Now therefore glorifie the Lord Dear brethren every one Both in your bodies and your souls for they are Gods alone And whither eat or drink ye do or ought else all your dayes Let all be done by each of you to Gods renown and praise HYMN LXVIII Recovery of the Church Have mercy c. Micâ— 7. 8 9. REjoyce not over me O thou mine enemy For when I fall the boast is small so soon arise shall I. And when I sit me down in darknesse desolate The â—ord will be a light to me in that distrest estate And I will therefore bear the Lords most just displeasure Since I have been entic'd to sin against him in such measure Until the Lord be pleas'd my cause to undertake And at my suit shall execute his judgement for my sake For verily the Lord will bring me forth to light And will express his righteousness apparent in my sight HYMN LXIX REDEEMING of TIME Eccles 12. 1 7. REmember thy Creator now in these thy younger dayes Before the year and day draw near when pleasure quite decayes Then shall the dust return to earth to earth from â—hence it came The spirit then goes back agen to God that gave the same 13 14. Now let us heaâ— the end of all that Scripture doth declare Oh fear the Lord and keep his word which should be all our care For every work both good and bad with every secret thing That here have past from first to last will God to judgement bring Eph. 5. 15 16. See that you walk exactly then and not as fools but wise And still redeem your precious time because bad dayes arise HYMN LXX REDEMPTION Out of the Songs of the blessed Virgin Mary of Zacharias and â—ld Simeon Luke 1. 46 47 50 MY soul doth highly magnifie the Lord of Soveraign power My spirit joys exceedingly in God my Saviour For holy is that Name of his and lets great grace to fall On them that fear him every where through generations all 51 52 The thiâ—gs that his right arm hath wrought have shew'd his strength full well Scattering the proud in that high thought wherewith their hearts did swell Yea he dethrones the mighty ones and plucks them from their seat And them that be of low degree he hath made high and great 53 54 55. He fills the hungry with good things the rich sends empty away And to his servant Israel brings soul-saving help this day Calling to minde his mercies kind to our fore-fathers told With Abraham and his seed to stand for ever as of old 2. PART Out of the Song of Zacharie Luke 1. 1. 68 69. The Lord the God of Israel we praise with one accord For visiting and redeeming us the people of the Lord For he hath thus rais'd up for us salvations surest horn Which in his servant Davids house is of a Virgin born 70 71 72 As holy Prophets all foretold should come to passe for man And by their mouth he spake of old since first the world began From hands of those our hateful foes that he would set us clear And so perform the mercy sworn unto our fathers dear 73 74 75. His holy Covenant still the same to be remembred thus His oath to father Abraham that he would grant to us That safely we from foes set free might walk in fearlesse wayes Of holiness and righteousnesse before him all our dayes 3. PART Out of the Songs of Simeon and Zacharie Luke 2. 30 31 32. And now O Lord our eyes have seen thy saving health and grace By power divine prepar'd to shine before all peoples face And as a light to shine full bright where blindfold Gentiles dwell And to be made the glory of thy people Israel c. 1. 77 78. The knowledge of salvation that God might thus give in Unto his people making known the pardon of their sin All through the love of God above so tenderly let fall Whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us all 79. ch 2. 14. From darknesse and the shade of death to grant us glad release And give us light to guide our feet into the paths of peace To God be glory now therefore in heavens highest place Let peace on earth be poured forth to men good will and grace HYMN LXXI REFORMATION Give laud c. Hag 2. 6. THus saith the Lord of Hoasts but yet a little while And I will shake all coasts yea every land and Isle yet once again I shake all these heav'n earth and seas and all the main 7 All Nations I will shake the long desired day Which doth all Nations take lo that shall come I say And for all Coasts This house I will with glory fill saith God of Hoasts 9 The glory of this last far greater â—â—all it grow Then of the Temple past the Lord of Hoasts saith so And in this place It is the Lord of Hoasts his Word I will give peace Zach. 4. 