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2 "My life is fpent with grief," I cry'd;
My years confum'd in groans;
My ftrength decays, mine eyes are dry'd,
"And forrow waftes my bones."

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3 Among mine enemies, my name
Was a mere proverb grown :
While to my neighbours I became
Forgotten and unknown.

4 Slander and fear on every side
Seiz'd and befet me round;
I to the throne of grace apply'd,
And speedy refcue found.

PAUSE.

5 How great deliverance thou haft wrought
Before the fons of men!

The lying lips to filence brought,
And made their boastings vain!

6 Thy children from the frife of tongues
Shall thy pavilion hide;
Guard them from infamy and wrongs ;
And crush the fons of pride.

7 Within thy fecret prefence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;

No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd,
Secures a faint fo well.

PSALM XXXII. Short Metre. [*]

Forgiveness of fin upon confeffion.

O BLESSED fouls are they,

Whofe fins are cover'd o'er !

Divinely bleft, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more!

2 They mourn their follies paft,
And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith fincere.
While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the feftering wound;
Till I confefs'd my fins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

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4 Let finners learn to pray,

Let faints keep near the throne;

Our help in times of deep diftress
Is found in God alone.

PSALM XXXII. Common Metre. [*] Free pardon and fincere obedience; or, confeffion and forgiveness.

1 [APPY the man to whom his God

HAP

No more imputes his fin;

But wah'd in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean!

2 Happy, beyond expreffion, he
Whofe debts are thus difcharg'd;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his foul enlarg'd!

3 His fpirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all fincere;

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his confcience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt fuppreft,
No quiet could I find:

Thy wrath lay burning in my breaft,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

5 Then I confefs'd my troubled thoughts,
My fecret fins reveal'd;

Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon feal'd."

6 This fhall invite thy faints to pray;
When like a raging flood

Temptations rife, our ftrength and stay
Is a forgiving God.

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PSALM XXXII. 1ft Part. Long Metre. [x] Repentance and free pardon; or, juftification and fanctification.

1 LEST is the man, forever bleft,

Bwhofe quilt is pardow'd by his God,

Whofe fins with forrow are confefs'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 1
2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities:

He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
3 From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,

With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith fincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his fins! While a bright evidence of grace

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Through his whole life appears and shines.

PSALM XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre. [b]
A guilty confcience eafed by confeffion and pardon.
WHILE I keep filence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my confcience feel!
What agonies of inward fmart!

WHI

2 I fpread my fins before the Lord,
And all my fecret faults confefs;
Thy gofpel fpeaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit feals the grace.
3 For this fhall every humble foul
Make fwift addreffes to thy feat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There fhall they find a bleft retreat.
How fafe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and forms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me fafe from every fnare.

PSALM XXXIII. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. [*]
Works of creation and providence.

1

REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,
This work belongs to you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, juft, and true!

2 His mercy and his righteousness

3

Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.
His wifdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches fpread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their fhining hofls were made.
He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;

The flowing feas their limits know,
And their own ftation keep.

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Our help in times of deep diftress
Is found in God alone.

PSALM XXXII. Common Metre. [*] Free pardon and fincere obedience; or, confeffion and forgiveness.

1

He more imputes his fin

APPY the man to whom his God

But wah'd in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean!
2 Happy, beyond expreffion, he
Whofe debts are thus difcharg'd;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his foul enlarg'd!
3 His fpirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all fincere;

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his confcience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt fuppreft,
No quiet could I find :

Thy wrath lay burning in my breaft,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

5 Then I confefs'd my troubled thoughts,
My fecret fins reveal'd;

Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon feal'd."

6 This fhall invite thy faints to pray;
When like a raging flood

Temptations rife, our ftrength and ftay
Is a forgiving God.

PSALM XXXII. 1ft Part. Long Metre. [*] Repentance and free pardon; or, juftification and fanctification..

1

B LEST is the man, forever bleft,

Whofe guilt is pardon'd by his God,
Whofe fins with forrow are confefs'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.
2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities:

He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
3 From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,

With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith fincere. 4 How glorious is that righteoufnels That hides and cancels all his fins! While a bright evidence of grace

Through his whole life appears and fhines.

PSALM XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre. [b] A guilty confcience eafed by confeffion and pardon.

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WHILE I keep filence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my confcience feel!
What agonies of inward fmart!
2 I fpread my fins before the Lord,
And all my fecret faults confefs;
Thy gofpel fpeaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit feals the grace.
3 For this fhall every humble foul
Make fwift addreffes to thy feat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There fhall they find a bleft retreat.
4 How fafe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and forms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every fnare.

PSALM XXXIII. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. [*]
Works of creation and providence.

1 REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,
This work belongs to you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, juft, and true!

2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.
3 His wifdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches fpread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their fhining holls were made.
4 He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing feas their limits know,
And their own ftation keep.

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