hastned it so fast Alph ' and Omega First and Last To him that is a-thirst will I Give of the Fountain never dry the Wat'r of Life gratuitously He shall have all th' inheritance free That overcomes and shall have Mee his God and he my Son shall be But daunted ones devoyd of grace And all the unbelieving Race and all th' abominable base The murderers and whoremongers Inchanters Witches poysoners all lyars and Idolaters Shall have their part in that broad lake Which coals of fire and brimstone make this after death must they partake Glory to God Almighty then As was of old is now agen and shall be evermore Amen HYMN 300. The Celestial Paradise Our Father c. Rev. 22.1 AND after this he shewed me A River pure as pure might be A Crystal River very clear Of Waters of life which did appear Proceeding from the throne of God And from the Lambs most blest abode Rev. 22.2 Amidst the Street of Salem new And on each side the River grew The tree of life most rich and rare Twelve sorts of fruit each month it bare And lo the leaves thereto design'd Were for the healing of mankind Rev. 3.12 To him that overcomes said he I 'll give to eat of that same tree Of life and he shall have abode Within the Temple of my God A pillar there shall he persever And shall no more go forth for ever Rev. 1.4 To God the Father and the Son Which is and was and is to come And to the seven Spirits of might Which are before the Throne so bright Be given all the praise therefore From first to last for evermore The End of the Hymns out of the New Testament A Brief Summary OF Christian Religion Poetically drawn up Shewing 1. What things are to be Believed 2. What things are to be Implored 3. What things are to be Performed A Christian must believe what Scripture saith Touching the Principles of Christian Faith. One true Eternal God unchangeable Most holy wise just mighty mercifull Invisible immense and infinite And having all things always in his sight Incomprehensible in Persons three The Father Son and Holy Ghost they be The fountain of this Personality Begets the Son who works by his supply Both these produce the Spirit which proceeds And works from both and they by him their deeds So none 's afore but in this order rare All coeternal and coequal are Predestination and foreseen decree Now for God's glory every thing shall be Creation of the world in six days space All Angels first Man in the latter place Perpetual providence the helpless fall Of sinning Angels Some ne're sinn'd at all These were elect and praise their Maker still And with great quickness execute his will These wait on Saints and bear them in their arm Those by permission tempt accuse and harm Reserv'd in chains of darkness which dismay Untill the judgment of the general day Man's innocence and happiness at first That Covenant broke and all therein accurst Original corruption actual sin Transgression censur'd and thus death came in The Law so plainly written in man's heart Obliterated for the greatest part The Earthly Paradise quite lost and gone And all mankind slain by the sin of one A better Covenant wrought man's Restoration By Christ the second Person 's Incarnation Conceiv'd in Virgin 's Womb by Heavenly Powers His manhood sin excepted just like ours To th' Second Person joyn'd immediately And mediately to the rest thereby Making both Natures but one Person still Though having both divine and humane will Divine and Humane Properties distinct Man-God God-Man both these together linkt Equal with God in his spiritual Nature Inferiour to him as the Mediatour Yet in both Natures not in man's alone Far above Angels in the highest Throne His perfect life and blessed Doctrines taught Backt with a world of wonders which he wrought His Judgment Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension Session in his bright perfection And Intercession there at God's right hand And having all things under his command The universal Churches sure Election Calling Adoption Tryal and Correction Redounding to their good Justification Sanctification and sure Preservation The seal of Baptism and the sacred Cup With many an Ordinance to build them up All to be guided by the Scriptures light Which Saints did pen and God's own Spirit indite The common call and gifts of many a one Never built up unto perfection Immortal souls of Saints celestial bliss Imprisonment of theirs that liv'd amiss The Resurrection and the Judgment-day Where Christ in chief and all the Saints bear sway The world that was accurs'd for man misled Purged by fire and reestablished Then Reprobates must pack to endless paiâ— And Saints in endless Glory shall remain 2. What things are to be implored The Preface of the Lord's Prayer Our Father which art in Heaven c. First it sets forth God's glorious attributes Of might and mercy and their blessed fruits Assuring he can help that dwells above And will do as a Father out of love That we through Christ who doth this grace display With reverence and confidence may pray The First Petition Hallowed be thy Name c. That worthy instruments may still be found In Church and State and God by them renown'd Our hearts even fill'd with Heaven our tongues apply'd To edifie and God be glorify'd And that our lives before the World may shine With glittering beams of Graces most Divine The Second Petition Thy Kingdom come c. That Saints be kept and Satan's Kingdom quell'd False Doctrines Errours Anti-Christs expell'd The Gospel spread and prosper'd every where And Christians labouring each man in his sphere For Jew and Gentiles call and confirmation Our happy end and final full Salvation The Third Petition Thy will be done in Earth at it is in Heaven c. That we with wisedom may be all inspir'd To know God's will in what he hath requir'd Our backward natures that are dark and dull Inflam'd with zeal to do it to the full And what he pleaseth of himself to do We may contentedly submit unto The Fourth Petition Giev us this day c. That we depending on God's providence By lawfull means and daily diligence Without ambition avarice or strife May have all needfull comforts of this life For us and ours not envying great or small But helping those that in affliction fall The Fifth Petition Forgive us our trespasses c. That we confessing our vile sinfull Nature Acts and neglects against our great Creatour Not having ought to pay or ought that 's good But of his gift may flee to Christ his bloud For Grace and Peace and Pardon while we live With peacefull minds addicted to forgive The sixth Petition And lead us not into temptation c. That we be never try'd above our strength By weal or wo but may prevail at length That either the temptation time be miss'd Or we with Graces armed to resist That ever watchfull we may never
c. Gen. 8.20 AND Noah built an Altar to the Lord And of clean beasts and fowl he offered two And with these Offrings was Gods Altar stor'd And God well pleas'd that Noah so should do And so the Lord resented a sweet savour And Noah for this Act was in his favour And thus said God whose bowels yern'd within I will no more for mans sake curse the ground For mans imaginations are but sin And such by Nature from his youth are found Neither will I for ever any more Smite all things living as I did before And while the Earth and Mountains shall remain Seeds-time and Harvest ever shall abide And cold and heat shall never fail again Summer and winter shall retain their tide And Day and Night increasing or decreasing Shall keep their seasons without fail or ceasing Gen. 9.12 And this shall be the Covenant which I make And this the Seal betwixt my self and you And every living Creature for your sake And all the Generations that ensue I 'll set my Bow i' th' Cloud to be a token Between me and the Earth as I have spoken Doxology Rev. 1.4 5. Chap. 4.8 1 John 5.7 To him that was and is and is to come To God Almighty the most Holy One And unto Jesus Christ his onely Son And to the seven Spirits before the Throne To Father Son and Holy Ghost together Be Kingdom Glory Power and Praise for ever The Table of the Prefatory Hymns Hymn 1. CReation The First Day i. The Second Day ii The Third Day Ibid. The Fourth Day iii. The Fifth Day iv The Sixth Day Ibid. 2. The Sabbath vi 3. Marriage vii 4. Paradise viii 5. The Covenant of Works ix 6. Man's shamefull Fall. Ibid. Adam's Arraignment and Excuse xi Eve's Arraignment and Excuse Ibid. 9. The Serpents Censure and the Covenant in Christ intimated xii 10. The Womans Censure and the Man's Ibid. 11. Mans Expulsion from Paradise xiii 12. The World degenerate xv 13. The Ark ordered xvi 14. The Deluge or Flood rising xvii 15. Eight Souls saved in the Ark. Ibid. 16. The Deluge ceasing xviii 17. The Raven sent forth and the Dove xix 18. The Dove with the Olive-leaf xx 19. Noah Coming out of the Ark and the Covenant of the Rainbow Ibid. Noah's Sacrifice xxii The First Century Hymn I. Access to the Throne of Grace at our awaking 1 Tim. 4.10 2 Cor. 1.10 Psal. 119.133 Jude 21. Psal. 73.24 Rev. 22.8 Tune Ye Children c. O God the Saviour of all men And most especially of them That faithfully believe in thee Who hast preserv'd us all times past And wilt preserve us to the last As still our trust and hope shall be Order our steps in thy good word And let no sin reign in us Lord But keep us ever in thy love And let thy Counsels be our guide Till thou receiv'st us to abide In glory with thy Saints above Psal. 28.9.115 1. Mat. 6.13 Psal. 123.3.33.22.31.1 Lord save thy Church in every Age Govern and bless thine Heritage And lift them up for evermore We daily magnifie thy fame And thy most high and holy Name World without end we still adore Vouchsafe us Lord thy grace herein To keep us clear this day from sin Shew mercy Lord shew mercy free Shew mercy Lord as we confide On thee O Lord have I reli'd Confounded let me never be The second Metre The Mighty God. O God the Saviour of all sorts of men Especially of them that do believe Author finisher of the faith of them Whose sure salvation Loâ—d thou wilt atchieve Who hast preserv'd us always heretofore And wilt we trust preserve us evermore Order our steps in thy good word O God And let no wickedness in us bear sway But Sin and Satan let be under-trod And all our steps upholden in thy way And let thy Counsels guide and never leave us Till to thy glory Lord thou shalt receive us Hymn II. Acclamations of Praise or Te Deum Laudamus Exemplifi'd with proofs of Holy Scripture Rom. 15.6 Rev. 11.17 All people c. WE praise thee O God with one accord We acknowledge thee to be the Lord All the whole Earth adores thy Name Father of everlasting fame Rev. 7.11.5.11 Isa. 6.2 To Thee aloud all Angels cry The Heav'ns and all the Powers on high Both Cherubin and Seraphin bright Continual cries of praise recite Isa. 6.3 Rev. 5.11.4.8 O Holy Holy Holy LORD Great God of Sabbaoth they record With splendor of thy glory spread In Heav'n and Earth replenished 2. Part. Rev. 4.10 Th' Apostles glorious Company Praise Thee O God perpetually The Prophets goodly fellowship Praise Thee and let no moment slip Rev. 7.7 9 10. The noble and victorious Host Of Martyrs do thy praises boast The Holy Church throughout the Earth Acknowledge and extoll thy Worth. Isa. 9.6 Joh. 14.36 The Father of boundless Majesty Thy true and only Son most high Also that sweet Remembrancer The Holy Ghost the Comforter 3. Part. Psal. 34.10.2.7 Thou art O Christ King of renown Invested with a Glorious Crown Thou art before all time begun The Fathers everlasting Son. 1 Pet. 3.18 Gal. 4.4 Heb. 9.15 Thou undertaking in our room Didst not abhor the Virgins Womb. The pains of Death orecome by Thee Made Heav'n to all Believers free Heb. 1.3 John 5.22 At God's right hand Thou hast thy Seat And in the Fathers glory great We do believe that Thou shalt come To judge us at the Day of Doom 4. Part. Rev. 5.9 Mat. 8.11 Lord help thy Servants whom when lost Thy bloud redeem'd at so great cost Place them on Everlasting Thrones Of glory with thy Holy Ones Psal. 28.9 Thy People Lord do Thou protect And bless thine Heritage Elect Govern thy Church and Lord advance For ever thine Inheritance Psal. 145.1 2. From day to day O Lord do We Highly exalt and honour Thee Thy Name we worship and adore World without end for evermore 5. Part. Mat. 6.13 Psal. 123.3 Vouchsafe O Lord we humbly pray To keep us safe from sin this day O Lord have mercy on us all Have mercy on us when we call Psal 33.22 31.1 Thy mercy Lord to us dispence According to our confidence Lord I have put my trust in Thee Confounded let me never be The second Metre Rom. 15.6 Rev. 11.17.7.11 Ye Children c. O God we praise thy Holy Name Thy Sovereign Lordship we proclaim Confessing Thee the Lord alone All the whole Earth doth worship Thee The Father from ETERNITY The true and Everlasting One. Angels loud voices joyn with ours The Heavens and all the Heavenly Powers do ever magnifie thy fame To thee the winged Cherubim And the bright burnâ—ng Seraphim Continual acclamations frame 2. Part. Isa. 6.3 Rev. 5.11.4.10.7.7 Thrice Holy Lord they joyntly say Whose royal Power all Hosts obey thy glory bright fills Heav'n and Earth Th' Apostles glorious Company And Prophets sweet SOCIETY perpetual praises do pour forth The Noble Host of Martyrs stout The
