thou didst become Thou willing wast to die And meekly as a Lamb is dumb Thou took'st it patiently The Second Part. 1 No Lamb so innocent as thou Nor none so lovely are And in a bosom thou didst lye With whom none can compare 2 The best of all the flock above The chief of all below Behold him then and fall in love Ye would if you did know 3 The worth of him and the great need You have of precious food By Faith you must on this Lamb feed And also drink his blood 4 Or else you shall be sure to die His Flesh is meat indeed So is his Blood O will you try There 's nothing more you need 5 Ye who do eat his Flesh shall live And never shall ye die His Flesh and Blood to you does give Take it then thankfully 6 And sing unto the holy Lamb Sing Praises now therefore O praise him that he hither came Sing Praises evermore HYMN 36. Christ the Branch Zech. 3.8 I will bring forth my Servant the Branch Zech. 6.12 He shall grow out of his place and shall build the Temple of the Lord. Zech. 6.13 Even he shall build the Temple of the Lord and he shall bear the glory and shall be Priest on the Throne c. 1 A Root as God as Man also A Branch here called art Which does thy humane nature show To whom God did impart 2 All fulness of the Deity It in this Branch appears Most precious Fruit we do espy This Branch for ever bears 3 The Branch is of the self same kind With the Root of the Tree The self-same nature we do find That Abraham's Children be Of thou didst take that so thereby We might assurance have That every way thou fitted art Our precious souls to save 5 A Branch partakes too of the Sap Which in the Root does lye So in the Virgins Womb was fed Thy blest Humanity 6 I' th Branch or Branches of the Tree Its glory does shine forth So 't is in thee that David's Race Its greatest glory hath The Second Part. 1 Let Hereticks who do deny Christ of the Virgin took His spotless pure humanity Ashamed ever look 2 And let us all stand in amaze Whilst we behold and see How God our humane nature has Made one with th' Deity 3 Now let us sing unto the Man Called the Branch for he Shall grow and flourish in such sort That never did a Tree 4 For he upon the Throne does sit And all the glory bear And also shall God's Temple build And make its beauty rare HYMN 37. Christ a glorious Prophet Act. 3.22 A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you 1 A King a Priest and Prophet too Thou art O Lord indeed As Mediator art also We such a one did need 2 Thou art God's mouth to people all God hath in these last days Spoken to us 't is thou dost call And speak too many ways 3 A Prophet speaks not of himself But as inspired So God gave thee the Commandment As we have often read 4 What thou shouldst speak and what make known From thee he nothing hid By thee to us all things are shown Which God commanded did 5 The Prophets did thy Kings anoint So such likewise receive From thee the holy Unction do Who truly do believe 6 Prophets were to teach Gods good Word In all uprightness too So thou dost teach us all O Lord Yea all things we should do 7 Yea what and how we should believe And how depend on thee And how to walk who Truth receive That saved we may be The Second Part. 1 The Prophets shewed things to come And so hast thou likewise Not only in the World that 's now But when the Dead shall rise 2 How it shall go with thy Saints here Thou didst to them make known And how in glory they 'll appear When Sinners are o'rethrown 3 And he who doth not unto thee In every thing adhere And do whatever thou dost say Thy angry frowns must bear 4 O hearken to this Prophet then In whate're he does say Fear lest you be all undone Men In the last dismal day 5 And ye who be the Saints of God Keep to his Word be sure Then may you sing for you shall be Happy happy for ever HYMN 38. Christ a Garment of Sanctification Rom. 14. ult Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ make no provision for the flesh c. 1 WE naked once were all O Lord And loathsom were to see Our shame was seen and vile within Till cloathed were by thee 2 'T is true Lord once in ancient time We gloriously were clad Our beauty was then in its prime Not long we so abode 3 But we were Lord beset with Thieves Who tore our Robes away And in our blood and nakedness We a long season lay 4 But thou in mercy didst pass by And with us fell in love Though nothing in us could'st espy Affections great to move 5 Our souls thou didst in the first place Most graciously wash clean And then didst cloath us with thy grace Ne're braver Robes were seen 6 These Garments first by thee were bought They cost thee very dear And by thy Spirit they are wrought Most curiously and rare The Second Part. 1 No Needle-work was e're so fine Bespangled with Gold As is ihe Robe of Righteousness To all who it behold 2 Thus is thy grace compared Lord With which thou dost adorn The Souls of thy most blessed Saints VVhose Garments once were torn 3 And nothing had to cover them But filthy Rags so vile That thou our Image didst contemn Since we thy own did spoil 4 Thus by our Garments we are known And those who han't them on Thou wilt O Lord never such own But bid them to be gone 5 'T is thou hast made the difference VVe were ill cloath'd as others But these have not the preference None like our Elder Brother's 6 Ay that is rich O Lord indeed Without least spot or stain 'T is that keeps off all fiery darts And clean it will remain 6 But these much comfort to us bring And keep us also warm We need not fear no pricking thing Cold can't do us much harm The Third Part. 1 They ever do their fashion hold Most beautiful and fair They make all look young when they 're old Such to thee lovely are 3 The longer we these Garments wear The better they would be For the long use of godliness Makes us shine splendentlie 3 Our Garments then let 's not defile But have them always on For we must wear them every day Until our lives are done 4 And then shall we Lord cloathed be With immortality In Robes that shine like to the Sun Unto eternity 5 Come Sinners then ah will you buy Some Cloaths to cover you Most rich they are assuredly Come let your own Rags go 6 VVhat is Morality to Grace Even like a filthy thing Get those Robes on and take your place '
from God's presence be accurst Ah this now think upon 8 And say you have a gracious call And happy you may be If you lay hold on Gospel-terms A pardon you shall see AYMN 44. Christ the Heir of all things Heb. 1.2 Whom he hath appointed Heir of all things 1 IN regions of approachless light There sits th' eternal King VVherein mixt joys with love unites From whom all riches spring 2 There dost thou sit on thy high Throne And all subject to thee Yea and all worlds Lord are thine own And what else there can be 3 A Son thou hast also brought forth VVho is thy only Heir Begotten long before the Earth Or Heavens did appear 4 He is thy joy and hearts delight By whom all things were made He always stands in thy own sight VVhose glories ne're shall fade 5 And as he makes thy heart full glad So all perfections meet In him who is with glory clad VVhose love is ever sweet 6 He is thine Heir into his hand All things Lord thou hast given That so he might have sole command O're Earth and also Heaven 7 He 's cloathed with such dignity Has such a glorious name That he 's above each Monarchy There 's none dares once lay claim 8 To his Titles each Seraphim Do readily submit The Cherubims do worship him And fall down at his feet The Second Part. 1 'T is Christ and only Christ does bear Thy likeness in each thing Thy express Image doth appear In this our glorious King 2 'T is thou bless'd Jesus who dost raise Thy Father's House so high The stress of all on thee he lays Of his whole Family 3 In thee all treasures hidden are Of grace and wisdom too And all because thou art his Heir From thee all riches flow 4 Thou portions therefore dost give sorth To all given to thee VVho witness do all the new birth And Sons adopted be 5 And so made Heirs and shall possess VVith thee a glorious share Of that eternal blessedness Of which thou art the Heir 6 All things were thine as thou art God But unto thee are given As thou the Mediator art By the great God of Heaven 7 O how art thou Lord honoured Who would not fall in love With thee whose glories thus are spread Below also above 8 O happy choice ye Saints have made Who marry'd have the Heir Soon ye shall the possession have And glorious all appear 9 Then never doubt of all supply Ye precious Saints of his He will you no good thing deny What happiness like this 10 O then with a melodious voice Together do ye sing Since he has made of you his choice Praise ye the glorious King HYMN 45. Jesus the true Witness Rev. 1.5 And from Jesus who is the true Witness 1 O Holy God we thee adore Who glorious truths makes known And that of them we might not doubt But stedfastly them own 2 A glorious Witness thou hast sent Who from thy bosom came And he himself also does say I the true Witness am 3 But what dost thou O blessed Prince Bear witness now unto Ah! 't is of that eternal love Which from the Lord does flow 4 And of that great and good design Of saving each poor soul By Blood and Merits Lord of thine Who do upon thee roul 5 And know in thee all truth is found Who the Messia art And that grace does in thee abound To each believing heart 6 To the true Witness now above We ought therefore to sing And always to admire his love From whence all comforts spring The Second Part. 1 A Witnesses faithful Lord and true He sometimes others brings As witnesses with him to shew And open divers things 2 The holy Prophets we do find Who were O Lord of old Bear witness and were of one mind Thy Record to unfold 3 And God the Father from on high With an amazing voice Did record bear assuredly Whose witness is most choice 4 The Spirit also bears record These three agree in one And testifie to every word Delivered by the Son 5 The Miracles which Jesus wrought They also witness bear To whatsoever he made known Or did to us declare 6 Then tremble ye who wicked be Escape ye never shall If ye believe not Christ is he With vengeance you shall fall 7 And in your sins you all shall die This the true Witness said But all ye Saints rejoyce and sing For all your debts are pay'd HYMN 46. Christ the true Witness The Third Part. 1 A Witness must his witness bear Unto the Truth nay he Must the whole truth likewise declare In all simplicity 2 And nothing but the truth must speak And speak it plainly too A true decision clear to make All this Lord thou dost do 3 Whatever is a truth of God VVhich we ought to obey In thy New Testament 't is found VVe all the stress must lay 4 Upon thy faithfulness O Lord Canst thou a truth pass by ' Not witness to it in thy VVord Or let it darkly lye 5 Therein conceal'd when 't is a thing Of such a great concern That Men do say with greatest care Each Soul is bound to learn 6 Or if they don 't it strictly keep To Judgment they must come Nay threaten such who it neglect VVith an eternal doom 7 Ah! let them blush with greatest shame VVe to thy VVord appeal VVho the true VVitness art and know Thou didst no truth conceal The fourth Part. 1 Now when a thing does doubtful lye And Men cannot agree VVhen what one says others deny VVe presently should flee 2 To thee the true and faithful One If to that very thing No witness thou hast plainly born Away we must it fling 3 Art thou the only VVitness Lord To ev'ry Truth divine And not one word for such a thing Out of that mouth of thine 4 And yet can that a truth be thought They other VVitness bring They call for Moses he is brought To witness to this thing 5 And thus they Lord do thee degrade Or do invaluate The Highest VVitness e're was heard Or Matters did relate 6 Moses was not for evermore VVithin the House to be He spoke on Earth but thou from Heaven No Law-giver but thee 7 Lord can we own since all power is To thee alone given And all thy Laws they are firm as The Ordinance of Heaven The Fifth Part. 1 No Tabernacle here 's for him Appears to every one VVhose eyes are open if they look They 'll find that he is gone 2 None none but Jesus does remain What can there be more clear God calls to us too out of Heaven Him only now to hear 3 Besides if Moses should come in Their Cause he 'd give away He never gave that Law to them Who live i' th' Gospel day 4 'T was given unto Israel When they in Horeb were Not to their Fathers but to them Doth eminent appear Deut. 5. 1 2 3. 5 To Jews and Jewish Proselites Or all
with brinish tears 9 They sooner may the Stars account Than loose their dismal bands Or tell the number of their Hairs Or number of the Sands 10 Of the Sea-shore as see the end Of their sad misery O Sinners fear and tremble all Think on Eternity The End of the Seventh Part. PART VIII SACRED HYMNS of Praise on several Occasions As they have been sung in several Congregations HYMN 147. Sin laid upon Christ 1 LO Christ hath suffer'd for us all When Enemies we were Therefore we will thy Name extoll Whose love did thus appear 2 For we like Sheep have gone astray And ready were to fall And God hath lain the load on thee To give rest to us all 3 Thy precious Praises therefore Lord Sincerely let us sing And land thy Name with one accord O God and heavenly King 4 For all thy loving-kindness Lord And for thy truth divine For thou hast made thy holy Word O're all thy Name to shine 5 Help us to praise thee and to live Wholly alone to thee And not forget from whence doth come Our present liberty 6 O shine upon thy Church always And bless our joynt-endeavour And prosper thou our handy-work Now and the same for ever HYMN 148. To be sung after the Lord's Supper The good Physician 1 THy love O Lord was very great To such vile ones as we Our hearts were once dead as a stone But now they quickned be 2 Slight Balm may heal a slighter sore But there 's no Med'cine good Which can to life our Souls restore But the Physician 's Blood 3 Lord Jesus when we thee espy Though life is almost gone We see by Faith we shall not die All praise to thee alone 4 Who hast pour'd in sweet Oyl and Wine To heal each wounded heart O thou wilt heal all Souls of thine Who for their sakes didst smart 5 We therefore will unto thee sing And thee always adore To him from whom all Blessings spring Be praise for evermore HYMN 149. A Hymn of Praise after the Lord's Supper The Banqueting-House 1 HAlleluja let us sing aloud Salvation Glory Fame Be given to the Lord our God O glorifie his Name 2 Who loved us and sent his Son For our eternal good To wash away our scarlet sins In his most precious Blood 3 Into the House of Banqueting He brings us to be fed Love is the Banner flourishing VVith honour o're our head 4 Beneath his shadow we are plac'd VVith joy and true content His Fruit is sweet unto our taste His VVord and Sacrament 5 O draw me my dear Saviour then VVith thy strong Cords of Love And we will all run after thee As fast as we can move 6 And in thy Name O Lord we 'll trust For that 's a Tower strong Whither the Righteous oft doth fly For shelter all day long HYMN 150. Divine Wrath. 1 THe day doth come and burn it will Like to an Oven hot And all the proud shall be Fuel Who have the Lord forgot 2 Nay it begins now to break forth And will burn more and more On all the wicked of the Earth God will his vengeance pour 3 Evil shall slay the wicked Man For sin which he hath wrought And such who hate God's faithful Ones Shall quickly come to nought 4 But all who do fear thee O Lord Thou wilt keep safe and sound And such who put their trust in thee Thou never wilt confound 5 But save them in the day of wrath The which is very nigh When all the wicked of the Earth In direful Flames shall lye HYMN 151. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament The Bread of Life 1 WIth precious Food Lord we are fed Which we have cause to prize Our Table is most richly spread With choice Varieties 2 The harmless Lamb most innocent For us is ready slain And we as Guests are hither sent To seed on him again 3 But O what Love and Grace is here When we were hungry Christ's Body Lord thou didst prepare That for us he might die 4 For nothing but his Flesh and Blood Could our poor Souls sustain Therefore O Lord thou didst cry forth O let my Lamb be slain 5 O let his precious Blood run out For to them it I 'll give Or else they 'll perish without doubt 'T is done Come eat and live 6 Eat eat O Friends on what is good And drink abundantly The best of Heav'n is your Food No fatness I deny 7 O Lord thy Love is very sweet And we therefore do cry O feed us with this precious Food Untill we come to die 8 And we will sing thy Praises Lord Even both rich and poor And to the blessed Lamb we 'll sing Praises for evermore HYMN 152. A Hymn of Praise after the Lord ' Supper Saints die with Christ 1 ALL glory unto Christ the Lord 'T is thy immortal fame VVe will sing forth with one accord And glorifie thy Name 2 O blessed God Thou art all Love No minute ' scapes thy breast But brings a favour from above In that sweet love we rest 3 Lord didst thou die and do we live Hath not grief slain us yet Vocuhsafe to us thy grace to give To live as it is meet 4 Did thy most precious love to me Make thee to leave thy Throne And mount the Stage of Infamy And shalt thou die alone 5 Lord let me die die unto fin That death O let me see Be thou the death of sin O Lord VVhich was death unto thee 6 And as all fulness is in thee O then we pray pour in For we are empty thou dost know Except it be of sin 7 And since thou hast O Holy One A Salve for ev'ry Sore Let us rejoyce and praise thy Name Now and for evermore HYMN 153. Luke 13.10 Joy in Heaven when Sinners repent 1 LOrd is there joy in Heav'n above VVhen Sinners turn to thee Let this our Souls affections move To long till it we see 2 VVhat cause of joy then hath that heart VVho with repenting tears Unfeignedly cleaves unto thee And to thy ways adheres 3 Shall holy Angels Lord rejoyce In our sweet happiness When all the good is unto us To them not more nor less 4 In this they act Lord like to thee Who for our only good VVas sacrificed on the Tree To wash us in thy Blood 5 And shall not we now learn of thee To seek the good of others And with one heart strive to impart All comfort to our Brothers 6 Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce This duty let us love And then thy VVill we shall fulfill As Angels do above 7 But what a low and carnal heart Hath he whoe're he be VVho being full will not impart To those in misery 8 To pity and not to relieve Doth certainly declare Such never did God's Grace receive In truth nor are sincere 9 Acknowledg how you have transgress'd Against the Lord your God And let it be with grief confess'd What By-Paths you have
