo it brought forth sour.   

And now O ye inhabitants  
of Salem pray you see:  
And men of Judah, judge between  
my Vineyard here and me.  
What could be to my Vine-yard done  
more than I did to it,  
Why therefore brought it forth sour Grapes▪  
when I expected sweet?   

And now, go to, know what I'll do  
to this my Vine-yard-soil:  
I will break down the hedge therefore,  
and leave it to the spoil.  
I'll lay it waste, unpruned, undiged,  
for Briers and Thorns alone,  
I also will command the clouds  
to rain no rain thereon.   

7.  
The Vine-yard of the Lord of Hosts  
the house of Israel is:  
The men of Judah are the plant,  
that pleasant plant of his.  
And when he looked for judgement done  
behold great cruelty:  
And when he looked for righteousness,  
behold a doleful cry.    

HYMN 192. Unity and love of Brethren.  

Col. 3.12.13.  
PUT on, Beloved, as Gods Elect,  
bowels of mercy's kind:  
Long-suffering, meekness, sweet respect,  
and humbleness of mind.  
Forbearing one another long,  
forgiving one another:  
If any have received wrong  
done by his Christian brother.   

14. Ph. 2.2. Eph. 4.3.  
As Christ forgave you so do ye  
your brethren that transgress:  
And chiefly put on charity,  
the bond of perfectness.  
Of one mind, and one judgement be,  
and let all discord cease:  
Keeping the Spirits unity  
in sacred bonds of peace.   

2. PART.  
1 Pet. 1.22. Heb. 12.1. 1 Joh. 1.16.  

See that ye love with fervency  
and with an heart most pure,  
And let this love so brotherly  
perpetually endure.  
For God (we know) is perfect love,  
and whoso dwells herein.  
He surely dwells in God above.  
and God most high in him.   

3.14. Rom. 13.8.  
And hence our change is understood  
from death to life above,  
Because we love the brotherhood  
with true and perfect love.  
Owe nothing then to any man  
but love to one another:  
For he's a perfect Christian  
that is a perfect lover.     

HYMN 193. Vocation.  
1 Cor. 12.2. Tit. 3.3.  

YE know that we were Gentiles once;  
and carried away,  
To Idols and dumb vanities,  
as we were led astray:  
And sometimes disobediently,  
and foolishly we swerved,  
By divers lusts and vain delights,  
which we ourselves have served.   

1 Pet. 2.9.  
But a peculiar people now,  
a chosen generation,  
A Royal Priesthood are we made,  
and called an holy Nation.  
That we should show the praises forth  
of him that called us  
From darkness great to greater light,  
that is most marvellous.   

1.16.  
As he therefore that called us  
is holy; so must they  
That are to this profession called,  
be holy every way.   

2. PART.  
Eph. 2.11, 12, 19  

Remember ye were aliens  
from Israel's Commonwealth:  
And strangers from the Covenants  
which promise saving health.  
But now are ye that were far off  
made nigh by Christ his blood:  
And fellow Citizens with Saints,  
and of the house of God.   

20, 21, 22.  
Built on the sure foundation  
laid down in holy writ:  
And Christ himself head cornerstone▪  
who makes the building knit,  
In whom together built ye grow  
into an holy place,  
An habitation of the Lord  
by his sweet spirit of grace.   

Rom. 8.16.  
Which spirit witnesseth with ours,  
and testimony bears,  
That we are made the Sons of God,  
and if his Sons, than Heirs.    

3 PART.  
Jam. 2.5. 1 Cor. 1.26.  

Harken, beloved brethren dear,  
your call ye plainly see,  
How God hath chose the poor on earth  
full rich in faith to be.  
Not many mighty men are called,  
not many wise and learned,  
Nor yet in many noble men  
this calling is discerned.   

27. Matt. 11.26:  
But God hath chose weak foolish things,  
and such as men despise,  
To bring to nought, and to confound  
the noble, great, and wise.  
We thank thee, Father, Lord of all,  
that hast these things concealed  
From many wise and prudent men,  
and them to babes revealed.   

1 Cor. 1.29, 31.  
Even so, O Father, since it was  
thy pleasure and decree▪  
That, in thy sight, no flesh on earth  
might glory, but in thee.     

HYMN 194. Whole Armour.  
Eph. 6.10.13, 14.  

BE strong, my brethren, in the Lord,  
and in his powerful might:  
Put on your soul his Armour whole,  
to make you stand in fight.  
Stand therefore, having girt your loins  
with truth, which ye profess:  
And having done the breastplate on  
of perfect righteousness.   

15, 16.  
And with the preparation of  
the Gospel of our God,  
(The Gospel of his peace and love,)  
let both your feet be shod.  
And chiefly take the shield of faith,  
that so your valiant hearts  
May quench thereby, most powerfully,  
the wickeds fiery darts.   

17, 18.  
The helmet of salvation take,  
and that twoedged Sword:  
(The Sword of his good Spirit it is,  
to wit God's holy Word.  
And always in the spirit pray,  
with all requests and prayer:  
And watch thereto (what e'er ye do)  
with constancy and care?    

HYMN 195. Will for the Deed.  
2 Cor. 8.12. Mat. 10.42.  

IF there be first a willing heart,  
the Lord the same accepts:  
And what one hath takes in good part,  
and pardons our defects.  
Cold water only, one small cup  
to a Disciple spared  
For that names sake, is sure summed up,  
and shall not miss reward.   

20. Rom. 8.26. Eph. 3.20.  
Nor will he quench the smoking flax,  
nor break the bruised-reed:  
Till judgement have a sure dispatch  
with victory to speed.  
And though we know not how or what  
to pray for as we ought,  
His spirit helps our wants in that,  
beyond our speech or thought.   

21.  
To him in all the Church therefore  
be glory yet again,  
Through ages all for evermore,  
by Jesus Christ, Amen.    

HYMN 196. Wisdoms exhortation.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Prov. 1.20, 21.  

LO, wisdom crieth out,  
she crieth in the streets,  
She uttereth her zealous breath  
where all the concourse meets.  
In opening of the gates  
of Cities populous,  
She calls, and cries, with words most wise,  
exhorting sinners thus.   

22, 23.  
How long, ye simple ones,  
will ye delight in folly;  
And scorners in so vile a sin,  
and fools hate knowledge wholly▪  
Turn you at my reproof  
behold I will pour forth  
My Spirit to take hold on you,  
I'll show you words of worth.   

2 PART.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Prov. 4.5.7, 8. Chap. 3.15.17.  

Get wisdom, O my Son,  
with all the care thou canst:  
She is of all things principal,  
and most to be advanced.  
Of greater price than pearls,  
and all desired treasure:  
Her paths and ways have all the praise  
of perfect peace, and pleasure.   

18, 14, 16, 18.  
A tree of life to them  
upon her that lay hold:  
Her Merchandise of greater price,  
than silver or than gold.  
Her right hand, length of days,  
her left bears wealth and honour:  
And happy he (who e'er he be)  
that lays fast hold upon her.     

HYMN 197. Word preached.  
All people, etc.  
2 Cor. 10.4. Heb. 4.12.  

THe weapons of our warfare here  
have nothing carnal placed therein:  
But mighty thorough God they are,  
to pull down all strong holds of sin.  
God's Word is such a powerful one,  
sharper than any two-edged sword:  
It parts the marrow from the bone,  
and is an heart-discerning Word.   

1 Pet. 2.2. Jam. 1.20.  
Then shunning guile and malice lewd  
envy reproach hypocrisy.  
As babes new born desire the food  
of God's pure Word to grow thereby.  
And let us set all sins apart,  
with meekness to receive and have  
God's Word engrafted in our heart,  
which is of power our souls to save.   

2. PART. Work of mercy magnified, or The second part of mercies (forgot to be inserted in its due place.)  
2 Cor. 7.13.  

If I shut heaven saith the Lord  
or leave the Land to be devoured  
By Locusts, or if I dispense  
some drought or dreadful pestilence.   

If then my People whom I grace  
with my great name shall seek my face,  
Humble themselves and jointly pray,  
And turn them from their evil way.   

Then will I hear in heaven high  
and pardon their Iniquity:  
Most graciously I will forgive  
and heal the land wherein they live.   

Jam. 2.13. Psal. 136.1.  
Thus mercy with triumphant voice  
against strict judgement doth rejoice:  
O thank the Lord of Heaven therefore  
whose mercies last for evermore.     

HYMN 198. Worker of Grace.  
2 Cor. 3.5. Phil. 2.12.  

WE have not the sufficiency  
and power of our own,  
To think so much as one good thought  
as of ourselves alone.  
But all our whole sufficiency  
doth of the Lord proceed.  
Who works in us most graciously  
both the desire and deed.   

Jam. 1.17. Rom. 9.16.  
For every good and perfect gift  
proceeds from God above,  
With whom there is no varying,  
nor shadow of remove.  
It is not then of him that wills,  
nor him that runs the race,  
But all our good on us distils  
from God that showeth Grace.   

Judas 24, 25.  
To God therefore the only wise,  
our Saviour, strength and stay,  
Be Thrones, Dominions, Dignities,  
for evermore, we pray.    

HYMN 199. World and the Church.  
1 John 5.19.  

WE know we are of God most high,  
for we are born of him,  
And this whole world, most generally,  
lies soaking in their sin.  
And lo, the Son of God is come,  
and we the same have known:  
And he hath thus instructed us,  
to know the faithful one.   

20. Rev. 5.13.  
And we are in him that is true,  
in Jesus Christ his Son:  
This is the true God (known to you)  
and endless life begun.  
Blessing, and power, and praise, therefore  
to him be altogether,  
That sits upon the sacred Throne,  
and to the Lamb for ever.    

HYMN 200. Zealous Ejaculations at Evening or Bedtime.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psal. 31.6. Rev. 1.5.  

MY spirit, O God, do I  
into thy hands commit:  
Lord God of Verity,  
Thou hast redeemed it.  
Thy grace so good  
Washed off our sin, and bathed us in  
our Saviour's blood.   

Psal. 141.2.51.12. Mic. 7.19.  
Now let my prayers be  
as incense in thine eyes,  
And hands uplift to Thee  
as th' evening Sacrifice.  
O cleanse my heart,  
My sins subdue, and still renew  
my inward part.   

Rom. 14.8.  
That whiles I draw this breath,  
I may live up to Thee;  
And when I die the death,  
to Thee, Lord, it may be.  
That, live or die:  
Whatever time, I may be thine  
perpetually.   

Psal. 4.8. Rev. 1.4.—  
And now my lying down  
shall be both sweet and sure;  
For thou, O Lord, alone  
my dwelling dost secure.  
All glory then  
To Father Son and Holy one;  
forever, Amen.    
The End of the Second Century.   

THE Third and Last Century OF CHAPT. HYMNS. Newly Translated.  


HYMN 201. The Covenant of Grace entered to Abraham.  
[All people, or, O Lord consider, etc.]  
Gen. 17.1.15.5.  

THus said the Lord to Abraham  
Lo! I the Lord Almighty am  
Walk thou before me for thy part  
Sincere and with a perfect heart.  
And covenant with thee will I  
And with thy seed successively:  
Number the Stars, and thou shalt tell  
The Sum whereto thy seed shall swell.  
And he believed in the Lord  
Relying on his faithful Word,  
And it was counted unto him,  
For Righteousness to trust therein.  
So all that are of faith indeed  
Are blest with Abraham as his seed;  
To Abraham's God be praise therefore,  
From first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 202. The Test to the Covenant.  
All people, etc.  
Deut. 26.16.  

THis day the Lord commandeth thee  
Obedient to his Laws to be,  
Keep them therefore in every part;  
With all thy soul and all thy heart.  
Thou hast avoucht the Lord this day  
To be thy God: To keep his way,  
His Statutes, Laws, and Judgements choice,  
And still to hearken to his voice.   

And God this day avoucheth thee  
His own peculiar stock to be,  
As his most gracious promise stands  
That thou shouldst keep all his commands.  
To Israel's God be praise therefore  
From first to last for evermore,  
And let all faithful people then  
Say cheerfully, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 203. The Song of Moses the man of God, commanded to be learned by heart of all Israel. Deut. 32. to 44. v. Moses' Title, Psalm 90.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  

GIve ear O heavens from on high,  
and I will speak this present day:  
And hear O Earth, attentively  
the awful words which I shall say.   

My doctrine shall drop down as showers,  
my speech as dew shall gently pass:  
And as small rain on herbs and flowers,  
and as the showers upon the grass.   

Because I will this day proclaim,  
and publish fully all abroad,  
The Lord our God's Almighty Name,  
ascribe ye greatness to our God.   

He is the Rock his work's complete,  
and all his ways just judgement be,  
A God of truth without deceit  
exactly just and right is Herald   

2. PART.  
v. 5.  

They are corrupt, they bring a blot  
upon themselves, of foul disgrace,  
Their spot is not his children's spot,  
they are a cross and crooked race.   

Requite ye thus the Lord most high  
ye foolish people? Is not He  
Thy Father dear that did thee buy?  
hath he not made and established thee?   

Remember now the days of old,  
the years of ages long ago,  
Thy Father ask, thou shalt be told,  
and ask thine Elders they shall show.   

When the most high did first divide  
inheritances unto men,  
And separated far and wide  
all Adam's Sons, as he did then:   

He set the people bounds complete,  
but chiefly one that did excel  
According to the Number great  
of all his people Israel.    

3. PART.  
v. 9  

For lo! the Portion of the Lord  
is Israel whom he doth advance,  
And Jacob's house is on record  
the Lot of his inheritance.   

He found him in a foreign Land  
in howling deserts waste and dry,  
Led him, and made him understand,  
kept him as th' apple of his eye.   

As th'Eagle stirreth up her nest,  
and flutters o'er her young ones there,  
Spreads out her wings whereon they rest,  
and on her wings she doth them bear.   

So God alone was then his guide,  
and there was with him no strange God,  
On Earth's high place he made them ride,  
and on those Palaces he trod.   

That he might eat th' increase of fields▪  
both of the fruits and of the flock,  
And suck the honey which it yields  
and oil out of the flinty rock.   

Butter of Kine and Milk of Sheep  
with fat of Lambs of Bashan-breed,  
And Rams which Bashan hill did keep,  
and goats which there likewise did feed.   

With fat of kidneys of the wheat  
which yieldeth flower so passing good,  
For thee, O Israel, to eat,  
and thou didst drink the grapes pure blood.    

4. PART.  
v. 15.  

But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked,  
thou art grown fat, thou art grown thick,  
Covered with fatness finely slick;  
and this was it that made him kick.   

Then he forsook his God on high  
that made him and all other men,  
And he esteemed but carelessly  
the God of his Salvation then.   

With strange Gods they did all the while  
provoke Him unto jealousy:  
And with abominations vile  
moved Him to anger vehemently.   

They sacrificed to Devils there,  
and not to God: To God's unknown,  
New Gods, and new come up they were,  
such as their Fathers did not own.    

5. PART.  
18.  

Of that high God which thee begot  
thou art unmindful, and wilt be:  
And (mindless) thou remember'st not  
the mighty God that form thee.   

And when God saw it, He at once  
abhorred them in his holy eyes,  
For the provoking of his Sons  
and of his Daughters in such wise.   

I'll hide, said he, from them my face,  
and see the end of their lewd path,  
For 'tis a very froward race,  
children in whom there is no faith.   

They have provoked my jealous eyes  
with that which is not God (they know)  
And with their idol vanities  
spurred on my anger which was slow.   

And I'll move them to jealousy  
with people that are next to none,  
And I will vex them vehemently  
with a most foolish Nation.    

6. PART.  
22.  

For there is kindled in my wrath  
fire that shall burn to hell below,  
Consume the Earth and all it hath,  
and make the hills foundations glow.   

An heap of mischiefs I will bring  
upon their impious heads to fall:  
And charge mine arrows on the string  
and spend them freely on them all.   

Burnt up with hunger they shall be,  
and with a burning heat devoured:  
A sad destruction they shall see  
with bitterness upon them poured.   

And I will send upon those men  
the teeth of beasts (in vengeance just)  
With poisons (as I threatened them)  
of dreadful serpents of the dust.   

The sword without shall pierce them through,  
and fears within the young men slay;  
The Virgin and the suckling too,  
and th'ancient man whose hairs are grey.    

7 PART.  
26.  

I threat to scatter their increase,  
and drive them into corners then;  
And I would also make to cease  
their memory from the Sons of men.   

Were it not that I feared the wrath  
of envious foes and nothing else,  
Letting their Adversaries laugh,  
and strangely to behave themselves.   

Lest they should say, our hand is high,  
and that the Lord did NOT all this:  
For 'tis a Land puts Counsel by,  
in whom no understanding is.   

But O that they were wise indeed,  
and did this matter apprehend.  
And would consider, and take heed,  
and think upon their latter end.    

8. PART.  
30.  

How should one man a thousand chase  
and two should make ten thousand flee?  
Had not God sold them to disgrace  
and their Rock shut them up, think ye!   

For their Rock nothing so excels  
as our Rock (Israel's mighty King)  
Our very Enemies themselves  
being made Judges in the thing!   

For Israel's Vine is worst of all  
as Sodoms and Gomorrahs' field,  
Their grapes are very grapes of gall,  
and bitter clusters do they yield.   

A Wine of Dragons theirs must be,  
and as the Asps in venomed cup:  
Is not this safely stored with Me  
among my treasures sealed up?    

9 PART.  
35.  

Vengeance belongeth unto me  
and recompense to every crime,  
Their foot shall slide and broken be,  
but all in my appointed time.   

For lo! the day, the day that brings  
calamities which they must taste,  
Is near at hand: And all those things  
which come upon them shall make haste.   

For God shall judge his people known,  
and for his Servants sake repent,  
Whenas He sees their strength is gone,  
and none shut up, or left unspent.   

And He shall say, where are their Gods,  
their Rock in whom they trusted so?  
That eat the fat of all the goods  
that to their Sacrifices go?   

Which drank the Wine ye did allow,  
the Wine of your drink-offerings free;  
Let them arise and help you now,  
and let them your protection be.    

10. PART.  
39  

See now that I, even I am He  
and there's no God with Me to stand,  
I kill, I make alive to be,  
I wound, I heal with powerful hand.   

Nor is there any such power given  
out of my hand that can deliver,  
For I lift up my hand to heaven,  
and say behold! I live for ever.   

If once I whet my glittering sword  
and that my hand with judgement close,  
I'll render vengeance, saith the Lord,  
and will reward my hateful foes.   

I'll make mine Arrows drunk with blood,  
my Sword shall cut, and flesh devour:  
The slain and captive shall be food  
even from the first revenging hour.   

Rejoice, ye Nations, with his land,  
for He'll avenge his servants blood:  
And, while his foes shall feel his hand,  
he will to's Land and folk be good.     

HYMN 204. The Song of Hanna.  
The mighty God, etc.  
1 Sam. 2.1.  

MY Soul rejoiceth in the Lord most high  
in Him my horn's exalted and my voice,  
Is much enlarged o'er mine enemy  
because in thy Salvation I rejoice.  
None's holy as the Lord, there's none beside Thee  
Nor is there any Rock like our Almighty.   

Talk so exceeding proudly now no more,  
no arrogance let from your mouth proceed,  
For God's a God of knowledge, rich in store,  
and He doth weigh exactly every deed:  
The bows of mighty men are broke asunder  
And they that stumbled are with strength girt under.   

They that were full, have hired themselves for bread;  
and they that were an hungry quickly ceased,  
So that the barren seven hath numbered;  
and with a goodly household is increased:  
And she that had of children once so many  
Is waxen feeble and not brought forth any.   

2 PART.  

The Lord doth kill, the Lord doth also save,  
for He can make alive as well as kill,  
He bringeth down unto the very grave,  
and bringeth up again whenever He will:  
The Lord makes poor, He also stores with treasure,  
He bringeth low and lifteth up at pleasure.   

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust;  
and lifts the beggar from the dungil base,  
Sets them with Princes in high place of trust,  
t' inherit thrones of glory in their place:  
For Earth's strong Pillars God alone doth own them  
And He hath established all the World upon them.   

He will preserve the feet of all his Saints,  
as for the wicked silent they shall be  
In utter darkness, where are sad restraints  
from light and comfort in the least degree.  
For by the strength of man (man's sole endeavour)  
Shall no man in the World prevail for ever.   

The Adversaries of the Lord shall be  
broken in pieces by his power put forth:  
Thunder upon them out of heaven shall He,  
the Lord shall judge the ends of all the Earth:  
He shall give strength unto his king appointed,  
And will exalt the Horn of his anointed.   

Let Israel's God that is the Lord most high  
be ever blest and magnified therefore:  
And let the whole Earth universally  
be filled with his renown for evermore.  
And let the people rich and poor together  
Say all Amen, and praise the Lord for ever.     

HYMN 205. The Change.  
Job 14.1.  

MAN that is of a woman born  
hath but few days on Earth,  
And with continual trouble worn  
even from his very birth.   

He comes up as a flower that dies,  
and is cut down freightway,  
And shadowlike he flits and flies,  
and keeps no constant stay.   

Until therefore the utmost date  
and full appointed sum  
Of all my days, here will I wait,  
until my change shall come.    

HYMN 206. Seeking God betimes.  
All People, etc.  
Job. 8.5.22, 23.  

IF thou wouldst seek to God betimes,  
and to th' Almighty prayers wouldst make  
If thou wert pure, and free from crimes,  
than would the Lord for thee awake.   

Prosperity should still befall  
thy Habitation, blest with peace;  
Though thy beginning were but small,  
thy latter end should much increase.   

Return thou then to God most high,  
and He shall build thee up full sure;  
And put away INIQUITY  
far from thy House, and be secure.    

HYMN 207. God's expostulation with Job.  
All People, etc.  
Job. 40.6.  

THAN unto Job, God answer made  
Out of the Whirlwind, and He said  
Gird up thy Loins now like a man  
And answer my demands who can?   

Wilt thou my judgement disannul,  
Wilt thou condemn me, as more full  
More full of righteousness than I,  
Hast thou a stem like God most high?   

Or canst thou thunder all allowed  
Like Him that rules the rattling Cloud:  
Deck now thyself with Eminence  
Of Majesty and Excellence.   

Array thyself in glory bright  
And beauty which is exquisite,  
Cast thou abroad in every path  
Cast thou the tokens of thy wrath.   

Look upon every man that's proud,  
And mask him with a dreadful Cloud:  
Blast all the proud with foul disgrace,  
Tread down the wicked in their place.   

Hide them in dust at once to die,  
And bind their faces secretly:  
And then will I confess to thee  
Thine own right hand thy help can be.    

HYMN 208. Job's Answer.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Job. 42.1.  

THen answered Job to God and said,  
I know thou canst do every thing:  
And there's no thought can be conveyed  
Or hid from thy DISCOVERING.   

Who's this that doth his counsel hide,  
and void of knowledge, as do I?  
I uttered words, exceeding wide,  
things that I knew not, and too high.   

Lord, I beseech thee, hear thou me,  
and I will speak with awful care:  
Instruction I must ask of thee,  
and unto me do thou declare.   

I heard of thee by hear-say, Lord,  
but now I see thee, and relent,  
Yea, and I have myself abhorred,  
in dust and ashes I repent.    

HYMN 209. Man's mortality minded.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Isa. 2. ult.  

CEase ye from man, whose fading breath  
Is in his Nostrils, near to death:  
For wherein is he (since the fall)  
To be accounted of at all?   

Psal. 39.9.144.3.  
Man flourishing in all his wealth  
Is like to vanity itself:  
His days are as a slitting shade  
Which daily doth decline and fade.   

Psal. 90.12. Eccl. 11.8.12.1.  
Lord, teach us how to count aright  
Our days that have so long a night,  
That we thereby may bring our heart  
To wisdom, and betimes convert.    

HYMN 210. A Vine-yard of Red Wine.  
Isa. 27.2.  

A Vineyard of red sparkling wine  
Sing to her in that day,  
I, saith the Lord, do keep that Vine,  
I water it always.  
Lest any hurt it I stand by  
to keep it day and night:  
And there is in me, verily,  
no fury to affright.   

But who would set the thorns and briers  
against Me in array?  
I would go through with flames and fires,  
and burn them up straightway.  
Or let him on my strength take hold  
and make his peace with Me,  
And if he seek it, as he should,  
we surely shall agree.   

And God shall cause all Jacob's Race  
to take effectual root,  
Blossom and bud, and fill the face  
of all the world with fruit.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be ever blest therefore  
From first to last perpetually,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 211. Debate in measure.  
Isa. 27.7.  

DID ever God smite Israel  
as He hath smote his foes?  
Or hath it been with slaughter keen  
as God hath smitten those?   

In measure when it shooteth forth,  
He shall therewith debate;  
He stays th' unkind rough Eastern Wind  
when storms are at the height.   

By this therefore shall Jacob's House  
be purged and cleansed within;  
And all the fruit of this pursuit  
to take away his sin.   

Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be ever blest therefore  
And people then say all Amen,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 212. Commands for comfort.  
Where righteousness, etc.  
Isa. 40.1.  

O Comfort, Comfort Ye  
my people, all of them,  
Speak comfortably, as may be,  
unto Jerusalem.  
Say to her (saith your God)  
now ends her Warfare here,  
Her sins are as a darksome cloud  
which God doth fully clear.   

For now received hath she,  
in Gods so kind account,  
A payment double in degree  
to what her sins amount.  
And I will (saith the Lord)  
take off her heavy score,  
And never at all will I record  
her trespass any more.    

Jacob's sadness cheered.  
All People, etc.  
Isa. 40.27.  

WHY dost thou Jacob speak? and say  
Hid from the Lord is my sad way,  
My judgement also (undertrod)  
Is passed over from my God?   

Hast thou not heard, hast thou not known  
That God the everlasting one,  
Creator of the Earth's far ends,  
No weariness nor fainting spends?   

His understanding none can search,  
He giveth power to his faint Church,  
And unto them that have no might  
He raiseth strength unto the height.   

The youths shall faint, as wearied all,  
The young men utterly shall fall,  
But they that on the Lord do wait  
Shall have their strength renewed straight.   

They shall mount up on Eagles wings,  
And run as do the nimblest things:  
Of weariness make no complaint,  
But they shall walk and shall not faint.    

HYMN 214. Love engraven.  
Isa. 49.14.  

BUT Zion said (so sad was she)  
The Lord hath quite forsaken me:  
And now the Lord hath me forgot  
As one whom he remembreth not.   

What? can a mother meek and mild  
Ever forget her sucking child?  
Can her compassions find no room  
For the dear son of her own womb?   

Yea, (saith the Lord) they may forget  
And not remember Nature's debt:  
Yet will not I forgetful be,  
But always will remember thee.   

Behold thy Name engraven stands  
Upon the palms of both my hands:  
Thy walls are ever in my sight  
To keep them safely day and night.   

Let Israel's God be blest therefore  
From first to last for evermore,  
And let us all with one accord  
Say here Amen, Praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 215. A Child of Light encouraged and instructed.  
Isa. 50.10.  

WHO is amongst you fearing God  
His Servant's voice that hears,  
That in the darksome paths hath trod,  
and where no light appears?   

Upon the Name of God most high  
O let him trust full sure;  
And on his God let him rely,  
and he shall be secure.   

Let Israel's mighty God therefore  
for ever honoured be  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen, say we.    

HYMN 216. Mourners comforted.  
To the Tune of Ye Children, etc.  
Isa. 51.7.  

Harken to me in all distress  
Ye people that know righteousness,  
and in whose heart my Law is placed:  
Fear ye not the reproach of men  
Nor the reviling speech of them  
that dare reproach, where I have graced.  
For lo! the much devouring moth  
Shall eat them up like to a cloth,  
the worm shall eat them up like wool:  
But still my righteousness shall reign  
And my salvation shall remain  
from age to age, unto the full.    

HYMN 217. Almighty Arm invoked.  

The First Metre.  
Isa. 51.9.  

AWake, Awake, O Arm of God,  
whose strength is uncontrolled,  
Awake as in those ancient days,  
and in the time of old.  
Didst thou not lay all Egypt low,  
and that fell Dragon wound?  
Dry'd●t Thou not up the Seas that flow  
with Waters most profound?   

Didst Thou not in those mighty deeps  
a plainer path discover?  
And for the ransomed of the Lord  
make way for getting over?  
Therefore shall God's redeemed return  
with Songs to Zion hill,  
And endless joy crown them that mourn  
while Songs their mouths do fill.   

They shall obtain abundant joy  
and gladness in that day,  
Sorrow and sadness utterly  
shall hast, and flee away.  
The God of Israel therefore  
renowned and honoured be,  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen say we.    

2. METRE.  
Ye Children, etc.  

Awake, Awake, O Arm of God  
And put on strength for th' undertrod,  
awake as in the days of old:  
Art thou not it that rent and tore  
Proud Rahab, and Thou woundest sore  
the Dragon which those deeps did hold.  
Art thou not it that dried the Sea  
The Waters of the deep were they,  
the Waters of the mighty deep:  
In those great deeps of Seas, I say,  
Thou mad'st a passage and a way,  
for thy redeemed and ransomed sheep.   

Therefore the Lord's redeemed Ones  
That were so filled with sighs and groans  
shall have a time for to return:  
And they shall come with songs of joy  
To Zion hill unanimously  
that formerly did sigh and mourn.  
And everlasting joy shall be  
Upon their heads in high degree  
whom former griefs did oversway:  
They shall undoubtedly obtain  
Gladness and joy that shall remain,  
sorrow and sighs shall flee away.     

HYMN 218. The Preachers Lips.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Isa. 57.19.  

I (Saith the Lord) create  
The fruit of lips that preach  
For peace to men disconsolate,  
and far and near to reach.   

And I will give them ease:  
But wicked ●en (unblessed)  
Are like un●● the troubled Seas  
whose waters cannot rest.   

But still it casts abroad  
Both mire and dirt at once:  
There is no peace, as saith my God,  
unto the wicked Ones.    

HYMN 219. Robes of Righteousness.  
Have mercy, etc.  

1. METRE.  
Isa. 61.10.  

I greatly will rejoice  
In God that is so good;  
My soul shall sing with cheerful voice  
unto the Lord my God.   

For he hath clothed me  
With that delightful dress  
Of saving health and sanctity  
and Robes of Righteousness.   

As Bridegrooms, that have wealth,  
With ornaments are decked;  
And as a Bride adorns herself  
with jewels most select.   

Or as the bud that springs  
Out of the pregnant earth,  
And gardens sowed with choicest things  
doth richly bring them forth:   

So God will make, likewise,  
His righteousness and praise  
Spring forth in all the Nations eyes  
now in the latter days.   

Let Israel's God therefore  
be praised perpetually:  
And let us all for evermore  
give praise to God most high.    

2. METRE.  
The mighty God, etc.  

Greatly will I rejoice in thee, O Lord,  
and in my God I will triumph, and shout:  
For He hath clothed me of his own accord,  
with garments of salvation throughout.  
And with the robes of righteousness attested  
By His free grace: He hath my soul invested.   

Just as a Bridegroom doth himself array  
with Ornaments most priestly to be worn:  
And as a Bride upon her Wedding day  
with Orient Jewels doth herself adorn,  
So hath the Lord with his spiritual beauty  
Arrayed my soul to serve my God in duty.   

And as the teeming Earth puts forth her bud  
and as a garden makes the things to grow,  
As when the seed, and where the soil is good,  
it makes the seed to prosper which we sow,  
So God the Lord will cause his sure salvations  
And praise to spring afresh before all Nations.   

Psal. 106. ult.  
Let Israel's God that is the Lord most high  
be ever blest and magnified therefore,  
And let the whole Earth universally  
be filled with his renown for evermore,  
And let the people rich and poor together  
Say all Amen, and praise the Lord for ever.     

HYMN 220. Treading the Winepress alone.  
To the Third New Tune.  
Isa. 63.1.  

who'S He that comes from Edom side  
With scarlet clothes of Bosrah died  
in his apparel brave:  
Trav'lling in greatness of his might,  
I that speak righteousness most right,  
and mighty am to save.   

Why art thou read in thine array?  
Thy garments like to him this day  
that doth the Wine fat tread?  
I trod the Winepress, I alone,  
And of the people there was none  
that followed me, or led.   

Nahum 1.2.  
For I will tread them in my wrath,  
And trample on them in the path;  
letting my fury reign.  
Their blood likewise that war with Me  
Shall on my garments sprinkled be  
and all my raiment stain.   

2. PART. v. 4.  

For lo! the days of vengeance due  
O Zion, my revenge for you!  
the day is in my heart!  
The year of my redeemed is come  
I looked, but looked in vain for some  
salvation to impart.   

I wondered then that there was none  
None to support, indeed not one  
brought any help or aid:  
Therefore mine Arm, in high degree  
Did bring Salvation unto Me,  
and thereby was I stayed.   

And I will tread the people down  
In my great wrath and furious frown,  
and make them drunk thereby:  
And I will all their strength confound  
And bring it down unto the ground  
so low their power shall lie.     

HYMN 221. Mercies recorded and requested.  
Isa. 63.7.  

I Will make mention of the love  
and kindness of the Lord,  
The praises of the Lord above  
I surely will record.  
According to his gifts most free  
and loving kindness showed  
With love and liberality  
on Jacob's house bestowed.   

According to his grace renewed  
which at his hands we find,  
According to the multitude  
of his compassions kind.  
For sure, said he, they are my flock,  
children that will not lie;  
Therefore he was their saving Rock  
in their adversity.   

In all their grievances that were  
himself was grieved sore:  
And th' Angel of his presence, there,  
preserved them evermore.  
He in his love and pity then  
redeemed his flock and fold:  
He bore them and he carried them  
even all the days of old.   

2. PART.  
v. 10.  

But they rebelled and vexed so  
his holy Spirit of might  
That he was turned to be their foe  
and did against them fight.  
Then thought he on those ancient days,  
Moses and Israel's stock:  
Where's He that brought them from the Seas  
with Shepherds of his flock?   

O where is He, said God most high,  
that did within him place  
In ancient times so powerfully  
his holy Spirit of grace?  
By Moses' hand that led them right,  
with glorious Arm and Name;  
Dividing Waters in their sight  
to get eternal fame?   

That led them through the deeper Seas,  
until to Land they got,  
As Horses in the Wilderness,  
that stumble they might not?  
As Beasts go down into the dale  
God's Spirit made them rest,  
Thou leddest thy people not to fail,  
Thy Great Name to attest.    

3. PART.  
v. 15.  

Look down from Heaven and behold  
from that thy dwelling seat  
Of Holiness prepared of old,  
and of thy glory great.  
Where is the zeal and strength in Thee?  
thy bowels moved and pained,  
And of thy mercies towards me,  
are they, O Lord, restrained?   

Doubtless thou art our Father dear,  
though Abraham hath forgot;  
Or ignorant of us appear,  
and Israel knows us not.  
Thou art our Father, still the same,  
thou didst us, Lord, redeem:  
From Everlasting is thy Name,  
a stranger do not seem.   

O Lord why hast thou made us err  
from thy most holy path?  
Hardening our hearts from thy true fear,  
in thy provoked wrath?  
Return, and have remembrance,  
for thy dear servants sake,  
The Tribes of thine Inheritance  
which thou didst choose and take!     

HYMN 222. Idolatry exploded.  
Jer. 2.11.5.23.16.20.  

HATH ever any Nation changed  
their Gods which yet were none?  
Yet have my people been estranged  
from me, and wholly gone.   

And they have changed their glory great  
for Gods which they have got,  
Mere Idols that are all deceit  
and things that profit not.   

O Heavens be amazed hereat  
and horribly afraid;  
And be ye very desolate,  
as God the Lord hath said.   

For lo! my people Israel  
have these two evils done,  
Forsaking Me who am the Well  
whence Living Waters run:   

And hewed out Cisterns to themselves  
too shameful to be told:  
Mere broken Cisterns, and none else,  
that can no water hold.    

HYMN 223. Backsliders called back.  
All people, etc.  
Jer. 3.22.  

REturn, backsliding Israel,  
And I will your backslidings heal:  
Behold we come with one accord  
To Thee that art our God the Lord.   

Truly in vain do men expect  
Salvation for the hills t' effect:  
And from the mountains multitude  
No safety sure can we conclude.   

But truly in the Lord our God  
Is sure Salvation to be had:  
The saving health of Israel  
Is all of Him, we know full well.   

Let Israel's God be blest therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let all faithful people then  
Give praise to God, and say Amen.    

HYMN 224. The old good way.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Jer. 6.16.  

THus saith the Holy One  
stand in the ways and see,  
Inquire, I say, for th' old good way,  
the paths that ancient be.   

And walk ye all therein,  
and ye shall surely find  
A very blessed Estate of rest  
contenting to your mind.   

To Israel's God most high  
be all the praise therefore;  
And people then say all Amen,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 225. False fears and false Deities derided.  
Our Father, etc.  
Jer. 10.1.  

HEar ye the Word which God doth say  
to you O house of Israel,  
Learn not, saith He, the heathens way,  
nor fear what they count terrible:  
At signs of Heaven be not dismayed,  
For so the Heathens are afraid.   

For people's Customs are but vain,  
one from the Forest cuts a tree  
(The work of workmen are they plain)  
which with the Axe cut down must be:  
Then decked with silver and with gold,  
The nails and hammer make it hold.   

Like a Palmtree they stand upright,  
but never can they speak a word;  
And needs they must be born by might  
that go no farther than they're stirred:  
Let no man fear these Logs of Wood,  
For they can do nor ill, nor good.   

Since there is none like thee, O Lord,  
for very great indeed thou art,  
●reat is thy Name upon record,  
who would not fear thee from their heart?  
The King of Nations thou dost reign,  
And fear to thee doth appertain.   

2. PART.  
v. 8, 10, 11.  

But they that err and Idolise  
are altogether brutes and fools:  
The stock's a Book of vanities,  
but the true God for ever rules.  
He is the Lord the Living One  
The King with everlasting Throne.   

His Wrath shall cause the Earth to quake,  
the Nations cannot bear his blow:  
Tell them, that Gods which did not make  
the Heavens above, and Earth below,  
Even they shall perish from this Earth,  
And from these Heavens which God set forth.   

Each man is brutish in his skill,  
men founder is confounded quite,  
His graven Image fools him still,  
his molten Image gives no light:  
They have no breath, they are but vain,  
The work of errors are they plain.   

The workmen and these works of his  
shall perish at God's visiting,  
Unlike them Jacob's portion is  
for he hath form every thing.  
Israel's the lot which he doth claim,  
The Lord of Hosts is his great Name.    

3. PART.  
Isa. 44.9.  

They that make graven Images  
are all of them mere vanity,  
They profit not howe'er they please,  
as they themselves can testify;  
They see not neither do they know,  
But may be shamed it should be so.   

Who makes a God or who hath framed  
a molten Image good for nought?  
Lo all his fellows shall be shamed,  
they are but men that have them wrought:  
Let all stand up and gather near  
They shall be struck with shame and fear.   

The Smith with Tongues doth work it warm,  
with Hammers doth he fashion it,  
He works it with his strength of arm,  
he labours and is hunger-bit:  
His strength must fail upon constraint,  
He drinks no Water, and is faint.   

The Carpenter extends his rule,  
with lines he makes it as he please;  
He fits it with his plaining tool,  
he marks it out with compasses:  
He forms it like a man complete,  
To make a household God most neat.    

4. PART.  

He hews him down the Cedar-trees,  
he takes the Cypress and the Oak,  
He glories in the choice of these  
which through the forest bear the stroke:  
He plants an Ash as also fit,  
And leaves the rain to nourish it.   

With part thereof the fire is fed,  
he warms his body at the flames,  
He kindles it, He breaketh bread,  
yea, and a God thereof he frames:  
A graven Image makes he new,  
He worships and falls down thereto.   

A part he burneth in the fire,  
with part thereof he eateth flesh,  
He roasteth roast to his desire,  
and doth with warmth himself refresh:  
Aha, saith he, well warmed am I,  
I saw the fire burn cheerfully.   

He maketh of the residue  
his God, his graven Image dear,  
He worships it, and prays thereto,  
he falleth down with awful fear:  
He saith to it, Deliver me,  
I for my God acknowledge thee.    

5. PART.  
v. 18.20.  

They have not known nor understood,  
for God hath closed up their eyes,  
They can not see their Gods are wood,  
yea, he hath shut their heart likewise,  
So that they can not understand  
That there's a lie in their right hand.   

And none considers in his heart,  
nor hath he wit or skill to say,  
I in the fire have burned part,  
yea, I have baked bread this day:  
Upon its Coals I baked my loaf,  
I roasted flesh and ate thereof.   

And shall I make the residue  
abomination for to be,  
Shall I fall down and kneel, think you,  
unto the stock of any tree?  
He feeds on ashes all that while,  
An heart deceived doth him beguile.   

Isa. 44.21, 22.  
O Jacob and O ISRAEL  
my servant whom I formed of old,  
As a thick Cloud I did dispel  
thy sins and failings manifold;  
Remember, and return to me,  
For I alone redeemed thee.    

6. PART.  
v. 24.  

Thus hath the Lord thy Saviour said,  
that from the womb hath form thee,  
I am the Lord that all things made,  
Heaven is stretched out alone by ME.  
I spread abroad the spacious Earth  
And by myself I laid it forth.   

The liars signs that nullifies,  
and makes Diviners mad to be,  
That turneth back the worldly wise,  
and makes their knowledge foolery.  
That seals the Word of's Ministers  
And counsels of his Messengers.   

That to Jerus●lem doth declare  
thou shalt have dwellers in thee placed,  
And Judah's Cities I will rear,  
and raise up all her places waste:  
That saith unto the deeps, be dry,  
And dry thy Rivers up will I.   

That said of Cyrus (yet unborn)  
He is my Shepherd: it is He  
That all my pleasure shall perform,  
and saith, Jerus●lem built shall be;  
And to the Templ' of old He said,  
Thy sure Foundation shall be laid.     

HYMN 226. Humble Supplications in hard times.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Jer. 14.7.  

O Lord though our INIQUITIES  
As Witnesses against US rise,  
Yet do it of thine own accord,  
Save us for thy Names sake, O Lord.   

For we confess our sins to thee,  
And our backslidings many be:  
And we have very oftentimes  
Provoked thee by our heinous crimes.   

O Thou the Hope of ISRAEL  
That canst assist and save so well,  
The only Saviour we confess  
In time of trouble and distress:   

Why shouldest thou whom Nations dread,  
Be as a man ASTONISHED?  
And as a very MIGHTY MAN  
That cannot save, for who then can?   

And thou, although estranged thus,  
Art in the very midst OF US:  
And we are called by thy Name,  
O leave us not to utter shame.    

HYMN 227. The Glorious Throne.  
Jer. 17.12.  

A Glorious Throne exalted high  
(since first it did begin)  
Is that high place the Sanctuary,  
which our God dwelleth in.   

O God the Hope of ISRAEL  
and worthily so named,  
All that forsake thee, and rebel,  
shall surely be ashamed!   

Yea, all that do depart from ME  
(in whom they ought to trust)  
Saith God the Lord, destroyed shall be,  
and written in the dust.   

Because they have forsaken the Lord  
the fountain and the spring  
Of Living Waters richly stored  
with every good thing.   

Heal me, O Lord, as I have craved,  
and healed I shall be:  
O save me and I shall be saved,  
my praise is all of Thee.    

HYMN 228. Vanity of Idols.  
Jer. 16.19.  

O Lord that art my strength and fort,  
my refuge in distress;  
The Gentiles shall to Thee resort,  
and thus they shall confess:  
Surely Our Fathers (dull of sense)  
have all inherited lies,  
And Vanity, and things from whence  
no profit can arise.   

Shall men make Gods unto themselves  
and Lo! no Gods they be?  
Therefore, behold, my Soul resolves  
this once to make them see.  
And I will make them know my hand,  
my might shall they record:  
And they shall know and understand  
that my Name is the LORD.    

HYMN 229. The Partridge.  
Jer. 17.11.  

LIke as the Partridge gathers young  
which are not of her own,  
So he that gathers wealth by wrong,  
but right thereto hath none,  
Shall leave them to another's Rule  
in midst of all his years,  
And at his end shall be a Fool  
as by his work appears.    

HYMN 230. woe to Oppressors.  
Jer. 22.13.  

WOE be to him that builds his house  
by wrong and injury.  
And by such deeds injurious  
his Chambers builds on high.  
That doth his neighbour's service use  
without the wages paid:  
And doth the recompense refuse  
that should maintain his trade.   

1 Thes. 4.6. Col. 3.25.  
For God avengeth all such things  
as we have told you true,  
And testified with threaten  
beforehand warning you.  
For the wrongdoer surely shall.  
receive his just reward:  
And there is no respect at all  
of persons with the Lord.    

HYMN 231. The LORD our Righteousness.  
Jer. 23.6.  

BEhold the days shall shortly come,  
as saith the Lord our God,  
That I will raise to David's House  
a righteous Branch and ROD.  
And there shall reign and prosper much  
a King of Royal birth,  
And judgement He shall execute,  
and justice in the Earth.  
In His days Judah shall be saved,  
and Israel dwell in peace:  
And by this Name shall he be called,  
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.    

HYMN 232. Effectual Prayer of Captives.  
All People, etc.  
Jer. 29.11.  

I Know the thoughts of my good Will  
which towards you I, saith God, intent  
The thoughts of peace and not of ill  
to give you an expected end.   

And then unfeignedly shall ye  
call on ME, and your Prayers pursue:  
And ye shall go and pray to ME,  
and I will hearken unto you.   

And ye shall seek and find me then  
when ye seek for me from your heart:  
And I will bring you back again  
from whence I caused you to depart.   

And found I will be at your hands  
and have your Captive-state restored,  
And gather you from all the Lands  
to which I drove you, saith the Lord.    

HYMN 223. Restoration of Israel:  
Jer. 30.7.  

ALAS! the Day is great and chief,  
and none is like thereto,  
It is the time of Jacob's grief,  
but he shall well go through.   

And it shall come to pass that day,  
saith God the Lord of hosts,  
That I will take the yoke away  
that binds his neck so close.   

And I will burst their bonds that hour,  
they shall not bind a limb:  
And strangers shall no more have power  
to serve themselves of him.   

But they shall serve the Lord their God,  
and David their good King,  
Whom I'll raise up with ruling rod  
for their good governing.   

O let the God of Israel then  
be praised with one accord,  
And people then say all Amen,  
Amen, praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 234. The constancy of God's covenant.  
Jer. 33.20.  

THUS saith the Lord, if ye can break  
my Covenant of the day,  
My law of night if ye can check,  
and take those times away.  
My Covenant may be broken then  
with David serving ME,  
That he shall have no Son to reign,  
or on his Throne to be.   

The Levites, Priests and Ministers,  
and Jacob's House may fail,  
And Covenants with your Ancestors  
no more at all avail.  
But as the Hosts above our head  
in Heaven, none can count;  
Nor can the Seas be numbered  
to what their sands amount.   

So I'll increase and still prefer  
my Servant David's seed,  
And Levites that administer  
to me, as I decreed.  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
of all, and all together;  
From first to last for evermore  
Amen, Amen for ever.    

HYMN 235. Murmuring restrained.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Lam. 3.39.  

WHY should a living man complain,  
A man that sins to suffer pain?  
For it is good in very truth  
That man should bear his yoke in youth.   

He sits alone with silent soul  
Because He bears a just control:  
He puts his mouth into the dust  
If hope may be in whom to trust.   

He gives his cheek to them that smite,  
He's filled with reproach and spite:  
For thus he thinks God will restore,  
And not cast off for evermore.   

For though a while He causeth grief  
Yet will He surely send relief:  
And in his mercy's multitude  
Shall his compassions be renewed.    

HYMN 236. God afflicts not willingly.  
Lam. 3.33.  

THE Lord afflicts not willingly,  
Nor grieves mankind with misery:  
To crush with foot or cruel hand  
All the poor prisoners of the Land.   

Of man's just right to turn the stream,  
Before the face of God Supreme;  
And to subvert a man's just cause  
The Lord approves not by his Laws.   

Who's he that saith a thing shall be,  
And it is come to pass saith he,  
When possibly God may permit,  
But never He commanded it.   

Psal. 62. ult.  
Out of the mouth of God most high  
Comes evil and good with equity,  
For both He censures what is nought,  
And gives reward to works well wrought.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And people all with one accord  
Say here Amen, praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 237. Exhortations to Repentance.  
All people, etc. or, O Lord consider, etc. putting two Verses into a Staff.  
Lament. 3.40.  

COme, let us search and try our way;  
And turn to God without delay:  
Let us lift up our hearts and hands  
To God in Heaven that commands.   

We have transgressed, we have rebelled,  
And thou thy pardon hast withheld:  
Thy cloud hath hid us from thy view,  
So that our prayer should not pass through.   

Turn us, O God, turn us to Thee,  
And truly turned we shall be:  
Renew our days as 'twas of old  
Thy face and favour to behold.   

Psalm 79. ult.  
So we thy flock and pasture-store  
Shall give Thee thanks for evermore,  
And will show forth to great and small  
Thy praise to generations all.    

HYMN 238. The Sins of Sodom recorded.  
Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Ezek. 16.49.  

REmember this was Sodom's sin  
great pride and fullness of their bread:  
And IDLENESS was much therein,  
and in her Daughters whom she fed.   

And also that she did not care  
to strengthen the distressed hand  
Of such as poor and needy were,  
but waxed haughty in the Land:   

Abominable deeds did they,  
which were committed in my view:  
Therefore I took them quite away  
as I myself saw good to do.   

Psal. 106.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be praised and magnified therefore,  
And let his glorious Majesty  
fill all the Earth for evermore.    

HYMN 239. Pacification by Repentance.  
Ezek. 16.62.  

I Will establish now with thee  
the Covenant of my Word:  
And thou shalt know this thing of Me,  
that I am God the Lord.   

That thou mayst call to mind the same,  
and be confounded sore,  
And never speak a word for shame  
of this thing any more.   

When I am pacified in this  
towards thee graciously  
For all that thou hast done amiss,  
saith God the Lord most high.    

HYMN 240. The exact Doom.  
Ezek. 18.4, 5, 9,  

BEhold saith God all souls are mine  
and mine peculiarly:  
The Fathers, Sons, and every ones,  
the Soul that sins shall die.  
But if a man be just and good,  
and doth things just and right,  
The Lord will give that man to live  
for ever in his sight.   

10, 11, 14.  
If he beget a wicked Son,  
that Son shall surely die:  
His blood I'll shed on his own head  
for living wickedly.  
Now lo! if he beget a Son  
his Father's sins that sees▪  
And shuns them quite, and doth things right,  
even he shall live in these.   

24.  
If he that seems a righteous man  
forsakes good ways and true,  
And takes a course to worse and worse,  
as wicked people do.  
The righteousness that he hath done  
no more shall mentioned be,  
But in the sin he trespassed in  
most surely die shall he.   

21, 27, 22.  
And when the wicked leaves his lusts,  
and for my grace doth strive:  
And shall delight to walk aright,  
he saves his soul alive:  
All the transgressions he hath done  
no more shall mentioned be;  
In his approved righteousness  
most surely live shall he.   

29. Psal. 106. ult.  
O House of Israel harken then,  
for needs confess ye must  
My Ways to be pure Equity,  
and your own ways unjust.  
Let Israel's great and gracious God  
have all the praise therefore,  
And people then say all Amen,  
Amen for evermore.    

HYMN 241. Repentance urged.  
Ezek. 18.30.  

REpent and turn yourselves from sin,  
and all transgressions flee:  
And so the sin ye lived in  
your ruin shall not be.   

Cast your transgressions quite away,  
trespass no more thereby;  
Make new your heart, and inward part,  
for wherefore will ye die?   

Why will ye die, O Israel's House,  
when I such warning give?  
Ill pleased am I that sinners die,  
wherefore return and live.    

HYMN 242. God's Oath of Grace.  
Ezek. 33.10.  

WHEN Israel speaks, as thinking thus,  
the Lord will not forgive:  
And we in our transgressions pine,  
and how then shall we live?  
Say to them, as I live saith God,  
I swear it solemnly,  
I have no pleasure in the death  
of wicked men that die.   

But that the wicked man should turn  
from his ungodly way,  
That's my desire and my delight,  
thus therefore shalt thou say.  
O turn ye, turn ye speedily  
from evil, and do well;  
For wherefore will ye choose to die,  
O House of Israel?    

HYMN 243. The Sabbath.  
Ezek. 20.12.  

MOreover said the Lord to me,  
I gave my Sabbaths signs to be  
betwixt myself and them,  
That they might know assuredly  
I am the Lord that sanctify  
and make them holy men.   

But Israel's House rebelled no less  
Against me in the Wilderness  
than by their former sin:  
And they despised my Judgements too  
Which if a man with care shall do  
he shall even live therein.   

My Sabbaths they did much pollute,  
Then threatened I to EXECUTE  
my Wrath in great degree:  
Yet for my Names sake wrought I then,  
That it among the HEATHEN men  
polluted might not be.   

2. PART. v. 18, 20.  

Thus to your children I did say,  
Walk ye not in your Father's way,  
but let my paths be trod:  
Hollow my Sabbaths which shall show  
My Covenant, that ye may know  
I am the Lord your God.   

Yet did their whole posterity  
Rebel against me wickedly,  
and did my Laws transgress:  
Wherefore I threatened to let fall  
And power my wrath upon them all  
within the Wilderness.   

Yet shall the House of Israel  
Serve me at home, and please me well,  
and there will I require  
Your First-Fruits and your Offerings,  
Your Odours and your holy things  
and all that I desire.    

3 PART. v. 42.15.  

And ye shall know that I am God  
That brought you to your own abode,  
and gave into your hands  
The Land of Israel which I swore  
To you and to your Fathers there,  
the glory of all Lands.   

And there shall ye remember still  
Your ways and all your doings ill  
wherewith ye were defiled:  
And loathe yourselves in your own sight  
For all your deeds that were not right  
when ye are reconciled.   

And ye shall know that I am God  
When I have wrought with you abroad  
My Name for to record:  
Not answering to your wicked ways,  
Nor deeds corrupt in former days,  
O Israel, saith the Lord.     

Ezekiel's evil Hearers.  
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.  
Ezek. 33.30.  

O Son of man thy people (still)  
Are talking of thee very ill;  
They talk against thee by the wall  
And doors of houses where they call.   

To one another thus they talk,  
Brother to Brother as they walk:  
Come pray you let us hear the word  
that now proceedeth from the Lord.   

And they come to thee, not a few,  
And as the People use to do:  
They sit intent before thy face  
As People whom my Name doth grace.   

They hear thy Words as faithful men,  
But never will they practise them,  
For with their mouth much love they show,  
But after gain their heart doth go.   

2. PART.  

Moreover know, O Son of Man,  
Thy people blame thee all they can,  
They take the opportunity  
To talk against thee secretly.   

And whatsoever they profess  
Their heart pursues their Covetousness:  
And thou art as a Song most choice  
Of one that hath a pleasant Voice.   

As one that giveth great content  
By playing on an Instrument;  
For this is their perpetual spot  
They hear thy Words but do them not.   

And when the matters prophesied  
Are come to pass and verified,  
And come they must: then shall they know  
They had a Prophet told them so.     

HYMN 245. Uniting the Nation.  
Give laud, etc.  
Ezek. 37.21.  

BEhold now I will take  
the Sons of Israel,  
And them one Nation make  
in Israel where they dwell:  
And there they shall  
In midst of thee divided be  
no more at all.   

Nor shall themselves defile  
with Idols any more;  
And their transgressions vile  
I will take off the score:  
And David there  
Shall be my King for governing  
my People dear.   

Isa. 40.11.  
And he shall lead his flock  
as Shepherds that have care,  
Gathering his Lambs whole stock,  
them in his bosom bear:  
And with mild hand  
Led those along that are with young  
in all the land.   

Ezek. 37.23.  
And I will save them sure  
out of their darksome dens,  
Where they have dwelled impure,  
and will their Conscience cleanse.  
So their abode  
Shall be with ME, and I will be  
the Lord their God.   

26.  
Moreover I will make  
a Covenant of peace  
For Israel's dear sake  
to stand and to increase.  
I'll heap their store,  
And fix my Name in midst of them  
for evermore.    

HYMN 246. Michael our Prince.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Dan. 12. from 1. to v. 5. and 10.  

AT that time shall stand up Michael your Prince  
for children of his people that shall stand:  
And troub'lous times shall be as were not since  
there was a Nation lived in any land.  
Then shall thy people all obtain salvation  
That in the book of life have nomination.   

And many of them that sleep in dust forlorn  
shall waken: some to everlasting light,  
And some to shame and everlasting scorn:  
the wise shall shine as firmament most bright:  
And they that turn to righteousness great store  
Shall shine as stars in heaven for evermore.   

And many people shall be purified  
from filthiness of their iniquity,  
And many shall be white (as purely tried)  
but still the wicked shall do wickedly;  
And none shall understand that live profanely,  
But wise and good men shall perceive most plainly.   

Let Israel's God the Lord that is most high  
be praised therefore and wear the sovereign Crown;  
And let the whole Earth universally,  
be filled with his glory and renown:  
And let Gods chosen People, altogether,  
Give praise to Him and say Amen for ever.    

HYMN 247. Back-slidings censured, or Israel's Revolt.  
Host 11.1.  

WHEN Israel was a tender child  
than did I bear him love,  
And called my Son from Lands defiled;  
from Egypt to remove.  
But as they called they went from them,  
and did their fancies please;  
They sacrificed to Baalim then  
and Graven Images.   

And Ephraim too I taught to go  
I took him by the Arm,  
But they their healer did not know,  
that cured them of their harm.  
With cords of men I did them draw,  
with cords of kindness great,  
I took the yoke from off their jaw,  
and laid before them meat.    

HYMN 248. Aptness to back-sliding holpen by Grace.  
Host 11.7.  

MY Folk are to back-sliding bent,  
and 'tis their general fault,  
And though they called them to repent,  
none would his name exalt.  
How shall I give thee up, O how  
shall I to wrath deliver?  
My heart is turned within me now,  
my bowels yern together.   

I will not execute my Wrath  
with fury to annoy:  
I will not take the angry path  
to ruin and destroy.  
O Ephraim look for grace from Me,  
for I am God not man:  
And, dwelling in the midst of thee,  
the Holy One I am.    

HYMN 249. The Calves of our Lips. Have mercy, etc.  
Host 14.1.  

O Israel return  
unto the Lord thy God,  
For thou by thy Iniquity  
hast many by-paths trod.   

Take with you humble Words,  
and turn unto the Lord,  
And to him say, now Lord we pray  
to thee with one accord.   

O take away from us  
all our INIQUITY  
And now that we draw nigh to thee  
receive us graciously.   

So shall we render soon  
the Fatlings of the Lip:  
The thanks that bind a grateful mind  
no praise to overslip.   

Nor will we have recourse  
for ever any more  
To th' outward force of men or Horse,  
as was done heretofore.   

Nor to our handy Works  
will say in any case  
Our Gods are ye: for Lord in thee  
the Fatherless find Grace.   

2. METRE.  
Where Righteousness doth, etc.  

O Israel return  
unto the Lord thy God;  
For thou mayst well discern  
what by-paths thou hast trod.  
Take with you gracious Words,  
and turn, unanimous,  
Unto the Lord of Lords,  
and say unto him thus.   

Lord, take thou quite away  
all our iniquity;  
And as we humbly pray  
receive us graciously.  
So we whom grace absolves  
and from our sins sets free,  
Shall sacrifice the Calves  
of these our lips to thee.   

It is not outward force  
which we shall trust unto,  
Nor strength of man or horse  
or any works we do.  
Nor any more shall we  
those Idol-Gods embrace,  
For Lord alone in thee  
the Fatherless find grace.     

HYMN 250. Backslidings healed.  
All People, etc.  
Host 14.4.  

I'll heal backsliding Israel  
and love him freely, as I say,  
Because mine anger that did swell,  
is ceased from him, and turned away.   

My grace as due I will bestow  
on Israel that he may come on:  
And he shall like a lily grow,  
and cast forth roots as Lebanon.   

His branches shall grow forth full well,  
his beauty as the Olive-tree;  
As Lebanon shall be her smell,  
and such his spreading out shall be.   

And they that dwell beneath his shade,  
shall then return from captive state:  
They shall revive, as Corn i'th' blade,  
and grow as Vines most delicate.   

Ephraim shall say, what should I do  
with shameful Idols any more?  
I heard him and observed him too,  
he will not do as heretofore.   

Now am I like a green fir tree  
that groweth on the fertile ground:  
And know, O Israel, that from Me  
and me alone thy fruit is found.   

