hâ—â— chastised us and we were chastised turn thâ— us and we shall be turned thou art the Loâ—â— our God O! that remembring our ways arâ— all our doings wherein we have been defileâ— we could loath our selves in our own sighâ— for our iniquities and for our abominations O! give us saving knowledg give us tâ—â— spirit of Truth who will guide us into â— truth incline our Ears to wisdom and oâ— Hearts to understanding that we may cry aâ—ter knowledg and lift up our Voice for uâ—derstanding that we may understand the feâ—â— of the Lord and find the knowledg of oâ— God that we may be able to cry unto thee â— our God we know thee hast thou not promâ—ed saying I will put my law into their Hearâ— and write it in their inward parts and I wâ— be their God and they shall be my Peopâ—â— O! that thou would'st give us this Knowledâ— that thou would'st fill our Hearts with tâ—â— knowledg as the Waters cover the Sea â— give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelatiâ—â— in the Knowledg of Christ that the Eyes â— our Understandings being inlightned we mâ— know what is the hope of his Calling aâ—â— what is the riches of the Glory of his Inherâ—tance in the Saints Dear FAther is not thâ— secret with the Righteous is not the secret the Lord Revealed to them that fear him â— give us a love of God and of Christ and all things that belong to him Thou hast said I will Circumcise their Hearts and the Hearts of our seed to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts and with all our Souls that we may live and not die Oh set us on fire burn us make us new and Transform us that nothing besides thee may live in us O! wound very deeply our Hearts with the Dart of thy Love and that because of our sins which are many are forgiven us we may love thee not a little but much Oh! that we were sick of Love that our understandings will and affections were all overcome and amazed and that our faintings were enflamed towards thee and even â—melted into thee O sweet Jesu touch our Souls with thy Spirit that Vertue may come out of thee into us draw us unto thy self Oh let the savors of thy Oyntments whose very Breath is love be ever in our Nostrils O give us the Flagons of the New Wine of thy Kingdom which may lift up our Souls above our selves in our Loves that we may forget the low and base Loves of this World and by an Heavenly access may be Transported into an Heavenly Love and Embrace Jesus Christ who is the Lord from Heaven with a love like himself Oh! let us desire Union with thee and help us to bring forth fruit unto thee O give us the fruit of the Spirit that may resemble thee and be pledges to us of thy Union with us O burn and consume whatsoever would grow one with our Souls besides thee O let the fire of thy Spirit so turn our Souls into a Spiritual Fire that the dross of the Flesh and the World being wholly consumed we may be Spirituaâ— and so bring forth Fruits only to the Spirit O sweet Saviour look upon us in mercy orâ— look of thine will awaken our loves and makâ— us to weep bitterly that we loved thee so little whom to love sufficiently our best and mightâ—est Loves are most insufficient Prevent ouâ— seeking with thy seeking be thou present witâ— us in thy Providence and Power when thoâ— seemest to be far off us in the tast of thy sweetness and fruition of thy Loves and then wheâ— we have regained thy Love we will hold morâ— hardly and keep more Fastly and love thee morâ— vehemently and provide a Stock of Loves in thâ— Summer against the Winter if it return any more O help us to love one another as Christ hath loved us and make Our Love to abound more more towards all men especially to them that arâ— of the houshold of Faith And good Lord cause us to love our Enemies to bless them that curse us and to pray for them that despightfully use us and persecute us O give us a zeal after God and his Truth good Causes and good men O let us not rest concented with a lukewarm Profession being neither cold nor hot but make Our Souls to break for the Longings they have for thy Judgments at all times O that we were Fervent in the Spirit zealous always in every good thing O that the zeal of thy house might even eat us up And that Our zeal might provoke Others unto thee O that thy Word were in Our Hearts like a burning fire that we were weary with forbearing and that we could not stay O give us the Grace of Patience Thou hast told us in the world we shall have Tribulation and thro' much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God O make us to run with patience the Race that is ses before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despised the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God O help us to consider him that endured such contradictions of sinners against himself lest we be wearied and Faint in Our Minds Let us not think it strange concerning the fiery Trial but rather rejoiâ—e in as much as we are made parâ—akers of Christs Sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy O teach us to reckon with our selves that the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared to that glory which shall be revealed in us Hast thou not said that if we be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are we O therefore that it may be given to us