e Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
e How deep thy counsels! how divine!

-4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high;
e Like brutes they live, like brutes they die;
-Like grass they flourish, till thy breath
d Blast them in everlasting death.

o 5 But I shall share a glorious part,
When grace hath well refined my heart;
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
6 [Sin (my worst enemy before)
Shall vex my eyes and ears no more;
My inward foes shall all be slain,
Nor Satan break my peace again.]

g 7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know,
All I desired or wished below;
And every power find sweet employ,
In that eternal world of joy.

L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. [*]
The Church the Garden of God.

1 LORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand
In gardens planted by thy hand;

Let me within thy courts be seen,
Like a young cedar, fresh and green.
2 There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Blest with thine influence from above;
Not Lebanon, with all its trees,
Yields such a comely sight as these.
3 The plants of grace shall ever live;
(Nature decays, but grace must thrive ;)
Time, that does all things else impair,
Still makes them flourish strong and fair.
4 Laden with fruits of age, they show
The Lord is holy, just and true:
None that attend his gates shall find
A God unfaithful or unkind.

PSALM 93. L. M. 1ST PT. Old Hundred. [*] The Eternal and Sovereign God.

1

EHOVAH reigns; he dwells in light,
Girded with majesty and might;

The world, created by his hands,
Still on its first foundation stands.

o 2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundations laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

o 3 Like floods, the angry nations rise,
And aim their rage against the skies:
e Vain floods that aim their rage so high!
-At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 Forever shall thy throne endure:
Thy promise stands forever sure:
And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

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P. M. FIRST PART. Walworth. [*]
God's Majesty, and Sovereign Dominion.

THis robes of state are strength and majesty
THE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high;

This wide creation rose at his command,

Built by his word, and 'stablished by his hand; g Long stood his throne, ere he began creation, And his own Godhead-is the firm foundation. o 2 God is th' eternal King: thy foes in vain Raise their rebellion, to confound thy reign: In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies; Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion; But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean. d 3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be still; And the mad world, obedient to his will:

Built on his truth, his church must ever stand;
Firm are his promises, and strong his hand :
See his own sons, when they appear before him,
Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.

P. M. SECOND PART. Dalston. [*]
God's Power, and Zion's Safety.

1

HE Lord Jehovah reigns,

Tand royal state maintains;

His head with awful glories crowned;
Arrayed in robes of light,
Begirt with sovereign might,

And rays of majesty around.
2 Upheld by his commands,
The world securely stands,
And skies and stars obey thy word.

g

Thy throne was fixed on high,
Before the starry sky:

Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

e 3 In vain the noisy crowd,

d

go

Like billows fierce and loud, Against thine empire rage and roar; In vain with angry spite,

The surly nations fight,

And dash like waves against the shore.

4 Let floods and nations rage,

And all their powers engage,Let swelling tides assault the sky: The terrors of thy frown

Shall beat their madness down;

Thy throne forever stands on high.

5 Thy promises are true,

Thy grace is ever new;

There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove :

Thy saints, with holy fear,

Shall in thy courts appear,

And sing thine everlasting love.

PSALM 94. C. M. FIRST PART. [b] V. 1, 2, 7-14. Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed. GOD! to whom revenge belongs,

10 Proclaim thy wrath aloud;

Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.

2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears;"
When will the fools be wise?

Can he be deaf, who formed their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?

3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power;

His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain,
In some surprising hour.

4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod :

Thy providences, and thy book,

Shall make them know their God.

5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw:

Thy scourges make thy children wise,
When they forget thy law.

6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break:
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer's sake.]

C. M. SECOND PART.

Reading. [b]

V. 16-23. Deliverance from Temptation and Persecution. THO will arise, and plead my right,

1

WHO

A Against my numerous foes;

While earth and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose!

2 Had not the Lord, my Rock, my Help,
Sustained my fainting head,

e My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul amongst the dead.

p 3 "Alas, my sliding feet!" I cried, Thy promise was my prop;

0

Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.

e 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts
Within my bosom roll;

o Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul.

-5 Powers of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws;

o But God, my refuge, rules the skies; He will defend my cause.

-6 Let malice vent her rage aloud; Let bold blasphemers scoff;

g The Lord our God shall judge the proud,

And cut the sinners off.

PSALM 95. C. M. Bedford. Plymouth. [*]

1

SING

A Psalm before Prayer.

to the Lord Jehovah's name,

And in his strength rejoice;

When his salvation is our theme,

Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight,

And psalms of honour sing;

The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures seem,
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compared with him.

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand;

He fixed the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.

e 5 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, kneel before his face;

O may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace.

e 6 Now is the time; he bends his ear,
And waits for your request;

o Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest.'

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C

S. M. Peckham. [*]

A Psalm before Scrmon.

YOME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:

-We are his works, and not our own,
He formed us by his word

4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

5 [But if your ears refuse

The language of his grace,

And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race;

6 The Lord, in vengeance dressed,
Will lift his hand and swear,