And in our Streets the fruitful Flocks May many thousands yield 14 15. Let not our la'â—'ring Oxen faint Nor Enemy invade No leading captive no complaint Within our Streets be made O happy People would we say With all these Blessings stor'd Yea rather happy People they Whose God is God the Lord. 48. last This God is evermore our God Our Cov'nant God is he Ev'n unto death and beyond death Our faithful Guide he 'll be Hymn XIX Psal. 116.1 2 7 8. GOD that so gracious a regard To my requests did give Shall have my best and choicest Love And Service while I live God and thy self my Soul enjoy Quiet and free from fears He sav'd thy life upheld thy steps And dry'd up all thy tears 12 13 16. What shall I render Lord for all The kindness thou hast shown Praises I 'll offer and with thanks Will all thy favours own Truly I am thy Servant Lord Thy Servant I will be Born in thy house and from my bonds By thy good hand set free 42.8 11. Therefore will God command for me His kindest Love by day His Song shall be by night with me To God my Life I 'll pray Why art thou then cast down my Soul With sorrows over-prest Why do despairing thoughts disturb Thy peace and break my rest Have Faith in God for yet shall I Sing forth his praise divine He to my Countenance is health He 's God and shall be mine Hymn XX. Psal. 138.1 2 3 4 5. With my whole heart before the Gods I will with praise proclaim That word of Love and Truth which is Greater than all thy Name With spiritual strength thou answer'st me And thou shalt have thy praise From Princes all that hear thy Word And sing on all thy ways 6 7 8. Though God be high he likes the low But proud men he disdains Therefore in midst of dangers great My quickning hope remains The Lord will perfect mine affairs So sure thy mercy stands Forsake not Lord but succour still The work of thine own hands 97.11 12. Since the immortal seeds of Light For upright men are sown A joyful Harvest will at length Their work and sorrows crown Then let our constant Joys declare The God we serve is kind We 'll praise him for his mercies past And wait for those behind Hymn XXI Psal. 139.1 2 3 4 5. LORD thou hast search'd my inward part And all my thoughts hast known Thou seest me sit thou seest me rise Walking and lying down All my close ways all my quick words Thou Lord dost understand Behind before thou hast beset And on me laid thine hand 7 8 9 10. Whither can I retire from thee Or from thy presence fly For neither Heav'n nor Hell can hide From thine All-seeing Eye Could I remove to th' utmost Sea Wing'd with the morning Ray Thy hand that must support my flight Would my abode betray 11 12 13 14 15. In vain I seek to lie conceal'd I'th'darkness of the night For midnight darkness shines to thee As clear as noon-day light Maker and Master of my Reins Thou didst at once become Blest Lord how strangely was I fram'd And formed in the womb 17 18 23 24 How precious are the thoughts of Love Thou dost to me express Deep in themselves but dear to me And they are numberless When I awake I 'm still with thee And thus to thee I cry Search me O God and know my heart My thoughts and Conscience try And see if I do go astray In any course of sin Shew me the everlasting way And lead me Lord therein Hymn XXII Psal. 103.1 2 3. Bless thou the living Lord my Soul His glorious praise proclaim Let all my inward pow'rs extol And bless his holy Name Forget not all his benefits But bless the Lord my Soul Who all thy trespasses remits And makes thee sound and whole 4 5 8 9 10. Who did redeem thy life from death And crown'd thee with his Love Renew'd thy Youth and fill'd thy Mouth With goodness from above The Lord is kind to anger slow Ready to pardon sin Deals not with us in constant wrath As our deserts have been 11 12. 94.19 As Heaven is high above the Earth So is his Cov'nant-Love Further than East is from the West He doth our sins remove Thus in the crowd and multitude Of various thoughts which roll Within my breast these comforts rest And do delight my Soul Hymn XXIII Psal. 65.1 2 3. To the Tune of Psal. 67. O God Praise waiteth still For thee in Sion Hill The Vow will be perform'd to thee And readily fulfil O Thou whose Titles are The God that hearest prayer The God to whom all flesh shall come To thee do we repair Our sins have born great sway And much against us say But as for these Lord thou shalt please To purge them all away 143.8 Cause me to hear thy Love Before the break of day Cause me to know which way to go For thou art all my stay 56.12 13. Thy Vows upon me lye Lord I will pay the same And I always will render praise To thy most holy Name For thou my Soul hast sav'd From death so near at hand And wilt not thou uphold me now And make my feet so stand That I may still proceed To walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise With them that live in Light 150.6 Let ev'ry breathing thing Be ready to record The praise and same of God's great Name Amen Praise ye the Lord. Hymn XXIV Psal. 8.1 2. O Lord our Lord through all the Earth How exc'llent is thy Name Who hast thy Glory so adorn'd Above the Heav'ns high frame Weak Babes and Sucklings thou ordain'st Thy power and praise to show To still thereby the Enemy And the avengeful Foe 3 4 5. When to thine Heav'ns I lift mine Eye The Palace thou didst rear And the bright Moon and Stars observe Ordain'd to govern there Lord what is Man that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place That thou shouldst thus advance and bless His mean and mortal Race Litt'e below the Angels high He stands in Glory plac'd Whilst all the Creatures here below Under his Feet are cast 73.25 26. But whom have I in Heav'n but thee Nor is there any one In all the Earth desir'd of me Except thy self alone For when my flesh and heart do fail Then God upholds my heart He is my strength for evermore My portion and my part 27 28. For they that far estranged be Lo they and ev'ry one That goes a whoring Lord from thee Shall quite be overthrown But it is good for me always That I to God draw nigh Then shall I praise his Truth and Love When I on him rely For the Lord's Day Morning Hymn XXV Psal. 118.1 2 3 4. GIve thanks to God for he is good His Mercies still endure Let all the Seed of Israel say His Promises are sure Let Aaron's House confess this day His Goodness