our joy we all may drink Of living lasting Springs And also know and the will do Of thee the King of Kings 4 And being fed with living Bread May praise thy Name therefore Refresh'd from thee from thirsting free May sing for evermore HYMN 169. Everlasting Rest 1 TO the Eternal God above Let us loud praise proclaim Since we have tasted of his Love Let 's glorifie his Name 2 A blessed rest he hath in store For all who are upright Where they shall be for evermore In his eternal light 3 All Tears from off our Eyes shall then Be wiped quite away And we shall never mourn agen On that eternal day 4 O then let 's fear lest we fall short Of that sweet resting-place For many seem to bid fair for 't Without one dram of Grace 5 Let us truly converted be And Oyl have much in store For then through thee enter shall we Before thou shut the door 6 And with joy sing unto our King Eternal Songs above And filled all both great and small With thy eternal Love HYMN 170. Hear and your Souls shall live 1 THy Mercy Lord is infinite To call such unto thee Who loathsom are in thy own fight By their iniquity 2 O then let Sinners come with speed B'ing drawn by pow'r divine Let them unto thy Call give heed Whilst Gospel-light does shine 3 Come unto thee O holy One And shall our Souls then live Let Sinners see they are undone Till Christ does them receive 4 Lord take some Sinners by the hand And save their Souls from Hell And make them bend to thy Command O thou canst them compell 5 To come unto the Marriage-Feast O bring them in to thee That they may sing thy Praises forth To all eternity HYMN 171. What shall we do 1 O Lord what shall poor Sinners do Who dead in sin do lie And must eternal sorrow know If in that state they die 2 O praised be thy holy Name Thou hast a way found out To save us from eternal shame And life to work about 3 O then shall some this day so hear That they may Life obtain Let them to Jesus Christ draw near And so be born again 4 Or else they will i' th' Judgment-day Condemned ever be And on them thou wilt thy wrath pour To all eternity 5 Then quake and tremble ev'ry one And not reject God's Call Lest you at last be all undone And into Hell do fall 6 O thou art good to us O Lord In sending Christ to die If Grace thou dost to us afford We 'll sing continually The Second Part. Who hath made thee differ c. 1 O Lord we praise thy glorious Name For distinguishing Love Blessed be God Christ hither came To lift us up above 2 We naturally like others were Even cursed Foes to thee But thou hast made thy Grace appear Whilst others darkness be 3 Thou hast O Lord the difference made All is of Grace alone Hence we have cause sweetly to sing To thee the holy One 4 O shall thy glorious Work appear Lift up thy Name on high That Sinners may now ev'ry where To the Lord Jesus fly 5 And as for us let it be seen We all converted be That so we may thy Praises sing To all eternity HYMN 173. If the Son make you free c. 1 HAlleluja to thee the Lord above His Praises let us sing Exalt his Name continually From whom all Blessings spring 2 Who didst behold us when we lay Polluted in our sin And to wash us found out a way To make us clean agen 3 We Slaves of Sin and Satan were And in strong Bonds were bound And when no other help was there From thee we help have found 4 Thy Son out of thy Bosom came Our Souls for to set free All praise unto the Son of God And equal praise to thee 5 The Father of our glorious Lord The God of Grace and Love Who didst us pity and afford Salvation from above 6 No freedom Lord for sin is there But by the Son alone Who did thy wrath from Sinners bear Who were all quite undone 7 Let such who liberty now have Thy Praises sing therefore For them wilt thou from bondage save O Lord for evermore HYMN 174. A Hymn after a Farewell Sermon 1 SHine forth O Lord upon our Souls And let thy Showers fall That so we may be rooted well And flourish great and small 2 We have a sweet reviving time Who lately seem'd as dead When shall we be as in the prime O raise our withered Head 3 We have had a sore Winters day A pinching time was here But shall such Weather fly away And springing times draw near 4 We praise thy great and glorious Name For Seasons we have had O let us not be put to shame But in thy self be glad 5 We now must part and for a while Not see each other here So let us walk that when Christ comes With him we may appear 6 And sing sweet Songs of Melody And Joy in God above And ravish'd be eternally With his transcendant Love HYMN 175. Christ knocks at the Door 1 THou Lord knocks at the Sinner's Door Desiring to come in To store their hearts with precious Grace And to destroy their sin 2 Thy Love is great and therefore Lord Dost wait on them we see Who will attend unto thy Word And open unto thee 3 Lord thou dost knock and call aloud Sinners rouze up with speed If you do open unto him No good thing shall you need 4 Thou dost not come with empty hand To those who do believe For they with thee Communion have And such like Joys receive 5 Which prized are by holy Ones Thy Consolations be Not small O Lord but very great Such do receive from thee 6 All praise and glory and renown Therefore to thee they sing Yea praise let 's raise continually Of Christ our glorious King HYMN 176. The Foot-steps of the Flock 1 TEll me O thou beloved One Where thou thy Flock dost feed On thee we do depend alone That thou our Souls mayst lead 2 Into rich Pastures fresh and green Where we do comfort find Which doth content our precious Souls And stay our fainting mind 3 Thou sendst us to the first Foot-steps Of thy dear Flock of old There for to feed and to lye down In thy own blessed Fold 4 Where rest we may under thy shade With much delight and peace Where streams of joy most sweetly flow Which run and never cease 6 Thou hast o'recome us with thy Love We can't but must love thee And being drawn Lord from above We run continually 6 Therefore we sing unto thy Name And lift thy praise on high And for thy sake bear any shame And will not thee deny 8 If we do find we do love thee And thou dost Love return We 'll never cease to raise thy praise Until our lives are done HYMN 177. Act. 8.5 Christ preach'd 1 HAlleluja to the Lord on
Let us be sick of Love 4 For these great Blessings O most High VVe will thy Praises sing VVho hast also Lord heard our cry Praise to our glorious King 5 VVe cried to thee with our hearts To make thy Servant whole And from the all-devouring Grave For to return his Soul 6 And thou dost Lord a new life send And wouldest not permit That he should hastily descend Into the dolesom Pit 7 VVe therefore sing and give thee praise Most holy let us be VVith hearts united all our days Let us live unto thee HYMN 185. Rev. 3.18 Buy of me Gold tried in the Fire 1 LOrd we do see that poor we be But thou hast Riches store And if that we do come to thee VVe nothing shall want more 2 VVhat is our own to us is shown Is good alas for nought O let it go since we do know Rare things are to be bought 3 And thou dost cry O come and buy O blessed be the Lord Now is the day let 's not delay But close in with thy Word 4 Then rich shall we for ever be And Crowns of Glory have And Robes so white that shine like Light Shall we likewise receive 5 Grace is like Gold but doth excell VVhatever is on Earth O happy they who know full well Its great and glorious worth 6 Shall they not sing who see the Spring Of Grace doth Blessings pour Thy holy praise we will always Lord sing for evermore HYMN 186. Zach. 12.10 They shall look to me After Sermon 1 YE Saints break forth with chearful voice And sing Christ's glorious praise His Love is sweet O it is choice Ye Saints praise him always 2 Come look and love O cast your Eye Upon this lovely One He is your help your Food your Strength Your Hope your Joy and Crown 3 Christ is the Root Christ is the Branch Christ is our Testator Christ is the holy Lamb of God Christ is our Mediator 4 Christ is the VVay Christ is the Door Christ is our Physician Christ is our Meat Christ is our Drink He 's thus to ev'ry Christian 5 Christ is God's great Embassador Christ is the only Heir Christ is the Bright and Morning-Star Christ is beyond compare 6 Christ is the Foundation sure Christ is the corner-stone Christ is the VVitness and the Truth Christ is the only one 7 Sing praise to Christ exalt him then And look to him always O sing to him and never cease Till you do end your days HYMN 187. The heavenly Feast 1 O Praise the Lord and look to him Sing praise unto his Name O all ye Saints of Heav'n and Earth Set forth his glorious fame 2 VVho spared not his only Son But gave him for us all And made him drink the Cup of VVrath The VVormwood and the Gall. 3 He dy'd indeed but rose again And did ascend on high That we poor Sinners lost and dead Might live eternally 4 His Flesh is heavenly Food indeed His Blood is Drink divine His Graces drops like Honey-falls His Comforts taste like VVine 5 Lord Christ thou hast refresh'd our Souls VVith thy abounding Grace For which we magnifie thy Name Longing to see thy Face 6 Let the Redeemed of the Lord Their thankful voices raise Can we be dumb whilst Angels sing Our great Redeemer's praise 7 Come let us joyn with Angels then Glory to God on high Peace upon Earth Good-will to Men Thus sing eternally HYMN 188. The Harvest is the end of the World Harvest of Joy 1 THe Harvest-day will soon be here A blessed day 't will be To all those Souls who are sincere For Jesus they shall see 2 Thou send'st thy glorious Rays on us And Dews our Souls to chear But e're long we with open Eyes The Vision shall have clear 3 Most sweet reviving Acts of Grace Are those we feel of thine Whilst we behold thy glorious Face Yet stronger Beams will shine 4 To comfort and rejoyce each heart To all eternity From thee O Lord we ne're shall start But in thy Garner lye 5 Or rather in thy precious Arms We being ripened Shall housed be with lasting Charms Of Glory on our Head 6 No sorrow shall us then annoy Nor fears cause inward pain Nor sin nor Satan spoyl our joy Nor filth our glory stain 7 We shall not then as now be vext With Satan World and Sin Nor with base Hearts be more perplext When Heaven has took us in HYMN 189. The woful Harvest of the Wicked 1 THis World will quickly have an end That is the Harvest-day And Jesus will the Reapers send They come and shall not stay 2 The Angels they the Reapers be The Wheat are God's Elect Which shall Lord gathered be to thee The Tares thou wilt reject 3 The Tares are those vile wicked Men Who do thy Saints annoy Which shall in Bundles bound be then That thou may'st them destroy 4 And into Flames thou wilt them cast Their Worm shall never die The Fire too shall ever last Ev'n to Eternity 5 The false Professor will be found Amongst the cursed Foe And with prophane Ones shall be bound And equal sorrow know 6 But a bless'd day will be to those Whose Hearts are found upright VVho did in truth with Jesus close And serv'd him day and night 7 They shall with thee in glory be Lord Christ when thou dost comes But Unbelievers shall from thee Receive their final doom HYMN 190. Christ's Passion and Exaltation 1 HOsanna to King David's Son The Lord 's anointed One VVho quickly shall exalted be Upon his glorious Throne 2 Triumph and shout O Heavens high And let the Earth rejoyce And let the Saints melodiously Lift up in Songs their voice 3 To Christ the King because that he A Feast provideth here And tells us we all welcome be To eat of his good Chear 4 His Flesh for us doth freely give His Blood to drink also That we might never die but live These Blessings from him flow 5 His bleeding VVounds out-stretched Arms And yearning Bowels dear To us run out for sweet support That so we might not fear 6 Thou art the first yea and the last VVas dead and art alive And lives for ay therefore to thee All honour we must give HYMN 191. The Second Part. Awake ye Virgins 1 O Virgins know both Fools and VVise The Bridegroom is at hand He comes he comes let it suffice But who with him shall stand 2 He that his Lamp doth fitly trim And Oyl doth get good store Shall then embraced be by him And reign for evermore 3 Cast off your drowze let 's all awake 'T is not a time to slumber But speedily our Lamps le ts take And haste to th' VVedding-Chamber 4 For certainly our dearest Lord VVill quickly come away The mid-night Cry will soon be heard His Chariots will not stay 5 O take thy flight on VVings of Love And like the nimble Hart Come Lord O come down from above Let 's meet and never part 6
him are And therefore all that God hath chose Shall Crowns of Glory wear 3 What grace and favour now is this That Christ the Just should die That we unjust and guilty ones Might live eternally 4 Let Men take heed how they despise Such soveraign grace and love ' Cause 't is mysterious in their eyes And also far above 5 Depraved Reason to conceive That such who guilty be Should by another's righteousness From sin and guilt be free 6 All praise and glory unto God And to the Son therefore And to the Holy Ghost let us Sing praise for evermore HYMN 20. The glorious Bridegroom Matth. 25.6 Christ the Bridegroom of oâ—â— Souls 1 THou mighty King whose glories shinâ— A secret didst disclose Unto that blessed Son of thine Which was for to dispose 2 Of him in a sweet Marriage state And unto him likewise All things about it didst relate Who quickly cast his eyes 3 Upon our Souls for we were those With whom he fell in love And whom for him the Father chose Who nothing had to move 4 His dear affections for alas We loathsom were to see And were in a most dismal case Through our iniquity 5 But yet thy love it was so great A Journey didst thou take From Heav'n to Earth that so thou mightâ— A Marriage with us make But ah what didst thou suffer first Before this could be done or we were Cast Lord for our Lives And Condemn'd every one And thou couldst never us obtain Nor with us marriage make Unless to free us from that pain Didst die Lord for our sake And this thou didst most readily All praise unto thy Name We purchas'd were with thy dear Blood And so thine own became The second Part. The glorious Bridegroom O what a choice Lord hast thou made Are such vile ones as we â—nto thy lovely bosom laid And joyned unto thee Are we espous'd to such a Prince The King of Heav'n and Earth Who has o're all preheminence Whose glories thus shine forth Angelick Nature didst pass by And set thy tender heart On such as we O let us cry Thou lovely lovely art 4 Yet ah how long was it before Thou couldst make us to yield We were so dark but now O Lord Thou thou hast won the Field 5 Let us our selves give up to thee As overcome with love And comfort us continually With Cordials from above 6 Ah! at this door our joys come in This is the blessed spring Of all true good for having thee We have Lord ev'ry thing 7 And if Communion we enjoy And find thy comfort sweet Our Souls shall sing and raise thy praise Whilst we lye at thy feet The Third Part. The praise of the sacred Bridegroom 1 Praise in the highest joys betide These sacred Lovers dear The holy Bridegroom and his Bride Most glorious do appear 2 Let Heaven above be fill'd with Songs Who see how they do shine On Eath beneath let all Mens Tongues Sing forth his praise divine 3 If sullen Man refuse to speak Since Heaven and Earth combine Let Rocks and stones their silence break And sing his praise divine 4 Ah! 't was this sacred Bridal Knot To tye thou didst design O let such love ne're be forgot Such sacred love of thine 5 Ye holy Seraphims above O haste and come away Who do admire Jesus love Sing ye his praise each day 6 With Saints on Earth your joys divide With speed O do ye come Earth ne're produc'd so fair a Bride Nor Heaven a Bridegroom 7 Whose Feet are like to burning Brass Whose Eyes a flaming Fire Who bringeth mighty things to pass Sing to him him admire The fourth Part. 1 Our hearts the praises must express Of Juda's glorious Lion The sweet and fragrant Flower of Jesus The blessed King of Zion 2 To him that on the Throne doth sit Oh 't is his praise alone That we will sing O it is fit We praise the holy One 3 Our hearts and tongues should all rejoycâ— Angels in consort sing Aloud with a melodious voice Praise ye our glorious King 4 Whose Head is whiter than the Snow That 's driven with the Wind Whose Visage like a flame doth show And doth all things confin'd 5 And yet he unconfined is O magnifie him alone What Lover is there like to this Sing praise to th' holy One. 6 Let 's raise his Name who hath reveal'd His sweet eternal love Who by his stripes our Souls hath heal'd Now is enthron'd above 7 Let trumps of praise ascend on high Let them be loudly blown So that an Eccho pierce the skie Of praise to th' Three in One. The fifth Part. 1 If Saints neglect this duty should Or to sing be averse Sure rugged Rocks and Mountains would God's Praises soon reherse 2 The twinkling Stars that day and night Do their long circuits run The Moon too in her monthly flight Also the glorious Sun 3 All these do through the Universe God's blessed praise make known How can the Saints be then averse To sing to th' Holy One. 4 Let every Saint on Earth rejoyce O therefore let them msing Since Christ hath made them his sweet choice Let them praise their dear King 5 Especially all you who be Filled with joy raptur'd in bliss Who can say My Beloved's mine And I am also his Sing this as the Hundredth Psalm HAil glor'ous Prince the precious Air Eccho's Praise to th' illustrious Pair Let no dark Clouds of Night obscure This blessed Day but thus endure Let Mortals now in Consort sing Anthems to th' Eternal King Nor Frost nor scorching Heat of June Ne're put thy Singers out of Tune Hail glorious Prince whose matchless love Brought thee from thy high Throne above To court thy Spouse in a poor dress Yet was thy Glory ne're the less Though thou wast treated with disdain Yet Angels waited on thy Train Shepherds thy joyful Welcom sing And Wise Men do their Oblations bring Blessed Espousals our Freedom bought A Match that our Redemption wrought Hail glorious Spouse blessed in him That Crowns thee with Heav'ns Diadem Behold an unparallel'd story A Slave advanc'd to lasting glory A Virgin fetter'd in her sin Once vile but now glorious within From base estate a Queen of Honour And peerless Beauty put upon her Since words can't do 't Conceptions weak Our Joys in Extasies let 's speak Christ the Image of the Father Heb. 1.3 Who is the express Image of his Person 1 IN thee the Father shines most clear And such who do thee see The Father may behold likewise His Known O Lord by thee 2 Thou dost him clearly represent Unto our very sight Whose express Image Lord thou art Most glorious and bright 3 Such whom the Father never saw To them thou dost him show All his perfections are in thee What further would we know 4 Thou dost Lord represent to us God whom we cannot see He dwells in light inaccessible Which can't approached be 5 Thou brings him to our minds and
