47. L. M WATTS'S P. God manifefled, in his Works and Word. TH HE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord, In ev'ry ftar thy wisdom fhines : But when our eyes behold thy Word, We read thy Name in fairer lines.... The rolling fun, the changing light, Sun, moon, and ftars, convey thy praife Nor fhall thy fpreading gofpel reft, Great Sun of Righteoufnefs arife! Thy nobleft wonders here we view, L The Riches of God's Word. ET Avarice from fhore to fhore Thy Word, O Lord, we value more Here mines of knowledge, love and joy The counfels of redeeming grace Here light defcending from above Our num'rous griefs are here redrest, For these ineftimable gains, O may we fearch with eager pains, 49. C. M. WATTS, altered. The Faithfulness of God in his Word. May my fong for ever shew And may fucceeding ages know, The facred truths his lips pronounce How long the race of David held His feed for ever shall poffefs A throne above. the skies; His promife he will ne'er revoke, Great God of hofts, thy wond'rous ways And faints on earth their honors raife To thy unchanging love. LAW and GOSPEL. 50. L. M. WATTS, altered. HE law declares, and makes us know TH But in the gospel we may fee, How God hath fet the debtor free. The law discovers guilt and fin; And fhews how vile our hearts have been; God's mercy, love and righteousness. What curfes does the law denounce The vileft finner out of hell, My foul, no more attempt to draw G 51. L. M. Another. O, you that reft upon the Law, And madly feek falvation there : But I'll retire beneath the Cross; 52. C. M. WATTS'S H. Sinai and Sion. TOT to the terrors of the Lord, Ν The tempeft, fire and smoke; Not to the thunder of that word But we are come to Sion's hill, Where milder words declare his will, Behold th' innumerable hoft Of angels cloth'd in light! The faints on earth, and all the dead In fuch fociety as this: My weary foul would reft : The man that dwells where Jefus is, |