he gives 1 Cor. 12.4 5. Diversities of gifts indeed there are that he bestows But from one spirit all proceed who doth them so dispose And his Administrations great difference afford And divers operations but one Almighty Lord. 6. 2 Cor. 13 14. All these in great variety from his good hand do fall But one adored Deity that worketh all in all The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and love of God therefore And comforts of the Holy Ghost be with you evermore HYMN 191. Vine-yard of Israel Isa. 5.1 2 3. NOW will I sing to my belov'd although with mournfull voice A Song of my Beloved one touching his Vine-yard choice A Vine-yard my beloved had plac'd in a fruitfull hill He fenc'd it and plucktâ—out the stones and planted it with skill Choice Vines he set and built therein a Wine-press and a Tower Expecting it should bring sweet grapes and lo it brought forth sower And now O ye inhabitants of Salem pray you see And men of Judah judge between my Vineyard here and me What could be to my Vine-yard done more than I did to it Why therefore brought it forth sowre Grapes when I expected sweet And now go to know what I 'le do to this my Vine-yard-soil I will break down the hedge therefore and leave it to the spoil I 'le lay it waste unprun'd undig'd for Bryers and Thorns alone I also will command the clouds to rain no rain thereon 7. The Vine-yard of the Lord of Hoasts the house of Israel is The men of Judah are the plant that pleasant plant of his And when he lookt for judgment done behold great cruelty And when he lookt for righteousness behold a dolefull cry HYMN 192. Vnity and love of Brethren Col. 3.12.13 PUT on Belov'd as Gods Elect bowels of mercies kind Long-suffering meekness sweet respect and humbleness of mind Forbearing one another long forgiving one another If any have received wrong done by his Christian brother 14. Ph. 2.2 Eph. 4.3 As Christ forgave you so do ye your brethren that transgress And chiefly put on charity the bond of perfectness Of one mind and one judgment be and let all discord cease Keeping the Spirits unity in sacred bonds of peace 2. PART 1 Pet. 1.22 Heb. 12.1 1 Joh. 1.16 See that ye love with fervency and with an heart most pure And let this love so brotherly perpetually endure For God we know is perfect love and whoso dwells herein He surely dwells in God above and God most high in him 3.14 Rom. 13.8 And hence our change is understood from death to life above Because we love the brother-hood with true and perfect love Owe nothing then to any man but love to one another For he 's a perfect Christian that is a perfect lover HYMN 193. Vocation 1 Cor. 12.2 Tit. 3.3 YE know that we were Gentiles once and carried away To Idols and dumb vanities as we were led astray And sometimes disobediently and foolishly we swerv'd By divers lusts and vain delights which we our selves have serv'd 1 Pet. 2.9 But a peculiar people now a chosen generation A Royal Priest-hood are we made and call'd an holy Nation That we should shew the praises forth of him that called us From darkness great to greater light that is most marvellous 1.16 As he therefore that called us is holy so must they That are to this profession call'd be holy every way 2. PART Eph. 2.11 12 19. Remember ye were aliens from Israel's Common-wealth And strangers from the Covenants which promise saving health But now are ye that were far off made nigh by Christ his blood And fellow Citizens with Saints and of the house of God. 20 21 22. Built on the sure foundation laid down in holy writ And Christ himself head corner-stone who makes the building knit In whom together built ye grow into an holy place An habitation of the Lord by his sweet spirit of grace Rom. 8.16 Which spirit witnesseth with ours and testimony bears That we are made the Sons of God and if his Sons then Heirs 3 PART Jam. 2.5 1 Cor. 1.26 Hearken beloved brethren dear your call ye plainly see How God hath chose the poor on earth full rich in faith to be Not many mighty men are call'd not many wise and learn'd Nor yet in many noble men this calling is descern'd 27. Matt. 11.26 But God hath chose weak foolish things and such as men despise To bring to nought and to confound the noble great and wise We thank thee Father Lord of all that hast these things conceal'd From many wise and prudent men and them to babes reveal'd 1 Cor. 1.29 31. Even so O Father since it was thy pleasure and decree That in thy sight no flesh on earth might glory but in thee HYMN 194. Whole Armour Eph. 6.10.13 14. BE strong my brethren in the Lord and in his powerfull might Put on your soul his Armour whole to make you stand in fight Stand therefore having girt your loyns with truth which ye profess And having done the breast-plate on of perfect righteousness 15 16. And with the preparation of the Gospel of our God The Gospel of his peace and love let both your feet be shod And chiefly take the shield of faith that so your valiant hearts May quench thereby most powerfully the wickeds fiery darts 17 18. The helmet of salvation take and that two-edged Sword The Sword of his good Spirit it is to wit God's holy Word And alwaies in the spirit pray with all requests and prayer And watch thereto what e're ye do with constancy and care HYMN 195. Will for the Deed. 2 Cor. 8.12 Mat. 10.42 IF there be first a willing heart the Lord the same accepts And what one hath takes in good part and pardons our defects Cold water onely one small cup to a Disciple spar'd For that names sake is sure summ'd up and shall not miss reward 20. Rom. 8.26 Eph. 3.20 Nor will he quench the smoaking flax nor break the bruised-reed Till judgment have a sure dispatch with victory to speed And though we know not how or what to pray for as we ought His spirit helps our wants in that beyond our speech or thought 21. To him in all the Church therefore be glory yet agen Through ages all for evermore by Jesus Christ Amen HYMN 196. Wisdoms exhortation Have mercy c. Prov. 1.20 21. LO wisdom crieth out she crieth in the streets She uttereth her zealous breath where all the concourse meets In opening of the gates of Cities populous She calls and cries with words most wise exhorting sinners thus 22 23. How long ye simple ones will ye delight in folly And scorners in so vile a sin and fools hate knowledge wholly Turn you at my reproof behold I will pour forth My Spirit to take hold on you I 'le shew you words of worth 2 PART Have mercy c. Prov. 4.5.7 8. Chap. 3.15.17 Get wisdom O my Son with all the care thou
SIX Centuries OF SELECT HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS Collected out of the Holy Bible TOGETHER With a Catechism the Canticles and a Catalogue of Vertuous Women By William Barton A. M. late Minister of St. Martins in Leicester The Fourth Edition Corrected with above a third part of Additions LONDON Printed by J. Heptinstall for William Cooper at the Pelican in Little Britain 1688. TO The Right Honourable Sir Matthew Hale Kt. Lord Chief Justice of England Right Honourable WHEN this Labour lay obstructed by the injuriousness of others and partly by my own inability a word of your Lordship in favour of this Work did instantly excite the Right Worshipfull the Mayor and Aldermen of Leicester and soon after some Honourable Personages and Worthy Gentlemen of our Town and County to promote the Printing of this Book of Hymns and had not fraud and injury inevitably prevented I had e're this presented this little Volume into your Honourable Hands in humble Gratulation of your Lordship's Favours hoping also to leave it as a lasting monument of your attested Piety and the Liberality of the Benefactors aâ—d of your Honourable Protection of My LORD Your Honours Most obliged and humbly devoted Servant William Barton THE Author's EPISTLE TO THE READER Courteous Reader BE pleased to understand that I was sent to and requested by Mr. Richard Baxter to translate that famous Hymn composed by St. Ambrose and St. Augustine called Te Deum if I thought good and so good I thought it harping upon Scripture all along that I did it in double Metre both to the Chapter-Hymns and to the Psalm-Hymns and to the former I prefixt the Proofs as you may find in pag. 2 c. and to render it as near as possibly I could to the Prose-translation by variety of Metres and the same correspondency I have generally aimed at in all the work the main design whereof is to propagate and promote Godliness without which the Notions and Contests of Knowledge are but meer shadows and as the Apostle saith of Genealogies vain janglings Now how far Spiritual Songs and Psalmody tend to true Godliness we may gather from the Holy Scriptures Col. 3.16 where the Apostle saith Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you in all wisedom teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual Songs c. For in the use of such as these Christians may truly say that they do teach and admonish one another For certainly the most pressing passages of Holy Scriptures being put into smooth and familiar Verse keeping also the order and as much as may be the words of the Prose-translation will fix good Lessons in our mind and memory so as to edify the understanding and kindle the affection and do excellently instruct a Christian unto prayer and Meditation Ministring abundant hints and helps thereto And is no innovation or induction but a renovation and reduction rather to Primitive use and Order And how frequent famous and familiar was the use of Hymns in the ancient Churches is both attested by the Ancients themselves and applauded by worthy Writers of the later times For the former see Justin Martyr in his 107th Answer to the Orthodox here following touching Songs used in the Church Tertullian in his Apology against the Gentiles Chap. 2. and 39. Eusebius de praeparatione Evangelicâ lib. 12. cap. 14. where he saith That by good right and reason Christians did train up their Children in Godliness by the use of Songs and Hymns And in his Ecclesiastical History Lib. 5. Cap. 25. of the English Translation pag. 94. lin 1. we have these words How many Psalms and Hymns and Canticles were written from the beginning by faithfull Christians which do celebrate the praise of Christ c. And for the late Writers the Reverend Bishop Davenant on Col. 3.16 saith That it is apparent by ancient Writers that the ancient Churches did use Hymns Comenius in a little Book dedicated to his Majesty saith that among the Bohemian Brethren they had above 700 Hymns in use besides the Psalms of David But if we do reckon the Hymns Aliters several Parts and double Metres together with the Prefatory Hymns now published these do in all amount to the number of 778. Learned Dr. Hammond gives this Paraphrase upon Eph. 5.19 And let all your Mirth and Jollity be exprest in several kinds of Hymns c. that are used among Christians in a pious manner Aretius upon that excellent Scripture 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a faithfull saying c. hath these words Sententia digna quae Scribatur aureis literis ac publicè decantetur i. e. A Saying worthy of a GOLDEN PEN And to be sung i' th' Church by Christian Men. Wherefore I shall plead no further at present but only to present my honest aim and purpose in these few Disticks following To fix choice Scriptures firmly in our mind And shew us where we shall those Scriptures find To move the mind to meditate and pray And train up Children in a Godly way To plant the Doctrine of our Catechism And root up Errors Heresie and Schism To purge prophaneness and create an Ocean Of Love and Loyalty and due Devotion This Third or New Century of Chapter-Hymns is composed for the most part of Context Scriptures seldom fetching in any other save for a Doxology and therefore one quotation at the beginning doth commonly serve for all yet I dislike not the conjunction of parallel places but may say with holy Herbert This Verse Notes That And both do make a motion Vnto a third that ten leafs off do lye Then as dispersed Herbs do make a Potion These there make up a Christian's Destiny And of the usefulness of these Hymns I may say again with him A Verse may find him who a Sermon flies And turn Delight into a Sacrifice Hymns were accounted Sacred and Divine even among the ancient Heathen Poets who the Apostle Titus Chap. 1. Vers. 12. calls Prophets witness that of Hesiod in the beginning of his Book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Come famous Muses which from Pierus spring Call God your Father while your Hymns you sing Of what account then should Hymns be among Christians Hymns especially taken out of the Holy Scriptures Scripture-Hymns then may challenge the preheminence for St. Paul calleth it the Sword of the Spirit for it is the Word of God whereby we may gather that the Hymns used anciently were composed out of the Sacred Scriptures and certainly such as are thence aptly composed and keep nearest to the original Text are the most spiritual and fittest to be sung in God's worship But if any shall think it far inferiour for these ends to the accustomed Psalmody I hope I have now in the regulation of the Psalm-Hymns given further satisfaction having retained none but such pressing parts and passages as are generally suitable to the condition of all good Christians and shall be of easie apprehension for application I
