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
's hear his voice and not Such hardned Sinners prove As those that in the Wilderness Provoked God above 5 They prov'd his Pow'r and saw his Works And griev'd him forty year Till wearied with the murm'ring Race He could no longer bear 6 He did their Unbelief and base Ingratitude detest And in his anger swore they should Not come into his rest HYMN 217. Psal 84. Sacred Pantings 1 HOw amiable are thy bless'd Tents Lord God of Host to me My Soul doth long ye◠even faint Thy sacred Courts to see 2 My heart and flesh cry out for thee The Everlasting God O when shall I come near and see The place of thine abode 3 O happy they who hold a Place Within thy House to dwell For in thy Courts one days short space A thousand doth excell 4 Much rather would I keep a Door And in thy House remain Than dwell in all the pomp and store Of Tents of the prophane 5 For God a Sun and Shield will be With Grace and Glory bright And no good thing with-hold will he From them that walk upright 6 Lord God of Hosts whose Glory reigns How happy Man is he That tho' debarr'd the outward means Yet puts his trust in thee HYMN 218. Psal 100. Sheep of God's Pasture 1 MAke joyful noise unto the Lord O all ye Nations on the Earth Serve him with joy his praise record Come in his sight with Songs of Mirth 2 Know that the Lord is God alone We are the Flock which he doth keep His workmanship and not our own His People and his Pasture-Sheep 3 Enter his Gates with thankfulness And come with joy into his Courts Great gratitude to him express And bless his Name in full resorts 4 For lo the Lord is good and kind His Mercy everlasting is His Truth all Generations find For evermore assur'd to his HYMN 219. Psal 135. A Psalm of Praise 1 GIve laud unto the Lord And praise his holy Name His Praises still record And spread abroad his Fame Ye that resort To our great God and have abode In Sions Court 2 His Honour O proclaim For good and kind he is Sing Praises to his Name A pleasant work it is Jacob hath he Chose to himself and all his Wealth Must Israel be 3 And this I clearly know The Lord 's a mighty One And that all Gods do owe Subjection to his Throne For he brings forth Whatever he please in Deeps in Seas In Heaven and Earth HYMN 220. Psal 90. Longings for good Times 1 REturn O Lord how long a space Let it repent thee much Touching thy Servants woful case Whose sufferings have been such 2 O satisfie us speedily With thy Compassions kind That all our days may yield us joy And gladness chear our mind 3 As thou hast sent us Sorrows keen So let 's have Comforts glad For days and years which we have seen ' So sorrowful and sad 4 O let thy Work appear unto Thy Servants ev'ry one Thy glory to our Children show When we are dead and gone 4 The Lord our God shine on his Church And Grace our joynt endeavour O prosper thou our handy-work And ' stablish it for ever HYMN 221. Psal 103. Free Pardon 1 MY Soul now bless with readiness The Lord's most holy Name And let my heart 's most inward parts Applaud and spread his fame 2 O bless the Lord his praise record My Soul be not unkind As one that flights his Benefits And puts them out of mind 3 Who pardons thy Iniquity And cancels all thy score Who healeth thy Infirmity And doth thy health restore 4 Who from the Grave thy Life did save And Crowns thee from above With Mercies free inlarg'd to thee By his most tender love 5 Who satisfies thy Mouth likewise With Blessings that are good Thy flower of Youth as th' Eagles doth He make afresh to bud HYMN 222. Psal 148. All Creatures to praise God O Praise Jehovah ev'ry one From Heav'n praise him in places high O all his Angels praise him ye Praise him his Host most gloriously 2 Ye Sun and Moon do ye him praise All Stars of Light praise him do ye O Heav'n of Heav'ns do ye the like And Waters that 'bove Heavens be 3 O let them praise Jehovah's Name By him created were all they For ever he establish'd them Gave Statutes which pass not away O praise Jehovah from the Land Ye Dragons and all places deep Ye Fire and Hail Snow Vapour and Windy Storms that his Word keep 5 Ye Mountains and ye Hills also Ye Trees fruitful and Cedars high And ye wild Beasts and Cattel all Ye creeping things and Fowls that fly 6 Ye Kings who rule the People do Princes and Judges likewise all Young Men and Maidens do the same With Old Men and ye Children small 7 O let them praise Jehovah's Name Who hath a Name like unto his 'T is high advanc'd his glorious Fame Above the Earth and Heaven is 8 And he the Horn of his People Exalted hath and set on high O praise the Lord sweet Israel A People unto him so nigh FINIS ADVERTISEMENT ☞ There is newly published A Treatise entitituled The Breach repaired proving Singing the Praises of God a Gospel Duty Sold by John Hancock Price Bound 18 d. * ⎠* Also in the Press An Exposition of that Parabolical Speech of Christ Mat. 12.43 called The Counterfeit Christian when the unclean Spirit is gone out of a Man c. 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Promises 163 1 329 Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament 164 1 330 Man's Impotency 165 1 331 Come ye to the Waters 166 1 332 Glorious Light shining 167 1 333 The panting Soul 168 1 334 Everlasting rest 169 1 334 Here any live 170 1 335 What shall we do 171 1 336 Who has made thee to differ 172 1 337 If the Son makes you free 175 1 338 After a Farewell Sermon 174 1 339 Christ knocks at the Door 175 1 340 Footsteps of the Flock 176 1 341 Christ preached 177 1 342 Wonders of Grace 178 1 343 Hymn of Thanksgiving 179 1 344 Power of Prayer 180 1 345 Saints Safety 181 1 346 All praise to Gods 182 1 347 They shall look to him 183 1 348 After a Fit of Sickness 184 1 349 Buy Gold tryed 185 1 350 Heavenly Feast 186 1 352 Harvest of Joy 187 1 353 Woful Harvest of the wicked 188 1 354 Christ's Passion 190 1 355 For wake ye Virgins 191 1 356 Christ's Exhaltation 192 1 357 Signs of the Last Day 193 1 358 Day of Jubilee 194 1 359 Hymn of Praise 195 1 360 Bleeding Heart 196 1 361 Things done for us 197 1 362 Things done in us 198 1 363 Grace shining 199 1 363 Bread indeed 200 1 364 Feast of Fat things 201 1 365 Vnless that ye believe 202 1 366 The glorious Gift 203 1 366 Christs become poor 204 1 367 Hymn of Praise 205 1 368 The blessed Man 206 1 370 Christ's Kingdom 207 1 371 Saints Security 208 1 372 Wrath against Persecutors 209 1 373 Misery of the wicked 210 1 374 The spotless Saint 211 1 374 Pastures flourishing 212 1 375 Sion repair'd 213 1 376 The perfect Man 214 1 376 Prayers answered 215 1 37◠Spiritual Worshippers 216 1 37◠Sacred Pantings 217 1 379 Sheep of God's Pasture 218 1 38◠A Psalm of Praise 219 1 38◠Longings for good Times 220 1 38◠Free Pardon 221 1 38◠All Creatures to praise God 222 1 38◠Hymns to be sung as the 25th Psalm Hymn 59. 2d Part. Page 146. Hymns 63 64. 7th 8th Parts Page 160 161. Hymns to be sung as the 100 dth Psalm Hymn 20. 6th Part. Page 47. Hymn 62. 6th Part. Page 158 159. Hymn 14. Page 270. Hymn 118. 3d. 4th Part. Page 276 277. Hymm 222. Page 383. ERRATA PAge 34. Line 19. add shall Page 41. Line 17. r. Men. Page 45. Line 23. for Jesus r. Jess Page 46. Line 12. blot out O. Page 64. Line 6. for weak r. meek Page 78. Line 8. for likely r. leaky Page 156. Line 15. blot out Lord. Page 157. Line 18. blot out do SPIRITUAL MELODY Containing Near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns c. PART I. THE INTRODUCTION ALL praise be given to the Lord Who condescends so low For to unfold deep things to us By things which we do know Lord give us more Knowledge divine Thy Word Explain to us That we may find those things of thine To be indeed precious Pour forth thy Spirit on us Lord Deep Mysteries to know That we may find Grace in our Souls And in it also grow And by it may be help'd alwayes Thy Praises to sing forth And live also unto thy praise Whilst we are on the Earth PART I. SACRED HYMNS Setting forth The Glory and excellent Perfections of GOD the FATHER HYMN 1. God a Father Math. 5.16 Glorifie your Father which is in Heaven 1 A Father doth his Child beget So we begotten are By thy own Word and Spirit Lord And do thine Image bear 2 He likewise doth his Children cloath And doth them also love So thou most richly cloaths all such That are born from above 3 A Father feeds and does protect Such who his Children be So thou dost feed and save all those Who do belong to thee 4 And also doth delight in them Who him resemble do To such who are most like to thee Thou dost chief favour show Second Part. 5 A Father loves his Children should All live in Unity So thou delights to see thy Saints Walk in sweet Harmony 6 He ever does o'relook the faults Which he in them does spy So all thy People's faults likewise Thou dost O Lord pass by 7 'T is a high honour to descend From such who Noble be Kings Children are all but base born To those Lord born of thee 8 Rich Parents may soon poor be made And also they do die Thou Lord art rich and so wilt be Unto Eternity 9 All praise and glory unto God Our Father be therefore And unto Christ that ransom'd us Be Praise for evermore HYMN 2. God a Portion Psal 73.26 God the Portion of his People 1 A Portion Lord thou didst design On thine for to bestow Nought didst thou think was good enough For them of things below 2 Nor things in Heaven which