15. At Thy laft Gafp the Graves difplay'd Their Horrors to the upper Skies; Oh! that my Soal might burft the Shade, And quickned by Thy Death, arise.
16. The Rocks could feel Thy powerful Death, And tremble, and asunder part:
O rent with Thy Expiring Breath The harder Marble of my Heart.
17. My Stony Heart Thy, Voice shall rent, Thou wilt, I truft, the Veil remove,
My inmoft Bowels fhall refent"
The Yearnings of Thy Dying Love.
18. The Grace I furely fhall receive, Thy Death hath bought the Grace for me; This is my whole Defire, To live: To live, and then to die in Thee.
Defiring to love.
HAT fhall I do my GoD to love,
W My Saviour, and the World's to praife?
Whole Bowels of Compaffion move
To Me, and All the Fallen Race; Whofe Mercy is divinely free For All the Fallen Race, and Me.
2. I long to know, and to make known The Heighth and Depth of Love Divine, The Kindness Thou to me haft fhewn, Whole every Sin was counted Thine: My Gop for me refign'd His Breath, He died, to fave my Soul from Death.
3. All Souls are Thine and Thou for All The Ranfom of Thy Life haft given,
To raife the Sinner from his Fall,
And bring him back to God and Heaven, Thou All the World haft died to fave, And All may Thy Salvation have.
4. How fhall I thank Thee for the Grace, On me, and All Mankind beftow'd! O that my every Breath were Praise,
O that my Heart were fill'd with GOD! My Heart would then with Love o'erflow, And all my Life Thy Glory fhew.
5. See me, O LORD, athirst and faint, Me weary of Forbearing fee, And let me feel Thy Love's Constraint, And freely give up All for Thee. True in the Fiery Tryal prove,
And pay Thee back Thy Dying Love.
LovE, I languish at thy Stay,
I pine for Thee with lingring Smart,
Weary, and faint thro' long Delay, When wilt Thou come into my Heart, From Sin and Sorrow fet me free, And fwallow up my Soul in Thee!
2. Come, O Thou Univerfal Good,
Balm of the Wounded Confcience, come, The hungry, dying Spirit's Food,
The weary, wandring Pilgrim's Home, Haven to take the Shipwreck'd in, My Everlasting Rest from Sin.
3. Be Thou, O Love, whate'er I want, Support my Feeblenefs of Mind, Relieve the Thirfty Soul, the Faint Revive, illuminate the Blind, C
The Mournful chear, the Drooping lead, And heal the Sick, and raise the Dead.
4. Come, O my Comfort and Delight, My Strength and Health, my Shield and Sun, My Boaft, and Confidence, and Might, My Joy, my Glory, and my Crown, My Gospel-Hope, my Calling's Prize, My Tree of Life, my Paradife.
5. The Secret of the LORD Thou art, The Mystery so long unknown, CHRIST in a pure and perfect Heart, The Name infcrib'd in the White Stone, The Life Divine, the Little Leaven, My pretious Pearl, my Prefent Heaven.
LOVE Divine, what haft Thou done! Th'Immortal GOD hath died for Me! The Father's Co-Eternal Son
Bore all my Sins upon the Tree ; Th' Immortal GOD for me hath died! My LORD, my Love is Crucified !
2. Behold Him All ye that pafs by,
The Bleeding Prince of Life and Peace, Come fee, ye Worms, your Maker die, And fay, Was ever Grief like His! Come feel with me His Blood applied: My LORD, my Love is Crucified !
3. Is crucified for Me and You, To bring us Rebels near to GOD; Believe, believe the Record true, We All are bought with JESU's Blood;
Pardon for All flows from His Side: My LORD, my Love is Crucified.
4. Then let us fit beneath His Cross, And gladly catch the Healing Stream, All Things for Him account but Lofs, And give up all our Hearts to Him; Of Nothing think, or speak befide: My LORD, my Love is Crucified!
Behold the Lamb of GOD, that away the Sin of the World!
Esu, Great Redeemer, hear A feeble Sinner's Cry,
Thou in my Behalf appear, And bring Salvation nigh: To my LORD what shall I fay? Saviour, I of Thee have need ; Take, O take my Sins away, And make me free indeed.
2. Thee All-lovely as Thou art, Should I profefs to love, Surely my rebellious Heart
The Falfhood would difprove: Thee my Heart cannot obey Till from Every Evil freed: Take, O take, &c.
3. Should I fay, that Ought in Me Of Good doth now abide, Seif-condemn'd I now fhould be ; My All is Self and Pride.
Guilty, guilty must I say,
Nothing, LORD, have I to plead : Take, O take,. &c.
4. No Defire, or Will have I Thy Mercy to embrace, From Thy Arms of Love I fly, And flight Thy proffer'd Grace: But Thou didst my Ranfom pay, But Thy Blood for Me was fhed: Take, O take, &c.
5. Thy Salvation to obtain, Out of Myfelf I go,
Freely 'Thou must heal my Pain,
Thy unbought Mercy fhew: For Myfelf I cannot pray; Let thy Spirit interceed : Take, O take, &c.
6. Not because I willing am,
On me this Grace be fhew'd; But Thou art th' Atoning Lamb, Therefore apply Thy Blood; Therefore, LORD, no more delay, Therefore heal my Soul, and lead; Take, O take my Sins away, And make me free indeed.
Before the SACRAMENT.
Esu, at whofe Supreme Command We thus approach to GoD,
Before us in Thy Vesture stand, Thy Vefture dipt in Blood.
2. Obedient to Thy gracious Word We break the Hallow'd Bread, Commemorate Thee, Our Dying LORD, And truft on Thee to feed.
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