full assurance of Faith having our consciences sprinkled with clean water and our souls purged and rinsed in the blood of the Lamb that we may be as Vessels fitted for the Masters use O that we could but seriously think of that abundant Love wherewith the Lord Jesus loved us in that he took upon himself our Nature and to leave the bosom of his Father for the redeeming of our lost souls and yet we cannot leave our bosom sins our darling delights which have put him to those grievous Pains and Sufferings O when shall it Once be that the Love of Christ might constrain us and bring us into an holy Admiration of liking and loving and delighting in him O that we had but hearts to remember those Passion-crys our dear Saviour uttered on the Cross saying My God my God why hast thou forsaken me that so we might forsake our daily sins that made him thus cry out And dear Father do thou enable us to clear up our Evidences for another world for this is transitory and passing away O let us think often of that great Account we must One Day make before the Just Judg of all the Eaoth O let it make us weep when our Hourglass is standing by us to see how â—ast one sand followeth each other And who knoweth whether this day may not be the Sun-set of our Lives But O and alas who would defer to be upon his 〈◊〉 that knows not how soon he may be called â—o judgment Why should we be such enemies to our own souls as not to be prepared to welcome Death The best Counsel and the surest and safest care we can take is to be still in a readiness with our Lamps trim'd that we may be Furnished with those Graces and fitted and prepared to enter into those Joys with the Bridegroom at his coming and seriously to think with our selves that every day we rise to be the day of our death and every night we go to our beds that we are laid down in our Graves Who can Forget his Grave that lays himself down in his Bed And who would not so provide for himself as every night to think he went to his Grave Our days are but Few and the night will come e're long that we must die indeed howsoever we peice and patch up this poor Cottage of the flesh it will at the last fall into the Lords hand and as time leaves us so will Judgment and Eternity certainly find us It was Davids saying and oh that it might be our practice every night to wash our Beds and to water our Couches with our Tears O let us not slip over one night without repentance nor go to our beds but beat upon our breasts and say with the Publican from our very hearts Lord be merciful unto me a sinner How sweet a rest will that night bring forth whose sleep is prevented with the consideration of sin O therefore do thou help us and teach and instruct us to order our Conversation aright that so we may see the salvation of our God O do thou keep up in our memories a serious remembrance of those storms that have already gone over our heads as Wars Sores Sicknesses Plagues and Burnings as we have seen with our Eyes and many seasons unseasonable because we could find no season to repent and weep and mourn for our sins and for that precious time we have so often mispent Our Springs have rather been our Graves than our Cradles our Summers have not shoot up but withered our Grass our Autumns have took away our flocks of sheep and for our late Harvests the Heavens themselves have not ceased weeping for us that could never yet find time to weep for our selves O the miserable miseries that have fallen upon us were not our houses infected and our City depopulated and many Graves made a bed wheâ—ein to lodge a whole Family O and alas what a hideous noise was heard about us In every Church Bells tolling in every Ward some dying in every street men watching in every place even every where wringing of hands wailing and weeping groaning and dying These are the evils that have been and how should we forget them that have seen them with our eyes And what better Rule have we to square our Lives by than the remembrance of those evils our Lives have suffered Let us look back with good Old Jacoh and see the great reason we have to redeem the time past and that to come because our days are evil It is meer presumption to boast of the time to come Can any man say he will live till to morrow Look back you that trust in the staff of Egypt there is no man can assure you of one day as near as 't is to night some of us may be dead before the evening and stiff with cold more fit to lodg in our graves under Earth than in our beds above it Nay let us assure our selves our Life is of no long continuance What speak we of to morrow or this day when we are not sure of the least part of times division a very hour nay less Watch therefore saith our