6 7. Ha. 2. 22. Yet not by might nor power but by my spirit alone Saith God of Hoasts our Tower the strength of all in one for who art thou O mountain great the Empires seat to hinder now Zach. 4. 7. Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain The stone that doth excel the head-stone of the same His hand shall fit And bring it out with general shout grace grace to it Heg 2. 22 The hand that first began to lay the ground-work low The hand of that same man shall finish it also In spight of Kings For who are they that slight the day of smaller things HYMN LXXII Regeneration Jâ—h 3. 5. Gal. â— â—5 EXcept a man be born again of water and the spirit He cannot any way attain salvation to inherit For circumcision serveth none the priviledge is small Nor serves uncircumcision but a new creature 's all 2 Cor. 5. 17. Jam. 1. 18. Behold a man in Christ therefore and a new creature view Old things are past and come no more and all things are made new By his own will and word hath he wrought our regeneration A kinde of first-ripe-fruit to be of all his whole Creation HYMN LXXIII REPENTANCE Isa. 59. 1 2 GOds arme is never shortened but it can reach to save His ear not dull or wearied to hear us what we crave But from you do your sins divide your God that was so near And cause the Lord his face to hide so that he will not hear Ezck. 18. 13. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Lay therefore your transgressions by Repent and turn saith he And so your great iniquitie your ruine shall not be Because the Lord is full of grace ready to pardon sin And will not hide away his face if ye return to him Luke 15. 7 10. One sinner that returns agen makes Angels joy exceed More then do ninety-nine just men that no repentance need 2. PART Jer. 3. 13. 1 Job 1. 9. Acknowledg how ye have transgrest against the Lord your God And only let it be confest what by-paths you
Psalm all of a piece the short Psalms and here and there a longer rendred in duplicates The whole might be reduc'd to six sâ—eets Numpâ—il whereof the Hymns would with the Psalme-Hymns added make up two Te Deum is an exquisite Hymn harping all along upon Scripture and in my Translation exemplified with Scripture-proofs done at the request of one of you but there is no room for printing either it or any Psalm-Hymns till the next impression And that with your concurrence and the Company of Stationers lest any should suspect the prejudicing of their interest Thus desiring to answer your desires in all things to edification I rest Your ready servant for Jesus sake William Barton ERRATA In the second line of the last staff of the book for greater read Gentiles The rest of the faults are but literal and some of them in some Copies only p. 42 52. and 59. are miâ—figured And Hymn XCIV transposed HYMN I. ACCLAMATION of PRAISE for Babylons FALL Rev. 14. 8. 16. 5 NOw Babylon is fallen and sunk that City great in state Because she made the Nations drunk with wine adulterate And thou O Lord aâ—t righteous who art and alwaies wast And art to come most glorious for judging as thou hast 6 7. For thy Saints blood hangs on their seore thy Prophets blood they shed And blood to drink thou gavest them store as they have merited Even so Lord God omnipotent we gladly do confesse Thy judgments are most eminâ—nt â—or truth and righteousnesse 19. 3 1 7. Now Allelujah sing aloud salvation glory fame Be given to the Lord our God and honour to his Name Be glad in God for this just doom rejoyce and honour him The Marriage of the Lamb is come â—is Wife hath made her trim H. 2. ALLELVJAH for the same Give laud c. Rev. 19. 5 6 PRaise to our God proclaim O ye his Servants all And ye that fear his Name together great and small Allelu-jah For God supream with power doth reign and bears the sway 9 1 O they be ever blest that shall be cal'd unto The Lambs great Marriage Feast these are Gods words most true Allelu-jah Strength glory power and fame to our Lord God alway 2. For thou hast poured forth thy wrath on that great whore That did corrupt the earth with all her acts impure And hast this day Aveng'd the flood of thy Saints blood Allelu-jah 11. 