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A47611 Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. 1691 (1691) Wing K93; ESTC R218957 120,395 415

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If you before this Lion do Your selves now prostrate lye Your great humility do show You 'll find his clemency The Second Part. 1 When th' Lion roars all Beasts do quake Which in the Forest be When out of Sion Christ does roar All tremble will you 'll see 2 What will become of Murtherers Who have destroy'd the earth When inquisition's made for blood And thy wrath breaketh forth 3 Ye Saints of his by Faith and Prayer Do you this Lion rouze To save poor Sion and to tear To pieces all his Foes 4 And now ye wicked wretches all Who don 't this Lion fear But think his Lamb-like nature 's such No Lion he 'll appear 5 You 'll find er'e long his clemency Will into fury turn And will not then regard your cry Whilst you in Hell do burn 6 But all ye Saints rejoyce and sing This Lion's on your side 'T is for your sakes he will arouze And soon the prey divide 7 And i' th ' mean while he able is To save you and defend And full of bowels is to you And so will be to th' end HYMN 29. Christ our High Priest Heb. 7.26 For such an High Priest b● cometh us 1 THou art a Priest Lord Christ we know The Father did thee call And consecrated thee likewise 'T was he did thee install 2 Into this place and office great Thy self to glorifie ●s our High Priest thou didst not seek Lord 't was not in thine eye But hadst a lawful call thereto By him who had the right ●or to confer Priesthood on thee 'T was pleasant in his sight God did thee then anoint also With Oyntment all divine And Priestly Robes did put on thee Which gloriously do shine Thy work it was and thine alone To offer Sacrifice 'T was with thy Blood thou didst attone for our iniquities 6 They daily Offerings did bring But none could wrath appease But from thy one sweet Offering God's justice thou dost please 7 To such degree that he does cry He 's pacify'd for ever And all that do unto thee fly They pardon'd are besure The Second Part. 1 It is thy Lips that Knowledge teach The Law too we must have From thy own Mouth whose words can reach Our precious Souls to save 2 Thou of Vncleanness art to judge The Plague of Leprosie When in the Head it does appear Thou knowest perfectly 3 When sin in the affection 's found And cursed enmity Is in the mind thou dost pronounce Their plague i' th' Head to lie 4 'T is thou Lord Christ whose work is Thy people all to bless Which thou dost do by turning them From sin and wickedness 5 Thou blesses them with grace and peac● These blessings are indeed Those who are blessed Lord by thee From Death and Hell are freed 6 Thou as the High Priest did of old Enter'd the Holy place So thou didst enter Heaven it self Fill'd full of precious grace 7 And 't was by blood thou didst go in That Blood of thine most dear And hast attonement made for sin And therefore dost appear 8 Before the Throne of God most high Having redemption gain'd Which last will to eternity Such blessing hast obtain'd The Third Part. The Prayers of Saints like a Perfume Come up to God above As being offer'd Lord by thee Whose Incense he doth love 2 They offered the Bodies of Beasts VVhich could not satisfie God's justice neither could that Blood Our Conscience purifie 3 And therefore thou and once for all Didst offer up thy Blood And by that one Offering hast thou Procur'd our lasting good 4 No Priest hast thou for to succeed No Offering more for Sin For if we needed any else Thine had not perfect bin 5 Let Romish Errours then be loath'd Of a Successor vain Let Antichrist with shame be cloath'd Who would Christ's glory stain 6 Now let us bring true contrite hearts That is a Sacrifice That God through Jesus Christ does love And very highly prize 7 And unto him let 's offer up Both Prayer and Praise each day And on the Merits of his Blood Our selves for ever stay 8 And also to our High Priest sing With grace in all our hearts Whose precious Blood is that one Spring Of all good he imparts HYMN 30. Christ the good Shepherd Joh. 10.11 I am the good Shepheard 1 THou art a Shepherd and thy Sheep Are all most dearly bought Most safely thou wilt them all keep The lost ones shall be sought 2 Into green