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Are they not born to heav'nly joys?
And shall they stoop to earthly toys ?
2. Can laughter feed th' immortal mind ?
Were fpirits of celeftial kind
Made for a jeft, for sport and play ;
To wear out time and wafte the day?
3. Doth vain difcourfe or empty mirth
Well fuit the honors of their birth?
Shall they be fond of gay attire,
Which children love, and fools admire?
What if we wear the richest veft ?
Peacocks and flies are better dreft:
This flesh with all its gaudy forms
Must drop to duft, and feed the worms.

5. LORD raife our hearts and paffions higher;
Touch our vain fouls with facred fire;
Then with a heav'n-directed eye
We'll pass these glitt'ring trifles by!
6. We'll look on all the toys below,
With such disdain as angels do
And wait the call that bids us rife,
To manfions promis'd in the skies.

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LESS'D are the humble Souls that fee Their emptiness and poverty; Treasures of grace to them are giv'n, And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n.] [2. Bleft are the men of broken heart,

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Who mourn for fin with inward smart The blood of CHRIST divinely flows, A healing balm for all their woes.] [3. Bleft are the meek, who ftand afar From and paffion, noise and war rage God will fecure their happy ftate, And plead their cause against the great.] [4. Bleft are the fouls that thirst for Hunger and long for righteoufnefs They fhall be well fupply'd, and fed With living ftreams, and living bread.] [5. Bleft are the men whofe bowels move, And melt with fympathy and love; [tain From CHRIST, the LORD, fhall they obLike fympathy and love again.]

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[6 Bleft are the pure, whofe heart is clean
From the defiling pow'rs of fin;
With endless pleasure they fhall fee
A GoD of fpotless purity.]

17. Bleft are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing ftrife;
They fhall be call'd the heirs of blifs
The fons of GOD, the GoD of peace.]

[8. Bleft are the fuff'rers, who partake
Of pain and fhame for Jesu's fake;
Their fouls fhall triumph in the LORD;
Glory and joy are their reward.]

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XXXVIII. Love in Heaven and Earth.

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LESS'D are the faints that dwell above,
In the pure element of love;
They know no rage, nor cruel fpleen,
But all is peaceful and ferene.

2. Celestial love each breast inspires,
Kindling within her pureft fires;
To harps of gold they fweetly fing,
Nor is there found a jarring string.
3. How bleft on earth would mortals be,
Did love constrain them to agree?
Drawn by her foft and pow'rful cords
Of mighty deeds and gentle words.
4. Did love unfeign'd each heart
engage,
"I'would be a truly golden age:
Then should we fhew our heav'nly birth,
And heav'n itself defcend to earth.

5. Ye fons of ftrife your wrath forbear,
Nor like wild beafts purfue and tear;
How can you think to dwell above
Who have not learnt the art to love?
6. Ye zealots, vain will be each plea,
Whilft zeal confumes your charity;
Love only can pure zeal inspire,
The reft is ftrange and dang'rous fire.
XXXIX. Peace-makers.

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LESS'D are the fons of peace, Whofe fouls are diftant far From envy, jealoufies and rage, From tumult, noife and war.

Their work it is and joy
To fow the feeds of peace;
To join divided hearts and hands,
And make all discord cease.

3. How glorious is their name! The fons of god most high;

How great their blifs to have their GoD, Their father, ever nigh!

4. See, in their placid looks,

The heav'n that dwells within:
Learn from the fons of peace their art,
And thus your heav'n begin,

5. Great GoD of love and peace!
Purge clean this heart of mine
From all bafe paffions and bestow
On me thy peace divine.

6. Then fhall 1, LORD, delight
In works of peace and love;
"Till I'm tranflated to the world
Of perfect peace above.

XL. Liberality rewarded.
1.DLESS'D is the man whofe tender fenfe
Is touched with another's grief;
Who when he hears the poor man's cry,
Affords him pity and relief.

2. GOD will his charity repay;

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In time of need will be his friend ;
When troubles to his lot fhall fall,
He'll make them have an happy end.

