most innocent For us is ready slain And we as Guests are hither sent To feed on him again 3 But O what Love and Grace is here When we were hungry Christ's Body Lord thou didst prepare That for us he might die 4 For nothing but his Flesh and Blood Could our poor Souls sustain Therefore O Lord thou didst cry forth O let my Lamb be slain 5 O let his precious Blood run out For to them it I 'll give Or else they 'll perish without doubt 'T is doâ—â—â— Come eat and live 6 Eat eat O Friends on what is good And drink abundantly The best of Heav'n is your Food No fatness I deny 7 O Lord thy Love is very sweet And we therefore do cry O feed us with this precious Food Untill we come to die 8 And we will sing thy Praises Lord Even both rich and poor And to the blessed Lamb we 'll sing Praises for evermore HYMN 152. A Hymn of Praise after the Lord Supper Saints die with Christ. 1 ALI glory unto Christ the Lord 'T is thy immortal fame VVe will sing forth with one accord And glorifie thy Name 2 O blessed God thou art all Love No minute 'scapes thy breast But brings a favour from above In that sweet love we rest 3 Lord didst thou die and do we live Hath not grief slain us yet Vocuhsafe to us thy grace to give To live as it is meet 4 Did thy most precious love to me Make thee to leave thy Throne And mount the Stage of Infamy And shalt thou die alone 5 Lord let me die unto sin That death O let me see Be thou the death of sin O Lord VVhich was death unto thee 6 And as all fulness is in thee O then we pray pour in For we are empty thou dost know Except it be of sin 7 And since thou hast O Holy One A Salve for ev'ry Sore Let us rejoyce and praise thy Name Now and for evermore HYMN 153. Luke 13. 10. Joy in Heaven when Sinners repent 1 LOrd is there joy in Heav'n above VVhen Sinners turn to thee Let this our Souls affections move To long till it we see 2 VVhat cause of joy then hath that heart VVho with repenting tears Unfeignedly cleaves unto thee And to thy ways adheres 3 Shall holy Angels Lord rejoyce In our sweet happiness When all the good is unto us To them not more nor less 4 In this they act Lord like to thee Who for our only good VVas sacrificed on the Tree To wash us in thy Blood 5 And shall not we now learn of thee To seek the good of others And with one heart strive to impart All comfort to our Brothers 6 Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce This duty let us love And then thy VVill we shall fulfill As Angels do above 7 But what a low and carnal heart Hath he whoe're he he VVho being full will not impart To those in misery 8 To pity and not to relieve Doth certainly declare Such never did God's Grace receive In truth nor are sincere 9 Acknowledg how you have transgress'd Against the Lord your God And let it be with grief confess'd What By-Paths you have trod 10 For if we do our sins confess Faithful and Just is he From sin and all unrighteousness To cleanse and set us free HYMN 154. Sung after Sermon Psal. 31. 19. Great Goodness laid up and wrought out 1 GReat Goodness thou O Lord hast wrought Who can of it conceive And those thou dost regenerate 'T is they do it receive 2 'T is they who are delivered From that forlorn estate They once were in when they lay dead Under thy fearful hate 3 'T is they whose Souls united be Unto thy self O Lord And have Communion too with thee And prize thy blessed Word 4 They are alive and love thee dear Thy Image also they Do in their Souls most clearly bear And taste of thee each day 5 They of Christ's Blood and Merits shall For certain have a part And though they sin they cannot fall From thee Lord in their heart 6 Their Souls shall live eternally They sing thy praise therefore This work being wrought in our Souls We 'll sing for evermore HYMN 155. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament A Feast of Fat things 1 LOrd thou our bless'd Physician art Who for our Souls didst die Thou dost thy precious Blood impart Our Souls to purifie 2 When sin and sickness did appear And nought could do us good A Med'cine then thou didst prepare To heal us with thy Blood 3 Thou art O Lord our glorious Sun Light Heat and Life 's from thee And thou upon our Souls has shone By which we quickned be 4 A Banquet rich thou dost provide A Table of Fat things To feast our Souls O let us eat And drink of thy own Springs 5 The Feast is thine of thine own cost The Lamb is of thy Fold It is the best in all the Flock More precious far than Gold 6 No spot in him was ever found No blemish but all pure Yet for us he had many wounds Thy wrath he did endure 7 He drank the bitter of the Cup That no wrath might remain That we might drink in draughts of love And come to life again 8 And spend our days upon the Earth In joy through thy sweet Spirit Until we come thy glory great In Heaven to inherit HYMN 156. Psal. 31. 19. Goodness wrought 1 HOw great is thy sweet goodness Lord VVhich for us thou hast wrought By Jesus Christ our dearest Friend VVho our dear Souls hath bought 2 That so we might that goodness have His Life he did lay down Our Souls from Death and Hell to save And us with glory crown 3 And as for us Christ wrought it out So in us we do see The Spirit works without all doubt That we convinc'd might be 4 And so doth cause us for to feel What unto sin is due The weight of which would make us reel And vengeance soon ensue 5 But 't is to heal that he doth wound The Soul and makes it cry And then with speed he doth make haste A Plaister to apply 6 None but thy Spirit can convince And us for Grace prepare And we O Lord may see from hence How helpless once we were 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be blessing honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 157. Sung after Sermon Rom. 1. 6. The Gospel the power of God 1 WE of thy Gospel holy Lord Are not asham'd to own Because thy glory shines therein And power is made known 2 Thy Gospel is the means whereby We Lord came to believe And in it does great Riches lye VVhich we by Faith receive 3 Thy Grace in it does glorious shine And by thy Spirit we Are wrought upon and so made thine And union have with thee 4 VVhat cause have we therefore to sing That we thy Gospel have And praise our God and heav'nly