excell And therefore dost impart Thy self as the Portion alone Of all upright in Heart 3 Who then is able to conceive How rich thy Children are For they have all since they have thee And each an equal share 4 All have a God all have a Christ Nay all that thou hast too Each one hath thee intirely This does their Riches show 5 And they Lord never shall have less Their Portion can't be spent Nor treacherously by wicked ones From them it can't be rent 6 Fire can't their bless'd Portion burn Nor Thieves steal it away Nor Moths nor Rust it can't corrupt O happy happy they The second Part. 7 All things are theirs who have thee Lord Thô under age they be But yet that day will quickly come Of their Felicity 8 When full possession they shall have Of all that is their own And every one of them thou wilt With lasting Glory Crown 9 This Portion ah how doth it suit And answer every want And fully does it satisfie The Soul of every Saint 10 All Glory and high praise therefore Let us together sing To God the Father and the Son From whence such Riches spring HYMN 2. God our dwelling place Psal 90.1 God the Saints dwelling place 1 THy Saints Lord have a dwelling strong And thou that dwelling art No habitation like to this Hath any haughty Heart 2 For 't is the low and humble Soul That in the Lord does dwell Where such do rest and have repose This dwelling doth excell 3 A house ah 't is our home always And when we absent be How do we long for to return So do our Soul till we 4 Return again unto our God When we from thee do stray O bring us to our bless'd abode Christ Jesus is the Way 5 We here no perfect rest shall find Untill we fixed are In our brave house that is above No Palace like to it here The second Part. 1 A House preserves from heat and cold From Winds and cruel storms Those who Lord dwell in thee are bold Being safe from fear of harms 2 And in our House our comforts lie And all our chiefest treasure God is
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
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
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
difficulty Can thee obstruct for they relief Shall have most speedily 7 Let 's therefore sing and also say Be thou like a young Hart O haste dear Saviour come away Thy blessing to impart HYMN 25. Christ the only Door Joh. 10.9 I am the Door 1 A Way is found to happiness Heaven is a lovely place Thou art the Door O Lord alone Through thee we see God's face 2 All good lyes hid in God above Like to a House of store And such who would go in and eat Must enter by this Door 3 All true Men enter the right way They at the door go in No Pardon Peace but 't is by thee Nor cleansing from our sin 4 We in thy Church ought all to dwell Bring in more souls and more By thy Example Doctrine too Thou art the only Door 5 All praise and glory unto God Let us now sing again For shewing to us the right Door And bringing of us in HYMN 26. Christ God's Servant Isa 41.1 Behold my Servant c. 1 LOrd Christ thou like a Servant wast Whilst thou did here remain Such hard work was allotted thee As put thee to great pain 2 'T was hard work to redeem thy Church Thou sweat'st great drops of Blood Never did any Man sweat such 'T was only for our good 3 Hard work it was to war and fight Against those cruel foes Which sought our ruin day and night But thou layest on such blows 4 That all infernal spirits yield Sin World and Death also Thou hast o'recome and won the field This does thy power show 5 'T was hard to die that was thy work And more must yet be done Thy Temple build and Vineyard plant Fell to thy lot alone 6 Servants are of inferiour rank Thou didst thy self deny And didst not reputation seek 'T was great humility 6 VVhich thou was pleased then to show Thy Fathers honour sought And unto him great honour too Thou by thy work hast brought The second Part. 1 'T was not to do thy will alone But his who did thee send In ev'ry thing O holy One Thou didest condescend 2 Thou hast to wages a just right As other Servants have Hence crowned art with glory bright And more than that dost crave 3 The souls of all thine own Elect Thy wages are also VVith grace they must be all bedeck't And crown'd they shall be too 4 The Heathen's thine Inheritance Possession thou must have Of all the Earth in God's good time The same thou shalt receive 5 Because thou didst thy soul pour forth God to thee will divide A portion with th' Kings o' th' Earth To bring down all their pride 6 They at thy feet their Crowns shall lay And to thee bend their knees The Scepter thou alone shalt sway And chop down all high Trees 7 And though a Servant yet a Son And faithful was and true And nothing thou hast left undone VVhich to thee he did shew 8 But all things plainly didst declare Even all thy Father's will VVhich in thy word 's left very clear That we it might fulfill The Third Part. 1 O let us now learn of thee Lord And be of the same mind And humble Servants all become Then shall we comfort find 2 And of thy service never be Asham'd for if we are Thy face with comfort shall not see But wrathful frowns must bear 3. Thou in thy Father's House O Lord For ever dost abide We from thy lips must take God's Law The glory not divide 4 Betwixt thy self and Moses who Is turned out of door Ah! him we must not hearken to But to thee evermore 5 This let us do with greatest care Since thou so faithful art And every thing hast left so clear To every thinking heart 6 Thy praises therefore we will sing And set thy glory forth VVho though a Servant yet art King Yea King of Heaven and Earth HYMN 27. Christ a glorious King Rev. 7.14 He is King of Kings c. 1 THou art a King in Dignity And of most noble birth Descended from the Lord most high The God of Heaven and Earth 2 And thou also proclaimed art By Men and Angels too To be the only Potentate Before whom all must bow 3 God's Spirit did thee King anoint To reign for evermore And to this office thee appoint When out God did it pour 4 Abundantly to such degree That none before thee had And like a King with Sovereignty Lord Jesus thou art clad 5 All power unto thee is given As Mediator so That all on Earth and Heaven must Yield all obedience to 6 Thou hast thy Laws and 't is by them We must be rul'd alway And such who will not own thee King Thou wilt destroy one day 7 Adore and see ye reverence him All ye who live on Earth Obey his Laws Saints sing his Praise And set his Glory forth The second Part. 1 He 's King of Saints and Nations too He in our hearts must reign And sway the Sceptre there alone All Rebels must be slain 2 The tyrant sin you must give up To his victorious sword Least countenance to any lust None of us must afford 3 But he a larger Kingdom hath For he shall soon possess All Kingdoms which are thro' the Earth With peace he will them bless 4 This power to himself he 'll take In spite of Earth and Hell And haughty Monarchs he will shake And tyranny expell 5 Thou like a King dost honour give Yea titles which are high For ev'ry Subject 's made by thee A Prince in dignity 6 A Kingdom too thou hast in store For every one of them And they shall reign for evermore O're such who did contemn 7 These faithful Servants who to thee Sincerely did adhere And they when thou O Lord dost come Shall Crowns of Glory wear 8 Sing praises therefore O ye Saints Sing praise unto our King And make the fame of Jesus Christ Throughout the Earth to ring HYMN 28. The Lion of the Tribe of Juda. Rev. 5.5 The Lion of the Tribe of Juda hath prevailed c. 1 LOrd Jesus thou art like a Lamb Most weak and innocent Yet like a Lion art also To such who don 't repent 2 Until the time thou dost awake And rise up to the prey Then vengeance on them thou wilt take And them in wrath wilt slay 3 Thy Majesty is full of dread And with thy awful frown As Lions do so wilt thou roar And tear great Babel down 4 A Lion is the King of Beasts And also very strong That thou art King of all the Earth They all shall know e're long 5. Thou like a Lion wilt revenge The injury done to thine And righteously retaliate On such who did design 6 The ruin of thy chosen ones Whom they have sadly spoyl'd For thou hast heard their bitter groans Whilst Foes have them revil'd 7 Therefore ye Sinners now submit That you may favour find And throw your selves at Jesus feet To mercy he 's inclin'd 8
