that 's strong doth yield The better nourishmant So such who can strong things take in Are not so impotent 2 Nor ne're so weak as others be But harder work can do And unto them continually Does sweeter comforts flow 3 Small things do them not soon offend But strengthned be to bear Such things that others startle at And can't abide to hear 4 O then ye Saints do you see to 't Your weakness don't betray Who have been long in Jesus's School Yet stumbling-blocks do lay 5 In your own paths and others too And so expose God's Name To great reproach but on your selves Do bring the greatest shame 6 But let the strong bear with the weak In things indifferent And let the weak more wisdom seek Than from the strong to rent 7 It is a blessed truth of God For which the strong contend Tho' you being weak do yet not see 't But may though in the end HYMN 84. God's Word sweeter than Honey Psal 110.133 How sweet are thy words to my taste yea sweeter than Honey unto my mouth 1 HOw sweet is Honey and the Comb In which Honey iâ— found But Lord thy Word it doâ—◠〈◊〉 Its sweetness does abound 2 Beyond all things though ne're so sweet There 's nothing can it show Nor set it forth unto its worth Of things which are below 3 Nothing with it can once compare O do but taste and try For none but such can ever tell What good in it doth lye 4 If you to Honey add such things Which very bitter are The bitterness it doth take off Nay sweet it doth appear 5 Unto the taste so if you do With great afflictons meet If God a Promise gives to you The tryal will be sweet 6 But though Honey so sweet is found Yet some do it not love So none do find God's Word most sweet But those born from above The Second Part. 1 For the full stomach oft doth loath The Honey-Comb so sweet So carnal 〈…〉 count God's Word As poor and sorry Meat 2 Honey is of a purging kind God's Word it purges so It doth make clean both Heart and Mind The Life and Lip also 3 O then be like the pretty Bee Which doth industriously From ev'ry Flower she can see Her self store with Honey 4 And now ye Saints who sweetness find In God's most blessed Word Sing forth his Praise with joyful Mind Joyntly with one accord HYMN 85. God's Word Sword of the Spirit Eph. 6.17 And the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God c. 1 O Lord we hear War is proclaim'd And we engaged are To fight with thee and in these VVars To take our proper share 2 The Enemy is cruel strong And will no quarter give And threatens us both old and young VVe shan't much longer live 3 Thou didst o'recome him formerly He rallies up again His scatter'd force and we espy VVe fight must or be slain 4 O let us have thy mighty Sword O there is none like it If in our hearts we have thy VVord VVe 'll bring them to our feet 5 A Sword all Souldiers must have on So ev'ry Saint must have Thy VVord to fight with or else they VVill soon their Souls inslave 6 A Sword doth not only defend The Souldier in the Field But by it he makes Foes to bend And unto him to yield 7 So doth thy Word O holy Lord Save us and yet annoys All cruel Foes it brings them down Nay them it quite destroys The Second Part. 1 It a two edged Sword is too It wounds always with one And with the other it does heal Likewise e're it has done 2 By its sharp threats it wounds the Soul But turn it then again It 's Promises does make us whole And eases every pain 3 It will cut off an hand or foot Dismember the old Man If we do not destroy his Life We live Lord never can 4 Wounds of a Sword do mortal prove If once it pierce the heart So let thy Word Lord hit our sin A mortal wound impart 5 A Sword doth often fright a Foe So that he cowardly Beholding it away doth go Nay swift perhaps does fly 6 Even so that Soul who hath thy Word Drawn always in his Hand Doth make hiâ— Enemies to run A Battel will not stand The Third Part. 1 Thy VVord is a victorious thing A VVeapon which oft does Such execution by thy strength Great Armies it o'rethrows 2 It must be us'd with greatest skill And by a pow'rful hand 'T is by thy Spirit we do kill All Foes who us withstand 3 No Hand but that this Sword can wield The Spirit gives the blow VVe by them both do win the Field And Enemies o'rethrow 4 The Spirit doth thy VVord explain 'T was forg'd and given forth Even by himself and therefore he The chiefest glory hath 5 The efficacy of thy VVord Does in thy Spirit lye It an impression ne're will make If he don't it apply 6 All praise do ye give unto God VVho do its power feel Ah! 't is a Sword that doth excell The richest made with Steel The Fourth Part. 1 Ye Saints hold fast besure your Sword and rather die o' th' spot Than to be cheated of God's VVord For should it be your lot 2 It for to lose you naked are And will become a prey Unto the bloody Church of Rome The very self same day 3 And see you have skill it to use VVhen you with Foes do meet Or else you never will prevail To bring them to your feet 4 And always bless the holy God VVho doth to us afford The blessed Scriptures of Truth Prize it with one accord HYMN 86. God's Word like a Glass 2 Cor. 3.18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glass c. 1 How prone are people generally To look into a Glass But will not look into God's VVord To see their woful case 2 There may they see how foul they be How loathsom in God's Eyes VVhilst in their sins they do remain Like Swine in filthy Sties 3 A Glass it is a medium fit Persons to represent So in thy VVord we may behold Our God Omnipotent 4 Therein his rare Perfections shine Yea his illustrious Face In all his glorious Attributes His Goodness and his Grace 5 VVe in thy VVord may these behold Beyond what we do see Those VVorks of thine Lord can unfold Or do make known of thee 6 Here we may see the Father clear And Son in glory shine Here doth the Holy Ghost appear And all alike divine The Second Part. 1 A Glass that 's true doth represent A Man's own nat'ral Face But he away goes and forgets VVhat kind of Man he was 2 So they who only hear God's VVord And the same do not do The Holy Ghost to such compare Which doth their folly show 3 A Glass is us'd dress the Head To put on their Attire Come dress your selves by this rare Glass To raise your beauty higher 4 Here
with brinish tears 9 They sooner may the Stars account Than loose their dismal bands Or tell the number of their Hairs Or number of the Sands 10 Of the Sea-shore as see the end Of their sad misery O Sinners fear and tremble all Think on Eternity The End of the Seventh Part. PART VIII SACRED HYMNS of Praise on several Occasions As they have been sung in several Congregations HYMN 147. Sin laid upon Christ 1 LO Christ hath suffer'd for us all When Enemies we were Therefore we will thy Name extoll Whose love did thus appear 2 For we like Sheep have gone astray And ready were to fall And God hath lain the load on thee To give rest to us all 3 Thy precious Praises therefore Lord Sincerely let us sing And land thy Name with one accord O God and heavenly King 4 For all thy loving-kindness Lord And for thy truth divine For thou hast made thy holy Word O're all thy Name to shine 5 Help us to praise thee and to live Wholly alone to thee And not forget from whence doth come Our present liberty 6 O shine upon thy Church always And bless our joynt-endeavour And prosper thou our handy-work Now and the same for ever HYMN 148. To be sung after the Lord's Supper The good Physician 1 THy love O Lord was very great To such vile ones as we Our hearts were once dead as a stone But now they quickned be 2 Slight Balm may heal a slighter sore But there 's no Med'cine good Which can to life our Souls restore But the Physician 's Blood 3 Lord Jesus when we thee espy Though life is almost gone We see by Faith we shall not die All praise to thee alone 4 Who hast pour'd in sweet Oyl and Wine To heal each wounded heart O thou wilt heal all Souls of thine Who for their sakes didst smart 5 We therefore will unto thee sing And thee always adore To him from whom all Blessings spring Be praise for evermore HYMN 149. A Hymn of Praise after the Lord's Supper The Banqueting-House 1 HAlleluja let us sing aloud Salvation Glory Fame Be given to the Lord our God O glorifie his Name 2 Who loved us and sent his Son For our eternal good To wash away our scarlet sins In his most precious Blood 3 Into the House of Banqueting He brings us to be fed Love is the Banner flourishing VVith honour o're our head 4 Beneath his shadow we are plac'd VVith joy and true content His Fruit is sweet unto our taste His VVord and Sacrament 5 O draw me my dear Saviour then VVith thy strong Cords of Love And we will all run after thee As fast as we can move 6 And in thy Name O Lord we 'll trust For that 's a Tower strong Whither the Righteous oft doth fly For shelter all day long HYMN 150. Divine Wrath. 