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Hymn 1:81. A song for morning or evening, Lam. 3. 23. Isa. 45. 7. 1 My God, how endless is thy love! Thy gifts are every evening new; And morning mercies from above Gently distil like early dew. 2 Thou spreadst the curtains of the night, Great guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to thy command, To thee I consecrate my days; Perpetual blessings from thine hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. Hymn 1:82. God far above creatures; or, Man vain and mortal, Job 4. 77-21. 1 Shall the vile race of flesh and blood Contend with their creator, God? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or just than he? 2 Behold he puts his trust in none Of all the spirits round his throne; Their natures, when compar'd with his Are neither holy, just nor wise. 3 But how much meaner things are they Who spring from dust and dwell in clay! Touch'd by the finger of thy wrath, We faint and vanish like the moth. 4 From night to day, from day to night, We die by thousands in thy sight; Bury'd in dust whole nations lie Like a forgotten vanity. 5 Almighty power, to thee we bow; How frail are we, how glorious thou! No more the sons of earth shall dare With an eternal God compare. Hymn 1:83. Afflictions and death under providence, Job 5. 6 7 8. 1 Not from the dust affliction grows, Nor troubles rise by chance; Yet we are born to care and woes, A sad inheritance. 2 As sparks break out from burning coals, And still are upwards borne; So grief is rooted in our souls, And man grows up to mourn. 3 Yet with my God I leave my cause, And trust his promis'd grace; He rules me by his well-known laws Of love and righteousness. 4 Not all the pains that e'er I bore Shall spoil my future peace, For death and hell can do no more Than what my Father please. Hymn 1:84. Salvation, righteousness, and strength in Christ, Isa. 45. 21 25. 1 Jehovah speaks, let Israel hear, Let all the earth rejoice and fear, While God's eternal Son proclaims His sovereign honours and his names: 2 "I am the last, and I the first, "The Saviour God, and God the just; "There's none beside pretends to shew "Such justice and salvation too. 3 "[Ye that in shades of darkness dwell, "Just on the verge of death and hell, "Look up to me from distant lands, "Light, life and heaven are in my hands. 4 "I by my holy Name have sworn, "Nor shall the word in vain return, "To me shall all things bend the knee, "And every tongue shall swear to me.] 5 "In me alone shall men confess "Lies all their strength and righteousness; "But such as dare despise my Name, "I'll clothe them with eternal shame. 6 "In me the Lord, shall all the seed "Of Israel from their sins be freed, "And by their shining graces prove "Their interest in my pardoning love." Hymn 1:85. The same. 1 The Lord on high proclaims His Godhead from his throne; "Mercy and justice are the names "By which I will be known. 2 "Ye dying souls that sit "In darkness and distress, "Look from the borders of the pit "To my recovering grace." 3 Sinners shall hear the sound; Their thankful tongues shall own, "Our righteousness and strength is found "In thee, the Lord, alone." 4 In thee shall Israel trust, And see their guilt forgiven; God will pronounce the sinners just, And take the saints to heaven. Hymn 1:86. God holy, just, and sovereign. Job 9. 2-10. 1 How should the sons of Adam's race Be pure before their God? If he contend in righteousness We fall beneath his rod. 2 To vindicate my words and thoughts I'll make no more pretence; Not one of all my thousand faults Can bear a just defence. 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise; What vain presumers dare Against their Maker's hand to rise, Or tempt th' unequal war? 4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath From their old seats are torn; He shakes the earth from south to north, And all her pillars mourn. 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise, Th' obedient sun forbears: His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, And seals up all the stars. 6 He walks upon the stormy sea Flies on the stormy wind; There's none can trace his wondrous way, Or his dark footsteps find.] Hymn 1:87. God dwells with the humble and penitent, Isa. 57. 15 16. 1 Thus 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, "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. 4 "When I contend against their sin "I make them know how vile they've been; "But should my wrath for ever smoke, "Their souls would sink beneath my stroke."] 5 O may thy pardoning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair, and die! Thus shall our better thoughts approve The methods of thy chastening love. Hymn 1:88. Life the day of grace and hope. Eccles. 9. 4 3 6 10. 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord, The time t' insure the great reward; And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return. 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.] 3 The living know that they must die, But all the dead forgotten lie, Their memory and their sense is gone, Alike unknowing and unknown. 4 [Their hatred and their love is lost, Their envy bury'd 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, Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground. 6 There are no acts of pardon past In the cold grave to which we haste, But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in eternal silence there. Hymn 1:89. Youth and judgment, Eccles. 11. 9. 1 Ye sons of Adam, vain and young, Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue, Taste the delight your souls desire, And give a loose to all your fire. 2 Pursue the pleasures ye design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine, Enjoy the day of mirth; but know There is a day of judgment too. 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 thro': How will ye stand before his face, Or answer for his injur'd grace? 5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord. Hymn 1:90. The same. 1 Lo the young tribes of Adam rise, And thro' all nature rove, 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. 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high, The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eye, And flee before his face. 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day, And stand the fiery test? I give all mortal joys away To be for ever blest.Prev Next All
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