SOME Collections of Scripture WITH Private Meditations As an help in PRAYER WITH Some Hymns and Psalms of DAVID 2 Chro 6. 19. Have respect therefore to the Prayer of thy Servant and to his Supplication c. Jer. 29. 12 13. Then shall ye call upon me and ye shall go and Pray unto me and I will hearken unto you And ye shall seek me c. Collos 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom c. Cum Humilitatis Reverentia By G. M. London Printed for the Author 1695. A Form of Prayer in Scripture-Phrase O GOD the God of the Spirits of all Flesh who hath Created the Heavens and stretched them out and the Earth with the Fruits thereof and Breath and Spirit to them that walk herein who art clothed with Honour and Majesty who coverest thy self with Light as with a Garment Look down from Heaven â—hy holy Habitation and have respect unto the Prayers of thy Servants and let our Prayers â—ome before thee as Incense and the lifting up of our hands as the Morning Sacrifice We â—onfess O Lord thou didst Create our first Parents in thy own Image and beathedst into â—hem the Breath of Life but they have eaten of the forbidden Fruit all mankind from their Loyns have sinned and come short of the Glory of God And yet O Lord to fill up the Measure of our Condemnation we have â—dded actual Sins for who can say he hath made his Heart clean We have sinned in thought opur Souls which should have been seasoned with the sweet Meditations of thy Goodness Mercy and Grace have been prostrated and assailed with black and hollish thoughts of Atheism and Dispair Blasphemy and all manner of Soul-vexing fears O! what a world of Ignorance Vanity of Mâ— and disesteem of thy mercy and unbâ—â— have seated themselves in our Hearts confess O Lord we have sinned in our woâ— oâ—r Tongues that should have been as Trâ—pets to sound thy praise have been deâ—guilty of Blasphemy Swearing Lying Sâ—dering Reviling Rayling Brawling Scosâ— Boasting Sowing Seeds of Discord amoâ— our Neighbours The Tongue is a Firâ— World of Iniquity and hath defiled whole Bodies and is set on Fire of Hell confess Lord we have sinned indeed witâ— our worldliness covetousness pride lust â—â— lice lukewarmness impatiency vain glory self love O the wrongs we have done the Goods we have ill-gotten and the time have mispent and O the Sabbath we have pâ—phaned Oh! the pollutions the distempâ— and estrangedness from God in our Souâ— Oh the Villanies and the Vanities of â—â— who le Life O Lord we may as well numâ— the Stars as our sins But dear Father thou pleased to translate us from darkness light and from the Power of Satan into â—â— Kingdom of thy dear Son Let us no lonâ— abuse the good gifts of our God and turn Grace into wantonntss And let us not griâ— the Holy Spirit of God whereby we are seaâ— unto the day of Redemption O help a keep us that we do not wrong the blesâ— Name of God his Word Religiopn and Pâ—â—fession of Godliness We confess Lord have sinned against thy Law and have 〈◊〉 all thy Commandments O Lord we confess we have sinned against the Gospel we are ashamed of the Gospel of Christ tho it be the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth We have not thirsted after Christ our Souls have not panted after him as the Hart panteth after the water-brooks We have not loved the Lord Jesus in Sincerity nor considered him as the Life of our Souls We have not counted all things loss and dung for the knowledg of Christ Jesus our Lord we take no pains to know him and the power of his Resurrection and the Fellowship of his Sufferings we hide as it were our Faces from him and will not have him to Reign over us we have not relied upon Christ for Justification Sanctification and Salvation O Christ there is not one of us that stireth up himself to take hold on thee And yet Lord thou hast given us space to repent of all our Abominations which we have committed yet we have not repented but have made our faces harder than a Rock and have refused to return But above all Oh the insolencies and accesses and tyrannies of our bosom sins our darling delights which we cannot part withal And for all these sins thou O God hast Punished us less than our Iniquities have deserved It is of the Lord's Mercy we are not consumed because his compassions fail not If thou shouldst lay Judgment to the line and righteousness to the plumeâ— thou mightest make thy Jealousy to smoke against us and the Curses that are written in thy book thâ— mightest lay upon us and blot out our Namâ— from under Heaven Thou mightest maâ—thine Arrows Drunk with Blood and tâ—â— Sword devour Flesh from the beginning of râ—venges and give us our Portion with tâ—â— wicked that are turned into Hell and all tâ—â— Nations that forget God But thou O Lorâ— hast said If we confess our Sins thou art faitâ—ful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse uâ— from all our unrighteousness Thou hast proâ—mised That he that covereth his sins shall noâ— prosper but he that confesseth his sins anâ— forsaketh them shall have Mercy Thou haâ— proclaimed Return thou back-sliding Israel saith the Lord and I will not cause mine anâ—ger to fall upon thee for I am Merciful saith the Lord only acknowledg thy Iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God Thou hast threatened I will return toâ— my place till they acknowledg their Offences in their Afflictions they will seek me early Thou hast sweetly encouraged us if any man say I have sinned and pâ—rverted that which was right and it profitted me not thou wilt deliver his Soul from the Pit and his Life shall see the Light And O Lord in reference to these thy sayings promises and proclamations threats and encouragments we do embolden our selves to come before thee to acknowledg our Wickedness and our iniquities O Lord we lie down in our shame and â—ur confusion covereth us We cannot but say we have sinned against the Lord our God we â—nd our Fathers from our youth have not oâ—eyed the voice of the Lord our God And â—oh that we could seek the Lord as the Children of Israel and Judah together going and weepâ—ng asking the way to Zion with our Faces thither-ward This is a time of Mourning our sins have given us an occasion of sorrow Oh that we were on the Mountains like the Doves of the Vallies every one of us mourning for our Iniquities Why Lord it is thy own promise A new Heart will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you and I will take away thy stony Heart out of your Flesh and I will give you an Heart of Flesh Oh let us take to us words and say to the Lord take away all iniquity from us and receive
spiritual and Gospel meltings upon our souls O cause us to feel the warming and the reviving blood of the everlasting covenant working effectually upon our poor dead hearts and consciences And dear Father do thou be pleased to rescue us from our selves deliver us we humbly pray thâ—â— from a vain trisling spirit in the things of Eternity O make us captives of thy love and then shall we follow hard and close after thee the Captain of our salvation The Lord in much mercy waits on us continually to be gracious unto us and shall not we wait on him to be made glorious for ever Dear Father we humbly pray thee to be pleased to soften our rebellious hard hearts by the gracious meltings of thy holy spirit that so we may be fitted to receive thy truths and bring forth the fruits of them in a most holy and a most heavenly conversation O for Christ Jesus sake make bare thy own arm and deliver our poor distressed souls from that bottomless pit of eternal destruction O strengthen our Memories increase our faith kindle our zeal renew our Natures and make us such as thou wouldst have us to be best at heart and best at last for Christ's sake O rectifie our wills enlighten our understandings and subdue every lust within us and cause us to run the ways of thy commandments Dear Father we beseech thee we humbly beseech thee to make us more serious and more sincere â—n the things of Eternity that we may not trifle â—n those things of so high a nature wherein our â—oor immortal souls are so nearly concerned Good Lord in much mercy be graciously pleased â—o carry on thy own work in us and for us to he honour and glory of thy name and for the eternal welfare of our poor distressed souls O for Christ Jesus sake open blind eyes soften our hard hearts unstop our deaf ears subdue our rebellious wills and renew our corrupt natures and bring us into a conformity and an humble subjection unto thy blessed self O when shall it once be that we may with our blessed Lord and Saviour count it our Meat and our Drink to do thy will O God O for Christs sake cast an eye of pity and compassion upon ns shew us the favour of thy chosen make us glad with thy inheritance and visit us with thy salvation Good Lord we beseech thee to enable us to lay fast and sure hold on him on whom thou hast been graciously pleased to lay help And dear Father we humbly pray thee to be pleased to raise us up from the death of sin to a life of righteousness And we humbly beseech thee to let us feel the power of Christ's Death killing sin in our mortal bodies that we may no longer obey it in the lust thereof Dear Father we beseech thee to be graciously pleased in mercy to blot out all our sins by the precious blood of thy dearly beloved Son that so our names may not be blotted out of the book of life and we for ever thrust out from thy presence out of the holy City of our God And for Christ Jesus sake make us faithful to the death and then give unto us a Crown of Life And dear Father do thou be pleased to rouze up our drowsie dull consciences and help us we beseech thee seriously to look into our inward man knowing that it is high time to awake out of sleep the time is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light leâ— us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fullfil the lust thereof O Lord our God thou hast promised to keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid on thee O help us we beseech thee help us to trust in thee and sincerely to wait on thee that so we may be brought into the possession of this peace that lasts for ever O help us seriously to look up unto thee for thou art the Lord our God and there is none else so shall we be saved with an everlasting salvatâ—on And dear Father we humbly intreat thee to make us to be zealously affected for the honour