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<P>THE <HI>P&s;alms of DAVID</HI> IN METER: Fitted to the Tunes u&s;ed IN Pari&s;h-Churches.</P>
<P>By <HI>JOHN PATRICK,</HI> D. D. Preacher to the <HI>Charterhou&s;e,</HI> London.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P>Imprimatur,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Sept. 30. 1691.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>Ra. Barker.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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</TEXT></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>A.</HI> and <HI>I. Churchill,</HI> at the Black Swan in <HI>Paterno&s;ter-Row;</HI> and <HI>L. Meredith,</HI> at the Star in S. <HI>Paul's Churchyard,</HI> 1694.</P>
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<BODY>
<DIV1 N="1" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>PSALM I.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[To the 100 P&s;alm Tune.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t is the Man, who&s;e vertuous &s;teps</L>
<L>No wicked Coun&s;els lead a&s;ide:</L>
<L>Nor &s;tands in Sinners ways; nor &s;its</L>
<L>Where God and Goodne&s;s men deride.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> But on the Laws Divine his Love</L>
<L>Is plac'd, his Soul's entire delight;</L>
<L>On the&s;e his mind is fix'd by Day,</L>
<L>On the&s;e his wakeful thoughts by Night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He like a Tree, from Living Streams</L>
<L>Derives his Sap and kindly Juice;</L>
<L>His Leaves are ever fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>His Branches timely Fruits produce.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> No cro&s;s Events &s;hall bla&s;t his hopes,</L>
<L>Nor &s;poil the plea&s;ures of his mind;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t the ungodly are di&s;pers'd</L>
<L>Like Chaff, by every Stormy Wind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Tho' Sinners here may pa&s;s for Saints,</L>
<L>And vile Hypocri&s;y for Grace;</L>
<L>Their Guilt, when judg'd, will find no plea,</L>
<L>Nor they among the Ju&s;t a place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God will reward the Ju&s;t mens work,</L>
<L>As he approves the ways they tread;</L>
<L>But the &s;mooth paths of Sinners, down</L>
<L>To Death and to Damnation lead.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="1" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="2" REF="3">
<HEAD>PPALM I.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HE's Happy, whom no wicked mens</L>
<L>Lewd Coun&s;els lead a&s;ide:</L>
<L>Nor &s;tands in Sinners ways, nor fits</L>
<L>Where Scorners God deride.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> But on God's Laws his Love is plac'd,</L>
<L>His Soul's entire delight:</L>
<L>On the&s;e his Mind is fix'd by Day,</L>
<L>On the&s;e his Thoughts by Night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He's like a Tree, that from pure &s;treams</L>
<L>Draws Sap and kindly Juice:</L>
<L>His Leaves are ever fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>His Boughs fair Fruits produce.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> No'Events &s;hall bla&s;t his hopes, nor &s;poil</L>
<L>The plea&s;ures of his Mind:</L>
<L>Whil&s;t the Ungodly are like Chaff,</L>
<L>Di&s;pers'd by every Wind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Tho' Sinners here &s;hould pa&s;s for Saints,</L>
<L>Hypocri&s;y for Grace;</L>
<L>Guilty, when judg'd, they'll find no plea,</L>
<L>Nor with the Ju&s;t a place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God will Ju&s;t Men alone reward,</L>
<L>Who' approves the path they tread:</L>
<L>But Sinners ways, tho' &s;mooth, to Death</L>
<L>And to Damnation lead.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="2" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<HEAD>PSALM II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHY do the Heathen Nations rage,</L>
<L>And fooli&s;h things &s;urmi&s;e?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Kings &s;et them&s;elves again&s;t their God,</L>
<L>Rulers his Chri&s;t de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His gentle Government their yoke,</L>
<L>His Laws they count their chain;</L>
<L>Freedom they'll have without controll,</L>
<L>No Bands &s;hall them re&s;train.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But God above will &s;corn their rage,</L>
<L>Their vain attempts deride;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> His pow'r &s;hall fright them, and his wrath</L>
<L>Vex their defeated Pride.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> For all their &s;pight, I've &s;et my King</L>
<L>Securely on his Throne:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> And what I had decreed before,</L>
<L>Proclaim'd him now my Son.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> This is the Birth-Day of thy Rule,</L>
<L>Thy Sceptre I'll advance</L>
<L>O'er all the Earth, the Gentiles give</L>
<L>For thine Inheritance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thou with an Iron Rod &s;halt brui&s;e</L>
<L>Their di&s;obedient Neck;</L>
<L>Like brittle Pot&s;herds, all their pow'rs</L>
<L>Without re&s;i&s;tance break.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Let the great Rulers of the World</L>
<L>This greater Lord revere;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Serve him with chearful willingne&s;s,</L>
<L>And his di&s;plea&s;ure fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> In Low Submi&s;&s;ions to the Son,</L>
<L>Your Happine&s;s do's lie:</L>
<L><PB N="4" REF="4">Then you are &s;afe, when he's well pleas'd;</L>
<L>When he's provok'd, ye die.</L>
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<DIV1 N="3" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHat numbers, Lord, again&s;t me ri&s;e,</L>
<L>And in my Troubles boa&s;t?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> That &s;ay my hopes in God are vain</L>
<L>And my Condition lo&s;t?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But, Lord, in thee I'll glory &s;till,</L>
<L>And on thy pow'r rely:</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt defend me as a &s;hield,</L>
<L>And lift my head on high.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To thee in my di&s;tre&s;s I cry'd,</L>
<L>And thou from Heav'n did&s;t hear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Safely I &s;lept without concern,</L>
<L>And wak'd without all fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Tho' Thou&s;ands of my Foes con&s;pird,</L>
<L>My courage &s;hould not fail;</L>
<L>Tho' they be&s;ieg'd me, I &s;hould be</L>
<L>Secur'd, or el&s;e prevail.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Ari&s;e and &s;ave me, O my God;</L>
<L>For thou ha&s;t heretofore</L>
<L>Turn'd back mine Enemies with &s;hame,</L>
<L>And broken all their pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho&s;e whom the Lord do's Love and own</L>
<L>He &s;till will ble&s;s and &s;ave;</L>
<L>Then let this Author of their good,</L>
<L>Their chearful prai&s;es have.</L>
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<DIV1 N="4" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<HEAD>PSALM IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HEar me, O Lord, the great &s;upport</L>
<L>Of mine Integrity:</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t my former troubles eas'd,</L>
<L>Now to my pray'rs draw nigh.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Fond men! that would my Glory &s;tain,</L>
<L>My Government de&s;pi&s;e;</L>
<L>How long will ye pur&s;ue vain hopes,</L>
<L>And plea&s;e your &s;elves with lyes?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Know that the Lord &s;elects a man</L>
<L>That's Godly, to advance:</L>
<L>And when I &s;eek his aid, will &s;end</L>
<L>Timely Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Sin not, but fear; let quiet thoughts</L>
<L>In&s;truct and make you wi&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Join a pure heart with tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>As the be&s;t Sacrifice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Tho' many thro' di&s;tru&s;t, for good</L>
<L>To other &s;uccours fly;</L>
<L>Thou art our Hope; Lord, ca&s;t on us</L>
<L>A favourable Eye.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy Love more chears my heart, than their's</L>
<L>Who&s;e Corn has wi&s;h'd increa&s;e;</L>
<L>Or when a happy Vintage makes</L>
<L>Their Wine o'erflow the pre&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Down will I lie in Peace, and &s;leep</L>
<L>Shall clo&s;e my wearied Eyes;</L>
<L>No fears di&s;turb me, whil&s;t I know</L>
<L>In God my Safety lies.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<HEAD>PSALM V.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd hear my words, regard the Moans</L>
<L>And &s;ighs, that from my &s;orrows &s;pring:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Receive the Pray'rs, redre&s;s the wrongs</L>
<L>I &s;pread before my God and King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Sluggi&s;h de&s;ires will not procure</L>
<L>The &s;peedy &s;uccours I expect;</L>
<L>But timely help will come, when I</L>
<L>Betimes my pray'r to God direct.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Sinners in pro&s;p'rous wickedne&s;s</L>
<L>By God abhorr d, place their delight;</L>
<L>Excluded from his Favour here,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Hereafter bani&s;h'd from his Sight.</L>
<L>O ju&s;t reward! for God to hate</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Fools, who will not practi&s;e good:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> And tho&s;e at la&s;t de&s;troy, who deal</L>
<L>In lyes, in treachery and blood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> But, Lord, may I the favour have</L>
<L>Within thy Courts again t' appear;</L>
<L>Before thy Pre&s;ence I'll fall down,</L>
<L>And wor&s;hip thee with holy fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Lead me in plain and righteous paths;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Le&s;t tho&s;e that, like an open Grave,</L>
<L>Wait for my fall, in fal&s;e di&s;gui&s;e,</L>
<L>True plea&s;ure in my ruine have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> De&s;truction's their de&s;erved doom;</L>
<L>Let their own Coun&s;els make 'em fall;</L>
<L><PB N="7" REF="5">Crimes oft repeated, and beyond</L>
<L>All hopes of Cure, for Vengeance call.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let all that Love and tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>Triumph in his protecting care.</L>
<L>Thy favour, Lord, will &s;hield from harm,</L>
<L>And ble&s;&s;ings for the ju&s;t prepare.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM V.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd hear the &s;ilent moans and &s;ighs,</L>
<L>That from my &s;orrows &s;pring:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O clear my Innocence, who' appeal</L>
<L>To thee my God and King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> As thou my voice, when I fir&s;t wake,</L>
<L>Shalt hear, &s;o I expect</L>
<L>Thy timely help, when I betimes</L>
<L>My Pray'r to God direct.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The wicked works, that finners plea&s;e,</L>
<L>Cannot be Gods delight:</L>
<L>The&s;e &s;hall be'excluded from his Love,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> And bani&s;h'd from his &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6">'Tis ju&s;t for God to hate tho&s;e fools</L>
<L>That will not practi&s;e good:</L>
<L>And tho&s;e de&s;troy, who deal in lyes,</L>
<L>In treachery and blood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> But, Lord, may I the Favour have</L>
<L>Within thy Courts t' appear;</L>
<L>Before thy Pre&s;ence I'll fall down,</L>
<L>And wor&s;hip thee with fear.</L>
<L><PB N="8" REF="6">
<MILESTONE N="8"> Lead me in Righteous Ways, le&s;t tho&s;e</L>
<L>That, like an open Grave,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Wait for my fall in fal&s;e di&s;gui&s;e,</L>
<L>Joy in my ruine have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Doom'd to de&s;truction, may their own</L>
<L>Devices make them fall:</L>
<L>Crimes multiply'd and beyond hopes</L>
<L>Of Cure, for Vengeance call.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let all rejoice, that love the Lord,</L>
<L>And in his Goodne&s;s tru&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Whom God will ble&s;s, and with his Love</L>
<L>Both crown and &s;hield the ju&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="6" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM VI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd I can &s;uffer thy rebukes,</L>
<L>When thou with kindne&s;s do&s;t cha&s;ti&s;e;</L>
<L>But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear;</L>
<L>O Let not this again&s;t me ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Pity my langui&s;hing E&s;tate;</L>
<L>And tho&s;e perplexities I feel,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> While cru&s;hed by thy heavy hand;</L>
<L>O let thy gentler touches heal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, for thy Goodne&s;s &s;ake, return</L>
<L>And &s;ave my Life; for in the Grave</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> None can remember thee, nor thou</L>
<L>Thankful acknowledgments can&s;t have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> See how I pa&s;s my weary Days</L>
<L>In &s;ighs and groans; and when 'tis Night</L>
<L><PB N="9" REF="6">I drown my Bed and &s;elf in tears:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> My grief con&s;umes and dims my &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Depart, ye wicked Foes, your hopes</L>
<L>Are da&s;h'd; for this my mournful Voice,</L>
<L>Will bring God nearer to mine aid,</L>
<L>When ye come flocking to rejoice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Lord hath heard my pray'r; and tho&s;e</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Who gap'd upon me as their prey,</L>
<L>Will vex them&s;elves at their defeat,</L>
<L>And in Confu&s;ion turn away.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="6" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM VI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd I can well endure, when thou</L>
<L>Do&s;t kindly me cha&s;ti&s;e;</L>
<L>But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear;</L>
<L>O let it never ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Pity my weak E&s;tate, and tho&s;e</L>
<L>Perplexities I feel,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> While cru&s;hed by thy hand, O let</L>
<L>Thy gentler touches heal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> ln mercy, Lord, return, and &s;pare</L>
<L>My Life; for in the Grave</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> None can remember thee; nor thou</L>
<L>Can&s;t chearful prai&s;es have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> See how I pa&s;s my weary days</L>
<L>In groans; and when 'tis Night,</L>
<L>I drown my Bed and felt in tears;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> My grief con&s;umes my &s;ight.</L>
<L><PB N="10" REF="7">
<MILESTONE N="8"> Depart ye wicked Foes; your hopes</L>
<L>Are da&s;h'd; my mournful voice</L>
<L>Will bring me help from God, when ye</L>
<L>Come flocking to rejoice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Lord hath heard my pray'r, and tho&s;e</L>
<L>That gaped for a prey;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Vexed at their defeated hopes,</L>
<L>With &s;hame &s;hall turn away.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="7" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM VII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O My good God, in thee I tru&s;t,</L>
<L>Save me from harm, as thou art ju&s;t</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> With Lion's rage mine Enemy,</L>
<L>Will tear me, whil&s;t no Saviour's nigh.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But, Lord, if e'er my guilty mind</L>
<L>Has &s;uch iniquity de&s;ign'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Or I with ill returns of &s;pite,</L>
<L>My peaceful Neighbour did requite;</L>
<L>If I've not &s;av'd and &s;et him free,</L>
<L>Who's now my cau&s;ele&s;s Enemy;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Then let him lay, as 'tis but ju&s;t,</L>
<L>My Life and Honour in the Du&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> In Anger, arm'd with pow'r, ari&s;e</L>
<L>To quell my raging Enemies:</L>
<L>Great Judge! Mens carele&s;s Ju&s;tice here,</L>
<L>Calls for thy Judgments more fevere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Oppre&s;&s;ed People round thee wait,</L>
<L>Till thou a&s;cend thy Judgment Seat.</L>
<L><PB N="11" REF="7">
<MILESTONE N="8"> God equal Ju&s;tice will di&s;pence;</L>
<L>Clear then my wronged Innocence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Make Malice and Inju&s;tice cea&s;e,</L>
<L>And &s;ettle Righteous Men in peace.</L>
<L>God &s;ees our thoughts and never can</L>
<L>Be brib'd to favour unju&s;t Man.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> God knows my heart to be &s;incere,</L>
<L>And will be my Deliverer.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> He will defend the Righteous cau&s;e,</L>
<L>Gain&s;t wicked men, who break his Laws:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Puni&s;hment tho' he delay,</L>
<L>He's angry with them every day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> But when forbearance proves a let</L>
<L>To their return, his Sword he'll whet.</L>
<L>After fair warnings to repent,</L>
<L>God's Bow's for Execution bent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Whence, 'tis decreed, he'll arrows &s;hoot,</L>
<L>Deadly to them that per&s;ecute.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Forbear then, further to de&s;ign</L>
<L>Again&s;t a Life, will ruine thine:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Nor be at pains to dig a pit,</L>
<L>When &s;ure thy &s;elf to fall in it.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> So &s;tones with Malice upward thrown,</L>
<L>To break my head, may cru&s;h thine own;</L>
<L>And violent dealing prove, when bent</L>
<L>To others harm, thy puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, in cha&s;e ju&s;t: returns of thine,</L>
<L>Thy Faithfulne&s;s do's brightly &s;hine:</L>
<L><PB N="12" REF="8">And as thy Name on high they rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Shall be the Subject of my prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="7" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM VII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O My good God in thee I tru&s;t;</L>
<L>Save me as thou art ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> My Life, when there's no Saviour near,</L>
<L>A Lion's rage will tear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But, Lord, if e'er my guilty mind,</L>
<L>Such wickedne&s;s de&s;ign'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Or I with ill returns of Spite,</L>
<L>My Neighbour did requite;</L>
<L>If I've not &s;av'd and &s;et him free</L>
<L>Who' is now mine Enemy:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Then let him Jay, as 'tis but ju&s;t,</L>
<L>Mine honour in the Du&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> In Angen, arm'd with pow'r, ari&s;e</L>
<L>To quell mine Enemies.</L>
<L>Great Judge! mens carele&s;s Ju&s;tice here,</L>
<L>Calls for thine more &s;evere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Oppre&s;&s;ed People round do wait,</L>
<L>Till this judge takes his Seat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Impartial Ju&s;tice he'll di&s;pence;</L>
<L>Clear then mine Innocence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Make malice and inju&s;tice cea&s;e,</L>
<L>Settle ju&s;t men in peace.</L>
<L>God &s;ees our thoughts, and never can</L>
<L>Favour unrighteous man.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="13" REF="8">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> God knows my heart &s;incere to be,</L>
<L>And will deliver me:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> He will defend my righteous cau&s;e,</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t tho&s;e who break his Laws.</L>
<L>Who&s;e puni&s;hment tho' he delay,</L>
<L>He's angry every Day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> And if forborn they're wicked &s;till;</L>
<L>His Sword he whets to kill.</L>
<L>After fair warnings to repent,</L>
<L>His Bow lies ready bent:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> From whence he'll deadly arrows &s;hoot</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t them that per&s;ecute.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Again&s;t my Life cea&s;e to de&s;ign,</L>
<L>'Twill only ruine thine:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Nor be at pains to dig a Pit,</L>
<L>When &s;ure to fall in it.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> So &s;tones thrown up to break my head,</L>
<L>May cru&s;h thine own in&s;tead:</L>
<L>And violent dealing prove, when bent</L>
<L>T' hurt me, thy puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, in the&s;e ju&s;t returns of chine,</L>
<L>Thy Truth do's brightly &s;hine:</L>
<L>And as thy Name on high they rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Promote my Songs of Prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="8" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<HEAD>PSALM VIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> ALL the Earth's prai&s;es to thy Name,</L>
<L>Its Greatne&s;s, Lord, declare:</L>
<L>Heav'n's Lu&s;tre, by thy Glory, is</L>
<L>Out-&s;hin'd in brightne&s;s far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> From the weak pow'rs of Babes, thou mak'&s;t</L>
<L>Thy Victories ari&s;e;</L>
<L>They &s;till the Triumphs of thy Foes,</L>
<L>And &s;hame thine Enemies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> When I to Heav'n, thy glorious Work,</L>
<L>Rai&s;e mine admiring Eye;</L>
<L>And there behold the Moon and Stars</L>
<L>That beautify the Sky.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord! what is Man, that he &s;hould have</L>
<L>In thy kind thoughts a place?</L>
<L>Why do&s;t thou thus advance and ble&s;s</L>
<L>His mi&s;erable Race?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Tho' lower than the Angels made,</L>
<L>He wears a glorious Crown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Thy Works below all &s;toop to him,</L>
<L>And him their Sov'reign own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The Bea&s;ts that in the Pa&s;tures feed,</L>
<L>Or in the De&s;arts lie;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Fi&s;hes that move within the Seas,</L>
<L>Or Fowls beneath the Sky:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The&s;e are his Slaves, but let not Man</L>
<L>Di&s;own God's Government;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Pow'r do's Rule the World, who&s;e Name</L>
<L>Alone is Excellent.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="9" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="15" REF="9">
<HEAD>PSALM IX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WIth all my Soul I'll ble&s;s the Lord,</L>
<L>And all his mighty works proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Gladne&s;s and Joy &s;hall fill my heart,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I &s;ing prai&s;es to his Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> All my proud Foes did turn their backs,</L>
<L>And &s;ought their Safety in their flight?</L>
<L>When they &s;aw God &s;tand on our Side,</L>
<L>They wounded fell, and peri&s;h'd quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> When I oppos'd my &s;elf again&s;t</L>
<L>That daring Foe who God defy'd,</L>
<L>He then maintain'd my Cau&s;e, and gave</L>
<L>An open Judgment on my Side.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Heathens In&s;olence was check'd,</L>
<L>When their tall Champion fell with &s;hame;</L>
<L>Thou'&s;t put an everla&s;ting blot</L>
<L>Of Infamy upon their Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Then boa&s;t no more proud Enemy,</L>
<L>Our Countries De&s;olation;</L>
<L>What Cities thou wilt wa&s;te, and lay</L>
<L>In ruin'd heaps; the&s;e hopes are gone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Th' Eternal God, from Change &s;ecure,</L>
<L>Has plac'd his Throne in glorious Light:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> When he appears to judge the World,</L>
<L>His Sentence will be ju&s;t and right.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> From him th' oppre&s;s'd will find relief,</L>
<L>He'll be their refuge in di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L><PB N="16" REF="10">
<MILESTONE N="10"> No good Man's Faith was ever &s;ham'd,</L>
<L>His Pray'r ne'er wanted good Succe&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> To God your chearful prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L>Who dwells in <HI>Sion,</HI> and proclaim</L>
<L>What wonders he for us has done,</L>
<L>That all may know and fear his Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> He'll find out tho&s;e that dare t' oppre&s;s</L>
<L>The Meek, and &s;lay the Innocent:</L>
<L>Who&s;e cries will quicken the approach</L>
<L>Of their delayed puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> By malice now reduc'd to Straits</L>
<L>God's merciful regard I crave;</L>
<L>Who oft has &s;av'd me when I &s;tepp'd</L>
<L>Upon the Thre&s;hold of the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"><HI>Sions</HI> A&s;&s;emblies then &s;hall hear</L>
<L>The Songs of my Deliverance;</L>
<L>And in the Triumphs of my Joy,</L>
<L>Thy pow'r that &s;av'd me I'll advance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> For all &s;hall &s;ee, what in the End</L>
<L>The&s;e God-le&s;s Sinners true &s;hall find,</L>
<L>By th' Arts for others ruine us'd,</L>
<L>They their own Safety undermin'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> God by the Judgments he inflicts,</L>
<L>Declares his Righteou&s;ne&s;s to all:</L>
<L>They who lay Trains to hurt the good,</L>
<L>Set Traps t' occa&s;ion their own fall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Yea Hell their final ruine waits,</L>
<L>Who God and Ju&s;tice di&s;regard:</L>
<L><PB N="17" REF="10">
<MILESTONE N="18"> When poor mens wronged Patience</L>
<L>Obtains &s;ure re&s;cue and reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Ari&s;e, O Lord, and interpo&s;e</L>
<L>To bla&s;t the wicked's good Succe&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> And by thy Terrours, make them feel</L>
<L>They are but Men, and &s;o Confe&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="10" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM X.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHY, Lord, do&s;t thou &s;o far withdraw,</L>
<L>And hide thy &s;elf in our di&s;tre&s;s?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Now that the wicked with &s;uch rage</L>
<L>And in&s;olence the poor oppre&s;s?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Oh may their ill de&s;igns, in which</L>
<L>They boa&s;t &s;o much, prove their own fall;</L>
<L>Who count the Men of Violence</L>
<L>Happy, tho' God abhorrs them all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Such is his Pride, he'll not enquire</L>
<L>Whether there be a God or no;</L>
<L>But carele&s;ly concludes there's none,</L>
<L>Or that he cares not what men do.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To do all Mi&s;chief is his work;</L>
<L>God's Judgments make him not forbear;</L>
<L>All Men he &s;ets at naught, and looks</L>
<L>On all his Foes below his fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He fooli&s;hly pre&s;umes, no Change</L>
<L>Shall ever happen in his State,</L>
<L><PB N="18" REF="11">Nothing di&s;turb his quiet re&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor any trouble be his fate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Nothings ami&s;s that &s;erves his Ends;</L>
<L>He cur&s;es when he means to cheat:</L>
<L>And hides the mi&s;chief he de&s;igns</L>
<L>By Oaths of fal&s;hood and deceit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He lurks in &s;ecret Coverts, where</L>
<L>Travellers pa&s;s without defence:</L>
<L>Un&s;een he &s;pies and murders tho&s;e</L>
<L>Who&s;e only Arms are Innocence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Clo&s;e as a Lion for his prey</L>
<L>He waits, as cruel to devour;</L>
<L>As Birds are drawn into the Net,</L>
<L>He gets the poor into his pow'r.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Harmle&s;s and Innocent he &s;eems,</L>
<L>By putting on a humble gui&s;e;</L>
<L>The poor man he intends to &s;eize,</L>
<L>To his a&s;&s;aults more open lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> He fan&s;ies tho&s;e whom he de&s;igns</L>
<L>For ruine, are by God forgot,</L>
<L>Or &s;hall not be relieved by</L>
<L>His Pow'r, becau&s;e he &s;ees them not.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Stretch forth thy mighty Arm, O Lord,</L>
<L>And all the&s;e Bla&s;phemies confute;</L>
<L>Thus by thine help the poor will know,</L>
<L>That God do's hear their humble Suit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Why &s;hould the wicked thus in&s;ult,</L>
<L>And God with &s;o much &s;corn contemn?</L>
<L><PB N="19" REF="11">And why, becau&s;e forborn, conclude</L>
<L>That God will never puni&s;h them?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Thou all their Villainies do&s;t &s;ee,</L>
<L>And wilt their &s;piteful rage requite:</L>
<L>The poor that has no Friend, commits</L>
<L>Him&s;elf to thee, to do him right.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Break thou the pow'r of evil Men,</L>
<L>Who &s;trive inju&s;tice to maintain;</L>
<L>Search and avenge their wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L>Till nought that can do harm remain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Thou art the &s;ame Almighty Lord,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Kingdom &s;hall for ever &s;tand;</L>
<L>Who&s;e pow'r has heretofore expell d</L>
<L>The Heathen Nations from this Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Thou, Lord, ha&s;t oft th' afflicted heard</L>
<L>When they to thee have made complaint;</L>
<L>Thou wilt di&s;po&s;e their hearts to wait</L>
<L>Meekly on thee, and Audience grant.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Thou wilt a&s;&s;ert the poor mens rights,</L>
<L>And from their proud Oppre&s;&s;ors free;</L>
<L>That Tyrants, &s;prung out of the Earth,</L>
<L>Their Terrour may no longer be.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="11" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> I Tru&s;t in God, why &s;hould I then</L>
<L>By tho&s;e di&s;courag'd be,</L>
<L>Who bid me, like a frighted Bird,</L>
<L>Unto the Mountains flee.</L>
<L><PB N="20" REF="12">
<MILESTONE N="2"> For crafty foes my ruine wait,</L>
<L>Have ready bent their Bow;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> If the Foundations be de&s;troyed;</L>
<L>What can the Righteous do?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> God in his Sanctuary dwells,</L>
<L>Heav'n is his glorious Throne,</L>
<L>From whence he views the Sons of Men,</L>
<L>And judges every one.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> When he examines righteous Men,</L>
<L>He do's their works approve:</L>
<L>Such as are wicked and unju&s;t,</L>
<L>His Soul can never Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Snares &s;hall befall them, and for the&s;e</L>
<L>This mixture is made up,</L>
<L>Fire, brim&s;tone, and tempe&s;tuous &s;torms,</L>
<L>The Portion of their Cup.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God, who him&s;elf is righteous, do's</L>
<L>In righteou&s;ne&s;s delight:</L>
<L>And &s;till will favour and protect</L>
<L>The Man that is upright.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="12" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> IF thou, Lord, do&s;t not ri&s;e and help,</L>
<L>Goodne&s;s from Earth will fly away;</L>
<L>And Faithful Men will hardly find</L>
<L>A place, if thou much longer &s;tay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Di&s;&s;imulation credit gains;</L>
<L>They're counted wi&s;e that act a part:</L>
<L><PB N="21" REF="12">Who tho' their words are &s;mooth and fair,</L>
<L>Intend no kindne&s;s in their heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> God will ba&s;e Flatterers de&s;troy,</L>
<L>And their deceitful Arts will &s;hame;</L>
<L>Who&s;e pride no vengeance fears from God,</L>
<L>And count Religion but a Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Pow'r is their Ju&s;tice, who&s;e defects</L>
<L>By fraud and fal&s;hood they &s;upply;</L>
<L>And plead for their injurious tongues</L>
<L>An uncontrolled Liberty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> But God, who hears the poor man's &s;ighs,</L>
<L>And groans of &s;uch as are oppre&s;t;</L>
<L>At length will vindicate their cau&s;e,</L>
<L>And rai&s;e his pow'r to give them re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God's Words from all deceit are pure,</L>
<L>His faithfulne&s;s has oft been try'd;</L>
<L>Refined Silver's not &s;o free</L>
<L>From dro&s;s, tho' &s;even times purify'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy promi&s;es &s;hall never fail;</L>
<L>Thou, Lord, &s;halt keep the Ju&s;t from harm;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho', when the Vile&s;t men have pow'r,</L>
<L>The wicked every where will &s;warm.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="12" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, if thou do&s;t not come and help,</L>
<L>Goodne&s;s will fly away;</L>
<L>And faithful men will find no place,</L>
<L>If thou much longer &s;tay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"><PB N="22" REF="13">Di&s;&s;imulation credit gains,</L>
<L>They're wi&s;e that act a part;</L>
<L>Who tho' their words are &s;mooth, intend</L>
<L>No kindne&s;s in their heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> God will ba&s;e Flatterers de&s;troy,</L>
<L>And their vile Arts will &s;hame;</L>
<L>Who fear not God's Revenge, and count</L>
<L>Religion but a Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Pow'r is their Ju&s;tice, who&s;e defects</L>
<L>By fal&s;hood they &s;upply;</L>
<L>And plead for their injurious tongues</L>
<L>Unbounded Liberty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> But God that hears the Sighs and groans</L>
<L>Of &s;uch as are oppre&s;t:</L>
<L>Will vindicate their cau&s;e, and rai&s;e</L>
<L>His pow'r to give them re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God's Words from all deceit are free,</L>
<L>His Truth has oft been try'd:</L>
<L>Silver is not &s;o free from dro&s;s,</L>
<L>Tho' Seven times purify'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy promi&s;e, Lord, &s;hall never fail</L>
<L>To keep the Ju&s;t from harm:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho' when the Vile have pow'r, bad men</L>
<L>On every Side will &s;warm.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="14" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<GAP DESC="missing" EXTENT="2 pages">
<PB N="25" REF="13">
<HEAD>PSALM XIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Fools believe there is no God</L>
<L>Who minds th' Affairs of men below;</L>
<L>For tho' they &s;peak it not aloud,</L>
<L>They live as if they thought it &s;o.</L>
<L>Their Principles are all corrupt,</L>
<L>Hateful and vile their actions are:</L>
<L>They're onely skillful to do ill,</L>
<L>But from all good e&s;tranged far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> God from his Glorious Throne above,</L>
<L>Look'd down and took a &s;trict Survey,</L>
<L>What Men did &s;eek and know the Lord,</L>
<L>And did his ju&s;t Commands obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He found them all degenerate,</L>
<L>With loath&s;ome wickedne&s;s o'ergrown;</L>
<L>None truly pious were, and ju&s;t,</L>
<L>Or practis'd goodne&s;s, no not one.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4">'Tis &s;trange they &s;hould without remor&s;e,</L>
<L>Like Bread thy People thus devour;</L>
<L>Yet neither own thee by their pray'rs,</L>
<L>Nor dread the Vengeance of thy Pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For all their Confidence and Pride,</L>
<L>Terrours &s;hall &s;eize them unawares,</L>
<L>When God appears to help the Ju&s;t,</L>
<L>And puni&s;hment for the&s;e prepares.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> You now deride their tru&s;t in God:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> But when from Bondage he &s;hall bring</L>
<L><PB N="26" REF="14">Salvation to his people, then</L>
<L>You &s;hall be &s;ad, and they &s;hall &s;ing.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="14" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> FOols in their hearts have &s;aid, no God</L>
<L>Do's mind th' affairs below;</L>
<L>For tho' they &s;peak it not aloud,</L>
<L>They live as if 'twere &s;o.</L>
<L>Their Principles are all corrupt</L>
<L>Their actions hateful are:</L>
<L>They're skillful onely to do ill,</L>
<L>From good e&s;tranged far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> God from his Throne above look'd down,</L>
<L>And took a &s;trict Survey,</L>
<L>What men did &s;eek and know the Lord,</L>
<L>And his ju&s;t Laws obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He found them all degenerate,</L>
<L>With loath&s;ome &s;ins o'ergrown;</L>
<L>What was Religious, ju&s;t and good,</L>
<L>None practis'd, no not one.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Strange! that they &s;hould without remor&s;e,</L>
<L>Like Bread the poor devour;</L>
<L>Yet neither own thee by their pray'rs,</L>
<L>Nor dread thy mighty pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For all their Confidence, &s;trange fears</L>
<L>Shall &s;eize them unawares:</L>
<L>When God do's help the ju&s;t, for the&s;e</L>
<L>Due Vengeance he prepares.</L>
<L><PB N="27" REF="14">
<MILESTONE N="6"> You now deride their tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>But when his Pow'r &s;hall bring</L>
<L>Salvation to his people, then</L>
<L>You'll &s;igh, and they &s;hall &s;ing.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="15" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, let me know that happy man</L>
<L>Whom thou &s;o well do&s;t Love:</L>
<L>That he may prai&s;e thee here below,</L>
<L>And dwell with thee above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2">'Tis he, who&s;e Life is free from blame,</L>
<L>Who&s;e works are right and ju&s;t;</L>
<L>Who&s;e heart and words are true, and whom</L>
<L>One may &s;ecurely tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His Neighbour's Name he never wounds</L>
<L>By a detracting Tongue:</L>
<L>Nor in his Infamy delights;</L>
<L>Much le&s;s would do him wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Vile men and their lewd practices,</L>
<L>His vertuous Soul do's loath;</L>
<L>But &s;hews, to &s;uch as fear the Lord,</L>
<L>Kindne&s;s and Honour both.</L>
<L>Who do's not break his Oath, when he</L>
<L>To his own damage &s;wears;</L>
<L>But his &s;trict Vertue far before</L>
<L>His Intere&s;t preferrs.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Who hates Exaction, and rejects</L>
<L>Bribes to betray the Ju&s;t:</L>
<L>This man &s;hall ne'er be mov'd, but may</L>
<L>In God &s;ecurely tru&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="16" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="28" REF="15">
<HEAD>PSALM XVI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRe&s;erve me, Lord, in this Di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>Who tru&s;t in thee alone:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> My Soul, which owns thee for my God,</L>
<L>Knows thus I've always done.</L>
<L>Not that my Goodne&s;s can de&s;erve,</L>
<L>Much le&s;s thy Love requite:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy Saints &s;hall feel its good effects,</L>
<L>Who are my Soul's delight.</L>
<L>The&s;e, who in Vertue do excel,</L>
<L>In all my goods &s;hall &s;hare:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Let others multiply their woes,</L>
<L>Who fond of Idols are.</L>
<L>By bloody off'rings to fal&s;e Gods</L>
<L>My hands I'll not defile;</L>
<L>I hate to mention, more to &s;wear</L>
<L>By Names that are &s;o vile.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> God is my Portion, all my good</L>
<L>From his rich Mercy flows;</L>
<L>And his good providence &s;ecures</L>
<L>The Ble&s;&s;ings he be&s;tows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I envy not the Great man's State,</L>
<L>Nor pine to &s;ee his Store;</L>
<L>With what I have I'm plea&s;ed much,</L>
<L>With what I hope for, more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> I'll ble&s;s the Lord, ev'n when he makes</L>
<L>Troubles mine Exerci&s;e;</L>
<L>Tho&s;e &s;ad and &s;olitary thoughts</L>
<L>In&s;truct and make me wi&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="29" REF="15">
<MILESTONE N="8"> When God is pre&s;ent to my Mind,</L>
<L>My fears are over-blown;</L>
<L>When he &s;tands by me with his Aid,</L>
<L>No pow'r &s;hall ca&s;t me down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Therefore my heart and tongue rejoice,</L>
<L>In him my Fle&s;h &s;hall tru&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell,</L>
<L>Nor Body in the Du&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The Path of Life they both &s;hall find,</L>
<L>And in thy Pre&s;ence ta&s;t</L>
<L>Plea&s;ures to full Perfection grown,</L>
<L>And Joys that ever la&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="17" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> FAl&s;ely accus'd, to thee I fly,</L>
<L>Hear, O thou righteous Judge, my cry;</L>
<L>And let my Pray'r thy Audience gain,</L>
<L>That goes not out of Lips that feign.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> In Favour of me Sentence pa&s;s,</L>
<L>Who know'&s;t the right of every ca&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thou &s;earche&s;t every thought of mine,</L>
<L>And, when retir'd, what I de&s;ign.</L>
<L>Like Gold, when in the furnace try'd,</L>
<L>In me thou'&s;t no ba&s;e Mixture &s;py'd;</L>
<L>And my firm purpo&s;e &s;till &s;hall be,</L>
<L>To make my words and thoughts agree.</L>
<L><PB N="30" REF="16">
<MILESTONE N="4"> I've not, when tempted, &s;teer'd my cour&s;e</L>
<L>By common practice or the wor&s;e;</L>
<L>Thy word re&s;trains me from defence</L>
<L>Procur'd by Acts of Violence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Let nothing make me to decline</L>
<L>Tho&s;e &s;afe and ble&s;&s;ed paths of thine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Tru&s;ting my God will not deny</L>
<L>To right my cau&s;e, to him I cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy kindne&s;s will the more appear,</L>
<L>Pre&s;erving me when danger's near:</L>
<L>Who&s;e pow'r is wont to interpo&s;e,</L>
<L>To &s;ave the Righteous from their foes.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Pre&s;erve me with that tender care</L>
<L>To th' apple of our Eye we bear:</L>
<L>Afford &s;uch &s;afety to the good,</L>
<L>As the Hen's wings do to her brood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Now, Lord, &s;ecure me in di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>From wicked men who me oppre&s;s:</L>
<L>From foes for cruelty renown'd,</L>
<L>Who to de&s;troy be&s;et me round.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Full &s;tufft with Wealth, and &s;woln with pride,</L>
<L>Their Mouths in boa&s;ting open wide:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And now we're brought into a Streight,</L>
<L>With poring Looks our ruine wait.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> No Lion's greedier for his prey,</L>
<L>Nor young ones clo&s;er lurk than they.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Ari&s;e, O Lord, defeat and ca&s;t</L>
<L>Them down, who to my ruine ha&s;te.</L>
<L><PB N="31" REF="16">The wicked's &s;word may wound me &s;ore,</L>
<L>But &s;ave me from its killing pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> From men prepar'd with &s;trength and skill</L>
<L>If God give leave, to do all ill.</L>
<L>Who&s;e minds the World do's &s;o bewitch,</L>
<L>Their onely care is to be rich,</L>
<L>And leave to their Po&s;terity</L>
<L>Th' un&s;pent remainder, when they die.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> To me tho' poor, but innocent,</L>
<L>Thy pre&s;ent favour gives content;</L>
<L>Who &s;hall all Satisfaction gain,</L>
<L>When I awake with thee to reign.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="18" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> I All my Love on thee be&s;tow,</L>
<L>To whom my Safety, Lord, I owe.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To God, as to a Rock or Fort,</L>
<L>I for Security re&s;ort:</L>
<L>He &s;aves me from mine Enemies;</L>
<L>On God, my Strength, my hope relies:</L>
<L>No Buckler can defend &s;o well,</L>
<L>Nor horn a&s;&s;ailing force repell.</L>
<L>A Tow'r &s;o high, no Violence</L>
<L>Can reach me there, or force me thence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His prai&s;e I'll &s;ing, his aid implore,</L>
<L>So &s;hall my Foes triumph no more.</L>
<L><PB N="32" REF="17">
<MILESTONE N="4"> When deadly toils and nets prepar'd,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Had ju&s;t &s;urpriz'd me and in&s;nar'd;</L>
<L>When a mad rout &s;well'd like a Flood,</L>
<L>And &s;eem'd too great to be with&s;tood:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> My Cries in this di&s;tre&s;s did move.</L>
<L>God's pity, being heard above:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who by a dreadful &s;torm that ro&s;e,</L>
<L>Declar'd his wrath again&s;t my foes.</L>
<L>This made the very Earth to quake,</L>