Whoso is wise and well inclined  
even he shall understand these things,  
And he that hath a prudent mind  
shall know whence all this blessing springs.   

For all the Ways of God are right,  
and all the just shall walk therein;  
Yet shall transgressors deviate quite,  
still running into farther sin.    

HYMN 251. The Fast proclaimed.  
Joel 2.15.  

BLOW ye with Trumpets loudest blast  
in Zion, warning all;  
O sanctify a solemn Fast,  
the great Assembly call.  
The Congregation sanctify,  
the people gather near;  
Assemble th' Elders generally,  
gather the children dear.   

O Let the Bridegroom (humbled low)  
pass from his chamber door,  
The Bride out of her closet go,  
to humble them the more.  
And let the Priests (the Courts that keep)  
the Ministers of the Lord,  
Between the Porch and Altar weep,  
and say with one accord.   

Lord, spare thy people, do not give  
thine Heritage to reproach;  
And under Heathen Lords to live  
that on thy right encroach.  
And then the Lord of Israel will  
be jealous for his Land;  
And they shall find most plentiful  
compassions at his hand.    

HYMN 252. Three and four Transgressions.  
Amos 1.3, 6, etc.  

THUS saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
Damascus did, and four,  
I'll take revenge in aftertimes,  
and never quit their score.  
Because they threshed Gilead  
with iron flayls in wars  
But fire shall burn up Benhadad,  
and break Damascus' bars.   

Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of Gaza, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in aftertimes  
and never quit their score.  
Because they carried quite away  
the whole captivity,  
Delivering them to be a prey  
unto the Enemy.   

2. PART.  
Amos 1.9, 11.  

Thus saith the Lord for three sad crimes  
of Tyrus, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in after times,  
and never quit their score.  
Because the whole captivity  
of Edom they resigned,  
The Covenant so brotherly  
came not into their mind.   

Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of Edom, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in after times  
and never quit their score.  
For hunting Jacob with the sword  
(all pity cast aside)  
His anger was extremely stirred,  
and ever did abide.    

3. PART.  
Amos 1.13.  

Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of Ammon, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in after times  
and never quit their score.  
For ripping up with cruel hand  
the Women then with Child,  
T' enlarge the borders of their Land  
that was with blood defiled▪   

Chap. 2.1, 3.  
Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of MOAB, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in after times  
and never quit their score.  
Because the King of Edom's bones  
they burned into lime,  
The Judge, the Prince, and their high Thrones  
shall fall at some sad time.    

4. PART.  
Chap. 2. v. 4 & 6.  

Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of Judah, and for four,  
I'll take revenge in after times  
and not acquit their score.  
Because they did God's Word despise  
and did not as he bid,  
And they were made to err by lies  
as their Forefathers did.   

Thus saith the Lord, for three sad crimes  
of Israel, and for four,  
I'll be avenged in after times  
and not acquit their score.  
Because for silver they did sell  
the just and righteous Jews,  
And sold the poor of Israel  
just for a payr of shoes.    

5. PART.  
Joel 2.12.  

Now therefore turn to me, saith God,  
and with an heart sincere,  
With fasting and with mourning loud,  
and many a brinish tear.  
And rend your hearts with one accord,  
but keep your garments whole,  
And turn unto the Lord your God  
withal your heart and soul.   

For He is gracious, merciful,  
and unto anger slow;  
Of kindness great, and sensible  
of our excessive Woe.  
Who knoweth if He will repent,  
and blessings leave behind;  
Meat and drink-offerings to present  
to your Lord God so kind?     

HYMN 253. Heavy Judgements.  
Our Father, etc.  
Amos 4.5, 6.  

O House of Israel, saith the Lord,  
I smote you at your dining board,  
I gave you emptiness of teeth  
In all your Cities to your grief:  
And want of bread in every place,  
Yet to repent ye had no grace.   

The rain from you I have held back  
When THREE Months did to Harvest lack;  
One City I did rain upon,  
And on another there was none:  
One piece was reigned upon and sped,  
And that which was not withered.   

I smote you with a blasting Dew  
When Gardens, Vineyards, Figtrees grew;  
And when increased your Olive-trees,  
The Palmer-Worm devoured all these;  
Yet turned ye not with one accord  
To seek my favour, saith the Lord.   

I sent on you the Pestilence  
As Egypt felt when ye went thence;  
Your young men I with sword did slay,  
Your Horses I did take away;  
I made the savour of your Camp  
Come to your Nostrils like a damp.   

I have o're-throwen some of you  
As God Gomorrah overthrew,  
And Sodom: and by gracious hands  
Ye were plucked forth as firebrands:  
Yet turned ye not with one accord  
To seek my favour, saith the Lord.   

Therefore will I do this to thee,  
And am resolved it so shall be;  
And since new judgements shall begin,  
Greater than all that yet have been;  
Against that time, prepare thou well  
To meet thy God, O ISRAEL.   

For he that did the Mountain's form;  
That did create the Wind and Storm;  
That shows to man what is his thought,  
That hath the Morning Darkness wrought,  
That treads on all the Earth's high Coasts  
His Name is called the Lord of Hosts.   

Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last for evermore,  
And let the whole Earth, up and down,  
Be filled with his bright renown:  
And let all sorts of people then  
Give praise to God, and say Amen.    

HYMN 254. Grass-hoppers and Fire.  
Amos 7.1.  

WHEN God had form Grass-hoppers,  
(as once it came to pass)  
And made them his Commissioners  
to eat up all the Grass.  
The time was at the latter growth  
of shooting out the blade,  
And I, to see the judgement loath,  
on this wise spoke and said.   

Forgive, Lord, our iniquities,  
I humbly cry and call:  
By whom shall Jacob's House arise,  
for he is very small?  
Then did the Lord repent for this,  
and thus He said to me,  
Though they have done so much amiss,  
yet this thing shall not be.   

Then called He to contend by fire,  
devouring all the deep,  
And eat a part though not th' entire,  
then did I pray and weep;  
Lord cease these woeful miseries,  
and hear my cry and call:  
By whom shall Jacob's House arise,  
for he is very small?   

Then did the Lord repent for this,  
and thus he said to me,  
Though they have done so much amiss,  
yet this thing shall not be.  
Then showed he me a plumber line,  
pointing at Israel's score:  
To show that God would not incline  
to pardon any more.   

Lord spare thy flock, do not condemn,  
thine Heritage to shame;  
That Heathens should rule over them  
dishonouring thy Name▪  
For wherefore should the Heathen say,  
(while we are undertrod)  
Now where is Israel's God (say they)  
where Now is Israel's God?   

Then will the Lord of 's own accord  
be jealous for his Land,  
And pity his own flock that is  
under the Heathens hand.  
Let us always give laud and praise,  
to Israel's God therefore,  
And people then say all Amen,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 255. Nonsufficient Sacrifices.  
Now Israel may say, etc.  
Micah 6.6.  

WHerewith shall I, or any man be bold  
to come before the Lord confidingly,  
and bow myself before the Lord most high?  
With Offerings shall I come of flock and fold,  
Burnt Offerings or with calves a just year old?   

Will God be pleased, and with our sins dispense  
for thousands of fat Rams which we shall boil,  
or for ten thousand Rivers full of oil:  
Shall my firstborn my trespass recompense,  
Fruit of my body for my souls offence?   

But he hath showed thee what is good, O man,  
and what doth God the Lord require of thee,  
but to do justly and exact to be;  
Mercy to love, and show it all we can,  
Walk humbly with thy God, and so go on.   

Let Israel's God the Lord that is most high  
be ever blest and magnified therefore,  
and let the spacious Earth, the Sea & shore  
Be filled with his glorious Majesty,  
And people say Amen unanimously.    

HYMN 256. The Treasures of deceit challenged.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Micah. 6.10. Deut. 25.14.  

AND are there yet the treasures of deceit  
in wicked Houses now so general?  
And the scant measure, or the small and great,  
which is abominable unto all:  
Or shall I count them pure with wicked balance,  
And of deceitful Weight which I can challenge?   

For their rich men are full of violence,  
and their inhabitants are full of lies,  
Also their tongue is full of foul offence,  
and of deceitful wicked treacheries:  
Therefore I'll make thee sick in visitation,  
And for thy sins to be a Desolation.   

And thou shalt eat and not be satisfied,  
thy casting down shall be in midst of thee,  
And thou shalt take fast hold on every side,  
but not deliver when thy siege shall be:  
And that which thou deliverest Son or Daughter  
I will give up unto the sword and slaughter.   

And thou shalt sow but shalt not reap the crop,  
and thou shalt tread the Olive from the tree,  
But not anoint thee with the Oil one drop,  
and Wine to drink but none at all for thee:  
Therefore, saith God, return to Me, returning  
Withal your heart, with fasting, tears and mourning.   

And rend your heart, but keep your garment whole,  
and turn unto your God so patient,  
So gracious, great in kindness, merciful:  
and soon reputes him of our punishment:  
Who knows if He will turn, and leave behind him  
A blessing, that for ever we may find Him?    

HYMN 257. The Priesthood.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
Zech. 3.1.  

AND lo! He showed me Joshua God's High Priest  
standing before the Angel of the Lord,  
And Satan at His right Hand to resist;  
then spoke the Lord to Satan this sharp Word,  
The Lord that chose His Church check thy desire,  
For is not this a BRAND plucked from the fire?   

Now Joshua was clad in vile array,  
and stood before the Angel of the Lord,  
And God commanded, take those rags away,  
and give him change of raiment at my Word,  
So then they gave him change of raiment brighter,  
And on his head they set a comely Mitre.   

Then did the Angel of the Lord protest  
if thou, O Joshua, wilt observe my charge,  
Then will I give thee Walks among the rest,  
to judge my House and keep my Courts at large:  
Hear now, O Joshua, my Priest desired,  
Thou, and thy fellows that are men admired.   

2. PART.  
Zec. 3.8, 9 Heb. 10.14.  

Behold I will bring forth and will advance  
my choice elected, the foundation stone,  
My chosen servant who is called the Branch,  
my Wellbeloved, and the Holy one,  
That is endowed above all mortal merit  
With all the Graces of my Holy Spirit.   

I will engrave with graving of my hand  
concerning him the Lord of Hosts doth say,  
And those Iniquities of all the Land  
I will remove and quit in one short day:  
For by one Offering made by him that died  
Perfect for ever are the sanctified.   

And in that day, as saith the Lord of Hosts,  
such amity and unity shall be,  
That they shall call their friends in all the Coasts  
under the Vine and under the Figtree;  
Let Israel's God be magnified therefore  
And people say Amen, for evermore.     

HYMN 258. The Brotherhood.  
Give laud, etc.  
Zech. 7.9.  

THUS speaks the Lord of Hosts,  
let every man of you,  
In all the Lands and Coasts,  
just judgement now pursue,  
And mercy show,  
Even all ye can, to every man;  
both friend and foe.   

And do not ye oppress  
the Widow any more,  
Nor wrong the Fatherless  
the Stranger nor the Poor:  
Let none of you  
His Brother judge, nor bear him grudge  
whate'er ye do.   

But they refused to hear,  
and pulled their neck away,  
And stopped their wilful ear  
from all that I did say▪  
Yea every one  
Did quite depart, and make their heart  
as th' Adamant Stone.   

Lest they should hear the Law,  
and Words which God had sent,  
Which former Prophets saw,  
and called them to repent:  
Therefore there came  
On Israel's Land by God's command  
great Wrath to flame.   

And therefore as He cried,  
and yet they would not hear,  
So was their cry denied,  
and I would not give ear,  
Saith God of Hosts:  
And thus alas! It came to pass  
in Israel's Coasts.   

So I did scatter them  
as when fierce whirlwinds blow,  
Among all Nations then,  
and whom they did not know;  
And thus their Land  
And whole Estate lay desolate  
by God's Command.   

Thus was it with the Jew,  
their Land was left forlorn,  
That no man might pass through,  
nor any might return:  
For their own hand  
Laid desolate that delicate  
and pleasant Land.    

HYMN 259. God's Jewels.  
[Where righteousness doth say, etc.]  
Mal. 3.16.  

THAN they that feared the Lord  
spoke oft to one another,  
And God gave ear and heard  
What each man told his brother  
A Book then of record  
was written of the same  
For them that feared the Lord,  
and thought upon his Name.   

And they shall then be mine  
in that appointed day  
When I shall new refine  
my Jewels, as I say.  
And I will spare each one  
of them, as some kind man  
Spares his obedient Son  
that serves him all he can.   

And then shall ye return,  
and difference shall be had:  
That ye may well discern  
betwixt the good and bad.  
And ●t will be seen abroad  
how different is the Lot,  
'Twixt him that serveth God,  
and him that serves him not.   

2. METRE.  
Have mercy, etc.  

Then they that feared the Lord  
spoke oft to one another,  
And God gave ear and (kindly) heard  
what each man told his brother.   

A Book then of record  
was written of the same,  
For them that (truly) feared the Lord,  
and thought upon his Name.   

And they shall then be mine  
in that appointed day,  
When I shall make up, and refine  
my Jewels, as I say.   

And I will spare each one  
of them, as some kind man  
Spares his obedient (humble) son  
that serves him all he can.   

And then shall ye return  
and difference shall be had  
That ye may well (and soon) discern  
betwixt the good and bad.   

And 'twill be seen abroad  
how different is the lot  
'Twixt him that (truly) serveth God  
and him that serves him not.     

HYMN 260. The Son of Righteousness arising.  
Mal. 4.1.  

BEhold the day shall come, saith God,  
that like an Oven shall burn,  
And all the Wicked and the Proud  
shall God to Stubble turn.  
And them into that Oven put  
(his justice to advance)  
The day that comes shall burn them up  
not leaving root nor branch.   

But unto you that fear my Name  
the blessed Son shall spring,  
Of righteousness, with shining flame  
and healing in his Wing.  
And ye, like fatlings of the stall,  
shall go forth with renown,  
And have the power wherewithal  
to tread the Wicked down:   

And they beneath your feet shall be  
as ashes undertrod,  
When this thing shall be done by Me,  
saith your Almighty God.  
Let Israel's God, the Lord most High  
have all the praise therefore  
From first to last perpetually,  
Amen for evermore.    
Finis Hymnorum Veteris Testamenti.   

HYMNS Out of the NEW TESTAMENT.  

HYMN 261. The Fan of Judgement.  
Mat. 3.12.  

THE Lord, whose fan is in his hand,  
shall one day purge his floor;  
And he will purge it thoroughly,  
that it shall need no more.  
Into his glorious granary  
gathering his wheat together:  
But then will He burn up the chaff,  
with fire that burns for ever.    

HYMN 262. The Agreement necessary.  
Mat. 5.25.  

Agreed thou with thy ENEMY,  
while with him in the way  
Lest he should hale thee to the judge,  
that will compel to pay.   

The Judge unto the Officer  
commit thee by command;  
And thou be made a Prisoner,  
under the Sergeants hand.   

For verily I tell thee right,  
from thence thou shalt not get:  
Till thou hast paid the utmost mite,  
of all thy dreadful debt.   

2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  

Agree thou with thy Creditor,  
In deuce that he contendeth for;  
Agree with him betimes I say,  
While thou art with him in the way.   

Lest thou be haled by the foe,  
Before th'impartial Judge to go;  
The Judge by his severe command,  
Commit thee to the Sergeants hand.   

And then the Sergeant that doth wait,  
Shall cast thee into Prison strait.  
I tell thee thou shalt not get thence  
Till thou hast paid both pounds and pence.     

HYMN 263. The Cabinet.  
Mat. 6.19.  

LAY not your treasures upon Earth  
where worldlings love to deal,  
And where the moth and rust corrupt  
and thiefs break through and steal.  
But heap in heaven treasures pure,  
from all corruption free;  
For where your treasure is, be sure  
your hearts will also be.    

HYMN 264. The wise builder.  
Mat. 7.24.  

WHoever hears these Words of mine  
and doth them (saith the holy one)  
Is like a wise man in's design,  
that built his house on rocky stone.  
And Rain and Floods and Winds, in course,  
Did beat upon that House with force,  
And it fell not for all the shock,  
For it was founded on a Rock.   

But he that hears without regard,  
of doing that which I command:  
To a foolish man shall be compared  
that built his House upon the Sand:  
Then Floods of Rain and Tempests great  
Upon that House did fiercely beat;  
And down it fell unto the ground,  
And great the fall thereof was found.    

HYMN 265. Our Saviour's Rapture.  
Our Father, etc.  
Mat. 11.2, 25. Luk. 10.20. John. 5.23.  

WHen John the Baptist (free from doubt)  
Sent two of his Disciples out,  
To ask our Saviour, and to know  
If he were very Christ or no,  
Tell John said Christ, what things they be  
Which ye yourselves do hear and see.   

The Blind receive their cheerful sight,  
The Lame are healed, and walk upright,  
Deaf hear, and Lepers cleansed are;  
The Dead raised up: these things declare;  
And while by Worldly-Wise despised,  
The poor are taught and gospelized.   

I thank thee, Father, from my heart  
The Lord of Heaven and Earth that art:  
Because thy wisdom hath seen good  
These things should not be understood:  
But hid from wise and prudent men,  
And hast to babes revealed them.   

Even so, O Father, let it be,  
Since so it seemed good to Thee,  
For what so seemeth in thy sight,  
Must needs be holy, just and right.  
God only wise have praise therefore,  
From first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 266. The Mustardseed.  
All People, etc.  
Mat. 11.31.  

THE Kingdom of our Lord, indeed,  
Is like a grain of Mustardseed:  
Which sown, of all seeds is the least,  
But when 'tis grown the most increased.   

So grant us, Lord, in every place  
That we may richly grow in grace:  
And in the Knowledge of our Lord  
Whose name we praise with one accord.    

HYMN 267. The Leaven.  
All People, etc.  
Mat. 13.33.  

THE Kingdom of God's Word from heaven  
Is like unto a piece of Leaven,  
Which in a mass of meal was hid:  
Until the whole was leavened.  
So grant our Body, Lord, and Soul  
May be preserved entire and whole,  
In holiness, until the day  
Of Christ our Lord, Amen we pray.    

HYMN 268. The wise Merchant.  
Mat. 13.45. Prov. 2.6.  

GOD'S Kingdom in a Christian  
Is like unto a Merchantman  
that sought rich pearls of wealth:  
Who having found a pearl of price  
Sold all he had, and did rejoice  
to buy it for himself.   

So grant us, Lord, the truth to buy,  
And not to sell it foolishly.  
(for wisdom flows from thee)  
Instruction, understanding too  
Grant we may carefully pursue,  
and rich to God may be.   

2. METRE.  
To the Tune of the 113. Psalm.  

God's Kingdom in a Christian  
Is like unto a Merchantman,  
that sought rich pearls of worldly wealth:  
Who having found a pearl of price  
Sold all he had, and did rejoice  
to buy it wholly for himself.  
So grant us, Lord, the truth to buy,  
And not to sell it foolishly.  
(for purer wisdom flows from Thee)  
Instruction; Understanding too  
Grant we may carefully pursue  
and wise to God thereby may be.     

HYMN 269. The Draw-net.  
Mat. 13.47. Pet. 12.3.  

THE Kingdom of the Gospel here,  
which is for grace designed:  
Is like a net cast in the Sea,  
gathering of every kind.  
Which when 'twas full men drew to shore,  
sat down to make survey;  
In Vessels gathered up the good,  
and cast the bad away.   

So shall it be at this World's end,  
the Angels shall come forth  
Severing the wicked from the just  
on all the Coasts on earth:  
And they shall cast the wicked ones  
into a furnace-flame.  
There shall be weeping, gnashing teeth,  
and everlasting shame.    

HYMN 270. The Fool in grain.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Luke 12.16.  

THere was a certain rich man's ground,  
That plentifully did abound:  
and made the wealthy owner say  
What shall I now devise to do,  
Because I want a barn or two,  
wherein I might my harvest lay?  
But now it comes into my mind,  
There is a means that I shall find▪  
to lay up all my wealthy Crop:  
I will pull down my barns, and build  
Much greater barns, and have them filled  
and heaped up unto the top.   

And I will say unto my Soul,  
Soul, live at ease, without control,  
eat thou, and drink, and merry be:  
For worldly goods enough thou hast  
Laid up for many years to last,  
and there can come no want to thee:  
Thou fool said God, this night shall they  
Require thy Soul, and take 't away,  
what then becomes of all thy store?  
Such is the man that heaps up wealth,  
And worldly treasures to himself  
and is not rich to God, but poor.    

HYMN 271. The best fear.  
Mat. 10.23. Luke 12.4.  

MY friends, said Christ, to you I say  
fear ye not them that threaten you;  
And can, perhaps, the body slay,  
but after that no more can do.   

But I will give you warning here,  
and be ye warned by my word:  
Whom ye should ever have in fear,  
namely, the mighty Sovereign Lord.   

Who after he hath smote and slain  
(having all power of life and limb:)  
Can cast to hell, and endless pain,  
yea I say to you, fear ye him.    

HYMN 272. The best rejoicing.  
Now Israel, etc.  
Luke 10.17.  

AND lo▪ the Seventy Disciples came▪  
As they returned from preaching of the word  
And thus they spoke & said unto our Lord,  
O Lord, we cannot but with joy proclaim  
How Devils are subject to us through thy Name.   

Our Saviour said I know it must be so,  
I saw proud Satan falling from on high  
Like to a flash of lightning from the Sky.  
For his power shall come down, but yours shall grow  
And conquer all the forces of the Foe.   

Nevertheless rejoice ye not in this  
that Devils are subject unto your command,  
But rather much rejoice to understand.  
Your Names are written in the book of bliss,  
And of Eternal life ye shall not miss.   

To Him that sits upon the Throne therefore,  
And unto Christ the Lamb, the Holy One,  
And to the seven Spirits before the Throne,  
Ascribe in heaven and earth, on sea and shore  
Dominion, power and praise for evermore.    

HYMN 273. Peace with all men  
Rom. 12.18.  

AS far as it is possible  
and in your power doth fall,  
Retain ye still this Principle,  
to live at peace with all.   

Because the fruit of righteousness  
is sown of him in peace,  
Whose quiet mind is still inclined  
to make Contention cease.   

And therefore follow peace with all  
and holiness together:  
Without which grace, none see the face  
of God above for ever.    

HYMN 274. Subsistance of God's Kingdom.  
Rom. 14.17.  

GOD'S Kingdom is not meat and drink,  
(the things desired of most)  
But righteousness, and peace it is,  
and joy i'th' Holy Ghost.   

And he that in these things serves Christ  
as all men ought to do,  
Is much set by, of God most high  
and men commend him too.   

Let us therefore pursue the things  
that make for mutual peace,  
And things whereby to edify  
and make true Love increase.    

HYMN 275. Moderate affections. All People, etc.  
1 Cor. 7.27.  

BRethren, I say, the time is short  
And this remains for every sort:  
The Married so to lead their lives  
As free, and not as having Wives.   

The sad as sorrowing not too deep,  
But weeping as they did not weep:  
And they that joy in their fair lot  
Should joy as if they joyed not.   

The buyers free from carefulness,  
As if not buying to possess:  
Using the World as doth befit,  
And not at all abusing it.   

For lo! the World doth quite decay,  
The fashion of it fades away,  
But he that doth the Will of God  
Hath an Eternal blessed abode.   

All Glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the sovereign Throne,  
And to the Lamb of God therefore  
Be praise and Honour evermore.    

HYMN 276. Sowing to the Spirit.  
Gal 6.7.  

BE not deceived, my brethren dear,  
God is not mocked, we know,  
For all shall reap (for things done here)  
according as they sow.  
He, then, that soweth to the flesh  
corruption shall inherit:  
And they eternal happiness  
that sow unto the Spirit.   

Unwearied, then, let us pursue  
good Works, without complaint:  
For we shall reap in season due  
if that we do not faint.  
And taking opportunity,  
do good to every man,  
But chiefly to the family  
of Faith the best we can.    

HYMN 277. Amity and Unity.  
Phil. 2.1.  

IF any Consolation  
in Christ is to be had,  
If any Delectation  
in love to make us glad.   

If any fellowship be felt  
in God's sweet Spirit of grace,  
If any bowels that can melt,  
or mercies taking place.   

Fulfil our joy, like-minded be,  
in mutual love combined:  
Having the selfsame amity,  
and unity of mind.   

Let nothing out of strife be done,  
or of vainglory wrought,  
But others to themselves each one  
preferring in his thought.   

And look not every man of you  
on his own things alone.  
But on the things of others too,  
to comfort every one.    

HYMN 278. Our Saviour's coming in the Clouds.  
1 Thess. 4.16.  

THE Lord himself shall once descend  
from Heaven with a shout,  
And God's Archangel shall attend,  
and his loud voice break out.  
And then the Trump of God likewise  
shall his alarm sound:  
And first the dead in Christ shall rise  
and stand upon the ground.   

Then shall the living that remain  
to Heaven in clouds repair:  
And be caught up with all the train  
to meet the Lord i'th' air.  
And then shall we for ever joy  
in presence of the Lord:  
Comfort yourselves then mutually  
with this so sweet a Word.    

HYMN 279. Charity charged upon the rich.  
Now Israel, etc.  
1 Tim. 6.17.  

THE rich in this World charge thou solemnly  
Not to be puffed up with secret pride,  
Nor in uncertain riches to confide:  
But on the living Lord that they rely,  
Who gives us richly all things to enjoy.   

That they do good, and largely give to th'poor▪  
Ready to distribute of their estate,  
And to be willing to communicate:  
A good foundation laying up in store  
Of gaining life that lasts for evermore.    

HYMN 280. The Call of Grace.  
2 Tim. 1.9.  

'tIS God that loved and called us  
with an effectual call,  
Of his good pleasure marvellous,  
not for our Works at all.   

But of his purpose and his grace  
ordained to every man,  
And by Christ Jesus given us  
before the World began.   

And now is made most manifest  
in that which doth appear  
By coming of the ever-blessed  
the Lord our Saviour dear.   

Who hath abolished death thereby,  
and hath, in every place,  
Brought life and immortality  
to light by Gospel grace.   

To God the Father and the Son  
and Holy Ghost therefore,  
Be glory done as first begun,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 281. The Cross and Crown.  
All People, etc.  
2 Tim. 2.11.  

THIS is a very faithful Word,  
If we be dead with Christ our Lord,  
Then will he us to life restore  
To live with him for evermore.   

For if we suffer and sustain,  
Then shall we with him also reign:  
If we deny Him, then, I say,  
He'll deny us another day.   

If we believe not (wanting faith)  
Yet is He true to what He saith:  
And howsoever we falsify  
Yet can He not Himself deny.   

All Glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the sovereign throne,  
And to the Lamb of God therefore  
Be glory now and evermore.    

HYMN 282. Vessels to honour.  
2 Tim. 2.19. Mat. 22.14. Eph. 5.3.  

THE Lord's foundation steadfast is  
having this seal thereto,  
The Lord well knoweth who are his,  
and they are but a few.  
Therefore let all unanimously  
that name Christ's Holy Name,  
Depart from all iniquity  
which is to Saints a shame.   

But in a great House are at once  
Vessels, as seemeth good,  
Not only Gold and Silver ones.  
but likewise Earth and Wood  
And unto Honour some are framed,  
and to dishonour some:  
If any eat the things here blamed,  
and as refined do come.   

A Vessel it shall him produce  
of honour and regard,  
A meet one for the master's use,  
to all good Works prepared.  
To him that sits upon the throne  
and to the Lamb therefore  
Be Glory and Dominion  
and Honour evermore.    

HYMN 283. Evil Times to be amended.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
2 Tim. 3.1.  

THIS also known, as that which must be known,  
that in the last days perilous times shall come,  
Men shall be lovers of themselves alone,  
proud, covetous, boasters, and blasphemers some,  
Unthankful, yielding Parents no subjection,  
Unholy, void of natural affection.   

Truce-breakers, false accusers, violent,  
Traitors, and disesteemers of the good,  
Heady, highminded, and incontinent,  
loving their pleasures, more than loving God;  
Having a form of Godliness, denying  
The power thereof: with these is no complying.   

2 Tim. 2.22. 1 Thes 5.15.  
But follow righteousness with one accord,  
faith, charity, and peace unanimously,  
With all the Saints that call upon the Lord,  
out of an heart that savours purity.  
And that which good is, follow altogether,  
Among yourselves, and all men whatsoever.    

HYMN 284. Exhortations to good Works.  
All people, etc.  
Tit. 3.1.  

PUT them in mind, all those of ours  
Subject to be to higher Powers:  
To Principalities and STATES,  
And duteous to the MAGISTRATES.   

To all good Works addicted still,  
To speak of no man any ill:  
To use no bitterness or gall,  
But showing meekness unto all.   

For we ourselves, in former times,  
Were much addicted to such crimes▪  
Foolish we were, to envy bend,  
And very DISOBEDIENT.   

Deceived, and serving divers lusts,  
And pleasures most pernicious:  
Living in malice, and debate,  
Hateful and given much to hate.   

But when appeared the kinder love  
Of God our Saviour from above,  
Not by the Works of Righteousness  
Which we have acted more or less:   

But saved by his grace from Wrath,  
And his regenerating BATH,  
And by the very innermost  
Renewing of the Holy Ghost.   

Which he shed on us plenteously  
By Jesus Christ to justify,  
Through grace which He towards us bears,  
Of endless life to make us HEIRS.    

HYMN 285. Dehortation from evil.  
All People, etc.  
Tit. 1.8.  

THIS is a saying very true,  
And always to be pressed on you,  
That they that do in God believe  
Should carefully good Works achieve.   

And let all ours learn to produce  
Good Works for charitable use:  
These things are good for us and them,  
And profitable unto MEN.   

But foolish Questions still avoid,  
And Genealogies of pride,  
And vain contentions of the Law,  
Which from the Ways of Truth withdraw.   

An Heretic of any SECT  
When twice admonished soon reject,  
Knowing such are subverted quite,  
And sin against their inward light.   

And eat the Words that are profane,  
And babble which are all in vain,  
For they will grow to more excess  
Of error and ungodliness.   

Beware therefore lest, led aside  
By wicked errors, wand'ring wide,  
And leaving truth which ye profess  
Ye fall from your own steadfastness.   

But have a care to grow a pace,  
To grow in knowledge and in grace,  
Knowledge of Jesus Christ our Lord,  
Whose Name we praise with one accord.    

HYMN 286. Pure and impure described.  
Tit. 1.15. Rev. 3.4.  

UNTO the pure are all things pure,  
but to the faithless and defiled  
Is nothing so, ye may be sure,  
for mind and conscience both are soiled.   

They still profess to know the Lord,  
but in their deeds deny him strait,  
Abominable, and untow'rd  
and t' every good Work reprobate.   

But some are holy and upright,  
and keep their garments clean and fair:  
And these shall walk with God in White,  
for worthy Saints esteemed they are.    

HYMN 287. Fruitfulness blessed.  
Heb. 6.7.  

THE Earth which oft drinks in the showers,  
And bringeth forth sweet Herbs & Flowers,  
Meet for his use by whom 't was dressed  
Is blest of God, and richly blest.   

But that which bringeth forth far worse  
Rejected is, and near a curse:  
Namely, that brings forth thorns and briers  
Whose end is burning, flames and fires.    

HYMN 288. Charity rewarded.  
Heb. 6.10. Gal. 6.9.  

THE Lord is not unrighteous,  
your labours to forget:  
Which ye have showed towards his Name●  
with love so strongly set.  
In that ye have administered  
unto his Saints so dear;  
And still ye do administer  
unto his servants here.   

And we desire each one of you  
with diligence to attend  
Unto the full assurances  
of Hope unto the end.  
And be not slack through negligence,  
but followers of all these  
That through Faith and Patience  
obtained the Promises.   

And let us all good Works pursue,  
not fainting any jot,  
For we shall reap in season due  
if fainting hinder not.  
To Father Son and Holy One  
be praise and glory then,  
As was and is and shall be his  
World without end Amen.    

HYMN 289. Benediction from the God of peace.  
Heb. 13.20.  

THE God of peace we now entreat  
that brought our Saviour from the dead,  
That Shepherd of the Sheep so great  
whose precious blood for us was shed:   

And th' everlasting Covenant sealed  
through that dear blood which he did spill  
Make you complete through grace revealed  
in all good Works to do his will:   

Working in you through Jesus Christ  
things pleasing for the Lord to see,  
To whom be glory in the highest  
for evermore, Amen say we.    

HYMN 290. Evenness of Spirit in all conditions.  
Jam. 1.9.  

LET Brethren of a low degree  
be joyful to be raised,  
But rich men's joy made low to be,  
and say the Lord be praised.   

For as the flower of the grass  
so shall he fade away,  
When sun with burning heat shall pass  
unto the height of day.   

The grass doth fade, the flower decays,  
its grace and fashion goes:  
So shall the rich man in his ways  
fade as the withering Rose.    

HYMN 291. War with lusts.  
Jam. 4.1.  

FROM whence come Wars and Fightings keen  
Come they not from your lusts unseen?  
The lusts that in your members are  
These are the causes of this War:  
Ye lust and have not, ye are slain,  
With strong desire, and can't obtain.   

Ye fight and war and cannot have  
Because ye do not wisely crave,  
Ye ask and have not that or this,  
Because ye ask so much amiss;  
For what ye ask ye aim it thus  
That ye may spend it on your lusts.   

O ye adulterers that while,  
And ye Adulteresses vile,  
Know ye not that the World abroad  
Hath friendship opposite to God?  
Who then doth with the World agree  
The enemy of God shall be.   

Think ye the Scripture saith not well,  
The Spririt that in us doth dwell  
Lusteth to envy and disdain,  
As apt to let such vices reign,  
But yet doth God more grace bestow  
These wicked lusts to overthrow.   

Job 40.11.  
Who saith, God doth the proud abase,  
But to the humble giveth grace:  
Submit yourselves to God therefore,  
Resist the Devil evermore:  
And if ye do resist him so  
He will flee from you as his foe.    

HYMN 292. Our Advocate in Heaven.  
1 John 2.1.  

MY little ones, I write to you  
that ye sin not at all,  
But if by great infirmity  
some into sin do fall:  
We have a potent Advocate  
with God the Father true,  
Jesus the just to mediate,  
and intercede for you.   

A full PROPITIATION  
for all our sins is He,  
And not for our great sins alone  
that pardoned they might be,  
But also for them all he pleads  
that penitently grieve,  
And for the whole World intercedes  
whoever in him believe.    

HYMN 293. The Children of God and Satan described.  
1 John 3.10.  

IN this are manifestly known  
the Sons of God most high,  
And children of the Wicked One  
are also known hereby.   

Whoever doth not righteousness  
is not of God begot:  
Nor he (whatever he profess)  
his Brother that loves not.   

And this command from God above  
we have towered one another,  
That he that bears to God true love,  
should also love his brother.    

HYMN 294. God's Children and Satan's distinguished.  
1 John 3.10. Mat. 19.17.  

BY this the Sons of God are known,  
And Children of the Wicked One,  
The man that doth not righteousness  
Is not of God we well may guests,  
Neither is he of God above  
That bears his brother no true love.   

Mat. 19.17.  
For this Commandment we have  
From God, who all the precepts gave,  
That he that loveth God most high  
Should love his brother accordingly▪  
God only good have praise therefore  
From first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 295. Want of Charity discovered and censured.  
1 John 3.16.  

THE love of God well know we thus  
Because He lost his life for us,  
And for our brethren's sake should we  
Lay down our lives, if need should be.   

But whoso hath this World's great store  
And sees his brother very poor,  
Yet no compassion stirs within  
How dwells the love of God in him?   

For thus, at judgement, Christ will say,  
Since ye did show your love no way  
To one o'th' least that here ye see  
Ye did it not, no, not to Me.   

And this uncharitable Train  
Shall pack away to endless pain,  
But then the righteous (ye must know)  
Into Eternal life shall go.   

All glory to the Holy One  
That sits upon the Sovereign Throne,  
And to the Lamb of God therefore  
Be praise and honour evermore.    

HYMN 296. St. Judes' Admonition, Exhortation and Benediction.  
Ye Children, etc.  

Behold as Holy Henoch said,  
The Lord doth come with power arrayed,  
and millions of his Holy Ones;  
To execute his judgement just  
On Wicked men led by their Lust  
to set them at his Judgement Thrones:  
And to convince ungodly men  
And all the multitudes of them  
of all their Wicked Actions done:  
Also of all their speeches hard  
Which Wicked men without regard  
have spoke against the Holy One.   

But ye beloved edify  
Yourselves in Faith and Piety:  
still praying in the Holy Ghost,  
And keep yourselves in God's true love,  
Looking for mercy from above  
to save you to the uttermost.  
Now unto him whose power on high  
Can keep you from Apostasy,  
and with great joy present you then,  
And set you faultless in his sight,  
To him be Majesty and might,  
and Honour evermore, Amen.    

HYMN 297. The Joys of Heaven.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Rev. 7.13.  

ONE of the Elders asked me, and said,  
Who are these persons in White Robes arrayed?  
And answered strait, to put me out of doubt,  
These from great tribulations did come out;  
And they have washed their Robes and white they made them  
In Christ the Lambs pure blood, whose Robes arrayed them.   

Wherefore they are before the Throne so bright,  
And serve God in the Temple day and night,  
And he that sitteth on the Throne on high  
Shall dwell among them everlastingly:  
And they shall never thirst nor hunger more,  
Nor Sun nor Heat sustain, as heretofore.   

For Christ the Lamb that sitteth on the Throne  
With Heavenly Joys shall feed them every one,  
And he shall lead them to the living springs  
Where the pure Water flows with all good things;  
And he shall wipe away scorns and disgraces,  
And all sad tears from off his people's faces.   

To him that is and was and is to come,  
To God Almighty and to Christ his Son,  
And to the seven Spirits before the Throne,  
The ever blessed and everlasting One,  
To Father, Son and Holy Ghost together  
Be Kingdom, Glory, Power and Praise for ever.    

HYMN 298. The New Jerusalem.  
Rev. 10.5.  

BEhold I saw an Angel stand  
Upon the Sea and on the Land,  
to Heaven lifting up his hand,  
And by the Everliving swore,  
By him that made both Sea and Shore,  
that shortly time should be no more.   

Rev. 21.1.  
New Heavens and new Earth's, that day,  
I saw, for th' old was passed away,  
and no created Sea could stay,  
I saw the Holy City than  
The Heavenly Jerusalem  
a coming down from God to men.   

And as a Bride she did appear  
Adorned for her Husband dear,  
and Heaven's loud voices I did hear,  
God's Tabernacle is with men  
And lo! the Lord shall dwell with them  
and they be his JERUSALEM.   

All tears shall God wipe from their eyes,  
And no more death nor grief nor cries  
shall evermore the Saints surprise.  
For former things are passed away;  
And thus I heard him (that same day)  
that sat upon the Throne to say.    

HYMN 299. The Coronation of Spiritual Conquerors, and reward of Carnal evil doers.  
Rev. 21.5, 6, 7, 8.  

BEhold I make even all things new,  
Write it said He, I 'monish you,  
for faithful are these Words and true:  
And said He, it is done and passed,  
I'm he that hastened it so fast,  
Alph' and Omega, First and Last.   

To him that is a-thirst will I,  
Give of the Fountain never dry,  
the water of Life gratuitously:  
He shall have all th' inheritance free  
That overcomes: and shall have Me  
his God: and he my Son shall be.   

But daunted ones devoid of grace,  
And all the unbelieving Race,  
and all th' abominable base;  
The murderers and whoremongers,  
Enchanters, Witches, poisoners,  
all liars, and Idolaters,   

Shall have their part in that broad lake  
Which coals of fire and brimstone make,  
this after death must they partake:  
Glory to God Almighty then,  
As was of old, is now again,  
and shall be evermore, Amen.    

HYMN 300. The Celestial Paradise.  
Our Father, etc.  
Rev. 22.1.  

AND after this, he showed me,  
A River pure as pure might be,  
A Crystal River very clear  
Of Waters of life which did appear,  
Proceeding from the throne of God,  
And from the Lambs most blessed abode.   

Rev. 22.2.  
Amidst the Street of Salem new,  
And on each side the River, grew  
The tree of life most rich and rare,  
Twelve sorts of fruit, each month, it bare▪  
And, lo! the leaves thereto designed,  
Were for the healing of mankind.   

Rev. 3.12.  
To him that overcomes, said he,  
I'll give to eat of that same tree  
Of life: and he shall have abode  
Within the Temple of my God:  
A pillar there shall he persever,  
And shall no more go forth for ever.   

Rev. 1.4.  
To God the Father and the Son,  
Which is, and was, and is to come:  
And to the seven Spirits of might,  
Which are before the Throne so bright,  
Be given all the praise therefore,  
From first to last for evermore.    
The End of the Hymns out of the New Testament.    

A Brief Summary OF Christian Religion, Poetically drawn up. Showing, 

1. What things are to be Believed.  
2. What things are to be Implored.  
3. What things are to be Performed.    


A Christian must believe what Scripture saith  
Touching the Principles of Christian Faith.  
One true, Eternal God, unchangeable,  
Most holy, wise, just, mighty, merciful,  
Invisible, immense, and infinite,  
And having all things always in his sight.  
Incomprehensible, in Persons three,  
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they be.  
The fountain of this Personality  
Begets the Son, who works by his supply,  
Both these produce the Spirit, which proceeds  
And works from both, and they, by him, their deeds.  
So none's afore, but, in this order rare,  
All coeternal, and coequal are.  
Predestination, and foreseen decree  
Now for God's glory every thing shall be.  
Creation of the world in six days space,  
All Angels first, Man in the latter place;  
Perpetual providence, the helpless fall  
Of sinning Angels, Some ne'er sinned at all.  
These were elect and praise their Maker still,  
And with great quickness execute his will:  
These wait on Saints and bear them in their arm,  
Those (by permission) tempt, accuse, and harm.  
Reserved in chains of darkness (which dismay)  
Until the judgement of the general day.  
Man's innocence and happiness at first,  
That Covenant broke, and all therein accursed,  
Original corruption, actual sin,  
Transgression censured, and thus death came in:  
The Law so plainly written in man's heart,  
Obliterated for the greatest part;  
The Earthly Paradise quite lost and gone,  
And all mankind slain by the sin of one.  
A better Covenant wrought man's Restoration;  
By Christ the second Person's Incarnation;  
Conceived in Virgin's Womb by Heavenly Powers,  
His manhood (sin excepted) just like ours,  
To th' Second Person joined immediately,  
And mediately to the rest thereby;  
Making both Natures but one Person still,  
Though having both divine and humane will,  
Divine and Humane, Properties distinct,  
Man-God, God-Man, both these together linked.  
Equal with God in his spiritual Nature;  
Inferior to him as the Mediator;  
Yet in both Nature's (not in man's alone)  
Far above Angels in the highest Throne.  
His perfect life, and blessed Doctrines taught,  
Backed with a world of wonders which he wrought.  
His Judgement, Passion, Burial, Resurrection,  
Ascension, Session, (in his bright perfection)  
And Intercession there, at God's right hand,  
And having all things under his command.  
The universal Churches sure Election,  
Calling, Adoption, Trial and Correction;  
Redounding to their good, Justification,  
Sanctification, and sure Preservation.  
The seal of Baptism, and the sacred Cup,  
With many an Ordinance to build them up,  
All to be guided by the Scriptures light,  
Which Saints did pen, and God's own Spirit indite.  
The common call, and gifts of many a one,  
Never built up unto perfection.  
Immortal souls of Saints celestial bliss,  
Imprisonment of theirs that lived amiss:  
The Resurrection and the Judgment-day  
Where Christ in chief, and all the Saints bear sway.  
The world that was accursed (for man misled)  
Purged by fire, and reestablished.  
Then Reprobates must pack to endless pai●,  
And Saints in endless Glory shall remain.    

2. What things are to be implored.  

The Preface of the Lord's Prayer.  
[Our Father which art in Heaven, etc.]  

First it sets forth God's glorious attributes  
Of might and mercy, and their blessed fruits:  
Assuring he can help that dwells above,  
And will do, as a Father, out of love.  
That we (through Christ who doth this grace display)  
With reverence and confidence may pray▪    

The First Petition.  
[Hallowed be thy Name, etc.]  

That worthy instruments may still be found  
In Church and State, and God by them renowned,  
Our hearts even filled with Heaven, our tongues applied  
To edify, and God be glorified;  
And that our lives before the World may shine  
With glittering beams of Graces most Divine.    

The Second Petition.  
[Thy Kingdom come, etc.]  

That Saints be kept and Satan's Kingdom quelled,  
False Doctrines, Errors, Anti-christs' expelled,  
The Gospel spread and prospered every where,  
And Christians labouring (each man in his sphere)  
For Jew and Gentiles call, and confirmation,  
Our happy end, and final full Salvation.    

The Third Petition.  
[Thy will be done in Earth at it is in Heaven, etc.]  

That we with wisdom may be all inspired  
To know God's will in what he hath required;  
Our backward natures that are dark and dull,  
Inflamed with zeal to do it to the full:  
And what he pleaseth of himself to do,  
We may contentedly submit unto.    

The Fourth Petition.  
[Giev us this day, etc.]  

That we, depending on God's providence,  
By lawful means and daily diligence,  
Without ambition, avarice or strife,  
May have all needful comforts of this life  
For us and ours: not envying great or small,  
But helping those that in affliction fall.    

The Fifth Petition.  
[Forgive us our trespasses, etc.]  

That we confessing our vile sinful Nature,  
Acts and neglects against our great Creator,  
Not having ought to pay, or aught that's good,  
But of his gift, may flee to Christ his blood  
For Grace, and Peace, and Pardon while we live,  
With peaceful minds, addicted to forgive.    

The sixth Petition.  
[And lead us not into temptation, etc.]  

That we be never tried above our strength  
By weal or woe, but may prevail at length,  
That either the temptation time be missed,  
Or we with Graces armed to resist.  
That, ever watchful, we may never fall,  
But grow in Grace, and be preserved in all.    

The Conclusion.  
[For thine is the Kingdom, etc.]  

That we may ever praise our heavenly King,  
From whom all blessings, friends and favours spring;  
That all that hear may join with free consent,  
And full assurance of accomplishment:  
Waiting for answers as not begged in vain,  
And so returning to our prayers again.     

3. What things are to be performed.  
Which are contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments.  

The First Commandment.  
MAKE God the sovereign object of thy fear,  
Faith, love and joy; and service most sincere.   

The Second Commandment.  
Act always in Religion every thing  
By Scripture warrant from the heavenly King.   

The Third Commandment.  
Thou mayst be short in duty never slight  
Nor use a word of God that's vain or light.   

The Fourth Commandment.  
On Sabbaths always put thy soul to nurse,  
eat worldly thoughts, occasions and discourse.   

The Fifth Commandment.  
Be sure to carry well in thy relation,  
For none are good without that commendation.   

The sixth Commandment.  
Live peaceably with all, eat wrath and strife,  
By all good means preserve and succour life.   

The Seventh Commandment.  
Keep chastity, all wantonness eschew  
In heart, in habit, touch, or talk, or view.   

The Eighth Commandment.  
Promote your neighbours and your own estate,  
Sloth, riot, couz'nage and injustice hate.   

The ninth Commandment.  
Maintain thy Neighbours and thy own good Name,  
Lies, flatteries, slanders, scoffs and brags disclaim.   

The Tenth Commandment.  
Grudge not thy neighbours good, quell fond desire,  
And let thy heart to true content aspire.     

A TABLE to the Three First Centuries, containing the Chapter-Hymns.  

A.  
ABominations seven, Page 43  
Acclamations of Praise, or Te Deum Laudamus, exemplified with proofs of Holy Scripture, 2  
Acclamations for Babylon's Fall, 97  
Access to the Throne of Grace at our awaking, 1  
Admonition of St. Judas, 309  
Adventus Christi, or the Accomplishment of the First Promise, 12  
Advocate in Heaven, 307  
Adulterers Peril and Penance, 42  
Affections moderate 294  
Aegypt's ten Plagues, for the fifth of November, 18  
Agreement necessary 286  
Allelujah for Babylon's Fall, 98  
Almighty Arm invoked, 232  
Almsdeeds, 99  
Amity and Unity, 296  
Angels their blessed attendance, 35  
Anger corrected, 39  
Applause of Christian Conquests, 30  
Aptness to backsliding holpen by Grace 267  
Arraignment of Ambition, Covetousness and Cruelty, 16  
Arising of the Sun of Righteousness, 284  
Ascension of Christ, and leading Captivity Captive, 81  
Astonishing Judgements, or Aegypt's ten Plagues, 18  
Atonement sought upon humiliation, or a woeful bewailing of our Corruptions and Calamities, 27  
Attendance of blessed Angels, 35   

B.  
BAbylon's Fall, 97  
Backsliders called back, 242  
Back-slidings censured, or Israel's Revolt, 266  
Backslidings holpen by Grace, 267  
Backslidings healed, 269  
Benediction from the God of Peace, 82 & 304  
Best fear, 292  
Best rejoicing, 293  
Benediction of St. Judas, 309  
Bewailing our corruptions and calamities, 27  
Blessed Angels attendance, 35  
Blessed death, 100  
Blessings of obedience, Ibid.  
Blessings on the Mount, or blessed Qualifications, 103  
Blessedness of pardon, 36  
Boasting corrected, 37  
Bodies changed, 88  
Brotherhood, 281   

C.  
CAbinet, 287  
Call out of Babylon, 104  
Call of Grace 298  
Calves of our Lips 267  
Captives Prayers effectual 252  
Carnal and evil doers rewarded, 312  
Change, 224  
Charity and Piety extended, 37  
Charity charged upon the rich, 297  
Charity what it is truly, 94  
Charities qualifications, 105  
Charity rewarded, 304  
Chastisement, 105  
Celestial Paradise, 313  
Child of light encouraged and instructed, 231  
Children of light exhorted, 83  
Children of God and Satan described, 307  
Christ's Birth, Kingdom and Conquests 21, 22  
Christ's commission, 108  
Christ's Benefits, 106  
Christ●s Passion and Compassion, 167  
Christian Conquests applauded, 30  
Circumcision of the Heart, 38  
Comforting mourners, 232  
Commands for comfort, 229  
Commination of Esay 52  
Communion of Saints, 109  
Compassion and Passion of Christ 167  
Confession of Christ, 110  
Confession of sin, 38, 110  
Confessions and Supplications, 56  
Confidence in God, 111  
Confidence applauded and blessed, 84  
Confidence accursed, 83  
Conquest, 112  
Conscience, Ibid.  
Constant seeking of God by the meek, 39  
Constancy of God's Covenant, 253  
Contentation, 113  
Conversation and life conscientious, 69  
Correction of anger, 39  
Correction of boasting, 37  
Coronation of Spiritual Conquerors, 312  
Corruptions and Calamities bewailed, 27  
Covenant of God constant, 253  
Covenant of Grace, 114  
Covenant of God's Grace entered to Abraham, 213  
Covenant of God for us with the Creature, 55  
Counsel of Christ, 117  
Counsel of Wisdom excellent, 54  
The Creed, 118  
Cross and Crown, 298  
Cup and Calamity of Drunkards, 47   

D.  
DAngers of heinous sins, and dehortation from them, 40  
David's Exaltation in type of Christ, 64  
David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, 29  
Day of Grace proclaimed, 84  
Death blessed, 100  
Debate in measure, 228  
Deborah's Song, 119  
Deceitfulness of the heart, 45  
Descending of the Spirit, 47  
Dehortation from heinous sin, 40  
Dehortation from evil, 302  
Deliverance from shipwreck, or the Prophet Jonah, 45  
Diligence in duties, 121  
Dissolution general longed for, 70  
Dragon's downfall, 122  
Drawn Net, 291  
Drunkards Cup and Calamities, 47  
Due fear of God and the King, 48  
Duty to Magistrates, Ibid.   

E.  
EAsy yoke, 123  
Effectual Prayers of Captives, 252  
Errors and Heresies to be avoided, 124  
Esay's Commination, 52  
Esay's Song of thanksgiving, 125  
Esay's triumphant Song, 126  
Evenness of spirit in all conditions, 305  
Evil times to be amended, 300  
Evil dehorted, 302  
Evil doers rewarded, 312  
Exalting a Nation, 53  
Exaltation of Humility, Ibid▪  
Example of Saints, 128  
Exact doom, 258  
Excellent Counsel of Wisdom, 54  
Exhortation to Repentance, 256  
— To good works, 301  
— Of St. Judas, 309  
Expostulation with Job, 225  
Extension of Charity and Piety, 37  
Ezechiel's infant, 128  
Ezechiel's evil hearers, 262   

F.  
FAith praised, 129  
Faith proved, 130  
Faithful Saying, 13  
Fruitfulness blessed, 303  
Fallow Ground to be dressed, 55  
False fears, and false Deities derided, 243  
Fan of Judgement, 286  
Fast proclaimed, 270  
Fear of God and the King, 48  
Fleshly lusts restrained, 80  
Fire and Grasshoppers, 276  
Flying Role for Swearers and Cursers▪, 44  
Fool in grain, 291  
Funerals to press Patience, 24  
Funerals to mitigate mourning, 23  
Funerals touching the pretiousness of the Saints death, 24  
Funerals touching the Resurrection, Ibid.  
Funerals touching the Saint's safety in death, 25  
Funerals touching the Saints sweet rest, 25   

G.  
GEneral dissolution longed for, 70  
Giver of Grace, 77  
Glorious Throne, 249  
God's Children described, 307  
God's Covenant for us with the Creature, 55  
God's Children distinguished, 308  
God's Covenant constant, 253  
God's Oath of Grace, 260  
God's glittering Sword, 131  
God's jealousy for Jerusalem, 56  
God●s jewels, 282  
God's Expostulation with Job, 225  
God's mercy, the golden chain thereof, or loves link 71  
Good works exhorted, 301  
Government, 132  
Government of the Tongue, 135  
Graces call, 298  
Grasshoppers and fire, 276  
Great condemnation, 85  
Gifts ministerial conferred, 73   

H.  
Heinous sins dangerous, 40  
Healing of Backsliders, 209  
Heart Circumcised, 38  
Heart deceitfulness, 45  
Heavy Judgements, 274  
High and Lofty one, 136  
Humility exalted, 53  
Humiliation, 137  
Humble Supplications and Confessions, 56  
Humble Supplications in time of drought, 57  
Humble Supplications in time of sickness, 58  
Humble Supplications in time of tempest, Ibid.  
Humble Supplications in time of transgression and revolt, 59  
Humble Supplications in time of war, 60  
Humble Supplications in hard times, 248   

I.  
JAcob's sadness cheered, 230  
Idols, their vanity, 250  
Idolatry forbidden, 138  
Idolatry exploded, 241  
Jerusalem, God's Jealousy for it, 56  
Jew and Gentiles call, 138  
Jew and Gentiles fullness held out in many Promises, 140  
Immortality and Mortality, 162  
Imperfection, 143  
Impure and Pure described, 303  
Invective against Hypocrisy, 31  
Job Expostulated by God, 225  
Jobs Answer, 226  
Jonah's Deliverance from Shipwreck, 45  
Joys of Heaven, 145, 310  
Joyful Death, or the Song of holy Simeon, 13  
Israel restored, 253  
Israel's revolt, 266  
St. Jude's Admonition, Exhortation, and Benediction, 309  
Judgement waited for, 60  
Judgement upon the proud and scornful, 61  
Judgement day forewarned, 146  
Judgements heavy, 274  
Justification, 147   

K.  
KInd love of God in Christ, 62  
King David's Exaltation and Type of Christ, 64  
— His Elegy of Saul and Jonathan, 29  
— His Lamentation for Saul and Jonathan, Ibid.   

L.  
LArge Mercies Corporal, 65  
Large Mercies Spiritual, 66  
Large Mercies Temporal, 67  
Large Mercies Eternal, 68  
Laud and Praise for God's Judgements, or the Lamb's Song, 148  
Leaven, 289  
Lamentation of David for Saul and Jonathan, 29  
Lesson of true Charity, 94  
Life and Conversation Conscientious, 69  
Light and Darkness discovered, Ibid.  
Lively Hope, 85  
Longing after Christ, 148  
Looking and longing for the general Dissolution, 70  
Lord our Righteousness, 251  
Love of God, 149  
Love of God in Christ, 62  
Loves Link, or the Golden Chain of God's Mercies, 71  
Love in Deed and in Truth, Ibid.  
Love of the World forbidden, 151  
Love Engraven, 231   

M.  
MAN's mortality minded, 227  
Marriage, 152  
Mediator, 153  
Meek constantly seeking of God, 39  
Memorial of God's Mercies, 72  
Mercies recorded and requested, 238  
Mercy and Terror mixed 155  
Mercies,— 154— The Second Part, 210  
Mercies Corporal, 65  
Mercies Spiritual, 66  
Mercies Temporal, 67  
Mercies Eternal, 68  
Merit disclaimed, 157  
Michael our Prince, 265  
Ministerial Gifts conferred, 73  
Miracles at Pentecost, 15  
Mitigation of mourning at Funerals, 23  
Mixture of Mercy and Terror, 155  
Moral Precepts pressed with Arguments, 157  
Moderate Affections, 294  
More Spiritual Precepts, 161  
Morning Exercise, 14  
Mortality and Immortality, 162  
Mortification, 163  
Moses Song, 215  
Mourners comforted, 232  
Murmuring Restrained, 254  
Mustardseed, 289   

N.  
NOnsufficient Sacrifices, 277  
New Jerusalem, 311   

O.  
OATH of Grace, 260  
Obedience blessed, 100  
Old good way, 242  
Oppressors, woe to them, 251  
Oppression and Rapine dissuaded, 165  
Our Advocate in Heaven, 307  
Our Saviour's call to the Nations, 74  
Our Saviour's Rapture, 288  
Our Saviour's coming in the Clouds, 297  
Our thorough Sanctification prayed for, 74   

P.  
PAcification by Repentance, 257  
Pardon, the blessedness thereof, 36  
Partridge, 250  
Passion and Compassion of Christ, 167  
Passover slain for us, and preparation thereunto, 75  
Patience, 169  
Patience to press at Funerals, 24  
Peace of God and Prayer, 170  
Peace with all men, 293  
Peril and Penance of Adulterers, 42  
Perpetuity and Power of Christ's Resurrection, 75  
Perseverance, 170  
Portion of the little flock, 171  
Power and prevalency of Christ's Resurrection, 75  
Power of prayer, 172  
Praise to the Creator, 77  
Praise to the giver of grace, Ibid.  
Praise to the Prince of Potentates, Ibid.  
Praise to the redeemer, 78  
Praise to the Trinity, Ibid.  
Prayers of Captives Effectual, 252  
Preachers lips, 234  
Pretiousness of the Saints death, 24  
Priesthood, 279  
Prince Michael, 265  
Promise of sending the Holy Ghost, and of the Miracles of Pentecost, 15  
Prophet Jonah's deliverance, 45  
Pure and impure described, 303   

Q.  
Qualifications of blessedness, 103  
Qualifications of Charity, 105   

R.  
RApine and oppression dissuaded, 165  
Rapture of our Saviour, 288  
Reasonable Service, 172  
Recovery of the Church, 173  
Redeeming of Time, 174  
Redemption out of the Songs of the Blessed Virgin, of Zacharias and old Simeon, Ibid.  
Reformation, 177  
Regeneration, 179  
Remission of sin, 79  
Renewing of Joy, Ibid.  
Repentance, 179  
Repentance pacifies, 257  
Repentance urged, 259  
Reproach for Christ, and imitation of him, 182  
Restoration of Israel, 253  
Restraining of Fleshly lusts, 80  
Resurrection, 24, 183  
Revenge forbidden, 184  
Reward of Charity, 304  
Rich Charged with Charity, 297  
Right reasoning of Temptation, 80  
Robes of righteousness, 235  
Role for swearers and cursers, 44   

S.  
SAbbath, 184, 260  
Sacrament of the Supper, 185  
Sacrifices nonsufficient, 277  
Saints Communion, 109  
Saints, their safety in death, 25  
Saints, the pretiousness of their deaths, 24  
Saints, their sweet rest, 25  
Salvation shining, 189  
Sanctification, 190  
Sanctification prayed for, 74  
Satan's Children described and distinguished, 307  
Saviour's Rapture, 288  
Saviour's Call, 74  
Saviour's call to the Nations, 74  
Saviour's coming in the Clouds, 297  
Saul and Jonathan lamented by David, 29  
Scriptures, 192  
Seven Abominations, 43  
Secrets revealed, 193  
Secrets unrevealed, 194  
Seeking God betimes, 225  
Sin confessed, 38  
Sins of Sodom recorded, 256  
Sluggard roused, 86  
Sobriety, Prayer and Charity enjoined, 81  
Solemn Ascension of Christ, and leading Captivity Captive, 81  
Son of righteousness arising, 284  
Song of Holy Simeon, 13  
Song of Deborah, 119  
Song to celebrate the Restoration of the Church, 17  
Song of Zacharie, 175  
Song of Simeon and Zacharie, 176  
Song of Hannah, 222  
Song of Moses the man of God, commanded to be learned by heart of all Israel, 215  
Souls under the Altar, 195  
Sowing to the Spirit, 295  
Spirit of God dwelling in us, 82  
Spiritual precepts, 161  
Spiritual Shepherds, 196  
Straight Gate 197  
Subsistance of God's Kingdom, 294  
Supplications and Confessions, 56  
Supplications in time of Drought, 57  
Supplications in hard times, 248  
Suffering and self-denial, 197  
Swearers and Cursers their flying Role, 44   

T.  
TE Deum Laudamus, 2, 4, 7, 9  
Testimony prophetical, of the Birth and Kingdom of Christ, 21, 22  
Temptations succoured, 199  
Terror and mercy mixed, 155  
Test to the Covenant, 214  
Thanksgiving at or after the Sacrament, 26  
Through sanctification, Prayed for, 74  
Three and four Transgressions, 271  
Time of Drought, Sickness, Tempest, Transgression, Revolt and War, Vide Humble Supplications.  
Treading the Wine-press alone, 237  
Treasures of deceit challenged, 278  
Tree good, 199  
Trinity, 200  
True Fast, 87   

V.  
Vanity of Idols, 250  
Vessels of honour, 299  
Vineyard of Israel, 201  
Vineyard of Red-Wine, 228  
Vile-bodies changed 88  
Unity and Amity, 296  
Unity and love of Brethren, 202  
Uniting the Nation, 264  
Vocation, 204   

W.  
WANT of Charity discovered and censured, 308  
Warning of Judgement by beginning at God's House, 89  
Warning of the general Dissolution, Ibid.  
War with lusts, 305  
Well approved hearers, 90  
Whirlwind of God's wrath, Ibid.  
Whole Armour, 206  
Will for the Deed, 207  
Winking at the times of ignorance, 91  
Wisdoms Exhortation, 208  
Wise builder, 287  
Wise Merchant, 290  
Woe to the oppressors, 251  
Woeful bewailing our Corruptions and Calamities, 27  
Woeful Lamentation for Saul and Jonathan, 29  
Word preached, 209  
World and the Church, 211  
Worldly cares forbidden, 95  
Work of Mercy magnified, 210  
Work of grace, Ibid.  
Works, Words and Thoughts for the Lord's Day, 92  
Wrongs to be remitted, or a Lesson of true Charity, 94   

Z.  
ZAchary's Song, 175  
Zealous Ejaculations at Evening or Bedtime, 212  
Zealous applause of Christian Conquests, 30  
Zealous invective against Hypocrisy, 31   
FINIS.   

The Three Last Centuries OF SELECT HYMNS Collected out of the Psalms of DAVID By William Barton, A. M. late Minister of St. Martin's in Leicester.  Col. 3.16. 
Teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, etc.  St. Chrysost. Vol. 3. Hom. 3. 
The Holy Ghost descends not to our throngs,  
At Sacraments alone, but at our Songs.  
LONDON, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for William Cooper, at the Pelican in Little Britain. 1688.   

To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, aldermans and Sheriffs of the Honourable City of Coventry: And To the Right Worshipful Sir Richard Hopkins, Knight, Steward of the said City: And To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the Corporation of Leicester: And To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the Corporation of Northampton.  
Right Worshipful,  
MY Birth, Breeding and Abode in your respective Corporations, together with your kind encouragements and costs bestowed upon these long Labours of Psalm and Hymn-Translations, (after my own excessive Charge and Detriments) have made me excusably ambitious to Dedicate unto your Worships these Three ensuing Centuries, accommodated with some variety of Tunes and Metres, hoping to leave these as a living and lasting Monument of my respect and gratitude, and of your Christian Love and Liberality. Having also finished the Psalm-Book itself with like variety of Metres to most of the shorter Psalms and to some of the longer sort.  
The aim and end of all is to revive, increase, and promote Godliness, which is profitable to all things; and hath the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, 1 Tim. 4.8. In hopes therefore of some good issue of these Labours, and in humble apprecation of the flourishing Felicity of the Corporations to which I stand engaged, I rest, and subscribe myself  
Your Worships much obliged, and devoted humble Servant, William Barton.   

THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.  
Courteous Reader,  
I Find no clear distinction in Scripture between Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Psalm 18 and 45. and Fifteen more beginning at the 120. are called Songs. Psalm 92. is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath day. Psalm 145. is entitled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 David's Hymn or Psalm of Praise: And from this saith learned Schindler the Title of the whole Book seems to be taken; for it is entitled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Book of Hymns or Praises; Quod major Psalmorum pars Dei Laudes contineat; Because the greater part of the Psalms consist of the Praises of God: And of such Psalms the major part of these Centuries is Composed.  
As for the parts and parcels of Psalms conducing to this Composure, I find an Example in the Holy Scripture, 1 Chr. 16. where from the 7th ver. to the 36th are sundry parts and parcels of the 105.96.106. and 136 Psalms, collected into a Psalm or Hymn; upon which consideration, I take more liberty to pick and choose places, and put in parallel Scripture as it serves the purpose.  
Now, for the great variety and plenty of them in these Centuries set out, I have great variety of reasons to plead.  
1. Because I know nothing so much excepted against in my Edition of the Psalms 1654. as that the variety of Metres was very much omitted; neither did the Impression go off in five times the space that the former did.  
2. Because many of these Psalms are done more elaborately than those of the former Edition, till they were corrected and completed, and printed Anno 1682. with Aliters to my mind as they are now finished.  
3. Because I may gratify the Reader with examples to accommodate the choicer old Tunes, whereof I have omitted none that I know; and have put in more frequent examples for these two delicate and expeditious Tunes of the Old 50th, and the 124th. As in the 320th, and 322d, and in the 338th, and 341st, Hymns of the Fourth Century you may see Examples.  
4. Because I might take liberty in some Hymns to Paraphrase for the Exposition of some hard passages; for instance, it is said, Psalm 139.21. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee, & c? which I think to be clearly interpreted in Hymn 565. and more largely varied Psalm 139. of the last Edition thereof, printed Anno 1682.  
The latter end of the 51st Psalm I found very dark; for when he had said, Thou desirest not sacrifice, etc. Thou delightest not in burnt offering, etc. He saith presently, Then shalt thou be pleased— with burned offering, and whole burnt offering— and Bullocks, which I think to be clearly interpreted in the 4.7. and 8. Metres of the 51st Psalm.  
A passage in the 72. Psalms, vers. 17. I counted choicely done, and keeping the Allusion which the Hebrew seems to hint, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Nomen ejus filiabitur, saith Montanus, His name shall be continued— among the posterities saith the Old Translation: Yet I thought it needful to put it plainer by an Aliter, as you may find it.  
The 8th. Psalms was hardest of all to me to be explained, carrying a construction of Christ our Saviour, as the Apostle saith, Heb. 2.6. Which Psalm showing the glory of man in his Creation, intimates man's re-investing in his Dominion by Redemption: I have annexed the Interpretation in a different Character.  
5. Because these Centuries were formerly put forth against my will, by an imperfect Copy, and in great disorder, An. 1668. I have put them into a handsome method, passing by no Psalm of common use, but have in whole or in part inserted it, and have put the whole Psalms together in double Metres, and in some more.  
6. Finally, I have endeavoured to do the Work so well, as that whosoever approves of the Psalm Book (as it is now completed Anno 1682.) may not think these Hymns unnecessary or unworthy (for Printing) to precede or follow them.  
I might have annexed Scripture-Proofs to that famous Hymn Te Deum, (harping upon Scripture all along) but having done that already in the Chapter-Hymns, (wherein those that are well acquainted may readily find the most noted Sentences of Holy Scripture, as by a Concordance) I let these go for a demonstration, how much the old Version needs amendment, and how near the Verse-Translation may come unto the Prose.  
I aimed principally in all this pains to promote Godliness: I much affected that Noble Sentence put out by the famous Dr. Cudworth, 
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
Be Godly, O my Son, for Godly men  
Do Christianize it with the best of them.   
And sure there is nothing more effectual to breed Godliness than Holy Scripture, nothing will preach Scripture to us, or print Scripture in our minds more than Scripture-Hymns.  
Wherefore I conclude all with that precept of the Apostle, Col. 3.16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.  
Your Servant for Jesus sake, William Barton.   

Of the TUNES.  
THE Tunes here set down are none of the common ones, except that of the 100 Psalm.  
Note, That the Tune of the 51 Psalms, O Lord consider, etc. or any Tune of eight Syllables in each Line, when four Lines make up the Verse, may be sung in the Tune of the 100 Psalm.  
Note, that the Tune called, Where Righteousness. etc. may be changed into the usual Tune of the 67 Psalms, if you put in two Syllables more in the third Line of every four.  
Note, That the New Tune (set in Mr. Sandy's Psalm-Book by Mr. Henry Laws) for the 531 Hymn, pag. 646. may be changed into the Tune of the 113 Psalms, Ye Children, etc. if you put in two Syllables more into every third Line.  
Note, That the old 127 Psalm, mentioned in the 564. Hymn, pag. 678. hath no proper Tune of its own, but in the old Psalm-Book is referred to the Tune of the 112 Psalms, which is the proper Tune of the Lord's Prayer, as it is in the old Psalm-Book.  
Note, That the 111 Psalms, as it is in the old Psalm-Book, may be sung in the Tune of the old 120 Psalm, which is a shorter Tune; And all these Tunes, (except the New Tunes) are taken out of the old Psalm-Book rectified by Mr. Ravenscroft.   

The TUNES of several HYMNS in this Book.  

PSALM 50. The mighty God, etc.  
  

PSALM 51. O Lord consider, etc.  
  

PSALM 100 All People, etc.  
  

PSALM 111. With heart I do accord, etc.  
  

PSALM 112. The man is blest, etc.  
  

PSALM 113. Ye Children, etc.  
  

Ps. 120. In trouble and in thrall, etc.  
  

Psalm 121. I lift mine Eyes, etc.  
  

Psalm 122. I did in heart rejoice, etc.  
  

Psalm 124. Now Israel may say, etc.  
  

Psalm 125. Such as in God do put, etc.  
  

Psalm 126. When that the Lord, etc.  
  

Psalm 130. Lord, to thee, etc.  
  

Psalm 148. Give laud, etc.  
  

Complaint of a Sinner.  
  

The New Tune for the 524. Hymn of the Sixth Century, Page 617.  
  

The New Tune of the 532. Hymn of the Sixth Century, Page 646.  
   

Here follows an Example of turning the Tune, Where Righteousness doth say, into the plain Tune of the 67 Psalm. 6th Century, Hymn 526. p. 622. (2. M.) Have mercy, etc.  

TEach me, O Lord, the way  
whereto thy Statutes tend,  
So shall I never go astray,  
but keep it to the end.  
Give me to understand,  
and then shall I endeavour  
To act (O Lord) by thy command  
with my whole heart for ever.   

In paths of thy commands  
Lord make me go aright,  
For ver'ly my desire so stands,  
and therein I delight.  
Incline my heart, O Lord,  
that I may not digress:  
Incline it to thy holy word,  
and not to covetousness.   

Lord turn away mine eyes,  
turn them, O Lord, I pray,  
From viewing worldly vanities:  
and quicken me in thy way.  
Establish thou thy word  
unto thy servant dear:  
Who wholly is devoted, Lord,  
unto thy faithful fear.   

The obloquy I fear,  
Lord turn away from me:  
For I confess to thee how clear,  
How good thy Judgements be.  
Behold how my desires  
do for thy precepts press:  
O stir these heats, these holy fires  
to show thy righteousness.    

Here follows a perfect Praxis for the Tune of the old 111 Psalm, because those Examples of p. 508. (2. M.) and of the 120 Psalms want Hypermeters to each second Verse, and may well be sung in the proper Tune of the 120 Ps. but not in the Tune of the old 111 Psalm.  

Pardon of sin implored, the suit pursued, the mercy assured. Out of the 130 Psalm.  

OUT of the dreadful deeps,  
Where fear and horror keeps,  
I cried to thee, O Lord;  
Lord, hear my voice said I,  
ATTEND unto my CRY,  
And to my suits accord.  
For shouldst thou mark, O God,  
What by-paths we have trod,  
By sinful Conversation:  
Who then, O Lord, shall stand,  
Or scape thy heavy hand,  
Of righteous Condemnation.   

But, Lord, there is with thee,  
Forgiveness full and free,  
That thou may'st be adored:  
I wait upon the Lord,  
My soul waits on his Word,  
And there my hopes are stored.  
My soul waits patiently  
Upon the Lord most high.  
And for his words performing:  
More eagerly than they  
That watch for break of day,  
And dawning of the morning.   

Yea, Lord, my soul and mind  
Attendeth still to find  
Free favour in thy sight:  
Whereafter I inquire  
With earnester desire  
Than Watchman for the light.  
Let Israel hope therefore  
In God for evermore,  
For with the Lord is mercy:  
And plenteous grace with him  
To pardon all our sin,  
Which made the Controversy.    

A Perfect Praxis for the Tune of the old 126 Psalm. Out of the 117 Psalm.  

PRaise ye the Lord  
O all ye Nations far and near,  
His praise record,  
O all ye people every where.   

Because we find  
How very great and marvellous  
His mercy's kind,  
And his compassion is to us.   

His Faithful Word  
Endures for evermore:  
Praise ye the Lord,  
Praise ye the Lord therefore.     

The Fourth Century. Beginning the PSALM-HYMNS.  

HYMN 301. A blessed Man described.  
Psalm 1.  

THE man is blest whose piety  
forbids to turn aside,  
In Counsel, or Society,  
with men unsanctifyed:  
That from those evil paths doth keep,  
wherein the wicked are.  
And joins not in their fellowship  
that sit in scorners chair.   

verse 2 But in the Law of God the Lord,  
he placeth his delight,  
And meditateth on his Word  
devoutly, Day and Night▪  
verse 3 He shall be like a planted tree  
that near a River springs,  
Which always, as his seasons be,  
abundant fruit forth brings.   

verse 4 Whose leaf likewise shall never fade,  
but flourish still and stand:  
And prosperous shall his works be made,  
whatever he takes in hand.  
verse 5 But as for men of wicked minds,  
far otherwise are they:  
And like the chaff which boisterous winds  
drive easily away.   

verse 6 Therefore th' ungodly never may  
in Judgement rise up clear;  
Nor sinners in the Judgement Day  
among the Saints appear.  
verse 7 For God doth favourably know  
the Godly Persons Path:  
Whereas the way that sinners go  
shall perish in his Wrath.    

HYMN 302. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Good men and bad this first Hymn comprehends,  
Discovering fully both their ways and ends.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 1.  

A Blessed man is he  
that is not led aside,  
By counsels of impiety  
to go where sinners guide.  
Nor sits in scorners seat,  
but in God's Law delights,  
And in this Law doth meditate  
continual Days and Nights.   

He shall be like a plant  
set by the River's side,  
Whose boughs no timely fruit do want,  
whose leaf shall fresh abide.  
And well shall he succeed  
in all good works designed,  
Not so th' ungodly; they shall speed  
as chaff dispersed with wind.   

Therefore ungodly men,  
shall not stand justified;  
Nor sinners with the righteous then,  
when Judgement must be tried:  
For ways of men upright  
the Lord doth kindly know;  
But sinners paths shall perish quite,  
with everlasting woe.    

HYMN 303. A difference betwixt good and bad. 3. METRE.  
Psal. 1.  

THE Man is blest that shuns the snare  
of wicked men's advice:  
Whom sinners paths, and scorners chair,  
by no means can entice.  
But his Delight both Day and Night  
is in God's Holy Law;  
Whereon he waits and meditates  
with constant care and awe.   

Like planted tree by water-springs  
shall such a man be made▪  
A tree that timely fruit forth brings,  
whose leaf shall never fade.  
And all he doth is blest of God,  
the wicked are not so:  
But are like chaff dispersed abroad  
when stormy wind doth blow.   

Therefore th' ungodly shall not stand  
in judgement clear and quit:  
Nor with the just at Christ's right hand  
shall any sinner sit.  
For men upright are God's delight,  
their ways to him are known,  
But sinners ways shall soon decay,  
and quite be overthrown.    

HYMN 304. (4. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The good and bad are here compared,  
Both in their Works and their reward.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm. 1.  

THE man is blest that walketh not astray  
by evil counsels of ungodly men,  
Nor doth comply with sinners in their way,  
nor cometh high the scorners seat with them:  
But with delight on God's good word he waiteth,  
And Day and Night thereon he meditateth.   

He shall be like a tree by th' River side,  
whose fruit is ripe and in his season, sure;  
Whose leaf in youth and greeness shall abide,  
and all he doth shall prosperously endure:  
Ungodly men may look for no such matter,  
But are like chaff which stormy wind does scatter.   

Therefore ungodly men shall never stand,  
at Judgement Day (as righteous men may trust)  
Nor any one of all the wicked band  
come in the Congregation of the just:  
For just men's ways the Lord doth know and cherish,  
But Days will come when sinners paths shall perish.    

HYMN 305. (Psal 2.)  
Argument.  
Christ's Kingdom how opposed and hated  
And how the wrong is vindicated.  
All People, etc.  

WHY do the Heathen rage and fret  
and people plot a thing so vain?  
They rise and are in council set  
Rulers and Kings, on Earth that reign.   

Against the Lord they proudly speak,  
against his Christ, advising thus;  
Their bonds asunder let us break,  
and cast away their cords from us.   

But he that doth in Heaven dwell,  
their wicked doings shall deride:  
And laugh to scorn his foes that swell  
with such presumptuous haughty pride.   

Then in his wrath the most supreme  
shall all his enemies control:  
And in Displeasure most extreme,  
shall he torment their guilty soul.    

HYMN 306. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
Christ's Kingdom how exalted high,  
By type of David's sovereignty.  

UPON my Zions sacred Hill  
yet have I set my sovereign King;  
Thou hast decreed and wilt fulfil,  
and I will now declare the thing.   

The Lord hath spoken thus to me  
thou art my true and only son;  
This Day have I begotten thee,  
ask of me and it shall be done.   

All Heathen Kingdoms I will make  
to be th' inheritance of thy birth:  
And thou shalt in possession take  
the utmost parts of all the Earth.   

Thine Iron Rod, of sovereign might,  
shall dash thy foes and make them break:  
Yea dash them into pieces quite,  
As Potter's Vessels that are weak.    

HYMN 307. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
King's here are moved, the Psalmist saith,  
Christ's Kingdom to receive by Faith.  

NOW therefore O ye Kings take care  
that ye may truly understand;  
Be well instructed ye that are  
the Princely Judges of the Land.   

See that the Lord have service done  
with reverence and due respect:  
Rejoice with trembling, kiss the Son;  
lest in his wrath ye should be checked.   

So should ye perish from the way,  
for lo! if his least anger flame,  
Blessed, O blessed then are they  
that trust upon his Holy Name.    

HYMN 308. (Psalms 3.)  
Argument.  
The Enemies of Saints increase,  
But God does still procure their peace.  
Ye Children, etc.  

LORD how the number multiplies  
of my incensed enemies,  
that daily do against me rise:  
Many, O Lord, many are they  
that of my soul presume to say  
God cannot help him any way.  
But Lord thou art a shield for me  
my head is still upheld by thee  
in Honour and in Dignity.  
For when with voice so loud and shrill  
I called on God, he pleased still  
to hear me, from his holy hill.   

2.  
I laid me down and sweetly slept,  
I waked and was in safety kept,  
for God's good hand did me protect.  
And tho' ten thousand of my foes  
should me now round about enclose,  
I would not be afraid of those.  
Arise, O Lord, and plead my cause,  
for thou hast smote them on the Jaws,  
and broke the teeth of all my foes.  
Thus are th' ungodly overthrown,  
salvation is of God alone;  
and thou, O Lord, dost bless thine own.    

HYMN 309. Felicity of God's protection.  
Psalm 4.  

PITY me, Lord, for well I know  
I am beloved of thee,  
I find it so because my foe  
triumphs not over me.   

I am upholden by thy grace  
in my integrity,  
Thou giv'st me place before thy face,  
and that perpetually.   

The Lord the God of Israel's Name  
for ever day by day,  
And all his fame let us proclaim.  
Amen, Amen, I say.    

HYMN 310. Affiance and repose in God.  
Psal. 4.6.  

THE greater sort crave worldly wealth,  
and riches they embrace:  
But Lord grant us thy saving health,  
and shining of thy face.   

verse 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart  
by those thy beams Divine:  
Much more than they that had their part  
of plenteous corn and wine.   

verse 8 In peace therefore will I lie down,  
and take my sleep secure:  
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone  
dost make my dwelling sure.    

HYMN 311. (Psal. 6.)  
Argument.  
He supplicates the Lord to spare  
Those Chastisements he cannot bear.  
Have mercy, etc.  

IN thy incensed wrath,  
O Lord, rebuke me not:  
Nor on me lay thy chastning hand  
in thy displeasure hot.   

verse 2 Have mercy on me, Lord,  
for I am wondrous weak:  
Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st  
my bones with anguish break.   

verse 3 My soul is sorely vexed;  
how long stay wilt thou make?  
verse 4 Return Lord, free my soul, and save,  
me, for thy mercy's sake.   

verse 5 For none can, after death,  
of thee remembrance have.  
Who can give thanks to thee, O Lord,  
when lying in the grave?   

verse 6 I'm weary with my groans,  
all night I make my bed  
To swim in sorrows; and my couch  
with tears I watered.   

verse 7 By reason of my grief  
mine eye consumed is:  
It waxeth old, and that because,  
of all mine enemies.   

verse 8 Depart therefore from me  
ye wicked workers all:  
For lo, the Lord has heard my voice  
when I did, weeping, call.   

verse 9 My supplication  
the Lord hath kindly heard,  
The Lord will graciously receive,  
my Prayer, to him preferred.   

Let all mine enemies  
be shamed and vexed sore;  
Let them return, and suddenly  
be shamed evermore:    

HYMN 312. Arraignment of Persecutors.  
Psal. 7.11.  

GOD is a righteous Judge (be sure,)  
and one that will repay;  
And with the lewd and wicked doer,  
God's angry every day.  
verse 12 Unless he do his sins forgo,  
and speedily repent:  
He whets his sword, and strings his bow,  
and hath it ready bent.   

verse 13 His deadly Darts he doth ordain  
to smite h●m unawares:  
And for the persecutors pain  
sharp arrows he prepares.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be ever praised therefore:  
From first to last eternally,  
Amen for evermore.    

HYMN 313. Arraignment of Persecutors and their ruin.  
Psal. 7.14.  

BEhold, how with iniquity  
the wicked is in pain:  
Conceiving mischief craftily,  
and labours all in vain.   

verse 15 He made a pit, and digged it,  
no pains at all he spared:  
And now is fallen into the pit▪  
which he himself prepared.   

verse 16 Upon his own unhappy crown  
his mischief shall be spread:  
His violent dealing shall come down,  
and light on his own head.  
verse 17 But I his justice will proclaim  
that judgeth righteously,  
And with a Song, will praise the Name  
of him that is most high.    

HYMN 314. Babes and Sucklings setting forth God's praise. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 8.  

O Lord our Lord, of how great worth▪  
is thy Name every where?  
For thou hast set thy glory forth  
above the starry sphere.  
verse 2 The mouth of babes thou didst ordain,  
thy mighty power to show:  
And tongues of sucklings to restrain  
the proud imperious foe.   

verse 3 Now when I see the Heaven's high,  
the work of thine own hand:  
The Moon and Stars that deck the Sky,  
and in their order stand.  
verse 4 O what is man, Lord, think I then,  
that he should be in mind:  
Or any of the Sons of Men,  
to whom thou art so kind?   

verse 5 For thou hast made him little less  
than Angels in degree,  
And crowned him with gloriousness,  
and great Nobility.  
verse 6 Preferred him to be Lord thou hast,  
of all thy works of wonder;  
And at his feet all creatures cast,  
that he should keep them under.   

verse 7 All Oxen, Sheep, and Beasts obey,  
all that in fields do feed:  
verse 8 Fowls of the Air, Fish of the Sea,  
and all that therein breed.  
verse 9 O Lord, our Lord, of how great worth,  
of how exceeding fame,  
And excellence in all the Earth  
is thy most glorious Name!    

HYMN 315. Babes and Sucklings shaming Atheists. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 8.  
If you put in the Exposition in the lines of the Italian Character, you must sing it to the Tune of The Lords Prayer; but if you leave the Exposition out, you may sing it in the Tune of the 100 Psalms, or O Lord Consider, etc.  

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent  
in all the Earth, is thy great Name?  
Above the Heaven's Eminent  
thou spread'st the splendour of thy fame.  
Thy Wisdom, Might, and Majesty  
Do far surpass both Earth and Sky.   

From mouth of Babes and Sucklings young  
thou hast ordained strength to flow:  
To still the scornful Enemy's Tongue,  
and silence the avengefull Foe.  
Their Innocence and Infant grace  
May shame such Atheists to their face.   

When on the heavens I fix mine eye,  
the Moon, and Stars, thy Creatures rare:  
Why should God visit man, think I,  
or, for the Son of man should care?  
An Heir of Heaven that should have been;  
But now is fallen from God by sin.   

Next Angels once, Thou hadst him placed,  
with Glory and with Honour crowned:  
And him with high Dominion graced,  
o'er all thy handiworks renowned.  
His Dignity did then excel,  
But sin made all things to rebel.   

Thou gav'st him whatsoever went  
through paths of Seas, or thence came forth:  
O Lord, our Lord, how Excellent  
is thy great Name in all the Earth!  
Blessed be God, that, since the fall  
Hath through Christ restored all.    

HYMN 316. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Man's glory shining in his first Creation,  
And (through Christ) seen in his restoration.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 8.  

O Lord, our Lord: O how thy Name excels!  
O'er Heaven and Earth thy glittering glory dwells,  
Out of the mouths of Babes and Infants young,  
Thou hast ordained strength against the strong;  
For in these Weaklings, is thy strength ordained,  
That our avengefull foe might be restrained.   

When I consider in my serious thought  
The glorious Heavens which thy fingers wrought,  
The Moon and Stars, which were ordained by thee,  
What's Man think I, that he should minded be?  
Or what's the Son of Man? what favour is it  
That thou shouldst honour him with so kind a Visit?   

For thou hast made him but a little lower,  
Than glorious Angels that thy Name adore;  
Than Cherubin and Seraphim so bright  
That see thy face in unapproached light:  
That thou mightst clothe him in a glorious manner,  
With Robes of Royal Dignity and Honour.   

Thou mad'st him have Dominion and Command  
O'er all the works of thine Almighty hand,  
And hast put all things (as thou saw'st it) meet  
In due subjection underneath his feet  
All Sheep and Oxen (take them all together)  
And Beasts belonging to the Field whatever.   

All Fowl that fly thou gavest unto him,  
And all the Fishes in the Seas that swim:  
With whatsoever sort among all these,  
That have their passage o'er the deepest Seas;  
O Lord, our Lord, with what great glory crowned  
Is thy great Name o'er all the Earth renowned!    

HYMN 317. Calamity of the wicked, or Remarkable Judgement.  
Psalm 9.15.  

SUNK down the wicked Heathen are  
into the Pit they made:  
Their foot is taken in the snare  
which they themselves have laid   

verse 16 By doing judgement God is known,  
when wicked people fall  
By handiworks, which are their own:  
Remarkable to all.   

Psalm 41.13.  
Let Israel's mighty God therefore  
be praised and praised again,  
From age to age for evermore,  
Amen, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 318. Chains of Darkness for the Wicked.  
Psalm 9.17.  

LEWD men shall into Hell be hurled',  
where Chains of Darkness bind:  
And all the people of the World  
that have not God in mind.  
verse 18 For poor men shall not be forsaken  
for ever in their pain:  
The patient people never look  
for help from God in vain.   

verse 19 Arise, O Lord, lest men presume  
still to prevail by might:  
And let the Heathen have their doom,  
and judgement in thy sight.  
verse 20 Smite them, O Lord, with fear, full sore▪  
and let the Nations find,  
And know themselves to be no more  
but men of mortal kind.    

HYMN 319. Comforts for the Righteous. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 11.  

I Make the Lord my trust and stay,  
why therefore urge ye still,  
My harmless soul to haste away,  
as birds unto the Hill?  
verse 2 For lo! the wicked bend their bows,  
their arrows they prepare:  
That closely they may shoot at those  
that upright-hearted are.   

verse 3 If the foundations of our faith  
by you be taken away,  
No comfort then the righteous hath,  
nor strength whereon to stay.  
verse 4 But God doth in his Temple reign,  
his Throne's in Heaven on high:  
His eyes behold the Sons of men,  
and them his eyelids try.   

verse 5 He tries the just man's patience,  
as unto him seems best,  
But lewd men loving violence  
his soul doth much detest.  
verse 6 On sinners he shall rain down snares,  
brimstone and balls of fire:  
An horrid Tempest he prepares  
to pay them home their hire.   

verse 7 For God most just without defect,  
in justice doth delight:  
His countenance with kind aspect,  
beholdeth the upright.    

HYMN 320. Confusion of the wicked. 2. METRE.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 11.  

I Trust in God, why do ye daunt my soul?  
hast as a bird, unto your Hill, ye say:  
The wicked bend their bows without control,  
and string their shafts the upright soul to slay:  
If Faith whereon we ground be not assured,  
What can the righteous do to be secured?   

The Lord is in his Holy Temple still,  
his Throne's in Heaven, (he can see us then:)  
His eyes behold all people good and ill,  
his eyelids try the Childerens of men.  
God tries the just man who in patience waiteth:  
But wicked men, and cruel, his soul hateth.   

Upon the wicked, he shall rain down snares,  
Brimstone and Fire, from which they cannot flee.  
And a prodigious Tempest he prepares,  
and this the portion of their cup shall be.  
For God that's righteous, righteousness affecteth:  
His grace so good all good men so respecteth.    

HYMN 321. Corruption of the Times.  
Psalm 12, 1, 2, 3.  

HELP Lord, for godly men decay,  
the faithful are but few:  
Men lie, and flatter, and betray,  
with tongue, and talk untrue.  
But God will cut those lips away,  
whence fraud and flattery springs:  
And tongues that dare presume to say  
such proud blasphemous things.   

4, 5.  
Our lips say they, shall lord it still,  
and hold the upper hand:  
Our Tongues are ours to speak our will.  
what Lord shall countermand?  
Now for the sighs of needy men,  
and poor men's wrongs and woes;  
I'll rise, saith God, and rescue them  
from proud oppressing Foes.   

6, 7, 8.  
Pure words, that will the test abide;  
God's promises come forth  
Like silver seven times purified  
in Furnaces of Earth.  
Lord thou shalt keep thy Saints always,  
from this ungodly Race,  
Though every where they hunt their prey,  
when vile men are in place.   

Psalm 106.48.  
O let the God of Israel then  
be praised perpetually,  
And let all people say Amen,  
the Lord to magnify.    

HYMN 322. Kerbing of the Wicked▪ 2. METRE.  
The Mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 12.  

HELP, Lord, the Godly cease, there's few of them,  
The faithful fail among the Sons of men:  
Each man to's neighbour vanity imparts,  
With flattering lips they speak, and double hearts.  
But Godwill cut off every lip that flatters,  
And tongues that speak such proud presumptuous matters.   

Who thus have said our tongues shall bear the sway,  
Our lips are ours, and who shall us gainsay?  
Now for the poor men, under proud control,  
And for the sighing of the needy soul,  
I'll rise, saith God, and be his sanctuary:  
And set him safe from his proud adversary.   

The Words of God are pure, as silver tried  
In Earthen Furnace, seven times purified:  
Thou shalt preserve, O Lord, and keep the poor  
From this lewd generation evermore.  
The wicked walk on all sides to devour,  
When Vilest men are set in place of power.    

HYMN 323. Degenerate World described. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 14.1.  

THere is no God the fool hath thought,  
they are corrupt and lewd:  
Abominations have they wrought,  
and none of them doth good.  
The Lord looked down from Heaven high,  
mankind for to discern,  
If any knew spiritually,  
or sought God's Will to learn.   

But all were wandered from the way,  
defiled by the fall:  
Not one did good, not one I say  
did any good at all.  
Are workers of iniquity,  
so brutishly misled:  
To eat my people greedily,  
devouring them like bread?   

Upon the Lord they never call,  
yet greatly did they fear:  
For God will surely be with all  
the righteous every where.  
The poor man's Counsel ye disdain,  
whose trust on God is stayed:  
But Oh, that Israel might obtain  
from Zion saving aid.   

When God turns our Captivity,  
and sets poor Zion free,  
Jacob shall joy triumphantly,  
and glad shall Israel be.    

HYMN 324. Degenerate World (through Atheism) described. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 14.  

FOOLS say in heart, there is no God,  
and with such thoughts their fancy feeds:  
Corrupt they are, and none doth good,  
but act abominable deeds.   

The Lord from Heaven viewed all mankind,  
to see who knew, or sought for God:  
All were defiled, and far declined,  
not one by Nature doing good.   

Are wicked workers all so dead,  
and void of knowledge since the fall,  
To eat my People up like bread,  
without regard of God at all?   

Yet do their hearts with terror quake,  
and guilty makes them to mistrust:  
For God doth in protection take  
the Generation of the Just.   

Ye shamed the Council of the poor,  
because his hope on God was stayed:  
But O that Israel might procure  
from Zion Hill some saving aid.   

When God brings back from captive state  
the chosen flock of Zion Hill:  
Then Jacob shall rejoice thereat,  
and gladness Israel's heart shall fill.    

HYMN 325. Description of true Christians.  
Psalm 15.  

THE Tabernacles of thy Grace,  
Lord, who shall rest in still?  
Or who shall have a dwelling-place  
in thy most Holy Hill?  
verse 2 The man that walks in God's true fear,  
whose works are just and strait:  
Who speaks the truth from heart sincere,  
who utters no deceit.   

verse 3 That to his neighbour doth no hurt  
in body, goods, or name:  
Nor taketh up a false report  
to prejudice his fame.  
verse 4 The man whose pure impartial eye  
vile persons doth contemn:  
But whoso fear the Lord most high,  
he highly honours them.   

His Oath and all his promises  
that keepeth faithfully,  
Though he sustain the damages  
that might accrue thereby.  
verse 5 That putteth not to usury  
the money that he lent:  
Nor takes reward to testify  
against the innocent.   

He that shall do the will of God,  
whereof this is the sum:  
Shall never perish in this world,  
nor in the world to come.    

HYMN 326. Description of true Citizens of Zion. 2. METRE.  
All people, etc.  
Psalm 15.  

O Who shall have a blessed abode  
Within thy sacred Tents, O God?  
Thy Holy Hill who shall possess?  
Sure he that walks in uprightness.   

The works of righteousness that doth,  
And from his heart doth speak the truth:  
That slanders none with spiteful tongue,  
Nor doth his neighbour any wrong.   

That takes not up an evil fame  
Against his neighbours honest Name:  
That doth of vile men vilely deem,  
But hath the Saints in high esteem.   

That changeth not what once he swears,  
Though he the loss and damage bears:  
That puts not out his coin, whereby  
To get his gain by usury.   

That takes no bribes to circumvent,  
Or prejudice the innocent:  
He that doth these things is approved,  
And never shall that man be moved.    

HYMN 327. Expectation of Resurrection.  
Psalm 16.8.  

I Set the Lord still in my sight,  
and trust him over all:  
Since he doth stand at my right-hand,  
I know I shall not fall.   

verse 9 This therefore fills my heart with joys,  
my glory joys in this,  
My flesh shall rest in hope likewise,  
in hope of endless bliss.   

verse 10 Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,  
nor wilt thou, Lord, permit  
Thy Holy One, (as lost and gone)  
to perish in the pit.   

verse 11 The path of life thou wilt declare  
to me, with joys full store:  
And Lord at thy right hand there are  
sweet pleasures evermore.    

HYMN 328. Extolling of Scripture verity and virtue.  
Psalm 19.7.  

MOST perfect is the Law of God,  
of Soul-converting might;  
His Testimonies are most pure,  
and give the simple light.   

verse 8 The Statutes of the Lord are right▪  
and fill the heart with joys:  
The precepts of the Lord are pure,  
enlightening the eyes.   

verse 9 The fear of God (his word) is clean,  
and doth endure for ever:  
The Judgements of the Lord are true,  
and righteous altogether.   

verse 10 Yea more than Gold, than much fine Gold,  
to be embraced always:  
The honey and the hony-comb  
are not so sweet as they.   

verse 11 They are thy Servants Monitors,  
how he his life should frame:  
And great reward's provided for's  
if we observe the same.    

HYMN 329. Faith seen in fear of Sin.  
Psalm 19.12.  

LORD who can all his Errors see?  
O cleanse my heart within  
verse 13 From secret faults, and keep thou me  
from all presumptuous sin.   

O let it have no power to reign  
in me at any time:  
And so shall I be free from stain,  
and scape the greatest crime.   

verse 14 O let the words which I recite,  
my thoughts and whole behaviour,  
Be acceptable in thy sight,  
O Lord, my strength and Saviour.    

HYMN 330. Faith's Triumphant Banner.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 20.  

THE Lord attend thy cry  
in this distressful hour;  
Great Jacob's God most graciously  
defend thee by his power.  
verse 2 He send thee succour still  
out of the sanctuary:  
And strengthen thee from Zion Hill  
against the Adversary.   

verse 3 Thy Offerings in like wise  
O let him have in mind:  
And let thy whole burnt Sacrifice  
a good acceptance find.  
verse 4 The Lord now grant to thee  
thy very hearts desire:  
And let thy prudent councils be  
accomplished all entire.   

verse 5 We will our Joy proclaim  
in thy assured defence:  
And spread our banners in the Name  
of God our Confidence.  
The Lord now grant in love  
whatever thou wouldst have:  
verse 6 And now I know that God above  
doth his Anointed save.   

And he will hear his King  
from Heaven, his Holy Throne:  
With saving strength which he shall bring  
by his right hand alone:  
verse 7 Some people make their boasts  
of Chariots, some of Horse:  
But in our God, the Lord of Hosts  
we reckon all our force.   

verse 8 While these bow down and fall,  
we rise and stand upright:  
Save, Lord, and hear us when we call,  
O King of Sovereign might!    

HYMN 331. Faith's Victorious Banner. 2. METRE.  
O Lord Consider, etc.  
Psalm 20.  

LORD hear our King this troublous day,  
the Name of Jacob's God defend:  
Help from his holy place convey,  
and succour out of Zion send:  
Remember well, and highly prise  
Thine Offerings and Burnt Sacrifice:  
Thy hearts desire he grant thee still,  
And all thy councils God fulfil.   

In thy Salvation we'll rejoice,  
and in our God's great Name shall we  
Our Banners raise with prayerful voice,  
all thy requests God grant to thee.  
Now God, I know, will save from harm,  
With saving strength of his right arm,  
And heareth his anointed one,  
From Heaven, his high and Holy Throne.   

Some hope in Chariots help to find,  
and some in Horses hope the same:  
But we will ever bear in mind  
the Lord our God's all helpful Name:  
They are brought down, and fallen quite,  
But we are risen, and stand upright:  
Save, Lord, O let the King give ear  
Now when we pray, our prayer to hear.    

HYMN 332. (Psalms 21.)  
Argument.  
The King's supply and sure defence,  
Obtained by Prayer and Confidence.  

THE King rejoiceth to record  
the comforts of thy might,  
And in thy saving health, O Lord,  
How much, shall he delight.  
Thou gav'st him what his heart desired  
and that important thing,  
Which he with humble lips required  
was not denied the King.   

Blessings of goodness to be sure  
thou hast on him poured down,  
And made a Crown of Gold most pure  
his royal head to crown.  
He asked thee life, and thou didst please  
to give it in such store,  
That he might see the length of days,  
and live for evermore.   

Great is his glorious dignity  
in this thy saving aid,  
For honour and great majesty  
thou hast upon him laid,  
For as one ever blest of God  
thou didst thy King advance,  
And thou hast made him wondrous glad  
with thy sweet countenance.   

For on the Lord he doth rely,  
to see thy promise proved.  
And through thy mercy, O most high,  
he never shall be moved.    

HYMN 333. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The sure destruction of rebellious men,  
The Lord is praised for Judgements upon them.  

THY hand shall find out all thy foes,  
whoever, Lord, they be,  
And thy right hand shall find out those  
that bear ill will to thee.  
And make them as the Ovens hot steam  
what time thy wrath shall light:  
The Lord in wrath shall swallow them,  
and fire devour them quite.   

Their fruit likewise shalt thou destroy  
from off the Earth's increase,  
And cut off their posterity,  
and cause their seed to cease.  
For they intended ill to thee,  
and thought they should succeed  
In their mischievous Tragedy,  
but could not act the deed.   

And thou shalt make them for these things  
to turn their backs apace,  
Charging thine arrows on the strings  
against their very face.  
Be thou exalted, O most high,  
in thine own strength therefore,  
And so our Songs shall magnify  
thy might for evermore.    

HYMN 334. (Psalms 23.)  
Argument.  
God's the good Shepherd of our lives and souls,  
No danger need we fear nor foes controls.  
Have mercy, etc.  

THE Lord my shepherd is,  
and he that doth me feed,  
Since he is mine and I am his  
what comfort can I need.  
He makes me to lie down  
on tender pasture grass,  
Then to the streams he leads me on  
where waters gently pass.   

And when I go astray  
he doth my soul reclaim,  
Conducting me in the right way  
for his most holy name.  
Yea though the paths I trod  
in deaths dark vale should be,  
would not fear, for there's my God  
a staff of strength to me.   

Thou mak'st me sit and dine,  
even in my enemy's sight,  
My head with Oil, my cup with Wine  
run over day and night.  
Thy goodness sure, and grace  
shall measure all my days,  
And thy house be my dwelling place,  
to give thee endless praise.    

HYMN 335. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God the Good Shepherd doth supply,  
No dangers need to terrify.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 23.  

MY Shepherd is the Lord most blest,  
I shall not want but be supplied;  
In pastures green he makes me rest,  
by sweet and silent waters side.   

He doth restore my soul that strays  
the paths of truth he makes me take,  
To walk in his most righteous ways,  
and this he doth for his Name sake.   

Yea though I pass deaths dark abode,  
afraid of ill I will not be,  
For thou art with me, O my God,  
thy rod and staff they comfort me.   

In spite of foes thou dost appoint  
my Table spread and in their sight,  
My head with Oil thou dost anoint,  
my cup runs over day and night.   

Surely thy goodness and thy grace,  
shall follow me throughout my days:  
And thy house be my dwelling place,  
where I will ever give thee praise.    

HYMN 336. God our good Shepherd. 3. METRE.  
Psalm 23.  

MY Shepherd is the living Lord,  
and he that doth me feed:  
How can I but be richly stored  
while he supplies my need?  
verse 2 In pastures green and flourishing  
he makes me to repose:  
Hard by the silent water spring,  
whose stream with pleasure flows.   

verse 3 He guides my soul, so apt to stray,  
a safer course to take:  
Conducting me in his right way,  
for his alone Name sake.  
verse 4 And though I walk in deaths dark shade,  
it shall me not dismay:  
For thou art with me, and hast made  
thy rod and staff my stay.   

verse 5 My Table spread thou didst appoint,  
in presence of my foe:  
My head with Oil thou dost anoint,  
my cup doth overflow.  
verse 6 Thy grace and goodness certainly  
shall measure all my days:  
And in thy house, O God will I  
for ever give thee praise.    

HYMN 337. God our sure-Shepherd. 4. METRE.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psal. 23.  

THE Lord is evermore  
my Shepherd to provide:  
I shall be sure therefore  
full well to be supplied.  
For by this means,  
In pasture green I couch between  
the silent streams.   

Most graciously doth he  
restore my soul that strays:  
And also leadeth me  
in those his righteous ways  
Which I should take:  
(The paths of truth) and this he doth  
for his Name sake.   

Yea, though I walk on still  
through deaths most darksome Vale,  
Yet will I fear none ill,  
nor shall my courage fail:  
For there thou art  
With me, O God, thy staff thy rod  
uphold my heart.   

My Table thou hast spread  
in all my foes despite:  
And hast it furnished  
here, in mine enemy's sight.  
Thou thou my head,  
And fillest up my bounteous cup  
until it shed.   

The goodness, Lord, in thee,  
and grace thou dost display  
Shall surely follow me  
unto my dying day.  
And I therefore  
Will make abode i'th' house of God  
for evermore.    

HYMN 338. Good Christians described.  
To the Tune of the 124. Psalm. Now Israel, etc.  
1. METRE. Psalm 24.3.  

WHO shall ascend  
into thine Hill on high?  
And who shall dwell, Lord,  
in thy palace pure?  
verse 4 The clean of hand, and  
pure of heart is sure:  
That hath not lift  
his soul to vanity:  
Nor sworn unjustly,  
or deceitfully.   

verse 5 He shall receive  
the blessing from the Lord,  
And righteousness  
(to him so pure in heart:)  
The God of his  
salvation shall impart.  
verse 6 This is the Generation  
that regard,  
That seek, that seek  
thy face, O Jacob's Lord.    

HYMN 339. Devout and true Saints. 2. METRE.  
Psal. 24.  

THE Earth is God's and wholly his▪  
the World is all his own,  
And whatsoever therein is,  
belongs to him alone:  
For he hath firmly framed it so  
above the Seas to stand,  
And laid the liquid floods below  
to flow within the Land.   

Who shall ascend into thy Hill,  
or who may make account  
To stand, and to continue still,  
within thy holy mount?  
The man of spotless purity  
in life and conscience too:  
Whose soul affects not vanity  
whose oaths are just and true.   

For such a one the Lord shall bless,  
and he shall have conveyed  
The rich reward of righteousness  
from God his saving aid:  
For these be they that are indeed  
true seekers of his grace,  
O Jacob this is sure thy seed,  
of them that seek thy face.    

HYMN 340. Entrance of the King of Glory▪ 3. METRE.  
Psalm 24.  

YE Everlasting Doors and Gates,  
lift up your heads on high,  
And then the Prince of Potentates,  
shall enter in thereby:  
Who is this King so glorious?  
the mighty Lord and strong,  
In battle still victorious;  
to him these Names belong.   

Ye Everlasting Doors and Gates,  
lift up your heads on high,  
And then the Prince of Potentates  
shall enter in thereby:  
Who may this King of Glory be?  
his royal Name's set down,  
The Lord of Hosts and none but he  
is King of high renown.    

HYMN 341. Good welcomers of the King of Glory. 4. METRE.  
To the preceding Tune. Now Israel, etc. In Paraphrase.  
Psal. 24.7. 1 Cor. 6.19. Isa 30.18.  

LIFT up your heads  
ye Everlasting Gates,  
Ye living Temples  
of the Holy Ghost,  
Lift up your hearts  
to him whose might is most,  
To entertain  
the Prince of Potentates,  
And He shall enter  
who in mercy waits.   

Col. 2.15. Rev. 14.14.  
verse 8 Who is this Prince  
of Princes (here set down)  
that vanquished Principalities  
and Powers?  
It is this Sovereign  
King, and Lord of ours,  
That conquers all  
our foes, and wears the Crown:  
He is the King  
of Glory and Renown.   

1 Cor. 6.19. Isa. 30.18.  
verse 9 Lift up your heads  
ye everlasting Gates,  
Ye living Temples  
of the Holy Ghost,  
Lift up your hearts  
to him whose might is most,  
To entertain  
the Prince of Potentates:  
And he shall enter  
who in mercy waits.   

Rev. 20.11.14.14.  
verse 10 Who is this Prince  
of Princes (here set down?)  
It is the Sovereign Lord,  
the Lord of Hosts,  
That conquers Kingdoms,  
Countries, Lands and Coasts.  
That sits upon  
the Throne, and wears the Crown:  
He is the King  
of Glory and Renown.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Blessed be God  
whom Israel doth adore,  
From everlasting  
let his Glorious Name,  
To everlasting  
have renown and fame.  
And let all people  
say Amen, therefore  
Praise ye the Lord,  
and praise him evermore.    

HYMN 342. (Psal. 25. Ver. 8.)  
Argument.  
God guides the meek and soon imparts  
His pardoning grace to penitent hearts.  

verse 8 UPright and good is our Lord God,  
and therefore takes delight,  
To teach his way to them that stray  
and sinners to set right.   

verse 9 In Judgement he a guide will be  
to meek men hating pride,  
The meek I say, shall know his way,  
for God will be their guide.   

verse 10 For all the ways which God displays  
are truth and mercy still,  
To them that seek his Laws to keep  
and Covenants to fulfil.   

verse 11 Wherefore for thy Namesake do I  
thy mercy, Lord, entreat,  
To pardon my iniquity,  
for it is very great.    

HYMN 343. (Psal. 25. v. 12.)  
Argument.  
The Mysteries of God's free Grace  
Revealed to such as seek his face.  

verse 12 WHO is the man that fears the Lord?  
to him he plainly shows,  
What way to go, and how to know  
the way that he shall choose.  
verse 13 His soul shall dwell exceeding well  
in perfect peace and rest,  
And 'tis decreed that by his seed  
the Earth shall be possessed.   

verse 14 The secrets of the Lord above  
shall all that fear him know,  
And unto them that fear his Name  
His Covenant he will show.  
verse 22 To Israel then do thou, O God,  
thy sweet redemption send,  
And bring all his adversities  
unto an happy end.    

HYMN 344. 2. METRE.)  
Psalm 25.  

IN mercy, Lord, do thou regard,  
th' affliction I am in,  
O see the pain that I sustain,  
and pardon all my sin.  
Consider those that are my foes  
for many such there be:  
And thou hast seen how sharp and keen  
their malice is to me.   

O keep and save my soul, I crave,  
and put me not to shame:  
But keep me safe, because I have  
believed in thy Name.  
O Lord, let my integrity  
and uprightness in me,  
Preserve me still from every ill,  
because I wait on thee.   

To Israel now, O God, do thou  
thy sweet redemption send,  
And bring all his adversities  
unto a happy end.    

HYMN 345. Greatness of God seen in Tempests. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 29.  

GIVE to the Lord ye mighty men,  
give glory, strength and fame:  
verse 2 Give glory great (I say again)  
as due to his great Name.  
Worship the Lord with head down bowed  
in beauties holy place,  
verse 3 Whose Thundering Voice upon the Cloud  
makes rain pour down apace.   

The Glorious God makes Thunder fly  
from th' Elements Watery tower:  
verse 4 God's Voice is full of Majesty,  
God's Voice is full of Power.  
verse 5 He lets his thundering voice fall on,  
and breaks the Cedar-trees:  
The Cedars of mount Lebanon,  
the Lord breaks such as these.   

verse 6 He makes them dance as Bullocks do,  
or youngling Unicorn:  
Mount Lebanon and Syrion too  
with tottering Earthquakes torn:  
verse 7 His Voice divides the lightning flame,  
verse 8 the Wilderness it shakes:  
And Parans Wilderness (by name)  
by such concussion quakes.   

verse 9 God's voice doth through the Forest pierce,  
and Hinds to calve compels:  
And all his house his praise rehearse,  
each tongue his glory tells.  
verse 10 The Lord sits King upon the flood,  
his Kingdom shall not cease:  
verse 11 His people's power he will make good,  
and bless his Church with peace.    

HYMN 346. Greatness of God seen in Thunder. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 29.  

YE mighty in your stock and tribe,  
All Glory to the Lord ascribe:  
In beauty of his holiness,  
His Glorious Name adore and bless.   

The Lord by his commanding power  
Brings down the Clouds in many a shower:  
The Glorious God the Thunder sends,  
And many Watery Clouds he rends.   

His Voice is powerful in the sky,  
His Voice is full of Majesty:  
His Voice when he in Thunder speaks  
The high and lofty Cedars breaks.   

Like sporting Calves, the Mountains trip,  
Great Lebanon doth leap and skip:  
Syrion by his motion born,  
Leaps as a youngling Unicorn.   

God's Voice divides the flames of fire,  
When Lightnings with the Clouds conspire:  
At his rebuke the Desert shakes,  
The Wilderness of Kadesh quakes.   

He makes to calve the frighted Hinds,  
He bears the Forest with his Winds,  
And all that in the temple are  
His Sovereign Glory must declare.   

God sits above the Watery main,  
This Glorious God doth ever reign:  
His People's strength he will increase,  
And bless them with long lasting peace.    

HYMN 347. (Psalms 30.)  
Argument.  
Escape from Death his thoughts employ,  
He tells the quick return of joy.  

I Will advance thee, O most high,  
that am advanced by thee,  
Who hast not left an enemy  
to triumph over me.   

verse 2 I cried to thee, O God, to save  
and thou hast made me whole,  
verse 3 And from the all-devouring Grave  
brought back my gasping soul.   

To me a new life thou didst lend,  
and wouldst not permit  
That I should hastily descend  
into the dreadful pit.   

verse 4 Sing to the Lord ye Saints of his,  
and thankfully express,  
How sweet the due remembrance is  
of his pure holiness.   

verse 5 For though his anger burns a space,  
it quickly slacks again,  
But in his favour and his grace  
doth constant life remain.   

Though sorrows lodge with ●s a night,  
and make us weep and mourn;  
Yet joy comes in at morning's light,  
making a quick return.    

HYMN 348. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
Prosperity puffs up, than Grace withdraws,  
Prayer is excited, and gives God th' applause.  
Psalm 30.  

verse 6 IN my prosperity I laid,  
I never shall be moved,  
verse 7 So strongly was my mountain laid  
so free thy favour proved.   

Thou didst no sooner hide thy face,  
But trouble did invade,  
verse 8 Then Lord ●ory'd to thee for grace  
and supplication made.   

verse 9 What pro●it is there in my blood  
when I to Grave go down?  
Can Dust declare thy praise, O God,  
can Dust thy truth renown?   

verse 10 Hear me, O Lord, O bow thine ear,  
and pity on me take:  
O Lord unto my help draw near  
for thy sweet mercy sake.   

verse 11 My mourning then to melody  
thou didst for me convert:  
My sackcloth thou hast quite laid by  
and me with gladness girt.   

verse 12 To th' end my Glory may sing La●d,  
to thee and not give o'er:  
O Lord my God I will applaud  
thy Name for evermore.    

HYMN 349. Happiness conferred on the Saints.  
Psalm 31.19.  

O God, how great felicity  
hast thou laid up in store,  
For men affected faithfully  
to fear thee evermore.  
What goodness Lord, what recompense  
is wrought by thee for them  
That put their trust in thy defence,  
before the sons of men?   

verse 20 The secret of thy presence, Lord,  
shall those thy Servants hide,  
And be their safety, and their guard  
from man's insulting pride.  
And thou shalt keep them secretly,  
in a Pavilion sure;  
And save them by that secrecy,  
from strife of tongues, secure.   

Psalm 35.10. Psal. 76.10.  
And who, O Lord, is like to thee,  
that sav'st the poor from spite  
Of's over-potent enemy,  
that seeks to crush him quite.  
Surely the wrath in men that reigns  
shall turn unto thy praise:  
Remaining wrath thy power restrain●,  
when passion oversways.   

Psalm 72.18, 19  
O Let the Lord of Israel  
be praised of rich and poor:  
Whose works are such as do excel,  
and he the only doer.  
And let the whole earth generally  
be filled and filled again  
With his renown and Majesty,  
Amen, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 350. Exceeding happiness of pardon·  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
Psalm 32.  

THE man is blest whose sin's remitted,  
Whose crimes are covered, and acquitted,  
To whom the Lord imputes no fault,  
Nor guile is harboured in his thought;  
For while I no confession made,  
My strength with daily grief decayed,  
Thine anger burnt the day throughout,  
My moisture turned to summer's drought.   

Then I confessed and kept not in,  
But said, I will confess my sin:  
And thou when I, Lord, did confess  
Forgav'st my sinful wickedness:  
For this cause, all the Godly Race  
Shall seek thee in a time of Grace,  
That when great floods of waters roll  
No danger may come near their soul.   

Thou art my hiding place from wrongs,  
To close me round with safeties songs,  
I'll tell and teach the faithful so,  
Mine eye shall guide them how to go:  
O be not like the Horse and Mule  
Whom understanding doth not rule;  
Whose stubborn mouths we must restrain  
From violence with bit and rean.   

The wicked shall be kerbed so,  
And are reserved to many a woe,  
But them that in the Lord confide  
Shall mercy close on every side:  
Be joyful therefore in the Lord  
Ye righteous men, with one accord;  
And shout for joy with great delight  
All ye that are in heart upright.    

HYMN 351. (Psal. 33. v. 13. to 21.)  
Argument.  
Protection and Provision from above  
For those that fear the Lord, and trust in's love.  

THE Lord looked down from Heaven high  
beholding all abroad,  
All mortal man's posterity  
from place of his abode.  
In all the Earth and all the parts  
the dwellers he survays;  
He fashioneth alike their hearts  
and all their works he weighs.   

No numerous Hosts can save a King,  
the strength of limb saves none:  
Nor can the Horse deliverance bring,  
his great strength saves not one.  
But lo! the eye of God above  
is ever fixed on those  
That fear his Name, and in his love  
their confidence repose.   

To save their souls from sharpest sword  
of Famine that can be:  
Wherefore our soul waits for the Lord,  
our help and shield is he.  
For in him shall our hearts be glad  
because we can proclaim,  
The confidence that we have had  
in his most holy Name.    

HYMN 352. Honouring God at all times.  
Psal. 34.1.  

AT all times I will bless the Lord,  
my mouth shall spread his fame:  
Continually it shall record  
the praises of his Name.  
My soul shall make her boast in God,  
the humble men shall hear:  
And they shall gladly spread abroad  
his praises every where.   

O magnify the Lord with me,  
and let us altogether  
Exalt his Name in high degree,  
and speak his praise for ever.  
I sought the Lord with fervent cries,  
and graciously he heard:  
And did deliver me likewise.  
from all the harms I feared.   

The meek looked up and sought his Name,  
and they enlightened were:  
Their Faces did receive no shame,  
that fled to him by Prayer.  
This poor man cried unto the Lord,  
the Lord did hear his call;  
And saving health to him afford,  
out of his troubles all.    

HYMN 353. Holy Angels protecting Saints. And Exhortations to fear God.  
Psal. 34.7.  

GOD'S Holy Angel doth encamp  
round about all those men  
That have Religion's real stamp,  
and he delivereth them.  
O taste and see that God is good,  
O blessed men are they  
That have that goodness understood,  
and make it all their stay!   

O, fear the Lord, ye Saints of his,  
and on his care rely:  
For they that fear him never miss  
a competent supply.  
Young Lions shall have meat full scant,  
shall hunger, and lack food:  
But they that fear the Lord shall want  
for nothing that is good.    

HYMN 354. How to fear God aright.  
Psalm 34.11, 12  

COme unto me, my Children dear,  
and hearken to my word:  
And I will teach you how to fear  
the true and living Lord.  
Who is the man that would live long,  
and lead a blessed life?  
See thou refrain thy lips and tongue  
from all deceit and strife.   

13, 14, 15.  
Refrain thee still from doing ill,  
and all good deeds embrace:  
Inquire for peace and quietness,  
and follow it apace.  
Because the Lord's most gracious eye  
upon the just is bend:  
His ears are open to the cry  
of all the innocent.   

16, 17.  
But he looks down with angry frown  
upon the wicked train;  
To cut their memory from the Earth,  
that none of them remain▪  
But when the just do call and cry  
the Lord doth hear them so,  
That out of pain and misery  
he lets them timely go.    

HYMN 355. Jewels of God's keeping.  
Psal. 34●19.  

FUll many be the miseries  
which on the just do fall:  
But God doth soon deliver them,  
and help them out of all.   

20.  
He keepeth every bone of theirs  
by his Almighty Arm,  
That not so much as one of them  
is broken to their harm.   

21.  
Evil shall slay the wicked man,  
for sin which he hath wrought:  
And such as hate the righteous man  
shall quickly come to nought.   

22.  
But them that fear the living Lord  
he keepeth safe and sound:  
And them that put their trust in him  
no malice shall confound.    