15. The Kingdoms of this world are every one become The Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ his Son And he alway Shall reign on high with Majesty Allelu-jah H. 3. ALMS-DEEDS Isa. 32. 8. Psal. 112. 9. THe Just deviseth liberall things and by such things shall stand He hath disperst his Charity and with a liberall hand With honour and with dignity his horn shall sure be rais'd And these his Deeds of piety for ever shall be prais'd 2 Cor. 9. 6. Ecc. 11. 1. For he that soweth liberally shall gather many a heap And he that soweth sparingly but sparingly shall reap Then on the waters cast thy bread it shall not be in vain For when long time 's accomplished it shall be found again Prov. 19. 17. For he that giveth to the poor doth lend unto the Lord And trusting him he shall be sure to have it all restor'd H. 4. The Blessed DEATH Rev. 14. 13. BLessed O blessed are the dead that in the Lord do die Thus hath the Spirit witnessed and most assuredly For from their royles that were extream they are in quiet rest Their works likewise do follow them to be their true attest Isa. 57. 2. Thus shall they enter into Peace and quiet rest possesse In blessed beds each one of these that walk in uprightnesse H. 5. BLESSINGS of OBEDIENCE Prov. 3. 1 2 3 MY Sonne keep my Commandements forget not my decree For length of daies long life and peace shall these things adde to thee Then let not truth and mercy kind forsake thee and depart About thy neck my Precepts bind and write them in thy heart 4. ch. 2. 5 6 So shalt thou find a good respect and understanding then Approved in the sight of God and in the sight of men Then shalt thou understand and know his wisdome and his fear For from his mouth doth wisdom slow and he gives knowledge cleer 10 11 9 When wisdom enters in thy heart and is thy souls delight Discretion shall preserve thee then and knowledge keep thee right Then righteousnesse shall readily by thee be understood Judgment like wise and equity and every path that 's good Mat. 25. 29. Prov. 4. 18. For unto every one that hath there shall be given more And he shall have abundant grace still to encrease his store For like unto the shining light is every good mans way Which more and more shines cleer and bright unto the perfect day 2 PART Deut. 28. 1 2 3 4. If thou shalt hearken diligently to all that God commands The Lord thy God shall set thee high above all other Lands And all these blessings shall come on and overtake thee soon The blessings of the Town and Field and blessings of the Womb 5 6 27. The Lord shall bless thee mightily with fruits upon thy ground Thy Flocks of sheep shall multiply thy Cattell shall abound The Lord shall take away from thee all sicknesse and disease And lay upon thee no such Plague as did on Aegypt seize 7 12 The Lord shall smite thine enemies that rise up in thy sight One way against thee shall they rise and seven waies take their flight The Lord shall make the Heavens give rain in season on thy Land And prosper thee in all the works which thou shalt take in hand 9 1 Sam. 15. 22. The Lord shall then establish thee a people of his praise If thou shalt keep to his decree and walk in all his wayes For better is Obedience then Bullocks Goats and Lambs And hearkening to the will of God then all the fat oâ— Rammes H. 6. Blessed QVALIFICATIONS Mat. 5. 3 to the 10. BBlessed O blessed are the poor the poor I say in spirit For they shall have the Kingdom sure of Heaven to inherit And blessed they that mourn and weep for they shall meet with mirth And blessed also are the meek for theirs is all the earth Blessed are they that hunger much and thirst for righteousnesse For God shall satisfie all such with comforts that refresh And blessed are the mercifull for God will shew them grace And blessed are the pure in soul for they shall see his face Blessed are they that strive for peace to make men to accord For we must call all such as these the Children of the Lord And blessed are the sufferers for love of righteousnesse Because a Kingdom shall be theirs in heaven to possesse H. 7. CALL out of Babylon Have mercy c. Rev. 18. 4 to the 8. COme out of Babylon my people at my Call Lest for her sake ye should partake her sins
