5

Beset the unjust judge's door,
And gain'd, at last, her end.

For her he little car'd,

As little for the laws;

Nor God, nor man, did he regard,
Yet he efpous'd her caufe.

6 She urg'd him day and night,
Would no denial take;

7

At length he faid, "I'll do her right,
For my own quiet fake."

And fhall not JESUS hear
His chofen, when they cry?
Yes, tho' he may awhile forbear,
He'll help them from on high.

8 His nature, truth and love,
Engage him on their fide;

When they are griev'd, his bowels move, And can they be deny'd?

9

Then let us earnest be,

He loves our importunity,

And never faint in pray'r;

And makes our caufe his care.

CVII. ZACCHEUS. Chap. xix. 1-6.

Zaccheus climb'd the tree,

And thought himself unknown;

But how furpriz'd was he
When JESUS call'd him down!

The LORD beheld him, tho' conceal'd,

And by a word his pow'r reveal'd.

2

Wonder and joy at once

Were painted in his face;

"Does he my name pronounce
And does he know my cafe?

Will JESUS deign with me to dine;
LORD, I, with all I have, am thine ?"
3 Thus where the gofpel's preach'd
And finners come to hear;

The hearts of fome are reach'd

Before they are aware :

The word directly fpeaks to them,
And feems to point them out by name,

4 'Tis curiofity

Oft brings them in the way,
Only the man to see

And hear what he can say;
But how the finner ftarts to find
The preacher knows his utmoft mind.
5 His long forgotten faults

Are brought again in view,
And all his fecret thoughts,
Reveal'd in public too:

Tho' compafs'd with a croud about,
The fearching word has found him out.

6

While thus diftreffing pain
And forrow fills his heart;
He hears a voice again,
That bids his fears depart.

Then like Zaccheus he is bleft,

And JESUS deigns to be his guest.

CVIII. The believer's danger, fafety and duty.
Chap. xxii. 31, 32,

I" SIMON, beware! the Saviour said,
Satan, your fubtle foe,

Already has his measures laid

Your foul to overthrow.

2 He wants to fift you all as wheat, And thinks his vict'ry fure;

3

But I his malice will defeat,
My pray'r fhall faith fecure."
Believers, tremble and rejoice,
Your help and danger view;
This warning has to you a voice,
This promise fpeaks to you.

4 Satan beholds with jealous eye,
Your privilege and joy;
He's always watchful, always nigh,
To tear, and to deftroy.

5 But JESUS lives to intercede,
That faith may still prevail;
He will fupport in time of need,
And Satan's arts fhall fail.

6 Yet let us not the warning flight,
But watchful ftill be found;
Tho' faith cannot be flain in fight,
It may receive a wound.

7

While Satan watches, dare we fleep?
We must our guard maintain;
But, LORD, do thou the city keep,
Or elfe we watch in vain (ƒ).

(ƒ) Pfalm cxxvii, 1.

CIX. Father

CIX. Father forgive them.

Chap. xxiii. 34.

1: "FATHER, forgive (the Saviour faid)
They know not what they do:"

His heart was mov'd when thus he pray'd
For me, my friends, and you.

2 He faw, that as the Jews abus'd
And crucify'd his flesh;

So he, by us, would be refus'd,
And crucify'd afresh.

3. Thro' love of fin, we long are prone
To act as Satan did;

4.

5

But now, with grief and fhame we own,
We knew not what we did.

We knew not the desert of fin,
Nor whom we thus defy'd;

Nor where our guilty fouls had been,
If JESUS had not dy'd.

We knew not what a law we broke,
How holy, just and pure!

Nor what a GOD we durft provoke,
But thought ourselves fecure.

6 But JESUS all our guilt forefaw,
And shed his precious blood
To fatisfy the holy law,

And make our peace with God.

7 My fin, dear Saviour, made thee bleed,
Yet didft thou pray for me!

I knew not what I did, indeed,
When ignorant of thee.

G 3

CX. The

CX. The two malefactors. Chap. xxiii. 39-43.

1 Sovereign grace has pow'r alone

To fubdue a heart of stone;
And the moment grace is felt,
Then the hardeft heart will melt.
2 When the LORD was crucify'd
Two tranfgreffors with him dy'd;
One with vile blafpheming tongue,
Scoff'd at JESUS as he hung.
3 Thus he spent his wicked breath,
In the very jaws of death;
Perish'd, as too many do,

With the Saviour in his view.

4 But the other, touch'd with grace, Saw the danger of his cafe;

5

Faith receiv'd to own the LORD,
Whom the scribes and priefts abhor'd.
"LORD, he pray'd, remember me,
When in glory thou shalt be:"
"Soon with me, the LORD replies,
Thou shalt reft in paradife."

6 This was wond'rous grace indeed,
Grace vouchfaf'd in time of need!
Sinners truft in JESU's name,
You fhall find him ftill the fame.

7 But beware of unbelief,

Think upon the hard❜ned thief;
If the gospel you disdain,
CHRIST, to you, will die in vain.

JOHN