Thine arm of mercy held me up, When sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet Through this dark wilderness; Thine hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy face. 3 Were in heaven without my God, 'Twould be no joy to me;

And while this earth is my abode,

I long for none but thee.
4 What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint;
God is my soul's eternal rock,
The strength of every saint.

5 Behold the sinners, that remove
Far from thy presence, die;
Not all the idol gods they love

Can save them when they cry.
6 But to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.

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HYMN 94. B. 2. C. M..

St. Anns, Abridge.
God my only happiness.
1MY God, my portion, and my love,
My verlasting all!

I've none but thee in heaven above,
Or on this earthly ball.
2[What empty things are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There's nothing here deserves my joys;
There's nothing like my God.].

3 [In vain the bright, the burning sun
Scatters his feeble light;
'Tis thy sweet beams create my noon;
If thou withdraw, 'tis night..

4 And while upon my restless bed
Among the shades I roll,
If my Redeemer shows his head,
'Tis morning with my soul.]
5To thee I owe my wealth,and friends,
And health, and safe abode;
Thanks to thy name for meaner things,
But they are not my God.
6 How vain a toy is glittering wealth,
If once compar'd to thee!
Or what's my safety, or my health,
Or all my friends, to me?
7 Were I possessor of the earth,
And call'd the stars mine own,
Without thy graces, and thy self,
I were a wretch, undone.

8 Let others stretch their arms like seas,
And grasp in all the shore;
Grant me the visits of thy face,
And I desire no more.

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HYMN 93. B. 2.

Dover, Pelham.

God all, and in all.

S. M. X

Mothee, to thee I call
Y God, my life, my love,

cannot live if thou remove,
For thou art all in áll.

[Thy shining grace can cheer
This dungeon where I dwell:
'Tis paradise when thou art here;
If thou depart, 'tis hell.]

[The smilings of thy face,

How amiable they are!

'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, And no where else but there.] [To thee, and thee alone, The angels owe their bliss ; They sit around thy gracious throne, And dwell where Jesus is.] 5 [Not all the harps above Ĉan make a heavenly place,If God his residence remove, Or but conceal his face.]

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Nor earth, nor all the sky
Can one delight afford;
No, not a drop of real joy,
Without thy presence, Lord.
Thou art the sea of love,
Where all my pleasures roll;
The circle where my passions move,
And centre of my soul.

To thee my spirits fly,
With infinite desire;

And yet how far from, thee I lie
Dear Jesus, raise me higher.]

And, in sweet murmurs by their side,
Rivers of bliss perpetual glide.

4 Haste then, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of thy grace;
Bring down a taste of truth divine,
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.]
5 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace, and dying love.
6 Hail! great Immanuel, all divine!
In thee thy Father's glories shine:
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One,
That eyes have seen, or angels known!

HYMN 16. B. 2. L. M. 172} Portugal, Dunstan, Castle-Street1LORD, what a heaven of saving grace Shines through the beauties of thy face,

And lights our passions to a flame;
Lord, how we love thy charming name.
2 When I can say, my God is mine,
When I can feel thy glories shine,
I tread the world beneath my feet,!
And all that earth calls good or great.
3 While such a scene of sacred joys.
Our raptur'd eyes and soul employs,
Here we could sit, and gaze away
A long, an everlasting day.
4 Well, we shall quickly pass the night,
To the fair coasts of perfect light;
Then shall our joyful senses_rove
O'er the dear object of our love. -.
5 [There shall we drink full draughts of
bliss,

And pluck new life from heavenly trees;
Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow
A drop of heaven on worms below.
6 Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass through this barren land;
And in thy temple let us see
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.]

"In thee shall dying sinners live; "Glory and grace are thine to give. 3" Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest; "Thy children shall be ever blest; "Thou art my chosen King; thy throne "Shall stand eternal, like my own. 4" There's none of all my sons above "So much my image, or my love; "Celestial powers thy subjects are, "Then what can earth to thee compare? 5"David, my servant, whom I chose, "To guard my flock, to crush my foes, "And rais'd him to the Jewish throne, "Was but a shadow of my Son." 6 Now let the church rejoice, and sing Jesus, her Saviour and her King; Angels his heavenly wonders show, And saints declare his works below.