Gentiles where they dwell And to be made the glory of thy People Israel To God the Father and the Son and Holy Ghost therefore Be glory done as first begun and shall be evermore Hymn VI. A Morning Exercise All People c. Lam. 3.22 'T IS of God's mercies infinite That we are not consumed quite Because indeed they still prevail And his compassions never fail 23 24. Each morning brings a fresh supply So great is God's fidelity The Lord 's my portion saith my soul Therefore my hopes on him shall roll 26. The Lord is very nigh to those That wait on him at his dispose Good to the Soul impowr'd with grace Unfainedly to seek his face 27. And it is good in every strait Both quietly to hope and wait For that salvation to attend Which God in his good time shall send Hymn VII A Promise of sending the Holy Ghost and of the Miracles at Pentecost Luke 24.49 THUS spake our Saviour Christ to his behold I send said he To you my Father's PROMISES which ye have heard of me Luke 24.49 But stay ye at Jerusalem untill the day draw nigh And ye shall be indued then with power from on high Acts 2.1 And when full fifty days were come thus hinted by our Lord They all were gather'd in a room and all with one accord And suddenly a sound from Heaven like mighty rustling wind Fill'd all the house where sate the Eleven with other Brethren joyn'd And there appeared to the men tongues cloven as of fire And sate upon each one of them and did their hearts inspire And then began they to advance their speech in Languages The Spirit giving utterance as He himself did please And Jews were present there in throngs from Nations all abroad And heard them speak in several tongues the wondrous works of God. Rev. 1.4 To Father Son and Holy Ghost all Glory be therefore As was and is to thâ— uttermost and shall be evermore Hymn VIII Arraignment of Ambition Covetousness and Cruelty Hab. 2.9 to 12. WOE be to him must all confess that with a greedy eye Covets an evil covetousness unto his Family That he may set his nest on high and there to keep him warm And sit with great security from fear of future harm Thou hast consulted shame enough unto thy house this day And cutting many people off hast sinn'd thy soul away For lo the very stone shall cry out of the wall to Me And thereto shall the Beam reply out of the Timber tree Wo be to him to him be wo that builds a Town with blood And stablisheth a City so by ways abhorr'd of God. Hymn IX A Song to celebrate the restauration of the CHVRCH Have mercy c. Isa. 54.11 O Thou afflicted Church and tost with tempest great Left comfortless in thy distress while all those storms did beat Behold I lay thy stones with colours very fair Thy corner stones most curious ones with Saphyres to compare 13 14. And great shall be the peace thy Children are to see And thou no less in righteousness established shalt be Oppression shall be far because thou shalt not fear No Tyranny shall terrifie nor unto thee come near 7. Rev. 15.6 Though for a little while I hid from thee my face My care shall be to gather thee with everlasting Grace To God in Trinity all glory be therefore As hath been done since time begun and shall be evermore 2. PART Isa. 60.15 16. Arise O Church and shine thy light comes in and springs Thy Saviour now hath said that thou shalt suck the breast of Kings And they shall be design'd for nursing Fathers kind And unto thee their Queens shall be for nursing Mothers joyn'd ch 33.17.65.16 Thine eyes shall see the King in all his beauty bright And God shall crown thee with Renown and everlasting Light. That such as bless themselves and each man that so doth May bless themselves in nothing else but in the God of truth Because the former times of trouble are forgot And what men did is past and hid mine eyes behold it not To God in Trinity all glory be therefore As was and is and shall be his henceforth for evermore Hymn X. Astonishing Judgments or AEGYPTS ten PLAGVES for Nov. 5. Psal. 135.9 THE Lord sent tokens most severe and let great Judgments fall On Egypt Upon Pharaoh there and on his Servants all PLAGVE I. Exod. 7.20 21. He turn'd their waters into blood so that they could not drink Their fishes dy'd within the flood and made the River stink PLAGVE II. Exod. 8.6 Psal. 105.30 Their Land brought forth from Brooks hard-by from Rivers Ponds and Springs A brood of Frogs Abundantly in Chambers of their Kings PLAGVE III. Exod. 8.17 19. He smote the dust of Aegypt-Land and loathsom vermine crawl'd On man and beast 'T was God's own hand and so confess'd and call'd PLAGVE IV. Exod. 8.24 He sent them divers sort of flies in Pharaoh's house to swarm Which sore annoy'd all Families and did the Land much harm PLAGVE V. Exod. 9.3 6. A grievous Murrain he design'd their Cattel to betide That sundry beasts of several kind of this strange Murrain dy'd 2. PART PLAGVE VI. Exod. 9.10 Handfuls of Ashes He ordains whereby their Plagues increast By breaking forth in Boils and Blains both upon Man and Beast PLAGVE VII Psal. 78.47 48. The Hail destroy'd their tender Vines and wealth of their quick stocks The Frost destroy'd their Sycamines hot Thunder-bolts their Flocks PLAGVE VIII Exod. 10.14 15. Locusts went over all the Land such as were never seen And spoil'd the trees that yet did stand and all things that were green PLAGVE IX Exod. 10.21 A darkness such as might be felt for three whole days did cover The Land where Lordly Pharaoh dwelt they saw not one another PLAGVE X. Psal. 78.51 All the first-born which Aegypt bore He smote with dreadfull hand The chief of all their strength and store in Cham's accursed Land. Exod. 12.13 Then was there a most dolefull cry in Aegypt heard with dread For there was not a Family where some One was not dead Ps. 72.18 Rev. 19.16 Let Israel's God the King of Kings be magnifi'd therefore Who only doth such wondrous things Praise him for evermore Hymn XI A Testimony Prophetical of the Birth and Kingdom of CHRIST Isa. 9.3 6. NOW Lord before thee we rejoyce as in a Harvest-day As Conquerors lift up their voice when they divide the prey For unto us a Child is born to us a Son is given And on his shoulder shall be worn the badge of power from Heaven His Name entit'led Wonderfull shall faithfull Saints so call Our Counsellour our Oracle God mighty over all The Everlasting Father and the Sovereign Prince of Peace Of whose sweet peace and sole command shall endless be th' increase Thâ— Throne of David to possess and order it full sure With Judgment and with Righteousness for ever to endure To God the Father and the Son and Holy
grief and fear We cry'd to God and he gave ear Out of the depths of hell we cry'd And he unto our Pray'r reply'd For thou hadst plung'd us in the deep In midst of Seas where waters keep Surrounding floods with waters vast And all thy Billows o're us pass'd We are cast out then did we say Out of thy sight quite cast away Yet one look more we will afford Towards thy holy Temple Lord. The waters compass'd us about Even to the soul they lanched out The depths had us encompassed The weeds were wrapp'd about our head To th' bottom of the Seas we went 'Twixt endless Bars of mountains pent Yet was our life when under trod Brought up by thee O Lord our God! When as our soul within did faint We thought on thee in our complaint And then to thee came in our prayers As by thy holy Temple stayrs They that observe deceitfull Lies And trust to Idol-vanities Forsake the tenders of thy Grace Which as their own they might embrace But we will sacrifice to thee With thankfull songs of melody And pay our Vows besides our Songs Salvation to the Lord belongs Hymn 34. Descending of the Spirit Numb 11.29 2 Cor. 3.18 O That the people of the Lord were Prophets every one Such as the Lord of 's own accord would pour his Sp'rit upon That we might all with open face behold as in a glass The glorious image of his grace upon our souls to pass And by degrees of Glory thus be chang'd as still we shall Ev'n by the Sp'rit of God in us that worketh all in all To Father Son and Holy Ghost all glory be therefore As was and is to th' uttermost and shall be evermore Hymn 35. Drunkard's Cup and Calamities Prov. 23.31 LOOK not upon the Wine fill'd up when sparkling red and bright It gives his colour in the Cup and moves it self aright For in the end that pleasant thing which did so much entice Bites as a Serpent and shall sting like to the Cockatrice Strange women shall thine eyes behold strange words thou shalt rehearse And lust shall make thy heart full bold to utter things perverse As one that floats upon the Sea and sleeps exceeding fast Such shalt thou be Or just as they that sleep upon the mast Thou shalt discern the strokes set on and blows but all in vain For when the fit is past and gone thou seek'st it yet again Hymn 36. Due fear of God and the King. Prov 24.21 22. FEar God my Son and fear the King and shun their courses strange That love a factious meddleing and are so apt to change For surely their calamity shall suddenly arise And who can tell what misery shall both of them surprize Hymn 37. Duty to Magistrates Prov 8.15 BY me saith God Kings reign on Earth and Justice they decree Princes and all of Noble Birth and Judges rule by Me. 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit therefore with one consent and for the Lord 's dear sake Yield to each form of Government which God himself did make 1 Tim. 2.1 2. And pray for Kings especially and all those men that be In places of Authority or eminent degree That we may spend our days in peace without the storms of strife In all good ways of Godliness and honesty of life 8. Let men therefore as God commands pray every where in faith Lifting up pure and holy hands without distrust or wrath 2. PART 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit your selves in every thing to th' Ordinance of Men Whether it be unto the King as the Supream of them Or to inferiour Governours whom his commissions raise For punishment of evil doers or for well doers praise For so 's the sacred will of God that ye by doing well May silence foolish tongues abroad and all mens clamours quell As free with freedom from offence and not to cloak thereby Rebellious Disobedience but serving the most high Have all men in esteem so good that no reproach may spring Fear God and love the Brotherhood and honour much the King. 3. PART Rom. 13.1 Let every Soul be subjugate unto the higher Powers For all these Powers did God create 't is his Decree not Ours Whoever then resists the Power against God's Law rebells And the resisters shall procure damnation to themselves 5.1 And ye must needs be subject then to Laws which rulers make Not only for the wrath of men but most for conscience sake 7. Render therefore to all their dues Tribute where Tribute's due Custome and fear and honour use to those ye owe it to 8. And leave behind no duty ow'd but each one love another For he fulfills the Law of God that truly loves his Brother 4. PART Tit. 3.1 Of duty to Superiour Powers put Christians still in mind Subject to be to Governours to all good works inclin'd Rom. 13.3 For rulers are not terrible to good works but to bad Wouldst thou not fear the power do well and praise shall thence be had 4. But if thou dost an evil thing then fear and fear again Because the person governing bears not the sword in vain Ibidem For he is God's chief Minister to execute his will With wrath upon the trespasser whoever doeth ill Ibidem For he 's God's minister to thee for thy great good and gain But fear t' offend because that he bears not the sword in vain Prov. 20.8 26. A King that sitteth on the Throne of judgment and is wise Scatt'reth away as clouds o'reblown all evil with his eyes Esaie's Commination Isa. 5.8 WOE 's them that draw Iniquity with cords of vanity And as it were with Cart-ropes dare draw sin most eagerly 21. Wo to the wise in their own eyes prudent in their own sight Whom draughts of wine and mixt strong drink commend for men of might 11. That early in the morning rise to follow drink so good And there they stay to drink all day till wine inflame their blood 8. That covetous joyn house to house and land they lay to land Untill no place be left on earth but in their griping hand 20. Good evil evil good that call that darkness put for light Bitter for sweet and sweet for gall the wrong way for the right 23. That justify iniquity for base reward and pay And take the blessed righteousness of righteous men away ch 3.10 11. Yet must we tell how safe and well with just men it shall go But wo agen to wicked men for all reap as they sow HYMN 39. Exaltation of Humility 1 Pet. 5.5 BE cloathed with Humility and lowliness embrace For God resists the proud and high but gives the humble grace Prov. 15.33.16.18 Humility shall honour find but Pride destroyeth all For sure the proud and haughty mind goes still before a fall Luke 14.11 For he that prides himself must know that God will pluck him down But the self humbled sitting low shall thereby get renown HYMN 40. Exalting a Nation Prov. 14 34. THE exercise of righteousness exalts a Nation