HYMN 356. (Psalms 36.)  
Argument.  
Ill deeds describe the wicked sort,  
God●s mercies are the Saints support.  
The mighty God, etc.  

verse 1 Transgressions of the lewd to me suggest,  
that there's no fear of God before his eyes,  
verse 2 For still he soothes himself in his own breast  
till all abhor his foul iniquities.  
verse 3 The words of his foul mouth are fraud and lewdness,  
He hath left off all wisdom, grace and goodness.  
verse 4 He studies▪ mischief on his secret bed,  
he sets himself to go in no good way,  
No evil action doth he hate or dread▪  
yet is thy mercy my sufficient stay.  
verse 5 The Heavens O Lord, thy mercy comprehendeth,  
Thy faithfulness unto the clouds extendeth.    

HYMN 357. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's mercies keep both man and beast,  
His comforts make the Saints to feast.  
Psal. 36.  

verse 6 THY righteousness is like the mountains great,  
thy Judgements are a most unfathomed deep,  
Thou Lord, art he that holds the sovereign seat,  
thy preservation man and beast doth keep:  
verse 7 How excellent, O God, is thine affection,  
Which makes mankind to trust to thy protection?  
verse 8 they shall be satisfied abundantly,  
with fatness of thy house and holy place,  
And thou shalt make them drink pure streams of joy,  
And pleasures there imparted by thy grace.  
verse 9 For Lord, with thee is life's pure fountain present,  
And in thy light shall we see light most pleasant.    

HYMN 358. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's mercies to the Saints secure.  
Great woes attend the wicked doer.  
Psalm 36.  

verse 10 O Lord continue thy compassions kind  
to them that know thee by experience,  
And let the upright hearted people find  
thy righteousness for their assured defence.  
verse 11 Let not the foot of pride with power oppress me,  
Nor let the hand of lewd men dispossess me.  
verse 12 See there those workers of iniquity  
how often times they fall before our eyes.  
Yea they shall be cast down eternally,  
and never more be able to arise.  
O let the God of Israel therefore  
Be praised from first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 359. Joys of Heaven. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 36.5.  

THE Heavens, O Lord, thy mercy fills,  
thy truth doth reach the sky:  
verse 6 Thy justice over-tops the Hills,  
and deep thy judgements lie.  
Thou dost preserve both men and beasts,  
for Lord thy grace excels:  
verse 7 And underneath thy wings in peace  
mankind securely dwells.   

verse 8 With dainties of thy house most sweet  
replenished they shall be:  
And drink the streams of pure delight,  
imparted there by thee.  
verse 9 For Lord, from thee the fountain flows  
that giveth light to thine:  
And in thy light shall we disclose  
our lasting light to shine.    

HYMN 360. Just men's vindication, Protection, and Provision.  
Psalm 37.3.  

TRust confidently in the Lord,  
to goodness give thy mind:  
So shalt thou dwell in Israel,  
and sure provision find.  
verse 4 Delight thyself in God likewise,  
and he shall set thee have,  
Yea grant entire thy hearts desire,  
whatever thou dost crave.   

verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord,  
and rest in him secure:  
And he shall bring to pass the thing,  
and make the issue sure.  
verse 6 He shall bring forth thy righteousness  
as manifest as light:  
Thy judgement he shall make to be  
as noon-tide, shining bright.   

2. PART.  

verse 18 God knows the days of upright men  
how far their trial goes:  
And doth engage an heritage  
which they shall never lose.   

verse 19 They shall not be ashamed at all  
when some are hard bestead:  
And in the day of famine they  
shall be sufficed with bread.   

verse 25 I have been young and now am old,  
yet ne'er saw Saints so poor;  
Nor yet their seed in so much need  
to beg from door to door.   

Psal. 55.22.  
Then cast thy burden on the Lord,  
and he shall well provide:  
For not a whit will he permit  
the righteous man to slide.     

HYMN 361 Just men's sure safeguard and happy end.  
Psal. 37.37.  

MARK and behold the perfect man,  
for that man's end is peace▪  
verse 38 But quickly shall transgressors fall,  
be quite cut off and cease.   

verse 39 But the salvation of the ●ust  
is of the Lord most high;  
Their strength and stay m●th evil day  
of their adversity.   

verse 40 And he shall shield and save the just,  
and keep them life and limb;  
Delivering them from wicked men,  
because they trust in him.    

HYMN 362. Knowledge, and acknowledgement of Mortality.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 39.5.  

WHAT is our life but as a span?  
So mere a vanity is man:  
And reckoned at his best estate  
Is reckoned at no higher rate.   

verse 6 Man walketh in a shadow vain,  
And toils himself with needless pain:  
He gathers wealth with wretched care▪  
And knows not who shall be his heir.   

verse 11 When thou rebukest man for sin,  
A sad condition he is in:  
Thou mak'st his beauty like a cloth,  
fretted and eaten by the moth.   

Surely every man how great soever,  
Is vanity, yea, altogether:  
And reckoned at no higher rate  
When reckoned at his best estate.   

verse 12 Lord hear my prayer, attend my cry,  
'Slight not my tears: for what am I,  
A stranger and a Sojourner  
With thee, as all my Fathers were.   

verse 13 O spare me, Lord, a little space,  
That I may gather strength of grace,  
Before I lose this mortal breath,  
And shall be taken off by death.    

HYMN 363. Lovers of Charity blessed. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 41.1.  

THE man is blest that minds the poor  
that suffers sore distress:  
The Lord will sure deliver him  
when perils most oppress.  
verse 2 The Lord will keep him safe alive,  
and bless him in the Land:  
And he will not abandon him  
unto his enemy's hand.   

verse 3 Upon his bed of languishing,  
the Lord will strengthen him,  
And in his sickness make his bed  
to ease each weary limb.  
verse 4 Then in my sickness thus said I,  
be gracious, Lord, to me:  
And heal my sick and sinful soul  
that hath offended thee.    

HYMN 364. Falseness of Persecutors. 2. METRE.  
Psal. 41.5.  

MINE enemies speak ill of me;  
when comes his dying-day?  
And when shall we survive to see  
his blessed Name say they?  
He visits me with compliments,  
his heart he fills with fraud,  
And vile intents, all which he vents,  
whenever he goes abroad.   

My haters all lie whispering,  
against my soul combined,  
Some hurtful thing on me to bring,  
devising in their mind:  
An ill disease doth him surprise,  
and cleaves to him so fast,  
That now he lies he shall not rise,  
but breaths (say they) his last.   

My trusted friend, fed at my board,  
against me lifts his heel;  
But help me, Lord, that when restored  
they may my justice feel.    

HYMN 365. (Psalms 42.1. to 5.)  
Argument.  
The Saint, when from God's house confined,  
In Sighs and Prayer, sets forth his mind.  
All People, etc.  

LIKE as the chased hart doth pant  
after the cooling water brooks:  
So, Lord, my soul pursued and faint,  
pants after thee with longing looks.   

verse 2 I thirst for God, the living God,  
O when shall I come and draw near  
The place of his most blessed abode,  
and in his glorious courts appear?   

verse 3 Both throughout the night and day,  
my mournful tears have been my food:  
While constantly my foes do say,  
where now is thy most faithful God?   

verse 4 When I these things have thought upon,  
my grief of soul has much renewed,  
Because I formerly had gone  
among the zealous multitude.   

I went with them to God's own house,  
with cheerful voice of joy and praise,  
Where multitudes did follow us  
that kept the solemn Holy days.   

verse 5 O Then my soul, why shouldst thou be  
so overwhelmed in thy distress?  
O wherefore art thou moved in me,  
and tossed with unquietness?   

Hope still in God's deliverance,  
for I shall surely, yet again,  
Praise him for his sweet countenance,  
and help I, shall thereby obtain.    

HYMN 366. (Psal. 43.)  
Argument.  
When persecutions greatly grieve and grind,  
God's Ordinances cheer the Godly mind.  

verse 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause,  
against th' ungodly train,  
From subtle tyrants greedy jaws,  
my righteous soul sustain.  
verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God,  
why dost thou leave me so?  
And why walk I so heavily  
oppressed by my foe?   

verse 3 Send out thy light, and truth so bright,  
and guide me with thy grace;  
And so conduct me to thy hill,  
and to thy dwelling place▪  
verse 4 Then shall I to the Altar go  
of God my heart's delight,  
And on the harp, O God, my God,  
thy praise I shall recite.   

verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soul,  
and fret'st thus in my breast?  
O why art thou so troubled now  
and taken off thy rest?  
Hope still in God, and him applaud,  
whom I shall yet record;  
Who doth advance my countenance,  
and is my God, my Lord.    

HYMN 367. (2. METRE)  
Argument.  
He cheers his soul in God's free love,  
And Comforts flowing from above.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psalm 43.  

verse 1 MY judgement, Lord, maintain,  
and plead my needful case,  
Against a Nation vain,  
and destitute of grace.  
O save thou me  
From men unjust, and such as trust  
in treachery.   

verse 2 For thou art my support,  
my God, my strength and stay:  
Why seem'st thou ●n such sort  
to cast me clean away?  
Why do I go  
So mournfully, oppressed by  
my cruel foe?   

verse 3 O Lord send out thy light,  
send out thy word most true;  
And let them lead me right,  
and let them bring me to  
Thy holy Hill,  
That dwelling place where thy sweet grace  
abideth still.   

verse 4 And then, O Lord, will I  
unto thine Altar go,  
To God my wondrous joy,  
from whom my comforts flow.  
There I'll give laud,  
And honour thee with Psaltery  
O God, my God.   

verse 5 Why art thou then so low  
dejected O my soul?  
Why do such waves of woe  
within thy bosom roll?  
And why art thou  
With fear and dread disquieted  
within me now?   

O let thy hope be set  
on God that helpeth thee:  
For I shall praise him yet  
for his great aid to me  
When undertrod,  
Who doth advance my countenance  
and is my God.    

HYMN 368. (METRE)  
Argument.  
Canaan the Type of Heaven fell,  
By God's free grace to Israel.  
All People, etc.  
(Psalms 44 v. 3.)  

O God our Fathers have us told  
What works thou didst in days of old;  
And we have heard it with our ears,  
What works thou didst in times of theirs.   

How thou didst drive out Heathen men  
With thy strong hand, to plant in them;  
How thou those people didst afflict,  
And cast them out in judgement strict.   

For neither their own sword or hand  
Did get possession of the L●nd,  
Nor was it their own chivalry  
That saved them from the enemy.   

But thy right and powerful arm,  
That kept them evermore from harm,  
And Lord it was the lightsome glance,  
Of thy sweet face and countenance.   

Thou wast the aid of Israel still,  
Because thou bearest them great good will:  
To Israel's God be praise therefore,  
From first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 369. Martyrdom, or slaughter of the sheep. (2. METRE.)  
Psalm 44.20.  

IF we have now forgot the Name  
of our Almighty One,  
And stretched out our hands (in vain)  
to Idol-Gods unknown:  
verse 21 Should not our God the matter try,  
and understand the whole?  
For he doth know undoubtedly  
the secrets of our soul.   

verse 22 Yea for thy sake, O God, are we  
slain all day long indeed,  
And counted as the sheep we be  
which men for slaughter feed.  
verse 23 Awaken and arise therefore,  
why sleepest thou, O Lord?  
Cast us not off for evermore,  
as people quite abhorred.   

verse 24 O wherefore dost thou hide thy face,  
and dost our grief forget,  
In this forlorn and woeful case  
that hath our souls beset?  
verse 25 For down to dust our soul is thrust,  
our belly cleaves to th' Earth:  
verse 26 Rise, and afford some succour, Lord,  
to set thy mercy forth.    

HYMN 370. (3. METRE.)  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 44.20.  

IF our God's name we have forgot,  
or bowed to gods whom we knew not:  
Should not our God the sin disclose,  
the secrets of our hearts that knows?  
Yea for thy sake thus ill we fare,  
that killed all day long we are:  
Counted as sheep, that have their life  
exposed to the slaughtering knife.   

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord, arise,  
O do not quite cast off our cries:  
Why dost thou hide thy face so long,  
forgetting all our grief and wrong?  
For to the ground our soul is thrust,  
our belly cleaveth to the dust:  
Arise our aid to undertake,  
and save us for thy mercy sake.   

So we thy flock and pasture-store  
shall give thee thanks for evermore:  
And as thy mercies do engage,  
show forth thy praise from age to age.    

HYMN 371. (Psalms 45.)  
Argument.  
The praise of Christ who spoke as no man did.  
His powerful word disclosing secrets hid.  
Have mercy, etc.  

MY heart indicts good words  
To praise the Lord of Lords:  
More swiftly than the Writers Pen,  
My tongue his praise records.   

O fairer than mankind  
Thy Lips with grace have shined;  
And God therefore for evermore  
To bless thee hath designed.   

Thy sword gird on thy Thigh,  
O mighty Majesty:  
Ride on O King all conquering,  
And ride on prosperously.   

Because thou dost express  
Truth, meekness, righteousness;  
And mak'st that word thy conquering sword,  
Thou shalt have sure success.    

HYMN 372. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The power of Christ converting Souls,  
But stubborn Enemies he controls.  
Psalm 45.  

THE right hand of thy might  
Thine Enemies shall smite  
With dreadful sense of Conscience,  
Till yielding to thy right.   

Full sharp shall be thy dart  
In the King's enemies heart:  
Nothing shall ease the Consciences,  
Till they to thee convert.   

As for the stubborn foe  
Well shall thy right hand know,  
To wound such hearts with dreadful darts,  
And work their overthrow.    

HYMN 373. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Throne of Christ with justice decked  
The Graces of his Saints elect.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 45.6.  

THY throne, O God most high,  
Abides perpetually;  
Thy Government is excellent  
For truth and equity.   

Thou lovest righteousness,  
And sin thou hat'st no less;  
Therefore hath God thy God bestowed  
On thee such blessed success.   

And hath anointed thee  
With gifts of grace so free,  
And oil of joy transcendently  
Above all saints that be.   

Thy graces all divine  
Which do from Heaven shine,  
Like Cassia, Myrrh and Aloes are,  
The joy of thee and thine.   

Chief Saints in every place  
Shall come before thy face,  
At thy right hand shall Israel stand  
All decked in robes of grace.    

HYMN 374. (4. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Spouse of Christ he doth exhort,  
The Gentiles called to Zions Court.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 45. v. 10.  

Harken O spouse most dear,  
consider and give ear,  
Forget thy birth that sprung from earth,  
And as new born appear.   

So shall the King desire  
Thy beauteous grace entire,  
For none but he thy Lord must be  
Pure worship to require.   

And converts most complete  
Shall come with gifts full great,  
The Gentiles which are great and rich,  
Thy favour shall entreat.   

And I will cause thy Name  
To be of endless fame,  
And therefore all the people shall  
Thy praises still proclaim.    

HYMN 375. (5. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Churches inward beauty, her succession.  
The Jew and Gentiles glory with confession  
Of Christ our Saviour's praise past all expression.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psal. 45. v. 13.  

THE King's dear spouse behold  
Decked in her cloth of gold.  
(The inward dress of Holiness  
And graces manifold.)   

Be brought to Christ shall she  
In robes of sanctity,  
Her Virgin mates (confederates)  
Must all be brought to thee.   

With joy shall they resort,  
And in triumphant sort,  
(Gentile and Jew) be brought into  
The King's celestial court.   

And in the Father's stead  
Thou shalt have children bred,  
As Princes high for piety  
The Earth to overspread.   

And I will cause thy Name  
To be of endless fame,  
And therefore all the people shall  
Thy praises still proclaim.    

HYMN 376. (Psalms 46.)  
Argument.  
The Lord proclaimed a present aid:  
The foes with fear are much dismayed.  
All People, etc.  

GOD is our strength and present aid,  
Our refuge in our need,  
Therefore we will not be afraid,  
Nor tottering earthquakes heed:  
Though midst of Seas huge hills be hurled,  
though troubled waters roar,  
And swelling of the billows curled  
make mountains tremble sore.   

A River there with Crystal stream  
shall glad that City of his,  
The sacred tent of God supreme  
the Lord amidst her is.  
Right early God shall help her there,  
she shall not once be moved,  
The Heathen Kingdoms moved were,  
and most outrageous proved.   

He uttering then that voice of his  
the earth did melt away,  
The Lord of Hosts with Israel is,  
and Jacob's God our stay.  
Come see the work of God's own hand,  
what desolation's made,  
How wars are hushed in all the Land,  
and how he breaks the blade.   

He burns the Chariot, breaks the Bow,  
be still and know, saith he,  
That I am God on earth below,  
and there extolled will be.  
Of Heathens I'll be magnified  
in this my glorious power,  
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,  
and Jacob's God our tower.    

HYMN 377. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
A present refuge God appears,  
Therefore the Saints should banish fears.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 46.  

GOD is our refuge and relief,  
A very present help in grief,  
Therefore we will not fear at all  
Although the earth should flit or fall.   

And though the mountains should be hurled  
Amidst the Seas throughout the world.  
Although the troubled waters roar  
And swelling Seas should shake the shore.   

There is a River whose sweet stream  
Shall glad the City of God supreme,  
The Glory of his holy place  
Are th' Ordinances of his Grace.   

The Lord is in the midst of her,  
She shall not once be made to stir,  
God gives her help and soon performed  
Tho' Heathens raged and Kingdoms stormed.   

His voice he uttered soon 'twas felt,  
And made the stubborn Earth to melt,  
The Lord of hosts is with us still,  
The God of Jacob's our high hill.    

HYMN 378. (2. PART)  
Argument.  
God ceaseth wars, proclaims his power,  
Is Israel's refuge and high Tower.  
Psalm 46.  

THE works of God O come and see  
How mild he makes the Earth to be;  
He ceaseth wars to earth's far ends,  
He breaks the bow, the spear he rends.   

He breaks asunder steel entire,  
He burns the Chariot in the fire,  
Be still and know that I am God  
To be exalted all abroad.   

Heathens (saith he) shall set me forth,  
I'll be exalted in the Earth,  
The Lord of hosts is with us still,  
The God of Jacob our high hill.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let Israel's God be blest therefore  
From first to last for evermore;  
And let all people jointly then  
Give him renown and say Amen.    

HYMN 379. Mercies to the Church by our Saviour's ascension. 1. METRE.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 47.  

O People clap your hands,  
and shout unto the Lord  
With Voice of Joy triumphantly,  
and all with one accord.   

verse 2 Because the Lord most high  
with terror is set forth,  
A mighty King in governing,  
and ruling all the earth.   

verse 3 He shall subdue the Lands  
for us, as he thinks meet,  
And make to fall the Nations all,  
subjected at our feet.   

verse 4 He shall elect for us  
a lot which doth excel:  
A glorious choice for Jacob's house▪  
which he hath loved well.   

verse 5 God is gone up on high,  
ascending with a shout,  
With Trumpets shrill to Sion-hill,  
the Lord is thus gone out.   

2. PART.  

verse 6 Sing praises unto God,  
sing praises cheerfully:  
Sweet praises sing unto our King,  
sing praise with melody.   

verse 7 For God is Sovereign King  
of Earth's remotest parts:  
Your Voices raise, to sing his praise  
with understanding hearts.   

verse 8 God reigneth o'er the Lands  
which Heathen men possess:  
God sits upon his sacred Throne  
of perfect Holiness.   

verse 9 The Princes of the world,  
and people every one,  
That are by Grace of Abraham's Race,  
are gathered to his Throne.   

verse 10 For all the powers on Earth  
belong unto the Lord:  
So much must he exalted be  
of all with one accord.     

HYMN 380. Mercies to the Gentiles by Christ's ascension.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
2. METRE. Psalm 47.  

CLap hands ye people generally,  
and shout to God with joy and mirth:  
For dreadful is the Lord most high,  
a mighty King in all the Earth.  
The Heathen he for us subdues,  
and Nations to our feet subjects:  
A glorious portion he shall choose  
for Jacob, whom he so affects.   

God is ascended with a shout,  
the Lord now while the Trumpet plays:  
Sing praise to God, his praise sing out,  
sing praises to our King sing praise:  
The Lord is King, the Earth submits,  
sing praise with understanding then:  
Upon his Holy Throne he sits,  
he ruleth o'er the Heathen men.   

Exod. 3.14.  
Hither the people's Prince's throng,  
to him whose Name is called I AM:  
The faithful people that belong  
unto the God of Abraham.  
Because the shields of all the Earth  
belong unto the Lord alone:  
For they are of that heavenly birth,  
and he the high exalted One.    

HYMN 381. (Psal. 48.)  
Argument.  
The Church's beauty highly praised,  
Her walls besieged, the Siege is raised.  
All people, etc.  

GReat is the Lord, praised all abroad,  
and greatly to be praised still,  
Here in the City of our God,  
and in his consecrated hill.  
Mount Zion is a beauteous thing,  
the only joy of all the Earth,  
The City of the sovereign King,  
is situated on her North.   

God in her palaces is known  
to be a refuge near at hand,  
Th' assembled Kings were quickly gone,  
with all the whole beleaguering band.  
They saw it and they marvelled,  
and troubled, hastened back again,  
Surprised as women tortured,  
with keenest pangs of Childbed pain.   

Or like as when at thy command  
the Eastern wind with fury roars,  
And splits the Tharsian Ships by Land,  
upon the naked rocks and shores▪  
Now have we seen in Israel's Coasts  
what we have heard declared of old,  
The City of our Lord of hosts  
the Lord for ever shall uphold.    

HYMN 382. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Church records God's mercies past,  
Her strength and safety to the last.  
Psalm 48.  

A Midst thy holy house, O God,  
thy kindness to remembrance came,  
Thy praise on earth is spread abroad,  
according to thy Glorious Name.  
Thy right hands full of righteousness,  
therefore let Sion-mount rejoice,  
And Judah's Towns their joys express,  
to hear thy judgements awful voice.   

Walk round about and Zion see,  
her stately Towers distinctly tell,  
Her palaces consider ye,  
and mark ye all her bulwarks well:  
That so to all posterity,  
it may be truly testified,  
This God (our God perpetually)  
even unto death will be our guide.    

HYMN 383. (Psalms 49.)  
Argument.  
The Riddle of Worldlings peace summed up in this,  
Death adds to Saints, but ends the Worldlings bliss.  

HEAR this with care ye People all  
that in the world do dwell,  
Both rich and poor, both great and small  
together harken well.  
My mouth the wisdom shall impart  
of God's most holy will,  
The meditation of my heart,  
shall be of heavenly skill.   

I will incline a ready ear  
a Parable to mark,  
And on my harp will make appear  
the sayings that are dark.  
Why should I fear what I may feel  
when th' evil day falls out,  
And th' iniquity of my heel  
shall compass me about?   

They that on wealth with pride depend  
in heaping up thick clay,  
None of them can redeem a friend,  
none can his ransom pay.   

The soul of man no price can buy,  
such thoughts should cease to be,  
That man should live immortally  
and no corruption see.   

For all alike doth death surprise,  
as knoweth all mankind,  
The fool, the wise and brutish dies,  
and leave their wealth behind.    

HYMN 384. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The flattering World applauds and crowns her own,  
But death and judgement makes Saints happiness known.  
Psalm 49.  

THese are the thoughts which inwardly  
those worldlings entertain,  
How that their house and family  
for ever shall remain.  
Their dwelling place to ages all  
they think shall still endure,  
Their Lands by their own Names they call  
to make the matter sure.   

Yet man in honour and renown  
Hath soon his honour ceased,  
And quickly to the grave goes down,  
to perish as the beast.  
This way of worldlings verily  
is but a foolish way,  
Yet are they by posterity  
approved in all they say.   

Like sheep so are they laid in grave,  
and death shall them devour:  
And just men shall dominion have  
at their awaking hour.  
Mean while that outward pomp and grace,  
whereof they did presume,  
Shall perish from their dwelling place,  
and in the Grave consume.   

But God will sure my soul redeem,  
from power of the grave,  
For I shall be received to him  
an heavenly house to have.    

HYMN 385. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
Envy not worldlings honour nor delight,  
Which ends in horror and perpetual night.  
Psalm 49.  

O Be not thou solicitous,  
when any is made rich,  
And when the Glory of his house  
gets to an higher pitch.  
For when his time shall come to die,  
nought with him shall he have,  
His pomp shall not accompany  
his person to the Grave.   

Though while he lived he blest his soul,  
and men will much commend,  
A man that lives without control,  
and doth himself befriend.   

He shall go down to his own place,  
into perpetual night,  
Among his cursed Father's race,  
and never more see light.   

Thus man in honour and repute,  
yet understanding not,  
Is well compared to the fruit,  
which soon must die and rot.    

HYMN 386. True Thankfulness.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 23  

OFFER to God each day  
thanksgiving cheerfully,  
And have a special care to pay  
thy vows to God most high.   

Then seek and sue to me,  
when dangerous days do frame,  
And I will sure deliver thee,  
and thou shalt praise my Name.   

For whoso offers praise,  
he glorifieth me,  
And he that goes in godly ways,  
shall God's salvation see.    

HYMN 387. Mightiness of God in Judgement. (2. METRE.)  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psal. 50.  

THE God of Glorious might,  
the Lord hath summoned all:  
And called the Earth from Suns first light,  
unto the furthest fall.  
verse 2 From Sion's sacred mount  
(beauties perfection right)  
Will God appear to take account  
in Glory shining bright.   

verse 3 Our God shall come with power,  
and then shall he speak out:  
Before him shall a fire devour,  
with tempests round about.  
verse 4 Calling to Heaven on high,  
and to the Earth below:  
To judge his people openly,  
that all may see and know.   

verse 5 Let each professed Saint,  
be brought before mine eyes:  
Those that have made a Covenant  
with me by Sacrifice.  
And Heaven shall express  
how just his judgements be:  
They shall declare his righteousness,  
for none is Judge but he.    

HYMN 388. Mightiness of God in Mercy▪  
Have mercy, etc.  
2. METRE. Psalm 50.7.  

MY People hearken well,  
I'll speak and testify,  
Against even thee, O Israel,  
thy God, thy God am I  
verse 8 I do not need at all,  
thy Cattle young or old:  
verse 9 I'll take no Bullock from thy stall  
nor Hee-goat from thy fold.   

verse 10 For all the herd that fills  
the Forest is mine own,  
And Cattle on a thousand hills  
belong to me alone.  
verse 11 All fowls I can define,  
what ere the mountains breed:  
And all the Savage beasts are mine  
that in the field do feed.   

verse 12 If I were hunger-bit  
I would not tell it thee:  
For that the world and all in it  
belongs alone to me.  
verse 13 Will I eat bullock's flesh,  
or drink the blood of Goats?  
verse 14 Offer to God true thankfulness,  
and pay the highest thy votes.   

verse 15 Then call and cry to me  
when dangerous days do frame,  
And I will sure deliver thee,  
and thou shalt praise my Name.    

HYMN 389. Mightiness of God in punishing the wicked. 4. METRE.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 50.16, 17.  

AS for the wicked now  
that speaks, but acts not fair,  
To him saith God, what right hast thou  
my statutes to declare?  
Why should thy mouth relate  
the Covenant which I taught,  
When as thou dost instruction hate,  
and set my word at nought?   

verse 18 When thou a thief hast seen,  
with him thou dost consent:  
And a Partaker thou hast been  
with men incontinent.  
verse 19 Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,  
thy tongue deceit doth frame:  
Thou sittest and speakest with words at will,  
to wound thy brother's Name.   

verse 20 Thine own dear mother's son  
thou sland'rest with thy tongue,  
These things ungodly thou hast done,  
and I kept silence long.  
verse 21 Therefore thou thought'st of me  
that I was such as thou:  
Yea altogether like to thee,  
and would thy deeds allow.   

But I'll put home reproof,  
and set thy sins in place:  
To stand in order plain enough  
before thy guilty face.  
verse 22 Mind this all ye that have  
the awful God forgot:  
That I (when there is none to have)  
in pieces tear you not.   

verse 23 But whoso offers praise,  
he glorifieth me:  
And he that goes in godly ways  
shall God's salvation see.    

HYMN 390. Mightiness of God in the day of Judgement. 5. METRE.  
To the old proper Tune.  
Psalm 50.  

THE God of might  
Unto the earth did call:  
From Sun's first light  
And rising to his fall:  
From Zion fair  
The Lord himself hath shone.  
God shall repair  
In noise and terror known.  
Ushered with flame,  
Wrapped in a stormy shower,  
And shall proclaim  
All judgement, in his power.   

Gather to me  
My Saints in Covenant tied,  
And Heaven shall see  
His justice magnified.  
My People, hear,  
O Israel, I come in  
And witness bear  
Against thee for thy sin.  
I will not blame  
Thy Sacrifices slender:  
Nor Bullocks claim,  
Nor Goats for thee to render.   

Mine is each beast  
Which widest Forest feed:  
Even to the least,  
Which thousand hills do breed.  
The Fowls I know  
Which on the mountains fly:  
Wild beasts also  
Which in the deserts lie.  
If I would eat,  
To thee I would not show it:  
For th' Earth complete  
Is mine, I'd have thee know it.   

That I require  
Bulls flesh, why shouldst thou think?  
Or have desire  
The blood of Goats to drink?  
Thanksgiving bring,  
And pay to God thy Vows:  
This Offering  
He specially allows.  
Then on me call  
In time of thy temptation,  
Save thee I shall,  
And gain thy gratulation.    

HYMN 391. Mightiness of God in Vengeance upon the Wicked. 6. METRE.  
Psal. 50. v. 16.  

BUT to the lewd  
Saith God, why should ye dare  
Once to intrude  
My statutes to declare?  
Why do ye vaunt  
With mouth for to relate  
My Covenant,  
Whose hearts instruction hate?  
When thou hast seen  
A thief, thou hast consented,  
And with th' unclean  
To join thou wast contented.   

Thou giv'st thy mouth  
To utter what is naught,  
To speak untruth  
And guile thy tongue is taught.  
Thou dost backbite  
To work thy brother blame,  
And (full of spite)  
Thy mother's son to shame.  
This hast thou done,  
And my long silence finding,  
Thou thought'st me one  
Like thee, and never minding.   

But I will haste  
To set before thine eyes  
(In order placed)  
All these impieties.  
Consider this  
Ye that forget God's fear,  
Lest piece by piece  
Your helpless souls I tear.  
But whoso gives  
Me praise shall glorify me,  
And he that lives  
A Saint, be saved by me.   

Psal. 106.48.  
Let Israel's God  
be ever blest therefore,  
And let's applaud  
his Name for evermore.  
And let the Earth  
in all parts up and down  
Sound out his worth,  
his Glory and renown:  
And let all People  
say Amen together,  
Amen, praise ye,  
Praise ye the Lord for ever.    

HYMN 392. New building of Zion: And the Sacrifices most acceptable to God. 1. METRE.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  

Psal. 51.18.  
LORD cast a favourable eye  
On Sion's sad calamity:  
Jerusalem's low walls repair,  
And build them up again more fair.   

19, 16.  
Then shalt thou be when once appeased  
With our devout oblations pleased:  
But thou desir'st no Sacrifice,  
Burnt Offerings take not in thine eyes.   

17.  
The Offerings of thy dear delight  
Are trembling souls, and hearts contrite:  
An humble heart that prostrate lies,  
O God, thou never wilt despise.   

10, 15.  
Create in us, O God, therefore  
An heart refined more and more:  
And open thou our lips always  
To make our mouth show forth thy praise.    

HYMN 393. Pardon implored. (2. METRE.)  
Psalm 51.  

HAVE mercy on me, O my God,  
take pity, Lord, I pray;  
And in thy mercy's multitude  
wipe all my sins away.  
Wash me, O wash me thoroughly,  
from filthiness within:  
Blot out my fowl iniquity,  
and cleanse me from my sin.   

For I acknowledge and confess  
transgressions done by me:  
In horrid shapes of guiltiness  
my sin I always see.  
Against thee, Lord, and only thee,  
the high and Holy One,  
Have I transgressed in high degree,  
as unto thee is known.   

That when thou speakest of my offence  
thou may'st be justified:  
And clear in all thou shalt pronounce  
when I am jud'gd and tried.  
Behold how in iniquity  
I did my shape assume;  
My mother hath conceived me,  
a sinner from the womb.   

But thou lov'st truth in th' inward part,  
and wisdom puttest within:  
Which makes me from my very heart  
to loathe myself for sin.    

HYMN 394. Pardon, Justification and Sanctification implored. 3. METRE.  
Psalm 51.  

verse 7 PUrge me with Hyssop, O my God,  
for thou shalt cleanse me so:  
O wash me in my Saviour's blood  
whiter than any snow.   

verse 8 O Let me hear the voice that spoke  
of joy and gladness sweet:  
That so the bones which thou hast broke  
may with much comfort meet.   

verse 9 Then from my sins, Lord, hide thine eyes,  
and frowning face refrain:  
And blot out mine iniquities  
that none of them remain.   

verse 10 O God, create in me an heart  
unspotted in thy sight:  
Renewing in my inward part  
a spirit pure and right.   

verse 11 O do not cast me quite away  
from presence of thy face:  
Nor take from me (I humbly pray)  
thy holy spirit of grace.   

verse 12 The joy of thy salvation sweet  
to me, O Lord, restore:  
And thy free spirit, O grant me it,  
to stay me evermore.   

verse 13 Transgressor's then shall learn of me,  
how to obtain thy grace:  
And converts shall come in to thee,  
and sinners seek thy face.    

HYMN 395. Pardon of bloodshed, and prayers for Zion. 4. METRE.  
Psal. 51.14.  

ACquit me from bloodguiltiness  
Lord God, my Saviour strong:  
Then shall I sing thy righteousness,  
with loud and joyful tongue.  
verse 15 And open thou, my lips, O Lord,  
my drooping soul to raise:  
Then shall my mouth aloud record,  
and show forth all thy praise.   

verse 16 For thou desir'st no Sacrifice,  
else would I give it thee:  
Burnt Offerings, Lord, thou dost not prize,  
nor take delight to see.  
verse 17 A Soul that doth with sorrow smart,  
is God's chief Sacrifice:  
A broken and a contrite heart  
thou wilt not, Lord, despise.   

verse 18 Do good in love to Zion hill,  
build up Jerusalem's wall:  
verse 19 Then shall we bring our Offerings still,  
and please thee therewithal.  
Pure Sacrifice of righteousness,  
and bullocks than shall they,  
With whole burnt Offerings numberless  
upon thine Altar lay.    

HYMN 396. Pardon of Sin implored. 5. METRE.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, &c  
Psal. 51.  

HAVE mercy on me, O good God,  
Thy loving kindness shed abroad:  
And in thy mercy's multitude  
O let my pardon be renewed.   

O wash me throughly from my sin,  
And cleanse my heart from filth within:  
For I confess my foul offence,  
With horror of my conscience.   

Thee, thee alone have I set light,  
And done this evil in thy sight;  
That if I were condemned, I must  
Confess thy judgement to be just.   

And well have I deserved that doom,  
That am a sinner from the Womb:  
And thou lov'st truth in th' inward part,  
And hast put wisdom in my heart.    

HYMN 397. Peace of Conscience implored: Also Justification, and Sanctification. 6. METRE.  
Psalm 51.7.  

PUrge me with that the Law doth mean  
By Hyssop, and I shall be clean:  
Wash me in Christ his blood, and so  
I shall be whiter than the snow.   

Gladness and joy to me reveal,  
The bones which thou hast broke to heal:  
From all my sins, Lord, hide thine eyes,  
And blot out mine iniquities.   

Create a clean heart in thy view,  
And a right spirit in me renew:  
Cast me not off for my demerit,  
Nor take from me thy holy Spirit.   

Thy saving joys to me restore,  
And spiritualise me more and more:  
Then shall transgressors learn of me,  
And sinners shall convert to thee.    

HYMN 398. Peace of Conscience and pardon of bloodshed implored. 7. METRE.  
Psalm 51.14.  

FROM guilt of bloodshed make me clear,  
O God of my salvation dear:  
Then shall my tongue loud Songs express,  
To magnify thy righteousness.   

Wherefore I pray thee, O most high,  
My lips to open powerfully;  
And make my mouth aloud to raise  
The acclamations of thy praise.   

For thou desir'st not Sacrifice,  
Else would I make such flames to rise:  
Burnt Offering thou delight'st not in,  
As an approved purge for sin.   

The Sacrifices of the Lord,  
Are hearts contrite, and self-abhorred:  
A broken breast, and heart contrite  
Surely, O God, thou wilt not slight.    

HYMN 399. Prayers for Zions prosperity. (8. METRE)  
Psal. 51.18.  

DO good, O God, in thy good will  
To Zion thy beloved hill:  
Let it receive no detriment  
By sinners falls that do repent.   

But O build up for thee and them  
The walls of thy Jerusalem:  
Then shall our Sacrifices be  
Pure righteousness well liked of thee.   

Then shall we offer from our soul  
Burnt Offerings, and burnt Offerings whole,  
And in a more spiritual way,  
We shall our Sacrifices pay.   

And Bullocks taken from the Yoke  
Shall make thy sacred Altar smoke:  
Or rather purer flames shall dart  
Sent from the Altar of our heart.    

HYMN 400. Properties of Tale-bearers accused.  
Psalm 52.  

WHY dost thou Tyrant take a pride  
in doing mischief still?  
Be sure God's goodness doth abide,  
and so it ever will.  
verse 2 Thy tongue contrives mischievousness,  
and cuts as razor keen,  
It worketh all deceitfulness,  
in secret and unseen.   

verse 3 Thy mind with mischief most accords,  
with falsehood and with wrong;  
verse 4 Thou lovest all devouring words,  
O thou deceitful tongue!  
verse 5 Therefore shall God destroy thy race,  
and cut thee clean away:  
And pluck thee from thy dwelling place,  
both root and branch, I say.   

verse 6 The righteous then shall see and fear,  
and laugh at his disgrace:  
verse 7 See here the man that took no care  
his strength in God to place.  
But trusted in his store of wealth  
to save him from distress:  
And thought to fortify himself  
by works of wickedness.   

verse 8 But like a green fresh Olive-tree▪  
in God's own house am I,  
And trusting in God's mercies free  
shall dwell perpetually.  
verse 9 And I will ever spread thy fame  
for doing things so meet:  
And wait upon thy Holy Name,  
to all thy Saints so sweet.     

The Fifth Century OF PSALM-HYMNS.  

HYMN 401. Properties of Tale-bearers cursed; and the blessing conferred on Saints.  
Psalm 52.  

WHY dost thou boast of mischief most,  
O man of worldly might?  
God's goodness sure doth still endure  
to save me from thy spite.   

Thou dost incline that tongue of thine  
to practise mischief great:  
Yea, it hath been a razor keen  
in working of deceit.   

A readier will thou hast to ill  
than good to entertain,  
And righteousness thou lovest less  
than for to lie and feign.   

Thou lovest words as sharp as swords,  
false tongue, that doth betray;  
Therefore the Lord shall bring a sword  
to cut thee clean away.   

He shall destroy thee utterly,  
plucked from thy dwelling place:  
And bring about to root thee out  
from all the living race.   

With terror then, shall righteous men  
look on, and laugh, and say,  
See what befell an Infidel  
that made not God his stay:   

But trusted more in worldly store,  
and riches to possess:  
And thus he fed and strengthened  
himself in wickedness.   

But I shall be an Olive-tree  
in God's house growing still:  
And in his grace my trust I place,  
and so I ever will.   

On thee will I wait constantly  
for this thy deed Divine:  
And spread the fame of thy great Name,  
Which is so good to thine.    

HYMN 402. Punishment of Atheists, and protection of Saints. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 53.  

THE fool that is Atheistical  
hath spoke it (for his part)  
There is not any God at all,  
for so he thinks in heart.  
Corrupt they are exceedingly,  
and so is all the brood:  
Have acted vile iniquity,  
and none of them doth good.   

verse 2 The Lord looked down from's heavenly throne  
on sons of men below,  
To see of whom the Lord was known  
or who did seek to know.  
verse 3 But they were every one gone back,  
defiled with filth of sin:  
Not one did tread in virtue's tract  
not one was skilled therein.   

verse 4 Are wicked doers so quite misled?  
such by-paths have they trod,  
To eat my people up like bread?  
they have not called on God.  
verse 5 Sore terrors there shook every limb  
where was no cause of fright,  
For God hath burst the bones of him  
that did against thee fight.   

And thou hast put them all to shame,  
(God blasting all their ways)  
verse 6 And O that such salvation came  
to Israel now a days.  
When God brings back the captive state  
of Zion now so sad:  
Then Jacob shall rejoice thereat,  
and Israel shall be glad.    

HYMN 403. Punishment of Atheists, and protection of Saints. 2. METRE.  
All People, &c Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
Psal. 53.  

FOOLS say in heart, there is no God,  
no God that humane actions heeds,  
Corrupt they are, and none doth good,  
they do abominable deeds.   

The Lord from his celestial throne  
looked down on mortal men below,  
To see if there were any one  
that knew God's will, or sought to know.   

But all were gone aside from grace,  
wholly defiled and in their blood:  
There was not one of all the race,  
not one by nature doing good.   

Have they no knowledge in their head?  
these workers of iniquity,  
Eating my people up like bread,  
they never call on God most high.   

They feared a fear, where no fear was,  
for God hath scattered all their bones  
That durst encamp against thy cause,  
and thou hast shamed those guilty ones.   

And therefore were they thus dismayed,  
because despised of thy God:  
And O that Israel's saving aid  
were come from Zion all abroad.   

When God shall once from bondage bring  
the captive flock of Sion-hill:  
Then Jacob shall triumph and sing,  
and gladness Israel's heart shall fill.    

HYMN 404. Judgements against Persecutors.  
Psalm 54.  

BY thy great Name, O God, defend  
and judge me by thy might:  
verse 2 O hear my prayer, my words attend  
and do not set them light.   

verse 3 For strangers do against me rise,  
oppressors seek my soul:  
They set not God before their eyes,  
their actions to control.   

But God my helper doth abide,  
the Lord doth still take part  
With those that gather on my side,  
and do uphold my heart.   

verse 5 He shall unto my foes repay  
the ill that they have wrought:  
Lord, in thy justice cut away,  
and bring them all to nought.   

verse 6 Most freely then shall I accord  
my offering to present,  
And I will praise thy Name O Lord,  
for it is excellent.   

verse 7 For he hath me delivered  
from all my grief and woe:  
Mine eye hath seen accomplished  
his will upon my foe.   

verse 8 Let Israel's God, and none but he,  
from everlasting (then)  
To everlasting praised be,  
Amen, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 405. (Psalms 55.17.)  
Argument.  
Frequent prayer prevalent,  
Want of God●s fear destructive.  

AT Morning, Noon, and Evening-tide  
unto the Lord I pray:  
When I so constantly have cried  
he will not say me nay.   

verse 19 Yea God shall hear when I complain,  
and vex mine enemies sore:  
Even he that doth of old remain,  
and is for evermore.   

Because they see no sudden change,  
but find a fixed abode:  
Therefore their courses are so strange,  
therefore they fear not God.   

verse 23 Yet shall they soon be undertrod,  
that wicked works commit:  
For thou wilt bring them down, O Cod,  
into destruction's pit.   

The bloody and deceitful one,  
shall not live half his days:  
But I will trust in thee alone  
and give thy Name the praise.    

HYMN 406. Quieting of Cares, or repose in God. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 61.  

LORD hear my cry, my prayer attend,  
verse 2 from Earth's remotest part;  
Mine earnest cries to thee I send  
when overwhelmed in heart,  
verse 3 Unto the rock of higher power,  
Lord, lead me graciously:  
For thou ●●st been my fort and tower.  
against the enemy.   

verse 4 Within thy tents I choose to dwell,  
and dwelling to endure:  
Beneath thy wings I know right well  
I shall be safe and sure▪  
verse 5 The vows that did my soul engage,  
Lord, thou wast pleased to hear:  
Thou gavest me the heritage  
of them that do thee fear.   

verse 6 The life of thine anointed one,  
thou wilt, O Lord, maintain:  
As many a Generation  
before thee to remain.  
verse 7 He shall abide before thy face,  
for ever to endure:  
Prepare thy mercy, truth, and grace,  
which may preserve him sure.   

verse 8 So shall I sing and utter still  
the praises of thy Name:  
That all my vows I may fulfil,  
and daily pay the same.    

HYMN 407. Quieting of Cares, or the Rock of Refuge. 2. METRE.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psal. 61.  

LORD hear my cry, my prayers attend,  
For from the very utmost end  
of all the Earth to thee I cry,  
When as my heart with sorrows weight  
Is overwhelmed, O lead me strait  
unto the rock that's higher than I  
For thou a shelter wast for me,  
And a strong tower I have of thee,  
against the adversaries face.  
I will abide within thy tent,  
And evermore be confident  
under thy Wings most secret place.   

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows,  
And thy free grace to me allows,  
among thy Saints an heritage:  
Thou wilt prolong upon the Throne  
The life of thine Anointed one,  
and make his years as many an age.  
He shall abide before thy face  
For ever, O prepare thy Grace  
and truth which may preserve him still:  
And I will sing due praise therefore  
Unto thy Name for evermore,  
and daily all my vows fulfil.    

HYMN 408. Quieting Principles. Worldly Confidences condemned.  
Psal. 62.8, 9  

O Have your hope in God always  
ye Saints with one accord:  
Pour out your hearts to him, and say,  
our refuge is the Lord.   

verse 9 For all mankind is vanity,  
th' ignoble, mean and base,  
And they no better than a lie  
that are of higher place.   

For lay them in the Balances  
with all their pomp and pelf:  
And lighter weighs the best of these  
than vanity itself.   

(2. PART.)  
Psalm 62.10, 11, 12.  

O Trust not in oppression,  
in robbery be not vain:  
If wealth increase rest not thereon,  
nor set your heart on gain.  
The Lord hath spoken more than once,  
and often have I heard  
That God the Judgement must denounce,  
for every man's reward.   

The power belongs to him alone,  
to punish and to spare:  
And Lord thou giv'st to every one  
just as his actions are.  
Let Israel's mighty God therefore  
be praised perpetually:  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen say I.     

HYMN 409. King David's wicked Enemies destroyed.  
Psalm 63.  

WIth marrow fat and delicate,  
my soul sufficed shall be,  
My mouth always shall render praise  
with joyful lips to thee.  
When I record thy love, O Lord,  
upon my bed at night:  
And meditate upon thee late,  
before the morning light.   

Since thou alone art he from whom  
my help proceeds and springs,  
Therefore will I rest joyfully  
beneath thy shady wings:  
My soul doth press with eagerness  
to follow after thee:  
And still I stand by thy right hand  
for that upholdeth me.   

But soon they must go down to dust,  
that seek my soul to slay,  
And falling by the sword shall die,  
and be the fox's prey:  
Yet shall the King God's praises sing,  
from whom these Judgements come;  
Who still prefers true worshippers  
and lying lips strikes dumb.   

Let Israel's God be then set forth,  
and praised and praised again,  
His glory filling all the Earth,  
Amen, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 410. (Psalms 65.)  
Argument.  
Our silent praise awaits God's holy place  
For his sweet pardoning satisfying grace,  
His wonders both by Sea and Land  
Make all in admiration stand.  
All people, etc.  

verse 1 IN Zion, Lord, praise waits for thee,  
To thee the vow performed shall be:  
verse 2 O thou that dost our prayers hear,  
To thee shall all mankind draw near.   

verse 3 Transgressions much against us say,  
But thou shalt purge them clean away:  
verse 4 O blessed men select that be,  
And whom thou mak'st t' approach to thee.   

Within thy sacred Courts to dwell,  
Where we are satisfied full well:  
With goodness of thy holy house,  
Even of thy Temple glorious.   

verse 5 By dreadful things in righteousness,  
Lord, thou wilt answer our requests:  
O God our saving health at hand,  
Our only hope by Sea and Land.    

HYMN 411. (2 PART.)  
Argument.  
The blessings of a fruitful year,  
Are sweetly celebrated here.  
Psalm 65.  

verse 6 GOD by his strength sets fast the Hills,  
And (girt with power) the Seas he stills:  
verse 7 The noise of waves, and tumults rude,  
Of all the people multitude.   

verse 8 Them too, that dwell on utmost Coasts  
Thy signs affright, O Lord of Hosts:  
Thou mak'st the morning's early voice,  
Likewise the Evenings to rejoice.   

Thou visitest the spacious Earth,  
And waterest it with rain poured forth:  
Greatly thou dost enrich each clod,  
With the full watered River of God.   

Thou dost prepare them Corn to grow,  
When thou hast ordered for it so:  
verse 10 Thou waterest abundantly  
Its ridges which were parched and dry.   

Thou layest her furrows by thy power,  
Thou mak'st it soft with many a shower:  
The springing of it thou dost bless,  
verse 11 Thou crownest the year with happiness.   

verse 12 Thy paths drop fatness lo! they drop  
Upon the wildernesses top:  
The little hills and deserts wide,  
Greatly rejoice on every side.   

verse 13 The flocks do clothe the pasture-ground,  
The valleys do with Corn abound:  
And covered o'er with what they bring,  
They shout for joy, they also sing.    

HYMN 412. (Psalms 65.) Another Metre.  
Argument.  
Devotion, Pardon, true Vocation,  
With answer of our supplication:  
Strange providences are renowned.  
A fruitful year with glory crowned.  
The Mighty God, etc.  

verse 1 PRaise waits for thee, O God, in Zion hill  
To thee the vow shall be performed still:  
verse 2 O thou that art the God that hearest prayer  
Gladly to thee shall all mankind repair.  
verse 3 Iniquities have urged great things against us,  
But with far greater mercies thou prevent'st us.  
verse 4 Blest is the man thou choosest of all sorts  
T' approach to thee, and dwell within thy Courts,  
With fatness of thy house we shall be filled,  
Such goodness shall thy holy Temple yield:  
verse 5 By dreadful things in righteous dispensation,  
Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation.   

Thou art the confidence of Earth's far ends,  
And theirs the farthest Ocean comprehends:  
verse 6 Who (girt with power) by strength set fast the hills,  
verse 7 The noise of Seas he pacifies and stills;  
The noise of all their billows he appeaseth,  
And tumults of the people when he pleaseth.  
verse 8 They also that inhabit utmost parts,  
Are with thy tokens frighted at their hearts:  
Thou mak'st th' out-goings of the morning's voice,  
And of the evenings greatly to rejoice:  
verse 9 Thou visitest the Earth, watered completely  
And with God's River dost enrich it greatly.   

The River of God, with water doth abound  
Than thou preparest them Corn to sow the ground,  
verse 10 Thou water'st its ridges from the Sky,  
Thou waterest it, O God abundantly:  
Thou layest her furrows, mak'st it soft with showers,  
Blessing her springing with her fruits & flowers.  
verse 11 Thou with thy goodness Crownest the faithful year,  
Thy paths drop fatness, dropping far and near;  
verse 12 They drop on pastures of the deserts wide,  
The little hills rejoice on every side:  
verse 13 Flocks cloth the pastures, Corn o'er valleys springing,  
Shouting for joy, and joyed with cheerful singing.    

HYMN 413. (Psalms 66.)  
Argument.  
Great providences praised, great foes submit;  
The Red-Sea dried, and Israel passing it.  

verse 1 SIng to the Lord, O all ye Lands  
And make a joyful sound:  
verse 2 Set forth his fame and honoured name,  
And make his praise renowned.   

verse 3 Say, Lord, what works come from thine hands,  
How dreadful lo! they be  
Through thy great strength thy foes at length  
Must all submit to thee.   

verse 4 The Earth shall worship and obey,  
Their songs thy praise shall spread:  
verse 5 Come and behold God's works of old  
To mortals full of dread.   

verse 6 To firm dry land he turned the Sea,  
And all the waters moist:  
There went we through, and dry shod too,  
there we in him rejoiced.    

HYMN 414. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's Sovereign Rule: He keeps our Soul alive,  
Though we with trials and afflictions strive.  
Psal. 66. v. 7.  

verse 7 GOD'S power still rules the world abroad  
his eyes all Lands descry,  
O let not then rebellious men  
exalt themselves on high.   

verse 8 O all ye people bless our God,  
with earnest voices strive,  
To sound the fame of his great Name  
verse 9 who keeps our souls alive;   

And suffers not on any side  
our feet to be removed,  
verse 10 Yet thou, O God, hast used thy rod,  
and us thy servants proved.   

As silver in a furnace tried,  
so thoroughly tried were we:  
verse 11 Our feet were set within the net,  
and therein brought by thee.    

HYMN 415. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
Afflictions great imposed and allayed,  
The vows of gratitude are sworn and paid.  
Psalm 66. v. 11.  

Afflictions sore and violent  
thou mad'st our loins abide,  
verse 12 Yea thou didst then cause furious men  
over our heads to ride.   

Through flames of fire, O Lord, we went,  
and through the watery floods,  
But surely thou hast brought us now,  
to places stored with goods.   

verse 13 Burnt offerings to thy house I'll bear,  
those very vows to pay,  
verse 14 Which I did make, and which I spoke,  
in my distressful day.   

verse 15 Burnt Sacrifice of Fatlings there  
my sold to thee devotes,  
With Incense too, of Rams enough,  
with Bullocks offering Goats.    

HYMN 416. Release from Afflictions. (4. PART.)  
Psalm 66.11.  

LORD thou hast brought us oftentimes  
into a tangling strait:  
And laid afflictions on our loins,  
with an oppressing weight.  
verse 12 Over our head fierce men did ride,  
by thee on purpose sent,  
And we distressed on every side,  
through fire and water went.   

But when we were thus undertrod,  
and hopeless seemed our case:  
Even than thou brought'st us out, O God,  
into a wealthy place:  
verse 13 Therefore will I come to thy house  
burnt offerings to bestow:  
And I will pay thee all the vows  
which my engagements owe.    

HYMN 417. (5. PART.)  
Argument.  
Experience told stirs up to prayer and praise,  
Sins kept, withhold true blessings in our ways.  
2. METRE. Psalm 66.16.  

verse 16 COme hearken all that fear the Lord,  
and I will let you know  
What special Love the Lord above  
to my dear Soul did show:  
verse 17 My mouth did his renown record,  
my tongue his praise preferred,  
verse 18 But if within I harboured sin  
my prayer should not be heard.   

verse 19 But God hath heard me verily,  
and hath been well content,  
With willing ear my voice to hear,  
and what I did present,  
verse 20 The Lord I bless and magnify,  
who turned not away;  
Nor held from me his mercy free,  
when I to him did pray.    

HYMN 418. Revelation of the Gospel. 1. METRE.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 67.  

verse 2 SHOW Grace to us, O God,  
and bless us every one:  
Thy face Divine on us let shine,  
thy way on Earth make known  
verse 3 Let Nations see thy light,  
let people praise thy Name:  
O let them all in general  
thus see, thus spread thy fame.   

verse 4 Let Nations shout and sing,  
because thou art set forth  
A righteous King in governing  
and judging all the Earth.  
verse 5 Let People praise thy Name,  
let all of them praise thee:  
verse 6 Then shall the Earth her fruits bring forth,  
and great increase shall be.   

verse 7 God our own God shall then  
abundant blessings send:  
And men shall fear him every where,  
to Earth's remotest end.    

HYMN 419. Revelation, and Riches of the Gospel. 2. METRE.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 67.  

BE good, O God, to thine,  
and pour thy blessings forth:  
Thy face on us let shine;  
and show thy way on Earth,  
With such success,  
That Nations all may see their call  
To blessedness.   

O let the people then  
give praise, O God, to thee,  
And let all sorts of men  
in thy sweet praise agree:  
Let them confess  
Thy Holy Name, and spread thy fame  
With thankfulness.   

O make the Nations glad,  
and let them sing for joy:  
For thou shalt judge, O God,  
the people righteously.  
Thy Rule shall bless  
The Nations all in general  
With happiness.   

O let the people then  
give praise to thee, O God,  
And let all sorts of men  
proclaim thy praise abroad:  
Let all confess  
Thy Holy Name, and spread thy fame  
With cheerfulness.   

Then shall the earth afford  
a plentiful increase:  
And our own God the Lord  
to bless us shall not cease.  
God shall us bless,  
Earth far and near his Name shall fear,  
With awfulness.    

HYMN 420. Rising of the Ark, or, Exurgat Deus.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 68.1, 2.  

LET God arise  
and dissipate his foes,  
Let those that hate him  
flee before his face:  
As smoke is driven away,  
just so let those  
Be driven away  
and God pursue the chase.  
As fire doth melt the wax, and makes  
it liquid,  
So perish in God's presence let  
the wicked.   

3, 4.  
But let the just  
their joys in God proclaim,  
And let them glory  
in the Lord most high:  
Sing to the Lord,  
sing praises to his Name:  
Exalt ye him  
that rideth on the sky.  
By JAH his Name exalt him,  
and adore him,  
And most exceedingly rejoice  
before him.   

5, 6.  
A tender Father  
of the Fatherless,  
A Judge of Widows  
is Almighty God:  
And so indeed  
he doth himself express  
From's holy habitation  
and abode.  
He sets the desolate  
in habitations  
To dwell with their own households,  
and relations.   

6. Psalm 106.48.  
He bringeth out  
those that are bound with chains,  
And frees the Prisoners  
with a powerful hand:  
But the rebellious  
people he restrains,  
And makes their dwelling  
in a barren Land.  
Let Israel's God be ever blest  
therefore,  
And People say, Amen,  
for evermore.    

HYMN 421. Sanctuary Songs for the wonderful works of God.  
Psal. 68.32.  

SING unto God with one accord,  
ye Kingdoms of the earth:  
O sing ye praises to the Lord,  
and set his honour forth.   

verse 33 To him that mounts the highest sphere  
of Heavens framed of old:  
And sendeth out his thunder there  
most mighty to behold.   

verse 34 Ascribe to God Omnipotence,  
for that to him pertains:  
O'er Israel is his excellence,  
and in the clouds he reigns.   

verse 35 O God, thou art a dreadful God,  
and so thou mak'st it known  
From Heaven, which is thy blessed abode,  
and Sion's sacred throne.   

The God of Israel is our tower,  
and it is only he  
That gives his people strength and power,  
and blest his Name shall be.    

Sion's Reparations.  
To the Tune of the old 130. Psalm.  
Psalm 69.34.  

LET the Heavens praise begin,  
let the Earth pursue it:  
Let the Sea and all therein  
join their suffrage to it.  
verse 35 For the Lord will Zion save,  
Judah's Cities rear:  
Houses new that men may have,  
and possessions there.   

Psalm 106.48.  
verse 36 There his Servants seed shall claim  
th' heritage excelling:  
There shall they that love his Name▪  
have perpetual dwelling.  
Let the God of Israel then  
have the praise for ever:  
And the People say Amen,  
joining all together.    

HYMN 423. Speedy deliverance prayed for. 1. METRE.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 70.  

MAKE haste, O God, make haste,  
my Saviour now to be:  
And let the time no longer waste  
before thou secure me.   

verse 2 Let shame confound them all  
that seek my blood to spill:  
Let flat confusion on them fall  
whoever wish me ill.   

verse 3 Let them be turned back,  
so to reward their shame,  
That no disgraceful language lack  
to taunt and to defame.   

verse 4 Let them that seek thy face  
rejoice in thee always:  
Let them that love thy saving grace,  
say still, to God be praise.   

verse 5 But I, O Lord, am poor,  
and greatly stand in need:  
O thou my God, draw nigh therefore,  
and succour me with speed.   

Thou art my only aid,  
thou art my Saviour strong:  
Let not thy help be still delayed,  
Lord make no tarrying long.    

HYMN 424. Speedy deliverance urged. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 70.  

MAKE haste, O Lord, and help afford,  
Make haste to help me, O my Lord:  
Their practices with shame confound  
That seek my harmless soul to wound.   

With great disgrace let them retire,  
Whoever do my hurt desire:  
Let them that make my grief their game,  
Be turned back with utter shame.   

Most glad and joyful let them be  
whoever do seek after thee:  
And those that thy salvation love,  
Say, ever-blessed be God above.   

But I am poor and undertrod,  
Make haste to help me, O my God:  
Thou art my hope, my help and stay,  
Come, Lord, and make no more delay.    

HYMN 425. Spiritual Government of Christ figured in Solomon, or, A prayer for the King.  
Psal. 72.1, 2.  

THE King, O God, the King's dear Son  
instruct in thy Decrees:  
That Justice may be duly done,  
to men of all degrees.  
verse 3 Then shall the mountains bring us peace,  
and God shall also bless  
The little Hills to yield increase,  
by means of righteousness   

verse 4 And he shall judge those people then,  
that worldly comforts lack,  
And he shall save poor needy men,  
and break th' oppressors back.  
verse 5 Then shall they fear thee to be sure,  
the people great and small,  
So long as Sun and Moon endure,  
to Generations all.   

verse 6 He shall descend as rain poured forth▪  
upon the mown Grass,  
As showers that water all the earth,  
whatever way they pass.  
verse 7 The Just shall flourish in his time,  
and great the peace shall be:  
Until the Moon surcease to shine,  
Amen, Amen, say we.    

