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HYMN 87. L. M. Green's. Castle-Street. [*]
God dwells with the Humble and Penitent. Is. lvii, 15, 16.
HUS saith the high and lofty One,
'I sit upon my holy throne;
'My name is God; I dwell on high;
'Dwell in my own eternity.

-2 'But I descend to worlds below;
'On earth, I have a mansion too:
e 'The humble spirit and contrite
'Is an abode of my delight.

-3 'The humble soul my words revive;
'I bid the mourning sinner live;
'Heal all the broken hearts I find,
'And ease the sorrows of the mind.
e 4 ("When I contend against their sin,

I make them know how vile they've been; a 'But should my wrath for ever smoke, "Their souls would sink beneath my stroke.' o 5 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair, and die! Thus shall our better thoughts approve The methods of thy chast'ning love.) HYMN 88. L. M. Armley. Bath. [b] Life, the day of Grace and Hope. Ec. ix, 4, 5, 6, 10. 1 IFE is the time to serve the Lord,The time to insure the great reward; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return.

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2 (Life is the hour that God has given,
To 'scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace ;-and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.)

p 3 The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie:

Their mem❜ry, and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.

e 4 (Their hatred, and their love is lost,
Their envy buried in the dust ;

They have no share in all that's done,
Beneath the circuit of the sun.)

-5 Then, what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might, pursue;

e Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
e 6 There are no acts of pardon past,

In the cold grave to which we haste; a But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in eternal silence there.

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HYMN 89. L. M. Babylon. [b]
Youth and Judgment. Eccl. xi, 9.

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E sons of Adam, vain and young, Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue; Taste the delights your souls desire, And give a loose to all your fire:

2 Pursue the pleasures you design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; Enjoy the day of mirth ;-but know,

a There is a day of judgment too!

e 3 God from on high beholds your thoughts;
His book records your secret faults;
The works of darkness, you have done,
Must all appear before the sun.

4 The vengeance to your follies due. Should strike your hearts with terror through: p How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injur'd grace? -5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities;

o And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord.

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HYMN 90. C. M. Windsor. [b]

The same.

10 the young tribes of Adam rise,
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Fulfil the wishes of their eyes,
And taste the joys they love.

2 They give a loose to wild desires..
But let the sinners know

The strict account that God requires,
Of all the works they do.

e 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high;

The frighted earth and seas

Avoid the fury of his eye,

And flee before his face.

p 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day,
And stand the fiery test!

I'd give all mortal joys away,
To be for ever blest.]

HYMN 91. L. M. Geneva. [b]

Advice to Youth. Ec. xii, 1, 7; Is. lxv, 20.

1. NOW, in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator, God; the your

e Behold the months come hast'ning on, When you shall say-My joys are gone. a 2 Behold, the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. p 3 The dust returns to dust again; The soul, in agonies of pain,

Ascends to God; not there to dwell,a But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. e 4 Eternal King, I fear thy name! Teach me to know how frail I am; -And when my soul must hence remove, Give me a mansion in thy love.

HYMN 92. S. M. Dover. [*]

Christ the Wisdom of God. Prov. viii, 1, 22-32
HALL Wisdom cry aloud,

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And not her speech be heard? The voice of God's eternal Word, Deserves it no regard?

d 2 'I was his chief delight, 'His everlasting Son,

'Before the first of all his works,

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'Creation, was begun.

('Before the flying clouds,
"Before the solid land,

'Before the fields, before the floods,
'I dwelt at his right hand.

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"When he adorn'd the skies, 'And built them, I was there, "To order when the sun should rise, 'And marshal ev'ry star.

5 'When he pour'd out the sea,

And spread the flowing deep,

'I gave the flood a firm decree,
'In its own bounds to keep.)
'Upon the empty air

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"The earth was balanc'd well; "With joy I saw the mansion, where "The sons of men should dwell. 'My busy thoughts at first,

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'On their salvation ran,

'Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust 'Was fashion'd to a man.

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'Then come, receive my grace,
'Ye children, and be wise;

o 'Happy the man who keeps my ways;
The man, who shuns them, dies.']

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HYMN 93. L. M. Islington. [* b] Christ obeyed, or resisted. Prov. viii, 34-36. HUS saith the Wisdom of the Lord, 'Blest is the man, who hears my word; Keeps daily watch before my gates, 'And at my feet for mercy waits.

o 2 'The soul that seeks me shall obtain
'Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain;
'Immortal life is his reward,-
'Life, and the favour of the Lord.

e 3 'But the vile wretch, who flies from me, 'Does his own soul an injury;

a 'Fools, who against my grace rebel,
'Seek death, and love the road to hell.'
HYMN 94. C. M. Reading. [b*]
Justification: or, Law and Grace. Rom. iii, 19—22.
AIN are the hopes, the sons of men
On their own works have built;
Their hearts by nature are unclean,
And all their actions guilt.

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e 2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murm'ring word;

And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.

-8 In vain we ask God's righteous law,

To justify us now;

Since to convince, and to condemn,
Is all the law can do.

o 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace!
When in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness,
That makes the sinner just.

HYMN 95. C. M. St. Martin's. [*]
Regeneration. John i, 13, and iii, 3, &c.
TOT all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that God has given,

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Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace ;-

Born in the image of his Son,
A new, peculiar race.

b 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, Blows on the sons of flesh

New models all the carnal mind,

And forms the man afresh.

o 4 Our quicken'd souls awake, and rise From the long sleep of death;

o On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

HYMN 96. C. M.. York. [b*]
Election excludes Boasting. 1 Cor. i, 26–31.

1[BUT few among the carnal wise,

But few of noble race,

Obtain the favour of thine eyes,
Almighty King of grace.

2 He takes the men of meanest name,
For sons and heirs of God;

And thus he pours abundant shame
On honourable blood.

3 He calls the fool, and makes him know The myst❜ries of his grace;

To bring aspiring wisdom low,

And all its pride abase.

4 Nature has all its glories lost,

When brought before his throne; No flesh shall in his presence boast But in the Lord alone.]