Praise to the giver of Grace Eph. 3.20 TO him whose mighty Power exceeds our asking and our thought According to his mighty deeds which he in us hath wrought To him let all God's Heritage give Glory yet agen By Jesus Christ from age to age world without end Amen HYMN 73. Praise to the Prince of Potentates O Lord Consider c. 1 Tim 6.15 THE blest and onely Potentate The King of Kings and Lord of Lords Who onely hath immortal state in Light that no access affords Whom no man yet did ever see nor can behold with mortal eye To him all Praise and Honour be for ever to Eternity HYMN 74. Praise to the Redeemer Ye Children c. Rev. 1.5 6. Eph. 5.27 ALL praise to him whose grace so good washt off our sin with his own blood So to present us pure and clean The faithfull witness Christ our head The first begotten from the dead and Prince of princes here that reign Heb 10.14 Rev. 1.6 Who dying fully clear'd the score Of all his saints for evermore By one oblation offered then And made us Kings and Priests to God And to the Father O give laud and praise to him for ever Amen HYMN 75. Praise to the Trinity Give laud c. 1 John 5.7 Rev. 1.4 UNTO the Three in One that bear Record above The Father and the Son and holy Spirit of Love Be Glory then As first begun and shall be done for Ever Amen HYMN 76. Remission of Sin. 1 John 1.5 THIS message have we heard from God and shew'd to great and small That God is light in whom no cloud of darkness is at all If then we say we know the Lord and walk without the light We plainly falsifie our word and do not what is right But we that walk with him in light have fellowship together And Christ his bloud shall wash us white from all sins whatsoever To God the Father and the Son and holy Ghost therefore Be Glory as at first was done and shall be evermore HYMN 77. Renewings of Joy. Isa. 65.18 REjoyce saith God as Joyfull men in that which I create For I create Jerusalem a joyfull happy State. And they shall build their houses new and dwell in what they build And plant them Vineyards thereunto and with the fruits be fill'd They shall not build and others take their Habitation seat Nor plant as for a strangers sake for other men to eat As Trees stand long before they die my peoples time so stands And mine Elect shall long enjoy the labours of their hands HYMN 78. Restraining of fleshly lusts All People c. 1 Pet. 2.11 NOW we beseech You Brethren dear As Strangers and as Pilgrims here Ye would all fleshly lusts controll As foes that fight against the Soul. Phil. 2.15 That pure and blameless ye may be The Sons of God from blemish free Amidst a Cross and Crooked race Shining as lights in every place Phil. 1.10 That ye may give a full assent To those things which are excellent And also be sincere and clear From all offence till Christ appear HYMN 79. Right reasoning of Temptation Jam. 1.13 LET no man say when drawn by Sin some evil deed to do That it was God that tempted him and led him thereunto For God Almighty neither can be tempted unto ill Nor ever tempts he any man to so corrupt a will. But every man is tempted then when his own lust bears sway And lust conceiv'd brings guilt on men And guilt of sin doth slay Watch ye therefore and evermore pray hard against Temptation And with sincere and awfull fear woâ—k out your own salvation HYMN 80. Sobriety Prayer and Charity enjoyned 1 Pet. 4.7 8. THE end of all things is at hand let us therefore have care To walk in all Sobriety and watch to earnest prayer And specially let charity on all sides be kept in For Charity helps mightily and hideth many a sin HYMN 81. Solemn ascension of Christ and leading Captivity captive Psal. 68.18 Eph. 4.10 THOU didst O Christ ascend on high and by almighty power Lead captive our Captivity in that triumphant hour Thou gavest then thy gifts to men to them that did rebell That God the Lord th' eternal Word might with the Gentiles dwell To God the Father and the Son and Holy Ghost therefore Be glory done as first begun and shall be evermore HYMN 82. Spirit of God dwelling in us 1 Thes. 3.23 24. THIS is the Lord's Commandement and chiefly to be done That every one should trust upon the Name of Christ his Son. And that we should love mutually as his Commandment ties And doing thus God dwells in us and we in him likewise And that the Lord abides in us hereby a Christian knows Namely by his good Spirit it is which he on us bestows HYMN 83. The Benediction from the God of Peace Heb. 13.20 21. AND now the very God of peace that brought back Christ our head Even Jesus our sweet Saviour and rais'd him from the dead That Shepherd of the Sheep so great by whose most precious blood The Lord did grant a Covenant to our eternal good He perfect you in all good works to do his will aright Working in you to act and do things pleasing in his sight Through Jesus Christ our Saviour who dy'd and rose agen To whom always be given praise World without end Amen HYMN 84. The Children of light exhorted 1 Thes. 5.4 9. BRethren ye are not of the dark but children of the light Children I say of lightsome day and not of darksome night Let us not sleep in sin therefore as others ill inclin'd But Brethren we must watchfull be and of a sober mind For they that sleep do sleep by night and drunkards light eschew But Christians they are of the day and fear not open view Be sober then and putting on brest-plates of faith and love And take with you that helmet too the hope of life above For God ordain'd not us to wrath which is for sinners stor'd But to obtain Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. To Father Son and Holy Ghost all Glory be therefore As first begun and shall be done henceforth for evermore HYMN 85. The Confidence accursed Jerem 17.5 6. Psal. 106. ult CUrsed is man that trusts in man to keep him safe from harm And lets his heart from God depart to make proud flesh his arm He shall be like the desart heath not seeing future good But shall possess the Wilderness not having friend or food Let Israel's God the Lord most high be magnifi'd therefore From first to last till time be past Amen for evermore HYMN 86. The Confidence applauded and blessed Isa. 30.18 Jer. 17.7 BLest is the man that waits on God and doth in him confide For he shall be like fruitfull tree set by the water side Whose leaf still green shall feel no heat but keep a spreading root And shall not fear the droughty year nor cease from yielding fruit Psal.
in vain For when long times 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 HYMN 104. 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 toils that were extream they are in quiet reâ—â— Their works likewise do follow them to make them truly blest Isa 57.2 Thus shall they enter into peace and quiet rest possess In blessed beds each one of these that walk in uprightness HYMN 105. Blessings of Obedience Prov. 3.1 2 3. MY Son keep my Commandements forget not my decree For length of daies long life and peace shall these things add 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. Chap. 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 wisedom and his fear For from his mouth doth wisedom flow and he gives knowledge clear 10 11.9 When Wisedom enters in thy heart and is thy souls delight Discretion shall preserve thee then and knowledge keep thee right Then righteousness shall readily by thee be understood Judgment likewise 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 man's way Which more and more shines clear 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 Cattel shall abound The Lord shall take away from thee all sickness and disease And lay upon thee no such Plague as did on Egypt seize 7 12. The Lord shall smite thine enemies that rise up in thy sight One way against thee shall they rise and seven ways take their flight The Lord shall make the Heavens give rain in season on thy Land And prosper thee in all thy 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 waies For better is Obedience than Bullocks Goats and Lambs And hearkning to the will of God than all the fat of Rams HYMN 106. Blessings on the Mount or Blessed Qualifications Mat. 5.3 to the 10. BLessed 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 righteousness 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 righteousness Because a Kingdom shall be theirs in Heaven to possess HYMN 107. Call out of Babylon Have mercy c. Rev. 18.4 8. COme out of Babylon my people at my Call Lest for her sake ye should partake her sins and plagues withall Because her sins have reach'd unto the Heavens high And God doth find and call to mind all her iniquity Reward her to the full as she rewarded you And fill her cup twice double up as she was wont to do Look how much she hath been a proud Luxurious Liver So much inflict her torments strict and so much sorrow give her For thus within her heart I sit a Queen saith she No desolate poor widows state nor sorrow shall I see And therefore shall her plagues come on her in one day Famine and death and mournfull breath to make her pine away And she shall utterly be burnt with fire at length For God the Lord that doth reward and judge her hath such strength HYMN 108. Charities Qualifications 1 Cor. 13.4 5. LOng-suffering is Charity and most exceeding kind It envies not nor vaunts it self nor is puff'd up in mind Doth not unseemly bear it self it seeketh not its own Is not provoked easily and evil it thinks none 6 7 8. It Joys not in iniquity but in the truth takes joy Believes and bears indures and hopes in all things patiently And Charity fails not at all but Prophecies shall fail And Tongues shall cease and Knowledge fade but Love shall still prevail 13. And now do Faith and Hope abide and Charity these three But that which is most magnifi'd is Love and Charity HYMN 109. Chastisement Heb. 12.5 6. THE castigation of thy God my Son do not despise And when rebuked by his Rod faint not in any wise For whom he loves he never leaves without chastisement fit And every Son whom he receives must to his scourge submit 7 8. By his chastisement if he bleed Son-lâ—ke you have your lot For what Son is there whom indeed the Father chast'neth not But if ye no chastisement bear which all partake of here Then Bastards verily ye are and not his Children dear 11. And now indeed no chastening doth for the present seem A joyouâ— but a grievous thing as usually we deem But afterward it ne'rtheless doth yield us evidently The peacefull fruits of righteousness when exercis'd thereby HYMN 110. Christ his Benefits Eph 1.3 1 Cor. 1.30 BLessed be God that of his grace hath us so richly stor'd With spiritual gifts in heavenly place through Jesus Christ our Lord. Made to us wisedom righteousness and sanctifying grace Redemption also to possess the purchas'd heavenly place 2 Cor. 5.21 Joh. 14.6 Eph. 2.18 Made also to be sin for us who from all sin was free That we the perfect righteousness of God in Christ might be The way the truth and life he is and thoâ—ow him alone We by one Spirit have access unto the Holy One. Col. 3.11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew nor Sex of great or small Barbarian Scythian bond or free but Christ is all in all 2 PART Rom. 8.1 2. There is no condemnation now to them that are in Christ Who by the Spirit walk with God not as by flesh entiâ—'d Because the Law of Spirit and Life which is in Christ our Lord Hath made us free from force of sin
one 27. My Spirit I will place within you and will cause That you shall by my grace walk in my Statute-Laws so that ye shall Observe with trust my judgments just and do them all 3. PART Give laud c. Heb. 10 11. And this shall be in sum the Cov'nant of my word Made good in daies to come to Isr'el saith the Lord My Laws will I Put in their hearts and inward parts effectually 12. And they shall all know me together great and small And gratious I will be to their offences all Their sins therefore And doings ill I never will remember more Jer. 32.40 My people then shall they be stil'd and I their God Nor will I turn away from doing of them good My fear shall be In them so put that they shall not depart from me 4. PART Jer. 50.5 They shall enquire the way with faces Sion-ward Come joyn ye shall they say in Covenant with the Lord such as shall bind Perpetually and never be put out of mind 32 39. And I will give them all one heart and way saith God And fear me then they shall for ever for their good Their good alwaies And of their Sons and little ones in after daies Ezek. 34.23 Zech. 14.9 One Shepherd I will place over my pasture stock A King of David's race and he shall feed my Flock Then shall there be One Lord alone and his name one in midst of thee HYMN 120. Counsel of Christ. Rev. 3.18 I Counsel thee to buy of me Gold tryed in the fire And white array to make thee rich and trim in thine attire That in this dress thy nakedness and shame may not appear With eye salve then anoint thine eyes to make thy eye-sight clear 19 20. All whom I love I do reprove with wholsome chastisement Be zealous therefore in my way and of thy sloth repent Behold how I most graciously stand at the door and knock If any man attend to me and will the door unlock 21 22. I will come in and sup with him and he with me alone And he that overcomes with me shall sit upon my Throne Who hath an ear now let him hear what things the Spirit saith Unto the Churches every where to keep them in their Faith. HYMN 121. CREED All People c. Or O Lord consider Gal. 1.8 1 Cor. 3.11 Eph. 2.20 SHould we another Gospel preach or if a glorious Angel durst Contrary to our Doctrine teach let him be holden as accurst Other foundation none can lay than what is laid to build upon Namely what Holy Scriptures say Christ that is made chief corner-stone Eph. 4.4 5. 