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JESU, for Thee, diftreft I am,
I want thy Love tó knów.
VI.

Thy Nature, gracious LORD, impart,
Come quickly from above,*
Write thy new Name upon my Heart,
Thy new, beft Name of Love.

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HYMN IV.UA

GOD glorious, and Sinners faved.

I.

ATHER, how wide thy Glory fhines !
How high thy Wonders rife !

Known thro' the Earth by thousand Signs;
By thousand thro' the Skies.

II.

Thofe mighty Orbs proclaim thy power,
Their Motions fpeak thy Skill:
And on the Wings of ev'ry Hour
We read thy Patience ftill.
III.

But when we view thy great Defign
To fave rebellious Worms;
Where Vengeance and Compaffion join
In their divineft Forms:

IV.

Here the whole DEITY is known,

Nor dares a Creature guefs

Which of the Glories brighteft fhone,

The Juftice or the Grace.

* Rev. ii. 17.

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Now the full Glories of the LAMB
Adorn the heav'nly Plains,
Bright Seraphs learn IMMANUEL's Name,
And try their choiceft Strains.
VI.

O, may I bear fome humble Part
In that immortal Song,

Wonder and Joy fhall tune my Heart,
And love command my Tongue.

HYMN V..

PSALM 1xxxix. 14, 15, 16, 17.

I.

What fhall I do, my SAVIOUR to praife; So faithful and true, fo plenteous in Grace; So ftrong to deliver, fo good to redeem The weakeft Believer, that hangs upon him! II.

How happy the Man, whofe Heart is fet free, The People that can be joyful in Thee! Their Joy is to walk in the Light of thy Face, And ftill they are talking of. JESUS's Grace.

III.

Their daily Delight shall be in thy Name, They fhall, as their Right, thy Righteousness (claim:

Thy Righteousnefs wearing, and cleans'd by (thy Blood, Bold shall they appear in the Prefence of GOD.

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IV.

For thou art their Boaft, their Glory and Pow'r, And I alfo truft to fee the glad Hour,

My Soul's new Creation, a Life from the Dead, The Day of Salvation, that lifts up my Head.

V.

Yea, LORD, I fhall fee the Blifs of thine own, Thy Secret to me fhall foon be made known : For Sorrow and Sadnefs, I Joy fhall receive, And fhare in the Gladnefs of all that Believe.

HYMN VI.

INVITATION.*

I.

INNERS, obey the Gospel-Word,
SIN
Hafte to the Supper of your LORD,
Be wife to know your gracious Day,
All Things are ready, come away!
II.

Ready the Father is to own,
And kifs his late returning Son; §
Ready the loving SAVIOUR ftands,
And ipreads for you his Bleeding Hands.
III.

Ready the Spirit of his Love

Juft now the ftony Heart to move ; ||
T' apply and witness with the Blood,
And wash and feal you Sons of GOD.4
IV.

Ready for you the Angels wait, t
To triumph in your bleft Eftate :
Tuning their Harps, they long to praise
The Wonders of redeeming Grace.

Luke xiv. 16. § Luke xv. 20. || Ez. xi. 19. 2 Cor. i. 22. ‡ Luke xv. 7.

V.

Come, then ye Sinners to your LORD, 1
To Happinefs in CHRIST reftor'd;
His proffer'd Benefits embrace,
The plenitude of Gofpel-Grace.

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Rev. iv. 11. and v. 11, 12.

1.

YOME, let us join our chearful Songs With Angels round the Throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their Tongues, But all their Joys are one.

II.

Worthy the LAMB that dy'd, they cry,
To be exalted thus:

Worthy the LAMB, our Hearts reply,
For he was flain for us!

III.

JESUS is worthy to receive

Honour and Pow'r divine;

And Bleffings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine..
IV.

The whole Creation join in one,
To blefs the facred Name
Of Him that fits upon the Throne,
And to adore the LAMB.

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ARK! the Herald-Angels fing, ak Glory to the new-born Kingquasi? Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,

God and Sinners reconcil'd.

11.

Joyful all ye Nations rife,

Join the Triumphs of the Skies;
With th' angelic Hoft proclaim,
"CHRIST is born in Bethlehem !" +
III.

CHRIST by higheft Heav'n ador'd,
CHRIST the everlasting LORD;
Late in Time behold him come,
Offspring of the Virgin's Womb.

IV.

Veil'd in Flefh the Godhead fee,
Hail th' incarnate Deity!

Pleas'd as Man with Men t'appear,
JESUS Our EMMANUEL here.S

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Hail the Heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteoufnefs!

Light and Life to all he brings,
Ris'n with Healing in his Wings!
VI.

Mild he lays his Glory by,

Born that Men no more may die
Born to raise the Sons of Earth,

Born to give them fecond Birth.

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Come,

+ Luke ii. 10, 11. § If. vii. 14. Luke ii. 10.

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