1 THe day doth come and burn it will Like to an Oven hot And all the proud shall be Fuel Who have the Lord forgot 2 Nay it begins now to break forth And will burn more and more On all the wicked of the Earth God will his vengeance pour 3 Evil shall slay the wicked Man For sin which he hath wrought And such who hate God's faithful Ones Shall quickly come to nought 4 But all who do fear thee O Lord Thou wilt keep safe and sound And such who put their trust in thee Thou never wilt confound 5 But save them in the day of wrath The which is very nigh When all the wicked of the Earth In direful Flames shall lye HYMN 151. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament The Bread of Life 1 WIth precious Food Lord we are fed Which we have cause to prize Our Table is most richly spread With choice Varieties 2 The harmless Lamb most innocent For us is ready slain And we as Guests are hither sent To seed on him again 3 But O what Love and Grace is here When we were hungry Christ's Body Lord thou didst prepare That for us he might die 4 For nothing but his Flesh and Blood Could our poor Souls sustain Therefore O Lord thou didst cry forth O let my Lamb be slain 5 O let his precious Blood run out For to them it I 'll give Or else they 'll perish without doubt 'T is done Come eat and live 6 Eat eat O Friends on what is good And drink abundantly The best of Heav'n is your Food No fatness I deny 7 O Lord thy Love is very sweet And we therefore do cry O feed us with this precious Food Untill we come to die 8 And we will sing thy Praises Lord Even both rich and poor And to the blessed Lamb we 'll sing Praises for evermore HYMN 152. A Hymn of Praise after the Lord ' Supper Saints die with Christ 1 ALL glory unto Christ the Lord 'T is thy immortal fame VVe will sing forth with one accord And glorifie thy Name 2 O blessed God Thou art all Love No minute ' scapes thy breast But brings a favour from above In that sweet love we rest 3 Lord didst thou die and do we live Hath not grief slain us yet Vocuhsafe to us thy grace to give To live as it is meet 4 Did thy most precious love to me Make thee to leave thy Throne And mount the Stage of Infamy And shalt thou die alone 5 Lord let me die die unto fin That death O let me see Be thou the death of sin O Lord VVhich was death unto thee 6 And as all fulness is in thee O then we pray pour in For we are empty thou dost know Except it be of sin 7 And since thou hast O Holy One A Salve for ev'ry Sore Let us rejoyce and praise thy Name Now and for evermore HYMN 153. Luke 13.10 Joy in Heaven when Sinners repent 1 LOrd is there joy in Heav'n above VVhen Sinners turn to thee Let this our Souls affections move To long till it we see 2 VVhat cause of joy then hath that heart VVho with repenting tears Unfeignedly cleaves unto thee And to thy ways adheres 3 Shall holy Angels Lord rejoyce In our sweet happiness When all the good is unto us To them not more nor less 4 In this they act Lord like to thee Who for our only good VVas sacrificed on the Tree To wash us in thy Blood 5 And shall not we now learn of thee To seek the good of others And with one heart strive to impart All comfort to our Brothers 6 Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce This duty let us love And then thy VVill we shall fulfill As Angels do above 7 But what a low and carnal heart Hath he whoe're he be VVho being full will not impart To those in misery 8 To pity and not to relieve Doth certainly declare Such never did God's Grace receive In truth nor are sincere 9 Acknowledg how you have transgress'd Against the Lord your God And let it be with grief confess'd What By-Paths you have
hand And kindly take us in HYMN 79. The holy Spirit a Guide Joh. 16.13 He will guide you into all truth 1 WE Strangers are Lord in the world Ah! 't is a wilderness And many crooked ways there are VVe therefore do confess 2 VVe want a Guide who skilful is Thy Spirit Lord is come No Guide like him be sure there is O let him guide us home 3 Thy Spirit points unto thy VVord And shews where dangers lye Let 's yield our selves with one accord To him continually 4 And we shall all be rid of cares And never lose our way He true Directions always gives VVe may not go astray 5 O well it is for us O Lord VVho naturally are blind That we have such a Guide as this To stay our doubtful mind 6 Then sing to him with heart and voice No counsel like to his He will not leave us till he hath Brought us to lasting bliss The End of the Third Part. PART IV. Containing SACRED HYMNS Illustrating the glorious Excellencies of God's holy WORD and blessed Gospel HYMN 80. God's Word is Light Psal 119.105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my paths 1 LIght is a pleasant thing to see Thy Word true Light doth give Nothing can Lord so pleasant be 'T is that by which we live 2 By which we walk by which we work And all things else we do All they who are without this light Don't know whither they go 3 Thy Word discovery Lord doth make It manifesteth things From thence we do our judgment take It Knowledge to us brings 4 What once we were we know hereby How sad was then our state Sin 's filthy nature through it we ' spy And it do come to hate 5 The way of our Salvation too It doth discover clear And how thou wilt be worshipped Whilst we do all live here The Second Part. 1 Who the true Church is we may see If thy good Word we heed And by it we the false Church know Which filthy is indeed 2 All things that needful are O Lord Unto eternal life Is plain discovered by thy Word Which ends all doubts and strife 3 That is hath been a long time Amongst us here on Earth About the Church and Truth of God But this all silenc'd hath 4 Light hath a clearing quality And by its heat things grow And by it too all Fogs do fly Such influences flow 5 As doth revive and sweetly chear The Soul that drooping lies They by thy Word Lord quickned are And all their sorrows flies 6 Light hath a shining quality Thy Gospel shines so bright That nothing can more glorious be In all thy Children's sight HYMN 81. The Word of God like Gold Psal 19.10 More are they to be desired than Gold yea than much fine Gold 1 HOw precious is that Word of thine Can Gold with it compare When 't is all sacred all divine No there is nothing here 2 Like unto it 't is of such worth A little quantity Of it exceeds all things on Earth Such glories in it lye 3 Tho' Gold doth deck the outward Man This doth the Soul adorn Thy Gospel is an Ornament Nay 't is thy Peoples Crown 4 Gold doth make Vessels which are rare Thy Word and Spirit do Make golden Saints beyond compare And golden Churches too 5 Yea Candlesticks of beaten Gold Are formed out of it Which glorious are Lord to behold But will be rarer yet The Second Part. 1 And as Gold is durable so It will the tryal bear Thy Word is try'd and will abide Whilst Heaven and Earth appear 2 But O what pains do Mortals use To get a little Gold Which when 't is got it flyes away And it they cannot hold 3 O then forbear and labour now For Gold that will abide To lasting glory 't will bring you And fill your Souls beside 4 Which Gold could never do nor shall That cannot satisfie The Soul of Man the thing 's too small It can't its wants supply 5 True peace and satisfaction is Only in God above His Word receive and soon you will Be filled with his love HYMN 82. God's Word compar'd to Milk 1 Pet. 2.2 As new born Babes desiring the sincere Milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby 1 ARt thou a Babe tho' newly born What is thy Soul's desire Dost hunger for Milk of God's Word And raise thy cry yet higher 2 As pretty Babes who want the Breast How do they cry amain Ah! can thy Soul find no small rest Till thou dost Milk obtain 3 Then know it is a sure sign Thou hast a heavenly heart And God to feed that Soul of thine Will his sweet Word impart 4 To thee that thou mayst grow thereby O it is very good Milk nourishes and feeds the Child Better than other Food 5 Stong Meat thou canst not yet digest Milk's a Restorative God's Word restores decayed Souls Nay makes the dead alive 6 Milk was a blessing choice of old And with it Canaan flow'd Hast thou God's Word What Blessing then Better can be bestow'd 7 On thee poor Soul O prize it much And on it always feed T will strengthen thee and make thee fat And nothing shalt thou need The Second Part. 1 Ye who are Lovers of sweet Milk Will will you now make haste O come and buy this doth excell We pray you Friends to taste 2 If you were once born from above Though