He rais'd the glorious arch on high,
And meafur'd out the azure sky.

IV.

In all our Maker's vaft defigns,
Omnipotence with wisdom fhines;
His works, thro' all this wond'rous frame,
Bear the great imprefs of his name.

V.

Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing,
Our fouls his high perfections fing;
O let his praise employ our tongues,
And lift'ning worlds approve the fongs.

HYMN II. Long Metre.

The one living and true GOD.

I.

TERNAL GOD, almighty cause
Of earth and feas and worlds unknown;

All things are fubject to thy laws;
All things depend on thee alone.

II.

Thy glorious being fingly stands,
Of all within itself poffeft:

Controul'd by none are thy commands
Thou from thyself alone art bleft.

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III.

To thee alone ourselves we owe;

Let heav'n and earth due homage pay;
All other Gods we difavow,

Deny their claims, renounce their fway.
IV.

Spread thy great name thro' heathen lands;
Their idol deities dethrone;

Reduce the world to thy command,

And reign, as thou art, Gop alone.

HYMN III.

Common Metre.

The Immutability of GOD.

I.

HRO' endless years thou art the fame,
O thou eternal GOD!

Ages to come fhall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.
II.

The ftrong foundations of the earth
Of old by thee were laid;

By thee the beauteous arch of heav'n
With matchlefs fkill was made.

III.

Soon fhall this goodly frame of things,
Form'd by the pow'rful hand,

Be, like a vefture, laid afide,
And chang'd at thy command.
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IV.

But thy perfections, all-divine,
Eternal as thy days,

Thro' everlasting ages fhine,
With undiminish'd rays.

V.

Thy fervants children, ftill thy care,
Shall own their father's GOD;
To latest times thy favour fhare,
And spread thy praise abroad..

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HYMN IV. Common Metre.

GOD eternal.

I.

ISE, rife, my foul, and leave the ground
Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,

And call forth ev'ry tuneful found,
To praise th' eternal GOD.

II.

Long e'er the lofty skies were spread,
JEHOVAH fill'd his throne;

Ere men were form'd or angels made,
The Maker liv'd alone.

III.

His boundless years can ne'er decrease,
But ftill maintain their prime:

ETERNITY

ETERNITY'S his dwelling-place,

And EVER is his time.

IV.

While like a tide our minutes flow,
The present and the past,
He fills his own immortal NOW,
And fees our ages waste.

V.

The feas and skies must perish too,
And vaft deftruction come;

The creatures, look, how old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom!
VI.

Well, let the fea fhrink all away,
And flame melt down the skies;
My GOD fhall live an endless day,
When this creation dies.

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HYMN V. Common Metre.

The Greatness of GOD.

I.

EEP filence all created things,
And wait your Maker's word;

My foul ftands trembling while fhe fings
The honours of her LORD.

II.

Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree:

He fits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

III.

Ten thousand ages e'er the fkies
Were into motion brought;
All future years, and worlds to come,
Stood present to his thought.
IV.

His mighty voice bid ancient night
Her endless realms refign;
And lo, ten thousand worlds of light
In fields of azure shine.

V.

His wifdom with fuperior fway,
Guides the vast-moving frame;
Whilst all the ranks of beings pay
Deep rev'rence to his name.

HYMN VI. Common Metre.

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The Power of GOD.

I.

WAS GOD who fix'd the rolling fpheres,
And stretch'd the boundless skies;

Who form'd the plan of endless years,
ages rife.

And bade the

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