be And all the streams of Joy shall meet When Lord I think on thee Let sinners perish from the Earth And wicked be no more But thou my Soul God's praise set forth Praise ye the Lord therefore Hymn XXXVIII Psal. 71.8 14. LORD let my mouth be fill'd with praise That I with pleasure may Thine Honour to the World proclaim And publish all the day For I with never-fainting hope Thy mercies will implore And celebrate with thankful heart Thy praises more and more 15 16. Thy righteous Acts and saving Grace I daily will declare Though the one half cannot be told So numberless they are Depending on thy strength O Lord I will go boldly on Thy Righteousness shall be my plea Thy Righteousness alone 19 20 21. Thy Righteousness O God exceeds In the most high degree Thou hast performed wond'rous deeds Who can compare with thee Thou who hast shew'd me troubles sore Shalt raise me from the ground With boundless Joys and endless Peace Thou shalt enclose me round 22 23. I will instruct each warbling string To make thy praises known Thy Truth and Goodness I will sing O Isr'el's Holy One A multitude of Joys shall throng Upon my Lips to sit While my glad Soul breaths on t a Song To him that ransom'd it Hymn XXXIX Psal. 106.1 2. O Render thanks unto the Lord For kind he is and good His mercies still continue sure As they have ever stood What Language can his mighty deeds Deservedly proclaim What Tongue can sing th' immortal praise Due to his Sacred Name 105.2 3. Therefore let us in thankful Songs Our great Redeemer bless And what his mighty Hand hath wrought With joyful Tongues express O make your boasts with one accord In God's most Holy Name Let ev'ry Soul that seeks the Lord Be joyful in the same 5 7 8. O let the works that he hath done Your Admiration move Think on the Judgments of his Mouth And wonders of his Love It is our Glory and our Joy That this great God is ours His Judgments pass through all the Earth With never-failing pow'rs His Cov'nant to his People seal'd He ever calls to mind And will his Promises fulfil To Ages yet behind 107.21 O that all men would praise the Lord For his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful Unto the Sons of Men. Hymn XL. Psal. 113.1 2 3. PRaise ye the Lord praise ye his Name Ye Servants of the Lord His Name be now and ever blest Of all with one accord Ev'n from the rising of the Sun Unto his going down Must we proclaim the Lord's High Praise And give his Name Renown 4 5 6. Above all Nations he 's advanc'd His Fame surmounts the Sky And who is like the Lord our God Whose dwelling is on high Yet humbleth he himself to see Things done in Heav'n above And what is done on Earth beneath Where we poor Mortals move 111.2 7 8. Great are the works of our great God And ev'ry one no doubt That takes true pleasure in the same With care doth search them out Faithful and just are all his ways His Word for ever sure When once his Promise is engag'd Performance is secure 9 10. Holy and rev'rend is his Name And to be had in dread This true Religious Fear of God Is Wisdom's Well-spring head Good understanding have they all That carefully endeavour To practise his Commandements His Praise endures for ever Hymn XLI Psal. 135.1 2. SIng Hallelujah ye that serve The God by us ador'd O bless the High and Glorious Name Of our Almighty Lord. O ye that are admitted thus Within his House to stand And in his Holy Courts attend The Word of his command 3 4. Praise ye the Lord for he is good Sing praises to his Name For it is sweet to be employ'd His praises to proclaim For God hath chosen to himself Beloved Jacob's Race And Isr'el the chief Treasure is Of his peculiar Grace 5 6. For well I know the Lord is great And that this Lord of ours Transcends all Gods and hath his Seat Above all Sov'reign Pow'rs His Word created all at first His Pleasure rules them still His Sov'reign uncontrolled mind Heav'n Earth and Seas fulfil 19 20 21. O Isr'el's house bless ye the Lord With them of Levi's Tribe All that devoutly fear the Lord Due praise to him ascribe Let us all now in Sion's Courts The Lord's High Praise record Who dwelleth at Jerusalem Praise ye praise ye the Lord. Hymn XLII Psal. 136.1 2 3. To the Tune of Psal. 67. O Render thanks to God For he is very good His Mercies sure do still endure And have for ever stood The God of Gods proclaim The Lord of Lords great Name His Mercies sure do still endure Eternally the same 4 5 6 7 8 9. Who wond'rous things hath done Made Earth and Heav'n alone His Mercies sure do still endure To Ages all made known Gave Sun ond Moon their Light To rule both day and night His Mercies