4 O bleffed pow'r! O glorious day! PSALM CX. 2d Part. Long Metre. T I HUS the great Lord of earth and fea Spake to his Son, and thus he swore; "Eternal fhall thy priesthood be, "And change from hand to hand no more. 2 "Aaron and all his fons muft die, 3 By me Melchizedek was made "On earth a king and priest at once; 4 Jefus the priest afcends his throne, 5 Thro' the whole earth his reign fhall spread, 6 Though while he treads his glorious way, PSALM CX. Common Metre. Chrift's kingdom and priesthood. JESUS, In Zion fhall thy pow'r be known, 2 What wonders fhall thy gofpel do ! The num'rous drops of morning dew, 4 "Melchizedek, that wond'rous priest, And his high throne maintain ; PSALM CXI. ft Part. Com. Metre. 'S ONGS of immortal praife belong He has my heart, and he my tongue, 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought! How glorious in our fight! 3 4 Good men in ev'ry age have fought How most exact is nature's frame ! The orders that his lips pronounce, 5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, 6 To fear thy pow'r, to truft thy grace, And he's the wifeft of our race, PSALM CXI. 2d Part. 2d Part, Com. Metre. The perfections of God. IREAT is the Lord; his works of might Let his affembled faints unite 2 Great is the mercy of the Lord, 3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came Holy and rev'rend is his name, 4 They that would grow divinely wife Our faireft proof of knowledge lies PSALM CXII. Particular Metre. The blefings of the liberal man. HAT man is bleft who ftands in awe TH Of God, and loves his facred law : His feed on earth fhall be renown'd; His houfe the feat of wealth shall be, An inexhausted treasury, And with fucceffive honours crown'd. 2 His lib'ral favours he extends, To fome he gives, to others lends; A gen'rous pity fills his mind: Yet what his charity impairs, He faves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms beftow'd, His glory's future harveft fow'd : The fweet remembrance of the juft, Like a green root, revives and bears A train of bleffings for his heirs, When dying nature fleeps in duft. 4 Befet with threat'ning dangers round, Unmov'd fhall he maintain his ground; His confcience holds his courage up: The foul that's fill'd with virtue's light Shines brightest in affliction's night; And fees in darkness beams of hope. W PAUSE. 5 [Ill tidings never can furprise And all their hope and glory drown'd. 6 The wicked fhall his triumph fee, And gnash their teeth in agony, To find their expectations croft; They and their envy, pride and spite, Sink down to everlafting night, And all their names in darkness loft.] PSALM CXII. Long Metre. The blefings of the pious and charitable. TH THRICE happy man who fears the Lord, 2 Compaffion dwells upon his mind, 3 4 When times grow dark, and tidings fpread, His foul, well fix'd upon the Lord, |