HYMN 426. Strength and establishment of Christ his Kingdom.  

Psal. 72.11, 8.  
ALL Kings shall worship Christ the Lord,  
before him falling down:  
All Nations shall with one accord  
do homage to his Crown.  
And his Dominion shall extend  
from Sea to Sea, throughout:  
And from the River to the end  
of all the Earth about.   

9, 10.  
The dwellers in the deserts must  
before him bow full low,  
His enemies shall lick the dust,  
and great submission show.  
The farthest Kingdoms shall present  
their offerings to this King;  
The Islands and the Continent,  
their Gifts to him shall bring.   

15, 17.  
And people then continually  
shall pray for, and proclaim  
His Kingdoms great felicity,  
and daily praise his Name.  
His Name shall shine from East to West,  
as Sunbeams never dim:  
And Nations all shall call him blest,  
as being blest in him.   

18, 19  
Now bless the Lord with one accord,  
the God of Israel,  
Who only brings to pass the things,  
that every where excel.  
And spread the fame of his Great Name  
always and altogether;  
And fill the Earth with his known worth,  
Amen, Amen, for ever.    

HYMN 427. (1. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Temptation much assaults the pure in heart,  
To see the wicked prosper, while they smart.  
Psal. 73.  

verse 1 However it be yet God is good  
and kind to Israel:  
To every one that's clean of heart  
and keeps his Conscience well.  
verse 2 But as for me I almost slipped,  
my feet began to slide,  
And through temptation unawares,  
my steps were turned aside.   

verse 3 For when I saw the foolish ones  
I was with envy grieved:  
Beholding the prosperity  
wherein the wicked lived.  
verse 4 For both they had an easy death,  
and firm persuasions then,  
verse 5 And were not vexed as others were,  
nor plagued as other men.    

HYMN 428. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The prosperous state the wicked men live in,  
Provokes them to commit far greater sin.  
Psalm 73.  

verse 6 PRosperity and pride enclose  
the wicked as a chain:  
And as with Garments they are wrapped  
with Rapine and Disdain:  
verse 7 With fatness do their eyes stand out  
They have beyond desire;  
verse 8 they speak great words, and threaten high,  
to set oppression higher.   

verse 9 They set their mouth against the Heavens,  
their tongue walks through the Earth:  
verse 10 Therefore God's people much comply,  
and much grief it brings forth.  
verse 11 And thus they say, how doth God know?  
sees he that sits so high?  
verse 12 Lo! those profane ones prosper here,  
their riches multiply.    

HYMN 429. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The pure in heart (sore scourged) are taught to know  
That Worldlings joy soon ends in Worlds of woe.  
Psal. 73.  

verse 13 SURE I have cleansed my heart in vain;  
in vain my heart I purged;  
verse 14 For all day long I have been plagued,  
and every morning scourged.  
verse 15 But if I say I will speak thus,  
I rashly should condemn,  
The Generation of thy Saints,  
and judge amiss of them.   

verse 16 Yet when I thought to know this thing,  
'twas hard to apprehend,  
verse 17 Till, going to the house of God,  
I understood their end.  
verse 18 And namely how thou settest them  
upon a slippery seat;  
And in a moment casts them down,  
and mak'st their ruin great.    

HYMN 430. (4. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The Worldlings joy is but a Dream,  
The pure in heart have joys Supreme.  
Psal. 73.  

verse 19 HOW soon are wicked people brought  
to desolations path;  
They are consumed utterly  
with terrors of thy wrath:  
verse 20 And as a Dream when one awakes,  
so thou, O Lord most high,  
When thou awak'st, thou shalt despise,  
their Image utterly.   

verse 21 Thus for a while my heart was grieved,  
my reins were pricked with pain,  
verse 22 So ignorant a fool was I,  
a beast before thee plain:  
verse 23 Yet am I evermore with thee,  
thy right hand holds me fast,  
verse 24 Thou with thy Counsels guidest me  
to glory at the last.    

HYMN 431. (5. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God's the sure portion of the pure in heart,  
Their sure destruction that from him depart.  
Psalm 73.  

verse 25 WHO is there, Lord, that I can wish  
but thee, in Heaven above:  
Nor is there any one on earth  
like thee that I can love.  
verse 26 My flesh and heart doth fail in me,  
but God doth fail me never;  
The strengthner of my heart is he,  
and heritage for ever.   

verse 27 For lo all such as go from thee,  
and unto Idols bow,  
Shall their deserved ruin meet,  
and utter overthrow,  
verse 28 Therefore will I draw nigh to God,  
and in the Lord I'll trust;  
That I may show forth all his works  
to be both good and just.    

HYMN 432. Strength of sinners subdued. Or, Habitation of Cruelty suppressed. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 74.11.  

WHY dost thou, Lord, thy judgements spare,  
and thy right hand withdraw?  
O pluck it from thy bosom bare  
to keep thy foes in awe.   

verse 19 O give not to the multitude  
the turtle-doves dear soul:  
Forget not thy poor flock, O God,  
which bears too long control.   

verse 20 Unto thy Covenant have regard,  
the Earth's a darksome Den,  
And full of Habitations hard,  
possessed by cruel men.   

verse 21 Let not the simple go with shame,  
and blushing turn their back:  
Nor let the poor to praise thy Name  
a just occasion lack.   

verse 22 Rise, Lord, and plead thine own true cause,  
think how the fools defame,  
And what contempt it daily draws  
upon thy sacred Name.   

verse 23 The clamours of thine Enemies  
forget not, Lord, to cease:  
The tumults that against thee rise,  
continually increase.    

HYMN 433. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Strength of Leviathan subdued.  
Pharaoh overthrown in the Wilderness.  
Psal. 74.12.  

O God thou art my King of old,  
and thou dost still set forth  
Thy saving mercies manifold  
in midst of all the Earth.  
verse 13 Thou didst divide and part the Seas  
by thy great strength and force,  
Thou brok'st the Dragon's head in these  
returning to their course.   

verse 14 Leviathan's heads with great disgrace  
were broken there by thee:  
Which to thy flock in desert place,  
was meat and drink to see.  
verse 15 Thou mad'st a Spring with streams to rise  
from rocks both hard and high:  
Thy powerful hand did make likewise  
deep Rivers to be dry.   

verse 16 The day is thine, likewise the night  
by thy decree doth run:  
Thou also hast prepared the light,  
and formed the brighter Sun.  
verse 17 Thou didst appoint the ends and coasts  
of all the earth throughout:  
Both Summer heat, and Winter frosts  
thy hand did bring about.   

Psal. 72.18.  
Let Israel's God, the King of Kings  
be praised for evermore,  
Who only doth such wondrous things,  
praise ye the Lord therefore.    

HYMN 434. Temptations encountered and overcome.  
All People, etc.  

Psal. 77.7, 8.  
WILL God cast off eternally,  
and is his favour clean removed?  
Is mercy quite and clean set by,  
his promise past, but never proved?   

9,  
Hath God forgotten to be kind,  
and wholly left compassions path?  
His tender mercies all confined,  
and hath he shut them up in wrath?   

10.  
But this, said I, full well appears  
to be mine own infirmity:  
But I will call to mind the years  
of his right hand that is most high.   

11.  
I will remember, and unfold  
the mighty works of God the Lord:  
The wonders which he wrought of old,  
surely (said I) I will record.    

HYMN 435. The Safe Conduct.  
Psalm 77.15.  

THOU hast, O God, with powerful hand  
redeemed thy people, Jacob's Race,  
And Joseph's from proud Pharaoh's Land,  
conducting them in desert place.   

16.  
The Waters, Lord, had sight of thee,  
the Waters saw, and were afraid  
Thy presence and thy power to see:  
the depths of Seas were sore dismayed.   

17.  
The Clouds poured down their watery load,  
the Skies a thundering sound forth sent:  
Thine Arrows were dispersed abroad,  
shot from the flaming Element.   

18.  
In Heaven was thy thunder heard,  
thy lightnings did the world surround,  
Earth shook and trembled sore afeard,  
thy way was in the Seas profound.   

19, 20.  
Thy paths were in the waters deep,  
thy footsteps now none understand:  
Thou leadest thy folk like flocks of sheep  
by Moses and by Aaron's hand.    

HYMN 436. The time of Trouble complained of.  

Psalm 79.5.  
HOW long wilt thou be angry, Lord?  
for ever! till we die!  
And shall thy jealousy b● stirred  
to burn perpetually?   

9  
Help us, O God, Our strength and stay,  
thy Glory to record:  
Save us, and purge our sins away,  
for thy Name sakes, O Lord.   

8.  
Our former foul iniquity  
remember now no more:  
Let Grace prevent us speedily,  
for we are humbled sore.   

2. PART.  
Ibidem. Psal. 79.8, 9.13.  

DO not record against us, Lord,  
our sins done long ago:  
Draw nigh apace with tender Grace,  
for we are very low.   

O Lord, let some sweet comfort come,  
for sorrows sharp and keen,  
And for the years of sighs and tears  
that we have lately seen.   

So we thy flock, and Pasture-stock  
shall praise thee evermore,  
And pre-ingage each following age,  
to keep like praise in store.     

HYMN 437. The Vine of Israel prayed for.  

Psalm 80.8, 9  
A Noble Vine of Israel,  
thou didst from Egypt bring:  
The Heathen●folk thou didst expel,  
and plant it here to spring.  
Sufficient room for it to shoot,  
preparing by thy hand,  
And when it once had taken root,  
it filled all the Land.   

10, 11, 12.  
Her goodly boughs like Cedars sprout,  
her shade the hills did hide:  
Her boughs and branches were set out  
from Sea to River side:  
Why hast thou then broke down of hers  
the quickset hedges so,  
That all the transient passengers  
do pluck her as they go?   

13, 14, 15.  
'Tis wasted by the wood-land Boar,  
wild Beasts from neighbouring coasts  
Devour thy Vine, return therefore  
we pray thee, Lord of Hosts.  
Look down from Heaven and behold,  
and visit this thy Vine,  
And Vine-yard planted here of old  
by that right hand of thine.   

79.13.  
So we thy flock and pasture-stock  
shall praise thee evermore:  
And shall engage each following age  
to keep like praise in store.    

HYMN 438. Throne of Israel reestablished.  
Psal. 80.17.  

UPhold the man of thy right hand,  
the Son of man sustain:  
Made strong by thee, for thee to stand,  
Lord, make him strong again.   

18.  
So shall not we go back from thee,  
O quicken us for this end:  
And faithful suppliants we shall be  
upon thee to attend.   

19  
Lord God of Hosts our hearts incline,  
and turn them unto thee:  
Let Grace Divine upon us shine,  
and safe our souls shall be.    

HYMN 439. Trial of Loyalty, or Israel's ingratitude.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 81.7.  

NOW harken and give ear  
to me, my people dear:  
O Israel, I will testify  
to thy conviction clear.  
verse 9 In thee I say there shall  
be no strange God at all,  
Nor evermore shalt thou adore,  
or on strange Gods shalt call.   

verse 10 The Lord thy God am I,  
who brought thee graciously  
With powerful hand from Egypt Land,  
and servile tyranny.  
Thy mouth now open wide  
in prayer, to be supplied:  
And sure I will thy prayers fulfil,  
but Israel still denied.   

verse 12 So I (in judgement just)  
even left them to their lust,  
To walk as their own counsels were,  
destructive to their trust.    

HYMN 440. Trial of Israel, and attest of God's favour.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psal. 81.13.  

MY people, O that ye  
had harkened unto me:  
That Israel had walked so well,  
as after my Decree.  
verse 14 I should have soon subdued  
their adversaries rude:  
And turned my hand to clear the Land  
of all their enemies lewd.   

verse 15 They that the Lord do hate  
have bowed and been prostrate,  
But Israel's time had been in prime,  
and born eternal date.  
verse 16 I should have made them eat  
the finest of the Wheat:  
And made the Rock a hony-stock  
distilling plenty great.    

2. METRE.  
To the Tune of the old 111. or 120. Psalm.  
Psal. 81.13.  

O That my people dear  
Had bowed a willing ear  
to that which I did say,  
And O that Israel  
Had sought to please me well  
by walking in my way!   

I should have soon subdued  
Their adversaries rude:  
and turned my powerful hand  
Against their enemies,  
Whoever durst arise  
my people to withstand.   

The haters of the Lord  
Should all with one accord  
have bowed and been prostrate:  
But as for Israel's time  
It should have been in prime,  
and born eternal date.   

I would have made them eat  
The finest of the Wheat  
that standeth in the shock:  
And in my favour free  
Have satisfied thee  
with Honey from the rock.    

HYMN 441. Mighty men warned.  
All people, etc.  
Psal. 82.  

Among the Gods, God takes the room,  
to judge among the great and high:  
verse 2 How long will ye unjustly doom,  
accepting persons partially?   

verse 3 Defend the poor and fatherless,  
do justice to the weak and poor;  
verse 4 Deliver all the succourless,  
and rid them from the evil doer.   

verse 5 But neither do these Tyrants know,  
nor will they better understand,  
In wilful blindness on they go,  
unto the ruin of the Land.   

The Earth's foundations are decayed,  
all out of course and order runs:  
verse 9 I styled you Gods, all ye, I said,  
are the most high Jehovah's Sons.   

verse 7 But die like men of mortal birth,  
like former Princes ye shall fall:  
verse 8 Arise, O God, and judge the Earth,  
for thine alone are Nations all.    

HYMN 442. Tribulation and Woe to the wicked.  
Psal. 83.1.  

LORD be not still, hold not thy tongue,  
behold how furiously  
Thy hateful foes in tumults throng,  
and lift their heads on high.  
verse 13 Make them, my God, like to a wheel,  
or straw which winds disperse:  
verse 14 As burning woods the fury feel  
of fire that burns so fierce.   

As kindling flames on Mountains vast  
with fury all deform:  
verse 15 So persecute them with thy blast,  
and fright them with thy storm.  
That men may know that thou whose Name  
is called Jehovah great,  
verse 18 Surpassest all the world in fame,  
and hast the Sovereign seat.    

HYMN 443. True love to Ordinances. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 84.1, 2.  

HOW amiable are thy Tents,  
Lord God of Hosts, to me?  
My soul doth long, yea even faints  
thy Sacred Courts to see.  
My heart and flesh cry out for thee,  
the everliving God:  
O when shall I come near and see  
the place of thine abode!   

4, 10.  
O happy they that hold their place  
within thy house to dwell:  
For in thy Courts a days short space  
a thousand doth excel.  
Much rather would I keep a door,  
and in thy house remain,  
Than dwell with all the pomp and store  
in tents of the profane.   

11.  
For God a Sun and Shield will be,  
with Grace▪ and Glory bright:  
And no good thing withhold will he  
from them that walk upright.  
Lord God of Hosts (whose Glory reigns)  
how happy a man is he  
That though debarred the outward means,  
yet puts his trust in thee.    

HYMN 444. Affection to Ordinances. 2. METRE.  
Psal. 84.  

LORD God of Hosts, how lovely fair,  
thy Tabernacles be!  
My longing Soul would fain repair,  
thy sacred Courts to see.  
My flesh and heart cry out amain  
for thee the living God,  
O when shall I come near and see  
the place of thine abode!   

Most happy therefore are those men  
that dwell so nigh thy Courts,  
And they whose zeal doth carry them  
to such Divine resorts.  
From strength to strength they walk full fast,  
through growth in Grace and Love:  
Until they come to God at last,  
in Zion (there) above.   

2. PART.  

One day, O Lord, of prayer and praise  
spent in thy Courts of Grace,  
Is better than a thousand days  
in any other place.  
Much rather would I keep a door  
where God his Grace presents,  
Than have my dwelling evermore,  
in Sinners furnished Tents.   

For God the Lord Jehovah is,  
a constant Sun and Shield,  
He will vouchsafe his Grace to his,  
and Glory freely yield.  
And no good thing withhold will he  
from them that walk upright,  
Lord God of Hosts, so blest they be  
that trust upon thy might.     

HYMN 445. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Zeal to the Temple quells their labours hard,  
As they did take long journey's thither-ward.  
Psal. 84.  

verse 1 HOW amiable are thy Tents,  
Lord God of Hosts, to me?  
verse 2 My Soul doth long, yea even faints,  
thy Sacred Courts to see.  
My heart and flesh cry out for thee  
the everliving God,  
verse 3 Thinking the Sparrows bliss to be  
to find that blessed abode.   

The Swallow builds her nest full close,  
her young ones there to bring;  
Even to thine Altar, Lord of Hosts,  
my God and Glorious King.  
verse 4 Happy thy household Servants be  
that still do give thee praise:  
verse 5 Blest is the man whose strength's in thee,  
that minds thy Servants ways.   

verse 6 That passing thorough Baca-plain  
do make thereof a Well;  
Or use the pools there filled with rain,  
and difficulties quell.  
verse 7 From strength to strength they walk full fast  
with an unwearied will,  
Till all do come to God at last  
in Zions Sacred Hill.    

HYMN 446. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
Church freedom Saints account their bliss,  
And choicest blessings do not miss.  
Psal. 84.  

verse 8 LORD God of Hosts my prayer embrace,  
O God of Jacob hear:  
verse 9 See, Lord, our Shield, behold the face  
of thine anointed dear.  
verse 10 For, Lord▪ one day of prayer and praise  
spent in thy Courts of Grace,  
Is better than a thousand days  
in any other place.   

Much rather would I keep a door,  
where God his Grace presents,  
Than have my dwelling evermore  
in sinners furnished Tents.  
verse 11 For God the Lord, for certain, is  
a constant Sun and Shield,  
He will vouchsafe his Grace to his,  
and Glory freely yield.   

And no good thing withhold will he  
from them that walk upright:  
verse 12 Lord God of Hosts, so blest they be,  
that trust upon thy might.   

DOXOLOGY.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be ever blest therefore,  
From first to last perpetually,  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 447. (Psalms 85.10.)  
Argument.  
Truth springing out of the Earth,  
Or our Blessed Saviour's Birth.  
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MErcy and truth (now we may say)  
are sweetly met together:  
And righteousness and peace (this day)  
have kindly kissed each other.   

verse 11 And truth hath sprung out of the Earth  
(by Christ a Saviour given)  
And righteousness (by his sweet birth)  
hath looked down from Heaven.   

verse 12 And God that made his Gospel known,  
shall give us each good thing:  
And make our Land a fruitful one,  
and great increase to bring.   

verse 13 And Christ our righteousness most pure  
shall go before his face,  
To guide us by example sure  
in his good ways of Grace.   

Psal. 41.13.  
Let Israel's God the Lord therefore  
be praised altogether:  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen, for ever.    

HYMN 448. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The Church redeemed from Captive State is glad,  
He prays that full deliverance may be had.  
Psalm 85.  

LORD thou hast dealt most favourably  
with Jacob's Land of late,  
And turned our sad captivity  
into a free estate.  
Unto thy people thou didst please  
to seal a pardon free:  
Their grievous sins and trespasses  
are covered all by thee.   

Thou hast removed from the path  
where all thine anger lay,  
And from the fierceness of thy wrath,  
hast turned thyself away.  
Turn us, O God, our Saviour, thus  
with thee for to comply:  
And cause thine anger towards us  
to cease perpetually.   

Wilt thou be angry evermore  
and not thy wrath recall?  
Wilt thou draw out thy wrath so sore  
to Generations all?  
Wilt thou not quicken us again,  
and so far set us free,  
That we thy people which remain,  
may much rejoice in thee?    

HYMN 449. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Church redeemed and warned gives God the praise,  
He prophesies great good in Gospel Days.  

NOW will I hear attentively  
what God the Lord will say,  
In hope of true tranquillity  
to follow many a day.  
For to his Saints and people dear  
the Lord will utter peace,  
But let them take a warning here  
and former follies cease.   

And sure the Lord's salvation is,  
Nigh them that fear his Name,  
That Glory may dwell here with his,  
and fill our Land with fame.  
Mercy and truth together meet  
whilst Christ the Kingdom sways:  
And righteousness and peace do meet  
in Glorious Gospel-Days.   

And truth shall spring from humane race  
by Christ our Saviour's Birth;  
And righteousness looks down with Grace,  
from Heaven to bless the Earth.  
Yea God shall give us each good thing,  
with righteousness and peace:  
And he shall make our Land to bring  
abundance of increase.   

That sure example (for our sake)  
the righteousness of God  
Shall go before, and make us take  
the way that he hath trod.    

(Psalms 86. to v. 7.)  
HYMN 450.  
Argument.  
The Saint's Calamity, and God's propensity, Strong Arguments of pity.  
All People, etc.  

LORD bow thine ear, attend my cry,  
for I am poor and in the dust:  
Preserve my righteous soul, for I  
in thee, my God, do put my trust.   

Thy mercy, Lord, to me extend,  
and hearken to my mournful voice;  
Daily my cries to thee ascend,  
O make thy Servants soul rejoice.   

Thou, Lord, art good for rvermore,  
to pardon sins art still inclined;  
And all that do thy grace implore,  
shall thine abundant mercy find.   

To thee I humbly make address,  
Lord, hear my prayer, my voice attend;  
I'll call on thee in my distress,  
for thou wilt me an answer send.    

HYMN 451. Turning, or conversion of the Gentiles. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 86.8, 9  

AMong the Gods there's none like thee,  
nor any works like thine, O Lord:  
All Nations whom thou mad'st to be,  
shall come to thee with one accord.   

10.  
With Adoration they shall come  
to glorify the Holy One:  
For the great God, great things hath done;  
yea thou, O God, art God alone.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let Israel's God the Lord therefore  
be blest and praised yet again:  
And let all people evermore  
say cheerfully, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 452. Turning the Gentiles, or Zions Glory. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 87.  

IN Holy Hills the Groundwork lies  
of Sion's Edifice:  
verse 2 Whose Gates beyond all Jacob's Land  
the Lord doth love and prize.   

verse 3 O City of God renowned and famed,  
thy Converts are proclaimed:  
verse 4 Egypt for one, and Babylon,  
I to my friends have named.   

Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiop' there  
was born, and made an heir:  
verse 5 And Zion, they shall point and say,  
did this and that man bear.   

And the most High shall establish her,  
and such men's birth refer  
verse 6 To Zion Mount: so make his count  
when he doth register.   

As well the voice of him that sings,  
as he that tunes the strings  
verse 7 Of music sweet, therein shall meet:  
in thee are all my Springs.    

HYMN 453. Turning the Gentiles to the Church. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 87.  

THE Church well built upon the word  
is consecrated to the Lord:  
Who bears to Zion great respect,  
and chiefly to his own Elect.   

Most Glorious things of her foretell  
in Gospel-days we shall behold;  
The Gentiles shall convert and dwell,  
as heirs of life with Israel.   

Tidings shall be of many a man  
born there a famous Christian:  
And God shall establish them and theirs,  
and count them his adopted heirs.   

Then Lord our giving thanks to thee  
the music of our souls shall be:  
For all the Springs of Grace and Skill,  
are made to flow from Sion-hill.    

HYMN 454. Validity of promises, or faithfulness of God's Chastisements.  
All People, etc.  

Psalm 89.30, 31.  
IF David's seed my Law forsake,  
and do not execute my will:  
If they infringe the Laws I make,  
and do not my Commands fulfil.   

32.  
Then will I visit and chastise  
their bold transgressions with the rod:  
Correcting their Iniquities  
with stripes and punishments (saith God)   

33.  
But of my loving kindness yet  
I will not wholly him bereave;  
Nor will my faithfulness permit  
to fail, and take a final leave.   

34.  
My Covenant with my faithful King  
I'll not reverse, nor quite eclipse:  
Nor will I alter any thing  
that I have spoken with my lips.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be ever blest and praised therefore:  
And let all people magnify  
his blessed Name for evermore.    

HYMN 455. Vanishing of Life.  

Psalm 90.10.5.  
THE days of our determined years  
are threescore years and ten,  
And if at fourscore strength appears,  
that strength is weakness then.  
So speedily we pass away,  
and we are quickly gone:  
Just like a flood that makes no stay,  
but hastily runs on.   

6, 12.  
Like Grass which in the morning grows,  
but is cut down at night:  
At morning fresh and fair it shows,  
at evening withers quite.  
LORD, let our frail mortality  
be so well understood,  
That we may wisely learn of thee  
for our eternal good.    

HYMN 456. Vanishing of Life, or the short age of man.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 90.10.  

THE common age of mortal men  
is counted threescore years and ten:  
And if to fourscore some attain,  
Their life is but a lengthened pain.   

So quickly comes it to decay,  
And suddenly we drop away:  
Lord teach the numbering of our days,  
To bring our hearts to wisdoms ways.    

HYMN 457. Wishing for good times.  
Psal. 90.13.  

REturn, O Lord, how long a space  
let it repent thee much,  
Touching thy Servants woeful case,  
whose sufferings have been such.   

14.  
O satisfy us speedily  
with thy compassions kind,  
That all our days may yield us joy,  
and gladness cheer our mind.   

15.  
As thou hast sent us sorrows keen,  
so send us comforts glad,  
For days and years that we have seen  
so sorrowful and sad.   

16.  
O let thy work appear unto  
thy servants every one,  
Thy Glory to their Children show,  
when we are dead and gone.   

The Lord our God shine on his Church,  
and grace our joint endeavour,  
O prosper thou our handiworks,  
and establish them for ever.    

HYMN 458. (Psal. 91.)  
Argument.  
Choice Saints preserved in pestilential times,  
While Sinners smart for unrepented crimes.  
All People, etc.  

verse 1 WHO makes th'Almighty his retrea●  
Rests in a safe and quiet seat;  
For God's or'e-spreading providence  
Shall shadow him for his defence.   

verse 2 I therefore of the Lord will say,  
He is my refuge, hope and stay,  
My fortress where I safe abide;  
My God, in him I will confide.   

verse 3 He'll save thee from the fowler's snare,  
And noisome pestilential air;  
verse 4 His feathered wings shall safely yield,  
His truth, thy buckler be, and shield.   

verse 5 Thou shalt not need to take a fright  
For any terror of the night:  
Nor for the arrow that makes way,  
And flies with deadly stroke by day.   

verse 6 For stinging plague that quickly kills,  
And round about with slaughter fills,  
Walking in darkness, or noon-tide,  
Thou shalt not fear, nor be annoyed.   

verse 7 Thousands on every hand shall fall,  
Yet thou shalt not be hurt at all;  
verse 8 Only thou shalt stand by and see,  
What wicked men's reward shall be.    

HYMN 459. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
The true believers tread the Dragon down,  
Attain choice comforts, and at length the Crown.  

verse 9 SInce thou hast made the most high God  
Thy refuge and thy safe abode,  
verse 10 No evil shall impede thy joy,  
Nor plague thy dwelling shall annoy.   

verse 11 For he shall give his Angels charge  
To keep thee in thy ways at large:  
verse 12 These in their hands shall thee support  
Lest thy foot stumble to thy hurt.   

verse 13 The Lion thou mayst boldly meet,  
Tread th' Asp and Dragon under feet;  
verse 14 Because he fixed his love on me  
I will from dangers set him free.   

I'll set him high, protect and own,  
Because that he my Name hath known:  
verse 15 When he calls on me, I'll reply;  
And in his trouble I'll stand by.   

I'll send him safe deliverance,  
And unto honour him advance:  
verse 16 Give him long Life, and when that's done,  
Will show him my Salvation.    

HYMN 460. (Psalms 92.)  
Argument.  
The Ancient Sabbath celebrated here,  
For providences to the Saints most dear.  
All People, etc.  

verse 1 IT is a good thing to record  
The Lovingkindness of the Lord,  
And to sing praises cheerfully  
Unto thy Name, O thou most high.   

verse 2 And in the morning to show forth  
Thy Lovingkindness of such worth;  
And every night for to express  
The record of thy faithfulness.   

verse 3 Upon a Ten-stringed Instrument  
With Psaltery and Songs consent,  
And on the Harp with solemn sound  
To make thy Glorious Name renowned.   

verse 4 For thou hast made me glad, O Lord,  
With thy great works which I record:  
And in thy handiworks will I  
Triumph, O Lord, exceedingly.    

HYMN 461. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's Providences cannot be descried  
By brutish men: but God is magnified.  

verse 5 O Lord, how great are thy great works!  
Thy thoughts are far too deep to search;  
verse 6 A brutish man can never learn,  
Nor doth a fool this thing discern.   

verse 7 When wicked men do spring as Grass,  
And all ill doers in pomp surpass,  
It is that they should altogether  
Be blasted, and destroyed for ever.   

DOXOLOGY.  
verse 8 But thou, O Lord, art still most high,  
For ever to ETERNITY:  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore,  
From first to last for evermore.    

HYMN 462. Vertuousness or fruitfulness of the Saints in age. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 92.12.  

LIke to the Palm the Just shall be  
(That ever-flourishing fruitful tree)  
And spread abroad as he comes on  
Like Cedars of Mount Lebanon.   

verse 13 Those that the Lord by special Grace  
Hath planted in his Holy Place,  
Shall flourish there, and spread abroad  
Within the Courts of our Great God.   

verse 14 And in their age much fruit shall bring,  
They shall be fat and flourishing:  
verse 15 God's Power and Justice to express,  
In whom is no unrighteousness.    

HYMN 463. Vertuousness or Victoriousness of God's Power. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 93.  

THE Lord as King aloft doth reign,  
in Glory shining bright:  
His strength and power appeareth plain,  
for he is girt with might:  
The Lord likewise the Earth hath made,  
and settled it so sure,  
No might can make it move and fade,  
it ever doth endure.   

ere that the world was made or wrought  
thy seat was set on high:  
Before all time that can be thought  
thou art eternally.  
The floods, O Lord, the floods arise,  
they swell against the shore:  
They raise their waves unto the sky,  
and make the waters roar.   

Yet though the storms appear in sight,  
though Seas do rage and swell,  
The Lord is strong and more of might,  
for he on high doth dwell.  
And sweetly reigns he over us,  
keeping his Covenant sure:  
And Holiness becomes thy house  
for ever to endure.    

HYMN 464. Vertuousness or Victoriousness of God's Power and Promises. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 93.  

THE Lord doth reign eternally  
arrayed in beauty bright:  
He is most high in Majesty,  
and girts himself with might.   

The world he established still to last,  
thou hast prepared thy Throne:  
Of old thou hast confirmed it fast,  
thou art th' eternal one.   

verse 3 The floods, O Lord, the floods arise,  
the floods lift up their waves:  
Up to the skies their uproar flies,  
their voice with tumult raves.   

verse 4 Yet is the Lord on high far more,  
far more of might than these,  
Though numerous store of waters roar,  
and mighty waves of seas.   

verse 5 Thy Testimonies (questionless)  
are sure, and alter never:  
Pure holiness doth deck and dress  
thy house, O Lord, for ever.    

HYMN 465. Vocation to public Worship, or lowly Adoration.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 95.1— 7.  

COME sing with cheerfulness  
loud Songs of sweet delight,  
With one accord, before the Lord,  
our Rock of saving might.  
Into his presence press,  
hearts truly thankful bring,  
And make a noise, exciting joys,  
and Psalms unto him sing.   

Because the Lord is known  
a mighty God to be:  
The Sovereign King in governing  
above all Gods is he.  
Within his hands alone  
the earth's foundation lies,  
The strength and might and towering height  
of hills is his likewise.   

The Sea is his deep Ford,  
for he did make the same,  
And by his hand the solid Land  
received its form and frame.  
O come bow to the Lord,  
before him let us fall:  
Let us adore and kneel before  
the Lord that made us all.    

HYMN 466. (Psal. 96.)  
Argument.  
The Psalmist celebrates sweet Gospel-Days,  
Idols are slighted: God claims all the praise.  
All People, etc.  

NOW sing a new Song to the Lord  
O all ye people of the Earth:  
Bless ye the Lord, his Name record  
in cheerful Songs of joy and mirth.   

From age to age, O do not spare  
his sweet and saving health to show:  
His wonders rare and fame declare,  
that Nations all on Earth may know.  
For he excels in Sovereignty,  
and infinitely hath the odds;  
And much must he exalted be,  
and greatly feared above all Gods.   

For Heathen Gods are vanity,  
mere Idols are they every one:  
But verily the Lord most high  
created the Celestial Throne.  
Before him honour stands in sight,  
with Majesty that is Divine:  
Adored might and beauty bright  
do in his Sanctuary shine.   

O give unto the Lord's great Name,  
ye numerous Kindred's of mankind,  
Both strength and fame to him proclaim,  
for both in one must be conjoined.    

HYMN 467. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's Glory in his Temple shineth forth,  
All Creatures join with joyfulness and mirth,  
To serve the Sovereign Judge of all the Earth.  

GIVE to the Lord such Glory due  
as his Almighty Name imports,  
O bring with you an Offering new,  
and come into his sacred Courts.  
Adore the Lord in beauty clear  
of his Divine and holy place:  
From far and near O stand in fear  
before his Glorious awful face.   

Tell Heathen men Jehovah reigns,  
the spacious world hath he set fast;  
And so sustains that it remains  
unshaken ever to the last.  
With Justice he shall judge the Earth,  
O let the Heaven rejoice therefore,  
And let the Earth be filled with mirth,  
let Seas and all the billows roar.   

Let fields and fruits show high degrees  
of joy and mirth with one accord:  
And then (with these) the woods and trees,  
shall greatly joy before the Lord.  
For lo! He comes, He comes afresh  
with righteous judgement in his mouth,  
To judge all flesh with righteousness,  
and people with his sacred truth.    

HYMN 468. (Psalms 97. to v. 7.)  
Argument.  
Christ reigns and triumphs to his enemy's dread;  
The Convert Nations may be comforted.  
To the Tune of the old 121. Psalm.  

THE Lord of Israel doth reign,  
Let all the Earth rejoice  
With high exalted voice:  
The Lord his Kingdom doth maintain.  
Let multitude of Nations  
Express their Gratulations.   

Thick Clouds and Darkness (as it were)  
At Sinai's sacred Hill  
Are round about him still:  
And righteousness and judgement are  
The blessed Habitation  
Of his high Throne and station.   

A flame of fire that blazeth bright  
Before his presence goes,  
And burns up all his foes▪  
His Lightnings to the world gave light;  
The Earth that was assembled  
With terror saw and trembled.   

The Hills did melt like heated Wax,  
At presence of the Lord,  
By all the Earth adored:  
The Heavens declare his righteous Acts,  
All people see his Glory,  
For 'tis not transitory.    

HYMN 469. Worship of Images accursed. 2. PART.  
Psalm 97. v. 7.  

COnfusion on them all shall come,  
Who can their fancy please  
With Graven Images:  
That boast themselves of Idols dumb;  
O all ye Gods adore him,  
And humbly bow before him.   

8, 9  
Mount Zion heard, and made great mirth,  
And Judah's Daughters joyed  
To see thy Judgements tried:  
For thou art high o'er all the Earth:  
Exalted altogether  
Above all God's whatever.   

10.  
O ye whose love no malice taints,  
But grows to God-ward still  
Hate all things that are ill:  
He saves the souls of all his Saints,  
And strongly them secures  
From hands of evil doers.   

11, 12.  
And light is sown for righteous men,  
And very great delight  
For men of heart upright:  
Rejoice in God, ye righteous then,  
Give thanks to him in telling  
His holiness excelling.    

HYMN 470. Salvation of Saints. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 97.  

YE lovers of the Lord  
hate all that evil is,  
For he the souls doth guard  
of all dear Saints of his:  
And saveth them  
From cruel spite, and crushing might  
Of wicked men.   

For just men light is sown,  
and gladness is upstored,  
For each pure hearted one;  
ye just joy in the Lord:  
Him praise and bless  
At th' memory of his so high  
Pure holiness.    

HYMN 471. Worship of the Sovereign Lord. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 98.  

A New Song to the Lord now form,  
for rare things he hath done:  
His right hand and his holy arm  
the victory hath won.  
verse 2 The Lord doth make his people know  
his saving health and might:  
The Lord his righteousness doth show▪  
in all the Heathens sight.   

verse 3 His Grace and Truth to Israel  
he kindly doth record:  
And all the Earth hath seen full well  
the Glory of the Lord.  
verse 4 O all the Earth, sing to the Lord,  
your joyful voices raise:  
Make loudest noise with one accord,  
and gladly sing his praise.   

verse 5 With Harp and Psalms melodious voice  
and Trumpets to him sing:  
verse 6 With sound of Cornet, O rejoice  
before the Lord the King.  
verse 7 Let Seas and Shores rejoice their fills,  
and both roar out with noise:  
verse 8 Let waving floods, and towering hills  
clap hands, and join in joys.   

Let Creatures all with one accord  
rejoice with joy and mirth,  
verse 9 Before this great and Glorious Lord,  
that comes to judge the Earth.  
With righteousness and equity  
then judge the world shall he,  
And all the people generally  
with truth and equity.    

HYMN 472. Worship of the Supreme Judge. 2. METRE.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psal. 98.  

SING to the Lord a new made Song,  
Whose holy arm, and right hand strong  
hath wrought rare things victoriously:  
The Lord made known his saving might,  
His righteousness in open sight  
of Heathen men most gloriously.  
He called to mind his Truth and Grace  
To Israel's House, and every place  
hath seen the Lord's Salvation:  
Make joyful noises to the Lord,  
O all the Earth, with one accord  
sing praise with acclamation.   

Sing to the Lord with Music choice,  
With Harp, With Harp, and with the Voice,  
and some sweet Psalm-devotion:  
Your Trumpets and your Cornets bring  
To sound loud praise to Christ our King,  
who rules the Earth and Ocean.  
Let Seas and all their fullness roar,  
The world and dwellers on the shore,  
the hills and inundations  
Before the Lord! for lo, he comes  
With righteous decrees and dooms,  
to judge the Lands and Nations.    

HYMN 473. Worship performed by the Ancients. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 99  

THE mighty God his reign begins,  
let foes with terror quake:  
He sits between the Cherubins,  
let Earth's foundation shake.  
verse 2 Not only great in Sion's Towers  
is our most Glorious God;  
But high above all humane powers,  
in all the Earth abroad.   

verse 3 Let all men speak of his great fame,  
give him the honour wholly:  
Extol his great and dreadful Name,  
for it is purely holy.  
verse 4 His royal power doth righteously,  
and Judgements he loves well:  
Thou dost establish equity,  
and truth in Israel.   

verse 5 Exalt the Lord our God, O ye  
that in his Courts have trod:  
Before his footstool bend the knee,  
for he's a holy God.  
Moses and Aaron in the throng  
of Priests, and men of fame:  
And faithful Samuel was among  
the seekers of his Name.   

verse 7 They prayed, and he did answer make  
when they his favour sought:  
He in the cloudy pillar spoke,  
and they his Judgements wrought.  
verse 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord, our God,  
forgiving them likewise;  
Though their inventions with thy rod  
thou sorely didst chastise.   

verse 9 The Lord our God exalt therefore,  
give him the honour wholly:  
And at his holy hill adore,  
for our Lord God is holy.    

HYMN 474. Worshippers of old, Moses, Aaron and Samuel. 2. METRE.  
Psal. 99  

THE Lord the God of Israel reigns,  
let Heathens quake to hear:  
He sits between the Cherubins,  
let th' Earth be moved with fear.  
The Lord is great in Zion Seat  
above all people high:  
Let them proclaim his dreadful Name  
so full of sanctity..   

This mighty King loves Judgement well,  
thou dost establish right:  
Thou execut'st in Israel  
just Judgement by thy might.  
O then applaud the Lord our God,  
extol his Name alone:  
And falling at his footstool flat  
adore the holy one.   

Moses and Aaron with his Priests,  
and Samuel anciently  
Among his suppliants made requests,  
and he did make reply.  
To them aloud, he in the Cloud  
and fiery pillar spoke:  
They kept with trust his Judgements just,  
and laws which he did make.   

Thou didst them hear, O Lord our God,  
a pardoning God wast thou:  
Though thou didst scourge them with thy rod;  
and not their sins allow.  
O then applaud the Lord our God,  
and at his holy Throne,  
His Name adore for evermore,  
for he's a holy One.    

HYMN 475. Zeal in public Worship. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 100 Deut. 32.18.  

SHout to the Lord in every place  
O all ye lands and tongues:  
verse 2 Serve him, and come before his face  
with Gladness and with Songs.  
verse 3 Know that the Lord is God, our Rock,  
he made us every one:  
Not we ourselves, we are his flock,  
and pasture people known.   

verse 4 Enter his Gates with Gratitude,  
praise in his Courts proclaim:  
Be thankful to him, and speak good  
of his most holy Name.  
verse 5 For good and gracious is the Lord,  
his mercy never fades,  
The truth of his eternal word  
endures from age to age.   

Rev. 1.5.  
To God the Father and the Son  
and holy Ghost therefore,  
Be Glory as at first was done,  
and shall be evermore.    

HYMN 476. Zeal in the public Worship: 2. METRE.  
Psal. 100  

MAKE joyful noises to the Lord,  
O all ye Nations of the Earth:  
Serve him with joy, his praise record,  
come in his sight with Songs of mirth.   

Know that the Lord is God alone,  
we are the flock which he doth keep:  
His workmanship, and not our own,  
his people and his Pasture-sheep.   

Enter his Gates with thankfulness,  
and come with joy into his Courts:  
Great gratitude to him express,  
and bless his Name in full●resorts.   

For lo, the Lord is good and kind,  
his mercy everlasting is:  
His truth all Generations find  
for evermore assured to his.    

HYMN 477. A Pattern of Princely Government. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 101.  

LORD, I will sing of mercy sweet,  
and judgement to thy praise:  
verse 2 And wisely guide my wary feet  
in all thy perfect ways.  
When wilt thou Lord fulfil thy word,  
and I shall do my part;  
To order my whole Family  
with uprightness of heart.   

verse 3 I will no wicked thing abide  
before mine eyes to be;  
I hate their work that turn aside,  
it shall not cleave to me.  
verse 4 The froward heart from me shall part,  
and have no more access,  
And I will no such persons know  
as practise wickedness.   

verse 5 The man that slandereth privily,  
I will cut off (be sure)  
The stout in heart whose looks are high  
I will not once endure.  
verse 6 I'll look out then the faithful men,  
that they may dwell with me:  
And they that press for perfectness  
my servants then shall be.   

verse 7 None guileful will I entertain  
within my house to dwell:  
Nor shall he in my sight remain  
that loveth lies to tell.  
verse 8 I'll soon cut short the wicked sort,  
and evil-doers condemn:  
And quite suppress ungodliness  
From God's Jerusalem.    

HYMN 478 A Pious Prince described.  
The mighty God, etc.  
2. METRE. Psalm 101.  

OF Mercy and of Judgement I will sing,  
and, Lord, my Song I dedicate to thee,  
And Wisely will I walk in every thing:  
when wilt thou come, Lord, and establish me?  
I will not set before me a Temptation  
To any ill, but ever shun th' occasion.   

I hate the work of them that turn aside,  
there shall no such corruption cleave to me:  
The froward heart with me shall not abide,  
no wicked man my favourite shall be.  
The secret sland'rer I will quite cashier,  
Nor will permit proud men to domineer.   

Mine eyes shall note the faithful of the Land,  
my house and house-Communion to enjoy:  
And he that walketh after God's command  
shall be my servant whom I will employ:  
My house shall harbour none that craft conspire,  
Nor will I suffer in my fight a Lyar.   

I will destroy the wicked of the Land,  
and take a care to cut them off betimes:  
And I will cleanse my Kingdom out of hand  
of persons that commit notorious crimes.  
Chiefly Jerusalem God's City pure  
Shall soon be purged of every evil doer.    

HYMN 479. Appearing of Hope, or Sion'● Reparation.  
Psalm 102.13.  

THOU wilt arise in mercy yet,  
and Grace to Zion send,  
Because the time for favour set  
is now come to an end.   

verse 14 For even in the stones thereof  
thy servants take delight:  
Her very dust is cause enough  
of favour in their sight.   

verse 15 And then the Heathen far and near  
shall fear thy holy Name;  
And all the kings on Earth shall fear  
thy Glory and thy fame.   

verse 16 Whenas the Lord shall once repair  
poor Sion's broken wall,  
His Glory then shall shine so fair  
it shall appear to all.   

verse 17 He will regard the destitute,  
and not despise their prayer:  
He will regard their humble suit,  
with tender love and care.   

verse 18 This shall be found in holy writ  
for ages that succeed,  
The people not created yet  
shall praise him for this deed.   

verse 19 O let the God of Israel then  
be praised with one accord,  
Henceforth for evermore, Amen,  
Amen, praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 480. Stability of the Church.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 102.25.  

OF old, O Lord, thou hast laid forth  
The strong foundations of the earth:  
The Heavens o'er our head that stand  
Are all the works of thine own hand.   

26.  
And they shall perish (to be sure,)  
But thou, O Lord, shalt still endure:  
And all these Orbs which we behold,  
Like to a Garment shall wax old.   

And as a Vesture old and worn  
Thou shalt invest them with new form:  
And (from their former state estranged)  
Shalt change them, and they shall be changed.   

27.  
But thou, O God, art still the same,  
Though Heaven and Earth do change their Frame:  
And lo! Thy years shall have no end,  
Though all things to corruption tend.   

28.  
And Lord thy faithful servants seed  
Shall still remain (as 'tis decreed:)  
And fixed before thee they shall stay,  
When Heaven and Earth shall pass away.   

Psal. 72.19.  
Let Israel's God be blest therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let the whole Earth ring again  
With his renown, Amen, Amen.    

HYMN 481. Applause of God's Mercies.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
1. METRE. Psal. 103.  

O Praise the Lord, O praise his Name  
my soul and all that in me is:  
verse 2 My soul do thou set forth his fame,  
and mind those benefits of his.  
verse 3 Who all thy trespasses forgave,  
who cured thy grief, and closed thy wound;  
verse 4 Thy life that saved from the Grave,  
and thee with loving kindness crowned.   

verse 5 Thy mouth with good things he doth fill,  
and Eaglelike, he makes thee young:  
verse 6 And executes just judgement still  
for every one that suffers wrong.  
verse 7 His ways to Moses he declared,  
his deeds to Israel he did show:  
verse 8 And good and gracious is our Lord,  
to mercy prone, to anger slow.   

verse 9 He will not always us upbraid,  
nor evermore displeased is he:  
verse 10 Nor hath he so our sins repaid  
as justly they deserve to be.  
verse 11 For they that fear him find his Grace  
outreach the spreadings of the Sky:  
verse 12 And he from us our sins doth place  
as far as East from West doth lie.    

HYMN 482. (2. PART.)  
All People, etc.  
Vers. 13.  

GOD pities them that fear his Name,  
as Fathers pity their own Sons:  
verse 14 For well he knows our brittle Frame,  
and whence our composition comes.  
verse 15 Our time is like the flowery Grass,  
so fair and pleasant to the view;  
verse 16 Which at a blast doth fade and pass,,  
and leaves no token where it grew.   

verse 17 But still the mercy of the Lord  
doth bear an everlasting date,  
To them that tremble at his word,  
and are the true regenerate.  
His righteousness doth still endure  
to children's Children, great and small:  
verse 18 To them that keep his Covenant sure,  
and mind his Laws to do them all.    

HYMN 483. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God's pardoning Grace: he makes us to renew  
Our youth in age, as Eagles use to do▪  
Psalm 103.  

verse 1 MY soul now bless with readiness  
the Lord's most holy Name:  
And let my hearts most inward parts  
applaud and spread his fame.  
verse 2 O bless the Lord, his praise record  
my soul be not unkind:  
As one that slights his benefits,  
and puts them out of mind.   

verse 3 Who pardons thy iniquity  
and cancels all thy score:  
Who healeth thy infirmity,  
and doth thy strength restore.  
verse 4 Who from the Grave thy life did save,  
and crowned thee from above,  
With mercies free enlarged to thee,  
and with his tender love.   

verse 5 Who satisfies thy mouth likewise  
with blessings that are good:  
Thy flower of youth (as th' Eagles doth)  
he makes afresh to bud.    

HYMN 484. (2. PART)  
Argument.  
God vindicates th' oppressed, as Israel found.  
His mercies far beyond our sins abound.  

GOD doth express his righteousness  
and judgement to the blessed,  
To vindicate the desolate  
and all that are oppressed.  
verse 7 His ways to Moses he did show,  
his acts to Israel's seed:  
verse 8 The Lord is known a Gracious one,  
and merciful indeed.   

To anger still inflexible,  
but plentiful in Grace;  
verse 9 He'll not abide always to chide,  
nor keep his wrath long space.  
verse 10 We never felt his judgements dealt  
according to our sin:  
Nor hath he thus rewarded us  
as our deserts have been.    

HYMN 485. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's mercies larger than from East to West,  
Parents have no such pity in their breast.  

verse 11 FOR as the Sky is far more high,  
Than Earth's inferior Frame;  
So ample his compassion is  
to them that fear his Name.  
verse 12 And as the East is from the West  
a distance marvellous:  
So far, I say, he puts away  
our Trespasses from us.   

verse 13 And as the mind of Father's kind  
is towards their Children dear;  
So doth the Lord much Grace afford  
to them that do him fear.  
verse 14 For he can tell and knows full well  
how quickly we are crushed:  
He calls to mind out brittle kind,  
and knows we are but dust.    

HYMN 486. (4. PART.)  
Argument.  
Man's frailty tendered by God's clemency,  
His goodness to the Saints posterity.  

verse 15 THE days of man are like a span,  
and quickly he must yield:  
He spreadeth as the fading Grass,  
and flower of the field.  
verse 16 For when a blast of wind hath passed  
upon it, it is gone:  
And then must it for ever quit  
the Ground it grew upon.   

verse 17 But God's free Grace doth still take place,  
for them that fear his Name;  
His righteousness so fathomless  
may children's Children claim.  
verse 18 I mean the seed that take good heed  
his Covenant to fulfil:  
And think of his Divine Decrees,  
to do them with good will.    

HYMN 487. (5. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's Sovereign Throne where Hosts of Angels wait:  
Each Faithful one his praise doth celebrate.  

verse 19 THOU hast, O Lord, in Heaven prepared  
a Throne without decay:  
And over all in general  
thy Kingdom bears the sway.  
verse 20 His praise recite ye Angels bright,  
in strength that pass us all;  
Ye that fulfil his holy will  
still harkening to his call.   

verse 21 His Name applaud ye Hosts of God  
his Ministers on high,  
That do what his good pleasure is  
with all alacrity.  
verse 22 O ye his Hosts in all the Coasts  
of his Dominion whole,  
Bless ye the Lord with one accord,  
O bless the Lord my soul.    

HYMN 488. Applause of God's Greatness. 1. PART.  
Psalm 104.  

MY Soul, O bless, and magnify  
the Lord thy God so Great,  
Who decks himself with Dignity,  
and Majesty complete.  
verse 2 Who covereth himself with light  
and with a Garment fair:  
Who stretcheth out the Heavens bright  
as Curtains in the Air.   

verse 3 Upon the watery Element  
his Chamber beams he binds:  
The Clouds his Chariot represent,  
he walks on winged Winds.  
verse 4 He makes his Angel's Spirits entire,  
not like our mortal seed:  
His Ministers a flame of fire  
to pass his work with speed.    

HYMN 489. Applause of the Creation. 2. PART.  
Psal. 104.5.  

THE Lord by his Almighty hand  
the Earth's Foundation laid,  
So sure that it shall ever stand,  
although by nothing stayed.  
verse 6 Which at the first Creation  
was clothed with the deep:  
The waters had their station  
above the mountains steep.   

verse 7 At thy rebuke they fled amain,  
and could no longer stay:  
Thy thundering voice did so constrain,  
that they made haste away.  
verse 8 Up by the mountains than they ran,  
and down the dales apace:  
Imbodying in the Ocean  
which was their founded place.   

verse 9 Their passage now thou dost restrain  
by setting them a Bound,  
That they may never turn again  
to cover all the Ground.    

HYMN 490. Blessings of Provision applauded. 3. PART.  
Psal. 104.10.  

FResh Springs into the Vales he sends,  
which run among the Hills:  
verse 11 Each Beast the Forest comprehends  
here take and drink their fills.  
Wild Asses here their thirst do slake,  
verse 12 here feathered Fowl do houze,  
And nests for habitations make,  
and sing among the boughs.   

verse 13 He from his Chambers of the Sky  
the Earth with Rain hath stored:  
Thy works the whole Earth satisfy  
with fruits which they afford.  
verse 14 He makes the Grass to grow for Beasts,  
and Herbs for man's own use:  
Convenient food, with full increase  
he makes the Earth produce.   

Psal. 41.13.  
verse 15 And wine he gives to cheer the heart,  
and Oil to slick the face,  
And bread which strengtheneth every part,  
the heart in chiefest place.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be blest and praised therefore,  
From time to time eternally  
henceforth for evermore.    

HYMN 491. Blessings of the Creatures, viz. Plants, Planets. 4. PART.  
Psal. 104.16.  

THE trees of God no sap do want,  
those goodly Cedar-trees  
Which he in Lebanon did plant,  
verse 17 The Birds make nests in these.  
The Stork in stately fir-trees dwells,  
verse 18 high Rocks the Goats befit:  
The Coneys in the hollow Cells  
of stony Rocks do sit.   

verse 19 The Moon a certain course doth run,  
and thou ordain'st it so:  
And when to set none tells the Sun,  
for he the time doth know.  
Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be blest and praised therefore:  
From time to time eternally  
henceforth for evermore.    

HYMN 492. Blessings ordained for man. 5. PART.  
Psalm 104.20.  

THOU makest darkness o'er the Earth,  
and darkness makes the night:  
And then the Forest-beasts creep forth  
whom daytime did affright.  
verse 21 Young Lions roaring for their prey  
of God do seek their meat:  
verse 22 The Sun ariseth, then do they  
together make retreat.   

In secret Dens they closely lurk,  
verse 23 and then doth man begin  
To set upon and ply his work,  
till evening calls him in.  
Let Israel●s God the Lord most high  
be magnified therefore,  
From time to time eternally  
henceforth for evermore.    

HYMN 493. Blessings rich and plentiful by Land and Sea. 6. PART. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 104.24.  

HOW manifold, O Lord, are those,  
the works of thine own hand?  
All which thy wisdom did compose,  
thy riches fill the Land.  
verse 25 No less this wide and spacious Sea,  
wherein's a huge increase▪  
Of creeping things that seek their prey,  
both small and greater beasts.   

verse 26 Here go the ships that carry man  
over the waters thin:  
And here is that Leviathan  
thou mad'st to play therein.  
verse 27 These on thy bounty all depend  
for seasonable food:  
Thy liberal hand thou dost extend  
and they are filled with good.   

28, 29, 30.  
They gather what thou dost supply,  
thou hidest thy face, they mourn:  
Thou tak'st away their breath, they die,  
and to their dust return.  
Thy Spirit which a while withdrew,  
anon thou sendest forth:  
And by and by thou dost renew  
the face of all the Earth.   

Let Israel's God the Lord most high  
be magnified therefore:  
At all times to eternity  
Amen, for evermore.    

HYMN 494. Blessings showing forth the Glory of God. 7. PART. 1. METRE.  
Psal. 104.31.  

GOD's Glory, in its perfect state  
for evermore shall stand:  
The Lord shall joy to contemplate  
the works of his own hand.  
Upon the Earth he casts his eye,  
it trembleth at his look:  
And if he touch the hills on high,  
they smoke at his rebuke.   

I'll sing unto the Lord as long  
as I escape the Grave:  
I'll praise my God with cheerful Song  
whilst I my being have.  
My thoughts of him much joy shall add,  
much joy, I say, to me:  
And in the Lord I will be glad,  
and great my joy shall be.   

But sinners shall be swept away,  
and perish from the Earth:  
Th' ungodly shall no more bear sway  
when judgement once comes forth.  
But thou, my soul, with heart sincere  
applaud and praise the Lord:  
And let the faithful every where  
his Glorious praise record.    

HYMN 495. Creation applauded, or service of the Creator. 1. PART. 2. METRE.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 104.1.  

NOW must I needs applaud  
Jehovah from my heart,  
And say, O Lord my God,  
how very great thou art?  
thou dost thee clothe  
Most Gloriously with Majesty  
and honour both.   

Thou coverest thee with light  
as with a Garment fair:  
Spreading the Heaven's bright  
as curtains in the air:  
who lays likewise  
His Chamber-beams in watery stream●  
of Cloudy Skies.   

Who also hath assigned  
the Clouds to be his Coach:  
And on the winged wind  
he walks, and makes approach:  
his Angel-Quire  
Spiritual Powers, his Ministers  
a flame of fire.    

HYMN 496. Creation applauded, or service of the Elements. 2. PART. 2. METRE.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psalm 104.5.  

LORD thou hast laid of old  
the Earth's foundation fast:  
The Deeps did it enfold,  
as with a Garment vast:  
the watery flood  
Did not remove, but far above  
the mountains stood.   

At thy rebuke they fled,  
thy thundering voice began,  
They climbed on mountains head,  
and down the valleys ran,  
hasting apace  
Unto the Ground which thou didst found  
for their fit place.   

Thou settest them their bound,  
which they shall not pass o'er,  
The shore and solid Ground,  
to compass any more:  
in all the vale,  
Springs run an end, which he did send  
into the dale.   

Abundant drink they yield  
(where through the Hills they burst)  
To every beast in field,  
wild Asses quench their thirst:  
and hard by these  
The Birds of Spring do sit and sing  
among the trees.    

HYMN 497. Creation applauded, or service of the field. 3. PART. 2. METRE.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psal. 104.13.  

JEHOVAH from on high  
doth water all the Hills:  
From Chambers of the Sky,  
and all the Earth he fills,  
and satisfies  
With fruits which thy great works supply,  
in plenteous wise.   

He doth the Grass produce,  
for cattle in the field:  
And herbs for man's own use  
he makes the Earth to yield:  
that he may bring  
Out of the Ground food to be found  
for every thing.   

The heart of man to glad,  
he giveth generous wine,  
And Oil from hence is had,  
to make his face to shine:  
and also bread,  
Whereby man's heart in every part  
is strengthened.    

HYMN 498. Creation-work applauded, or service of the Fruits. 4. PART. 2. METRE.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Vers. 16.  

GOD's trees are full of juice,  
those Cedars many a one,  
Which he did plant for use  
in hilly Lebanon:  
where birds make nests,  
The Stork to her takes trees of Fir  
wherein she rests.   

The hills that are on high  
wild Goats for refuge climb,  
In Rocks the Rabbits lie:  
the lights distinguish time:  
he made the Moon  
Seasons to show, the Sun doth know  
his going down.   

Thou dost the darkness make,  
and darkness makes the Night;  
Then all the beasts forsake  
their dens that shade the light:  
young Lions roar  
After their prey, from God do they  
seek all their store.   

At rising of the Sun  
they get together then,  
And hastily they run  
to hide them in their den:  
man goes from home  
To work, and ply his husbandry  
till evening come.    

HYMN 499. Creation work applauded, or service of the Seas. 2. METRE. 5. PART.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 104.24. to 31.  

O Lord, how manifold  
thy works are, great and small?  
Thy wisdom we behold  
in making of them all:  
the Earth, O Lord,  
Is filled with thy benignity,  
and richly stored.   

So is this spacious deep,  
wherein a huge increase  
Of countless Creatures keep,  
both small and greater beasts:  
the Ships here sail,  
And (made to swim, and play therein)  
that strong-set whale.   

All these do wait on thee,  
that thou mayst give them meat  
When fitting seasons be:  
and what thou giv'st they eat:  
thy hand so good  
Thou openest wide, they are supplied  
and filled with food.   

Thou hidest thy face, they mourn.  
thou tak'st away their breath,  
They die, and soon return  
unto their dust by death:  
thy Spirit goes forth,  
Comes a new race, and spreads the face  
of all the Earth.    

HYMN 500 Creator's Glory celebrated. 6. PART. 2. METRE.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psal. 104.31.  

THE Glory of the Lord  
for ever shall abide:  
And in his works well stored,  
Jehovah shall be joyed:  
his looks provoke  
The Earth to quake, his touch doth make  
the mountains smoke.   

I'll sing unto the Lord  
whilst breath prolongs my days,  
And whilst I am, record  
my God in Songs of praise:  
each thought shall add  
Sweet joy to me, and, Lord, in thee  
I will be glad.   