cleave 6 O then let us break forth and sing We shall have peace at home Our sighs shall go for we do know The Comforter is come HYMN 68. Joh. 3. 8. The Wind bloweth where it listeth c. 1 THe Wind Lord is invisible Its way we can't find out No Mortal can thy Spirit see Though he does search about His motions they most hidden are Mysterious in their kind That thou dost them oft-times compare To motions of the Wind. 3 The Wind at thy command doth blow Lord 't is as thou dost please Thy Spirit moves on us below To wound or to give ease 4 According to thy Sovereign Grace It operates on Men Sometimes he doth sharply rebuke Then cherishes agen 5 Like as the North-wind so does he The Worms and Weeds destroy Those filthy Vermin which we see Our Souls so much annoy 6 He tryals and afflictions lays On us and does reprove And then sweet Southern-gales displays Our sorrows to remove The second Part. 1 He like the Wind doth Clouds expell And makes a clearer Air Our ignorance he doth repeal And makes our Sun shine clear 2 He like the Wind does search and try And pierces ev'ry part By which he does discern and spy The secrets of each heart 3 He dryes up all our ways so foul And makes our paths more clean He makes a holy gracious Soul Which had most filthy been 4 His influence and bless'd effects We oftentimes do feel He makes the tender Willows bend And mighty Cedars reel 5 He makes the glory of Man to fade Like Flowers of the Field And throws down houses such have made Who on the sands do build 6 He blows oft-times till Rain does fall Or Tears do pour amain And afterwards we see withall He clears our sky again The Third Part. 1 Men with much care and observance Do mind how the Winds blow So we th' Spirits influence Likewise should strive to know 2 Our Souls becalm'd sometimes we see For want of a fresh gale Without thy Spirit move can't we Thy Wind must fill our sayl 3 Sometimes thy Spirit blows so slow As if it quite were still Yet at such times his work doth do With strange and wondrous skill 4 From all which things it doth appear Th' Spirits Operations Are sometimes less and sometimes more He differs in his motions 5 Let 's cry to God who holds the Winds In his Almighty Fist Who makes it blow this way or that As he himself doth list 6 That he would send a fresher gale Upon his Garden so That our sweet Fruit may never fail But Spices forth may flow HYMN 69. 1 Thess. 5. 22. Quench not the Spirit 1 O Lord 't is sharp 't is very cold A Fire let us have We seem benumm'd both young and old Thy Spirit we do crave 2 'T is that will warm and quicken us Who are so flat and dead Shall we lye starving and chill'd thus As if all joys were fled 3 There is in us so little heat Our Spirits are so faint O blow thy fire we intreat That spark in ev'y Saint 4 It does give light and also warmth Yea 't will revive us so That we shall mount and high ascend Above all things below 5 Let it consume and seize upon That Chaff which is within O let it burn in every one And quite consume our sin 6 Ye Saints take heed ye quench it not But let it vehement burn And kindle so that every sin It may to Ashes turn 7 Without this fire we can't work Nor any business do Life motion and activity Always from him does flow HYMN 70. 1 Joh. 2. 20. But ye have an Unction from the holy One 1 OUr wounds do stink and are corrupt Hard swellings we do see We want a little Oyntment Lord Let us more humble be 2 Thy Spirit will allay our pride And bring us to thy feet And when that we are softened Thy Image on us set 3 This Oyl will heal and mollifie O pour it quickly in That we may live and never die Lord by our cursed sin 4 This Oyl of thine O it is good All Poyson to expell It by the vertue of thy Blood Does heal thy Israel 5 Though worst of Venom in us lye And has corrupt each part Yet if thou dost this Oyl apply 'T will heal our very heart 6 And if our face anoynted be 'T will make it glorious shine 'T will strengthen us and make us fat Such is this Oyl of thine 7 Thy Oyl will not incorporate With any liquid things An Underlin it won't be made But to the top it springs 8 O then afford us Oyl we pray To chear and make us glad And we thy praise will sing always And never more be sad HYMN 66. Eph. 1. 13. After ye believed ye were sealed with that spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance c. 1 A Great Estate is purchased We would Possession have Of that blessed Inheritance An Earnest therefore crave 2 Was it not purchased O Lord For us by our dear Friend O then a Pledge do thou afford An Evidence to end 3 The Controversie that doth rise Continually within If we 'll believe our Enemies Our Title 's lost by sin 4 But we a promise of it have From thee who can'st not lie And therefore now we humby crave An Earnest speedily 5 Like as an Earnest doth confirm And give an assurance Of some great purchase even so We all may see from hence 6 God's Spirit is unto our Souls An Earnest of all good Which Jesus Christ did buy for us With his most precious Blood 7 And as an Earnest when 't is given Doth make the Bargain sure So certain shall he have Heaven This Earnest doth procure The second Part. 1 He that God's Spirit doth obtain Shall grace and glory have For he an Earnest of it hath From one that can't deceive 2 O then come down O blessed Dove Abide thou in our breast To be an Earnest of God's love And quietly we 'll rest 3 But cease will not but always cry With confidence of Soul Thou art our God O strengthen us That none may us controul 4 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be blessing honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 72. Eph. 1. 30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption 1 O Lord now we perceive most clear Thy love is great indeed Ah we shall the Inheritance have Which thou to buy didst bleed 2 Thou wouldst not Lord bought it so dear Had not thy purpose been To make it sure unto our Souls In spite of World or Sin 3 And as for us thou didst it buy And we the Earnest have So now we also do espy A Seal to us does cleave 4 We sealed are O that 's a thing Which highly's valued And great assurance doth it bring Of what is purchased 5 It also doth impression make Upon the
wax always So we thy Image have hereby And shall have all our days 6 But as the wax must melted be Before it can receive Th' impression of the Seal so we Are softned who believe 7 And this doth thy bless'd Spirit do That holy Fire divine His influences this does show Thus doth his glories shine The second Part. 1 And as a Seal some strive to change Or it do counterfeit So Satan who about doth range Does strive our Souls to cheat 2 A Seal is used to secure Things secret and close so Thy Saints preserved are hereby From Men and Devils too 3 Now see ye who Professors are That you have melted been As soften'd like the wax have you Been broken for your sin 4 Hath any promise been set home With power on your heart Did ever so God's Spirit come His Image to impart 5 O what Impression do you find Is holiness in you Do you now in the Lord delight More than in things below 6 Take care you who are sealed Ones Ye don't the Spirit grieve Don't make him sigh with bitter groans Since such a Seal you have 7 O prize him and unto him live He is your dearest Friend Due glory see to him you give Always unto the end HYMN 73. Eph. 4. 30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God c. 1 THe holy Spirit grieve do not Which God to you doth give From whom ye have all that rich grace By which to God we live 2 It is the Spirit that renews The Souls of every one That are brought home to Jesus Christ Whose darkness now is gone 3 All light and comfort doth proceed From his sweet influence 'T is dangerous then him to grieve You may perceive from hence 4 By him you live by him you walk Without his help can't we Do any good O therefore now Let him not grieved be 5 But bless the Lord he 's not withdrawn O sing his praises forth And live to him as long as you Do live upon the Earth HYMN 74. Rom. 8. 16. The Spirit it self beareth Witness with our Spirit 1 O Lord we have a blessed grant Of an Inheritance And so hath every holy Saint And thy grace to advance 2 Thou dost to us an Earnest give Of it to make it sure And Sealed 't is when we believe Unto us too for ever 3 But that we might by no means doubt To make it firmer yet A Witness Lord thou hast found out Which thou saw'st requisite 4 Sure 't is some great and glorious thing That purchas'd was so dear And 't will eternal comfort bring To have a title clear 5 O let thy Spirit Lord come in We ll hear what he can say Before we dare once Lord attempt A Claim unto it lay 6 But since one Witness may not do And two required are Let Conscience with thy Spirit now His witness also bear The Second Part. 1 Thy Spirit must Lord testifie That we are born again Is all sin dead Let Conscience speak To put us out of pain 2 Two Witnesses nay such as these We 'll prize for they are true Ah! they will free us from all fear VVhatever does insue 3 If they together do agree The Controversie's gone If we new Creatures truly be VVe safe are ev'ry one 4 They 'll make us to lift up our head VVith joy triumphantly All sorrow will be vanquished O then let 's search and try 5 By thy own Law for ' t is thy Word The matter must decide Thy Spirit from thy Word O Lord VVe never must divide 6 O happy Soul art thou sincere Upright in life and heart Do both these joyntly witness bear That thus also thou art 7 Then sing the praise of God above VVho clears to thee this thing O with the Spirit fall in love And praise our glorious King HYMN 75. Joh. 7. 30. He that believeth out of his Belly shall flow Rivers of living water 1 VVE of a River now will sing A Stream that sweetly runs And praise the high and glorious King That he the Channel turns 2 This way to us in these dry Isles I' th' solitary place Sweet streams of water doe rise up God doth pour sorth his grace 3 This makes our Wilderness rejoyce It Sion doth make glad And Saints to sing with chearful voice That mourn'd and were so sad 4 This River sweetly soaks the Earth VVhere-e're its streams do run And plenteously he will pour forth His waters e're he 's done 5 This River O 't is very deep The bottom none can know Fresh always doth its waters keep And yet they over-flow 6 Its Banks they are God's holy VVord That is his lasting bounds Oh! where God doth his Name record There are these waters sound 7 Over these Banks it will not go Nor ever break them down VVhoe're they be who make a breach They shall be overthrown The Second Part. This River when it swiftly runs With an impetuous stream It drives the Soul to Jesus Christ O there 's no stopping them 2 Trees that are planted by its side How sweetly do they grow Like Willows by the Water-course And Drought such never know 3 This River brings things from afar The best Navigation Is in this River to set out 'T will bring us to Salvation 4 That Soul which doth imploy himself And work herein each day He shall be rich eternally And a bless'd Scepter sway 5 The Waters of this River are Excellent good to drink If thou dost taste thou wilt no more Upon your sorrows think 6 No Wines so rare ne're cou'd compare With these Waters besure And such who do drink of them too Ah! he shall live for ever 7 Sing to the River River of God Let Sion much rejoyce O sing ye Saints with one accord To Christ with chearful voice HYMN 76. Ezek. 36. 25. I will sprinkle clean water upon you Joh. 7. 30. Out of his belly shall flow living water c. 1 THis River flows from God above It from his Throne proceeds And sweetly too this way doth move It many millions feeds 2 These Waters purge from filthiness Come wash and be you clean It makes the barren Soul flourish And spread his Branches green 3 It 's cooling to a sweating Soul That Satan hunts about 'T will quench the fire of lusts within It does allay our drought 4 It makes the Seed of Grace to grow It mollifies our Earth All such its influences know Who witness the new birth 5 It heals the wounded Soul likewise There 's no disease within But by these Waters cur'd have been O drink and drink agen 6 O come unto these Waters ye Who very thirsty are To all that come they are most free O drink and do not spare The Second Part. 1 Do not be foolish and mistake To go to the wrong Well These Waters 't is that you must take Which far alas excell 2 All Waters you can go unto Ah! would you healed be To Christ by his own Spirit come And
176 1 341 â—hrist preached 177 1 342 â—onders of Grace 178 1 343 â—ymn of Thanksgiving 179 1 344 â—ower of Prayer 180 1 345 â—aiâ—ts Safety 181 1 346 â—ll praise to God 182 1 347 â—hey shall look to him 183 1 348 â—fter a Fit of Sickness 184 1 349 â—uy Gold tryed 185 1 350 â—eavenly Feast 186 1 352 â—arvest of Joy 187 1 353 â—oful Harvest of the wicked 188 1 354 â—hrist's Passion 190 1 355 â—or wake ye Virgins 191 1 356 â—hrist's Exhaltation 192 1 357 â—igns of the Last Day 193 1 358 â—â—ay of Jubilee 194 1 359 â—ymn of Praise 195 1 360 â—leeding Heart 196 1 361 â—â—ings done for us 197 1 362 â—hings done in us 198 1 363 â—race shining 199 1 363 â—read indeed 200 1 364 â—east of Fat things 201 1 365 â—nless that ye believe 202 1 366 â—he glorious Gift 203 1 366 â—hrist become poor 204 1 367 â—ymn of Praise 205 1 368 â—he blessed Man 206 1 370 â—hrist's Kingdom 207 1 371 â—aints Security 208 1 372 â—rath against Persecutors 209 1 373 Misery of the wicked 210 1 374 The spotless Saint 211 1 374 Pastures flourishing 212 1 375 Sion repair'd 213 1 37â— The perfect Man 214 1 376 Prayers answered 215 1 37â— Spiritual Worshipperâ— 216 1 37â— Sacred Pantings 217 1 37â— Sheep of God's Pasture 218 1 38â— A Psalm of Praise 219 1 38â— Longings for good Times 220 1 38â— Free Pardon 221 1 38â— All Creatures to praise God 222 1 38â— Hymns to be sung as the 25th Psalm Hymn 59. 2d Part. Page 146. Hymns 63 64. 7th 8th Parts Page 160 161. Hymns to be sung as the 100dth Psalm Hymn 20. 6th Part. Page 47. Hymn 62. 6th Part. Page 158 159. Hymn 14. Page 270. Hymn 118. 3d. 4th Part. Page 276 277. Hymn 222. Page 383. ERRATA PAge 34. Line 19. add shall Page 41. Line 17. r. Men. Page 45. Line 23. for Jesus r. â—ess Page 46. Line 12. blot-out O. Page 64. Line 6. for weak r. â—eek Page 78. Line 8. for likely r. leaky Page 156. Line 15. blot out Lord. Page 157. Line 18. blot out do SPIRITUAL MELODY Containing Near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns c. PART I. THE INTRODUCTION ALL praise be given to the Lord Who condescends so low For to unfold deep things to us By things which we do know Lord give us more Knowledge divine Thy Word Explain to us That we may find those things of thine To be indeed precious Pour forth thy Spirit on us Lord Deep Mysteries to know That we may find Grace in our Souls And in it also grow And by it may be help'd alwayes Thy Praises to sing forth And live also unto thy praise Whilst we are on the Earth PART I. SACRED HYMNS Setting forth The Glory and excellent Perfections of GOD the FATHER HYMN â— Math. 5. 16. Glorifie your Father which is in Heaven 1 A Father doth his Child beget So we begotten are By thy own Word and Spirit Lord And do thine Image bear 2 He likewise doth his Children cloath And doth them also love So thou most richly cloaths all such That are born from above 3 A Father feeds and does protect Such who his Children be So thou dost feed and save all those Who do belong to thee 4 And also doth delight in them Who him resemble do To such who are most like to thee Thou dost chief favour show Second Part. 5 A Father loves his Children should All live in Unity So thou delights to see thy Saints Walk in sweet Harmony 6 He ever does o'relook the faults Which he in them does spy So all thy People's faults likewise Thou dost O Lord pass by 7 'T is a high honour to descend From such who Noble be Kings Children are all but base born To those Lord born of thee 8 Rich Parents may soon poor be made And also they do die Thou Lord art rich and so wilt be Unto Eternity 9 All praise and glory unto God Our Father be therefore And unto Christ that ransom'd us Be Praise for evermore HYMN 2. Psal. 73. 26. God the Portion of his People 1 A Portion Lord thou didst design On thine for to bestow Nought didst thou think was good enough For them of things below 2 Nor things in Heaven which excell And therefore dost impart Thy self as the Portion alone Of all upright in Heart 3 Who then is able to conceive How rich thy Children are For they have all since they have thee And each an equal share 4 All have a God all have a Christ Nay all that thou hast too Each one hath thee intirely This does their Riches show 5 And they Lord never shall have less Their Portion can't be spent Nor treacherously by wicked ones From them it can't be rent 6 Fire can't their bless'd Portion burn Nor Thieves steal it away Nor Moths nor Rust it can't corrupt O happy happy they The second Part. 7 All things are theirs who have thee Lord Thô under age they be But yet that day will quickly come Of their Felicity 8 When full possession they shall have Of all that is their own And every one of them thou wilt With lasting Glory Crown 9 This Portion ah how doth it suit And answer every want And fully does it satisfie The Soul of every Saint 10 All Glory and high praise therefore Let us together sing To God the Father and the Son From whence such Riches spring HYMN 2. Psal. 90. 1. God the Saints dwelling place 1 THy Saints Lord have a dwelling strong And thou that dwelling art No habitation like to this Hath any haughty Heart 2 For 't is the low and humble Soul That in the Lord does dwell Where such do rest and have repose This dwelling doth excell 3 A house ah 't is our home always And when we absent be How do we long for to return So do our Soul till we 4 Return again unto our God When we from thee do stray O bring us to our bless'd abode Christ Jesus is the Way 5 We here no perfect rest shall find Untill we fixed are In our brave house that is above No Palace like to it here The second Part. 1 A House preserves from heat and cold From Winds and cruel storms Those who Lord dwell in thee are bold Being safe from fear of harms 2 And in our House our comforts lie And all our chiefest treasure God is our Joy our Souls delight In whom is sweetest pleasure 3 Propriety unto a house Doth make it valued Our interest in our God alone Makes us lift up our head 4 In a great House are many Rooms To dine and also lye Rare secret Chambers also we Do in thee clearly spy 5 Each Attribute is as a Room Whither thy Saints do go By precions Acts of Faith and then Nothing they fear below 6 Another house thô stately t is It may be batteâ—d down But thou art such a House O Lord That can't be overthrown
show To whom God did impart 2 All fulness of the Deity It in this Branch appears Most precious Fruit we do espy This Branch for ever bears 3 The Branch is of the self-same kind With the Root of the Tree The self-same nature we do find That Abraham's Children be 4 Of thou didst take that so thereby We might assurance have That every way thou fitted art Our precious souls to save 5 A Branch partakes too of the Sap Which in the Root does lye So in the Virgins Womb was fed Thy blest Humanity 6 I' th Branch or Branches of the Tree Its glory does shine forth So 't is in thee that David's Race Its greatest glory hath The Second Part. 1 Let Hereticks who do deny Christ of the Virgin took His spotless pure humanity Ashamed ever look 2 And let us all stand in amaze Whilst we behold and see How God our humane nature has Made one with th' Deity 3 Now let us sing unto the Man Called the Branch for he Shall grow and flourish in such sort That never did a Tree 4 For he upon the Throne does sit And all the glory bear And also shall God's Temple build And make its beauty rare HYMN 37. Act. 3. 22. A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you 1 A King a Priest and Prophet too Thou art O Lord indeed As Mediator art also We such a one did need 2 Thou art God's mouth to people all God hath in these last days Spoken to us 't is thou dost call And speak too many ways 3 A Prophet speaks not of himself But as inspired So God gave thee the Commandment As we have often read 4 What thou shouldst speak and what make known From thee he nothing hid By thee to us all things are shown Which God commanded did 5 The Prophets did thy Kings anoint So such likewise receive From thee the holy Unction do Who truly do believe 6 Prophets were to teach Gods good Word In all uprightness too So thou dost teach us all O Lord Yea all things we should do 7 Yea what and how we should believe And how depend on thee And how to walk who Truth receive That saved we may be The Second Part. 1 The Prophets shewed things to come And so hast thou likewise Not only in the World that 's now But when the Dead shall rise 2 How it shall go with thy Saints here Thou didst to them make known And how in glory they 'll appear When Sinners are o'rethrown 3 And he who doth not unto thee In every thing adhere And do whatever thou dost say Thy angry frowns must bear 4 O hearken to this Prophet then In whate're he does say Fear lest you be all undone Men In the last dismal day 5 And ye who be the Saints of God Keep to his Word be sure Then may you sing for you shall be Happy happy for ever HYMN 38. Rom. 14. ult Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ make no provision for the flesh c. 1 WE naked once were all O Lord And loathsom were to see Our shame was seen and vile within Till cloathed were by thee 2 'T is true Lord once in ancient time We gloriously were clad Our beauty was then in its prime Not long we so abode 3 But we were Lord beset with Thieves Who tore our Robes away And in our blood and nakedness We a long season lay 4 But thou in mercy didst pass by And with us fell in love Though nothing in us could'st espy Affections great to move 5 Our souls thou didst in the first place Most graciously wash clean And then didst cloath us with thy grace Ne're braver Robes were seen 6 These Garments first by thee were bought They cost thee very dear And by thy Spirit they are wrought Most curiously and rare The Second Part. 1 No Needle-work was e're so fine Bespangled with Gold As is ihe Robe of Righteousness To all who it behold 2 Thus is thy grace compared Lord With which thou dost adorn The Souls of thy most blessed Saints VVhose Garments once were torn 3 And nothing had to cover them But filthy Rags so vile That thou our Image didst contemn Since we thy own did spoil 4 Thus by our Garments we are known And those who han't them on Thou wilt O Lord never such own But bid them to be gone 5 'T is thou hast made the difference VVe were ill cloath'd as others But these have not the preference None like our Elder Brother's Ay that is rich O Lord indeed Without least spot or stain T is that keeps off all fiery darts And clean it will remain 6 But these much comfort to us bring And keep us also warm We need not fear no pricking thing Cold can't do us much harm The Third Part. 1 They ever do their fashion hold Most beautiful and fair They make all look young when they 're old Such to thee lovely are 3 The longer we these Garments wear The better they would be For the long use of godliness Makes us shine splendentlie 3 Our Garments then let 's not defile But have them always on For we must wear them every day Until our lives are done 4 And then shall we Lord cloathed be With immortality In Robes that shine like to the Sun Unto eternity 5 Come Sinners then ah will you buy Some Cloaths to cover you Most rich they are assuredly Come let your own Rags go 6 VVhat is Morality to Grace Even like a filthy thing Get those Robes on and take your place 'Mongst Children of the King 7 Ye Saints don't you provision make To satisfie your lust But put on Christ your Garments take Because you ready must 8 Be all the Bridegroom to attend He comes he comes sing praise Your Lamps now trim he will descend Make haste without delays HYMN 38. Joh. 2. 2. We have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous 1 O Lord we have a mighty Cause And still it does depend Ah! we have broke all God's just Laws VVilt thou our Souls befriend 2 To take in hand our Cause to plead Thou art our Advocate Ve dare not Lord lift up our head Our Case for to relate But thou ally'd art to the Judge And for our Souls didst die The Merits of thy Blood may'st urge To thee we all do fly Thou legally art call'd to th' Barr And hast thy Father's Ear Alas we all so loathsom be VVe dare not there appear 5 In our own persons he is just And we must guilty be We righteousness all therefore must Have only Lord of thee 6 Thou never didst miscarry yet On what thou took'st in hand Our Enemies do thou defeat That sentence do demand 7 Hast thou not paid our Debts O Lord Read our Discharge we pray And that will comfort now afford And this most doubtful day 8 Is not all paid Can Justice see Just ground for to deny Our true Acquittance Lord in thee VVho didst him
5 To be false Men and wittingly The matter would evade But so their evidence does try A stop to all is made So thou O Lord to righteouness Thy witness dost bring in That all false Souls who are deceiv'd By Satan or by sin Shall be convinc'd and silent be By thy own faithful word And all their foolish Pleas they 'll see No help will them afford The Eighth Part. 1 Thou Lord dost say there 's life in thee For all who do believe And that all such shall certainly Free pardon then receive 2 Nay more than this we do espy Thou dost bear witness too That all who don't repent truly To Hell at last shall go 3 And if Men are not born again Whoever Lord they be They under wrath shall all remain And not God's Kingdom see 4 Thou Lord a Witness art for those Who unto truth adhere And with thee do sincerely close But such that Rebels are 5 And thy Record do not receive Against all such we know Thou wilt thy dreadful witness give And then to Hell they go 6 But yet this witness joy does bring To such who godly be Ah! he will keep you to the end That glory you may see 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be glory honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 47. Isa. 9. 6. His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor c. 1 THy name O Lord is wonderful And wonderful thou art We stand amaz'd and wonder do And so does ev'ry heart 2 That hath a saving sight of thee They all are in a maze Whilst they behold thy majesty God does to glory raise 3 Thy Name O that is Wonderful So is thy Nature too Thy Saints do marvel well they may For Angels wonder do They see with strange astonishment Should Heaven and Earth combine o search out thy perfections great Them can they never find To such degree as Lord in thee They gloriously do shine Strange was thy Birth all Saints on Earth Cry thou art all divine 6 All praise and glory now therefore We unto thee do sing And do resolve yet more and more To magnifie our King The Second Part. 1 Is 't not a Wonder a Woman As Holy Writ does say Should in such sort compass a Man Who with Man never lay 2 To see him whom the World did make Of a poor Virgin born To see him who was God most high Left like to one forlorn 3 To see the Heir of both the Worlds In a base Manger lye And Blessedness it self to be Doomed to misery 4 To see the Ancient of all days A Babe of a day old To see one Person God and Man The wonder doth unfold 5 He that the Heir of all things was VVhom Angels honoured Is now so mean and poor that he Has no place to lay's head 6 Unto thy name so Wonderful Be glory now therefore O let us look and wonder still Yea wonder evermore The Third Part. 1 The wonders of thy Life were much Strange wonders in thy Death The wonders of thy Blood are such It all astonish'd hath 2 Thy Power 's great and wonderful Strange wonders in thy Love Great wonders we do see below But stranger are above 3 Let 's look and love and wonder still Till we are ravished Our hearts with grace Lord do thou fill So shall thy fame be spread 4 By us And whilst we wonder do Let 's think upon that day VVhen greater wonders out will flow To do all â—in away And when to the great wonderment Thou wilt in glory come With all thy mighty Angels too To carry us all home 6 Then shalt thou be admired By all thy Children dear And they with thee as it is said In glory shall appear HYMN 48. Isa. 9. 6. Wonderful Counsellor 1 A Counsellor ye and the chief Most wonderful art thou For we do see for to be brief All things Lord thou dost know 2 None understand all Rites and Laws But Lord thy self alone And soon canst thou find out what flaws There is in any one 3 All secrets of State is with thee Thou know'st thy Father's Will And agitates all things below With strange and wondrous skill 4 'T is thou must counsel give to us Thy counsel it is good But woe be unto all those souls Thy counsels have withstood 5 O then for counsel Lord let 's come To thee continually And to thy praise sing all our days Until we come to die The Second Part. 1 A matter Lord of sharp contest Betwixt two Parties were And God hath thee alone invest To make the matter clear 2 Man stands charged by the great God As worthy is to die For Treason which notorious is Against his Majesty 3 But there 's a Friend from Heaven come Who in our stead does say That he will bear the Sinners doom And all his debts defray 4 Now will it stand in sacred Laws 'T is thou our Counsel art Can Justice find Lord any flaws Thy judgment now impart 5 Will it hold good i' th' Court above That guilty Sinners may This way be freed Can this remove And take their guilt away 6 Can God be just and yet forgive O bring thy sense now in Can we acquittance Lord receive And pardon'd be of sin 7 By righteousness another wrought And death which he did die Can guilty Man from guilt be freed Can that him justifie 8 To end this Cause thou didst come here The Matter 's left to thee And thou dost say the Sinner's clear This way and so shall be The Third Part. 1 Lord he that doth on thee rely And union does obtain And to thy righteousness does fly He 's freed from every stain 2 Of sin and guilt in sight of God And justify'd is he Though on his soul may lye a load Because he cannot see 3 That pardon and that freedom yet That 's in thy self alone But pores on his iniquity Which he finds is not gone 4 Off his own Conscience but does feel ' Body of sin and death Yet thou to him this truth does seal That he a pardon hath 5 Wherefore thy holy praises great All Ages shall record Thy people shall give thanks to thee For evermore O Lord. The Fourth Part. 1 We are about a great Estate An assurance fain would have The way to us do thou relate Thy counsel we do crave 2 The Title 's good that 's not the thing We do enquire about But how to settle it on us And lasting Deeds sue out 3 That none us disinherit may Thy counsel give O Lord O shew to us the ready way According to thy Word 4 'T is thou must seal to us the Lease O let it be for ever Thy Spirit is the Seal let us The same of thee procure 5 Lord let the Title firmly stand Unto thy Servants thus Confirm the matter took in hand That grace may shine in us The Fifth Part. 1 We charged with sad crimes all are Such misdemeanors
thee and in these VVars To take our proper share 2 The Enemy is cruel strong And will no quarter give And threatens us both old and young VVe shan't much longer live 3 Thou didst o'recome him formerly He rallies up again His scatter'd force and we espy VVe fight must or be slain 4 O let us have thy mighty Sword O there is none like it If in our hearts we have thy VVord VVe 'll bring them to our feet 5 A Sword all Souldiers must have on So ev'ry Saint must have Thy VVord to fight with or else they VVill soon their Souls inslave 6 A Sword doth not only defend The Souldier in the Field But by it he makes Foes to bend And unto him to yield 7 So doth thy Word O holy Lord Save us and yet annoys All cruel Foes it brings them down Nay them it quite destroys The Second Part. 1 It a two edged Sword is too It wounds always with one And with the other it does heal Likewise e're it has done 2 By its sharp threats it wounds the Soul But turn it then again It 's Promises does make us whole And eases every pain 3 It will cut off an hand or foot Dismember the old Man If we do not destroy his Life We live Lord never can 4 Wounds of a Sword do mortal prove If once it pierce the heart So let thy Word Lord hit our sin A mortal wound impart 5 A Sword doth often fright a Foe So that he cowardly Beholding it away doth go Nay swift perhaps does fly 6 Even so that Soul who hath thy Word Drawn always in his Hand Doth make his Enemies to run A Battel will not stand The Third Part. 1 Thy VVord is a victorious thing A VVeapon which oft does Such execution by thy strength Great Armies it o'rethrows 2 It must be us'd with greatest skill And by a pow'rful hand 'T is by thy Spirit we do kill All Foes who us withstand 3 No Hand but that this Sword can wield The Spirit gives the blow VVe by them both do win the Field And Enemies o'rethrow 4 The Spirit doth thy VVord explain 'T was forg'd and given forth Even by himself and therefore he The chiefest glory hath 5 The efficacy of thy VVord Does in thy Spirit lye It an impression ne're will make If he don't it apply 6 All praise do ye give unto God VVho do its power feel Ah! 't is a Sword that doth excell The richest made with Steel The Fourth Part. 1 Ye Saints hold fast besure your Sword And rather die o' th' spot Than to be cheated of God's VVord For should it be your lot 2 It for to lose you naked are And will become a prey Unto the bloody Church of Rome The very self same day 3 And see you have skill it to use VVhen you with Foes do meet Or else you never will prevail To bring them to your feet 4 And always bless the holy God VVho doth to us afford The blessed Scriptures of Truth Prize it with one accord HYMN 86. 2 Cor. 3. 18. But we all with open face beholding as in a glass c. 1 HOw prone are people generally To look into a Glass But will not look into God's VVord To see their woful case 2 There may they see how soul they be How loathsom in God's Eyes VVhilst in their sins they do remain Like Swine in filthy Sties 3 A Glass it is a medium fit Persons to represent So in thy VVord we may behold Our God Omnipotent 4 Therein his rare Perfections shine Yea his illustrious Face In all his glorious Attributes His Goodness and his Grace 5 VVe in thy VVord may these behold Beyond what we do see Those VVorks of thine Lord can unfold Or do make known of thee 6 Here we may see the Father clear And Son in glory shine Here doth the Holy Ghost appear And all alike divine The Second Part. 1 A Glass that 's true doth represent A Man's own nat'ral Face But he away goes and forgets VVhat kind of Man he was 2 So they who only hear God's VVord And the same do not do The Holy Ghost to such compare Which doth their folly show 3 A Glass is us'd to dress the Head To put on their Attire Come dress your selves by this rare Glass To raise your beauty higher 4 Here you may see what still you want The which you must have on Here may you see how fair you be That Grace doth sweet adorn 5 You wanton Ones for shame leave off Your evil habits who Spend so much time in looking in Your Glasses Sinners know 6 Your Glasses will in the last day As Witnesses arise Against you in judgment severe Such folly in it lyes 7 That nothing can more hateful be Such precious time to spend To dress a filthy Head that must Be eat of Worms i' th' end 8 Whilst your poor Soul has nothing on But stinking Rags most vile And is neglected and forgot By you too all the while HYMN 87. Deut. 32. 