7. So we, that are thy People, and the Sheep of thy Pafture, will give Thee Thanks for ever, and will alway be fhewing forth thy Praife from Generation to Generation.

8. THOU haft brought a Vine out of Egypt; Thou haft caft out the Heathen and planted it;

9. Thou madeft Room for it; and when it had taken Root, it filled the Land: the Hills were covered with the Shadow of it, and the Boughs thereof were like the goodly Cedar-trees :

10. She stretched out her Branches unto the Sea, and her Boughs unto the River.

11. Why haft Thou then broken down her Hedge, that all they that go by, pluck off her Grapes?

12. The wild Boar out of the Wood doth root it and the wild Beafts of the Field devour it.

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13. Turn Thee again, thou God of Hofts, look down from Heaven; behold and vifit this Vine, and the Vineyard that thy right Hand hath planted, and the Branch that Thou madeft fo ftrong for thyfelf.

14. Let thy Hand be upon the Man of thy right Hand; and upon the Son of Man, whom Thou madeft fo ftrong for thine own felf.

15. And fo will not we go back from Thee; let us live, and we will call upon thy Name.

16. Turn us again, O Lord God of Hofts; fhew the Light of thy Countenance, and we shall be saved.

17. LORD, THOU art become gracious unto thy Land; Thou haft turned away the Captivity of Jacob: Thou haft forgiven the Iniquity of thy People, and hast covered all their Sins. (P. lxxxv.)

18. Thou haft taken away all thy Displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful Indignation.

19. Turn us then, O God our Savior, and let thine Anceafe from us. ger

20. Wilt Thou be difpleafed at us for ever? and wilt Thou ftretch out thy Wrath from one Generation to another?

21. Wilt Thou not turn again and quicken us, that thy People may rejoice in Thee?

22. Shew us thy Mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy Sal

vation.

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23. I will

23. I will hearken what the Lord will fay concerning me: for He fhall fpeak Peace unto his People, and to his Saints, that they turn not again to Folly.

24. For his Salvation is nigh them that fear Him, that Glory may dwell in our Land.

25. Mercy and Truth are met together; Righteousness and Peace have kiffed each other.

26. Truth fhall flourish out of the Earth, and Righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

27. Yea, the Lord fhall fhew loving-Kindness; and our Land fhall yield her Encrease.

28. Righteoufnefs fhall go before Him, and He fhall fet us in the Way of his Steps.

29. Now OUR LORD Jefus Chrift himself, and God. even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting Confolation and good Hope through Grace; comfort your Hearts, and ftablish you in every good. Word and Work. (2 Thessal. ii. 16, 17.)

30. The Grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with us all. Amen.

Sixteenth

I.

SING

HYMN XXXII.

Evening.

ING WE aloud unto God our Strength; make a chearful Noise unto the God of Jacob take the Pfalin, bring hither the Tabret, the merry Harp, with the Lute. (P. lxxxi.)

2. Blow up the Trumpet in the new Moon; even in the Time appointed, and upon our folemn Feast-Day.

3. For this was made a Statute for Ifrael, and a Law of the God of Jacob: this He ordained in Jofeph for a Teftimony, when He came out of the Land of Egypt, and had heard a ftrange Language.

4. "Thou calledit upon me in Troubles, and I deliver❝ed thee, and heard thee what Time as the Storm fell 66 upon thee: I proved thee also at the Waters of Strife.

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5. Hear, O my People, and I will affure Thee, O Ifrael, if thou wilt hearken unto Me; there fhall no "frange God be in thec, neither fhalt thou worship any ❝ other God.

6. "I am

36. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of "the Land of Egypt; open thy Mouth wide, and I will "fill it..

7. But my People would not hear my Voice, and Ifrael would not obey Me; fo I gave them up unto "their own Heart's Lufts, and let them follow their own "Imaginations.

8. that my People would have hearkened unto "Me: for if Ifrael had walked in my Ways, I fhould "have fubdued their Enemies, and turned my Hand a"gainst their Adverfaries.

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9. "The Haters of the Lord fhould have fubmitted "themselves unto Him; but their Time should have en<dured for ever.

He fhould have fed them alfo with the finest "Wheat flour; and with Honey out of the ftony Rock "fhould I have fatisfied thee."

II. WHOSO DWELLETH in the fecret Place of the most High, fhall abide under the Shadow of the Almighty. (PS. Xci.)

12. I will fay unto the Lord, Thou art my Hope and my Defence; my God, in Him will I truft.

13. For He thall deliver thee from the Snare of the Hunter, and from the noifome Peftilence: He shall defend thee under his Wings, and thou fhalt be fafe under his Feathers; his Faithfulness and Truth fhall be thy Shield and Buckler.