sure do still endure For they are infinite 10 11 12 13 14 16. Who Egypt's First-born slew And thence his Isr'el drew His Mercies sure do still endure And ever so shall do Led them through parted Seas And Desarts unknown ways His Mercies sure do still endure Worthy eternal praise 17 18 19 22 23 24. That famous Kings destroy'd Whose Land Isr'el enjoy'd His Mercies sure do still endure And evermore abide Our lost Estate he knows Redeems us from our Foes His Mercies sure do still endure A Spring that overflows 25 26. Who still provideth meat Whereof all flesh may eat His Mercies sure do still endure For ever full and great The God of Heav'n therefore With thankful thoughts adore His Mercies sure do still endure Henceforth for evermore Hymn XLIII Psal. 146.1 2 3 4. SIng Hallelujah O my Soul To the Eternal King Yea whilst I any Being have His praises I will sing Trust not in Kings though ne're so great Nor in man's mortal Seed Whose pow'r is not sufficient To help you in your need Because his breath doth soon depart Then turns he to his Clay And all the Counsels of his heart Do perish in that day 5 6. Happy is he whose certain Help From Jacob's God descends Thrice happy he whose fixed Hope On God his God depends Who form'd the Earth Heav'ns high frame Who made the swelling Deep And all that is within the same Who Truth doth ever keep 7 8. Who with right Judgment still proceeds For those that be opprest Takes care that hungry Souls be fed And Pris'ners be releas'd The Lord doth give the blind their sight The bowed down doth raise In righteous men he takes delight And loveth them always 9 10. Strangers and Widows he preserves The Orphans Cause doth own But as for sinners prosp'rous state He turns it upside down The Lord shall reign eternally Thy God O Sion Hill Shall reign to all Posterity O praise him praise him still Hymn XLIV Psal.
147.1 2 3. PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet Our God's due praise to sing For the employment is most sweet And Praise a comely thing The Lord builds up Jerusalem His out-casts he restores With comfort heals the broken hearts And bindeth up their sores 5 6 11. Unsearchable his Wisdom is His Pow'r admits no bound He raiseth up the humble Souls Treads sinners to the ground The Lord 's intire delight and joy Is ever in the Just In them that fear him faithfully And in his Mercy trust 12 13 14. O praise the Lord Jerusalem Thy God O Sion praise Who makes thy Bars and strength'neth them Wherewith thy Gates he stays Thy Children in thee he hath blest Makes in thy Borders peace He fills thee with the very best Of all the Field's increase 19 20. The sacred Dictates of his Lips He hath to Jacob shown His Statutes and his Judgments are To chosen Isr'el known He hath not dealt so favourably With any Land beside Nor have they known his Judgments so The Lord be magnifi'd Hymn XLV Psal. 148.1 2 3. SIng Hallelujah praise the Lord Ev'n from the Heavens high And from the heights his praise proclaim Above the starry Sky His Angels all his praise begin And all his Hosts of Might Praise him both Sun and Moon praise him O all ye Stars of Light 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Ye Heav'n of Heav'ns and Waters there Praise your Creator's Name For by his Great Decree you do Continue still the same Praise God from th' Earth ye Whales Deeps Fire Hail and stormy Wind Hill Trees and Cattle Worms and Fowl Each in your sev'ral kind 11 12 13. Kings of the Earth and People there Princes and Judges all Young Men and Maidens ev'ry where Old Men and Children small O let them praise the Lord's Great Name For that excels alone His Glory is above the frame Of Earth and Heav'ns high Throne 149.1 2 4 5. But above all let Isr'el's Saints Of their Redeemer sing And let the Sons of Sion Hill Be joyful in their King For God takes pleasure in his Saints Will crown the humble Heads Therefore let them triumph in him And sing upon their Beds 148.14 For he exalts his Isr'el's Horn And all his Saints doth raise A People near and dear to him O give the Lord his praise Hymn XLVI Psal. 47.6 7 9. SIng praise to God sing praise with joy Sing praises to our King For Christ is King of all the World All skilful praises sing With shouts of Joys He is gone up To His Imperial Throne Our Lord is with the Trumpets sound To Heav'n in Triumph gone 2.8 22.27 At his request is giv'n to him The priv'lege of his Birth For His the Heathen Lands shall be And utmost Parts on Earth The Kindreds of the Nations all Shall worship in his sight For he must govern great and small All Nations are his right 72.2 4 6 7 11. With