darkness that 's within And makes the soul in light to dwell By vanquishing our sin 5 Thou mak'st a sweet and lovely day When once thou dost arise And dries up th'filth that in our way Did lye before our eyes 6 'T is thou who makes a lovely spring Those things which seemed dead VVhen thou draw'st near are flourishing And forth their glories spread 7 VVithout thy influences Lord Thy Veg'atives can't grow Till thou dost life to us afford No fruit from us can flow 8 Let all who on the earth do dwell Sing with a chearful voice The praise of Jesus let them tell And in this Sun rejoyce The Third Part. 1 O Lord until that thou dost shine No heat within have we All spiritual warmth's from beams of thine All true joy is from thee 2 The Sun does heal as well as warm And when thou dost arise VVe need not fear no kind of harm From inward enemies 3 For thy sweet wings fresh healing brings Our hearts to mollifie And to those Souls who feel Death's sting A plaister dost apply 4 According as the matter is On which the Sun does shine So doth it always operate So do those rays of thine 5 To one whose heart thou hast made soft Thy word a savour is Of life unto life but to some Savour of death ' t is 6 The Sun doth ripen things we see To bring the harvest on So we are ripen'd Lord by thee And for thee every one 7 Thus do thy glories Lord appear By these things we may know What rare perfections in thee are And from thee also flow 8 Therefore thy praises we will sing Enliv'ned with thy rays And will exalt our glorious King Until we end our days HYMN 41. Christ the Root of David Rev. 22.16 I am the Root and Off-spring of David 1 THou art the Root from whence we sprung Who are thy chosen ones Till we were grafted into thee We were like to dry bones 2 The Root of Grace and Nature too Art thou we do espy Not only Man but God also We never will deny 3 The top-stone of thy glory great All things by thee were made And at thy word at the last day They all again shall fade 4 Ah! in this Root what sap is there The branches shall be fed Come drooping Saints be of good chear Lift up with joy your head 5 You grafted are in such a Root Whose vertue 's infinite Can you want grace why do you doubt Such souls God does unite 6 To Jesus Christ they all shall have From him all fit supply And unto them for their support He nothing will deny 7 Christ is our Head Christ is our Root Christ is our Life also Christ is your Food our Sun our Strength What have you now to do 8 But live unto his holy name And sing his praises forth O raise his glory and his fame Whilst you do live on earth The Second Part. 1 The Root it does the Body bear And every Branch therein Most safe thy Churches Members are And so have ever been 2 Because by thee they are sustain'd Thy Tree shall never fall It can't be dug up by the root Our life is hid from all 3 Like as the root is hid i' th' earth And life does center there Even in the Root so we by Faith Lord see how safe we are 4 In thy own self none can hurt thee Nor can they stop the course Of that sweet Sap that feeds our Tree A blessed intercourse 5 There is between those souls of thine And thy own self O Lord We 'll never fear what Foes can do If sap thou dost afford 6 Let us thee well rooted be Our Root is very sound If we enjoy true unity Our Fruit will much abound 7 Because that thou dost always live Thy Branches shall also Thou unto us thy life dost give Thy grace does overflow 8 Ye righteous in the Lord rejoyce His holiness proclaim Be thankful with your hearts and voice And sing of his great fame HYMN 43. Christ an Embassador Mal. 3.1 The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come up into his Temple even the Messenger of the Covenant whom ye delight in c. 1 HEav'ns glorious Embassador Is come is come be glad Who blessed news bring from afar How can ye more be sad 2 He represents the person clear Of the most mighty King And blessed news he does declare And tydings with him bring 3 His Commission great has sealed been His journey long has took He 's come he 's come we say agen Him for whom you did look 4 And terms of peace poor Sinners now May have which easie be Before the dreadful God then bow And leave iniquity 5 The white Flag of Mercy is out The Banner is display'd Come Sinners now and look about And longer been't afraid 7 Gods wrath is o're in Jesus Christ If to him you do flye You shall not bear eternal wrath O then on him rely 8 Among the gods O Lord is none With thee to be compar'd Thou peace extends O holy One The like hath not been heard The second Part. 1 Nay more than this Christ comes to treat About a Marriage too His love to Sinners O 't is great For he makes known to you 2 That glorious high and bless'd design Of the Great God above Which is to take that soul of thine Into contract of love 3 Behold the mighty Prince of Peace Whose glories does excell He looks on you and loves you so That he with you would dwell 4 O cast your eyes on him with speed Come Virgins fall in love Don't take another in his stead Whos 's ' ffections in him move 5 Towards such souls as yours alas Though ne're so vile within If once this thing does come to pass He 'll take away your sin 6 Then look to him by Faith and Prayer O cast a single eye And close with him this very day He with you will comply 7 Now let 's sing and praise the Lord VVho did Christ Jesus send To proclaim peace and love afford Praise him world without end The Third Part. 1 Hark hark the Trumpet sounds look out The Embassador of Heav'n Proclaims a peace without all doubt Attendance must be given 2 Lay down your arms his terms are good O cease this wicked war You have too long alas withstood Heav'ns bless'd Embassador 3 He will not wait on you always If you do not comply You will e're long see bloody days For all of you must die 4 VVhilst you oppose such mercy great VVhat wretches are you all You summon'd are to th' Judgment Seat O great will be your fall 5 If quickly now you don't submit He 's ready to be gone O loath your selves lye at his feet From all your folly turn 6 The bloody Flag you soon shall see Put forth in dreadful wrath If still his call rejected be No place for you on Earth 7 But you to Hell with vengeance must Be turned every one And
always And never more be sad HYMN 66. The Spirit an Earnest Eph. 1.13 After ye believed ye were sealed with that spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance c. 1 A Great Estate is purchased We would Possession have Of that blessed Inheritance An Earnest therefore crave 2 Was it not purchased O Lord For us by our dear Friend O then a Pledge do thou afford An Evidence to end 3 The Controversie that doth rise Continually within If we 'll believe our Enemies Our Title 's lost by sin 4 But we a promise of it have From thee who can'st not lie And therefore now we humby crave An Earnest speedily 5 Like as an Earnest doth confirm And give an assurance Of some great purchase even so We all may see from hence 6 God's Spirit is unto our Souls An Earnest of all good Which Jesus Christ did buy for us With his most precious Blood 7 And as an Earnest when 't is given Doth make the Bargain sure So certain shall he have Heaven This Earnest doth procure The second Part. 1 He that God's Spirit doth obtain Shall grace and glory have For he an Earnest of it hath From one that can't deceive 2 O then come down O blessed Dove Abide thou in our breast To be an Earnest of God's love And quietly we 'll rest 3 But cease will not but always cry With confidence of Soul Thou art our God O strengthen us That none may us controul 4 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be blessing honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 72. The Spirit a Seal Eph. 1.30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption 1 O Lord now we perceive most clear Thy love is great indeed Ah we shall the Inheritance have Which thou to buy didst bleed 2 Thou wouldst not Lord bought it so dear Had not thy purpose been To make it sure unto our Souls In ' spite of World or Sin 3 And as for us thou didst it buy And we the Earnest have So now we also do espy A Seal to us does cleave 4 We sealed are O that 's a thing Which highly's valued And great assurance doth it bring Of what is purchased 5 It also doth impression make Upon the wax always So we thy Image have hereby And shall have all our days 6 But as the wax must melted be Before it can receive Th' impression of the Seal so we Are softned who believe 7 And this doth thy bless'd Spirit do That holy Fire divine His influences this does show Thus doth his glories shine The second Part. 1 And as a Seal some strive to change Or it do counterfeit So Satan who about doth range Does strive our Souls to cheat 2 A Seal is used to secure Things secret and close so Thy Saints preserved are hereby From Men and Devils too 3 Now see ye who Professors are That you have melted been As soften'd like the wax have you Been broken for your sin 4 Hath any promise been set home With power on your heart Did ever so God's Spirit come His Image to impart 5 O what Impression do you find Is holiness in you Do you now in the Lord delight More than in things below 6 Take care you who are sealed Ones Ye don't the Spirit grieve Don't make him sigh with bitter groans Since such a Seal you have 7 O prize him and unto him live He is your dearest Friend Due glory see to him you give Always unto the end HYMN 73. Grieve not the Spirit Eph. 4.30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God c. 1 THe holy Spirit grieve do not Which God to you doth give From whom ye have all that rich grace By which to God we live 2 It is the Spirit that renews The Souls of every one That are brought home to Jesus Christ Whose darkness now is gone 3 All light and comfort doth proceed From his sweet influence 'T is dangerous then him to grieve You may perceive from hence 4 By him you live by him you walk Without his help can't we Do any good O therefore now Let him not grieved be 5 But bless the Lord he 's not withdrawn O sing his praises forth And live to him as long as you Do live upon the Earth HYMN 74. The Spirit a Witness Rom. 8.16 The Spirit it self beareth Witness with our Spirit 1 O Lord we have a blessed grant Of an Inheritance And so hath every holy Saint And thy grace to advance 2 Thou dost to us an Earnest give Of it to make it sure And Sealed 't is when we believe Unto us too for ever 3 But that we might by no means doubt To make it firmer yet A Witness Lord thou hast found out Which thou saw'st requisite 4 Sure 't is some great and glorious thing That purchas'd was so dear And 't will eternal comfort bring To have a title clear 5 O let thy Spirit Lord come in We 'll hear what he can say Before we dare once Lord attempt A Claim unto it lay 6 But since one Witness may not do And two required are Let Conscience with thy Spirit now His witness also bear The Second Part. 1 Thy Spirit must Lord testifie That we are born again Is all sin dead Let Conscience speak To put us out of pain 2 Two Witnesses nay such as these We 'll prize for they are true Ah! they will free us from all fear VVhatever does insue 3 If they together do agree The Controversie's gone If we new Creatures truly be VVe safe are ev'ry one 4 They 'll make us to lift up our head VVith joy triumphantly All sorrow will be vanquished O then let 's search and try 5 By thy own Law for 't is thy Word The matter must decide Thy Spirit from thy Word O Lord VVe never must divide 6 O happy Soul art thou sincere Upright in life and heart Do both these joyntly witness bear That thus also thou art 7 Then sing the praise of God above VVho clears to thee this thing O with the Spirit fall in love And praise our glorious King HYMN 75. The Spirit a River Joh. 7.30 He that believeth out of his Belly shall flow Rivers of living water 1 VVE of a River now will sing A Stream that sweetly runs And praise the high and glorious King That he the Channel turns 2 This way to us in these dry Isles I' th' solitary place Sweet streams of water doe rise up God doth pour forth his grace 3 This makes our Wilderness rejoyce It Sion doth make glad And Saints to sing with chearful voice That mourn'd and were so sad 4 This River sweetly soaks the Earth VVhere-e're its streams do run And plenteously he will pour forth His waters e're he 's done 5 This River O 't is very deep The bottom none can know Fresh always doth its waters keep And yet they over-flow 6 Its Banks they
are God's holy VVord That is his lasting bounds Oh! where God doth his Name record There are these waters found 7 Over these Banks it will not go Nor ever break them down VVhoe're they be who make a breach They shall be overthrown The Second Part. This River when it swiftly runs With an impetuous stream It drives the Soul to Jesus Christ O there 's no stopping them 2 Trees that are planted by its side How sweetly do they grow Like Willows by the Water-course And Drought such never know 3 This River brings things from afar The best Navigation Is in this River to set out 'T will bring us to Salvation 4 That Soul which doth imploy himself And work herein each day He shall be rich eternally And a bless'd Scepter sway 5 The Waters of this River are Excellent good to drink If thou dost taste thou wilt no more Upon your sorrows think 6 No Wines so rare ne're cou'd compare With these Waters besure And such who do drink of them too Ah! he shall live for ever 7 Sing to the River River of God Let Sion much rejoyce O sing ye Saints with one accord To Christ with chearful voice HYMN 76. The holy Spirit Waters of Life Ezek. 36.25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you Joh. 7.30 Out of his belly shall flow living water c. 1 THis River flows from God above It from his Throne proceeds And sweetly too this way doth move It many millions feeds 2 These Waters purge from filthiness Come wash and be you clean It makes the barren Soul flourish And spread his Branches green 3 It 's cooling to a sweating Soul That Satan hunts about 'T will quench the fire of lusts within It does allay our drought 4 It makes the Seed of Grace to grow It mollifies our Earth All such its influences know Who witness the new birth 5 It heals the wounded Soul likewise There 's no disease within But by these Waters cur'd have been O drink and drink agen 6 O come unto these Waters ye Who very thirsty are To all that come they are most free O drink and do not spare The Second Part. 1 Do not be foolish and mistake To go to the wrong Well These Waters 't is that you must take Which far alas excell 2 All Waters you can go unto Ah! would you healed be To Christ by his own Spirit come And sickness soon will flee 3 Ye Fools what is 't that you do drink 'T is puddle-water base It stinks 't is filthy God it loaths O taste of his sweet grace 4 And sinful joys will hateful be And you will spue them up Come taste a little Water See! Come try Take one small sup 5 And you will say God's love O 't is Most pleasant to your taste But the chief sweetness is reserv'd For us to drink at last 6 O praise the glorious God above These Waters overflow Sing praise to Jesus Christ our Lord And praise the Spirit too HYMN 77. The Holy Ghost a Teacher Luk. 12.12 The holy Spirit shall teach you c. 1 VVE many things are yet to learn Lord we instructions need We fain would all thy Truths discern And from all doubts be freed 2 Some things be dark and hidden are That we can't understand And therefore Lord to make them clear By a most skilful hand 3 Thy Spirit hast ordain'd to be A Teacher unto us All praise and glory unto thee For dealing with us thus 4 He has all knowledge of thy Laws And opens ev'ry thing And can discover ev'ry flaw That up may seem to spring 5 VViâ—hin our minds about the way VVherein we ought to go Out of a Book he teaches us The meaning he does show 6 He did himself this Book compile 'T was he who gave it out And therefore can it open well And Answer ev'ry doubt 7 Unto the ignorant and blind If they his counsel take God's Kingdom they at last shall find And them he 'll perfect make The Second Part. 1 He doth not teach to go astray From thy own written VVord That 's not thy Spirit nor the way VVhich doth not just accord 2 In every thing we sure are VVith thy New Testament Lord all such Spirits we 'll not hear By thee they were not sent 3 Thy VVord it is a sure Rule O let thy Spirit come And witness too 't most graciously And ev'ry Nail drive home 4 Let all Convictions close abide Of sin and duty too And let us find each promise firm VVhich unto us doth flow 5 And we thy Praises will sing forth And never go astray VVhen in our Souls thy Spirit doth Tell us this is the way HYMN 78. The holy Spirit like a Dove Mat. 3.16 And he saw the Spirit descending like a Dove and lighted upon him 1 DOwn from above the blessed Dove Is come Ah! shall he rest Thou Holy and Eternal One VVith me O in my Breast 2 There let thy Spirit dwell O Lord VVho has a Dove-like Eye Most quick to see before his sight All things do naked lye 3 O he is innocent indeed Most harmless and most meek VVhoever would from wrath be freed His nature they must seek â— All such who are gentle and kind Most humble in their heart This Dove infus'd it in their mind He did that grace impart 5 Ah! he is swift as any Dove And quickly can be here Though he descended from above Yet is he ev'ry where The second Part. 1 From sight of thy All-seeing Spirit O whither can we go His Eyes do search all places out He walketh to and fro 2 Through the Earth where can we hide O whither can we fly Lord from thy presence ' cause thou art Far off and also nigh 3 Shall we to Heaven mount alost Lo thou art present there Or if we should go down to Hell Ev'n there thou dost appear 4 Yea should we take us Morning wings And dwell beyond the Sea There would thy right-hand have fast hold And with us quickly be 5 Nay if we say the darkness shall Yet shroud us from thy sight Alas the thickest darkness is To thee like to the light Yea darkness hideth not from thee But night doth shine as day To thee the darkness and the night Are both alike alway The Third Part. 1 Thy Spirit 's swift he 's swift in flight From him there 's none can fly VVe ever be Lord in thy sight Thou canst us soon supply 2 VVith all good things which we do need And could we get thy VVings VVe should mount up from fear be freed And hate earth's empty things 3 Behold he 's come an Olive-leaf VVithin his mouth we see God's wrath is o're it is asswag'd O therefore joyful be 4 Let 's see thy face and hear thy voice And taste thy sweetest love O Souls ascend but O for Wings The VVings of Noah's Dove 5 Then should we fly away from hence Leaving this world and sin And soon wouldst thou Lord reach thy