but young Babes you were You with this Milk would fall in love And say it tasteth rare 3 But whilest your evil nature is Corrupted thus with sin And glutted are continually With filthy trash within 4 You cannot relish this sweet Food Your Mouths are out of taste And therefore you don't find it good But want it will at last 5 But you who are God's little ones What cause have you to sing That you have plenty still of Milk And every other thing 6 O live to God and sing again His blessed Praises forth Who feeds and doth replenish you And strengthens all your Faith HYMN 83. God's Word like strong Meat Heb. 5.14 Strong meat belongs to those that are of age c. 1 SOme of God's Children are grown up To such maturity That they on Meat that 's strong can sup In which great vertues lye 2 Young-men and Fathers some there be Whose sâ—nses have been long In exercise and therefore they Are stronger than the young 3 And little Babes whose Stomach 's weak And therefore cannot bear Nor take in dark mysterious things Which elder Saints does chear 4 It argues such diseased be Who unto years are grown If such Meat with them don't agree By which Christ is made known 5 More clearly to the Ear and Eye Than other Doctrins can And therefore we say presently He 's a diseased Man 6 Some base disease on him has siez'd He 's under some decay His stomach rises at God's Word And puts it quite away The Second Part. 1 But like as Meat
Spiritual Melody Containing near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns By BENJAMIN KEACH Author of ΤÏοπολογια Pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down Southwark Coloss 3.16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Quantum flevi in Hymnis Canticis suavè sonantis Ecclesiae tuae voces illae influebant auribus meis c. How sweetly have I wept in Hymns and Songs At the sounding of thy Church the Voices flew into mine Ear and thy Truth melted into mine Heart and from thence flew forth the effects of Godliness the Tears ran down mine Eyes and it was well with me when I was with them August in his Preface to the Psalms cap. 6. LONDON Printed for John Hancock in Castle-Alley near the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill 1691. TO THE READER READER IT may not be unnecessary if I acquaint thee with the chief design of my publishing these Sacred Hymns I have three sorts of Persons in my Eye to whom I recommend them First Such who like and approve of Books in Verse which treat of Divine Things and would gladly have a little help in order to the understanding of Metaphorical Scripture who cannot also well spare so much Money as to purchase larger Volumes the Folio I put forth some years ago call'd A Key to open Scripture Metaphors being near Twenty Shillings price comes into but a very few Peoples hands Besides the Impression will soon be gone as far as I can gather and 't is not like to be reprinted any more Now in this small Tract I can assure you is contained great part of the principal things under divers Metaphors opened in that Book though they are there more largely insisted on I do not judge all those Hymns I have taken from Metaphoriâ—al or Tropical Scriptures are proper to be sung nor are they here recommended to that end some of them being Historical as part of Hymn 92. pag. 129 130. and some others containing Matter of Controversie nor do I think those concerning Hell so suitable to be sung yet I doubt not but they may be all of use to the Reader all being congruous with God's Word and according to the analogy of Faith The Second sort are Parents and Masters of Families I am perswaded with the Blessing of God this Book may prove of great advantage to their Children who generally are taken with Verse and are much addicted to learn such Songs and Ballads which generally tend to corrupt Youth and 't is a shame to godly Christians they should suffer their Children to learn many of them but since Singing is God's Ordinance I mean to sing Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs 't is doubtless their duty to instruct them therein as well as to teach them to read and by learning Sacred Hymns they may be taken before their Parents are aware with the Matter therein contained as divers have through the Blessing of God as I have been oft inform'd by reading that small Poem called War with the Devil and some others Youth are generally inclin'd to Poetry and as one of the Ancients excellently observes The Holy Ghost seeing the Souls of Mankind strugling in the way of Godliness and being inclined to the Delights of this Life hath mixed the power of his Doctrine with sweet Singing that whilst the Soul was melted with the sweetness of the Verse the Divine Word might the better be grafted with profit Now these Hymns being short Children will soon get them by heart as also full of varieties and iâ— instructed to sing they may be the more affected with the matter and receive the greater advantage The Third sort are those godly Christians who know 't is their indispensible duty to sing Psalms and Hymns c. not only in their Families but in the publick Congregation yet do not think divers Psalms do so well suit with Christians under the Gospel as other Sripture-Hymns do and divers worthy Ministers of the Baptized-way thô choice Preachers and fully satisfied in singing the Praises of God yet may not have Judgment to compose Hymns every Man having his particular Gift of God and therefore have desired divers Scripture-Hymns and select Psalms might be published and indeed had I not been put upon this Work I am perswaded I had not undertook it or at the least not so soon Moreover many Christians had rather have those Hymns we sing in our publick Assemblies printed that so they might the better know them and examine the matter therein contained to see whether they do agree with the Word of Christ and likewise the better sing them with understanding And 't is not unknown what a multitude of godly Friends have desired to have me write them out several of those Hymns that have upon divers occasions been sung in some particular Congregations Now to prevent that trouble and to satisfie them I promis'd to Print the most of those Hymns and so have done as they will find them in the latter part of this Tract If any desire in such a Book to have no Hymns but such that are proper to be sung in Congregations in the next Impression if God spare my Life I shall endeavour to answer their request Had I not wrote so lately in Justification of pre-composed Hymns taken out of God's Word I should have spoken fully to it here We are exhorted to sing Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs and since we have none left in Form in the Scripture it follows that those who God hath gifted that way ought to compose them for a Hymn or Song cannot be without its Form Certainly God doth not enjoyn a Duty on us that he hath not left sufficient Rule how to come at it nor have we any ground to expect the extraordinary Gift any more Nor is there as I have lately shewn any more reason to object against compiling Sacred Hymns to be sung out of the Word of Christ than there is to object against pre-compiled Sermons that are to be preached though I am satisfied the Lord doth enjoyn his Churches to sing the Psalms of David both in Eph. 5.19 Col. 3.16 we reading of no other Psalms but the Book of Psalms so by Hymns and Spiritual Songs I see no reason to doubt but he intends all Sacred Hymns c. taken out of the holy Scripture by the help of God's Spirit Mr. Marlow cites a Passage out of Learned Ainsworth as if he favoured his Notion of Praising God only without Vocal Singing yet I have lately met with a Book of that worthy Man on the Psalms of David where I find him speaking thus These Psalms saith he have ever since by the Church of Israel by Christ and his Apostles and by the Saints in all Ages been received and honoured as the Oracles of God cited for Confirmation of true Religion and sung in the publsck Assemblies as in God's
