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
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
thou mak'st known A mix'd Dispensation When Mercy mingled is with Wrath In any sinful Nation 5 The white Horses notes that sweet peace Which thou at last will send For Wars on Earth thou wilt make cease Before the Worlds end 6 And that in Christ's dread Government He Angels oft doth use And they are often also sent To shew what next ensues HYMN 116. Spirit of Man Cand. of the Lord. Prov. 20.27 The Spirit of a Man is the Candle of the Lord c. 1 ONce was our Candle lighted Lord And did most clearly burn But soon did Satan blow it out And we were all undone 2 Left in the darkness of the night And were bewilder'd so That we for want of thy sweet light Knew not which way to go 3 O let our Candle lighted be O light it once again And by it search to find out sin Which may in us remain 4 'T is thou must light our Candle Lord With th' Fire of thy Grace O let it burn and ne're go out Till we have run our race 5 That in thy sight we may see light And thereby may rejoyce And sing thy Praises day and night With heart and chearful voice HYMN 117. Consience a Witness Rom. 9.1 My Conscience bearing witness in the Holy Ghost c. 1 COnscience a Witness is O Lord Of all we do and say And such who sin against their Light He will the matter lay 2 Before the Soul because he knows The Thoughts of each Man's Heart And never will be brib'd by them Nor from his Charge depart 3 How careful should each Person be They do not him offend For if God's Word doth side with him It will appear i' th' end 4 The Soul as Guilty will be found And Cast too shall such be And by the Judge Condemn'd also To all eternity 5 Then wo to such who treach'rously Their Conscience do abuse Or stifle him whom God thinks good In this great Case to use 6 Ev'n as a Witness for himself In ev'ry Man 's own Heart To Evidence to Matter of Fact And Judgment to impart 7 As God's true Witness for to clear Him who would judge aright And make it also to appear So in each Man 's own sight The Second Part. 1 Then look to it ye Sinners who Your Conscience stifle now For he against you will be call'd One day and make you bow 2 And though you think to silence him So that he cannot speak Yet in the Judgment-day he 'll rouse And make your hearts to ake 3 If you live not up to your Light Then fear what will ensue For when he doth receive more sight He quickly will renew 4 His dread Commission from the Lord And you condemn'd shall be If he accuses by God's Word No help there is for thee 5 Unless thou dost leave off thy sin To end the bitter strife He 'll make thee quickly to cry out As weary of thy life 6 But O how happy is the Man That Conscience by God's Word Doth quite discharge from guilt of sin In sight of the bless'd Lord 7 From this great Witness none can fly He will also appear At last day and will accuse Or otherwise will clear HYMN 118. Conscience a Witness The Third Part. Sing this as the Hundredth Psalm 1 IF Conscience is become my Friend And chearfully doth speak to me And I do to his motions bend No matter though I hated be 2 No matter 't is who doth revile If Conscience doth his witness bear For us and doth upon us smile Most easie will all things appear 3 If Conscience now doth give us rest And from all burthens sets us free Again we would not be opprest In the old bonds of misery 4 For Kingdoms nor for Crowns of Gold Such inward joy doth he afford That nothing can the same unfold It so aboundeth in the Lord. 5 'T is Conscience which with peecious Food Doth feed God's Saints continually Its Dainties also are so good All other Sweets they do defie 6 This Banquet lasting is also 'T is here they feast both night and day With all supplies they meet with do And none their joys can take away 7 'T is Conscience which doth chearful make When Saints possessed are with grief And when they suffer for his sake He brings them joy and sweet relief The Fourth Part. 1 When Troubles rise and do encrease And Sinners to the Mountains fly Conscience to Saints doth speak much peace And makes them sing when they do die 2 When others do amazed stand A place of shelter Lord have we And Conscience will lend us a hand That we may hide our selves in thee 3 And in safe Chambers lock us up Whilst all the Troubles here shall last And free us from the bitter cup 'Till all the indignation's past 4 At Death and in the Judgment-day What would Men give for such a Friend All those which do him disobey They 'll find themselves undone it'th'end 5 How will such Souls repent too late And wofully will howl and cry But whilst such do condole their fate Our Souls shall sing continually 6 In joyful Hymns unto our God Who has preserved us from harms And ever will protect us still From Satan's base alluring Charms The End of the Sixth Part. PART VII Containing several SACRED HYMNS Setting forth The Glory of God's CHURCH Likewise Of Afflictions the Day of Grace And of the four last things viz. Death and Judgment Heaven and Hell HYMN 119. The Church the City of God Psal 87.3 Glorious things are spoken of thee O City of God GLorious things are spread abroad Of Sion far and near That blessed City of our God Whose beauty is most rare 2 There is a quiet stream makes glad The City of the Lord His presence will secure her peace And timely help afford 3 Her Building is of Precious-stone Her Foundation 's sure No Jasper ever hath so shone Like it it is so pure 4 'T is God who did this City raise And he will it repair That it may be to his high praise Himself also dwells there 5 It is his Dwelling-place below The Palace of our King And all great Kings shall Gifts bestow To make her glory ring 6 Throughout the Earth to such degree Shall she her beauty spread Her glory shall by great and small Be much admired 7 Then sing ye Saints lift up your voice Who do in Sion dwell What People like unto you are O happy Israel HYMN 120. The Church God's Vineyard Isa 5.1 Now will I sing to my Well-beloved a Song of my Beloved touching his Vineyard c. 1 NOw even will I sing a Song To my Beloved dear A Song of his own Vineyard 't is Which he hath planted here 2 My Beloved he a Vineyard hath In a most fruitful Hill And he also fenc'd it about With care and greatest skill 3 He planted it with the choice Vine And built a Tower too Where he doth dwell who is divine This doth its glory