of thy great name and then seal unto us thy everlasting covenant of life and peace Then shall we greatly rejoice in the Lord and our souls shall be joyful in our God for he will cloath us with the garments of salvation and will cover us with his robes of righteousness then shall we be drawn with his loving kindness and mercy and loved by our dear Lord with an everlasting love And we humbly intreat thee to prepare us for that great day of our Lord Jesus Christ when he shall come to shake terribly the Earth O blessed and happy aâ—e they who put their whole ttust and confidence in him and sincerely hope in his mercy O Lord we are upon the very brink of an endless eternity and it will not be long e're we shall be in another world as certainly as we are now in this O help us now help us dear Lord that whatsoever our hands find to do to do it with all our might for there is no wisdom nor knowledge nor work nor device in the grave whither we are all a going Dear Lord we humbly beg thy pardon we have none to fly unto but unto thee thou hast the words of Eternal Life O! for Christ Jesus sake forgive all our Transgressions and in Mercy heal all our Back-slidings and dear Father as ever thou intendest mercy unto our poor souls work a thorough change upon our hearts consciences and save us by believing O for ever blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for us who are kept by the power of God thro' faith unto salvation O make us more heavenly and more holy that we may be blessed in the first resurrection that the second death may have no power over us that we may live and reign with our God and our dear Redeemer for ever and ever Amen Psalm 4 HEar me when I do call O God my Righteousness Thou hast enlarged me when I Was bound in sore distress Have mercy upon me And now my Prayer hear O Sons of men how long will ye My Name refuse to fear My Glory into shame You turn and Vanity You love to see How long will ye My Truth you plain deny But know the Lord will set The godly man apart Even for himself for he will hear When he calls with his heart Be still and stand in awe O sin not on your bed In heart
commune with God You shall With his delights be fed Offer the sacrifice Of Righteousness alway And cast our care upon the Lord To be our only stay Many there be that say Who will shew us a Glance But thou O Lord lift up the Light Of thy Kind Countenance Thou hast put in my heart More gladness in my time Than they had from their great incroâ—se Of all their Corn and Wine I will now lay me down In peace to take my sleep For thou O Lord assuredly Wilt me in safety keep Psalm 18. I Will love thee O Lord my strength He is my Rock in all distress My God my stay on whom I trust He 's my Buckler and my Fortress The Lord he is my high Tower And the Horn of my salvation On him I 'le trust all times for aid For he is a sure Foundation Upon the Lord God I will call His Name is worthy of all praise He saves us from our Enemies And preserves us in all his ways Sorrows of death beset me round With Armies of Ungodly Men A fear of death encompass'd me With snares of death prevented then In my distress I call'd on God My Cry came even into his Ear. O Lord be pleased to hear my voice For the sake of my Saviour dear On him alone still I will trust For succour at all times in need For he alone is my Relief And he will plentifully feed All those that truly on him wait In Faithfulness to do his will He will preserve them to the Last And bring them to his holy hill Where we with joy for ever shall Behold the glory of his Face To all Eternity and sit With him within his heavenly place Psal 23. THe living Lord my Shepherd is For me he doth take care To Pastures green he leadeth me Where his still Waters are 'T is he restoreth my poor Soul His Right-hand doth me take Into the Paths of Righteousness Even for his own name sake When through the Vale of Death's cold Shade I walk and nothing fear Thy Rod and Staff do comfort me For thou art with me there Thou hast prepar'd my Table Lord In presence of my Foes My head with oyl thou dost anoint My cup still overflows Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days And I will dwell within thy house Ever to sing thy praise Psalm 27. first part THE Lord he is my salvation My light my strength and aid Whom shall I fear the Lords my Life I will not be afraid The wicked men like Troops encamp And up against me rise Coming on me to eat my flesh As Foes and Enemies In this I will be confident My Enemies shall fall Before the presence of thy Face They fell and stumbled all One thing have I desir'd of God And after that will seek To dwell within thy house O Lord And in thy presence keep For to behold thy beauty Lord All the days of my Life And in his Temple to enquire Where to be Free from strife For in the time of trouble thou Shalt be my hiding place O set me up upon that Rock Where I may see thy Face Then shall my head be lifted up Above mine Enemies Therefore will I offer to thee A Joyful Sacrifice O Lord to thee I will sing praise Yea to thee I will sing For in thy mercy thou wilt keep My soul from perishing The second part HEar me O Lord when I Cry with my voice to thee Some succour send to my poor soul In mercy answer me When thou saist seek my Face My heart shall â—hen reply Thy Face O Lord still I will seek And on thy Grace rely Hide not thy Face from me O God forsake me not For thou hast been my help alway When Parents me forgot Teach mâ— thy way O Lord In a plain path lead me In anger cast me not away But take me up to thee Deliver me O Lord From all mine Enemies And such as breathe out Cruelty Which falsly they devise I had fainted unless I had believed on thee Lord in the land of the living Thy goodness let me see O wait upon the Lord Wait on the Lord I say With Courage strong he will support Thy drooping soul alway Psalm 42. AS the pursued Hart doth pant After the water-brook So pants my soul for thee O God For a most gracious look My soul still thirsteth for my God O when shall I appear Before the living God who is My loving Father dear My Tears have been my meat by day And sighings in the night While they continually do say Where is thy God of might I had gone with the multitude But I remembred thee And went unto thy house O God In true sincerity I poured out my soul with them That kept holy thy day Rejoicing with that multitude Which do praise thee alway Why art thou cast down O my soul O do not thus repine Trust still on God his countenance On me shall ever shine Within me Lord my soul is low Therefore remember me From the Hill of the Hermonites And Jordan let me see Deep calleth unto deep O Lord Thy water spouts aloud Thy Waves and all thy Billows have Wrapt me in as a Shrowd G Lord by day and night I call With prayers unto thee Command thy loving kindness Lord And then my song shall be Unto my God who is my Rock Thou hast forgotten me And I go mourning all the day Oppress'd with misery As with a sword within my boneâ— Mine Enemies prevail While they say daily unto me VVhat doth thy God avail Chear up my countenance O God Support my drooping mind Hoping in God for him to praise Who gracious is and kind Psal 56. BE merciful to me O Lord For Man would me Devour He fighting daily pressing on To swallow me each Hour But O! thou high and mighty God In thee I trust for aid And on thy word will I depend What time I am afraid I will not fear what flesh can do In thee I put my trust Tho every day they wrest my words And turn them to the worst They gather themselves together They mark my steps and hide Themselves to catch my soul O God But thou art on my side O God in thy anger east down All those that in wait lie Let not that people so escape By their iniquity Psalm 59. DEliver me O God From all my Enemies Defend me from the hands of them That up against me rise Deliver me from them That work deceitfully O save my soul from bloody mâ—n For lo in wait they lie Not for my sins O God Can the mighty combine Against me for my Transgressions No Error can they find Yet they run and prepare Themselves without my Fault A wake to help me and behold How they against me talk O God of my mercies Scatter them by thy power And bring them down O Lord our shield That seek for to devour I will sing of thy power Yea I aloud will sing
For thou my Refuge and Defence From time to time hast been Unto thee O my strength And God of my mercy Defend me by thy power Lord For on thee I rely Psalm 63. O God thou art my God only Will I seek after thee My soul doth thirst my flesh doth long Thy salvation to see Where in a dry and thirsty Land No waters can be had O shew to me thy glory Lord With power make me glad Thus will I bless thee while I live My Lips shall still praise thee Because thy Loving Kindness is Better than Life to me And in thy Name I will lift up My Hands and give thee praise As with Marrow and Fatness I Am satisfi'd always When on my bed I remember To meditate on thee My Tongue shall sing with joyful Lips Of thy Kindness to me In the Night-watches Lord will I To thee lift up my Voice Under the shadow of thy wings I ever shall rejoice Psalm 70. O Lord do thou make haste For to deliver me Make haste to help me O my God I humbly pray to thee Let them confounded be that after my Soul seek Let them be turned back with shame And in confusion weep Let them be turned back With a reward of shame That desire my hurt and say Aha reproach his Name Let all that seek thee Gladly in thee rejoice Let such as love thy Salvation Sing with a chereful voice Let God be magnified Continually and say Thou art my Help in all distress On thee I 'll trust alway Make haste to me O God I am needy and poor Thou art my help and deliverer Lord make no stay therefore Psalm 71. O Lord in thee I put my trust O let me not confusion see Incline thine Ear and save my Soul In Righteousness deliver me Be thou my Habitation strong Where I 'll continually resort In subjection to thy commands O save me for thou art my fort From the hands of unrighteous men In mercy Lord deliver me Out of the reach of wicked men Who cruel are Lord keep me free For thou O Lord God art my hope Even from my Youth thou art my stay By thee have I been holden up Even from the Womb unto this day Out of my Mothers Bowels thou Hast taken thence and set me free Therefore will I continually My Praises offer up to thee To many I a wonder am But