from God's presence be accurst Ah this now think upon 8 And say you have a gracious call And happy you may be If you lay hold on Gospel-terms A pardon you shall see AYMN 44. Christ the Heir of all things Heb. 1.2 Whom he hath appointed Heir of all things 1 IN regions of approachless light There sits th' eternal King VVherein mixt joys with love unites From whom all riches spring 2 There dost thou sit on thy high Throne And all subject to thee Yea and all worlds Lord are thine own And what else there can be 3 A Son thou hast also brought forth VVho is thy only Heir Begotten long before the Earth Or Heavens did appear 4 He is thy joy and hearts delight By whom all things were made He always stands in thy own sight VVhose glories ne're shall fade 5 And as he makes thy heart full glad So all perfections meet In him who is with glory clad VVhose love is ever sweet 6 He is thine Heir into his hand All things Lord thou hast given That so he might have sole command O're Earth and also Heaven 7 He 's cloathed with such dignity Has such a glorious name That he 's above each Monarchy There 's none dares once lay claim 8 To his Titles each Seraphim Do readily submit The Cherubims do worship him And fall down at his feet The Second Part. 1 'T is Christ and only Christ does bear Thy likeness in each thing Thy express Image doth appear In this our glorious King 2 'T is thou bless'd Jesus who dost raise Thy Father's House so high The stress of all on thee he lays Of his whole Family 3 In thee all treasures hidden are Of grace and wisdom too And all because thou art his Heir From thee all riches flow 4 Thou portions therefore dost give sorth To all given to thee VVho witness do all the new birth And Sons adopted be 5 And so made Heirs and shall possess VVith thee a glorious share Of that eternal blessedness Of which thou art the Heir 6 All things were thine as thou art God But unto thee are given As thou the Mediator art By the great God of Heaven 7 O how art thou Lord honoured Who would not fall in love With thee whose glories thus are spread Below also above 8 O happy choice ye Saints have made Who marry'd have the Heir Soon ye shall the possession have And glorious all appear 9 Then never doubt of all supply Ye precious Saints of his He will you no good thing deny What happiness like this 10 O then with a melodious voice Together do ye sing Since he has made of you his choice Praise ye the glorious King HYMN 45. Jesus the true Witness Rev. 1.5 And from Jesus who is the true Witness 1 O Holy God we thee adore Who glorious truths makes known And that of them we might not doubt But stedfastly them own 2 A glorious Witness thou hast sent Who from thy bosom came And he himself also does say I the true Witness am 3 But what dost thou O blessed Prince Bear witness now unto Ah! 't is of that eternal love Which from the Lord does flow 4 And of that great and good design Of saving each poor soul By Blood and Merits Lord of thine Who do upon thee roul 5 And know in thee all truth is found Who the Messia art And that grace does in thee abound To each believing heart 6 To the true Witness now above We ought therefore to sing And always to admire his love From whence all comforts spring The Second Part. 1 A Witnesses faithful Lord and true He sometimes others brings As witnesses with him to shew And open divers things 2 The holy Prophets we do find Who were O Lord of old Bear witness and were of one mind Thy Record to unfold 3 And God the Father from on high With an amazing voice Did record bear assuredly Whose witness is most choice 4 The Spirit also bears record These three agree in one And testifie to every word Delivered by the Son 5 The Miracles which Jesus wrought They also witness bear To whatsoever he made known Or did to us declare 6 Then tremble ye who wicked be Escape ye never shall If ye believe not Christ is he With vengeance you shall fall 7 And in your sins you all shall die This the true Witness said But all ye Saints rejoyce and sing For all your debts are pay'd HYMN 46. Christ the true Witness The Third Part. 1 A Witness must his witness bear Unto the Truth nay he Must the whole truth likewise declare In all simplicity 2 And nothing but the truth must speak And speak it plainly too A true decision clear to make All this Lord thou dost do 3 Whatever is a truth of God VVhich we ought to obey In thy New Testament 't is found VVe all the stress must lay 4 Upon thy faithfulness O Lord Canst thou a truth pass by ' Not witness to it in thy VVord Or let it darkly lye 5 Therein conceal'd when 't is a thing Of such a great concern That Men do say with greatest care Each Soul is bound to learn 6 Or if they don 't it strictly keep To Judgment they must come Nay threaten such who it neglect VVith an eternal doom 7 Ah! let them blush with greatest shame VVe to thy VVord appeal VVho the true VVitness art and know Thou didst no truth conceal The fourth Part. 1 Now when a thing does doubtful lye And Men cannot agree VVhen what one says others deny VVe presently should flee 2 To thee the true and faithful One If to that very thing No witness thou hast plainly born Away we must it fling 3 Art thou the only VVitness Lord To ev'ry Truth divine And not one word for such a thing Out of that mouth of thine 4 And yet can that a truth be thought They other VVitness bring They call for Moses he is brought To witness to this thing 5 And thus they Lord do thee degrade Or do invaluate The Highest VVitness e're was heard Or Matters did relate 6 Moses was not for evermore VVithin the House to be He spoke on Earth but thou from Heaven No Law-giver but thee 7 Lord can we own since all power is To thee alone given And all thy Laws they are firm as The Ordinance of Heaven The Fifth Part. 1 No Tabernacle here 's for him Appears to every one VVhose eyes are open if they look They 'll find that he is gone 2 None none but Jesus does remain What can there be more clear God calls to us too out of Heaven Him only now to hear 3 Besides if Moses should come in Their Cause he 'd give away He never gave that Law to them Who live i' th' Gospel day 4 'T was given unto Israel When they in Horeb were Not to their Fathers but to them Doth eminent appear Deut. 5. 1 2 3. 5 To Jews and Jewish Proselites Or all
within their Gate But not to them without their Church Did that at all relate 6 The truth as 't is in Jesus we Ought only to receive And such who do not we may see Themselves they do deceive The Sixth Part. 1 A Witness ought for to be one That is indifferent Not byassed to either side Therefore God has thee sent 2 To be a Witness in our Case To us thou art of kin And equally related art Likewise too unto him 3 We therefore have no cause at all Against thee to except But on thy witness stand or fall If Cast we must subject 4 Unto the Judge of Heaven and Earth We silent all shall be If thou against us dost come forth And cast we are by thee 5 Unto the truth witness to bear Thou cam'st Lord from afar And wilt against Sinners appear When they come to the Barr 6 At the last day if they are found In bonds of unbelief Or have their hearts false and unsound They 'll tremble like the Thief 7 Against the false Professor thou Wilt then thy witness bear And with notorious Sinners then They shall of Judgment share The Seventh Part. 1 All thy whole mind and counsel is Either by thee or thine Own blest Apostles plainly known There is no truth divine 2 But it in Precepts may be found Or Presidents to lye For both these are our rule and of Equal authority 3 A Witness ends each doubtful case Which long sometimes depend So thou wilt also very plain Each doubtful matter end 4 A Witness doth his witness give If it be just and true To righteousness to undeceive Such which before he knew 5 To be false Men and wittingly The matter would evade But so their evidence does try A stop to all is made 6 So thou O Lord to righteouness Thy witness dost bring in That all false Souls who are deceiv'd By Satan or by sin 7 Shall be convinc'd and silent be By thy own faithful word And all their ' foolish Pleas they 'll see No help will them afford The Eight Part. 1 Thou Lord dost say there 's life in thee For all who do believe And that all such shall certainly Free pardon then receive 2 Nay more than this we do espy Thou dost bear witness too That all who don't repent truly To Hell at last shall go 3 And if Men are not born again Whoever Lord they be They under wrath shall all remain And not God's Kingdom see 4 Thou Lord a Witness art for those Who unto truth adhere And with thee do sincerely close But such that Rebels are 5 And thy Record do not receive Against all such we know Thou wilt thy dreadful witness give And then to Hell they go 6 But yet this witness joy does bring To such who godly be Ah! he will keep you to the end That glory you may see 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be glory honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 47. Christ's name Wonderful Isa 9.6 His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor c. 1 THy name O Lord is wonderful And wonderful thou art We stand amaz'd and wonder do And so does ev'ry heart 2 That hath a saving sight of thee They all are in a maze Whilst they behold thy majesty God does to glory raise 3 Thy Name O that is Wonderful So is