1 Co. 8.7 Eph. 1.7 Ro. 4. ult 25. One Body and one Spirit free one hope whereto we have our Call One Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of us all One Jesus Christ in whom we have redemption through his precious bloud Who dy'd for us from sin to save and rose to make th' assurance good Ro. 8.34 Jo. 2.3 Luk. 24.47 Act. 26.18 Heb. 1.3 Who by the word of his command made and upholds whatever is Who sits enthron'd at God's right hand and intercedeth there for his Repentance preached in his Name and free remission of our sin That we thâ— inheritance might claim among the Saints by faith in him Heb. 6.1 Act. 3.19 Mat. 24.35 Luk 1.45 The Resurrection of the Flesh and the eternal Judgment Day When Christ his Presence shall refresh and Heaven and Earth shall pass away Blessed are they that have believ'd for every thing and every word Shall be accomplish'd and atchiev'd that hath been spoken by the Lord. Deborah's Song Judg. 5.2 3. SIng praise O Israel to the Lord that hath avenged thee When as the people went to fight offering themselves so free Ye Kings give ear ye Princes hear I even I will sing And sweetly raise my voice in praise to Israel's mighty King. 8.6 7 10. My heart is towards the Governours that did their help afford Offering themselves so willingly wherefore bless ye the Lord. Ye travellers and passengers and ye that ride in state And ye that yet in judgment sit now speak it in the Gate 11.6 7. They that are freed from frightfull noise of Archers at the Well Shall oft rehearse God's righteous Acts his Acts to Israel The Passengers were wanderers in by-paths up and down And none could dwell in Israel but in a walled Town 2. PART 12 19. Awake awake O Deborah rise Barak sing a Song Abinoam's Son thy captives lead thy captives lead along There fought the Kings hard by the springs of great Megiddoes plain But brought away no prize nor prey to glory of their gain 30 20. Curse Meroz said God's Angel then curse Meroz bitterly That would not help the Lord against a potent Enemy But there were those against our foes that fought from Heaven that day The Stars in course did fight with force against keen Sisera 27 31. At Jael's feet he bow'd he fell he bow'd and fell down dead She smote and pierc'd his temples through and then cut off his head So perish those that are thy foes but Lord let all thy Lovers Be like the Sun when he at noon his brightest beams discovers HYMN 123. Diligence in Duties Phil. 2.12 2 Pet. 1.8 10. WORK out your own salvation with trembling and with fear That barren ye may neither be nor fruitless plants appear But use all circumspection that ye may so find out Your Calling and Election to make it out of doubt 5 6. Add to your Faith the Vertuous Path to Vertue Knowledge knit With this advance sweet Temperance and Patience joyn to it To Patience add true Piety with Piety express The Kindness that is Brotherly and Charitableness 5 10 11. Besides all this ye may not miss of Diligence in all For if ye do these things pursue then can ye never fall Opening a door of large extent by this devout behaviour Into the Kingdom permanent of Christ our Lord and Saviour HYMN 124. Dragon's Downfall Ye Children c. Rev. 12.10 11. NOW is salvation come abroad The strength and Kingdom of our God now hath his Christ extoll'd his might For the Accusers made to fall He that accus'd our Brethren all before our God both day and night And him they quell'd and overcame By the pure blood of Christ the Lamb and by their testimony true For by that double-edged Sword The witness of their faithfull word this enemy they overthrew 12. Nor did they spare their utmost breath Nor love their lives unto the death but boldly laid down all at stake Therefore ye Heavens lift up your voice And ye that dwell in them rejoyce in this Salvation to partake But woe to you to you O Sirs The Earth and Seas inhabiters guilty of our Accuser's Crime For Satan is come down to you Having great wrath because he knew he now must have but little time 11.17.7.10 12. We give thee thanks with one consent O Lord our God
person saith That he hath faith and hath not works is that a saving Faith But wilt thou know O thou vain man that Faith by Works unknown Is not a living Faith but dead it being all alone 26. Gal. 5.6 For as that body is but dead the which no breath supplies So Faith that is not perfected by Works is dead likewise And neither circumcision avails with God above Nor yet uncircumcision but Faith that works by Love. HYMN 133. God's Glittering Sword. Deut. 32.39 43. I Kill saith God and make alive I wound and heal alone And there is none with me can strive to rescue any one For I lift up my hand on high to heaven above and say Behold I live eternally and am without decay If once my hand with Judgment close and whets my glittering Sword With vengeance on my hatefull Foes I 'le execute my Word I 'le make mine Arrows drunk with blood my Sword shall flesh devour The slain and captives shall be food from the revenging hour Rejoyce ye Nations with his Land to whom he will be good And while his foes shall feel his hand avenge his Servants blood HYMN 134. Government 2 Sam. 23.1 Deut. 16.20 2 Cor. 4.4.1.17 2 Chr. 19.6 Psal. 82.1 THE Prince that Ruleth over men must be exceeding just And govern in the fear of God that putteth him in trust Because the judgment is not mans but God's the judge on high Who sits among these earthly Gods to judge most righteously Rom. 13.1.5 1 Tim. 2.2 And every soul must needs submit unto the powers supream And not for wrath but conscience sake be subject unto them And pray for Kings and Rulers all that we through their defence May live in Peace and Godliness with all good conscience 2 Cor. 5.10 For we must every one appear and personally come Before the Judgment seat of Christ there to receive our doom As hath been in the body done by each man bond or free And as the work is good or bad so shall his sentence be 2. PART 1 Thes. 5.12 13. 1 Pet. 4.10 Obey those Rulers over you that warn you in the Lord And for their work-sake prize them much that preach to you the Word As each man hath receiv'd the gift let him discharge his place As good and faithfull Ministers of God's abundant grace 1 Th. 5.14 2 Th. 3.6 14. 1 Tim. 5.22 Warn the unruly help the weak support them lest they fall Comfort the feeble-minded ones be patient towards all Withdraw from the inordinate to shame them from their sin And no way be partakers of the sins that such live in Heb. 12.15 16. 1 Cor. 14.26 33. And let no root of bitterness no person vain and vile Spring up with you to trouble you and many to defile Let all be done to edifie for God's the God of peace In all the Churches of the Saints to make disorders cease 2 Cor. 13.11 Rom. 13.8 And live in peace and holiness whereto ye have your call And then the God of love and Peace shall still be with you all And owe to no man any thing but one to love another For 't is the Laws accomplishing to be a perfect Lover 3. PART Eph. 6.1 2 4. Obey your Parents in the Lord ye Children as 't is fit This is the first Commandement with Promise made to it Parents provoke not unto wrath your Children in their youth But bring them up in fear of God and nurture of his Truth 5.6 9. Servants obey your Masters will with reverential fear Not with eye-service pleasing men but as Christs servants dear And Masters do your Servants right knowing ye 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 HYMN 135. Government of the Tongue Jam. 1.26 Mat. 12.36 IF he that seems religious doth not his tongue refrain That man's Religion verily is altogether vain For sure of every idle word that any man shall say He is to give account thereof at God's 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 sin in Word or Tongue doth testifie and tell A perfect man and one that can rule all the body well HYMN 136. Harvest Have mercy c. Mat. 9.37 38. THE Harvest truly Sirs is very great to view But loe the faithfull Labourers are but a very few Pray ye the Lord therefore whos 's 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 reap or either May have eternal life for wage and both rejoyce together And that our fruit amount as we desire and pray Abundantly to our account in that great Harvest-day HYMN 137. High and lofty One. O Lord Consider c. 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 Spirit sighs and groans To cheer the humbled in my sight to cheer the heart of contrite ones 16.66.2 For still contending with the frail and keeping anger unallay'd The Spirits would before me fail and those poor souls which I have made But unto him will I be sure to look with favour saith the Lord That is in Spirit meek and poor and trembles at my Holy Word HYMN 138. Humiliation Hos. 6.1 COme now and let us search and try the ways 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 set us in his sight alive that felt so sharp a Sword. Be then afflicted weep and mourn repentance to express Your laughter into mourning turn your joy to heaviness 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 gratious mercifull and unto anger slack Of kindness great and one that will his judgments soon call back HYMN 139. Idolatry Forbidden 1 Cor. 10.14.22 2 Cor. 6.14 FLEE fast from all Idolatry from Idols keep you free Provoke we God to Jealousie are we more strong than he With Belial can Christ accord or can these things unite The house of Idols and our Lord the darkness and the light 15 16 17 18. Unrighteousness can that combine with righteousness to dwell Or can the true believer joyn with any Infidel Be therefore separate and clear and all uncleanness flee And ye my Sons and Daughters dear and I your God shall be Rev. 3.4 For but a
above I surely will record According to his gifts most free and loving kindness show'd With love and liberalitie on Jacob's house bestow'd According to his grace renew'd which at his hands we find According to the multitude of his compassions kind For sure said he they are my flock children that will not lie Therefore he was their saving Rock in their adversity In all their grievances that were himself was grieved sore And th' Angel of his presence there preserv'd them evermore He in his love and pity then redeem'd his flock and fold He bare them and he carried them even all the daies of old 2. PART v. 10. But they rebell'd and vexed so his holy Spirit of might That he was turn'd to be their foe and did against them fight Then thought he on those ancient days Moses and Israel's stock Where 's He that brought them from the Seas with Shepherds of his flock O where is He said God most high that did within him place In ancient times so powerfully his holy Spirit of grace By Moses's hand that led them right with glorious Arm and Name Dividing Waters in their sight to get eternal fame That led them through the deeper Seas untill to Land they got As Horses in the Wilderness that stumble they might not As Beasts go down into the dale God's Spirit made them rest Thou led'st thy people not to fail Thy Great Name to attest 3. PART v. 15. Look down from Heaven and behold from that thy dwelling seat Of Holiness prepar'd of old and of thy glory great Where is the zeal and strength in Thee thy bowels mov'd and pain'd And of thy mercies towards me are they O Lord restrain'd Doubtless thou art our Father dear though Abraham hath forgot Or ignorant of us appear and Israel knows us not Thou art our Father still the same thou didst us Lord redeem From Everlasting is thy Name a stranger do not seem O Lord why hast thou made us err from thy most holy path Hardning our hearts from thy true fear in thy provoked wrath Return and have rememberance for thy dear servants sake The Tribes of thine Inheritance which thou did'st chuse and take HYMN 222. Idolatry exploded Jer. 2.11.5.23.16.20 HATH ever any Nation chang'd their Gods which yet were none Yet have my people been estrang'd from me and wholly gone And they have chang'd their glory great for Gods which they have got Meer Idols that are all deceit and things that profit not O Heavens be amaz'd hereat and horribly affraid And be ye very desolate as God the Lord hath said For lo my people Israel have these two evils done Forsaking Me who am the Well whence Living Waters run And hew'd out Cisterns to themselves too shamefull to be told Meer broken Cisterns and none else that can no water hold HYMN 223. Backsliders called back All people c. Jer. 3.22 REturn backsliding Israel And I will your backslidings heal Behold we come with one accord To Thee that art our God the Lord. Truly in vain do men expect Salvation for the hills t' effect And from the mountains multitude No safety sure can we conclude But truly in the Lord our God Is sure Salvation to be had The saving health of Israel Is all of Him we know full well Let Israel's God be blest therefore From first to last for evermore And let all faithfull people then Give praise to God and say Amen HYMN 224. The old good way Have mercy c. Jer. 6.16 THus saith the Holy One stand in the ways and see Inquire I say for th' old good way the paths that ancient be And walk ye all therein and ye shall surely find A very blest Estate of rest contenting to your mind To Israel's God most high be all the praise therefore And people then say all Amen Amen for evermore HYMN 225. False fears and false Deities derided Our Father c. Jer. 10.1 HEar ye the Word which God doth say to you O house of Israel Learn not saith He the heathens way nor fear what they count terrible At signs of Heaven be not dismay'd For so the Heathens are afraid For peoples Customs are but vain one from the Forrest cuts a tree The work of workmen are they plain which with the Ax cut down must be Then deckt with silver and with gold The nails and hammer make it hold Like a Palm-tree they stand upright but never can they speak a word And needs they must be born by might that go no farther than they 're stirr'd Let no man fear these Logs of Wood For they can do nor ill nor good Since there is none like thee O Lord for very great indeed thou art â—reat