And fee, when I furvey my ways,
Ten thousand monuments of praise.

3 Thus far his arm hath led me on;
Thus far I make his mercy known;
And, while I tread this desart land,
New mercies fhall new fongs demand.

4 My grateful foul on Jordan's fhore,
Shall raife one facred pillar more,
Then bear, in his bright courts above,
Infcriptions of immortal love.

LXXXIV. Joy and Profperity from the Prefence and Bleffing of God. Pfalm. xc. 17.

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With rays of beauty fhine:
Olet thy favour crown our days,

And all their round be thine :

2 Did we not raife our hands to thee,
Our hands might toil in vain ;
Small joy fuccefs itself could give,
If thou thy love reftrain.

3 With thee let ev'ry week begin,With thee each day be spent ;

For thee each fleeting hour improv'd,
Since each by thee is lent.

4 Thus chear us thro' this defart Road,
'Till all out labour ceafe ;
And heav'n refreft our weary fouls,
With everlasting peace.

LXXXV. The Encouragement young Perfons have to feek Chrift. Pro, viii. 17.

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In fmiling crouds draw near;
And turn from ev'ry mortal charm,
A Saviour's voice to hear..

2 He, Lord of all the worlds on high,
Stoops to converfe with you;
And lays his radiant glories by,
Your friendship to pursue.

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"The foul that longs to fee my face,

"Is fure my love t' obtain;

And those that early feek my face,

"Shall never feek in vain.'

What object, Lord, fhould move my foul,
If once compar'd to thee?

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5 Away, ye falfe delufive toys, ensi
Vain tempters of the mind!
'Tis here, I fix my lasting choice,
And here true blifs I find.

LXXXVI.

The High-Way to

Zion. Ifai. xxv. 8, 9, 10.

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Your great deliv'rer fing:

Pilgrims for Zion's city bound,
Be joyful in your king.

2 See the fair way his hand hath rais'd; How holy and how plain!

Nor fhall the fimpleft trav❜ler err,

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Nor afk the track in vain.

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No rav'ning lion shall destroy,

Nor larking ferpent wound; and

Pleasure and safety, peace and praise,

Thro' all the path hath found,

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5 There garlands of immortal joy, and a Shall bloom on every head;

While forrow, fighing, and diftrefs,
Are all, like shadows, fled,

6 March on in your Redeemer's strength, Pursue his footsteps ftill s

And let the profpect chear your eye,

While lab'ring up the hill..

LXXXVII.

God intreated for

the Revival of Religion. Ifai.

lxii. 6, 7.

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NDULGENT Sovrreign of the skies,
Bow to our cries, thy gracious ear!

Before thee let our pray'rs arife;
Hear us, O great Jehovah, hear.

2 How fhall thy fervants give thee reft,
"Till Zion's mould ring walls thou raife,
'Till thy own pow'r fhall stand confeft,
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For this we lift our voices loud,
And call, and knock at mercy's gate.

4 Look down, O God, with pitying eye,

And view the defolation round;;; See what wide realms in darknefs lie,. And hurl their idols to the ground.

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5 Lord make the gofpel-trumpet blow, And call the nations from afari Let all the ifles their Saviour know,

And earth's remoteft ends draw near.

6 Let Babylon's proud altars thake,
And light invade her darkeft gloom?
The yoke of iron-bondage break,
The yoke of Satan, and of Rome.

7 With gentle beams on Britain thine, And blefs her princes, and her priefts: And by thy energy divine,

Let facred love o'erflow their breafts.

8 Triumphant here, Let Jefus reign, And on his vineyerd sweetly smile; While all the virtues of his 'train,

Adorn our church, anorn our ifle.

9 On all our fouls, let grace defcend, Like heav'nly dew, in copious fhow'rs:

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