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Page vii
... hearts . While we are kindling into divine love by the meditations of the lovingkindness of God , and the multitude of his tender mercies , within a few verses some dreadful curse against men is proposed to our lips , that God would add ...
... hearts . While we are kindling into divine love by the meditations of the lovingkindness of God , and the multitude of his tender mercies , within a few verses some dreadful curse against men is proposed to our lips , that God would add ...
Page viii
... heart of David . Thus our own hearts are as it were forbid the pursuit of the song , and then the harmony and the worship grow dull of mere necessity . 1 Many ministers and many private Christians have long groaned under this ...
... heart of David . Thus our own hearts are as it were forbid the pursuit of the song , and then the harmony and the worship grow dull of mere necessity . 1 Many ministers and many private Christians have long groaned under this ...
Page xiii
... heart ; nor is the mag- nificence or boldness of the figures comparable to that divine licence which is found in the eighteenth and sixty - eighth Psalms , several chapters of Job , and other poetical parts of scripture : and in this ...
... heart ; nor is the mag- nificence or boldness of the figures comparable to that divine licence which is found in the eighteenth and sixty - eighth Psalms , several chapters of Job , and other poetical parts of scripture : and in this ...
Page xiv
... heart shall rejoice at the notice of it , and my God shall receive the glory . This was my hope and vow in the first publication , and it is now my duty to acknowledge to him with thankfulness how useful he has made these Compositions ...
... heart shall rejoice at the notice of it , and my God shall receive the glory . This was my hope and vow in the first publication , and it is now my duty to acknowledge to him with thankfulness how useful he has made these Compositions ...
Page xvii
... heart , arise my tongue , Awake our souls , away our fears , Away from ev'ry mortal care , B Backward with humble shame we look , Begin my tongue some heav'nly theme , Behold how sinners disagree , Behold the blind their sight receive ...
... heart , arise my tongue , Awake our souls , away our fears , Away from ev'ry mortal care , B Backward with humble shame we look , Begin my tongue some heav'nly theme , Behold how sinners disagree , Behold the blind their sight receive ...
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Abra'm adore almighty angels Behold beneath bids bless Bless'd blood breath bright cheerful Christ command COMMON METRE darkness dead dear death delight divine dreadful dwell dy'd dying earth endless Eternal everlasting eyes face faith Father fear feast feet flame flesh glorious glory God the Father God's gospel guilt hand haste heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy honours hope Hosanna humble humble souls immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful joys King Lamb law and gospel lives mercy mighty mortal o'er pardon peace pleasure pow'r praise PRINCESS OF WALES promis'd Psal race rebels Redeemer reigns rejoice righteousness rise sacred saints saith salvation Satan Saviour Saviour bleed seraphs shine sing sinners sins skies smile songs sorrows soul sov'reign Spirit stand sweet taste thee thine thou thoughts thro throne thy grace thy love thy name tongues triumph Twas vengeance voice Watts wondrous worms worship wrath wretched Ye saints
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Page 73 - To be exalted thus :" — " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 114 - NO more, my God — I boast no more Of all the duties I have done ; I quit the hopes I held before, To trust the merits of thy Son. 2 Now, for the love I bear his name, What was my gain. I count my loss ; My former pride I call my shame, And nail my glory to his cross. 3 Yes — and I must and will esteem All things but loss for Jesus' sake ; Oh ! may my soul be found in him, And of his righteousness partake.
Page 66 - Tis his almighty love, His counsel and his care, Preserves us safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare. 3 He will present our souls, Unblemished and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great. 4 Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known.
Page 114 - Not with our mortal eyes Have we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his Name, And love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace. 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And heaven begins below.
Page 167 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my. God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 133 - While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear When hanging on the cursed tree, And hopes her guilt was there.
Page 93 - MY God, how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are every evening new ; And morning mercies from above Gently distil like early dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers.
Page 73 - Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus.
Page 62 - From thee, the overflowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply ; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are. While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetl v there.