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9 Adam was fram'd of equal clay,
Tho' fov'reign of the reft,
Defign'd for nobler ends than they;
With God's own image bleft.

10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye,
The young creation ftood;

He faw the building from on high,
His word pronounc'd it good.':

11 Lord, while the frame of nature stands,
Thy praise fhall fill my tongue :-
But the new world of grace demands
A more exalted fong.

CCXLIX. The Divine Per

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fections.

EHOVAH reigns, his throne is high,
His robes are light and majesty s
His glory fhines with beams fo bright,
No mortal can sustain the fight.

2 His terrors keep the world in awe,
His juftice guards his holy law;
His love reveals a fmiling face,
His promises confirm the grace.

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Thro' all his works, his wifdom fhines,
And baffles Satan's deep defigns;

His pow'r is fov'reign to fulfil

The nobleft counsels of his will.

4 And will Jehovab condefcend To be my father, and my

friend

Then let my fongs with angels join ;
Heav'n is fecure, if God be mine.

CCL. The fame.

HE Lord Jebaab reigns,
His throne is built on high;

The garments he affumes

Are light and majesty:
His glories faine

With beams fo bright,
No mortal eye
Can bear the fight.

2 The thunders of his hand

Keep the wide world in awe;
His wrath and juftice ftand,
To guard his holy law:

And where his love
Refolves to blefs,
His truth confirms
And feals the grace.

3 Thro' all his antient works
Surprising wisdom fhines;
Confounds the pow'rs of hell,
And breaks their curst designs:

Strong is his arm,

And fhall fulfil

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UR dearest friends depart and die,
Their abfence makes us grieve;

But to the Lord their fpirits fly

This doth our minds relieve.

2 No more fhall they to us return,
But we to them shallɛgo :
To blissful realms, our fpirits borne,
Shall dwell with Jesus too.

3 There glory fits on ev'ry face,
Love fimiles in ev'ry eye:
There fhall our tongues adore the grace,
That brought us safe on high.

4 Bleft fouls! we leave them to enjoy Their JESUS, and their GOD,

Till we are call'd to mount on high,
And reach their bleft abode.

5 JESUS our faithful friend shall come,
Our fouls to heav'n fhall raise,
His pow'rful arm fhall bear us home
To fing his endless praife.

CCLII. The Characters of Chrift borrowed from inanimate Things in Scripture.

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O worship at Immanuel's feet,

See in his face what wonders meet!

Earth is too narrow to exprefs

His worth, his glory, or his grace.

2 The whole creation can afford

But fome faint shadows of

my Lord,

Nature, to make his beauties known,
Muft mingle colours not her own.

3 Is he compar'd to wine or bread ?

Dear Lord, our fouls would thus be fed
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heav'nly wine.

4 Is he a tree? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves :
That righteous branch, that fruitful bough,
Is David's root, and offspring too.

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5 Is he a rofe? not Sharon yields, Such fragancy in all her fields: Or if the lilly he affume,

The vallies bless the rich perfume.

6 Is he a vine? His heav'nly root
Supplies the boughs with life and fruit:
O let a lafting union join

My foul to Chrift the living vine!

7 Is CHRIST a head? Each member lives,
And owns the vital pow'rs he gives :
The faints below, and faints above,
Join'd by his fpirit, and his love.

8 Is he a fountain? There I bathe,
And heal the plague of fin and death:
Thefe waters all my foul renew,
And cleanse my spotted garments too.

Is he a fire? He'll purge my drofs:
But the true gold sustains no loss:
Like a refiner he fhall fit,

And tread the refufe with his feet.

10 Is he a rock? How firm he proves:

The rock of ages never moves :

Yet the sweet streams that from him flow,
Attend us all the defart thro'.

11 Is he a way? He leads to God;

The path is drawn in lines of blood :