them up in fear of God and nurture of his truth 5 6 9. Servants obey your Masters will with reverentiall fear Not with eye-service pleasing men but as Christs Servants dear And Masters do your Servants right knowing you have on high A Master who hath no respect of persons partially Rev. 1. 7. 22. 12. Behold he cometh in the clouds whom every eye shall see And every man shall have reward so as his works shall be H. 35. GOVERNMENT of the TONGVE Jam. 1. 36. Mat. 12. 36. IF he that seems Religious doth not his Tongue refrain That mans Religion verily is exercis'd in vain For suâ—e of every idle word that any man shall say He is to give account thereof at Gods great Judgment Day 5. 22. Jam. 3. 2. Rash anger shall be judg'd a sin contemptuous speech goes higher And he that saith Thou fool shall be in danger of hell-fire But not to sinne in word nor tongue doth restifie and tell A perfect man and one that can rule all the body well H. 36. The HARVEST Have mercy c. Mat. 9. 37 38. THe Harvest truly sirs is very great to view But lo the saithfull Labourerâ— are but a very few Pray ye the Lord therefore whose own the Harvest is To send out labourers good store into this field of his Joh 4. 35 36. Phil. 4. 17. That he that doth engage to sow and â—eap or â—ither May have eternal life for wage and both reioyce together And that our fruit amount as we desire and pray Abundantly to our account in that great Harvest day H. 37. The High and Lofty ONE O Lord consider Isa. 57. 15 THus saith the high and lofty One Inhabiting Eternity Whose Name is Holy be it known I dwell in holy place on high Also with him that is contrite whose humble Spiâ—â—t sighs and groans To cheer the humble in my sight and cheer the heart of contrite ones 16. 66. 2. For still contending with the â—â—ail and keeping anger unallay'd The spirits would before me fail and those poor souls which I have made But unto him will I besure To look with favour saith the Lord That is in spirit meek and poor â—nd trembles at my holy word H. 38. HVMILIATION Hos. 6. 1 Come now and let us search and try the waies that we have trod And turn again unfeignedly unto the Lord our God For he hath torn and put to pain and he hath made the wound And he will bind it up again and make us whole and sound 3. Jam. 4. 9 After two daies he will revive and raise us up the third And make us in his sight alive that felt so sharp a sword Be then afflicted weep and mourn repentance to expresse Your laughter into mourning turn your joy to heavinesse 10. Mic. 6. 9. Joel 2. 13. Hear him that smiteth and the rod humble your selves and stoop Cast down your selves in sight of God and he shall raise you up For he is gracious mercifull and unto anger slack Of kindnesse great and one that will his judgments soon call back H. 39. Against IDOLATRT 1 Cor. 10. 14 22. 2 Cor. 6. 1â— FLee fast from all Idolatry from Idols keep you free Provoke we God to Jealousie are we more strong then he With Belial can Christ accord or can these things unite The house of Idols and our Lord the darknesse and the light 15 16 17 18. Unrighteousnesse can that combine with righteousnesse to dwell Or can the true Believer joyn with any Infidell Be therefore separate and cleer and all uncleannesse â—ee And ye my Sons and Daughters dear and I your God will be Rev. 3. 4. For but a few are exquisite and keep their Garments fair And these shall walk with me in white for worthy Saints they are H. 40. The Jew and Gentilesâ—ALL Rom. 11. 26. 15. THere cometh a Deliverer from Sion hill on high To turn away ungodlinesse from Jacobs Family For if the world be reconcil'd by casting them away Much more shall their return be stild life from the dead that day 26 27 16. And then all Israel shall be sav'd as Scripture doth declare Because the Gifts and Calls of God without repentance are For if the first-sruits holy be the lump is holy too And if the root yeild sanctiâ—ee So shall the branches do 2 PART Rom. 11. 