And flesh and sin no more control 1 PSALM 18. L. M. 1st Part. Green's. [*] Ver. 1-6, 15-18. Deliverance from Despair; or Temptations overcome. TH HEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, 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 terrours of the grave, 4 In my distress I call'd my God, 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 conqu’ror still, In all the wars that devils wage.] s 8 My song for ever shall record L. M. 2nd Part. Armley. [b] Before mine eyes I set thy laws, And thou hast own'd my righteous cause. 'Twas never with a wicked heart.] p 3 What sore temptations broke my rest! 4 The sin that close besets me still, 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. e - 1 L. M. 3rd Part. Quercy. Nantwich. [*] JUST Rejoicing in God: or Salvation and Triumph. UST are thy ways, and true thy word, Great Rock of my secure abode. -Who is a God beside the Lord? g 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, 1 C. M. 1st Part. Mear. [*] Victory and Triumph, over Temporal Enemies. W Thou art our strength, our heav'nly tow'r, o 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, o 3 When God our leader shines in arms, -4 He rides upon the winged wind, Ο In millions wait to know his mind, -5 He speaks-and at his fierce rebuke, His voice, his frown, his angry look, -6 He forms our gen'rals for the field, Gives them his awful sword to wield, 8 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest, For his own church's sake; The powers that give his people rest, 1 [T C. M. 2nd Part. Arundel. [*] O thine almighty arm we owe 2 'Tis by thy aid our troops prevail, Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale 3 How have we chas'd them through the field, e 4 In vain to idol saints they cry, o 5 The Rock of Israel ever lives, o 'Tis his own arm the vict'ry gives, 6 On kings that reign as David did, PSALM 19. S. M. 1st Part. Watchman. Sutton. [*] 1 The Book of Nature and the Scriptures. BEHOLD, the lofty sky Declares its maker God; And all his starry works on high 2 The darkness and the light 3 In ev'ry diff'rent land, Their gen'ral voice is known: They show the wonders of his hand, 0 4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice, 5 6 His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit, His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. -7 [Not honey to the taste Nor gold that has the furnace pass'd, 0 8 While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim; Accept the praise, my God, my King, 1 S. M. 2nd Part. Dover. Pelham. [*] God's Word most excellent: or holy Fear. His beams through all the nations run, 2 But where the gospel comes, It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.] 3 How perfect is thy word! 4 My gracious God, how plain O may I never read in vain, e 5 PAUSE. I hear thy word with love, |