the Flock Of whom he hath command His People and his Pasture-stock And Sheep of his own hand 8 9 10 11. Let 's therefore hear his Voice to day And not hard-hearted prove As those that in the Wilderness Provoked God above They prov'd his pow'r and saw his works And long they griev'd him there Till weary'd with that murm'ring Race He could no longer bear But did in just and holy wrath By solemn Oath protest That they should never come into The Blessed Canaan's Rest. Heb. 4.1 Let us then fear left a like Rest Being propos'd to us Any of us through unbelief Come short and perish thus Hymn XXXII Psal. 36.7 8. HOW excellent Lord is that Grace And Love that from thee springs Therefore the Sons of Men do place Their Trust in thy spread wings With fatness of thine House on high Thou shalt thy Saints suffice And make them drink abundantly The River of thy Joys 9 10. Because the Springs of Life most pure Do ever flow from thee And in thy Light-we shall be sure Eternal Light to see To those who thus esteem thy Love Thy Kindness still impart And all thy Promises fulfil To men of upright heart 89.15 16. Blest is the People that doth know And hear the joyful sound Thy Beams shall light them as they go And shine about them round Th' expressions of thy wondrous Love Will constant Joys create And thou the Glory of their strength Wilt crown their low Estate 65.4 41.13 They with the Goodness of thy House Shall feast their Appetites Full of the Joys thy Temple yields And ravish'd with Delights The Lord the God of Israel Be prais'd eternally From age to age for evermore Amen Amen say I. Hymn XXXIII Psal. 123.1 26.8 5.7 TO thee O Lord to thee alone Do I lift up mine Eyes O thou the high and lofty One That dwell'st above the Skies The Habitation of thine House Lord I have loved well And that sweet place so glorious Where thy Renown doth dwell And to that House will I draw near In thine abundant Grace And worship with an awful fear Towards thine Holy Place 119.5 11 12 18 19. Assist me therefore O my God And so direct my way That I may keep thy holy Word And never go astray Let it be hid within my heart From sin to keep me free A blessed One O Lord thou art Thy Statutes teach thou me Open mine Eyes that I may see The wonders of thy Law For b'ing a stranger here I must From thence my comfort draw 24 54. And these thy Testimonies are My heart 's intire delight Nor need I other Counsellor To guide my ways aright For ev'ry where thy Statutes are My comfortable Songs Whilst in my Pilgrimage I am Expos'd to griefs and wrongs Hymn XXXIV Psal. 119.68 73. LORD thou art good and thou dost good All Graces flow from thee Teach me to know thy Testaments How good and just they be Thy hands have made and fashion'd me Thy Grace on me bestow To know thy Precepts what they be And practise what I know 105 106 108. For of my Life they are the Guide And to my Paths give Light I 've sworn to keep thy Right'ous Laws Which I 'll perform aright The Free-will Off'rings of my Mouth I pray thee Lord accept And teach me now which way and how Thy Judgments may be kept 109 111. My Soul is ever in my hand Expos'd to dangers great Therefore the Precepts of thy Word I never will forget Thy Statutes are the Heritage Whereof I have made choice To my last day for those are they That make my heart rejoyce 112.96 I have inclin'd my heart to keep The Laws thou didst decree And by thy Grace will cleave to them Ev'n till I come to thee For Lord of all Perfection here I soon discern an end But to all times and states of Life Thy perfect Laws extend Hymn XXXV Psal. 119.137 138 162 163. THY Nature Lord and thy Commands Exactly do agree Holy and just and true thou art And such thy Precepts be I have rejoyced at thy Word As one that finds a Prize And I do love thy Law O Lord. But hate the way of Lies 164 165 140. Sev'n times a day I 'll give thee praise For thy just Judgments sake Great peace have they that love thy ways And no offence they take Thy Word indeed is very pure As Silver try'd by Fire Therefore thy Servant will be sure To love it most intire 17.132 Deal bounteously in gifts of Grace With me thy Servant Lord That I may live and run my Race And keep thy Holy Word Look on me in thy mercy Lord And grant me of the same As thou art wont to deal with those That love and fear thy Name 133 171. Let all my steps by thy just Word Exactly order'd be That no iniquity may have Dominion over me And then my Lips shall be prepar'd To offer thankful praise When unto me thou hast declar'd And taught me all thy ways Hymn XXXVI Psal. 63.1 2. To the Tune of Psal. 67. O God thou art my God I 'll seek thee earnestly My Soul in me thirsts after thee Here in the Desarts dry That I might see thy pow'r And thy most glorious Grace As I sometimes have seen it shine Within thy Holy Place 3 4 8. That Loving-kindness Lord Which I will ever praise Is better far than Life it self Tho' fill'd with prosp'ring days Thus while my Life doth last I will extol thy Fame My heart and hands will I lift up In thy most holy Name My Soul is pressing on To follow after thee And still I stand by thy right hand For that upholdeth me 122.1 2 4 5 6 7. Therefore will I rejoyce When they to me shall say Unto the House of God let us Together take our way For there will we be found Where Isr'el's Tribes attend Upon the lively Oracles Joynt-praise to Heav'n to send Pray for Jerus'lem's peace And for my Brethren dear Peace be in Sion's sacred Walls Prosperity be there For Lord's-day Noon and Evening Hymn XXXVII Psal. 33. 