e 4 But sinners find their counsels crossed: As chaff before the tempest flies,

So shall their hopes be blown and lostg When the last trumpet shakes the skies. -5[In vain the rebel seeks to stand, In judgment with the pious race;

e The dreadful Judge, with stern command,
Divides him to a different place.

d 6" Straight is the way my saints have trod,
I blessed the path and drew it plain;
But you would choose the crooked road;
And down it leads to endless pain."]

PSALM 2. S. M. Dover. Sutton. [*]

Christ dying, rising, interceding, and reigning.

1

MAK

AKER, and Sovereign Lord,
Of heaven and earth and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees,

2 The things, so long foretold
By David, are fulfilled;

p When Jews and Gentiles rose to slay
Jesus, thy holy child.

3 [Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews, with one accord,
Bend all their counsels, to destroy
Th' anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and kings agree,
To form a vain design;

Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.

d 5 The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his throne:

He who hath raised him from the dead
Hath owned him for his Son.]

PAUSE.

o 6 Now he's ascended high,
And asks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heavenly birth.

7 He asks, and God bestows
A large inheritance ;-

g Far as the world's remotest ends,
His kingdom shall advance.

e 8 The nations that rebel Must feel his iron rod;

• He'll vindicate those honours well, Which he received from God.

e

d

9 [Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at his throne;

With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.

10 If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place;

o Then blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.]

C. M. Bedford. St. Ann's. []

Christ exalted and his Enemies warned.

P1 WHY did the nations join to slay

The Lord's anointed Son?

Why did they cast his laws away.
And tread his gospel down?

-2 The Lord, who sits above the skies,
Derides their rage below;

He speaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And strikes their spirits through.

d 3 "I call him my eternal Son,
And raise him from the dead;
I make my holy hill his throne,
And wide his kingdom spread."
4 ["Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy
The utmost heathen lands:

Thy rod of iron shall destroy

The rebel who withstands."]

e 5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey the anointed Lord;

Adore the King of heavenly birth,
And tremble at his word.

o 6 With humble love address his throne;
For if he frown, ye die;

-Those are secure, and those alone,
Who on his grace rely.

L. M. Bath. [*]

Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
THY did the Jews proclaim their rage?

1W The Romans, why their swords employ,

Against the Lord their powers engage,

His dear Anointed to destroy?

d 2 “Come, let us break his bands," say they,
"This man shall never give us laws:
-And thus they cast his yoke away,
And nailed the Monarch to the cross.
g 3 But God, who high in glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rage controls;
He'll vex their hearts with inward pains,
And speak in thunder to their souls.
d 4 "I will maintain the king I made,
On Zion's everlasting hill;

My land shall bring him from the dead,
And he shall stand your Sovereign still."
o 5 (His wondrous rising from the earth,
Makes his eternal Godhead known,
o The Lord declares his heavenly birth;
d"This day have I begot my Son.

6 "Ascend, my Son, to my right hand,
There thou shalt ask, and I bestow,
The utmost bounds of heathen lands;
To thee the northern isles shall bow.")
e 7 But nations that resist his grace,
Shall fall beneath his iron stroke;
His rod shall crush his foes with ease,
As potters' earthen ware is broke.

PAUSE.

-8 Now, ye that sit on earthly thrones,
Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb:
Now to his feet submit your crowns,
Rejoice and tremble at his name.

e 9 With humble love address the Son,
Lest he grow angry, and ye die;

e His wrath will burn to worlds unknown, If ye provoke his jealousy.

g 10 His storms shall drive you quick to hell; » He is a God, and ye but dust:

o Happy the souls who know him well, And make his grace their only trust.]

PSALM 3. C. M. Canterbury. Barby. [*] Doubts and Fears suppressed; or, God our Defence from Sin and Satar.

P MY God, how many are my fears!

How fast my foes increase!

-Conspiring my eternal death,

They break my present peace...

e 2 The lying tempter would persuade,
There's no relief in heaven;
And all my swelling sins appear
Too big to be forgiven.

-3 But thou, my glory and my strength,
Shalt on the tempter tread;
Shalt silence all my threatening guilt,
And raise my drooping head.

e 4 [I cried, and from his holy hill'
He bowed a listening ear;

I called my Father and my God;
And he subdued my fear.

5 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes,
In spite of all my foes;
I'woke and wondered at the grace,

That guarded my repose.]

g 6 What though the host of death and hell,
All armed, against me stood;
Terrors no more shall shake my soul;
My refuge is my God.

o 7 Arise, O Lord, fulfill thy grace,
While I thy glory sing:

My God has broke the serpent's teeth,
And Death has lost his sting.

• 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs;
His arm alone can save :
Blessings attend thy people here,
And reach beyond the grave.

L. M. Worship. Armley. [b]
Ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8.-A Morning Psalm.
LORD, how many are my foes,

In this weak state of flesh and blood!

My peace they daily discompose,
But my defence and hope is God.

e 2 Tired with the burdens of the day,
To thee I raised an evening cry:
Thou heard'st when I began to pray,
And thine almighty help was nigh.
-3 Supported by thy heavenly aid,
I laid me down, and slept secure ;
Not death should make my heart afraid,
Though I should wake and rise no more.
o 4 But God sustained me all the night:
Salvation doth to God belong:

The raised my head to see the light,
And make his praise my morning song.

PSALM 4. L. M. Green's. Islington. [b] Ver. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.-God our Portion, and Christ our Hope.

GOD of grace and righteousness,
Hear and attend, when I complain;

Thou hast enlarged me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.
2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try,
To turn my glory into shame;
e How long will scoffers love to lie,

And dare reproach my Saviour's name? d 3 Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside :

e He hears the cry of penitents,

For the dear sake of Christ who died.

4 When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, o We put our trust in God alone,

And glory in his pardoning grace.
-5 Let the unthinking many say,
"Who will bestow some earthly good?
-But, Lord, thy light and love we pray;
Our souls desire this heavenly food.
6 Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice,
At grace and favours so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice,
For all their corn, and all their wine.

C. M. Barby. York. [*]
Ver. 3, 4, 5, 8.-An Evening Psalm,

LORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;

am forever thine ;..