o Now to his praise I'll spend my breath, And my remaining years.]

C. M. 2D PART. Hymn 2d. St. Martin's. [*] V. 12, &c. Vows made in Trouble, paid in the Church.

WHAT shall I render to my God,

For all his kindness shown?

o My feet shall visit thine abode, My songs address thy throne.

-2 Among the saints who fill thy house,
My offering shall be paid;

There shall my zeal perform the vows,
My soul in anguish made.

e 3 How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever blessed God!

How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

o 4 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!

My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.

-5 Now I am thine -forever thine-
Nor shall my purpose move;
Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain,
Ånd bound me with thy love.

6 Here, in thy courts, I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;

Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

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PSALM 117. C. M. Doxology. [*]
Praise to God from all Nations.

ALL

10 Each with a different tongue;

ye nations, praise the Lord,

In every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns through every land!
Proclaim his grace abroad;

Forever firm his truth shall stand;
Praise ye the faithful God.

L. M. Old Hundred. [*]

FLet the Creator's praise arise;

ROM all who dwell below the skies,

Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise, and set, no more.

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S. M. Kibworth. [*]

HY name, almighty Lord,

THY

Shall sound through distant lands

Great is thy grace, and sure thy word;
Thy truth forever stands.

2 Far be thine honour spread,

And long thy praise endure;

Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

PSALM 118. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*]

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V. 6-15. Deliverance from a Tumult.
HE Lord appears my helper now,
Nor is my faith afraid

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What all the sons of earth can do,
Since heaven affords its aid.

2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.

3 Like bees my foes beset me round,
A large and angry swarm;
But I shall all their rage confound,
By thine almighty arm.

4 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong;
In him my lips rejoice:

While his salvation is my song,

How cheerful is my voice!

5 Like angry bees they girt me round;
When God appears they fly:

So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze, and die.

6 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs;
The Lord protects their days;

Let Israel tune immortal songs
To his almighty grace.]

C. M. SECOND PART. Barby. [*]

V. 17-21. Public Praise for Deliverance from Death.
ORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescued from the grave;

Now shall he live: (and none can die,
If God resolve to save.)

2 Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;

Thy hand that hath chastised him sore,
Defends him still from death.

o 3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there-

The house where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declare.

o 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints,
Our thankful voice we raise;

Here we have told thee our complaints,
And here we speak thy praise.

C. M. THIRD PART. Colchester. Mear. [*]
V. 22, 23. Christ the Foundation of his Church.

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EHOLD, the sure foundation stone,
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

e 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;

o They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame.

e 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

g 4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise;

'Tis thine own work, almighty God,

And wondrous in our eyes.

C. M. FOURTH PART. Sunday. Bethlehem. [*]

V. 24, 25, 26. Hosanna for the Lord's Day.

THe calls the hours his own

THIS is the day the Lord hath made;

• Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround his throne.

o 2 To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;

To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to the Anointed King,
To David's holy Son;
-Help us, O Lord; descend, and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

o 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace;

Who comes, in God his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

o 5 Hosanna in the highest strains,
The church on earth can raise;

u The highest heavens, in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praise.

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S. M. St. Thomas. [*]

V. 22-27. Salvation by Christ.
EE, what a living Stone
The builders did refuse:

o Yet God hath built his church thereon,

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In spite of envious Jews.

2 The Scribe and angry Priest
Reject thine only Son;

o Yet on this Rock shall Sion rest,
As the chief Corner-Stone.

o 3 The work, O Lord, is thine, And wondrous in our eyes;

This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.

4 This is the glorious day,

That our Redeemer made: Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray; Let all the church be glad.

5 Hosanna to the King

Of David's royal blood;

Bless him, ye saints: He comes to bring
Salvation from your God.

6 We bless thine holy word,

Which all this grace displays;

And offer on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.]

L. M. Old Hundred. [*]

V. 22-27. A new Song of Salvation by Christ. 10 what a glorious Corner-Stone

The Jewish builders did refuse!

But God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envy, and the Jews.

e 2 Great God, the work is all divine,
The joy and wonder of our eyes!
o This is the day that proves it thine,
The day that saw our Saviour rise.
3 Sinners, rejoice, and saints, be glad;
Hosanna! let his name be blest!
A thousand honours on his head,
With peace, and light, and glory rest!
-4 In God's own name, he comes to bring
Salvation to our dying race;

o Let the whole church address their King,
With hearts of joy, and songs of praise.

PSALM 119.

I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this Psalm under eighteen different heads, and formed a Divine Song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed, to attain some degree of connection.

In some places, instead of the words law, commands, judgments, testimonies, I have used gospel, word, grace, truth, promises, &c., as more agreeable to the New Testament, and the common language of Christians; and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recommend the Holy Scriptures.

PSALM 119. C. M. FIRST PART. Bedford. [*] Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners.

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Ver. 1, 2, 3.

LEST are the undefiled in heart,

ways are and

Who never from thy law depart,

But fly from every sin.

2 Blest are the men who keep thy word, And practise thy commands;