5

So may it in our Cafe,

Thro' ev'ry Time and Place
Be clearly feen henceforth,.
That our glad Word of Grace
Upon this bleffed Earth,
Therefore ftrike fo cou'd,
'Caufe 'tis ting'd with Blood.

6 Yea, this let all Men own,
Who will fome Thoughts upon
Chrift's Congregation spend,
Nought in the World they've done,
But juft to Jefus lend

Spirit, Soul and Limb,
To bring Joy to Him.

7 That not their thund'ring Sound
Or Noise amongst them found,
Makes Satan's Towers yield,
His Throne fall to the Ground;
No, but the Flame most mild
And the glowing Shine

Of that Blood divine.

8 Thou then, God's Fulnefs, fo
In ftillness all Things do;
Pray, weep, and think within
How farther it will go,

What Spoils the Crofs fhall win,
Yet, yet many a Soul,

Till the Sum is full.

9 Lord Chrift, Thy Blood fo fhed,
Thy Nail-prints (fee how red!)
Thy pierc'd, Thy thro'-bor'd Side,
The Sweat in Thy deep Need,
Secure and keep Thy Bride,
Till Thy Day fhall fhine,
Bleeding King of Thine!

10 may we fafe and well
In that His Heart's Wound dwell,
Both here in Europe's Bound
The Northern Pole until,
On Afia, Africk's Ground,
And West Indies får:
Jefus ftill be near!

XCIII.

From the German.

N°. 1029.

A Marriage HYMN,

glorify'd Head!

May Mortals then tread

The holiest of all,

And there 'fore the Ark of the Covenant fall?

2 Then write us to-Day

A Pafs for our Wa

ay,

With Blood of the Lamb,

For

For us, who delight in Thy Seal and new Name.

3 Now open the Book,

Affift us to look

And awfully read

The Rights that relate to the conjugal Bed. 4 Thou heavenly Friend!

5

We're met for that End,
Thy Dictates to hear,

Thyfelf, gracious Mafter! be pleas'd to

appear.

The first God-like Man,

Who Marriage began,

In Purity fhone,

Was happy and perfect, but only alone.

6 To him Thou all-kind

An Help meet wouldft find;

And mad'ft of one Whole

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Two Parts to be one both in Body and Soul.

7 Thy Will he obey'd,

Afleep was he laid;

A Rib didft Thou take,

And thus from his Body a Woman didft make.

8 That State did from hence

Moft facred commence,
Wherein the most High

Soon join'd them in Eden by folemneft Tye.

9 Where

9 Whenever they treat Of th' conjugal State, Chrift's Servants agree,

That Marriage both awful and spotless fhall be.

10 How ftrict in it's Day
Was 1fra'l's Yoke, pray?
A Garment unclean,

An Iffue, defil'd both the Camp and the
Man.

ii We alfo may trace,

What shameful Disgrace

Uncleannefs there brought

On th' loer and Him that approach'd without Thought.

12 To be faithful and true

From each is ftill due

;

God's Temple whoe'er

Defileth, has Reafon Deftruction to fear.

13 O Bridegroom and Friend!

T' our Prayers attend;

Now fill us with Grace,

Which beams all enliv'ning and sweet from
Thy Face.

14 Our Hearts draw in Love
To th' blefs'd Choir above
That Mary's chaft Mind

Anointing

Anointing and fweet'ning our Blood may we find.

15 From what we have heard, Thy Mind hath appear'd, Give's Hearts to observe,

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And ne'er from the Limits of Purity swerve.

XCIV.

glorious Saviour, King of Souls,
Thy chofen Flock's Defence,
By Thee how ftrangely am I kept
At Eafe, tho' in Sufpence!
I find myself poor Worm led on
Beneath Thy tender Care,

Thy Arm prepares my Way, Thy Eye
Looks out before me far.

2 That faithfull Love, which o'er Mankind With bleeding Pity yearn'd,

And now to fave and gather Souls
Is conftantly concern'd:

Perhaps this Love has feen ev'n me
With kind electing Look,

And marks Thy Servant's Name, Work,
Food,

Within Thy Houfhold-Book.

3 O! in that happy Rank to stand, Who fimply ferve Thy Will,