5

- Ye bankrupt debtors, know
The sovereign grace of heaven';
Though sums immense ye owe,
A free discharge is given:

The

year of Jubilee is come;

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7

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The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of pardoning grace;
Ye happy souls, draw near,
Behold your Saviour's face:
year of Jubilee is come;
Jesus, our great High Priest,
Has full atonement made ;

The

Ye weary spirits, rest;

The

Ye mournful souls, be glad! year of Jubilee is come; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

Return, &c.

Return, &c.

ALTERED BY TOPLADY.

The Gospel Jubilee, Psalm lxxxix. 15.

LOUD let the tuneful trumpet sound,
And spread the joyful tidings round;
Let every soul with transport hear,
And hail the Lord's accepted year.
Ye debtors, whom he gives to know or
That you ten thouɛand talents owe,

When humble at his feet you fall,

Your gracious God forgives them all.
3 Slaves, that have borne the heavy chain
Of sin, and hell's tyrannic reign,
To liberty assert your claim,

And urge

the great Redeemer's name.

4 The rich inheritance of heaven,
Your joy, your boast, is freely giv'n;
Fair Salem your arrival waits,
With golden streets and pearly gates.
5 Her blest inhabitants no more
Bondage and poverty deplore;
No debt, but love immensely great;
Their joy still rises with the debt.
6 O happy souls, that know the sound,
Celestial light their steps surround,
And shew that Jubilee begun,
Which thro' eternal years shall run

Dr. DODDRIDGE.

59 C.M. Oxford 177. Hammond 226.

The glorious Gospel of the blessed God, 1 Tim.i. 11.

} WHAT wisdom, majesty, and grace, Thro' all the gospel shine!

'Tis God that speaks, and we confess
The doctrine most divine,

2 Down from his starry throne on high,
Th' almighty Saviour comes;
Lays his bright robes of glory by,
And feeble flesh assumes.

3 The mighty debt that sinners ow'd
Upon the cross he pays:

Then thro' the clouds ascends to God 'Midst shouts of loftiest praise.

4 There he, our great High Priest, appears
Before his Father's throne;
Mingles his merits with our tears,
And pours salvation down.

5 Great God, with rev'rence we adore
Thy justice and thy grace:

And on thy faithfulness and power
Our firm dependance place.

Dr. S. STENNETT.

60 L.M. Gould's 272. Mark 65. Ulverston 179.

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The Gospel is the power of God to Salvation, Rom.i. 16.

WHA

THAT shall the dying sinner do
That seeks relief for all his woe?
Where shall the guilty conscience find
Ease for the torment of the mind?

$2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,
Or form our natures fit for heaven?
Can souls, all o'er defil'd with sin,
Make their own powers and passions clean?

3 In vain we search, in vain we try,
Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
'Tis there that power and glory dwell
Which save rebellious souls from hell,

4 This is the pillar of our hope
That bears our fainting spirits up;
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.

5 Let men or angels dig the mines
Where nature's golden treasure shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cross,,
All nature's gold appears but dross.

6. Should vile blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
We'll meet
the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name.

Dr. WATTS'S SERMONS.

61 C.M. London 180. Follett 18.1.-
A rational Defence of the Gospel.

SHALL atheists dare insult the cross

Of our incarnate God!
Shall infidels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood!

2 What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults!
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts?

-3 What if his gospel bid us strive
With flesh, and self, and sin
The prize is most divinely bright
That we are call'd to win.

4 What if the men, despis'd on earth,
Still of his grace partake!

This but confirms his truth the more;
For so the prophets spake.

5 Do some, that own his sacred truth,
Indulge their souls in sin ?

None should reproach the Saviour's name.
His laws are pure and clean.

6 Then let our faith be firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;

Nor ever shun those holy men
Who fear and love the Lord.

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Dr. WATTS'S SERMONS.

SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND BLESSINGS.

62 5. 6. Bourton 50. Haughton 68.

Everlasting Love, Electing Grace, and Personal Holiness.

HOW happy are we

Our election who see,

And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee !
In Jesus approv'd,

Eternally lov'd,

Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'd.

'Tis sweet to recline

On the bosom divine,

And experience the comforts peculiar to thine;
While, born from above,

And upheld by thy love,

With singing and triumph to Zion we move. Our seeking thy face

Was all of thy grace,

Thy mercy demands and shall have all the praise:
No sinner can be
Beforehand with thee,

Thy grace is preventing, almighty, and free.

Our Saviour and friend

His love shall extend;.

It knew no beginning, and never shall end:
Whom once he receives

His Spirit ne'er leaves,

Nor ever repents of the grace that he gives.

This proof we would give

That thee we receive;

Thou art precious alone to the souls that believe:

Be precious to us!

All besides is as dross,

[cross,

Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy