5 Thy faints are comforted I know, And love thy house of pray'r; I therefore go where others go, But find no comfort there. 6 O make this heart rejoice, or ach; And if it be not broken, break, LXV. C. The future peace and glory of the church. Chap. lx. 15-20. I HE Ear what God the LORD hath spoken, Comfortless, afflicted broken, 3 Ye no more your funs defcending, E 2 ; GOD GOD fhall rife, and fhinining o'er you, JEREMIAH. LXVI. Truft of the wicked, and the righteous compared. Chap. xvii. 5-8. S parched in the barren fands Beneath a burning sky; The worthlefs bramble with'ring ftands, And only grows to die. 2 Such is the finners awful cafe, Who makes the world his truft; 3 A fecret curfe destroys his root, 4 But happy he whofe hopes depend 5 The foul that trufts in fuch a friend, Tho' gourds fhould wither, cifterns break, No change his folid hope can shake, Or ftop his fure fupply. LAMENTATIONS. LXIX. The LORD is my portion. Chap. iii. 24. I 1-FROM pole to pole let others roam, My foul is fatisfy'd at home, 2 JESUS who on his glorious throne 3 His perfon fixes all my love, 4 His word of promife is my food, Thus daily is my ftrength renew'd 5 For him I count as gain each loss, 6 Let worldlings then indulge their boaft, How much they gain or spend! Their joys muft foon give up the ghost, E 4 (m) Book III. Hymn 59. EZ E EZEKIEL. LXX. Humbled and filenced by mercy. I ONCE perishing in blood I lay, Creatures no help could give; But JESUS, pafs'd me in the way, 2 Tho' Satan ftill his rule maintain'd, 3 At length the time of love arriv'd 4 O can I e'er that day forget When JESUS kindly spoke! "Poor foul, my blood has paid thy debt, And now I break thy yoke. 5 Henceforth I take thee for my own, And give myself to thee; Forfake the idols thou haft known, And yield thy heart to me." 6 Ah, worthlefs heart! it promis'd fair, I little thought it e'er would dare 7 LORD, doft thou fuch backflidings heal, And pardon all that's paft? Sure, if I am not made of fteel, 8 My 8 My tongue, which rafhly spoke before, Surely I now fhall boast no more, LXXI. C. The covenant. Chap. xxxvi. 25-28. I THE HE LORD proclaims his grace abroad! Behold, I change your hearts of ftone; Each fhall renounce his idol god, And ferve, henceforth, the LORD alone. 2 My grace, a flowing ftream, proceeds To wafh your filthiness away; Ye fhall abhor your former deeds, And learn my ftatutes to obey. 3 My truth the great defign infures, I give myfelf away to you; You fhall be mine, I will be your's, 4 Yet not unfought, or unimplor'd, 5 From the first breath of life divine, The gracious work fhall all be mine, LXXII. C. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH: IAS birds their infant brood protect (0), And spread their wings to fhelter them; Thys |