3 Let heathens to their idols haste,
And worship wood or stone;
But my delightful lot is cast,

Where the true God is known.

4 His hand provides my constant food,
He fills my daily cup;

Much am I pleased with present good,
But more rejoice in hope.

5 God is my portion and my joy;
His counsels are my light;
He gives me sweet advice by day,
And gentle hints by night.

6 My soul would all her thoughts approve
To his all-seeing eye;

Not death, nor hell, my hopes shall move,
While such a friend is nigh.

C. M. SECOND PART. Sunday. Doxology. [*]
The Death and Resurrection of CHRIST.
SET the Lord before my face,
"He bears my courage up;

"My heart and tongue their joys express,
"My flesh shall rest in hope.

2"My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave,
"Where souls departed are;
"Nor quit my body to the grave,
"To see corruption there.

3 "Thou wilt reveal the path of life,
"And raise me to thy throne;

"Thy courts immortal pleasure give, Thy presence joys unknown."

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4 Thus in the name of Christ the Lord, The holy David sung,

And Providence fulfills the word

Of his prophetic tongue.]

p 5 Jesus, whom every saint adores, Was crucified and slain:

o Behold, the tomb its prey restores! Behold, he lives again!

-6 When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills?

o There sits the Son at God's right hand, And there the Father smiles.

PSALM 17. S. M. Peckham. [*] V. 13, &c.-Portion of Saints and of Sinners.

1 ARISE, my gracious God,

And make the wicked flee;
They are but thy chastising rod,
To drive thy saints to thee.
p 2 Behold, the sinner dies,

His haughty words are vain;
Here-in this life his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.

e 3 Then let his pride advance, And boast of all his store; -The Lord is my inheritance,

My soul can wish no more.

o 4 I shall behold the face Of my forgiving God;

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And stand complete in righteousness,
Washed in my Saviour's blood.

5 There's a new heaven begun,
When I awake from death-
Dressed in the likeness of thy Son,
And draw immortal breath.

L. M. Islington. [*]

The Saint's Hope; or, the Resurrection.

LORD, I am thine; but thou wilt prove
My faith, my patience, and my love:

When men of spite against me join,
They are the sword, the hand is thine.
2 Their hope and portion lie below;
'Tis all the happiness they know;
"Tis all they seek; they take their shares,
And leave the rest among their heirs.]
3 What sinners value, I resign;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine:
o I shall behold thy blissful face,

And stand complete in righteousness. p 4 This life's a dream, an empty show; -But the bright world to which I goo Hath joys substantial and sincere; e When shall I wake and find me there? 50 glorious hour! O blest abode ! I shall be near, and like my God!

And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

a 6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
- Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;

Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.

PSALM 18. L. M. FIRST PART. Green's. [*]
Ver. 1-6, 15-18.

Deliverance from Despair; or, Temptations overcome. 1 HEE will I love, O Lord, my strength,

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My rock, my tower, my high defence; Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,

For I have found salvation thence.

e 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave,
Stood round me with their dismal shade;
While floods of high temptation rose,
And made my sinking soul afraid.
e 3 I saw the opening gates of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none, but they that feel, can tell,
While I was hurried to despair.

4 In my distress I called my God,
When I could scarce believe him mine;
-He bowed his ear to my complaint;
o Then did his grace appear divine.

5 [With speed he flew to my relief;
As on a cherub's wing he rode;
Awful and bright, as lightning, shone
The face of my deliverer God.]

o 6 Temptations fled at his rebuke,
The blast of his almighty breath;
He sent salvation from on high,
And drew me from the depths of death.

7 [Great were my fears, my foes were great;
Much was their strength, and more their rage;
But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror still,
In all the wars that devils wage.]

s 8 My song forever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour;
And give the glory to the Lord,
Due to his mercy and his power.

L. M. SECOND PART. Armley. [b]
V. 20-26.-Sincerity proved and rewarded.
ORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere,
Hast made thy truth and love appear;
Before mine eyes I set thy laws,

And thou hast owned my righteous cause.
2 [Since I have learned thy holy ways,
I've walked upright before thy face:
Or if my feet did e'er depart,

"Twas never with a wicked heart.]

Р 3 What sore temptations broke my rest!
e What wars and strugglings in my breast!
-But, through thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin.

4 The sin that close besets me still, That works and strives against my will; e When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power Destroy it, that it rise no more?

-5 With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward:
The kind and faithful soul shall find
A God as faithful and as kind.

6 The just and pure shall ever say,
Thou art more pure, more just than they;
o And men who love revenge shall know,
u God hath an arm of vengeance too.

L. M. THIRD PART. Quercy. Nantwich. [*] Ver. 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, &c.

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Rejoicing in GOD; or, Salvation and Triumph.

1 JUST

UST are thy ways, and true thy word,
Great Rock of my secure abode;

Who is a God beside the Lord?

-Or where's a refuge like our God?

-2 "Tis he who girds me with his might,
Gives me his holy sword to wield;
And, while with sin and hell I fight,
Spreads his salvation for my shield.

o 3 He lives, (and blessed be my Rock,)
The God of my salvation lives;
The dark designs of hell are broke;
e Sweet is the peace my Father gives

4 Before the scoffers of the age,
I will exalt my Father's name;
Nor tremble at their mighty rage,
But meet reproach and bear the shame.
5 To David and his royal seed,
Thy grace forever shall extend;
Thy love to saints, in Christ their head,
Knows not a limit, nor an end.

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C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*] Victory and Triumph over Temporal Enemies. E love thee, Lord, and we adore;

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Now is thine arm revealed;

Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower,
Our bulwark and our shield.

o 2 We fly to our eternal Rock,
And find a sure defence;
-His holy name our lips invoke,
And draw salvation thence.

o 3 When God our leader shines in arms,
What mortal heart can bear

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The thunder of his loud alarms?
The lightning of his spear?

-4 He rides upon the winged wind,
And angels in array,

In millions wait to know his mind,
And swift as flames obey.

-5 He speaks-and at his fierce rebuke,
Whole armies are dismayed;

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His voice, his frown, his angry look,
Strikes all their courage dead.

-6 He forms our generals for the field,
With all their dreadful skill;
Gives them his awful sword to wield,
And makes them hearts of steel.

7 [He arms our captains to the fight,
Though there his name's forgot;
He girded Cyrus with his might,
But Cyrus knew him not.]

8 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest,
For his own churches' sake;

The powers that give his people rest,
Shall of his care partake.