in the behalf of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for his sake O help us to deny our selves and to take up our Cross daily and follow our Saviour Give us perseverance and to this end make us to build on thy promises Thou hast said that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord tho he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his right hand Thou hast said to your Old Age I am he and even to hoary hairs will I carry you and I will deliver you for this God is our God for ever and he will be our Guide even unto death O give us One Way and One Heart that we may Fear thee for ever And make thou an evetlasting covenant with us That thâ—n wilt not turn away from us to do us good O put thy Fear into our hearts that we may not depart from thee And dear Lord help us to hold fast the profession of our Faith without wavering confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless unto the coming and day of our Lord Jesus Christ And dear Father
give us all other Graces a lively hope that may save us yea in those times let us with Abraham against hope believe in hope and give us joy in the Holy Ghost Thou hast said Joy is sown for the Righteous and gladness for the upright in heart O give us a filial Fear because thou takest pleasure in those that fear thee For in that day that thou makest up â—â—y Jewels they shall be thine and thou wilt spare them as a man spareth his own Son that serveth him O give t is humility and lowliness of Spirit casting down imaginations and every thing that exalteth it self against the Knowledg of God O give us meekness of mind that the Wolf may dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard may lie down with the Kid the Calf and young Lion and the Fatling together whilst a little Child may lead them O give us peace of conscience and the peaco of God that may guide guard and garison our whole souls And for our further assurance o give an increase and growth to all these Graces and do thou guide us continually and satisfie our souls in drought O make Fat Our Bones that we may be like a watered Garden and like a Spring of water whose waters fail not O let the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing under his wings that we may go forth and grow up as the Calves of the Stall O that thopu would'st be pleased to make our path as the path of the just even as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day O that thou wouldest be unto us as dew unto Israel that we might grow as the Lilly and cast forth our Root as Lebanon that our branches might spread and our beauty be as the Olive-tree and our smell as Lebanon O Lord hast not thou said I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground and I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed and my blessing upon thy Off-spring O put into our hearts their ways who go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appearing before God Nor pray we only for Remission but for cleansing not only for Pardon but for purifying and power against sin and deliverance from sin Holy God thou hast promised That he that is left in Zion and he that is left in Jerusalem shall be called holy when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the Daughters of Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the Spirit of Judgment and by the Spirit of burning Holy God thou hast said thou wilt put thy law in our hearts and write it in our inward parts Holy God it is thy promise the first promise and the Foundation of all other promises that the Seed of the woman should bruise the Serpents head that Christ should break the Power and Dominion of Satan O that having those Promises we could live by Faith that we could rest upon God and believe that God of his Free Grace in Christ will purge us from the filthy Remainders of sin and renew us more and more after his Own Image in Righteousness and true holiness Surely Lord thoâ— hast said it and therefore no Presumption buâ— true Obedience to assure our selves of whatsoever thou hast promised and entred into bond and covenant Freely to give us He that believeth on thee as the Scripture saith Out of his belly shall flow Rivers of living waters Christ is a Fountain of Grace ever flowing and ever Full and of his fulness we all receive grace for grace There is no grace but from Christ nor no communion with Christ but by Faith O therefore that we could embtace him by Faith for our sanctification that so we might be filled with the gifts of his grace in our measure 'T is Christ that is our Wisdom and Sanctification as well as Righteousness and Redemption O that our Jesus would justifie our Persons and sanctifie our Natures and enable us to those duties of holiness that he requires and that he would make us unto himself a Kingdom of Priests an holy Nation O Lord we have many potent Enemies that daily war against us the World the Flesh and the Devil and Our strength is too weak to vanquish the Allurements of this World and to repress the Lusts of our rebellious hearts or to defeat the Polices of Satan much more to cleanse our own hearts But O Lord thou hast promised O help us to believe that God who is rich in mercy will aid and assist and bless our Endeavours yea and do the whole work for us and in