<L>And th' hills from their foundations &s;hake,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Nothing was &s;een but &s;moak and flame,</L>
<L>Whence burning coals among them came.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Heav'ns did bow when he came down;</L>
<L>Under his feet thick clouds were thrown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> A Cherubin his Chariot was;</L>
<L>Winds join'd their wings more &s;wift to pa&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Darkne&s;s his &s;ecret Glories &s;hrowds,</L>
<L>With watry vapours and thick clouds:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Th' inclo&s;ed &s;plendors break thro' all,</L>
<L>Then Coals of fire and hail&s;tones fall.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> God's thundring voice was heard aloud,</L>
<L>Hail&s;tones and flames broke from the cloud:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> His Lightnings in their faces fla&s;h'd,</L>
<L>The&s;e Darts di&s;pers'd them all aba&s;h'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Ev'n th' Earth was torn and cleft &s;o deep,</L>
<L>One to th' Aby&s;s below might peep.</L>
<L>All this was at that wrathful bla&s;t,</L>
<L>Which, breathing flames, his No&s;trils ca&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="33" REF="17">
<MILESTONE N="16"> When dangers compa&s;s'd me about</L>
<L>Like drowning waves, he drew me out.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> He oft my kind Deliv'rer was</L>
<L>From foes, who&s;e &s;trength did mine &s;urpa&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Surpriz'd and weak, I 'ad been their prey,</L>
<L>Had not the Lord, my prop and &s;tay,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> When brought to &s;traits, my Liberty</L>
<L>Re&s;tor'd, becau&s;e he loved me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> He did my Righteous cau&s;e regard,</L>
<L>And mine Integrity reward;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> For his pre&s;cribed way I took,</L>
<L>Nor wickedly my God for&s;ook.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> His precepts were my Rule and Guide,</L>
<L>Nor, as I pleas'd, were laid a&s;ide:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> For &s;ufferings I rather cho&s;e,</L>
<L>Than mine Integrity to lo&s;e.</L>
<L>I felt th' inju&s;tice of their hate,</L>
<L>Who&s;e wrongs I would not imitate:</L>
<L>Their &s;ins when I could not prevent;</L>
<L>I kept my &s;elf &s;till innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Tho' charg'd with foule&s;t crimes I 've been,</L>
<L>I'll bear't, &s;ince God accounts me clean:</L>
<L>It's he my Righteous Cau&s;e regards,</L>
<L>And mine Integrity rewards.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> God's Mercy they &s;hall ever find,</L>
<L>Who have been merciful and kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> He'll to the upright and the pure</L>
<L>Ji&s;tice and Faithfulne&s;s &s;ecure.</L>
<L><PB N="34" REF="18">Him that to crooked ways inclines</L>
<L>He'll cro&s;s, and ruine his de&s;igns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> God with deliverance will crown</L>
<L>Th' afflicted, and the proud bring down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> He makes my dimmer Lamp burn bright</L>
<L>Turns my dark &s;tate to joy and Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> A Troop of foes before me falls;</L>
<L>By him I &s;cale their highe&s;t walls.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> God's dealings equal are and ju&s;t;</L>
<L>His word &s;o try'd, none need di&s;tru&s;t:</L>
<L>He as a &s;hield will tho&s;e defend,</L>
<L>Who with firm faith on him depend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> What God, among the Heav'nly Pow'rs,</L>
<L>Or Rock for &s;afety, is like ours?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> Courage he gives, when danger's nigh,</L>
<L>And clears my way to Victory.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> By him my foes, with &s;wifte&s;t pace,</L>
<L>O'er high and cragged hills I cha&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> He skill in Arms on me be&s;tows,</L>
<L>And &s;trength to break the &s;tronge&s;t bows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> When Numbers would have made me yield,</L>
<L>He interpos'd his &s;aving &s;hield:</L>
<L>His hand upheld me, and I grew</L>
<L>Great and victorious with a few.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> He' enlarg'd my &s;teps on every &s;ide,</L>
<L>And &s;uffered not my feet to &s;lide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> My foes, put to a &s;hameful flight,</L>
<L>I chas'd, till I de&s;troy'd them quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> The wounded their hard fate deplore,</L>
<L>And could renew the fight no more:</L>
<L><PB N="35" REF="18">The proud that bore their head &s;o high,</L>
<L>Now at my feet all pro&s;trate lie.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Thee, Lord, I own and ever ble&s;s,</L>
<L>Both for my Courage and Succe&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> That tho&s;e who hate me, to my will</L>
<L>Submit their necks, to &s;ave or kill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> They cry'd for aid, but none was near;</L>
<L>Men could not help, God would not hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> Like du&s;t, that here and there is blown</L>
<L>They fled, like dirt I trod them down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> By thee my peoples &s;trifes all cea&s;e,</L>
<L>In me they all unite in peace:</L>
<L>Ev'n Heathens own me for their King,</L>
<L>And unknown Nations tribute, bring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> The mention of my conq'ring Name</L>
<L>Such terrour &s;trikes, as makes 'em tame:</L>
<L>They feign old grudges to forget,</L>
<L>Offer their &s;ervice and &s;ubmit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> Like withered leaves the Aliens fade,</L>
<L>Their courage daunted and di&s;may'd,</L>
<L>Forth from their holds and holes they creep,</L>
<L>To yield up what they dare not keep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="46"> Prais'd be the Living Lord, from whom</L>
<L>My Succours and Salvation come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47"> With Vengeance he my foes pur&s;ues,</L>
<L>And Nations to my Rule &s;ubdues.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="48"> He &s;av'd me from mine Enemies,</L>
<L>And made me to a Throne ari&s;e;</L>
<L><PB N="36" REF="19">Was my Deliverer and Defence,</L>
<L>From the known Man of Violence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="49"> Heathens &s;hall hear me loudly &s;ing,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="50"> How &s;trangely God has &s;av'd his King:</L>
<L>And the &s;ame Mercies he has known,</L>
<L>Shall to his &s;eed be ever &s;hown.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="19" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XIX.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Heav'ns, who&s;e beauteous frame we &s;ee,</L>
<L>God's Skill and Pow'r proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> The Laws by which each Day &s;ucceeds</L>
<L>The Night, declare the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The&s;e, tho they have no Voice like ours,</L>
<L>Nor words to them belong:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Yet they expre&s;s to all the World</L>
<L>Thy prai&s;e, without a Tongue.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Sun has there a glorious Tent:</L>
<L>No Bridegroom &s;hews his face</L>
<L>So chearful, and no Champion runs</L>
<L>With &s;o much &s;trength his Race.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Forth from the Ea&s;tern Coa&s;t he bends</L>
<L>His Cour&s;e unto the We&s;t:</L>
<L>All th' Earth rejoices in his Light,</L>
<L>And by his Heat is ble&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God's Law's a perfect Rule of Life,</L>
<L>Our Errors this de&s;cries,</L>
<L>Sinners to goodne&s;s this converts,</L>
<L>And makes the &s;imple wi&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="37" REF="19">
<MILESTONE N="8"> To Rea&s;on and our better Pow'rs</L>
<L>His Ju&s;t Commands accord:</L>
<L>Their Joys are pure, and to the Soul</L>
<L>Both Food and Light afford.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thy Fear, O Lord, can clean&s;e our Souls,</L>
<L>And keep them pure and bright:</L>
<L>Thy Judgments are exactly true,</L>
<L>And altogether right.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> More to be priz'd than Trea&s;ures, which</L>
<L>With fine&s;t Gold are fill'd:</L>
<L>Sweeter than Honey, and the drops</L>
<L>From Honey-combs di&s;till'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The&s;e are my Monitors, to whom</L>
<L>My pro&s;perous State I own;</L>
<L>And in ob&s;erving the&s;e &s;hall gain</L>
<L>Rewards that are unknown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> But all the failings of his Life</L>
<L>What Man can call to mind?</L>
<L>Lord, let tho&s;e faults thy pity move,</L>
<L>And ea&s;y pardon find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Tho' frail I am, let no bold crimes</L>
<L>En&s;lave my Soul to &s;in:</L>
<L>So &s;hall I blamele&s;s Innocence</L>
<L>Maintain, and peace within.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> My Pray'rs and Prai&s;es then &s;hall be</L>
<L>A plea&s;ing Sacrifice</L>
<L>To thee, my God, in whom my &s;trength,</L>
<L>And my Salvation lies.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="20" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="38" REF="20">
<HEAD>PSALM XX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Lord to thy reque&s;ts give ear,</L>
<L>When Danger or Di&s;tre&s;s is near,</L>
<L>His mighty Pow'r be thy defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And &s;ince his Sanctuary's plac'd</L>
<L>In <HI>Sion,</HI> with his pre&s;ence grac'd,</L>
<L>Support and &s;end thee help from thence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Pleas'd with th' Oblations thou do&s;t give,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> May'&s;t thou thy hearts de&s;ires receive,</L>
<L>Thy great De&s;igns all pro&s;per &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> We'll Trophies to God's Honour rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Thy Triumphs &s;pread in Songs of Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>When he &s;hall thy reque&s;ts fulfill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Thou Lord wilt &s;ave thy King, we're &s;ure,</L>
<L>Thine aids his Conque&s;ts will &s;ecure,</L>
<L>When thy right hand &s;hall interpo&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Whil&s;t others boa&s;t their chariots force,</L>
<L>The Strength or Numbers of their Hor&s;e,</L>
<L>We &s;et thy Name again&s;t our Foes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> See how they're from their chariots thrown,</L>
<L>They and their hor&s;es tumble down,</L>
<L>And on their fall our Conque&s;ts ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Lord ever &s;ave the King we pray,</L>
<L>And no le&s;s in di&s;tre&s;&s;es may</L>
<L>God hear his Pray'r, than he our cries.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="21" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="39" REF="20">
<HEAD>PSALM XXI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Lord, how joyful is the King,</L>
<L>With thy Salvation ble&s;t!</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thou'&s;t given him his heart's de&s;ire,</L>
<L>And granted his Reque&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Prevented by thy wondrous Love,</L>
<L>A &s;plendid Crown he wears:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The Life he asked was prolong'd</L>
<L>T' innumerable Years.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> By thee pre&s;erv'd his Glory's great,</L>
<L>With Maje&s;ty array'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> By thee He's ever highly ble&s;t,</L>
<L>And in thy favour glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The King do's on the Lord rely,</L>
<L>Who&s;e grace will make him &s;tand:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> But tho&s;e that are thy foes, &s;hall know</L>
<L>The Terrour of thy hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thy flaming wrath &s;hall them devour,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And all their Seed root out:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Repay the Mi&s;chief they de&s;ign'd,</L>
<L>But could not bring about.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The&s;e &s;hall be made the Mark, at which</L>
<L>Thy killing Arrows aim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thus, Lord, exalt thy Pow'r, and we</L>
<L>Will &s;ing and prai&s;e thy Name.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="22" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="40" REF="21">
<HEAD>PSALM XXII.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY God, my God, why thus withdrawn</L>
<L>From me oppre&s;s'd with grief?</L>
<L>Why, after loude&s;t Cries to thee,</L>
<L>So far from my relief?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' I'm not heard, each day and night</L>
<L>My Cries to thee can tell:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Yet God is holy, and remains</L>
<L>The Prai&s;e of <HI>I&s;rael.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Our Fathers found thy ready help,</L>
<L>When they on thee rely'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Their Hopes in thee were never &s;ham'd,</L>
<L>Nor fervent Pray'rs deny'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But like a de&s;picable Worm,</L>
<L>Not like a Man, I'm us'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Trod under-foot, and thus in Scorn</L>
<L>By vile&s;t Men abus'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8">"To own and &s;ave him, he believ'd</L>
<L>"That God would now appear:</L>
<L>"Let him deliver him, and &s;how</L>
<L>"That he to God is dear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> But from my Mother's womb, by thee</L>
<L>At fir&s;t I was releas'd;</L>
<L>I was thy Charge, when yet I hung</L>
<L>Upon my Mother's Brea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> From my Infant Age, I have been ca&s;t</L>
<L>Entirely on thy Care;</L>
<L>And of thy Loving kindne&s;s had,</L>
<L>Lord, an unu&s;ual Share.</L>
<L><PB N="41" REF="21">
<MILESTONE N="11"> 11 And now when other Succours fail,</L>
<L>In this di&s;tre&s;s appear:</L>
<L>O do not thou withdraw thy &s;elf,</L>
<L>When trouble is &s;o near,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Tho&s;e that be&s;et me, are like Bulls,</L>
<L>Armed with rage and pow'r:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> No hungry Lion is more fierce,</L>
<L>Or readier to devour.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> I'm weak as water, and my bones</L>
<L>From one another &s;tart:</L>
<L>As wax before the fire di&s;&s;olves,</L>
<L>So fails my fainting heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> My Moi&s;ture's &s;o dry'd up, to move</L>
<L>My tongue &s;carce &s;trength I have</L>
<L>To tell my griefs; I &s;eem like one</L>
<L>Ju&s;t fitted for a Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Mine Enemies, like greedy Dogs,</L>
<L>Round to inclo&s;e me meet;</L>
<L>And with inhumane Cruelty</L>
<L>Have pierc'd my Hands and Feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> My fle&s;h with grief con&s;um'd, my bones</L>
<L>May all be told with ea&s;e:</L>
<L>This moves no pity; but their Eyes</L>
<L>With this &s;ad &s;ight they plea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> My Garments they divide, and Lots</L>
<L>Upon my Ve&s;ture ca&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Lord, let thy Pow'r now interpo&s;e,</L>
<L>And to my Succour ha&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Save from their Sword my Life, from what</L>
<L>Their Malice el&s;e employs;</L>
<P><PB N="40" REF="22"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="41" REF="22"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="42" REF="23">
<MILESTONE N="21"> Which like the Teeth, and Paws and Horns</L>
<L>Of Savage bea&s;ts, de&s;troys.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> To all my Brethren I'll declare</L>
<L>The greatne&s;s of thy Name;</L>
<L>And in th' A&s;&s;emblies of thy Saints,</L>
<L>Thy Goodne&s;s thus proclaim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23">"All ye that are of <HI>Jacob's</HI> Seed,</L>
<L>"And Servants of the Lord;</L>
<L>"Let him be glorify'd and prais'd,</L>
<L>"And with due fear ador'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24">"He did not with di&s;dain behold</L>
<L>"Th afflicted's Mi&s;eries;</L>
<L>"Nor in di&s;plea&s;ure hid his Face,</L>
<L>"But always heard their Cries.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> The Prai&s;es due to thee, O Lord,</L>
<L>Shall in thy Church be paid;</L>
<L>Before thy Saints tho&s;e Vows perform'd</L>
<L>That in di&s;tre&s;s I made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> The longings of the poor, and meek</L>
<L>Thy Goodne&s;s &s;hall &s;upply:</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt revive their fainting hopes</L>
<L>Who on thy Strength rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The Gentiles by his kindne&s;s won,</L>
<L>Shall turn unto the Lord;</L>
<L>By all the Kindreds of the Earth</L>
<L>His Name &s;hall be ador'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> The Lord is King; and under him</L>
<L>Princes their Scepters &s;way;</L>
<L>All Nations to his Rule &s;ubmit,</L>
<L>And Homage to him pay.</L>
<L><PB N="43" REF="23">
<MILESTONE N="29"> The Rich with plenty fill'd, the poor</L>
<L>That wallow in the Du&s;t;</L>
<L>Both &s;hall adore, and thee alone</L>
<L>Their great Pre&s;erver tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> A cho&s;en Seed &s;hall to their Race</L>
<L>His Righteou&s;ne&s;s declare:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> All own this Work of God's, and tell</L>
<L>How great his Mercies are.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="23" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSLAM XXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GOD is my shepherd, who will &s;ee</L>
<L>That all my wants be &s;till &s;upply'd;</L>
<L>I &s;hall not be expos'd to wrong,</L>
<L>Nor left to &s;tray without a Guide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> The Pa&s;tures are both fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>Where I have Ea&s;e and &s;weet Repa&s;t:</L>
<L>The Streams are cool and quiet, where</L>
<L>I quench my thir&s;t, and plea&s;e my ta&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His Comforts, which revive my Soul,</L>
<L>Life's tedious Journey plea&s;ant make:</L>
<L>And in the Peaceful ways of Grace</L>
<L>He leads me, for his Goodne&s;s &s;ake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Tho' I &s;hould walk where black de&s;pair,</L>
<L>And Sorrow ca&s;t a di&s;mal Shade;</L>
<L>Thy Power and thy tender Care</L>
<L>Would cha&s;e my Fears, and make me glad.</L>
<L><PB N="44" REF="24">
<MILESTONE N="5"> Thou &s;pread'&s;t my Table, where my foes</L>
<L>Behold thy Bounty, and repine</L>
<L>To &s;ee rich Oils anoint my Head,</L>
<L>To &s;ee my Cup o'erflow with Wine,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Surely the Goodne&s;s of the Lord</L>
<L>Shall &s;till &s;urround me all my Days:</L>
<L>I will frequent thy Hou&s;e, and there</L>
<L>Di&s;play thy Love, and &s;ing thy prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="23" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Lord my watchful Shephe&s;d is,</L>
<L>I to his Flock belong:</L>
<L>I &s;hall not &s;tray without a Guide,</L>
<L>Nor be expos'd to wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> The Pa&s;tures they are fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>Where I have food and Ea&s;e;</L>
<L>He leads me to the quiet &s;tream,</L>
<L>Where I my thir&s;t appea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His Comforts which refre&s;h my Soul,</L>
<L>Life's Journey plea&s;ant make;</L>
<L>He guides me in his righteous Paths,</L>
<L>For his own Goodne&s;s &s;ake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Tho' I &s;hould walk where black de&s;pair</L>
<L>Reflects a di&s;mal Shade,</L>
<L>Thy Rod and Staff would chafe away</L>
<L>My fears, and make me glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In pre&s;ence of my foes, thou &s;pread'&s;t</L>
<L>My Table, who repine</L>
<L>To &s;ee rich Oils anoint my Head,</L>
<L>My Cup o'erflow with Wine.</L>
<L><PB N="45" REF="24">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Surely the Goodne&s;s of the Lord</L>
<L>Shall crown my future days;</L>
<L>I will frequent his Hou&s;e, to &s;hew</L>
<L>His Love, and &s;ing his Prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="24" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Earth's the Lord's, to him belong</L>
<L>All creatures it contains:</L>
<L>His gracious Care to all the World</L>
<L>Extends, o'er which he reigns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> He did upon the floating Seas</L>
<L>The Earth's great Fabrick lay:</L>
<L>And on th' un&s;table Floods, he made</L>
<L>Her fixt Foundation &s;tay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Into that Hill where God re&s;ides</L>
<L>Who &s;hall admitted be?</L>
<L>Lord, who within thy Holy Place</L>
<L>May &s;tand and wor&s;hip thee?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> He who&s;e un&s;potted hands no crimes,</L>
<L>Who&s;e heart no &s;tains defile;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Tongue bla&s;phemes not God, nor &s;wears</L>
<L>His Neighbour to beguile.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> This is the Wor&s;hipper alone,</L>
<L>Whom God delights to ble&s;s;</L>
<L>On whom he'll faithfully be&s;tow</L>
<L>His promis'd Happine&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The&s;e, as God's People, may with hopes</L>
<L>Of Favour, &s;eek his Face;</L>
<L>And as true Pro&s;elytes be join'd</L>
<L>To <HI>Jacob's</HI> faithful Race.</L>
<L><PB N="46" REF="25">
<MILESTONE N="7"> Ye Gates and Everla&s;ting Doors</L>
<L>Be open and make room:</L>
<L>Lift up your Heads, and you &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>The King of Glory come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> If you demand what King is this,</L>
<L>That's with &s;uch Glory crown'd?</L>
<L>It is the mighty Lord, in Fight</L>
<L>For Victcories renown'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Ye Gates and Everla&s;ting Doors</L>
<L>Be open and make room.</L>
<L>Li&s;t up your heads, and you &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>The King of Glory come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> If you demand what King is this,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Glories &s;o excell?</L>
<L>God, who commands the Heav'nly Ho&s;ts</L>