Son 'T is thou who dost install 5 Each Soul in that high dignity That waits on the new birth We were begotten Lord by thee And by thee are brought forth The Fourth Part. 1 In ev'ry Ordinance also In which we should be found O thou art all for we well know Grace in thee doth abound 2 The Sacraments do hold thee forth And witness bear to thee And we by one to see by Faith Thou nail'd was to the Tree 3 Thy Body broke and Blood was shed In Baptism we do espy Thou in the Grave wast covered But long thou didst not lye 4 But as the Body raised is That cover'd was all o're So thou wast raised unto life And diest now no more 5 In Prayer and Preaching thou art all What do we preach save thee 'T is on thy Name we also call And for thy sake have we 6 Whatever we do need or want We by thy Spirit cry And through thy Incense ev'ry Saint Receives a full supply 7 What is there more What can we do But in the great'st amaze To stand and think and evermore Sing forth thy worthy praise HYMN 62. Christ all in all Christ all from the Father to the Father with the Father Sing this as the 100dth Psalm 1 LOrd from the Father thou art all And to the Father art the same And with the Father when we call We have all things and in thy Name 2 All from the Father thou didst take Which to us thou art pleas'd to give Thou cam'st our Souls alive to make We from thy self that life receive 3 Thou to the Father the way art The truth and life are all in thee Unless thou dost thy help impart The blessed Father we can't see 4 All with the Father art besure Thou hast always thy Father's Ear Thou Favour with him dost procure When we to him thro' thee draw near The Sixth Part. 1 Now let all People on the Earth Sing to the Lord with chearful voice Whose love was such to bring rhee forth But chiefly let thy Saints rejoyce 2 The Lord to us is good indeed 'T is he new Creatures did us make VVe are his flock he doth us feed And for his sheep he doth us take 3 O enter now his House with praise Approach with joy his Courts likewise Praise laud and bless his Name always For this is comely in his Eyes 4 For why the Lord our God is good His Covenant it standeth sure 'T is ratify'd by Christ's own Blood And shall from age to age endure HYMN 63. Christ all and in all The Seventh Part. Who make Christ their all Sing this as the 25th Psalm 1 LEt us make Christ our all Let 's see we him do love To us let all things seem but small Let 's value him above 2 House or Land Husband VVife Or Children who are dear Nay him esteem far above Life And unto him adhere 3 Deny all for his sake Exalt him evermore Then shall we him our all so make VVe never shall be poor 4 Let 's live to him always By whom we all live do VVithout him let not one soul rest As pleas'd with things below 5 To him let 's give all praise His glory not divide For God did him to glory raise To bring down all our pride 6 On Ordinances do not rest VVithout you him enjoy Let him by us be so confest Let what will us annoy 7 Yet hold him fast be sure Let all go for his sake And him let 's love for evermore O thus your all him make HYMN 64. Christ all and in all The Eighth Part. We must make Christ our all 1 WE must make Christ our all ' Cause God o're all is he And God doth him so high extoll All to him bend their Knee 2 'T is he who suffered All things too for our sake And all our Foes has conquered Your all him therefore make 3 He all our works hath wrought VVithout and too within VVithout his strength we can do nought ' Gainst Devil VVorld nor Sin 4 Nothing 's of any worth VVhen to him 't is compar'd To make him all God brought him forth A Body him prepar'd 5 To do all things for us If him therefore we have VVhat is there more that is precious That we of God can crave HYMN 65. Christ all in all The Ninth Part. 1 CHrist is the VVord in whom is life 'T is he shall have the glory Life to the Dead the truth of Types The truth of ancient story 2 Christ is a Prophet Priest and King A Prophet that 's all Light A Priest that stands 'twixt God and Man A King full of delight 3 Christ's Manhood is a Temple where The Holy God does rest Our Christ he is our Sacrifice Our Christ he is a Priest 4 Our Christ he is the Lord of Lords Christ is the King of Kings Christ is the Sun of Righteousness With healing in his wings 5 Our Christ he is the Tree of Life In Paradise he grows Whose Fruits do feed whose Leaves do heal Ah! Christ is Sharons Rose 6 Christ is our Meat Christ is our Drink Our Physick and our Health Our Peace our Strength our Joy our Crown Our Glory and our Wealth 7 Christ is our Father and our Friend Our Brother and our Love Our Head our Hope our Surety Our Advocate above HYMN 66. Christ all and in all The Tenth Part. 1 CHrist is the Shepherd of his Sheep Christ is our Mediator Christ is the Root Christ is the Branch Christ is our Testator 2 Christ is the holy Lamb of God Christ is our Physician Christ is the Way Christ is the Door The Life of ev'ry Christian 3 Christ is God's great Embassador Christ is the only Heir Christ is the bright and Morning-Star Christ is beyond compare 4 Christ is the Foundation sure Christ is the Corner Stone Christ is the Witness and the Truth Christ is the holy One 5 Christ is a bundle of sweet Myrrh Christ is the Apple-Tree The Lilly of the Valley too Christ he is all to me 6 Th' Captain of our Salvation And Christ is the true Vine And Christ is our Counsellor In Christ all glories shine 7 Christ is our Heav'n of Heav'ns Our Christ what shall we call Christ is the first Christ is the last Thus Christ is all in all The End of the Second Part. PART III. Containing Sacred Hymns of Praise ON THE Glorious Excellencies of the Holy Ghost Or Third Person of the blessed Trinity HYMN 67. The Spirit a Comforter Joh. 14.16 But I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter 1 LOrd we thy People here on Earth Do meet with great sorrow Tho' each Soul knows what now he hath Yet knows not what to morrow 2 May him befall Afflictions are Oft great and may encrease Both from without and from within We meet with little peace 3 A Comforter O Lord we want O send us one we pray For to sustain each drooping Saint O send
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
Unto contempt and scorn Sincerity doth make thee rich Nay more to be high born 4 May be thy parts and gifts are small And hence Men thee dispise Sincerity hides this in all In this thy Glory lyes 5 For Grace excells the greatest Gifts Gifts may to Man commend But Grace commends thee now to God And so 't will in the end The Fifth Part. 1 Soul hast thou worse defects than these Infirmities within Sincerity doth God so please It covers all thy sin 2 He it esteems so as if thou Hadst never broke his Law And through Christ's Righteousness he doth In thee behold no flaw 3 O get this Girdle on ye Saints It glitters more than Gold It never can besides be lost And doth its Beauty hold 4 As fresh as 't was when first put on O bless'd Sincerity How glorious art thou how dost thou Snine in Jehovah's Eye 5 See then that ye the Truth hold fast And with it girted be Then no delusion needst thou fear Nor cursed Heresie 6 But the right Girdle take be sure And not the counterfeit The true by this you may descry Christ's Truth is stampt on it 7 It with the written Word agrees Exact in ev'ry thing If all Christ's Precepts you don't own Contempt on you 't will bring 8 That Girdle will not hold but break Though you may seem sincere So far as you cleave unto Truth Yet will at last appear 9 A false Professor ' cause you have Some blessed Truth withstood Into which you did Light receive But not obey it wou'd The Sixth Part with Psal 117. 1 Each Truth of God O it is pure God's Truth doth make us clean It frees our Souls also for ever Such glory in it 's seen 2 Strong is the Truth you all will say This Girdle then is strong O buy it Souls whilst 't is to day 'T will fit both old and young 3 God's Saints did suffer grievous pain Great tortures did endure Before they would part with the Truth Such peace it did procure 4 Unto their Souls who faithful were Unto the Truth alway O it will make you holy bold In the great Judgment-day 5 Now let all Nations of the Earth Their great Creator praise Nay let the people all sing forth His mighty Name to raise 6 Whose Kindness's great unto his Saints His Mercies ever sure O praise ye him for his bless'd Truth Which doth abide for ever HYMN 100. Breast-plate of Righteousness Eph. 6.14 And having on the Breast-plate of Righteousness c. 1 O Lord we Souldiers are and we Must fight or else be slain O let us all well armed be For Foes come on amain 2 And since our Enemies do aim To hit us on the Breast Thy blessed Breast-plate let 's have on For that will hold the test 3 'T is righteousness that will secure Our Souls from ev'ry wrong And 't will also O Lord endure As well as it is strong 4 There 's no engaging in these Wars Without a Righteousness This Breast-plate scatters all our fears Who do thy Name profess 5 A Breast-plate 't is that doth preserve The Body's chiefest part 'T is Righteousness which Lord doth save Our precious Souls and Heart The Second Part. 1 A Breast-plate doth the Souldier chear It makes him very bold So Righteousness doth make us all Our Sword with courage hold 2 And not to fear i'th'day of evil What any man can do Nay we hereby withstand the Devil Who doth great malice show 3 O then ye Saints see you maintain A good and holy life And soon thereby you will obtain An end of all that strife 4 With which you meet from Foes without And also from within O know it is God's great design To purge you from your sin 5 And that you holy should all live And hence 't is you have Grace The Seed of Holiness is sown And it will grow apace 6 If under God's shinings ye sit And he his Rain doth send Then will your Righteousness break forth And peace will flow i' th' end 7 And of God's Goodness ye shall sing And lift your voice on high And happy be when God doth bring You on Death-Beds to lye HYMN 101. The Shield of Faith Eph. 6.16 Above all things take the shield of Faith 1 FAith is a Grace that God hath wrought In us who do believe If it be strong we need not care What Gun-shots we receive 2 From Satan who his fiery Darts Continually lets fly Ah! 