thou art still my refuge strong O let my Mouth be fill'd with praise Of thy Honour all the day long The Second Part. O Cast me not off in old Age Forsake me not when strength doth fail Mine Enemies watch and observe How over me they may prevail God hath forsaken him they say And there is none that can him save Take him and Persecute his Soul And bring him down into the Grave But thou O Lord make haste to help Be not far from me in distress In mercy save me O my God Then I 'll rejoyce with thankfulness Confounded and consumed be Those Enemies of my poor Soul Let them be clothed with reproach That seek my Heart without controul But I continually will hope And yet will praise thee more and more My mouth shall shew thy Righteousness And thy Salvation the World o're I will go in thy strength O God And even of thine only will I Make mention of thy Righteousness And wondrous Works declare on high O God do thou instruct me still As in my youth didst undertake Now when my Head is Old and Grey O do not my poor Soul forsake Psalm 86. First Part. BOW down thy Ear O Lord And hear for I am poor Preserve my needy soul O God I humbly thee implore O save thy servant Lord I daily cry to thee Be merciful to me O God On thee my trust shall be O make thy servant Lord In soul for to rejoice For unto thee do I O God In heart lift up my Voice For thou O Lord art God And ready to forgive Plenteous in mercy to all them Which on thee do believe Unto my prayer Lord Give Ear and me attend Unto my supplications Which up to thee I send In my trouble I call Both day and night to thee O let my Cry acceptance find In mercy answer me O Lord amongst the Gods There is none like to thee Neither is any of their Works Like thine perform'd to me O Lord all Nations shall Which thou didst make and frame They shall bow down and worship thee And glorifie thy Name For thou art God alone Thy Wonders far excel The Greatness of the Sons of Men Which on the Earth do dwell The second part TEach me O Lord I humbly pray To walk thy ways aright Unite my heart to love and fear Thy Name with true delight Then I will praise thee O my God With all my heart and say I 'le glorifie thy Name O Lord By Night and eke by day For thy great mercy shew'd to me Thy promises I will tell Deliver thou my Soul O Lord Even from the lowest Hell O bring me near to thee O God By thy mercy so sweet Let thy Compassion and Grace Most plentifully meet In my poor soul which In distress For want of Grace doth faint O turn unto me give me strength Now I do make complaint O shew to me a Token Good That I may plainly see No Cause of Shame for thou O Lord Dost always comfort me Psalm 95. O Come let 's sing unto the Lord Let 's make a joyful Noise To the Rock of our salvation Ever will we sing praise With Psalms of Thanksgiving let us Before his Presence sing And make a joyful Noise unto The Living God our King For the Lord he is a great God Above all other Gods In his hands are the deep places On Earth and in the Roads The strength of all the Hills are his They were made by his hand The Sea is his he did create And formed the dry Land O come let 's worship and bow down And kneel before the Lord For he 's our God and we are his Made by his own accord We are the sheep of his Pasture The Flock of his Right Hand To day if ye will hear his Voice And in Obedience stand Then harden not your hearts as they In the provocation And as they in the Wilderness And day of Temptation Forty Years long was I grieved Your Fathers tempted me A Generation stiff aâ—d proud My Works they would not see A people that in heart do err They have not known my ways Into my Rest they never shall Enter to sing my praise Psalm 100. O Come before the Lord ye Lands And make a joyful noise O serve the Lord with gladness and Before him come with praise O know ye that the Lord is God And we his Pasture Sheep He hath us made not we our selves Therefore he will us keep Enter his gates with thanksgiving And in his Courts with praise Be thankful to him and rejoyce And bless his name always For thou
From time to time hast been Hymn 5. O Let thy Glory Lord From day to day increase Within our Land and give to us A firm and lasting peace And still maintain to us Thy Gospel pure and bright O let not Antichrist prevail For to obscure our light Bring down their Pride O Lord That are so high and strong And make them know that unto thee Issues of War belong In their own Snares O Lord Let them be taken fast Who labour to subvert thy Truth And work to lay it waste In deep designs they plot Against thy sacred Name To bring on them that honour thee Utter Repâ—oach and Shame Arise O Lord and help By thine Almighty Power Defend and keep us by thy strength from such as would devour Lord save our gracious King And grant him long to Reign Make him an Instrument on Earth True Justice to maintain Hymn 6. O Lord thou lovest Righteousness O help us to endeavour For the Effects of Quietness And assurance for ever Still trusting on thy Word for thou Wilt be our sure defence Therefore will we humbly depend On thee with confidence For thou O Lord hast always been To us in all our need Ready when we upon thee call To answer us with speed Lord let that Promise be made good To us before we call That thou wilt answer us in peace And give us Grace withal Resolvedly on thee to trust So long as we have hreath For thou hast said I 'le be your God And Guide even unto Death O Lord now let our Joy in thee For evermore increase And in the end do thou Crown us With everlasting Peace In holy Triumphs then shall we Thy Hallelujahs sing Who by thy gracious Favour hast Kept us from perishing Hymn 7. O Seek the Lord and seek his strength Seek him continually Let 's joyn our selves in covenant With him perpetually Thy Face O Lord still I will seek And praise thee with my Voice Let all those that seek thee in heart For evermore rejoice Thou lovest them that do love thee And are sincere in mind Who early after thee do seek They shall thy Favour find And joyfully in thee Repose Our fainting Souls alway For on thy Providence are we Resolvedly to stay O come and let us seek the Lord In humbleness and fear While he is to be found let us Call on him while he 's near For it is time to seek the Lord Arise therefore and seek The living God to be our Guide And us in safety Keep Let all that love the Lord rejoice And Hallelujahs sing Unto the God of our Mercies Which doth salvation bring Hymn 8. BE pleas'd oh Lord to look upon our Sion And send thy Lamb to chase away the Lyon Oh how unblest is that declining Nation Where Faith 's quite lost Religion out of fashion When Faction thrives Religion starves at nurse Who sins with Egypt must have Egypts curse But let 's consider e're our time be spent How soon we sin and yet how late repent He that delays Repentance makes great haste To his own ruin and commits a waste Upon his Soul for every hour we spend And not repent we wilfully befriend Our Adversary Hell whose Gins are set He lies and watches when to draw his Net The Net being drawn well may we run about And make our selves more fast attempting out Then our betrayed Souls may sadly say Had we repented when 't was said to day This Net had not ensnared us but we must cry We that did ever sin must ever dye Hymn 9. GRace is a vertue by which we may attain The lasting joy that doth above remain Where Souls above for ever live to sing The Halleluia's of their Glorious King Who in great triumph did ascend on high Freeing poor Souls from their captivity And bringing us into his perfect Bliss For by his purchase surely we are his For by his Blood our Souls have free access Into the place of perfect happiness There to enjoy the true Felicity That is prepar'd to all Eternity For those that Love and in him do delight Shall never cease to see his Glory bright Lord fit us for our latter end Then Death will be to us a friend To let us free from all distress Aud bring os into Happiness For to enjoy thy dearest Love Which is prepared for us above Where we for ever shall delight There to behold thy Glory bright Hymn 10. LOrd save me for thy Mercies sake And hear when I do Pray For thou alone art my defence My Rock my Hope my stay O hearken Lord to my desire And then be pleas'd to hear Prepare my Heart humbly to Pray And then incline thy Ear To the requests which I do make My wants thou well dost see O give an Ear when I do Pray With longing after thee O give relief to my poor Soul Which languishing doth lye Support me by thy mighty Power Until I come to die So that at last I may attain To that Felicity VVhich is prepared in Heaven above To all Eternity For such as in thy Law delight And therein spend their time They shall enjoy that lasting Light That in the Heavens doth shine On Isaiah 12. O Lord I will praise thee and say In the same day thou angry wâ—it Yet still thou comforts me alway For now thy Anger 's gone and Past Behold God is my Salvation On him I 'le trust all times for aid The Lord Jehovah is my strength Then why should I once be afraid He is become my Song my Joy For my Salvation in him lies Therefore shall we draw from those wells Those riches we so highly prise And in that day then shall we say Praise ye the Lord call on his Name Declare his doings all abroad And still exalt his mighty fame Sing to the Lord for he hath done Things excellent 't is known full well Rejoyce and shout all you that shall Within his Holy City dwell Hymn 11. DIrect me Lord in this thy day Which I have lived to see O guide me by the Saving Grace Never to swerve from thee So that the Thoughts and eke the words Which from my Mouth proceed May be according to thy word Upright in truth and deed O help me faithfully to spend The time thou dost afford In seeking still to do thy will According to thy word O let thy word be my delight My chiefest time to spend To know thy ttuths declar'd therein And understand the end Of thy great kindness shew'd to us By thy mercy so sweet When we were lost thou didst provide For us a Saviour meet Who for our sins laid down his Life And shed his blood so dear For to Redeem our wretched Souls And free us from that fear Which we upon our selves had brought By departing from thee O cleanse us by that blood of his And therewith set us free From Satan's Bonds wherein we lie In thraldom bound in Chains Release our captive Souls for thou Only can
