7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heav'n at length ; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there.
PSALM LXXXIV. 2d Part. Long Met. God and his church; or, grace and glory.
REAT God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy prefence springs; To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of pow'r, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.
3 God is our fun, he makes our day : God is our shield; he guards our way From all th' afsfaults of hell and fin, From foes without, and foes within.
4 All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too : He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright fouls.
50 God, our King, whose sov'reign sway The glorious hosts of heav'n obey; And devils at thy prefence flee; Blest is the man that trusts in thee.
PSALM LXXXIV. 1, 4, 2, 3, 10. Paraphrafed in Common Metre.
Delight in ordinances of worship; or, God present
M Y foul, how lovely is the place
To which thy God reforts !
'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts.
2 There the great Monarch of the skies His saving pow'r displays, And light breaks in upon our eyes With kind and quick'ning rays.
3 With his rich gifts the heav'nly dove Defcends and fills the place, While Christ reveals his wondrous love, And sheds abroad his grace.
4 There, mighty God, thy words declare The secrets of thy will; And still we feek thy mercy there, And fing thy praises still.
5 My heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode; When shall I tread thy courts, and fee My Saviour and my God?
6 The sparrow builds herself a nest, And fuffers no remove;
O make me, like the sparrows, blest, To dwell but where I love.
7 To fit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice, Exceeds a whole eternity
Employ'd in carnal joys.
8 Lord, at thy threshold I would wait,
While Jesus is within, Rather than fill a throne of state, Or live in tents of fin.
9 Could I command the fpacious land, And the more boundless sea,
For one blest hour at thy right hand, I'd give them both away.
PSALM LXXXIV. Particular Metre.
Longing for the house of God.
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples are! To thine abode
My heart afpires, With warm defires, To fee my God.
2 The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted reft: My spirit faints, With equal zeal, To rife and dwell Among thy faints.
3 O happy fouls that pray, Where God appoints to hear ! O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise thee still; And happy they That love the way
4 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heav'n appears :
O glorious feat, When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet !
5 To spend one sacred day Where God and faints abide, Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside : Where God reforts, I love it more To keep the door, Than shine in courts.
6 God is our fun and shield, Our light and our defence; With gifts his hands are fill'd, We draw our blessings thence : He shall bestow
On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too.
7 The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious fouls:
Thrice happy he,
O God of hosts, Whose spirit trufts
Alone in thee !
PSALM LXXXV. 1st Part. Long Metre. Ver. 1-8. Waiting for an answer to prayer; or, deliv
erance begun and completed.
LORD, thou hast call'd thy grace
Thou haft revers'd our heavy doom:
So God forgave when Ifr'el finn'd, And brought his wand'ring captives home.
2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fierceft wrath abate; Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee, And thy falvation be complete.
3 Revive our dying graces, Lord, And let thy faints in thee rejoice; Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word; We wait for praise to tune our voice. 4 We wait to hear what God will fay; He'll speak and give his people peace : But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase.
PSALM LXXXV. 2d Part. Long Metre. Ver. 9. &c. Salvation by Chrift. ALVATION is for ever nigh The fouls that fear and trust the Lord;
And grace, defcending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.
2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, SinceChrift the Lord came down from heav'n: By his obedience, fo complete, Justice is pleas'd, and peace is giv'n. 3 Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again, And heav'nly influence, bless the ground, In our Redeemer's gentle reign.
4 His righteousness is gone before, To give us free access to God: Our wand'ring feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps and keep the read.
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