13 'Silent I waited, with long suff'ring love: 'But didst thou hope that I should ne'er reprove? And cherish such an impious thought within, 'That the All-Holy would indulge thy sin ?" See, God appears! all nature joins t' adore him : Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before him. 14 ['Behold my terrours now: my thunders roll, 'And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul: 'Now like a lion shall my vengeance tear "Thy bleeding heart, and no deliverer near.' Judgment concludes; hell trembles! heaven rejoices: Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.] EPIPHONEMA. 15 Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise! Awake, before this dreadful morning rise.[amend, Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend. Then join, ye saints; wake every cheerful passion: When Christ returns, he comes for your salvation. PSALM 51. L. M. 1st Part. Carthage. Geneva. [b] A Penitent pleading for Pardon. p 1 SHEW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive; Let a repenting rebel live: e Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee? -2 My crimes are great, but can't surpass g Great God, thy nature hath no bound, Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, o 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, e 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, L. M. 2nd Part. Armley. Geneva. [b] e 1 LORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin, And born unholy and unclean; Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall 3 [Great God, create my heart anew, No outward forms can make me clean; 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, o Thy blood can make me white as snow; No Jewish types can cleanse me so. e 7 [While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease, —Lord, let me hear thy pard'ning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice.] L. M. 3rd Part. Gloucester. Bath. [*] The Penitent restored. e 10 THOU, who hear'st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem'ry from thy book -2 Create my nature pure within, And guard me that I fall no more. e 4 Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord, 5 A broken heart, my God, my King, o The God of grace will ne'er despise p 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, 1 [] I Sin confessed and pardoned. ORD, I would spread my sore distress, e Against thy laws, against thy grace, How high my crimes arise! 2 Shouldst thou condemn my soul to hell, Heaven would approve thy vengeance well. And earth must own it just. -3 I from the stock of Adam came, Unholy and unclean ; All my original is shame, 4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew e 5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul O make my broken spirit whole, 6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, o 7 Then will I make thy mercy known, o Backsliders shall address thy throne, And turn to God again.] C. M. 2nd Part. Bishopsgate. Canterbury. [b] e 1 Break down this separating wall, 2 Give me the presence of thy grace; o Shall speak aloud thy righteousness, And make thy praise my song. e 3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain, For sin could e'er atone; o The death of Christ shall still remain Sufficient and alone. -4 A soul oppress'd with sin's desert, A humble groan, a broken heart, PSALM 53. C. M. Mear. [*] V. 4-6. Victory and Deliverance from Persecution. 1 ARE all the foes of Zion fools, Who thus devour her saints? Do they not know her Saviour rules, 2 They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise 3 In vain the sons of Satan boast When God has first despis'd their host, 4 O for a word from Zion's King, Her captives to restore! Jacob with all the tribes shall sing, PSALM 55. C. M. Canterbury. [b] V. 1—8, 16, 17, 18, 22. Support for the afflicted and tempted Soul. GOD, my refuge, hear my cries, For earth and hell my hurt devise, 2 Their rage is levell'd at my life, 3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound; e 4 O were I like a feather'd dove, e 5 Let me to some wild desert go, 6 Vain hopes-and vain inventions all, -The mighty God, on whom I call, |