't is our Shield to save all parts Whatever danger 's nigh 3 A Shield is turned ev'ry way That so no Dart may wound And we by Faith as with a Shield Are compassed quite round 4 The Will and Judgment it secures And doth Affections keep Warm unto Christ and Conscience too It saves from drousie sleep 5 A Shield preserves the other part Of Armour we have on So Faith secures every Grace That hurt be done to none 6 Christ's Righteousness very pure To that 't is we must flee And unto us by Faith 't is sure And this by Faith we see HYMN 102. Faith more precious than Gold 1 Pet. 1.7 That the tryal of your Faith which is much more precious than Gold c. 1 BY Faith we do on Christ depend For all that he hath done By Faith we do to God ascend With many a bitter groan 2 And we receive what we do want When we by Faith do cry Faith doth sustain each drooping Saint And all their needs supply 3 Gold is a thing that has the Name Of things that precious are For Preciousness Faith has the same With which Gold can't compare 4 Tho' Gold is precious when 't is try'd Yet tried Faith exceeds The finest Gold 't is more in worth And does supply all needs 5 'T is more desirable far than Gold O with it fall in love And as hid Treasure seek it do Of God through Christ above 6 Gold by the Touch-stone must be try'd So you must try your Faith No Touch-stone but God's blessed Word Is there in all the Earth HYMN 103. Hope an Helmet 1 Thess 5.8 And for an Helmet the Hope of Salvation 1 HOpe is a precious Grace O Lord And fixed it must be Upon thy self most patiently No other Hope have we 2 'T is not on Gold nor length of days Nor on things here below But 't is on Jesus Christ alone From whence all Help doth flow 3 And like a Helmet 't is we find That doth preserve the Head Hope stays on thee always our mind When we are hard bested 4 And as a Helmet fearless makes A Souldier in the Field So hope of glory makes us all Resolve we ne're will yield 5 To Satan nor to other Foes When we with them do meet Nor need we fear their cruel blows If we have this Helmet 6 Since we compleatly armed are Even from head to foot Our head-piece makes us to appear Both fierce and very stout 7 This Helmet will us never fail If that we
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
trod 10 For if we do our sins confess Faithful and Just is he From sin and all unrighteousness To cleanse and set us free HYMN 154. Sung after Sermon Psal 31.19 Great Goodness laid up and wrought out 1 GReat Goodness thou O Lord hast wrought Who can of it conceive And those thou dost regenerate 'T is they do it receive 2 'T is they who are delivered From that forlorn estate They once were in when they lay dead Under thy fearful hate 3 'T is they whose Souls united be Unto thy self O Lord And have Communion too with thee And prize thy blessed Word 4 They are alive and love thee dear Thy Image also they Do in their Souls most clearly bear And taste of thee each day 5 They of Christ's Blood and Merits shall For certain have a part And though they sin they cannot fall From thee Lord in their heart 6 Their Souls shall live eternally They sing thy praise therefore This work being wrought in our Souls We 'll sing for evermore HYMN 155. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament A Feast of Fat things 1 LOrd thou our bless'd Physician art Who for our Souls didst die Thou dost thy precious Blood impart Our Souls to purifie 2 When sin and sickness did appear And nought could do us good A Med'cine then thou didst prepare To heal us with thy Blood 3 Thou art O Lord our glorious Sun Light Heat and Life 's from thee And thou upon our Souls has shone By which we quickned be 4 A Banquet rich thou dost provide A Table of Fat things To feast our Souls O let us eat And drink of thy own Springs 5 The Feast is thine of thine own cost The Lamb is of thy Fold It is the best in all the Flock More precious far than Gold 6 No spot in him was ever found No blemish but all pure Yet for us he had many wounds Thy wrath he did endure 7 He drank the bitter of the Cup That no wrath might remain That we might drink in draughts of love And come to life again 8 And spend our days upon the Earth In joy through thy sweet Spirit Until we come thy glory great In Heaven to inherit HYMN 156 Psal 31.19 Goodness wrought 1 HOw great is thy sweet goodness Lord. VVhich for us thou hast wrought By Jesus Christ our dearest Friend VVho our dear Souls hath bought 2 That so we might that goodness have His Life he did lay down Our Souls from Death and Hell to save And us with glory crown 3 And as for us Christ wrought it out So in us we do see The Spirit works without all doubt That we convinc'd might be 4 And so doth cause us for to feel What unto sin is due The weight of which would make us reel And vengeance soon ensue 5 But 't is to heal that he doth wound The Soul and makes it cry And then with speed he doth make haste A Plaister to apply 6 None but thy Spirit can convince And us for Grace prepare And we O Lord may see from hence How helpless once we were 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be blessing honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 157 Sung after Sermon Rom. 1.6 The Gospel the power of God 1 WE of thy Gospel holy Lord Are not asham'd to own Because thy glory shines therein And power is made known 2 Thy Gospel is the means whereby We Lord came to believe And in it does great Riches lye VVhich we by Faith receive 3 Thy Grace in it does glorious shine And by thy Spirit we Are wrought upon and so made thine And union have with thee 4 VVhat cause have we therefore to sing That we thy Gospel have And praise our God and heav'nly King VVho strives our Souls to save 5 Our Enemies the Light do hate And fain wou'd once again Suppress the Gospel as of late O 't is their bitter pain 6 To see how Light and Truth breaks out But this is Lord our joy Arise and put them to the rout Who would thy Truth destroy 7 And we thy Praises will sing forth And laud thy Name therefore O let thy Word shine through the Earth Now and for evermore HYMN 158. The joyful Sound 1 WHo hath or doth O Lord believe Th' Report which thou hast given Many will hear but few receive Th' joyful News from Heaven 2 The joyful Sound that 's spread abroad There 's few which it do mind For though they have it often heard Yet not with hearts inclin'd 3 To that which is most truly good They have no mind at all But contrar'wise despise thy Word And do contemn thy Call 4 But unto some thou dost make known Thy glorious power divine And these are they that thou dost own And callest also thine 5 They do believe and also fear They love and do obey They cleave to thee and are sincere And follow thee alway 6 And them dost thou with Blessings crown They sing to thee therefore And hence it is thou dost them own And wilt for evermore HYMN 159. Psal 23.3 The Sinners Soul restored 1 'T Is thou O Lord who dost restore Our Souls which went astray And had been lost for evermore Hadst thou not found a way 2 For to recover us again By sending of thy Son Under thy wrath we should have lain And ever been undone 3 Our sin and sickness was so sore Nothing could do us good Nor life unto our Souls restore But the Physicians Blood 4 Our case was sad woful indeed If it we did but know Thou therefore sentst thy Son to bleed Such bowels didst thou show 5 That he for us and in our stead Thy dreadful wrath did bear That of his Flesh our Souls might feed Lost strength for to repair 6 Therefore we sing Lord unto thee And well indeed may they Who by thy Grace now quickned be And set in the right way 7 Unto eternal happiness Whose Souls thou dost restore They all praise thee Lord more or less And shall for evermore HYMN 160. The Godly Man's Soul restored 1 A Godly Man may greatly fall But thou Lord wilt restore His Soul again and so he shall Stand faster than before 2 He under sin long shall not lye Before he doth revive And whilst he 's down his Soul doth cry And greatly does he strive 3 Against all sin and it does hate And fain would he get clear Of every sin and evil thing To shew he is sincere 4 But wicked Men do make a trade Of sinning ev'ry day Their hearts are carnal and so hard Sins motions they obey 5 And in them also it doth reign And they in it delight Hence under wrath they do remain Being odious in thy sight 6 All praise to God the Lord above We find it otherwise That sin we hate and thee do love And thy sweet favour prize 7 Good Men cannot contented be Unless restor'd again And thy most precious face do