Saviour for ye neither know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come What is our Life but a Few hours and in one of them death must on necessity come For 't is appointed for all men once to die and after that the Judgment O let us watch then for the hour is at hand and we do not know how soon it will seize upon us this very hour the breath we draw may be our infection this very hour the bread we eat may be our poyson this very hour the cup we drink of may be that bitter cup that may never pass from us this very night may our souls be required of us But thou O Lord give us a gracious visitation that we may highly prize this moment of time with most serious watchfulness O let those Considerations of Death and Judgment work effectually on our Hearts and Consciences that they might make our very hearts to bleed within us nay to break and fall asunder in our breasts like drops of water O with what enflamed attention should we hear and pray with what insatiable graspings should we lay hold on the Lord Jesus Christ O that streams of tears might run down our cheeks for this precious time we have lost a day will come we know not how soon that we shall be past it and cannot recover it no not so much as one hour if we could give a thousand nay ten thousand worlds for it But O the Losses of Losses the Loss of our immortal souls the Spouse of our well-beloved Christ How many tears did he shed to save it what groans crys prayers and his dearest Hearts Blood did he pour out before God to redeem our poor souls from the Jaws of Satan O sweet Jesuâ— what a Loss is this call to mind this O my soul and tremble
hâ—â— chastised us and we were chastised turn thâ— us and we shall be turned thou art the Loâ—â— our God O! that remembring our ways arâ— all our doings wherein we have been defileâ— we could loath our selves in our own sighâ— for our iniquities and for our abominations O! give us saving knowledg give us tâ—â— spirit of Truth who will guide us into â— truth incline our Ears to wisdom and oâ— Hearts to understanding that we may cry aâ—ter knowledg and lift up our Voice for uâ—derstanding that we may understand the feâ—â— of the Lord and find the knowledg of oâ— God that we may be able to cry unto thee â— our God we know thee hast thou not promâ—ed saying I will put my law into their Hearâ— and write it in their inward parts and I wâ— be their God and they shall be my Peopâ—â— O! that thou would'st give us this Knowledâ— that thou would'st fill our Hearts with tâ—â— knowledg as the Waters cover the Sea â— give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelatiâ—â— in the Knowledg of Christ that the Eyes â— our Understandings being inlightned we mâ— know what is the hope of his Calling aâ—â— what is the riches of the Glory of his Inherâ—tance in the Saints Dear FAther is not thâ— secret with the Righteous is not the secret the Lord Revealed to them that fear him â— give us a love of God and of Christ and all things that belong to him Thou hast said I will Circumcise their Hearts and the Hearts of our seed to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts and with all our Souls that we may live and not die Oh set us on fire burn us make us new and Transform us that nothing besides thee may live in us O! wound very deeply our Hearts with the Dart of thy Love and that because of our sins which are many are forgiven us we may love thee not a little but much Oh! that we were sick of Love that our understandings will and affections were all overcome and amazed and that our faintings were enflamed towards thee and even â—melted into thee O sweet Jesu touch our Souls with thy Spirit that Vertue may come out of thee into us draw us unto thy self Oh let the savors of thy Oyntments whose very Breath is love be ever in our Nostrils O give us the Flagons of the New Wine of thy Kingdom which may lift up our Souls above our selves in our Loves that we may forget the low and base Loves of this World and by an Heavenly access may be Transported into an Heavenly Love and Embrace Jesus Christ who is the Lord from Heaven with a love like himself Oh! let us desire Union with thee and help us to bring forth fruit unto thee O give us the fruit of the Spirit that may resemble thee and be pledges to us of thy Union with us O burn and consume whatsoever would grow one with our Souls besides thee O let the fire of thy Spirit so turn our Souls into a Spiritual Fire that the dross of the Flesh and the World being wholly consumed we may be Spirituaâ— and so bring forth Fruits only to the Spirit O sweet Saviour look upon us in mercy orâ— look of thine will awaken our loves and makâ— us to weep bitterly that we loved thee so