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• 4 Then let the sov'reigns of the globe
Not dare to vex the just;

He puts on vengeance like a robe,
And treads the worms to dust.

e 5 Ye judges of the earth, be wise,
And think of heav'n with fear;
The meanest saint that you despise
Has an avenger there.

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HYMN 116. C. M. Swanwick. [*]

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Mercies and Thanks.

OW can I sink with such
As my eternal God,-

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g Who bears the earth's huge pillars up,
And spreads the heav'ns abroad?
e 2 How can I die while Jesus lives,
Who rose and left the dead!

-Pardon and grace my soul receives,
From mine exalted head.

o 3 All that I am, and all I have,
Shall be forever thine!

Whate'er my duty bids me give, My cheerful hands resign. -4 Yet if I might make some reserve, And duty did not call; o I love my God with zeal so great, That I should give him all.]

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HYMN 117. L. M. Green's. [*] Living and Dying with God present. CANNOT bear thine absence, Lord, My life expires if thou depart; Be thou, my heart, still near my God, And thou, my God, be near my heart. 2 I was not born for earth or sin, Nor can I live on things so vile; Yet I will stay my Father's time, And hope, and wait for heav'n a while. 3 Then, dearest Lord, in thine embrace, Let me resign my fleeting breath; And, with a smile upon my face, Pass the important hour of Death.]

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HYMN 118. L. M. Newcourt. [b*]
The Priesthood of Christ.

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LOOD has
Revenge the blood of Abel cries;

a voice to pierce the skies,

e But the dear stream, when Christ was slain,
-Speaks peace-as loud from ev'ry vein.

2 Pardon and peace from God on high;
Behold he lays his vengeance by;
And rebels who deserve his sword,
Become the fav'rites of the Lord.

o 3 To Jesus let our praises rise,
Who gave his life a sacrifice;
Now he appears before our God,
And, for our pardon, pleads his blood.

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HYMN 119. C. M.

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Plymouth. [b*]

The Holy Scriptures.

ADEN with guilt and full of fears,
I fly to thee, my Lord;

And not a glimpse of hope appears,
But in thy written word.
2 The volume of my Father's grace
Does all my grief assuage:
Here I behold my Saviour's face,
Almost in ev'ry page.
3 (This is the field where hidden lies
The pearl of price unknown;
That merchant is divinely wise,
Who makes the pearl his own.)
4 (Here consecrated water flows,
To quench my thirst of sin;
Here the fair tree of knowledge
No danger dwells therein.)
5 This is the Judge that ends the strife,
Where wit and reason fail;

My guide to everlasting life,

grows,

Through all this gloomy vale.
6 Oh! may thy counsels, mighty God,
My roving feet command;
Nor I forsake the happy road

That leads to thy right hand.

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HYMN 120. S. M. Aylesbury. [b] 一

The Law and Gospel joined in Scripture.

HE Lord declares his will,

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And keeps the world in awe;

e Amidst the smoke of Sinai's hill,

Breaks out his fiery law.

2 The Lord reveals his face,
And, smiling from above,

o Sends down the gospel of his grace,
Th' epistles of his love.
3 These sacred words impart
Our Maker's just commands;

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e The pity of his melting heart,
And vengeance of his hands.
4 (Hence we awake our fear;
We draw our comfort hence;
The arms of grace are treasur'd here,
And armour of defence.)
5 (We learn Christ crucify'd,
And here behold his blood;
All arts and knowledges beside,
Will do us little good.)
6 We read the heav'nly word,
We take the offer'd grace;
Obey the statutes of the Lord,
And trust his promises.
0 7 In vain shall Satan rage
Against a book divine,-

e Where wrath and lightning guard the page, Where beams of mercy shine.

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HYMN 121. L.M. Armley. [b*]
The Law and Gospel distinguished.
NHE law commands, and makes us know
What duties to our God we owe;

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o But 'tis the gospel must reveal

Where lies our strength to do his will. e 2 The law discovers guilt and sin, And shews how vile our hearts have been; • Only the gospel can express

Forgiving love and cleansing grace. e 3 What curses does the law denounce Against the man who fails but once ? • But in the gospel Christ appears, Pard'ning the guilt of num'rous years. -4 My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the law; a Fly to the hope the gospel gives: The man who trusts the promise-lives.

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HYMN 122. L. M. Bethel. [b*]
Retirement and Meditation.
Y God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;

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:

Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,

Forgetful of my highest love.

e 2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heav'nly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Saviour go?
d 3 Call me away from flesh and sense,
One sov'reign word can draw me thence;
-I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

e 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn;
Let noise and vanity be gone:
a In secret silence of the mind,

My heav'n-and there my God, I find.

HYMN 123. L. M. Green's. [*]
The Benefit of Public Ordinances.
Away from earth, our souls retreat;

1[AWAY from ev'ry mortal care,
We leave this worthless world afar,
And wait, and worship, near thy seat.
2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace,
We see thy feet, and we adore ;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thy pow'r.
p 3 While here our various wants we mourn,

United groans ascend on high;

-And pray'rs produce a quick return

Of blessings in variety.

e 4 (If Satan rage, and sin grow strong,
-Here we receive some cheering word;

• We gird the gospel armour on,

• To fight the battles of the Lord.

e 5 Or if our spirit faints and dies,

-(Our conscience gall'd with inward stings,) o Here does the righteous Sun arise,

With healing beams beneath his wings.)

e 6 Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple near thy side :
But if my feet must hence depart,
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.]

HYMN 124. C. M.

York. [b*]

Moses, Aaron, and Joshua.
NIS not the law of ten commands,
On holy Sinai giv'n,

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And sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heav'n.

2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell;

Can buy the pardon of our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

e 3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath,
At God's immediate will:
And in the desert yields to death,
Upon th' appointed hill.
4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side,
The tribes of Israel stand;
While Moses bow'd his head and dy'd,
Short of the promis'd land.

• 5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest:
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

HYMN 125. L. M. Pleyel's. [b]
Faith and Repentance, Unbelief and Impenitence.
IFE and immortal joys are giv'n,
To souls that mourn the sins they've done;

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Children of wrath, made heirs of heav'n,
By faith in God's eternal Son.

e 2 Wo to the wretch who never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief;
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead,
Under the wrath of God he lies:

a He seals the curse on his own head, And with a double vengeance dies.]

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HYMN 126. C. M. Wareham. [*]
God Glorified in the Gospel.

THE Lord, descending from above,

Invites his children near;

While pow'r, and truth, and boundless love,

Display their glories here.

2 Here, in the gospel's wondrous frame,

Fresh wisdom we pursue;

A thousand angels learn thy name,

Beyond whate'er they knew.

* Joshua same with Jesus and signifies a Saviour.

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