our Joy our Souls delight In whom is sweetest pleasure 3 Propriety unto a house Doth make it valued Our interest in our God alone Makes us lift up our head 4 In a great House are many Rooms To dine and also lye Rare secret Chambers also we Do in thee clearly spy 5 Each Attribute is as a Room Whither thy Saints do go By precious Acts of Faith and then Nothing they fear below 6 Another house thô stately 't is It may be batter'd down But thou art such a House O Lord That can't be overthrown 7 Hast then away to your abode Let all with speed hast home For dreadful storms you may expect Will very quickly come The Third Part. Chambers of Safety 1 O come O come Gods people all With speed hast ye away Enter your Chambers great and small No longer do you stay 2 For God the mighty God above Is rising out of 's place And will the Hills and Mountains move And Vengeance pour apace 3 There is a way found out that ye May be secured When Sinners shall consumed be Who basely are misled 4 Doth it not thunder afar off It Lightens also sore O tremble all and do not scoff For hark 't is more and more 5 Children get home and do not stay Hast to your dwelling place For if you make the least delay Then sad may be your case 6 All who abroad or in the Fields Do foolishly remain They may as the Egyptians were Be ruined and slain Isa 26.20 A Storm a coming 1 O Quake ye who most guilty are Who love and live in sin For God will suddenly break forth As usual hath not been 2 But sing ye Saints and joyfull be Christs Kingdom does draw near Do you leave all Iniquity And nothing do you fear 3 The shaking times that are at hand Will bring Great Babel down And then will God save this our Land And Saints with Blessings Crown 4 Therefore if ye in Christ are found To every Duty led And have your Hearts sincere and sound Look up lift up your head 5 For your Redemption does draw near Gods praises sing therefore Unto his call do you adhere Then sing for evermore HYMN 4. God a Husbandman Joh. 15.1 God compared to a Husbandman 1 RIch Husbandmen have House and Land Both moist and also dry God o're the Earth hath the Command And true propriety 2 The beasts of th' field and fowls of th' Air With Silver and the Gold Is all the Lords yea and what else Our Eyes can here behold 3 He may give it to whom he will And then take it away He makes men rich and makes them poor And none dare him gain-say 4 Some ground he plows and sows it then With choice and precious seeds Whilst other ground does barren lie Eat up and spoil'd with Weeds 5 And who shall say what doest thou He may do what he will All are thine own what e're thou dost Yet thou art righteous still The second Part. 1 A Husbandman knows very well His ground will barren be Unless it is well manured No profit he can see 2 Even so unless the fallow ground Of thy base wicked heart Be broken up it will be found That thou most barren art 3 A Husbandman does spare no cost Nor grudge at his great pains That so he may his ground make good When he his end obtains 4 So God likewise thinks nought too much Who does great cost bestow On Souls of men when they prove such Who forth his Glory show 5 A Husbandman his Trees doth prune More fruitful them to make But branches that unfruitful be Such off the Trees does take 6 And thus doth God by all those men Who by profession are In Jesus Christ who barren prove Them long he will not spare 7 But such that fruitful Branches be He purges every one And abundantly shall they bring forth Before that he has done 8 As God doth sow so he likewise Doth cause the rain to fall That so his Vineyard flourish may And 's Trees be fruitful all 9 Which other Husbandmen can't do Nor can they change the soyl But God can make Mens hearts most good Which naturally were vile 10 All praise to him therefore let 's give And set his glory forth And fruitfully unto him live Whilst we do live on earth HYMN 5. God the chief Builder Heb. 3.4 God the chief Builder 1 HE that did build all things is God 'T is he and he alone That made the world and all things in 't Praise ye the Holy One. 2 And he laid the Foundation sure Of th' Earth and Heaven too Which long have been and still endure Will put them down also 3 'T is he that built his Glorious Church And laid the corner stone In all the Earth there is None such O praise the Holy One. 4 With precious Stones he hath it built Yea living ones they are And by his Spirit so compact 'T is far beyond compare 5 The Timber and the Stones by him Were squared curiously That all the Buildings in the World With this cannot come nigh 6 The matter and the form also Did he alone ordain No alteration must be made Upon eternal pain 7 All other Builders Servants have To labour with their hands Who according to the pattern act And just as he commands 8 So Ministers God does imploy Who must the pattern know And if they alter any thing They do their folly show 9 The Rule it is Gods Holy Word Would you the Pattern view 'T is the first Church the Lord did build As th' Apostles Acts do shew The second Part. 1 Nothing but precious Stones must be On the foundation plac'd By such who wood or stubble build This fabrick is disgrac'd 2 And they will suffer loss thereby When it comes to be try'd Because such stuff cannot endure Their work will not abide 3 Then see all ye who are call'd Saints That you are precious Gold I mean sincere and godly ones Whom God loves to behold 4 And see that you his building are And in you he does dwell If in you he has no abode Down you must go to Hell HYMN 6. God a Man of War Exod. 15.3 God a Man of War 1 GOD is a man of war and he Has many Armies who Almighty are in strength therefore Down shall his Foes all go 2 The Enemies who do ingage Against this Man of war Are all infernal pow'rs below And such who wicked are 3 God is a Warriour just and good And mighty skill he hath Before him never any stood In Hell much less on Earth 4 'T is for his Glory he does take The Sword into his hand And wo to such who head do make Against his dread Command 5 In war he is most terrible If he sets in array The Battel once against his Foes They 'll soon melt all away 6 He 'll make the earth to tremble when He does gird on his Sword And cause all proud and haughty men
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
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
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
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
within their Gate But not to them without their Church Did that at all relate 6 The truth as 't is in Jesus we Ought only to receive And such who do not we may see Themselves they do deceive The Sixth Part. 1 A Witness ought for to be one That is indifferent Not byassed to either side Therefore God has thee sent 2 To be a Witness in our Case To us thou art of kin And equally related art Likewise too unto him 3 We therefore have no cause at all Against thee to except But on thy witness stand or fall If Cast we must subject 4 Unto the Judge of Heaven and Earth We silent all shall be If thou against us dost come forth And cast we are by thee 5 Unto the truth witness to bear Thou cam'st Lord from afar And wilt against Sinners appear When they come to the Barr 6 At the last day if they are found In bonds of unbelief Or have their hearts false and unsound They 'll tremble like the Thief 7 Against the false Professor thou Wilt then thy witness bear And with notorious Sinners then They shall of Judgment share The Seventh Part. 1 All thy whole mind and counsel is Either by thee or thine Own blest Apostles plainly known There is no truth divine 2 But it in Precepts may be found Or Presidents to lye For both these are our rule and of Equal authority 3 A Witness ends each doubtful case Which long sometimes depend So thou wilt also very plain Each doubtful matter end 4 A Witness doth his witness give If it be just and true To righteousness to undeceive Such which before he knew 5 To be false Men and wittingly The matter would evade But so their evidence does try A stop to all is made 6 So thou O Lord to righteouness Thy witness dost bring in That all false Souls who are deceiv'd By Satan or by sin 7 Shall be convinc'd and silent be By thy own faithful word And all their ' foolish Pleas they 'll see No help will them afford The Eight Part. 1 Thou Lord dost say there 's life in thee For all who do believe And that all such shall certainly Free pardon then receive 2 Nay more than this we do espy Thou dost bear witness too That all who don't repent truly To Hell at last shall go 3 And if Men are not born again Whoever Lord they be They under wrath shall all remain And not God's Kingdom see 4 Thou Lord a Witness art for those Who unto truth adhere And with thee do sincerely close But such that Rebels are 5 And thy Record do not receive Against all such we know Thou wilt thy dreadful witness give And then to Hell they go 6 But yet this witness joy does bring To such who godly be Ah! he will keep you to the end That glory you may see 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be glory honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 47. Christ's name Wonderful Isa 9.6 His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor c. 1 THy name O Lord is wonderful And wonderful thou art We stand amaz'd and wonder do And so does ev'ry heart 2 That hath a saving sight of thee They all are in a maze Whilst they behold thy majesty God does to glory raise 3 Thy Name O that is Wonderful So is thy Nature too Thy Saints do marvel well they may For Angels wonder do 4 They see with strange astonishment Should Heaven and Earth combine To search out thy perfections great Them can they never find 5 To such degree as Lord in thee They gloriously do shine 6 Strange was thy Birth all Saints on Earth Cry thou art all divine 6 All praise and glory now therefore We unto thee do sing And do resolve yet more and more To magnifie our King The Second Part. 1 Is 't not a Wonder a Woman As Holy Writ does say Should in such sort compass a Man Who with Man never lay 2 To see him whom the World did make Of a poor Virgin born To see him who was God most high Left like to one forlorn 3 To see the Heir of both the Worlds In a base Manger lye