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4. LORD, 'tis but juft we follow Thee, Who didst not fcorn to lead the way; Where we just see the vale of death, Then view the refurrection-day. 5. Happy who hafte into the flood, Where healing virtues ever flow Where filthy lepers clean are made, The blind to fee, the lame to go; 6. Where contrite fpirits heal their wounds, And broken hearts affuage their pain; The dead themselves new life infpires, They breathe, they move, and rife again. 7. With lowly minds, and lofty fongs, Let all admire the Saviour's grace; 'Till the great rifing-day reveal Th' immortal glory of his face.

Let them obedience humbly learn,

And fin not left they die.

3. [Eat not, faid GoD, yet man rebell'd, Sad fource of nameless woes! Forbid it, LORD, we tempt again

What further we can lofe.]

4 Mofes was faithful to perform
What GoD appointed him;
But Aaron's fons prefum'd to change
And were burnt up in fin.

[5. Saul's fair pretence to honour GOD, Urg'd to excufe his fault,

Of faving what should be destroy'd,
Samuel efteem'd as nought.]

6." Lo! to obey the LOR excells
The fat of offer'd beafts ;

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"But rebels with a stubborn heart, "Sit at the idol's feafts."

7. If God thinks fit, and fo appoints, We'll grovel in the duft ;

The meanest acts will have effect

Thro' him in whom we truft.

[8. Had not the leper stoop'd to try The good of Jordan's ftream; He with Aban and Pharphar's floods, A leper ftill had been.]

XXII. An exa& Obedience due to GOD. 9. Let others labour'd pleas produce,

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We'll study to obey;

LORD ftrengthen to obferve thy laws,

And no plain truth gainfay!

Tho' worms despise, or stare at us,

We'll place our truft in thee;

Their rage or fcorn will move us not, If we fupported be.

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WORDS to practise the Tunes on, that the Sacred Compofitions may not be prophaned by Learners."

SHORT MEASURE.
HE fun climbs up the sky,

1.T TO

To give us light by day;
The moon at night fends forth her light,
To guide us in our way.

2. Hard names and threat'ning words,
but noisy breath,

That are

May grow to clubs and naked fwords,

To murder and to death.

13. Like leaves man's race is found,
Which, ev'ry year fupplies;
Now green, now with'ring on the ground
Succeffive, fall and rife.

SEVEN S.+

§4, 5. Gold begets in brothers hate,
Gold in families debate ;
Gold does friendship feparate,
Gold does civil war create.
6. World adieu, thou real cheat!
Oft have thy deceitful charms
Fill'd my heart with fond conceit,
Foolish hopes and falfe alarms.
17. Foolish vanity, farewel,

More inconftant than the wave !
Where thy foothing fancies dwell,
Pureft tempers they deprave.

COMMON MEASURE.
8. See how the horse with thunder arm'd
The battle smells from far;
Quivers, and fnorts, and paws the ground,
And laughing mocks the war.
*9. The frighted hare close press'd by dogs
Flies nimbly o'er the plain;

+In Salisbury tune, for ballelujah say, “have a care."

Or o'er the hills, or wat'ry bogs,

In hopes her life to gain.

10. How doth the little bufy bee
Improve each fhining hour
And gather honey all the day,
From every op'ning flower!

11. Time, what an empty vapour 'tis !
And days how fwift they are!
Swift as an Indian arrow flies,

Or like a shooting star.

12. In cottages and lonely cells,

Not beds of gold and down,
Sweet pleafing fleep delights to dwell,
And flies the monarch's crown.
13. Beauty like ice our steps betrays,
While pleased we lide on ;

Who can tread fure in flipp'ry ways,
The dangers fee and fhun?
14. Our days run thoughtlessly along,
Without a moment's stay;

Juft like a story or a fong,
We pafs our lives away.

LONG MEASURE.
$15: He frowns, and darkness veils the moon;
The fainting fun grows dim at noon;
The pillars of heav'n's ftarry roof
Tremble and ftart at his reproof.

16. Awake, our fouls, away our fears,
Let ev'ry trembling thought be gone !
Awake, and run the heav'nly race,
And put a chearful courage on!
17. Content's the riches of the mind;
Happy who can that treasure find! L
But mifers ftarve amidft their ftore,
Brood o'er their gold and gripe for more.
18. Hou

18. How proud we are! how fond to shew Our cloaths, and call them rich and new! When the poor fheep and filk-worm wore That very clothing long before.