who dost dwell above To whom all praise belongs 3 It 's none but thee who can appease The wrath that burns within And to a wounded heart give ease That 's burdened with sin 4 We thee adore and worship do And at thy precious Feet Contentedly we all would lye To tast thy mercy sweet 5 And thou dear Saviour who for sin The Curse didst undergo Unless thy Arm reveal'd had been No help to us could flow 6 All praise to God and to the Lamb And Spirit be therefore Teach us to know what we must do And sing for evermore HYMN 200. Bread indeed 1 HOw good O Lord is thy blest Word To all that are sincere Because it doth such good afford Thy Children love it dear 2 O let us taste of thy sweet Love And in thy self delight And feed us also from above Every day and night 3 That with the fat things of thy House We all may feasted be And flourish in thy glorious Courts Dear God continually 4 Many do seem to be content Whilst they on Husks do feed But let our Souls to Christ be bent And stor'd with all we need 5 One hour in thy blest Courts let 's prize Above all times and days And also sing and laud thy Name And live unto thy praise HYMN 201. A Feast of Fat things 1 LOrd thou art great and also good Thy Love and Grace is such Thou giv'st poor hungry Souls sweet Food And nothing think'st too much 2 For them who unto Christ do come All things prepared be No sooner do they once come home But welcome are to thee 3 The fatted Calf and Bread indeed And precious Wine good store And all things else which Sinners need Are ready for the Poor 4 Where feed and feast all on free cost May such who hungry be All is of Grace that none may boast But only Lord in thee 6 O then let 's eat and drink the best And praise the Lord above And lean upon his dearest Breast Till ravished with Love HYMN 202. Vnless ye believe that I am he c. 1 HOw dark is he how blind Who hath a carnal mind He hath no peace if he so die He none shall ever find 2 He that in Christ doth not believe Nor in Truth now receive The offers of his special Grace May not his Loss retrieve 3 Die in your Sins Tremble and Fear What Man is it can hear Those words and find his heart not now Rent and to pieces tare 4 Let 's lift thy Name O Lord on high And make sweet melody And so believe and live that we In sin may never die HYMN 203. The glorious Gift 1 ALL praise and glory now be given To God the Lord above Who gives to us the best of Heaven Himself His Grace and Love 2 Most precious are his Promises They firm and sure be Thou all our wants wilt Lord supply And that continually 3 Though we are poor in earthly things And little do possess Yet richer are than wicked Kings And never shall have less 4 He that hath God possesseth all And what would he have more Shall not that Man contented be Can any think he 's poor 5 O let us then lift up our voice And sing melodiously And in the Lord always rejoyce Until we come to die HYMN 204. Christ became poor 1 O Holy and most glorious King The mighty Prince of Peace Thou art that Lamb by whom we came From sin to have release 2 Thou in the glorious Form of God Before all Worlds indeed Most splendently O thou didst shine And nothing didst thou need 3 And yet thy love to us was such Thou for us becam'st poor That we through thy great Poverty Might all have Riches store 4 We never can to thee express Our Thanks sufficiently Who in our stead and for our sakes A shameful death didst die 5 The Wrath and Curse that was our due O Lord thou didst endure And in the Grave O thou didst lye Our freedom to procure 6 O depths and heighths of divine Love None can compare with thee So low to lye that we on high At last might raised be 7 Lord thou art all in all to us To God all praise therefore To him to thee and Spirit we Will sing for evermore HYMN 205. A Hymn of Dr. P. taken out of his Century of select Psalms p. 201. From several Passages of the Revelations ALL ye that serve the Lord his Name See that ye celebrate And ye that fear him sing aloud His praise both small and great O thou great Ruler of the World Thy Works our wonder raise Thou blessed King of Saints how true And righteous are thy ways Who would not fear and praise thy Name Thou only Holy One The World shall worship thee to whom Thy Judgments are made known Most Holy Holy Holy Lord Almighty is thy Name Which was before all time and is And shall be still the same All Glory Pow'r and Honour thou Art worthy to receive For all things by thy Pow'r were made And by thy Pleasure live To thee of right O Lamb of God Riches and Pow'r belong Wisdom and Honour Glory Strength And every praising Song Thou as our Sacrifice wast slain And by thy precious Blood From ev'ry Tongue and Nation hast Redeem'd us unto God Blessing and Honour Glory Power By all in Earth and Heaven To him that sits upon the Throne And to the Lamb be giv'n PART IX Containing part of some Select PSALMS of DAVID HYMN 206. Psal 1. The Blessed Man 1 THe Man is bless'd that shuns the Snare Of wicked Mens advice Whom Sinners Paths or Scorners Chair By no means can entice 2 But his delight both day and night Is in God's holy Law Wherein he waits and meditates With constant care and awe 3 Like planted Tree by Water-Springs Shall such a Man be made A Tree that timely Fruit brings forth Whose Leaf shall never fade 4 And God shall bless with good success All actions of the Just Unlike them far the wicked are And as the driven Dust 5 Therefore th' Ungodly never may In Judgment stand acquitted Not with the Just in that great Day Shall Sinners be admitted 6 For Men upright are Gods delight Their way to him is known But Sinners way shall soon decay And quite be overthrown HYMN 207. Psal 2. Christ's Kingdom 1 WHy do the Heathen Gentiles rage And foolish things surmize Kings set themselves against the Lord And do his Christ despise 2 His gracious Government they count Their Yoke his Laws their Chain Freedom they 'll have without controll No Bands shall them restrain 3 But God above will scorn their rage Their vain attempts deride He will affright them in his wrath Vex and defeat their pride 4 For all their spite I 've set my King Upon his holy Throne And what I had decreed before Proclaim'd him now my Son 5 This is the Birth-day of his Rule Thy Scepter I 'll advance Or'e all the Earth the
Temple where they sung praises unto the Lord with the words of David c. 'T is a hard case that any Christian should object against that Duty which Christ and his Apostles and the Saints in all Ages in their publick Assemblies were found in the practice of but 't is no easie thing to break People off of a mistaken Notion and an old Prejudice taken up against a precious Truth of Christ The Lord will I hope satisfie all his People about this heavenly Ordinance in due time and they shall not call it a Carnal nor a Formal thing any more nor cry out 'T is as bad as Common-Prayer I must tell them if Common-Prayer lay under Sacred Institution in the New Testament as Singing of Psalms and Hymns doth I should as freely embrace that But whereas the one is Humane so the other is Divine that is ordained and commanded of God as well as practised by Christ and his Disciples and by the Saints in all Ages But not to trouble you any further if the Lord be pleased to bless the labour and pains I have taken give him the Glory and let your poor Brother have a part in your Prayers who is still Yours to serve you in the Gospel B. KEACH THE TABLE OF CONTENTS  Hymns Parts in each Hymn Page GOD a Father 1 0 3 God a Portion 2 2 5 God the Saints Dwelling 3 3 7 Storm a coming 0 1 9 God a Husbandman 4 1 10 God the chief Builder 5 2 12 God a Man of War 6 2 16 God a strong Tower 7 2 18 God like a Giant 8 1 20 God compared to a Potter 9 1 22 God compared to a Lyon 10 1 23 God like a Moth 11 1 25 God as a travelling Woman 12 1 27 God a consuming Fire 13 2 28 The everlasting Arms 14 1 30 God a Sun and Shield 15 1 32 God our Refuge 16 2 33 Christ a Mediator 17 3 35 Christ a Surety 18 1 38 Christ a Surety 19 2 40 Christ a Bridegroom 20 6 42 Christ the Image of God 21 1 48 Christ a Physician 22 4 50 Christ a Testator 23 2 54 Christ like a Roe 24 1 56 Christ the true Door 25 1 57 Christ God's Servant 26 3 58 Christ a King 27 2 61 Christ a Lyon 28 2 64 Christ a High-Priest 29 3 67 Christ the good Shepherd 30 1 70 Christ the Way 31 3 71 Christ a Rock 32 3 74 Christ a Fountain 33 3 76 Christ the Head 34 2 79 Christ the Lamb of God 35 2 81 Christ the Branch 36 2 83 Christ a Prophet 37 2 86 Christ a Garment sanctified 38 3 87 Christ an Advocate 38 3 90 Christ the Bread of Life 39 2 94 Christ the Sun of Righteousness 40 3 96 Christ the Root 41 2 100 Christ an Embassador 43 3 102 Christ the Heir of all things 44 2 107 Christ the true Witness 45 8 109 Christ's Name Wonderful 47 3 118 Christ a Counsellor 48 6 121 Christ the Foundation 49 3 127 Christ's Bowels by the Hen 50 2 131 Christ a Refiner 51 2 133 Christ as an Eagle 52 1 135 Christ a Captain 53 4 136 Christ the Morning-Star 54 1 140 Christ comes as a Thief 55 1 141 Christ the desire of all Nations 56 1 142 Christ the Prince of Peace 57 1 143 Christ the Judge of all 58 5 145 Christ the Saints Wedding-Garment 60 4 150 Christ all and in all 61   62   63 5 150 64   65   Spirit a Comforter 67 3 165 Spirit like the Wind 68 3 168 Spirit like Fire 69 1 170 Spirit like Oyl 70 1 173 Spirit an Earnest 71 2 174 Spirit a Seal 72 2 177 Grieve not the Spirit 73 1 178 Spirit a Witness 74 2 180 Spirit as a River 75 2 181 Spirit like Water 76 2 184 Spirit a Teacher 77 2 186 Spirit like a Dove 78 3 188 Spirit a Guide 79 1 190 Word of God a Lamp 80 2 193 Word better than Gold 81 2 195 Word like Milk 82 2 197 Word like strong Meat 83 2 199 Word sweeter than Honey 84 2 201 Word a Sword 85 4 203 Word as a Glass 86 2 207 Word like Rain 87 3 210 Word like Dew 88 1 213 Word like Treasure 89 3 214 Word like Fire 90 4 217 Word like a Hammer 91 2 221 Scripture of divine Authority 92 6 224 Scripture can't be broken 93 1 230 Word settled in Heaven 94 1 231 Power of Scripture 95 1 233 Search the Scripture 96 1 234 Excellency of the Gospel 97 1 235 Grace like Salt 98 5 237 Grace a Girdle 99 6 142 Grace a Breast-plate 100 2 248 Grace of Faith a Shield 101 1 250 Try'd Faith better than Gold 102 1 251 Hope an Helmet 103 1 253 Hope an Anchor 104 2 254 Love strong as Death 105 2 256 Baptism a Burial 106 1 258 Six Principles 107 2 259 Christ our Passover 108 1 262 Angels Watchers 109 2 263 Angels Morning-Stars 110 1 265 Angels Sons of God 111 1 267 Angels God's Hosts 112 1 268 Angels 4 Faces a Man a Lion c. 113 1 269 Angels like Flames of Fire 114 1 270 Angels like Horses red white c. 115 1 271 Spirit of Man a Candle 116 1 272 Conscience a Witness 117 2 273 Conscience a Witness 118 3 276 Church of God a City 119 1 277 Church a Vineyard 120 2 281 Church a Body 121 2 283 Church a Bush on Fire 122 1 285 Church like Golden Candlesticks 123 1 286 Church a Flock 124 1 287 Man like a Worm 125 1 288 Man as a Shadow 126 1 289 Saints Heirs 127 1 290 Saints Runners 128 1 291 Saitns Pilgrims 129 1 293 Afflictions a Rod 130 1 294 Afflictions Darkness 131 1 295 Afflictions a Storm 132 1 296 Afflictions Floods 133 1 297 Afflictions as Waves 134 1 298 To day if you will hear 135 1 299 The bruised Reed 136 1 300 Death like Seed sown 137 1 301 Dead asleep 138 1 302 Death a departure 139 1 303 Morning of Resurrection 140 1 304 Great Assize 141 1 305 Crown of Glory 142 1 306 Saints Rise glorious 143 2 307 Hell a Furnace of Fire 145 1 310 Hell a Lake of Fire 146 2 311 Hell a bottomless Pit 147 2 312 A TABLE of select Hymns and Psalms on several Occasions as they have been sung in divers Congregations  Hymns Parts Page SIN laid on Christ 147 1 313 The Good Physician 148 1 314 The Banquetting-House 149 1 315 Divine Wrath 150 1 316 The Bread of Life 151 1 317 Saints die with Christ 152 1 318 Joy in Heaven 153 1 319 Great Goodness laid up and wrought 154 1 320 A Feast of Fat things 155 1 321 Goodness wrought 156 1 322 Gospel the power of God 157 1 823 The joyful Sound 158 1 324 Sinners restored 159 1 325 Godly restored 160 1 326 Glorious Restoration 161 1 327 Sinners misery Saints glory 162 1 328 The precious
To fall at his own word 6 If he the Trumpet once does sound And like a Lion roar The wicked he will all confound And Vengeance on them pour 8 An Armory and Weapons too Of Indignation hath With Fire and Smoke and Hail also He soon can spoil the Earth 9 If man provoke him to arise And stir up Jealousy He like a travailling Woman will Break forth and loudly cry 10 A Banner he hath to display A white Flag he puts out To see if Sinners will submit Whose Courage seems so stout 11 If they will not lay down their Arms And with him make their peace Then let them tremble they shall see Incensed wrath increase 12 And out his bloody Flag will go No quarter will he give But down they fall both great and small And Vengeance shall receive The second Part. 1 Wo wo to all ungodly ones Who are his bitter Foes But happy are all Friends of his And such who with him close 2 Fear not ye Saints this Man of war Is always on your side And in your quarrel he 'll appear And equally divide 3 To every man his own just Right And Sion's Cause he 'll plead And will destroy the cursed Whore That long has flourished 4 Put hark again for you must know God's patience near is gone A warning piece he has let off The Battel is begun 5 O sing ye Saints God is come forth An alarm he does sound The Trumpets blow and it is heard In every quarter round 6 The Beast and cursed Babylon Amazed are to hear What God in England late has done But stranger things draw near 7 God forth is coming with a shout Sing praises sing praises He will all his Enemies rout And good mens hope it raises HYMN 7. God a strong Tower 1 THou art O Lord a Tower strong And Refuge for the Poor And that we might all hide in thee Hast opened a door 2 Christ is the Door that does let us Into this Tower where We may be safe and we all know No other Door is there 3 Our defence is in the Lord The high and lofty one And in thee we most safe shall be Till all the trouble 's gone 4 Thou art our Shield and Hiding place To thee we haste away Fore-seeing Dangers very nigh Dare now no longer stay 5 In thee is safety if we fly Our Tower is so strong We fear no Siege no Mines can hurt Nor do our Tower wrong 6 Nor can we starve whilst here we ly Thy Stores cannot be spent In thee is Bread and all supply No ways can Foes invent 7 To take our Fort we fear no Bombs Nor Cannon though they roar But from our Tower the cruel Foes To pieces shall be tore The second Part. 1 We in this Tower venture may All that to us is dear Nought can exceed our precious Souls Let them be lodged there 2 Strong Parties garrison within Who oft make sallies out And one of them can in a night A mighty Army rout 3 An hundred eighty thousand men Did one of these destroy Of cursed Foes who did strive then Gods Israel to annoy 4 A Tower strong is compass'd round With a thick mighty wall For to keep off such Foes who do Pell-mell upon it fall 5 For Bulwarks God Salvation hath Appointed for the Poor And he a wall of fire is round About us evermore 6 Can such who in this Tower are Be any time afraid All such who know the strength of it Can never be dismaid 7 Take up your Lodging then within Haste quickly don't delay Cast off base Habits leave your Sin Christ Jesus is the way 8 Those who would enter into it And not by the right Door Will see themselves without the walls Before this day is o're HYMN 8. God compared to a Giant Job 16.14 He runneth upon me like a Giant 1 A Giant is a man of strength Both fierce and swift also When like a Giant God appears He is provok'd we know 2 By our great sins which grievous are In his most blessed sight On us therefore as Giants do Does he break forth with might 3 As if he would to pieces tear Such whom his Soul doth love Yet in his Heart affections dear Toward us then does move 4 'T is to convince our Souls of sin And us to humble too And fit us for some glorious work He has for us to do 5 And crucifie us to the world And to each earthly thing That we might see from him alone Our chiefest Joy does spring 6 To exercise our Graces too This is another end That they might their great Lustre show For this does tryals send 7 And Satan might be silenced Who does Gods Jobs accuse From hence as you have heard and read God thus his Saints does use 8 And that Examples God might have Of patience to sustain Some others of his Children who May meet with such like pain 9 Then do not mourn ye godly ones When on you God does run He pities you and hears your moans In mercy will return 10 Again to you and you shall see His sweet and lovely face Therefore sing ye his praises forth And prize his glorious Grace HYMN 9. God compared to a Potter Rom. 9.21 Hath not the Potter power over the Clay 1 A Potter does prepare his Clay Then does the Vessel make So thou prepares thy work O Lord Which thou dost undertake 2 The Earth thou didst O Lord form first Of which we formed were Thou didst project also before What Image we should bear 3 A Potter divers Vessels makes VVhich of different sizes are Some of one form and others do Another fashion bare 4 So thou hast different Vessels too Some noble and some base Some curiously are wrought within Adorned with thy Grace 5 Some for Honour and some likewise They for dishonour be But who shall to the Potter say VVhy is this done by thee 6 Mayst thou not like the Potter do VVhat seems good in thy sight Thou mayst give Grace or it deny Yet all thou dost is right 7 O let us then such Vessels be Most lovely to behold And gloriously to shine within Being covered o're with Gold 8 That we thy praises may set forth As being all new made Once we were marr'd but never more Let our rare Beauty fade 9 And we will sing to thee O Lord And raise thy name on high For we shall glorious Vessels be To all eternity HYMN 10. God like a Lion Hos 5.14 God compared to a Lion 1 I Will like to a Lion be I 'le tear and will devour Thus dost thou say O holy One To shew thy wrathful pow'r 2 Against the wicked who provoke Thee grievously each day When patience does to fury turn Thou 'lt sweep them all away 3 Who can the prey deliver from A hungry Lion so VVho is 't can save or rescue such Thou sayst thou willt o're throw 4 A Lion when enrag'd is fierce And all before him fly
So at thy frowns and dreadful wrath How will the wicked cry 5 VVhen once the Lion's heard to roar The Beasts of th' Forest quake So when thou dost in wrath arise Sad tremblings thou wilt make 6 But if before a Lion one Himself does prostrate lie The Lion will not touch his Life But leave him and pass by 7 So thou O Lord wilt such forgive VVho do themselves submit And by Repentance humbly Lie prostrate at thy seet 8 The Lion does sometimes couch down As if asleep he lay But soon does rise with wrathful frowns As greedy of his prey 9 And thus O Lord thou seem'st to sleep And wicked men don't fear But as a Lion wilt rouze up And them to pieces tear 10 Then happy you for whom Christ made With God a lasting peace 'T is you may sing for still you 'll find Your Comforts shall increase HYMN 11. God like a Moth. Hos 5.12 I will be a Moth to Ephraim 1 MOths secretly do seize and eat And spoil fair Garments quite So many times thy Judgments are Hid from most peoples sight 2 Moths often spoil things rich and rare As well as of small worth So thou O Lord wilt neither spare The poor nor rich of th' earth 3 All are alike O Lord to thee If wrath on them do seize Unsensibly thou canst them spoil Like Moths if thou dost please 4 A Moth does eat things by degrees A little now and then So gradually thou dost destroy Sometimes vile wicked men 5 Thou like a Moth art sometimes Lord In Councels Princes trust Who Plots of Enemies can't see Till out they fiercely burst 6 And likewise in Estates of men Thou as a Moth does come Their hopes are great and much earn they But bring but little home 7 Thou dost it blast and it consumes Because they don 't it use To righteous ends but basely it To their own Lusts abuse 8 Strength thus oft-times does wast away In Soul and Body too And Treasures of Nations decay Tho few that mind it do 9 Take heed ye Saints of private sins Lest God does secretly Bring Judgments on you till he hath Consum'd you utterly HYMN 12. God cries like a trav Wom. Isa 42.14 Now will I cry like a travailing woman 1 LIke as a Woman travailing Does cry out in her pain So thou dost say Lord thou wilt do To pour forth wrath amain 2 Thy Patience and sweet Lenity Is almost gone no doubt And therefore thou most bitterly Wilt quickly now cry out 3 A Woman when her travel comes From crying can't refrain So thou wilt cry for Sions sake Like her in grievous pain 4 A woman in her travel strives Her Child for to bring forth So thou deliverance for thy Church Wilt work throughout the Earth 5 Afflicted thou dost seem to be For thy poor Sions sake And therefore on her Enemies Dread Vengeance thou wilt take 6 When pangs do on a Woman seize Deliverance is near So of thy Foes thou soon wilt ease Thy self it does appear 7 Behold ye Saints Gods Love to you And sing his glorious praise Your Enemy he will o'rethrow And that in these last dayes HYMN 13. God a consuming Fire Heb. 12.29 For our God is a consuming Fire 1 A Consuming Fire dismal is And terrible to see So is that wrath of thine O Lord If kindled once it be 2 Before thy indignation fierce What mortal Soul can stand Thy wrath is poured out like Fire Which none can countermand 3 The Mountains are thrown down by thee Thy wrath doth fiercely burn And all before thee thou Lord wilt To Ashes quickly turn 4 Fire breaks forth sometimes we see When men are not aware So shall thy wrath surprize the Earth When men secure are 5 Like to the writing with the hand On proud Belshazzar's wall So when thou dost give the Command Sinners shall tremble all 6 Fire breaks forth oft times i' th' night When men are fast asleep Which does poor people strangely fright And sorrows on them heap 7 So in the night of ignorance Whilst Men lye on their beds They hear the cry of Fire Fire Just burning o're their heads The Second Part. 1 A fire also consumes amain It famous Cities spoyl So thou wilt desolations make Of Sinners who are vile 2 Can stubble stand before fierce flames And not consumed be Then may proud wicked Ones likewise Secure themselves from thee 3 None can abide thy dreadful wrath There is no way to fly For thou wilt them destroy O God As stubble fully dry 4 Some fires may be quenched quite But thine will always burn Thy wrath O Lord eternal is It never will be gone 5 Fire torments most cruelly Such who into 't are cast So will thy wrath all Enemies Which they shall feel at last 6 Tremble you vile and wicked Ones Consider what you do On you this fire soon shall seize And burn for ever too 7 But all ye Saints rejoyce and sing God is to you ye see A fire to warm and to give light By which you quickn'd be 8 Ah! happy such behold therefore The difference between A wicked and a godly Man And praise the Lord agen HYMN 14. Everlasting Arms. Deut. 33.27 Vnderneath are the everlasting Arms. 1 THou art our Arm of Help O God Shall we thy mercy see An Arm stretch'd out of the thick Cloud To strenghen such as we 2 How usefull is an Arm to us The body to defend So is thy love and power Lord On which we do depend 3 The Arm bears up and does support Such who most feeble be Thy weak and feeble Saints also Are Lord born up by thee 4 The Arm the Body does protect And save it from all harms So thou dost us defend and save By thy Almighty Arms. 5 We with our Arms embrace our Friend And hug such we do love We by thine Arms of power and grace Embrac'd are from above 6 Thy Arm O Lord is very strong The vilest Soul can'st save Not shortned but very long Thy help let Sinners have 7 Wo wo to them this Arm of thine In wrath is laid upon But happy such who it upholds Thrice happy such a one 8 Remember Saints when you are low Whose Arms are under you And sing God's praise continually Who will Salvation show HYMN 15. God a Sun and Shield Psal 84.11 The Lord God is a Sun and a Shield 1 THe Lord he is our Sun and Shield Our Buckler and Safeguard And hence we stand and will not yield Though Enemies press hard 2 Like as a Shield the blow keeps off The Enemy lays on So thou keeps off all hurt from us And saves us every one 3 Let Foes strike at us as they please On the head or the heart This precious Shield which we do use Secureth every part 4 From Sin from Satan and the World No Dart we need to fear Since thou art such a Shield to us O God and Saviour dear 5 Our Shield and our
great Reward To thee all praise be given Who wilt thy saving-help afford Until we come to Heaven HYMN 16. God a Refuge Psal 46.1 God is our Refuge 1 O Holy and Eternal One Thou art a Refuge sure Help us to fly to thee alone Whose Mercies do endure 2 A Refuge strong thou art O Lord Help us to fly to thee Shall we take hold of thy blest Word And safe for ever be 3 O Lord we bless and praise thy Name There is a Refuge found For us who are pursued hard This is a joyful sound 4 O Souls then see with speed we pray To Jesus Christ to fly Lest th' Avenger through delay O retake you and you die 5 The way is easie to find out All stumbling blocks are gone O haste with speed and look about Dangers are coming on 6 God like a Refuge does give ease And fortifie the Mind When horror does on others seize Security we find 7 This Refuge never will us fail All others will not do God never will leave us so frail But present help will shew 8 Of every sin let us get clear Yea freedom from each guilt To Christ by Faith let us adhere To wash away all filth The Second Part. 1 O Lord to thee to thee we fly A dismal day 's at hand But if we leave iniquity In safety shall we stand 2 Under thy Wings with speed we pray Hide us Lord every one Then safe shall we be day and night Till all the trouble 's gone 3 And we will thy praises sing forth And lift thy Name on high And also triumph on earth Whilst others howl and cry 4 All glory unto God that we Have such a hiding-place Always shall we rejoyce in thee when we behold thy face PART II. SACRED HYMNS To the Praise of Jesus Christ In which his transcending Excellencies are set forth HYMN 17. Christ a Mediator Heb. 12.24 To Jesus the Mediator of the New Govenant 1 A Breach most fore there was between Poor Sinners Lord and thee Before the Fall nought then was seen But perfect amity 2 But Man by breaking thy just Law Is now become thy Foe And as thou dost him loath and hate So he doth thee also 3 The carnal Mind is enmity Against the holy God And in us all Lord naturally Like enmity abode 4 But thou in mercy and great love Through wisdom infinite Hast found a way wrath to remove And Sinners to unite 5 Unto thy self in lasting bonds Of precious grace and peace 'T is done by Christ our blessed Lord In him thy wrath does cease 6 He is that Days-man who lays hold On both that so he might Thee reconcile unto our Souls And us to thee unite 7 He brings thee Lord down unto us And carries us to thee And thus is he dear and precious Yea all in all is he Second Part. 1 Thy honour in Each Attribute He sought to glorifie Yet did his undertakings suit Our wants all to supply 2 In ev'ry thing to such degree Due glory thou dost gain And we relief unto the full Through him Lord do obtain 3 In him Justice and Mercy meet And gloriously do shine Both equally in splendour fit As both alike divine 4 As Mediator he was Lord Exactly qualify'd Most wise and just yet merciful That so he might divide 5 An equal part in a right way Unto each party so God might be just yet Justifie And pardon Sinners too 6 To God he is a Friend most dear Nay of so near a-kin His express Image he does bear Yet we may say agen 7 To us he is related too Our nature he did take From hence he knew well what would do An equal peace to make Third Part. 1 Lord thou wast the offended One Whom we had grieved sore Thou chose Christ to this work alone And cancell'd the old score 2 In him thy Soul well pleased is Who did thy wrath appease 'T is he who reconciles us too And does our barthens ease 3 Such who accept of terms of peace As offered they be By Jesus Christ the breach will cease Between that Soul and thee 4 But if the terms refused are There will be no Appeal Allowed such at the last day They must thy vengeance feel 5 Come in ye Sinners then with speed O see to him you fly For he to you his hand must lend To slay that enmity 6 That 's in your heart 's which change he must If ever you receive Those terms which are agreed on Our precious Souls to save HYMN 18. Christ a Surety Heb. 7.22 So much was Jesus made Surety of a better Testament 1 WE once O Lord concerned were In a commerce with thee Before we fell no need was there Of any Surety 2 But we run out and wasted all Which was a mighty store And ah our credit is so gone Thou wilt trust us no more 3 Unless 't is so a Surety's found We must in Prison lye And bear thy dreadful wrath O God Unto eternity 4 Christ therefore Lord thou didst find out No Friend had we to bring All good therefore which we receive Doth from thy bowels spring 5 Ah! he this work did undertake And hands for us did strike And such a Surety O Lord For us O thou didst like 6 Who faithful was and able too Even all our debts to pay And all our sins thy word does show Upon him thou didst lay 7 Unto thy blessed Covenant Ah! he did put his hand And in our stead laid down his life As thou gav'st him command 8 'T was thou Lord Christ who in our room To th' Father didst engage To satisfie his justice and His wrath for to asswage 9 O what great Love and Grace is here Thou knowest very well Thou must pay all and our sins bear Which would sink us to Hell HYMN 19. Christ our Surety The Second Part set after the Sacrament 1 BUt thou wast able to sustain That heavy weight of sin And for our Souls didst life obtain And righteousness bring in 2 'T was from the worth and dignity Which in thy Person lay Thou didst God's justice satisfie And all our debts defray 3 Thou being God as well as Man Thy Merits have such worth As a compensation full to make And liberty bring forth 4 For us who did in Prison lye Being bound with cruel bonds Which none could loose assuredly But thy own blessed hands 5 By that one single payment Lord Laid down when thou didst die Relief to us thou dost afford Who dead in sin did lye 6 For as poor Debtors we were all So Criminals were too And death deserved great and small Condemn'd in law also 7 And thou as Surety for us Gav'st up thy self to die And in our stead Lord thou didst thus God's justice satisfie The Third Part. 1 And now the Covenant stands sure In Christ's most blessed hands All good for us he did procure Which in him firmly stands 2 And thus he did engage for those That given to
sight Whereby we may conceive Of his eternal glory bright And clearer knowledge have 6 Of him and also him adore In thee and by thee too But after all we must confess We little see or know 7 All praise and glory unto God And Christ in whom doth shine All glories which the Father hath Most sacred and divine HYMN 22. The Soul Physician Mat. 9.12 They that are whole need not a Physician but they that are sick 1 THou Lord the good Physician art Who knowest very well All the diseases of our heart And also hast such skill 2 That thou dost know what 't is likewise Will ease us of our pain Nay perfectly so cure us We sick shan't be again 3 And thou wast authorized too The Father licens'd thee And did appoint thee to this work Physician of Souls to be 4 And thou approved hast been oft The works which thou didst do Did witness bear to thy great skill Authority also 5 Thou know'st our constitution sins And from whence they proceed The cause of each disease within And how we may be freed 6 From the curst Plague Contagion great That reigns in every part No member's free nor faculty But rages most i' th' heart 7 There there the cursed venom lyes But thou canst fetch it out And make a perfect cure too Of this we have no doubt The second Part. 1 But it is true no medicin's found Which Lord can do us good So as to make us whole and sound But our Physician 's Blood 2 And therefore thou didst pour it forth Thy precious blood was shed That we might it apply by Faith And also be cured 3 For all our hearts Lord naturally So hard and stony are Till softned with thy blood we see They can't thy Image bear 4 Nought will dissolve the Adamant And flinty heart we know But precious blood which from thy wounds Most plenteously did flow 5 But such who never sick were made Or did their sickness see Are never like thy help to have Nor cure find of thee 6 Thou first does make us see our sin And then when we do cry Thy Oyl and Wine thou dost put in Which heals us presently 7 But some don't love to feel the pain But would slight healed be And have their sores but skinned o're Such Souls are left by thee 8 For each dead Member off must go Right eyes be pulled out Or else the soul and body too Shall go to Hell no doubt The Third Part. 1 Thou all Physicians dost excell They can't all Persons cure But there is none but thou canst heal Yea heal O Lord for ever 2 They do it likewise for their gain But thou dost all in love And poor wast made for us O Lord Who rich was once above 3 To make us sound and whole at heart And heal our souls for ever Thou didst with all thy riches part And grievous pains endure 4 The dead to life they cannot raise But this Lord thou dost do And hadst not thou Lord qaickned us We had been lost we know 5 They cannot bless Physick they give Neither know the success But all that Means which does us good Lord thou to us dost bless The fourth Part. 1 Other Physicians Men send to We did not send for thee But freely didst thou come to us That we might healed be 2 O let us then love thee O Lord And let poor Sinners cry And come to thee thou wilt them heal And cure presently 3 But let them not the time delay Neither false Med'cines use Which may perhaps through a mistake Seem to afford some ease 4 And since Lord thou hast heal'd our souls And cured hast each sore Let 's sing thy praise with all in us Praise thee for evermore HYMN 23. Christ the glorious Testator Heb. 9.16 For where a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator 1 LOrd Christ thou the Testator art Of the New Testament And hadst much Goods to give away Thou to this end was sent 2 And full of thoughts thou wast also know How of them to dispose But some there were which thou didst Thy Father long had chose 3 To be the only Legatees Who unto thee were dear And unto them thou didst bequeath All things that thou hadst here 4 Below on Earth and all above They Heirs are made indeed Of all the Riches of both Worlds What more Lord can we need 5 All things were given unto thee Thou art thy Fathers Heir And we with thee Joynt-Heirs are too So much beloved are 6 The time drew near that thou must die And die thou didst likewise But first didst make thy Will O Lord Which in thy Gospel lyes 7 And that is thy last testament For thou wilt make no more And by thy blood confirm'd it is And that Lord o're and o're 8 And for a Sign the Sacraments Thou didst likewise ordain That we might see thy true intent And never doubt again The second Part. 1 The former Will didst disannull For it was weak we see Since nothing perfect it could make 'T was took away by thee 2 Thou the Testator being dead Yet didst revive again Thy Will must not be altered Upon eternal pain 3 Each Precept as by thee 't is left With care we must observe And from thy will and testament We Lord must never swerve 4 If Angels should this thing attempt They cursed then must be Let Men then tremble who have done This great iniquity Nothing must added be thereto Nor nothing from it took Then wo to such What will they do Who have thy Word forsook 6 And thy last Will and Testament Gives right and title too Unto thy Saints of all grace here And glory Lord also 7 Like a Testator thou hast nam'd The Persons who shall have The great Possession that 's above Or who 't is thou wilt save 8 They are all such whom God did give Dear Saviour unto thee Who shall in time on thee believe Yea and new creatures be 9 O then let 's see if we are such And sweetly let us sing For who is able to conceive What comfort hence does spring HYMN 24. Christ as a Hart. Cant. 2.9 My Beloved is like a Roe or young Hart. 1 LIke as a Hart has a quick sight So thou art quick to see All wants that do attend thy Saints Lye open unto thee 2 Their dangers too thou dost perceive All things before thee lye And help from thee we all shall have And that most speedily 3 And like a Hart art quick to hear Although we do but groan The smallest sigh comes up to thee It pierces does thy Throne 4 Thou loving art unto thy Spouse Thou dost exceed the Hind Most dearly dost thou tender her And bear her in thy mind 5 And as a Hart is swift to run And can the Mountains climb So thou art swift to help thy Saints And all wilt in good time 6 No opposition Men can make Or greatest