ease our pains That so our Hearts and Souls in thee May ever more rejoice In singing praises to thy name With a delightful Voice Hymn 12. WHen as the Lord his People doth Bring back from Thraldom sad Then Jacob shall rejoyce and sing And Israel shall be glad The Lord is merciful and kind And gracious also In mercy plentious and free But in his anger slow Thy anger Lord's but a moment And for a nights weeping In thy favour is Life and Peace And Joy in the morning O shew to me the Path of Life Thy Treasure and thy Store At thy right hand fulness of Joy And pleasure ever more Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days For I shall dwell within thy House And ever give thee praise Hymn 13. O Lord how long wilt thou Thy presence from me hide Let not thy wrath for ever bâ—rn And I therein betide Remember Lord how short My days are to remain O keep me close unto thy self And not be made in vain What man is he that lives But once he must see Death My Soul deliver from the Grave When I give up my Breath Hymn 14. O Sing unto the Lord ye Saints Give praise unto his Name Remembring of his Holiness And thank him for the same O That the Lord would be to us As dew unto Zion Then shall we grow like to those Flocks That feed on Mount Hermon Rejoycing still in God our strength And trusting in his aid In his goud time he will provide We need not be afraid For in his everlasting Arms We shall be safe and sure The Covenant which he hath made For ever doth endure In faithfulness to them that do On him truly depend He will preserve us to the last In happiness to end Our days which through a vale of Tears Are spent as we may say At last shall reap most plentiful An Harvest Crown'd with Joy Hymn 15. UPon thy precious promises Lord help us to rely Depending on thy Word for thou Wilt us nothing deny When we sincerely on thee wait According to thy will O then make good thy Word to us And our desires fulfil For the sake of our Saviour dear Bring us more close to thee That so we may enjoy thy love And thy salvation see Within thy New Jerusalem Art sat in splendor bright Triumphing on thy Glorious Throne In Majesty and Might Where thy Redeemed ones shall sing Hallelujahs to thee Who are the purchase of thy Blood And with the same made free Of the great City where our God For evermore doth Reign Rejoicing with his Saints that were In Tribulation slain Where we before the Throne of God Shall serve him Day and Night Where we with Joy shall ever dwell Within his Temple bright Hymn 16. O Lord make us to understand The shortness of our Days And walk according to thy Word Upright in all thy ways For who doth know how soon he may Unto Account be brought For all the Deeds done in the flesh Which we our selves have wrought For every day before our eyes Such Objects Fresh appear Which shew to us most certainly We shall not long stay here O help us now for to prepare For that approaching hour Trusting in Christ that he alone Will Raise us by his Power With him to live and Reign in Joy Hallelujahs to sing Triumphing in his Victories Which doth salvation bring Unto all those that sincerely For his Redemption pray And patiently lay down our Lives Because he led the way Through Death to happiness and bliss The true Felicity Which is prepar'd in Heaven above To all Eternity Hymn 17. GReat Joy have they who on the Lord Do trust for their Defence Always depending on his Love With humble confidence He faithful is and will preserve All those that truly seek For to behold his Face with Joy Unfeignedly and meek He will make glad their souls when they Sincerely on him stay And Keep them close unto himself That they'â—go not astray Hymn 18. O God for thy Name sake Let me thy mercy find Into thy Favour take my soul For I am poor and blind My Soul is wounded sore My heart is weak and faint O Lord support me by thy Grace Now I do make complaint Help me O Lord my God O save me I desire That I may Know it is thy Hand And evermore admire Thy loving Kindness Lord Help me for to express And never to forget thy Love Thy Mercy and Goodness Which thou to me hast shown From time to time so free Continue still thy mercies Lord And bring me close to thee O help me to depend In faith upon thy grace That when this mortal Life shall end I may enjoy thy Face In Glory which thou hast Prepar'd for me above Which is the purchase of the Blood Of my dear Saviour's love Which on the Cross was shed By my dear Saviour Kind To purge away my sins that I May sure Redemption find Hymn 19. O Thou Eternal God of Life Prepare us for our End O help us on our Saviour dear Sincerely to depend O let our Meditations Lord Be fixed on that Day Trusting on Christ that he alone Will be our strength and stay So that approaching Death may not Our drooping Souls annoy When our Redemption draweth nigh Lift up our Heads with Joy For to behold our dearest Lord. In Glory to appear To take unto himself his Saints Who are his purchase dear So that with zealous Paul we may In holy Triumph sing O Grave where is thy Victory O Death where is thy sting But thanks be to our God who hath Given us this Victory Through Jesus Christ our Lord and saves Our Souls from misery Therefore beloved Brethren In stedfastness remain Knoâ—ing your labour in the Lord Shall never be in vain Hymn 20. LOrd Keep me in thy ways That thou wouldst have me walk That so I may rejoice therein And of thy Goodness talk Direct me in thy Truth O God be thou my Guide O Keep my Heart upright to thee So that I never slide Then I shall sing thy praise Most chearfully and say That thou O God art my delight My only hope and stay On thee I 'll ever Trust As on a Rock most sure Thy Faithfulness remaineth still And ever shall endure O happy sure are they Who on his Grace relie For he will save us to the last And Crown us when we die With Everlastiug Joy Within his heavenly place Where we fot ever shall behold The Glory of his Face Hymn 22. O Lord for thy pardon I beg Unto thee I appeal Forgive my Transgressions O God And my backslidings heal Through thy abundant Grace O Lord Let me find fresh supply For to support my fainting soul Which languishing doth lie O God let thy Almighty Power My wicked thoughts subdue O let thy holy spirit Lord My inward man renew O teach me to obey thy Voice And guide me in thy ways For by thy strength my life 's
upheld And the length of my Daies By thee is the fountain of life Continâ—ed unto me O leâ—tâ—y loâ—ing Kindness Lord Appear that I may see That fullness which is hid in thee O lead me to the brink Of the Rivers of thy Pleasures Where I may freely drink And with delight be satisfied With fat and pleasant things Resting securely under The shadow of thy VVings Now will I end as I began Begging pardon from thee O let the Blood of my dear Lord For ever set me free Hymn 22. O Lord in mercy speak the word And my poor soul shall live For in thy loving Kindness thou VVilt Grace and Glory give O Lord of Hosts thou art my strength Do thou my prayer hear O God of Jacob be my shield And in mercy give Ear. O God of my Salvation Turn thy fierce wrath from me And cause thy Anger for to cease And draw me close to thee That in thy blood my Soul may find A strong support from â—â—eeâ— O lâ—t the life of Grace increase From day to day in me Hâ—lp me with humble confidence Still to rely on thee Fulfil thy pâ—omises O Lord VVhich thou hast made to me O Lamb of God help me to live And daily on thee feed Being made free by thy dear Blood I shall be free indeed Now unto him that loved us And wash'd us from our Sin In his own Blood Shed on the Cross To make us clean within O Let us ever sing his Praise VVho is our sure defence And sincerely depend on him VVith humble Confidence Hymn 23. O Lord incline our Hearts to seek After that rest above O wean our Hearts from things below And fix them on thy Love For thou in Mercy hast prepar'd For us a resting-Place Help us sincerely to prepare For to enjoy thy Face O Let thy Gracious Presence Lord Convey us to thy rest We finding favour in thy Sight May happy be and blest Stand in the way and see the Paths Ask for the good old way And walk therein so shall we find Rest for our Souls I say O Let us not through unbelief From thy Presence be cast But in thy Mercy bring us Lord Unto thy rest at last Then Hallelujahs we shall sing And ever give thee Praise Great are thy Works O King of Saints Just and true are thy Ways Hymn 24. O Lord I am undone Without thy special Grace I humbly beg thy Favour Lord That I may see thy Face And joyfully in thee For evermore rejoice And sing thy Praises sincerely VVith a melodious Voice For thou hast always been To me a sure defence Therefore will I humbly depend On thee with Confidence And on thy VVord rely As on an Anchor sure Thy VVord in Faithfulness and Truth For ever doth endure Therefore in Heart will I Thy Hallelujahs sing VVho by thy sufferings on Earth Didâ—â—â—â—y Sâ—â—vation bring Blest be thâ—â— Day that thou Didst for me undertake To Plead my Cuâ—se as advocate And 〈…〉 â—â—ke Tâ—â—◠〈…〉 might come Inâ—◠〈…〉 â—bove V 〈…〉 Eteâ—â—â—â— Shall 〈◊〉 poâ—sess thy Love My shaking Hand and trembling Heart To me do plainly tell That in this Tabernacle here I have not long to dwell O Lord do thou look down on me Even for thy Mercy sake And draw me close unto thy self And into Favour take O God help me with serious Thoughts And longings after thee Prepare to meet my Saviour dear His Salvation to see To thee O Lord I make my moan To thee I humbly pray O let thy Mercy me support And be my Strength alway O give to me a taste of thine Eternity so sweet Then humbly I will lay my self At my dear Saviour's Feet O when shall I come and appear Before my Lord and King With Joy to all Eternity And Hallelujahs sing Hymn 26. O Lord watch over me for good This Night while I do sleep O Let thy Holy Spirit Lord My Soul in Safety keep Then in the Morning when I wake I will rejoice in thee And sing thy Praises all the Day For thy Kindness to me For thou O Lord art my defence The Strength whereby I stand O still support me by thy Grace And guide me with thy Hand Into those ways which lead to life O Lord do thou Direct My Feet into those Paths where thou Wilt safely me protect Then Chearfully in thee O Lord VVill I lift up my Voice For by thy loving Kindness thou Hast made me to rejoice In humble Thankfullness will I My Praises offer thee VVhen Face to Face my ravish'd Eye Thy Salvation