32 33. Yet now hath God adjudg'd the Jews by unbelief to fall That he might this occasion choose to shew his grace to all O depth of riches infinite and wisdome of our God! His judgments O how past our sight his Tracts O how untrod 34 35 36. For who hath known the mind of God or lent his counsels aid Or who hath given unto him and it shall be repaid For of and thorough him are all and passe to him agen To whom be praise of great and small for evermore A men H. 41. Jew and Gentiles FVLLNESSE held â—ut in many PROMISES Ye children c. Isa. 66. 8. OH who hath heard of such a thing As now Gods power to passe doth bring or who hath seen such things as these For shall a land can any say Be made to bring forth in a day Are Nations born at once with ease Before that Sion travelled She presently was brought to bed and brought forth Sonnes by heavenly aid Before she travelled she brought forth Before her pain she brought the birth and of a sweet man-child was laid 54. 1. 66. 9. Break out O barren Church and sing Thou that didst once no children bring let joyfull Songs take up thy life Thus saith the Lord of thine estate The children of the desolate are more then of the married wife For shall I bring it to the birth And then not bring the children forth saith the Almighty Sovereign Lord Or shall I cause to bring forth some And then untimely shut the womb thy God O Sion spake this word 2. PART Isa. 66. 10 11 12. Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem And let her Lovers all of them in her spiritual joyes partake Rejoyce I say lift up your voice Be glad with her and much rejoyce all ye that mouâ—ned for her sake That ye may suck and take your fill Of Consolatious which distill in plenty from your Mothers breasts Then shall ye suck danâ—'t on her knees Milk out and much delighted be with her abundant gloriousnesse 54. 7 8. 62. 4. 60. 4 8. Though for a very little space Angry I was and hid my face and thou wast termed desolate Yet will I gather thee again With kindnesses that shall remain and bear an everlasting date Destruction shall no more be heard Within thy land nor wasting â—eard nor violence be in thy waies But thorowout thy borders all Thy walls salvation they shall call and give thy gates the Name of praise 3. PART Isa. 55. 4 5. 54. 2 3 4. Hearken O people and give ear My righteousnesse is drawing nâ—er my saving health I will disclose My arm shall judge the heathen men The Isles
have trod For if we do our sinnes confesse faithful and just is he From sin and all unrighteousnesse to cleanse and set us free Prov. 28. 13. Joel 2. 13. Neh. 9. 17. Ez. 18. 32. For he that hides his sins shall fall they prosper but a space But to confesse and leave them all shall with the Lord finde grace For he is unto anger slow and ready to forgive And doth abundant kindnesse shew wherefore return and live Exod. 34. 7. For he reserves compassion for thousands that come in Remitting all transgression iniquity and sinne 3. PART Isa. 55. 6 7 Seek ye the Lord unfainedly now while he may be found Oh call on him while he is nigh with mercies that abound Oh let the wicked leave his lusts the way that sinners take And let the man unrighteous his sinful thoughts forsake ch. 1. 18. And turn again unto the Lord while mercy now takes place And to our God so richly stor'd with gifts of pardoning grace For though your sins were crimson-like as red as scarlet full I saith the Lord will make them white as white as snow or wool Rev. 1. 5 6. To him that thus hath loved us and cancell'd all our score In that pure flood of his own blood be praise for evermore HYMN LXXIV REPROACH for CHRIST 1 Pet. 4. 14 16. IF that ye be reproacht for Christ happy are ye and blest The Spirit of God and glory great upon your souls shall rest On their parts he 's ill spoken off but glorifi'd on yours Therefore let no man be asham'd that Christianly endures Mat 5. 11 â—2 Blessed are you when men revile and speak each evil word Against you falsely for the sake of Christ your Soveraign Lord Rejoyce and be exceeding glad considering the reward How great it is in heaven above for suffering Saints prepar'd 2. PART Phil. 2. 5 7. Let that good minde be in you all that was in Christ our Lord Who being in the form of God the true eternal Word Yet made himself of no repute to death did condescend And came not to be tended on but to observe and tend Phil. 2. 9 10. Heb. 9. 