And Blessedness it self to be Doomed to misery 4 To see the Ancient of all days A Babe of a day old To see one Person God and Man The wonder doth unfold 5 He that the Heir of all things was VVhom Angels honoured Is now so mean and poor that he Has no place to lay's head 6 Unto thy name so Wonderful Be glory now therefore O let us look and wonder still Yea wonder evermore The Third Part. 1 The wonders of thy Life were much Strange wonders in thy Death The wonders of thy Blood are such It all astonish'd hath 2 Thy Power 's great and wonderful Strange wonders in thy Love Great wonders we do see below But stranger are above 3 Let 's look and love and wonder still Till we are ravished Our hearts with grace Lord do thou fill So shall thy fame be spread 4 By us And whilst we wonder do Let 's think upon that day VVhen greater wonders out will flow To do all sin away 5 And when to the great wonderment Thou wilt in glory come With all thy mighty Angels too To carry us all home 6 Then shalt thou be admired By all thy Children dear And they with thee as it is said In glory shall appear HYMN 48. Christ a glorious Counsellor Isa 9.6 Wonderful Counsellor 1 A Counsellor ye and the chief Most wonderful art thou For we do see for to be brief All things Lord thou dost know 2 None understand all Rites and Laws But Lord thy self alone And soon canst thou find out what flaws There is in any one 3 All secrets of State is with thee Thou know'st thy Father's Will And agitates all things below With strange and wondrous skill 4 'T is thou must counsel give to us Thy counsel it is good But woe be unto all those souls Thy counsels have withstood 5 O then for counsel Lord let 's come To thee continually And to thy praise sing all our days Until we come to die The Second Part. 1 A matter Lord of sharp contest Betwixt two Parties were And God hath thee alone invest To make the matter clear 2 Man stands charged by the great God As worthy is to die For Treason which notorious is Against his Majesty 3 But there 's a Friend from Heaven come Who in our stead does say That he will bear the Sinners doom And all his debts defray 4 Now will it stand in sacred Laws 'T is thou our Counsel art Can Justice find Lord any flaws Thy judgment now impart 5 Will it hold good i' th' Court above That guilty Sinners may This way be freed Can this remove And take their guilt away 6 Can God be just and yet forgive O bring thy sense now in Can we acquittance Lord receive And
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
Deserters there be found Better not to be born His wrath to such will so abound To pieces they 'll be torn 5 Ye Saints your Leader follow close And see that you do keep To the Company you have chose And from them do not slip 6 Lest you Deserters should be thought brought Keep then your place be sure In that same Truth to which you 're Lest wrath you do procure HYMN 54. Christ the Morning-Star Rev. 22.16 I am the bright morning-star 1 THe Morning Star it does appear The day approaches now See how Christ shines how lovely fair O cast your eyes see how 2 His light does sparkle brighter still The day will quickly break And until then he guide us will I' th' way that we should take 3 None is so glorious in our sight As the sweet Morning-Star Ah! thou out-shines it art more bright Than all the Angels far 4 The Morning-Star that name is sweet So is that name of thine O with thy glorious beams let 's meet For they are all divine 5 In Winter 't is the Morning-Star Is so delighted in How good 's thy Light whilst we do find The Clouds and Night of Sin 6 The Morning Stars did all rejoyce When this Star did arise O let us with the Churches sing His lasting praise likewise HYMN 55. Christ comes suddenly Rev. 16.15 Behold I come as a Thief 1 YE Saints about you look with speed Christ's coming does draw near O watch with care and take great heed As a Thief he will appear 2 Not like a Thief unrighteously To do Men any wrong But unawares most suddenly Though many think 't is long 3 Like as a Thief comes in the night VVhen people are all still And puts them all into a fright So thy dread coming will 4 Surprize the Earth and all who sleep How will they quake with fear O Sinners then will cry and weep When thou Lord dost appear 5 Then will they seek some place to hide Themselves from the great God But though they can't his wrath abide Yet will they find no shroud 6 Nor cover which can shelter them From his most angry frown For vengeance shall their Souls consume And quickly bring them down 7 The coming of a Thief you may Prevent by taking care But Lord thy coming to prevent No way at all is there 8 But will he come and quickly too Ye Saints rejoyce and sing Your glory then will overflow Like to lasting Spring HYMN 56. Christ the desire of all Nations Hag. 2.7 The desire of all Nations shall come 1 THere is enough in Christ to fill All Nations of the Earth The Nations never will be still Until he shall come forth 2 Some in all Nations long for peace Therefore desire thee And wars O Lord shall never cease Until the Prince they see 3 The Nations long for some great thing Their desires are for good And all true good from thee does spring Though not well understood 4 All Nations now desire thee not Yet some do in each Land And all the Earth for thee will thirst And yield to thy command 5 All those who see of thee a need Know the necessity They have of help their Souls do bleed Until thee they do see 6 O then Lord Jesus come away We know thou didst appear Already once but do not stay Again le ts see thee here HYMN 57. Christ the Prince of Peace Isa 9.6 Prince of Peace c. 1 IN thee O Lord true peace is found Our peace O thou didst make Which lasting is and shall abound In thee and for thy sake 2 Thou hast the power of a Prince Nay Peace thou canst command O're War thou hast preheminence Canst stop it with thy hand 3 If thou dost once but speak the word Peace we shall have within By thy own Spirit thou canst Lord Destroy each cursed sin 4 Thou to our Souls sweet peace dost give Thy Church has peace from thee How happily do all such live Who filled with it be 5 The Nations Lord will ne're have peace Until thou dost appear Thou wilt make Wars O Lord to cease Far off and also near 6 Bless'd days of peace will be e're long We therefore Lord will sing And quickly shall too a new Song Unto our glorious King HYMN 58. Christ the Judge of quick dead Act. 10.42 He that was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and Dead 1 HE 's come he 's come the Throne is set The Trumpets sound aloud Behold the thousands at his feet O see the mighty crowd 2 Great is this day great is the throng Millions of millions stand And all that thought this day was long They are on his Right-hand 3 But O the millions millions who Are on his Left-hand plac'd Ah see how they now tremble do How wan and how pale-fac'd 4 They now appear Ah now they see Their folly but too late They now with grief tormented be To see their woful state 5 The Trumpet sounds exceeding high The Cherubs clap their wings O hear the Saints melodiously With all the Angels sing 6 But hark the Books are called for Ah Christ is on the Throne The wicked now how do they cry O hark how they do groan HYMN 59. Christ the judge of quick dead The Second Part. Sing this as the 25th Psalm 1 THou Lord art the high Judge Most righteous art also And all the world must judged be And their rewards have too 2 Impartially proceed Wilt thou in that great day And every Man's Indictment read And hear what they can say 3 The honour of the Lord The mighty God above Thou seekst to raise and now thou wilt All doubts of Men remove 4 Now all the works of men And thoughts of every heart Shall unto Judgment come and then Shall all have their deserts 5 The Books shall open be Of Law and Gospel too And Conscience shall be call'd upon To charge or clear also 6 All deeds of darkness shall Be brought unto the light For nothing can be hid at all From the great Judge's sight 7 O think upon this day And for it now prepare For quickly Christ will come away Who will no Sinners spare The Third Part. 1 How dreadful is a righteous Judge To such who guilty be But none like thee O holy One Cloathed in Majesty 2 Thy Countenance how will it shine Much brighter than the Sun All wicked ones will weep and pine And see themselves undone 3 Conscience will in that dreadful day The guilty Sinner fright And all his deeds before him lay Done by him day or night 4 None shall be suffer'd there to speak Or answer for his Friend But every one must for himself His own state recommend 5 The Witnesses shall be call'd in And many will appear And God himself he will be one Who all things knows most clear 6 Conscience also shall called be His witness in to give Who next to God all things does see And knows
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
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