Let sinners be consumed  
out of the Earth therefore,  
And wicked men be doomed  
to have no being more:  
but O record  
God's praise always, my soul, and say,  
praise ye the Lord.    
The End of the Fifth Century.   

The Sixth Century. OF PSALM-HYMNS.  

HYMN 501. Deliverance celebrated. 1. METRE.  
For the Fifth of November.  
Psal. 105.1, 2, 3.  

GIVE thanks to God, call on his Name,  
his deeds to men make known:  
Sing Psalms to him, and O proclaim  
his wonders every one.  
Glory in God with cheerful voice,  
his holy Name record:  
And let the very heart rejoice  
of them that seek the Lord.   

4, 5, 6, 7.  
O seek the Lord, his strength entreat,  
for ever seek his face:  
Remember well his wonders great  
performed in every place.  
O ye his servants, Abraham's seed  
by your spiritual birth:  
The Lord our God he is indeed  
his Judgements fill the Earth.   

Psalm 44.7. Psalm 57.6. Psalm 106.48.  
He saved our Land from th' Enemy's hand,  
and puts our foes to shame:  
They digged a pit and fell in it,  
themselves must bear the blame.  
But Israel's God we must applaud  
at all times evermore:  
Ye people then say all Amen,  
praise ye the Lord therefore.    

HYMN 502. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
All Israel's Seed and Holy Race  
Are charged to seek God's Holy Face,  
For Works and Judgements showed in every place.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 105.  

verse 1 GIVE thanks to God, call on his Name,  
his mighty deeds to men make known:  
verse 2 O sing his praise, his works proclaim  
and show his wonders every one.   

verse 3 Let hearts rejoice that seek his face,  
boast in his holy Name always:  
verse 4 Seek, seek the Lord, his strength and grace  
O seek him ever all your days.   

verse 5 Remember with religious care  
the wondrous works that he hath done;  
His Miracles and Judgements rare  
which from his holy mouth have come.   

verse 6 O ye his servants Abraham's seed,  
his chosen Jacob's Sons by birth;  
verse 7 He is the Lord our God indeed,  
his Judgements are in all the Earth.    

HYMN 503. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
Canaan the type of Heaven promised,  
His people through strong Kingdoms safely led,  
A Princely people chiefly honoured.  

verse 8 HIS Covenant he called to mind  
for evermore to stand full fast:  
The faithful word which he designed  
a thousand ages to outlast.   

verse 9 Which Covenant he with Abraham drew,  
and next to faithful Isaac swore,  
verse 10 And for a Law confirmed it new  
to Jacob as to them before.   

An everlasting Covenant  
firmly with Israel●s seed to stand:  
verse 11 Saying, to you I freely grant  
All Canaan's rich and fruitful Land.   

An Heritage allotted you  
verse 12 when but a few the people were;  
The number was but very few,  
and they were also strangers there.   

verse 13 When from one Nation they were sent,  
and to another passed along:  
From one t' another Government  
verse 14 he suffered none to do them wrong.   

But Kings for their sakes he controlled,  
verse 15 and said, let no presumptuous Arm  
Touch mine Anointed, nor be bold  
to do my Prophets any harm.    

HYMN 504. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
Joseph reserved for many Land's relief,  
In time of famine he's preferred in chief.  
Psal. 105.  

verse 16 MOreover then th' Almighty spoke,  
that Famine should the Land o'erspread:  
A dreadful Dearth thereby to make,  
and wholly break the staff of Bread.   

verse 17 But Joseph he had sent before  
whom for a slave his Brethren sold,  
verse 18 Whose feet with fetters they made sore,  
they lodged him in the irons cold.   

verse 19 Until his words accomplishment  
the man was tried by God's decree:  
verse 20 The King (the people's Ruler) sent  
to lose him and to set him free.   

verse 21 He made him Lord of's Family,  
and Ruler of his Royal wealth;  
verse 22 To teach his Senate policy,  
and bind his Peers as pleased himself.    

HYMN 505. (4. PART.)  
Argument.  
Israel in Egypt harboured: then oppressed:  
Moses sent in: and plagues their Land infest.  

verse 23 THAN Israel into Egypt came,  
and Jacob's household there found place  
To sojourn in the Land of Ham,  
verse 24 and there they multiplied apace.   

He made them stronger than their foes,  
verse 25 and of their foes to be abhorred,  
And subtly they dealt with those  
the faithful servants of the Lord.   

verse 26 He sent his servant Moses then,  
and Aaron his own chosen man,  
verse 27 They showed his signs among those men,  
and wonders in the Land of Ham.   

verse 28 A darkness he among them sent,  
and it was dark, that none could see;  
These were not disobedient  
unto the word of his decree.    

HYMN 506. (5. PART.)  
Argument.  
The plague of blood, of flies, of louse, of hail  
And Caterpillars, Aegypt's Land assail.  

verse 29 HE turned their waters into blood,  
and slew their fish; in ponds and springs,  
verse 30 Their Land brought Frogs, a monstrous brood;  
filling the Chambers of their Kings.   

verse 31 Strange flies and lice by his command  
in all their Coasts there did remain:  
verse 32 He gave them Hail in all their Land,  
and flames of fire for showers of rain.   

verse 33 He smote their vines and their figtrees,  
their trees in field and wilderness:  
verse 24 He spoke, and Locusts swarmed like Bees,  
and Caterpillars numberless.   

verse 35 Upon the Lands Green Herbs they fed  
and did their dainty fruits devour:  
verse 36 All Egypt's firstborn he smote dead  
the chief of all their strength and power.    

HYMN 507. (6. PART.  
Argument.  
Israel departs from Egypt Land,  
And with an high and mighty hand.  

verse 37 HE brought them forth without control,  
both hired with Gold and Silver bribes;  
And there was not a feeble soul  
among the Israelitish Tribes.   

verse 38 Full glad was Egypt when they went,  
their terror did so sore affright;  
verse 39 He spread a Cloud, a sheltering Tent,  
and fire to light them all the night.   

verse 40 The people asked to be fed,  
he brought them Quails to eat their fill:  
And satisfied them with the bread  
which he from Heaven did distil.   

verse 41 He opened the rock of stone,  
and thence the waters gushed out:  
The deserts dry were overflown,  
as if a River ran about.   

verse 42 For he on's holy promise thought,  
and on his Servant Abraham:  
verse 43 His chosen people thence he brought,  
with joy and gladness every man.   

verse 44 The Heathens labours and their Lands  
upon his people he bestowed:  
To keep his Laws and his commands,  
O spread his praises all abroad.    

HYMN 508. Felicity of the Church prayed for.  

1. METRE.  
All People, etc. A Short Collect.  
Psalm 106. v. 4.  

REmember me with favour, Lord,  
such as thou bearest to thine own:  
Visit me of thine own accord  
with thy salvation here made known.   

verse 5 That I may see thy chosens good,  
rejoicing with the present age:  
And Nations happy neighbourhood,  
and glory with thine heritage▪   

6. & Ver. 43.  
But we have sinned we must confess,  
we have committed heinous crimes:  
We have done grievous wickedness,  
yet thou hast saved us oftentimes.   

verse 47 And save us now, O Lord our God,  
and gather us from th' Heathen Lands:  
Thy Name with praises to applaud,  
and raise to thee triumphant hands.   

verse 48 Let Israel's God be blessed then  
from first to last for evermore:  
And let all people say Amen,  
praise ye the Lord our God therefore.    

Psal. 106. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God's praises are passed all we can express,  
Man's greatest praise is constant righteousness.  
Have mercy, etc.  

verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord most high,  
his goodness magnify:  
Give thanks to God for he is good,  
and good perpetually.   

verse 2 Who can●●t full declare  
the mighty acts and rare  
Of our great God; and show abroad  
what all his praises are?   

verse 3 O blessed men are they  
that walk in judgement's way:  
And he that doth the works of truth,  
and never goes astray.   

Psalm 106. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
He prays to find such favour showed  
As is upon the Church bestowed.  

verse 4 O Lord remember me  
with Grace and favour free,  
Such as thine own have found and known,  
vouchsafed to them by thee.   

O show me thine own self,  
and thy sweet saving health;  
That I may he reserved to see  
thy chosen people's wealth.   

And that I may rejoice  
with glad and glorying voice,  
In seeing this great Nations bliss  
whereof thou hast made choice.    

Psalm 106. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
Great sins scored on: great Mercies are forgot,  
And yet through Mercy God destroyed them not.  

verse 6 BUT, Lord, we do confess  
we all of us, transgress;  
Have swerved by, iniquity,  
and have done wickedness.   

verse 7 The wonders which thy hand  
performed in Egypt Land,  
Our Father's old did them behold  
but did not understand.   

Thy mercies many a one  
they did not think upon,  
But at the Sea, provoke did they  
the Red-Sea scored it on.   

verse 8 Yet letting them alone,  
he saved them every one;  
For his great Name to spread his fame  
and make his power known.    

Psalm 106. (4. PART.)  
Argument.  
The Red-Sea dried: the Enemies drowned,  
Israel believed, but not with faith so sound.  

verse 9 THE Red-Sea on each side  
at his rebuke was dried:  
Through deeps profound, as desert Ground,  
he did his people guide.   

verse 10 Their Saviour he did stand  
against their haters hand,  
And did redeem and rescue them  
from th' Enemy's command.   

verse 11 The waters covered those  
that were their mortal foes,  
And there was none, not any one  
remaining to oppose.   

verse 12 Then they his word believed  
for works which he achieved;  
And sung his praise for some few days,  
but soon their God they grieved.    

Psal. 106. (5. PART.)  
Argument.  
Israel forgets the Works of God most high;  
They lust and surfeit, and by surfeit die.  

verse 13 THE works which he had wrought  
they presently forgot:  
His councils wise, they did despise,  
and for them waited not.   

verse 14 But lusted with excess  
within the wilderness:  
And tempted God while they abode  
in deserts harbourless.   

verse 15 Yet unto them he gave  
what they desired to have:  
But after all he sent their soul  
with leanness to the Grave.    

Psal. 106. (6. PART.)  
Argument.  
Moses and Israel's Lamp)  
Are envied in the Camp,  
The Rebels that against them strive  
Are swallowed up alive:  
Israel as brutish, more than half,  
Adores a Golden-Calf.  

verse 16 GOOD Moses they envied  
as they in Camps abide;  
And envy drew on Aaron too,  
whom God had sanctified.   

verse 17 The Earth did open then,  
and swallowed up the men  
Of Dathan and Abirams band  
and shut her mouth on them.   

verse 19 In Horeb they were bold  
to make a Calf of Gold,  
And worshipped an Image dead  
which their own hands did mould.   

verse 20 Thus they their Glory pass  
into a molten Mass  
Of Ox's rude similitude,  
a Beast that eateth Grass.    

Psalm 106. (7. PART.)  
Argument.  
Moses while standing in the Gap  
Saves Israel from God's Thunderclap.  

verse 21 THEY were forgetful quite  
of God their Saviour's might,  
Whose hand alone great things had done  
in Egypt, in their ●ight.   

verse 22 He wrought with wondrous hand  
in Cham's accursed Land:  
Dread things were they at that Red Sea,  
performed by his command.   

verse 23 Therefore the Lord did say  
he would those sinners slay  
Had not alone his chosen one  
been haply in the way.   

For when the breach was wide  
there Moses did abide;  
And turned away his wrath that day,  
else had they been destroyed.    

Psalm 106. (8. PART.)  
Argument.  
Israel believes not, but with murmurs base,  
Provoke the Lord to th' ruin of their Race.  

verse 24 YEA, they in careless-wise  
that pleasant Land despise;  
They entertain his words in vain,  
as deeming them but lies.   

verse 25 But murmured in their Tents,  
and gave not their consents  
With willing ear his voice to hear  
in his Commandments.   

verse 26 Therefore he swore no less  
but that he would suppress,  
And overthrow them (as a foe)  
within the Wilderness.   

verse 27 And also he decreed  
to overthrow their Seed  
By Tyrant's hands in Foreign Lands  
where they were sure to bleed.    

Psalm 106. (9 PART.)  
Argument.  
Spiritual uncleanness follows Corporal,  
Phineas does justice, and was blest in all.  
Have mercy, etc.  

verse 28 TO Baal the God of Peor  
themselves adjoined were:  
And ate likewise the Sacrifice  
of those dead Idols there.   

verse 29 Thus they provoked him  
to anger by their sin  
Of new devised Idolatries  
and so the plague broke in.   

verse 30 Then Phineas rose with zeal  
just Judgement for to deal:  
Which judgement made the plague be stayed,  
and Israel's wounds to heal.   

verse 31 'Twas deemed righteousness  
which that act did express;  
And Ages all for ever shall  
esteem it for no less.    

Psalm 106. (10. PART.)  
Argument.  
Murmuring at Meribah moves the meekest-man,  
And Israel spares the worst of Canaan:  
They mix with Heathens, learn Idolatry;  
From their example are ensnared thereby.  

verse 32 AT Meribah they spoke,  
and did much anger make,  
That ill it went (through discontent)  
with Moses for their sake.   

verse 33 His Spirit they did provoke  
that unadvised he spoke;  
Such error slips from hasty lips  
when passion hath the stroke.   

verse 34 Neither did they destroy  
those Nations utterly,  
But spared some, concerning whom  
God charged that they should die.   

And they were mingled then  
among the Heathen men,  
And works most vile which did defile,  
they also learned of them.   

verse 36 And there they basely served  
the Idols that were carved,  
Which also were to them a snare,  
as justly they deserved.    

Psalm 106. (11. PART.)  
Argument.  
Bloody Idolatries and inhuman,  
The Land of Israel do most grossly slain;  
For all which sins, the Lord most high  
Commits them to their Enemy.  
Have mercy, etc.  

verse 37 YEA they did sacrifice  
their little Girls and Boys,  
Offering the necks of either sex  
to Devil-Deities.   

verse 38 And innocent blood they shed  
which their own Children bled,  
Daughter nor Son blind zeal could shun,  
for them they offered.   

To Idols made of wood  
they offered, and made good  
The barbarous rites of Canaanites,  
and stained the Land with blood.    

Psalm 106. (12. PART.)  
Argument.  
The vile misdeeds of Israel he records,  
For which their Enemies must rule as Lords.  

verse 39 THUS they themselves did slain  
with their own works profane  
And (basely bend) a whoring went  
with their inventions vain.   

verse 40 The wrath of God therefore  
against them kindled sore,  
So that the Lord his own abhorred,  
such blame the heritage bore.   

verse 41 He left them in the hands,  
and under the commands,  
Of Heathen men whose hatred then  
they felt in foreign Lands.   

verse 42 Their Enemies also  
oppressed and brought them low,  
His people were subjected there  
under a foreign foe.    

Psalm 106. (13. PART.)  
Argument.  
The ●ries of Israel in their great distress  
Move God to pity and to great redress.  

verse 43 HE spared them many times  
though moved by their designs,  
And were brought low (they vexed him so)  
with their abhorred crimes.   

verse 44 But never a whit the less  
he pitied their distress,  
And gave regard whenas he heard  
their cry in bitterness.   

verse 45 Then Covenant-thoughts took place,  
for those of Abraham's Race:  
Made him repent their punishment  
of his abundant Grace.   

verse 46 He made the Enemy  
to use them favourably,  
Even all those men that carried them  
into captivity.    

Psalm 106. (14. & ult. PART.)  
Argument.  
A prayer for Captives, and redemption free,  
That God may have the praise, and none but he.  

verse 47 SAVE us, O Lord our God,  
and gather us from abroad,  
From Tyrant's hands in foreign Lands,  
where we have had abode.   

To give thy holy Name  
great thanks with laud and fame,  
And with great joy triumphantly  
thy praises to proclaim.   

verse 48 Let Israel's God most high  
be praised perpetually,  
And people then say all Amen,  
his Name to magnify.      

HYMN 509. Free favours to Captives.  

1. PART.  
All People, etc.  

Psal. 107.1, 2.  
Extol the goodness of our God  
whose mercies know no period:  
Let God's redeemed ones say so,  
whom he redeemed from the foe.   

3.  
And gathered them out of the Lands  
From all their Cruel Enemy's hands,  
From East and West, from North and South,  
O that his praise filled every mouth!   

8.  
O that all people would record  
The gracious goodness of the Lord;  
Declaring both with tongue and pen  
His wonders done for sons of men.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore,  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let the Church with one accord  
Resound, Amen; praise ye the Lord.    

2. PART.  
Free favours to Colonies or Planters.  
Psalm 107.4.  

THE praise of God let those express  
That wandered in the wilderness,  
In solitary desert Ground,  
Where they no dwelling City found.   

5, 6.  
Hungry and thirsty by constraint,  
Their very souls did in them faint;  
Then cried they in their bitter grief  
To God, who sent them sweet relief.   

7, 8.  
He led them forth by ways direct,  
Fit Habitations to select:  
O that men praised God's goodness then,  
And wonders done for sons of men.    

3. PART.  
Free favours to distressed ones.  
Psalm 107.9.10.  

THE longing foul God satiates still,  
His goodness hungry souls doth fill:  
Such as in darkness scarce draw breath,  
All covered with the shade of death.   

11.  
Such as by his afflicting hand  
Are bound (as with an iron band)  
For they rebelled against the Lord,  
And scorned the counsels of his word.   

12.  
Therefore did he bring down their heart  
With labour, and they felt the smart:  
Yea they fell down with loading pain▪  
And none could lift them up again.   

13, 15.  
Then to the Lord they made address,  
And he released them from distress:  
O that men praised God's goodness then,  
And wonders done for Sons of men.   

Psal. 106.48.  
Let Israel's God be praised therefore  
From first to last, for evermore:  
And let the Church with one accord,  
Resound Amen, and praise the Lord.    

4. PART.  
Free favours to Prisoners.  

Psalm 107.16.  
OFten hath God broke Gates of Brass  
To let the woeful prisoner pass:  
And often hath he cut in two  
The iron bars to let them through.   

14, 15.  
He brought them out of Dungeons deep  
Whom shades of death did fold and keep:  
He broke their bands asunder quite,  
O that men praised him to the height.   

O that all people would record  
The gracious goodness of the Lord:  
Expressing both with tongue and pen  
His wonders done for sons of men.    

5. PART.  
Free favours to sick-men.  

Psalm 107.17.  
FULL oft are foolish men surprised  
With sicknesses, and sore chastised:  
So high do their transgressions rise,  
So foul are their iniquities.   

18, 19  
Their souls abhor all kinds of food,  
The Gates of death do them include:  
Then cry they to the Lord in grief,  
And soon he sends them sweet relief.   

20, 21.  
He sends his word to heal and save,  
And keep them from the gaping Grave:  
O that men praised God's goodness then▪  
And wonders done for sons of men.   

verse 22 And let them sacrifice always,  
The Sacrifices of his praise:  
And with rejoicing tell abroad  
The wonders of Almighty God.    

6. PART.  
Free favours to such as go to Sea.  

Psalm▪ 107.23, 24.  
THEY that go down to Sea in Ships,  
And are employed upon the deeps:  
These see the work of God most plain,  
His wonders on the watery main.   

25, 26.  
For storms arise at his command,  
And make the waves on tiptoes stand;  
They mount to Heaven, than down they go,  
Making men's souls to melt for wo.   

25, 28.  
They reel and stagger Drunkard-like,  
And are as men whom terror strike:  
Then in their grief to God they cry  
Who brings them out of misery.   

29, 30.  
He makes the storm a calm of peace,  
So that the raging waters cease:  
Then are they glad (the storm blown o'er)  
When Landed at the wished shore.   

31.  
O now that men would praise the Lord,  
His goodness that they would record:  
Declaring both with tongue and pen  
His wonders to the sons of men.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let them exalt his Name likewise  
In Congregated Companies:  
And in th' assembled Elders seat  
His praises let them now repeat.    

7. PART.  
Fruits of the Earth perish or prosper as men behave themselves to Godward.  

Psalm 107.33.  
SOmetimes doth God for sins excess  
Turn Rivers to a Wilderness:  
And where fresh waters did abound  
He turns it to a barren Ground.   

34.  
A delectable fruitful Land  
He turns to heath, and heaps of sand:  
And so he punisheth the sin  
Of wicked men that dwell therein.   

35, 36.  
And then again he turns and brings  
The Wilderness to Water-springs:  
And there he makes the hungry dwell  
Cities and Towns to furnish well.   

37, 38.  
To sow their fields, and Vine-yards plant  
To yield increase, and feel no want:  
He blesseth them, they greatly thrive,  
And keep their cattle all alive.   

15.  
O than that people would record  
The loving kindness of the Lord:  
And praise him both with tongue and pen  
For wonders done for sons of men.    

8. PART.  
God's several dealings with good and bad men to be regarded.  

Psalm 107.39, 40.  
AGain they minish and grow less,  
Through grief, oppression, and distress:  
He pours on great ones great contempt,  
From Dens and Deserts not exempt.   

41, 42.  
Yet sets the poor upon a rock,  
And makes his family like a flock:  
The just shall joy to see the sight,  
And it shall silence envy quite.   

43.  
Whoso is wise and will observe  
The things that so much heed deserve:  
Shall understand and well record  
The loving kindness of the Lord.   

Psalm 106.48.  
Let Israel's God be blest therefore  
From first to last for evermore:  
And let all faithful people then  
Say cheerfully, Amen, Amen.     

HYMN 510. Gratulations to God and supplications for the Church.  
Have mercy, etc.  

Psalm 108.1, 2.  
MY heart, O God, most high,  
is fixed steadfastly:  
Now will I raise my voice in praise  
with songs of melody.  
My Glory now awake▪  
thy Harp and Psaltery take;  
And I likewise will early rise,  
sweet melody to make.   

3, 4.  
I'll praise thee with my Songs  
amidst the thickest throngs,  
That every Land may understand  
what praise to thee belongs.  
Because thy mercy great  
doth reach the Heaven's high seat:  
Thy truth, O Lord, which we record,  
is to the Clouds complete.   

5.  
Then, Lord, exalt thy fame  
above the Heaven's frame  
And O set forth o'er all the Earth  
thy Glory and thy fame.   

2. PART.  
Have mercy, etc.  

Psalm 108.8, 11, 12.  
THAT thy belov'd may be  
delivered and set free:  
Lord save our Land by thy right hand,  
and kindly answer me.  
For wilt not thou again  
lead out our martial train?  
Thy help afford in trouble, Lord,  
for man's help is but vain.   

13. Psalm 106.48.  
With God's assistance crowned,  
we shall do acts renowned:  
The power is his, and he it is  
that shall our foes confound.  
To Israel's God most high  
be praise perpetually:  
Ye people then, say all Amen  
the Lord to magnify.     

HYMN 511. Greatness of Christ's Kingdom. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 110.  

THE Lord unto my Lord thus said,  
here at my right hand sit,  
Until thine enemies be made  
a footstool for thy feet.  
verse 2 The Lord shall out of Zion bring  
the Sceptre of thy power:  
Rule thou amidst thy foes O King,  
in that successful hour.   

verse 3 The people at first call shall come,  
(submitting to thy Grace)  
As drops of dew from morning's womb  
in beauties holy place.  
verse 4 He swore that never Oath will break,  
thou art ordained, O Christ,  
By order of Melchizedeck,  
an everlasting Priest.   

verse 5 in th' day of his fierce anger then  
the Lord at thy right hand  
Shall strike through Kings, and wound chief men,  
in many a Heathen-Land.  
verse 6 Filling the places where he struck  
with bodies of the dead:  
verse 7 And in the way drink of the Brook,  
and so lift up the head.    

HYMN 511. Greatness of Christ's Kingdom expressed and explained. 2. METRE.  
Psalm 110.  

THE Lord unto my Lord thus said,  
sit thou at my right hand,  
Till I thy foes a stool have made,  
whereon thy feet shall stand.  
The Lord shall out of Zion bring  
the Sceptre of his might:  
Amidst thy foes be thou the King,  
and ruler in their sight.   

The people shall come willingly,  
submitting to thy truth,  
Yielding a fruitful progeny  
of Converts in thy youth:  
Thy beauteous spouse shall bring to thee,  
(to fill the sacred room:)  
As fruitful births, as dews can be,  
that drops from morning's womb.   

This word God swore, and will not break,  
thou art the sacred one;  
A Priest like to Melchisedech,  
whose lineage was not known:  
The Lord that is at thy right hand  
(for thy support and stay,)  
Shall strike through Kings that dare withstand  
in his most wrathful day.   

Among the Heathen he shall judge,  
and all the places fill  
With limbs of men that bore thee grudge,  
whom thou shalt slay and kill.  
And as the war with fury spreads  
to multiply the slain,  
He shall proceed and wound the heads  
o'er many Lands that reign.   

Then shall he drink (that bitter cup,)  
the torrent in the way:  
Therefore shall he the head lift up  
at's Resurrection day.  
The God of Israel therefore  
be praised altogether:  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen, for ever.    

HYMN 512. Priesthood and power of Christ. 3. METRE.  

THE Lord unto my Lord thus said  
here at my right hand sit,  
Until thine Enemies be made  
a footstool for thy feet.  
verse 2 The Lord shall out of Zion bring  
the Sceptre of thy power:  
Rule thou amidst thy foes, O King,  
in that successful hour.   

verse 3 The people at first call shall come,  
(submitting to thy Grace)  
As drops of dew from morning's womb  
in beauties holy place.  
verse 4 He swore that never Oath will break,  
thou art ordained, O Christ,  
By order of Melchisedeck,  
an everlasting Priest.   

verse 5 In th' day of his fierce anger then  
the Lord at thy right-hand,  
Shall strike through Kings, and wound chief men,  
in many a Heathen Land.  
verse 6 Filling the places where he struck  
with bodies of the dead,  
verse 7 And in the way drink of the brook.  
and so lift up the head.    

HYMN 513. Great works of God celebrated. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 111.  

PRaise ye the Lord, whom I record,  
and praise with all my might:  
In meetings where the just appear,  
and in the Church's sight.  
verse 2 The works of God must all applaud,  
so great they still have been:  
Sought out of all in general  
that take delight therein.   

verse 3 His works renowned with honour crowned,  
a glorious work therefore:  
His righteousness (renowned no less,)  
endures for evermore.  
verse 4 His wonders he hath made to be  
retained in thankful mind;  
The Lord is known a gracious one,  
compassionate and kind.   

verse 5 He giveth meat for them to eat  
that fear his holy Name:  
He will record his faithful word  
still to perform the same.  
verse 6 He showed his might in Israel's sight,  
and did his power engage:  
That he might so on them bestow  
the Heathens Heritage.   

verse 7 The works he doth are full of truth,  
his Laws are just and sure:  
verse 8 They all stand fast, and ever last  
accomplished true and pure.  
verse 9 Redemption is sent down to his  
by him who did proclaim  
His Covenant sure; so very pure,  
and reverend is his Name.   

Psalm 106.48.  
verse 10 God's fear and dread is fountainhead  
of Wisdom, in our ways,  
They want no skill that do his will,  
perpetual is his praise.  
Let all proclaim the blessed Name  
of Israel's God therefore:  
From first to last till time be passed,  
Amen for evermore.    

HYMN 514. Great works of God for his Church. 2. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 111.  

PRaise ye the Lord, (I for my part)  
Will praise the Lord with all my heart  
In the Assembly of th' upright,  
And in the Congregations sight.   

God's works are great, and (as 'tis meet)  
Sought out of all that find them sweet:  
His work is glorious and renowned,  
His righteousness for ever crowned.   

His works of wonder he hath wrought  
To be for ever in our thought,  
The Lord's a very gracious one,  
And full of kind compassion.   

He hath (in plenty) given meat  
To all that fear him (small and great:)  
And he will ever bear in mind  
The Covenant which he hath signed.   

Unto his people he hath showed  
The power of his works abroad:  
That he might freely give to them  
The Heritage of Heathen men.   

His works are truth and judgement pure,  
All his Commandments are sure:  
They all stand fast perpetually,  
All done in truth and equity.   

He sent redemption to his own,  
His Covenant he to his made known:  
He binds it still to be the same,  
Holy and reverend is his Name.   

The fear of God is wisdoms Spring,  
Good understanding doth it bring:  
To all that act as he commands,  
His praise for ever firmly stands.    

HYMN 515. Honour and happiness and virtues of the Saints. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 112.  

PRaise ye the Lord, for blessed are they  
that truly fear the Lord:  
Delighting greatly to obey  
the precepts of his word.  
verse 2 His seed on Earth successively  
shall be in great request:  
The righteous man's posterity  
for ever shall be blest.   

verse 3 Riches and wealth his house shall fill,  
and fill it in great store:  
His righteousness continueth still,  
and lasts for evermore.  
verse 4 Unto the man immaculate  
in darkness riseth light:  
Gracious he is, compassionate,  
in justice exquisite.   

verse 5 A good man still is merciful,  
and freely lends and spares:  
And with discretion suitable  
he guideth his affairs.  
verse 6 He shall not (of a certainty)  
be moved though times prove bad:  
In everlasting memory  
the righteous shall be had.   

verse 7 Ill tidings shall not trouble him,  
to make his heart afraid:  
His heart is fixed, by faith within  
trusting in God's good aid.  
verse 8 His heart is well established,  
and fear he shall forgo,  
Until he see accomplished  
his will upon his foe.   

verse 9 He hath dispersed and fed the poor,  
his righteousness is praised  
For ever: and for evermore  
his horn with honour raised.  
verse 10 Sinners shall grieve to see the sight,  
and fret and pine away:  
And his desire shall perish quite,  
the wicked man's, I say.    

HYMN 516. Honour and Virtue of the Saints. 2. METRE.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 112.  

PRaise ye the Lord he's blest that fears the Lord  
Greatly delighting in his holy word:  
His seed on Earth shall be among the best,  
The just man's generation shall be blest.  
Riches and wealth he to his house procureth,  
His righteousness for evermore endureth.   

Unto the upright there doth light arise  
In darkest night of his adversities:  
He is a gracious one you may be sure;  
full of compassion, and a righteous doer.  
A good man freely lends, and showeth favour,  
And all his actions of discretion savour.   

He never shall be moved undoubtedly,  
But had in everlasting memory:  
With evil tidings he shall not be stirred,  
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.  
His heart is fixed, he shall not be afraid  
Until he see his Enemies dismayed.   

He hath dispersed, and given to the poor,  
His righteousness endures for evermore:  
His horn shall be exalted with renown,  
The wicked seeing that shall be cast down.  
His teeth shall grate, his heart no joy shall cherish.  
But pine away, and all his hopes shall perish.    

HYMN 517. Lovers of Liberality. 3. METRE.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 112.5.37.  

A Good man favour shows, and lends,  
And with discretion spares and spends;  
He freely lends to them that need,  
And leaves a Blessing to his seed.   

verse 6 Surely he never shall be moved  
That hath his wealth so well improved:  
The righteous shall be had thereby  
In everlasting memory.   

verse 7 He hath dispersed of his store,  
And given plenty to the poor:  
His righteousness is ever praised,  
His horn with honour shall be raised.   

verse 8 His heart is fixed, his fear is past  
Until he see his enemies cast:  
The God of Israel therefore  
Be blessed now and evermore.    

HYMN 518. Honours and promotions of the poor▪ 1. METRE.  
Psalm 113.  

PRaise ye the Lord, praise him I say,  
ye servants of the Lord:  
verse 2 Now from this day for ever may  
his greatness be adored.  
verse 3 Of all men universally  
must his great Name be praised:  
verse 4 Whose dignity surmounts the sky,  
above all Nations raised.   

verse 5 With God the Lord who may compare,  
whose dwells in Heaven high?  
verse 6 Yet stoops to care for things that are  
both in the Earth and Sky.  
verse 7 The poor and needy he doth grace,  
whom from the dust he brings:  
verse 8 From dunghill base, to Prince's place,  
to sit enthroned with Kings.   

The barren to keep house makes he,  
that (having Children store)  
A Parent she full glad may be:  
praise ye the Lord therefore.    

HYMN 519. Honours and promotions of the poor. 2. METRE.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psalm 113.  

YE Servants of the Lord,  
praise ye the Lord most high:  
His blessed Name record  
with praise perpetually;  
from Sun to Sun,  
And from the East unto the West  
must this be done.   

All Nations he excels,  
his glory mounts the sky:  
And what God is there else,  
what other Lord so high?  
yet stoops to know  
The things that move in Heaven above,  
and Earth below.   

He lifts and raiseth high  
the needy, poor, and base,  
That in the dust did lie  
on dunghills of disgrace;  
and them he brings  
To sit in seat with Princes great,  
with Israel's Kings.   

The barren women he  
doth wonderfully bless:  
A Parent glad to be,  
and households to possess;  
and to be stored  
With many Sons, and little ones,  
praise ye the Lord.    

Jacob's safe Conduct. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 114.  

WHEN Israel Egypt's bounds forsook,  
and safely marched along:  
And Jacob's house their journey took  
from people strange of tongue.  
verse 2 In Judah was his holy place,  
in Israel he reigned:  
verse 3 The Sea saw that, and fled apace,  
and Jordan was restrained.   

verse 4 The Mountains like to Rams did start,  
the Hillocks as young Sheep:  
O Sea, what drove thee to depart?  
why fled the liquid deep?  
verse 54 What forced thee (Jordan) on a heap,  
to rear thy water dams?  
verse 65 Ye mountains great as Rams do leap,  
ye little Hills as Lambs?   

Tremble O Earth, so justly awed  
at presence of the Lord:  
At presence of the mighty God,  
whom Jacob there adored.  
Who turns the Rock (that takes no dint)  
into a standing Pool:  
And flinty stones (the fiery flint)  
to Springs of water cool.    

Jacob's safe Conduct from Egypt. 2. METRE.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psalm 114.  

WHEN Israel out of Egypt went,  
And Jacob's house with great content,  
From them that used a tongue unknown:  
Judah was then (when thus restored)  
The Sanctuary of the Lord,  
And Israel his Dominion.   

The Sea saw that, and quickly fled,  
And Jordan to his fountainhead  
Was quickly turned back again:  
The frighted Mountains skip'd like Rams,  
The little Hills, like little Lambs,  
Such awful terror did constrain.   

What ailed thee, O thou Sea to fly?  
O Jordan, what so hastily  
Did force thy fleeting current back?  
Ye Mountains that ye skip'd like Rams?  
Ye little Hills, like little Lambs?  
Some cause cumpulsive could not lack.   

Tremble O Earth, and quake for fear  
When God in presence doth appear,  
The mighty God, Of Jacob's Race:  
Who made the Rock a standing pool,  
And fiery Flint a Fountain cool,  
For Israel in the Desert place.    

HYMN 522. Idols derided.  
Psalm 115.1, 2.  

LORD not to us, Lord not to us  
do thou the Glory take:  
Yea for thy truth we praise thee thus,  
and for thy mercy's sake.  
Why then, O Lord, endurest thou  
the Heathen thus to say,  
Where is your God, O Israel now,  
where is he now say they?   

3, 4.  
But our God, be it known to you,  
he is in Heaven on high:  
And what it pleaseth him to do,  
he doth continually.  
The Idol Gods of Heathen Lands  
are Silver, Brass and Gold;  
They are the work of workmen's hands,  
and such as men did mould.   

5, 6.  
They have indeed both mouths and eyes,  
such (take them) as they be:  
But blind and speechless Deities,  
and neither speak nor see.  
Ears have they for the greater grace,  
yet hear not what we tell:  
And they have Noses on their Face,  
but want the sense to smell.   

7, 8.  
On either side they have a hand,  
and yet they handle not:  
And they have feet whereon they stand,  
but never stir a jot.  
Their hollow throats no breath goes through,  
their makers like them are:  
The trusters like the trusted to,  
the workman like the ware.    

HYMN 523. Liberty of the Gospel. 1. METRE.  
Have mercy etc.  
Psalm 117.  

PRaise God ye Nations all,  
let all the praise be his:  
For great to us, and marvellous  
his loving kindness is.  
The Gospel-truth of God  
endures for evermore:  
In time to call the Nations all,  
praise ye the Lord therefore.    

HYMN 524. Liberty and latitude of the Gospel. 2. METRE. To the New Tune.  

PRaise God all Nations and all Lands,  
Great mercy have we at his hands:  
His praise record,  
His truth is sure still to endure,  
Praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 525. Liberty and latitude of the Gospel. 3. METRE.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 117.  

YE Nations all, O praise the Lord above,  
O praise him all ye people here below:  
For great towards us is his tender love,  
and greatly ratified let all men know.  
The Gospel truth of God endures for ever:  
Praise ye the Lord, and praise him altogether.    

HYMN 526. Life of Religion.  

Psalm▪ 119. (1. PART.)  

O Blessed are the innocent  
and perfect in the way:  
Who from the Lord's Commandment  
do Never go astray.   

2.  
Blessed are they that care to keep  
his Testaments entire:  
And such as for the Lord do seek  
with all their hearts desire.   

3, 4.  
They practise no iniquity,  
but in God's ways they go:  
And we must serve thee diligently  
for thou hast charged us so.   

5, 6.  
O that my ways were made direct,  
and to thy Statutes framed:  
Which when I generally respect,  
I shall not be ashamed.   

With upright heart I'll give thee praise,  
and keep thy Laws aright:  
When I have learned thy righteous ways,  
O do not leave me quite.   

(2. METRE.)  
Psalm 119.1. All People, etc.  

BLessed, O blessed are the pure  
that never from God's Laws depart:  
That keep his Testimonies sure,  
and seek him with a perfect heart.  
They also do no wickedness,  
but keep his Laws and never swerve:  
So strict a precept thou dost press,  
that we with care thy Laws observe.   

O that my ways were made direct,  
and to thy Statutes rightly framed:  
Which when I wholly do respect,  
doubtless I shall not be ashamed:  
With upright heart I'll give thee praise  
when I have learned thy judgements right:  
And I will surely keep thy ways,  
O do not, Lord, forsake me quite.     

The Corruption of youth bridled. 2. PART.  
Psalm 119. v. 9, to 16.  

HOW may a young man cleanse his way,  
and curb the lusts of youth?  
If that he mark what thou dost say,  
and keep the word of truth:  
Lord I have sought thee all my days,  
with heart unfeigned and free:  
Let me not wander from thy ways,  
through ignorance in me.   

I hid thy word within my heart  
that I might not transgress:  
A blessed one, O Lord, thou art,  
thy laws to me express.  
The righteous Judgements of thy mouth  
My lips have spoke with pleasure:  
Rejoicing more to keep thy truth  
than get the greatest treasure.   

And I will study of thy Name,  
and thereof frame my talk,  
As at a mark so will I aim,  
thy ways how I may walk:  
And my delight upon thy Laws  
shall be so surely set,  
That I will not for any cause  
thy holy word forget.    

The Devotion of pious Pilgrims.  
Psalm 119. from v. 17, to 24. (3. PART.)  

DEAL largely with thy Servant, Lord,  
That I may live and keep thy word:  
Open mine eyes that I may see  
What wonders in thy Laws there be.   

I am a stranger here below,  
Hide not the Laws which I should know;  
My soul doth break with longing sore,  
After thy Statutes evermore.   

Thou hast rebuked the proud that durst  
Err from thy Laws, and are accursed:  
Remove from me reproach and shame,  
For I have walked as free from blame.   

Princes that sat, condemned my cause,  
Yet did thy Servant mind thy Laws:  
Thy Testaments are my delight,  
And Counsellors to set me right.    

The dull and drooping Saints quickened.  
Psalm 119. from v. 25, to 32. (4. PART.)  

MY Spirit cleaveth to the dust,  
Lord quicken me as thou art just,  
I have declared my ways to thee,  
And thou hast harkened unto me.   

Teach me thy Statutes I thee pray,  
And let me know thy Precepts way,  
So my discourse shall wholly tend,  
Thy works and wonders to commend.   

My heart doth melt for very grief,  
Lord for thy Word-sake send relief,  
The way of lies from me withdraw,  
And grant me graciously thy Law.   

Lord I have chosen prudently  
The way of truth and verity:  
I laid thy judgements in my sight  
That I might always do aright.   

Thy Testaments I stuck unto,  
Lord shame me not for what I do:  
I'll run the way thou giv'st in charge  
When as thou shalt my heart enlarge.    


5. PART. 1. METRE. The faithfulness of Saints to the end.  
Psalm 119. v. 33, to 40.  

LORD teach me in thy Statutes way,  
and I shall keep it to the end:  
O give me knowledge that I may  
with all my heart thy Law attend.   

Yea I shall keep, and keep them sure,  
make me therefore to go aright;  
In paths of thy Commandments pure,  
for therein only I delight.   

Incline my heart unto thy Law,  
and not to avarice I pray:  
From vain delights mine eyes withdraw,  
and quicken me in thy good way.   

Thy promise to thy Servant prove,  
who is devoted to thy fear:  
My feared reproach from me remove,  
for, Lord, thy judgements are sincere,   

Lord, I have longed with earnestness  
thy blessed Laws to know and do,  
Vouchsafe then in thy righteousness,  
to move and quicken me thereto.    

5. PART. 2. METRE.  
Life of Religion in practice.  
Psalm 119. v. 33, 34.  

TEach me, O Lord, the way  
whereto thy Statutes tend:  
So shall I never stray  
but keep it to the end.  
Give me to understand,  
and then shall I endeavour  
To act by thy command  
with my whole heart for ever.   

35, 36.  
In paths of thy Commands  
Lord make me go aright;  
For my desire so stands,  
and therein I delight.  
Incline my heart, O Lord,  
that I may not digress:  
Incline it to thy word,  
and not to covetousness.   

37, 38.  
Lord, turn away mine eyes,  
turn them, O Lord, I pray:  
From viewing vanities,  
and quick'n me in thy way.  
Establish thou thy word  
unto thy servant dear:  
Who is devoted, Lord,  
unto thy faithful fear.   

39, 40.  
The obloquy I fear,  
Lord, turn away from me:  
Eor I confess how clear,  
how good thy judgements be.  
Behold how my desires  
do for thy precepts press,  
O stir those holy fires  
to show thy righteousness.     

Psalm 119. v. 41, to 48· (6. PART.)  
The great freedom of the Godly.  

LORD, let thy mercies come to me,  
The saving health that flows from thee,  
according to thy promise, Lord;  
So shall I have to answer those  
That are my most reproachful foes,  
for I have trusted in thy word.  
And take not, Lord, the word of truth,  
Take it not quite out of my mouth,  
for in thy judgements do I hope:  
So shall I keep and not, and not give o'er  
To keep thy Statutes evermore,  
for that is all my aim and scope.   

And I will walk at liberty,  
Because I seek unfeignedly  
the precepts which thou hast proclaimed:  
Thy Testimonies are such things,  
That I will mention them to Kings,  
and never be thereof ashamed:  
And I will much delight my mind  
In thy Commandments enjoined,  
which I have loved to relate:  
My hands likewise I will direct  
To thy commands, which I affect,  
and in thy Statutes meditate.    

Psal. 119. v. 49, to 56. (7. PART.)  
Hearty comfort had in Godliness.  

THY promise to thy servant mind  
whereon thou mad'st me rest:  
This comfort in thy word I find,  
it cheers me when distressed.  
Though proud men have me greatly scoffed,  
thy laws I did not leave;  
Thy judgements old I thought on oft,  
and comfort did receive.   

Yet horror takes me for this age,  
that leaves thy Statutes quite:  
But in my house of Pilgrimage  
thy laws were my delight.  
Thy name in mind I have retained,  
when night her curtain draws▪  
I kept thy word and thus I gained  
because I kept thy laws.    

Psalm 119. v. 57, to 64. (8. PART.)  
The Just man's portion and practice.  

THOU art my portion, O my Lord,  
I said that I would keep thy word,  
according to thy flat decree:  
I beg thy favour from my heart,  
Thy mercy, Lord, to me impart,  
as thou hast kindly promised me.  
I thought upon my sinful way,  
And turned my feet without delay  
unto thy Testimonies true:  
I hastened and have not delayed  
To keep the word which thou hast said  
commanding our obedience due.   

The wicked men by troops and bands  
Have robbed me with injurious hands,  
yet have I not forgot thy Laws:  
But even at midnight I will rise,  
To reader thanks in Sacrifice,  
thy righteous Judgements give such cause▪  
A dear cumpanion, Lord, am I  
To all that fear thee faithfully,  
and of them all that keep thy way  
The Earth, O Lord, is richly stored  
With mercies which thou dost afford,  
teach me thy Statutes to obey.    

Psalm 119. v. 65, to 72. (9 PART.)  
The keenest affliction profitable.  

ACcording to thy promise free,  
Lord thou hast dealt full well with me,  
Who am thy Servant fearing thee:  
Teach me good judgement, Lord, I pray,  
And knowledge of thy word and way,  
for I believe what thou dost say.  
While unchastised with thy rod  
I went astray from thee, O God,  
but in thy paths I since have trod:  
Lord thou art good, thy nature's so,  
And thou dost good, thy works do show,  
teach me, O Lord, thy Laws to know.   

The proud against me forged a lie,  
But my whole heart I will apply  
to keep thy precepts faithfully:  
As fat as grease their heart is grown,  
But, Lord, the Law which thou dost own  
is my delight and that alone.  
'Twas good for me to undergo  
Th' afflicting hand of God, I know,  
that I might keep thy Statutes so:  
The Law of thy dear mouth I hold  
Better to me a thousand fold,  
than heaps of Silver and of Gold.    

Psalm 119. v. 73, to 80. (10. PART.)  
The love of Saints to Grace and Godliness.  

I Am created, Lord,  
and fashioned by thy hand,  
O give me skill to know thy will,  
and practise thy command:  
All they that fear thy Name  
to see me will be glad,  
For I O Lord believed thy word,  
and therein help I had.   

Thy Judgements, Lord, are just,  
I know them so to be,  
And in thy fidelity  
thou hast afflicted me:  
Let thy kind love I pray,  
for my true comfort make;  
According to thy promise do,  
for thy dear servants sake.   

O let thy tender love  
come to me in thy sight,  
That sweetly I may live thereby  
who in thy Law delight:  
Let proud men be ashamed,  
for they without a cause  
Have used me with injury,  
but I will mind thy Laws.   

Let those that fear thy Name,  
turn in, O Lord, to me;  
And every one to whom is known  
thy precepts what they be.  
O let my heart be sound,  
and in thy Statutes true,  
That no just blame may bring me shame  
for any thing I do.    

Psalm 119. v. 81, to 88 (11. PART.)  
The making God our hope.  

MY soul for thy salvation faints  
with vehement desire,  
Yet doth thy word uphold my heart  
with hope that cannot tyre:  
Mine eyes do fail for thy sweet word,  
and thus they seem to say,  
When wilt thou comfort me O Lord,  
why dost thou thus delay?   

For I am like a bottle, Lord,  
that in the smoke is set,  
Yet do not I at any time  
thy holy word forget▪  
But, Lord, how long must I compute  
the time, to bear control?  
When wilt thou Judgement execute  
on them that hunt my soul?   

The proud have digged pits for me,  
far from thy Law they are:  
Thy precepts and their practices  
do differ very far.  
But thy commandments, O most high,  
are faithful, just, and true,  
O help me, for most wrongfully  
do they my soul pursue.   

They had almost consumed me,  
and sent me to the Grave,  
Yet did not I forsake thy Law,  
my very life to save:  
Therefore in loving kindness, Lord,  
now quicken me with speed:  
So shall I keep the righteous word  
which doth from thee proceed.    

Psalm 119. v. 89, to 96. (12. PART.)  
The never failing of God's word.  

FOR ever, Lord, thy word doth last,  
And is in Heaven fixed fast:  
Thy faithfulness all ages see,  
The Earth abides as fixed by thee.   

They all continue to this day,  
As thou appointest all obey:  
Had not thy Law been my delight,  
Affliction had o'erwhelmed me quite.   

Never will I forgetful be  
Of thy sweet Laws that quickened me:  
Save me, O Lord, for I am thine,  
And I have sought thy Laws divine.   

The wicked have my death designed,  
But I thy Testimonies mind:  
I find the world's perfections fail,  
But above all thy Laws avail.    

Psalm 119. v. 97, to 104. (13. PART.)  
The power of Religion in practice.  

THY Law O how I prize,  
I mind it all the day:  
Thereby thou mak'st me wise,  
yea wiser, Lord, than they  
that are my foes:  
For still with me thy precepts be,  
whence wisdom flows.   

I have attained more skill  
than all my teachers have,  
By studying on thy will:  
and more than men more grave,  
I understand:  
Because I do keep close unto  
thy strict command.   

My feet I have refrained  
from every evil way:  
That I might keep unstained  
the word which thou dost say:  
I have not gone  
From thy decrees, for thou by these,  
hast led me on.   

Thy Words how sweet they are,  
how sweet unto my taste?  
Yea sweeter, Lord, by far  
than honey for repast:  
thy precepts praise  
It Is, that I get skill, and fly  
from all false ways.    

Psalm 119. v. 105, to 112. (14. PART.)  
The pure Lamp of the word.  

THY word's a Lamp unto my feet,  
A light to guide my paths most meet,  
that I may never go astray:  
And I have made a solemn Oath,  
And to perform it, am not loath,  
that I will keep thy righteous way.  
I am afflicted very sore,  
Now quicken me, O Lord, therefore,  
according to thy promise free:  
The freewill Offerings which I moved,  
I pray thee, Lord, let ●e approved,  
and teach thy judgements unto me.   

My soul is ever in my hand,  
My life doth in such danger stand,  
yet do I not forget thy Law:  
The wicked laid a snare for me,  
And yet I erred not from thee,  
Nor from thy precepts did withdraw.  
Thy Testimonies I have stored,  
My heritage for ever, Lord,  
for all my hearts delight they be:  
I have inclined my heart therefore,  
To keep thy Statutes evermore,  
until I die and come to thee.    

Psalm 119. v. 113, to 120. (15. PART.)  
The renouncing of ill courses and companions.  

I Hate vain thoughts, but love thy Law,  
thou art my hiding place, O Lord:  
My shield, when dangers near me draw,  
and I have hoped in thy word.   

Ye evil doers from me depart,  
your company my course withstands;  
For I am purposed in my heart  
to serve my God, as he commands.   

Uphold me, Lord, that I may live,  
and, Lord, perform thy promise claimed;  
That of the hope which thou dost give,  
I may at no time be ashamed.   

Uphold me, for if thou protect,  
I shall be very safe thereby;  
And I will have a due respect  
unto thy Laws continually.   

Thou hast in anger undertrod  
all those that from thy Statutes stray:  
For all their subtle shifts, O God;  
is but a foul deceiving way.   

For all the wicked of the Earth  
as basest dross, thou turnest by,  
Therefore as things of greatest worth,  
I love thy precepts wondrously.   

Yet when I find what judgements fall,  
my flesh doth quake for fear of thee,  
Whose dreadful hand so acts them all,  
as makes me sore afraid to see.    

Psalm 119. v. 121, to 128. (16. PART.)  
Supplication for deliverance and direction.  

I Do what equity commands,  
O leave me not to Tyrant's hands,  
that would oppress me out of spite:  
Be surety for thy servants good,  
Let proud oppressors be withstood,  
and let them not o'erthrow my right:  
Mine eyes for thy salvation fail,  
I wait to see thy word prevail,  
that rghteous word of thy decree.  
Deal with thy Servant, I entreat,  
According to thy mercy great,  
and all thy Statutes teach to me.   

I am thy Servant, give me skill,  
That I may understand thy will.  
and may thy Testimonies know;  
And now it is a needful time,  
For thee, O Lord, to work for thine,  
for all thy Laws they overthrew:  
Therefore do I thy Statutes love  
Above bright Gold, yea far above  
The Gold that goes at greatest rate:  
Therefore I count all thy decrees,  
In all things right and none but these,  
and all false ways I truly hate.    

Psalm 119. v. 127, to 136. (17. PART.)  
The true Zeal and Charity of Christians.  

THY Testimonies are most rare,  
Therefore my souls delight they are:  
The entrance of thy word gives light,  
And makes the simple know aright.   

I gasped and panted very much,  
My longing for thy Laws was such;  
Look on me, Lord, and let me claim  
Thy Grace, as one that loves thy Name.   

Order my steps in thy good way,  
And let no sin in me bear sway:  
From man's oppression set me free,  
So shall I keep to thy decree.   

Thy face let on thy servant shine,  
And teach to me thy Laws divine:  
Rivers of tears run down mine eyes,  
Because thy Statutes they despise.    

Psal. 119. v. 137, to 144. (18. PART.)  
The true zeal and purity of Christians.  

RIghteous art thou, O Lord,  
thy judgements are upright,  
The precepts of thy word  
to which thou dost excite  
so earnestly,  
Are most express for righteousness  
and equity.   

My zeal, Lord, after those,  
made me consume and pine;  
Because my wicked foes  
forgot those words of thine:  
but O most pure  
Is thy sweet word, thy servant, Lord,  
loves it therefore.   

And though I am but small,  
and of as small regard,  
Yet mind I most of all  
thy words which I have heard:  
for ever doth  
Thy righteous word remain, O Lord,  
thy Law's the truth.   

And though adversity  
in very deep degree,  
And great perplexity  
have taken hold on me:  
yet (in this plight)  
My comfort stands, in thy commands,  
there's my delight.   

The righteousness, O Lord,  
Of thy Decrees Divine;  
Doth stand on sure record,  
and never can decline:  
to me O give  
Completer skill to do thy will,  
and I shall live.    

Psal. 119. v. 145, to 152. (19 PART▪)  
The unwearied seeking of God.  

WITH earnest voice I cry and call,  
Lord hear the words which I let fall,  
for I will keep thy Statutes all▪  
O save me, Lord, I cried to thee,  
Thy Testimonies then shall be  
most faithfully observed by me:  
I did prevent the dawning day  
I'th' morning I did cry and pray,  
I made thy word my hope and stay:  
Mine eyes prevent the watches late  
That I might freely contemplate  
and on thy word might meditate.   

According as thy judgements be,  
And after thy compassions free,  
Lord hear my voice and quicken me:  
Lo they draw nigh and near me press,  
That follow after wickedness,  
but from thy laws they far digress:  
But thou, O Lord, art very nigh,  
And thy commandments generally,  
are perfect truth and equity:  
Concerning thy decrees, behold,  
I knew, O Lord, I knew of old,  
that thou hast founded them to hold.    

Psalm 119. v. 153, to 160. (20. PART.)  
The unworthiness of the wicked counterpoised.  

THINK how I am beset,  
and, Lord, deliver me:  
For I do not forget  
the word ordained by thee.  
plead for me, Lord,  
And set me free, and quicken me  
by thy good word.   

Thy saving health is far  
from all ungodly men,  
For what thy Statutes are  
is not sought out by them:  
thy mercy's kind  
Are great, O Lord, O let thy word  
cheer up my mind.   

Many, O Lord, are those,  
(for they are not a few)  
That are my utter foes,  
and do my soul pursue  
with ill intents,  
Yet do not I decline from thy  
Commandments.   

Transgressor's of thy laws  
I saw, and seeing wept,  
For I was grieved,  
thy word they have not kept:  
consider, Lord,  
The love sincere which I do bear  
unto thy word.   

Lord quicken me anew  
by thy kind love restored,  
Because thy word is true  
from the beginning, Lord;  
it faileth never:  
And every clause of thy just laws,  
abide for ever.    

Psalm 119. v. 161, to 168. (21. PART)  
The watchfulness of Saints.  

PRinces have persecuted me  
without a cause, O Lord,  
Yet stands my heart in awe of thee,  
and trembles at thy word.  
And in that word, Lord, all the while  
I did as much rejoice,  
As he that finds the greatest spoil,  
and bears away the choice.   

But lying Doctrines of deceit  
I ever have abhorred:  
While my affection is full great  
unto thy Law, O Lord:  
And surely seven times a day  
I will give thanks to thee,  
Because thy judgements do display  
such righteousness to me.   

All they that love thy Law to find  
such great content and peace,  
That nothing shall offend their mind  
to make their comforts cease:  
And for thy sweet salvation,  
Lord, I have waited still,  
And led my conversation  
according to thy will.   

My soul hath kept with constancy  
thy laws in every part,  
I love them so exceedingly,  
and from my very heart.  
Thy Testimonies I have kept,  
thy precepts I pursue,  
For thou beholdest me every step,  
and seest what 'ere I do.    

Psalm 119. v. 169, to 172. (22. PART.)  
The work of Grace permanent.  

UNto the Lord let my cry come,  
and near approach to thee:  
Of understanding give me some,  
as with thy words agree.  
My humble supplication  
before thee let appear;  
For thou art my salvation,  
my God, my Lord, most dear.   

Then shall my lips applaud thy name  
in holy Songs of praise:  
And to thy Statutes my heart frame  
when I am taught thy ways.  
My tongue shall thy true word declare,  
thy righteousness unfold:  
Thy Commandments that are so rare,  
shall to the Saints be told.   

O help me, Lord, by thy right hand  
because I trust in thee,  
Thy chosen precepts shall command  
me, with humility.  
For thy salvation, Lord, I sought,  
and longed very much:  
Thy laws delight me wisdom taught,  
I never pains did grudge.   

Long live my soul the Lord to praise,  
his Name to glorify,  
And by thy judgements guide my ways  
to all eternity.  
Lord, like a sheep thy servant strayed,  
in pity Lord seek me,  
For of thy law I'm not afraid,  
forgot ne'er let me be.     

HYMN 527. Living in quietness longed for.  

Psal. 120. (1. METRE.)  

I Cried to God in all my wrongs,  
who heard me when I prayed:  
verse 2 From lying lips and crafty tongues,  
Lord save my soul I said.  
verse 3 What shalt thou have, O slanderous tongue,  
and what shall be thy hire?  
verse 4 Sharp Arrows of a Champion strong,  
and burning coals of fire.   

verse 5 Ah woe is me that am constrained  
in Meshech still to dwell:  
And that I have so long remained  
in Tents of Ishmael.  
verse 6 Too long a time my soul hath sat  
with them that peace oppose:  
verse 7 I am for peace and speak for that,  
but they contention chose.    

2. METRE.  
To the proper Tune.  

IN my distressful day  
I to the Lord did pray:  
and he redressed my wrong.  
Lord save my soul, say I,  
From lips inur'd to lie:  
and from a double tongue.   

O false tongue! what shall be  
Awarded unto thee:  
or what shall be thy hire?  
Sharp Arrows such as go  
Out of a Giants bow,  
and burning coals of fire.   

O woe is me! that I  
Sojourn constrainedly  
with men contentious;  
And am enforced to dwell  
So far from Israel,  
among the barbarous.   

My soul hath dwelled too long  
With him that likes of wrong,  
and hates a quiet life:  
I am to peace inclined,  
But when I speak my mind  
they are for war and strife.     

HYMN 528. Looking up to God.  

Psalm 121. (1. METRE.)  

UP to the hills I lift mine eye,  
whence comes my help at need:  
verse 2 From him that made both earth and sky,  
doth all my help proceed.  
He will not let thy foot be moved,  
for still thy keeper wakes:  
verse 4 Lo he that keepeth his beloved  
no sleep nor slumber takes.   

verse 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall be  
thy shadow of defence:  
verse 6 The Sun and Moon shall shed on thee  
no harmful influence.  
From evils all he keeps thee sure,  
and guards thy soul about:  
Henceforth for ever to secure  
thy goings in and out.    

2. METRE.  
Give laud, etc.  

I Will lift up mine eyes  
unto the hills on high,  
From whence my sure supplies  
do come continually:  
my help comes forth  
From God the Lord, whose powerful word  
made heaven and earth.   

And suffer he will not  
thy foot once moved to be:  
Nor slumbers he a jot  
that watcheth over thee:  
lo! he that keeps  
His Saints each one, he slumbers none,  
nor ever sleeps.   

The Lord thy Keeper is,  
the Lord's the shady Bowe●:  
At the right hand of his,  
by his right hand of power:  
that neither shall  
The Sun by light, nor Moon by night  
hurt thee at all.   

To keep thee safe from harm,  
the Lord shall still provide:  
The Lord thy soul shall arm,  
and all thy goings guide:  
thou hast therefore  
The guard of Heaven, henceforth and even  
for evermore.     

HYMN 529. Lovers of Zion.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 122. (1. METRE.)  

I Joyed to hear them say,  
to Zion take your way:  
verse 2 Behold our feet shall shortly meet  
in God's own house to pray.  
verse 3 Jerusalem's buildings are  
like to a City fair:  
verse 4 For form exact, and close compact,  
whereto the Tribes repair.   