2. My Doctrine shall drop aâ— the Rain 1 LOrd 't is a droughty time we see With us alas within Our moysture seems all dried up By Lust that fire of sin 2 O thou who dost command the Clouds Shall now thy Showers fall Shall Rain pour out on barren Hearts And Dews distill as small 3 Upon the sweet and tender Herb That so the one may be Made soft with Rain and th' other Refreshed be by thee 4 The Rain falls at thy dread Command A Shower here and there 'T is as thou dost O Lord appoint That we of Blessings share 5 That we enjoy thy precious Word Whilst others barren lye Who hardly have one drop of Rain Their wants for to supply 1 The former Rain was poured out It was a mighty shower So shall the latter Rain come down Before this day is o'er 2 A little at one time again We have a little more Thus doth thy Word like unto Rain Refresh thy blessed Poor 3 Rain makes the Earth both fresh green And ev'ry thing to grow 'T is by thy Word and Spirit Lord We thrive and flourish do 4 There 's none can stop the Rain that falls If thou Commission give Thy Word shall come upon us all Thy Grace shall make us live 5 Let sin and Devil do their worst Thy Word shall not return Unto thee empty it prosper shall For thy Will must be done The Third Part. 1 Thy Ministers are like to Clouds Who do the Rain retain Of them thou dost make equal use To pour it out again 2 O let us then cry unto God His Clouds may all be full Not empty ones which hold no Rain But do deceive the Soul 3 And pray that we may always have Rain as we do it need That Grace may grow and in us all Spring up like to choice Seed 4 And praise the glorious God above Who doth such Blessings send If we his Mercies do improve Our days will
think what they will Such such is their veracity God will his VVord fulfill 2 VVhatever thou O Lord hast said Accomplished shall be No Promise past nor Threat delay'd No Soul shall ever see 3 Because they are Diuine we know Of such Authority That they from thee alone do flow VVho will not cannot lye 4 Let Saints therefore rejoyce and sing For they from hence may see Great comfort unto them does spring To all eternity 5 For what thou hast Lord promised To such who do believe As 't is contained in thy VVord The same they shall receive 6 But wo unto all wicked Ones Their doom appears hereby For if they live and die in sin In Hell they all must lye 7 All praise to thee O God alone VVhose VVord we know shall stand Let all such sing who it believe And yield to thy command 8 VVho will do all and do no more Than written they do see These these shall sing and thee adore Unto eternity HYMN 94. Psal. 119. 89. For ever O Lord thy Word is settled in Heaven 1 IN Heaven Lord where thou dost dwell Thy VVord's establish'd sure And shall to all eternity Fast graven there endure 2 From age to age thy Truth abides As doth the Earth witness Whose Ground-work thou hast laid so firm No tongue can it express 3 Go too therefore ye foolish Men Depart from me Be gone For God's good Precepts we 'll obey Nay keep them ev'ry one 4 What thou hast promis'd Lord perform Till Death doth seize on me Ner'e let my hope abuse me so As to distrust in thee 5 Uphold me and I shall be safe For ought they do or say And in thy Statutes pleasure take O Lord both night and day 6 Thou hast trod such under thy feet VVho do thy Statutes break For nought avails their subtilty Their counsel is but weak HYMN 95. Psal. 119. 8 9 10 11. 1 THy Covenants are very deep And full of things profound My Soul therefore thy Word will keep When they are try'd and found 2 When Men enter into thy VVord They find a Light most clear Tho' Fools yet they Lord shall not err VVhen they to it adhere 3 The VVord of God most perfect is His Testimony sure Converting Souls and making wise The simple and obscure 4 The Statutes of the Lord are right And fill the heart with joys The Precepts of the Lord are pure Enlightning the Eyes 5 The Fear of God is clean also And doth endure for ever The Judgments of the Lord are true And righteous altogether 6 Yea more than Gold than much fine Gold To be embrac'd alway The Honey and the Honey-comb Are not so sweet as they 7 They are thy Servants Monitors How he his life should frame And great Rewards is there for them VVho do observe the same HYMN 96. Joh. 5. 39. Search the Scriptures 1 SEarch the Scripture by which ye think Eternal Life to have And those are they that testifie Of Him that came to save 2 For what of old was given forth VVas for our learning penn'd That we by Scriptures comforted Might hope unto the end 3 The Prophecy came not of old By Man 's own private will But holy Men of God foretold By Heavn's inspired skill 4 Then to the Law and Testament For they that speak not right And as this Word doth represent In them there is no light 5 For Scripture sacred Verities Came all by Inspiration Able to perfect and make wise Through Faith unto Salvation HYMN 97. The Excellency of the Gospel 1 BLessed be God that we were born Under the joyful sound And rightly have Baptized been And bred on English ground 2 Where God most gracious doth appear And does pour forth his Grace The lines are fallen unto us In a most pleasant place 3 ' ' We might have been dark Pagans all ' ' Or veiled like each Jew ' ' Or cheated with an Alcoran ' ' Amongst the Turkish crew 4 Dumb Pictures might we all ador'd Like Papists in Devotion And with Rome's Errours so been stor'd To drink her deadly Potion 5 We might have liv'd in shades of night And ne're have known good days But thou hast sent us Gospel Light To thine eternal praise 6 The Sun which rose up in the East And drove their shades away Hath sent his Light unto the West And turn'd our Night to Day 7 Blessed be God for what we see Our God for what we hear Sweet News of Heaven Lord from thee Sounds daily in our Ear. The End of the Fourth Part. PART V. Containing SACRED HYMNS Setting out and illustrating the transcendent Excellencies of the GRACES of the HOLY SPIRIT HYMN 98. Mark 9. 50. Have Salt in your selves 1 HOw unsavoury O Lord are things Unless they salted be And so indeed were all our Souls Till seasoned by thee 2 With thy most sweet and precious Grace That is the Salt whereby We sav'ry do become O Lord Thy Salt O then apply 3 Salt is of such a quality That it doth search each part Of Flesh that it is laid upon So Grace searches the Heart 4 The Spirit searches all deep things Yea the deep things of God It will find out what sin in us Doth still make its abode 5 And then like Salt doth purge it out 'T is Grace which purifies The heart and life there is no doubt But such like vertue lyes 6 In that most precious Grace of thine O then let 's look and see Whether we search'd and purged are And then sing praise to thee The second Part. 1 Salt doth preserve 't is evident Both Meat and other things Else they 'll corrupt and quickly taint Like Vertue also springs 2 From thy good Grace 't is that O Lord Which doth preserve from sin All graceless Sinners odious stink So fi lt hy are within 3 That all their inward parts corrupt And they like Carrion lye In a vile Ditch or Common-shore In their iniquity 4 But such in whom Gods Grace is wrought Grace does their Souls preserve From sin in heart in life in thought Uprightly God to serve 5 Most sweet are they and savoury To God and unto Men And all their works they have perform'd By Grace have season'd been The Third Part. 1 Salt is of universal use There 's nothing Men want more Without God's Grace there 's none can live Let them be rich or poor 2 Such absolute need have we thereof Without it can't live here A holy life nor can we stand When Jesus doth appear 3 All ranks of Men both high and low Both Kings and Peasants too Must salted be with Grace on Earth Or down to Hell must go 4 In ev'ry state where-er'e they be By Sea as well as Land They Grace do need continually If sin they would withstand 5 Our speech and all that we do say Must season'd be with Salt Or else our words and breath will stink And all be good for nought The Fourth Part. 1 Salt Naturalists do oft