is thy Name upon record who would not fear thee from their heart The King of Nations thou dost reign And fear to thee doth appertain 2. PART v. 8 10 11. But they that err and Idolize are altogether brutes and fools The stock 's a Book of vanities but the true God for ever rules He is the Lord the Living One The King with everlasting Throne His Wrath shall cause the Earth to quake the Nations cannot bear his blow Tell them that Gods which did not make the Heavens above and Earth below Even they shall perish from this Earth And from these Heavens which God set forth Each man is brutish in his skill men founder is confounded quite His graven Image fools him still his molten Image gives no light They have no breath they are but vain The work of errors are they plain The workmen and these works of his shall perish at God's visiting Unlike them Jacob's portion is for he hath formed every thing Israel's the lot which he doth claim The Lord of Hosts is his great Name 3. PART Isa. 44.9 They that make graven Images are all of them meer vanity They profit not howe're they please as they themselves can testifie They see not neither do they know But may be sham'd it should be so Who makes a God or who hath fram'd a molten Image good for nought Lo all his fellows shall be sham'd they are but men that have them wrought Let all stand up and gather near They shall be strook with shame and fear The Smith with Tongs doth work it warm with Hammers doth he fashion it He works it with his strength of arm he labours and is hunger-bit His strength must fail upon constraint He drinks no Water and is faint The Carpenter extends his rule with lines he makes it as he please He fits it with his plaining tool he marks it out with compasses He forms it like a man compleat To make a household God most neat 4. PART He hews him down the Cedar-trees he takes the Cypress and the Oke He glories in the choice of these which through the forrest bear the stroak He plants an Ash as also fit And leaves the rain to nourish it With part thereof the fire is fed he warms his body at the flames
the Grass The time was at the latter growth of shooting out the blade And I to see the judgment loath on this wise spake and said Forgive Lord our iniquities I humbly cry and call By whom shall Jacob's House arise for he is very small Then did the Lord repent for this and thus He said to me Though they have done so much amiss yet this thing shall not be Then cald He to contend by fire devouring all the deep And eat a part though not th' entire then did I pray and weep Lord cease these wofull miseries and hear my cry and call By whom shall Jacob's House arise for he is very small Then did the Lord repent for this and thus he said to me Though they have done so much amiss yet this thing shall not be Then shew'd he me a plummer line pointing at Israel's score To shew that God would not incline to pardon any more Lord spare thy flock do not condemn thine Heritage to shame That Heathens should rule over them dishonouring thy Name For wherefore should the Heathen say while we are undertrod Now where is Israel's God say they where Now is Israel's God Then will the Lord of 's own accord be jealous for his Land And pity his own flock that is under the Heathens hand Let us always give laud and praise to Israel's God therefore And people then say all Amen Amen for evermore HYMN 255. Nonsufficient Sacrifices Now Israel may say c. Micah 6.6 WHerewith shall I or any man be bold to come before the Lord confidingly and bow my self before the Lord most high With Offerings shall I come of flock and fold Burnt Offerings or with calves a just year old Will God be pleas'd and with our sins dispense for thousands of fat Rams which we shall boyl or for ten thousand Rivers full of oyl Shall my first-born my trespass recompence Fruit of my body for my souls offence But he hath shew'd thee what is good O man and what doth God the Lord require of thee but to do justly and exact to be Mercy to love and shew it all we can Walk humbly with thy God and so go on Let Israel's God the Lord that is most high be ever blest and magnifi'd therefore and let the spacious Earth the Sea shore Be filled with his glorious Majesty And people say Amen unanimously HYMN 256. The Treasures of deceit challenged The mighty God c. Micah 6.10 Deut. 25.14 AND are there yet the treasures of deceit in wicked Houses now so general And the scant measure or the small and great which is abominable unto all Or shall I count them pure with wicked ballance And of deceitfull Weight which I can challenge For their rich men are full of violence and their inhabitants are full of lies Also their tongue is full of foul offence and of deceitfull wicked treacheries Therefore I 'le make thee sick in visitation And for thy sins to be a Desolation And thou shalt eat and not be satisfi'd thy casting down shall be in midst of thee And thou shalt take fast hold on every side but not deliver when thy siege shall be And that which thou deliverest Son or Daughter I will give up unto the sword and slaughter And thou shalt sow but shalt not reap the crop and thou shalt tread the Olive from the tree But not anoint thee with the Oyl one drop and Wine to drink but none at all for thee Therefore saith God return to Me returning Withall your heart with fasting tears and mourning And rent your heart but keep your garment whole and turn unto your God so patient So gratious great in kindness mercifull and soon repents him of our punishment Who knows if He will turn and leave behind him A blessing that for ever we may find Him HYMN 257. The Priesthood The Mighty God c. Zech. 3.1 AND lo He shew'd me Joshua God's High Priest standing before the Angel of the Lord And Satan at His right Hand to resist then spake the Lord to Satan this sharp Word The Lord that chose His Church check thy desire For is not this a BRAND pluckt from the fire Now Joshua was clad in vile array and stood before the Angel of the Lord And God commanded take those rags away and give him change of rayment at my Word So then they gave him change of rayment brighter And on his head they set a comely Mitre Then did the Angel of the Lord protest if thou O Joshua wilt observe my charge Then will I give thee Walks among the rest to judge my House and keep my Courts at large Hear now O Joshua my Priest desired Thou and thy fellows that are men admired 2. PART Zec. 3.8 9. Heb. 10.14 Behold I will bring forth and will advance my choice elected the foundation stone My chosen servant who is call'd the Branch my Well-beloved and the Holy one That is endow'd above all mortal merit With all the Graces of my Holy Spirit I will engrave with graving of my hand concerning him the Lord of Hosts doth say And those Iniquities of all the Land I will remove and quit in one short day For by one Offering made by him that died Perfect for ever are the sanctified And in that day as saith the Lord of Hosts such amity and unity shall be That they shall call their friends in all the Coasts under the Vine and under the Fig-tree Let Israel's God be magnifi'd therefore And people say Amen for evermore HYMN 258. The Brother-hood Give laud c. Zech. 7.9 THUS speaks the Lord of Hosts let every man of you In all the Lands and Coasts just judgment now pursue And mercy show Even all ye can to every man both friend and foe And do not ye oppress the Widow any more Nor wrong the Fatherless the Stranger nor the Poor Let none of you His Brother judge nor bear him grudge whate're ye do But they refus'd to hear and pull'd their neck away And stopt their willfull ear from all that I did say Yea every one Did quite depart and make their heart as th' Adamant Stone Lest they should hear the Law and Words which God had sent Which former Prophets saw and call'd them to repent Therefore there came On Israel's Land by God's command great Wrath to flame And therefore as He cry'd and yet they would not hear So was their cry deny'd and I would not give ear Saith God of Hosts And thus alas It came to pass in Israel's Coasts So I did scatter them as when fierce whirlwinds blow Among all Nations then and whom they did not know And thus their Land And whole Estate lay desolate by God's Command Thus was it with the Jew their Land was left forlorn That no man might pass through nor any might return For their own hand Lay'd desolate that delicate and pleasant Land. HYMN 259. God's Jewels Where righteousness doth say c. Mal. 3.16 THEN they that fear'd
Instruction Understanding too Grant we may carefully pursue and wise to God thereby may be HYMN 269. The Draw-net Mat. 13.47 Pet. 12.3 THE Kingdom of the Gospel here which is for grace design'd Is like a net cast in the Sea gathering of every kind Which when 't was full men drew to shore sat down to make survey In Vessels gather'd up the good and cast the bad away So shall it be at this World's end the Angels shall come forth Severing the wicked from the just on all the Coasts on earth And they shall cast the wicked ones into a furnace-flame There shall be weeping gnashing teeth and everlasting shame HYMN 270. The Fool in grain Ye Children c. Luke 12.16 THere was a certain rich mans ground That plentifully did abound and made the wealthy owner say What shall I now devise to do Because I want a barn or two wherein I might my harvest lay But now it comes into my mind There is a means that I shall find to lay up all my wealthy Crop I will pull down my barns and build Much greater barns and have them fill'd and heaped up unto the top And I will say unto my Soul Soul live at ease without control eat thou and drink and merry be For worldly goods enough thou hast Lay'd up for many years to last and there can come no want to thee Thou fool said God this night shall they Require thy Soul and take 't away what then becomes of all thy store Such is the man that heaps up wealth And worldly treasures to himself and is not rich to God but poor HYMN 271. The best fear Mat. 10.23 Luke 12.4 MY friends said Christ to you I say fear ye not them that threaten you And can perhaps the body slay but after that no more can do But I will give you warning here and be ye warned by my word Whom ye should ever have in fear namely the mighty Sovereign Lord. Who after he hath smote and slain having all power of life and limb Can cast to hell and endless pain yea I say to you fear ye him HYMN 272. The best rejoycing Now Israel c. Luke 10.17 AND lo the Seventy Disciples came As they return'd from preaching of the word And thus they spake said unto our Lord O Lord we cannot but with joy proclaim How Devils are subject to us through thy Name Our Saviour said I know it must be so I saw proud Satan falling from on high Like to a flash of lightning from the Sky For his power shall come down but yours shall grow And conquer all the forces of the Foe Nevertheless rejoice ye not in this that Devils are subject unto your command But rather much rejoice to understand Your Names are written in the book of bliss And of Eternal life ye shall not miss To Him that sits upon the Throne therefore And unto Christ the Lamb the Holy One And to the seven Spirits before the Throne Ascribe in heaven and earth on sea and shore Dominion power and praise for evermore HYMN 273. Peace with all men Rom. 12.18 AS far as it is possible and in your power doth fall Retain ye still this Principle to live at peace with all Because the fruit of righteousness is sown of him in peace Whose quiet mind is still inclin'd to make Contention cease And therefore follow peace with all and holiness together Without which grace none see the face of God above for ever HYMN 274. Subsistance of God's Kingdom Rom. 14.17 GOD'S Kingdom is not meat and drink the things desir'd of most But righteousness and peace it is and joy i th' Holy Ghost And he that in these things serves Christ as all men ought to do Is much set by of God most high and men commend him too Let us therefore pursue the things that make for mutual peace And things whereby to edifie and make true Love increase HYMN 275. Moderate affections All People c. 1 Cor. 7.27 BRethren I say the time is short And this remains for every sort The Married so to lead their lives As free and not as having Wives The sad as sorrowing not too deep But weeping as they did not weep And they that joy in their fair lot Should joy as if they joyed not The buyers free from carefulness As if not buying to possess Using the World as doth befit And not at all abusing it For lo the World doth quite decay The fashion of it fades away But he that doth the Will of God Hath an Eternal blest abode All Glory to the Holy One That sits upon the soveraign Throne And to the Lamb of God therefore Be praise and Honour evermore HYMN 276. Sowing to the Spirit Gal 6.7 BE not deceiv'd my brethren dear God is not mock'd we know For all shall reap for things done here according as they sow He then that soweth to the flesh corruption shall inherit And they eternal happiness that sow unto the Spirit Unwearied then let us pursue good Works without complaint For we shall reap in season due if that we do not faint And taking opportunity do good to every man But chiefly to the family of Faith the best we can HYMN 277. Amity and Vnity Phil. 2.1 IF any Consolation in Christ is to be had If any Delectation in love to make us glad If any fellowship be felt in God's sweet Spirit of grace If any bowels that can melt or mercies taking place Fulfill our joy like-minded be in mutual love combin'd Having the self-same amity and unity of mind Let nothing out of strife be done or of vain-glory wrought But others to themselves each one preferring in his thought And look not every man of you on his own things alone But on the things of others too to comfort every one HYMN 278. Our Saviour's coming in the Clouds 1 Thess. 4.16 THE Lord himself shall once descend from Heaven with a shout And God's Arch-Angel shall attend and his loud voice break out And then the Trump of God likewise shall his alarum sound And first the dead in Christ shall rise and stand upon the ground Then shall the living that remain to Heaven in clouds repair And be caught up with all the train to meet the Lord i th' air And then shall we for ever joy in presence of the Lord Comfort your selves then mutually with this so sweet a Word HYMN 279. Charity charged upon the rich Now Israel c. 1 Tim. 6.17 THE rich in this World charge thou solemnly Not to be puffed up with secret pride Nor in uncertain riches to confide But on the living Lord that they rely Who gives us richly all things to enjoy That they do good and largely give to th' poor Ready to distribute of their estate And to be willing to communicate A good foundation laying up in store Of gaining life that lasts for evermore HYMN 280. The Call of Grace 2 Tim. 1.9 T IS God that lov'd and