2 Yet 't is a new and living way Prepared 't was by blood O walk in it don't go astray The way is very good 3 Most safe and easie to the soul Who does on Christ depend And in the way we do each day Meet with our dearest Friend 4 Sweet company besides also Who do each other love For none can in this streight way go But those born from above 5 We in the way find all things cheap Our charges all are born And other blessings thou dost heap Rouze up and do not mourn 6 Ye drooping Souls you have a Guide Who never will you leave And will defend you on e'ry side If unto him you cleave 7 Besides you are now almost come Unto your journeys end Behold you are in sight of home Your pace O therefore mend 8 Cast off your loads O come away And sing as you do go Sing praise to Christ continually From whence all blessings flow HYMN 32. Christ a Rock glorious 1 Cor. 10.4 And that Rock was Christ 1 THe Rock of Ages Lord thou art On thee we do depend Vpon this Rock let us be built And then let Rains descend 2 Let Floods rise high and let Storms beat We shall securely stand Whilst others Fall Lord will be great Who build upon the Sand. 3 O in this Rock let us be hid And then we will not fear Though Seas do swell and Waves do roar And dangers great are near 4 In this sweet Rock we Honey find And living Waters flow This Rock likewise does Jewels sweat Here 's golden Mines also 5 This Rock is high mount up with speed You Canaan may espy If you by Faith ascend this Rock To you it will seem nigh 6 Here let us dwell the shadow 's good For such who weary be The hungry soul here may have food And be from dangers free 7 Then sing ye praise unto your Rock No Rock is like to this The Rock of our Salvation great A Sanctuary is 8 Do not forsake your Rock be sure O sing continually Our dwelling place it is secure Praise him that dwells on high HYMN 33. Christ the only Fountain opened Zech. 13.1 In that day there shall be a Fountain opened c. 1 THou art a Fountain Holy One The Head of ev'ry Spring All fulness is in thee alone To thee we therefore sing 2 A Fountain full of grace and peace Nay it does overflow Its waters run and never cease The like 's not here below 3 A vent is made and it does run And sends its waters forth The streams this way and that way turn To water the dry earth 4 All the low places do receive These waters evermore On humble souls who do believe Thou dost thy blessings pour 5 Into these Valleys thou dost send Thy precious streams amain Those Meadows well are watered Yea watered again 6 Like as the Sun is full of light And Waters fill the Sea So art thou full of goodness Lord So is that grace in thee 7 How many Vessels hast thou fill'd Since first the Fountain run And many thousands more wilt fill Before that thou hast done The Second Part. 1 All Souls of Saints that ever were Who did true grace possess Were fill'd by thee and yet we see There 's ne're a drop the less 2 Great Vessels Lord thy Churches be Yet all these thou dost fill A gracious measure they all have According to thy will 3 A bigger Vessel we espy Thou empty wi lt anon And fill it full of grace likewise Before that thou hast done 4 This Vessel Lord is the whole Earth That now abounds with sin Thou wilt it empty o're a while And fill it full agen 5 Nay thou wilt turn it upside down As some their Vessels do To empty it of wickedness Which now aboundeth so 6 And then the earth with knowledge shall As Seas with water swell Be filled Lord and that by thee As Holy Writ does tell 7 And well it is thou hast so much Water of life in thee For all our Vessels empty are Besides they likely be 8 Nor is there any other Well Our wants for to supply We must unto this Fountain come Or else our souls will die Third Part. 1 All people that on earth do dwell Ofâ— water stand in need But none is there to be found out But what Lord does proceed 2 From thine own self and now O well Unto thee we will sing O mighty Sea and Fountain deep And every lasting Spring 3 With Saints of old we 'll sing this Song And say Spring up O Well And send thy water forth and now Refresh thy Israel 4 Here we may wash and healed be And cleansed from our sin Here we may drink who thirsty are And never thirst agen 5 O come unto the Fountain now O haste and come with speed Behold 't is open come away These waters you do need 6 Before the Fountain is seal'd up Or God the stream does turn O come ye Sinners wash your souls See how the waters run HYMN 34. Christ the Head of the Church Col. 1.18 He is the Head of the Body the Church 1 THou holy Son of God most high 'T is thou who art the Head Of Angels whose great dignity Most famously is spread 2 Ye glorious Seraphims above And Principalities Most willingly do Christ adore In whom all fulness lyes 3 Thou art the Head of human race The Head of every Man The Head too of thy Church also Thy glory no tongue can 4 Set forth according to thy worth Most great in dignity And of such high and noble birth All Beings dost outvie 5 'T is by thy glorious influence The body is sustain'd As thou hast the preheminence Thou hast all glories gain'd 6 Each member is supply'd by thee And held in sacred bonds And nourish'd are continually And under thy commands 7 The governing part lyes in the head In it our glory lies And if the head be once strook off The body straitway dies Second Part. 1 And since thou livest evermore From hence also we know Thy body and each member shall For ever live also 2 All praise and glory therefore we Ascribe unto our Head All reverence belongs to thee By whom we 're governed 3 But one head can the body have And if it should have two It would a frightful monster be All mortal Creatures know Now cursed Babel look thou to 't And weigh it well therefore For since thou hast a new Head got Thou art an errant Whore HYMN 35. Christ the Lamb of God Joh. 1.36 Behold the Lamb of God 1 HAil blessed Lamb thou Lamb of God So harmless and so meek Thy glory great O we would raise Thy honour always seek 2 No spot nor blemish was in thee But yet Lord thou wast fold For a poor price who 's worth can't be Computed nor be told 3 Sold and deliver'd up also Into the Butchers hands Who mangled thee inhumanly Who Heaven and Earth commands 4 A Sacrifice
Mongst Children of the King 7 Ye Saints don't you provision make To satisfie your lust But put on Christ your Garments take Because you ready must 8 Be all the Bridegroom to attend He comes he comes sing praise Your Lamps now trim he will descend Make haste without delays HYMN 38. Christ our Advocate Joh. 2.2 We have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous 1 O Lord we have a mighty Cause And still it does depend Ah! we have broke all God's just Laws VVilt thou our Souls be friend 2 To take in hand our Cause to plead Thou art our Advocate VVe dare not Lord lift up our head Our Case for to relate 3 But thou ally'd art to the Judge And for our Souls didst die The Merits of thy Blood may'st urge To thee we all do fly 4 Thou legally art call'd to th' Barr And hast thy Father's Ear Alas we all so loathsom be VVe dare not there appear 5 In our own persons he is just And we must guilty be We righteousness all therefore must Have only Lord of thee 6 Thou never didst miscarry yet On what thou took'st in hand Our Enemies do thou defeat That sentence do demand 7 Hast thou not paid our Debts O Lord Read our Discharge we pray And that will comfort now afford And this most doubtful day 8 Is not all paid Can Justice see Just ground for to deny Our true Acquittance Lord in thee VVho didst him satisfie The second Part. 1 Our Cause Lord thou didst undertake Without the hopes of see And this does us most chearful make We hope we now shall see 2 An end put to that bitter strife Which has been long between Our God and us alas our life In jeopardy has been 3 O blessed Lord we do perceive Our Cause it does go well For he who doth on thee believe Shall never go to Hell 4 But he shall live eternally In joy and happy bliss Our Advocate has won the day What love is like to this 5 Thou in our stead was pleas'd to die Who Criminals all were The Law for us didst sastisfie No errours can appear 6 No superseding of our suit Our Foes can't it remove For thou as Judge in chief shalt sit In the high Court above The Third Part. 1 There 's no Appeal from that high Throne Our Cause being carried there If Conscience should bring Charges on Yet there we all stand clear 2 For though sin does in us abide It in us shall not reign And we have Jesus on our side Who will wash us again 3 But hear us once ogain O Lord Shall we our pardon see And know that we are justify'd And peace have all with thee 4 How sweetly then Lord shall we sing No cause have we to doubt Therefore we 'll leave our Cause with thee And sing thy Praises out 5 But O ye Saints take heed of sin But if that sin you do An Advocate with God there is Who pleads always for you 6 And now poor Sinners will you fly To him with care and speed This Advocate for you does plead Who for your Souls did bleed 7 Though you no money have at all To carry on the Suit Yet he will be your Advocate If to him you submit HYMN 39. Christ the Bread of Life Joh. 6.50 I am the Bread of Life 1 THou art the Bread of Life O Lord Bread is a Blessed thing Some Bread to us do thou afford Shall we lye here starving 2 When in our Father's House there 's store And we have nought to eat Remember us think on the poor A little broken Meat 3 Ah! some small Crumbs Lord let us have Which from thy Table fall A bit of Bread we humbly crave Or we shall perish all 4 Bread is the stay and staff of life 'T is Bread will do us good Fill us O Lord with holy strife Till we attain this food 5 Bread is ordain'd to an high end The life of Man to save From Heaven Lord thou didst descend That our poor souls might'st have 7 That blessing 's great ah life is sweet Lord we must eat or die And therefore beg now at thy feet Some Bread do not deny The second Part. 1 Bread pleasant is unto the taste To souls who hungry be This property also thou hast O it it is found in thee 2 What can taste sweeter than thy love O come poor souls and try That Bread which came down from above Is set before your eye 3 By Faith you must this Bread behold And you by Faith must eat Without true Faith you have been told It is alas dry Meat 4 Bread does renew the strength of Men Who ready are to faint O then on Christ let 's feed agen Eat Bread poor drooping Saint 5 On Christ rely don't look within On Jesus do depend 'T is he has made an end of sin To him God does thee send 6 Bread is the best of earthly things A morsel is worth Gold From Christ all blessings to us spring His worth none can unfold 7 Bread is a portion for the poor O let us haste away But see you come to the right door There may ye feed each day 8 But what is common Bread to this Which soon does putrifie Oh feed on this none like it is Eat and ye shall not die 9 All praise to God and Christ the Lord Who Bread to us do give O sing his praise Saints all your days Eat and your souls shall live HYMN 40. Christ the Sun of Righteousness Mal. 4.2 The Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing under his wings 1 THere is a Sun there is but one To light the Universe Beside thy self O Lord there 's none Who can enlighten us 2 Thou art the Fountain of true Light Nay all light is from thee As thou art God omnipotent Cloathed in Majesty 3 All light of grace which Saints receive From thee Lord does it flow Few Men who in this world do live Alas are lighted so 4 What clearer is there than the Sun O what can brighter shine Thy glory O most holy One Exceds it is divine 5 Most splendant rays do sparkle forth Which dazles every eye Thy beams are brighter than the Sun That shines so gloriously 6 Thou art the Soul of all the World By thee all Creatures live All things together would be hurl'd If life thou didst not give 7 We see the Earth and Heaven too Thou dost uphold them all If thou should'st once let go thy hold Together down they 'd fall The second Part. 1 Thou like the Sun communicates Thy glorious influence Of grace and goodness to thy Saints Thou hast preheminence 2 What a dark world would this be Were there no Sun to shine What darkness Lord ah should we see Had we no beams of thine 3 'T is thou that dost expell away Dark vapours of the night Thick mists and fogs they all do fly When thou appear'st in sight 4 Most pow'rfully dost thou expell The
pardon'd be of sin 7 By righteousness another wrought And death which he did die Can guilty Man from guilt be freed Can that him justifie 8 To end this Cause thou didst come here The Matter 's left to thee And thou dost say the Sinner's clear This way and so shall be The Third Part. 1 Lord he that doth on thee rely And union does obtain And to thy righteousness does fly He 's freed from every stain 2 Of sin and guilt in sight of God And justify'd is he Though on his soul may lye a load Because he cannot see 3 That pardon and that freedom yet That 's in thy self alone But pores on his iniquity Which he finds is not gone 4 Off his own Conscience but does feel ' Body of sin and death Yet thou to him this truth does seal That he a pardon hath 5 Wherefore thy holy praises great All Ages shall record Thy people shall give thanks to thee For evermore O Lord. The Fourth Part. 1 We are about a great Estate An assurance fain would have The way to us do thou relate Thy counsel we do crave 2 The Title 's good that 's not the thing We do enquire about But how to settle it on us And lasting Deeds sue out 3 That none us disinherit may Thy counsel give O Lord O shew to us the ready way According to thy Word 4 'T is thou must seal to us the Lease O let it be for ever Thy Spirit is the Seal let us The same of thee procure 5 Lord let the Title firmly stand Unto thy Servants thus Confirm the matter took in hand That grace may shine in us The Fifth Part. 1 We charged with sad crimes all are Such misdemeanors vile If thou dost not the matter clear Our comforts they will spoil 2 The Law and Conscience both agree To lay Lord at our door The highest Treason that can be Call thou the matrer o're 3 Acquit us of this fearful charge Thou able art ro plead The Meriâ—s of thy Blood at large Thereby 't is we are freed 4 O when our Cause is good 't is thou That on our side dost stand No bad Cause thou we well do know Wilt ever take in hand 5 O 't is a blessed thing indeed We interest have in thee No counsel shall we ever need If we will ruled be 6 To the high Court thou dost belong There thou chief Counsel art And thou wilt save us from all wrong And good advice impart 7 Ye righteous in the Lord rejoyce His holiness proclaim Be thankful and with heart and voice Praise ye his glorious Name The Sixth Part. 1 Into the presence of the King Thou hast admittance Lord And nothing doth he hide from thee Nay more at thy own word 2 What e're we ask or is our suit If we do but believe If it be things thou dost think fit We shall the same receive 3 Thy counsel it shall stand we know What Enemies design Thou quickly canst quite overthrow And save that Church of thine 4 And now all you that counsel need Repair unto this Friend His counsel ne're reject be sure Which to you he does send 5 O buy of him that precious Gold White Rayment then get on And blessed Eye-salve to behold This glorious lovely One 6 And by his counsel be you led Until you come to die Then shall you sing with crowned heads Unto eternity HYMN 49. Christ the only Foundation â— Cor. 3.11 Another Foundation can no Man lay but that which is already laid which is Jesus Christ 1 WE have O Lord a House to raise And would have it stand sure And never know the least decays But firm abide for ever 2 And that we might thus build our souls Thou the Foundation art Here build we must our House O Lord The whole and ev'ry part 3 God hath himself in mercy great This sure Foundation laid That so to build our hopes on thee We might not be afraid 4 Thy Church on this Foundation is Most firmly built also From hence it is that Men cannot Nor Devils it o'rethrow 5 A Foundation 's laid by knowing Men Some skilful Architect But this Foundation thou hast laid As wisdom did direct 6 Yea th' wisdom of the Trinity I' th' Council held above And mercy was Lord in thine eye 'T was bowels did thee move 7 To bring this Stone so choice and pure Beyond the rarest Gold To lay us a Foundation sure Most glorious to behold 8 To the Foundation now therefore We will together sing To raise the praise for evermore Of God and Christ our King 9 'T was deeply layd in thy Decree No bottom can be found So deep Lord all thy counsels be We in them Lord are drown'd The second Part. 1 What kind of House thou didst intend To build we may perceive If the Foundation we observe And not our selves deceive 2 It is a Precious-stone we see No Jasper is so rare And all the Building ought to be As precious lovely fair 3 All Gold and Silver Precious-stones No Wood Hay nor Stubble And living ones they must be all Believers meek and humble 4 As the Foundation doth uphold The whole Fabrick Thou dost bear up each Stone O Lord All Members to thee stick 5 Each Soul thou dost unite to thee In sure bonds of Love O there 's a blessed harmony 'Mong Saints born from above 6 Without this safe Foundation Lord No Building 's there at all If any do not on thee build Their Souls and hopes will fall 7 Yet shall the Just in thee rejoyce Who trust Lord in thy might They shall Praise sing with mind and voice Whose hearts with thee are right The Third Part. 1 Other Foundations may decay Or Men may dig them down But this doth stand like to a Rock It can't be overthrown 2 Let Devils do whate're they can They can't it undermine Art thou built here O happy Man Great safety shalt thou find 3 Here build your Faith your Hope and all Your Comforts too likewise Then let Winds blow ye never shall Fall by your Enemies 4 But woe to such who lay aside This precious Corner-stone And build on works through their great pride Their hopes will soon be gone 5 All build do on the Sands besure Or no Foundation have Who don 't true Faith of God procure Their precious Souls to save 6 O blessed Sion thou art strong For God hath founded thee Upon a Rock that none can wrong Thou ruin'd canst not be 7 The Gates of Hell shall not prevail So firmly thou dost stand Ye Saints how can your courage fail Too on the other hand 8 Come sing with joy to Christ therefore And on him do depend The Top-stone and Foundation 's he O sing world without end HYMN 50. Christs bowels shewed by a Hen. Matth. 23.37 How often would I have gathered thy Children together as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings 1 THy Bowels unto Sinners Lord Is shewed by the Hen