Pastures we are led Most blessed Lord by thee And there are we most choicely fed Well water'd also be 3 Thy Sheep to purchase thou didst die What Shepherd was so good None never loved his Sheep so To buy them with his Blood 4 A Fold and a sweet resting-place Thou dost also provide To shadow us from scorching heat And to refresh our mind Thy voice let 's hear and follow thee A Stranger 's voice let 's know ●nd them forsake the right way take Where the old Flock did go And to our Shepherd we will sing When we thy Mark can see ●n us is set from thence will spring Joy to eternity HYMN 31. Christ the way Joh. 14.6 I am the way HE that would some choice thing attain Or to a place would go A way for him some must explain And he the way must know 2 We Lord would find the way to bliss Where does thy Father dwell No Habitation like to his His favour does excell 3 How shall we take up our abode In him whom we should love How shall we find the way to God And come to him above 4 The way was barr'd up by our sin Another's opened Thou art the way by thee must we For evermore be led 5 By thy sweet Life and by thy Death And by thy Doctrine too Thou art the way none else on earth Is there for us to go The Second Part. 1 There is no way to God most high But only Lord by thee No other Name whereby we sav'd O Lord can ever be 2 As thou the Mediator art And didst attone for sin And thy own merits dost impart The way in thee is seen 3 As thou a Priest for us didst die A King o're us to reign And as a Prophet us to teach We see the way most plain 4 The way of pardon and of peace And to be justify'd The way to union with our God It is by thee who dy'd 5 If we would have eternal life Thou art the way thereto 'T is not by our own righteousness Though some that way do go 6 No 't is by thee by thee alone Thou art the way O Lord 'T is by thy merits on them to rest Thy grace do thou afford 7 And we thy praises will sing forth And in the way rejoyce Nay sing again melodiously With a most chearful voice The Phird Part. 1 This is the good old way we know Who ever saved were 'T was in this way they all did go None else did God prepare
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 o●● Souls 1 THou mighty King whose glories shin● 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 might● 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 ●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 rejoyc● 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
Mongst Children of the King 7 Ye Saints don't you provision make To satisfie your lust But put on Christ your Garments take Because you ready must 8 Be all the Bridegroom to attend He comes he comes sing praise Your Lamps now trim he will descend Make haste without delays HYMN 38. Christ our Advocate Joh. 2.2 We have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous 1 O Lord we have a mighty Cause And still it does depend Ah! we have broke all God's just Laws VVilt thou our Souls be friend 2 To take in hand our Cause to plead Thou art our Advocate VVe dare not Lord lift up our head Our Case for to relate 3 But thou ally'd art to the Judge And for our Souls didst die The Merits of thy Blood may'st urge To thee we all do fly 4 Thou legally art call'd to th' Barr And hast thy Father's Ear Alas we all so loathsom be VVe dare not there appear 5 In our own persons he is just And we must guilty be We righteousness all therefore must Have only Lord of thee 6 Thou never didst miscarry yet On what thou took'st in hand Our Enemies do thou defeat That sentence do demand 7 Hast thou not paid our Debts O Lord Read our Discharge we pray And that will comfort now afford And this most doubtful day 8 Is not all paid Can Justice see Just ground for to deny Our true Acquittance Lord in thee VVho didst him satisfie The second Part. 1 Our Cause Lord thou didst undertake Without the hopes of see And this does us most chearful make We hope we now shall see 2 An end put to that bitter strife Which has been long between Our God and us alas our life In jeopardy has been 3 O blessed Lord we do perceive Our Cause it does go well For he who doth on thee believe Shall never go to Hell 4 But he shall live eternally In joy and happy bliss Our Advocate has won the day What love is like to this 5 Thou in our stead was pleas'd