4 But Oh! how base our paffions are! I HYMN CXVII. Long Metre. Eledion fovereign and free. Romans ix. 21—24. EHOLD the potter and the clay! He forms his veffels as he please; Such is our God; and fuch are we, The fubjects of his juft decrees. B 2 Doth not the workman's pow'r extend O'er all the mafs, which part to choose, And mould it for a nobler end, And which to leave for viler use ?] 3 May not the fov'reign Lord on high Difpenfe his favours as he will; Choofe forge to life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious ftill? 4 [What if, to make his terror known, He lets his patience long endure, Suff'ring vile rebels to go on, 5 And feal their own deftruction fure? To mark out fome of mortal race, 6 Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust, The thunder of whofe dreadful word Can crufh a thousand worlds to duft? But, O my foul, if truth fo bright Should dazzle and confound thy fight, Yet ftill his written will obey, And wait the great decifive day. 8 Then he fhall make his juftice known, HYMN CXVIII. Short Metre. Mofes and Chrift; or, Sin againft the Law and Gospel. John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3, 5, 6, and x. 28, 29. I HE law by Mofes came; THE But peace, and truth, and love, Were brought by Chrift (a nobler name) Defcending from above. 2 Amidst the houfe of God 3 4 Their diff'rent works were done ; Mofes a faithful fervant ftood, But Chrift a faithful Son. Then to his new commands Be ftrict obedience paid; O'er all his Father's houfe he ftands The Sov'reign and the Head. The man that durft despise The law that Mofes brought, Behold! how terribly he dies For his prefumpt'ous fault. 5 But forer vengeance falls Who hate to hear when Jefus calls, And dare refift his grace. Common Metre. HYMN CXIX. The different Succefs of the Gofpel. I Cor. i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16. I Cor. iii. 6, 7. 'CH HRIST and his crofs are all our theme: Are fcandal in the Jews' efteem, And folly to the Greek. 2 But fouls, enlighten'd from above, 3 The vital favour of his name To guilt, defpair and death. 4 Till God diffufe his graces down, Like fhow'rs of heav'nly rain, 1 In vain Apollos fows the ground, HYMN CXX. Common Metre. Faith of Things unfeen. Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10. I AITH is the brightest evidence FAI Of things beyond our fight, Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense, 2 It fets times paft in prefent view, 3 By faith we know the worlds were made By God's almighty word: Abr'am, to unknown countries led, 4 He fought a city, fair and high, And faith affures us, though we die, HYMN CXXI. Common Metre. Children devoted to God. Gen. xvii. 7, 10. Acts I xvi. 14, 15, 33. (For those who practise Infant Baptifm.) TH HUS faith the mercy of the Lord, "I'll blefs thy num'rous race, and they feals the bleffings now, thiThat once was feal'd with blood. not. 3 Thus Lydia fanctify'd er houfe, When he receiv'd the word; Thus the believing jailor gave His houthold to the Lord. 4 Thus later fain Eternal King! Thine ancient truths embrace ; To thee their infant offspring bring, And humbly claim the grace. HYMN CXXII. Long Metre. Believers buried with Chrift in Baptifm. Rom. vi. 3, &c. 'D O we not know that folemn word, That we are bury'd with the Lord; Baptiz'd into his death, and then 2 Our fouls receive diviner breath, 3 No more let fin or Satan reign HYMN CXXIII. Common Metre. B He begs a fhare amongst the swine, 2 "I die with hunger here," he cries; 3 "My Father's houfe has large fupplies, "And bounteous are his hands. "I'll go, and with a mournful tongue 4 He faid-and haften'd to his home, 5 He ran, and fell upon his neck, 6 "Take off his clothes of fhame and fin," (The Father gives command). |