little whom to love sufficiently our best and mightâ—est Loves are most insufficient Prevent ouâ— seeking with thy seeking be thou present witâ— us in thy Providence and Power when thoâ— seemest to be far off us in the tast of thy sweetness and fruition of thy Loves and then wheâ— we have regained thy Love we will hold morâ— hardly and keep more Fastly and love thee morâ— vehemently and provide a Stock of Loves in thâ— Summer against the Winter if it return any more O help us to love one another as Christ hath loved us and make Our Love to abound more more towards all men especially to them that arâ— of the houshold of Faith And good Lord cause us to love our Enemies to bless them that curse us and to pray for them that despightfully use us and persecute us O give us a zeal after God and his Truth good Causes and good men O let us not rest concented with a lukewarm Profession being neither cold nor hot but make Our Souls to break for the Longings they have for thy Judgments at all times O that we were Fervent in the Spirit zealous always in every good thing O that the zeal of thy house might even eat us up And that Our zeal might provoke Others unto thee O that thy Word were in Our Hearts like a burning fire that we were weary with forbearing and that we could not stay O give us the Grace of Patience Thou hast told us in the world we shall have Tribulation and thro' much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God O make us to run with patience the Race that is ses before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despised the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God O help us to consider him that endured such contradictions of sinners against himself lest we be wearied and Faint in Our Minds Let us not think it strange concerning the fiery Trial but rather rejoiâ—e in as much as we are made parâ—akers of Christs Sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy O teach us to reckon with our selves that the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared to that glory which shall be revealed in us Hast thou not said that if we be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are we O therefore that it may be given to us in the behalf of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for his sake O help us to deny our selves and to take up our Cross daily and follow our Saviour Give us perseverance and to this end make us to build on thy promises Thou hast said that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord tho he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his right hand Thou hast said to your Old Age I am he and even to hoary hairs will I carry you and I will deliver you for this God is our God for ever and he will be our Guide even unto death O give us One Way and One Heart that we may Fear thee for ever And make thou an evetlasting covenant with us That thâ—n wilt not turn away from us to do us good O put thy Fear into our hearts that we may not depart from thee And dear Lord help us to hold fast the profession of our Faith without wavering confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless unto the coming and day of our Lord Jesus Christ And dear Father
ease our pains That so our Hearts and Souls in thee May ever more rejoice In singing praises to thy name With a delightful Voice Hymn 12. WHen as the Lord his People doth Bring back from Thraldom sad Then Jacob shall rejoyce and sing And Israel shall be glad The Lord is merciful and kind And gracious also In mercy plentious and free But in his anger slow Thy anger Lord's but a moment And for a nights weeping In thy favour is Life and Peace And Joy in the morning O shew to me the Path of Life Thy Treasure and thy Store At thy right hand fulness of Joy And pleasure ever more Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days For I shall dwell within thy House And ever give thee praise Hymn 13. O Lord how long wilt thou Thy presence from me hide Let not thy wrath for ever bâ—rn And I therein betide Remember Lord how short My days are to remain O keep me close unto thy self And not be made in vain What man is he that lives But once he must see Death My Soul deliver from the Grave When I give up my Breath Hymn 14. O Sing unto the Lord ye Saints Give praise unto his Name Remembring of his Holiness And thank him for the same O That the Lord would be to us As dew unto Zion Then shall we grow like to those Flocks That feed on Mount Hermon Rejoycing still in God our strength And trusting in his aid In his goud time he will provide We need not be afraid For in his everlasting Arms We shall be safe and sure The Covenant which he hath made For ever doth endure In faithfulness