sickness soon will flee 3 Ye Fools what is 't that you do drink 'T is puddle-water base It stinks 't is filthy God it loaths O taste of his sweet grace 4 And sinful joys will hateful be And you will spue them up Come taste a little Water See! Come try Take one small sup 5 And you will say God's love O 't is Most pleasant to your taste But the chief sweetness is reserv'd For us to drink at last 6 O praise the glorious God above These Waters overflow Sing praise to Jesus Christ our Lord And praise the Spirit too HYMN 77. Luk. 12. 12. The holy Spirit shall teach you c. 1 VVE many things are yet to learn Lord we instructions need We fain would all thy Truths discern And from all doubts be freed 2 Some things be dark and hidden are That we can't understand And therefore Lord to make them clear By a most skilful hand 3 Thy Spirit hast ordain'd to be A Teacher unto us All praise and glory unto thee For dealing with us thus 4 He has all knowledge of thy Laws And opens ev'ry thing And can discover ev'ry flaw That up may seem to spring 5 VVithin our minds about the way VVherein we ought to go Out of a Book he teaches us The meaning he does show 6 He did himself this Book compile 'T was he who gave it out And therefore can it open well And Answer ev'ry doubt 7 Unto the ignorant and blind If they his counsel take God's Kingdom they at last shall find And them he 'll perfect make The Second Part. 1 He doth not teach to go astray From thy own written VVord That 's not thy Spirit nor the way VVhich doth not just accord 2 In every thing we sure are VVith thy New Testament Lord all such Spirits we 'll not hear By thee they were not sent 3 Thy VVord it is a sure Rule O let thy Spirit come And witness too 't most graciously And ev'ry Nail drive home 4 Let all Convictions close abide Of sin and duty too And let us find each promise firm VVhich unto us doth flow 5 And we thy Praises will sing forth And never go astray VVhen in our Souls thy Spirit doth Tell us this is the way HYMN 78. Mat. 3. 16. And he saw the Spirit descending like a Dove and lighted upon him 1 DOwn from above the blessed Dove Is come Ah! shall he rest Thou Holy and Eternal One VVith me O in my Breast 2 There let thy Spirit dwell O Lord VVho has a Dove-like Eye Most quick to see before his sight All things do naked lye 3 O he is innocent indeed Most harmless and most meek VVhoever would from wrath be freed His nature they must seek 4 All such who are gentle and kind Most humble in their heart This Dove infus'd it in their mind He did that grace impart 5 Ah! he is swift as any Dove And quickly can be here Though he descended from above Yet is he ev'ry where The second Part. 1 From sight of thy All-seeing Spirit O whither can we go His Eyes do search all places out He walketh to and fro 2 Through the Earth where can we hide O whither can we fly Lord from thy presence 'cause thou art Far off and also nigh 3 Shall we to Heaven mount alost Lo thou art present there Or if we should go down to Hell Ev'n there thou dost appear 4 Yea should we take us Morning wings And dwell beyond the Sea There would thy right-hand have fast hold And with us quickly be 5 Nay if we say the darkness shall Yet shroud us from thy sight Alas the thickest darkness is To thee like to the light Yea darkness hideth not from thee But night doth shine as day To thee the darkness and the night Are both alike alway The Third Part. 1 Thy Spirit 's swift he 's swift in flight From him there 's none can fly VVe ever be Lord in thy sight Thou canst us soon supply 2 VVith all good things which we do need And could we get thy VVings VVe should mount up from fear be freed And hate earth's empty things 3 Behold he 's come an Olive-leaf VVithin his mouth we see God's wrath is o're it is asswag'd O therefore joyful be 4 Let 's see thy face and hear thy voice And taste thy sweetest love O Souls ascend but O for Wings The VVings of Noah's Dove 5 Then should we fly away from hence Leaving this world and sin And soon wouldst thou Lord reach thy hand And kindly take us in HYMN 79. Joh. 16. 13. He will guide you into all truth 1 WE Strangers are Lord in the world Ah! 't is a wilderness And many crooked ways there are VVe therefore do confess 2 VVe want a Guide who skilful is Thy Spirit Lord is come No Guide like him be sure there is O let him guide us home 3 Thy Spirit points unto thy VVord And shews where dangers lye â—et's yield our selves with one accord To him continually 4 And we shall all be rid of cares And never lose our way â—e true Directions always gives VVe may not go astray 5 O well it is for us O Lord VVho naturally are blind That we have such a Guide as this To stay our doubtful mind 6 Then sing to him with heart and voice No counsel like to his He will not leave us till he hath Brought us to lasting bliss The End of the Third Part. PART IV. Containing SACRED HYMNS Illustrating the glorious Excellencies of God's holy WORD and blessed Gospel HYMN 80. Psal. 119. 105. Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my paths 1 LIght is a pleasant thing to see Thy Word true Light doth give Nothing can Lord so pleasant be 'T is that by which we live 2 By which we walk by which we work And all things else we do All they who are without this light Don't know whither they go 3 Thy Word discovery Lord doth make It manifesteth things From thence we do our judgment take It Knowledge to us brings 4 What once we were we know hereby How sad was then our state Sin 's filthy nature through it we ' spy And it do come to hate 5 The way of our Salvation too It doth discover clear And how thou wilt be worshipped Whilst we do all live here The Second Part. 1 Who the true Church is we may see If thy good Word we heed And by it we the false Church know Which filthy is indeed 2 All things that needful are O Lord Unto eternal life Is plain discovered by thy Word Which ends all doubts and strife 3 That is hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth About the Church and Truth of God But this all silenc'd hath 4 Light hath a clearing quality And by its heat things grow And by it too all Fogs do fly Such influences flow 5 As doth revive and sweetly chear The Soul that drooping lies