Justice shall he judge the Poor Set the Oppressed free Like showrs of Rain to parched ground Shall his Dominion be The Just shall flourish in his days And all shall be at peace Until the very Moon decays And all her Motions cease Yea all the Kings and higher Pow'rs Shall kneel before his Throne All Nations and their Governours Shall serve this King alone 18 19. Praise ye the Lord of Hosts and sing To Israel's God each one For he doth every wond'rous thing Ev'n he himself alone And blessed be his glorious Name All times eternally Let th' Earth be filled with his fame Amen Amen say I. Hymn XLVII Psal. 89.1 19. TH' Eternal Mercies of the Lord My Song shall still express My Mouth to Ages shall record Thy Truth and Faithfulness For thou hast laid our Help upon A Prince of mighty Pow'r A chosen one thou hast advanc'd To be the Saviour 20 21 27 28 29. With sacred Oyl thou didst anoint David whom thou hadst found He 's girt with strength for saving-work His Head with Glory crown'd Mercies through him are kept for us And Promises are sure His Sacred Seed and Sov'reign Throne For ever shall endure 30 31 32 33 34. But if his Seed transgress the Laws And Statutes of their God Then wilt thou visit their offence With a correcting Rod. Yet with not quite withdraw thy Love Nor let thy Promise fade Thy Cov'nant thou wilt never break Nor change what thou hast said 35 52. Having confirm'd it by an Oath A Sacred Oath and High Thy Faithful Ones are well assur'd Thou wilt not caust not lye Blessed for ever be the Lord And blest be God agen And let the Church with one accord Resound Amen Amen Hymn XLVIII Psal. 110.1 2 3. JEhovah to my Lord thus spake Sit thou at my right hand Until I make thy baffled Foes Subject to thy command God shall from Sion send that Rod In which thy strength appears Thy People in that day of Pow'r Shall all be Voluntiers Mov'd with the Beauties of thy Church Young Converts then shall Come As num'rous as the Pearls of Dew That drop from Morning's womb 4 5 6 7. The Lord a solemn Oath hath sworn Which he will never break Thou art an everlasting Priest As was Melchizedek And being thus rais'd to his Throne Kings that his Reign oppose With all the adverse Heathen Pow'rs Shall perish as his Foes Because he shall vouchsafe to taste The Brook that 's in the way Thus shall the Lord lift up his head To triumph and bear sway Rev. 5.12 9 13. Therefore to thee O Lamb of God Riches and Pow'r belong Wisdom and Honour Glory Strength And ev'ry praising Song Thou as our Sacrifice was slain And by thy precious Blood From ev'ry Tongue and Nation hast Redeem'd us unto God Blessing and Honour Glory Pow'r From all in Earth and Heav'n To him that sits upon the Throne And to the Lamb be giv'n Hymns for some particular occasions proper to be sung after Meals Hymn XLIX Psal. 104.24 27 28. HOW many are thy Works O Lord In Wisdom all compos'd The Earth by thee is richly stor'd With Treasures there inclos'd On thee do all the Creatures wait And as Expectants stand To have their seasonable food From thy dispensing hand That which thou giv'st as thou seest best They gather for their food Thy liberal hand thou openest And they are fill'd with good 14 15. For Cattle thou mak'st Grass to spring And Herbs for Man's own use Convenient food for ev'ry thing Thou mak'st the Earth produce To glad Man's heart the fruitful Soil Brings forth the Grape for Wine Heart-strength'ning Bread and precious Oyl Which makes his face to shine 22.26 103.22 The Meek shall eat and be suffic'd And those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his Name Your hearts shall live for ever O bless the Lord ye Works of his Wherewith the World is stor'd Where-ever his Dominion is My Soul bless thou the Lord. Hymn L. For the same occasion Psal. 145.1 2 9.
suffice to the management of this duty decently and in order and more there needs not for in private Families the quickest way of singing seems to be most agreeable such singing as the Great Athanasius appointed in the Church of Alexandria ut pronunciani vicinior esset quà m canenti more like reading than singing So Austin tells us Confess lib. 10. cap. 33. and approves of it as a good means to preserve that spiritual delight which should be in this Ordinance from degenerating into a sensitive pleasure which it is apt to do when Tunes and Notes are over-much study'd and affected and the Ear tickled with them Nor let any be afraid that their Neighbours should over-hear them We serve à Master that we have no reason to be asham'd of to whom we have engaged that whatever others do we and our houses will serve him and whose hold is so great of the Consciences even of bad men that those whose contempt and reproach you fear even of them perhaps you will be had in honour 2 Sam. 6.22 Nay your Light hereby may so shine before men that others may be brought to glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Mat. 5.16 If any make it an excuse that they are unready in finding out such Psalms or passages in the Psalms as are most proper for Family use such may perhaps receive some help from this small Collection It is taken out of David's Psalms and further we seldom need to go for Hymns and Spiritual Songs though other Scriptures may no doubt be us'd this way much to edification Nolite cantare nisi quod legit is esse cantandum is a good Rule which Austin gives Epist. 109. This Collection will be the more useful and it is what I chiefly aim at in it if every one in the Family have a Book so that the Psalm or Hymn for the distinction is but nominal may be sung without reading the Line betwixt which is the general practice of the Reformed Churches abroad and renders the duty more pleasant and profitable and takes up less time and is practicable enough in a Family if not in large Congregations The gathering of Verses out of several Psalms and putting them together may seem to be a violation of their own native coherence But I hope it will not give offence to any since it is no more so than the joyning of several passages of Scriptures remote from each other and putting them together in our Prayers and Sermons which is generally practis'd Besides that it is a liberty which is often taken by the Clarks that give out the Psalms in publick And I think those who dislike it not there will the rather allow it in private Families Nay I am in hâ—pes that the reference I have made all along to the Psalms and Verses will increase and lead to an acquaintance with the Book of Psalms in general which I would not that this Essay should at all lessen or supersede I have made use of the best approved Translations especially Mr. Patrick's and Mr. Barton's as likewise Bishop King's Mr. Smith's Dr. Ford's and Mr. Baxter's who have each of them labour'd well in this Province nor have I neglected the Old Translation which considering the Age in which it was done and that it broke the Ice is not such a contemptible piece us some love to represent it I have taken that out of each which I judg'd the best and most suitable to my purpose acting herein not as a Censor but as a Gleaner Books are known to have their Fate ad captum Lectoris and therefore I hope my pardon for making this use of the Labours of others will be easily granted and this general Acknowledgment will suffice to acquit me from the Charge of Plagiarism I have not varied at any time from my Authors meerly for variation sake yet throughout I have seen cause very often to alter and in many places to build a-new especially where I was willing to contract according to the best of my skill The performance indeed is but very small yet the Design is honest and it will be fruit abounding to a good account if it do but help forward the work of singing Psalms in which the will of God is done on Earth somewhat like as it is done in Heaven where singing Hallelujahs to him that sits upon the Throne and unto the Lamb is both the everlasting work and the everlasting felicity of those glorified Beings M. H. Jan. 14 1694 5 For Morning Worship Hymn 1. Psal. 57.7 8. MY heart is now prepar'd for praise 'T is fixed for the same And I will sing to thee O Lord And bless thy Holy Name Awake my Glory Lute and Harp Consorts of praise to make Now in the morning I my self Will to this work awake 19.1 2 3 4 5 6. The Heavens throughout their vast extent Declare their Maker's praise The glittering starry Firmament His handy-work displayes Day unto day doth celebrate and night to night proclaim Without the help of speech or tongue His universal Fame There doth the Sun with joy and strength His constant course compleat The Earth rejoyceth in his Light And in his quick'ning Heat 90.17 So Let the Lord shine on our Souls Lighten and warm us thus Prosper O God our handy-works And stablish them to us Hymn II. 118.15 3.5 THE voice of saving Health and Joy In Just 〈◊〉 dwellings is The Lord 's right-hand works powerfully That strong right hand of his I laid me down and sweetly slept And safely wak'd again Because it was the Lord that kept And did my Soul sustain 31.21 30.5 Blessed be God's most sacred Name Who hath such wonders shown Wonders of Love securing me As in a fenced Town His wrath is in a moment past Life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last The morning comfort brings 33.20 21 22. Therefore we wait for thee O Lord Who still art our defence In all Estates we trust in thee With chearful confidence Lord let thy Grace on us descend Like a refreshing showre For all our Hopes and Joys depend On thine Almighty Power Hymn III. Psal. 74.16 17. THE shining day and shady night Peculiarly are thine Thou hast O Lord prepar'd the Light And caus'd the Sun to shine The Earth with all its Ends and Coasts Thy mighty hand did â—ame Both Summer's heat and Winter's frost By thine appointment came 33.6 7. 