28. Therefore God gave to him a Name above all names most high That every knee should bow to him and every tongue comply Who came to take our sins away once by his own oblation And shall appear the second time without sin to salvation HYMN LXXV RESURRECTION All people or O Lord Consider c. 1 Cor. 15. 20 21 22. NOw Christ is risen from the dead as whom no bands of death could keep And is to be acknowledged as the first fruits of those that sleep For as by man came death to raign so by a man to rise again And as by Adam all men die by Christ came immortality Col. 3. 1 2 3 4. If ye be risen then with Christ set all your heart on things above And be not any way intic'd on earthly things to set your love For ye are dead to things abroad and your life hid with Christ in God When Christ who is our life appears ye must shine with him in the spheres HYMN LXXVI Against REVENGE Rom. 12. 19. Luke 6. 27. Mat. 5. 44 DEare Saints avenge not your own selves nor let fierce wrath incense For vengeance saith the Lord is mine and I will recompence Love ye your very enemies and them that curse you bless Do good to them that use you ill with hate and spitefulnesse 45. And people persecuting you curse not but blesse them rather That ye may be children true of your celestial father For he doth cause his rain to â—all and lets his Sun to rise On good and bad in general just and unjust likewise HYMN LXXVII The SABBATH Isa. 58. 13 IF from my holy Sabbath-day thou turn away thy foot And do not by thy pleasures stray my Sabbath to pollute But call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord And thine own carnal pleasure slight in thought in deed in word 14. Then shalt thou joy in God alone with sweet and sacred mirth And he shall make thee ride upon high places of the earth With father Jacobs heritage the Lord shall feed thee fat For thus doth Gods own mouth engage and thou mayst trust to that HYMN LXXVIII SAGRAMENT of the SUPPER Cant. 1. 1 2. c. 2. 5. LEt those life-breathing lips of thine be joyn'd O Christ to me Because thy love excelleth wine and all the Saints love thee With flagons of refreshing joy and comforts from above Stay me O stay me powerfully for I am sick of love 2. 4 3. Into the house of Banqueting he brought me to be fed Love was his banner flourishing with honour ore my head Beneath his shadow I was plac'd with very great content His fruit was sweet unto my taste his Word and Sacrament 5. 1. O friends said he preferr'd on high eat well of my good chear And drink yea drink abundantly my guests to me most dear 2. PART Cant. 5. 16. 2 Cor. 5. 20. My Saviour my beloved one is mine and I am his Chief of ten thousand he alone pure red and white he is Made sin for us that knew no sin that so we might be made The righteousnesse of God in him by whom the price was paid Cant. 8. 7. ch. 1. 4 Stronger then death his love is found not to be bought with goods Nor quench'd with waters nor be drown'd with whatsoever floods O draw me my dear Saviour with those strong cords of love And then will we go after thee as fast as we can move We will record thy love O Lord above the joy of wine The Virgins fair that spotlesse are do love thy name Divine 3. PART 1 Cor. 5. 7 11. Lo Christ is sacrific'd for us our Passeover from heaven Now therefore let us keep the feast not with old lumps of leaven Not with the leav'n of wickednesse or leaven of malice led But keep it with sincerity and truths unleavened bread ch. 11. 29 28. Who eat and drink unworthily their own damnation earn Because they want a spiritual eye his body to discern Our hearts with care examined let us be stâ—rred up To eat of this coelestial bread and drink this sacred cup 26. To eat this bread and drink this cup holds forth a Saviour slain So often as we celebrate until he come again 4. PART 1 Cor. 10. 16. The cup of blessing which we blesse is it not understood The sweet communion to expresse of Christ our Saviours blood The bread we break the holy loas do we not all accord To call it the communion of the body of our Lord 17 For we though many are one bread and in one body joyne For all of us are joyntly fed with that one bread divine The living bread is he on high that down from heaven came And he shall live and never die that eateth of the same Mat. 26. 28. The blood of the new Testament we sweetly taste herein