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And vengeance shall attend their songs,—
The vengeance of the Lord.

6 When Christ his judgment seat ascends,
And bids the world appear,

Thrones are prepared for all his friends,
Who humbly loved him here.

7 [Then shall they rule, with iron rod,
Nations that dared rebel:

And join the sentence of their God,
On tyrants doomed to hell.

8 The royal sinners, bound in chains,
New triumphs shall afford:

Such honour for the saints remains:x
Praise ye and love the Lord.]

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PSALM 150. C. M. Doxology. [*]

Ver. 1, 2, 6. A Song of Praise.

God's own house pronounce his praise;

To heaven your joy and wonder raise ;
For there his glory dwells.

2 Let all your sacred passions move,
While you rehearse his deeds:
But the great work of saving love
Your highest praise exceeds.

3 All that have motion, life, and breath,
Proclaim your Maker blest;

Yet when my voice expires in death,
My soul shall praise him best.

THE CHRISTIAN DOXOLOGY.

L. M.

10 God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,

Be honour, praise, and glory given,
By all on earth and all in heaven

C. M.

IET God, the Father and the Son

And Spirit, be adored;

Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love the Lord.

C. M.

Where the tune includes two stanzas.

I.

HE God of mercy be adored,

Who saves by his redeeming word,
And new creating breath.

II.

To praise the Father and the Son,
And Spirit all divine,-

The One in Three, and Three in One,-
Let saints and angels join.

S. M.

YAnd saints who dwell below,

E angels round the throne,

Worship the Father, praise the Son,
And bless the Spirit too.

P. M.

N The Father, Son, and Spirit, be

TOW to the great and sacred Three

Eternal praise and glory givenThrough all the worlds where God is known, By all the angels near the throne,

And all the saints in earth and heaven.

HYMNS

AND

SPIRITUAL SONGS.

BOOK I.

COLLECTED FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.

HYMN 1. C. M. Devizes. St. Asaph's. [*]
A New Song to the Lamb that was sluin.
Rev. v. 6, 8, 9, 10, 12.

'B'Amidst his Father's throne:
EHOLD the glories of the Lamb,
Prepare new honours for his name,
And songs, before unknown.

e 2 Let elders worship at his feet,
The church adore around;
With vials full of odours sweet,
And harps of sweeter sound.

--3 Those are the prayers of all the saints,
And these the hymns they raise ·

e Jesus is kind to our complaints, He loves to hear our praise.

4 [Eternal Father, who shall look,
into thy secret will?

Who but the Son shall take that book,
And open every seal?

-5 He shall fulfill thy great decrees;
The Son deserves it well :

Lo, in his hand the sovereign keys
Of heaven, and death, and hell!]

6 Now to the Lamb, that once was slain,
Be endless blessings paid;

Salvation, glory, joy, remain,
Forever, on thy head.

d 7 Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood; Hast set the prisoners free :

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Hast made us kings and priests to God;
And we shall reign with thee!

8 The worlds of nature and of grace
Are put beneath thy power;
Then shorten these delaying days,
And bring the promised hour.

HYMN 2. L. M.

Castle Street. [*]

The Deity and Humanity of Christ. John i. 1, 3, 14; Col. i. 16; and Eph. ii. 9, 10.

1

ERE the blue heavens were stretched abroad,

From everlasting was the Word o

With God he was; the Word was God!

And must divinely be adored,

2 By his own power were all things made; ›
By him supported, all things stand:
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command.
3 [Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,
He led the host of morning stars:
Thy generation who can tell,

Or count the number of thy years?]

4 But lo, he leaves those heavenly forms
The Word descends and dwells in clay :
That he may hold converse with worms,
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they..
o 5 Mortals with joy beheld his face,
Th' eternal Father's only Son;

e How full of truth! how full of grace!
When through his eyes the Godhead shone!

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6 Archangels leave their high abode,

To learn new mysteries here, and tell

The love of our descending God,

The glories of Immanuel.

HYMN 3. S. M. St. Thomas's. [*]

The Nativity of Christ. Luke i. 30, &c. Luke ii. 10

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BEHOLD, the grace appears!

The promise is fulfilled!

Mary, the wondrous virgin, bears,
And Jesus is the child!

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