to die Who Criminals all were The Law for us didst sastisfie No errours can appear 6 No superseding of our suit Our Foes can't it remove For thou as Judge in chief shalt sit In the high Court above The Third Part. 1 There 's no Appeal from that high Throne Our Cause being carried there If Conscience should bring Charges on Yet there we all stand clear 2 For though sin does in us abide It in us shall not reign And we have Jesus on our side Who will wash us again 3 But hear us once ogain O Lord Shall we our pardon see And know that we are justify'd And peace have all with thee 4 How sweetly then Lord shall we sing No cause have we to doubt Therefore we 'll leave our Cause with thee And sing thy Praises out 5 But O ye Saints take heed of sin But if that sin you do An Advocate with God there is Who pleads always for you 6 And now poor Sinners will you fly To him with care and speed This Advocate for you does plead Who for your Souls did bleed 7 Though you no money have at all To carry on the Suit Yet he will be your Advocate If to him you submit HYMN 39. Christ the Bread of Life Joh. 6.50 I am the Bread of Life 1 THou art the Bread of Life O Lord Bread is a Blessed thing Some Bread to us do thou afford Shall we lye here starving 2 When in our Father's House there 's store And we have nought to eat Remember us think on the poor A little broken Meat 3 Ah! some small Crumbs Lord let us have Which from thy Table fall A bit of Bread we humbly crave Or we shall perish all 4 Bread is the stay and staff of life 'T is Bread will do us good Fill us O Lord with holy strife Till we attain this food 5 Bread is ordain'd to an high end The life of Man to save From Heaven Lord thou didst descend That our poor souls might'st have 7 That blessing 's great ah life is sweet Lord we must eat or die And therefore beg now at thy feet Some Bread do not deny The second Part. 1 Bread pleasant is unto the taste To souls who hungry be This property also thou hast O it it is found in thee 2 What can taste sweeter than thy love O come poor souls and try That Bread which came down from above Is set before your eye 3 By Faith you must this Bread behold And you by Faith must eat Without true Faith you have been told It is alas dry Meat 4 Bread does renew the strength of Men Who ready are to faint O then on Christ let 's feed agen Eat Bread poor drooping Saint 5 On Christ rely don't look within On Jesus do depend 'T is he has made an end of sin To him God does thee send 6 Bread is the best of earthly things A morsel is worth Gold From Christ all blessings to us spring His worth none can unfold 7 Bread is a portion for the poor O let us haste away But see you come to the right door There may ye feed each day 8 But what is common Bread to this Which soon does putrifie Oh feed on this none like it is Eat and ye shall not die 9 All praise to God and Christ the Lord Who Bread to us do give O sing his praise Saints all your days Eat and your souls shall live HYMN 40. Christ the Sun of Righteousness Mal. 4.2 The Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing under his wings 1 THere is a Sun there is but one To light the Universe Beside thy self O Lord there 's none Who can enlighten us 2 Thou art the Fountain of true Light Nay all light is from thee As thou art God omnipotent Cloathed in Majesty 3 All light of grace which Saints receive From thee Lord does it flow Few Men who in this world do live Alas are lighted so 4 What clearer is there than the Sun O what can brighter shine Thy glory O most holy One Exceds it is divine 5 Most splendant rays do sparkle forth Which dazles every eye Thy beams are brighter than the Sun That shines so gloriously 6 Thou art the Soul of all the World By thee all Creatures live All things together would be hurl'd If life thou didst not give 7 We see the Earth and Heaven too Thou dost uphold them all If thou should'st once let go thy hold Together down they 'd fall The second Part. 1 Thou like the Sun communicates Thy glorious influence Of grace and goodness to thy Saints Thou hast preheminence 2 What a dark world would this be Were there no Sun to shine What darkness Lord ah should we see Had we no beams of thine 3 'T is thou that dost expell away Dark vapours of the night Thick mists and fogs they all do fly When thou appear'st in sight 4 Most pow'rfully dost thou expell The