119.91 By thy Great Word the Heav'ns were made And all their Hosts are thine The gathered Waters of the Sea Thou dost in bounds confine According to thine Ord'nance these Continue to this day For all are Servants unto thee And do thy Word obey Rev. 4.11 Psal. 124.8 Glory and Honour must O Lord To thee of right be paid For all these things are by thy power And for thy pleasure made And our continual Hope and Help In his Great Name doth stand Who did create both Heav'n and Earth By his Almighty hand Hymn IV. Psal. 121.1
And in our Streets the fruitful Flocks May many thousands yield 14 15. Let not our la'â—'ring Oxen faint Nor Enemy invade No leading captive no complaint Within our Streets be made O happy People would we say With all these Blessings stor'd Yea rather happy People they Whose God is God the Lord. 48. last This God is evermore our God Our Cov'nant God is he Ev'n unto death and beyond death Our faithful Guide he 'll be Hymn XIX Psal. 116.1 2 7 8. GOD that so gracious a regard To my requests did give Shall have my best and choicest Love And Service while I live God and thy self my Soul enjoy Quiet and free from fears He sav'd thy life upheld thy steps And dry'd up all thy tears 12 13 16. What shall I render Lord for all The kindness thou hast shown Praises I 'll offer and with thanks Will all thy favours own Truly I am thy Servant Lord Thy Servant I will be Born in thy house and from my bonds By thy good hand set free 42.8 11. Therefore will God command for me His kindest Love by day His Song shall be by night with me To God my Life I 'll pray Why art thou then cast down my Soul With sorrows over-prest Why do despairing thoughts disturb Thy peace and break my rest Have Faith in God for yet shall I Sing forth his praise divine He to my Countenance is health He 's God and shall be mine Hymn XX. Psal. 138.1 2 3 4 5. With my whole heart before the Gods I will with praise proclaim That word of Love and Truth which is Greater than all thy Name With spiritual strength thou answer'st me And thou shalt have thy praise From Princes all that hear thy Word And sing on all thy ways 6 7 8. Though God be high he likes the low But proud men he disdains Therefore in midst of dangers great My quickning hope remains The Lord will perfect mine affairs So sure thy mercy stands Forsake not Lord but succour still The work of thine own hands 97.11 12. Since the immortal seeds of Light For upright men are sown A joyful Harvest will at length Their work and sorrows crown Then let our constant Joys declare The God we serve is kind We 'll praise him for his mercies past And wait for those behind Hymn XXI Psal. 139.1 2 3 4 5. LORD thou hast search'd my inward part And all my thoughts hast known Thou seest me sit thou seest me rise Walking and lying down All my close ways all my quick words Thou Lord dost understand Behind before thou hast beset And on me laid thine hand 7 8 9 10. Whither can I retire from thee Or from thy presence fly For neither Heav'n nor Hell can hide From thine All-seeing Eye Could I remove to th' utmost Sea Wing'd with the morning Ray Thy hand that must support my flight Would my abode betray 11 12 13 14 15. In vain I seek to lie conceal'd I'th'darkness of the night For midnight darkness shines to thee As clear as noon-day light Maker and Master of my Reins Thou didst at once become Blest Lord how strangely was I fram'd And formed in the womb 17 18 23 24 How precious are the thoughts of Love Thou dost to me express Deep in themselves but dear to me And they are numberless When I awake I 'm still with thee And thus to thee I cry Search me O God and know my heart My thoughts and Conscience try And see if I do go astray In any course of sin Shew me the everlasting way And lead me Lord therein Hymn XXII Psal. 103.1 2 3. Bless thou the living Lord my Soul His glorious praise proclaim Let all my inward pow'rs extol And bless his holy Name Forget not all his benefits But bless the Lord my Soul Who all thy trespasses remits And makes thee sound and whole 4 5 8 9 10. Who did redeem thy life from death And crown'd thee with his Love Renew'd thy Youth and fill'd thy Mouth With goodness from above The Lord is kind to anger slow Ready to pardon sin Deals not with us in constant wrath As our deserts have been 11 12. 