14. Thou shalt not be afraid for any Terror by Night, nor for the Arrow that flieth by Day; nor for the Peftilence that walketh in Darkness, nor for the Sickness that destroyeth in the Noon-Day.

15. A thoufand fhall fall at thy Side, and ten thousand at thy right Hand; but it fhall not come nigh thee.

16. Only with thine Eyes fhalt thou behold, and see the Reward of the Ungodly; becaufe thou haft made the Lord thy Refuge, even the moft High thine Habitation.

17. There fhall no Evil happen unto Thee, neither: fhall any Plague come nigh thy Dwelling: for He shall give his Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy

Ways.

18. They fhall bear thee up in their Hands, that thou hurt not thy Foot against a Stone.

19. Thou

19. Thou shalt tread upon the Lion and the Adder; the young Lion and the Dragon shalt thou trample under thy Feet.

20. Because he hath put his Delight in Me, therefore "will I deliver him; I will fet him up on high, because "he hath known my Name.

21. "He fhall call upon Me, and I will anfwer him ; 66 yea, I will be with him in Trouble; I will deliver him, "and bring him to Honor.

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22." With long Life will I fatisfie him, and fhew him my Salvation."

23. Now UNTO HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the Power that worketh in us; unto Him be Glory in the Church by Chrift Jefus, throughout all Ages, World without End. (Ephef. iii. 20.)

24. Amen.

Seventeenth

HYMN XXXIII.

Morning.

I. OW AMIABLE are thy Tabernacles, O Thou Lord of Hofts! My Soul longeth, yea, even fainteth to enter into the Courts of the Lord; my Heart and my Flesh rejoice in the living God. (Pf. lxxxiv.)

2. Yea, the Sparrow hath found her an Houfe, and the Swallow a Neft, where fhe may lay her Young; even thy Altars, O Lord of Hofts, my King and my God.

3. Bleffed are they that dwell in thy Houfe; they will be always praifing Thee.

4. Bleffed is the Man whofe Strength is in Thee, in whose Heart are thy Ways:

5. Who going through the Vale of Mifery, ufe it for a Well, and the Pools are filled with Water;

6. They will go from Strength to Strength, and unto the God of Gods appeareth every one of thein in Sion.

7. O Lord God of Hofts, hear my Prayer; give Ear, O God of Jacob.

8. Behold, O God our Defender, and look upon the Face of thine Anointed.

9. For one Day in thy Courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of my God, than to dwell in the ents of Wickedness.

10. For the Lord God is a Sun and a Shield; the Lord will give Grace and Glory, and no good Thing fhall He withhold from them, that live a godly Life.

II. O Lord God of Hofts, bleffed is the Man that putteth his Truft in Thee.

12. IT is a good Thing to give Thanks unto the Lord, and to fing Praises unto thy Name, O moft High. (Pf.xcii.)

13. To fhew forth thy loving-Kindness early in the Morning, and thy Faithfulness every Night; upon an Inftrument of ten Strings, and upon the Lute; upon a loud Inftrument, and upon the Harp.

14. For Thou, Lord, haft made me glad through thy Works; and I will rejoice in giving Praise for the Operati

ons of thine Hands.

15. O Lord! how glorious are thy Works! thy Thoughts are very deep.

16. An unwife Man doth not well confider this, and a Fool doth not understand it.

17. When the Ungodly fpring as the Grafs, and when all the Workers of Wickedness do flourish, then fhall they be destroyed for ever; but Thou, Lord, art the most High for evermore.

18. For lo, thine Enemies, O Lord, lo, thine Enemies fhall perish, and all the Workers of Wickedness shall be destroyed.

19. But mine Horn fhall be exalted, like the Horn of an Unicorn; I fhall be anointed with fresh Oil: mine Eye also shall see my Defire upon mine Enemies, and mine Ear fball hear my Defire of the wicked that rife up against me.

20. The Righteous fhall flourish like the Palm-tree, and fhall fpread abroad like a Cedar in Libanus.

21. Such, as are planted in the Houfe of the Lord, fhall flourish in the Courts of our God: they alfo fhall ftill bring forth Fruit in their old Age, and fhall be fat and well-liking; 22. That they may fhew how true the Lord my Strength is, and that there is no Unrighteoufnefs in Him.

23. BLESSED IS the Man whom Thou chafteneft, O Lord, and teacheft him in thy Law; that Thou mayeft give him Patience in Time of Adversity, until the Pit be digged up for the Ungodly.

24. For