But hark how Sinners groan 2 Now now the Books shall opened be The Judgment-day is come And Christ will judge impartially And Sinners shall be dumb 3 Nothing to say Ah! no excuse ● All silent all are mute And shall the Sentence now receive Which wrath will execute 4 Rejoyce ye Saints for Christ will say O Come who are blessed Ye blessed of my Father now With joy lift up your head 5 And take the Kingdom long prepar'd For you But ah alas The wicked then will houl and cry To see their woful case HYMN 142. The Crown of Glory Of Heaven 2 Tim. 4.8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a Cro●● of Righteousness c. 1 NO sooner shall the Judgment end But Saints shall crowned be And shine they shall in glorious Robes Unto eternity 2 Then shall we see the blessed One Who crowned was with Thorns Who shed for us his precious Blood Whose Heart was broke with scorns 3 Him whom our Souls so dearly love We all shall shortly see With open face and shall above With him for ever be 4 That Man that here met with disgrace We there shall see so bright That Angels can't behold his face For its exceeding light 5 What gladness will possess our heart When we shall see these things For light and life in ev'ry part Will rise like lasting Springs 6 Next unto Christ we shall behold Saints Souls in glory shine Whose Bodies shall be made like his All glorious all divine HYMN 143. Our Bodies made glorious The Second Part. 1 EAch Saint shall then shine more or less In Crowns excelling Gold Triumph they shall in heavenly bliss Amazing to behold And each of them in majesty Shall represent a King Yea Angel-like for dignity And shall with Cherubs sing 3 Immortal are they ev'ry one And shine like to the Sun Their glory also shall abide Their day shall ne're be done 4 Their Bodies which sometimes were torn And Bones that broken were For Jesus's sake he will adorn With health and glory fair 5 They shall also with Angels then Joyn in sweet harmony To sing and celebrate God's praise Unto eternity 6 This we shall hear this we shall see While raptured in bliss When we with blessed Jesus be What happiness like this HYMN 144. Lasting Glory The Third Part. 1 OUr Friends that lived Godly here Shall there be found again Ah! we shall meet and then we shall Together all remain 2 This is the place this is the state Of all that are sincere Which Men nor Angels can relate So great 's the glory there 3 Grace here doth tune our hearts and tongues For heav'nly harmony That sing we may with Angels all Unto eternity 4 Here run the Chrystal streams of Life Quite thorough all our Veins Grace doth our Souls to God unite Like glorious Golden Chains We here are made both fit and meet For that Inheritance 5 Where we shall reign triumphantly And have preheminence 6 Now that which sweete●● 〈◊〉 is this Our glory will remain No end will there be of our bliss When we begin to raign 7 In hopes of that high glory 〈◊〉 Break forth ye Saints and sing And also live unto the praise Of our most glorious King HYMN 145. Hell a Furnace of Fire Of Hell ●ark 9.46 Where the Worm diet b not and the Fire is not quenched WHen Saints shall glorified be The Sinners pangs excell When Saints shall all in Heaven sing Sinners shall houl in Hell The foolish Sinner little thinks What sorrows will abound Within himself when on the brink Of Tophet he is found Hell is alas beyond all thought So frightful and forlorn No mortal Creature can relate The pangs that there are born God will exclude them evermore From his most blessed face And them involve in misery In shame and in disgrace 5 God is the Fountain of all Good Of Life of Light and peace They then must needs be wretched all Who are depriv'd of these 6 Unto a dreadful burning Lake All on a fiery flame Hell is compared wo to them Who once do feel the same HYMN 146. Hell a Lake of Fire The Second Part. 1 NO light but darkness there doth dwell No peace but horror strange Ah! they who once do come to Hell Will find a dismal change 2 A fiery Lake a Furnace hot A Burning Oven too It is compared in God's Word And thither Sinners go 3 And further God to shew their state Who in their sins do die Compares it to burning Brimstone To shew their misery 4 And as a stinking steam and smoak Of Brimstone bad does smell And