<L>Comes now with us to dwell.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="25" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXV.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TO God I make my Pray'r,</L>
<L>In him my tru&s;t repo&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O let me not become a Scorn,</L>
<L>Or triumph to my Foes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Let no Events ca&s;t down</L>
<L>Their Souls, who wait on thee.</L>
<L>Let Di&s;appointments &s;hame their hopes</L>
<L>That deal perfidiou&s;ly.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, &s;et thy ways before</L>
<L>Mine Eyes in clearer Light;</L>
<L>And teach me always to perform</L>
<L>What's plea&s;ing in thy Sight.</L>
<L><PB N="47" REF="25">
<MILESTONE N="5"> From the &s;traight Paths of Truth,</L>
<L>Ne'er let me go a&s;tray:</L>
<L>On thee, my Saviour, I wait</L>
<L>To teach and guide my way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Lord, call to mind that Love</L>
<L>Thou did&s;t of Old expre&s;s;</L>
<L>How thou ha&s;t graciou&s;ly reliev'd</L>
<L>Thy Servants in di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Into my youthful &s;ins</L>
<L>No &s;trict Inquiry make:</L>
<L>Tho&s;e early faults, O Lord, forgive</L>
<L>For thine own Goodne&s;s &s;ake.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> God who is Good and Ju&s;t,</L>
<L>Will erring Souls in&s;truct;</L>
<L>Their wandring Steps, to the &s;afe paths</L>
<L>Of Vertue will conduct.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Humble Souls hell guide,</L>
<L>And teach the Meek his way:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Kindne&s;s and Truth expre&s;s to &s;uch</L>
<L>As his ju&s;t Laws obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Incourag'd by thy Grace,</L>
<L>For Mercy I intreat:</L>
<L>Pardon my &s;ins, O Lord, that are</L>
<L>Both numerous and great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Who is that happy Man</L>
<L>That fears the Lord above?</L>
<L>He'll ever lead him in the ways</L>
<L>That he him&s;elf do's Love.</L>
<L><PB N="48" REF="26">
<MILESTONE N="13"> Po&s;&s;e&s;s'd with quiet thoughts</L>
<L>His Soul &s;hall dwell at ea&s;e;</L>
<L>His Seed &s;hall after him enjoy</L>
<L>Pro&s;perity and Peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> By tho&s;e that fear the Lord</L>
<L>His Secret's under&s;tood:</L>
<L>How he, by a &s;ure Covenant, &s;tands</L>
<L>Engag'd to do them good.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> In all my troubles, Lord,</L>
<L>Mine Eyes are towards thee;</L>
<L>I hope thy Goodne&s;s at the la&s;t</L>
<L>From all will &s;et me free.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Lord turn a gracious Eye</L>
<L>To me, and Mercy &s;how;</L>
<L>Great are th' afflictions I endure,</L>
<L>And find no help below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> My troubles are enlarg'd,</L>
<L>Lord, &s;end me quick relief;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Grant me forgivene&s;s of my Sins,</L>
<L>And then remove my grief</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Con&s;ider how my foes</L>
<L>In number &s;till increa&s;e;</L>
<L>How they with cau&s;ele&s;s hatred &s;eck</L>
<L>The Ruine of my Peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Pre&s;erve and keep my Soul</L>
<L>From &s;hame as well as guilt;</L>
<L>O never di&s;appoint the hopes</L>
<L>That I on thee have built.</L>
<L><PB N="49" REF="26">
<MILESTONE N="21"> Let my try'd Innocence</L>
<L>Find &s;ure &s;upports from thee:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> At length thy cho&s;en people, Lord,</L>
<L>From all their troubles free.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="26" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXVI.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PLead thou my Cau&s;e, O thou that know'&s;t</L>
<L>My Soul's Integrity:</L>
<L>Nothing &s;hall &s;hake my Confidence</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I on thee rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Mine Inmo&s;t thoughts I offer, Lord,</L>
<L>To thine impartial Eye;</L>
<L>O try my heart, le&s;t any Sin</L>
<L>Should there concealed lie.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Contemplation of thy Love</L>
<L>Gives me the bevt delight:</L>
<L>This both engages and excites</L>
<L>My care to walk aright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To fal&s;e and treach'rous men I have</L>
<L>My free conver&s;e deny'd;</L>
<L>To tho&s;e, who under &s;pecious &s;hows</L>
<L>De&s;igned Mi&s;chiefs hide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> All &s;uch A&s;&s;emblies I dete&s;t,</L>
<L>Which evil things contrive:</L>
<L>My pre&s;ence to their lewd con&s;ults</L>
<L>No countenance &s;hall give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> My thoughts and actions I'll pre&s;erve</L>
<L>Free from Impurity;</L>
<L>And then th' Oblations I pre&s;ent,</L>
<L>Shall acceptable be.</L>
<L><PB N="50" REF="27">
<MILESTONE N="7"> Then I aloud with chearful Voice</L>
<L>Thy Goodne&s;s will proclaim;</L>
<L>And tell of all thy wond'rous works,</L>
<L>To magnifie thy Name.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> O howl love the place, where thou</L>
<L>Thy pre&s;ence do&s;t afford;</L>
<L>And where thy Glory brightly &s;hines,</L>
<L>To ble&s;s and prai&s;e the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Since wicked mens Society,</L>
<L>And bloody Crimes I hate;</L>
<L>Let me not in their &s;ufferings &s;hare,</L>
<L>kNor peri&s;h by their Fate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No mi&s;chief they decline to act</L>
<L>That &s;erves their vile intent;</L>
<L>Ju&s;tice by Brib'ry they'll pervert,</L>
<L>T' undo the Innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> But I in uprightne&s;s intend</L>
<L>God and my &s;elf t' enjoy;</L>
<L>In Mercy &s;ave my Life, which they</L>
<L>Would cruelly de&s;troy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Firm and unmov'd by thee I &s;tand;</L>
<L>And, Lord, I hope t' appear</L>
<L>In the A&s;&s;emblies of thy Saints,</L>
<L>To ble&s;s and prai&s;e thee there.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="27" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXVII.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GOD is my Saviour and my Light,</L>
<L>Why &s;hould I be di&s;may'd?</L>
<L><PB N="51" REF="27">Tis he defends my Life, of whom</L>
<L>Then need I be afraid?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> When my inhumane foes drew near,</L>
<L>And to devour me gap'd;</L>
<L>They &s;tumbled ere they &s;eiz'd their prey,</L>
<L>They fell, and I e&s;cap'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> I would not fear, &s;hould mighty ho&s;ts</L>
<L>Encamp'd again&s;t me lie;</L>
<L>Nor, if by open force a&s;&s;ail'd,</L>
<L>De&s;pair of Victory.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> One thing I beg of God, and hope</L>
<L>I &s;hall not be deny'd;</L>
<L>T' attend his Service in his Hou&s;e,</L>
<L>And ever there abide.</L>
<L>Frequent conver&s;es with him there</L>
<L>Fre&s;h plea&s;ures will create;</L>
<L>To have my doubts re&s;olv'd, I'll there</L>
<L>For his Directions wait.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In dangers no retiring place</L>
<L>Could me &s;o &s;urely hide;</L>
<L>Nor in a Fortre&s;s on a Rock</L>
<L>Could I more &s;afe abide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> As &s;oon as Victory my head</L>
<L>Above my foes &s;hall rai&s;e</L>
<L>Off'rings of Joy I'll thither bring,</L>
<L>And there will &s;ing thy prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Hear my reque&s;ts, and, Lord, return</L>
<L>An An&s;wer full of Grace;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thy Face thou bad'&s;t me &s;eek, and I,</L>
<L>Re&s;olve to &s;eek thy Face.</L>
<L><PB N="52" REF="28">
<MILESTONE N="9"> Lord, do not in di&s;plea&s;ure hide</L>
<L>Thy Face, nor me reject:</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Succours I have had before,</L>
<L>From thee I &s;till expect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> My Parents Love is not &s;o great</L>
<L>As thine, nor Care &s;o large:</L>
<L>When they for&s;ake me, I become</L>
<L>Still more thy Care and Charge.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, let me plainly &s;ee the way</L>
<L>Where I may &s;afely tread;</L>
<L>Avoiding all the cunning Snares</L>
<L>Mines enemies have laid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Leave me not to their will, who fir&s;t</L>
<L>My Name with Slanders bla&s;t;</L>
<L>And all the Cruelty they breath</L>
<L>Will execute at la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> How wretched had I been, when I,</L>
<L>With troubles was oppre&s;t,</L>
<L>Had I not hop'd thy Mercy would</L>
<L>Secure my Peace and Re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Wait &s;till on God, my Soul, from him</L>
<L>Courage and Strength derive;</L>
<L>Tho' he delay, he will at length</L>
<L>Thy fainting heart revive.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="28" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HEar me, O Lord, my &s;ure defence,</L>
<L>When I thy Succour crave;</L>
<L>El&s;e I &s;hall be like them that lie</L>
<L>Neglected in the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Grant my de&s;ires, when with loud Cries</L>
<L>Thy favour I intreat;</L>
<L>And &s;pread out my imploring hands</L>
<L>Towards thy Mercy-&s;eat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> 0 let not that &s;ad Fate be mine</L>
<L>That waits tho&s;e Sinners end,</L>
<L>Who whil&s;t all Mi&s;chiefs they contrive,</L>
<L>Speak like the kinde&s;t Friend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Let their reward be like their Work:</L>
<L>Since t'others they de&s;ign'd</L>
<L>Ruine; it is but ju&s;t that &s;uch</L>
<L>Should their own ruine find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> God's former mighty Works were done</L>
<L>Before their eyes in vain:</L>
<L>His la&s;t &s;hall be their overthrow,</L>
<L>Never to ri&s;e again.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Ble&s;t be the Lord, who heard the pray'rs</L>
<L>That in di&s;tre&s;s I made:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> I tru&s;ted in his Strength, and found</L>
<L>His &s;ea&s;onable aid.</L>
<L>Thy favour, Lord, has made my heart</L>
<L>Exceedingly rejoice:</L>
<L>In grateful Hymns I will advance</L>
<L>Thy prai&s;e with chearful voice,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho&s;e that upon his pow'r rely,</L>
<L>God will protect and own;</L>
<L>And his Anointed &s;ave, whom he.</L>
<L>Has rai&s;ed to his Throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Lord, ble&s;s thy People, who to thee</L>
<L>Do all their Safety owe;</L>
<L>Feed thou thy Flock, and rai&s;e them up,</L>
<L>When they are fallen low.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="29" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="54" REF="29">
<HEAD>PSALM XXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1">'THE Glorious Empire of the Lord</L>
<L>Ye Rulers of the World proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And in his Sanctuary give</L>
<L>The Honour due unto his Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Heark, how his thundring Voice do's run</L>
<L>Thro' all the Regions of the Sky;</L>
<L>The Seas are frighted with the noi&s;e,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> So full of Pow'r and Maje&s;ty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Lofty Cedars bow their Heads,</L>
<L>And break before the mighty Sound:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Mountains that bear them feel the &s;hock,</L>
<L>And like a frighted Calf rebound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Before this Voice the dreadful Flames</L>
<L>Of pointed Lightnings tear the air:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> kade&s;h's <HI>wild Inhabitants,</HI></L>
<L>Think they're not &s;afe, but quake for fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> This makes the timorous Hinds to calve,</L>
<L>Wild Bea&s;ts the naked coverts leave;</L>
<L>But in his &s;acred Temple all</L>
<L>Fearle&s;s to God their prai&s;es give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Lord's Dominion do's extend</L>
<L>To Clouds aboue and Floods below:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> This great Protector of the good,</L>
<L>Will re&s;t and peace on His be&s;tow.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="29" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="55" REF="29">
<HEAD>PSALM XXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE mighty Rulers of the World,</L>
<L>God's glorious Reign proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And in his Sanctuary give</L>
<L>Due Honour to his Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Who&s;e thundring voice do's run thro' all</L>
<L>The Regions of the Sky:</L>
<L>The Seas &s;tart at the Noi&s;e, &s;o full</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Of Power and Maje&s;ty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Tall Cedars bow their heads, and break</L>
<L>Before the Mighty Sound:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> High Mountains feel the Shock, and like</L>
<L>A frighted Calf rebound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Before this Voice the pointed Flames</L>
<L>Of Lightning tear the air:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Kade&s;h's <HI>wild Inhabitants</HI></L>
<L>Quake, as not &s;afe, for fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> This makes the Hinds to calve, wild Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>The naked Coverts leave:</L>
<L>But in God's Temple, fearle&s;s all</L>
<L>To him their prai&s;es give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> God's Empire do's extend to Clouds</L>
<L>Above, and Floods below:</L>
<L>This great Protector of the good,</L>
<L>Will Peace on his be&s;tow,</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="30" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="56" REF="30">
<HEAD>PSALM XXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY God &s;ince thou ha&s;t rais'd me up,</L>
<L>Thee I'll extol with thankful Voice;</L>
<L>Who ha&s;t &s;ecur'd me from tho&s;e harms,</L>
<L>That would have made my foes rejoice,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> With troubles worn and grief oppre&s;s'd,</L>
<L>To thee I cry'd, and thou did&s;t &s;ave:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thou did&s;t &s;upport my &s;inking hopes,</L>
<L>My Life did&s;t re&s;cue from the Giave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Wherefore rejoice ye Saints of his,</L>
<L>Proclaim the prai&s;es of the Lord;</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s often call to mind,</L>
<L>And his Fidelity record.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> His Anger is but &s;hort; his Love,</L>
<L>Which is our Life, do's longer &s;tay:</L>
<L>Grief may continue for a Night,</L>
<L>But comfort ri&s;es with the Day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> In my Pro&s;perity I &s;aid,</L>
<L>I ne'er &s;hall be di&s;turbed more:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Vain thought! it was thy favour, Lord,</L>
<L>My Mountain made &s;o &s;trong before.</L>
<L>For when thy pre&s;ence was withdrawn,</L>
<L>New troubles did my State invade:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> And then anew by fervent pray'r</L>
<L>Thus my addre&s;s to God I made.</L>
<L><PB N="57" REF="30">
<MILESTONE N="9">"What profit will it be to thee</L>
<L>"To &s;ee meruin'd? can the Grave</L>
<L>"Declare thy Truth? from &s;ilent Du&s;t</L>
<L>"What prai&s;ing Songs, Lord, can&s;t thou have?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10">"Hear, I be&s;eech thee then, and take;</L>
<L>"Compa&s;&s;ion on my &s;ad E&s;tate;</L>
<L>"Help me and my lo&s;t happine&s;s</L>
<L>"Re&s;tore, before it be too late.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> By thee my Mournful &s;tate is chang'd,</L>
<L>My &s;ackcloth now is thrown away?</L>
<L>And gladne&s;s girds me, who before,</L>
<L>In black de&s;pair and horrour lay,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> My tongue no longer &s;ilent be,</L>
<L>But to the Lord due Glory give;</L>
<L>And &s;trive, that in thy thankful Ver&s;e,</L>
<L>His Fame eternally may live.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="30" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> SInce thou ha&s;t rais'd me, I'll extoi</L>
<L>My God with thankful Voice;</L>
<L>Who freed me from tho&s;e harms, that would</L>
<L>Have made my foes rejoice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> With grief and troubles worn, to thee.</L>
<L>I cry'd, and thou did&s;t &s;ave;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thou, Lord, my &s;inking hopes and life</L>
<L>Did&s;t re&s;cue from the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Then let the Saints with Joy proclaim</L>
<L>The Prai&s;es of the Lord;</L>
<L><PB N="58" REF="31">His Goodne&s;s call to mind, and his</L>
<L>Fidelity record.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> His Wrath's but &s;hort; his Love which is</L>
<L>Our Life, do's longer &s;tay:</L>
<L>Weeping may for a Night endure,</L>
<L>But Joy comes with the Day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> In my Pro&s;perity, I &s;aid,</L>
<L>I &s;hall be mov'd no more:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Vain thought! &s;ince 'twas thy favour made</L>
<L>My Mount &s;o &s;trong before.</L>
<L>For when thy pre&s;ence was withdrawn,</L>
<L>Troubles did me invade:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> And then to God by &s;ervent pray'r,</L>
<L>Thus my addre&s;s I made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9">"What profit will it be, to &s;ee</L>
<L>"Me ruin'd? can the Grave</L>
<L>"Declare thy Truth? Lord, from the Du&s;t</L>
<L>"What prai&s;es can&s;t thou have?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10">"Hear I be&s;eech thee then, and take</L>
<L>"Pity on my &s;ad State;</L>
<L>"Help me, and my lo&s;t happine&s;s</L>
<L>"Re&s;tore, ere't be too late.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> My mournful &s;tate is chang'd, and now</L>
<L>My &s;ackcloth's thrown away;</L>
<L>Gladne&s;s &s;urrounds me, who before</L>
<L>In di&s;mal Sorrows lay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> My tongue no longer &s;ilent be;</L>
<L>To God due prai&s;es give;</L>
<L>That in thy thankful Ver&s;e, his Fame</L>
<L>Eternally may live.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="31" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="59" REF="31">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MAY no defeated hopes di&s;grace</L>
<L>The tru&s;t that in my God I place:</L>
<L>May all in my Deliverance &s;ee</L>
<L>Thy Mercy and Fidelity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ha&s;ten thy Succours, for from thence</L>
<L>Comes all my &s;afety and defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Better than to a Rock or Fort,</L>
<L>I to thy Cu&s;tody re&s;ort.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Break by thy pow'r th' intangling Net</L>
<L>My treach'rous Enemies have &s;et.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> My Life I to thy care commit,</L>
<L>Who ha&s;t &s;o oft redeemed it.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'll never to Diviners run,</L>
<L>Nor ask the Stars what I mu&s;t &s;hun;</L>
<L>(All Heathen Cheats to be abhorr'd)</L>
<L>My tru&s;t's entirely in the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> His &s;ure Protection makes me glad;</L>
<L>Who in Straits &s;uch Care of me has had:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Ready to fall into their Trap,</L>
<L>He made a way my foes t'e&s;cape.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> In Mercy, Lord, thy &s;ervant own,</L>
<L>Into new Difficulties thrown:</L>
<L>Who lie di&s;pirited and faint,</L>
<L>Pined with grief, and pinch'd with want.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> My Life thus &s;pent, mu&s;t quickly end,</L>
<L>Too weak to hold, if God contend.</L>
<L><PB N="60" REF="32">
<MILESTONE N="11"> Reproaches from my foes I hear,</L>
<L>My Friends all &s;hun me out of Fear.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Unminded like the dead am I,</L>
<L>Who in the Grave neglected lie:</L>
<L>As pieces of a broken Pot</L>
<L>Are thrown away, &s;o I'm forgot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The Slanders by &s;o many &s;pread</L>
<L>Show the de&s;igns I ought to dread:</L>
<L>For when Rebellion is my guilt,</L>
<L>It's time, &s;ay they, my Blood were&s;pilt.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> This they devi&s;e; God's my Defence,</L>
<L>My Tru&s;t, and Judge of my'Innocence,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> They have not leave yet to de&s;troy</L>
<L>A Life, which &s;orely they annoy.</L>
<L>Re&s;cue it &s;till, O Lord, from tho&s;e.</L>
<L>My cruel per&s;ecuting Foes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Oh make thy Face on me to &s;hine,</L>
<L>In Mercy &s;ave me, who am thine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, may no di&s;appointments &s;hame</L>
<L>My hopes, who call upon thy Name:</L>
<L>But let the wicked's death prevent</L>
<L>Their troubling of the Innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Stop thou their Mouths, laid in the du&s;t,</L>
<L>Who openly defame the Ju&s;t:</L>
<L>Whom they with highe&s;t crimes traduce,</L>
<L>And all they plead with &s;corn abu&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<PB N="61" REF="32">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> O what great Joys re&s;erved be,</L>
<L>For tho&s;e that fear and tru&s;t in thee;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Goodne&s;s, now &s;o little known,</L>
<L>'Fore all the World the Lord will own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Sometimes they're forc'd in Caves to hide</L>
<L>Them&s;elves from per&s;ecuting Pride:</L>
<L>God's favour makes this dark retreat,</L>
<L>A Light&s;ome, &s;afe and quiet &s;eat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> God's love to me do's &s;till abound:</L>
<L>In a &s;trong City compa&s;s'd round,</L>
<L>I lay inclos'd as in a Trap,</L>
<L>Yet he made way for my e&s;cape.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> When in a ha&s;ty Flight, I &s;aid,</L>
<L>I'm lo&s;t, without all hope t'evade;</L>
<L>My humble pray'r again he heard,</L>
<L>And re&s;cued me from what I fear'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Love God, ye Saints, for by his Care</L>
<L>The Faithful &s;till pre&s;erved are:</L>
<L>And when the proud in&s;ult the mo&s;t,</L>
<L>God's wrath will plague them, to their co&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Let no afflictions then prevail</L>
<L>So far, to make your Courage fail:</L>
<L>Firmly to God if you adhere,</L>