us according to his good pleasure O grant we may not love the world nor the things of the world that our hearts be not over-charged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life to neglect â—uâ— immortal souls O do thou be pleased to rouze us and lift us up from the death of sin unto a life of righteousness And good Lord grant that we may not suffer sin to reign in our mortal bodies that we should obey it in the lust â—hereof Neither suffer us to yeild our Members as â—nstruments of unrighteousness unto sin but unto God as those that are alive from the dead that being made free from sin and become the Servants of God we may have our fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life And dear Father grant that we may be sober and vigilant because our Advetsary the Devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour O make us strong in the Lord and in the power of his might that we may be able to stand against all the wilds of Satan Why Lord we wrestle not against flesh and blood only but against principalities and powers against thr Rulers of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places O therefore strengthen us that we may stand having the girdle of truth about our Loins the Breastplate of Righteousness and the shield of Faith wherewith we may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked We confess and acknowledg O Lord to thy glory that all our strength is in thee and in the power of thy might And dear Father we humbly beg that thou wilt be pleased to stand and stay by us by thy blessed Spirit of Grace the remaining part of our days that we may live righteously and godly in this present world so that we may be able to stand when the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open and may hear that joyful call thy blessed Son shall then pronounce Come ye blessed inherit the Kingdom prepared for you That then we may enter into those Joys that the Living God hath provided for such as Fear and Love and delight in him and for ever enjoy that glory our blessed Saviour speaketh of that he had with thee before the Foundation of the world O help us to draw near unto thee in
O Lord art great and good Thy mercies ever sure Thy truth to Generations doth Eternally endure Psalm 116. I Will love thee O Lord my God Incline thy Ear to me Therefore as long as I do live I will call upon thee O Let my Voice and my Request Lord Always accepted be From pains of Hell and sorrow For ever keep me free O Lord I will call on thy Name Lord I beseech thee hear Thou gracious art and merciful And righteous every where O Lord preserve my drooping Soul O help for I am low O bring my Soul unto thy rest That I thy love may know Deal bountifully with my Soul Deliver me from fears O keep my Feet from sliding Lord My mouruing Eyes from Tears Then I shall walk before the Lord Within the living Land I did believe therefâ—re I spake By thy afflicting hand I said in my passion and haste That all men Liars be What shall I render to the Lord For all his Love to me The Joyful Cup of Salvation I thankfully will take And call upon the Name of God For his great mercy sake And pay my Vows unto the Lord. Right precious in his sight Is the Death of his people all As are the Saints in Light Truly I am thy Servant Lord Thy Servant still will be O let those hands that thou hast loosed Tie me faster to thee Psalm 119. v. 105. THY Word 's a Lamp unto my Feet And a Light to my way Thy Righteous Judgments I will keep By Night and eke by Day I am afflicted very much In mercy quicken me O Lord according to thy word Accept I beseech thee The Free will Offerings of my Lips And thy Judgments teach for me My Soul is ever in my Hand Yet I forget uot thee The wicked have laid Snares for me Yet I erred not from thee Thy Testimonies and Precepts My Heritage shall be For they are the Joy of my heart I am inclined alway For to perform thy Statutes Lord Unto the end I say Psalm 147. O Praise the Lord for it is good Unto our God to sing His Praise his comly in his Saints For 't is a pleasant thing The Lord doth build Jerusalem And gathers the Out-cast Of Israel together that None of them shall lie waste He healeth the broken in heart And binds up Wounds and Scars The Hosts of Heaven he calls by Name And numbereth the Stars Great is our God and of great Power His Understanding deep He casts the wicked to the ground But raiseth up the meek Sing to the Lord with Thanksgiving Sing praise to God on high He maketh Grass on Mountains grow By showers when they are dry He giveth to the Beast his Food And the Young Ravens which cry In them that fear him he delights Who hope in his mercy O praise the Lord Jerusalem O Zion thy God praise He doth make strong thy Bars and Gates And in thee Children Raise He maketh peace in thy Borders And Keeps all safe and sure He Feeds thee with the finest VVheat And Oil that is most pure To Persons Three in Trinity Adoration and Praise As hath been done since Time begun And so shall be always Isaiah 35. 