blinds the Eyes and Stomach choaks So are the pangs of Hell 5 To see a Sea of Brimstone burn Would it you not affright But they whom God to Hell doth turn Are in a worser plight 6 This burning cannot quenched be No not with Tears of Blood No mournful groans in misery Will there do any good 7 O damned Sinners see your fate The Day of Grace is done Repentance now is much too late All mercy 's fled and gone Hell a Prison The Second Part. 1 Pet. 3.19 The Spirits in Prison Hell also in another place Is call'd a Prison too ●nd all to shew the woful case Of such sin doth undo Which Prison with its Lock and Barrs Of God's lasting Decree ●ill hold them fast O how this marrs All thoughts of being free Out of these brazen Barrs may they The Saints in glory see ●ut this will not their grief allay But to them torment be Those Chains that darkness on them hangs Still ratling in their Ears ●reates within them heavy pangs And still augments their Tears Thus hopeless of all remedy They dyingly do sink ●nto the Jaws of Misery And Seas of Sorrows drink For being fill'd on every side With helplesness and grief Headlong into despair they slide Bereft of all relief The Third Part. Hell a bottomless Pit And Hell also is call'd a Pit Prepar'd for those that die The Second Death a term most fit To shew their misery A Pit that 's bottomless is this A Gulph of grief and woe A Dungeon which they cannot miss That will them quite undo 3 Thus without stay they always sink Thus fainting till they fail Despair they up like water drink These Prisoners have no Bail 4 Here meets them now that Worm that gnaws And plucks their Bowels out The pit too on them shuts her Jaws This dreadful is no doubt 5 This ghastly Worm is guilt of sin Which on their Conscience feeds With Vipers Teeth both sharp and keen Whereat it sorely bleeds 6 This Worm is fed by memory Which strictly brings to mind All things done in their Body here As we in Scripture find 7 Their Conscience is the Slaughter-shop There hangs the Axe and Knife 'T is there the Worm doth them torment With most egregious strife 8 They sooner may drink up the Sea Than shake off these their fears Or make another in one day As big
The Bride saith Come O do not stay And he that hears thy voice In hopes that thou wilt come away Most sweetly does rejoyce HYMN 192. Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation The Third Part. 1 The Spirit saith Dear Jesus come The thirsty Soul doth cry Daily to thee this is the summ O come most speedily 2 Signs of thy Day upon us be The World it is perplex'd The Nations groan and long for thee By Wars being sorely vex'd 3 Thy Saints do mourn their Sighs and Tears Invite thee for to come The Martyrs Blood cryes in thy Ears For Babels final doom 4 Thou sayst Surely I come quickly Amen Amen O Lord O come O come my Soul doth cry According to thy Word 5 Lord thou didst come thou cam'st to die And bear most bitter pain God's Justice for to satisfie And Pardon to obtain 6 Thou didst come to be humbled And suffer on the Tree Therefore shalt thou lift up thy Head And high exalted be 7 Thy Right it is to reign as King Thou art the only Heir The Kingdom 's thine thy Foes down bring Thy vengeance let them bear HYMN 193. Signs of the last Day upon us The Fourth Part. 1 THe Fig-Tree Lord does now put forth The Summer doth draw near The Sea doth roar as thy VVord saith And Men begin to fear 2 The VVinter certainly is gone The lovely Birds do sing The Spring is now a coming on VVhich lasting joy will bring 3 The voice of the sweet Turtle too Is heard in this our Land VVhat clearer Signs Lord canst thou show By thy own wondrous Hand 4 Of thy approach and glor'ous reign The Nations angry be Thy wrath is come their glory stain Thy Kingdom let us see 5 The Ev'ning of a former day Portends a dismal night But holy one our Souls may say Our Ev'ning has some light 6 Not light nor dark this is the hour It 's neither night nor day 'T is 't is the time of thy dread power O haste and come away 7 The whole Creation sadly groans And utters its last cryes Poor Sion vents her piteous moans VVhilst Tears fill each Saints Eyes 8 O come bless'd One make no delay The VVicked do thee dare Come holy Jesus come away Thine Arrows do not spare 9 Shall Heaven give the long'd for Call That Earth beneath may quake That