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That we should make thy name our trust;
Great God, confound their pride.

0 4 0 that the joyful day were come,

To finish our distress!

• When God shall bring his children home, Our song shall never cease.]

PSALM 15. C. M. St. Martin's. [*] Character of a Citizen of Zion.

WHO shall inhabit in thy hill,

W

O God of holiness?

Whom will the Lord admit to dwell
So near his throne of grace?
2 The man who walks in pious ways,
And works with pious hands?
Who trusts his Maker's promises,
And follows his commands.

3 He speaks the meaning of his heart,
Nor slanders with his tongue;
Will scarce believe an ill report,
Nor do his neighbour wrong.
4 The wealthy sinner he contemns,
Loves all who fear the Lord!
And though to his own hurt he swears,
Still he performs his word.

5 His hands disdain a golden bribe,
And never gripe the poor:

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This man shall dwell with God on earth,
And find his heaven secure.]

L. M. Leeds. Oporto. [*]

Duties to God and Man; or, the Christian. THO shall ascend thy heavenly place, Great God, and dwell before thy face? --The man who minds religion now,

WHO

And humbly walks with God below:

2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean;
Whose lips still speak the thing they mean;
No slanders dwell upon his tongue :
He hates to do his neighbour wrong.
3 [Scarce will he trust an ill report,
Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt:
Sinners of state he can despise,
But saints are honoured in his eyes.]

4 [Firm to his word he ever stood,
And always makes his promise good:
Nor dares to change the thing he swears,
Whatever pain or loss he bears.]

5 [He never deals in bribing gold,
And mourns that justice should be sold;
While others gripe and grind the poor,
Sweet charity attends his door.]

e 6 He loves his enemies, and prays
For those who curse him to his face;
-And does to all men still the same
That he would hope or wish from them.
7 Yet when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone :-
o This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell forever, Lord, with thee.

PSALM 16. L. M. FIRST PART. Shoel. [b] Good Works profit Men, not God.

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PRESERVE one I flee,

RESERVE me, Lord, in time of need;

But have no merits there to plead ;
My goodness cannot reach to thee.

e 2 Oft have my heart and tongue confessed,
How empty and how poor I am;

My praise can never make thee blessed,
Nor add new glories to thy name :

-3 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap
Some profit by the good we do;

These are the company I keep,

These are the choicest friends I know.

4 Let others choose the sons of mirth, To give a relish to their wine;

I love the men of heavenly birth,

Whose thoughts and language are divine.

L. M. SECOND PART. Green's. [*]
Christ's All-sufficiency.

H Who haste to seek some idol god;

OW fast their guilt and sorrows rise,

I will not taste their sacrifice,

Their offerings of forbidden blood.

2 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has offered up
Jesus, his best beloved Son.

3 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right:
And be his name forever blessed,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

4 1 set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepared,
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.]

L. M. THIRD PART. Moreton. Quercy. ¡*] Courage in Death, and Hope of the Resurrection

1

W His arm is my almighty prop;

THEN God is nigh, my faith is strong,

o Be glad, my heart, rejoice, my tongue,
e My dying flesh shall rest in hope.

2 Though in the dust I lay my head;
Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave
My soul forever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave.

-3 My flesh shall thy first call obey,
Shake off the dust, and rise on high;
Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way,
Up to thy throne above the sky.

o 4 There streams of endless pleasure flow;
And full discoveries of thy grace

(Which we but tasted here below)

Spread heavenly joys through all the place.

C. M. FIRST PART. Abridge. Barby. [*]
Ver. 1-3.-Support and Counsel from God.
ISAVE me, O Lord, from every foe;
In thee my trust 1 place;

1

Though all the good which I can do,
Can ne'er deserve thy grace.

2 Yet, if my God prolong my breath,
The saints may profit by't;

The saints, the glory of the earth,
The men of my delight.]

3 Let heathens to their idols haste,
And worship wood or stone;
But my delightful lot is cast,

Where the true God is known.

4 His hand provides my constant food,
He fills my daily cup;

Much am I pleased with present good,
But more rejoice in hope.

5 God is my portion and my joy;
His counsels are my light;
He gives me sweet advice by day,
And gentle hints by night.

6 My soul would all her thoughts approve
To his all-seeing eye;

Not death, nor hell, my hopes shall move,
While such a friend is nigh.

C. M. SECOND PART. Sunday. Doxology. [*]
The Death and Resurrection of CHRIST.
SET the Lord before my face,

d 1

I

"He bears my courage up;

"My heart and tongue their joys express, "My flesh shall rest in hope.

2 "My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave, "Where souls departed are;

"Nor quit my body to the grave, "To see corruption there.

3 "Thou wilt reveal the path of life, "And raise me to thy throne;

"Thy courts immortal pleasure give,

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Thy presence joys unknown."

4 Thus in the name of Christ the Lord,
The holy David sung,

And Providence fulfills the word
Of his prophetic tongue.]

p 5 Jesus, whom every saint adores,
Was crucified and slain :

o Behold, the tomb its prey restores! Behold, he lives again!

-6 When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills?

o There sits the Son at God's right hand, And there the Father smiles.

PSALM 17. S. M. Peckham. [*] V. 13, &c.-Portion of Saints and of Sinners.

1

ARISE, my gracious God,

And make the wicked flee;

They are but thy chastising rod,
To drive thy saints to thee.

2 Behold, the sinner dies,

His haughty words are vain; Here in this life his pleasure lies, And all beyond is pain.

e 3 Then let his pride advance, And boast of all his store; -The Lord is my inheritance,

My soul can wish no more.

o 4 I shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God;

And stand complete in righteousness,
Washed in my Saviour's blood.

8 5 There's a new heaven begun,
When I awake from death-
Dressed in the likeness of thy Son,
And draw immortal breath.

L. M. Islington. [*]

The Saint's Hope; or, the Resurrection. ORD, I am thine: but thou wilt prove My faith, my patience, and my love: When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below; "Tis all the happiness they know; 'Tis all they seek; they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs.] 3 What sinners value, I resign; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine: o I shall behold thy blissful face,

And stand complete in righteousness. p 4 This life's a dream, an empty show; -But the bright world to which I goo Hath joys substantial and sincere; e When shall I wake and find me there? -5 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! I shall be near, and like my God!