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PSALM 89. 5th Part. C. M. b Dorset, Arundel. The covenant of grace unchangeable ; or, afflictions without rejection. 1"YET (saith the Lord) if David's race, The children of my Son, "Should break my laws, abuse my grace, "And tempt mine anger down; "Their sins I'll visit with the rod, "And make their folly smart; "But I'll not cease to be their God, "Nor from my truth depart. 3" My covenant I will ne'er revoke,

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"But keep my grace in mind; "And what eternal love hath spoke,

"Eternal truth shall bind, 4"Once have I sworn, (I need no more)

"And pledg'd my holiness,

"To seal the sacred promise sure
"To David and his race.
"The sun shall see his offspring rise,
"And spread from sea to sea,
Long as he travels round the skies,
"To give the nations day.
"Sure as the moon that rules the night,
"His kingdom shall endure,
"Till the fix'd laws of shade and light
"Shall be observ'd no more.'

unclean,

2 Then why, my soul, these sad complaints, 6 What mortal power, from things
Since Christ and we are one?
Thy God is faithful to his saints,
Is faithful to his Son.

3 Beneath his smiles my heart has liv'd,
And part of heaven possess'd;
I praise his name for grace receiv'd,
And trust him for the rest.

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Can pure productions bring?
Who can command a vital stream
From an infected spring?]

7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love
Can make our nature clean,
While Christ and grace prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin,

HYMN 139. B. 1., L. M. 8 The second Adam shall restore

Bath, Italy. Hope in the covenant; or, God's promise and truth unchangeable.

OW oft have sin and Satan strove

1H Torend my soul from thee, my God; But everlasting is thy love,

And Jesus seals it with his blood.

2 The oath and promise of the Lord

Join to confirm the wondrous grace;
Eternal power performs the word,
And fills all heaven with endless praise.
3 Amidst temptations sharp and long,
My soul to this dear refuge flies;
Hope is my anchor, firm and strong,
While tempests blow, and billows rise.
4 The gospel bears my spirit up;
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood.
DEPRAVITY AND FALL OF MAN.

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HYMN 57. B. 1. C. M. b

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Original sin; or, the first and second Adam.
ACKWARD with humble shame
On our original; [we look
How is our nature dash'd and broke,
In our first father's fall!

2 To all that's good, averse and blind,
But prone to all that's ill;
What dreadful darkness veils our mind!
How obstinate our will!
3 Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state)
Before we draw our breath,

The ruins of the first; Hosanna to that sovereign Power That new-creates our dust.

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HYMN 124. B. 1. L. M. b
Quercy, German.

The first and second Adam.
EEP in the dust, before thy throne,

'Dour guilt and our disgrace we own:

Great God! we own th' unhappy name
Whence sprang our nature and our
shame.

2 Adam, the sinner: at his fall,
Death, like a conqueror, seiz'd us all ;
A thousand new-born babes are dead,
By fatal union to their head.
3 But while our spirits, fill'd with awe,
Behold the terrors of thy law,
We sing the honours of thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.
4 We sing thine everlasting Son,
Who join'd our nature to his own;
Adam the second, from the dust

Raises the ruins of the first.

5 [By the rebellion of one man,
Through all his seed the mischief ran;
And by one man's obedience now,
Are all his seed made righteous too.]
6 Where sin did reign and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life;-there glorious grace
Reigns through the Lord,our righteousness.

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PSALM 51. 2d Part. L. M. b
Putney, Armley.

The first young pulse begins to beat, original and actual sin confessed.
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Iniquity and death.
ORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin;
And born unholy and unclean;
Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall
Corrupts his race, and taints us all.
2 Soon as we draw our infant breath,
The seeds of sin grow up for death;
Thy law demands a perfect heart;
But we're defil'd in every part.
3 [Great God, create my heart anew
And form my spirit pure and tr

4 How strong in our degenerate blood
The old corruption reigns,
And, mingling with the crooked flood,
Wanders through all our veins!
5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root
Will all the branches be;
How can we hope for living fruit
From such a deadly tree?

