o Sends down the gospel of his grace,
Th' epistles of his love.
3 These sacred words impart
Our Maker's just commands;
e The pity of his melting heart,

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And vengeance of his hands.
4 (Hence we awake our fear;
We draw our comfort hence;
The arms of grace are treasured here,
And armour of defence.)

5 (We learn Christ crucified,
And here behold his blood;
All arts and knowledges beside
Will do us little good.)

6 We read the heavenly word, We take the offered grace; Obey the statutes of the Lord, And trust his promises. 7 In vain shall Satan rage Against a book divine,―

e Where wrath and lightning guard the page, Where beams of mercy shine.

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HYMN 121. L. M. Armley. [b *]
The Law and Gospel distinguished.

THE law commands, and makes us know
What duties to our God we owe;

o But 'tis the gospel must reveal

Where lies our strength to do his will.

e 2 The law discovers guilt and sin,

And shows how vile our hearts have been;

o Only the gospel can express

Forgiving love and cleansing grace.

e 3 What curses does the law denounce
Against the man who fails but once?
o But in the gospel Christ appears,
Pardoning the guilt of numerous years.
4 My soul, no more attempt to draw
Thy life and comfort from the law;
a Fly to the hope the gospel gives:
The man who trusts the promise-lives.

HYMN 122. L. M. Bethel. [b*]

Retirement and Meditation.

God, permit me not to be

A stranger to myself and thee;

Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

e 2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Saviour, go?
d 3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
-I would obey the voice divine,

And all inferior joys resign.

e 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn; Let noise and vanity be gone:

a In secret silence of the mind,

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My heaven-and there my God, I find.

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HYMN 123. L. M. Green's. [*]
The Benefit of Public Ordinances.
WAY from every mortal care,

A

Away from earth, our souls retreat; We leave this worthless world afar, And wait, and worship, near thy seat. 2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace We see thy feet, and we adore; We gaze upon thy lovely face,

And learn the wonders of thy power.

3 While here our various wants we mourn, United groans ascend on high;

-And prayers produce a quick return

Of blessings in variety.

e 4 (If Satan rage, and sin grow strong,
-Here we receive some cheering word;
o We gird the gospel armour on,
o To fight the battles of the Lord.
e 5 Or if our spirit faints and dies,

-(Our conscience galled with inward stings,)
o Here does the righteous Sun arise,
With healing beams beneath his wings.)
e 6 Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple, near thy side:
But if my feet must hence depart,
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.]

HYMN 124. C. M.

York. [b *]

Moses, Aaron, and Joshua.

1 IS not the law of ten commands,

"On holy Sinai given,

And sent to men by Moses' hands,

Can bring us safe to heaven.

2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest sinell,
Can buy the pardon of our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

e 3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath,
At God's immediate will;
And in the desert yields to death,
Upon th' appointed hill.

4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side,
The tribes of Israel stand;

While Moses bowed his head and died,
Short of the promised land.

o 5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua * leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest:
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

HYMN 125. L. M. Pleyel's. [b]
Faith and Repentance, Unbelief and Impenitence.
LIFE and immortal joys are given

1[

To souls that mourn the sins they've done;
Children of wrath, made heirs of heaven,
By faith in God's eternal Son.

e 2 Woe to the wretch who never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief;
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead;
Under the wrath of God he lies:

a He seals the curse on his own head, And with a double vengeance dies.]

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HYMN 126. C. M. Wareham. [*]
God glorified in the Gospel.

THE

HE Lord, descending from above,
Invites his children near;

While power, and truth, and boundless love,
Display their glories here.

2 Here, in the gospel's wondrous frame,

Fresh wisdom we pursue;

d A thousand angels learn thy name,

Beyond whate'er they knew.

* Joshua same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour.

3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines;

Thy wonders here we trace;

-Wisdom through all the mystery shines,
And shines in Jesus' face.

4 The law its best obedience owes
To our incarnate God;

And thy revenging justice shows
ts honours in his blood.

o 5 But still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmer thoughts employs;
Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays,
And more exalts our joys.

HYMN 127. L. M. Portugal. [*]
Circumcision and Baptism.

1T Under the bloody seal of grace;
The young disciples bore the yoke,
Till Christ the painful bondage broke.
2 By milder ways does Jesus prove
His Father's covenant and his love;.
He seals to saints his glorious grace,
Nor does forbid their infant race.

THUS did the sons of Abra'am pass

3 Their seed is sprinkled with his blood,
Their children set apart for God;
His Spirit on their offspring shed,
Like water poured upon the head.
o 4 Let every saint, with cheerful voice,
In this large covenant rejoice;
Young children, in their early days,
Shall give the God of Abra'am praise.

HYMN 128. C. M. China. Plymouth. [b]
Corrupt Nature from Adam.

1 BLES

LEST with the joys of innocence,
Adam our father stood,

Till he debased his soul to sense,

And ate th' unlawful food.

2 Now we are born a sensual race,
To sinful joys inclined;
Reason has lost its native place,

And flesh enslaves the mind.

3 While flesh and sense and passion reigns, Sin is the sweetest good;

We fancy music in our chains,

And so forget the load.

4 Great God, renew our ruined frame,

Our broken powers restore;
Inspire us with a heavenly flame,
And flesh shall reign no more.
5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law
Upon our inward parts;
And let the second Adam draw

His image on our hearts.

HYMN 129. L. M. Bath. Islingtm. [*] We walk by Faith, not by Sight.

1'T We walk through deserts dark as night;

IS by the faith of joys to come,

Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2 The want of sight she well supplies;
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith supplies a heavenly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.
So Abra'am, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

HYMN 130. C. M. Sunday. [*]

The New Creation.

1A his own glory shew: TTEND, while God's exalted Son

d "Behold, I sit upon my throne,
"Creating all things new.

2 "Nature and sin are passed away,
"And the old Adam dies;
"My hands a new foundation lay-
"See the new world arise!

3 "I'll be a Sun of righteousness
"To the new heavens I make;
"None but the new-born heirs of grace
"My glories shall partake."

• 4 Mighty Redeemer, set me free
From my old state of sin;