To it God's people went,  
to Israel's Testament:  
That every Tribe might there ascribe  
his praise with joint assent.  
verse 5 The judgement throne's for them  
are there for David's stem:  
verse 6 O pray that peace may never cease  
from fair Jerusalem.   

verse 7 Thy lovers God shall bless,  
thy walls let peace possess:  
Thy palaces the Lord shall please  
to crown with happiness.  
verse 8 For my companions sake,  
and brethren that partake:  
verse 9 For Sion's good, and neighbourhood  
these constant prayers I make.    

HYMN 530. Lovers of Zion blessed.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 122. (2. METRE.)  

FULL glad was I  
when as they said to me,  
Come let us hasten  
to the house of God:  
Our feet shall stand  
where we desire to be,  
Within thy Gates  
O Salem's safe abode!  
Jerusalem  
is built up most completely,  
Like to a City  
joined together neatly.   

Whither go up  
the tribes whereof we tell,  
The tribes of God  
unto that stately frame;  
Unto the Testament  
of Israel,  
To render thanks  
to God's most holy Name:  
For there are set  
the thrones with grace engraved;  
The thrones of Judgement  
for the house of David.   

Pray for the peace  
of sweet Jerusalem,  
Pray that its peace  
may bear a lasting date:  
For they shall prosper  
every one of them  
That love the good  
of Sion's good estate.  
Peace be within  
thy walls with double blessing,  
Prosperity  
thy palaces possessing.   

Yea, for my brethren's  
sake that shall have part,  
And my Companions  
every one of them:  
Now will I say,  
and say it from my heart,  
Peace be within  
thee, O Jerusalem:  
And for the Lord  
our God's most holy dwelling,  
I●ll seek thy good,  
as of a place excelling.    

HYMN 531. Meekness of Captives.  
Psalm 123. (1. METRE)  

O Thou that dwellest above the skies,  
I lift mine eyes to thee:  
verse 2 Behold as servants bend their eyes  
the Master's hands to see:  
As handmaids on their Mistresses,  
so do our eyes attend,  
Until the Lord our God shall please  
his succouring Grace to send.   

verse 3 Thy mercy, Lord, to us apply,  
and pity our sad case:  
For we are filled exceedingly  
with hatred and disgrace.  
verse 4 Exceeding great contempt and scorn  
our souls do now abide:  
Of such as have lift up the horn  
with pampered ease and pride.    

HYMN 532. Meekness and mourning of Captives. 2. METRE.  
To the new Tune.  

O Thou that dwellest above the spheres,  
To thee thy humble servant rears  
A meek and mournful eye:  
Behold as servants mark the hands  
Of Masters, under whose commands  
They serve submissively.   

And as a Maiden's eyes erect  
Upon her mistress with respect,  
Compassion crave and love:  
So on our God our eyes do wait  
Till he shall us commiserate  
With favour from above.   

Have mercy on us, O good Lord,  
Have mercy on us here abhorred,  
And under miseries bowed:  
Our soul is filled (even while they please)  
With insolence of men at ease,  
And scorning of the proud.    

HYMN 533. Miracles of Mercy, or the snare broken.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 124. (1. METRE.)  

HAD not the Lord this day,  
now Israel may say:  
Had it not been that God came in  
to be our strength and stay;   

verse 2 Had not our God so good  
on our side firmly stood  
When cruel foes against us rose,  
like some impetuous flood:   

verse 3 They had let none survive,  
but swallowed up alive:  
When in such heat of fury great  
they did against us strive.   

verse 4 Then, then without control  
the waters that did roll  
With boisterous waves, had been our graves,  
and gone quite o'er our soul.   

verse 5 Blessed be God always  
that gave us not a prey  
Into their teeth, to be therewith  
devoured that same day.   

verse 6 Our souls escaped fair,  
as from the fowler's snare:  
When (broke in two) the bird gets through,  
so we escaped are.   

Our help we now proclaim  
to be in that great Name  
Of God the Lord, whose powerful word  
did Earth and Heaven frame.    

HYMN 534. Miracles of Mercy, or the snare broken.  
To the proper Tune.  
Psalm 124. (2. METRE.)  

NOW may we say of Israel's Heritage,  
Had not the Lord himself been on our side,  
Had not the Lord himself opposed their pride  
When wicked men against us did engage,  
They had devoured us quick in their fierce rage.   

Like foaming floods our foes incensed thus  
Had overwhelmed our Souls without control,  
Then the proud waters had gone o'er our soul:  
Blessed be God that hath not given us  
To be a prey for cruel teeth to crush.   

Our soul's escaped, just as doth a bird:  
Just as a bird out of the fowler's snare;  
The snare is broke, and we delivered are:  
Our help is in the Name of God the Lord,  
Who made both Earth and Heaven by his Word.    

HYMN 535. Mount Sion's sure standing.  
Psalm 125. (1. METRE)  

WHoever on the Lord rely,  
like Zion Mount are sure  
To stand with all stability,  
and ever to endure.  
verse 2 Environed as Jerusalem is  
with mountains huge and high:  
So doth the Lord environ his  
henceforth perpetually.   

verse 3 God will not leave the sinner's rod  
on just men's lot to rest:  
Lest righteous men should fall from God  
when overmuch oppressed.  
verse 4 Do good, O Lord, to all good men,  
and graciously impart  
Thy love and favour unto them  
that are upright in heart.   

But wicked men that turn aside  
perverseness to increase,  
To share with sinners God shall guide,  
but Israel shall have peace.    

HYMN 536. Mount Sion's sure standing.  
Give Laud, etc.  
Psalm 125. (2. METRE.)  

ALL they that do confide,  
and trust in God above,  
So firmly shall abide  
that nothing can remove  
their station sure:  
But steadfast still, like Zion hill,  
they shall endure.   

And as high mountains do  
enclose Jerusalem,  
So have God's people too  
a safeguard sheltering them:  
they have therefore  
The God of Heaven henceforth and even  
for evermore.   

Because the righteous God  
will not permit too long  
The sinner's scourge and rod  
to do the righteous wrong:  
lest it should force  
Most righteous men to follow then  
some wicked course.   

Do good, Lord, to the good,  
and to the pure in heart,  
But those that to their lewd  
and sinful ways depart,  
God casts to hell  
With evil doers, but peace assures  
to Israel.    

HYMN 537. Mourning turned to rejoicing for Israel's deliverance from Babylon.  
Psalm 126. (1. METRE.)  

WHEN from his sad captivity  
the Lord did Zion bring,  
Like to a dream it seemed to be,  
but proved a real thing.  
Our mouth and tongue were sweetly filled  
with joy and laughter then:  
verse 2 And such like speeches passed along  
among the Heathen men.   

Great things the Lord hath done for them,  
great things we do confess:  
verse 3 Great things to glad Jerusalem,  
and stir up thankfulness.  
verse 4 Lord perfect our deliverance,  
and make a full return,  
As flowing streams do change the soil  
which parching heat did burn.   

verse 5 They that i● dearth and time of tears  
their seed do sadly sow:  
The crops of Corn with full grown ears  
shall gladly reap and mow.  
verse 6 Though carrying forth his costly seed,  
it made the seedsman mourn:  
He shall no doubt bring whom his sheaves,  
and make a glad return.    

HYMN 538. Mourning turned to rejoicing, or the dream made real.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 126. (2. METRE.)  

WHEN God had turned the stream  
of our Captivity,  
We were like them that dream,  
affected doubtfully:  
but when it proved,  
Our mouths and tongues with joyful songs  
were sweetly moved.   

Thus also did they say  
among the Gentiles then,  
The Lord hath done this day  
great things for those poor men:  
yea God hath done  
Great things for us which ravish us  
to think upon.   

Turn our Captivity  
as Rivers in the South,  
Which help the Deserts dry  
against the parching drought:  
who sows in tears  
(Through scarcity) shall reap in joy  
their full grown ears.   

He that goes weeping out▪  
and bears forth precious seed,  
Returns with joy (no doubt)  
and happily shall speed:  
for he receives  
A pledge to come well laden home  
and brings his sheaves.    

HYMN 539. Nativities blessed, or Blessings of the Womb. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 127.  

UNless the Lord the house do build  
vain pains the builder takes:  
Unless the Lord the City shield  
in vain the watchman wakes▪  
verse 2 'Tis all in vain to watch and wait,  
and eat of sorrows bread:  
While God's beloved in their estate  
sleep quietly in bed.   

verse 3 A fruitful womb and children sweet  
God only can bestow:  
verse 4 Which are in youth as Arrows fleet  
shot from a Giants Bow.  
verse 5 The quiver herewithal replete  
imports a happy state:  
Such shall not be afraid to treat  
with enemies in the Gate.    

HYMN 540. Nativities blessed, or Blessings of the Womb.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm. 127. (2. METRE.)  

UNless the Lord the house sustain,  
The bvilder's labour but in vain:  
In vain the watch abstain from sleep  
Unless the Lord the City keep.   

In vain ye rise before the light,  
And break the slumbers of the night:  
In vain ye eat the bread of care  
While God's beloved the labour spare.   

Lo Children are an heritage  
That come from God, and grow to age,  
As formidable to the foe  
As Arrows from a Giants Bow.   

Happy is he, and most renowned,  
Whose quivers with such shafts abound:  
It shall not shame him to debate  
With adversaries in the gate.    

HYMN 541. Olive Branches.  
Psalm 128. (1. METRE.)  

BLessed are all that fear the Lord,  
and walk in his good ways:  
verse 2 For thou shalt of thy labours eat  
with comfort all thy days.  
verse 3 Like fruitful Vine on thy house side  
thy loving Wife shall be:  
Thy Children round about thy board  
as plants of Olive-tree.   

verse 4 Lo thus the man that fears the Lord  
is blessed in his ways:  
verse 5 The Lord shall send from Sion-hill  
to bless thee all thy days.  
The welfare of Jerusalem  
to thy mature decease:  
verse 6 And children's Children thou shalt see,  
with Israel's established peace.    

HYMN 542. Olive Branches.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psalm 128. (2. METRE.)  

BLessed, O blessed on record  
Is every one that fears the Lord,  
and walketh in his perfect way:  
For thou shalt have in store to eat  
Of goods well got by thine own sweat,  
O happy, happy thou I say.  
Like to a Vine with fruitful boughs  
On thy house side, such is thy spouse,  
with goodly branches springing out:  
Thy daughters and thy sons shall be  
Like to the plants of Olive-tree,  
decking thy Table round about.   

Behold that thus above the rest  
Shall such a man be surely blest,  
who fears the Lord unfeignedly:  
The Lord shall plenteously distil  
His blessings out of Sion-hill,  
that thou may'st be enriched thereby.  
Yea, all the days that thou dost live  
This blessing God to thee shall give,  
to see Jerusalem do well:  
And children's Children thou shalt see  
Of thine own loins, that spring from thee,  
and likewise peace on Israel.    

HYMN 543. Onsets upon Israel, or the Plowers defeated.  
Psalm 129. (1. METRE.)  

EVEN from my tender infancy,  
many a time have they  
verse 2 Afflicted me from infancy,  
may Israel now say.   

Many a time have they set on  
with all their spite and power:  
Yet have they failed and not prevailed  
against me, to this hour.   

verse 3 The Plowers ploughed upon my back,  
long furrows did they make:  
verse 4 The righteous Lord hath cut their cord,  
Yea, all their cords he broke.   

verse 5 And let them be confounded all,  
turned back in their design;  
And put to flight that Zion spite,  
and bear ill will to thine.   

verse 6 Let them be made like to the Corn  
upon the houses top:  
Which gets no height but withers strait  
before it comes to crop.   

verse 7 Which neve● fills the Reaper's hand,  
nor his that comes behind,  
To pluck and pull a bosom full  
for sheaves and bands to bind.   

Concerning which, the passengers  
no benediction frame:  
Nor never say along the Way,  
we bless you in God's Name.    

HYMN 544. Onsets upon Israel, or the Plowers defeated.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 129. (2. METRE.)  

FULL often of a truth,  
and many a time have they  
Distressed me from my youth,  
may Israel now say;  
even from the first:  
Yet could they not effect their plot,  
and do their worst.   

They ploughed upon my back,  
as ploughshares tear the Ground:  
Long furrows did they make,  
and many a grievous Wound  
with wicked hands:  
Just is the Lord, who cut their cord,  
and broke their bands.   

And, Lord, confound them all,  
and bring it so to pass,  
That Sion's foes may fall,  
and all may be as Grass  
on houses top,  
Which withers strait before the height  
of growing up.   

Which never hath the hap  
to fill the mower's hand:  
Nor lies in binder's lap  
so much as makes a band:  
nor passengers  
Along the Way do never say  
God-speed you, sirs.    

HYMN 545. Pardoning mercies.  
Psal. 130. (1. METRE. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  

O Lord to thee I make my moan  
in these my depths of Grief▪  
I call, I cry, I sigh and groan,  
trusting to find relief▪   

verse 2 Hear then, O Lord, hear my request,  
thy gracious ear incline:  
And let it fully be possessed  
with these desires of mine.   

verse 3 O Lord if thou shouldst strictly weigh  
the sins that we have done●  
Who should escape, or who could say  
that he could answer one?   

verse 4 But thou, O Lord, art rather bend  
to tenderness and Grace:  
That we might have encouragement  
to fear before thy face.   

verse 5 Therefore my soul with patience  
doth wait upon thy Will:  
And on thy Word with confidence  
my hope is fixed still.   

verse 6 My soul with longing appetite  
doth wait on God always:  
More eager than the Watch for light,  
the Watch for break of day.   

verse 7 Let Israel boldly trust upon  
the Lords' free grace and love:  
And plentiful redemption  
that comes from God above.   

verse 8 Who from the more abundant store  
of Grace which he supplies,  
shall blot out all the heavy score  
of our iniquities.    

HYMN 546. Pardoning mercies implored.  
Psalm 130. (2. METRE)  

OUT of the Depths I cried to thee,  
Lord, let my voice be heard:  
And let thine ears attentive be  
unto my suits preferred.  
Such are our sins, that none could stand  
If thou shouldst mark the same:  
But there's forgiveness at thy hand,  
that men may fear thy Name.   

I wait on God, and on his Word  
my soul doth wait and stay:  
I wait more earnest for the Lord,  
than Watchmen for the day.  
I say, more earnestly than those  
that watch for morning light:  
Let Israel thus on God repose  
whose mercy's infinite.   

Redemption in most plenteous wise  
with him is found to be:  
And from all his iniquities  
he shall set Israel free.  
O render thanks to our great God,  
the God of Heaven therefore:  
Whose mercies know no period,  
but last for evermore.    

HYMN 547. Pardoning mercies plentiful.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
Out of Psalm 130. (3. METRE.)  

OUT of the deeps I cried to thee,  
Lord hear the prayer that I have pressed,  
And let thine ears attentive be  
unto the voice of my request.  
For if thou mark iniquities,  
Lord, who may stand before thine eyes:  
But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee,  
That sweetly feared thou may'st be.   

I wait for God, my soul doth stay,  
his word I hope in day and night:  
My soul waits for the Lord, I say,  
more than the Watchmen for the light.  
Let Israel hope in God therefore,  
For with the Lord is mercy store:  
Plenteous Redemption he brings in,  
To save all Israel from his sin.    

HYMN 548. (4. METRE.)  
Argument.  
The depths of mercy give relief,  
Unto the utmost depths of Grief.  
Psalm 130.  

FROM the depths of troubled mind,  
Lord, to thee I cried,  
And to thee, O Lord, most kind  
were my prayers applied:  
Lord vouchsafe to hear my cry  
in commiseration,  
Bow thine ear attentively  
to my supplication.   

If thou mark iniquity  
who, Lord, should be cleared?  
But forgiveness is with thee  
that thou may'st be feared.  
I am waiting for the Lord,  
yea my soul attendeth,  
And on his most holy Word  
all my hopes dependeth.   

My soul waits for God, I say,  
more than men for morning,  
More than Watchmen for the day,  
for the days returning.  
Hope thou Israel in the Lord  
with an apprehension,  
How with him is richly stored  
mercy and redemption.   

And he shall his Church redeem  
from their vast offences,  
Though they do past pardon seem  
and cry loud against us.  
O give thanks to God therefore  
for the Lord is gracious;  
And his mercies evermore  
kindly do embrace us.    

HYMN 549. Pride mortified.  
Psalm 131. (1. METRE)  

NO haughty heart, O Lord, have I  
in great affairs to deal:  
verse 1 Nor do mine eyes look loftily,  
to thee I dare appeal.   

I have not sought nor entertained  
the things for me too high:  
verse 2 But as a child an infant weaned,  
so meek and mild am I   

The weaned child's behaviour  
my soul hath altogether.  
verse 3 Thus Israel in his saviour  
must hope henceforth for ever.    

HYMN 550. Pride to be mortified.  
A Praxis for the proper Tune of the old 50. Psalm. The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 131. (2. METRE.)  

NOT self-high-prised,  
but meek and mild am I:  
Not exercised  
in things too great and high.  
But as a Child  
weaned from his mother's breast;  
So am I mild,  
and set my heart at rest.  
And in this way  
must Israel endeavour  
To trust and stay  
on God, henceforth for ever.    

HYMN 551. Promotion of the Church and State.  
Psalm 132.8, 9  

ARise, O God, into thy rest,  
and settle us now at length,  
As when thy Ark did once invest  
the Temple of thy strength.  
O let thy Priests perpetually  
with righteousness be clad:  
And make thy Saints to shout for joy,  
and be exceeding glad.   

13, 14, 16.  
Because the Lord hath Zion chose,  
desiring there to dwell:  
This is for ever my repose,  
I love and like it well.  
My saving health shall clothe throughout  
his Priests perpetually:  
And I will make her Saints to shout,  
and shout aloud for joy.   

15.17.  
And I will in abundance spread  
provisions for her store:  
And I will satisfy with bread  
the numbers of her poor.  
There will I make the horn to bud  
of David on his Throne:  
I have ordained a lamp so good  
for mine anointed one.   

18.  
As for his enemies that combine,  
I'll clothe them all with shame:  
But on himself his Crown shall shine,  
and flourish with his fame.    

HYMN 552. Promotion of Unity.  
Psalm 133. (1. METRE.)  

verse 1 BEhold how sweet it is to see,  
how happy a thing to find,  
When Brethren live in amity,  
and unity of mind.   

verse 2 It's like the precious unction  
which was poured out and spread  
Upon the Priestly function  
on Aaron's honoured head.   

It wet not only head and hair,  
but on his beard ran down:  
And wet the garments which he beware,  
and border of his gown.   

As due distilled upon the tops  
of Hermon's fragrant hill,  
Or Zion with his silver drops  
the fields with fruits doth fill.   

So plenteously the blessing flows  
commanded from above.  
With everlasting life on those  
that live in peace and love.    

HYMN 553. (2. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Unity and Christian Love  
Bring great blessings from above.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 133.  

BEhold how good a thing,  
and pleasant 'tis to find;  
That Brethren (where cohabiting)  
firm unity should bind.   

'Tis like the Ointment shed,  
and by command conferred  
On Holy Aaron's Priestly head,  
which wet both head and beard.   

And did from thence distil  
his Garment skirt to wet;  
'Tis like the lovely Hermon hill  
with drops of dew beset.   

Like Sion's silver showers  
descending on the dales:  
For there the Lord the blessing powers  
of life that never fails.    

HYMN 554. Promotion of Unity.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 133. (3. METRE.)  

BEhold how good! how sweet it is to see  
when Brethren by the laws of love are led!  
Dwelling together all in unity,  
'tis like the Ointment that perfumed the head,  
The head and beard of Aaron's Priestly Order,  
And wet his Garments to the skirt and border.   

It's like the fruitful showers of morning dew,  
that did upon the Hill of Hermon fall:  
Or that which doth descend in drops not few  
on Zion Mountain fruitfullest of all.  
For there the Lord commands the happy blessing  
Of life so sweet and endless in possessing.    

HYMN 555. Protection out of Zion, or the Levites Blessing.  
Psalm 134. (1. METRE)  

BEhold, bless ye the Lord,  
O ye his servants all▪  
That in his house by night keep guard  
according to your call.   

Lift up your humble hands  
within his holy place:  
And bless the Lord as he commands,  
and humbly beg his grace.   

The Lord (shall ye say sti●●)  
that made both Heaven and Earth,  
Accomplish thee from Sion-hill  
with blessings thence poured forth.    

HYMN 556. Protection out of Zion, or the Levites Blessing.  
A Praxis for the proper Tune of the 124 Psal. Now Israel, etc.  
Psalm 134. (2. METRE.  

LO! ye his servants praise the Lord most high,  
Ye that by night within his Temple stand:  
There bless the Lord and us with raised hand.  
The Lord, say ye, that made both Earth and Sky,  
Out of his Temple bless thee bounteously.    

HYMN 557. Providences to Israel God's peculiar treasure.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psalm 135.1. to 5.  

PRaise ye the Lord, and spread his fame,  
O ye his servants still proclaim  
the praises of his holy Name:  
Ye that do stand within his gate,  
And at the Sacred Altar wait  
of our great God, his praise relate.  
Praise ye the Lord, for good he is;  
Sing praises to that Name of his,  
for a most pleasant work it is.  
For God hath chosen, and foreknown  
Jacob and Israel as his own  
for his peculiar wealth alone.   

5, 6, 7, 8.  
For that the Lord is great, I know,  
And infinitely doth outgo  
all gods, and great ones high and low.  
For whatsoever doth him please,  
In heaven, in earth, in deeps, in seas,  
he acts in all, in each of these,  
Vapours he draws from earth's far ends,  
Lightnings for Rain from Clouds he rends,  
and Winds out of his treasury sends.  
Who smote all Egypt's first increased,  
The first of Man, the first of Beast;  
all, from the greatest to the least.   

9, 10, 11, 12.  
Wonders and Sins send forth did he,  
O Egypt, in the midst of thee,  
on Pharaoh, and his Family.  
Who did the mighty Nations smite,  
And slew the Kings of potent might,  
as Zion, that strong Amorite.  
And Og, who sat on Bashan Throne  
He also slew; nor him alone,  
but Canaan's Kingdoms every one.  
And to his People gave their Land,  
He gave it into Israel's hand,  
an heritage at their command.    

HYMN 558. Pureness of God's Worship, and derision of Idols.  
Ye Children, etc.  
Psalm 135, 13. to 17. (2. PART.)  

THY Name, O Lord, shall never die,  
And thy memorial, O most high,  
endures to all posterity.  
For God to Judgement will awake,  
His people's cause to undertake,  
repenting for his servants sake:  
The Heathens Idol-Gods, behold,  
They are of Silver and of Gold,  
such as the hands of men did mould:  
Mouth, Ears and Eyes, they have all three,  
But neither speak, nor hear, nor see.  
and void of breath their Nostrils be.   

18, 19, 20, 21.  
Their makers (guilty of the sin)  
Are like to them, and much a kin,  
and so are all that trust therein.  
But God the Lord, deserves great fame,  
O house of Israel bless his name,  
O house of Aaron do the same.  
Bless ye the Lord, O Levy's house,  
And make his praises glorious,  
let all that fear him praise him thus.  
O bless the Lord from Sion-hill,  
That dwells at Salem with good will,  
O bless the Lord, and praise him still.    

HYMN 559. Pure services of the Church.  
Psalm 135.19. (3. PART.)  

BLess ye the Lord with one accord,  
O house of Israel:  
And each of us of Aaron's house,  
his glorious praise forth tell.   

20.  
Let Levy's Tribe due praise ascribe  
to God's most holy Name:  
And all that fear him every where  
his noble praise proclaim.   

21.  
O bless him still from Sion-hill,  
whose is that blessed abode,  
Jerusalem, and dwells with them,  
praise ye the Lord our God.    

HYMN 560. Remembrance of God's ancient works, and everlasting mercies.  
Psalm 136.1, 2, 3, 4. (1. METRE.)  

GIVE thanks to God, for he is good;  
for's mercy lasts for ever:  
To th' God of gods show gratitude,  
for's mercy faileth never.  
The Lord of lords give thanks unto,  
for's mercy never fails:  
Who can alone great wonders do,  
for's mercy still prevails.   

5, 6, 7, 8, 9  
To him whose wisdom made the Sky,  
for's mercy still shines bright:  
And stretched the Earth, than Seas more high,  
for's mercy's infinite.  
Who made Sun, Moon and Stars for lights,  
for's mercy still outshines:  
That rules the day, and these the nights,  
for's mercy ne'er declines.   

10, 11, 12, 13.  
To him that Egypt's firstborn smote,  
for's mercies still abound:  
And Israel from among them brought,  
for's mercy still renowned.  
With arm outstretched, and mighty hand,  
for's mercy still extends:  
Caused the Red Sea in parts to stand,  
for's mercy still transcends.   

14, 15, 16, 17, 18.  
Amidst it he gave Israel ground,  
for's mercies still endure;  
Where Pharaoh and his host were drowned,  
for's mercies still are sure.  
That led his flock the deserts through,  
for's mercies still persist:  
And smote great Kings and famous too,  
for's mercy's never mist.   

19, 20, 21, 22.  
King Zion th' Amorite he did kill,  
for's mercies still remain:  
And Og, the King of Basan hill,  
for's mercies ever reign.  
And for an heritage gave their land,  
for's mercies still stand fast:  
Into his People Israel's hand,  
for's mercies ever last.   

23, 24, 25, 26.  
Who thought on's in our low estate,  
for's mercies never slack:  
And saved us from our enemy's hate,  
for's mercies ne'er go back.  
Who feeds with food all kinds of flesh,  
for's mercies still provides:  
To th' God of Heaven give thanks afresh,  
for's mercy still abides.    

HYMN 561. Remembrance of God's ancient Works and everlasting mercies.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 136. (2. METRE.)  

GIVE laud unto the Lord,  
for very good is he,  
The God of gods record,  
the Lord of lords praise ye:  
For certainly  
His mercies do endure unto  
Eternity.   

verse 4 The wonder-working God,  
whose wisdom made the skies:  
And spread the Earth abroad,  
above the Sea to rise:  
For certainly, etc.   

verse 7 To him your praises pay  
that made those glorious lights,  
The Sun to rule by day,  
the moon and stars by nights:  
For certainly, etc.   

verse 10 Who Aegypt's firstborn smote,  
and Israel (scaping harm)  
He from among them brought  
with strong out-streched arm:  
For certainly, etc.   

verse 13 Who parted the Red-Sea,  
where Israel passage found:  
But Pharaoh and all they  
of his whole host was drowned.  
For certainly  
His mercies do endure unto  
Eternity.   

verse 16 Who all his people led  
the Wilderness quite through:  
Who mighty Kings smote dead,  
and famous Kings he slew.  
For certainly  
His mercies do endure unto  
Eternity.   

verse 19 Sihon and Og he slew,  
and in their Land do dwell,  
He gave possession to  
his servant Israel.  
For certainly  
His mercies do endure unto  
Eternity.   

verse 23 Who kindly on us thought,  
when in a low estate:  
And our Redemption wrought,  
from them that did us hate.  
For certainly, etc.   

verse 25 Who gives all flesh their food,  
O then give thanks unto  
The God of Heaven so good,  
to whom all praise is due.  
For certainly, etc.    

HYMN 562. Revenge upon Babylon.  
Have mercy, etc.  
Psalm 137. (2. METRE.)  

verse 1 BY the Brooks of Babylon  
we sat down every one:  
And Sion's state now ruinated  
we wept to think upon.   

verse 2 Our Harps untuned, unstrung,  
on Willow-trees we hung:  
Where they did thus require of us,  
come sing a Sion-song.   

verse 3 For then and there did they  
that carried us away  
In captive state, and desolate,  
urge us to sing and play.   

verse 4 They mirth of us demand,  
though wasted by their hand:  
How can our tongues tune Sion's Songs  
within a foreign Land?   

verse 5 O Salem! If that I  
forget thee carelessly;  
Let my right hand lose all command  
of music faculty.   

verse 6 If I forget thee ever,  
then prosper let me never:  
But let it cause my tongue and jaws  
to cleave and cling together.   

verse 7 If for Jerusalem  
I do not quite contemn  
All joys that be, and count not thee  
above the chief of them.   

verse 7 Remember, Lord, the spite  
showed by the Edomite:  
Thus did they say in Salem's day,  
down with it, raze it quite.   

verse 8 O Daughter Babylon,  
whose ruin now comes on:  
Happy is he that doth to thee  
as thou to us hast done.   

verse 9 Yea happy, happy he  
that takes and dasheth thee  
(Thy little ones) against the stones  
when Babel's doom shall be.    

HYMN 563. Service and safety of the Humble, God's true favourites.  
Psalm 138. (1. METRE.)  

verse 1 LORD I will render praise to thee,  
with all my heart and might:  
Before the gods whoever they be,  
in Men and Angels sight.   

verse 2 I will bow down with humble grace  
towards the stately frame  
Of thine own house and holy place,  
there will I bless thy Name.   

For all thy lovingkindness, Lord,  
and for thy truth Divine:  
For thou hast made thy faithful Word  
o'er all thy Name to shine.   

verse 3 The day whereon I cried to thee,  
thou answerest me again:  
And gav'st such inward strength to me,  
as did my soul sustain.   

verse 4 All Kings on Earth shall praise thy Name  
when they shall hear of thee:  
What promises thou didst proclaim,  
and hast fulfilled to me.   

verse 5 Yea, they shall sing with one accord,  
in God's most holy ways:  
Because the Glory of our Lord  
deserves so great a praise.   

verse 6 Although the Lord be very high,  
the lowly he respects:  
But them that carry't loftily  
he utterly neglects.   

verse 7 And though I walk in midst of Woes,  
fresh comforts thou shalt send:  
Against the Wrath of all my foes  
thy hand thou shalt extend.   

And thy right-hand, O thou most high,  
my sure defence shall be;  
verse 8 The Lord will perfect thoroughly  
that which concerneth me.   

Thy mercy doth, O Lord, abide,  
for that can never fade.  
O do not lay the work aside  
which thine own hands have made.    

HYMN 564. Service and safety of the Humble, God's true favourites.  
Ye Children, etc. Or, To the proper 〈◊〉 of the Old 127. Psalm. Except the Lord, etc.  
Psalm 138. (2. METRE.)  

LORD, from my heart I'll praise thy Name,  
Before the Gods I'll sing thy fame,  
prostrate at Sion's sacred frame:  
For thy sweet love and truth so tried,  
For thou thy Word hast magnified,  
yea, more than all thy Name beside.   

Thou heard'st me when I cried to thee,  
With inward strength thou strengthenedst me;  
and didst my soul from danger free:  
All those that Earthly Sceptres bear  
Shall praise thee when thy Words they hear;  
and know how well fulfilled they were.   

Yea, they shall sing, and give thee praise,  
Walking as Converts in thy ways;  
whose Wonders admiration raise:  
Though God be high above the Skies,  
He on the lowly casts his eyes;  
but doth the proud as much despise.   

And though I walk in midst of woes,  
Thy hand shall save me from my foes,  
and raise me in their overthrows.  
My perfect peace shalt thou command,  
Thy mercies, Lord, for ever stand:  
leave not the works of thine own hand.    

HYMN 565. Seeking God, or supplications at our awaking.  
All People, etc. Or, O Lord Consider, etc.  
Psalm 80.1. & 121.4. & 139.17, 18.  

O Shepherd that dost Israel keep,  
Who never slumberest nor dost sleep:  
How precious are thy thoughts to 〈◊〉  
How great a sum, O God, they be!   

If I thereof would take account,  
The Sands in number they surmount:  
And whensoever I awake,  
These things into my thoughts I take.   

And I am ever with thee still,  
To contemplate of thy good will:  
As for the wicked and the lewd,  
All such companions I exclude.   

For thou wilt surely slay such men,  
And bring destruction upon them:  
They speak against thee wickedly,  
And talk of God whom they deny.   

I hate their bold impieties,  
I hate them that against thee rise:  
I count no man so much my foe  
As him that doth thy fear forgo.   

Nor do I speak from feigned zeal,  
To thee, O Lord, I dare appeal:  
Search me, O Lord, and see my heart,  
Try me, and prove my inward part.   

See, Lord, If I do go astray  
In any evil wicked way:  
And guide me, that I may not miss  
The way to everlasting bliss.    

HYMN 566. Supplications for the Morning.  
Psalm 141.2, 3.  

LORD, let my prayer be now set forth  
as incense in thine eyes:  
And the uplifting of my hands  
as th' evening Sacrifice.  
Lord set a Watch before my mouth,  
that no ill Words take place:  
And keep the door of both my lips  
by thine effectual grace.   

4, 5.  
Incline my heart to no ill thing,  
no wicked work to follow:  
With them that act iniquity,  
nor their sweet baits to swallow.  
But let the righteous smite me, Lord,  
and it shall be a favour:  
And his reproof a precious oil  
of acceptable savour.   

5.  
Such smiting shall not break my head,  
and I'll requite their care:  
When their calamities shall need  
the succours of my prayer.   

2. METRE.  
All people, etc.  

LORD let my prayer be now set forth  
Before thee, as a thing o● worth:  
As incense let it, Lord, arise,  
Or as the Evening Sacrifice.   

Lord, set a careful watch before  
My mouth and lips to keep the door:  
To no ill thing incline my heart,  
With sinners let me take no part.   

Nor let me of their dainties eat,  
That swallow sin as men do meat:  
But let the righteous man reprove,  
And smite me with the checks of love.   

As precious Oil, or Odours shed,  
Such smiting shall not break my head:  
And in my prayers I shall bless  
The Saints, when fallen into distress.     

HYMN 567. Supplications in times of extreme danger.  
Psalm 142. (1. METRE)  

WITh earnest voice I cried to God,  
I showed my woeful case:  
With earnest voice I cried aloud,  
and humbly sued for Grace.   

verse 2 My lamentation I prepared,  
before him to express:  
I showed before him, and declared  
my trouble and distress.   

verse 3 When overwhelmed in spirit I was,  
thou didst my danger see,  
How in the way that I did pass  
they laid a snare for me.   

verse 4 On my right hand I looked hard,  
but none did notice take:  
All refuge failed, none did regard  
my life that lay at stake.   

verse 5 I cried to thee, O Lord, and said,  
to thee my hopes arrive:  
Thou art my portion and my aid  
while I remain alive.   

verse 6 Attend my cry, O Lord, and see  
how very low I lie:  
From my pursuers rescue me,  
since stronger far than I   

verse 7 O bring my soul from this dark den,  
that I may praise thy Name:  
The Just shall flock about me then,  
thy bounty to proclaim.    

HYMN 568 Supplication of King David.  
To the Tune of the Old 124. Psal. Now Israel, etc.  
Psalm 142. (2. METRE.)  

I Cried to God  
aloud with all my might,  
I cried aloud  
unto the Lord most high,  
I made my supplications  
earnestly.  
I poured out my  
complaints before his sight:  
I showed before  
him my distressful plight.   

When as my heart  
was overwhelmed with care,  
Thou knewst my path,  
and how I was beset:  
The way I went  
was lined as a net.  
Mine enemies  
had laid a secret snare,  
That I might fall  
into it unaware.   

I looked on  
my right-hand and beheld,  
But none would know  
me, no man did condole,  
All refuge failed,  
none cared for my soul▪  
I cried to thee,  
and said, thou hast excelled:  
God is a Refuge  
most unparallelled.   

Thou art my portion  
whilst I live an hour,  
Attend my cry,  
for I am brought full low:  
O save me from  
my persecuting foe.  
For they that seek  
my soul for to devour,  
Are stronger far  
than I, and more of power.   

O bring my soul  
from prison by command,  
That I may show  
and celebrate thy fame:  
And render praises  
to thy holy Name.  
Then shall the righteous  
round about me stand,  
When thou shalt bless  
me with a bounteous hand.    

HYMN 569. Supplications relating to Posterity.  
Psalm 144.  

LORD make our Sons as thriving Plants  
which growing youth doth grace:  
Our Daughters as the battlements  
of some fair polished place.   

Our Garners full of each good thing,  
our Sheep in numbers great:  
Their thousands, and ten thousands bring,  
within our fields to bleat.   

Our labouring Oxen strong and stout,  
that there be no restraint:  
No breaking in, nor going out,  
Nor in our streets complaint.   

Happy are men in such a case,  
yea rather we record  
That people blest in every place,  
whose God is God the Lord.   

2. METRE.  
The mighty God, etc.  

LORD make our Sons as plants grown up in youth,  
our Daughters as the carved corner stones  
Of some fair Palace, which an artist doth  
erect with Pillars, making curious ones:  
Our Garners full all sorts of store containing:  
Our Sheep by thousands, and ten thousands yeaning.  
Our Oxen strong to labour, fat of flesh,  
no breaking in where dread and danger meets:  
No going out to wars begun afresh,  
no sad complaining uttered in our streets.  
Happy the people blest so for their bodies,  
Yea, happy people, whose protector God is.     

HYMN 570. (Out of Psalm 145.)  
Argument.  
Perpetual praises to the Lord are vowed,  
And Saints enjoined to set them out aloud.  
David's Psalm of praise.  

I Will extol thee, Lord, my King,  
and bless thy Name for ever:  
Each day will I be honouring  
thy Name; neglecting never.  
Great is the Lord, and great in praise,  
his greatness none can search:  
One age shall praise thy works and ways  
to thy succeeding Church.   

Thy mighty acts they shall proclaim,  
and I will here discuss  
The glorious fame of thy great Name,  
and works miraculous.  
And men shall show the mightiness  
of all thy dreadful deeds;  
And I'll express with readiness  
thy greatness which exceeds.   

The memory of thy goodness great  
they largely shall express;  
Thy righteousness they shall repeat  
in Songs of thankfulness.    

HYMN 571. (2. PART.)  
Argument.  
God's slow to anger prone to grace:  
His mercy shines in every place.  
Psalm 145.  

verse 8 THE Lord's a very gracious one,  
whom kind compassions fill:  
To anger slow, to mercy prone,  
and bears us great good will.   

verse 9 The Lord is very good to all,  
as all his creatures find;  
And all his works in general  
taste of his mercy's kind.   

verse 10 Thee, Lord, shall all thy works renown,  
and thee thy Saints shall bless:  
verse 11 They shall renown thy Kingly Crown,  
and thy great power express.   

verse 12 To make the Sons of men to know  
God's mighty acts and great:  
His Kingdom's gloriousness to show.  
and his majestic Seat.   

verse 13 Thy Kingdom's an eternal one,  
and stands forever fast:  
And thy alone Dominion  
from age to age shall last.   

verse 21 Therefore my mouth shall speak his praise,  
and universal flesh▪  
His holy Name's renown shall raise  
and ever sound afresh.    

HYMN 572. (3. PART.)  
Argument.  
The weak upheld, all Creatures are supplied  
With timely food, and God is magnified.  
Psalm 145. v. 20.  

THE Lord preserveth faithfully  
all those that do him love:  
But all the wicked he'll destroy  
with vengeance from above.   

verse 15 The eyes of all do wait on thee,  
and thou dost give them meat,  
In fitting opportunity  
that all may have to eat.   

verse 16 Thy opened hand, O Lord, of might,  
doth great abundance bring;  
To satisfy the appetite  
of every living thing.   

Psalm 145. (4. PART.))  
Argument.  
God just and holy takes delight  
To hear the Prayers of men upright:  
He quite subverts lewd sinners ways,  
And claims our universal praise.  

verse 17 THE Lord is just in all his ways,  
holy in all he doth:  
verse 18 And nigh to every one that prays,  
and calls on him in truth.   

verse 19 He will fulfil the just desires  
of all the holy seed:  
He hears their cry, what that requires,  
and helps them at their need.   

verse 21 Let Israel's God the Lord therefore  
be praised of all together:  
From first to last for evermore,  
Amen, Amen, for ever.     

HYMN 573. Trust in God blessed.  
Psalm 146.1, 2. (1. METRE.)  

GReat praise to God Almighty give,  
my soul praise thou the Lord:  
Yea, whilst I have a day to live  
his praises I'll record.  
I will give praises ●o my God,  
my soul and song agreeing:  
Whilst here on earth I have abode,  
whilst I have any being.   

3, 4.  
Trust not in Princes mortal seed,  
nor in the Son of man:  
For help you in your greatest need  
be sure they never can.  
His breath goes forth and he is dead,  
he turneth to his clay:  
And all his thoughts are perished,  
in that same very day.   

5, 6.  
But happy, happy man is he  
whom Jacob's God doth own:  
Whose help the Lord his God will be  
who hopes in him alone.  
Which did the Heaven and Earth begin,  
creating both together.  
The Sea, and all that is therein,  
which keepeth truth for ever.   

7, 8.  
Which executeth judgement good,  
for men that are oppressed:  
Which to the hungry giveth food,  
and prisoners sets at rest.  
The Lord doth open blind men's eyes,  
and raiseth from the dust:  
The bowed down, the Lord likewise  
doth greatly love the just.   

9  
He keeps the stranger safe and sure  
in their forlorn estate:  
The Lord relieves the Orphan's poor,  
and Widows desolate.  
But as for men that disobey,  
the Lord on them doth frown:  
And their ungodly wicked way  
he turneth upside down.   

10.  
The Lord throughout all ages still  
shall reign for evermore:  
Even thy God, O Zion hill,  
praise ye the Lord therefore.    

HYMN 574. Trust in God immortal, powerful, faithful.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psal. 146. v. 1, to 9 (2. METRE.)  

MY soul praise thou the Lord,  
as long as thou hast breath,  
In Songs his praise record,  
and honour him till death.  
trust not in Kings,  
Nor humane seed, which are indeed  
vain helpless things.   

Breath fails, and dust they be,  
there all their thoughts are laid:  
But happy, happy he  
whom Jacob●s God doth aid,  
that hopes in him  
Who made all these, Heaven, Earth, and Seas,  
and all therein.   

That keepeth Covenant still,  
that helps the wronged to right;  
That doth the hungry fill,  
that gives the blind their sight;  
sets prisoners free;  
Loves upright men, and raiseth them  
bowed down that be.    

HYMN 575. Trust in the preserver; viz. of Srangers, Widows and Fatherless.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 146.9. (3. METRE.)  

THE Lord's Almighty hand  
preserveth evermore  
The Strangers in the Land,  
the Widows and the poor:  
and doth relieve  
The Fatherless in their distress,  
that mourn and grieve.   

As for the sinner's way  
he turns it upside down:  
But he shall reign for aye,  
and wear th' Eternal Crown.  
thy God, thy Lord,  
O Sion-hill, shall govern still:  
his praise record.    

HYMN 576. (4. METRE)  
Argument.  
Never in Kings or Princes trust,  
For they quickly fall to dust.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 146.1 to 5.  

THE Lord's deserved praise proclaim,  
my soul do thou extol his fame:  
I, while I live, will praises give  
unto the Lord's Almighty Name.   

Unto my God will I sing praise,  
while breath prolongs my life and days:  
Trust in no King, nor mortal thing,  
they can no help nor succour raise.   

For lo! there passeth out his breath,  
and he returns to dust of death;  
That very day his thoughts decay,  
and every project perisheth.    

HYMN 577. (5. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Happy he that trusts alone  
In the high and holy one;  
That made Heaven, Seas and Shore,  
And keeps Covenant evermore.  
Psa. 146.  

O Happy, happy, happy one,  
whoever Jacob's God hath known  
To be his aid: whose hope is stayed  
upon the Lord his God alone.   

That made the Heavens, Seas and Shore,  
the Earth and all the numerous store  
In liquid Seas: he made all these,  
and keepeth truth for evermore.   

In judgement he for us proceeds  
for to avenge oppressors deeds;  
From bondage he sets prisoners free;  
the Lord likewise the hungry feeds.    

HYMN 578. (6. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God loves the Just, helps the distressed,  
For ever reigns, his Name is blest.  
Psal. 146.  

THE Lord doth righteous men affect,  
The bowed down he doth erect:  
Opening likewise the blind man's eyes,  
and strangers doth the Lord protect.   

The Lord relieves the fatherless,  
and helps the Widow in distress:  
But in his Wrath, the sinner's path  
the Lord doth utterly suppress.   

The Lord shall reign continually,  
thy God, O Zion, rules on high;  
And so he shall to ages all;  
his Name do ye still magnify.    

HYMN 579. (7. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Creation-works demands our praise,  
And all the Churches, all our days.  
Three Children, etc.  
Psalm 136.  

verse 1 GIVE thanks to God ye Saints of his,  
for good he is.  
For his mercies sure for ever do endure.   

verse 2 Unto the God of Gods give praise,  
his honour raise.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 3 Give thanks to God the Sovereign Lord  
with one accord.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 4 To him that doth such wondrous deeds,  
whose fame exceeds,  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 5 To him whose wisdom skilfully  
made Heaven on high.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 6 To him that set the solid Ground  
the Seas to bond.  
For his mercies, etc.    

HYMN 580. (8. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Creation works and wonders wrought of old,  
Require thanksgiving great and manifold.  
Psalm 136.  

verse 7 Praise him that made by power Divine  
great lights to shine.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 8 The Sun that hath the brightest ray  
to rule the Day.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 9 The moon and stars of lesser light  
to rule the night.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 10 That smote all Egypt's first increase  
of man and beast.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 11 And brought out Israel from among  
the barbarous throng.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 12 With his strong Arm and stretcht-out hand  
of high command.  
For his mercies, etc.    

HYMN 581. (9 METRE.)  
Argument.  
God's greatness and his goodness (past our search)  
Are celebrated by his faithful Church.  
Psalm 136.  

verse 1 O Render thanks to our great God,  
for he is good.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 2 The God of gods give thanks unto  
as ye should do.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 3 Unto the Lord of lords confess,  
with thankfulness.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 13 To him that parted the Red Sea  
for Israel's way.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 14 And Israel through the midst of it  
he did transmit.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host  
on that Sea Coast.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 16 That led his people past the bounds  
of desert Grounds.  
For his mercies, etc.    

HYMN 582. (10. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God's wondrous works of judgements wrought of old,  
Require thanksgiving great and manifold.  
Psalm 136.  

verse 17 PRaise him that wrought such wondrous things;  
Who smote great Kings.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 18 And famous Kings and not a few  
he overthrew.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 19 King Zion that strong Amorite,  
his power did smite.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 20 And Og the King of Bashan too  
he overthrew.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 21 And gave their Land an heritage  
to th' after age.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 23 Who thought on us in low estate,  
and desolate.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 24 And hath redeemed us from those  
that were our foes.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 25 Who giveth food for to refresh  
all mortal flesh.  
For his mercies, etc.   

verse 26 All thanks and praise be therefore given  
to th' God of Heaven.  
For his mercies, etc.    

HYMN 583. Variety of mercies magnified.  

Psalm 147. (1. METRE.)  

PRaise ye the Lord, sing to the Lord,  
for very good it is:  
Pleasant and comely to record,  
and praise that Name of his.  
The Lord builds up Jerusalem,  
his repossessed throne:  
And Israel's outcasts all of them  
he gathereth into one.   

3, 4, 5.  
The wounds of every broken heart  
he heals with gentle hand:  
He numbers all the Stars apart,  
and names them as they stand.  
Great is our Lord of Israel,  
and of great power and might:  
His understanding doth excel,  
for it is infinite.   

6.  
The Lord lifts up the meek on high,  
But doth the proud confound:  
And casts the wicked scornfully  
down to the very ground.    

1. METRE. 2. PART. Ver. 7, 8.  

SING to the Lord with thanksgiving,  
sing praise with one accord:  
Upon the solemn Harp, O sing,  
unto our God the Lord.  
Who makes thick Clouds o'erspread the Sky  
to feed the Earth with rain:  
And Grass to grow on Mountains high  
as on the fertile plain.   

9, 10.  
He giveth to the beast his food  
with plentiful supply:  
And feeds the Ravens callow brood,  
when hunger makes them cry.  
God takes no joy in any horse,  
nor in a Champion's limb:  
Nor can their courage, strength, or force  
delight or pleasure him.   

11.  
But lo! the Lord doth take delight  
in them that fear his Name:  
And in his mercies infinite  
their confidence proclaim.     

HYMN 584. Variety of mercies magnified.  

1. METRE. 3. PART. Psalm 147.12, 13, 14.  

O Praise the Lord, Jerusalem,  
thy God, O Zion praise:  
For lo! thy gates and bars of them  
he very strongly stays.  
Thy Children in thee he hath blest,  
thy peace he makes full great:  
And fills thee with the very best  
and finest of the Wheat.   

15, 16.  
He sends out his commandment  
on all the Earth so vast:  
No sooner can his word be sent,  
but runs exceeding fast.  
He giveth snow like gentle wool,  
and scatters all abroad:  
His hoary frost most plentiful  
like ashes that are strowed.    

4. PART. 1. METRE. 17, 18.  

THE Lord casts out his Icy hail,  
like morsels to behold:  
And who can stand and shall not quail  
to feel his pinching cold?  
He sendeth out his word, and lo!  
it melteth them again:  
He causeth then his winds to blow,  
and waters flow amain.   

19, 20.  
God shows his word to Jacob's house,  
that they may know it well:  
His Laws and judgements righteous,  
he shows to Israel.  
He hath not dealt so large a lot  
to any Land beside:  
As for his Laws they know them not,  
the Lord be magnified.     

HYMN 585. Variety of Providences praised. 2. METRE.  
Give laud, etc.  
Psalm 147.1.  

GIVE laud unto the Lord,  
it is a pleasant thing,  
His praises to record,  
and his sweet songs to sing:  
who on a rock,  
His Church erects, and recollects  
his scattered flock.   

He heals the heart contrite,  
and binds up all their wounds:  
He tells the Stars of light  
whose number so abounds.  
and he can call  
Each shining flame of them by name,  
he knows them all.   

Great is this God of ours,  
yea most exceeding great:  
His power above all powers,  
and hath the sovereign seat.  
and as his might,  
So likewise his pure wisdom is  
most infinite.   

The Lord lifts up the meek,  
the wicked throws to ground:  
Praise him with songs most sweet,  
and harps harmonious sound.  
the heavens he fills  
With Clouds for showers, makes Grass and flowers  
to grow on hills.   

The beasts and ravens young  
he feedeth when they call:  
In horse, or Champion strong  
he joyeth not at all.  
but God above  
Delights in them that fear his Name,  
and trust in's love.    

HYMN 586. Variety of Providences praised. 2. PART. 2. METRE.  
Psal. 147.12.  

O Salem praise the Lord,  
praise him O Sion-hill,  
Who hath thy Gates well barred,  
and doth thy City's fill:  
thy peace full great  
He makes to be, and filleth thee  
with flower of wheat.   

Through th' Earth his mandates go,  
his word most swiftly flies:  
Like wool he giveth snow,  
his frost as ashes lies:  
his Ice is rolled  
As morsels, and, O who can stand  
before his cold?   

He speaks, and strait it thaws,  
he breathes and water flows:  
To Israel his Laws  
(and to none else) he shows:  
as for his word  
No heathen land doth understand:  
praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 587. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Praise suits with Saints for God his Grace imparts  
To Israel's outcasts, and to broken hearts.  
He tells the Stars, his power and skill abounds;  
He cheers the meek, and lewd men he confounds.  
Psalm 147.  

verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good  
his praises to forth-tell:  
And to sing praises to our God,  
for it becomes us well.  
verse 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem's Walls  
to bring his people thither:  
And Israel's outcasts he recalls,  
and gathers them together.   

verse 3 He heals the broken in their heart:  
where sense of sin abounds:  
And (taking pity of their smart)  
binds up their bleeding wounds.  
verse 4 He tells the number of the Stars,  
and calls them all by Name:  
Superior of Superiors  
must we our God proclaim.   

verse 5 So very great is God indeed,  
So great in power and might:  
His understanding doth exceed,  
for it is infinite.  
verse 6 The Lord doth save poor humble souls  
whom sharp afflictions wound:  
But all the wicked he controls,  
and casts them to the Ground.    

HYMN 588. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
He praiseth God, who gives to all their food:  
But he takes pleasure only in the good.  
2. PART.  

verse 7 SING to the Lord with thankfulness,  
and spread his praise abroad:  
With solemn harp his praise express,  
and sing unto our God.  
Who covers Heaven with Clouds of Rain  
t' enrich the Earth below:  
And on the hills as on the plain  
he makes the Grass to grow.   

verse 9 Both beasts and birds he kindly feeds,  
young Ravens cry to him:  
verse 10 He takes no joy in strength of steeds,  
nor in a strong man's limb.   

verse 11 But lo the Lord's delight and joy  
is ever in the just:  
In them that fear him faithfully,  
and in his mercy trust.    

HYMN 589. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
He praiseth God that sendeth peace;  
And plenty in the fields increase.  
3. PART. Psalm 147.  

verse 12 O Praise and magnify the Lord,  
O Salem praise him still:  
The praises of thy God record  
O Sion's sacred hill.  
verse 13 For he hath strengthened the bars  
which to thy Gates pertain:  
And blesseth the inhabiters  
within thee that remain.   

verse 14 He makes abundant peace to be  
within thy borders spread:  
And plenteously he filleth thee  
with finest of the bread.  
verse 15 He sendeth out on Earth below  
his word which runneth swift:  
Like locks of wool he sends the snow,  
that also is his gift.    

HYMN 590. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
God sends the Seasons from above,  
In token of his tender love:  
But the chief Glory's Israel's  
In freedom of God's Oracles.  
4. PART.  

verse 16 THE hoary frost he spreads about  
as ashes on each side:  
His Ice as morsels he casts out,  
his cold who can abide?  
He sendeth out his word in course  
and melts the Ice and snow:  
He makes his wind to blow with force,  
and then the waters flow.   

He shows his word to Jacob's Land,  
and shows it for this cause,  
That Israel may understand  
his judgements and his laws.  
The tokens of such tender love  
no heathens can record:  
His judgements they know nothing of,  
wherefore praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 591. Universal thanksgiving, or Benedicite, etc. 1. METRE.  
Psalm 148.  

PRaise ye the Lord, praise ye the Lord,  
from Heaven's lofty frame:  
Him from on high, O magnify,  
all Angels praise his Name.   

O all his hosts his praise record,  
O praise him moon and sun:  
Ye stars of light that shine so bright,  
the like of you be done.   

Ye heavens of heavens that are so high,  
praise him with one consent:  
And water: ye on high that be  
above the firmament.   

O let them praise and magnify  
the Lord's Almighty Name;  
For lo! they were created there  
when his commandment came.   

He likewise did contrive it so,  
to establish them for ever:  
So firm Decree ordained he,  
that pass it they shall never.   

Praise ye the Lord from Earth below,  
ye Dragons and each deep:  
Fire, Vapour, Snow, Hall-storms that blow,  
his word that firmly keep.   

All Mountains high, and fruitful trees,  
All hills and Cedars tall:  
Ye Fowl with wings, and creeping things,  
ye Beasts and cattle all.   

Kings, Princes, People, all degrees,  
ye Judges praise his Name:  
Young men and Maids, Children and Babes,  
and old men do the same.   

The Lord's great Name still praised be,  
for that alone excels:  
And far more high than Earth or Sky  
his glittering Glory dwells.   

The praise of all his Saints is he,  
and he the horn doth raise:  
Of Israel's Sons his dearest ones,  
O give the Lord his praise.    

HYMN 592. Universal thanksgiving, or Benedicite, etc. 2. METRE.  
To the proper Tune.  
Psalm 148.  

GIVE Laud unto the Lord,  
from the Celestial Coasts,  
All ye his praise record,  
his Angels and his hosts:  
him glorify,  
Sun, Moon and Stars, ye higher Spheres,  
and cloudy Sky.   

O let them praise his Name,  
since made by his command:  
Who established all the frame  
perpetually to stand.  
He also made  
A firm decree, which needs must be  
by them obeyed.   

Praise God from Earth below,  
ye Dragons and ye deeps:  
Fire, hail, clouds, wind and snow,  
whom in command he keeps.  
hills low and high,  
Trees all that grow, Beasts swift or slow,  
fowl all that fly.   

Kings, and the vulgar throng,  
Princes and Judges all:  
Ye men and maidens young,  
old men and Children small:  
praise ye his Name,  
Whose Name alone (as th' only one)  
excels in fame.   

Whose Glory bright doth blaze  
above the Earth and Sky:  
(Of all his Saints the praise)  
he sets their horn on high:  
Even theirs that spring  
Of Israel's race, (much in his grace)  
his praises sing.    

HYMN 593. Works of grace to the Church.  
Psalm 149.1.  

PRaise ye the Lord, sing to the Lord  
a new-composed Song:  
His memorable praise record  
where all his Saints do throng.  
verse 2 Let joyful Israel shout and sing  
in their Creatour's Name:  
Let Sion's Children in their King  
triumphant joys proclaim.   

verse 3 In dances let them praise his Name,  
the Harp before him bring:  
And join the Timbrel to the same,  
with these his praises sing.  
verse 4 For lo! the Lord exceedingly,  
in Israel doth delight:  
The humble he will beautify  
with robes of saving might.   

verse 5 In glory let the Saints be joyed,  
sing loud upon their bed:  
And their Religious mouths employed  
verse 6 the Lord's high praise to spread.  
And with a double edged Sword,  
put here into their hands,  
verse 7 Inflict the vengeance of the Lord  
upon the heathen lands.   

Impose the people's punishments,  
verse 8 bind Kings, and kingly trains:  
The Noble Peers, and Precedents  
in iron bands and chains.  
verse 9 To execute upon them all  
the judgement on record:  
Such honour to the Saints doth fall,  
praise ye, praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 594, Works of Grace to the Church. 2. METRE.  
The mighty God, etc.  
Psalm 149.  

PRaise God with new made Songs, and cheerful Voice,  
his praises in the Saints assemblies sing:  
Let Israel in his maker much rejoice,  
let Sion's Sons be joyful in their King.  
O let them praise his Name with comely dancing:  
With harp and timbrel his sweet praise advancing.   

For in his people God takes much delight,  
the meek with saving health I'll beautify;  
Let Saints be joyful in his Glory bright,  
and sing aloud as on their beds they lie:  
The Lord's high praises with their mouths unfolding:  
And in their hands a sword twoedged holding,   

To execute his wrath on heathen Lands,  
with punishments the people to condemn:  
To bind their Kings in chains, their Lords in bands,  
the written judgement to fulfil on them:  
For with such honour all the Saints are crowned:  
Praise ye the Lord, who is to be renowned.    

HYMN 595. Yielding Universal Praises.  
Psalm 150. (1. METRE)  

PRaise ye the Lord with one consent  
in Sion's sacred Tower,  
O praise him in the firmament  
of his Almighty power:  
verse 2 The Acts of his Omnipotence  
in grateful Songs recite,  
According to the excellence  
of his adored might.   

verse 3 With Trumpets, Psalteries, Harpsicals,  
with Timbrel and with Dance,  
verse 4 With Viols, Lutes and Virginals,  
his Noble praise advance.  
verse 5 On Cymbals sounding loud and high  
his Glorious Praise record:  
verse 6 Let all that breaths make melody,  
and praise, O praise the Lord.    

HYMN 596. Yielding Universal Praises.  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 150. (2. METRE.)  

PRaise, praise the Lord in's holy Tower,  
Praise him i'th' spreading of his power:  
Praise him for his great miracles,  
Praise him as his great power excels.   

Praise him with Trumpets melody,  
Praise him with Harp and Psaltery:  
Praise him with Timbrel, Pipe and Flute;  
Praise him with Organ and with Lute.   

Praise him, O praise him zealously,  
With Cymbals sounding loud and high,  
Let all that breath his praise record,  
O praise and magnify the Lord.    

HYMN 597. (3. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Heaven must God's praise begin,  
Then must all the Earth come in,  
Art and Nature, Strength and Skill,  
Instruments both loud and shrill:  
Things above, and all beneath,  
All must praise him while they breath.  
Psalm 150.  

PRaise God in's Sanctuary bright,  
and powerful Firmament:  
O praise him for his Acts of might,  
and greatness excellent.   

With sound of Trumpet spread his fame,  
with Psalteries, Harps and Flutes,  
With Timbrels also praise his Name,  
with Organs and with Lutes.   

With Cymbals loud his praises sing,  
and Cymbals sounding high:  
O praise him every breathing thing,  
praise him perpetually.    

HYMN 598. (4. METRE.)  
All People, etc.  
Psalm 150.  

PRaise ye the Lord, his praise repeat  
Within his Sanctuaries seat:  
O praise him in the Firmament  
That shows his power Omnipotent.   

O praise him for his mighty deeds,  
And for his greatness which exceeds:  
Praise him with sound of Trumpet sharp,  
And with the Psaltery and Harp.   

Your Timbrels in his praise employ,  
And let your hearts even leap for joy:  
Praise him with Instruments well strung,  
And quavering Organs sounding long.   

Praise him, O praise him cheerfully  
With Cymbals sounding loud and high:  
Let every thing inspired with breath  
Applaud and praise the Lord till death.    