19. The murm'ring brooks, how smooth they glide,

Kiffing the banks on either side! While in their chrystal streams they fhew And feed the flow'rs which they bestow. +20. How oft the noon, or midnight bell, Death's iron tongue, with folemn knell, On folly's errands as we roam, [home. Knocks at our hearts, when we're from FIVE

21. O tell me no more

Of this world's vain ftore
The time for fuch trifles
With me now is o'er.

S.

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They think by feeding well they're great: With plenty in their fight,

They fcorn the poor that need; But great's the worm, to whom they're meat. 25. For fort measure double, join 1, 3. 26. For fix-fevens, or eight-fevens, join 6, 7. 2-8, and 6 twice.

27. With Tubal's wretched fons no more
I prostitute my facred pow'r,

To please the fiends beneath;
Or modulate the wanton lay,
Or smooth with mufic's hand the way
To everlasting death.

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We smile at florists and their joys,
And think them fond of idle toys;
But thofe, who figh for wealth or pow'r,
Are florifts doating on a flow'r ;
A fading flow'r, which oft has fprung
From fordid arts, as out of dung.

For common measure double, join 12, 14,

Long measure double, or 8-8. 28. What in this life, which foon must end, Can all our vain defigns intend? From fhore to fhore why fhould we run, When none his tirefome felf can fhun? For baneful care will still prevail,

And overtake us under fail;

"Twill dodge the great man's train behind, Out-run the doe, outfly the wind.

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OF THE

HYMN S and SACRED

ALPHABETICALLY

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ED POEMS,

DISPOSED.

OD—his perfections 163, § 311, above nah an emblem of it, 286-His afcenfion, §111,
Greafoniere Only known to himfelf § 135, § 172, § 264, § 292-The crofs, † 360,
301-Above all praise § 74, yet should be praif- and salvation in it, ‡ 130-Redemption by him,
ed § 60, and loved above all, 13-The creator 237, § 267, 366, the wonders of it, § 12,
§ 110, 163, 392, 395, and preferver 182 $148; admiring it, 253—God glorified by it,
-All in all 216-Invifible § 206-Eternal 94, 91; and the joy of angels, *
274-Our
277-His dominion $48, 102, over the righteousness, 46, 175, and peace, 303-His
fea $ 96-Of thunder $260, § 288-That his and the levitical priesthood, 42, 319, 336,
kingdom may come 299-Omnifcient 7, 199 405-His victory, *† 428, and triumph, 134,
-Holy, just and sovereign § 28, 85, 147-351, 435-Unseen and beloved, 236—A fight
His providence dark §97, 204 and extenfive of him, 125, ‡ 350, and of God in Heaven,
199-His condefcenfion to human affairs
345-His wrath and mercy § 1, §81-The
avenger of his faints § 131-His compaffion 262,
goodness and care 76, 355-Our fupport
205, and comfort † 340, and only happiness

217.

CHRIST-The love of God and his, 400,
‡ 411, ‡ 424, ‡ 433-The epiphany, or ftar's
appearing, * 298-His nativity, 18, # 118 § 285
His humiliation, § 168, and exaltation, 127,
162, 329, 373-The lamb, † 133, slain,
$88-His paffion, † 49, 122. 267, 304,
+ 352, 403, +404, 407, † 423, I 426,
432, defiring a fight of it, † 3-His refurrec-
tion, t8, 17, * 52, ‡ 127, § 128, Jo-


68, §89, § 259-Longing for him, ‡ 159,
169, § 362, I 369-The banquet of love,
33, 422—The wifdom of God, 284—Our
ftrength, 181-A shelter in affliction 170-
His example, † 213-His meffage, 173-His
commiffion, 273-Worshipped, 57, 136,
237, § 243,
419, 434, § 441, 452-His
names and titles, 383.

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HOLY SPIRIT-Breathing after it, I 54,
174-Witneffing and fealing, 380, I 408.
ANGELS-Ministering to Chrift and faints,
§ 105-Their dialogue with men, § 393—Re-
joice for man's redemption,
penting finner, * 274, 371, § 425.

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