1 2 3 4. YE Righteous in the Lord rejoyce For praise becomes the Saints Praise God with Psaltry Harp and Voice And ten-string'd Instruments Sing to the Lord aloud with praise With skilful Songs and new Because his Word his Works and Ways Are holy just and true 40.5 22.9 71.17 Many are those most wond'rous works Which thou my God hast wrought Many thy gracious purposes Which are to us-ward thought I have been cast upon thy care Ev'n from my Birth till now And from the Womb that brought me forth My God and Guide art thou Yea from my tender Infancy I have by thee been taught And so have told continually What wonders thou hast wrought 104.33 34 35. Therefore to God will I sing praise While I have life and breath And glorifie him all my days And honour him till death My thoughts of him shall be so sweet As nothing else can
Salvation then Which Isr'el waits for still Were fully come to all good men From out of Sion Hill When God his People's Bondage turns That Freedom once is had Then Jacob shall rejoyce that mourns And Isr'el shall be glad Hymn LVI Psal. 133. To be often sung in Families O Happy Families on Earth Resembling that above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet Accord and Love 'T is like the precious Ointment pour'd On Aaron's sacred Head Which down his Face and Garments rich Its fragrant Odors spread 'T is as the Dew which melting Clouds On Hermon's top distill Or fruitful Showres which Heav'ns let fall On Sion's Holy Hill For there the God of Love commands And pours out blessings store The Comforts of this present Life And Life for evermore Four Hymns of Praise to be sung in the Tune of the 100th Psalm Hymn LVII Psal. 9.1 7 8. WIth my whole heart I 'll bless thee Lord And all thy mighty works proclaim My Joy in thee shall fill my Soul Whilst I sing praises to thy Name Th' Almighty Ever-living God Hath fixt his Throne in Heav'nly Light When He appears to Judge the World His Sentence will be just and right 10 11 14. All those that know thy faithful Name Their Hope and Trust in thee will place For never didst thou Lord forsake Any that duly sought thy Face Sing Praises to the Holy One Who said he would in Sion dwell Therefore in Sian's Daughter's Gates With Joy his great Salvation tell 130.7 8. Let us depend on God alone Because with him rich Mercy is And full Redemption from all sin He gives with plent'ous Grace to his Hymn LVIII Psal. 45.2 3 4. O Glorious King thy Form Divine All Earthly Beauties doth out-shine Into thy Lips all Grace is pour'd On thee Eternal Blessings show'rd Gird on thy Sword and in thy Might For wronged Truth and Justice fight That all the World may understand The Terror of thy Conqu'ring Hand 6 7. Thy Throne O God doth still endure Thy Sceptre is most just and pure That which is right thou lovest best But wickedness thou dost detest And therefore God thy God hath shed Such Oyl of Gladness on thy Head As hath preferr'd thee far before The Highest Angels evermore 9 11 13 17. The Queen and her Attendants stand To worship thee at thy right Hand Her Clothing of wrought Gold is seen But all her Glory is within In all succeeding Times thy Name Shall be preserv'd with lasting Fame Whilst thy glad Followers shall crown With endless Praise thy High Renown Hymn LIX Psal. 46. 1 2. GOD is our Refuge and Defence Our Hope is in his Providence Which still affords a present Aid When greatest Troubles do invade Therefore we shall not need to fear No though the Earth removed were Or though the Hills and Mountains steep Lay bury'd in the angry Deep 3 4 5. Although the raging Waters make The Mountains with their swelling shake Yet calmer Rivers do embrace God's City his fair Dwelling-place Whose Tabernacles by his Love Are kept that they can never move For he in times of great distress His early succour will address 6 7 9 10 11. The threatning Tempest he allays And is his People's strength and praise He maketh Strife and Wars to cease And crowns the trembling Earth with Peace This is our God whose awful sway Both Heav'n and Earth must still obey The Lord of Hosts is with his own And Jacob's God their Refuge known Hymn LX. Psal. 93.1 2. THE Lord doth Reign and like a King Puts on his Robes of Glorious Light Tremble thou Earth when he appears Clothed and girt with boundless Might 2. Under his Rule th'unquiet World Will gain Establishment and Peace Of old his Empire did begin And like himself shall never cease 3. In vain the World 's Rebellious Pow'rs In tumults and commotions rise Like the enraged Floods that swell And bid defiance to the Skies 4. The Lord on high is mightier far Than all this loud and threatning Noise And the proud Sea's unruly VVaves Are still'd by his commanding Voice 5. Lord as thy Pow'r can never fail So all thy Promises are sure 'T is thy Perfection to be true And theirs that serve thee to be pure FINIS Books Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns the lower End of Cheapside A Body of Practical Divinity consisting of above One hundred seventy six Sermons on the Lesser Catechism composed by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster With a Supplement of some Sermons on