• Now to his praise I'll spend my breath, And my remaining years.]

C. M. SECOND PART. Hymn 2nd. St. Martin's. [*] V. 12, &c.-Vows made in trouble, paid in the Church. THAT shall I render to my God,

W For all his kindness shown?

o My feet shall visit thine abode,
My songs address thy throne.

-2 Among the saints who fill thine house,
My off'ring shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows,
My soul in anguish made.

e 3 How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever blessed God!

How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

o 4 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!

My life which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.

-5 Now I am thine-for ever thine-
Nor shall my purpose move;

Thy hand hath loos'd my bonds of pain,
And bound me with thy love.

6 Here in thy courts, I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;

Witness ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

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PSALM 117. C. M. Doxology. [*]
Praise to God from all Nations.
ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
Each with a diff'rent tongue;

In ev'ry language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns through ev'ry land!
Proclaim his grace abroad;

For ever firm his truth shall stand;
Praise ye the faithful God.

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L. M. Old Hundred. [*]

ROM all who dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;

Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
'Till suns shall rise, and set, no more.

S. M. Kibworth. [*]

HY name, almighty Lord,

THY

Shall sound through distant lands;

Great is thy grace, and sure thy word;

Thy truth for ever stands.

2 Far be thine honour spread,

And long thy praise endure; 'Till morning light and evening shade Shall be exchang'd no more.

PSALM 118. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear [*]
V. 6-15.-Deliverance from a Tumult.
1 [HE Lord appears my helper now,
Tor is my faith afraid

What all the sons of earth can do,

Since heav'n affords its aid.

2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.

3 Like bees my foes beset me round,
A large and angry swarm;
But I shall all their rage confound,
By thine Almighty arm.

4 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong,
In him my lips rejoice;

While his salvation is my song,

How cheerful is my voice!

5 Like angry bees they girt me round;
When God appears they fly:

So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze and die.'

Joy to the saints, and peace belongs;

The Lord protects their days:

Let Israel tune immortal songs,

To his almighty grace.]

C. M. SECOND PART. Barby. [*] V.17-21.-Public Praise for Deliverance from Death. 1 LORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,

And rescu'd from the grave;

Now shall he live: (and none can die,
If God resolve to save.)

2 Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;

Thy hand that hath chastis'd him sore,
Defends him still from death.

o 3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there-

The house where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declare.

o 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints,
Our thankful voice we raise ;
-Here we have told thee our complaints,
And here we speak thy praise.

C. M. THIRD PART. Colchester. Mear. [*]
V. 22, 23.-Christ the Foundation of his Church.

1 BEHOLD, the sure foundation stone,

Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heav'nly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

e 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;

o They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame.

e 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain ;

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

g 4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise;

'Tis thy own work, almighty God,

And wondrous in our eyes.

C. M. FOURTH PART. Sunday. Bethlehem. [*]

V. 24, 25, 26.-Hosanna for the Lord's Day.

HIS is the day the Lord hath made;

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He calls the hours his own:

• Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround his throne.

o 2 To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;

To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.

• 3 Hosanna to the Anointed King,
To David's holy Son;

-Help us, O Lord; descend, and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

o 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men, With messages of grace;

Who comes, in God his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

o 5 Hosanna in the highest strains,
The church on earth can raise ;
u The highest heav'ns, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

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S. M. St. Thomas. [*]

V. 22-27.-Salvation by Christ.
EE what a living Stone

The builders did refuse:

o Yet God hath built his church thereon, In spite of envious Jews.

e 2 The Scribe and angry Priest, Reject thine only Son;

o Yet on this Rock shall Sion rest,
As the chief corner Stone.

o 3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondrous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.

o 4 This is the glorious day,

That our Redeemer made

Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray;
Let all the church be glad.

s 5 Hosanna to the King

Of David's royal blood;

Bless him, ye saints: He comes to bring
Salvation from your God.

-6 We bless thine holy word,

Which all this grace displays;

And offer on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.]

L. M. Old Hundred. [*]

V. 22-27.-A new Song of Salvation by Christ. O, what a glorious Corner-Stone

'Lowed with builders did refuse!

But God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envy, and the Jews.

e 2 Great God, the work is all divine,
The joy and wonder of our eyes!
o This is the day that proves it thine,
The day that saw our Saviour rise.
3 Sinners rejoice, and saints be glad;
Hosanna, let his name be blest;
A thousand honours on his head,
With peace, and light, and glory rest!

In God's own name, he comes to bring
Salvation to our dying race;

• Let the whole church address their King, With hearts of joy, and songs of praise.

PSALM 119.

I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this Psalm under eighteen different heads, and formed a Divine Song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed to attain some degree of connexion.

In some places, instead of the words law, commands, judg ments, testimonies, I have used gospel, word, grace, truth promises, &c. as more agreeable to the New Testament. and the common language of Christians, and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recom mend the Holy Scriptures.

PSALM 119. C. M. FIRST PART. Bedford. [*]

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Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners.

Ver. 1, 2, 3.

LEST are the undefil'd in heart,

B and

Who never from thy law depart,
But fly from ev'ry sin.

2 Blest are the men who keep thy word,
And practise thy commands;