<L>He'll &s;trengthen you to per&s;evere.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="32" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="62" REF="33">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Happy Man! whom God forgives,</L>
<L>And hides what he has done ami&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Owns him as if he had not &s;inn'd,</L>
<L>Who&s;e heart &s;incere and upright is.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My woes increas'd, whil&s;t I &s;uppre&s;s'd</L>
<L>My Guilt; no quiet I could get:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thy Wrath did pre&s;s me like a weight,</L>
<L>And scorch'd me like the Summers heat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> I then re&s;olved to di&s;clo&s;e</L>
<L>My crimes, and open all my wound;</L>
<L>I humbly did confe&s;s my Sins</L>
<L>To thee, and ea&s;y pardon found.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> This Mercy &s;hall invite good men</L>
<L>In Sea&s;on to implore thine aid;</L>
<L>Then tho' their troubles like a Flood</L>
<L>Should ri&s;e, they need not be afraid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thou, Lord, &s;halt be my &s;afe retreat;</L>
<L>To thee I'll fly in all di&s;tre&s;s;</L>
<L>Thou wilt pre&s;erve me; and in Songs</L>
<L>Of Victory I'll thee confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I'll coun&s;el &s;inners to obey;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> And not be like the Hor&s;e or Mule,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Fury, till they're broke or tam'd,</L>
<L>No Rein can guide, no Curb can rule.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Such Sinners meet with heavy &s;troaks:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Whil&s;t tho&s;e that tru&s;t in God, &s;hall prove</L>
<L><PB N="63" REF="33">The happy men: then let the Ju&s;t</L>
<L>Rejoice and triumph in his Love.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="32" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Ble&s;&s;ed Man! whom God forgives,</L>
<L>And hides what's done ami&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> On whom no &s;in is charg'd; who&s;e heart</L>
<L>Sincere and upright is.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> When I &s;uppre&s;s'd my inward guilt,</L>
<L>No quiet I could get:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thy hand did pre&s;s me down, thy wrath</L>
<L>Scorch'd me like Summer's heat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> I then re&s;olved to di&s;clo&s;e</L>
<L>My crimes, and ope'my wound;</L>
<L>I humbly did confe&s;s my &s;ins,</L>
<L>And ea&s;y pardon found.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> This Mercy &s;hall in &s;ea&s;on draw</L>
<L>Good men t'implore thy aid:</L>
<L>Then tho' the floods of trouble ri&s;e,</L>
<L>They need not be afraid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thou art my refuge, Lord, to thee</L>
<L>I'll fly in all di&s;tre&s;s;</L>
<L>Thou wilt pre&s;erve me; and my Songs</L>
<L>Thy Mercies &s;hall confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I'll teach proud men t'obey; and not</L>
<L>Be like the Hor&s;e and Mule;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Who&s;e Fury, till they're broke, no Rein</L>
<L>Can guide, no Curb can rule.</L>
<L><PB N="64" REF="34">
<MILESTONE N="10"> Such meet with heavy &s;troaks, whil&s;t tho&s;e</L>
<L>That tru&s;t in God, &s;hall prove</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The happy men: then let them joy</L>
<L>And triumph in his Love.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="33" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE righteous in the Lord rejoice,</L>
<L>And let his Prai&s;e be your delight;</L>
<L>For Prai&s;e is Lovely and becomes</L>
<L>The Lips of tho&s;e that are upright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Join th' Harp and other In&s;truments</L>
<L>T'expre&s;s and to excite your Joys:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> And let your Songs be new, and play</L>
<L>With skill, and with a chearful noi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> God's word is like its Author, good;</L>
<L>His Laws from all inju&s;tice free;</L>
<L>His Promi&s;e &s;ure, and all his works</L>
<L>Are done in Truth and Equity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Works that are right and ju&s;t, &s;ecure</L>
<L>His favour, and his Plea&s;ure are;</L>
<L>The Earth with various Ble&s;&s;ings fill'd,</L>
<L>To us his Goodne&s;s do's declare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The va&s;t extended Orbs of Heav'n,</L>
<L>By his commanding word were made,</L>
<L>And all its numerous Ho&s;t, from his</L>
<L>Creating breath their Beings had.</L>
<L><PB N="65" REF="34">
<MILESTONE N="7"> The Sea's prouds waves within the &s;hores,</L>
<L>To which they are confined, keep:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Waters &s;afely are laid up</L>
<L>In the great Store-hou&s;e of the Deep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To this Great Lord by Men on Earth</L>
<L>Let fear and due regard be &s;hown;</L>
<L>May all the World his awful Pow'r,</L>
<L>By humble Adorations own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> For as he &s;pake all things were made,</L>
<L>All fix'd as he Commandment gave:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And a whole Nation's deep de&s;igns,</L>
<L>Without him no Succe&s;s &s;hall have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> What God decrees none &s;hall defeat,</L>
<L>Nor can his orders countermand;</L>
<L>But every Age, what he re&s;olves,</L>
<L>Will &s;eeimmovably &s;hall &s;tand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Ble&s;t Land! who&s;e fear and &s;ervice &s;hows</L>
<L>That God its cho&s;en Ruler is;</L>
<L>And happy they! whom God declares</L>
<L>By's &s;pecial favour to be His.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Th' Almighty on the Sons of Men</L>
<L>Looks down from his Cele&s;tial Throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> And all the dwellers on the Earth</L>
<L>Views from his glorious Man&s;ion.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> He equally did make them all,</L>
<L>Their hearts he fa&s;hion'd one by one;</L>
<L>And all their inmo&s;t thoughts, to him</L>
<L>Better than to them&s;elves are known.</L>
<L><PB N="66" REF="35">
<MILESTONE N="16"> No numerous Ho&s;t a King can &s;ave,</L>
<L>Nor Strength a Mighty Man &s;ecure:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> No Hor&s;es force or &s;wiftne&s;s makes</L>
<L>The Riders pre&s;ervation &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> The Lord on tho&s;e that fear his Name</L>
<L>Looks with a favourable Eye;</L>
<L>He ne'er will fail their hopes, that on</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s &s;tedfa&s;tly rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> When Plagues without di&s;tinction kill,</L>
<L>Their Lives he'll re&s;cue from the Grave:</L>
<L>In time of Famine, due Supplies</L>
<L>All their Nece&s;&s;ities &s;hall have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Now, Lord, we wait for thee, thou art</L>
<L>Our Succour, and our &s;ure defence:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> What e'er befals us, we may tru&s;t</L>
<L>In thee with chearful confidence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> So let thy Mercies, Lord, on us</L>
<L>De&s;cend, like a refre&s;hing &s;how'r,</L>
<L>As all our hope and joys depend,</L>
<L>Upon thy Favour and thy Pow'r.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="33" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REjoice ye Righteous in the Lord,</L>
<L>And prai&s;e him with delight:</L>
<L>For thankfulne&s;s becomes the Lips</L>
<L>Of tho&s;e that are upright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Join th' Harp and other In&s;truments,</L>
<L>T'excite and tell your Joys:</L>
<L><PB N="67" REF="35">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Sing a new Song, and play with skill,</L>
<L>And with a chearful noi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His word is good, and all his Laws</L>
<L>Are from inju&s;tice free:</L>
<L>His promi&s;e &s;ure; and all his ways</L>
<L>Are truth and Equity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Works that are ju&s;t &s;ecure his Love,</L>
<L>As they his plea&s;ure are:</L>
<L>The Earth with Ble&s;&s;ings fill'd, to us</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s do's declare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Th'extended Orbs of Heav'n by his</L>
<L>Commanding word were made;</L>
<L>And from his breath its num'rous Ho&s;ts</L>
<L>Their &s;everal beings had.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The Seas proud waves within the &s;hores</L>
<L>Confined Limits keep;</L>
<L>Who&s;e waters are laid up within</L>
<L>The Store-hou&s;e of the Deep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Let all Men fear the Lord to him</L>
<L>Let due regard be &s;hown:</L>
<L>May all the world his awful Pow'r</L>
<L>By humble wor&s;hip own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> For as he &s;pake all things were made,</L>
<L>All fix'd by Laws he gave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No Nations coun&s;els, without him,</L>
<L>Tho' deep, &s;ucce&s;s &s;hall have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> God's purpo&s;es none can defeat,</L>
<L>Nor Orders countermand:</L>
<L>But every Age, what he re&s;olves,</L>
<L>Will &s;ee &s;hall firmly &s;tand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="68" REF="36">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Ble&s;t Land! who&s;e &s;ervice &s;hows that God</L>
<L>Its cho&s;en Ruler is:</L>
<L>And happy they! whom God declares</L>
<L>By's Care, that they are His.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> God on the Sons of Men looks down</L>
<L>From his Cele&s;tial Throne:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Views all the Dwellers on the Earth,</L>
<L>From his bright Man&s;ion.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> He made them equally, their hearts</L>
<L>He fa&s;hion'd one by one.</L>
<L>More clearly all their thoughts to him,</L>
<L>Than to them&s;elves are known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Great Ho&s;ts can &s;ave no King, nor &s;trength</L>
<L>A mighty Man &s;ecure:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> No Hor&s;e's force or &s;wiftne&s;s makes</L>
<L>The Riders &s;afety &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> The Lord on tho&s;e that fear his Name,</L>
<L>Looks with a gracious Eye:</L>
<L>And ne'er will their hopes, that on</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s do rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> When Plagues without di&s;tinction kill,</L>
<L>He'll re&s;cue from the Grave</L>
<L>Their Lives, in time of dearth their needs</L>
<L>All due Supplies &s;hall have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Now, Lord, we wait for thee, who art</L>
<L>Our help and our defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> In all e&s;tates we'll tru&s;t in thee</L>
<L>With chearful Confidence.</L>
<L><PB N="69" REF="36">Lord, let thy Grace on us de&s;cend</L>
<L>Like a refre&s;hing Show'r;</L>
<L>For all our hope and joys depend</L>
<L>On thine Almighty Pow'r.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="34" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXIV.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GOD, who my kind Pre&s;erver is,</L>
<L>I will at all times ble&s;s;</L>
<L>My tongue &s;hall daily be imploy'd,</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s to confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> In God my Soul &s;hall boa&s;t, good men</L>
<L>Shall hear it and rejoice;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> And to exalt his Glorious Name</L>
<L>Join both in heart and voice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> I &s;ought the Lord in my di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>And graciou&s;ly he heard;</L>
<L>His timely &s;uccours did prevent</L>
<L>The threatning Harm I fear'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In all their Straits, good men &s;hall look</L>
<L>To him and be reliev'd;</L>
<L>Nor in their hopes they place in God,</L>
<L>Shall ever be deceiv<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'm that poor Man, who de&s;titute</L>
<L>Of help, God's &s;uccours crav'd;</L>
<L>He heard my Cry, and out of all</L>
<L>My troubles I was &s;av'd</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Ble&s;t Angels which on God attend,</L>
<L>Yet wait t'encompa&s;s &s;uch</L>
<L>As fear him; to pre&s;erve them &s;afe,</L>
<L>When dangers near approach.</L>
<L><PB N="70" REF="37">
<MILESTONE N="8"> O ta&s;t and &s;ee, as I have done,</L>
<L>And then you mu&s;t confe&s;s,</L>
<L>That God alone is Good, and them</L>
<L>That tru&s;t in him will ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> O fear the Lord, ye Saints, be &s;ure</L>
<L>You in good ways abide;</L>
<L>He'll &s;ee, in all year wants, you be</L>
<L>With needful things &s;upply'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Young Lions that for hunger roar,</L>
<L>For lack of prey may faint;</L>
<L>But tho&s;e that wait on God &s;hall have</L>
<L>All good he knows they want.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Come ye, who are di&s;pos'd to learn,</L>
<L>And with attention hear;</L>
<L>I'll give you wi&s;e In&s;tructions,</L>
<L>How ye the Lord &s;hould fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> What man would have his years prolong'd,</L>
<L>And happy days would &s;ee?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Refrain thy Tongue and Lips from all</L>
<L>Deceit and Injury.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> From all unrighteous ways depart,</L>
<L>From doing good ne'er cea&s;e;</L>
<L>Seek all mens quiet, and pur&s;ue</L>
<L>The things that make for peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> God loves the Righteous, and on them</L>
<L>He ca&s;ts a gracious Eye;</L>
<L>His Ear's attentive to their &s;uits,</L>
<L>And open to their Cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> The Lord's an Enemy to tho&s;e</L>
<L>Whom wicked Works employ;</L>
<L><PB N="71" REF="37">In his fierce wrath, them and their Race</L>
<L>He'll utterly de&s;troy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The Righteous never cry in vain;</L>
<L>God's help in Straits they have:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> He will draw near to broken hearts,</L>
<L>And contrite Spirits &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Tho' Good men oft afflicted are,</L>
<L>At length God &s;ets them free:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> His Care do's to their Bodies reach,</L>
<L>No Bone &s;hall broken be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Bad men &s;hall peri&s;h, when they're plagu'd,</L>
<L>With all that hate the Ju&s;t:</L>
<L>Whom God will keep, and never fail</L>
<L>Their hopes that on him tru&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="35" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PPALM XXXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MAintain, O Lord, my injur'd Rights,</L>
<L>And take my part again&s;t my foes,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> I need thy buckler and thy &s;hield</L>
<L>Again&s;t their fierce A&s;&s;aults t'oppo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> When I am forc'd to fly their rage,</L>
<L>Draw out thy &s;pear and &s;top their way;</L>
<L>And that my Courage may not fail,</L>
<L><HI>I'll be thy &s;ure Deliverer,</HI> &s;ay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Who e'er devi&s;e my hurt, and &s;eek</L>
<L>My ruine, all their hopes defeat:</L>
<L><PB N="72" REF="38">Their warlike preparations turn</L>
<L>T' a &s;hameful and confus'd retreat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Chas'd by thy Angel, let them be</L>
<L>Di&s;per&s;t, like Chaff before the Wind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Vengeance pur&s;ue 'em, where no path,</L>
<L>But a &s;teep precipice they'll find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> For unprovok'd they lay their toils,</L>
<L>And hunt me like &s;ome &s;avage Bea&s;t;</L>
<L>Would treach'rou&s;ly de&s;troy my life,</L>
<L>Who have not injur'd them the lea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Let ruine &s;eize him unawares,</L>
<L>(A fit reward for &s;uch a Foe)</L>
<L>And caught in his own wiles, him&s;elf</L>
<L><HI>Suffer</HI> the &s;ame he thought to <HI>do.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> This wonderful Deliverance</L>
<L>My Joys to th'highe&s;t pitch &s;hall rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy Goodne&s;s all my pow'rs po&s;&s;e&s;s,</L>
<L>And all &s;hall triumph in thy prai&s;e.</L>
<L>Thy Mercy I'll aloud proclaim,</L>
<L>Thy Pow'r to be beyond compare:</L>
<L>Who &s;av'&s;t the poor from violence,</L>
<L>And wrongs of tho&s;e that &s;tronger are.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Fal&s;e witne&s;&s;es, lay to my charge</L>
<L>Things that ne'er came into my mind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Ev'n tho&s;e would now de&s;troy my Life,</L>
<L>To whom I had before been kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> But as for me when they were &s;ick,</L>
<L>My cloathing &s;poke that I was &s;ad;</L>
<L><PB N="73" REF="38">My fa&s;ts and Pray'rs repeated, &s;how'd</L>
<L>If they did well, I &s;hould be glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> A Friend or Brother's dangerous ca&s;e,</L>
<L>Seem'd not to be a &s;adder cro&s;s;</L>
<L>Nor had my looks been more ca&s;t down,</L>
<L>Had I bewail d a Mother's lo&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> But when misfortunes me befel</L>
<L>Together to rejoice they flock;</L>
<L>The vile&s;t abjects meet, and make</L>
<L>My Mi&s;eries their Laughing-&s;tock.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> With them are join'd the wretched crew</L>
<L>Of Trencher-Flatterers at Fea&s;ts;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Rage could eat me up, and there</L>
<L>Fall on me with abu&s;ive je&s;ts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord look not always on: at length</L>
<L>Re&s;cue me from their unju&s;t pow'r;</L>
<L>Who, when de&s;troy'd in Goods and Name,</L>
<L>My Life, like Lions would devour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Then will I give thee thanks and prai&s;e;</L>
<L>And when I've Liberty to go</L>
<L>Into th' A&s;&s;emblies of thy Saints,</L>
<L>All &s;hall thy pow'r and Goodne&s;s know.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Let not my cau&s;ele&s;s Enemies</L>
<L>Rejoice, that they the Day have won;</L>
<L>Nor &s;hew by winking &s;igns, their rage</L>
<L>Is &s;atisfy'd, and I'm undone.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> My Foes all concord hate, and &s;trive</L>
<L>By devis'd fal&s;hoods to increa&s;e</L>
<L><PB N="74" REF="39">Hatred to tho&s;e, who fain would live</L>
<L>Under the Government in peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> With open Mouth they me traduce,</L>
<L>And a fal&s;e Traytor boldly call:</L>
<L>To all they meet rejoicing &s;ay,</L>
<L>So, &s;o, we've now di&s;cover'd all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Thou know'&s;t me better, Lord, than they,</L>
<L>And how I'm wrong'd: do not neglect</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> To do me right; but own my cau&s;e,</L>
<L>And me without delay protect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> No partial favour, Lord, I crave;</L>
<L>To thy known Ju&s;tice I appeal:</L>
<L>According as thou find'&s;t, with me,</L>
<L>Not as they fal&s;ly charge me, deal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Prevent the wicked's Joys, who will</L>
<L>Applaud, them&s;elves and prouder grow</L>
<L>To &s;ee me ruin'd: Ah, they'll cry,</L>
<L>Now things, as we would have them, go.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Let tho&s;e who're glad to &s;ee me low,</L>
<L>And longing wait to &s;ee me lo&s;t;</L>
<L>Blu&s;h at their di&s;appointed hopes,</L>
<L>Hang down their heads, and no more boa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Let tho&s;e that own my righteous cau&s;e,</L>
<L>Triumph for joy and loudly &s;ing,</L>
<L>Ble&s;&s;ed be God who <HI>David</HI> &s;av'd,</L>
<L>And made him a Victorious King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> As for my Tongue, 't &s;hall be employ'd</L>
<L>Thy Truth and Goodne&s;s to proclaim;</L>
<L>And whil&s;t I live &s;hall never fail,</L>
<L>To ble&s;s and prai&s;e thy Holy Name.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="36" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="75" REF="39">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXVI.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHen I behold a wicked Man</L>
<L>All righteous Laws de&s;pi&s;e;</L>
<L>I mu&s;t conclude there is no fear</L>
<L>Of God before his Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' he by craft and fal&s;e di&s;gui&s;e</L>
<L>May be conceal'd a while;</L>
<L>He'll, when his Sin's found out, appear</L>
<L>Hateful to all, and vile.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His kind profe&s;&s;ions are all frauds</L>
<L>To cover ill de&s;igns;</L>
<L>He will not know what's ju&s;t, much le&s;s</L>
<L>To practi&s;e good inclines.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To mu&s;e on Mi&s;chief's his delight,</L>
<L>His &s;leep he'll break for this;</L>
<L>So &s;et on Evil, none that &s;erves</L>
<L>His Ends can come ami&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Beyond the Limits of the Sky</L>
<L>Thy Mercy, Lord, extends:</L>
<L>Thy Faithfulne&s;s the narrow bounds</L>
<L>Of &s;pace and time tran&s;cends.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Mountains may be remov'd, before</L>
<L>Thy Truth &s;hall fail the lea&s;t;</L>
<L>Thy Judgments none can fathom; thou</L>
<L>Pre&s;erve&s;t Man and Bea&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Lord, who can prize enough that Love</L>
<L>Thou beare&s;t to the Ju&s;t;</L>
<L>Under who&s;e Providence and Care</L>
<L>Good Men &s;ecurely tru&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="76" REF="40">
<MILESTONE N="8"> They to the plenty of thy Hou&s;e</L>
<L>For all Supplies &s;hall look;</L>
<L>And freely of thy Plea&s;ures drink</L>
<L>As from a running Brook.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> For all the Springs of Joy and Life</L>
<L>Derived are from thee;</L>
<L>From thy continued favour flows</L>
<L>All our Felicity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> To tho&s;e that thus e&s;teem thy Love,</L>
<L>Thy kindne&s;s &s;till impart;</L>
<L>And all thy promi&s;es fulfill</L>
<L>To men of upright heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let him not tread me down, who&s;e pride</L>
<L>Is equal to his hate;</L>
<L>Nor let the wicked's pow'r combin'd</L>