Who in her care of all her young Doth far exceed some Men. 2 How will she fly into the face Of such who would destroy Her pretty Brood she cant endure They should them once annoy 3 But ah thy bowels far exceed All Creatures here below For thou for Sinners Lord didst bleed Compassion great to show 4 The Hen herself to weakness brings Whilst of her young takes care How does she scratch and strive each day To feed them here and there 5 But Lord thou brought'st thy self so low That we might all be fed That in the grave a while didst lye After that thou wast dead 6 And as a Hen does cluck and call According to her kind Thereby to save her Chickens all From Kites which she does find 7 Do often of them make a prey So dost thou call and cry To Sinners whist it is to day Whom thou dost Lord efpy 8 To be in danger by their sin And Devils many ways Nay thou dost call and call agen Full oft for many days The Second Part. 1 The Hen stands ready and prepar'd Hov'ring her mournful wings And never is she satisfy'd Till under them she brings 2 So thou dost spread thy Arms O Lord Poor Sinners to bring in And bids the weary come to thee Who laden are with sin 3 O then come in ye Sinners all Under Christ's wings with speed He will receive you great and small And nothing shall you need 4 And O how safe are you his Saints Under his wings you lye Then fear no hurt from outfard Foes Nor inward Enemy 5 They who are wise will certainly In mind these things record And so they will with ease espy The kindness of the Lord. HYMN 51. Christ a Refiner Mal. 3.3 He shall sit as a Refiners fire 1 THou like as a Refiner doth The Gold and Silver try We had much dross until thou didst Our Souls Lord purifie 2 Into the Furnace we were cast Which oft is very hot 'T is not our Grace i' th' least to waste But filth which we have got 3 Afflictions like as fire doth The Gold rarely refine Purge all our Souls and we thereby More gloriously may shine 4 But Dross will not the Fire bear So some Lord cannot stand Before thee when thou dost rise up To scourge them with thy hand 5 The fire makes the Gold more soft So by Afflictions we More plyable O Lord are brought To yield and bend to thee The Second Part. 1 Gold when 't is triy'd 't is pure made By the Refiners art So by afflictions thou dost Lord Mor'e holy make each heart 2 From hence we may the reason see Why God afflictions brings And clearly also may discern What profit from them springs 3 We fitted are hereby O Lord For our own Master's turn Who golden Vessels will make us Before that he has done 4 When you refin'd by tryals are What cause have you to sing And praise the Lord that ever he Did you in 's Furnace fling HYMN 52. Christ bears his Saints as an Eagle Exod. 19.4 I bore you on Eagles wings 1 THe Eagle is the King of Birds Ah! who is like to thee Who is so strong or hath an Eye So quick and far to see 2 Like to an Eagle thou dost mount Or didst ascend on high Not only up unto the Clouds But far above the skie 3 And as the Eagle thou dost bear Upon thy blessed Wings All thy poor Saints and they hereby Forget all earthly things 4 They soar so high sometimes O Lord Born upon Wings of Love That Earth to them seems a small thing They dwell so high above 5 And as the Eagle's way 's not known Who mounts up in the Air Ev'n so thy love and wisdom both Most deep and hidden are 6 O fly ye Saints your selves to hide Under Almighty Wings And safe you 'll be whate're betide When God sore judgments brings 7 O see Christ's care and do not fear But sing his Praises forth His grace and love 's beyond compare None like him here on Earth HYMN 53. Christ the Capt. of our Salvation Heb. 2.10 To make the Captain of our Salvation perfect through sufferings 1 THou art our Captain-General Thy Commission sealed is Rouze up ye Soldiers great and small No Captain like to this 2 Thou hast the power given thee To raise a mighty Host And thou beats up to bring them in Daily from every Coast 3 'T is thou dost nominate who shall Have office under thee And they Commissions have likewise Who rightly entred be 4 Thou hast thy Soldiers names set down In thy own Muster-roll Within the blessed Book of Life Is written every Soul 5 And out of that sweet Book of thine They shall not blotted be If they are such thy Father hath Lord Jesus given to thee 6 Unto our Captain General A new Song let us sing For he that Captain is in Chief Is our God and our King The second Part. 1 Thou dost Lord Christ thy Soldiers lead Before them didst thou go All Foes by thee are vanquished Thou didst triumph also 2 Over them all most gloriously And perfect now art made Has Captive took Captivity Well never be afraid 3 But stand unto our Arms always No Quarter we will give If thou art with us all our days Few Enemies shall live 4 Let us be well disciplined And very skilful be And in right paths and foot-steps tread And truly follow thee 5 No Captain doth his Men advance To such high dignity For each shall have preheminence To sit on Thrones with thee 6 O then let us lift up our head O happy Israel Christ's Banner over you is spread Your glory shall excell The Third Part. 1 Thou giv'st the Word too of Command What 't is that we must do But never bidst us still to stand Nor backward for to go 2 We never must Lord wheel about Nor be as once we were But forward march with courage stout Without all dread or fear 3 Let 's take Example Lord of thee Resist ev'n unto Blood Before yield to iniquitiy Which has us oft withstood 4 'T is thou hast power to cashier All such thou dost not like If any false-hearted appear Their names out thou wilt strike 5 No Warriers like to thee in fight Thy power and thy skill Are both of them ev'n infinite Who then engage thee will 6 If any should woe to them all If once thou draws thy Sword And in thy wrath on them dost fall They die shall then O Lord. The Fourth Part. 1 Come in come in and list your selves You shall have present pay Your Souls shall be with grace well stor'd Your charges to defray 2 'T is th' ready way to become great And rich will you come in The Trumpets sound and Drums do beat To war against your sin 3 Will you be on our Captains side Ah! if you still stand out His Sword e're long will you divide VVith them that turn about 4 For if
hand And kindly take us in HYMN 79. The holy Spirit a Guide Joh. 16.13 He will guide you into all truth 1 WE Strangers are Lord in the world Ah! 't is a wilderness And many crooked ways there are VVe therefore do confess 2 VVe want a Guide who skilful is Thy Spirit Lord is come No Guide like him be sure there is O let him guide us home 3 Thy Spirit points unto thy VVord And shews where dangers lye Let 's yield our selves with one accord To him continually 4 And we shall all be rid of cares And never lose our way He true Directions always gives VVe may not go astray 5 O well it is for us O Lord VVho naturally are blind That we have such a Guide as this To stay our doubtful mind 6 Then sing to him with heart and voice No counsel like to his He will not leave us till he hath Brought us to lasting bliss The End of the Third Part. PART IV. Containing SACRED HYMNS Illustrating the glorious Excellencies of God's holy WORD and blessed Gospel HYMN 80. God's Word is Light Psal 119.105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my paths 1 LIght is a pleasant thing to see Thy Word true Light doth give Nothing can Lord so pleasant be 'T is that by which we live 2 By which we walk by which we work And all things else we do All they who are without this light Don't know whither they go 3 Thy Word discovery Lord doth make It manifesteth things From thence we do our judgment take It Knowledge to us brings 4 What once we were we know hereby How sad was then our state Sin 's filthy nature through it we ' spy And it do come to hate 5 The way of our Salvation too It doth discover clear And how thou wilt be worshipped Whilst we do all live here The Second Part. 1 Who the true Church is we may see If thy good Word we heed And by it we the false Church know Which filthy is indeed 2 All things that needful are O Lord Unto eternal life Is plain discovered by thy Word Which ends all doubts and strife 3 That is hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth About the Church and Truth of God But this all silenc'd hath 4 Light hath a clearing quality And by its heat things grow And by it too all Fogs do fly Such influences flow 5 As doth revive and sweetly chear The Soul that drooping lies They by thy Word Lord quickned are And all their sorrows flies 6 Light hath a shining quality Thy Gospel shines so bright That nothing can more glorious be In all thy Children's sight HYMN 81. The Word of God like Gold Psal 19.10 More are they to be desired than Gold yea than much fine Gold 1 HOw precious is that Word of thine Can Gold with it compare When 't is all sacred all divine No there is nothing here 2 Like unto it 't is of such worth A little quantity Of it exceeds all things on Earth Such glories in it lye 3 Tho' Gold doth deck the outward Man This doth the Soul adorn Thy Gospel is an Ornament Nay 't is thy Peoples Crown 4 Gold doth make Vessels which are rare Thy Word and Spirit do Make golden Saints beyond compare And golden Churches too 5 Yea Candlesticks of beaten Gold Are formed out of it Which glorious are Lord to behold But will be rarer yet The Second Part. 1 And as Gold is durable so It will the tryal bear Thy Word is try'd and will abide Whilst Heaven and Earth appear 2 But O what pains do Mortals use To get a little Gold Which when 't is got it flyes away And it they cannot hold 3 O then forbear and labour now For Gold that will abide To lasting glory 't will bring you And fill your Souls beside 4 Which Gold could never do nor shall That cannot satisfie The Soul of Man the thing 's too small It can't its wants supply 5 True peace and satisfaction is Only in God above His Word receive and soon you will Be filled with his love HYMN 82. God's Word compar'd to Milk 1 Pet. 2.2 As new born Babes desiring the sincere Milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby 1 ARt thou a Babe tho' newly born What is thy Soul's desire Dost hunger for Milk of God's Word And raise thy cry yet higher 2 As pretty Babes who want the Breast How do they cry amain Ah! can thy Soul find no small rest Till thou dost Milk obtain 3 Then know it is a sure sign Thou hast a heavenly heart And God to feed that Soul of thine Will his sweet Word impart 4 To thee that thou mayst grow thereby O it is very good Milk nourishes and feeds the Child Better than other Food 5 Stong Meat thou canst not yet digest Milk's a Restorative God's Word restores decayed Souls Nay makes the dead alive 6 Milk was a blessing choice of old And with it Canaan flow'd Hast thou God's Word What Blessing then Better can be bestow'd 7 On thee poor Soul O prize it much And on it always feed T will strengthen thee and make thee fat And nothing shalt thou need The Second Part. 1 Ye who are Lovers of sweet Milk Will will you now make haste O come and buy this doth excell We pray you Friends to taste 2 If you were once born from above Though but young Babes you were You with this Milk would fall in love And say it tasteth rare 3 But whilest your evil nature is Corrupted thus with sin And glutted are continually With filthy trash within 4 You cannot relish this sweet Food Your Mouths are out of taste And therefore you don't find it good But want it will at last 5 But you who are God's little ones What cause have you to sing That you have plenty still of Milk And every other thing 6 O live to God and sing again His blessed Praises forth Who feeds and doth replenish you And strengthens all your Faith HYMN 83. God's Word like strong Meat Heb. 5.14 Strong meat belongs to those that are of age c. 1 SOme of God's Children are grown up To such maturity That they on Meat that 's strong can sup In which great vertues lye 2 Young-men and Fathers some there be Whose sâ—nses have been long In exercise and therefore they Are stronger than the young 3 And little Babes whose Stomach 's weak And therefore cannot bear Nor take in dark mysterious things Which elder Saints does chear 4 It argues such diseased be Who unto years are grown If such Meat with them don't agree By which Christ is made known 5 More clearly to the Ear and Eye Than other Doctrins can And therefore we say presently He 's a diseased Man 6 Some base disease on him has siez'd He 's under some decay His stomach rises at God's Word And puts it quite away The Second Part. 1 But like as Meat
you may see what still you want The which you must have on Here may you see how fair you be That Grace doth sweet adorn 5 You wanton Ones for shame leave off Your evil habits who Spend so much time in looking in Your Glasses Sinners know 6 Your Glasses will in the last day As Witnesses arise Against you in judgment severe Such folly in it lyes 7 That nothing can more hateful be Such precious time to spend To dress a filthy Head that must Be eat of Worms i' th' end 8 Whilst your poor Soul has nothing on But stinking Rags most vile And is neglected and forgot By you too all the while HYMN 87. God's Word compared to Rain Deut. 32.2 My Doctrine shall drop as the Rain 1 LOrd 't is a droughty time we see With us alas within Our moysture seems all dried up By Lust that fire of sin 2 O thou who dost command the Clouds Shall now thy Showers fall Shall Rain pour out on barren Hearts And Dews distill as small 3 Upon the sweet and tender Herb That so the one may be Made soft with Rain and th' other Refreshed be by thee 4 The Rain falls at thy dread Command A Shower here and there 'T is as thou dost O Lord appoint That we of Blessings share 5 That we enjoy thy precious Word Whilst other barren lye Who hardly have one drop of Rain Their wants for to supply 1 The former Rain was poured out It was a mighty shower So shall the latter Rain come down Before this day is o'er 2 A little at one time again We have a little more Thus doth thy Word like unto Rain Refresh thy blessed Poor 3 Rain makes the Earth both fresh green And ev'ry thing to grow T is by thy Word and Spirit Lord We thrive and flourish do 4 There 's none can stop the Rain that falls If thou Commission give Thy Word shall come upon us all Thy Grace shall make us live 5 Let sin and Devil do their worst Thy Word shall not return Unto thee empty it prosper shall For thy Will must be done The Third Part. 1 Thy Ministers are like to Clouds Who do the Rain retain Of them thou dost make equal use To pour it out again 2 O let us then cry unto God His Clouds may all be full Not empty ones which hold no Rain But do deceive the Soul 3 And pray that we may always have Rain as we do it need That Grace may grow and in us all Spring up like to choice Seed 4 And praise the glorious God above Who doth such Blessings send If we his Mercies do improve Our days will joyful end 5 'T is a sore Judgment when the Lord Doth stop the Bottles of Heav'n But O 't is worse when God's good Word And Blessings are with helden 6 We wisk away our glory fades When God his Word denies Or doth with-hold his Blessings from 't Both Faith and Hope then dies 7 O look to God remember him From whom your Fruit doth flow If you are fruitful sing his praise And live unto him too HYMN 88. God's Word compared to Dew Deut. 32.3 My Speech shall distill as Dew 1 AS Dew doth insensibly fall So doth God's gracious Word Invisibly op'rate in us As we have often heard 2 How sweet are Dews unto the Herb It makes them richly smile So doth thy Word bedew oft-times Thy own true Israel 3 It makes our Graces to send forth A rare and fragrant scent Which doth delight the holy One The Lord omnipotent 4 But Dews will not Lord always do Mens hearts so barren are Some soaking showers they must have If any Fruit they bear 5 All praise and glory unto God Who wisely orders things That as our wants and needs appear His Mercies flow like Springs HYMN 89. God's Word choice Treasure 2 Cor. 4.7 But we have this treasure iâ— earthen vessels c. 1 THy Word is treasure very rare For we do often see Thou dost to Gold the same compare And things that glor'ous be 2 It is Lord of so great a worth No Man can comprehend Nor Tongues of Angels set it forth All Riches does transcend 3 Ah! such is thy most holy Word Through it thy precious love To us conveyed is O Lord This doth the matter prove 4 That which the best and wisest Men Esteem'd above all things And is the channel that let 's in The joy of divine Springs 5 And doth enrich the Soul of Man And that eternally The worth of it there 's no one can Express assuredly The Second Part. 1 Some treasure that in bulk is small Yet doth in worth excell Such is thy Gospel blessed Lord Thy People know it well 2 One Promise is more worth than all The Gold which the World hath If thou dost give it then we shall Say What is all the Earth 3 When unto it compar'd it is This Treasure does delight The Souls of Saints and makes them sing To thee both day and night 4 It hath such influence on the Heart As earthly Treasure here That on thy Word we meditate Because our hearts are there 5 Where our chief Treasure even lyes On that the heart is set And hence it is they it esteem 'Bove their necessary Meat 6 This makes Men great and honourable Because much Treasure have This also frees from care and trouble And does not us inslave 7 To Dunghil-Earth as Treasures do It raises Souls above All things that are O Lord below To joy in thy sweet love The Third Part. 1 Treasure in Earthen Vessels is Often laid up by us And we know very well so 't is The Treasure 's ne're the worse 2 Ev'n so altho' thy Gold is found In Ministers so mean The worth of it doth still abound Though some do not esteem 3 Of it because the Vessels are Despis'd but there 's a day When they shall glorious appear And golden Scepters sway 4 O prize God's faithful Servants then Who do inrich your Souls O value them above all Men And be no longer Fools 5 To grieve them and to wear them out By any means if ye Would ever in the Judgement-day Christ's face with comfort see 6 For as you ' steem or dis-esteem True Preachers of God's Word Christ looks upon 't as done to him Like measures will award 7 And you whom God doth Vessels make His Treasure to retain See that you seek his Praise always And don't his Glory stain HYMN 90. God's Word compar'd to Fire Jer. 23.29 Is not my Word like Fire 1 THy Word it doth illuminate It giveth forth sweet light And also from it we have heat Our Graces to excite 2 Thy Word like Fire doth consume Our filth and dross within What is combustible does waste It siezes on our sin 3 Fire is of an ascending kind It mounts things up aloft So they mount up in heart and mind Who by thy Word are taught 4 As fir'd are by thy own Spirit Thy Word
