The THREE CHILDREN in the
Fiery Furnace..

I. OD of Ifrael's Faithful Three,
Who brav'd a Tyrant's Ire,

Nobly scorn'd to bow their Knee,
And walk'd unhurt in Fire;
Breath their Faith into my Breast,
Arm me in this Fiery Hour,
Stand, O Son of Man! confeft.
In all Thy Saving Power.

2. Lo! on Dangers, Deaths, and Snares
I every, Moment treads
Hell without a Veil appears,
And flames around my Head;
Sin increases more and more,
Sin in all its Strength returns,
Seven Times hotter than before
The Fiery Furnace burns.

3. But while Thou, my LORD, art nigh
My Soul difdains to fear,

Sin and Satan I defy

Still impotently near;

Earth and Hell their Wars may wage,

Calm I mark their vain Design,

Smile to see them idly rage

Against a Child of Thine.

4. Unto Thee, my Help, my Hope, My Safeguard, and my Tower, Confident I ftill look up,

And still receive Thy Power. All the Alien's Hofts I chafe,

Blast, and scatter with mine Eyes;

Satan comes; I turn my Face,
And lo! the Tempter flies!

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Sin in me, the Inbred Foe,
A while fubfifts in Chams,
But Thou all Thy Power fhalt fhew,
And flay its Laft Remains;
Thou fhalt conquer my Defire,

Thou fhalt quench it with Thy Blood,
Fill me with a Purer Fire,

And change me into GOD.

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A THANKSGIVING.

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IS of Thy Mercies, LORD,
That I am not confum'd,

By GOD and Men abhor'd,
To endless Torments doom'd:

Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

2. In vain was Tophet mov'd
To meet me from beneath,
For JESUS's fake belov❜d

I 'scape the Second Death:
Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

3.

Within its Mouth I was,
And there I lay afleep,
Its Mouth it could not clofe,
My Soul it could not feep:
Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell.

4. Thy Mercies found out me,
To me they first did stoop,
From Depths of Mifery
Thy Mercies brought me up

Thy

Thy tender Mercies never fail,
And therefore I am not in Hell..

5. Thy dear Preferving Grace

Each Moment I receive, And truft to see Thy Face, And without Sin to live: Thy tender Mercies never fail, And I shall never be in Hell.

He that lofeth his Life for my Sake
Shall find it.

I.

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E it according to Thy Word!
This Moment let it be,

O that I now, my dearest LORD, {'
Might lofe my Life for Thee!,

2. Now, JESU, let Thy powerful Death
Into my Being come,

Slay the Old Adam with Thy Breath,
The Man of Sin confume.

3. Whate'er I have, or Can, or Am,
I now would fain refign,

And lofe my Nature, and my Name,
O God, to purchafe Thine.

4. Withhold whate'er my Flefh requires,
Poison my Pleasant Food,

Spoil my Delights, my vain Defires,
My All of Creature-Good.

5. My Old Affections mortify,
Nail to the Crofs my Will, it
Daily, and hourly bid me die,
Or altogether kill.

6. Paffion, and Appetite deftroy,
Tear, tear this Pride away,
And all my Boaft, and idle Joy,
And all my Nature flay.

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7.Jesu, my Life, appear within,
And bruife the Serpent's Head,

Enter my Soul, extirpate Sin,
Caft out the Curfed Seed.

8. Thou wilt, I know, Thou wilt appear,
And end this inward Strife,

Thy Harbinger proclaims Thee near,
And Death makes Way for Life.

9.

Haft Thou not made me willing, LORD?
Would I not die this Hour?

Then speak the Killing, Quickening Word,
Slay, raise me by Thy Power.

10. Slay me, and I in Thee fhall truft,
With Thy Dead Men arise,

Awake, and fing from out the Duft,
Soon as this Nature dies.

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11. O let it now make Hafte to die, The Mortal Wound receive;

So fhall I live; and yet not I,

But CHRIST in me fhall live.

12. Be it according to Thy Word, This Moment let it be,

The Life I lofe for Thee my LORD,

I find again in Thee.

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Watch

Watch in all Things.

1. JEsUn whom I caft my every Care,

Esu, my Saviour, Brother, Friend,
On

On whom for all Things I depend,
Inspire, and then accept my Prayer.

2. If I have tafted of Thy Grace,
The Grace that fure Salvation brings,
If with me now Thy Spirit ftays,

And hovering hides me in His Wings.

3. Still let Him with my Weakness stay, Nor for a Moment's Space depart, Evil, and Danger turn away,

And keep, till He renews my Heart.

4. When to the Left or Right I ftray,
His Voice behind me may I hear,
"Return, and walk in CHRIST thy Way,
"Fly back to CHRIST, for Sin is near.

5. His Sacred Unction from above
Be ftill my Comforter, and Guide,
Till all the Stony He remove,
And in my Loving Heart refide.

6. JESU, I fain would walk in Thee,
From Nature's every Path retreat,
Thou art my Way; my
Leader be,

And set upon the Rock my Feet.

7. Uphold me, Saviour, or I fall,

O reach me out Thy gracious Hand,. Only on Thee for Help I call,

Only by Faith in Thee I ftand.