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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 oppreft, 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 faves them from approaching death. 5 No med'cine could effect the cure So quick, fo easy, or fo fure :

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The deadly fentence God repeals;

He fends his fov'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 feamen's fong.

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"W 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 fhores behind, And feize the favour of the wind, 'Till God commands, and tempefts rife, That heave the ocean to the fkies.

3 Now to the heav'ns they mount amain ;
Now fink to dreadful deeps again;
What ftrange affrights young failors feel,
And like a ftagg'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 addrefs,
And fends falvation in diftrefs.

5 He bids the winds their wrath affuage;
The furious waves forget their rage:
'Tis calm; and failors fmile to fee
The haven where they wish'd to be.
60 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.

PSALM CVII. Common Metre.
The Mariner's Pfalm.

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HY works of glory, mighty Lord,
Thy wonders in the deeps,

The fons of courage fhall record,
Who trade in floating fhips.

2 At thy command the winds arife,
And fwell the tow'ring waves;
The men, aftonifh'd, mount the fkies,
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 tempeft roar,
They pant with flutt'ring breath;
And hopeless of the diftant fhore,
Expect immediate death.]

Then to the Lord they raife their cries,
He hears their loud request,

And orders filence through the fkies,
And lays the floods to reft.

6 Sailors rejoice to lofe their fears,
And fee the ftorm allay'd:

Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.

7 'Tis God that brings them fafe to land; Let ftupid mortals know

That waves, are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.

80 that the fons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!
And thofe that fee thy wond'rous ways,
Thy wond'rous love record.

PSALM CVII. Laft 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 fhow'ry bleflings from the fkies,
And harvests in the defert rise.

3 [Where nothing dwelt but beafts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they,
He bids th' oppreft and poor repair,
And builds them towns and cities there.

4 They fow the fields, and trees they plant, Whofe yearly fruits fupply their want

Their race grows up from fruitful stocks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.

5 Thus they are bleft: 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 fons, expos'd to scorn,
Wander unpity'd and forlorn ;
The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd,
And defolation fpreads 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 fenfe,
Admire the works of Providence ;
And tongues of atheists fhall no more
Blafpheme the God that faints adore.
9 How few with pious care record
Thefe wond'rous dealings of the Lord!
But wife obfervers ftill fhall find
The Lord is holy, juft, and kind.

PSALM CIX. 1-5, 31. Com. Metre.
Love to enemies, from the example of Chrifi.
1 OD of my mercy and my praife

GThy glory is my fong,

Though finners fpeak against thy grace
With a blafpheming tongue.

2 When in the form of mortal man
Thy Son on earth was found,
With cruel flanders, falfe and vain,
They compafs'd him around.

3 Their mis'ries his compaffion move,
Their peace he ftill purfu'd ;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.

4 Their malice rag'd without a caufe;
Yet with his dying breath,
He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross,
And blefs'd his foes in death.

5 Lord, fhall thy bright example fhine
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 fhall defeat their pride and rage,
Who flander and condemn.

PSALM CX. 1ft Part. Long Metre. Chrift exalted, and multitudes converted: or, the fuccefs of the gospel.

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To Chrift the Son,, " Afcend and fit "At my right hand, till I fhall make "Thy foes fubmiffive at thy feet.

2" From Zion fhall thy word proceed;

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Thy word, the fceptre in thy hand, "Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, "And bow their wills to thy command. 3 "That day fhall fhew thy pow'r is great, "When faints fhall flock with willing minds, "And finners crowd thy temple-gate, "Where holinefs in beauty fhines."

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