therefore bitterly 5 Th' admirable and sweet consent And blessed harmony That 's in the whole and ev'ry part Shews their divinity 6 The credit of their Pen-men too Whom none could ever charge With the least forgery or guile Doth prove to us at large 6 That they from God alone proceed Who did their Souls inspire In writing all they written have That Grace we might admire The Fourth Part. 1 Their Prophecies accomplish'd were Which shews they are divine Exactly as to time and thing To matter and design 2 And the Miracles which were wrought These VVritings do confirm Must needs also herein be brought To shew from whence they came 3 The preservation they have had Was strange and marvellous And to their truth doth glory add For to be priz'd by us 4 The great success with which they met In midst of bitter Foes And how their power has prevail'd Their lasting glory shows 5 The VVorld by a few Fishermen By this most sacred Word Without the help of carnal force VVere turned to the Lord. The Fifth Part. 1 The harmony and joynt consent Of holy Men and good And Martyrs who seal'd to the Truth Of them with their dear Blood 2 Do shew their great veracity And may all Men convince They came from God therefore we must Bear up in their defence 3 Against all such who them oppose Or count them not divine For doubtless in all wise Mens sight By these their glory shine 4 The Evidence unto the heart VVhich to good Men they give Of God's great love who doth impart To all who them receive 5 In life and power his Image clear Bringing the old Man down Renewing of their inward Man So that they can't but own 6 The work which by this Word is wrought brought On them to be divine Thus from these hints which we have Gods VVord doth glorious shine 7 The very Heathen witness bear As to Matter of Fact Touching such things Scriptures declare That God and Christ did act The Sixth Part. 1 Berolus as Josephus shews Doth mention Noah's Flood And Pliny with some others speak How the most mighty God 2 Did Sodom turn by dreadful Flames Unto a dismal Lake Of Moses and his VVonders too VVe find the Egyptians speak 3 In their Records yea the Chaldeans And Grecians own the same And others shew with what high hand Israel from Egypt came 4 The Star which at Christ Jesus Birth To th' VVise-men did appear Pliny and Calcidius both Most plain and full declare 5 But there 's no need of Man's Record To Men we do not fly The witness of the glorious Lord Is full of certainty HYMN 93. Scripture can't be broken Joh. 10.35 And the Scripures cannot be broken c. 1 THe Scripture broken cannot be Let Men think what they will Such such is their veracity God will his VVord fulfill 2 VVhatever thou O Lord hast said Accomplished shall be No Promise past nor Threat delay'd No Soul shall ever see 3 Because they are Diuine we know Of such Authority That they from thee alone do flow VVho will not cannot lye 4 Let Saints therefore rejoyce and sing For they from hence may see Great comfort unto them does spring To all eternity 5 For what thou hast Lord promised To such who do believe As 't is contained in thy VVord The same they shall receive 6 But wo unto all wicked Ones Their doom appears hereby For if they live and die in sin In Hell they all must lye 7 All praise to thee O God alone VVhose VVord we know shall stand Let all such sing who it believe And yield to thy commmand 8 VVho will do all and do no more Than written they do see These these shall sing and thee adore Unto eternity HYMN 94. God's Word establ in Heaven Psal 119.89 For ever O Lord thy Word is settled in Heaven 1 IN Heaven Lord where thou dost dwell Thy VVord's establish'd sure And shall to all eternity Fast graven there endure 2 From age to age thy Truth abides As doth the Earth witness Whose Ground-work thou hast laid so firm No tongue can it express 3 Go too therefore ye foolish Men Depart from me Be gone For God's good Precepts we 'll obey Nay keep them ev'ry one 4 What thou hast promis'd Lord perform Till Death doth seize on me Ner'e let my hope abuse me so As to distrust in thee 5 Uphold me and I shall be safe For ought they do or say And in thy Statutes pleasure take O Lord both night and day 6 Thou hast trod such under thy feet VVho do thy Statutes break For nought avails their subtilty Their counsel is but weak HYMN 95. Vertue and Power of Scripture Psal 119.8 9 10 11. 1 THy Covenants are very deep And full of things profound My Soul therefore thy Word will keep When they are try'd and found 2 When Men enter into thy VVord They find a Light most clear Tho' Fools yet they Lord shall not err VVhen they to it adhere 3 The VVord of God most perfect is His Testimony sure Converting Souls and making wise The simple and obscure 4 The Statutes of the Lord are right And fill the heart with joys The Precepts of the Lord are pure Enlightning the Eyes 5 The Fear of God is clean also And doth endure for ever The Judgments of the Lord are true And righteous altogether 6 Yea more than Gold than much fine Gold To be embrac'd alway The Honey and the Honey-comb Are not so sweet as they 7 They are thy Servants Monitors How he his life should frame And great Rewards is there for them VVho do observe the same HYMN 96. Profit of the Scriptures Joh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures 1 SEarch the Scripture by which ye think Eternal Life to have And those are they that testifie Of Him that came to save 2 For what of old was given forth VVas for our learning penn'd That we by Scriptures comforted Might hope unto the end 3 The Prophecy came not of old By Man 's own private will But holy Men of God foretold By Heavn's inspired skill 4 Then to the Law and Testament For they that speak not right And as this Word doth represent In them there is no light For Scripture sacred Verities Came all by Inspiration Able to perfect and make wise Through Faith unto Salvation HYMN 97. The Excellency of the Gospel 1 BLessed be God that we were born Under the joyful sound And rightly have Baptized been And bred on English ground 2 Where God most gracious doth appear And does pour forth his Grace The lines are fallen unto us In a most pleasant place 3 We might have been dark Pagans all Or veiled like each Jew Or cheated with an Alcoran Amongst the Turkish crew 4 Dumb Pictures might we all ador'd Like Papists in Devotion And with Rome's Errours so been stor'd To drink her deadly Potion 5 We might have liv'd in shades of night And ne're have known good days
our sins pass'd o're And Mercies he imparts 5 The Lamb it was roasted with fire Thou didst God's wrath sustain And on thee we by Faith do feed And life thereby obtain 5 The Lamb was eat with bitter Herbs So let us see our sin And find it bitter unto us It so to thee has been 6 And so let us thy Praises sing Whilst thus we feast with thee And with one heart exalt our King In all sincerity PART VI. Containing divers SACRED HYMNS Setting forth The Nature Work Office and Excellences of the holy Angels and the Spirit or Soul of Man HYMN 109. Angels called Watchers Dan. 4.17 This matter is by the decree of the Watchers 1 THe holy Angels have a charge To watch continually They do not sleep but evermore Have us in their sweet eye 2 They have a charge to keep us here And compass us about And warning give oft-times also When trouble 's breaking out 3 Watch men are useful in the night They dangers do prevent So Angels useful are to those Unto whom they are sent 4 Was not Elisha safe whilst he Was compassed quite round With these blest Chariots and Horsemen Who did his Foes confound 5 O what are we most holy God That thou shouldst take such care Of us who so unworthy be And sinful Creatures are The Second Part. 1 Behold the Angels of the Lord Do encompass round about All them that fear him for their Guard To keep all dangers out 2 For he hath giv'n his Angels charge To keep thee day by day That thou mayst walk abroad at large With safety in thy way 3 For they this charge must execute And bear thee in their Arms Lest ever thou shouldst dash thy feet Against a stone for harm 4 For are they not all Ministers Sent forth for ministration In their behalf that shall be Heirs Of God's assue'd Salvation 5 Ye Saints behold the Love of God And sing his Praises forth No wicked Prince has such a Guard As th' meanest Saint on Earth HYMN 110. Angels called Morning-stars Job 38.7 When the Morning-stars sang together c. 1 HOw glorious are the Morning Stars How doth their glory shine Angels most glorious Creatures are Yea holy and divine 2 They sang together at the first Jehovah's glorious praise And we of them also learn must To sing to God always 3 Nay with united voices sing In Consort with much joy Since Christ has overcome our Foes Who would our Souls destroy 4 And did they not a second time Sing unto God on high When Jesus Christ our Lord was born And yet shall Saints deny 5 This is our work No no it doth Sharply indeed reprove Such who would rob the holy God Of that which he doth love 6 It is his due and it belongs To him as his just Right His Praise to celebrate in Songs Is lovely in his sight Psalm 89. 