While the rich treasure of his grace 5 Tormenting thirft fhall leave their fouls, The fruit of life's immortal tree Shall be their sweet repaft. 6 The Lamb fhall lead his heav'nly flock HYMN XLII. Common Metre. Divine wrath and mercy; from Nahum i. 1, &c. A His jealous eyes his wrath inflame, 2 Almighty vengeance, how it burns! Vaft magazines of plagues and ftorms 3 Thofe heaps of wrath by flow degrees But kindled, Oh! how fierce they blaze! 4 At his approach the mountains flee, 5 Through the wide air the weighty rocks *Heb. xii. 29. H H Yet, mighty God! thy fov'reign grace When wrath comes rufhing down. While we, beneath thy fhelt'ring wings, HYMN XLIII. Referred to the 100th Pfalm. HYMN XLV. S Common Metre. EE where the great incarnate God While from the fkies his awful voice 2 ["I am the first, and I the last, 3 . "Such favours as a God can give, ૬. "Ye thirfty fouls, come taste the ftreams "Where life and pleasure flows.] 4 ["The faint that triumphs o'er his fins, "I'll own him for a fon; 5 "The whole creation fhall reward "But bloody hands and hearts unclean, "The faithless and the fcoffing crew, 6 "They fhall be taken from my fight, "Bound faft in iron chains, "And headlong plung'd into the lake "Where fire and darkness reigns."] 70 may I ftand before the Lamb When earth and feas are fled! And hear the Judge pronounce my name With bleflings on my head. 8 May I with thofe forever dwell, Who here were my delight, While finners, banifh'd down to hell, No more offend my fight. HYMNS XLVI, and XLVII. Referred to Pfalm 148, and Pfalm 3. HYMN XLVIII. Long Metre. A The Chriftian race. Ifa. xl. 28-31. WAKE, our fouls, (away our fears, 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, And firm endures, while endless years 4 From thee, the overflowing fpring, 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, HYMN XLIX. Common Metre.. WOW ftrong thine arm is, mighty God!! HOW Jefus, how fweet thy graces are! Who would not love the Lamb? 2 He has done more than Mofes did,,. 3 In the Red Sea, by Mofes' hand, 4 When through the defert Ifrael went,, 5 Mofes beheld the promis'd land,, But Chrift fhall bring his foll'wers home,, 6. Then fhall our love and joy be full, And fweeter voices tune the fong HYMN L. Common Metre. The fong of Zacharias, and the meffage of John the Baptift; or, light and falvation by Jefus Chrift. Luke i. 68, &c. John i. 29, 32. OW be the God of Ifrael blefs'd, 2 Now he bedews old David's root, 3 [John was the prophet of the Lord, To The herald which our Saviour God 4 He makes the great falvation known, While grace divine, and heav'nly love, 5" Behold the Lamb of God," he cries, "I faw the Spirit o'er his head "On his baptizing day.] cr 6"Be ev'ry vale exalted high, "Sink ev'ry mountain low; "The proud muft ftoop, and humble fouls "Shall his falvation know. 7 "The heathen realms with Ifrael's land "Shall join in fweet accord; "And all that's born of man fhall fee "The glory of the Lord. C |