shall see Hymn 27. O Lord if I in Faith dare let My Anchor on thee fall I have no need of earthly Trash For thou art all in all Mount up my Soul and in thy Thoughts Shake off those VVorldly Toys And fix thy Eye on the Mansions Of Heavens Eternal Joys Lord raise and rouze my sluggish heart Sincerely for to mind The swift approaching Shadows shew Death is not far behind Lord let thy Gracious Bounty fill My empty Soul with Praise And then in humble Thankfullness Let Peace conclude my days Then shall my Soul greatly rejoice In possessing thy Treasure To all Eternity and swim In never fading Pleasure Triumphantly there shall I sing Hallelujahs to thee For by thy Blood shed on the Cross My Captive Soul 's made Free Hymn 28. O Lord how shall my Guilty Soul Before thy strict Tribunal stand For I have broken all thy Laws And disobeyed thy just Command But thou Oh Lord art Merciful And of thy Goodness gives me Breath And swearest by thy self that thou Delights not in the Sinner's Death Upon thy Invitation Lord To thee I come in my Distress Some Pity take on my poor Soul And Seal to me a free Release O cleanse me Lord from all my Sins By thy dear Blood which on the Cross Was poured out for to redeem My Captive Soul when at a loss O let it not be shed in vain And I to have no share therein O let some drops upon me fall To purge me from the stains of Sin O purify my Heart and Mind And thy Free Pardon let me see Then Hallelujahs I shall sing To all Eternity with thee Hymn 29. O VVhither shall Iâ—fly O Lord Or what path shall I seek For to escape thy flaming wrath And punishment so deep VVhere shall I hide my self until Thy angry Thunder's past What silent Desart can me Keep When I by thee am cast O Lord in mercy cast an Eye Of Pity upon me For on thy Grace will I râ—lie And still depend on thee Lord I am vile and in my self Before thee trembling stand O Give Relief to my poor soul The work of thine own hand Nothing but mercy Lord I beg For that I only crave Redemption by thy precious Blood My guilty soul to save Therefore will I humbly admire Thy boundless love to me In redeeming my life with thine My Captive soul to free Now Lord in humble Thankfulness Will I give praise to
thee And â—â—ll of all thy wondrous works Which thou hast done for me Hymn 30. O Lord I am upon the brink Of an Eâ—dless Eternity Fnâ— it cannot be lonâ—â—â—efore I must lay down my head and die O Lord fit me for that great change That hasteth on wherein I must Resign my murmuring breath and be Turned into Rottenness and Dust But in the Lord I put my trust And in all humble subjection Depending on thy mighty power For a joyful Resurrection At that great Day when thou wilt sit In triumph on thy holy Hill Where we in Everlasting Joy With thine Elect shall drink our fill Of that New Wine in thy Kingdom VVhere we in Peace and Joy shall sing Eternal Hymns of Thanks and Praise To our Redeemer Lord and King Hymn 31. CHear up my soul in this dark night VVhich seems to me so long My God will cause his Ear to hear If I can find a Tongue Sincerely upon him to call VVhen I am in distress O then make bare thy Arm to save And give a free Release To my poor Soul which bound doth lie A Prisoner fast in Chains Dear Lord set free my captive Soul And ease me of my pains By thy dear Blood give my poor soul Refreshing hopes in thee Then chear fully shall I rejoice Thy Redemption to see O Lord help me to strive till death Support my feeble strife That at the last I may obtain From thee a Crown of Life Within thy New Jernsalem Where I shall gladly sing Eternal Praises to my God Which doth salvation bring Hymn 32. O Lord unfeignedly I beg Supporting Grace from thee O let me not be overcome By wicked Thoughts in me Into subjection bring my will Humbly for to admire That boundless Love of thine to me I nothing more desire O that I could sincerely prize Thot bleeding Breast of thine Which pierced was for to redeem This sinful soul of mine Well may my empty Soul bewail The greatness of my loss When I cannot in Faith behold My Saviour on the Cross Bleeding out his hearts Blood for me Upon that cursed Tree With Arms stretcht out and Feet fast nail'd Poor captive Souls to free O that I could by Faith embrace And fast about him cling Then chearfully shall I rejoice And Hallelujahs sing Hymn 33. DEar Lord in mercy help This wretched Soul of mine Make bare thy Arm and send Relief By thy Spirit Divine Consider my Distress How poor and low am I Refresh me with thy saving grace For on thee I relie 'T is pardon Lord I beg For that I only crave With free Redemption by thy Blood My guilty Soul to save O cleanse me from my sins Then I will spend my days In setting forth thy boundless Love And celebrate thy Praise With thankful Lips will I My Praises offer thee Still thirsting for the living God His salvation to see Bring me to that Fountoin And Spring of Life so clear Where streams of mercy over-flow From my sweet Saviour dear There shall my fainting Soul For evermore be blest Sweetly Reposing in thy Arms In everlasting Rest Psalm 51. O God have mercy upon me According to thy Love O blot out my Transgressions And let thy Kindness move Through tender mercies to my Soul O cleanse me from my sin O wash me thoroughly O Lord From all my stains within My Transgressions which are so great I acknowledg to thee O Lord be pleas'd in mercy kind To set thy Servant free Against thee only have I sinned In presence of thy sight I am condemned thou justified Because thou Judgest Right Behold I shapen was in sin And in iniquity Was I conceived and so brought forth To death and misery But thou desirest Truth O Lord Within the inward part Help me to keep true Wisdom there Tho in a broken Heart Purge me with Hysop then O Lord I shall be clean I know Wash my poor soul and I shall be More whiter than the Snow Lord make me to hear with Joy And Gladness that my Bones Which thou hast broken may rejoice With Penitential Groans O hide thy Face from all my Sins Iniquities blot out Create in me a heart O God That may be clean throughout Cast me not from thy Sence But let thy Spirit free Restore to me thy Salvation That I may joyful be Let thy holy Spirit Lord From day to day renew My inward Man that I may know Thy Precepts which are true Then I will teach Sinners thy ways And bring Converts to thee Transgressors shall walk in thy Paths In perfect Liberty O Lord God of my Salvation From bloody Guiltiness Deliver me my Tongue shall sing Aloud thy Righteousness O Lord do thou open my Lips And I will fing thy Praise My Mouth shall never cease to tell Of thy Goodness alwavs No Sacrifice dost thou desire Else would I give it thee Burnt-offerings thou delight'st not in But true Sincerity O God thy Sacrifices are A contrife Heart for Sin Which thou wilt not despise O Lord But takest delight therein O Lord in thy good Pleasure do Unto thy Sion good Build thou the Walls again O God Where thy Jerusalem stood With righteous Sacrifices Lord Thou wilt be pleased alway When we our offerings sincerely Unto thy Altar pay December 25. 1694. This is a joyful day indeed Which God himself hath wrought Our Admiration let it raise What he to pass hath brought O let us give Glory to God Who gave to us his Son For to redeem our Captive Souls When utterly undone A Gift so high beyond compare None but a God could give In offering up his only Son That our poor Souls might live O let us with the Heavenly Host To God our Prayers sing For sending us a Saviour dear Which doth Salvation bring For unto us a Child is born A Counsellour most Wise A Prince of Peace who will defend Us from our Enemies So that ovr Souls shall never want Who trust on his Mercy For he will guide us to those Springs Which run continually O bring us that Fountain pure And bathe our Souls therein Take off our Leprosie oh Lord And cleanse us from from our Sin That so unspottedly we may Before thy Presence stand And hear that joyful Sentence given To them on thy right Hand Grace before Meat GRacious Lord God Thou art the Fountain of Grace and Goodness that 's ever flowing and ever full thou providest for us in this Life and for a better Thou hast spread our Table before us at this Time We humbly Pray thee let it not become a Snare unto us but let us eat and drink as in thy Presence and let those Mercies we are now about to receive from thee engage our Hearts to love thee more and serve thee better And this we beg for Christ Jesus Sake Amen After Meat GRacious Lord God it is of thy great Mercy we are not consumed because thy Compassions fail not Thou hast fed our Bodies with thy Good Creatures at this time we humbly pray Thee do thou take Care for the feeding of our poor Souls and let us take heed now we have Eaten and are full lest we forget thee our God continue thy Favours to us make us glad with thy Inheritance and visit us with thy Salvation and all for the Sake of dear our Saviour and Redeemer Amen FINIS WAit and expect but fear not Death And always have a due regard Unto that promised recompence That brings with it a sure reward When as my face grows pale and wan And feeble knees together smite When loins are pain'd and heart doth melt And eyes begin to loose their sight O my dear God I humbly beg From thee alone supporting Grace Whereby I may enabled be To look grim death into the Face When fainting sweat bedews my Face And whispering thoughts come in my Head When breath grows short and speech doth fail And friends stand weeping round my bed Then my dear Lord I humbly pray From thee alone assisting Grace Whereby I may with courage strong Look Ghastly Death into the Face Assuredly believing that My Saviour dear will set me free Then Chearfully shall I rejoyce In singing praises unto thee Upon the Languishing Decay Of my dear friend Nicholas Day With serions thoughts I made this hymn September twenty one G. 