<L>Subvert my quiet State.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> I &s;ee them fall, and their de&s;ign</L>
<L>Again&s;t me ruin'd lies:</L>
<L>By &s;uch a pow'rful hand ca&s;t down,</L>
<L>They never more &s;hall ri&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="37" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET none be envious when he &s;ees</L>
<L>The wicked's pro&s;perous e&s;tate;</L>
<L>Nor, tempted by their good Succe&s;s,</L>
<L>Grow bold their Crimes to imitate.</L>
<L><PB N="77" REF="40">
<MILESTONE N="2"> For &s;o the gra&s;s is fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>Before the Mower cuts it down;</L>
<L>And beauteous Flow'rs, within a while</L>
<L>Are withered by the &s;corching Sun.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He's wi&s;e that's always doing good,</L>
<L>And on God's Goodne&s;s do's rely:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thus thy Enjoyments he'll &s;ecure,</L>
<L>And all thy ju&s;t de&s;ires &s;upply.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Leave thy concerns unto his care,</L>
<L>In firm dependance on him live;</L>
<L>He'll either grant what thou would'&s;t have,</L>
<L>Or what he knows is better give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Tho' &s;landers and detracting tongues</L>
<L>Like Clouds, thy righteou&s;ne&s;s ob&s;cure</L>
<L>He'll cleer thy Innocence, the Light</L>
<L>At noon &s;hall not appear more pure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> In &s;ilence patiently expect</L>
<L>God's Mercies; but by no means fret,</L>
<L>To &s;ee men thrive by wicked Arts,</L>
<L>And what they have a mind to get.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> If Anger in thy brea&s;t ari&s;e,</L>
<L>Suppre&s;s it, when it fir&s;t begins;</L>
<L>Le&s;t it boil up to wrath, and thou</L>
<L>Be hurried to commit their Sins.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> They &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;s who wait on God,</L>
<L>The good things of his promis'd land;</L>
<L>But evil doers have their doom,</L>
<L>To be cut off by God's ju&s;t hand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="78" REF="41">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The wicked's ruine in a while</L>
<L>Thoul't &s;ee; and if the place thou mind</L>
<L>Where once thou &s;aw'&s;t him flouri&s;hing,</L>
<L>Nothing remaining of him find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Then &s;hall the meek, whom they oppre&s;s'd</L>
<L>Po&s;&s;e&s;s the Land; and with increa&s;e</L>
<L>Of all good things their lives be ble&s;t,</L>
<L>And nothing &s;hall di&s;turb their peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The wicked in mi&s;chievous plots,</L>
<L>Enrag'd again&s;t the ju&s;t, combines:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> But God, who &s;ees his ruine near,</L>
<L>Derides both him and his de&s;igns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Tho' he &s;tands ready arm'd to &s;lay</L>
<L>The poor and harmle&s;s innocent:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> His Arms &s;hall turn again&s;t him&s;elf,</L>
<L>And &s;erve for his own Puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Think not mere wealth makes happy men;</L>
<L>That little which contents the poor,</L>
<L>Is better far than wicked men's</L>
<L>Ill-got or ill-imployed Store.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The wicked's pow'r, tho' ne'er &s;o great,</L>
<L>God will in pieces &s;urely break;</L>
<L>But good men, by his potent Arm,</L>
<L>Shall be upheld, tho' ne'er &s;o weak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> The days which they in &s;orrow pa&s;s</L>
<L>And patient waiting, God regards;</L>
<L>And with his promis'd happine&s;s,</L>
<L>Them, and their children he rewards.</L>
<L><PB N="79" REF="41">
<MILESTONE N="19"> In evil times, they &s;hall not blu&s;h</L>
<L>That all their hopes on God rely'd:</L>
<L>In days of Famine, by his care,</L>
<L>They &s;hall be &s;ure to be &s;upply'd.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> God's enemies when thriving mo&s;t,</L>
<L>Shall peri&s;h by his angry Stroak;</L>
<L>Like fat of Lambs on th' Altar laid,</L>
<L>Con&s;ume and vani&s;h into &s;moak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> The&s;e freely borrow to grow rich,</L>
<L>Never intending to re&s;tore:</L>
<L>The Righteous man as freely lends</L>
<L>And parts with Wealth, to help the poor.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> The ble&s;&s;ings of the promis'd land</L>
<L>By them and theirs &s;hall be enjoy'd;</L>
<L>The other, followed with God's Cur&s;e,</L>
<L>Be rooted out and quite de&s;troy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> The Lord directs a good Man's &s;teps,</L>
<L>And he delighteth in his way:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> He is not ruin'd by his falls,</L>
<L>God's pow'r is his Support and Stay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> In all th' experience of my Life,</L>
<L>That Lib'ral Man I ne'er could &s;ee,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Alms expos'd him&s;elf to want,</L>
<L>Or brought his Race to Beggary.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> He's ever merciful and lends,</L>
<L>And thus his &s;eed a Ble&s;&s;ing gain;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Would&s;t thou in peace and &s;afety dwell?</L>
<L>Do good, and from all &s;in ab&s;tain.</L>
<L><PB N="80" REF="42">
<MILESTONE N="28"> For God, who&s;e Nature's good and ju&s;t,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e who are like him&s;elf will own;</L>
<L>They &s;hall continue, when the Race.</L>
<L>Of wicked men is overthrown.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Sure Title to the promis'd Land</L>
<L>The Good and Ju&s;t can onely plead;</L>
<L>And to their pious Seed intail</L>
<L>Its ble&s;&s;ings after they are dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> Wi&s;e and ju&s;t precepts he in&s;tills,</L>
<L>Mens minds to form, and manners guide:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> And &s;ince God's Law he loves, and makes</L>
<L>His Rule, his goings &s;hall not &s;lide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> The wicked plots again&s;t the ju&s;t,</L>
<L>And lies in wait to ruine them:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> God will not leave them in his pow'r,</L>
<L>Nor, as he judges them, condemn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Wait then on God and keep his way,</L>
<L>So &s;hall his promis'd ble&s;&s;ings be</L>
<L>Thy portion; and when thou art rais'd,</L>
<L>The wicked's ruine thou &s;halt &s;ee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> I've &s;een the wicked ri&s;e to pow'r,</L>
<L>Flouri&s;h like Lawrels ever green;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> But &s;uddenly their ruine came,</L>
<L>And no remainder could be &s;een.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> Mark but the good and perfect Man,</L>
<L>And him that's upright in his way;</L>
<L>Mercy attends his happy Life,</L>
<L>And quiet peace concludes his days.</L>
<L><PB N="81" REF="42">
<MILESTONE N="38"> But bold Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors &s;hall not long</L>
<L>E&s;cape God's &s;ad but righteous doom,</L>
<L>Who&s;e utter extirpation</L>
<L>At la&s;t &s;hall with a vengeance come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Mean while the Lord will never fail</L>
<L>The Good and Ju&s;t to &s;ave and ble&s;s;</L>
<L>Who may &s;ecurely on his &s;trength</L>
<L>Rely, for Succours in di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> He'll &s;urely help them in their need,</L>
<L>And be their re&s;cue from th' unju&s;t:</L>
<L>His Truth and Honour is ingag'd,</L>
<L>To &s;ave them, for in him they tru&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="37" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET none be troubled, to behold</L>
<L>The wicked's pro&s;perous State;</L>
<L>Nor by their good Succe&s;s grow bold</L>
<L>Their crimes to imitate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> For Gra&s;s is fre&s;h and green, before</L>
<L>The Mower cuts it down;</L>
<L>And beauteous flow'rs, within a while,</L>
<L>Are withered by the Sun.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He's wi&s;e that's doing good, and on</L>
<L>God's goodne&s;s do's rely:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thus thy Enjoyments he'll &s;ecure,</L>
<L>Thy ju&s;t de&s;ires &s;upply.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Leave thy concerns to him, in firm</L>
<L>Dependance on him live;</L>
<L>He'll either grant what thou would&s;t have,</L>
<L>Or what is better give.</L>
<L><PB N="82" REF="43">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Tho' &s;landerous tongues &s;hould, like a cloud</L>
<L>Thy righteou&s;ne&s;s ob&s;cure;</L>
<L>He'll clear thy innocence, the Light</L>
<L>Shall not appear more pure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> In &s;ilence for God's Mercies wait,</L>
<L>Thy &s;elf by no means fret;</L>
<L>Tho' bad men thrive, or by ill Arts,</L>
<L>What fain they would have, get.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> If Anger in thy brea&s;t ari&s;e,</L>
<L>Check it, when't fir&s;t begins;</L>
<L>Le&s;t it boil up to wrath, and thou</L>
<L>Be hurried to their &s;ins.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> They &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;s who wait on God,</L>
<L>Good things i'th' promis'd Land;</L>
<L>But evil do'ers are doom'd to be</L>
<L>Cut off by God's ju&s;t hand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Soon &s;hall the wicked's ruine come;</L>
<L>And if the place thou mind,</L>
<L>Where once thou &s;aw'&s;t him flouri&s;hing</L>
<L>Nothing remaining find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Then &s;hall the injur'd meek po&s;&s;e&s;s</L>
<L>The Land, and with increa&s;e</L>
<L>Of all good things their Lives be ble&s;t,</L>
<L>And none di&s;turb their peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The wicked in Mi&s;chievous plots</L>
<L>Again&s;t the ju&s;t combines:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> But God, who &s;ees his ruine near,</L>
<L>Will laugh at his de&s;igns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Tho' he &s;tand ready arm'd to &s;lay</L>
<L>The poor and innocent:</L>
<L><PB N="83" REF="43">
<MILESTONE N="15"> His arms &s;hall wound him&s;elf, and &s;erve</L>
<L>For his own puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Think not mere wealth makes happy men;</L>
<L>For what contents the poor,</L>
<L>Is better than bad men's ill-got,</L>
<L>Or ill-employed &s;tore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> God will the wicked's pow'r, tho' greats,</L>
<L>In pieces &s;urely break;</L>
<L>But good men by his Arm &s;hall be</L>
<L>Upheld, tho' ne'er &s;o weak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Their patient waiting, and their days</L>
<L>Of Sorrow, God regards;</L>
<L>And with his promis'd happine&s;s</L>
<L>Them and their &s;eed rewards.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> They &s;hall not blu&s;h, that in ill times</L>
<L>Their hopes on God rely'd:</L>
<L>In days of Famine, by his care,</L>
<L>They &s;hall be &s;till &s;upply'd.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> God's Enemies, when thriving mo&s;t</L>
<L>Shall peri&s;h by his Stroak;</L>
<L>Like fat of Lambs con&s;ume away,</L>
<L>And vani&s;h into Smoak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> The&s;e freely borrow to grow rich,</L>
<L>Not meaning to re&s;tore:</L>
<L>The righteous man as freely parts</L>
<L>With wealth, to help the poor.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> The Ble&s;&s;ings of the Earth, by them</L>
<L>And theirs &s;hall be enjoy'd;</L>
<L>The other, curs'd of God, &s;hall be</L>
<L>Cut off, and quite de&s;troy'd.</L>
<L><PB N="84" REF="44">
<MILESTONE N="23"> The Lord, that guides a good man's &s;teps,</L>
<L>Delighteth in his way:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> He is not ruin'd by his falls,</L>
<L>God's pow'r will be his &s;tay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> In all my Life I never yet</L>
<L>That lib'ral man could &s;ee</L>
<L>Who&s;e Alms expos'd him&s;elf to want,</L>
<L>Or Race to Beggary.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> He mercifully lends, and thus</L>
<L>His &s;eed a Ble&s;&s;ing gain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> If thou would'&s;t &s;afely dwell, do good</L>
<L>And from all Sin refrain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> God, that is good and ju&s;t, will tho&s;e,</L>
<L>That him re&s;emble own.</L>
<L>They &s;hall continue; when the Race</L>
<L>Of bad men is o'erthrown.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Sure Title to the promis'd Land</L>
<L>The Ju&s;t can onely plead;</L>
<L>And to their pious &s;eed entail</L>
<L>Its Ble&s;&s;ings when they're dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> Wi&s;e precepts he in&s;tills, men's minds</L>
<L>To form, and manners guide:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> And &s;ince he makes God's Law his Rule,</L>
<L>His goings &s;hall not &s;lide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> The wicked plot again&s;t the ju&s;t,</L>
<L>And wait to ruine them:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> God will not leave them in their pow'r,</L>
<L>Nor as they judge, condemn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Wait on the Lord, and keep his way;</L>
<L>His promis'd good &s;hall be</L>
<L><PB N="85" REF="44">Thy portion; and when thou art rais'd,</L>
<L>The wicked's ruine &s;ee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> I've &s;een the wicked ri&s;e, and &s;pread</L>
<L>Like Lawrels fre&s;h and green:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> But when his ha&s;ty ruine came,</L>
<L>No remnant could be &s;een.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> Mark but the perfect Man, and him</L>
<L>That's upright in his ways;</L>
<L>Mercy attends his happy Life,</L>
<L>And peace concludes his days.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> But bold Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors &s;hall not long</L>
<L>E&s;cape God's righteous Doom;</L>
<L>Who&s;e utter Extirpation</L>
<L>Shall with a vengeance come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Mean while the Lord will never fail,</L>
<L>The ju&s;t to &s;ave and ble&s;s:</L>
<L>Who may &s;ecurely on his pow'r</L>
<L>Rely, in all di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> He'll help them in their need, and be</L>
<L>Their re&s;cue from th' unju&s;t,</L>
<L>His Truth to &s;ave them is engag'd,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e in him they tru&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="38" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, thy rebukes I can endure,</L>
<L>When thou with kindne&s;s do&s;t cha&s;ti&s;e</L>
<L>But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear,</L>
<L>It this, unmix'd with favour, ri&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="86" REF="45">
<MILESTONE N="2"> I feel how &s;harp thine arrows are,</L>
<L>How fa&s;t they &s;tick in a deep wound;</L>
<L>The heavy load thy hand lays on,</L>
<L>Pre&s;&s;es me down unto the ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My un&s;ound Body tells how &s;ad</L>
<L>It is, th' Almighty to di&s;plea&s;e;</L>
<L>And, how provoking are my Sins,</L>
<L>I know, by pains that have no ea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> A &s;tood of overwhelming woes,</L>
<L>Threaten to &s;ink me every hour;</L>
<L>Too great a load for me to bear,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s &s;u&s;tained by thy pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Ulcers and noi&s;ome &s;ores have fill'd</L>
<L>My Body, and my Follies &s;how:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Di&s;torted and with trouble bent,</L>
<L>I bowing like a Mourner go.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> For fiery boils my loins inflame,</L>
<L>Ill humours run thro every part:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Feeble and worn away with pain,</L>
<L>I roar, for angui&s;h of my heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> I'll add no more; for, Lord, to thee,</L>
<L>Both what I want, and how I groan,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> My troubled thoughts, and re&s;tle&s;s mind,</L>
<L>Decays of &s;trength and &s;ight, are known.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> My Friends and Lovers, who I thought</L>
<L>Some pity to me would expre&s;s,</L>
<L>All left me; and my neare&s;t kin</L>
<L>Stood afar oft in my di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><PB N="87" REF="45">
<MILESTONE N="12"> Mean while my foes, on mi&s;chief bent</L>
<L>Again&s;t my Life, they ne'er give out;</L>
<L>This they di&s;cour&s;e, and this contrive</L>
<L>By fraud and lies to bring about.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Like one amaz'd, I &s;ilent &s;tood;</L>
<L>Or like a Man both deaf and mute;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Who neither knew their calumnies,</L>
<L>Nor their reproaches could confute.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Thus I behav'd my &s;elf, in hopes</L>
<L>The Lord, that heard, my cau&s;e would plead;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Nor &s;uffer them, when I was low,</L>
<L>T'in&s;ult, and proudly rai&s;e their head.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> My weak and ruinous E&s;tate,</L>
<L>Gives a &s;ad pro&s;pect to my view:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> My Sins, which I with grief deplore,</L>
<L>Have made the&s;e Puni&s;hments my due.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Mean while mine Enemies are &s;trong,</L>
<L>Live in pro&s;perity and peace;</L>
<L>And by the fal&s;e reports they rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Making me odious, they increa&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Ev'n they to whom kind Offices</L>
<L>I've done, again&s;t me all combine,</L>
<L>'Cau&s;e I the common good pur&s;ue,</L>
<L>Which they as &s;tudiou&s;ly decline.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> But, O my God, in this di&s;tre&s;s</L>
<L>For&s;ake me not, as they have done:</L>
<L>Deferr no longer my relief,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Safety lies in thee alone.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="39" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="88" REF="46">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> RE&s;olv'd I was with care t'ob&s;erve</L>
<L>My ways, and chiefly watch my tongue;</L>
<L>To &s;tifle pa&s;&s;ionate complaints,</L>
<L>How much they thriv'd who did me wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Neither good words nor bad I &s;pake,</L>
<L>But like a dumb man held my peace;</L>
<L>Tho whil&s;t I thus deny'd all vent.</L>
<L>My inward grief did more increa&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My mu&s;ing thoughts pent in, grew hot</L>
<L>My &s;tifled &s;orrows wanted ea&s;e;</L>
<L>The kindled flame at length brake forth,</L>
<L>Into &s;uch words to God as the&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, teach me, when my latter end,</L>
<L>And number of my days I view,</L>
<L>To mea&s;ure right my &s;elf and them,</L>
<L>How I am frail, and they are few.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> My days extent is but a &s;pan,</L>
<L>Mine Age is nothing unto thee:</L>
<L>Man in his flouri&s;hing E&s;tate</L>
<L>Is altogether Vanity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> A &s;hadow's all that he pur&s;ues;</L>
<L>But his Vexations real are;</L>
<L>He heaps up wealth, and knows not who</L>
<L>Shall reap the Profit of his Care.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="89" REF="46">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Let others fooli&s;hly expect</L>
<L>How kind the flatt'ring world will prove;</L>
<L>I'll &s;eek my God alone to plea&s;e,</L>
<L>And be ambitious of his Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Forgive me all my heinous &s;ins,</L>
<L>And then remove thy &s;marting Rod;</L>
<L>Le&s;t Fools &s;hould fancy me ca&s;t off,</L>
<L>And laugh at all my Tru&s;t in God.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> As yet I've &s;ilently ador'd</L>
<L>Thy Ju&s;tice in my Puni&s;hment:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Remove thy heavy &s;troak, for el&s;e</L>
<L>My &s;trength to bear it will be &s;pent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> How weak and nothing we appear,</L>
<L>When God for &s;in do's man cha&s;ti&s;e;</L>
<L>Like Garments fretted by the Moth,</L>
<L>So all his beauty ruin'd lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> My earne&s;t pray'r, O Lord, regard,</L>
<L>And to my mournful cry give ear:</L>
<L>A wandring &s;tranger here on Earth</L>
<L>I am, as all my Fathers were.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Lord, my decaying &s;trength repair,</L>
<L>And &s;pare me yet a while, that I</L>
<L>May make my peace with thee, before</L>
<L>I go away from hence, and die.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="39" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="90" REF="47">
<HEAD>PSALM XXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> I Was re&s;olv'd t'ob&s;erve my ways,</L>
<L>And chiefly watch my tongue;</L>
<L>To &s;tifle all complaints, how much</L>
<L>They thriv'd, who did me wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Neither good words nor bad I &s;pake,</L>
<L>As dumb I held my peace;</L>
<L>Tho' whil&s;t I thus deny'd all vent,</L>
<L>My grief did more increa&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My mu&s;ing thoughts grew hot, my griefs</L>
<L>Thus &s;tifled wanted ca&s;e:</L>
<L>The kindled flame at length brake forth</L>
<L>Into &s;uch words as the&s;e,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, teach me, when my end and days</L>
<L>I have to live, I view;</L>
<L>To know my &s;elf and them, how I</L>
<L>Am frail, and they are few.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> My days are but a &s;pan, mine Age</L>
<L>Is nothing unto thee;</L>
<L>When Man is in his be&s;t E&s;tate,</L>
<L>He's onely Vanity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> A &s;hadow he pur&s;ues, but his</L>
<L>Vexations real are;</L>
<L>Gets wealth, and knows not who &s;hall reap</L>
<L>The profit of his Care.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Let others fooli&s;hly expect</L>
<L>How kind the world will prove;</L>
<L><PB N="91" REF="47">I'll &s;eek to plea&s;e my God, and be</L>
<L>Ambitious of his Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Forgive me all my &s;ins and then</L>
<L>Remove thy &s;marting Rod;</L>
<L>Le&s;t fools think me ca&s;t off, and laugh</L>
<L>At all my tru&s;t in God.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thee I have &s;ilently ador'd,</L>