10. COme to Zion with Songs In heart with one accord Return with Everlasting Joy â—e Ransomed of the Lord. True Gladness to obtain With Faces Full of Joy Sorrow and Trouble then shall cease And signing fly away All Tears then from our Eyes VVhich down our Cheeks distil For offending our Saviour dear His Mercy and Good VVill Shall then be wiped away From all our Faces sad For his inheritance shall we For evermore be glad Hymn 1. BEhold now saith the Lord of Hosts You Proud that wickedly do boast The day is coming that shall burn You up as stubble in an Oven As Ashes under Foot are trod The wicked shall fall by thy Rod And meet with no deliverance But be destroy'd both Root and Branch But upon you that fear my Name The Sun of Righteousness shall rise VVith healing underneath his VVings And with great Joy our souls surprise O make us Captives of thy Love In true obedience to stand Humbly submitting unto thee In Faithfulness to thy Command Then Joyfully in thy presence Our Ransomed souls shall ever sing Triumphant Hymns of Thankfulness To our Jehovah Lord and King Hymn 2. LOrd pardon my Feigned Requests O make me more sincere In love for to admire him VVho is my Saviour dear And with a full purpose of heart Now to cleave unto thee Taking delight to do thy will In true sincerity O Lord help me now to draw near In truth of heart to thee In full assurance of thy Love And Kindness unto me For in thy Righteousness thou hast Proclaimed thy self to be O God that hears the prayers which In Faith are made to thee Raise my Affections to thy house O God where I may find Supporting grace for to revive My dead and darkned mind Rouze up my drowsie Soul O Lord And make me stand upright My God shall be my Glory then And everlasting Light I will greatly rejoice in God My Soul shall joyful be VVith the Garments of Salvation O Lord do thou cloathe me Then in thy Robes of Righteousness Shall I with Joy appear Before the Judgment Seat of him Who is my Saviour dear Hymn 3. DEar Lord without thy special Grace Our souls cannot appear Nor stand before thy Judgment seat Who art just and severe But in thy mercy give us Lord An heart for to express Thy Loving Kindness to us shown With humble Thankfulness O help us to rely on thee Intercession to make And plead our Cause as Advocate Even for thy own Name sake For herein lies our happiness When we were at a loss Full satisfaction he hath made In dying on the Cross O let this precious blood of thine Which was shed on that Tree Procure for us a lasting Peace And by it make us free O let it mollifie our hearts Which are grown hard by sin O make them soft so we shall be Pure and clean within O melt and make us new O Lord By thy Spirit of Grace Transform us by thy mighty power That we may see thy Face And joyfully in thy Presence For ever sit and sing Hallelujahs unto our God Which doth salvation bring Hymn 4. O Hear and help me Lord For on thee I depend Enable me to do thy will And seriously to spend My days for they are short My Glass is almost run Without thy special grace O God I am utterly undone Make haste and be my aid Give strength for I am poor Let not thy mercy come too late I humbly thee implore At thy Throne of Grace A Begger I will lie My Poverty is great O God O do not me deny 'T is for my Saviour's sake That I thus boldly crave Supporting Grace for to uphold My fainting Soul to save Then humbly I 'le rejoice And of thy Goodness sing For thou my Refuge and Defence
From time to time hast been Hymn 5. O Let thy Glory Lord From day to day increase Within our Land and give to us A firm and lasting peace And still maintain to us Thy Gospel pure and bright O let not Antichrist prevail For to obscure our light Bring down their Pride O Lord That are so high and strong And make them know that unto thee Issues of War belong In their own Snares O Lord Let them be taken fast Who labour to subvert thy Truth And work to lay it waste In deep designs they plot Against thy sacred Name To bring on them that honour thee Utter Repâ—oach and Shame Arise O Lord and help By thine Almighty Power Defend and keep us by thy strength from such as would devour Lord save our gracious King And grant him long to Reign Make him an Instrument on Earth True Justice to maintain Hymn 6. O Lord thou lovest Righteousness O help us to endeavour For the Effects of Quietness And assurance for ever Still trusting on thy Word for thou Wilt be our sure defence Therefore will we humbly depend On thee with confidence For thou O Lord hast always been To us in all our need Ready when we upon thee call To answer us with speed Lord let that Promise be made good To us before we call That thou wilt answer us in peace And give us Grace withal Resolvedly on thee to trust So long as we have hreath For thou hast said I 'le be your God And Guide even unto Death O Lord now let our Joy in thee For evermore increase And in the end do thou Crown us With everlasting Peace In holy Triumphs then shall we Thy Hallelujahs sing Who by thy gracious Favour hast Kept us from perishing Hymn 7. O Seek the Lord and seek his strength Seek him continually Let 's joyn our selves in covenant With him perpetually Thy Face O Lord still I will seek And praise thee with my Voice Let all those that seek thee in heart For evermore rejoice Thou lovest them that do love thee And are sincere in mind Who early after thee do seek They shall thy Favour find And joyfully in thee Repose Our fainting Souls alway For on thy Providence are we Resolvedly to stay O come and let us seek the Lord In humbleness