have it on The Soul it is it doth preserve Till all our dangers gone HYMN 104. Hope compared to an Anchor Heb. 6.19 Which Hope we have as the Anchor of the Soul 1 THis World 's a Sea our Soul 's a Ship With raging Tempest tost And if she should her Anchor slip She doubtless will be lost 2 Thou Lord our skilful Pilot art Thou know'st all Rocks and Sands Our Seamen are our Faculties Which must do thy commands 3 Faith like a Cable doth appear Hope is our Anchor sure And if right cast we need not fear We shall each Storm endure 4 Repentance like a Bucket is To pump the water out For leaky is our Ship alas Which makes us look about 5 Thy Graces are our blessed Fraight And Heaven is our Port Thy Spirit Lord must fill our Sails If e're we bid fair for 't The Second Part. 1 Lord still the Seas alas they swell And very tempestuous are Our Compass is thy Holy Word By that 't is we must steer 2 Lord thou hast power o're the Seas Let us not calmed be And when the Waves do roar and swell Let 's cast our Hope in thee 3 Which like an Anchor doth take hold With that within the Veil And if right cast we may be bold Our courage shall not fail 4 We for our Anchor have a Rock That is most firm and sure And thou wilt us Lord ne're deceive But will our Souls secure 5 Let Hope be fixt on Christ our Lord And on thy Covenant Thy Promises also afford Relief to ev'ry Saint 6 Christ's Death and Resurrection too Our Hope is grounded on If thus we cast our Anchor do We safe are ev'ry one HYMN 105. Love comp to Coals of Fire Cant. 8.6 Love is strong as Death Jealousie as cruel as the Grave the Coals thereof are as Coals of Fire c. 1 O Set thine Image on my Heart O seal it on my Arm For Love like Death doth cast Dart And Jealousie is warm 2. 'T is like the Grave whose keen desire Nothing can satisfie The Coals thereof are Coals of Fire That flame most vehemently 3 Waters can't quench Love's Flames nor Floods The same can ever drown lf some for Love would give his Goods Despis'd is such an one 4 Lord bear our Name upon thy Breast Engrave it on thy Heart There let it be so sure possest It thence may ne're depart 5 For Love we find is very strong It wounds unto the quick Thy presence Lord supports our Souls Thy absence makes us sick 6 Shouldst thou but seemingly disdain Our Souls that are engag'd Like Fire it would put us to pain Whose grief 's not soon asswag'd The Second Part. 1 O love us then or else we die Is it not thee we crave If thou thy Love shouldst once deny We soon should find a Grave 2 Death conquers all and all submit Unto his pale command So Love brings all unto its feet Who are there with inflam'd 3 The Grave is never satisfy'd No more alas can he Who having tasted of thy Love Till he enjoyeth thee 4 But Death destroys and also kills But Love doth make alive It kills our sin and we thereby Do presently revive 5 But if the Object be deny'd The Heart is set upon We never can be satisfy'd Until our life is gone 6 Love so doth flame and Jealousie So burns the Heart and Eyes The Soul must be embrac'd by thee Or be Love's Sacrifice 7 Whole Seas of trouble cannot quench Love 's everlasting flame Let what will come where true Love is That Soul is still the same HYMN 106. Baptism a Burial Col. 2.12 Buried with him in Baptism 1 LOrd are we dead dead unto sin Then buried let us be Let sin be cover'd the old Man Be slain O Lord by thee 2 We have Baptized been O Lord As such who were all dead To shew that thou didst lye i' th Grave We all were buried 3 Under the water whereby we Do in a figure see That as we shew'd how we are dead So raised are with thee 4 None buried are till dead they be Those who baptized are Ought to be dead to ev'ry sin To self and all things here 5 Those who are buried covered are All over in the Earth â—n Baptism the self-same thing Must plain be holden forth 6 Or else it answers not the end Of Christ who did ordain That glorious Rite if not so done They do the same prophane HYMN 107. The 6 Princip of Christs Doct. Heb. 6.1 2. Not laying again the Foundation of Repentance from dead Works and of Faith towards God ver 1. Of the Doctrine of Baptism and laying on of Hands c. ver 2. 1 REpentance when wrought in the Soul And Faith for to believe Then such on Jesus Christ rely And truly him receive 2 As their dread Lord and Sovereign Him always to obey And in all things o're them to reign And govern night and day 3 Christ's Baptism is very sweet With laying on of Hands Our Souls are brought to Jesu's Feet In owning his Commands 4 Those Ordinances Men oppose And count as carnal things We have clos'd with and tell to those From them great comfort springs 5 Thee holy Lord we must obey Though Men reproach us still Yet let us do what thou dost say And yield unto thy Will 6 And still alone on thee rely And not on what we do In point of trust we fly to thee And let our own works go 7 And though in minding thy sweet truth Men do us vilifie Yet we resolve Lord in thy strength To own them till we die The Second Part. 1 O Lord let us not turn back On thee whom we do love For we do know we shall not lack Thy presence from above 2 For thou hast promis'd to the end To us that will be near And be to us a faithful Friend Which makes us not to fear 3 Whatever Men or Devils do In secret place design For soon canst thou them overthrow And help all Souls of thine 4 The Resurrection of the Dead We constantly maintain When all those who lye buried Shall rise to life again 5 And that the Judgment-day will come When Christ upon the Throne Shall pass a black eternal doom Upon each wicked one 6 But all his Saints then joyfully With bowels he 'll embrace And Crowns to all eternity Upon their Heads he 'll place 7 And in the Kingdom shall they reign Prepared long before And also shall with Christ remain In bliss for evermore HYMN 108. Lord's Supper our Passover 1 Cor. 5.7 For Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us 1 O Blessed Lamb of God shall I Forget that love of thine Thy life O Lord thou didst give up To save this Soul of mine 2 Most harmless Lamb and innocent When come to a ripe age Ah! then didst thou thy life give up God's anger to asswage 3 Thy Blood is sprinkled on our Doors Or rather on our Hearts To shew God hath
like the Flower in the Spring Whose beauty 's very rare And as the Birds in Summer sing We may our selves compare 4 The glory of the Flowers fail The Summer ends also The Birds do then themselves bewail And know not what to do 5 The Blossom withers soon away Like Jonah's Gourd 't is gone So we sprout up and shall not stay Our lives will soon be done HYMN 127. Believers Heirs of Christ Rom. 8.17 If Children then Heirs 1 IF we are Children of the Lord By being born again Then are we also Heirs with Christ And with him we shall reign 2 He that 's an Heir to a great King He is a Prince by birth And so is each true Child of God The holy Scripture saith 3 The Heir shall the Inheritance At last Possession have And so shall all Believers too The Crown at last receive 4 But as the Heir must wait awhile Until he comes to age So must we all with patience wait Till we have run our stage 5 The Heir is likely richly cloath'd Whereby it is he 's known So all God's Saints with holiness Are cloathed ev'ry one 6 The Heir as the Birth-right of old The Blessing had always So all the Saints chief Blessings have And therefore sing God's praise HYMN 128. The spiritual Runner 1 Cor. 9. So run that ye may obtain 1 HE that the Prize doth think to have Must take the greatest care To set out timely must begin Before old age draws near 2 He that would win the Prize also Must know what way to run And must hold out not weary be Until the Prize he 's won 3 All weights he must cast off with speed And temp'rate also be Or else he 'll faint and never will God's blessed Kingdom see 4 Such who do run a race sometimes Have many Lookers on Both Men and Angels view the Saints And mind how they do run 5 They who do run an earthly Race Run for some earthly thing But ev'ry Saint that gains the Prize Shall Crown'd be as a King 6 O then ye Saints run you apace In ways of Piety Gird up your Loyns and nothing fear Look up lift up your Eye 7 The Prize to see Ah! 't is your own And when you end your days You shall receive it therefore now Break forth and sing God's praise HYMN 129. Saints Pilgrims on Earth Heb. 11.13 They confessed they were Strangers and Pilgrims on the Earth 1 LOrd we are Pilgrims on the Earth As all our Fathers were For this is not our dwelling-place No ' biding for us here 2 As Pilgrims go up hill and down And meet with troubles do So Lord thy Saints while they are here Do many sorrows know 3 A Pilgrim is a Stranger in Those places where he lyes And therefore is not taken with Those things which he espyes 4 Or doth behold where he doth come What are these things to me Saith a poor Saint I must be gone I better things do see 5 A Pilgrim loves good company Don't care to go alone So do God's Saints delight in such Who do Christ Jesus own 6 And walk with them in the same way If that they be sincere They prize their precious company They helpful to each are 7 A Pilgrim when he 's come near home ' He greatly doth rejoyce O let such Saints whose work 's near done Lift up with joy their voice HYMN 130. Afflictions a Rod. Job 9.34 Let him take his Rod from me 1 LOrd if we thy Word transgress And against thee offend Thou wilt chastise us more or less By tryals thou dost send 2 But thou wilt not thy love remove Thy Covenant is sure 'T is but our Souls to try and prove To make us all more pure 3 Fathers we know have divers Rods And as the offence may be They lighter or the heavier strike And so likewise doth he 4 'T is always for our good we know He puts our Souls to grief And thou great bowels Lord dost show And sends us then relief 5 O then ye Saints don't think it strange That God his Rod doth use But bear it and give praise to him And mark what next ensues 6 After he hath you try'd ye shall Come forth like pure Gold And in Afflictions to you all God will his love unfold HYMN 131. Child of Light in Darkness Lam. 3.2 And brought me into darkness 1 DArkness sometimes Lord doth invade The Children of the Day Yet we should when we want sweet Light Our Souls upon thee stay 2 The Sun sometimes is hid from us And then with us 't is Night So Darkness doth upon us seize When we have lost the sight 3 Of thee O Lord if thou art hid That we can't see thy face O then 't is night and we bewail Our sad and woful case 5 But though dark Clouds do cover us And we are in the night Yet will our Sun rise up and shine And we shall have sweet light 5 But O how sad and comfortless Is it i' th' dark to dwell But what 's the darkness Saints see here To th' darkness that 's in Hell 6 Then do not mourn ye gracious Souls Your darkness soon will fly And you shall precious Light enjoy Unto eternity HYMN 132. Storms and Tempests Isa 4.6 A Covert from the Storm c. 1 SAd Storms and Tempests we expect Whilst Winter-days do last And so do Saints whilst they are here Look for a piercing blast 2 As by some certain Signs Men know A Storm is very near So do thy Saints O Lord likewise Foresee their troubles here 3 And therefore should prepare for them By warning thou dost give And carefully their lives amend And all more godly live 4 And also with the greatest care Haste to their hiding-place By Faith and Prayer get into thee For whilst they see thy face 5 And do enjoy thy presence sweet They nothing need to fear But we alas through unbelief Astonish'd often are 6 But let us know O Lord we pray That Ship can nevr sink In which the blessed Jesus is Whatever we may think 7 In this also much comfort lyes Thou canst the Winds command And still the Seas and make a calm By thy own mighty hand HYMN 133. Afflictions comp to Floods Psal 42.7 All thy Floods and Waves are gone over me 1 THe Floods O Lord the Floods do rise They roar and make a noise The Floods break out and swell amain And do lift up their voice 2 There 's many Waters we do see That threaten us full sore The wicked rage and swell in wrath O Lord still more and more 3 They all conspire with one heart How they may thee withstand Arise O Lord and take our part They are in league and band 4 The Tents of all the Edomites The Ishmaelites also The Hagarens and the Moabites With divers others too 5 Gebal with Amon and likewise Doth Amaleck conspire The Philistines against thee rise With them that dwell at Tyre 6 O thou who
see And pardon do obtain 8 All glory to thy gracious Name We give to thee therefore And do resolve for to proclaim Thy praise for evermore HYMN 161. Psal 23.3 The glorious restauration of the Soul 1 THe Restoration of the Soul It is the work alone Of thy own Grace O God most high Which to us is made known 2 Thy wisdom and thy power divine And mercy infinite In equal glory Lord doth shine Hereby in all Mens sight 3 If thou hadst not stretch'd out thy hand Our Souls thus to restore We must have lain in Satan's hand O Lord for evermore 4 But are our Souls restor'd indeed And rais'd to life again And from eternal death so freed Shall never feel that pain 5 And shall also preserved be Unto eternal bliss Well may such sing continually What comfort Lord like this 6 What ground of joy and gladness's here We 'll raise thy praise therefore For all restored Souls shall sing To thee for evermore The Second Part. The Sinner's misery and the Saints glory 1 Sad was the Loss Man did sustain By his most dismal Fall God's Image marr'd his Soul deprav'd And brought into great thrall 2 Defil'd wounded and naked made And dead in sin did lie Thus did his glory at once fade Through his iniquity 3 Bound in strong Bonds in Satan's Chains His Eyes put out also He wickedly his God disdains To him a cursed Foe 4 For in the mind such enmity Is there in each vile one That they resist thee day and night And bid thee to be gone 5 But yet such Grace didst thou extend To such a filthy Foe As to send Christ thy only Son The Devil to o'rethrow 6 And Man redeem with stretch'd out Hand Thy Image to restore And heal his wounds and make him see Who was so blind before 7 Into sweet Union with thy self Thou tak'st him once again And he in thine own Bosom 's laid Th' Enmity being slain 8 From sickness he 's recovered From bondage quite set free He lives again who once was dead And dearly now loves thee 9 Well may this cause all Souls to sing Who thus restored be For unto them Lord from hence springs Joy to eternity HYMN 163. The precious Promises 1 A Happy Soul O Lord is he Who Union has with thee Th' Promises to him are given Which sweet and precious be 2 Lord when thou giv'st thy self to us Promises are precious But never till we did believe Could we e're find them thus 3 All praise to God the Lord on high And to Christ who did die To purchase for us Blessings store To all Eternity 4 We now therefore O Lord will sing Unto our glorious King From whence the precious Promises Of Grace to us doe spring 5 What precious Blessings do we see Who interest have in thee And shall be happy evermore Unto eternity HYMN 164. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament 1 HAlleluja O happy day That ever Christ was born And happy we that e're we see This everlasting Morn 2 Bless'd be the Lamb that hither came To be Sacrifice 'T is by thy Blood we have all good In thee all Blessings lyes 3 Our Bands to break thou didst them take And with them thou wast bound God's Cords we burst thou wast acurst To heal our grievous Wound 4 For us he dy'd being crucify'd Sustain'd that cruel death Wast broke with grief us'd as a Thief And gave up his sweet breath 5 His Grave was made and Body laid With the rich and unjust His Honour high despis'd did lye All cover'd up in Dust 6 Admirable sight a love most bright Never the like was seen That one so high so low should lye Vile Wretches to redeem 7 ' Mongst Men what one wou'd e're have gone His Son thus to abase For Enemies that him despise And were in such a case 8 Prais'd be the Lord prais'd be the Word And Spirit too therefore Sing praise will we to the bless'd Three Now and for evermore HYMN 165. Man's Impotency 1 HOw weak O Lord is sinful Man O how unable's he To act or do much less to run Until he 's drawn by thee 2 We Lord have no sufficiency Nor power of our own To think so much as one good thought As of our selves alone 3 But all our whole sufficiency Doth from the Lord proceed Who works in us most graciously Both the will and the deed 4 O draw us then our Saviour dear With thy strong Cords of Love And then will we run after thee As fast as we can move 5 Shall we by thy own sovereign Grace These special drawings find Then shall we run our heavenly Race With a sweet raised Mind HYMN 166. Isa 55.1 Come ye to the Waters 1 O Come ye thirsty Souls and drink O Come do not delay Is it not time can any think With speed to come away 2 O precious Grace and Love divine Lord we adore thee do And praise that holy Name of thine From whence these Waters flow 3 Waters of Life how sweet are they To him that thirsteth sore O he esteemeth them each day And loves them more and more 4 They who of them do drink shall live Yea and shall never die And all that come may them receive Thou wilt not one deny 5 They heal the sick and wounded heart And give sight to the blind There 's none shall ever be undone Who do these Waters find 6 All praise and glory unto God We have these Waters store Let 's drink of them and let us live And praise thee evermore HYMN 167. Glorious Light shining forth 1 NOw Christ is preached unto us His glorious Name made known The Morning-Star sends forth his light Dark Shadows now are gone 2 The Morning of that long'd for Day Will soon break forth amain When glory great shall fill the Earth And Jesus Christ shall reign 3 'T will quickly be that we shall sing A new and pleasant Song And shall exalt poor Sions King For whose sweet day we long 4 He that his Soul pour'd forth to death And dy'd a Sacrifice Will like a Lyon quickly rouze And all his Foes surprize 5 The gracious Lamb that hither came For Sinners to be slain Is worthy of all glory great And therefore shall he reign 6 The Song of Moses and the Lamb Redeemed Ones shall sing O let us on his side be found Sincere in ev'ry thing 7 O happy they who thee have got That suffered on the Tree And count all things as Dung and Dross When once compar'd to thee 8 Then shall we find peace in our mind When thus we prize thy Name And fill'd shall we with glory be Whilst others fill'd with shame HYMN 168. The panting Soul 1 ONe thing O Lord thy Saints desire And would obtain of thee Within thy Temple to enquire Thy beauty there to see 2 That there may be our dwelling-place Let us this mercy crave And all provision of thy Grace There daily also have 3 That to