2. Veffels of Mercy, Sons of Grace,
Be purg'd from every sinful Stain,
Be like your LORD; His Word embrace,
Nor bear His hallow'd Name in vain.

3. For not as Fugitives that try.

By hafty Flight t' efcape the Foe, Ye from the Power of Sin fhall fy, But calmly in full Triumph go.

4.

The LORD fhall in your Front appear,
And lead the pompous Triumph on;
His Glory fhall bring up the Rear,
And perfect what His Grace begun.

5. Behold the Servant of my Grace,
My Son fhall heavenly Wisdom fhew,
Deal gently with the Sin-fick Race,
And minifter my Life below.

6. His mighty Arm, His high Right-Hand,
Still the Preheminence fhall have,
Shall bow the World to His Command,
And magnify His Power to fave.

7. Vileft of all the Sons of Men

Him in His Days of Flesh they view'd, His Body mangled, torn with Pain,

His Vifage marr'd with Tears and Blood.

8. The World on Him they doom'd to die,
With fresh Astonishment fhall
gaze,
Amaz'd their Saviour to defcry,
O'repower'd with His ftupendous Grace.

9. The fuffering Sin-atoning GOD

Shall kindly raise them from their Fall, Sprinkle the Nations with His Blood, And tell them, He hath died for All.

10. The

10. The Nations shall receive His Word,
And Kings to His Command submit,
The Lords of Earth fhall call Him LORD,
And lay their Crowns before His Feet.

11. Fountain of Power, when He is near
The Gods of Earth are Gods no more,.
Poor Guilty Worms they bow, they fear,
And fall, and filently adore..

12. Children of Wrath and Slaves of Sin
They now fhall fee their loft Eftate;
Shall fee the Blood that makes them clean..
The Power that makes them truly Great.

13. Shall now, in JESUS taught to truft,
Accept the Grace on All beftow'd,
This their Beft Title, and their Boast,
Servants of CHRIST, and Sons of GOD.

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Wrestling JACOB.

NOME, O Thou Traveller unknown,
Whom ftill I hold, but cannot fee,

My Company before is gone,

And I am left alone with Thee, With Thee all Night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the Break of Day.

2.

I need not tell Thee who I am,
My Mifery, or Sin declare,
Thyfelf haft call'd me by my Name,"

Look on Thy Hands, and read it there,
But who, I afk Thee, who art Thou,
Tell me Thy Name, and tell me now?

3. In vain Thou ftruggleft to get free,
I never will unloose my Hold:
Art Thou the Man that died for me?
The Secret of Thy Love unfold;
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.

4.

Wilt Thou not yet to me reveal
Thy new, unutterable Name?
Tell me, I ftill befeech Thee, tell,

To know it Now refolv'd I am;
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.

5.

'Tis all in vain to hold Thy Tongue, Or touch the Hollow of my Thigh Though every Sinew be unftrung,

Out of my Arms Thou fhalt not fly;
Wrestling I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.

6. What tho' my fhrinking Flesh complain, And murmur to contend fo long,

I rife fuperior to my Pain,

When I am weak then I am strong, And when my All of Strength shall fail, I fhall with the GOD-man prevail.

7. My Strength is gone, my Nature dies, I fink beneath Thy weighty Hand, Faint to revive, and fall to rife ;

I fall, and yet by Faith I ftand,

I ftand, and will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy Name, Thy Nature know.

for I am weak ;

8. Yield to me Now
But confident in Self-despair:

Speak to my Heart, in Bleffings fpeak,
Be conquer'd by my Inftant Prayer,

Speak,

Speak, or Thou never hence fhalt move,
And tell me, if Thy Name is LovE.

9. 'Tis Love, 'tis Love! Thou diedst for Me,.
I hear Thy Whisper in my Heart.
'The Morning breaks, the Shadows flee:

Pure UNIUERSAL LOVE Thou art,
To me, to All Thy Bowels move,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LovE.

10. My Prayer hath Power with GOD; the Grace Unfpeakable I now receive,

Thro' Faith I fee Thee Face to Face,

I see Thee Face to Face, and live:
In vain I have not wept, and strove,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LovE.

11. I know Thee, Saviour, who Thou art,
JESUS the feeble Sinner's Friend;
Nor wilt Thou with the Night depart,
But stay, and love me to the End ;
Thy Mercies never fhall remove,
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LovE..

12. The Sun of Righteoufnefs on Me
Hath rofe with Healing in his Wings,
Wither'd my Nature's Strength; from Thee
My Soul it's Life and Succour brings,
My Help is all laid up above;

Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LOVE.

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13. Contented now upon my Thigh
I halt, till Life's fhort journey end;
All Helplesness, all Weakness J,

On Thee alone for Strength depend,
Nor have I Power, from Thee, to move;
Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LovE.

14. Lame

14. Lame as I am, I take the Prey, Hell, Earth, and Sin with Ease o'ercome ; I leap for Joy, pursue my Way,

And as a bounding Heart fly home, Thro' all Eternity to prove

Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LOVE.

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A THANKSGIVING.

What fhall I do My Saviour to praise? So faithful and true, So plenteous in Grace! So ftrong to deliver So good to redeem The weakest Believer That hangs upon Him.

2. 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@hey are talking Of JESUS's Grace.

3. Their daily Delight Shall be in Thy Name,
They fhall as their Right Thy Righteousness claim:
Thy Righteoufnefs wearing And cleans'd by Thy
Blood

Bold fhall they appear in The Presence of God.

Power. 4. For Thou art their Boaft, Their Glory and 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.

5. For JESUS my LORD Is now my Defence,
I truft in His Word None plucks me from thence:
Since I have found Favour He all things will do,
My King and my Saviour shall make me anew.

6. Yes, LORD, I fhall fee The Bliss of Thine own, Thy Secret to me Shall foon be made known,

For