and fear While he is to be found let us Call on him while he 's near For it is time to seek the Lord Arise therefore and seek The living God to be our Guide And us in safety Keep Let all that love the Lord rejoice And Hallelujahs sing Unto the God of our Mercies Which doth salvation bring Hymn 8. BE pleas'd oh Lord to look upon our Sion And send thy Lamb to chase away the Lyon Oh how unblest is that declining Nation Where Faith 's quite lost Religion out of fashion When Faction thrives Religion starves at nurse Who sins with Egypt must have Egypts curse But let 's consider e're our time be spent How soon we sin and yet how late repent He that delays Repentance makes great haste To his own ruin and commits a waste Upon his Soul for every hour we spend And not repent we wilfully befriend Our Adversary Hell whose Gins are set He lies and watches when to draw his Net The Net being drawn well may we run about And make our selves more fast attempting out Then our betrayed Souls may sadly say Had we repented when 't was said to day This Net had not ensnared us but we must cry We that did ever sin must ever dye Hymn 9. GRace is a vertue by which we may attain The lasting joy that doth above remain Where Souls above for ever live to sing The Halleluia's of their Glorious King Who in great triumph did ascend on high Freeing poor Souls from their captivity And bringing us into his perfect Bliss For by his purchase surely we are his For by his Blood our Souls have free access Into the place of perfect happiness There to enjoy the true Felicity That is prepar'd to all Eternity For those that Love and in him do delight Shall never cease to see his Glory bright Lord fit us for our latter end Then Death will be to us a friend To let us free from all distress Aud bring os into Happiness For to enjoy thy dearest Love Which is prepared for us above Where we for ever shall delight There to behold thy Glory bright Hymn 10. LOrd save me for thy Mercies sake And hear when I do Pray For thou alone art my defence My Rock my Hope my stay O hearken Lord to my desire And then be pleas'd to hear Prepare my Heart humbly to Pray And then incline thy Ear To the requests which I do make My wants thou well dost see O give an Ear when I do Pray With longing after thee O give relief to my poor Soul Which languishing doth lye Support me by thy mighty Power Until I come to die So that at last I may attain To that Felicity VVhich is prepared in Heaven above To all Eternity For such as in thy Law delight And therein spend their time They shall enjoy that lasting Light That in the Heavens doth shine On Isaiah 12. O Lord I will praise thee and say In the same day thou angry wâ—it Yet still thou comforts me alway For now thy Anger 's gone and Past Behold God is my Salvation On him I 'le trust all times for aid The Lord Jehovah is my strength Then why should I once be afraid He is become my Song my Joy For my Salvation in him lies Therefore shall we draw from those wells Those riches we so highly prise And in that day then shall we say Praise ye the Lord call on his Name Declare his doings all abroad And still exalt his mighty fame Sing to the Lord for he hath done Things excellent 't is known full well Rejoyce and shout all you that shall Within his Holy City dwell Hymn 11. DIrect me Lord in this thy day Which I have lived to see O guide me by the Saving Grace Never to swerve from thee So that the Thoughts and eke the words Which from my Mouth proceed May be according to thy word Upright in truth and deed O help me faithfully to spend The time thou dost afford In seeking still to do thy will According to thy word O let thy word be my delight My chiefest time to spend To know thy ttuths declar'd therein And understand the end Of thy great kindness shew'd to us By thy mercy so sweet When we were lost thou didst provide For us a Saviour meet Who for our sins laid down his Life And shed his blood so dear For to Redeem our wretched Souls And free us from that fear Which we upon our selves had brought By departing from thee O cleanse us by that blood of his And therewith set us free From Satan's Bonds wherein we lie In thraldom bound in Chains Release our captive Souls for thou Only can
ease our pains That so our Hearts and Souls in thee May ever more rejoice In singing praises to thy name With a delightful Voice Hymn 12. WHen as the Lord his People doth Bring back from Thraldom sad Then Jacob shall rejoyce and sing And Israel shall be glad The Lord is merciful and kind And gracious also In mercy plentious and free But in his anger slow Thy anger Lord's but a moment And for a nights weeping In thy favour is Life and Peace And Joy in the morning O shew to me the Path of Life Thy Treasure and thy Store At thy right hand fulness of Joy And pleasure ever more Surely the goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days For I shall dwell within thy House And ever give thee praise Hymn 13. O Lord how long wilt thou Thy presence from me hide Let not thy wrath for ever bâ—rn And I therein betide Remember Lord how short My days are to remain O keep me close unto thy self And not be made in vain What man is he that lives But once he must see Death My Soul deliver from the Grave When I give up my Breath Hymn 14. O Sing unto