to them that do On him truly depend He will preserve us to the last In happiness to end Our days which through a vale of Tears Are spent as we may say At last shall reap most plentiful An Harvest Crown'd with Joy Hymn 15. UPon thy precious promises Lord help us to rely Depending on thy Word for thou Wilt us nothing deny When we sincerely on thee wait According to thy will O then make good thy Word to us And our desires fulfil For the sake of our Saviour dear Bring us more close to thee That so we may enjoy thy love And thy salvation see Within thy New Jerusalem Art sat in splendor bright Triumphing on thy Glorious Throne In Majesty and Might Where thy Redeemed ones shall sing Hallelujahs to thee Who are the purchase of thy Blood And with the same made free Of the great City where our God For evermore doth Reign Rejoicing with his Saints that were In Tribulation slain Where we before the Throne of God Shall serve him Day and Night Where we with Joy shall ever dwell Within his Temple bright Hymn 16. O Lord make us to understand The shortness of our Days And walk according to thy Word Upright in all thy ways For who doth know how soon he may Unto Account be brought For all the Deeds done in the flesh Which we our selves have wrought For every day before our eyes Such Objects Fresh appear Which shew to us most certainly We shall not long stay here O help us now for to prepare For that approaching hour Trusting in Christ that he alone Will Raise us by his Power With him to live and Reign in Joy Hallelujahs to sing Triumphing in his Victories Which doth salvation bring Unto all those that sincerely For his Redemption pray And patiently lay down our Lives Because he led the way Through Death to happiness and bliss The true Felicity Which is prepar'd in Heaven above To all Eternity Hymn 17. GReat Joy have they who on the Lord Do trust for their Defence Always depending on his Love With humble confidence He faithful is and will preserve All those that truly seek For to behold his Face with Joy Unfeignedly and meek He will make glad their souls when they Sincerely on him stay And Keep them close unto himself That they'â—go not astray Hymn 18. O God for thy Name sake Let me thy mercy find Into thy Favour take my soul For I am poor and blind My Soul is wounded sore My heart is weak and faint O Lord support me by thy Grace Now I do make complaint Help me O Lord my God O save me I desire That I may Know it is thy Hand And evermore admire Thy loving Kindness Lord Help me for to express And never to forget thy Love Thy Mercy and Goodness Which thou to me hast shown From time to time so free Continue still thy mercies Lord And bring me close to thee O help me to depend In faith upon thy grace That when this mortal Life shall end I may enjoy thy Face In Glory which thou hast Prepar'd for me above Which is the purchase of the Blood Of my dear Saviour's love Which on the Cross was shed By my dear Saviour Kind To purge away my sins that I May sure Redemption find Hymn 19. O Thou Eternal God of Life Prepare us for our End O help us on our Saviour dear Sincerely to depend O let our Meditations Lord Be fixed on that Day Trusting on Christ that he alone Will be our strength and stay So that approaching Death may not Our drooping Souls annoy When our Redemption draweth nigh Lift up our Heads with Joy For to behold our dearest Lord. In Glory to appear To take unto himself his Saints Who are his purchase dear So that with zealous Paul we may In holy Triumph sing O Grave where is thy Victory O Death where is thy sting But thanks be to our God who hath Given us this Victory Through Jesus Christ our Lord and saves Our Souls from misery Therefore beloved Brethren In stedfastness remain Knoâ—ing your labour in the Lord Shall never be in vain Hymn 20. LOrd Keep me in thy ways That thou wouldst have me walk That so I may rejoice therein And of thy Goodness talk Direct me in thy Truth O God be thou my Guide O Keep my Heart upright to thee So that I never slide Then I shall sing thy praise Most chearfully and say That thou O God art my delight My only hope and stay On thee I 'll ever Trust As on a Rock most sure Thy Faithfulness remaineth still And ever shall endure O happy sure are they Who on his Grace relie For he will save us to the last And Crown us when we die With Everlastiug Joy Within his heavenly place Where we fot ever shall behold The Glory of his Face Hymn 22. O Lord for thy pardon I beg Unto thee I appeal Forgive my Transgressions O God And my backslidings heal Through thy abundant Grace O Lord Let me find fresh supply For to support my fainting soul Which languishing doth lie O God let thy Almighty Power My wicked thoughts subdue O let thy holy spirit Lord My inward man renew O teach me to obey thy Voice And guide me in thy ways For by thy strength my life 's