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hâ—â— chastised us and we were chastised turn thâ— us and we shall be turned thou art the Loâ—â— our God O! that remembring our ways arâ— all our doings wherein we have been defileâ— we could loath our selves in our own sighâ— for our iniquities and for our abominations O! give us saving knowledg give us tâ—â— spirit of Truth who will guide us into â— truth incline our Ears to wisdom and oâ— Hearts to understanding that we may cry aâ—ter knowledg and lift up our Voice for uâ—derstanding that we may understand the feâ—â— of the Lord and find the knowledg of oâ— God that we may be able to cry unto thee â— our God we know thee hast thou not promâ—ed saying I will put my law into their Hearâ— and write it in their inward parts and I wâ— be their God and they shall be my Peopâ—â— O! that thou would'st give us this Knowledâ— that thou would'st fill our Hearts with tâ—â— knowledg as the Waters cover the Sea â— give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelatiâ—â— in the Knowledg of Christ that the Eyes â— our Understandings being inlightned we mâ— know what is the hope of his Calling aâ—â— what is the riches of the Glory of his Inherâ—tance in the Saints Dear FAther is not thâ— secret with the Righteous is not the secret the Lord Revealed to them that fear him â— give us a love of God and of Christ and all things that belong to him Thou hast said I will Circumcise their Hearts and the Hearts of our seed to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts and with all our Souls that we may live and not die Oh set us on fire burn us make us new and Transform us that nothing besides thee may live in us O! wound very deeply our Hearts with the Dart of thy Love and that because of our sins which are many are forgiven us we may love thee not a little but much Oh! that we were sick of Love that our understandings will and affections were all overcome and amazed and that our faintings were enflamed towards thee and even â—melted into thee O sweet Jesu touch our Souls with thy Spirit that Vertue may come out of thee into us draw us unto thy self Oh let the savors of thy Oyntments whose very Breath is love be ever in our Nostrils O give us the Flagons of the New Wine of thy Kingdom which may lift up our Souls above our selves in our Loves that we may forget the low and base Loves of this World and by an Heavenly access may be Transported into an Heavenly Love and Embrace Jesus Christ who is the Lord from Heaven with a love like himself Oh! let us desire Union with thee and help us to bring forth fruit unto thee O give us the fruit of the Spirit that may resemble thee and be pledges to us of thy Union with us O burn and consume whatsoever would grow one with our Souls besides thee O let the fire of thy Spirit so turn our Souls into a Spiritual Fire that the dross of the Flesh and the World being wholly consumed we may be Spirituaâ— and so bring forth Fruits only to the Spirit O sweet Saviour look upon us in mercy orâ— look of thine will awaken our loves and makâ— us to weep bitterly that we loved thee so little whom to love sufficiently our best and mightâ—est Loves are most insufficient Prevent ouâ— seeking with thy seeking be thou present witâ— us in thy Providence and Power when thoâ— seemest to be far off us in the tast of thy sweetness and fruition of thy Loves and then wheâ— we have regained thy Love we will hold morâ— hardly and keep more Fastly and love thee morâ— vehemently and provide a Stock of Loves in thâ— Summer against the Winter if it return any more O help us to love one another as Christ hath loved us and make Our Love to abound more more towards all men especially to them that arâ— of the houshold of Faith And good Lord cause us to love our Enemies to bless them that curse us and to pray for them that despightfully use us and persecute us O give us a zeal after God and his Truth good Causes and good men O let us not rest concented with a lukewarm Profession being neither cold nor hot but make Our Souls to break for the Longings they have for thy Judgments at all times O that we were Fervent in the Spirit zealous always in every good thing O that the zeal of thy house might even eat us up And that Our zeal might provoke Others unto thee O that thy Word were in Our Hearts like a burning fire that we were weary with forbearing and that we could not stay O give us the Grace of Patience Thou hast told us in the world we shall have Tribulation and thro' much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God O make us to run with patience the Race that is ses before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despised the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God O help us to consider him that endured such contradictions of sinners against himself lest we be wearied and Faint in Our Minds Let us not think it strange concerning the fiery Trial but rather rejoiâ—e in as much as we are made parâ—akers of Christs Sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy O teach us to reckon with our selves that the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared to that glory which shall be revealed in us Hast thou not said that if we be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are we O therefore that it may be given to us in the behalf of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for his sake O help us to deny our selves and to take up our Cross daily and follow our Saviour Give us perseverance and to this end make us to build on thy promises Thou hast said that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord tho he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his right hand Thou hast said to your Old Age I am he and even to hoary hairs will I carry you and I will deliver you for this God is our God for ever and he will be our Guide even unto death O give us One Way and One Heart that we may Fear thee for ever And make thou an evetlasting covenant with us That thâ—n wilt not turn away from us to do us good O put thy Fear into our hearts that we may not depart from thee And dear Lord help us to hold fast the profession of our Faith without wavering confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless unto the coming and day of our Lord Jesus Christ And dear Father
give us all other Graces a lively hope that may save us yea in those times let us with Abraham against hope believe in hope and give us joy in the Holy Ghost Thou hast said Joy is sown for the Righteous and gladness for the upright in heart O give us a filial Fear because thou takest pleasure in those that fear thee For in that day that thou makest up â—â—y Jewels they shall be thine and thou wilt spare them as a man spareth his own Son that serveth him O give t is humility and lowliness of Spirit casting down imaginations and every thing that exalteth it self against the Knowledg of God O give us meekness of mind that the Wolf may dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard may lie down with the Kid the Calf and young Lion and the Fatling together whilst a little Child may lead them O give us peace of conscience and the peaco of God that may guide guard and garison our whole souls And for our further assurance o give an increase and growth to all these Graces and do thou guide us continually and satisfie our souls in drought O make Fat Our Bones that we may be like a watered Garden and like a Spring of water whose waters fail not O let the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing under his wings that we may go forth and grow up as the Calves of the Stall O that thopu would'st be pleased to make our path as the path of the just even as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day O that thou wouldest be unto us as dew unto Israel that we might grow as the Lilly and cast forth our Root as Lebanon that our branches might spread and our beauty be as the Olive-tree and our smell as Lebanon O Lord hast not thou said I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground and I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed and my blessing upon thy Off-spring O put into our hearts their ways who go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appearing before God Nor pray we only for Remission but for cleansing not only for Pardon but for purifying and power against sin and deliverance from sin Holy God thou hast promised That he that is left in Zion and he that is left in Jerusalem shall be called holy when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the Daughters of Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the Spirit of Judgment and by the Spirit of burning Holy God thou hast said thou wilt put thy law in our hearts and write it in our inward parts Holy God it is thy promise the first promise and the Foundation of all other promises that the Seed of the woman should bruise the Serpents head that Christ should break the Power and Dominion of Satan O that having those Promises we could live by Faith that we could rest upon God and believe that God of his Free Grace in Christ will purge us from the filthy Remainders of sin and renew us more and more after his Own Image in Righteousness and true holiness Surely Lord thoâ— hast said it and therefore no Presumption buâ— true Obedience to assure our selves of whatsoever thou hast promised and entred into bond and covenant Freely to give us He that believeth on thee as the Scripture saith Out of his belly shall flow Rivers of living waters Christ is a Fountain of Grace ever flowing and ever Full and of his fulness we all receive grace for grace There is no grace but from Christ nor no communion with Christ but by Faith O therefore that we could embtace him by Faith for our sanctification that so we might be filled with the gifts of his grace in our measure 'T is Christ that is our Wisdom and Sanctification as well as Righteousness and Redemption O that our Jesus would justifie our Persons and sanctifie our Natures and enable us to those duties of holiness that he requires and that he would make us unto himself a Kingdom of Priests an holy Nation O Lord we have many potent Enemies that daily war against us the World the Flesh and the Devil and Our strength is too weak to vanquish the Allurements of this World and to repress the Lusts of our rebellious hearts or to defeat the Polices of Satan much more to cleanse our own hearts But O Lord thou hast promised O help us to believe that God who is rich in mercy will aid and assist and bless our Endeavours yea and do the whole work for us and in us according to his good pleasure O grant we may not love the world nor the things of the world that our hearts be not over-charged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life to neglect â—uâ— immortal souls O do thou be pleased to rouze us and lift us up from the death of sin unto a life of righteousness And