3"Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest; "Thy children shall be ever blest: "Thou art my chosen King; thy throne "Shall stand eternal, like my own. 4 "There's none of all my sons above, "So much my image, or my love: "Celestial powers thy subjects are ; "Then what can earth to thee compare? 5 "David, my servant, whom I chose, "To guard my flock, to crush my foes, "And raised him to the Jewish throne, "Was but a shadow of my Son." 06 Now let the church rejoice, and sing Jesus her Saviour and her King;

s Angels his heavenly wonders show, And saints declare his works below.

Truro.

C. M. FIRST PART. Colchester. Abridge. [*]

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M

The Faithfulness of God.

Y never-ceasing songs shall show
The mercies of the Lord;

And make succeeding ages know,

How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths, his lips pronounce,
Shall firm as heaven endure;
And if he speaks a promise once,
Th' eternal grace is sure.

e 3 How long the race of David held
The promised Jewish throne !

o But there's a nobler covenant sealed
To David's greater Son.

o 4 His seed forever shall possess
A throne above the skies:
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

g 5 Lord God of hosts, thy wondrous ways
Are sung by saints above;

And saints on earth their honours raise
To thy unchanging love.

C. M. SECOND PART.

Plymouth. [b]

V. 7, &c. Majesty of God; or, Reverential Worship.

• 1W And bow before the Lord;

WITH reverence let the saints appear,

His high commands with reverence hear,
And tremble at his word.

a 2 How terrible thy glories rise!
How bright thy beauties shine!

e Where is the power with thee that vies? Or truth compared with thine?

g.3 The northern pole, and southern, rest
On thy supporting hand;

Darkness and day, from east to west,
Move round at thy command.

o 4 Thy words the raging winds control,
And rule the boisterous deep;

Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll,
The rolling billows sleep.

-5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine,
And the dark world of hell:

e

a How did thine arm in vengeance shine,

g

When Egypt durst rebel!

6 Justice and judgment are thy throne,
Yet wondrous is thy grace;

o While truth and mercy, joined in one,
Invite us near thy face.

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C. M. THIRD PART.

Devizes. [*]

Ver. 15, &c. A Blessed Gospel.

B The gospel's joyful sound;

LEST are the souls, who hear and know

Peace shall attend the paths they go,
And light their steps surround.

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up,
Through their Redeemer's name;
His righteousness exalts their hope;
Nor Satan dares condemn.

o 3 The Lord, our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives :
g Israel, thy King forever reigns,
Thy God forever lives.

C. M.

FOURTH PART.

Mear. [*]

Ver. 19, &c. Christ's Mediatorial Kingdom.

HEAR what the Lord in vision said,

And made his mercy known:

d"Sinners, behold your help is laid "On my almighty Son.

2 "Behold the Man my wisdom chose,
"Among your mortal race;
"His head my holy oil o'erflows,
"The Spirit of my grace.

o 3 "High shall he reign on David's throne,
"My people's better King;

"My arm shall beat his rivals down, "And still new subjects bring.

4 "My truth shall guard him in his way "With mercy by his side;

0 "While in my name, o'er earth and sea, "He shall in triumph ride.

-5"Me for his Father, and his God, "He shall forever own;

g

"Call me his Rock, his high Abode, "And I'll support my Son.

6 "My first-born Son, arrayed in grace, "At my right hand shall sit;

"Beneath him angels know their place "And monarchs at his feet.

d 7" My covenant stands forever fast; "My promises are strong;

"Firm as the heavens his throne shall last, "His seed endure as long."

C. M. FIFTH PART. St. Asaph's [*]

V. 30, &c.

The Covenant of Grace, ordered and sure

"YET

1 " ET," saith the Lord, "if David's race, "The children of my Son,

e "Should break my laws, abuse my grace,
"And tempt mine anger down ;—

2 "Their sins I'll visit with the rod,
"And make their folly smart:
"But I'll not cease to be their God,
"Nor from my truth depart.

3 "My covenant I will ne'er revoke,
"But keep my grace in mind;
"And what eternal love hath spoke,
"Eternal truth shall bind.

e 4 "Once have I sworn, (I need no more,)
"And pledged my holiness,
"To seal the sacred promise sure,
"To David and his race:

o 5 "The sun shall see his offspring rise,
"And spread from sea to sea;

g

"Long as he travels round the skies, "To give the nations day.

6"Sure as the moon that rules the night,

"His kingdom shall endure;

"Till the fixed laws of shade and light "Shall be observed no more."

L. M. SECOND PART. Pleyel's. [b] V. 47, &c. Mortality and Hope.—A Funeral Psalm. EMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state,

P

1R How frail our life, how short the date!

Where is the man, who draws his breath, Safe from disease, secure from death? -2 Lord, while we see whole nations die, Our flesh and sense repine and cry, p "Must death forever rage and reign? "Or, hast thou made mankind in vain? 3" Where is thy promise to the just? "Are not thy servants turned to dust?" -But faith forbids these mournful sighs, o And sees the sleeping dust arise.

4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, Wipes the reproach of saints away, And clears the honour of thy word; 8 Awake our souls, and bless the Lord.

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P. M. Harlington. [b *]

Ver. 47, &c. Life, Death, and the Resurrection.

THI

HINK, mighty God, on feeble man;
How few his hours, how short his span
Short from the cradle to the grave:

e Who can secure his vital breath,
Against the bold demands of death,
With skill to fly, or power to save?

-2 Lord, shall it be forever said,
d "The race of man was only made
"For sickness, sorrow, and the dust?"

e

e Are not thy servants, day by day,
Sent to their graves, and turned to clay?
Lord, where's thy kindness to the just?
-3 Hast thou not promised to thy Son,
And all his seed, a heavenly crown?
P But flesh and sense indulge despair;
o Forever blessed be the Lord,

That faith can read his holy word,
And find a resurrection there.

o 4 Forever blessed be the Lord,
Who gives his saints a long reward,
For all their toil, reproach, and pain:

8 Let all below, and all above,

g

Join to proclaim thy wondrous love,
And each repeat their loud-AMEN.

PSALM 90. L. M. Carthage. Worship. [* b] Man mortal, and God eternal.

1

HROUGH every age, eternal God,

High was thy throne, e'er heaven was made,
Or earth thy humble footstool laid.

2 Long hadst thou reigned, ere time began,
Or dust was fashioned into man;

And long thy kingdom shall endure,
When earth and time shall be no more.
e 3 But man, weak man, is born to die,
Made up of guilt and vanity;

a Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just,-
d" Return, ye sinners, to your dust."
4 [A thousand of our years amount
Scarce to a day in thine account;
Like yesterday's departed light,
Or the last watch of ending night.]

PAUSE.

-5 Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away; our life's a dream; p An empty tale; a morning flower, Cut down and withered in an hour 6 [Our age to seventy years is set: How short the term! how frail the state! And if to eighty we arrive,

We rather sigh and groan, than live