<L>In may ju&s;t puni&s;hment:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Remove thy Stroak, or el&s;e my &s;trength</L>
<L>To bear it will be &s;pent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> How weak alas! we are when God,</L>
<L>For &s;in do's Man cha&s;tife;</L>
<L>Like Garments fretted by a Moth,</L>
<L>His beauty ruin'd lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> My mournful &s;tate, O Lord, regard,</L>
<L>And to my cry give ear;</L>
<L>I am a &s;tranger here on Earth,</L>
<L>As all my Fathers were.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Repair my &s;trength, O God, and &s;pare.</L>
<L>Me yet a while, that I.</L>
<L>May make my peace with thee, before</L>
<L>I go from hence, and die.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="40" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XL.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1">'TIS good with patience to attend,</L>
<L>And on the Lord rely:</L>
<L>When other &s;uccours fail'd, to him,</L>
<L>I pray'd, who heard my cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> I, that in mi&s;ery was plung'd,</L>
<L>Surrounded with de&s;pair;</L>
<L><PB N="92" REF="48">Am &s;afely plac'd above my fears,</L>
<L>And firm my goings are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> And now I'll chearful prai&s;es &s;ing</L>
<L>To God, who &s;et me free;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t this thy Goodne&s;s do's invite</L>
<L>Others to tru&s;t in thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O happy Man! that tru&s;ts in God</L>
<L>And can the proud de&s;pi&s;e;</L>
<L>With the deceitful Arts of &s;uch</L>
<L>As turn a&s;ide to Lyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thy wond'rous works, and thoughts of Love</L>
<L>To us &s;o many are;</L>
<L>If I would tell them, they exceed</L>
<L>My thoughts and value far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> When &s;acrifices, Lord, to thee</L>
<L>No longer grateful were;</L>
<L>And when Obedience thou before</L>
<L>Burnt-Offerings did&s;t preferr.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> In&s;tead of the&s;e, that I &s;hould come,</L>
<L>Thy &s;acred Books recite:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thy Law is in my heart, and I</L>
<L>To do thy will delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Within thy Courts I have made known</L>
<L>How great thy Mercies are;</L>
<L>Thy Truth and Faithfulness, my tongue</L>
<L>To publi&s;h &s;hall not &s;pare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The&s;e are too great and good to lie</L>
<L>In private thoughts conceal'd;</L>
<L>What all are &s;o concern'd to know,</L>
<L>To all I have reveal'd.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="93" REF="48">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> O let my pre&s;ervation &s;peak</L>
<L>How true thou art and kind;</L>
<L>And tho&s;e Compa&s;&s;ions I proclaim,</L>
<L>Lord, let me ever find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> I never needed more thy help,</L>
<L>With dangers round be&s;et;</L>
<L>Nor wonder at it, when my &s;ins</L>
<L>So many are and great.</L>
<L>Their Number I no more can tell</L>
<L>Than th' hairs upon my head:</L>
<L>My heart is quite depre&s;s'd, and &s;eiz'd</L>
<L>With horrour and with dread.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Lord, &s;ince my troubles with &s;uch ha&s;te</L>
<L>To ruine me advance;</L>
<L>O do not &s;tay, but come as fa&s;t</L>
<L>To my Deliverance,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Let tho&s;e who would de&s;troy my Life,</L>
<L>Their own Confu&s;ion meet;</L>
<L>And when they'attempt my hurt, with &s;hame</L>
<L>Be forced to retreat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Let &s;uch as make my griefs their &s;port,</L>
<L>Them&s;elves unpitied be;</L>
<L>Tho&s;e who deride my Tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>Reward with Infamy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> To all true Wor&s;hippers, who &s;eek</L>
<L>Their God alone to plea&s;e,</L>
<L>Do thou thy Favour, Lord, expre&s;s,</L>
<L>And make their joys t'increa&s;e.</L>
<L>Let tho&s;e who&s;e hopes on thee depend,</L>
<L>And thy Salvation Love,</L>
<L><PB N="94" REF="49">Ever have cau&s;e and hearts to &s;ay,</L>
<L><HI>Prai&s;ed be God above.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> 17 Oh look upon my &s;tate oppre&s;s'd</L>
<L>With Mi&s;ery and Grief:</L>
<L>Thou art my Saviour and my help</L>
<L>Lord, &s;end me quick relief.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="41" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t is the Man, who&s;e tender &s;en&s;e</L>
<L>Is touched with another's grief;</L>
<L>Who when he hears the poor Man's cry,</L>
<L>Affords him pity and relief.</L>
<L>God will his Charity repay;</L>
<L>In time of need will be his Friend:</L>
<L>When troubles to his Lot &s;hall fall,</L>
<L>He'll make 'em have an happy end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Threatned by Danger or Di&s;ea&s;e,</L>
<L>His Life he'll re&s;cue from the Grave;</L>
<L>Pro&s;per his State on Earth, and from</L>
<L>His Foes and all their malice &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He'll &s;trengthen him upon his Bed</L>
<L>Of Langui&s;hing Infirmity:</L>
<L>Secure of God's Compa&s;&s;ions,</L>
<L>His weary Limbs will &s;ofter lie.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Wounded and &s;ore oppre&s;t with guilt,</L>
<L>I cry'd for Pity and for ea&s;e;</L>
<L><PB N="95" REF="49">Lord, let thy Mercies heal my Soul,</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;ins are onely le&s;s than the&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> My Foes, t'a&s;&s;lict me more, my Name</L>
<L>With Defamations &s;trive to blot;</L>
<L>They wi&s;h me dead, and then they hope</L>
<L>To &s;ee my Reputation rot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He &s;eems, when pre&s;ent, to condole</L>
<L>With me, but all's deceit and fraud;</L>
<L>He picks up matter for his Lyes,</L>
<L>And &s;preads them, when he goes abroad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> In clo&s;e A&s;&s;emblies they conferr</L>
<L>Who hate me, and my hurt devi&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> An ill di&s;ea&s;e &s;ticks to him fa&s;t,</L>
<L>He's laid, &s;ay they, ne'er more to ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Yea my familiar Friend, in whom</L>
<L>I put the greate&s;t confidence,</L>
<L>Who to my Family retain'd,</L>
<L>Spurns at me with &s;trange In&s;olence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> But Lord, in mercy rai&s;e me up,</L>
<L>And once more &s;eat me on my Throne;</L>
<L>That by ju&s;t puni&s;hments, I may</L>
<L>Repay, what wickedly they've done.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Thy Kindne&s;s to me, by thy Care</L>
<L>I know, which thou do&s;t not recall:</L>
<L>That I'm in &s;afety, and my Foe</L>
<L>Has mi&s;s'd his Triumph in my fall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> With thankfulne&s;s to thee, I own,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t &s;u&s;tain'd my Innocence;</L>
<P><PB N="94" REF="50"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="95" REF="50"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="96" REF="51">
<L>And; as to &s;erve thee I'm advanc'd,</L>
<L>Wilt be for ever my defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Ble&s;t be that Maje&s;ty above,</L>
<L>Whom all true Wor&s;hippers adore;</L>
<L>Let every Age con&s;ent, and &s;ay</L>
<L><HI>Amen,</HI> till time &s;hall be no more.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="42" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLII</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O God, the &s;pring of all my joys,</L>
<L>For thee I long, to thee I look:</L>
<L>No cha&s;ed Hart do's pant &s;o much</L>
<L>After the cooling Water-brook.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Le&s;s grief it is to be exil'd</L>
<L>From mine own hou&s;e, O Lord than thine:</L>
<L>O how I wi&s;h t'approach that place,</L>
<L>Where all thy Glories u&s;e to &s;hine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The &s;orrows of my Bani&s;hment</L>
<L>Increa&s;e, and tears become my food,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t mine in&s;ulting foes reproach</L>
<L>My Faith, and &s;ay, where's now thy God?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Pa&s;t joys renew my grief, to think</L>
<L>How to thine Hou&s;e in Troops we came;</L>
<L>What chearful Fea&s;ts we kept, and &s;ang</L>
<L>Prai&s;es in con&s;ort to thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Why &s;hould I cheri&s;h the&s;e &s;ad thoughts,</L>
<L>Whence nothing but di&s;quiet flows?</L>
<L><PB N="97" REF="51">Since you procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Why &s;hould you hinder my repo&s;e?</L>
<L>I've learnt this Remedy at la&s;t;</L>
<L>To keep my pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till,</L>
<L>I'm nearer Help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And Re&s;ignation to his will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> While thus exil'd I wander from</L>
<L>This Mountain to the other Hill,</L>
<L>Grief do's oppre&s;s me: but the thoughts</L>
<L>Of thy great Goodne&s;s, chear me &s;till.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Into deep Mi&s;eries I'm fall'n,</L>
<L>Where one the other &s;eems t' invite;</L>
<L>To&s;s'd in a Sea, where every Wave,</L>
<L>Threatens to overwhelm me quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> God's Kindne&s;s &s;till will give me cau&s;e</L>
<L>To &s;ing his prai&s;e both Night and Day,</L>
<L>I'll thus commend my &s;elf to him,</L>
<L>The Author of my Life, and pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9">"O God my refuge, whv &s;o long</L>
<L>"Do I thus unregarded lie?</L>
<L>"Why do I mourn without relief,</L>
<L>"Oppre&s;&s;ed by mine Enemy?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10">"This wounds me deeply like a Sword,</L>
<L>"To hear my Tru&s;t in thee with Scorn</L>
<L>"Reproach'd, by them who flouting ask,</L>
<L>"Where's now thy God? thou wretch forlorn!</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Why &s;hould I cheri&s;h the&s;e &s;ad thoughts</L>
<L>Whence nothing bat di&s;quiet &s;lows?</L>
<L><PB N="98" REF="52">Since you procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Why &s;hould you hinder my repo&s;e.</L>
<L>I've learnt this Remedy at la&s;t,</L>
<L>To keep my Pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till:</L>
<L>I'm nearer help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And re&s;ignation to his will.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="42" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t fountain of my joys, for thee</L>
<L>I long, to thee I look;</L>
<L>No cha&s;ed Hart do's pant &s;o much</L>
<L>After the Water-brook.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Le&s;s grief it is to be exil'd</L>
<L>From mine own hou&s;e, than thine;</L>
<L>O how I wi&s;h t'approach the place</L>
<L>Where all thy Glories &s;hine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> This makes my &s;orrows to increa&s;e,</L>
<L>And tears become my food;</L>
<L>To hear my Foes reproach my Faith,</L>
<L>And &s;ay, where's now thy God?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Pa&s;t joys renew my grief, to think</L>
<L>How to thine Hou&s;e we came</L>
<L>In Troops to fea&s;t, and prai&s;es &s;ang</L>
<L>In con&s;ort to thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Why &s;hould I cheri&s;h the&s;e &s;ad thoughts</L>
<L>Whence nought but trouble flows?</L>
<L>Since you procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Hinder not my repo&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="99" REF="52">I've learnt this Remedy, to keep</L>
<L>My Pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till:</L>
<L>I'm nearer help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And a re&s;igned will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> While thus exil'd I wander from</L>
<L>This to the other Hill,</L>
<L>Grief ca&s;ts me down, but thoughts of God's</L>
<L>Great Goodne&s;s, chears me &s;till.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Deep are my Mi&s;eries, and one</L>
<L>Another &s;eems t' invite:</L>
<L>To&s;s'd in a Sea, where every wave</L>
<L>Threatens to drown me quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thy Kindne&s;s, Lord, will give me cau&s;e</L>
<L>To prai&s;e thee Night and Day;</L>
<L>I'll thus commend my &s;elf to thee,</L>
<L>God of my Life, and pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9">"O God my Refuge, why do I</L>
<L>"So long forgotten lie?</L>
<L>"Why do I mourn without relief,</L>
<L>"Oppre&s;s'd by th' Enemy?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10">"This wounds me like a Sword, to hear</L>
<L>"My Tru&s;t reproach'd with &s;corn,</L>
<L>"By them, who flouting ask, where's now</L>
<L>"Thy God? thou wretch forlorn!</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Why &s;hould I cheri&s;h the&s;e &s;ad thoughts,</L>
<L>Whence nought but trouble flows?</L>
<L>Since you procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Hinder not my repo&s;e.</L>
<L>I've learnt this Remedy, to keep</L>
<L>My Pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till;</L>
<L><PB N="100" REF="53">I'm nearer help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And a re&s;igned will.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="43" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[At the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THou Righteous Judge of all the world,</L>
<L>Be thou my gracious Advocate;</L>
<L>And clear mine Innocence from tho&s;e</L>
<L>Who&s;e craft is equal to their hate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Why, Lord, do&s;t thou with-hold that pow'r,</L>
<L>On which my &s;oul alone relies?</L>
<L>And look'&s;t not on my mournful State,</L>
<L>Oppre&s;t by cruel Enemies?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy Mercy and thy Truth di&s;play;</L>
<L>That by the Conduct of thy Light,</L>
<L>Thy Courts I may attain, and there</L>
<L>May have of thee a fuller &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> T' approach thine Altar would revive</L>
<L>My Soul, and all my Gladne&s;s rai&s;e:</L>
<L>Where I thy Goodne&s;s would proclaim</L>
<L>With all the In&s;truments of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Why &s;hould I entertain &s;ad thoughts</L>
<L>Whence nothing but Di&s;turbance flows?</L>
<L>Since they procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Why &s;hould they hinder my repo&s;e?</L>
<L>I've learnt this Remedy at la&s;t,</L>
<L>To keep my Pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till;</L>
<L>I'm nearer help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And re&s;ignation to his will.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="43" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="101" REF="53">
<HEAD>PSALM XLIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GReat Judge of all the world, be thou craft</L>
<L>My gracious Advocate;</L>
<L>To plead my cau&s;e, 'gain&s;t tho&s;e, who&s;e pow'r,</L>
<L>Is equal to their hate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Why, Lord, do&s;t thou with-hold that</L>
<L>On which my Soul relies?</L>
<L>And look'&s;t not on my State oppre&s;s'd</L>
<L>By cruel Enemies?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy Mercy and thy Truth di&s;play,</L>
<L>That, guided by thy Light,</L>
<L>I may attain thy Courts, and have</L>
<L>Of thee a fuller fight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4">'T approach thine Altar would revive</L>
<L>My &s;oul, my joys would rai&s;e:</L>
<L>Where I thy Goodne&s;s would proclaim</L>
<L>With In&s;truments of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Why &s;hould I entertain &s;ad thoughts,</L>
<L>Whence nought but trouble flows?</L>
<L>Since you procure not what I wi&s;h,</L>
<L>Hinder not my repo&s;e.</L>
<L>I've learnt this Remedy, to keep</L>
<L>My Pa&s;&s;ions calm and &s;till;</L>
<L>I'm nearer help by hope in God,</L>
<L>And a re&s;igned will.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="44" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="102" REF="54">
<HEAD>PSALM XLIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE wonders, Lord, thou did&s;t of old,</L>
<L>We've often heard our Fathers tell;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To plant thy People in their land,</L>
<L>How thou the Heathen did&s;t expel.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Their &s;peedy Conque&s;ts were not gain'd</L>
<L>By their own Valour or their Sword:</L>
<L>But by the pre&s;ence of thy Pow'r,</L>
<L>And &s;pecial favour of the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O God my King, &s;ave <HI>Jacob's</HI> Seed,</L>
<L>Who&s;e pow'rful word alone can do, t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Then &s;hall our foes before us fall,</L>
<L>And we &s;hall tread them under-foot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> It is not by our Sword or bow</L>
<L>We hope to conquer, but by thee:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> By whom &s;o oft we have been &s;av'd,</L>
<L>And they oft made with &s;hame to flee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> In God we glory, and we prai&s;e</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thy Name; yet now our ca&s;e deplore:</L>
<L>Thy pre&s;ence is withdrawn, that us'd</L>
<L>To head our Armies heretofore:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Ca&s;t off by thee, our Courage fails,</L>
<L>Our Enemies with ea&s;e us foil;</L>
<L>We turn our backs, and they come on</L>
<L>With greedy ha&s;te to take the &s;poil.</L>
<L><PB N="103" REF="54">
<MILESTONE N="11"> Like Sheep de&s;ign'd for &s;laughter, &s;ome</L>
<L>Fall into cruel Butchers hands;</L>
<L>Others led Captive are di&s;pers'd</L>
<L>In far remote and Heathen Lands.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Di&s;own'd by God; by all de&s;pis'd</L>
<L>Like vile&s;t Slaves they're &s;old and bought;</L>
<L>And being priz'd as little worth,</L>
<L>Their owners part with them for nought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> We're to our Neighbours a reproach,</L>
<L>To all about a Laughing-Stock:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> The Heathens by-word, when they &s;peak,</L>
<L>When Signs they only make, their mock.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> The Ignominy of our State,</L>
<L>Confounds me with perpetual &s;hame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> To hear the Scoffs wherewith our foes</L>
<L>Reproach us, and bla&s;pheme thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Our onely Comfort is, tho' all</L>
<L>The&s;e Mi&s;eries are our &s;ad Lot,</L>
<L>We've not been fal&s;e unto our God,</L>
<L>Him or his Covenant forgot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> We have not entertain'd wor&s;e thoughts,</L>
<L>Nor thy Religion le&s;s have lov'd;</L>
<L>Nor hitherto our &s;teps have balk'd</L>
<L>Thy way, nor we Apo&s;tates prov'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Tho' broke and &s;hatter'd, where not men</L>
<L>But Dragons rather fury breath;</L>
<L>Our &s;tate is utterly forlorn,</L>
<L>And di&s;mal like the &s;hades of Death.</L>
<L><PB N="104" REF="55">
<MILESTONE N="20"> Had we to Wor&s;hip God forgot,</L>
<L>Or pray'd to their fal&s;e Deities;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> God's Vengeance we had not e&s;cap'd,</L>
<L>Who all our &s;ecret thoughts e&s;pies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> That for thy &s;ake we're daily kill'd</L>
<L>Like butcher'd &s;heep; is &s;een by all;</L>
<L>When rather than for&s;ake our God,</L>
<L>We chu&s;e his Sacrifice to fall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Awake and ri&s;e for our defence,</L>
<L>Thy long neglected people own:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> No more di&s;plea&s;ure &s;how, when we</L>
<L>Under &s;uch &s;ad oppre&s;&s;ions groan.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Lower we cannot lie; the ground</L>
<L>And we one Body &s;eem to make:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Ri&s;e for our help, and rai&s;e us up;</L>
<L>Oh &s;ave us, for thy Mercies &s;ake.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="45" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> DIvinely now in&s;pir'd I'll &s;ing</L>
<L>The Prai&s;es of a Mighty King:</L>
<L>What I recite &s;hall flow &s;o fa&s;t,</L>
<L>No Scribes quick pen can make &s;uch ha&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O Glorious King! thy form divine</L>
<L>Created Beauties do's out-&s;hine:</L>
<L>All Graces on thy Lips are pour'd,</L>
<L>On thee Eternal Ble&s;&s;ings &s;howr'd.</L>
<L><PB N="105" REF="55">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Gird thy bright &s;word upon thy thigh,</L>
<L>The Ornament of Maje&s;ty;</L>
<L>Like an illu&s;trious Prince appear,</L>
<L>And &s;hew how great thy Glories are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ride on in triumph, and maintain</L>
<L>The Vertues that adorn thy train;</L>
<L>Wrong'd Meekne&s;s Truth and Equity</L>
<L>Look onely for &s;upport from thee,</L>
<L>Thine Enemies amazed &s;tand,</L>
<L>Struck with the terrour of thy hand;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Who needs mu&s;t fall, &s;ince thy keen darts</L>
<L>Will find a pa&s;&s;age to their hearts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Thy Throne, O God, is fixed &s;ure,</L>
<L>Thy Kingdom ever &s;hall endure;</L>
<L>Thy Laws, the Scepter in thy hand,</L>
<L>Oppre&s;s not tho&s;e whom they command.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Sin thou do&s;t hate, but ju&s;tice love;</L>
<L>Therefore thy Glories far above</L>
<L>Thy Fellows &s;hine; thy God has &s;hed</L>
<L>More Oil of Gladne&s;s on thy head.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> None ever, did appear &s;o glad</L>
<L>In Nuptial Garments richly clad,</L>
<L>So fragrant from th' Ivory rooms,</L>
<L>As if made up of mere perfumes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Daughters of Kings did not di&s;dain</L>
<L>T' attend among the princely train:</L>
<L>The Royal Bride at thy right hand,</L>
<L>In pure&s;t Gold array'd did &s;tand.</L>
<L><PB N="106" REF="56">
<MILESTONE N="10"> Great Queen! thou wilt be happier yet,</L>
<L>If thou'lt thy Country's Rites forget:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The King will prize thy Beauty more;</L>
<L>For he's that Lord thou mu&s;t adore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Rich <HI>Tyre,</HI> and tho&s;e of greate&s;t port,</L>
<L>With pre&s;ents &s;hall thy favour court.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy Mind all graces do's infold,</L>
<L>More &s;plendid than thy cloth of Gold.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> She to the King in raiment wrought</L>
<L>With rich embroid'ry, &s;hall be brought;</L>
<L>Her Maids of Honour after go,</L>