O make me wise betimes, to see
My danger and my remedy.]
4 Behold, I fall before thy face;
My only refuge is thy grace:
No outward forms can make me clean;
The leprosy lies deep within.
5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast,
Nor hyssop branch,nor sprinkling priest,
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea,
Can wash the dismal stain away.
6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone;
Thy blood can make me white as snow,
No Jewish types could cleanse me so.
While guilt disturbs and breaks my

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peace,

Till he debas'd his soul to sense,
And ate th' unlawful food.

2 Now we are born a sensual race,
To sinful joys inclin'd;
Reason has lost its native place,`
And flesh enslaves the mind.
3 While flesh, and sense, and passion
Sin is the sweetest good; [reigns,
We fancy music in our chains,
And so forget the load.

4 Great God! renew our ruin'd frame,
Our broken powers restore:
Inspire us with a heavenly flame,.
And flesh shall reign no more!
5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law
Upon our inward parts,
And let the second Adam draw
His image on our hearts.

PSALM 14. 1st Part. C. M. b

Canterbury, Barby.

Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease;
Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my broken bones rejoice.
PSALM 51. 1st Part. C. M. b 182
By nature all men are sinners.
1OOLS in their hearts believe and say,
"That all religion's vain;
"There is no God that reigns on high,
"Or minds th' affairs of men.'
From thoughts so dreadful and profane
Corrupt discourse proceeds;
And in their impious hands are found
Abominable deeds.

Bedford, St. Anns.
Original and actual sin confessed and pardoned.
1 ORD, I would spread my sore distress
And guilt before thine eyes;
Against thy laws, against thy grace,
How high my crimes arise!
2 Shouldst thou condemn my soul to hell, 2
And crush my flesh to dust, [well,
Heaven would approve thy vengeance
And earth must own it just.
31 from the stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean;
All my original is shame,

And all my nature sin.
4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew
Contagion with my breath;
And, as my days advanc'd, I grew
A juster prey for death.
5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul
With thy forgiving love;

O make my broken spirit whole,
And bid my pains remove.
6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart,
Nor drive me from thy face;
Create anew my vicious heart,
And fill it with thy grace.

7 Then will I make, thy mercy known
Before the sons of men';

3 The Lord, from his celestial throne,
Looks down on things below,
To find the man that sought his grace,
Or did his justice know.
By nature all are gone astray;
Their practice all the same; [hand,
There's none that fears his Maker's
There's none that loves his name.

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5 Their tongues are us'd to speak deceit;
Their slanders never cease;
How swift to mischief are their feet!
Nor know the paths of peace.

6 Such seeds of sin (that bitter root)
In every heart are found;
Nor can they bear diviner fruit,
Till grace refine the ground.

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And turn to God again.

HYMN 128. B. 2. C. M. b

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Corrupt nature from Adam.

1BLEST with the joys of innocence,

Adam, our father, stood,

HYMN 160. B. 2. L. M. b
Magdalen, Putney.

Custom in sin.

FT the wild leopards of the wood Put off the spots that nature gives Then may the wicked turn to God, And change their tempers and their lives

HYMN 24. B. 2. L. M. *

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The evil of sin visible in the fall of angels and men.

1 WHEN
HEN the great Builder arch'd the

That such a foe should seize thy breast;
Fly to thy Lord for quick relief;
O may he slay this treacherous guest. 187.
7 Then to thy throne, victorious King,
Then to thy throne our shouts shall rise:
Thine everlasting arm we sing,
For sin, the monster, bleeds and dies.

HATE the tempter and his charms;
I hate his flattering breath;
The serpent takes a thousand forms
To cheat our souls to death.
2 He feeds our hopes with airy dreams,
Or kills with slavish fear;