thy Nature too Thy Saints do marvel well they may For Angels wonder do 4 They see with strange astonishment Should Heaven and Earth combine To search out thy perfections great Them can they never find 5 To such degree as Lord in thee They gloriously do shine 6 Strange was thy Birth all Saints on Earth Cry thou art all divine 6 All praise and glory now therefore We unto thee do sing And do resolve yet more and more To magnifie our King The Second Part. 1 Is 't not a Wonder a Woman As Holy Writ does say Should in such sort compass a Man Who with Man never lay 2 To see him whom the World did make Of a poor Virgin born To see him who was God most high Left like to one forlorn 3 To see the Heir of both the Worlds In a base Manger lye And Blessedness it self to be Doomed to misery 4 To see the Ancient of all days A Babe of a day old To see one Person God and Man The wonder doth unfold 5 He that the Heir of all things was VVhom Angels honoured Is now so mean and poor that he Has no place to lay's head 6 Unto thy name so Wonderful Be glory now therefore O let us look and wonder still Yea wonder evermore The Third Part. 1 The wonders of thy Life were much Strange wonders in thy Death The wonders of thy Blood are such It all astonish'd hath 2 Thy Power 's great and wonderful Strange wonders in thy Love Great wonders we do see below But stranger are above 3 Let 's look and love and wonder still Till we are ravished Our hearts with grace Lord do thou fill So shall thy fame be spread 4 By us And whilst we wonder do Let 's think upon that day VVhen greater wonders out will flow To do all sin away 5 And when to the great wonderment Thou wilt in glory come With all thy mighty Angels too To carry us all home 6 Then shalt thou be admired By all thy Children dear And they with thee as it is said In glory shall appear HYMN 48. Christ a glorious Counsellor Isa 9.6 Wonderful Counsellor 1 A Counsellor ye and the chief Most wonderful art thou For we do see for to be brief All things Lord thou dost know 2 None understand all Rites and Laws But Lord thy self alone And soon canst thou find out what flaws There is in any one 3 All secrets of State is with thee Thou know'st thy Father's Will And agitates all things below With strange and wondrous skill 4 'T is thou must counsel give to us Thy counsel it is good But woe be unto all those souls Thy counsels have withstood 5 O then for counsel Lord let 's come To thee continually And to thy praise sing all our days Until we come to die The Second Part. 1 A matter Lord of sharp contest Betwixt two Parties were And God hath thee alone invest To make the matter clear 2 Man stands charged by the great God As worthy is to die For Treason which notorious is Against his Majesty 3 But there 's a Friend from Heaven come Who in our stead does say That he will bear the Sinners doom And all his debts defray 4 Now will it stand in sacred Laws 'T is thou our Counsel art Can Justice find Lord any flaws Thy judgment now impart 5 Will it hold good i' th' Court above That guilty Sinners may This way be freed Can this remove And take their guilt away 6 Can God be just and yet forgive O bring thy sense now in Can we acquittance Lord receive And
therefore bitterly 5 Th' admirable and sweet consent And blessed harmony That 's in the whole and ev'ry part Shews their divinity 6 The credit of their Pen-men too Whom none could ever charge With the least forgery or guile Doth prove to us at large 6 That they from God alone proceed Who did their Souls inspire In writing all they written have That Grace we might admire The Fourth Part. 1 Their Prophecies accomplish'd were Which shews they are divine Exactly as to time and thing To matter and design 2 And the Miracles which were wrought These VVritings do confirm Must needs also herein be brought To shew from whence they came 3 The preservation they have had Was strange and marvellous And to their truth doth glory add For to be priz'd by us 4 The great success with which they met In midst of bitter Foes And how their power has prevail'd Their lasting glory shows 5 The VVorld by a few Fishermen By this most sacred Word Without the help of carnal force VVere turned to the Lord. The Fifth Part. 1 The harmony and joynt consent Of holy Men and good And Martyrs who seal'd to the Truth Of them with their dear Blood 2 Do shew their great veracity And may all Men convince They came from God therefore we must Bear up in their defence 3 Against all such who them oppose Or count them not divine For doubtless in all wise Mens sight By these their glory shine 4 The Evidence unto the heart VVhich to good Men they give Of God's great love who doth impart To all who them receive 5 In life and power his Image clear Bringing the old Man down Renewing of their inward Man So that they can't but own 6 The work which by this Word is wrought brought On them to be divine Thus from these hints which we have Gods VVord doth glorious shine 7 The very Heathen witness bear As to Matter of Fact Touching such things Scriptures declare That God and Christ did act The Sixth Part. 1 Berolus as Josephus shews Doth mention Noah's Flood And Pliny with some others speak How the most mighty God 2 Did Sodom turn by dreadful Flames Unto a dismal Lake Of Moses and his VVonders too VVe find the Egyptians speak 3 In their Records yea the Chaldeans And Grecians own the same And others shew with what high hand Israel from Egypt came 4 The Star which at Christ Jesus Birth To th' VVise-men did appear Pliny and Calcidius both Most plain and full declare 5 But there 's no need of Man's Record To Men we do not fly The witness of the glorious Lord Is full of certainty HYMN 93. Scripture can't be broken Joh. 10.35 And the Scripures cannot be broken c. 1 THe Scripture broken cannot be Let Men think what they will Such such is their veracity God will his VVord fulfill 2 VVhatever thou O Lord hast said Accomplished shall be No Promise past nor Threat delay'd No Soul shall ever see 3 Because they are Diuine we know Of such Authority That they from thee alone do flow VVho will not cannot lye 4 Let Saints therefore rejoyce and sing For they from hence may see Great comfort unto them does spring To all eternity 5 For what thou hast Lord promised To such who do believe As 't is contained in thy VVord The same they shall receive 6 But wo unto all wicked Ones Their doom appears hereby For if they live and die in sin In Hell they all must lye 7 All praise to thee O God alone VVhose VVord we know shall stand Let all such sing who it believe And yield to thy commmand 8 VVho will do all and do no more Than written they do see These these shall sing and thee adore Unto eternity HYMN 94. God's Word establ in Heaven Psal 119.89 For ever O Lord thy Word is settled in Heaven 1 IN Heaven Lord where thou dost dwell Thy VVord's establish'd sure And shall to all eternity Fast graven there endure 2 From age to age thy Truth abides As doth the Earth witness Whose Ground-work thou hast laid so firm No tongue can it express 3 Go too therefore ye foolish Men Depart from me Be gone For God's good Precepts we 'll obey Nay keep them ev'ry one 4 What thou hast promis'd Lord perform Till Death doth seize on me Ner'e let my hope abuse me so As to distrust in thee 5 Uphold me and I shall be safe For ought they do or say And in thy Statutes pleasure take O Lord both night and day 6 Thou hast trod such under thy feet VVho do thy Statutes break For nought avails their subtilty Their counsel is but weak HYMN 95. Vertue and Power of Scripture Psal 119.8 9 10 11. 1 THy Covenants are very deep And full of things profound My Soul therefore thy Word will keep When they are try'd and found 2 When Men enter into thy VVord They find a Light most clear Tho' Fools yet they Lord shall not err VVhen they to it adhere 3 The VVord of God most perfect is His Testimony sure Converting Souls and making wise The simple and obscure 4 The Statutes of the Lord are right And fill the heart with joys The Precepts of the Lord are pure Enlightning the Eyes 5 The Fear of God is clean also And doth endure for ever The Judgments of the Lord are true And righteous altogether 6 Yea more than Gold than much fine Gold To be embrac'd alway The Honey and the Honey-comb Are not so sweet as they 7 They are thy Servants Monitors How he his life should frame And great Rewards is there for them VVho do observe the same HYMN 96. Profit of the Scriptures Joh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures 1 SEarch the Scripture by which ye think Eternal Life to have And those are they that testifie Of Him that came to save 2 For what of old was given forth VVas for our learning penn'd That we by Scriptures comforted Might hope unto the end 3 The Prophecy came not of old By Man 's own private will But holy Men of God foretold By Heavn's inspired skill 4 Then to the Law and Testament For they that speak not right And as this Word doth represent In them there is no light For Scripture sacred Verities Came all by Inspiration Able to perfect and make wise Through Faith unto Salvation HYMN 97. The Excellency of the Gospel 1 BLessed be God that we were born Under the joyful sound And rightly have Baptized been And bred on English ground 2 Where God most gracious doth appear And does pour forth his Grace The lines are fallen unto us In a most pleasant place 3 We might have been dark Pagans all Or veiled like each Jew Or cheated with an Alcoran Amongst the Turkish crew 4 Dumb Pictures might we all ador'd Like Papists in Devotion And with Rome's Errours so been stor'd To drink her deadly Potion 5 We might have liv'd in shades of night And ne're have known good days