HYMN 599. (5. METRE.)  
Argument.  
Heaven must God's Praise begin,  
Then must all the Earth come in:  
Art and Nature, Strength and Skill,  
Instruments both loud and shrill:  
Things above, and all beneath,  
All must praise him while they breath.  
To the First New Tune.  
Psalm 150.  

PRaise ye the Lord with all your might,  
Within the Sanctuary bright;  
and that high Tower  
Of large extent, the Firmament  
of his great power.   

Praise him for those great Acts of his  
According as his greatness is:  
therein is he  
Most excellent, so eminent  
his praise must be.   

With sound of Trumpets pierce the Skies,  
Praise him with Harps and Psalteries:  
his Name advance;  
Take in your hand the Timbrel, and  
strike up the Dance.   

Praise him with instruments well strung,  
With lovely Organs sounding long:  
sweet Cymbals sound  
Both loud and shrill, that his Name still  
may be renowned.   

Let every thing inspired with breath  
Sing forth his solemn praise till death:  
let all accord  
To spread the Fame of his great Name,  
praise ye the Lord.    

HYMN 600. 6. METRE.  
The Mighty God, etc.  

PRaise ye the Lord, praise him in's holy Tower,  
Praise him i'th' firmament of his great power:  
Praise him for his great Acts and eminent  
According to his greatness excellent;  
O praise him with the Trumpet sweetly sounding,  
With Harp and Psaltery and Joys abounding.   

O praise him with the timbrel and the dance,  
With stringed Instruments his praise advance;  
Praise him with Organs reaching to the cloud,  
Praise him with Cymbals sounding high and loud:  
Let every thing that breathes his praise endeavour,  
Praise ye the Lord, O praise the Lord for ever.    
The End of the Psalm Hymns.   

THE CANTICLES: OR THE SONG OF SOLOMON PARAPHRASED. By William Barton late Minister of St. Martin's in Leicester.   

The Song of Songs.  

[The Church.]  
JOIN thy life-breathing lips to mine,  
Thy love excels the joy of Wine:  
Thy Odours oh! how redolent  
Attract me with their pleasing scent:  
These sweetly flowing from thy Name  
Our Virgins with desire inflame;  
O draw me, my belov'd, and we  
With winged feet will follow thee.  
Thy loving Spouse at length, great King,  
Into thy royal chamber bring;  
Then shall our Souls entranced with joy  
In thy due praise their zeal employ;  
Thy celebrated loves recite  
With more than crowned cups delight:  
Who truth and sacred justice prize  
To thee their hearts shall sacrifice.  
You Daughters of Jerusalem,  
You branches of that holy stem;  
Though black in favour I excel,  
Black as the Tents of Ishmael;  
Yet graceful as the burnished Throne,  
And Ornaments of Solomon.  
Despise not my discoloured look,  
This tawny from the Sun I took,  
My mother's Sons envied my worth,  
And swollen in malice, thrust me forth  
To keep their vines in heat of day,  
While, ah! mine own neglected lay.  
More loved than all of humane seed  
O tell me where thy sheep do feed;  
Where rest they, in what graceful shade,  
When scorching beams the fields invade?  
Why should I stray, and turn to those,  
Who, though companions, are thy foes?   

[Christ]  
O thou the fairest of thy kind,  
I will inform thy troubled mind;  
Follow the way my flock has led,  
And in their steps securely tread.  
Thy kids feed on the fruitful plains,  
Besides the sheep-coat of our swains.  
Thou, love, art like those generous steeds  
Which Pharaoh for his Chariot breeds,  
Tric'kt in their rich Caparisons,  
How shine thy cheeks like sparkling stones!  
That loosely dangle from thine ears,  
Thy neck the ocean treasure wears;  
Borders of Gold we'll make for thee,  
Whose studds of purest Silver be.   

[The Church.]  
While he the Prince of Bounty feasts,  
And entertains his happy Guests,  
My spikenard shall perfume his hair,  
Whose Odours fill the ambient Air:  
All night his sacred head shall rest  
Betwixt the pillows of my breast;  
Not Myrrh, new bleeding from the tree,  
So acceptable is to me.  
Nor Camphire clusters when they blow,  
Which in Engedy's Vineyard grow.   

[Christ]  
Thy beauty, love, allures my sight,  
And sheds a firmament of light;  
In either eye there sits a Dove,  
So mild, so chaste, and full of love.   

[The Church.]  
Thou, my belov'd, art fairer far,  
Thou as the Sun, I but a Star;  
Come, my delight, our pregnant bed,  
Is with green Buds and Violets spread;  
Our Cedar-roofs are richly guilt,  
Our Galleries of Cypress built.    

The Second Song.  

[Christ]  
I Am the Lily of the Vales,  
The Rose of Sharon's fragrant dales:  
Lo, as th' unsullied Lily shows,  
Which in a Brake of Bramble grows,  
My love so darkens all that are  
By erring men admired for fair.   

[The Church.]  
Lo, as the tree which Citrons bears,  
Amidst the barren Shrubs appears,  
So my belov'd excels the race  
Of man in every winning Grace.  
In his desired shade I'll rest,  
And with his fruits my palate feast:  
He brought me to his magazine  
Replenished with refreshing Wine;  
And over me (a tender maid)  
The Ensign of his love displayed.  
With flagons, oh! revive my powers,  
And strew my bed with fruits and flowers;  
Whose taste and smell may cordial prove,  
For oh! my soul is sick of love:  
Beneath my head thy left arm place,  
And gently with thy right embrace.  
Ye Daughters of Jerusalem,  
Ye branches of that holy stem;  
I by the mountains, Roes, and by  
The Hinds which through the forest fly,  
Adjure you that ye silence keep,  
Nor till he wake, disturb his sleep.  
Is it a dream, or do I hear  
The voice that so delights my ear?  
Lo! he o'er hills his steps extends,  
And bounding, from the cliffs, descends;  
Now like a Roe outstrips the wind,  
And leaves the breathed Hart behind.  
Behold, without my dearest stays,  
And through the lattice darts his rays,  
Thus, as his words, his looks invite,  
O thou the Crown of my delight.   

[Christ]  
Arise my love, my fair one rise,  
O come, delay our joy envies:  
Lo, the sharp winter now is gone,  
Those threatening Tempests overblown;  
Hark how the airs musicians sing,  
And carol to the flowery spring:  
chaste Turtles housed in shady Groves  
Now murmur to their faithful loves;  
Green figs on sprouting trees appear,  
And vines sweet smelling blossoms bear.  
Arise my love, my fairest rise,  
O come, delay our joy envies;  
O thou my dove, whom terror locks  
Within the Cranyes of the Rocks;  
Come forth now, like thyself appear,  
And with thy voice delight mine ear:  
Thy voice is music, and thy face  
All conquers with resistless Grace.  
My love, come vanquish, for my sake,  
These foxes, these young foxes take;  
Who these our tender Grapes destroy,  
And in their thriving rapine joy.   

[The Church.]  
I am my loves and he is mine,  
So mutually our loves combine;  
He, whose affection words exceeds  
His flock among the lilies feeds:  
Return to me my only dear,  
Stay till the morningstar appear;  
Stay till nights dusky shadows fly  
Before the days illustrious eye;  
Run like a Roe or Hart upon  
The hills of lofty Bethoron.    

The Third Song.  

[The Church.]  
Stretched on my restless bed all night,  
I vainly sought my souls delight;  
Then rose, the City searched, the street,  
No angle my unwearied feet  
Untrodden left, yet could not find  
The only solace of my mind.  
When, lo, the watch that walk the room  
Me in my souls distemper found,  
Of whom with passion I enquired,  
Saw you the man so much desired?  
Nor many steps had further passed,  
But found my love, and held him fast;  
Fast held, till I the so long sought,  
Had to my mother's mansion brought,  
In that adorned chamber laid  
Of her who gave me breath, I said;  
Ye Daughters of Jerusalem,  
Ye Branches of that holy Stem,  
I by the mountains, Roes, and by  
The Hinds, which through the Forest fly,  
Adjure you that ye silence keep,  
Nor till he call disturb his sleep.   

[Chorus.]  
What beauty from the Desert comes,  
Like spires of smoke raised from sweet gums,  
With Aromatic Powders fraught,  
By Merchants from Sabaea brought?   

[The Church.]  
Behold the bed he rests upon,  
The royal bed of Solomon,  
Twice thirty Soldiers that excels  
In valour Sons of Israel's,  
So dreadful to his enemies  
Their bright swords mounted on their thighs.  
His person guarded from th'affright,  
And treason of concealing night;  
King Solomon a Chariot made  
With trees from Lebanon conveyed,  
The Pillars Silver, and the Throne  
With Gold of India, Ophire-stone,  
With Tyrrean Purple cield above  
For Sion's Daughters paved with love:  
Come, holy Virgin, O come forth,  
Behold a spectacle of worth;  
Behold the Royal Solomon  
High mounted on his Father's Throne,  
Crowned with the Crown his Mother placed,  
On his smooth brows with gems in haste,  
At the solemnised nuptial feast,  
When joy his ravished soul possessed.    

The Fourth Song.  

[Christ]  
HOW fair art thou? how wondrous fair●  
Thy Dovelike eyes in shades of hair?  
Whose dangling curls appear like flocks  
Of climbing Goats from ahab's Rocks.  
Thy teeth like sheep in their return  
From Chyson, washed and smoothly shorn;  
None marked for barren, none at all,  
But equal twins at once let fall;  
Thy lips like shreads of Scarlet show,  
Whence grateful accents sweetly flow;  
Thy cheeks like Punick-apples are,  
Which blush beneath thy flowing hair:  
Thy neck like David's Armoury,  
With polished marble raised on high;  
Whose walls a thousand shields adorn  
By Worthies oft in battle born.  
Thy breasts are twins, twins of the Roe,  
There grazing where the lilies grow.  
I to the mountains will retire  
Where bleeding trees perfumes expire;  
Until the morning flecked the Sky,  
And nights relapsed shadows fly.  
How beautiful dost thou appear,  
In every part from blemish clear;  
My spouse let us at length be gone,  
Leave we the fragrant Lebanon.  
Look down from Amana, look down  
From Shenars top and Hermons Crown;  
From hills where dreadful Lion's rage  
And from the mount'nous Lepards cage.  
Thou who my spouse and sister art  
How hast thou ravished my heart?  
Struck with one glance of thy bright eyes,  
One hair of thine in fetters ties.  
Thy beauty, sister, is divine,  
Thy love, my spouse, more strong than wine:  
Thy Odours far more redolent  
Than Spices from Panchea sent.  
Thy lips drop honey; from below  
Thy palate milk and honey flow.  
Thy robes a sweeter odor cast  
Than Lebanon with Cedars graced;  
Our love by mutual vows assured  
A Garden is, with strength immured.  
A crystal fountain, a clear spring  
Shut up and sealed with my ring:  
An orch-yard stored with pleasant fruits,  
Pomegranet trees there spread their roots;  
Where sweetly smelling Camphir blows,  
And never-dying spikenard grows,  
Sweet spikenard Crocus newly blown,  
Sweet Calamus and Cinnamon:  
Those trees which sacred incense shed,  
The trees of myrrh and aloes bleed,  
From bitter wounds, with all the rare  
Productions which perfume the air.   

[The Church.]  
Those living springs from thee proceed,  
Which still our plants with moisture feed;  
Like those clear streams which issue from  
The fountain (fruitful Lebanon.)  
Ye cooler winds blow from the North,  
Ye dropping Southern-gales break forth,  
On this our Garden gently blow,  
And through the Land rich Odours throw:  
Come, love, come with a lover's haste,  
Of our ripe fruits and spices taste.    

The Fifth Song.  

[Christ]  
I To my Garden have retired,  
Reaped Myrrh, with Spices much desired,  
Sweet Gums from trees profusely shed,  
On dropping combs of honey fed:  
Drunk morning milk and new pressed wine;  
O friends whom like desire combine,  
Eat, drink, drink freely, nor remove  
Till thou be all inflamed with love.   

[The Church.]  
Although I sleep, my passions wake,  
For he who knocked, this sadly spoke,  
My spouse, my sister, thou more mild▪  
Than harmless Doves, my undefiled,  
O let me enter, Night hath shed  
Her dew on my uncovered head,  
Which from my drenched lo●ks distils,  
And with a frozen numbness chills.  
Can I assent to thy request,  
Disrobed and newly laid to rest?  
Shall I now clothe myself again,  
And feet so lately washed distain?  
But when I had his hand discerned,  
Drawn from the latch, my bowels yearned,  
I rose, nor longer could defer,  
T' unlock the door, when liquid myrrh  
Thence dropping on my fingers fell,  
And breathed an odoriferous smell;  
But oh! when opened, he was gone,  
His grief fetched from my heart a groan;  
In vain I sought my souls beloved,  
I called him, O, too far removed!  
The watch and those who walked the round  
That me in this affliction found,  
Smote, wounded, and profanely tore  
The sable veil my sorrow wore.  
Ye Virgins of fair Solyma,  
I charge you if ye meet him, say,  
That I his spouse am sick of love,  
And with your tears soft pity move.   

[Chorus.]  
O thou of all our sex most fair,  
Can none with thy belov'd compare?  
Doth he our loves so much transcend,  
That we should him a Love intend?   

[The Church.]  
Amongst a Myriod he appears  
The chief, and beauty's Ensign bears,  
His head adorned with burnished Gold,  
Which curls of shining hair enfold,  
Black as the newly plumed Crow,  
His eyes like Doves by fountains show;  
Late bathed in a Rivulet  
Of milk, alike exactly set;  
His cheeks sweet spice and flowers confer,  
His lips like Lilies dropping myrrh;  
His hands the wondering eye invites  
Like rings that blaze with Chrysolites:  
His belly bright as Ivory,  
That's overlaid with Saphires die:  
His legs like marble pillars placed  
On sockets of fine Gold, stand fast.  
His countenance like Lebanon  
Or like the Cedars grow thereon;  
His tongue the ear with music feeds,  
And he in every part exceeds:  
Ye Daughters of Jerusalem  
Such is my friend, my love, my gemm.    

The Sixth Song.  

[Chorus.]  
FAIR Virgin, paralleled by none,  
O whither's thy beloved gone?  
Direct our forward zeal, that we  
May join in his pursuit with thee.   

[The Church.]  
Behold, the more than life desired  
Down to his Garden is retired;  
There gathers flowers fast in the shade,  
On beds of bruised spices laid.  
Our mutual flame all flames exceeds,  
His flock among the lilies feeds.   

[Christ]  
Not regal Tirzah, Isaaels'  
Delight, thy beauty, love, excels:  
Not thou Divine Jerusalem,  
That art of all the world the gemm.  
Not Armies with their Ensigns spread  
So threaten with amazing dread:  
O turn from me thy wounding eyes,  
In every glance an arrow flies;  
Thy dangling curls appear like flocks  
Of climbing Goats from Gileads Rocks:  
Thy teeth, like sheep in their return  
From Chyson washed and smoothly shorn:  
None marked for barren, none at all,  
But equal twins at once let fall:  
Thy cheeks like Punick-apples are  
Which blush beneath thy flowing hair.  
They boast of many Queens, great store  
Of Concubines, and Virgins more  
Than can be told, my undefiled  
Is all in one, the only child  
Of her fair mother, and brought forth  
To show the world an unknown worth:  
Queens, Virgins, Concubines beheld,  
Admired and blest th' unparallelled.   

[Chorus.]  
Who's this? who like the morning shows,  
When she her paths with roses strews,  
More fair than the replenished moon,  
More radiant than the Sun at noon:  
Not Armies with their Ensigns spread,  
So threaten with amazing dread.   

[Christ]  
I to my pleasant Garden went  
Where Nutmegs breathe a fragrant scent,  
To see the vines disclose their gems,  
And granets blooming on their stems:  
Where unawares and half amazed,  
Methought my ravished soul was raised:  
Up to a Chariot swift as winds  
Drawn by my people's willing minds.   

[Chorus.]  
Return, fair Shulamite, return  
To us who for thy absence mourn:  
What see ye in the Shulamite?  
Two Armies prevalent in fight.    

The Seventh Song.  

[Christ]  
O Princess, thou than life more dear,  
How beautiful thy feet appear  
When they with purple ribbons bound,  
In Golden Sandals print the Ground!  
Thy Joints like Jewels which impart  
To wondering eye the workman's art.  
Thy Navel like a Mazer filled  
With juice from rarest fruits distilled.  
Thy belly like an heap of wheat  
With never fading Lilies set;  
Thy breasts like two young Roes do show,  
Which fell at once from one fair do:  
Thy Neck's an Ivory Tower, thine Eyes  
Like those Fish-pools in Heshbon shine.  
Thy Nose presents that Tower upon  
The face of flowery Lebanon:  
Which all the pleasant plains survays,  
Where Abana her streams displays.  
Thy head like Carmel clothed with shade,  
Whose Tresses Tyrrean fillets brayed,  
Sweet fetters for the great Kings Eyes,  
Fast holden in those Galleries:  
How pleasant, Oh! how exquisite  
Thy beauty framed for sweet delight;  
Thy stature like an upright palm,  
Thy breasts like clusters dropping balm.  
I will ascend thy palms high crown,  
Whose boughs victorious hands renown:  
Thy Nose shall smell like apples fine,  
Thy breasts like clusters of the Vine:  
And from the spreading branches root  
Will gather her delicious fruit.  
Choice wine shall from thy palate spring,  
Most acceptable to the King;  
Which sweetly shall descend and make  
The dumb to speak, the dead to wake.   

[The Church.]  
I my belov'd am only thine,  
And thou by just exchange art mine:  
Come, let us tread the pleasant fields,  
Taste we what fruits the Country yields▪  
And in the Villages repose,  
When shades of night all forms enclose:  
Then with the early morn repair  
To our new Vine-yard, see if there  
The tender Vines disclose their gems  
And Granets blossom on their stems:  
Amongst those fragrant trees my love  
There only shalt thou freely prove,  
How sweet a smell our mandrakes yield,  
Our Gates with various fruits are filled;  
Fruits that are old, fruits from the tree,  
New gathered, all preserved for thee.    

The Eighth Song.  

[The Church.]  
O Had we from one mother sprung,  
Both at her breast together hung,  
Then should I meet thee in the street  
With unreproved kisses greet:  
And to my mother's house conduct  
Where thou thy sister shouldst instruct;  
There would I spiced wine produce,  
And my pomegranates purple juice;  
Beneath my head thy left arm place,  
And gently with thy right embrace.  
Ye virgins born in Sion's Towers  
I charge you by the chief of powers,  
That ye a constant silence keep,  
Nor till he call disturb his sleep.   

[Chorus.]  
Who's this whose feet the hills ascend  
From deserts leaning on his friend?   

[The Church.]  
I my belov'd first raised when he  
Lay under the Pome-citron tree;  
Thy careful mother in that shade,  
With anguish her fair belly laid;  
Be I, oh thou my better part,  
A Seal impressed upon thy heart?  
Let me thy finger's Signet prove,  
For death is not more strong than love:  
The Grave not so insatiate  
As jealousies inflame debate;  
Should falling clouds with floods conspire  
Their waters could not quench loves fire:  
Nor all in Nature's treasury  
The freedom of affection buy;  
We have a sister immature,  
Who hath no breasts, as yet obscure;  
What ornaments shall we bestow,  
When mortals her endowments know?   

[Christ]  
On her if strongly built to bear,  
We will a silver Palace rear;  
Or if a door to deck the same,  
We'll leaves of carved silver frame.   

[The Church.]  
I am a firm foundation  
For my beloved to build upon;  
My breasts are towers, I his delight,  
His object and sole favourite.   

[Christ]  
Late at Bal-hamon, Solomon  
Let forth his Vine-yards every one,  
For fruits and wine there yearly made  
A thousand silver pieces paid.   

[The Church.]  
This Vine-yard thus which I possess  
With diligence I daily dress;  
Thou Solomon shalt have thy due  
Two hundred more remain for you  
Out of the surplus of our gains,  
Who in our Vine-yard took such pains.   

[Christ]  
O thou that in the Garden liv'st,  
And life-infusing counsel giv'st  
To those that in thy song rejoice,  
To me address thy cheerful voice.   

[The Church]  
Come, my belov'd, O come away,  
Love is impatient of delay;  
Run like a youthful Hart or Roe,  
On hills where precious spices grow.    

A CATALOGUE OF VIRTUOUS WOMEN Recorded in the Old and New Testament.  1 Cor. 7.16. 
What knowest thou O Wife, whether thou shalt save thy Husband? Or how knowest thou O Man, whether thou shalt save thy Wife?  
The Second Edition; with Additions.  
LONDON, Printed for William Cooper at the Pelican in Little Britain. 1688.   

To the Right Honourable the Lady FRANCES, Countess of Rutland.  
Right Honourable and Renowned Lady,  
THE favourable acceptation which this small Present found with you, encouraged me to communicate it to other virtuous Ladies and Gentlewomen, who were very desirous of a Copy of it; which desires growing ample and importunate, made me weary of writing, and willing (though not ambitious) to impart it to the Press: partly to commemorate the honourable acceptation, and partly to congratulate and gratify the respects it found.  
Moreover, by much perusal, I perceived that I had left out many memorable Persons of high account in Holy Scriptures, and that some that were put in had too scant a Character, wherefore to make all complete, and to leave a living Monument of those Resplendent Virtues that are recorded of the Female Sex, which will undoubtedly excite good Women to Godly imitation, I have presumed to make this Paper public for the honour of that Sex which God hath so highly honoured, as the most acute Aretius observes upon the pious women's coming first to the Sepulchre of our Saviour, Luke 24.1. Totum hoc ad gloriam Muliebris Sexus pertinere, That it did all belong to the Glory of the Female Sex: and learned Polanus saith on the same occasion, Syntag. Theol. Christ. Page 419. at the letter C. Column 1. Resurrectio Christi primum ab Angelo annunciata est mulieribus quia voluit Deus sic ornare pietatem illarum quarum Zelus pro Gloria Christi fervidior erat quam Virorum. The Resurrection of Christ (saith he) was first told by the Angel to the Women because their zeal for the glory of Christ was hotter than the men's.  
Considering therefore that it cannot be condemned for flattery; (for none can inherit such glory but they that imitate them) nor can it provoke envy or disdain, which is so clear a record of the Holy Scriptures, neither doth it derogate from the Man, but dignify him. For as he is her head, so she is his glory, 1 Cor. 11.3.7. And a Virtuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband, Prov. 12.4. I humbly crave your Honour's allowance and acceptation of the Publication in your Name. And so with supplications for your Honour's long health and happiness, I rest,  
Your Honours duly devoted, and most humble Servant, William Barton.   

To the Right Honourable the Lady FRANCES, Countess of Rutland.  
An EPIGRAM, Presented on the Feast Day of our Blessed Saviour's Nativity, Anno Dom. 1669.  

'TIS a famous Character  
Which I oft have heard of Her●  
Corresponding to the Fame  
Of her Noble Father's Name.   

Thus Religion understood,  
Often runneth in a Blood:  
And, for multitude we find  
Most what of the Womankind.   

This is still the true Renown,  
Virtue! which puts envy down:  
So the Sacred Book defines  
All the Ancient Heroines.    

A CATALOGUE OF VIRTUOUS WOMEN, etc.  

Gen. 3.26. & Vers. 15.  
EVE the Mother of all Living,  
Who was saved by God's forgiving,  
When she first embraced the Creed  
Of the precious promised Seed;   

Gen. 3.15.  
Deeply doubtless she resented  
Her transgression, and repent,  
Had her share in Godly grief,  
If therein she was not chief.   

Ibidem.  
Neither did she so far grieve,  
But as truly did believe  
In the Saviour promised▪  
Who should break the Serpent's head.   

Gen. 4.2. Vers. 25, 26.  
She brought forth the Proto-Martyr,  
And good Seth that followed after:  
In the days of which good man  
Public worship first began.   

Gen. 4.25.  
And of whom she prophesied,  
This, said she, did God provide  
In the room of Abel, slain  
By the cruel hand of Cain.   

Ibidem.  
Thus was Eve (in primest place)  
Mother of the Godly Race:  
And a Pattern doth appear  
Of them all that follow here.   

1 Pet. 3.6. Gen. 17.15.  
Sarah that obeyed the word  
Of her Dear, and called him Lord,  
Though her own Name mounts so high,  
And a like doth signify. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉  
a Lady or Princess.   

Gen. 22.20, etc.  
Milcah, mightily renowned,  
Springing forth as fruitful Ground,  
Mother of Bethuel, saith the text,  
Father of her that follows next.   

Gen. 27.26. & Vers. 12.  
Good Rebeccah grieved to death  
With the Heathenish Dames of Heth:  
Wishing him the Prista●ly place,  
That was principal in ●er●ce.   

Mat. 2.18. Gen. 35.19. Jer. 31.15.  
Beauteous Rachel, whose sad cross,  
Lack of Children, seemed as loss:  
For as loss it was resented,  
And as mournfully lamented.   

See Diod. on Mat. 2.16. etc. & Jer. 31.15.  
Thus by Faith she prophesied  
Of the Bethlehem babes that died:  
Mothers tears, and children's blood See Postsc.  
Made a lamentable Flood. Note 1st.   

Gen. 30.22. Ch. 41.28.36. Ch. 47.25.  
Yet at length her Prayers obtained  
Such a Seed as ruled and reigned:  
Joseph, Aegypt's Foster Father,  
Who did large provisions gather.   

1 Sam. 10.21.24. Gen. 48.16. Ch. 49.22.  
Benjamin, from whom did spring  
Israel's first exalted King:  
And from Joseph soon ensued  
Ephraim's populous multitude.   

Exod. 6.20. ch. 2.2. etc. 1.21.  
Next is to be registered  
Resolute good Jochebed,  
For, three months she hid her Son  
Th' Inquisition so to shun.   

Exod. 12.2.4. ● Heb. 11.23.  
Miriam next, tha● 〈◊〉 her hand  
(Fearing not the 〈◊〉 command)  
To secure the Babe ●rom slaughter,  
Kindly saved by Pharaoh's Daughter.   

Exod. 2.9, etc.  
Whom the beauteous Babe did please,  
Weeping in the Bulrushes:  
And her pity and her purse  
Hired for him an Hebrew Nurse.   

Ibidem.  
Witty Miriam calls her Mother  
To be Nurse unto her Brother:  
So the Serpent and the Dove  
Met alike in Miriam's Love.   

Micah 6.2. Numb. 36.59.  
So was she recorded One  
With her Brethren so well known:  
One in their Levitick Stock,  
One in Conduct of the Flock.   

Numb. 27.3. ch. 36.10.  
And the Daughters we must add  
Of the good Zelophehad:  
That were free from all Defection,  
And still followed God's direction.   

Ch. 27.4, 7—  
That could plead their own just right,  
Well approved in God's own sight:  
And a Precedent became  
For the Females rightful claim.   

Ver. 8. See the Postscr. Note 2.  
And did prove Estates to fix  
With the true inheretrix:  
Which by Reason should withdraw,  
Th' Error of the Salic Law.   

Isa. 49.23.  
For we find by Scripture search  
Nursing Mothers to the Church:  
And that Queens as well as Kings  
Are ordained to such high things.   

Josh. 15.19. Psal. 87.7.  
Acsah too that asked a blessing,  
Granted at her first addressing:  
Th' upper and the nether Springs,  
Which import far higher things.   

Ruth 1, etc.  
Naomi for faith excelling,  
Whiles with hateful Heathens dwelling:  
And when plunged in deep distress  
Was upheld by humbleness.   

Josh. 6.17. Ruth 1.17. Mat. 1.8.  
Rahab too, and Virtuous Ruth,  
Converts that embraced the truth:  
Both enroled by Grace Divine  
In our blessed Saviour's Line.   

Josh. 2.4.6.  
O the noble faith of her  
That was but a Victualler!  
That durst boldly hide the Spies  
In her flax-spread Galleries.   

15, 16.  
And did wisely let them down  
By the wall-side of the Town:  
And then showed them how to shun  
The pursuit that was begun.   

Ver. 11.  
That believed God's truth and might,  
As a true born Israelite:  
And declared this faith of hers  
To her welcome messengers.   

Ver. 9  
Well, said she, I understand  
God hath given you the Land:  
And the Land I'll tell you true  
Faints and melts because of you.   

Ver. 10.  
For they heard how God most high  
Made for you the Red-Sea dry:  
And, for your sake, how he smote  
Kings that were of famous note.   

Ver. 12.  
Swear now to me by the Lord,  
For my safety from the Sword,  
Give a token that secures  
Her, that staked her life for yours.   

Ver. 18.  
Tie, said they, this scarlet line  
To thy window for a sign:  
All that keep within thy door  
Shall be safe upon our Score.   

Ver. 19  
All without shall bear their guilt  
〈…〉 their blood be spilt:  
So she bargained and brought in  
All her household and her kin.   

Ruth 1.15.  
As for Ruth, no surer dart  
Ever hit true lovers heart:  
Cleaving so resolvedly  
To her Mother Naomi.   

16.  
Press me not, said that kind Daughter,  
From access or following after;  
Where thou goest, I'll go thither,  
And where lodge, we'll lodge together.   

16, 17.  
For my people thine I'll own▪  
For my God, thy God alone:  
Where thou diest and art buried,  
There I'll die and be interred.   

God do so to me and more  
If I give this journey o'er:  
Or if ought but death shall be  
Cause to separate me and thee.   

18.  
Thus good Ruth the Moabitess  
Proved a perfect Proselytess,  
Quitting Country, Customs, Kindred,  
All for Christ, nor would be hindered.   

Judg. 4.4. etc.  
Deb'rah Wife of Lapidoth,  
Prophetess and Princess both:  
That arose by God's command  
As a mother in the Land.   

Ver. 14,—  
That did call a War, and carry it  
Spite of Sisera's Iron Chariot:  
And did startle (to the best)  
Brave resolves in Barach's breast.   

Judg. 4.21. Ch. 5.14.  
Jael too for courage crowned  
Nayling Sisera to the Ground:  
Whose blessed honour did augment,  
Past all women's in the Tent.   

Judg. 13.23. Heb. 11.33.  
And the wife of Manoah,  
Her good Husband's prop and stay:  
Mother of the Nazarite,  
Magnified for faith and fight.   

1 Sam. 1.18, 27. Ch. 2.22.  
Hannah that revived by prayer,  
And obtained a Son and Heir:  
Vowed him freely to the Lord,  
With her Husband's joint accord.   

Chap. 2.1, 22. Luke 1.46.  
And presents him most complete  
With her Gratulation great:  
Whose inspired heart and tongue▪  
Hint the Holy Virgin's Song.   

1 Sam. 4.19.  
And the wife of Phinehas,  
For a Zealous Saint she was,  
More lamenting Israel's fall,  
Than her own loss, life and all.   

1 Sam. 4.20.  
Troubled that the Ark was taken,  
Israel's Glory so forsaken:  
Calls her dear Child Ichabod,  
Grieving for the Ark of God.   

1 Sam. 25.18, 31.  
Abigail that durst engage  
To subdue a Soldier's rage,  
Courted David, sought and served him,  
From a rash revenge preserved him.   

Ver. 23.  
Wins him with Civility,  
Wisdom and Humility:  
Of his greatness prophesied,  
And e'er long became his bride.   

2 Sam. 20.16.  
And that peaceable good Spirit  
Of immortal fame and merit:  
She that at the siege of Abel  
Carried all so amicable.   

Ibidem.  
Talking with the royal Captain,  
Of the fears the Town was wrapped in:  
How, said she, canst thou take joy  
God's inheritance to destroy?   

Ibidem.  
Far from me be such a fury,  
Said the Captain, I'll assure ye:  
Only Sheba's body bring,  
That hath clashed against the King.   

Ibidem.  
Then she treats with all the Town,  
Cries the traitorous Rebel down,  
Gets his head cast o'er the wall,  
And forthwith appeaseth all.   

Pro. 31.1. Mat. 1.6.  
And the Queen we count upon,  
That instructed Solomon:  
Princess in the Royal Line,  
Prompting Oracles Divine.   

1 Kings 10.1. Mat. 12.42.  
And the Queen of famous Note,  
That did come from parts remote,  
In her zeal to seek the Lord,  
As both Testaments record.   

Ibidem.  
That with Solomon did consult,  
Ask questions difficult:  
And the Heaven-inspired King  
Answered her to every thing.   

Ibidem.  
That admired the works she saw,  
And his Oeconomick Law:  
Most of all his rare Ascent,  
As he to the Temple went.   

Ibidem.  
'Tis a true report, said she,  
Which at home I heard of thee:  
But by what I now behold,  
Lo! the one half was not told.   

Ibidem. Ver. 9  
Blessed be the Lord thy God,  
And thy people I applaud,  
That such Oracles may hear,  
From a Prince to them so near.   

1 Kings 17.13.  
She that first Elijah fed  
With the last bit of her bread:  
But by faith which she embraced,  
Neither Meal nor Oil did waste.   

2 Kings 4.6.  
And that faithful widow too  
That had vessels not enough  
To contain the Liquor filled,  
Which by Miracle distilled.   

2 Kings 4.36. Heb. 11.35.  
And the Shunamites good wife,  
Who received her dead to life:  
Whom Elisha did require  
That did such a Guest invite.   

2 Kings 5.1.  
And the little Captive Maid  
From her native Land conveyed,  
That did wait on Naaman's wife,  
And put fair to end the strife.   

Ver. 3.24.  
Would to God (said she) my Maste●  
Were (in spite of all disaster)  
With the Prophet, that doth dwell  
In Samaria's CITADEL.   

Ver. 3.14.15.  
For he would undoubtedly  
Cure him of his Leprosy:  
So he went and was made whole  
Both in body and in soul.   

2 Chr. 34.22, 26. Mat. 1.10.  
Hulldah dwelling in the College,  
Perfect in Prophetic knowledge:  
That did comfort King Josiah,  
(Grandchild to King Hezekiah.)   

Ver. 28.24.  
And assured his peaceful end,  
For even death must stand his friend:  
Though God's wrathful indignation  
Scorched the following Generation.   

Ver. 25.  
And the Prophetess was bold  
To denounce the wrath foretold:  
For their sin so far incensed,  
That the wrath could not be quenched.   

Esther 4.14.  
Royal Esther, most religious,  
Born as for a time prodigious:  
With her Maidens mourned and prayed,  
Staked her life for Israel's aid.   

Chap. 7.6.  
Coped with Haman, got the day,  
Which advanced Mordecay:  
And if any women be  
Types of Christ, 'tis such as she.   

Thus the Testament hath told  
Worthy Women of the Old:  
Now great Ladies take a view  
Of the Worthies of the New.   

Luke 1.6. Ver. 44.  
First Elizabeth admire,  
Whose obedience was entire:  
Whose sweet Babe within her womb,  
Leaped for joy that Christ was come.   

Luke 2▪ 37. Chap. 7.38.  
Aged Anna that did pray  
Instantly both night and day.  
Marry that did weep as fast,  
Till her tears all price surpassed.   

Luke 10.39.  
Th' other Mary we must mention,  
Who to Christ gave great attention:  
For the better part she chose,  
That which she could never lose.   

John 11.2. Mat. 26.13.  
This was also she that shed  
Precious spikenard on his head:  
Which to such account did come,  
As must pass through Christendom.   

Luke 11.38. John 11.5.  
And good Martha must be numbered,  
Though with too much care encumbered:  
One expressly said to be  
Loved of Christ among the three.   

John 11.22.  
For she was a sound believer,  
Though her brother's death did grieve her:  
And (confiding) told our Lord  
He could raise him at a word.   

Mark 12.44. 2 Cor. 9.7.  
And the Widow whose Gratuity  
Passed the rich men's superfluity:  
Though two mites was all her living▪  
So much prized is cheerful giving.   

Mark 7.26. Mat. 15.20.  
And the Greek Syro-Phoenician,  
Who so pressed her bold petition:  
Term of Dog she overcomes,  
Dogs (said she) may eat the crumbs.   

Ibidem.  
So she stoutly stood the trial,  
And misdoubted no denial:  
For she knew she should prevail,  
And her faith did never fail.   

Mat. 9.20.  
Such a faith did Christ avouch  
Hers to be that stole a touch:  
For, said that believing soul,  
If I touch I shall be whole.   

John 4.26.  
She of Sychar made acquainted  
With Messias, (God's Anointed)  
She made all the Town to know,  
They believed and found it so.   

John 19.25. Luke 2.35.  
And of them that so surpass  
Was the wife of Cleophas,  
Sympathising in the smart,  
That did pierce the Virgin's heart.   

Ibidem. See Postscript Note the third.  
And the Virgin's Sister there  
That did like affection bear:  
And Salome, who likewise  
Did so strongly Sympathise.   

Luke 8.2. Mat. 27.46.  
And that Godly Convert then  
Called Mary Magdalen:  
Who last served our Saviour slain,  
And first saw him raised again.   

Acts 9.39. ch. 17.34.  
Tabytha that did prepare  
Garments for the poor to wear:  
Damaris that clavae to Paul  
When the learned neglected all.   

Acts 12.14.  
Rhoda that knew Peter's Voice,  
And thereat did so rejoice:  
That she strait ran in, and said,  
Here's the man for whom we prayed.   

Acts 16.14. etc.  
She whose heart the Lord did open  
To attend to what was spoken:  
And her heart set ●pe (to ●each her,)  
Sets her house so to the Preacher.   

Rom. 16.8.  
Phoebe that did service pay  
To the Church of Cenchrea:  
And Priscilla that did purchase  
Thanks of all the Gentile-Churches.   

Ver. 6.12.  
Marry too, a Saint illustrious,  
And for Saints dear sakes industrious:  
So Tryphaena's works import,  
And Tryphosa's came not short.   

2 Tim. 1.5. ch. 3.15.  
Lois, next (as Scripture saith)  
In whom dwelled unfeigned faith:  
And Eunice praised as high,  
Which two trained up Timothy.   

2 John 1. etc.  
And the Lady called Elect,  
With the Robes of Virtue decked:  
And her Children from their youth  
Walking steadfast in the truth.   

Rom. 16.15. Phil. 4.3. 2 John 13.  
Some but named are set down,  
And a Name is some renown:  
Here a Sister, there a Wife,  
Owned in the book of life▪   

Phil. 4.3. Luke 8.3.  
Women then as well as Men  
Have their praise by Scripture pen:  
Women of their substance lent  
To our Lord with one assent.   

Luke 8.3.  
One of these was good Susanna,  
And the Noble Dame Joanna  
(Herod's Stewards wife) was one,  
And a many more unknown.   

Luke 23.27. Ver. 40.55.  
Women did with mournful breath,  
Most of all lament his death:  
Women at his Grave did grieve,  
On the sacred Sabbath Eve.   

Luke 23.50. chap. 24.1.  
And (that past) they did not fear  
To embalm his body there:  
And had there the best inspection,  
First, into his Resurrection.   

Acts 17.4.12.  
Lastly (to give all their due)  
Famous women, and not few,  
Were converted, and straightway,  
At the Gospel's spring of day.   

Wherefore to conclude the story  
Of this faithful Female glory,  
One thing more I must annex  
In the honour of your Sex.   

Mat. 1.27. Luke 1.44, 48.  
One of yours excelled all other,  
That was both a Maid and Mother:  
Whom all Generations shall  
Blessed Virgin-Mother call.   

Luke 1.32. Ver. 46.  
Mother of Almighty God,  
Celebrated all abroad:  
Yet was she of meek behaviour  
Magnifying Christ our Saviour.   

Heb. 1.6. Luke 2.10.  
Whom all Angels evermore  
Are commanded to adore;  
And with joy they all obey,  
Witness this triumphant day.   
FINIS.   

The Postscript.  
NOTE 1. For the distich in Italian Character Page 748. Take this following if you think it fit.  
Infants (of both Sexes some)  
Suffered bloody Martyrdom.  
Though some Interpreters say that the Male Children only suffered; but that could hardly be: See the Text in Jer. 31.18. And Reverend Bishop Hall, in his Contemplations of Herod and the Infants, saith thus: All the Infants of Bethlehem shall suffer for this one.  
Note 2. The Salic Law is a Law of France, whereby the Crown of France cannot fall to a Woman; The Original and injustice of it, and how confuted and condemned from this Precedent of Zelophehad's Daughters, Num. 27. & 36. c. See in Dr. Heylin's description of the World, Edition 8. in Quarto, page 80. and in the Edition in Folio, pag. 177.  
Note 3. Some take the Virgin Mary's Sister, spoken of John 19.25. to be the same with the Wife of Cleophas; for thus the Text expresseth it, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. His Mother, and His Mother's Sister. Marry the Wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. And Calvin construes it, that this Mary (called her Sister) was her Cousin, and might be the Daughter of Cleophas, for any thing said in the Text, and the Translators put it in a different Character; But Aretius distinguisheth them, Adest Mater Christi, adest Soror ejus, Adsunt aliae duae Mariae, Uxor Cleophae & Magdalenae. There was present (saith he) the Mother of Christ, there was present her Sister, there were present two other Maries, the Wife of Cleophas, and Magdalene.   

A TABLE to the Three Last Centuries, containing the Psalm-Hymns.  

A  
AAron and Moses Israel's Lamp, 586  
Affection to Ordinances, 512  
Affiance and repose in God. 369  
Afflictions great imposed and allowed, 482  
Ancient Sabbath, 528  
Angels protecting Saints, 415  
Answer of our supplications 478  
Appearing of Hope, or Sion's Reparation, 547  
Applause of God's Mercies, 550  
Applause of God's greatness, 557  
Applause of the Creation, Ibid.  
Arraignment of Persecutors, 371  
Arraignment and Ruin of Persecutors, 372  
Atheists shamed by babes and sucklings, 374   

B.  
Babe's and suckling's setting forth God's praise, 373  
Babes and sucklings shaming Atheists, 374  
Believers victory over the Dragon, 527  
Believers Comfort and Crown, Ibid.  
Benedicite, etc. Or Universal thanksgiving▪ 709  
Birth of our blessed Saviour, 516  
Blessed man described, 361  
Blessedness of Charity, 422  
Blessings of the Womb, 653, 654  
Blessings ordained for man, 560  
Blessings conferred on Saints 465  
Blessings rich and plentiful by Land and Sea, 561  
Blessings of a fruitful year, 477  
Blessings of provision applauded, 558  
Blessings of the Creatures, viz. Plants, Planets, etc. 559  
Blessings showing forth the glory of God, 562   

C.  
CAlamity of the Wicked, 377  
Canaan the Type of Heaven, 428, 576  
Canaan fell to Israel, 4●8  
Captives redemption prayed for, 593  
Captives free favours, Ibid.  
Chains of darkness for the wicked, 378  
Charity blessed, 422  
Chastisements, God's faithfulness therein 523  
Christ's Kingdom, how exalted, 366  
Christ's Kingdom, how opposed and hated, 365  
Christ's praise, 431  
Christ's praise past all expression, 434  
Christ's power converting souls, 432  
Christ's Throne decked with Justice, Ibid.  
Christ's Reign and Triumph his enemy's dread, 535  
Churches inward beauty and succession, 434  
Churches beauty highly praised, 442  
Churches favours prayed for, 583  
Church besieged and delivered, 442  
Church records God's mercies her safety, 443  
Church-freedom to Saints, 514  
Church redeemed from Captivity, 517  
Church redeemed and warned, 518  
Comfort in godliness, 624  
Comforts flowing from above, 426  
Comforts for the righteous, 379  
Comparison between good and bad men, their Works, and their Rewards, 364  
Confusion of the wicked. 380  
Converted Nations comforted, 535  
Corruption of youth bridled, 619  
Corruption of the times, 381  
Creation applauded, or service of the Creator, 563  
Creation applauded, or service of the Elements, 564  
Creation applauded, or service of the Field, 566  
Creation applauded, or service of the Fruits, 567  
Creation applauded, or service of the Seas, 568  
Creation-works & wonders wrought of old, 695  
Creation-works demand ours and the Church's praise, 694  
Creator's Glory celebrated, 570  
Kerbing of the wicked, 382   

D.  
DAvid's wicked enemies destroyed, 475  
Death, the Saints advantage, Worldlings sorrow, 444  
Death and Judgement shows difference between Saints and Sinners, 445  
Degenerate world described, 383, 384  
Deliverance prayed for, 490  
Deliverance urged, 491  
Deliverance celebrated, 573  
Depths of mercy, 661  
Derision of Idols, 669  
Description of true Christians, 385  
Description of true Citizens of Zion, 386  
Destruction of Rebellious Men, 393  
Difference betwixt Good and Bad, 363  
Devout and true Saints, 399  
Devotion of pious Pilgrims, 620  
Devotion, Pardon and Vocation, 478  
Dull and drooping Saints quickened, 620   

E.  
ENVY not Worldlings honour or delight,  
Which ends in horror and perpetual night. 446  
Enemies of the Saints increase, 368  
Enemies of King David destroyed, 475  
Entrance of the King of Glory, 400  
Escape from death and the Joy thereof, 408  
Establishment of Christ's Kingdom, 493  
Everlasting mercies, 671  
Exaltation of Christ's Kingdom, 366  
Exceeding happiness of pardon, 412  
Exhortations to fear God, 415  
Expectation of the Resurrection, 387  
Experience stirs up to prayer and praise, 483  
Extolling of Scripture, Verity and Virtue, 388  
Exurgat Deus, 487   

F.  
FAith seen in fear of sin, 389  
Faiths Victorious Banner, 391  
Faithfulness of Saints to the end, 621  
Faithfulness of God's Chastisements, 523  
Falseness of Persecutors, 423  
Favours prayed for, 583  
Favours free to Captives, 593  
Felicity of God's Protection, 369  
Felicity of the Church prayed for, 581  
Flattering world applauds her own, 445  
Foes of the Lord dismayed with fear, 435  
Freegrace of God revealed, 404  
Free Favours to Colonies or Planters, 594  
Free Favours to distressed ones, 595  
Free favours to Prisoners, 596  
Free favours to sick-men, 597  
Free favours to such as go to Sea, 598  
Freedom of the Godly, 623  
Frequent Prayer prevalent, 470  
Fruits of the Earth perish or prosper at God's pleasure, 599  
Fruitful year a Blessing, 447, 478  
Fruitfulness of the Saints in Age, 530   

G.  
GEntiles called to Sion's Court, 433  
God's acceptable sacrifices, 455  
God ceaseth wars, proclaims his power, 438  
God's Clemeney tenders man's frailty, 555  
God's comforts the Saints feast, 418  
God's different dealings with good and bad men, 600  
God's free Grace revealed to them that seek it, 404  
God's Freegrace to Israel, 428  
God's Free-love cheers the soul, 426  
God our good and sure Shepherd, 396, 397  
God the good Shepherd of our souls, 394  
God the good Shepherd doth supply our wants, 395  
God's greatness and goodness, 696  
God's greatness seen in Tempests, 405  
God's greatness applauded, 557  
God's greatness seen in Thunder, 407  
God's glory in his Temple, 534  
God guides the meek and penitent, 403  
God's Judgements and Destruction of Rebels 393  
God just and holy, delights to hear prayers, 688  
God loves the just, helps the distressed 694  
God's mercies the Saints support, 417  
God's mercies keeps both man and beast, 418  
God's mercies to the Saints secure, 418  
God's mercies larger than from East to West, 554  
God's mightiness in Judgement, 448  
God's mightiness in mercy, 449  
God's mightiness in punishing the wicked, 450  
God's mightiness in the day of Judgement, 451  
God's mightiness in Vengeance upon the wicked, 453  
God's Ordinances cheer the godly mind, 425  
God●s pardoning grace, 552  
God's praise set forth by babes and sucklings, 373  
God's praises past all expression, 582  
God a present refuge, 437  
God procures peace for the Saints, 368  
God's providences praised, great foes submit, 480  
God's Providence cannot be descried, 529  
God's propensity to pity the Saints calamity, 519  
God's protection the felicity thereof, 369  
God's sovereign rule to keep our souls alive, 481  
God's Sovereign Throne, 556  
God slow to anger, prone to grace, 687  
God subverts lewd sinners in their ways, 688  
God the sure portion of the pure in heart, 499  
God sends the seasons from above, 708  
God's true favourites, 676  
God vindicates the oppressed, 553  
God's wondrous works of Judgement, 697  
Good Christians described, 398  
Good Men and bad their ways and ends discovered, 362  
Good wellcomers of the King of glory, 401  
Gospel days celebrated, 533  
Gratulations to God, and supplications for the Church, 601  
Greatness of Christ's Kingdom, 602  
Greatness of Christ's Kingdom expressed and explained, 603  
Great freedom of the godly, 623  
Great works of God celebrated, 606  
Great works of God for his Church, 607  
Great sins scored on, great mercies are forgot, 583   

H.  
HAbitation of cruelty suppressed, 500  
Happiness conferred on the Saints, 410  
Happiness of pardon, 412  
Hearty comfort in godliness, 624  
How to fear God aright, 415  
Holy Angels protecting Saints, Ibid.  
Honour, Happiness and Virtue of the Saints, 608  
Honours and promotions of the poor, 611, 612  
Honouring God at all times, 414   

I.  
JAcob's safe conduct, 613  
Jacobs safe conduct from Egypt, 614  
Idols derided, 615  
Idolatries bloody and inhuman, 590  
Jew and Gentiles glory with confession, 434  
Jewels of God's keeping, 416  
Ill deeds describe the wicked, 417  
Image-worship accursed, 536  
Joys of Heaven, 419  
Joseph reserved for many Land's relief, 577  
Israel's refuge and high tower, 438  
Israel's deliverance from Babylon, 651  
Israel's passing the Red Sea, 480  
Israel's ingratitude, 506  
Israel's seed charged to seek God, 575  
Israel in Egypt harboured, then oppressed, 578  
Israel departs from Egypt, 580  
Israel forgets the works of God, 585  
Israel grown brutish, 586  
Israel believes not, but murmurs basely, 587  
Israel spares the worst people in Canaan, 589  
Israel mixes with Heathen Idolatries, 590  
Israel ensnared by Heathens examples, 589  
Israel grossly stained by Idolatries, 590  
Israel's misdeeds recorded and punished, 591  
Israel's enemies rule over them; Ibid.  
Israel cries in their great distress, moves God to their redress, 592  
Judgements against persecutors, 469  
Just man's portion and practice, 625  
Just man's Vindication, protection and provision, 419  
Just man's sure safeguard and happy end, 421  
Justification implored, 457, 460  
Just beloved of God, 694   

K·S  
KEenest afflictions profitable, 626  
King David's wicked Enemies destroyed, 475  
Kings moved to receive Christ's Kingdom, 367  
Kings supply and sure defence by prayer, 392  
Kingdom of Christ how opposed and hated, 365  
Kingdom of Christ how exalted, 366  
Knowledge and Acknowledgement of Mortality, 421   

L.  
LEvites blessing, 667  
Liberty of the Gospel, 616  
Liberty and latitude of the Gospel, 617  
Life of Religion. Ibid.  
Life of Religion in practice, 6●2  
Living in quietness longed for, 640  
Lord proclaimed a present aid, 435  
Looking up to God, 642  
Lowly Adoration a public worship, 532  
Love of Saints to Grace and Godliness, 627  
Lovers of Liberality, 611  
Lovers of Zion, 643  
Lovers of Zion blessed, 644  
Lovers of Charity blessed, 422   

M.  
MAking God our hope, 628  
Man's frailty tendered by God's Clemency, 555  
Man's Glory shining in his Creation and Restoration, 376  
Martyrdom or slaughter of the Sheep, 429  
Meekness of Captives, 646  
Meekness and Mourning of Captives, Ibid.  
Mercies to the Church by our Saviou's Ascension, 439  
Mercies to the Gentiles by Christ's Ascension, 441  
Mercies the Saints support, 417  
Mercies keeps both man and beast, 418  
Mercies secured to the Saints, Ibid.  
Mercies larger than from East to West, 554  
Mighty men warned, 509  
Mightiness of God in Judgement, 448  
Mightiness of God in the day of Judgement, 451  
Mightiness of God in Mercy, 449  
Mightiness of God in punishing the Wicked▪ 450  
Mightiness of God in Vengeance upon the Wicked, 453  
Miracles of Mercy, or the Snare broken, 647,  
— Idem, 648  
Moses and Aaron Israel's Lamp, 586  
Moses saves Israel in the Gap, 587  
Mortality acknowledged, 421  
Mount Sion's sure standing, 649, 650  
Mourning turned to rejoicing for Israel's deliverance from Babylon, 651  
Mourning turned to rejoicing, or the Dream made real, 652  
Murmuring at Meribah moves the meekest Man, 589   

N.  
NAtivities blessed or Blessings of the Womb, 653, 654  
Never failing of God's word, 629  
New Building of Zion, and the Sacrifices most acceptable to God, 455   

O.  
ORdinances, true love to them, 511  
Ordinances, Affection to them, 512  
Olive Branches, 655  
Onsets upon Israel, or the Powers defeated, 656,  
— Idem, 657  
Opposition or hatred to Christ's Kingdom, 365   

P.  
PArdon implored, 456, 457  
Pardon of bloodshed, and Prayers for Zion, 458, 461  
Pardon of sin implored, 459  
Pardoning Grace, 476  
Pardoning Mercies, 658  
Pardoning Mercies implored, 659  
Pardoning Mercies plentiful, 660  
Pattern of Princely Government, 545  
Peace of Conscience implored, 460, 461  
Peace of Worldlings a Riddle, 444  
Perpetual praises to the Lord, 686  
Persecutors Judgements, 469  
Persecutors Arraignment, 371  
Persecutors arraigned and ruined, 372  
Persecutors falseness, 423  
Persecutions greatly grieve and grind, 425  
Pharaoh overthrown in the Wilderness, 501  
Phineas does justice and is blest, 588  
Pious Prince described, 546  
Plagues of Egypt, 578, 579  
Portion and practice of just men, 625  
Power of Religion in Practice, 630  
Power of Christ converting souls, 432  
Praises to God, 706, 707  
Praise of Christ, 431  
Praise of Christ past all expression, 434  
Praise suits with Saints, 705  
Praises from Heaven and Earth, 717  
Prayer frequent, prevalent, 470  
Prayer for the King, 492  
Prayers for Sion's prosperity, 462  
Prayer for Captives redemption, 593  
Priesthood and power of Christ, 605  
Pride mortified, 662  
Pride to be mortified, 663  
Promotion of the Church and State, Ibid.  
Promotion of Unity, 664, 666  
Properties of Tale-bearers accused, 462  
Prosperity puffs up, and Grace withdraws, 409  
Prosperous state of the wicked makes them commit greater sins, 496  
Protection and provision from above, 413  
Protection, provision and vindication of just men, 419  
Protection of Saints, 467, 468  
Protection out of Zion, or the Levites Blessing, 667  
Providences to Israel God's peculiar Treasure, 668  
Providences to the Saints, 528  
Punishment of Atheists, 467, 468  
Pure Lamp of the Word, 631  
Pure in Heart are taught to know the Worldlings End and Woe, 497  
Pure in heart have joys supreme, 498  
Pure in heart are God's sure portion, 499  
Pure Services of the Church, 670  
Pureness of God's Worship, and derision of Idols, 669   

Q.  
QVieting of cares, 471, 473  
Quieting principles, 474   

R.  
RED Sea dried, and Israel passing it, 480  
Red Sea dried and enemies drowned, 584  
Release from Afflictions, 483  
Remarkable judgements on the Wicked, 377  
Remembrance of God's ancient works and everlasting mercies, 671, 673  
Renouncing of ill Courses and Companions, 632  
Repose in God, 471  
Revenge upon Babylon, 675  
Revelation of the Gospel, 484  
Revelation and Riches of the Gospel, 485  
Riddle of Worldlings peace and bliss, 444  
Righteous comforted, 379  
Rising of the Ark, or Exurgat Deus, 487  
Rock of Refuge, 473   

S.  
SAcrifices, which are most acceptable to God, 455  
Safe Conduct, 503  
Saints sighs and prayers when confined from God's house, 424  
Saints should banish fears, 437  
Saints Calamity and God's propensity to pity, 519  
Saints preservation in times of pestilence, 52●  
Saints Honour, Happiness and Virtues, 608,  
— Idem, 610  
Salvation of Saints, 537  
Sanctification implored, 457, 460  
Sanctuary Songs for the wonderful works of God, 489  
Satisfying grace, 476  
Seeking God, or supplications at our awaking, 679  
Service and safety of the humble, God's true Favourites, 676, 678  
Services of the Church, 670  
Service of the Creator, 563  
Service of the Elements, 564  
Service of the Field, 566  
Service of the Fruits, 567  
Service of the Seas, 568  
Short Age of man, 524  
Sion's prosperity prayed for, 462  
Sion's Reparations, 490  
Sion's glory in turning the Gentiles, 521  
Sion's reparation, or the appearing of Hope, 547  
Silent praise to God, 476  
Sins kept, with hold true Blessings, 483  
Slaughter of the Sheep or Martyrdom, 429  
Speedy deliverance prayed for, 490  
Spiritual uncleanness follows Corporal, 588  
Spiritual Government of Christ figured in Soloman, or a prayer for the King, 492  
Speedy deliverance urged, 491  
Soul cheered in God's free love, 426  
Spouse of Christ, 433  
Stability of the Church, 548  
Strength and establishment of Christ's Kingdom, 493  
Strength of sinners subdued, 500  
Strength of the Leviathan subdued, 501  
Supplication to God to spare Chastisements, 370  
Supplication for deliverance and direction, 633  
Supplications for the Church, 601  
Supplications at our awaking, 679  
Supplications for the Morning, 680  
Supplications in times of extreme danger, 681  
Supplications of King David, 683  
Supplications for posterity, 684  
Sweet pardoning Grace, 476   

T.  
TAle-bearers properties, 462  
Tale-bearers cursed, 46●  
Temptation much assaults the pure in heart, 495  
Temptation encountered and overcome, 502  
Throne of Christ, 432  
Throne of Israel reestablished, 506  
Time of trouble complained of, 504  
Tribulation and woe to the wicked, 510  
True love to Ordinances, 511  
True believers victory over the Dragon, 527  
True zeal and charity of Christians, 634  
True zeal and purity of Christians, Ibid.  
True thankfulness, 447  
Truth springing out of the earth, 516  
Trust in God blessed, 689  
Trust in God immortal▪ powerful, 〈◊〉 ●●●  
Trust in the preserver of strangers, 〈◊〉 and fatherless, ●●●  
Trust not in Kings and Princes, Ibid.  
Trust alone in the high and holy one, 693  
Trial of Loyalty, or Israel's Ingratitude, 506  
Trial of Israel and attest of God's 〈◊〉, 5●●  
Turning the Gentiles, or Sion's Glory, 521  
Turning the Gentiles to the Church, 522   

V.  
VAlidity of God's promises, 523  
Vanishing of Life, 524  
Variety of Meroi●● magnified, ●98, 7●0  
Variety of providence● praised, ●02, 704  
Victoriousness of God's power, 530  
Victoriousness of God's power and promises, 531  
Virtuousness of Saints in Age, 530  
Vocation to public Worship, 532  
Unity and Christian Love, 665  
Universal thanksgiving, or Benedicite, 709  
Unwearied seeking of God, 636  
unworthiness of the wicked counterpoised, 637   

W.  
WANT of God's Fear destructive, 470  
Watchfulness of Saints, 638  
Ways and Ends of Goodmen and Bad-men discovered, 362  
Weak upheld, all Creatures are supplied, 688  
Wicked their calamity and remarkable Judgement, 377  
Wicked, their chains of darkness, 378  
Wicked their Confusion, 380  
Wicked their kerbing, 382  
Wicked described by their ill deeds, 417  
Wicked, Great Woes attend them, 418  
〈◊〉 for good times, ●●●  
〈◊〉 of God by sea and Land, 476  
〈◊〉 Confidences condemned, 474  
Worldlings peace a Riddle, 444  
Worldlings honour and delight ends in hortour and darkness, 446  
Worldlings ●nd and wo●, 497  
Worldlings joy is but a dream, 498  
Works of God celebrated, 606  
Works of God for his Church, 607  
Works of Grace permanent, 639  
Works of Grace to the Church, 712, 713  
Worship of Images accursed, 536  
Worship of the sovereign Lord, 538  
Worship of the supreme Judge, 539  
Worship performed by the Ancients, 540  
Worshippers of old, Moses, Aaron and Samuel, 542   

Y.  
YIelding Universal praises, 714, 715   

Z.  
ZEAL to the Temple, 513  
Zeal in public Worship, 543, 544   
FINIS.