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But will his juftice more display,
In the last great rewarding day.

(7 His pow'r he fhew'd by Mofes' hands,
And gave to Ifrael his commands;
But fent his truth and mercy down,
To all the nations by his Son.

8 Let the whole earth his pow'r confess:
Let the whole carth adore his grace :
The gentile with the jew fhall join,
In work and worship fo divine.)

CCXXXIX.

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The fame.

Blefs the Lord, my foul!

Let all within me join;

And aid my tongue to bless his name,
Whofe favours are divine.

2 O blefs the Lord, my foul!
Nor let his mercies lie,
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 'Tis he forgives thy fins,
'Tis he relieves thy pain:
'Tis he that heals thy fickneffes,
And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,
When ranfom'd from the grave:

He

He that redeem'd my foul from hell,
Hath fov'reign pow'r to save.

5 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the suff'rers reft;

The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And juftice for th' oppreft.

6 His wond'rous works and ways He made by Moses known ;

But fent the world his truth and

By his beloved Son.

CCXL.

grace,

Praile to God; Or,

Communion with Saints. Pfal.

cvi. 1, 5:

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O God, the great, the ever-bleft,
Let fongs of honour be addreft;

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His mercy firm for ever stands
Give him the thanks his love demands.

2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways?
Who fhall fulfil thy boundless praise ?
Bleft are the fouls who fear thee still,
And pay their duty to thy will.

3 Remember what thy mercy did
For Jacob's race, thy chofen feed:
And with the fame falvation blefs
The meaneft fuppliants of thy grace.

4 O may

4 O may we fee thy tribes rejoice,
And aid their triumphs with our voice!
This is our glory, Lord, to be,

Join'd to thy faints, and near to thee.

CCXLI.

Love to Enemies from

the Example of Chrift.

OD of my mercy, and my praise,

G Thy glory is my fong:

Though finners speak against thy grace,
With a blafpheming tongue.

2 When in the form of mortal man,
Thy fon on earth was found,
With cruel flanders, falfe and vain,
They compafs'd him aronnd.

3 Their mis'ries his compaffion move,
Their peace he ftill pursu'd ;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.

4 Their malice rag'd without a cause,
Yet with his dying breath:

He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross,
And bleft his foes in death.

5 Lord, fhall thy bright example shine, In vain, before our eyes?

Give me a foul a-kin to thine,

To love my enemies!

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6 The Lord fhall on my fide engage,
And, in my Saviour's name,

I fhall defeat their pow'r and rage,
Who flander and condemn.

CCXLII.

The

The Bleffings of the

Pious and Charitable. Pfal cxii.

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HRICE happy man who fears the Lord,
Loves his commands, and trusts his word;
Honour and peace his days attend,
And bleffings to his feed defcend.

2 Compaflion dwells upon his mind,
To works of mercy still inclin'd:
He lends the poor fome prefent aid,
Or gives them, not to be repaid.

3 When times grow dark and tidings fpread,
That fill his neighbours round with dread,
His heart is arm'd against the fear,
For God, with all his pow'r is there.

4 His foul well fix'd upon the Lord,
Draws heav'nly courage from his word;
Amidst the darknefs light fhall rife,
To chear his heart, and Blefs his eyes.

5 He hath difpers'd his alms abroad,

His works are ftill before his God;
His name on earth shall long remain,
While envious finners' fret in vain.

CCXLIII.

CCXLIII.

Liberality rewarded.

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WAPPY is he that fears the Lord,
And follows his commands;
Who lends the poor without reward,
Or gives with lib'ral hands.

2 As pity dwells within his breaft,
To all the fons of need;

So God fhall anfwer his request,
With bleffings on his feed.

3 No evil tidings shall surprise
His well-establish'd mind;
His foul to God his refuge flies,
And leaves his fears behind.

4 In times of general distress
Some beams of light fhall fhine,
To fhew the world his righteousness,
And give him peace divine.

5

His works of piety and love

Remain before the Lord;

Honour on earth, and joys above,

Shall be his fure reward.

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