several Texts of Scripture By Thomas Watson formerly Minister at St. Stephen's Walbrook London A Paraphrase on the New Testament with Notes Doctrinal and Practical By plainness and brevity fitted to the Use of Religious Families in their daily Reading of the Scriptures and of the younger and poorer sort of Scholars and Ministers who want fuller Helps With an Advertisement of Difficulties in the Revelations By the Late Reverend Mr. Rich. Baxter Six hundred of Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs collected out of the Holy Bible Together with a Catechism the Canticles and a Catalogue of Vertuous Women The Three last hundred of Select Hymns collected out of the Psalms of David By William Barton A.M. late Minister of St. Martins in Leicester Spiritual Songs Or Songs of Praise to Almighty God upon several Occasions Together with the Song of Songs which is Solomon's First turn'd then paraphrased in English Verse By John Mason Penitential Cries in Thirty two Hymns Begun by the Author of the Songs of Praise and Midnight Cry and carried on by another hand Sacramental Hymns collected chiefly out of such passages of the New Testament as contain the most suitable matter of Divine Praises in the Celebration of the Lord's Supper To which is added one Hymn relating to Baptism and another to the Ministry By I. Boyse With some by other hands A Collection of Divine Hymns upon several Occasions suited to our common Tunes for the use of Devout Christians in singing forth the Prases of God The Psalms of David in Metre Newly translated and diligently compared with the Original Text and former Translations More plain smooth and agreeable to the Text than any heretofore Of Free Justification by Christ. Written first in Latine by John Fox Author of the Book of Martyrs against Osorius c. And now Translated into English for the benefit of those who love their own Souls and would not be mistaken in so great a Point An Earnest Call to Family-Religion Or a Discourse concerning Family-Worship Being the substance of Eighteen Sermons Preached by Samuel Slater A. M. Minister of the Gospel The Preaching of Christ and the Prison of God as the certain Portion of them that reject Christ's Word Opened in several Sermons on I Pet. 3. 19. By Samuel Tomlyns M. A. and Minister of the Gospel of Christ in Marleborough Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion Or the Character and Happiness of a Virtuous Woman in a Discourse which
suffice to the management of this duty decently and in order and more there needs not for in private Families the quickest way of singing seems to be most agreeable such singing as the Great Athanasius appointed in the Church of Alexandria ut pronunciani vicinior esset quà m canenti more like reading than singing So Austin tells us Confess lib. 10. cap. 33. and approves of it as a good means to preserve that spiritual delight which should be in this Ordinance from degenerating into a sensitive pleasure which it is apt to do when Tunes and Notes are over-much study'd and affected and the Ear tickled with them Nor let any be afraid that their Neighbours should over-hear them We serve à Master that we have no reason to be asham'd of to whom we have engaged that whatever others do we and our houses will serve him and whose hold is so great of the Consciences even of bad men that those whose contempt and reproach you fear even of them perhaps you will be had in honour 2 Sam. 6.22 Nay your Light hereby may so shine before men that others may be brought to glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Mat. 5.16 If any make it an excuse that they are unready in finding out such Psalms or passages in the Psalms as are most proper for Family use such may perhaps receive some help from this small Collection It is taken out of David's Psalms and further we seldom need to go for Hymns and Spiritual Songs though other Scriptures may no doubt be us'd this way much to edification Nolite cantare nisi quod legit is esse cantandum is a good Rule which Austin gives Epist. 109. This Collection will be the more useful and it is what I chiefly aim at in it if every one in the Family have a Book so that the Psalm or Hymn for the distinction is but nominal may be sung without reading the Line betwixt which is the general practice of the Reformed Churches abroad and renders the duty more pleasant and profitable and takes up less time and is practicable enough in a Family if not in large Congregations The gathering of Verses out of several Psalms and putting them together may seem to be a violation of their own native coherence But I hope it will not give offence to any since it is no more so than the joyning of several passages of Scriptures remote from each other and putting them together in our Prayers and Sermons which is generally practis'd Besides that it is a liberty which is often taken by the Clarks that give out the Psalms in publick And I think those who dislike it not there will the rather allow it in private Families Nay I am in hâ—pes that the reference I have made all along to the Psalms and Verses will increase and lead to an acquaintance with the Book of Psalms in general which I would not that this Essay should at all lessen or supersede I have made use of the best approved Translations especially Mr. Patrick's and Mr. Barton's as likewise Bishop King's Mr. Smith's Dr. Ford's and Mr. Baxter's who have each of them labour'd well in this Province nor have I neglected the Old Translation which considering the Age in which it was done and that it broke the Ice is not such a contemptible piece us some love to represent it I have taken that