CXL. Laodicea. Chap. iii. 14.-20.

I HEAR what the Lord, the great Amen,
The true and faithful witness fays!

He form'd the vaft creation's plan,
And fearches all our hearts and ways.
2 To fome he speaks as once of old,
"I know thee, thy profeffion's vain;
Since thou art neither hot nor cold,
I'll fpit thee from me with difdain.
3 Thou boafted 'I am wife and rich,
Increas'd in goods, and nothing need;'
And doft not know thou art a wretch,
Naked, and poor, and blind, and dead.
4 Yet while I thus rebuke, I love,
My meffage is in mercy fent;

That thou may'ft my compaffion prove,
I can forgive if thou repent.

Would't thou be truly rich and wife!
Come, buy my gold in fire well try'd,
My ointment to anoint thine eyes,
My robe thy nakednefs to hide.

6 See at thy door I ftand and knock!
Poor finner, fhall I wait in vain!
Quickly thy ftubborn heart unlock,
That I may enter with my train.
7 Thou canst not entertain a king,
Unworthy thou of fuch a guest !
But I my own provifions bring,
To make thy foul a heav'nly feaft."

CXLI. The.

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CXLI. The Little Book. Chap x.

WHEN the belov'd difciple took
The angel's little open book,
Which by the Lord's command he eat,
It tafted bitter after sweet.

2 Thus when the gofpel is embrac'd,
At first 'tis fweeter to the tafte
Than honey, or the honey-comb,
But there's a bitterness to come.,
3 What fweetnefs does the promise yield,
When by the Spirit's power feal'd?
The longing foul is fill'd with good,
Nor feels a wifh for other food.

4 By thefe inviting tastes allur'd,
We pafs to what must be endur'd;
For foon we find it is decreed,
That bitter muft to fweet fucceed.

5 When fin revives and fhews its pow'r,
When Satan threatens to devour,
When God afflicts, and men revile,
We draw our fteps with pain and toil,
6 When thus deferted, tempeft-toft,
The fenfe of former fweetness loft,
We tremble left we were deceiv'd
In thinking that we once believ'd.

7 The Lord firft makes the sweetness known, To win and fix us for his own;

And tho' we now fome bitter meet,
We hope for everlafting fweet.

Book III. Hymn 27.

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way,

107

64 The contrite heart, 57 65 The future peace and

glory of the Church, 60

JEREMIA H.

66 Truft of the righteous
and wicked,

67 Jehovah our righte
oufnefs,

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23

68 Ephraim repenting, 3

LAMENTATIONS. 69 The Lord is my portion, 3

EZEKIEL.

70 Humbled and filenced
by mercy,

71 The covenant,
72 Jehovah Shammah,

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36

48

DANIE L.

50 What shall I render? 116 73 The power and tri

51 Dwelling in Mefech, 120

umph of faith, 3, 6.

74 Belshazzar,

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JONAH.

75 The gourd,

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ZECHARIAH. 76 Prayer for the Lord's prefence,

177 A brand plucked out

of the fire,

178 On one ftone fhall be

leven eyes,

tain opened,

MALA CHI. 80 They fhail be mine,

faith the Lord,

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13

MAT

99 The good Samaritan, 10 129 My grace is fufficient

100 Martha and Mary,
IOI The heart taken,
ioz The worldling,
103 The barren fig tree,
104 The prodigal,
105 The rich man and

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II

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for thee,

GALATIANS.

13130 The inward warfare, 5

18

HEBREW S.

19 132 Old-Teftament gofpel, 4 133 The word quick and powerful,

2.2.

4

109 Father, forgive them, 23 134 Looking unto Jefus, 12 10 The two malefactors, 23135 Love tokens,

REVELATION.

136 Ephefus,

12

41137 Smyrna,

138 Sardis,

5

139 Philadelphia,

640 Laodicea,

141 The little book,

THE END OF THE FIRST BOOK.