be rais'd But rich mens joy made low to be and say the Lord be prais'd For as the flower of the grass so shall he fade away When sun with burning heat shall pass unto the height of day The grass doth fade the flower decays its grace and fashion goes So shall the rich man in his ways fade as the withering Rose HYMN 291. War with lusts Jam. 4.1 FROM whence come Wars and Fightings keen Come they not from your lusts unseen The lusts that in your members are These are the causes of this War Ye lust and have not ye are slain With strong desire and can't obtain Ye fight and war and cannot have Because ye do not wisely crave Ye ask and have not that or this Because ye ask so much amiss For what ye ask ye aim it thus That ye may spend it on your lusts O ye adulterers that while And ye Adulteresses vile Know ye not that the World abroad Hath friendship opposite to God Who then doth with the World agree The enemy of God shall be Think ye the Scripture saith not well The Spririt that in us doth dwell Lusteth to envy and disdain As apt to let such vices raign But yet doth God more grace bestow These wicked lusts to overthrow Job 40.11 Who saith God doth the proud abase But to the humble giveth grace Submit your selves to God therefore Resist the Devil evermore And if ye do resist him so He will flee from you as his foe HYMN 292. Our Advocate in Heaven 1 John 2.1 MY little ones I write to you that ye sin not at all But if by great infirmity some into sin do fall We have a potent Advocate with God the Father true Jesus the just to mediate and intercede for you A full PROPITIATION for all our sins is He And not for our great sins alone that pardoned they might be But also for them all he pleads that penitently grieve And for the whole World intercedes whoever in him believe HYMN 293. The Children of God and Satan described 1 John 3.10 IN this are manifestly known the Sons of God most high And children of the Wicked One are also known hereby Whoever doth not righteousness is not of God begot Nor he whatever he profess his Brother that loves not And this command from God above we have tow'rd one another That he that bears to God true love should also love his brother HYMN 294. God's Children and Satan's distinguished 1 John 3.10 Mat. 19.17 BY this the Sons of God are known And Children of the Wicked One The man that doth not righteousness Is not of God we well may guess Neither is he of God above That bears his brother no true love Mat. 19.17 For this Commandement we have From God who all the precepts gave That he that loveth God most high Should love his brother accordingly God onely good have praise therefore From first to last for evermore HYMN 295. Want of Charity discovered and censured 1 John 3.16 THE love of God well know we thus Because He lost his life for us And for our brethrens sake should we Lay down our lives if need should be But whoso hath this Worlds great store And sees his brother very poor Yet no compassion stirs within How dwells the love of God in him For thus at judgment Christ will say Since ye did shew your love no way To one o th' least that here ye see Ye did it not no not to Me. And this uncharitable Train Shall pack away to endless pain But then the righteous ye must know Into Eternal life shall go All glory to the Holy One That sits upon the Soveraign Throne And to the Lamb of God therefore Be praise and honour evermore HYMN 296. St. Judes Admonition Exhortation and Benediction Ye Children c. Behold as Holy Henoch said The Lord doth come with power array'd and millions of his Holy Ones To execute his judgment just On Wicked men led by their Lust to set them at his Judgment Thrones And to convince ungodly men And all the multitudes of them of all their Wicked Actions done Also of all their speeches hard Which Wicked men without regard have spoke against the Holy One. But ye beloved edifie Your selves in Faith and Piety still praying in the Holy Ghost And keep your selves in God's true love Looking for mercy from above to save you to the uttermost Now unto him whose power on high Can keep you from Apostasie and with great joy present you then And set you faultless in his sight To him be Majesty and might and Honour evermore Amen HYMN 297. The Joys of Heaven The mighty God c. Rev. 7.13 ONE of the Elders asked me and said Who are these persons in White Robes array'd And answer'd straight to put me out of doubt These from great tribulations did come out And they have washt their Robes and white they made them In Christ the Lambs pure bloud whose Robes array'd them Wherefore they are before the Throne so bright And serve God in the Temple day and night And he that sitteth on the Throne on high Shall dwell among them everlastingly And they shall never thirst nor hunger more Nor Sun nor Heat sustain as heretofore For Christ the Lamb that sitteth on the Throne With Heavenly Joys shall feed them every one And he shall lead them to the living springs Where the pure Water flows with all good things And he shall wipe away scorns and disgraces And all sad tears from off his peoples faces To him that is and was and is to come To God Almighty and to Christ his Son And to the seven Spirits before the Throne The ever blest and everlasting One To Father Son and Holy Ghost together Be Kingdom Glory Power and Praise for ever HYMN 298. The New Jerusalem Rev. 10.5 BEhold I saw an Angel stand Upon the Sea and on the Land to Heaven lifting up his hand And by the Everliving swore By him that made both Sea and Shore that shortly time should be no more Rev. 21.1 New Heavens and new Earths that day I saw for th' old was past away and no created Sea could stay I saw the Holy City then The Heavenly Jerusalem a coming down from God to men And as a Bride she did appear Adorned for her Husband dear and Heaven's loud voices I did hear God's Tabernacle is with men And lo the Lord shall dwell with them and they be his JERVSALEM All tears shall God wipe from their eyes And no more death nor grief nor cries shall evermore the Saints surprize For former things are past away And thus I heard him that same day that sat upon the Throne to say HYMN 299. The Coronation of Spiritual Conquerors and reward of Carnal evil doers Rev. 21.5 6 7 8. BEhold I make even all things new Write it said He I ' monish you for faithfull are these Words and true And said He it is done and past I 'm he that
METRE All People c. Or O Lord Consider c. Psal. 51.18 LORD cast a favourable eye On Sion's sad calamity Jerusalem's low walls repair And build them up again more fair 19 16. Then shalt thou be when once appeas'd With our devout oblations pleas'd But thou desir'st no Sacrifice Burnt Offerings take not in thine eyes 17. The Offerings of thy dear delight Are trembling souls and hearts contrite An humble heart that prostrate lies O God thou never wilt despise 10 15. Create in us O God therefore An heart refined more and more And open thou our lips always To make our mouth shew forth thy praise HYMN 393. Pardon implored 2. METRE Psalm 51. HAVE mercy on me O my God take pity Lord I pray And in thy mercies multitude wipe all my sins away Wash me O wash me thorowly from filthiness within Blot out my fowl iniquity and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge and confess transgressions done by me In horrid shapes of guiltiness my sin I always see Against thee Lord and onely thee the high and Holy One Have I transgrest in high degree as unto thee is known That when thou speak'st of my offence thou may'st be justify'd And clear in all thou shalt pronounce when I am jud'gd and try'd Behold how in iniquity I did my shape assume My mother hath conceived me a sinner from the womb But thou lov'st truth in th' inward part and wisedom put'st within Which makes me from my very heart to loath my self for sin HYMN 394. Pardon Justification and Sanctification implored 3. METRE Psalm 51. verse 7 PUrge me with Hyssop O my God for thou shalt cleanse me so O wash me in my Saviour's bloud whiter than any snow verse 8 O Let me hear the voice that spoke of joy and gladness sweet That so the bones which thou hast broke may with much comfort meet verse 9 Then from my sins Lord hide thine eyes and frowning face refrain And blot out mine iniquities that none of them remain verse 10 O God create in me an heart unspotted in thy sight Renewing in my inward part a spirit pure and right verse 11 O do not cast me quite away from presence of thy face Nor take from me I humbly pray thy holy spirit of grace verse 12 The joy of thy salvation sweet to me O Lord restore And thy free spirit O grant me it to stay me evermore verse 13 Transgressors then shall learn of me how to obtain thy grace And converts shall come in to thee and sinners seek thy face HYMN 395. Pardon of bloudshed and prayers for Sion 4. METRE Psal. 51.14 ACquit me from bloud-guiltiness Lord God my Saviour strong Then shall I sing thy righteousness with loud and joyfull tongue verse 15 And open thou my lips O Lord my drooping soul to raise Then shall my mouth aloud record and shew forth all thy praise verse 16 For thou desir'st no Sacrifice else would I give it thee Burnt Offerings Lord thou dost not prize nor take delight to see verse 17 A Soul that doth with sorrow smart is God's chief Sacrifice A broken and a contrite heart thou wilt not Lord despise verse 18 Do good in love to Sion hill build up Jerusalems wall verse 19 Then shall we bring our Offerings still and please thee therewithall Pure Sacrifice of righteousness and bullocks then shall they With whole burnt Offerings numberless upon thine Altar lay HYMN 396. Pardon of Sin implored 5. METRE All People c. Or O Lord Consider c Psal. 51. HAVE mercy on me O good God Thy loving kindness shed abroad And in thy mercies multitude O let my pardon be renew'd O wash me throughly from my sin And cleanse my heart from filth within For I confess my foul offence With horrour of my conscience Thee thee alone have I set light And done this evil in thy sight That if I were condemn'd I must Confess thy judgment to be just And well have I deserv'd that doom That am a sinner from the Womb And thou lov'st truth in th' inward part And hast put wisedom in my heart HYMN 397. Peace of Conscience implored Also Justification and Sanctification 6. METRE Psalm 51.7 PUrge me with that the Law doth mean By Hyssop and I shall be clean Wash me in Christ his bloud and so I shall be whiter than the snow Gladness and joy to me reveal The bones which thou hast broke to heal From all my sins Lord hide thine eyes And blot out mine iniquities Create a clean heart in thy view And a right spirit in me renew Cast me not off for my demerit Nor take from me thy holy Spirit Thy saving joys to me restore And spiritualize me more and more Then shall transgressors learn of me And sinners shall convert to thee HYMN 398. Peace of Conscience and pardon of bloudshed implored 7. METRE Psalm 51.14 FROM guilt of bloud-shed make me clear O God of my salvation dear Then shall my tongue loud Songs express To magnify thy righteousness Wherefore I pray thee O most high My lips to open powerfully And make my mouth aloud to raise The acclamations of thy praise For thou desir'st not Sacrifice Else would I make such flames to rise Burnt Off'ring thou delight'st not in As an approved purge for sin The Sacrifices of the Lord Are hearts contrite and self-abhorr'd A broken breast and heart contrite Surely O God thou wilt not slight HYMN 399. Prayers for Sions prosperity 8. METRE Psal. 51.18 DOE good O God in thy good will To Sion thy beloved hill Let it receive no detriment By sinners falls that do repent But O build up for thee and them The walls of thy Jerusalem Then shall our Sacrifices be Pure righteousness well lik'd of thee Then shall we offer from our soul Burnt Offrings and burnt Offrings whole And in a more spiritual way We shall our Sacrifices pay And Bullocks taken from the Yoke Shall make thy sacred Altar smoke Or rather purer flames shall dart Sent from the Altar of our heart HYMN 400. Properties of Tale-bearers accused Psalm 52. WHY dost thou Tyrant take a pride in doing mischief still Be sure God's goodness doth abide and so it ever will. verse 2 Thy tongue contrives mischievousness and cuts as rasour keen It worketh all deceitfulness in secret and unseen verse 3 Thy mind with mischief most accords with falshood and with wrong verse 4 Thou lovest all devouring words O thou deceitfull tongue verse 5 Therefore shall God destroy thy race and cut thee clean away And pluck thee from thy dwelling place both root and branch I say verse 6 The righteous then shall see and fear and laugh at his disgrace verse 7 See here the man that took no care his strength in God to place But trusted in his store of wealth to save him from distress And thought to fortifie himself by works of wickedness verse 8 But like a green fresh Olive-tree in God 's own house am I