out of each which I judg'd the best and most suitable to my purpose acting herein not as a Censor but as a Gleaner Books are known to have their Fate ad captum Lectoris and therefore I hope my pardon for making this use of the Labours of others will be easily granted and this general Acknowledgment will suffice to acquit me from the Charge of Plagiarism I have not varied at any time from my Authors meerly for variation sake yet throughout I have seen cause very often to alter and in many places to build a-new especially where I was willing to contract according to the best of my skill The performance indeed is but very small yet the Design is honest and it will be fruit abounding to a good account if it do but help forward the work of singing Psalms in which the will of God is done on Earth somewhat like as it is done in Heaven where singing Hallelujahs to him that sits upon the Throne and unto the Lamb is both the everlasting work and the everlasting felicity of those glorified Beings M. H. Jan. 14 1694 5 For Morning Worship Hymn 1. Psal. 57.7 8. MY heart is now prepar'd for praise 'T is fixed for the same And I will sing to thee O Lord And bless thy Holy Name Awake my Glory Lute and Harp Consorts of praise to make Now in the morning I my self Will to this work awake 19.1 2 3 4 5 6. The Heavens throughout their vast extent Declare their Maker's praise The glittering starry Firmament His handy-work displayes Day unto day doth celebrate and night to night proclaim Without the help of speech or tongue His universal Fame There doth the Sun with joy and strength His constant course compleat The Earth rejoyceth in his Light And in his quick'ning Heat 90.17 So Let the Lord shine on our Souls Lighten and warm us thus Prosper O God our handy-works And stablish them to us Hymn II. 118.15 3.5 THE voice of saving Health and Joy In Just 〈◊〉 dwellings is The Lord 's right-hand works powerfully That strong right hand of his I laid me down and sweetly slept And safely wak'd again Because it was the Lord that kept And did my Soul sustain 31.21 30.5 Blessed be God's most sacred Name Who hath such wonders shown Wonders of Love securing me As in a fenced Town His wrath is in a moment past Life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last The morning comfort brings 33.20 21 22. Therefore we wait for thee O Lord Who still art our defence In all Estates we trust in thee With chearful confidence Lord let thy Grace on us descend Like a refreshing showre For all our Hopes and Joys depend On thine Almighty Power Hymn III. Psal. 74.16 17. THE shining day and shady night Peculiarly are thine Thou hast O Lord prepar'd the Light And caus'd the Sun to shine The Earth with all its Ends and Coasts Thy mighty hand did â—ame Both Summer's heat and Winter's frost By thine appointment came 33.6 7. 119.91 By thy Great Word the Heav'ns were made And all their Hosts are thine The gathered Waters of the Sea Thou dost in bounds confine According to thine Ord'nance these Continue to this day For all are Servants unto thee And do thy Word obey Rev. 4.11 Psal. 124.8 Glory and Honour must O Lord To thee of right be paid For all these things are by thy power And for thy pleasure made And our continual Hope and Help In his Great Name doth stand Who did create both Heav'n and Earth By his Almighty hand Hymn IV. Psal. 121.1
still prevails Let them that fear the Lord now say His Kindness never fails 22 23. For that same Stone which men refus'd Despis'd and trampled on Is chosen and preferr'd to be The Head and Corner Stone This is the work of our great God He did the thing devise And he this great Salvation wrought That 's wondrous in our Eyes 24 25. This is the joyful day indeed Which God hath Holy made Hath made for Man and we will now With holy mirth be glad We 'll joyn our Acclamations now And loud Hosanna's sing Wishing prosperity may wait On our Anointed King 26 27 28 29. Bless Saviour that from God to us On this kind Errand came We welcome thee and bless all those That spread thy glorious Name God is the Lord who gives the Light Which this high day adorns Come bind the Sacrifice with Cords Unto the Altar's Horns Thou art my God whom I 'll exalt My God whom I will praise Give thanks to God for he is good His mercy lasts always Hymn XXVI Psal. 84.1 2 3. How lovely is the place where thou Thy Presence Lord dost grant O! how I long t' approach thy Courts Impatient of restraint I envy much the Sparrow's place And grudge the Swallow's bliss That build their Nests in God's own Courts My King my God he is 4 5 6 7. Happy the dwellers in thine house For they will praise thee still Thrice happy they whose strength thou art Whose hearts thy Graces fill Who make the best of Sion's ways And go from strength to strength Till they appear before the Lord In Sion Hill at length 8 9 10. Lord God of Hosts hear thou my pray'r O Jacob's God give ear O Lord our shield behold the face Of thine Anointed Dear For in thy Courts thy Name to praise I count a day spent there Far better than a thousand days A thousand days elsewhere There would I rather be confin'd And at the threshold lye Than dwell in Sinners Tents with Ease And boundless Liberty 11 12. For God the Lord is Sun and Shield He Grace and Glory gives And no good thing shall he with-hold From them that purely live O Lord of Hosts that man is blest And happy sure is he Whose heart by Faith doth ever rest With confidence in thee Hymn XXVII Psal. 27.4 THIS is my great request O God Which here I do present That all the days I have to live May in thy House be spent There to contemplate and behold The Beauty of the Lord And in his Temple to enquire