Threaten'd by danger or disease,
His life he'll rescue from the grave;
Profper his ftate on earth, and from
His foes and all their malice fave.

4. He'll ftrengthen him upon his bed
Of languishing infirmity;

Grant him his comforts whilft he's fick, Or make him happy if he die.

5. Blefs'd be the majesty above, Whom all true worshippers adore;

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LOOD has a voice to pierce the skies,
Revenge, the blood of Abel cries;

But the dear ftream, when CHRIST WAS
Speaks Peace as loud from ev'ry vein. [flain,

2. Pardon and peace from GoD on high,
Behold He lays His vengeance by;
And rebels, that deferv'd His fword,
Become the Fav'rites of the LORD!

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XLIII. The Invitation to praise.

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BLOW ye the trumpet, blow

The gladly-folemn found;
Let all the nations know

To earth's remotest bound,
The year of Jubilee is come,
Return ye ranfom'd finners home !

Extol the LAMB of God,

The great-atoning LAMB!
Redemption in his blood

Throughout the world proclaim

The year of Jubilee, &c.

Ye who have fold for nought
Your heritage above;
Shall have it back unbought,
The gift of JESU's love.

The year of Jubilee, &c.
Ye flaves of fin and hell

Your liberty receive;
And fafe in JESUS dwell,
And bleft in JESUS live.
The year of Jubilee, &c.

The Gospel trumpet hear;
The news of heav'nly grace:
Ye happy fouls draw near,
Behold your SAVIOUR's face.
year of Jubilee, &c.

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Call gay deceptions folid joys,
Intoxication pleasure ?,

2. If more refin'd amusements please,
As knowledge, arts or learning;
A moment puts an end to these,
And sometimes short's the warning.
3. What balm could wretches ever find
In wit to heal affliction?

Or who can cure a troubled mind,
With all the pomp of diction?
4 Reflect what trifles ye purfue
So anxious and fo heedful;
For after all ye'll find it true.
There is but one thing needful.
5. True wisdom, of celestial birth,
Can both inftruct and cherish.
Other attainments are of earth,
And all that's earth muft perish.

6. The chief concern of fall'n mankind
Should be to gain God's favor;
What fafety can the finner find,
Before he finds a SAVIOUR?

XLV. Accepting a Penitent.

1. BROTHER [Sifter] in Christ and well belov'd

To JESUS and his fervants dear,
Enter and fhew thyself approv'd:
Enter and find that GoD is here,

2. 'Scap'd from the world, redeem'd from fin,
By fiends and wicked men abhorr'd,
Come in, poor fugitive, come in,
And share the portion of the Lord!`
3. Welcome from earth! Lo! the right hand
Of fellowship to thee we give ;
With open arms and hearts we ftand,
And thee in JESU's name receive.

4. Say is thy heart refolv'd as ours? Then let it burn with facred love! Then let it taste the heav'nly pow'rs, Partaker of the Joys above!

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XLVI. Chrift our righteousness.

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XLVIII. God incomprehenfible and fovereign.

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We lie till CHRIST reftores the light; [1.Th'eternal uncreated Mind?

Wisdom defcends to heal the blind,
And chafe the darkness of the mind.

2. Our guilty fouls are drown'd in tears,
"Till the atoning blood appears;
Then we awake from deep diftress,
And fing the Lord our righteousness.
3. Jefus beholds where Satan reigns,
Binding his flaves in heavy chains;
He fets the prifners free, and breaks
The iron bondage from our necks.
4 Poor helpless worms in Thee poffefs
Grace, wisdom, pow'r, and righteoufnefs.
Thou art our mighty all, and we

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Give our whole felves, O LORD to thee.

XLVII. Election excludes boafing.

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UT few among the carnal wife,
But few of noble race
Obtain the favour of Thine eyes,
Almighty King of grace:

2. He takes the men of meaneft name,
For fons and heirs of GOD;
And thus He pours abundant fhame
On honourable blood.

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Or ask him why, or what he does?

4. He wounds the heart, and He makes whole;
He calms the tempeft of the foul ;
When He fhuts up in long despair,
Who can remove the heavy bar?

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