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I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their off'rings of forbidden blood.

2 My God provides a richer cup
And nobler food-to live upon;
He for my life has offered up
Jesus, his best beloved son.
3 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And, by his name forever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.
I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

PSALM 16.-Sd Part. L. M. [*] Courage in death, and hope of the resurrection. HEN God is nigh, my faith is strong:

*W His arm is my almighty prop:

Be glad, my heart; rejoice, my tongue; My dying flesh shall rest in hope. 2 Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave My soul forever with the dead, Nor lose thy children in the grave. 3 My flesh shall thy first call obey, Shake off the dust, and rise on high; Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way t Up to thy throne above the sky.

There streams of endless pleasure flow,
And full discov'ries of thy grace,
(Which we but tasted here below)
Spread heav'nly joys through all the place.

PSALM 16.-1st Part. C. M. [*]
Ver. 1-8.

Support and counsel from God, without merit.
AVE me, O Lord, from every foe:
In thee my trust I place,

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Though all the good that I can do
Can ne'er deserve thy grace.

2 Yet, if my God prolong my breath,
The saints may profit by't;

The saints, the glory of the earth,
The men of my delight.

3 Let heathens to their idols haste,
And worship wood or stone;
But my delightful lot is cast

Where the true God is known.

4 His hand provides my constant food;
He fills my daily cup;

Much am I pleas'd with present good,
But more rejoice in hope.

5 God is my portion and my joy!
His counsels are my light:
He gives me sweet advice by day,
And gentle hints by night.

6 My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing eye:

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Nor death, nor hell, my hope shall move,
While such a friend is nigh.

PSALM 16.-2d Part. C. M.

[*1*

The death and resurrection of Christ.
SET the Lord before my face,
"He bears my courage up;

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"My heart and tongue their joys express,

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My flesh shall rest in hope.

"My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave
"Where souls departed are;
"Nor quit my body to the grave,
"To see corruption there.

"Thou wilt reveal the path of life,
"And raise me to thy throne;
"Thy courts immortal pleasure give;
Thy presence, joys unknown."

4 [Thus, in the name of Christ the Lord, The holy David sung,

And providence fulfils the word
Of his prophetic tongue.

5 Jesus, whom every saint adores,
Was crucify'd and slain;
Behold the tomb its prey restores!
Behold, he lives again!

6 When shall my feet arise and stand
On heaven's eternal hills?

There sits the Son at God's right hand,
And there the Father smiles.]

PSALM 17.-S. M. [*]

Ver. 13, &c. Portion of saints and sinners, or, hope and despair in death.

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ARISE, my gracious God,

And make the wicked flee; They are but thy chastising rod To drive thy saints to thee.

Behold the sinner dies,

His haughty words are vain:
Here in this life his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.

Then let his pride advance,
And boast of all his store;

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5

The Lord is my inheritance,
My soul can wish no more.

I shall behold the face

Of my forgiving God;

And stand complete in righteousness,
Wash'd in my Saviour's blood.

There's a new heaven begun
When I awake from death,
Drest in the likeness of thy Son,
And draw immortal breath!

PSALM 17.-L. M. [*]

The sinner's portion and the saint's hope; or, the heaven of separate souls, and the resurrection. 1 ORD, I am thine; but thou wilt prove

When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below: 'Tis all the happiness they know;

'Tis all they seek; they take their shares,
And leave the rest among their heirs.

3 What sinners value, I resign;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine;
I shall behold thy blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.
4 This life's a dream, an empty show;
But the bright world to which I go
Hath joys substantial and sincere:
When shall I wake and find me there?
5 O glorious hour! O blest abode !
I shall be near and like my God:
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

6 My flesh shal! slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound:
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.

PSALM 18.-1st Part. L. M. [*]
Ver. 1-6, 15-18.

Deliverance from despair; or, temptations

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overcome.

HEE will I love, O Lord, my strength,
My rock, my tower, my high defence:
Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,
For I have found salvation thence.

2 Death and the terrors of the grave
Stood round me with their dismal shade;
While floods of high temptations rose,
And made my sinking soul afraid.
3 I saw the opening gates of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there,
Which none but they that feel can tell,
While I was hurry'd to despair.

In my distress, I call'd my God,
When I could scarce believe him mine;
He bow'd his ear to my complaint;
Then did his grace appear divine,

5 [With speed he flew to my relief,
As on a cherub's wing he rode;
Awful and bright as lightning shone
The face of my deliverer, God.

6 Temptations fled at his rebuke,
The blast of his almighty breath;
He sent salvation from on high,
And drew me from the deeps of death.!