o Sends down the gospel of his grace, Th' epistles of his love.

-3 These sacred words impart

Our Maker's just commands; e The pity of his melting heart, And vengeance of his hands. (Hence we awake our fear; We draw our comfort hence; The arms of grace are treasur'd here, And armour of defence.)

-4

5 (We learn Christ crucify'd,
And here behold his blood:
All arts and knowledges beside
Will do us little good.)

6 We read the heavenly word,
We take the offer'd grace,
Obey the statutes of the Lord,
And trust his promises.

In vain shall Satan rage
Against a book divine,—

e Where wrath and lightning guard the page, Where beams of mercy shine.

HYMN 121. L. M. Armley. [b*]

The Law and Gospel distinguished.

THE

1 THE law commands, and makes us know What duties to our God we owe;

o But 'tis the gospel must reveal

Where lies our strength to do his will.

e 2 The law discovers guilt and sin,

And shews how vile our hearts have been; o Only the gospel can express

Forgiving love and cleansing grace. e 3 What curses does the law denounce Against the man who fails but once? o But in the gospel Christ appears,

Pard'ning the guilt of num'rous years. -4 My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the law; a Fly to the hope the gospel gives: The man who trusts the promise-lives.

HYMN 122. L. M. Bethel. [b *]

1 MY

Retirement and Meditation.

Y God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;

Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

e 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heavenly birth? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour go? d 3 Call me away from flesh and sense; One sovereign word can draw me thence; -I would obey the voice divine,

And all inferiour joys resign.

e 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn ; Let noise and vanity be gone:

a In secret silence of the mind,

My heaven-and there my God, I find.
HYMN 123. L. M. Geeen's. [*]

[A

The Benefit of Public Ordinances.
WAY from ev'ry mortal care,

1A Away from earth, our souls retreat;

We leave this worthless world afar,

And wait, and worship, near thy seat.
2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace,
We see thy feet, and we adore;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thy power.

p 3 While here our various wants we mourn, United groans ascend on high

And prayers produce a quick return
Of blessings in variety.

e 4 (If Satan rage, and sin grow strong,
-Here we receive some cheering word;
o We gird the gospel armour_on,
o To fight the battles of the Lord.
e 5 Or if our spirit faints and dies,

-(Our conscience gall'd with inward stings,) o Here does the righteous Sun arise, With healing beams beneath his wings.) e 6 Father, my soul would still abide Within thy temple, near thy side : But if my feet must hence depart, Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.] HYMN 124. C. M. York. [b*]

'TIS

Moses, Aaron, and Joshua.

1'IS not the law of ten commands,
On holy Sinai given,

And sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.

2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell,
Can buy the pardon of our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

e-3 Aaron, the priest, resigns his breath,
At God's immediate will:
And in the desert yields to death,
Upon th' appointed hill.

4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side,
The tribes of Israel stand;
While Moses bow'd his head and dy'd,
Short of the promis'd land.

o 5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest:
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

"L'

HYMN 125. L. M. Pleyel's. [b]
Faith and Repentance, Unbelief and Impenitence.
IFE and immortal joys are given [done;
To souls that mourn the sins they've
Children of wrath, made heirs of heaven,
By faith in God's eternal Son.

e 2 Wo to the wretch who never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief;
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead;
Under the wrath of God he lies:
a He seals the curse on his own head,
And with a double vengeance dies.]

1

HYMN 126. C. M. Wareham. [*]
God glorified in the Gospel.
HE Lord, descending from above,
Invites his children near;

THE

While power, and truth, and boundless love, Display their glories here.

2 Here, in the gospel's wondrous frame, Fresh wisdom we pursue;

d A thousand angels learn thy name,

Beyond whate'er they knew.

Joshua same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour.

3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines; Thy wonders here we trace;

Wisdom through all the myst'ry shines,
And shines in Jesus' face.

4 The law its best obedience owes
To our incarnate God;

And thy revenging justice shows
Its honours in his blood.

o 5 But still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmer thoughts employs ;

Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays,
And more exalts our joys.

1 TH

Circumcision and Baptism.

HUS did the sons of Abra'am pass
Under the bloody seal of grace;
The young disciples bore the yoke,
Till Christ the painful bondage broke.
2 By milder ways does Jesus prove,
His Father's cov'nant and his love;
He seals to saints his glorious grace,
Nor does forbid their infant race.

3 Their seed is sprinkled with his blood,
Their children set apart for God;
His Spirit on their offspring shed,
Like water pour'd upon the head.
o 4 Let ev'ry saint, with cheerful voice,
In this large covenant rejoice;
Young children, in their early days,
Shall give the God of Abra'am praise.

HYMN 128. C. M. China. Plymouth. [b]
Corrupt Nature from Adam.

BLESS'D with the joys of innocence,

Adam our Father stood,

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 reigns, Sin is the sweetest good;

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.

HYMN 129. L. M. Bath. Islington. [*]
We walk by Faith, not by Sight.

IS by the faith of joys to come,

We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2 The want of sight she well supplies;
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal. glories near.

3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith supplies a heavenly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.
4 So Abra'am, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promis'd land,
And fir'd his zeal along the road.

1

HYMN 130. C. M. Sunday. [*]

A

The New Creation.

TTEND, while God's exalted Son
Doth his own glory shew:

d 'Behold, I sit upon my throne,

'Creating all things new.

2 'Nature and sin are pass'd away,
'And the old Adam dies;
'My hands a new foundation lay-
'See the new world arise!

3 'I'll be a Sun of righteousness
'To the new heavens I make;
'None, but the new born heirs of grace,
'My glories shall partake.'

e 4 Mighty Redeemer, set me free
From my old state of sin;