7 Thy Mercies Lord then we will sing Thy Truth to all proclaim The heav'nly Angels sacred Choir Shall celebrate the same 8 These never with the Lord dispute Nor his Commands contest But give attendance at his Throne With awful fear possess'd HYMN 111. Angels Sons of God Job 38.8 And all the Sons of God shouted for joy 1 SOns in their Father do rejoyce Whose Off-spring all they be And hence the Angels lift their voice In Songs Lord unto thee 2 By whom they all created were And on whom they attend And from whom all their dignity Doth unto them descend 3 They cloathed are like unto Sons With might and glorious power And serve the Lord most willingly With greatest zeal each hour 4 One part of their sweet work 's to sing To God melodiously And we by them also are taught To sing continually 5 Then as God's will is done by them Let us do it on Earth Like flames of fire let us be And sing God's Praises forth HYMN 112. Angels God's Hosts Gen. 32.1 This is God's Host c. 1 THe glorious God the Lord above Hath a most mighty Host Who have a Prince their General Of whom they daily boast 2 Christ is their Head he 's Head of all Princ'palities and Powrs And these do keep and save the Saints From him that Souls devours 3 This mighty Host and Army 's rais'd Under their Prince to fight And one of them hath thousands slain Of Rebels in a night 4 This Host sometimes does suddenly Vile Sinners so invade By Plague and Famine and by War That all are soon dismaid 5 They slaughtering Weapons have each one And Execution do And as Commission they receive They save or do o'rethrow HYMN 113. Angels the Face of Man c. Ezek 1.6 10. And every one had four Faces the Face of a Man of a Lion of an Oxe and of an Eagle 1 THe Face of a Man has majesty And shews a Soul doth dwell In him that hath rare faculties In knowledge doth excell 2 So Angels look with awful frowns When they in wrath appear And are endu'd with wisdom great Beyond what Mortals are 3 Th' Face of a Man also denotes What beauty is in them Who are most glorious in themselves And so in our esteem 4 Face of a Lion shews their strength A Lion is so strong That he will turn away from none Nor fears he any wrong 5 Face of an Oxe may signifie How painful they all be And any service patiently Perform O Lord for thee 6 An Eagle hath a piercing Eye And swift she is in flight The Angels do God's Face behold And fly with greatest might HYMN 114. Angels like a flaming Fire Psal 104.4 He maketh his Angels Spirits and his Ministers a flaming Fire 1 ANgels as swift as Air as bright As Flames with quick obedience move To publish and effect below That charge given to them above 2 As Fire burns and doth consume So th' Seraphims signifie A burning to shew what zeal's in them Who do attend on God most high 3 And also how with flaming zeal When they from God Commission have They do break forth at his dread Word To kill his Foes his Saints to save 4 Let wicked ones amazed stand Who can escape a flaming Fire Let Saints also do God's Command With zeal like to the heavenly Quire 5 And let them learn likewise from hence What comfort this to them may bring These Angels come for your defence Swift like to Flames or Eagles Wings HYMN 115. Angels lik Horses red c. Zach. 1.8 Behold a Man upon a red Horse and behind him were red Horses speckled and white 1 A Horse is strong and nothing fears And swift they are to run Angels are cloath'd with mighty strength And fly like to the Sun 2 Horses and Chariots of Fire do Shew how fierce and agil The glorious Angels are always In doing of God's Will 3 By Horses red thou dost Lord shew Those dreadful slaughters they Do make of Men when thou bids them Go forth with Swords and slay 4 By speckled Horses
show 4 A Wine Press too he made therein Which Wine pours forth amain Of which he doth delight to drink Due glory to obtain 5 'T was to this end he took such pains And such great cost laid out 'T was for his praise and for our good 'T was planted without doubt 6 He gathered also out the stones Which did the same annoy And did preserve it ev'ry day That none might it destroy The Second Part. 1 And then he looked it should bring Forth Grapes both sweet and good But ah it was a grievous thing If rightly understood 2 That after all his cost and pains It should wild Grapes bring forth When no Vineyard was like to it Planted in all the Earth 3 But hark now what the Lord doth say The Hedge I 'll take away And also waste I will it lay To evil Beasts of prey 4 For what alas could he do more For it than he hath done And doth it still wild Grapes bring forth This made his wrath to burn 5 Within his Breast and therefore did Resolve for to restrain The precious Clouds that watered it With sweet and blessed Rain 6 Or make his Ministers who preach His good and holy Word â—seless to it so that they might To it no good afford O then ye Saints take heed and fear Lest you should barren prove or if you do God may from you His presence quite remove But if that you who are his Church Bring forth the Fruit of Grace He never will deal with you thus Your glory to deface HYMN 121. The Church Christ's Body 1 Cor. 10.15 All baptized into one Body Col. 1.18 He is the Head of the Body the Church 1 EV'ry natural Body hath A Head and hath but one The Head Lord of thy Church thou art Thou art her Head alone 2 And all her Members joyned be To thee in sacred bonds And influence they have from thee In thee her glory stands 3 And all Members of the Body are Of use unto the whole So of some use unto thy Church Is every gracious Soul 4 Who is a Member of the same If any rotten are And past all hope of being heal'd No being must have there 5 But off they must be cut with speed Lest worser dangers fall For one polluted Member may Even soon corrupt them all The Second Part. 1 Wo unto him who shall attempt This Body to divide Or make a Schism 't is all one With piercing of Christ's side 2 For O the nearness that 's between The Body and the Head Don't cut Christ's Veins remember well What once he suffered 3 O wound him not again I say His Body don't annoy If it you mangle he will you For evermore destroy 4 But see that ev'ry one doth seek To do good to each other And pity take continually Of the poorest Brother 5 O live in love and see how near You to each other are And equally your Duties do And nothing do you fear HYMN 122. The Church comp to a Bush Exod. 3.2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of Fire out of the midst of a Bush 1 THy Church Lord in her self is poor Like to a Bramble dry 'T is Lord in thee in thee alone Doth all her glory lye 2 But though a Bush yet in it thou Dost dwell for evermore And therefore she is not consum'd Ev'n now as heretofore 3 This Bush long time on fire has been O 't is a wond'rous sight Though in the fire yet not burn'd This may our Souls invite 4 To take a view as Moses did O why is this thing so Alas thy Church is dear to thee Beyond all things below 5 O then let all those precious Birds Who in this Bush are hid Sing forth thy praise continually And none their Souls forbid 6 The time of singing O 't is come Since the sweet Turtle-Dove Did let us hear in this our Land His voice from Heav'n above HYMN 123. Churches Golden Candle-sticks Rev. 1.20 The Golden Candle-sticks arâ— the seven Churches 1 THy Churches Lord are like unto Rich Candle-sticks of Gold In whom shines forth that glorious light Which Sinners do behold 2 Those Candlesticks which are so rich Are seldom to be found But in the House of a great Prince Whose glory is renown'd 3 This shews the Churches of the Saints Do Lord belong to thee Who art the glorious King of Kings They useful also be 4 As Candlesticks in a large House In which the Light they place And also are for Ornament Ev'n thus through thine own Grace 5 Are all thy Churches here on Earth Of use Lord unto thee And unto others who likewise Thy Riches in them see 6 Thy Candlesticks then don't remove But let their Light so shine That all the Earth may lighted be Into all Truths of thine HYMN 124. The Church compared to Sheep Luk. 12.32 Fear not little Flock c 1 THy Church is like a Flock of Sheep Whose number is but small Which thou thy self dost always keep And wilt preserve them all 2 Thy Saints like Sheep are innocent Most harmless also meek If any of them go astray 'T is thou who dost them seek 3 Thou also dost them feed and lead In Pastures flourishing And hast for them a resting place Besides the Water spring 4 They subject are for to get Soyl But thou dost wash them in The Fountain of thy precious Blood From ev'ry stain of sin 5 As Sheep are fruitful so thy Church And Children are O Lord They honour bring to thee and then To Men profit afford 6 Fear not ye Saints tho' Wolves abound And other Beasts of prey For Christ will keep you safe and sound Unto the Judgment-day 7 And you the Kingdom shall receive Rejoyce and sing therefore Keep close to Christ and mind the Flock Which follow'd him before HYMN 125. Man a Worm Job 25.6 The Son of Man a Worm 1 AH what mean and despis'd things Are Worms that crawl on Earth Man is a Worm he from Earth sprung From thence were we brought forth 2 No beauty in a sorry Worm Man's glory that is gone Contemptible is in thy sight Each vile and wicked one 3 What can a Worm do to preserve It self from hurt or wrong That is in danger by each foot So we are all day long 4 We can't preserve our selves one day Our Life is but a blast And one small sin if not purg'd out May damn the Soul at last 5 Then do not pride it in your selves You to the Worms must go For all your beauty soon will fly You must corruption know HYMN 126. Man's Life is like a Shadow Job 14.2 He fleeth also as a shadow and abideth not 1 ON Earth our days will be but few Like as the shadow flies Or like unto the Morning-Dew Doth pass when Sun doth rise 2 So do our Days our Months and Years Make haste to fly away Much like the Blossom he appears Which quickly doth decay 3 Or
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