Into his holy Word 8 9. Whenas thou saidst My face seek ye Instructed by thy Grace My ready heart with Joy reply'd Lord I will seek thy face Hide not thy face from me in wrath Lord turn me not away My Sav'our thou hast been my help Be still my strength and stay 43.3 4. O send out Light and Truth divine To lead and bring me near Unto that holy Hill of thine And Tabernacles there Then to God's Altar I will go The Gladness of my Joy O God my God thy praise to show My Harp I will employ 119.32 And I will run with full consent The way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet encouragement Thou shalt my heart enlarge Hymn XXVIII Psal. 92.1 2 4. O What a pleasant work it is To praise the Lord above Morning and Ev'ning to proclaim His Faithfulness and Love Thy works O Lord with Joy divine My ravish'd heart affect And in the glory of thy Acts My Triumphs I 'll erect 5 6 7. O Lord how great are all thy works Thy thoughts are all profound The Foolish men mistake thy ways These Depths they cannot found When prosp'ring sinners flourish most And as the Grass do spring T is that they may upon themselves A swift destruction bring 12 13. But Saints like laden Palms shall thrive So flourish and come on Grow strong and tall like Cedar Trees In fruitful Lebanon Trees planted in the Holy Place Where God the Lord doth dwell Still water'd with the dews of Grace Shall thrive and prosper well 14 15. Yea ev'n when Nature's strength decays In Ages much fruit shall bring And in the Winter of their days Be fat and flourishing To shew that God's an upright God He is a Rock to me And there is no unrighteousness In him nor none can be Hymn XXIX Psal. 96.1 2. SIng ye with praise unto the Lord New Songs of Joy and Mirth Sing to the Lord with one accord All People of the Earth Sing to the Lord isthron'd on high Bless his adored Name The great Salvation he hath wrought From day to day proclaim 98.1 2. Renew your Songs to God and tell What wonders he hath done Let 's all admire the Victories His Holy Arm hath won His mercy which was kept before A secret and inclos'd Now to the clear and open view Of Heathen is expos'd 3 4 5 6. His promis'd Goodness and his Truth Was first to Israel shown But now the ends of th' Earth have seen His great Salvation Let all the Earth this Welcome news Applaud with loudest noise Joyn Musick to their Hymns of Praise To testifie their Joys 7 8 9. Let swelling Seas roar and excite The Joys of neighb'ring Lands Let echoing Hills the noise repeat And Rivers clap their hands Whole Nature well may feel a change When God's approach is nigh Who comes to judge and rule the World With Truth and Equity Hymn XXX Psal. 68.4 17. SIng unto God sing forth his pâ—â—ise Extol him with your Voice That rides on th' Heav'ns by JAll his Name In which we will rejoyce God's Char'ots twenty thousand are Always before his face Millions of Angels do attend As in the Holy Place 18. Thou hast ascended up on high And thou O Christ didst then Lead Captive our Captivity Receiving Gifts for Men Yea ev'n for Rebellious men Thou didst those Gifts receive That God the Lord might dwell with them And they Rebellion leave 24 28. For they have seen thy Pow'r O God They saw thy steps of Grace The goings of my God my King Within his Holy Place Thy God by his supreme command Hath strengthened thee thus Strengthen O God by thy good hand What thou hast wrought for us 34 35. Ascribe ye strength to our great God Whose excellency rare Is over Israel's Land display'd Whose strength the Clouds declare They that in Holy Places see Thy Glory are amaz'd The God of Israel gives us strength His Holy Name be prais'd Hymn XXXI Psal. 95.1 2 3 4. COme let us sing with joyful noise To our Salvation's Rock With Psalms of Praise and thankful Joys Into his presence flock A God a King of great command A King of Gods He is The Earth's great Deeps are in his hand The strength of Hills is his 5 6 7. Dry Land and Seas ev'n both of these His hands did form and frame O come adore with bended knees The Lord our Maker's Name For he 's our God and we
147.1 2 3. PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet Our God's due praise to sing For the employment is most sweet And Praise a comely thing The Lord builds up Jerusalem His out-casts he restores With comfort heals the broken hearts And bindeth up their sores 5 6 11. Unsearchable his Wisdom is His Pow'r admits no bound He raiseth up the humble Souls Treads sinners to the ground The Lord 's intire delight and joy Is ever in the Just In them that fear him faithfully And in his Mercy trust 12 13 14. O praise the Lord Jerusalem Thy God O Sion praise Who makes thy Bars and strength'neth them Wherewith thy Gates he stays Thy Children in thee he hath blest Makes in thy Borders peace He fills thee with the very best Of all the Field's increase 19 20. The sacred Dictates of his Lips He hath to Jacob shown His Statutes and his Judgments are To chosen Isr'el known He hath not dealt so favourably With any Land beside Nor have they known his Judgments so The Lord be magnifi'd Hymn XLV Psal. 148.1 2 3. SIng Hallelujah praise the Lord Ev'n from the Heavens high And from the heights his praise proclaim Above the starry Sky His Angels all his praise begin And all his Hosts of Might Praise him both Sun and Moon praise him O all ye Stars of Light 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Ye Heav'n of Heav'ns and Waters there Praise your Creator's Name For by his Great Decree you do Continue still the same Praise God from th' Earth ye Whales Deeps Fire Hail and stormy Wind Hill Trees and Cattle Worms and Fowl Each in your sev'ral kind 11 12 13. Kings of the