sleep not in sin lest the sleep of death surprize thee the hour is certain in nothing but uncertainties For sure thou must die yet thou knowest not on what day nor in what place nor how thou shalt be disposed when death must be entertained O Lord how many thousand Bills of Mortality have passed over our heads and we little or nothing regard them who knows but some of us may fill up the next weeks account and be forc'd to render up our accounts before the Just Judg of all the Earth of all our deeds done in the flesh whether they be good or evil He that once thought to begin to take his ease was fain that very night whether he would or no to make his end would you have thought this He but now flourished like a green bay tree his thoughts full of mirth his soul of ease but I passed by and lo he was goue Gone whither his body to the grave his soul to hell whose turn may be next God only knows who knoweth all But whosoever we be that go on in a course of sin in the name of God let us seriously bethink our selves of Mortality how many have we heard of that went well to bed over night for ought any man could tell and yet have been found dead the next moâ—ning O help us to repent of all our sins by crying and sighing and sorrowing for sin It may be this night and that is not long to come but we may sleep our last in this world O keep us that we go not to bed with a conscience laden with sin O how should we take any rest or sleep with the brother of death when we lie down in danger of eternal death O there is no more but a breath one breath and no more no more but a step one step and no more Oh were not this lamentable that some One of us who are standing or sitting here should this night sleep his last and to morrow have his body carried to his Grave yea and before to morrow morning which the good Lord in mercy forbid have his soul cast from a bed of Feathers into a bed of Fire And yet alas alas if any of us should die this night in our sins or in an unregenerated state thus will it be with whomsoever we be To morrow may our bodies be cold under earth and our souls frying in the flames of hell 'T is good for us all to expect death every day and by this means death foreseen cannot possibly be sudden No 't is he dies suddenly that dies unpreparedly Watch therefore saith our Saviour be ever in a readiness and as we tender the everlasting wellfare of our poor souls let us learn that Lesson of our blessed Saviour not to lay up for our selves treasures on earth where Moth and Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal but lay up for our selves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where Thieves do not break thro' and steal it is those treasures those stocks of grace that will last us for ever which is a circumspect walking that Fervency of spirit that Zeal of good works that purity of conscience St. John speaketh of which is the property of every true hearted profeâ—sor It is the work the life the power of that prayer that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy O that we could lay up such heavenly provision against the day of caamity if while it is called to day we could make our peace with our peace with our heavenly Father by an humble exercise of repentance If in this time of grace we could purchase Gods Favour and those rarest Jewels of Faith and a good conscience if now before we come to appear at that dreadful Tribunal that we could be so happy as to make God and Christ our Friends in the Court of Heaven O how wellcom and how blessed then would our death be unto us come it never so suddenly still should death find us ready and if ready no matter how suddenly yea tho it were this night Oh help us seriously to consider what Jesus Christ did and suffered for us and for our sins O how was he sorrowful even unto death with exceeding sorrow which made him pray that the cup might pass from him yet with submission to his Fathers will and all to save our poor lost and undone souls O the riches and love and the free grace of Jesus Christ to us Oh the earnestness of his prayers and the agony he was in not drops of water only but his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground O how was he buffeted spit on reviled mocked and scourged sor our sins Oh how was the chastisement of our sins laid upon him and by his stripes are we healed And dear Father do thou be graciously pleased to keep up in us an humble remembrance of this abundant love wherewith the Lord Jesus Christ hath bound us he was crowned with Thorns for our sins that we through his merits