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With glad exultation
Your triumph proclaim,
Afcribing falvation

To God and the Lamb.

2 Thou, LORD, our relief
In trouble haft been;
Haft fav'd us from grief,
Haft fav'd us from fin;
The pow'r of thy Spirit
Can fet our hearts free;
And we fhall inherit
All fulness in thee,

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4 No longer we join

Where finners invite,

Nor envy the fwine

Their brutish delight;
Their joy is all fadness,
Their mirth is all vain,
Their laughter is madness,
Their pleasure is pain.

50 may they at last

With forrow return, t

The pleasure to taste,

For which they were born!

Our JESUS receiving,
Our happiness prove,

The joy of believing,

The heaven of love.

HYMN

174:

GLORY AND GRACE
GRACE IN CHRIST.

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ow to the LORD, a noble fong! Awake, my foul; awake, my tongue; Hofanna to th' eternal Name,

And all his boundless love proclaim.

2 See where it fhines in JESU's face, The brightest image of his grace; GOD in the perfon of his Son,

Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The fpacious earth, and fpreading flood, Proclaim the wife and pow'rful God; And thy rich glories from afar, Sparkle in ev'ry rolling star.

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4 But in his looks a glory ftands,
The nobleft labour of thine hands.
The pleafing luftre of his eyes
Outshines the wonders of the fkies.

175. 5 Grace! 'tis a fweet, a charming theme; My thoughts rejoice at JESU's name! Ye Angels, dwell upon the found; Ye heav'ns, reflect it to the ground!

6 O, may I live to reach the place, Where he unveils his lovely face! Where all his beauties you behold, And fing his name on harps of gold!

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175.

PHIL. iii. 7-9.

No more, my GOD, I boast no more

Of all the duties I have done;

I quit the hopes I held before,
To truft the merits of thy Son.

2 Now for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my lofs:
My former pride I call my fhame,
And nail my glory to his cross.

3. Yes, LORD, I muft and will efteem
All things but lofs for JESU's fake;
O may my foul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake!
4 The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands,
By pleading what my LORD has done.

HYMN 176.

THE HEAVENLY SHEPHERD.

I THE LORD, my fhepherd and my guide,›
Will all my wants fupply;

In fafety I fhall still abide,
Beneath his watchful eye.

2 Amidst the verdant flow'ry meads
He makes my sweet repofe,
When pain'd with thirft, he gently leads
Where living water flows.

3 If from his fold I thoughtless stray,
He leads the wand'rer home,
And fhews my erring feet the way
Where dangers cannot come.
4 Tho' haft'ning to the filent tomb,
And death's dark fhades appear;
Thyprefence, LORD,fhall chear the gloom,
And banish ev'ry fear.

5 No evil can my foul dismay,

While I am near my GOD;
My comfort, my fupport and stay,
Thy staff and guiding rod.

6 Thy conftant bounties me furround,
Amidft my envious foes;

My favour'd head with gladnefs crown'd,
My cup with bleffing flows.

7 Thus fhall thy goodness, love and care,
Attend my future days;-
And I fhall dwell for ever near
My GoD, and fing his praise.

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HYMN 177.

THE RELATIVÉ DUTIES.

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HRISTIANS in your fev'ral stations,
Dutiful to all relations,

Give to each his proper due:
Let not their unkind behaviour
Make you difobey your Saviour,
His command's the rule for you..

2 Parents, be to children tender; Children, full obedience render

To your parents in the LORD: Never flight, nor disrespect them; Nor thro' pride, when old, reject them; 'Tis the precept of the word.

3 Wives, to hufbands yield fübjection; Hufbands, with a kind affection

Cherish, as yourselves, your wives.

Masters, rule with moderation,
Sway'd by justice, not by paffion,
To the fcriptures fquare your lives.

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