Earth and People there Princes and Judges all Young Men and Maidens ev'ry where Old Men and Children small O let them praise the Lord's Great Name For that excels alone His Glory is above the frame Of Earth and Heav'ns high Throne 149.1 2 4 5. But above all let Isr'el's Saints Of their Redeemer sing And let the Sons of Sion Hill Be joyful in their King For God takes pleasure in his Saints Will crown the humble Heads Therefore let them triumph in him And sing upon their Beds 148.14 For he exalts his Isr'el's Horn And all his Saints doth raise A People near and dear to him O give the Lord his praise Hymn XLVI Psal. 47.6 7 9. SIng praise to God sing praise with joy Sing praises to our King For Christ is King of all the World All skilful praises sing With shouts of Joys He is gone up To His Imperial Throne Our Lord is with the Trumpets sound To Heav'n in Triumph gone 2.8 22.27 At his request is giv'n to him The priv'lege of his Birth For His the Heathen Lands shall be And utmost Parts on Earth The Kindreds of the Nations all Shall worship in his sight For he must govern great and small All Nations are his right 72.2 4 6 7 11. With Justice shall he judge the Poor Set the Oppressed free Like showrs of Rain to parched ground Shall his Dominion be The Just shall flourish in his days And all shall be at peace Until the very Moon decays And all her Motions cease Yea all the Kings and higher Pow'rs Shall kneel before his Throne All Nations and their Governours Shall serve this King alone 18 19. Praise ye the Lord of Hosts and sing To Israel's God each one For he doth every wond'rous thing Ev'n he himself alone And blessed be his glorious Name All times eternally Let th' Earth be filled with his fame Amen Amen say I. Hymn XLVII Psal. 89.1 19. TH' Eternal Mercies of the Lord My Song shall still express My Mouth to Ages shall record Thy Truth and Faithfulness For thou hast laid our Help upon A Prince of mighty Pow'r A chosen one thou hast advanc'd To be the Saviour 20 21 27 28 29. With sacred Oyl thou didst anoint David whom thou hadst found He 's girt with strength for saving-work His Head with Glory crown'd Mercies through him are kept for us And Promises are sure His Sacred Seed and Sov'reign Throne For ever shall endure 30 31 32 33 34. But if his Seed transgress the Laws And Statutes of their God Then wilt thou visit their offence With a correcting Rod. Yet with not quite withdraw thy Love Nor let thy Promise fade Thy Cov'nant thou wilt never break Nor change what thou hast said 35 52. Having confirm'd it by an Oath A Sacred Oath and High Thy Faithful Ones are well assur'd Thou wilt not caust not lye Blessed for ever be the Lord And blest be God agen And let the Church with one accord Resound Amen Amen Hymn XLVIII Psal. 110.1 2 3. JEhovah to my Lord thus spake Sit thou at my right hand Until I make thy baffled Foes Subject to thy command God shall from Sion send that Rod In which thy strength appears Thy People in that day of Pow'r Shall all be Voluntiers Mov'd with the Beauties of thy Church Young Converts then shall Come As num'rous as the Pearls of Dew That drop from Morning's womb 4 5 6 7. The Lord a solemn Oath hath sworn Which he will never break Thou art an everlasting Priest As was Melchizedek And being thus rais'd to his Throne Kings that his Reign oppose With all the adverse Heathen Pow'rs Shall perish as his Foes Because he shall vouchsafe to taste The Brook that 's in the way Thus shall the Lord lift up his head To triumph and bear sway Rev. 5.12 9 13. Therefore to thee O Lamb of God Riches and Pow'r belong Wisdom and Honour Glory Strength And ev'ry praising Song Thou as our Sacrifice was slain And by thy precious Blood From ev'ry Tongue and Nation hast Redeem'd us unto God Blessing and Honour Glory Pow'r From all in Earth and Heav'n To him that sits upon the Throne And to the Lamb be giv'n Hymns for some particular occasions proper to be sung after Meals Hymn XLIX Psal. 104.24 27 28. HOW many are thy Works O Lord In Wisdom all compos'd The Earth by thee is richly stor'd With Treasures there inclos'd On thee do all the Creatures wait And as Expectants stand To have their seasonable food From thy dispensing hand That which thou giv'st as thou seest best They gather for their food Thy liberal hand thou openest And they are fill'd with good 14 15. For Cattle thou mak'st Grass to spring And Herbs for Man's own use Convenient food for ev'ry thing Thou mak'st the Earth produce To glad Man's heart the fruitful Soil Brings forth the Grape for Wine Heart-strength'ning Bread and precious Oyl Which makes his face to shine 22.26 103.22 The Meek shall eat and be suffic'd And those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his Name Your hearts shall live for ever O bless the Lord ye Works of his Wherewith the World is stor'd Where-ever his Dominion is My Soul bless thou the Lord. Hymn L. For the same occasion Psal. 145.1 2 9.