Romes high Towers down may fall Now the dead Bones do shake HYMN 194. The Day of Jubilee The Fifth Part. 1 O Blessed Day how sweet is it To think upon that time VVhen Christ shall upon his Throne sit And Summer's in its prime 2 VVhen all the Earth together shall Break forth and sweetly sing And all Christ's Foes with vengeance fall VVho own not him for King 3 VVhen Saints who now divided are Shall all united be And in their glitt'ring Robes appear And sing in harmony 4 VVhen Swords and also warlike Spears Men shall to Plow-shares beat And all Men quite be freed from fears And from all scorching heat 5 And under their own Vines sit down VVith hearts full of sweet joy O come Lord Jesus take the Crown O haste and come away 6 Wars then we find shall ever cease Envy ' mongst Men depart Nothing but Love and blessed Peace In each Believer's heart 7 The Lyon and the Lamb shall then Together feed and ly And the like concord amongst Men Shall then be certainly HYMN 195. A Hymn of Praise 1 O Let us sing with chearful hearts Sweet Hymns of Soul-delight With one accord before the Lord That 's pleasing in his sight 2 What People have more cause to praise The living God on high Than have all those whom thou hast chose And for whom Christ did die 3 With full assurance let 's draw near That we accepted be And then our peace will much encrease Which Lord we have in thee 4 O what a kind of Love is this The Father grants to us To be the Sons of God above And him to call us thus 5 We know not now what we shall see Yet this thou dost declare That like to thee we all shall be When thou dost next appear 6 True Faith let 's have on Christ to rest And Hope which cannot fail That does take hold Lord Christ of thee Who art within the vail 7 And then O Lord if Storms arise And Seas afresh should roar We shall in thee secured be Now and for evermore HYMN 196. The bleeding and wounded Heart 1 O Lord how sad's the case of Man By reason of the Fall His heart is hard that nothing can Alas pierce it at all 2 Until the time doth come when he God's power within does know O then he doth Lord seek to thee Not knowing what to do 3 O happy Souls who pierc'd have been And broken thoroughly In the true sight and sense of sin And do on Christ rely 4 Such who are broken thou wilt head Who the Physician art Thou wilt not cast off any such Who have a contrite heart 5 Let Sinners Lord die unto sin Wound them O Lord we pray And let them find Soul-life within And comfort ev'ry day 6 O bless thy Word and let it be Salvation to the Poor And we thy Praises Lord will sing Now and for evermore HYMN 197. Things done for us 1 SOme things for us Lord must be done By thy Almighty Hand It must be Jesus Christ alone Who in our stead did stand 2 Who bore thy heavy wrath O Lord For us upon the Tree And paid the Debts which Sinners owe To thy dread Majesty 3 All praise and glory let us sing To God the Lord most high Who did to us Salvation bring From Hell and Misery 4 The Just for the Unjust did bear The punishment of sin That we of righteousness might share Who so defil'd have been 5 Shall Life now in our Souls be wrought And Grace implanted be That home to Christ we may be brought And Union have with thee 6 Then will we sing sweet Songs of Praise And lift thy Name on high And happy be Lord all our days More happy when we die HYMN 198. Things done in us 1 O Lord what hast thou done for us And in us also wrought On the Lord Jesus we depend By whom our Souls were bought 2 All praise and glory unto God Who hath made us alive And to exalt thee let us see We all of us do strive 3 And to excell in doing all That thou dost us command And readily obey thy Call That we may one day stand 4 With boldness and the greatest joy Before thy glorious Throne When many Persons bitterly Shall cry with woful moan 5 Our works are all wrought in us Lord And for us too by thee Thy Praises therefore we will sing And that continually HYMN 199. Grace shining 1 LET such who have enlightned been Behold thy glorious Grace And Power divine prepar'd to shine Before all Peoples face 2 By thy Grace Lord O let us move And with a holy Song Exalt thee
'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. Price Stitch'd 6 d. Both written by B. Keach Ps 119.140 * Pliny lib. 5. cap. 16. Justin lib. 36. John 8. Ezek. 9.2 4.