If now I have Acceptance found With Thee, or Favour in Thy Sight, With Thy Omnipotence furround,
And arm me with Thy Spirit's Might.
8. O may I hear His Warning Voice,
And timely fly from Danger near,
With Reverence unto Thee rejoice,
And love Thee with a Filial Fear.
9. Still hold my Soul in Second Life,
And fuffer not my Feet to flide,
Support me in the Glorious Strife,
And comfort me on every Side.
10. O give me Faith, and Faith's Increase,
Finish the Work begun in me,
Preferve my. Soul in Perfect Peace,
That ftays, and waits, and hangs on Thee.
11. O let Thy gracious Spirit guide,
And bring me to the Promis'd Land,
Where Righteoufnefs and Peace refide,
And All fubmit to LovE's Command.
12. A Land, where Milk and Honey flows,
And Springs of pure Delights arife,
Delights which I fhall fhortly know;
I fhall regain my Paradice.
13. I fee it now from Pilgah's Top, Pleasant, and beautiful, and good, In all the Confidence of Hope
I claim the Purchase of Thy Blood.
14. Of Righteoufnefs Divine poffeft
O let me grafp the Prize fo nigh,
Enter into the Promis'd Reft,
Enjoy Thy. Perfect Love, and die.
S
ENTLE JESUS, meek, and mild,
Look upon a Little Child,
Pity my Simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee:
2. Fain I would to Thee be brought,
Dearest GoD, forbid it not,
Give me, deareit GOD, a Place
In the Kingdom of Thy Grace.
3. Put Thy Hands upon my Head,
Let me in Thine Arms be stayed,
Let me lean upon Thy Breast,
Lull me, lull me, LORD, to Reft.
4. Hold me faft in Thy Embrace,
Let me fee Thy fmiling Face,
Give me, LORD, Thy Bleffing give,
Pray for me, and I shall live.
5. I fhall live the Simple Life,
Free from Sin's uneafy Strife,
Sweetly ignorant of III,
Innocent, and happy ftill.
6. O that I may never know
What the Wicked People do ;
Sin is contrary to Thee,
Sin is the Forbidden Tree.
7. Keep me from the great Offence,
Guard my helpless Innocence;
Hide me, from all Evil hide,
Self, and Stubborness, and Pride.
8. Lamb of GOD, I look to Thee,
Thou shalt my Example be;
Thou art gentle, meek, and mild,
Thou waft once a Little Child.
9. Fain I would be, as Thou art, Give me thy obedient Heart; Thou art pitiful and kind,
Let me have Thy loving Mind.
10. Meek, and lowly may I be,
Thou art all Humility;
Let me to my Betters bow,
Subject to Thy Parents Thou.
11. Let me above all fulfil
GOD my Heavenly Father's Will,
Never His Good Spirit grieve,
Only to His Glory live.
12. Thou didst live to Go D alone,
Thou didst never feek Thine own;
Thou Thyfelf didft never please,
GOD was all Thy Happiness.
13. Loving JESU, gentle Lamb,
In Thy gracious Hands I am,
Make me, Saviour, what Thou art,
Live Thyself within my Heart.
14. I fhall then fhew forth Thy Praife,.
Serve Thee all my happy Days;
Then the World shall always fee
CHRIST, the Holy Child, in Me.
I. AMB of GOD, I fain would be
A meek Follower of Thee,
Gentle, tractable, and mild,
Loving as a little Child;
2. Simple, ignorant of Ill,
Guided by another' Will,
Trufting Him for Heavenly Food,
Cafting all my Care on GOD.
3. Let me in Thy Footsteps tread,
Be to all the Creatures dead,
Dead to Pleasure, Wealth, and Praise,
Poor, and humble all my Days,
4. Prepoffefs my tender Mind,
Let me caft the World behind,
All its Pomps and Pleasures vain
Help me, Saviour, to disdain.
5. Thou my Better Portion art,
Earth shall never fhare my Heart,
I on all its Goods look down,
I expect a Starry Crown,
6. I aspire to Things above,
LORD, I give Thee all my Love,
I will nothing know befide
JESUS and Him Crucified. "
7. Let the Potfherds of the Earth
Boaft their Virtue, Beauty, Birth
A poor, guilty Worm I am,
Ranfom'd by the Bleeding Lamb.
8. JESU, This be all my Boast, Thou haft fav'd a Sinner loft,
Thou haft fpilt Thy Noble Blood
Me to make a Child of GOD.
What a Glorious Title This (Title to Eternal Blifs)
Thou for me Thy Life haft given,
Me to make an Heir of Heaven.
10. O enlarge my fcanty Thought
To conceive what Thou haft wrought,
Raife my groveling Spirit up
To my Heavenly Calling's Hope.
11. Greaten my contracted Mind,
Saviour Thou of All Mankind;
What in Man. Thy Grace could move?
O the Riches of Thy Love!
12. Let Thy Love poffefs me whole,
Let it take up all my Soul;
True Magnificence impart,
Purify, and fill my Heart.
13. I depife all Earthly Things.
Offfpring to the King of Kings,.
GOD I for my Father claim,
JESUS is my Brother's Name.
14. Heaven is Mine Inheritance,
I fhall foon remove from hence,
As the Stars in Glory fhine,
CHRIST and GOD, and All is Mine.
YOME let us join the Hofs above,
Now in our earliest Days,
Remember our Creator's Love,
And lifp our Father's Praife.
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