the Lord ye Saints Give praise unto his Name Remembring of his Holiness And thank him for the same O That the Lord would be to us As dew unto Zion Then shall we grow like to those Flocks That feed on Mount Hermon Rejoycing still in God our strength And trusting in his aid In his goud time he will provide We need not be afraid For in his everlasting Arms We shall be safe and sure The Covenant which he hath made For ever doth endure In faithfulness to them that do On him truly depend He will preserve us to the last In happiness to end Our days which through a vale of Tears Are spent as we may say At last shall reap most plentiful An Harvest Crown'd with Joy Hymn 15. UPon thy precious promises Lord help us to rely Depending on thy Word for thou Wilt us nothing deny When we sincerely on thee wait According to thy will O then make good thy Word to us And our desires fulfil For the sake of our Saviour dear Bring us more close to thee That so we may enjoy thy love And thy salvation see Within thy New Jerusalem Art sat in splendor bright Triumphing on thy Glorious Throne In Majesty and Might Where thy Redeemed ones shall sing Hallelujahs to thee Who are the purchase of thy Blood And with the same made free Of the great City where our God For evermore doth Reign Rejoicing with his Saints that were In Tribulation slain Where we before the Throne of God Shall serve him Day and Night Where we with Joy shall ever dwell Within his Temple bright Hymn 16. O Lord make us to understand The shortness of our Days And walk according to thy Word Upright in all thy ways For who doth know how soon he may Unto Account be brought For all the Deeds done in the flesh Which we our selves have wrought For every day before our eyes Such Objects Fresh appear Which shew to us most certainly We shall not long stay here O help us now for to prepare For that approaching hour Trusting in Christ that he alone Will Raise us by his Power With him to live and Reign in Joy Hallelujahs to sing Triumphing in his Victories Which doth salvation bring Unto all those that sincerely For his Redemption pray And patiently lay down our Lives Because he led the way Through Death to happiness and bliss The true Felicity Which is prepar'd in Heaven above To all Eternity Hymn 17. GReat Joy have they who on the Lord Do trust for their Defence Always depending on his Love With humble confidence He faithful is and will preserve All those that truly seek For to behold his Face with Joy Unfeignedly and meek He will make glad their souls when they Sincerely on him stay And Keep them close unto himself That they'â—go not astray Hymn 18. O God for thy Name sake Let me thy mercy find Into thy Favour take my soul For I am poor and blind My Soul is wounded sore My heart is weak and faint O Lord support me by thy Grace Now I do make complaint Help me O Lord my God O save me I desire That I may Know it is thy Hand And evermore admire Thy loving Kindness Lord Help me for to express And never to forget thy Love Thy Mercy and Goodness Which thou to me hast shown From time to time so free Continue still thy mercies Lord And bring me close to thee O help me to depend In faith upon thy grace That when this mortal Life shall end I may enjoy thy Face In Glory which thou hast Prepar'd for me above Which is the purchase of the Blood Of my dear Saviour's love Which on the Cross was shed By my dear Saviour Kind To purge away my sins that I May sure Redemption find Hymn 19. O Thou Eternal God of Life Prepare us for our End O help us on our Saviour dear Sincerely to depend O let our Meditations Lord Be fixed on that Day Trusting on Christ that he alone Will be our strength and stay So that approaching Death may not Our drooping Souls annoy When our Redemption draweth nigh Lift up our Heads with Joy For to behold our dearest Lord. In Glory to appear To take unto himself his Saints Who are his purchase dear So that with zealous Paul we may In holy Triumph sing O Grave where is thy Victory O Death where is thy sting But thanks be to our God who hath Given us this Victory Through Jesus Christ our Lord and saves Our Souls from misery Therefore beloved Brethren In stedfastness remain Knoâ—ing your labour in the Lord Shall never be in vain Hymn 20. LOrd Keep me in thy ways That thou wouldst have me walk That so I may rejoice therein And of thy Goodness talk Direct me in thy Truth O God be thou my Guide O Keep my Heart upright to thee So that I never slide Then I shall sing thy praise Most chearfully and say That thou O God art my delight My only hope and stay On thee I 'll ever Trust As on a Rock most sure Thy Faithfulness remaineth still And ever shall endure O happy sure are they Who on his Grace relie For he will save us to the last And Crown us when we die With Everlastiug Joy Within his heavenly place Where we fot ever shall behold The Glory of his Face Hymn 22. O Lord for thy pardon I beg Unto thee I appeal Forgive my Transgressions O God And my backslidings heal Through thy abundant Grace O Lord Let me find fresh supply For to support my fainting soul Which languishing doth lie O God let thy Almighty Power My wicked thoughts subdue O let thy holy spirit Lord My inward man renew O teach me to obey thy Voice And guide me in thy ways For by thy strength my life 's