LXVII. The happy debtor.

I TEN thoufand talents once I ow❜d,
And nothing had to pay ;

But JESUS free'd me from the load,
And wash'd my debt away.

2 Yet fince the LORD forgave my fin,
And blotted out my score;
Much more indebted I have been,
Than e'er was before.

3 My guilt is cancell'd quite, I know,
And fatisfaction made;

But the vaft debt of love I

owe,

4 The love I owe for fin forgiv'n,
For power to believe,

For prefent peace, and promis'd heav'n,
No angel can conceive.

5 That love of thine! thou finner's Friend!
Witness thy bleeding heart!
My little all can ne'er extend
To pay a thousandth part.

6 Nay more, the poor returns I make
I first from thee obtain (f);
And 'tis of grace, that thou wilt take
Such poor returns again.

7 'Tis well-it fhall my glory be
(Let who will boast their store)

In time and to eternity,

To owe thee more and more.

SIMILAR HYMN S.

Book I. Hymn 27, 50, 70, 93, 122..
Book II. Hymn 23, 90.

VI. CAUTION

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LXVIII. C. The new convert.

THE

S.

HE new-born child of gofpel-grace,
Like fome fair tree when fummers' nigh
Beneath EMMANUEL's fhining face,
Lifts up his blooming branch on high.

2 No fears he feels, he fees no foes,
No conflict yet his faith. employs,
Nor has he learnt to whom he owes,.
The ftrength and peace his foul enjoys.
But fin foon darts its cruel fting,
And comforts finking day by day;
What feem'd his own, a felf-fed fpring,
Proves but a brook that glides away.
When Gideon arm'd his num'rous hoft,
The LORD foon made his numbers lefs;
And said, left Ifrael vainly boast (g),
"My arm procur'd me this fuccefs.'
Thus will he bring our spirits down,
And draw our ebbing comforts low,
That fav'd by grace, but not our own,
We may not claim the praise we owe.

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(g) Judges vii. 2.

LXIX. C. True and falfe comforts.

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GOD wofe favourable eye

The fin-fick foul revives ;
Holy and heav'nly is the joy

Thy fhining prefence gives.

2. Not fuch as hypocrites fuppofe,
Who with a graceless heart,
Taste not of thee, but drink a dofe
Prepar'd by Satan's art.

3

Intoxicating joys are theirs,

Who while they boast their light,
And feem'd to foar above the ftars,
Are plunging into night.

4 Lull'd in a foft and fatal sleep,
They fin, and yet rejoice;
Where they indeed the Saviour's fheep,
Would they not hear his voice?

5

Be mine the comforts that reclaim
The foul from Satan's pow'r;
That make me blush for what I am,
And hate my fin the more.

6 'Tis joy enough, my All in All,
At thy dear feet to lie;
Thou wilt not let me lower fall,
And none can higher fly.

LXX. True and falfe zeal.

I: ZE EAL is that pure and heav'nly flame,

The fire of love supplies;

While that which often bears the name,

Is felf in a difguife.

2 True zeal is merciful and mild, Can pity and fobear;

3

The falfe is headstrong, fierce and wild,
And breathes revenge and war.

While zeal for truth the chriftian warms,
He knows the worth of peace;

But felf contends for names and forms,
Its party to encrease.

4 Zeal has attain'd its higheft aim,
Its end is fatisfy'd;

5

If finners love the Saviour's name,
Nor feeks it ought befide.

But felf however well employ'd,

Has its own ends in view;

And fays, as boasting Jehu cry'd (h),
"Come fee what I can do."

6 Self may its poor reward obtain,
And be applauded here;

But zeal the best applause will gain,
When JESUS fhall appear.

7 Dear LORD, the idol felf dethrone,
And from our hearts remove;

And let no zeal by us be fhewn,
But that which springs from love.

LXXI. C. A living and a dead faith.
THE

HE LORD receives his highest praise,
From humble minds and hearts fincere;
While

(b) 2 Kings x. 16.

While all the loud profeffor fays, Offends the righteous Judge's ear. 2 To walk as children of the day To mark the precepts holy light; To wage the warfare, watch and pray, Shew who are pleafing in his fight, Not words alone it coft the LORD, To purchase pardon for his own; Nor with a foul, by grace reftor'd, Return the Saviour words alone. 4 With golden bells, the prieftly veft(i) And rich pomegranates border'd round, The need of holiness exprefs'd,

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And call'd for fruit, as well as found.
5 Eafy, indeed, it were to reach
A manfion in the courts above,
If fwelling words, and fluent fpeech
Might ferve, inftead of faith and love.
6 But none fhall gain the blissful place,
Or God's unclouded glory fee ;

Who talks of free and fov'reign grace,
Unless that grace has made him free.

LXXII.

C. Abufe of the gospel.

I TOO many, LORD, abuse thy grace,
In this licentious day;

And while they boaft they fee thy face,
They turn their own away..

2 Thy Book difplays a gracious light
That can the blind restore i

(i) Exodus xxviii. 33.

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