94.19 As Heaven is high above the Earth So is his Cov'nant-Love Further than East is from the West He doth our sins remove Thus in the crowd and multitude Of various thoughts which roll Within my breast these comforts rest And do delight my Soul Hymn XXIII Psal. 65.1 2 3. To the Tune of Psal. 67. O God Praise waiteth still For thee in Sion Hill The Vow will be perform'd to thee And readily fulfil O Thou whose Titles are The God that hearest prayer The God to whom all flesh shall come To thee do we repair Our sins have born great sway And much against us say But as for these Lord thou shalt please To purge them all away 143.8 Cause me to hear thy Love Before the break of day Cause me to know which way to go For thou art all my stay 56.12 13. Thy Vows upon me lye Lord I will pay the same And I always will render praise To thy most holy Name For thou my Soul hast sav'd From death so near at hand And wilt not thou uphold me now And make my feet so stand That I may still proceed To walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise With them that live in Light 150.6 Let ev'ry breathing thing Be ready to record The praise and same of God's great Name Amen Praise ye the Lord. Hymn XXIV Psal. 8.1 2. O Lord our Lord through all the Earth How exc'llent is thy Name Who hast thy Glory so adorn'd Above the Heav'ns high frame Weak Babes and Sucklings thou ordain'st Thy power and praise to show To still thereby the Enemy And the avengeful Foe 3 4 5. When to thine Heav'ns I lift mine Eye The Palace thou didst rear And the bright Moon and Stars observe Ordain'd to govern there Lord what is Man that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place That thou shouldst thus advance and bless His mean and mortal Race Litt'e below the Angels high He stands in Glory plac'd Whilst all the Creatures here below Under his Feet are cast 73.25 26. But whom have I in Heav'n but thee Nor is there any one In all the Earth desir'd of me Except thy self alone For when my flesh and heart do fail Then God upholds my heart He is my strength for evermore My portion and my part 27 28. For they that far estranged be Lo they and ev'ry one That goes a whoring Lord from thee Shall quite be overthrown But it is good for me always That I to God draw nigh Then shall I praise his Truth and Love When I on him rely For the Lord's Day Morning Hymn XXV Psal. 118.1 2 3 4. GIve thanks to God for he is good His Mercies still endure Let all the Seed of Israel say His Promises are sure Let Aaron's House confess this day His Goodness
still prevails Let them that fear the Lord now say His Kindness never fails 22 23. For that same Stone which men refus'd Despis'd and trampled on Is chosen and preferr'd to be The Head and Corner Stone This is the work of our great God He did the thing devise And he this great Salvation wrought That 's wondrous in our Eyes 24 25. This is the joyful day indeed Which God hath Holy made Hath made for Man and we will now With holy mirth be glad We 'll joyn our Acclamations now And loud Hosanna's sing Wishing prosperity may wait On our Anointed King 26 27 28 29. Bless Saviour that from God to us On this kind Errand came We welcome thee and bless all those That spread thy glorious Name God is the Lord who gives the Light Which this high day adorns Come bind the Sacrifice with Cords Unto the Altar's Horns Thou art my God whom I 'll exalt My God whom I will praise Give thanks to God for he is good His mercy lasts always Hymn XXVI Psal. 84.1 2 3. How lovely is the place where thou Thy Presence Lord dost grant O! how I long t' approach thy Courts Impatient of restraint I envy much the Sparrow's place And grudge the Swallow's bliss That build their Nests in God's own Courts My King my God he is 4 5 6 7. Happy the dwellers in thine house For they will praise thee still Thrice happy they whose strength thou art Whose hearts thy Graces fill Who make the best of Sion's ways And go from strength to strength Till they appear before the Lord In Sion Hill at length 8 9 10. Lord God of Hosts hear thou my pray'r O Jacob's God give ear O Lord our shield behold the face Of thine Anointed Dear For in thy Courts thy Name to praise I count a day spent there Far better than a thousand days A thousand days elsewhere There would I rather be confin'd And at the