4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;

Then God, the judge, fhall own my name,
Among ft the followers of the Lamb.

XCIX. The Vanity of Creatures:
Or, no Reft on Earth.

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AN has a foul of vaft defires,

He burns within with restlefs fires;

Toft to and fro, his paffions fly
From vanity to vanity.

2 In vain on earth we hope to find,
Some folid good to fill the mind:
We try new pleasures, but we feel
The inward thirst, and torment ftlll.

3 So when a raging fever burns,
We shift from fide to fide by turns ;
And 'tis a poor relief we gain,

To change the place, but keep the pain.

4 Great God! fubdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and duft;

Cure the vile fever of the mind;

And feed our fouls with joys refin❜d.

C. Honour

C. Honour to Magiftrates: Or, Government from God.

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TERNAL fov reign of the sky,

And Lord of all below,

We mortals, to thy majesty,

Our first obedience owed s

z Our fouls adore thy throne fupreme, And bless thy providence,

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For magiftrates of meaner name,
Our glory and defence.

3

The crowns of British princes shine,
With rays above the rest,

Where laws and liberties combine,

To make the nation bleft.

4 Kingdoms on firm foundations ftand,
While virtue finds reward
And finners perish from the land,
By juftice and the fword.

Let Cafar's due be ever paid,

To Cæfar and his throne;

But confciences, and fouls, were made

To be the Lord's alone. í

CI. The Deceitfulness of Sin.

IN has a thousand treach'rous arts

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To practife on the mind;

With flatt'ring looks the tempts our hearts,
But leaves a fting behind.

2 With names of virtue the deceives,
The aged and the young :.

And while the headlefs wretch believes,
She makes his fetters ftrong.

3 She pleads for all the joys he brings,
And gives a fair pretence ;.

But cheats the foul of heav'nly things,
And, chains it down to fenfe.

4 So on a tree divinely fair,
Grew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poifon there,
And tainted all her blood..

5 Flee, finners, to the bleeding Lamby
'Tis he alone can fave ;;
Truft in the dear Redeemer's name,
And live beyond the grave.

CII. Prophecy and Inspiration.

WAS by an

order from the Lord,

The antient prophets spoke his word ;

His fpirit did their tongues infpire,

And warm'd their hearts with heav'nly fire.

2 The works and wonders which they wrought, Confirm'd the meffages they brought;

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The prophet's pen fuccoeds his breath,
To fave the holy words from death. Sol

3 Great God! mine eyes with pleasure look,
On the dear volume of thy book;
There my Redeemer's face 'T'fee,
And read his name who dy'd'for me.

4 Let the falfe raptures of the mind, Be loft and vanish in the wind: Here I can fix my hope fecure

This is thy word, and muft endure., 7

CIII. Sinai and Sion.

xli. 18. &c.

OT to the terrors of the Lord,

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Heb.

Ν The tempeft, fire, and smoke, 1

Not to the thunder of that word, 411
Which God on Sinai spoke.

2 But we are come to Sion's hill,
The city of our God,

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold th' innumerable hoft

Of Angels cloath'd in light! Behold the fpirits of the juft, Whose faith is turn'd to fight!

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4 Behold

4 Behold the blefs'd affembly there,
Whose names are writ in heav'n!
And God, the judge of all, declares
Their vileft, fins forgiv❜n.

5 The faints on earth, and all the dead,
But one communion make;
All join in Chrift their living head,
And of his grace partake.

6 In fuch fociety as this, an
My weary foul would reft

The man that dwells where Jefus is,

Must be for ever bleft.

CIV. A New Song to the Lamb that was flain. Rev. v. 6.

1

BEHOLD the glories of the Lamb,

Amidst his Father's throne :

Prepare new honours for his name,
And fongs before unknown.

2 Let elders worship at his feet,
The church adore around,
With vials full of odours fweet,
And harps of fweeter found.

3 Those are the prayers of the faints,
And these the hymns they raife:
Jefus is kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our praife, t

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