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4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep,
Lies in his spacious hand;

He fix'd the seas, what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.

5 Come, and with humble souls adore,
Come, kneel before his face;

O! may the creatures of his pow'r
Be children of his grace!

6 Now is the time: he bends his ear,
And waits for your request:

Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest."

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PSALM 95. Second Part. S. M.
A psalm before sermon.

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OME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing:

Jehovah is the sov'reign God,
The universal King.

2 He form'd the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The wat❜ry worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come worship at his throne,
Come bow before the Lord :

We are his work, and not our own,
He form'd us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod :

Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

5 But if your ears refuse

The language of his grace;

And hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews, That unbelieving race :

6 The Lord in vengeance drest Will lift his hand and swear; "Ye that despise my promis'd rest, "Shall have no portion there."

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PSALM 95. Third Part. L. M.
A call to delaying sinners.

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OME, let our souls address the Lord,
Who fram'd our natures with his word:

He is our shepherd; we the sheep,
His mercy chose, his pastures keep.
2 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey;
Nor let our harden'd hearts renew

The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
3 Seize the kind promise, while it waits,
And march to Zion's heav'nly gates;
Believe, and take the promis'd rest :
Obey, and be for ever blest.

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PSALM 96. First Part. C. M.

The first and second coming of Christ.

SING to the Lord, ye distant lands,

Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue;

His rich display of grace demands
A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son:

His pow'r the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.

3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day;
Joy thro' the earth be seen:
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.

4 Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea:

Ye mountains sink; ye vallies rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.

5 Behold he comes! he comes to bless
The nations as their God:

To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.

6 But when his voice shall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near;
How will the guilty nations dread,
To see their Judge appear!

PSALM 96. Second Part. P. M.
The God of the Gentiles.

1 THE heathen know thy glory, Lord;
The wond'ring nations read thy word;
In these far climes Jehovah's known:
Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made;
Our Maker is our God alone.

2 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky;
He made the shining worlds on high;
And reigns complete in glory there:
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!

3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving pow'r,

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And barb'rous nations fear his name:
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness;

And in his courts his grace proclaim.
PSALM 97. First Part. L. M.
Christ reigning, and coming to judgment.

1HE reigns; the Lord, the Saviour reigns! Praise him in evangelic strains:

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Let the whole earth in songs rejoice,
And distant islands join their voice.
2 Deep are his counsels and unknown;
But grace and truth support his throne:
Tho' gloomy clouds his way surround,
Justice is their eternal ground.

3 In robes of Judgment, lo, he comes!
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs:
Before him burns devouring fire;

The mountains melt, the seas retire.
4 His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight, and shun the day :
Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high,
And sing, for your redemption's nigh.

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PSALM 97. Second Part. L. M.

Let all the angels of God worship him.

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HE Lord is come; the heav'ns proclaim
His birth; the nations learn his name:

An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God.
2 All ye bright armies of the skies,
Go, worship, where the Saviour lies:
Angels and kings before him bow,
Those Gods on high and gods below.
3 Let idols totter to the ground,
And their own worshippers confound :
Let Judah shout, let Zion sing,
And earth confess her sov'reign King.

PSALM 97. Third Part. L. M.

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Grace and glory.

H' Almighty reigns, exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky: Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat.

2 O ye, that love his holy name,
Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame!
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snares of hell defends.
3 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown :
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise;
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord:
None but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness..

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PSALM 98. First Part. C. M.
Praise for the gospel..

O our almighty Maker, God,
New honours be addrest:

His great salvation shines abroad,

And makes the nations blest.

2. He spake the word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfils the grace:

The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.

3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim,
With all her diff'rent tongues ;
And spread the honours of his name
In melody and songs.

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PSALM 98. Second Part. C. M.
The Messiah's coming and kingdom.

OY to the world; the Lord is come:

Joy

Let earth receive her King;

Let ev'ry heart prepare

him room,

And heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns: Let men their songs employ ;

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