7 "My cov❜nant ftands for ever fast; "My promises are ftrong; "Firm as the heav'ns his throne fhall laft, "His feed endure as long." PSALM LXXXIX. 5th Part. Com.Met. Ver. 30, &c. The covenant of grace unchangeable; or, afliction without rejection. I " YET, TET, (faith the Lord) if David's race, "The children of my Son, "Should break my laws, abuse my grace, "And tempt mine anger down; 2 Their fins I'll vifit with the rod, 3 "My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, 4 "Once have I fworn, (I need no more) 5 "The fun fhall fee his offspring rife, "And fpread from fea to fea, "Sure as the moon, that rules the night, "Till the fix'd laws of fhade and light PSALM LXXXIX. 2d Part. Long Met. Ver. 47, &c. Mortality and Hope, I A funeral Pfalm. REMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state, How frail our life! how fhort the date! Where is the man that draws his breath Safe from difeafe, fecure from death? 2 Lord, while we fee whole nations die, Our flesh and fenfe repine and cry, "Muft death for ever rage and reign? "Or haft thou made mankind in vain ? 3 "Where is thy promife to the juft? "Are not thy fervants turn'd to duft ?" But faith forbids thefe mournful fighs, And fees the fleeping dust arise. 4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, PSALM LXXXIX, laft Part. Part.Met. Ver. 47, &c. Life, Death, and the Refurrection, 2 Lord, fhall it be for ever faid, "For ficknefs, forrow, and the duft ?" Are not thy fervants, day by day, 3 But flesh and fenfe indulge defpair: PSALM XC, Long Metre. Man mertal, and God eternal. A mournful fong at a funeral. TH I 'HROUGH ev'ry age, eternal God! Thou art our reft, our fafe abode ; High was thy throne ere heav'n was made, Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 2 Long hadft thou reign'd ere time began, Or duft was fafhion'd into man; And long thy kingdom fhall endure, When earth and time fhall be no more. 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity : Thy dreadful fentence, Lord, was juft, "Return, ye finners, to your duft." 4 [A thoufand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thine account; je, 22 Like yesterday's departed light, PAUSE. 5 Death, like an overflowing ftream, 6 [Our age to feventy years is fet: We rather figh and groan than live. 7 But O how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years; Thy wrath awakes our humble dread; We fear the pow'r that ftrikes us dead.] 8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man! And kindly lengthen out our fpan, Till a wife care of piety Fit us to die and dwell with thee, PSALM XC. ft Part. Ver. 1-5 O" Com. Metre. Man frail, and God eternal. 2 Under the fhadow of thy throne 3 Before the hills in order flood, From everlasting thou art God, 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, 5 A thoufand ages, in thy fight, Short as the watch that ends the night, 6 [The bufy tribes of flesh and blood, 7 Time, like an ever-rolling ftream, 8 Like flow'ry fields the nations ftand, 9 Our God, our help in ages paft, Be thou our guard while troubles laft, PSALM XC. 2d Part. Com. Metre. Ver. 8, 11, 9, 10, 12. Infirmities and mortality the effect of fin; or, life, old age, and preparation for death. 'L° ORD, if thine eyes furvey our faults, 'Land juftice grows fevere, |