We fing th' amazing deeds
We fing the glories of thy love
Welcome, fweet day of rest
Well, the Redeemer's gone

17 a 56 14 b 36 b 143

What diff'rent pow'rs of grace and fin
What equal honours fhall we bring
What happy men or angels thefe
What mighty man, or mighty God
Whence do our mournful thoughts arife
When I can read my title clear
When in the light of faith divine
When I furvey the wond'rous crofs
When we are rais'd from deep distress
When ftrangers ftand and hear me tell
When the first parents of our race
When the great Builder arch'd the fkies
Where are the mourners, faith the Lord
Who can defcribe the joys that rise
Who has believ'd thy word
Who is this fair one in diftrefs
Who fhall the Lord's elect condemn
Why did the Jews proclaim their rage
Why does your face, ye humble fouls
Why do we mourn departing friends
Why is my heart so far from thee
Why fhould the children of a King
Why should this earth delight us fo
Why should we start and fear to die
With cheerful voice I fing

With holy fear and humble fong
With joy we meditate the grace

Y.

angels round the throne

a 76 b 78 b 24 b 154

Α ΙΘΙ

a 141

a 78

a 14

a 4

b 85

YE de fons of Adam, vain and young a 89

Ye that obey th' immortal King

Z.

Zion rejoice and Judah fing

a

34

b III

A new Song to the Lamb that was flain, Rev. v. 6,

I

8, 9-12.

EHOLD the glories of the Lamb

Prepare new honours for his name,
And fongs before unknown.

2 Let elders worship at his feet,

The church adore around,
With vials full of odours fweet,
And harps of fweeter found.

3 Thofe are the prayers of all the faints,
And these the hymns they raise:
Jefus is kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our praife.

4 [Eternal Father, who fhall look.
Into thy fecret will?

Who but the Son fhall take that booką And open ev'ry feal ?

5 He fhall fulfil thy great decrees,
The Son deferves it well;

Lo, in his hand the fov'reign keys
Of heav'n, and death, and hell!]

6 Now to the Lamb, that once was flain,
Be endless bleffings paid;
Salvation, glory, joy remain

7

For ever on thy head.

Thou haft redeem'd our fouls with blood,
Haft fet the pris'ners free;

Iaft made us kings and priefts to God,
And we shall reign with thee.

8 The worlds of nature and of grace
Are put beneath thy pow'r;
Then fhorten these delaying days,
And bring the promis'd hour.

HYMN II. Long Metre.

The Deity and Humanity of Christ. John i. 1, 3, 14. Col. i. 16. and Eph. iii. 9, 10.

'RE the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad,

ERE

From everlasting was the word:

With God he was; the word was God,
And must divinely be ador'd.

2 By his own pow'r were all things made;
By him fupported all things ftand;
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command.
3 Ere fin was born, or fatan fell,
He led the hoft of morning ftars;
(Thy generation who can tell,
Or count the number of thy years?)

4 But lo, he leaves thofe heav'nly forms;
The Word defcends and dwells in clay,
That he may hold converfe with worms,
Drefs'd in fuch feeble flesh as they.
5 Mortals with joy beheld his face,
Th' eternal Father's only Son!
How full of truth! how full of grace!
When through his flefh the Godhead fhone!
6 Archangels leave their high abode,
To learn new myst'ries here, and tell
The love of our defcending God,
The glories of Immanuel.

HYMN III. Short Metre.
The Nativity of Chrift. Luke i. 30, &c.-ii. 10, &c.

B

EHOLD the grace appears,
The promise is fulfil'd;

Mary the wond'rous virgin bears,
And Jefus is the child.

2 [The Lord, the highest God,
Calls him his only Son;

He bids him rule the lands abroad,
And gives him David's throne.

3 O'er Jacob fhall he reign
With a peculiar fway;

The nations fhall his grace obtain,
His kingdom ne'er decay.]

4 To bring the glorious news,
A heav'nly form appears;

5

He tells the fhepherds of their joys,
And banishes their fears.

"Go, humble fwains," faid he,
"To David's city fly;

6

7

"The promis'd infant, born to-day,
"Doth in a manger lie.

"With looks and heart ferene,
"Go vifit Chrift your King;"

And straight a flaming troop was feen; The fhepherds heard them fing, "Glory to God on high ! "And heav'nly peace on earth, "Good-will to men, to angels joy, "At the Redeemer's birth.” [In worship fo divine,

Let faints employ their tongues, With the celeftial hofts we join, And loud repeat their fongs; "Glory to God on high! "And heav'nly peace on earth, "Good-will to men, to angels joy, "At our Redeemer's birth."]

HYMN IV. Referred to the 2d Pfalm.

HYMN V. Common Metre.

Submiffion to afflictive Providences. Job i. 21. I TAKED as from the earth we came, And crept to life at first,

ΝΑ

We to the earth return again,
And mingle with our duft.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,

Are but fhort favours borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.

3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Or finks them in the grave;