Unto contempt and scorn Sincerity doth make thee rich Nay more to be high born 4 May be thy parts and gifts are small And hence Men thee dispise Sincerity hides this in all In this thy Glory lyes 5 For Grace excells the greatest Gifts Gifts may to Man commend But Grace commends thee now to God And so 't will in the end The Fifth Part. 1 Soul hast thou worse defects than these Infirmities within Sincerity doth God so please It covers all thy sin 2 He it esteems so as if thou Hadst never broke his Law And through Christ's Righteousness he doth In thee behold no flaw 3 O get this Girdle on ye Saints It glitters more than Gold It never can besides be lost And doth its Beauty hold 4 As fresh as 't was when first put on O bless'd Sincerity How glorious art thou how dost thou Snine in Jehovah's Eye 5 See then that ye the Truth hold fast And with it girted be Then no delusion needst thou fear Nor cursed Heresie 6 But the right Girdle take be sure And not the counterfeit The true by this you may descry Christ's Truth is stampt on it 7 It with the written Word agrees Exact in ev'ry thing If all Christ's Precepts you don't own Contempt on you 't will bring 8 That Girdle will not hold but break Though you may seem sincere So far as you cleave unto Truth Yet will at last appear 9 A false Professor ' cause you have Some blessed Truth withstood Into which you did Light receive But not obey it wou'd The Sixth Part with Psal 117. 1 Each Truth of God O it is pure God's Truth doth make us clean It frees our Souls also for ever Such glory in it 's seen 2 Strong is the Truth you all will say This Girdle then is strong O buy it Souls whilst 't is to day 'T will fit both old and young 3 God's Saints did suffer grievous pain Great tortures did endure Before they would part with the Truth Such peace it did procure 4 Unto their Souls who faithful were Unto the Truth alway O it will make you holy bold In the great Judgment-day 5 Now let all Nations of the Earth Their great Creator praise Nay let the people all sing forth His mighty Name to raise 6 Whose Kindness's great unto his Saints His Mercies ever sure O praise ye him for his bless'd Truth Which doth abide for ever HYMN 100. Breast-plate of Righteousness Eph. 6.14 And having on the Breast-plate of Righteousness c. 1 O Lord we Souldiers are and we Must fight or else be slain O let us all well armed be For Foes come on amain 2 And since our Enemies do aim To hit us on the Breast Thy blessed Breast-plate let 's have on For that will hold the test 3 'T is righteousness that will secure Our Souls from ev'ry wrong And 't will also O Lord endure As well as it is strong 4 There 's no engaging in these Wars Without a Righteousness This Breast-plate scatters all our fears Who do thy Name profess 5 A Breast-plate 't is that doth preserve The Body's chiefest part 'T is Righteousness which Lord doth save Our precious Souls and Heart The Second Part. 1 A Breast-plate doth the Souldier chear It makes him very bold So Righteousness doth make us all Our Sword with courage hold 2 And not to fear i'th'day of evil What any man can do Nay we hereby withstand the Devil Who doth great malice show 3 O then ye Saints see you maintain A good and holy life And soon thereby you will obtain An end of all that strife 4 With which you meet from Foes without And also from within O know it is God's great design To purge you from your sin 5 And that you holy should all live And hence 't is you have Grace The Seed of Holiness is sown And it will grow apace 6 If under God's shinings ye sit And he his Rain doth send Then will your Righteousness break forth And peace will flow i' th' end 7 And of God's Goodness ye shall sing And lift your voice on high And happy be when God doth bring You on Death-Beds to lye HYMN 101. The Shield of Faith Eph. 6.16 Above all things take the shield of Faith 1 FAith is a Grace that God hath wrought In us who do believe If it be strong we need not care What Gun-shots we receive 2 From Satan who his fiery Darts Continually lets fly Ah! 't is our Shield to save all parts Whatever danger 's nigh 3 A Shield is turned ev'ry way That so no Dart may wound And we by Faith as with a Shield Are compassed quite round 4 The Will and Judgment it secures And doth Affections keep Warm unto Christ and Conscience too It saves from drousie sleep 5 A Shield preserves the other part Of Armour we have on So Faith secures every Grace That hurt be done to none 6 Christ's Righteousness very pure To that 't is we must flee And unto us by Faith 't is sure And this by Faith we see HYMN 102. Faith more precious than Gold 1 Pet. 1.7 That the tryal of your Faith which is much more precious than Gold c. 1 BY Faith we do on Christ depend For all that he hath done By Faith we do to God ascend With many a bitter groan 2 And we receive what we do want When we by Faith do cry Faith doth sustain each drooping Saint And all their needs supply 3 Gold is a thing that has the Name Of things that precious are For Preciousness Faith has the same With which Gold can't compare 4 Tho' Gold is precious when 't is try'd Yet tried Faith exceeds The finest Gold 't is more in worth And does supply all needs 5 'T is more desirable far than Gold O with it fall in love And as hid Treasure seek it do Of God through Christ above 6 Gold by the Touch-stone must be try'd So you must try your Faith No Touch-stone but God's blessed Word Is there in all the Earth HYMN 103. Hope an Helmet 1 Thess 5.8 And for an Helmet the Hope of Salvation 1 HOpe is a precious Grace O Lord And fixed it must be Upon thy self most patiently No other Hope have we 2 'T is not on Gold nor length of days Nor on things here below But 't is on Jesus Christ alone From whence all Help doth flow 3 And like a Helmet 't is we find That doth preserve the Head Hope stays on thee always our mind When we are hard bested 4 And as a Helmet fearless makes A Souldier in the Field So hope of glory makes us all Resolve we ne're will yield 5 To Satan nor to other Foes When we with them do meet Nor need we fear their cruel blows If we have this Helmet 6 Since we compleatly armed are Even from head to foot Our head-piece makes us to appear Both fierce and very stout 7 This Helmet will us never fail If that we
show 4 A Wine Press too he made therein Which Wine pours forth amain Of which he doth delight to drink Due glory to obtain 5 'T was to this end he took such pains And such great cost laid out 'T was for his praise and for our good 'T was planted without doubt 6 He gathered also out the stones Which did the same annoy And did preserve it ev'ry day That none might it destroy The Second Part. 1 And then he looked it should bring Forth Grapes both sweet and good But ah it was a grievous thing If rightly understood 2 That after all his cost and pains It should wild Grapes bring forth When no Vineyard was like to it Planted in all the Earth 3 But hark now what the Lord doth say The Hedge I 'll take away And also waste I will it lay To evil Beasts of prey 4 For what alas could he do more For it than he hath done And doth it still wild Grapes bring forth This made his wrath to burn 5 Within his Breast and therefore did Resolve for to restrain The precious Clouds that watered it With sweet and blessed Rain 6 Or make his Ministers who preach His good and holy Word â—seless to it so that they might To it no good afford O then ye Saints take heed and fear Lest you should barren prove or if you do God may from you His presence quite remove But if that you who are his Church Bring forth the Fruit of Grace He never will deal with you thus Your glory to deface HYMN 121. The Church Christ's Body 1 Cor. 10.15 All baptized into one Body Col. 1.18 He is the Head of the Body the Church 1 EV'ry natural Body hath A Head and hath but one The Head Lord of thy Church thou art Thou art her Head alone 2 And all her Members joyned be To thee in sacred bonds And influence they have from thee In thee her glory stands 3 And all Members of the Body are Of use unto the whole So of some use unto thy Church Is every gracious Soul 4 Who is a Member of the same If any rotten are And past all hope of being heal'd No being must have there 5 But off they must be cut with speed Lest worser dangers fall For one polluted Member may Even soon corrupt them all The Second Part. 1 Wo unto him who shall attempt This Body to divide Or make a Schism 't is all one With piercing of Christ's side 2 For O the nearness that 's between The Body and the Head Don't cut Christ's Veins remember well What once he suffered 3 O wound him not again I say His Body don't annoy If it you mangle he will you For evermore destroy 4 But see that ev'ry one doth seek To do good to each other And pity take continually Of the poorest Brother 5 O live in love and see how near You to each other are And equally your Duties do And nothing do you fear HYMN 122. The Church comp to a Bush Exod. 3.2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of Fire out of the midst of a Bush 1 THy Church Lord in her self is poor Like to a Bramble dry 'T is Lord in thee in thee alone Doth all her glory lye 2 But though a Bush yet in it thou Dost dwell for evermore And therefore she is not consum'd Ev'n now as heretofore 3 This Bush long time on fire has been O 't is a wond'rous sight Though in the fire yet not burn'd This may our Souls invite 4 To take a view as Moses did O why is this thing so Alas thy Church is dear to thee Beyond all things below 5 O then let all those precious Birds Who in this Bush are hid Sing forth thy praise continually And none their Souls forbid 6 The time of singing O 't is come Since the sweet Turtle-Dove Did let us hear in this our Land His voice from Heav'n above HYMN 123. Churches Golden Candle-sticks Rev. 1.20 The Golden Candle-sticks arâ— the seven Churches 1 THy Churches Lord are like unto Rich Candle-sticks of Gold In whom shines forth that glorious light Which Sinners do behold 2 Those Candlesticks which are so rich Are seldom to be found But in the House of a great Prince Whose glory is renown'd 3 This shews the Churches of the Saints Do Lord belong to thee Who art the glorious King of Kings They useful also be 4 As Candlesticks in a large House In which the Light they place And also are for Ornament Ev'n thus through thine own Grace 5 Are all thy Churches here on Earth Of use Lord unto thee And unto others who likewise Thy Riches in them see 6 Thy Candlesticks then don't remove But let their Light so shine That all the Earth may lighted be Into all Truths of thine HYMN 124. The Church compared to Sheep Luk. 12.32 Fear not little Flock c 1 THy Church is like a Flock of Sheep Whose number is but small Which thou thy self dost always keep And wilt preserve them all 2 Thy Saints like Sheep are innocent Most harmless also meek If any of them go astray 'T is thou who dost them seek 3 Thou also dost them feed and lead In Pastures flourishing And hast for them a resting place Besides the Water spring 4 They subject are for to get Soyl But thou dost wash them in The Fountain of thy precious Blood From ev'ry stain of sin 5 As Sheep are fruitful so thy Church And Children are O Lord They honour bring to thee and then To Men profit afford 6 Fear not ye Saints tho' Wolves abound And other Beasts of prey For Christ will keep you safe and sound Unto the Judgment-day 7 And you the Kingdom shall receive Rejoyce and sing therefore Keep close to Christ and mind the Flock Which follow'd him before HYMN 125. Man a Worm Job 25.6 The Son of Man a Worm 1 AH what mean and despis'd things Are Worms that crawl on Earth Man is a Worm he from Earth sprung From thence were we brought forth 2 No beauty in a sorry Worm Man's glory that is gone Contemptible is in thy sight Each vile and wicked one 3 What can a Worm do to preserve It self from hurt or wrong That is in danger by each foot So we are all day long 4 We can't preserve our selves one day Our Life is but a blast And one small sin if not purg'd out May damn the Soul at last 5 Then do not pride it in your selves You to the Worms must go For all your beauty soon will fly You must corruption know HYMN 126. Man's Life is like a Shadow Job 14.2 He fleeth also as a shadow and abideth not 1 ON Earth our days will be but few Like as the shadow flies Or like unto the Morning-Dew Doth pass when Sun doth rise 2 So do our Days our Months and Years Make haste to fly away Much like the Blossom he appears Which quickly doth decay 3 Or
trod 10 For if we do our sins confess Faithful and Just is he From sin and all unrighteousness To cleanse and set us free HYMN 154. Sung after Sermon Psal 31.19 Great Goodness laid up and wrought out 1 GReat Goodness thou O Lord hast wrought Who can of it conceive And those thou dost regenerate 'T is they do it receive 2 'T is they who are delivered From that forlorn estate They once were in when they lay dead Under thy fearful hate 3 'T is they whose Souls united be Unto thy self O Lord And have Communion too with thee And prize thy blessed Word 4 They are alive and love thee dear Thy Image also they Do in their Souls most clearly bear And taste of thee each day 5 They of Christ's Blood and Merits shall For certain have a part And though they sin they cannot fall From thee Lord in their heart 6 Their Souls shall live eternally They sing thy praise therefore This work being wrought in our Souls We 'll sing for evermore HYMN 155. A Hymn of Praise after the Sacrament A Feast of Fat things 1 LOrd thou our bless'd Physician art Who for our Souls didst die Thou dost thy precious Blood impart Our Souls to purifie 2 When sin and sickness did appear And nought could do us good A Med'cine then thou didst prepare To heal us with thy Blood 3 Thou art O Lord our glorious Sun Light Heat and Life 's from thee And thou upon our Souls has shone By which we quickned be 4 A Banquet rich thou dost provide A Table of Fat things To feast our Souls O let us eat And drink of thy own Springs 5 The Feast is thine of thine own cost The Lamb is of thy Fold It is the best in all the Flock More precious far than Gold 6 No spot in him was ever found No blemish but all pure Yet for us he had many wounds Thy wrath he did endure 7 He drank the bitter of the Cup That no wrath might remain That we might drink in draughts of love And come to life again 8 And spend our days upon the Earth In joy through thy sweet Spirit Until we come thy glory great In Heaven to inherit HYMN 156 Psal 31.19 Goodness wrought 1 HOw great is thy sweet goodness Lord. VVhich for us thou hast wrought By Jesus Christ our dearest Friend VVho our dear Souls hath bought 2 That so we might that goodness have His Life he did lay down Our Souls from Death and Hell to save And us with glory crown 3 And as for us Christ wrought it out So in us we do see The Spirit works without all doubt That we convinc'd might be 4 And so doth cause us for to feel What unto sin is due The weight of which would make us reel And vengeance soon ensue 5 But 't is to heal that he doth wound The Soul and makes it cry And then with speed he doth make haste A Plaister to apply 6 None but thy Spirit can convince And us for Grace prepare And we O Lord may see from hence How helpless once we were 7 To God the Father and the Son And Holy Ghost therefore Be blessing honour and renown Now and for evermore HYMN 157 Sung after Sermon Rom. 1.6 The Gospel the power of God 1 WE of thy Gospel holy Lord Are not asham'd to own Because thy glory shines therein And power is made known 2 Thy Gospel is the means whereby We Lord came to believe And in it does great Riches lye VVhich we by Faith receive 3 Thy Grace in it does glorious shine And by thy Spirit we Are wrought upon and so made thine And union have with thee 4 VVhat cause have we therefore to sing That we thy Gospel have And praise our God and heav'nly King VVho strives our Souls to save 5 Our Enemies the Light do hate And fain wou'd once again Suppress the Gospel as of late O 't is their bitter pain 6 To see how Light and Truth breaks out But this is Lord our joy Arise and put them to the rout Who would thy Truth destroy 7 And we thy Praises will sing forth And laud thy Name therefore O let thy Word shine through the Earth Now and for evermore HYMN 158. The joyful Sound 1 WHo hath or doth O Lord believe Th' Report