sits upon the Floods To rule and govern all Break forth upon thine Enemies And give them their last fall HYMN 134. Afflictions comp to Floods The Second Part. 1 ONe grief and then another doth Like Clouds their Waters pour The Floods of cursed evil Men Do threaten to devour 2 Thy People all O Lord look down Rebuke them in thy wrath Thou art our hope and our defence O stretch thine Arm now forth 3 And let them know they are but Men And must subject to thee What evil they intend to do Let it prevented be 4 And we will lift thy Name on high And them we will not fear If thou wilt Lord our sins forgive And for our help appear HYMN 135. To day if you will hear c. Heb. 3.7 To day if you will hear his voice 1 TO day O hear God's gracious Call O don't the time delay The morrow you must not boast of 'T is now whilst 't is to day 2 Night is no time to do work in And Night will soon be here O then repent and leave your sin â— To Jesus lend your Ear. 3 To Day whilst the sweet Sun doth shine O hearken to God's Word Now whilst you have the Means of Grace Turn ye unto the Lord. 4 The Morning of your Day is gone Nay 't is already Noon The Evening too is coming on And here it will be soon 5 Your Sun begins to draw full low And quickly will go down Rouze up and do your work apace Before your Day is gone HYMN 136. The Smoaking Flax. Mat. 12.20 A bruised Reed shall he not break and smoaking Flax shall he not quench 1 THat Soul O Lord in whom's begun The blessed work of Grace Tho' he may droop and broken be Yet shall behold thy face 2 The feeble and desponding Soul That 's like a bruised Reed Thou wilt Lord take pity upon And soon supply his need 3 Altho' he 's like to smoaking Flax Where little fire is seen Yet he shall see that work go on Which shall destroy his sin 4 Grace at the first seems to be small Which makes the Soul to doubt That in him there is none at all Yet thou wilt bring him out 5 Of all his fears and he shall have A glorious victory And triumph shall in Songs of Praise To all eternity HYMN 137. Death the Seed sown in the Earth 1 Cor. 15.36 Thou Fool that which thou sowest is not quickned unless it die 1 LIke as the Seed which Men do sow Some time lyes in the Earth And then it sprours and we all see A Resurrection hath 2 And as the Seed unless it die It is not quickened So we first die and afterwards Are raised from the dead 3 Death doth approach all Men must die And turn unto the dust The Grave that is the House for all And thither go we must 4 Uncertain is the time of death 'T is certain all must die And certain 't is when death doth come Comes in eternity 5 No Mortal can himself deliver From th' power of the Grave And as we die so we are sure Another life to have The Second Part. 1 The Resurrection-day will come When we shall rise again Remember well the Day of Doom And where you must remain 2 For if in sin at last you die To Hell you shall be cast But if in Christ you fall asleep Your happiness will last 3 For evermore you shall then be With Christ and holy Men Where you shall with the Angels sing All praise to God Amen 4 Blessed are they who in the Lord At last do come to die For as all such from labour rest So shall assuredly 5 At the great day when Christ appears Appear in glory bright And in God's Kingdom shall henceforth Shine like the Morning light 6 Then do not mourn for such who die In Christ their dearest Friend Their gain is great of all their grief There is a final end HYMN 138. The Resurrection-day 1 Thess 4.14 Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him 1 DEath is a sleep it is a rest From all our labour here And to the Saints it is the best And so it will appear 2 They fall asleep in a sweet place They sleep in Jesus do They Union have with him through Grace Which death can't overthrow 3 Death can't dissolve that blessed Knot That union doth remain And unto Jesus Christ do go Death unto Saints is gain 4 But though the Sinner falls asleep His sleep is troublesome His Spirits shall no rest receive Till the last day doth come 5 But under wrath and dreadful Ire His Spirit then shall lye When death dos come he feels Hell-fire He sleeps in misery 6 'T is but one part that taketh rest That Sleep too soon will o're When God will on Body and Soul Eternal vengeance pour HYMN 139. Death a Sleep Phil. 1.13 Having a desire to depart and be with Christ c. 1 DEpart from what and whither go But why art in such haste O 't is because thou well didst know How sweet Christ's love doth taste 2 Depart from Earth and go to Heav'n From Saints that dwell below To them to whom bless'd Crowns are given Who do no sorrow know 3 Depart from Sin and Suffering To go to lasting bliss From being Poor to be a King What change is there like this 4 But yet thou must wait till the time That God prefixed hath And then thou shalt depart in peace And have the end of Faith 5 O happy Man thou art the Lord's Let death come when it will And he thy precious Soul at last Will with his glory fill HYMN 140. The Morning of the Resurrection Psal 49.14 And the Righteous shall have dominion over them in the morning 1 THe Morning comes when Night is gone The Night is now far spent The Resurrection day comes on When Jesus shall be sent 2 To call the Dead out of their Graves That is the Morning sure Which will not have another Night That Day will last for ever 3 Thy Sun will rise and ne're go down ' And then thou shalt awake Out of thy Bed and have a Crown That will thee happy make 4 Thou wast of no esteem on Earth But a poor Underlin But shalt at last dominion have When that day doth begin 5 It will a Morning be in which No Clouds shall more appear Thy Sun shall rise and shine he shall Beyond all shinings here 6 O wait ye Saints then for the Morn Look up it is ev'n day Break forth and sing all Saints of God Who dwell in House of Clay 7 Your day doth hasten on apace Look up lift up your Eyes The Morning comes when you shall rule O're all your Enemies HYMN 141. The great Assize Rev. 20.12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the Books were opened c. 1 HArk how the mighty Trumpet sounds The Judge is on the Throne Now joy to Saints shall much abound