might be crown'd with glory in the Kingdom of Heaven O unspeakable love how were his tender hands and feet nailed to the Cross his holy unspotted breast peirced with a spear and his dearest hearts blood let forth and all to save our poor souls from the pit of eternal destruction O let us consider the great necessity we are in in not looking unto this Jesus we have need of Christ we have need that he pray in us and need that he pray for us unto our heavenly Father we have need that he work in us and need that he work for us of his plessed will and pleasure We have need that he present us and ours blameless before his Fathers presence in life and death and at the Judgment day O Lord there is not a moment in our lives wherein we stand not in continual need of Jesus Christ O then let our necessities drive us to Christ and mind us of Christ And as it hath been our great misery in departing from God dear Father we beseech thee to cause us now to lay out all our strength by the blessed assistance of thy holy spirit of grace to the uttermost of our power to gain a reconciliation with God to close with him on his own terms propounded to us in the Gospel And dear Father be pleased to raise up in us a love and a delight in the keeping holy thy Sabbaths here on earth that so we may be fitted and prepared to keep an ever lasting Sabbath with thee in Heaven Dear Lord pardon cleanse purge O purifie and make new our inward man by thine Almighty power subdue our corruptions and renew our Natures and bring us near unto thy self by the gracious workings of thy blessed spirit O forget not thy loving kindnesses of old but reach O reach our souls by the blessed spirit of thy grace O let us feel the power of thy
thee And â—â—ll of all thy wondrous works Which thou hast done for me Hymn 30. O Lord I am upon the brink Of an Eâ—dless Eternity Fnâ— it cannot be lonâ—â—â—efore I must lay down my head and die O Lord fit me for that great change That hasteth on wherein I must Resign my murmuring breath and be Turned into Rottenness and Dust But in the Lord I put my trust And in all humble subjection Depending on thy mighty power For a joyful Resurrection At that great Day when thou wilt sit In triumph on thy holy Hill Where we in Everlasting Joy With thine Elect shall drink our fill Of that New Wine in thy Kingdom VVhere we in Peace and Joy shall sing Eternal Hymns of Thanks and Praise To our Redeemer Lord and King Hymn 31. CHear up my soul in this dark night VVhich seems to me so long My God will cause his Ear to hear If I can find a Tongue Sincerely upon him to call VVhen I am in distress O then make bare thy Arm to save And give a free Release To my poor Soul which bound doth lie A Prisoner fast in Chains Dear Lord set free my captive Soul And ease me of my pains By thy dear Blood give my poor soul Refreshing hopes in thee Then chear fully shall I rejoice Thy Redemption to see O Lord help me to strive till death Support my feeble strife That at the last I may obtain From thee a Crown of Life Within thy New Jernsalem Where I shall gladly sing Eternal Praises to my God Which doth salvation bring Hymn 32. O Lord unfeignedly I beg Supporting Grace from thee O let me not be overcome By wicked Thoughts in me Into subjection bring my will Humbly for to admire That boundless Love of thine to me I nothing more desire O that I could sincerely prize Thot bleeding Breast of thine Which pierced was for to redeem This sinful soul of mine Well may my empty Soul bewail The greatness of my loss When I cannot in Faith behold My Saviour on the Cross Bleeding out his hearts Blood for me Upon that cursed Tree With Arms stretcht out and Feet fast nail'd Poor captive Souls to free O that I could by Faith embrace And fast about him cling Then chearfully shall I rejoice And Hallelujahs sing Hymn 33. DEar Lord in mercy help This wretched Soul of mine Make bare thy Arm and send Relief By thy Spirit Divine Consider my Distress How poor and low am I Refresh me with thy saving grace For on thee I relie 'T is pardon Lord I beg For that I only crave With free Redemption by thy Blood My guilty Soul to save O cleanse me from my sins Then I will spend my days In setting forth thy boundless Love And celebrate thy Praise With thankful Lips will I My Praises offer thee Still thirsting for the living God His salvation to see Bring me to that Fountoin And Spring of Life so clear Where streams of mercy over-flow From my sweet Saviour dear There shall my fainting Soul For evermore be blest Sweetly Reposing in thy Arms In everlasting Rest Psalm 51. O God have mercy upon me According to thy Love O blot out my Transgressions And let thy Kindness move Through tender mercies to my Soul