2 [The Lord, the highest God, 3 4 Calls him his only Son; He bids him rule the lands abroad, The nations fhall his grace obtain, His kingdom ne'er decay.] To bring the glorious news, 5 "Go, humble fwains," faid he, 6 "The promis'd infant, born to day, "Doth in a manger lie. "With looks and heart ferene, "Go vifit Chrift your King;" And ftraight a flaming troop was feen; The fhepherds heard them fing, 7 Glory to God on high! "And heavenly peace on earth, "Good will to men, to angels joy, "At the Redeemer's birth." 8 [In worship fo divine, Let faints employ their tongues, With the celeftial hofts we join, And loud repeat their fongs: 66 9 Glory to God on high! 1 "And heavenly peace on earth, "Good will to men, to angels joy, "At our Redeemer's birth."] HYMN IV. Referred to the 2d Pfalm. HYMN V. Common Metre. [b] Submiffion to afflictive providences. Job i. 21. NAKED as from the earth we came, And crept to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our duft. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Y Are but fhort favours borrow'd now, 3 'Tis God that lifis our comforts high, He gives, and (bleffed be his name!) 4 Peace, all our angry paffions, then; Be filent at his fovereign will, 5 If fmiling mercy crown our lives, HYMN VI. Common Metre. [*] I yield my body to the duft, 2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave, 3 The mighty Conqueror fhall appear And death, the laft of all his foes, 4 Though greedy worms devour my skin, 5 Then fhall I fee thy lovely face And feaft upon thy unknown grace HYMN VII. Common Metre. [x] The invitation of the gofpel; or, Spiritual food and clothing. Ifa. lv. 1, 2, &c. 1 ET every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice; The trumpet of the gospel founds 2 Ho! all ye hungry, ftarving fouls, And vainly ftrive with earthly toys 4 And bids your longing appetites Ho! ye that pant for living freams, Here you may quench your raging thirst 5 Rivers of love and mercy here Like floods of milk and wine. Wrought by the labours of his Son, 8 Dear God! the treafures of thy love Deep as our helpless miferies are, 9 The happy gates of gofpel grace HYMN VIII. Common Metre. The fafety and protection of the church. HOW COW honourable is the place Zion, the glory of the earth, And beauty of the land! 2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend The city where we dwell; [*] The walls, of ftrong falvation made, 3 Lift up the everlasting gates, 5 Truft in the Lord, forever trust, Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells, 6 What though the rebels dwell on high, The ruins of her walls fhall fpread HYMN IX. Common Metre. [b] The promises of the covenant of grace. Ifa. Iv. 1, 2. Zech. xiii. 1. Mic. vii. 19. Ezek. xxxvi. 25, &c. 1 'N vain we lavifh out our lives To gather empty wind; The choiceft bleffings earth can yield Will ftarve a hungry mind. 2 Come, and the Lord fhall feed our fouls With fuch as faints in glory love, 3 Our God will every want fupply, 4 Come, and he'll cleanfe our fpotted fouls, In the dear fountain that his Son 5 [Our guilt fhall vanish all away, Our fin fhall fink beneath the fea, His Spirit fhall bedew our fouls, 7 Our heart, that flinty, stubborn thing, 8 Or he can take the flint away, And, from the treafures of his grace, 9 There fhall his facred Spirit dwell, 10 Thus will he pour falvation down, HYMN X. Short Metre. [*] The bleffedness of gofpel times; or, the revelation of Chrift to Jews and Gentiles. Ifa. v. 2, 7, 8, 9, 10. Mart. in. 16, 17. 1. 2 HOW OW beauteous are their feet, Who bring falvation on their tongues, How charming is their voice! 3 How happy are our ears, That hear this joyful found, Which kings and prophets waited for, 4 How bleffed are our eyes, That fee this heavenly light; Prophets and kings defir'd it long, But dy'd without the fight! |