5 Let men or angels dig the mines bob
Where nature's golden treasure shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cross,
All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
We'll meet the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name

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SHALL atheists dare insult the cross

Of our incarnate God?

Shall infidels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood?

2 What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults!
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts?..

3 What if his gospel bid us strive
With flesh, and self, and sin!
The prize is most divinely bright
That we are call'd to win.

4 What if the men, despis'd on earth,
Still of his grace partake!
This but confirms his truth the more,
For so the prophets spake.

5 Do some, that own his sacred truth,
Indulge their souls in sin?

None should reproach the Saviour's name,
His laws are pure and clean.

6 Then let our faith be firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;
Nor ever shun those holy men
Who fear and love the Lord.

DR. WATTS'S SERMONS.

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5. 6. Bourton 50. Haughton 68., Everlasting Love, Electing Grace, and Personal Holiness.

Our election who see,

And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee!

In Jesus approv'd,

Eternally lov'd,

Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov’d.

"Tis sweet to recline

On the bosom divine,

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And experience the comforts peculiar to thine; While, born from above,

And upheld by thy love, d

With singing and triumph to Zion we move,?

Thy mercy demands and shall have all the praise:
No sinner can be
Beforehand-with thee,

Thy grace is preventing, almighty, and free.

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That thee we receive;

Thou art precious alone to the souls that believe;

Be precious to us!

All besides is as dross,

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Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy

PART II.-Personal Holiness desired.

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More holiness grant!

For more of thy mind and thy image we pant: {}

Thine image impress

On thy favourite race;

O fashion and polish thy vessels of grace!

Thy workmanship we

More fully would be;

to thee:

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The chosen people of cur God!

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And justice never can expect

That the same debt should twice be paid,

3 Not tribulation, nakedness,

The famine, peril, or the sword

Not persecution, or distress,

Can separate from Christ the Lord.

4. Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height,
Nor powers below, nor powers above,
Nor present things, nor things to come,
Can change his purposes of love.

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Lord, save, O save my soul at last.

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The Godly consideration of Election in Christ comfortable.

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Ask, O why such love to me??
Grace hath put me in the number ini
Of the Saviour's family : ile son

Hallelujah!

Thanks, eternal thanks to thee!!

4 Since that love had no beginning,
And shall never, never cease;
Keep, O keep me, Lord, from sinning!
Guide
in the way of peace!

Make me

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All the paths of holiness.

5 When I quit this feeble mansion,?.
And my soul returns to thee,

Let the power of thy ascension!
Manifest itself in me:

Thro' the Spirit,

Give the final victory!

6 [When the angel sounds the trumpet ;
When my soul and body join; /
When my Saviour comes to judgment,
Bright in Majesty divine;

Let me triumph

In thy righteousness as mine.]

7 When in that blest habitation,
Which my God has fore-ordain'd;
When, in glory's full possession,
I with saints and angels stand;
Free grace only