good Lord grant that we may not suffer sin to reign in our mortal bodies that we should obey it in the lust â—hereof Neither suffer us to yeild our Members as â—nstruments of unrighteousness unto sin but unto God as those that are alive from the dead that being made free from sin and become the Servants of God we may have our fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life And dear Father grant that we may be sober and vigilant because our Advetsary the Devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour O make us strong in the Lord and in the power of his might that we may be able to stand against all the wilds of Satan Why Lord we wrestle not against flesh and blood only but against principalities and powers against thr Rulers of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places O therefore strengthen us that we may stand having the girdle of truth about our Loins the Breastplate of Righteousness and the shield of Faith wherewith we may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked We confess and acknowledg O Lord to thy glory that all our strength is in thee and in the power of thy might And dear Father we humbly beg that thou wilt be pleased to stand and stay by us by thy blessed Spirit of Grace the remaining part of our days that we may live righteously and godly in this present world so that we may be able to stand when the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open and may hear that joyful call thy blessed Son shall then pronounce Come ye blessed inherit the Kingdom prepared for you That then we may enter into those Joys that the Living God hath provided for such as Fear and Love and delight in him and for ever enjoy that glory our blessed Saviour speaketh of that he had with thee before the Foundation of the world O help us to draw near unto thee in
full assurance of Faith having our consciences sprinkled with clean water and our souls purged and rinsed in the blood of the Lamb that we may be as Vessels fitted for the Masters use O that we could but seriously think of that abundant Love wherewith the Lord Jesus loved us in that he took upon himself our Nature and to leave the bosom of his Father for the redeeming of our lost souls and yet we cannot leave our bosom sins our darling delights which have put him to those grievous Pains and Sufferings O when shall it Once be that the Love of Christ might constrain us and bring us into an holy Admiration of liking and loving and delighting in him O that we had but hearts to remember those Passion-crys our dear Saviour uttered on the Cross saying My God my God why hast thou forsaken me that so we might forsake our daily sins that made him thus cry out And dear Father do thou enable us to clear up our Evidences for another world for this is transitory and passing away O let us think often of that great Account we must One Day make before the Just Judg of all the Eaoth O let it make us weep when our Hourglass is standing by us to see how â—ast one sand followeth each other And who knoweth whether this day may not be the Sun-set of our Lives But O and alas who would defer to be upon his 〈◊〉 that knows not how soon he may be called â—o judgment Why should we be such enemies to our own souls as not to be prepared to welcome Death The best Counsel and the surest and safest care we can take is to be still in a readiness with our Lamps trim'd that we may be Furnished with those Graces and fitted and prepared to enter into those Joys with the Bridegroom at his coming and seriously to think with our selves that every day we rise to be the day of our death and every night we go to our beds that we are laid down in our Graves Who can Forget his Grave that lays himself down in his Bed And who would not so provide for himself as every night to think he went to his Grave Our days are but Few and the night will come e're long that we must die indeed howsoever we peice and patch up this poor Cottage of the flesh it will at the last fall into the Lords hand and as time leaves us so will Judgment and Eternity certainly find us It was Davids saying and oh that it might be our practice every night to wash our Beds and to water our Couches with our Tears O let us not slip over one night without repentance nor go to our beds but beat upon our breasts and say with the Publican from our very hearts Lord be merciful unto me a sinner How sweet a rest will that night bring forth whose sleep is prevented with the consideration of sin O therefore do thou help us and teach and instruct us to order our Conversation aright that so we may see the salvation of our God O do thou keep up in our memories a serious remembrance of those storms that have already gone over our heads as Wars Sores Sicknesses Plagues and Burnings as we have seen with our Eyes and many seasons unseasonable because we could find no season to repent and weep and mourn for our sins and for that precious time we have so often mispent Our Springs have rather been our Graves than our Cradles our Summers have not shoot up but withered our Grass our Autumns have took away our flocks of sheep and for our late Harvests the Heavens themselves have not ceased weeping for us that could never yet find time to weep for our selves O the miserable miseries that have fallen upon us were not our houses infected and our City depopulated and many Graves made a bed wheâ—ein to lodge a whole Family O and alas what a hideous noise was heard about us In every Church Bells tolling in every Ward some dying in every street men watching in every place even every where wringing of hands wailing and weeping groaning and dying These are the evils that have been and how should we forget them that have seen them with our eyes And what better Rule have we to square our Lives by than the remembrance of those evils our Lives have suffered Let us look back with good Old Jacoh and see the great reason we have to redeem the time past and that to come because our days are evil It is meer presumption to boast of the time to come Can any man say he will live till to morrow Look back you that trust in the staff of Egypt there is no man can assure you of one day as near as 't is to night some of us may be dead before the evening and stiff with cold more fit to lodg in our graves under Earth than in our beds above it Nay let us assure our selves our Life is of no long continuance What speak we of to morrow or this day when we are not sure of the least part of times division a very hour nay less Watch therefore saith our Saviour for ye neither know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come What is our Life but a Few hours and in one of them death must on necessity come For 't is appointed for all men once to die and after that the Judgment O let us watch then for the hour is at hand and we do not know how soon it will seize upon us this very hour the breath we draw may be our infection this very hour the bread we eat may be our poyson this very hour the cup we drink of may be that bitter cup that may never pass from us this very night may our souls be required of us But thou O Lord give us a gracious visitation that we may highly prize this moment of time with most serious watchfulness O let those Considerations of Death and Judgment work effectually on our Hearts and Consciences that they might make our very hearts to bleed within us nay to break and fall asunder in our breasts like drops of water O with what enflamed attention should we hear and pray with what insatiable graspings should we lay hold on the Lord Jesus Christ O that streams of tears might run down our cheeks for this precious time we have lost a day will come we know not how soon that we shall be past it and cannot recover it no not so much as one hour if we could give a thousand nay ten thousand worlds for it But O the Losses of Losses the Loss of our immortal souls the Spouse of our well-beloved Christ How many tears did he shed to save it what groans crys prayers and his dearest Hearts Blood did he pour out before God to redeem our poor souls from the Jaws of Satan O sweet Jesuâ— what a Loss is this call to mind this O my soul and tremble
sleep not in sin lest the sleep of death surprize thee the hour is certain in nothing but uncertainties For sure thou must die yet thou knowest not on what day nor in what place nor how thou shalt be disposed when death must be entertained O Lord how many thousand Bills of Mortality have passed over our heads and we little or nothing regard them who knows but some of us may fill up the next weeks account and be forc'd to render up our accounts before the Just Judg of all the Earth of all our deeds done in the flesh whether they be good or evil He that once thought to begin to take his ease was fain that very night whether he would or no to make his end would you have thought this He but now flourished like a green bay tree his thoughts full of mirth his soul of ease but I passed by and lo he was goue Gone whither his body to the grave his soul to hell whose turn may be next God only knows who knoweth all But whosoever we be that go on in a course of sin in the name of God let us seriously bethink our selves of Mortality how many have we heard of that went well to bed over night for ought any man could tell and yet have been found dead the next moâ—ning O help us to repent of all our sins by crying and sighing and sorrowing for sin It may be this night and that is not long to come but we may sleep our last in this world O keep us that we go not to bed with a conscience laden with sin O how should we take any rest or sleep with the brother of death when we lie down in danger of eternal death O there is no more but a breath one breath and no more no more but a step one step and no more Oh were not this lamentable that some One of us who are standing or sitting here should this night sleep his last and to morrow have his body carried to his Grave yea and before to morrow morning which the good Lord in mercy forbid have his soul cast from a bed of Feathers into a bed of Fire And yet alas alas if any of us should die this night in our sins or in an unregenerated state thus will it be with whomsoever we be To morrow may our bodies be cold under earth and our souls frying in the flames of hell 'T is good for us all to expect death every day and by this means death foreseen