O cleanse me from my sin O wash me thoroughly O Lord From all my stains within My Transgressions which are so great I acknowledg to thee O Lord be pleas'd in mercy kind To set thy Servant free Against thee only have I sinned In presence of thy sight I am condemned thou justified Because thou Judgest Right Behold I shapen was in sin And in iniquity Was I conceived and so brought forth To death and misery But thou desirest Truth O Lord Within the inward part Help me to keep true Wisdom there Tho in a broken Heart Purge me with Hysop then O Lord I shall be clean I know Wash my poor soul and I shall be More whiter than the Snow Lord make me to hear with Joy And Gladness that my Bones Which thou hast broken may rejoice With Penitential Groans O hide thy Face from all my Sins Iniquities blot out Create in me a heart O God That may be clean throughout Cast me not from thy Sence But let thy Spirit free Restore to me thy Salvation That I may joyful be Let thy holy Spirit Lord From day to day renew My inward Man that I may know Thy Precepts which are true Then I will teach Sinners thy ways And bring Converts to thee Transgressors shall walk in thy Paths In perfect Liberty O Lord God of my Salvation From bloody Guiltiness Deliver me my Tongue shall sing Aloud thy Righteousness O Lord do thou open my Lips And I will fing thy Praise My Mouth shall never cease to tell Of thy Goodness alwavs No Sacrifice dost thou desire Else would I give it thee Burnt-offerings thou delight'st not in But true Sincerity O God thy Sacrifices are A contrife Heart for Sin Which thou wilt not despise O Lord But takest delight therein O Lord in thy good Pleasure do Unto thy Sion good Build thou the Walls again O God Where thy Jerusalem stood With righteous Sacrifices Lord Thou wilt be pleased alway When we our offerings sincerely Unto thy Altar pay December 25. 1694. This is a joyful day indeed Which God himself hath wrought Our Admiration let it raise What he to pass hath brought O let us give Glory to God Who gave to us his Son For to redeem our Captive Souls When utterly undone A Gift so high beyond compare None but a God could give In offering up his only Son That our poor Souls might live O let us with the Heavenly Host To God our Prayers sing For sending us a Saviour dear Which doth Salvation bring For unto us a Child is born A Counsellour most Wise A Prince of Peace who will defend Us from our Enemies So that ovr Souls shall never want Who trust on his Mercy For he will guide us to those Springs Which run continually O bring us that Fountain pure And bathe our Souls therein Take off our Leprosie oh Lord And cleanse us from from our Sin That so unspottedly we may Before thy Presence stand And hear that joyful Sentence given To them on thy right Hand Grace before Meat GRacious Lord God Thou art the Fountain of Grace and Goodness that 's ever flowing and ever full thou providest for us in this Life and for a better Thou hast spread our Table before us at this Time We humbly Pray thee let it not become a Snare unto us but let us eat and drink as in thy Presence and let those Mercies we are now about to receive from thee engage our Hearts to love thee more and serve thee better And this we beg for Christ Jesus Sake Amen After Meat GRacious Lord God it is of thy great Mercy we are not consumed because thy Compassions fail not Thou hast fed our Bodies with thy Good Creatures at this time we humbly pray Thee do thou take Care for the feeding of our poor Souls and let us take heed now we have Eaten and are full lest we forget thee our God continue thy Favours to us make us glad with thy Inheritance and visit us with thy Salvation and all for the Sake of dear our Saviour and Redeemer Amen FINIS WAit and expect but fear not Death And always have a due regard Unto that promised recompence That brings with it a sure reward When as my face grows pale and wan And feeble knees together smite When loins are pain'd and heart doth melt And eyes begin to loose their sight O my dear God I humbly beg From thee alone supporting Grace Whereby I may enabled be To look grim death into the Face When fainting sweat bedews my Face And whispering thoughts come in my Head When breath grows short and speech doth fail And friends stand weeping round my bed Then my dear Lord I humbly pray From thee alone assisting Grace Whereby I may with courage strong Look Ghastly Death into the Face Assuredly believing that My Saviour dear will set me free Then Chearfully shall I rejoyce In singing praises unto thee Upon the Languishing Decay Of my dear friend Nicholas Day With serions thoughts I made this hymn September twenty one G. 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