threshold lye Than dwell in Sinners Tents with Ease And boundless Liberty 11 12. For God the Lord is Sun and Shield He Grace and Glory gives And no good thing shall he with-hold From them that purely live O Lord of Hosts that man is blest And happy sure is he Whose heart by Faith doth ever rest With confidence in thee Hymn XXVII Psal. 27.4 THIS is my great request O God Which here I do present That all the days I have to live May in thy House be spent There to contemplate and behold The Beauty of the Lord And in his Temple to enquire Into his holy Word 8 9. Whenas thou saidst My face seek ye Instructed by thy Grace My ready heart with Joy reply'd Lord I will seek thy face Hide not thy face from me in wrath Lord turn me not away My Sav'our thou hast been my help Be still my strength and stay 43.3 4. O send out Light and Truth divine To lead and bring me near Unto that holy Hill of thine And Tabernacles there Then to God's Altar I will go The Gladness of my Joy O God my God thy praise to show My Harp I will employ 119.32 And I will run with full consent The way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet encouragement Thou shalt my heart enlarge Hymn XXVIII Psal. 92.1 2 4. O What a pleasant work it is To praise the Lord above Morning and Ev'ning to proclaim His Faithfulness and Love Thy works O Lord with Joy divine My ravish'd heart affect And in the glory of thy Acts My Triumphs I 'll erect 5 6 7. O Lord how great are all thy works Thy thoughts are all profound The Foolish men mistake thy ways These Depths they cannot found When prosp'ring sinners flourish most And as the Grass do spring T is that they may upon themselves A swift destruction bring 12 13. But Saints like laden Palms shall thrive So flourish and come on Grow strong and tall like Cedar Trees In fruitful Lebanon Trees planted in the Holy Place Where God the Lord doth dwell Still water'd with the dews of Grace Shall thrive and prosper well 14 15. Yea ev'n when Nature's strength decays In Ages much fruit shall bring And in the Winter of their days Be fat and flourishing To shew that God's an upright God He is a Rock to me And there is no unrighteousness In him nor none can be Hymn XXIX Psal. 96.1 2. SIng ye with praise unto the Lord New Songs of Joy and Mirth Sing to the Lord with one accord All People of the Earth Sing to the Lord isthron'd on high Bless his adored Name The great Salvation he hath wrought From day to day proclaim 98.1 2. Renew your Songs to God and tell What wonders he hath done Let 's all admire the Victories His Holy Arm hath won His mercy which was kept before A secret and inclos'd Now to the clear and open view Of Heathen is expos'd 3 4 5 6. His promis'd Goodness and his Truth Was first to Israel shown But now the ends of th' Earth have seen His great Salvation Let all the Earth this Welcome news Applaud with loudest noise Joyn Musick to their Hymns of Praise To testifie their Joys 7 8 9. Let swelling Seas roar and excite The Joys of neighb'ring Lands Let echoing Hills the noise repeat And Rivers clap their hands Whole Nature well may feel a change When God's approach is nigh Who comes to judge and rule the World With Truth and Equity Hymn XXX Psal. 68.4 17. SIng unto God sing forth his pâ—â—ise Extol him with your Voice That rides on th' Heav'ns by JAll his Name In which we will rejoyce God's Char'ots twenty thousand are Always before his face Millions of Angels do attend As in the Holy Place 18. Thou hast ascended up on high And thou O Christ didst then Lead Captive our Captivity Receiving Gifts for Men Yea ev'n for Rebellious men Thou didst those Gifts receive That God the Lord might dwell with them And they Rebellion leave 24 28. For they have seen thy Pow'r O God They saw thy steps of Grace The goings of my God my King Within his Holy Place Thy God by his supreme command Hath strengthened thee thus Strengthen O God by thy good hand What thou hast wrought for us 34 35. Ascribe ye strength to our great God Whose excellency rare Is over Israel's Land display'd Whose strength the Clouds declare They that in Holy Places see Thy Glory are amaz'd The God of Israel gives us strength His Holy Name be prais'd Hymn XXXI Psal. 95.1 2 3 4. COme let us sing with joyful noise To our Salvation's Rock With Psalms of Praise and thankful Joys Into his presence flock A God a King of great command A King of Gods He is The Earth's great Deeps are in his hand The strength of Hills is his 5 6 7. Dry Land and Seas ev'n both of these His hands did form and frame O come adore with bended knees The Lord our Maker's Name For he 's our God and we