cannot possibly be sudden No 't is he dies suddenly that dies unpreparedly Watch therefore saith our Saviour be ever in a readiness and as we tender the everlasting wellfare of our poor souls let us learn that Lesson of our blessed Saviour not to lay up for our selves treasures on earth where Moth and Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal but lay up for our selves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where Thieves do not break thro' and steal it is those treasures those stocks of grace that will last us for ever which is a circumspect walking that Fervency of spirit that Zeal of good works that purity of conscience St. John speaketh of which is the property of every true hearted profeâ—sor It is the work the life the power of that prayer that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy O that we could lay up such heavenly provision against the day of caamity if while it is called to day we could make our peace with our peace with our heavenly Father by an humble exercise of repentance If in this time of grace we could purchase Gods Favour and those rarest Jewels of Faith and a good conscience if now before we come to appear at that dreadful Tribunal that we could be so happy as to make God and Christ our Friends in the Court of Heaven O how wellcom and how blessed then would our death be unto us come it never so suddenly still should death find us ready and if ready no matter how suddenly yea tho it were this night Oh help us seriously to consider what Jesus Christ did and suffered for us and for our sins O how was he sorrowful even unto death with exceeding sorrow which made him pray that the cup might pass from him yet with submission to his Fathers will and all to save our poor lost and undone souls O the riches and love and the free grace of Jesus Christ to us Oh the earnestness of his prayers and the agony he was in not drops of water only but his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground O how was he buffeted spit on reviled mocked and scourged sor our sins Oh how was the chastisement of our sins laid upon him and by his stripes are we healed And dear Father do thou be graciously pleased to keep up in us an humble remembrance of this abundant love wherewith the Lord Jesus Christ hath bound us he was crowned with Thorns for our sins that we through his merits might be crown'd with glory in the Kingdom of Heaven O unspeakable love how were his tender hands and feet nailed to the Cross his holy unspotted breast peirced with a spear and his dearest hearts blood let forth and all to save our poor souls from the pit of eternal destruction O let us consider the great necessity we are in in not looking unto this Jesus we have need of Christ we have need that he pray in us and need that he pray for us unto our heavenly Father we have need that he work in us and need that he work for us of his plessed will and pleasure We have need that he present us and ours blameless before his Fathers presence in life and death and at the Judgment day O Lord there is not a moment in our lives wherein we stand not in continual need of Jesus Christ O then let our necessities drive us to Christ and mind us of Christ And as it hath been our great misery in departing from God dear Father we beseech thee to cause us now to lay out all our strength by the blessed assistance of thy holy spirit of grace to the uttermost of our power to gain a reconciliation with God to close with him on his own terms propounded to us in the Gospel And dear Father be pleased to raise up in us a love and a delight in the keeping holy thy Sabbaths here on earth that so we may be fitted and prepared to keep an ever lasting Sabbath with thee in Heaven Dear Lord pardon cleanse purge O purifie and make new our inward man by thine Almighty power subdue our corruptions and renew our Natures and bring us near unto thy self by the gracious workings of thy blessed spirit O forget not thy loving kindnesses of old but reach O reach our souls by the blessed spirit of thy grace O let us feel the power of thy
O Lord art great and good Thy mercies ever sure Thy truth to Generations doth Eternally endure Psalm 116. I Will love thee O Lord my God Incline thy Ear to me Therefore as long as I do live I will call upon thee O Let my Voice and my Request Lord Always accepted be From pains of Hell and sorrow For ever keep me free O Lord I will call on thy Name Lord I beseech thee hear Thou gracious art and merciful And righteous every where O Lord preserve my drooping Soul O help for I am low O bring my Soul unto thy rest That I thy love may know Deal bountifully with my Soul Deliver me from fears O keep my Feet from sliding Lord My mouruing Eyes from Tears Then I shall walk before the Lord Within the living Land I did believe therefâ—re I spake By thy afflicting hand I said in my passion and haste That all men Liars be What shall I render to the Lord For all his Love to me The Joyful Cup of Salvation I thankfully will take And call upon the Name of God For his great mercy sake And pay my Vows unto the Lord. Right precious in his sight Is the Death of his people all As are the Saints in Light Truly I am thy Servant Lord Thy Servant still will be O let those hands that thou hast loosed Tie me faster to thee Psalm 119. v. 105. THY Word 's a Lamp unto my Feet And a Light to my way Thy Righteous Judgments I will keep By Night and eke by Day I am afflicted very much In mercy quicken me O Lord according to thy word Accept I beseech thee The Free will Offerings of my Lips And thy Judgments teach for me My Soul is ever in my Hand Yet I forget uot thee The wicked have laid Snares for me Yet I erred not from thee Thy Testimonies and Precepts My Heritage shall be For they are the Joy of my heart I am inclined alway For to perform thy Statutes Lord Unto the end I say Psalm 147. O Praise the Lord for it is good Unto our God to sing His Praise his comly in his Saints For 't is a pleasant thing The Lord doth build Jerusalem And gathers the Out-cast Of Israel together that None of them shall lie waste He healeth the broken in heart And binds up Wounds and Scars The Hosts of Heaven he calls by Name And numbereth the Stars Great is our God and of great Power His Understanding deep He casts the wicked to the ground But raiseth up the meek Sing to the Lord with Thanksgiving Sing praise to God on high He maketh Grass on Mountains grow By showers when they are dry He giveth to the Beast his Food And the Young Ravens which cry In them that fear him he delights Who hope in his mercy O praise the Lord Jerusalem O Zion thy God praise He doth make strong thy Bars and Gates And in thee Children Raise He maketh peace in thy Borders And Keeps all safe and sure He Feeds thee with the finest VVheat And Oil that is most pure To Persons Three in Trinity Adoration and Praise As hath been done since Time begun And so shall be always Isaiah 35. 10. COme to Zion with Songs In heart with one accord Return with Everlasting Joy â—e Ransomed of the Lord. True Gladness to obtain With Faces Full of Joy Sorrow and Trouble then shall cease And signing fly away All Tears then from our Eyes VVhich down our Cheeks distil For offending our Saviour dear His Mercy and Good VVill Shall then be wiped away From all our Faces sad For his inheritance shall we For evermore be glad Hymn 1. BEhold now saith the Lord of Hosts You Proud that wickedly do boast The day is coming that shall burn You up as stubble in an Oven As Ashes under Foot are trod The wicked shall fall by thy Rod And meet with no deliverance But be destroy'd both Root and Branch But upon you that fear my Name The Sun of Righteousness shall rise VVith healing underneath his VVings And with great Joy our souls surprise O make us Captives of thy Love In true obedience to stand Humbly submitting unto thee In Faithfulness to thy Command Then Joyfully in thy presence Our Ransomed souls shall ever sing Triumphant Hymns of Thankfulness To our Jehovah Lord and King Hymn 2. LOrd pardon my Feigned Requests O make me more sincere In love for to admire him VVho is my Saviour dear And with a full purpose of heart Now to cleave unto thee Taking delight to do thy will In true sincerity O Lord help me now to draw near In truth of heart to thee In full assurance of thy Love And Kindness unto me For in thy Righteousness thou hast Proclaimed thy self to be O God that hears the prayers which In Faith are made to thee Raise my Affections to thy house O God where I may find Supporting grace for to revive My dead and darkned mind Rouze up my drowsie Soul O Lord And make me stand upright My God shall be my Glory then And everlasting Light I will greatly rejoice in God My Soul shall joyful be VVith the Garments of Salvation O Lord do thou cloathe me Then in thy Robes of Righteousness Shall I with Joy appear Before the Judgment Seat of him Who is my Saviour dear Hymn 3. DEar Lord without thy special Grace Our souls cannot appear Nor stand before thy Judgment seat Who art just and severe But in thy mercy give us Lord An heart for to express Thy Loving Kindness to us shown With humble Thankfulness O help us to rely on thee Intercession to make And plead our Cause as Advocate Even for thy own Name sake For herein lies our happiness When we were at a loss Full satisfaction he hath made In dying on the Cross O let this precious blood of thine Which was shed on that Tree Procure for us a lasting Peace And by it make us free O let it mollifie our hearts Which are grown hard by sin O make them soft so we shall be Pure and clean within O melt and make us new O Lord By thy Spirit of Grace Transform us by thy mighty power That we may see thy Face And joyfully in thy Presence For ever sit and sing Hallelujahs unto our God Which doth salvation bring Hymn 4. O Hear and help me Lord For on thee I depend Enable me to do thy will And seriously to spend My days for they are short My Glass is almost run Without thy special grace O God I am utterly undone Make haste and be my aid Give strength for I am poor Let not thy mercy come too late I humbly thee implore At thy Throne of Grace A Begger I will lie My Poverty is great O God O do not me deny 'T is for my Saviour's sake That I thus boldly crave Supporting Grace for to uphold My fainting Soul to save Then humbly I 'le rejoice And of thy Goodness sing For thou my Refuge and Defence