Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the duft.
3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat,
His foul abhors delicious meat ;
Nature, with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.
4 Then how the frighted finners fly
To God for help, with earnest cry !
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.
5 No med'cine could effect the cure
So quick, so easy, or fo fure:
The deadly fentence God repeals;
He fends his sov'reign word, and heals.
60 may the fons of men record
The wond'rous goodness of the Lord!
And let their thankful off'rings prove
How they adore their Maker's love.
PSALM CVII. 4th Part. Long Metre.
Deliverance from storms and shipwreck: or, the
OULD you behold the works of God,
His wonders in the world abroad,
Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the feas. 2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind, 'Till God commands, and tempests rise, That heave the ocean to the skies.
3 Now to the heav'ns they mount amain;
Now fink to dreadful deeps again;
What strange affrights young failors feel,
And like a stagg'ring drunkard reel !
4. When land is far, and death is nigh,
Loft to all hope, to God they cry :
His mercy hears their loud address,
And fends salvation in distress.
5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage;
The furious waves forget their rage :
'Tis calm; and failors smile to fee
The haven where they wish'd to be.
6 O may the fons of men record
The wond'rous goodness of the Lord! Let them their private off'rings bring, And in the church his glory fing.
The Mariner's Pfalm.
Thy orders
HY works of glory, mighty Lord,
The fons of courage shall record,
Who trade in floating ships.
2 At thy command the winds arife,
And fwell the tow'ring waves ;
The men, aftonish'd, mount the skies,
And fink in gaping graves.
3 [Again they climb the wat'ry hills,
And plunge in deeps again :
Each like a tott'ring drunkard reels,
And finds his courage vain.
4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar,
They pant with flutt'ring breath;
And hopeless of the distant shore,
Expect immediate death.]
5 Then to the Lord they raife their cries, He hears their loud request,
And orders filence through the skies,
And lays the floods to rest.
6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And fee the storm allay'd:
Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.
7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land; Let stupid mortals know
That waves are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.
80 that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!
And those that see thy wond'rous ways,
Thy wond'rous love record.
PSALM CVII. Last Part. Long Metre.
Colonies planted: or, nations bleft and punished.
A Pfalm for New-England.
WHEN God, provok'd with daring crimes,
Scourges the madness of the times,
He turns their fields to barren fand,
And dries the rivers from the land.
2 His word can raise the springs again,
And make the wither'd mountains green,
Send show'ry blessings from the fkies,
And harvests in the defert rife.
3 [Where nothing dwelt but beafts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they, He bids th' opprest and poor repair, And builds them towns and cities there. 4 They fow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruits fupply their want :
Their race grows up from fruitful stocks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.
5 Thus they are blest: but if they fin,
He lets the heathen nations in;
A favage crew invades, their lands,
Their children die by barb'rous hands.
6 Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn,
Wander unpity'd and forlorn ;
The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd,
And desolation spreads the field.
7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns,
Again his dreadful hand he turns;
Again he makes their cities thrive,
And bids the dying churches live.]
8 The righteous, with a joyful sense,
Admire the works of Providence;
And tongues of atheists shall no more
Blafpheme the God that faints adore.
9 How few with pious care record
These wond'rous dealings of the Lord!
But wife observers still shall find
The Lord is holy, just, and kind.
PSALM CIX. 1-5, 31. Com. Metre.
Love to enemies, from the example of Christ.
OD of my mercy and my praise,
Thy glory is my fong,
Though finners speak against thy grace
With a blafpheming tongue.
2 When in the form of mortal man
Thy Son on earth was found,
With cruel slanders, false and vain,
They compass'd him around.
3 Their mis'ries his compaffion move,
Their peace he still pursu'd;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.
4 Their malice rag'd without a cause ;
Yet with his dying breath,
He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross,
And bless'd his foes in death.
5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine
In vain before mine eyes ?
Give me a foul a-kin to thine,
To love mine enemies.
6 The Lord fhall on my fide engage,
And in my Saviour's name
I shall defeat their pride and rage,
Who flander and condemn.
PSALM CX. 1st Part. Long Metre.
Chrift exalted, and multitudes converted: or, the Success of the gospel.
HUS the eternal Father spake
To Chrift the Son, "Afcend and fit
"At my right hand, till I shall make
"Thy foes fubmissive at thy feet.
2 "From Zion shall thy word proceed; "Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, "Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, "And bow their wills to thy command.
"That day shall shew thy pow'r is great, "When faints shall flock with willing minds,
" And finners crowd thy temple-gate,
"Where holiness in beauty shines."
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