THY Sacred Name I will advance My King and God of Love I 'll bless thee now 't will be my work Eternally above The Lord is very good to all As we do daily find For all his works in ev'ry place Taste of his Mercies kind 10 15 16. Therefore from all thy works thou dost Tributes of praise receive But Saints much more with thankful hearts Their Adorations give All Creatures do expect from thee Supplies of daily food Thine open-handed bounty fills All their desires with good 111.5 37.19 Chiefly to them that fear his Name He giveth meat good store Because he will be mindful of His Cov'nant evermore They shall not blush in evil times Nor hang their drooping head When Famine reigns they shall not want But be suffic'd with Bread 145.21.1 My thankful Mouth shall be employ'd God's praises to proclaim Let all the World adore his Pow'r And ever bless his Name Hymn LI. Proper to be sung at Family-Catechizing Psal. 34.11 12 13 14.2 Cor. 13.11 COme Children with a willing heart Unto my words give ear I will instruct you what it is Th' Eternal God to fear Who is the Man that would live long And lead a blessed Life See thou restrain thy hasty Tongue From all deceit and strife Depart from evil and do good Seek peace and peace pursue Be of one mind and dwell in Love And God shall dwell with you Psal. 2.11 119.9 See that ye do your selves employ In God's true Service here Mix trembling always with your joy And worship him in fear For how shall Young men cleanse their way To walk before the Lord Surely by taking heed thereto According to his Word The second Part. Psal. 90.16 102.28 Thy great and blessed work O God Unto thy Servants show And let their tender Children too Thy Grace and Glory know So shall thy joyful Servants Race In happy state remain And the blest Issue of their Loins Thy Favour shall sustain 22.30 31. And thus a Seed shall serve the Lord Accounted and foreknown A Generation of the Lord's Which he himself doth own They shall arise with Joy to tell His Righteousness to those Who shall be born when we are gone That God did thus dispose 89.29 And so shall David's spiritual Seed Be made to last always And his Establish'd Throne abide As Heav'ns Eternal days Hymn LII Proper to be sung when a Child is born into the Family Psal. 128.1 2 3. BLest is the Man who fears the Lord And therefore him obeys That keeps his feet within the Paths Of his prescribed ways Thou shalt with pleasure eat the sweet Of what thy pains have got Prosperity shall gild thy days And crown thy happy Lot Thy Wife shall like the spreading Vines With choicest fruit abound Thy Children like green Olive Plants Adorn thy Table round 127.3 4 5. For Children are an Heritage Which from the Lord doth come And his Reward by Marriage Is ev'ry fruitful Womb. As Arrows fitted to the Bow Are in a strong Man's hand So Children of the growing youth Their Parents Glory stand That Man enjoys a happy state Whose Quiver's thus supply'd He needs not fear when'ere his Cause Shall in the Gate be try'd 107.41 113.9 Thus God the Poor doth set on high And from all harm doth keep And multiplies his Family Like to a Flock of Sheep The solitary Wife he makes A House-keeper well-stor'd With Joy to breed her faithful Seed Wherefore praise ye the Lord. Hymn LIII Proper to be sung when Death is in the Family or in the Family of any Neighbour or Relation Psal. 102.11 103.16 THE days wherein my Life doth pass Are like the Ev'ning shade And I am like the with'ring Grass Which suddenly doth fade For it is gone and quickly too When some bleak Wind goes o're And then the place whereon it grew Shall never know it more 39.4 5 6. Lord make me understand my End And Days uncertain Date That I may clearly apprehend The frailty of my State Behold thou hast my days reduc'd Unto a narrow span Mine Age to thine as nothing is Vain at the best is Man The Worldling walks in a vain show Vexeth and toils in vain He heaps up Wealth but doth not know To whom it will remain The second Part. 7 8. And now O Lord what wait I for What are these Hopes at best My Hopes in thee Lord only are On thee my Soul doth rest Break thou these Cords of Sin and Guilt Wherewith my Soul is ty'd Let me not be the scorn of Fools That Piety deride 9 11. When thou my comforts didst remove I spake not but was dumb Because I knew my suff'rings Lord From thy good hand did come When thou for sin dost Man correct His Beauties fade and dye Like Garments fretted by the Moth Sure all are vanity 12 13. My mournful state O Lord regard And to my Cry give Ear I am a stranger here on Earth As all my Fathers were O spare me Lord and give me space My strength and peace restore Before I go away from hence And shall be seen no more Hymn LIV. For the like occasion Psal. 90.1 2 3 4. LORD thou hast been in Changes past Our Refuge and Abode From Age to Age beyond all Time Thou art Eternal God When thou recallest Man to dust He can no longer stay A thousand years are in thy sight Past off as yesterday 5 9. Swept with a hasty torrent hence Like a vain dream we pass Spring up and grow and wither soon As doth the short-liv'd Grass For in thy wrath our sinful days To a swift Period tend Our years by us unheeded like An idle Story end 10 12 14. Our Age to seventy years is set Or if we do arrive To fourscore years it 's all but grief We rather dye than live Lord teach us this Religious Art Of numbring out our days That so we may apply our heart To sacred Wisdom's ways O fill us early with thy Grace That so we may rejoyce And all our days to the last breath Triumph in heart and voice Hymn LV. Petition for the Church of God and for the Nation Psal. 74.12 44.4 7.9 LORD thou art Isr'el's King of old That hast Salvation brought Command thou that Deliv'rance now For. Jacob may be wrought Let Sinners sin come to an end But stablish stedfastly The righteous men O righteous God That Heart and Reins dost try 85.9 80.3 Let thy Salvation be at hand To those that do thee fear That Glory may adorn our Land And be a Dweller there Turn us O God to thee again For we too long have swerv'd Cause thou thy face on us to shine And we shall be preserv'd 126.4 5 6. Thy Captiv'd Churches Lord restore As Streams in Southern parts For they that sow in tears are sure To reap with joyful hearts He that his precious Seed bears out And tears behind him leaves Shall come again with joy no doubt And with him bring his sheaves 14.6 O that the sweet