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
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
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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