'I CL. In the View of Death.. CANNOT than the ftroke of death, 3. Grant that I may, with holy zeal, 4. To my Redeemer lift mine eyes, Once dead, but now enthron'd on high; Glorious, I hope, with Him to rise, Why fhould I fear with Him to die? 5. O for an heart that foars above, And fcorns the trifles here below! An heart all warm'd with holy love, But dead to fenfe and outward fhow! 6. Let all my blifs and treasure lye Where in thy light I light fball fee! The foul may freely dare to die That longs to be poffefs'd of. Thee. 2. CLI. Contentment. F folid happiness we prize, And pleas'd with favors given; Whofe fragrance reaches heav'n. 4. While confcience, like a faithful friend, Shall thro' the gloomy vale attend, And chear our dying breath ; And fmooth the bed of death. 3. But cares, or trifles, make or find, And long to meet my SAVIOUR's face Without a glafs between. 2. O that 2. O that the happy hour were come, 3. Hafte, my Beloved, and remove These interpofing days; 1. 2. 3. 5. Then shall my paffions all be love, And all my pow'rs be praise. † CLVI. The Duty of private Judgment. MPOSTURE fhrinks from light, IM Thy doctrines, LORD, the teft invite; LORD, to thy word we bring With understanding bleft, Our faith on man we dare not reft OLORD, our spirit lead, From noxious error guard our creed The truth once learn'd imprefs ¶ CLVH. Look on him whom they have pierc'd, and mourn. CLIX. Longing for Chrift 1. IN vain the dusky night retires, I. And fullen fhadows fly : In vain the morn with purple light 2. In vain the gaudy rifing fun The wide horizon gilds'; Comes glitt'ring o'er the filver ftreams, 3. In vain, difpenfing vernal fweets, The morning breezes play; In vain the birds with chearful fongs 4. In vain unlefs my SAVIOUR's face Thefe gloomy clouds controul; And dilipate the fullen fhades That prefs my drooping foul. And all these fhades will die. 6. When, when fhall I behold thy face, 7. When fhall that long-expected day T I. + CLX. The rich Sinner dying. vain the wealthy mortals toil, 2. Their golden cordials cannot ease 4. Thence they are huddled to the grave, 1. CLXI. Parting with carnal Toys, Send the joys of earth away. Away ye tempters of the mind Falfe as the fmooth deceitful fea, And empty as the whiftling wind. 2. Your ftreams were floating me along Down to the gulph of black despair; And whilft I liften'd to your fong, Your ftreams had e'en convey'd me there 3. LORD, I adore Thy matchlefs grace, That warn'd me of that dark abyss; That drew me from thofe treach'rous feas, And bid me feek fuperior blifs. 4. Now to the fhining realms above, I ftretch my hands, and glance mine eyes; upper skies! 5. There 5. There from the bofom of my GOD, Oceans of endless pleasure roll; There would I fix my laft abode, And drown the forrows of my foul. 8. I fing the goodness of the LORD, That fill'd the earth with food CLXII. Chrift's Death, Victory, and Do- 4. LORD, how thy wonders are difplay'd, minion. 1. TSING my SAVIOUR's wond'rous death; 2. ""Tis finifh'd," our Emmanuel cries, 3. His cross a fure foundation laid 4. Exalted at his FATHER'S fide To heav'n and hell his hands divide 5. The faints from his propitious eye, And all the fons of darkness fly God's Attributes and Providence. 1.SING th' almighty pow'r of GOD, That bade the mountains rife That fpread the flowing feas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2.Ifing the wisdom that ordain'd The fun to rule the day; ; Where'er I turn mine eyes; Or gaze upon the sky! 5. There's not a plant or flow'r below 6. Creatures, as num'rous as they be, 7. His hand is my perpetual guard; I. 2. Why fhould I then forget the LORD ¶ CLXIV. A Complaint of Ingratitude. S this the kind return, And these the thanks we owe, Thus to abufe eternal love, Whence all our bleflings flow? To what a ftubborn frame Has fin reduc'd our mind? What ftrange rebellious wretches we, And GoD as frangely kind? [3. On us He bids the fun Shed his reviving rays; The moon fhines full at his command, And all the ftars obey. 4. For us the fkies their circles run To lengthen out our days. The brutes obey their GoD, And bow their necks to men ; G |