and us from death restor'd 3. Gal. 4.4 1 Pet. 1.8 For when the Law was weak through Flesh and had no strength to save God sent his Son of Virgin-seed and him to us he gave Whom having never seen we love and through belâ—ef no less Rejoyce with joy unsâ—eakable and full of gloriousness Jude 25. Rev. 4.13 God onely wise our Saviour that on the Throne doth sit Have honour glory praise and power for ever so be it HYMN 111. Christ's Commission Mat. 10.1 8. WHenas our Lord had call'd his twelve he gave them power at large Against all Devils and Disease and thus he gave them charge Go heal the sick the Leaprous cleanse the dead men cause to live Cast Devils out your grant is free and therefore freely give 14 15 16. Whoso receives or heâ—rs you not it shall be far more ease For Sodom and Gomorrah's Land at judgment than for these Behold as Sheep in midst of Wolves I send you forth saith he The Serpents wisedom therefore use and Doves simplicity 2. PART Mat 28.18 19. Behold all power is given me in Heaven and Earth likewise Go therefore into all the world and Nations gospeâ—ize Baptize them in the Fathers Name in every Land and Coast And in the Name of God the Son and of the Holy Ghost 20. Rev. 19.16 Gal. 1.5 And teach them to observe and do whatever I command And I behold am now with you and while the world doth stand To Christ the King of Kings therefore and Lord of Lords most high Be praise and glory evermore to all eternity HYMN 112. Communion of Saints Heb. 12.22 23. NOW are we come to Sion Mount the City of abode The Heavenly Jerusalem where dwells the living God. To Hosts of Angels numberless and to th' assembly there The General Church of God's first born whose names in Heaven appear 24. Mat. 25.32 And unto God the Judge of all on whom the world must wait And to the Spirits of all just men made perfect in that State. To Jesus Mediatour of the covenant now made new Whoâ—e sprinkled blood speaks better things than Abelâ—s â—s blood could do Rev. 5.13 Blessing and glory and renown then give we altogether To him that on the Throne sits down and to the Lamb for ever HYMN 113. Confession of Christ. Mat. 10.32 Rom. 10.10 HIM that confesseth me to men will I saith Christ record And will acknowledge him agen before my heavenly Lord. For man believes to righteousness with humble heart alone And with the tongue doth man confess unto Salvation 1 Tim 3.16 This Mystery of Godliness is very great and high God manifested in the flesh the Spirit did justifie The blessed Angels saw his face his word the Gentiles heard Believ'd on in the world he was to God's right hand preferr'd HYMN 114. Confession of Sin. All People c. Heb. 1.13 Dan. 9.6 O Lord that art of purer eye than to behold iniquity We all have sinned we confess and have committed wickedness Isa. 59.12 Ezr. 9.6 Our trespasses against us show our sins we cannot chuse but know For they are swollen above our head and are unto the Heavens spread Luke 15.18 O Father we have grievously offended Thee that dwell'st on high Unworthy to be own'd therefore as thy dear Children any more Ezra 9.13 Ezek. 18.32 Yet hast thou never punish'd sin so much as our deserts have been Nor is the death of him that dies a matter pleasing in thine eyes Neh. 9.27 Ezek. 13.32 For thou art unto anger slow and dost with grace and mercy flow Thou art most ready to forgive therefore let us return and live HYMN 115. Confidence in God. O Lord consider c. Hab. 3.17 18. ALthough the fig-tree shall not spring although the Vine no grape shall yield The Olive fail her fruit to bring nor any food be in the field The flock be cut off from the fold no beasts can in the stalls be had Yet in the Lord my joyes shall hold in God my Saviour Iâ—le be glad HYMN 116. The Conquest All People c. Deut. 33.26 to the end THere is not one 'tis truly said like Jeshurun's great God on high Who rides on heaven for thy aid with excellency on the sky Th' eternal God thy refuge is his everlasting Arms thy stay He will thrust out thine enemies before thee saying kill and slay Then Isr'el shall dwell safe unmixt and on a Land of Corn and Wine There Jacob's Fountain shall he fixt the Heavens dropping on his Vine O happy Isr'el we record whom like to thee doth God advance O people saved by the Lord the shield of thy deliverance Thy excellency's Sword is he and all thy foes of forreign Powers Shall be found lyers unto thee and thou shalt tread on their high Towers HYMN 117. Conscience 2 Tim. 1.5 Prov. 4.23 Act. 21.16 THE end of all the Law is Love out of an heart unstain'd A conscience that we can approve and out of Faith unfeign'd Keep then your heart with diligence with all the care you can A Conscience void of all offence both towards God and Man. Heb. 10.22 2 Cor. 1.12 1 Joh. 3.21 And so draw near with upright heart with faith both full and sure Our Conscience cleans'd our Bodies wash'd with Baptism-water pure And our rejoycing shall be this our consciences attest For if our hearts condemn us not on God we boldly rest HYMN 118. Contentation Prov. 30.8 9. LORD give me neither poverty nor too abundant store Give me to live conveniently and I desire no more Not riches Lord too largely deal lest pride should be my bane Nor poverty lest I should steal and take God's Name in vain Phil. 4.11 12. Heb. 13.5 And teach me if my state be scant or if I fulness find To know how to abound or want with a contented mind And let my conversation still be void of covetousness For God hath said I never will forsake thee in distress HYMN 119. Covenant-Grace Give laud c. Isa. 55.1 2 3. HO all that thirst and pine come to the waters here And ye that have no coyn Come buy and eat good chear O Come I say Buy milk and wine without your coyn without your pay Why do ye money spend for that which is not bread And labour to no end not bâ—ing fill'd or fed Heark diligently And eat ye food both fat and good to your souls joy Incline your ear and come hear and your soul shall live And I will make you room and I to you will give My Covenant-grace The mercies sure which shall indure to David's race 2. PART Give laud c. Ezek. 36.25 Besprinkle you will I wiâ—h water that shall cleanse And I will purifie your conscience by this means from Idols then And all excess of filthiness I 'le make you clean 26. I will in you create a heart with grace refin'd I will regenerate the Spirit of your mind your heart of stone I will remove and make it prove a tender
as this word doth represent in them there is no light 2 Tim. 3.16 17. For Scriptures sacred verities came all by inspiration Able to perfect and make wise in all things to salvation HYMN 182. Secret reveal'd 1 Cor. 2.7 8 14. GOD's wisedom in a mystery we speak to perfect men But not the wisedom of this world nor what is known to them For man while merely natural receives not what we press The things of God spiritual he counteth foolishness Prov. 24.7 Mark 4.11 Too hard for him to know or learn for natural men too high And such as nothing can discern but a spiritual eye But unto you dear Saints it is touching the things of heaven To know that Kingdom 's Mysteries to them it is not given 2 PART John 1.18 No man hath seen Almighty God since first the world began He that in heaven hath blest abode declar'd him unto man The onely and begotten Son of God the Holy One Did from the Fathers bosome come to make this Doctrine known John 3.32 Jude 25. Attesting what he saw and heard yet faith appear'd in few But whosoever believes his Word hath seal'd that God is true To God our Saviour onely wise be all the praise therefore Dominions Thrones and Dignities Amen for evermore HYMN 183. Secrets unreveal'd Rom. 12.3 Deut. 29 29. BE wise unto sobriety as God hath given faith And dealt to each man diversly the measure that he hath The secret things that are decreed belong to God alone But to our selves and to our seed the things that are made known 1 Tim. 6.17 Now to the blessed Prince of might the chief of Kings and Lords Who onely dwells in endless light which no access affords Whom no man can behold and see nor ever did see yet To him all praise and glory be for ever so be it HYMN 184. Souls under the Altar Give laud c. Rev. 6.10 HOw long O Lord how long thou holy one and true Ere thou avenge our wrong and judge with judgment due Them that have spilt Our blood on earth and pouâ—'d it forth with hainous guilt Luke 18.7 8. And shall not the most High avenge his own Elect Which night and day do câ—y and pray to that effect Though he bear long I tell you he will speedily avenge their wrong Rom. 8.36 Psal. 44.23 24. But we are killed thus all day for thy dear sake As sheep they count of us which they for slaughter take O God arise Why dost thou yet our griefs forgeâ— and our sad cries 2 Thes. 1.6 7. But with the Lord ye know the thing is just and due To render wrath and woe to them that trouble you But ye that thus Afflicted are shall surely share sweet peace with us 8. When Christ shall come abroad in flaming fire from Heaven And they that know not God shall have their portion given Of Vengeance meet Because that they would not obey his Gospel sweet HYMN 185. Spiritual Shepherds Acts 20.28 1 Pet. 5.4 TAKE heed you Shepherds to your charge to feed with wholsome food The flock which God hath purchased with his own precious bloud And the chief Shepherd coming down from heaven at his great day Shall crown you with a glorious Crown that never fades away Zach. 11.17 But to the Idol Shepherd woe a Sword will God assign To cleave his arm and his right eye that leaves the flock to pine 〈◊〉 arm to nothing withered â—lean dryed up shall be And his right eye so darkened as not at all to see HYMN 186. Strait Gate Mat. 7.13 14. O Enter at the narrow Gate for wide is that of sin And broad the way that leads astray and many go therein Because the Gate to life is strait and all the way thereto Is as I say a narrow way and they that find it few Luke 13 24 30. Strive then to hit the narrow Gate the right way to attain For not a few I say to you shall seek and seek in vain And there are first that prove the worst and last that first prepare For in this world are many call'd but few elected are HYMN 187. Suffering and Self-denial Mat 10.34 21. THink not saith Christ that I am come to send all peace on earth But through malicious minds of some a Sword must I send forth The Father shall the Son betray the Daughter her own Mother Brethren shall Brethren seek to slay set one against another 26 30 28. Yet fear not men in these affairs nor have them in such dread For God hath numbred all the hairs that grow upon your head Who kill the body fear not them that then no more can do But him that can to Hell condemn both soul and body too 2. PART Mat. 10.39 38. Luke 14.27 33. He that doth find his life shall be at loss of it thereby And he that loseth it for me shall find it gainfully And he that leaves not all to loss to follow after me Nor for my sake takes up his Cross my follower cannot be Mark 10.29 30. But whoso laies down all at stake forsaking Friends and Lands For me and for my Gospel sake to follow my commands An hundred fold shall he regain although with persecution And afterwards a life obtain that fears no dissolution HYMN 188. Temptations succoured Heb. 4 15. SUCH an High Priest we have not now as is not touch'd at all With sense of such infirmities as on his Saints do fall But suffered such temptations as we our selves fall in And was in all points like to us but yet excepting sin Chap. 2.18 1 Cor. 12.13 Isa. 40.31 In suffering such temptations the tempted he can aid And no temptation taketh you But what on Saints is laid But God is faithfull verily who will not suffer you To be assail'd above the strength which ye shall still renew But will in all temptations provide and order so That ye may have a way to scape and strength to undergo HYMN 189. The Tree good Prov. 21.27 Mat. 7.16 18. THE sacrifice of wicked men is hatefull to the Lord And offred with a wicked mind is then much more abhor'd For figs of thistles cannot grow nor grapes of thorns be had A bad tree cannot bear good fruit nor yet a good tree bad Chap. 12.35 33. From the good treasure of the heart good men bring forth good things And from the evil treasury bad fruit the bad man brings Now therefore let the tree be good the fruit will then be so And make the tree an evil one the fruit the same will show 3.10 And now 's the Ax laid to the root and therefore every tree That brings not forth good wholsome fruit cut down for fire shall be HYMN 190. Trinity 1 Joh. 1.7 Joh. 6.57 Luke 11.13 THree witnesses there are above and all these three are one The Father Son and sacred Dove one Deity alone The living Father sent the Son who by the Father lives And unto them that ask of him the Holy Ghost