which thou hast given Many will hear but few receive Th' joyful News from Heaven 2 The joyful Sound that 's spread abroad There 's few which it do mind For though they have it often heard Yet not with hearts inclin'd 3 To that which is most truly good They have no mind at all But contrar'wise despise thy Word And do contemn thy Call 4 But unto some thou dost make known Thy glorious power divine And these are they that thou dost own And callest also thine 5 They do believe and also fear They love and do obey They cleave to thee and are sincere And follow thee alway 6 And them dost thou with Blessings crown They sing to thee therefore And hence it is thou dost them own And wilt for evermore HYMN 159. Psal 23.3 The Sinners Soul restored 1 'T Is thou O Lord who dost restore Our Souls which went astray And had been lost for evermore Hadst thou not found a way 2 For to recover us again By sending of thy Son Under thy wrath we should have lain And ever been undone 3 Our sin and sickness was so sore Nothing could do us good Nor life unto our Souls restore But the Physicians Blood 4 Our case was sad woful indeed If it we did but know Thou therefore sentst thy Son to bleed Such bowels didst thou show 5 That he for us and in our stead Thy dreadful wrath did bear That of his Flesh our Souls might feed Lost strength for to repair 6 Therefore we sing Lord unto thee And well indeed may they Who by thy Grace now quickned be And set in the right way 7 Unto eternal happiness Whose Souls thou dost restore They all praise thee Lord more or less And shall for evermore HYMN 160. The Godly Man's Soul restored 1 A Godly Man may greatly fall But thou Lord wilt restore His Soul again and so he shall Stand faster than before 2 He under sin long shall not lye Before he doth revive And whilst he 's down his Soul doth cry And greatly does he strive 3 Against all sin and it does hate And fain would he get clear Of every sin and evil thing To shew he is sincere 4 But wicked Men do make a trade Of sinning ev'ry day Their hearts are carnal and so hard Sins motions they obey 5 And in them also it doth reign And they in it delight Hence under wrath they do remain Being odious in thy sight 6 All praise to God the Lord above We find it otherwise That sin we hate and thee do love And thy sweet favour prize 7 Good Men cannot contented be Unless restor'd again And thy most precious face do
who dost dwell above To whom all praise belongs 3 It 's none but thee who can appease The wrath that burns within And to a wounded heart give ease That 's burdened with sin 4 We thee adore and worship do And at thy precious Feet Contentedly we all would lye To tast thy mercy sweet 5 And thou dear Saviour who for sin The Curse didst undergo Unless thy Arm reveal'd had been No help to us could flow 6 All praise to God and to the Lamb And Spirit be therefore Teach us to know what we must do And sing for evermore HYMN 200. Bread indeed 1 HOw good O Lord is thy blest Word To all that are sincere Because it doth such good afford Thy Children love it dear 2 O let us taste of thy sweet Love And in thy self delight And feed us also from above Every day and night 3 That with the fat things of thy House We all may feasted be And flourish in thy glorious Courts Dear God continually 4 Many do seem to be content Whilst they on Husks do feed But let our Souls to Christ be bent And stor'd with all we need 5 One hour in thy blest Courts let 's prize Above all times and days And also sing and laud thy Name And live unto thy praise HYMN 201. A Feast of Fat things 1 LOrd thou art great and also good Thy Love and Grace is such Thou giv'st poor hungry Souls sweet Food And nothing think'st too much 2 For them who unto Christ do come All things prepared be No sooner do they once come home But welcome are to thee 3 The fatted Calf and Bread indeed And precious Wine good store And all things else which Sinners need Are ready for the Poor 4 Where feed and feast all on free cost May such who hungry be All is of Grace that none may boast But only Lord in thee 6 O then let 's eat and drink the best And praise the Lord above And lean upon his dearest Breast Till ravished with Love HYMN 202. Vnless ye believe that I am he c. 1 HOw dark is he how blind Who hath a carnal mind He hath no peace if he so die He none shall ever find 2 He that in Christ doth not believe Nor in Truth now receive The offers of his special Grace May not his Loss retrieve 3 Die in your Sins Tremble and Fear What Man is it can hear Those words and find his heart not now Rent and to pieces tare 4 Let 's lift thy Name O Lord on high And make sweet melody And so believe and live that we In sin may never die HYMN 203. The glorious Gift 1 ALL praise and glory now be given To God the Lord above Who gives to us the best of Heaven Himself His Grace and Love 2 Most precious are his Promises They firm and sure be Thou all our wants wilt Lord supply And that continually 3 Though we are poor in earthly things And little do possess Yet richer are than wicked Kings And never shall have less 4 He that hath God possesseth all And what would he have more Shall not that Man contented be Can any think he 's poor 5 O let us then lift up our voice And sing melodiously And in the Lord always rejoyce Until we come to die HYMN 204. Christ became poor 1 O Holy and most glorious King The mighty Prince of Peace Thou art that Lamb by whom we came From sin to have release 2 Thou in the glorious Form of God Before all Worlds indeed Most splendently O thou didst shine And nothing didst thou need 3 And yet thy love to us was such Thou for us becam'st poor That we through thy great Poverty Might all have Riches store 4 We never can to thee express Our Thanks sufficiently Who in our stead and for our sakes A shameful death didst die 5 The Wrath and Curse that was our due O Lord thou didst endure And in the Grave O thou didst lye Our freedom to procure 6 O depths and heighths of divine Love None can compare with thee So low to lye that we on high At last might raised be 7 Lord thou art all in all to us To God all praise therefore To him to thee and Spirit we Will sing for evermore HYMN 205. A Hymn of Dr. P. taken out of his Century of select Psalms p. 201. From several Passages of the Revelations ALL ye that serve the Lord his Name See that ye celebrate And ye that fear him sing aloud His praise both small and great O thou great Ruler of the World Thy Works our wonder raise Thou blessed King of Saints how true And righteous are thy ways Who would not fear and praise thy Name Thou only Holy One The World shall worship thee to whom Thy Judgments are made known Most Holy Holy Holy Lord Almighty is thy Name Which was before all time and is And shall be still the same All Glory Pow'r and Honour thou Art worthy to receive For all things by thy Pow'r were made And by thy Pleasure live To thee of right O Lamb of God Riches and Pow'r belong Wisdom and Honour Glory Strength And every praising Song Thou as our Sacrifice wast slain And by thy precious Blood From ev'ry Tongue and Nation hast Redeem'd us unto God Blessing and Honour Glory Power By all in Earth and Heaven To him that sits upon the Throne And to the Lamb be giv'n PART IX Containing part of some Select PSALMS of DAVID HYMN 206. Psal 1. The Blessed Man 1 THe Man is bless'd that shuns the Snare Of wicked Mens advice Whom Sinners Paths or Scorners Chair By no means can entice 2 But his delight both day and night Is in God's holy Law Wherein he waits and meditates With constant care and awe 3 Like planted Tree by Water-Springs Shall such a Man be made A Tree that timely Fruit brings forth Whose Leaf shall never fade 4 And God shall bless with good success All actions of the Just Unlike them far the wicked are And as the driven Dust 5 Therefore th' Ungodly never may In Judgment stand acquitted Not with the Just in that great Day Shall Sinners be admitted 6 For Men upright are Gods delight Their way to him is known But Sinners way shall soon decay And quite be overthrown HYMN 207. Psal 2. Christ's Kingdom 1 WHy do the Heathen Gentiles rage And foolish things surmize Kings set themselves against the Lord And do his Christ despise 2 His gracious Government they count Their Yoke his Laws their Chain Freedom they 'll have without controll No Bands shall them restrain 3 But God above will scorn their rage Their vain attempts deride He will affright them in his wrath Vex and defeat their pride 4 For all their spite I 've set my King Upon his holy Throne And what I had decreed before Proclaim'd him now my Son 5 This is the Birth-day of his Rule Thy Scepter I 'll advance Or'e all the Earth the