<L>Attending in the pompous &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Whom they with forward joy &s;hall bring</L>
<L>Into the Palace of the King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> In&s;tead of Parents, from thy Womb,</L>
<L>Princes, to rule the Earth &s;hall come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> And this my Song; &s;hall make thy Name</L>
<L>Survive, Great King, and &s;pread thy Fame.</L>
<L>Thee future Ages &s;hall adore</L>
<L>And prai&s;e, till time &s;hall be no more.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="46" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLVI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TH' Almighty Lord is our defence,</L>
<L>The Strength whereby we &s;tand;</L>
<L>When Troubles their approaches make,</L>
<L>His help is &s;till at hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Our Faith may then remain unmov'd,</L>
<L>Tho' th' Earth &s;hould be di&s;plac'd;</L>
<L>Or tho' into the Sea's va&s;t Gulph</L>
<L>The Mountains &s;hould be ca&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="107" REF="56">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Altho' the Ocean's troubled waves</L>
<L>A frightful noi&s;e &s;hould make;</L>
<L>Should ri&s;e and &s;well unto the Clouds,</L>
<L>And cau&s;e the Hills to &s;hake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> There is a quiet &s;tream makes glad</L>
<L>The City of the Lord:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> His pre&s;ence &s;hall &s;ecure her peave,</L>
<L>And timely help afford.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Nations rage and threaten War,</L>
<L>But God is on our &s;ide;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> One word of his di&s;&s;olves their force,</L>
<L>And daunts their &s;welling pride.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> See what his hand has done, it draws</L>
<L>The Sword out of its &s;heath;</L>
<L>Which, while he gives it leave, triumphs</L>
<L>In Slaughter and in Death.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Then by another word he makes</L>
<L>De&s;tructive wars to cea&s;e;</L>
<L>He breaks their Arms, the Bow and Spear,</L>
<L>And crowns the Earth with peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Cea&s;e then, fond man, to &s;trive with God,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Pow'r is over all;</L>
<L>For fear, he &s;hould exalt him&s;elf</L>
<L>In your unpitied fall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> This is our Glory, that the Lord</L>
<L>Of Ho&s;ts is on our &s;ide;</L>
<L>We in his Care, as in a Forts,</L>
<L>In Safety &s;hall abide,</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="47" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="108" REF="57">
<HEAD>PSALM XLVII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O All ye people clap your hands,</L>
<L>And make a joyful noi&s;e;</L>
<L>With Acclamations to your God,</L>
<L>Declare your inward joys.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His high Perfections do proclaim</L>
<L>Him greatly to be fear'd;</L>
<L>This King of all the world commands</L>
<L>Your Honour and regard.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> By him o'er warlike Nations we</L>
<L>Our Conque&s;ts do advance:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> And he this happy Land has cho&s;e</L>
<L>For our Inheritance.</L>
<L>Here he re&s;ides too, and in this</L>
<L>All People we excell:</L>
<L>A &s;ignal Token 'tis of Love</L>
<L>When God with us will dwell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In a triumphant &s;tate our, Lord</L>
<L>This Holy Place a&s;cends;</L>
<L>Loud noi&s;e of trumpets all the while</L>
<L>Our &s;houts of joy attends.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Sing chearful prai&s;es to our God,</L>
<L>Sing Prai&s;es to our King:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He's Lord of all the Earth, his prai&s;e</L>
<L>With under&s;tanding &s;ing.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He makes the Heathen feel his pow'r,</L>
<L>And him their Sov'reign own;</L>
<L>He &s;eats him&s;elf upon the Ark,</L>
<L>As on his Holy Throne.</L>
<L><PB N="109" REF="57">
<MILESTONE N="9"> Rulers and People at &s;et times</L>
<L>Do all a&s;&s;emble here;</L>
<L>And whil&s;t they wor&s;hip <HI>Abr'ham's</HI> God,</L>
<L>From foes no danger fear.</L>
<L>God, who their &s;afety undertakes,</L>
<L>Superior is to all:</L>
<L>His Rule extends o'er tho&s;e whom men</L>
<L>The <HI>Earth's Defenders</HI> call.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="48" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XLVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GReat Prai&s;es to the greate&s;t Lord,</L>
<L>Are due from none &s;o much as tho&s;e</L>
<L>Of his own City, in that Mount</L>
<L>He for his &s;olemn wor&s;hip cho&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> For Situation, the whole Land</L>
<L>None &s;o delightful do's afford;</L>
<L>Seen Northward of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI></L>
<L>The City of our Mighty Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> As in a Royal Palace, there</L>
<L>God keeps his &s;olemn Re&s;idence:</L>
<L>His Divine pre&s;ence makes it &s;afe,</L>
<L>No Fort can give it &s;uch defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The Forces of Confed' rate Kings</L>
<L>Drew near, this City to attack:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> They &s;aw it, and like men amaz'd,</L>
<L>In great Confu&s;ion ha&s;ted back.</L>
<L><PB N="101" REF="58">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Terrour and fear &s;eiz'd all their Ho&s;t;</L>
<L>No child-bed throws come on &s;o fa&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Such as the Mariners feel, who&s;e &s;hips</L>
<L>To&s;t by fierce Tempe&s;ts, break at la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> God's City has &s;uch wonders &s;een,</L>
<L>As heretofore our Fathers told:</L>
<L>His Mercy, which has &s;av'd us now,</L>
<L>Will &s;till protect, and it uphold.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Not tru&s;ting to our Arms or Forts,</L>
<L>We to thy Temple did repair;</L>
<L>Thought on thy Love, and waited there,</L>
<L>What God would do, by humble pray'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy Name's the Lord of Ho&s;ts, we found</L>
<L>Thee &s;o, in our Deliverance:</L>
<L>And all the World thy glorious pow'r</L>
<L>In chearful Prai&s;es will advance.</L>
<L>Thy hand for works of Mercy, Lord,</L>
<L>As well as Ju&s;tice is renown'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let <HI>Sion</HI> then begin her Songs,</L>
<L>Follow'd By <HI>Judah's</HI> cities round.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Go round the Holy Mount; her Tow'rs,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Her Palaces and Bullwarks view;</L>
<L>All are intire; and with what Care</L>
<L>'T has been by Heav'n pre&s;erved, &s;hew.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Record it too, that after times</L>
<L>May tru&s;t in God, whom we have try'd:</L>
<L>Then he, who now our Guard has been,</L>
<L>Will ever be our God and Guide.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="49" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="111" REF="58">
<HEAD>PSALM XLIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the People round the Earth,</L>
<L>Their Ears with great attention bow,</L>
<L>To words that equally concern</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Both rich and poor, both high and low.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Wi&s;e and grave Maxims I lay down:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> And with attention quick and &s;harp</L>
<L>My &s;elf will li&s;ten, while they're &s;ung</L>
<L>To the &s;oft Mu&s;ick of my Harp.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Why &s;hould the, Man who tru&s;ts in God,</L>
<L>Affright him&s;elf with needle&s;s fear</L>
<L>In days of evil; when Old Age</L>
<L>Approaches, or when Death draws near.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Vain men applaud their Stores, yet none</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> His Brother can from dying, &s;ave;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Life's purcha&s;e is too great; no wealth</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Can buy our freedom from the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The A&s;hes of the Wi&s;e and Good</L>
<L>With Fools together mingled lie:</L>
<L>The Rich, tho' loth to go, mu&s;t leave</L>
<L>The World, with all their wealth, and die.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Some think on hou&s;es that they build,</L>
<L>Their Fame eternally &s;hall &s;tand;</L>
<L>And to pre&s;erve their Memory,</L>
<L>Give their own Names unto their Land.</L>
<L><PB N="112" REF="59">
<MILESTONE N="12"> Death levels all their State with Bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>Makes all their &s;plendid Titles fade:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Yet their po&s;terity approves</L>
<L>The Follies and Mi&s;takes they made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Driv'n to the Grave like &s;heep, their, &s;trength</L>
<L>And beauty quite con&s;um'd away;</L>
<L>They in Death's Fold &s;hall lie <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nclos'd,</L>
<L>Till the great Re&s;urrection-Day.</L>
<L>A Day in which the Ju&s;t &s;hall reign,</L>
<L>And o'er the Bad Dominion have:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Then I &s;hall be receiv'd to bli&s;s,</L>
<L>After I'm rai&s;ed from the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Be not concern'd when one's made rich</L>
<L>Or honour'd here; for when he dies;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Naked he goes away from hence,</L>
<L>And &s;tript of all his Glory lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Tho' whil&s;t he liv'd he ble&s;s'd him&s;elf,</L>
<L>And other Men are apt to prai&s;e</L>
<L>His prudent Management, who &s;trives</L>
<L>His Wealth or Family to rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> It's folly all; &s;ince he mu&s;t tread</L>
<L>The Path his Fathers went before;</L>
<L>And in the Place where now he dwells,</L>
<L>Never &s;ee Light or Comfort more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Man that to Honour is advanc'd,</L>
<L>And with true Wi&s;dom is not ble&s;t;</L>
<L>Tho' pleas'd with fai&s;e and flatt'ring hopes,</L>
<L>Shall die and peri&s;h like a Bea&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="49" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="113" REF="59">
<HEAD>PSALM XLIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> ALL People round the Earth, your ears</L>
<L>With needful li&s;t'ning bow:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> My words concern both rich and poor</L>
<L>Alike, both high and low.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Wi&s;e and grave Maxims I compo&s;e,</L>
<L>And with attention &s;harp</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> My &s;elf will li&s;ten, whil&s;t they're &s;ung</L>
<L>To my Melodious Harp.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Wherefore &s;hould he that tru&s;ts in God.</L>
<L>Affright him&s;elf with fear</L>
<L>In evil days; to &s;ee Old Age</L>
<L>Approach, or Death draw near?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Men boa&s;t their Stores, and yet none can</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> From Death his Brother &s;ave:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Life's purcha&s;e is too great, to buy</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Our Freedom from the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The A&s;hes of die wi&s;e with fools</L>
<L>Together mingled lie;</L>
<L>The Rich, tho' loth, mu&s;t leave the world</L>
<L>With all their wealth, and die.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Some think on hou&s;es that they build</L>
<L>Their Fame &s;hall ever &s;tand;</L>
<L>And that their Names may not be lo&s;t,</L>
<L>They give them to their Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Death levels all their pomp with bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>Makes all their Titles fade;</L>
<L><PB N="114" REF="60">
<MILESTONE N="13"> Yet their po&s;terity approves</L>
<L>All the mi&s;takes they made.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Driv'n to the grave like &s;heep, men's &s;trength</L>
<L>And Beauty fades away;</L>
<L>And there &s;hall lie inclo&s;ed, till</L>
<L>The Re&s;urrection Day.</L>
<L>Then &s;hall the Ju&s;t men reign, and o'er</L>
<L>The Bad Dominion have;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Then I &s;hall be receiv'd to bli&s;s,</L>
<L>When rai&s;ed from the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Envy not him that's glorious here</L>
<L>Or rich, for when he dies,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Naked he goes away, and &s;tript</L>
<L>Of all his Glory lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Tho' whil&s;t he liv'd he ble&s;s'd him&s;elf;</L>
<L>And men are apt to prai&s;e</L>
<L>That prudent Management, which wealth</L>
<L>And Families do's rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> It's Folly all; for he mu&s;t go</L>
<L>Where others went before;</L>
<L>And never, where he now mu&s;t dwell,</L>
<L>See Light or Comfort more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Man that is honour'd here, and with</L>
<L>True wi&s;dom is not ble&s;t;</L>
<L>Tho' pleas'd with flatt'ring hopes, &s;hall die,</L>
<L>And peri&s;h like a Bea&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="50" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="115" REF="60">
<HEAD>PSALM L.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Mighty God, and Lord of all,</L>
<L>Calls the whole Land to hear;</L>
<L>And &s;ummons all from Ea&s;t to We&s;t</L>
<L>Before him to appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Sion'<HI>s the beauteous Palace, where</HI></L>
<L>God keeps his Residence;</L>
<L>He'll go in greate&s;t Splendour forth</L>
<L>And Kingly State from thence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> All &s;hall have notice of it; when</L>
<L>Lightnings devouring flame,</L>
<L>And thundring Tempe&s;ts round about</L>
<L>His coming &s;hall proclaim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> So publick, that both Heav'n and Earth</L>
<L>His witne&s;&s;es &s;hall be;</L>
<L>And all the world the Equity</L>
<L>Of his Proceedings &s;ee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He'll give &s;trict charge, to gather all</L>
<L>His Saints to this A&s;&s;izo;</L>
<L>Who have a Solemn Covenant made</L>
<L>Confirm'd by Sacrifice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Con&s;picuous as the Heav'ns them&s;elves</L>
<L>His Ju&s;tice &s;hall appear;</L>
<L>Since God him&s;elf, the Righteous Judge,</L>
<L>Will pa&s;s the Sentence there.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> O <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> hear to what my charge</L>
<L>Again&s;t thee do's amount;</L>
<L>It is thy God, who gave thee Laws,</L>
<L>Now calls thee to account.</L>
<L><PB N="116" REF="61">
<MILESTONE N="8"> But I'll not charge thee with neglects</L>
<L>Of legal Sacrifice;</L>
<L>The Smoak of who&s;e burnt Offerings</L>
<L>Daily to Heav'n do's ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Think not by Store of the&s;e, amends</L>
<L>For other Sins to make:</L>
<L>I need not Bullocks or He-Goats</L>
<L>From thy &s;hort Stores to take.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Cattel on a thou&s;and Hills,</L>
<L>The Bea&s;ts both wild and tame;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Fowls of the Mountains by me known,</L>
<L>All as mine own I claim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Could I be hungry, I'd not ask</L>
<L>Thee to provide me food;</L>
<L>Since all the Earth to me belongs,</L>
<L>With its full &s;tores of good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Nor' cau&s;e the fle&s;h and blood of bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Are on mine Altar, think</L>
<L>I have &s;uch Appetite, as craves</L>
<L>Supply of meat and drink.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Offer to God thy thanks; and pay</L>
<L>Thy Vows to the mo&s;t High:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> In trouble pray to him; when &s;av'd</L>
<L>Him onely glorify.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> But, wicked wretch, why do&s;t thou Name</L>
<L>God's Covenant in thy talk?</L>
<L>Urge others to ob&s;erve his Laws,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Which thou do&s;t &s;light and balk?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Thou can&s;t allow and &s;hare with thefts,</L>
<L>And foul Adulteries:</L>
<L><PB N="117" REF="61">
<MILESTONE N="19"> Slanders, imploy thy Tongue, thy mind</L>
<L>Contrives deceit and Lyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Thy Calumnies &s;pare not &s;o much</L>
<L>As thine own Mother's Son:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Thou thought'&s;t too, cau&s;e &s;o long forborn,</L>
<L>I lik'd the&s;e things thou'&s;t done.</L>
<L>But I'll correct thee, and in view</L>
<L>Thy &s;ins in order &s;et.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> You're warn'd, and now con&s;ider well</L>
<L>All ye that God forget.</L>
<L>Abu&s;ed Patience will make</L>
<L>His wrath the more &s;evere;</L>
<L>And none have pow'r to re&s;cue tho&s;e</L>
<L>Whom he'll in pieces tear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Know then, that who&s;o offers prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Plea&s;es and honours me;</L>
<L>And he who orders right his ways,</L>
<L>Shall my Salvation &s;ee.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="51" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[To the Tune of the Lamentation,]<LB>Or as the 100 P&s;alm.</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, look upon my &s;inful Soul,</L>
<L>That unto thee for Mercy flies;</L>
<L>As thy Compa&s;&s;ions boundle&s;s are,</L>
<L>So blot out mine iniquities.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O wa&s;h me throughly from my crimes,</L>
<L>For thou alone can&s;t make me clean;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> With tears I now confe&s;s my guilt,</L>
<L>Amaz'd to &s;ee how vile I've been.</L>
<L><PB N="118" REF="62">
<MILESTONE N="4"> None el&s;e can call me to account,</L>
<L>But thy Tribunal, Lord, I fear;</L>
<L>For if arraign'd and judg'd by thee,</L>
<L>I mu&s;t be ca&s;t, and thou be clear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> I was conceiv'd and born in &s;in,</L>
<L>Too prone and bent to do ami&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But inward Purity to thee,</L>
<L>And Truth of Heart mo&s;t plea&s;ing is.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Lord, &s;hew me thou art reconcil'd,</L>
<L>As tho&s;e with Hy&s;&s;op &s;prinkled know</L>
<L>They are ab&s;olv'd; thy Grace can wa&s;h</L>
<L>And make me whiter than the Snow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> My &s;ins have forfeited the joys</L>
<L>And inward peace that once I had;</L>
<L>Thy pard'ning voice would heal again</L>
<L>My broken bones and make them glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> No longer, Lord, behold my &s;ins</L>
<L>With a &s;evere and angry look;</L>
<L>O take their &s;tains out of my Soul,</L>
<L>And blot their guilt out of thy book.</L>
<L><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">This may be here added, when the Tune of the Lamentation is u&s;ed.</NOTE><HI>To thee, O Father, to the Son</HI></L>
<L><HI>And Holy Gho&s;t, whom we adore;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Be Glory, as it was of old,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Is now, and &s;hall be evermore.</HI></L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Create in me, O God, a heart</L>
<L>Clean and un&s;potted in thy &s;ight;</L>
<L>Renew a well compo&s;ed mind,</L>
<L>Unmov'd from Goodne&s;s and upright.</L>
<L><PB N="119" REF="62">
<MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, do not ca&s;t me from thy &s;ight,</L>
<L>As one whom thou no more can&s;t Love;</L>
<L>Nor let thy Spirit, who&s;e grace I need,</L>
<L>Tho' griev'd too much, from me remove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Its &s;aving Comforts and free aids,</L>
<L>T' uphold my feeble pow'rs, afford.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thus Sinners will be drawn t'amend</L>
<L>Their ways, and turn unto the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> O &s;ave me from the crying guilt</L>
<L>Of Blood, that &s;in of crim&s;on dye;</L>
<L>Thy Faithfulne&s;s I'll then proclaim,</L>
<L>And loudly &s;ing thy Clemency.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> My opened Lips &s;hall &s;peak thy prai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> For this thou rather do&s;t de&s;ire,</L>
<L>Than co&s;tly Sacrifice of Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Con&s;umed wholly in the fire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Thou, Lord, a broken contrite heart</L>
<L>Do&s;t more than bloody offerings prize;</L>
<L>This pre&s;ent now I humbly make,</L>
<L>Which God, I tru&s;t, will not de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Thy people whom thou lov'&s;t, delight</L>
<L>To ble&s;s, defend and &s;uccour them:</L>
<L>Do good to <HI>Sion,</HI> Lord, and build</L>
<L>The Walls of thy <HI>Jeru&s;alem.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> The Prai&s;es of the Righteous then,</L>
<L>How kind thou art, &s;hall loudly tell;</L>
<L>And all their choice&s;t Offerings laid</L>
<L>Upon God's Altar, plea&s;e him well.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="51" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="120" REF="63">
<HEAD>PSALM LI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BEhold, O Lord, my &s;inful Soul</L>
<L>To thee for Mercy flies;</L>
<L>Thy boundle&s;s Mercy can blot out</L>
<L>All mine Iniquities.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O wa&s;h away my crimes, for thou</L>
<L>Alone can&s;t make me clean:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> I now confe&s;s my guilt, amaz'd</L>
<L>To &s;ee how vile I've been.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Tho' none can call me to account.</L>
<L>Thy Sentence, Lord, I fear;</L>
<L>If judg'd by thee, I know I mu&s;t</L>
<L>Be ca&s;t, and thou be clear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> I was conceiv'd and born in Sin,</L>
<L>Too prone to do ami&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But Purity and Truth of Heart</L>
<L>To thee mo&s;t plea&s;ing is.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Shew thou art reconcil'd, as tho&s;e</L>
<L>With Hy&s;&s;op &s;prinkled know</L>
<L>They are ab&s;olvd; thy Grace can wa&s;h,</L>
<L>And make me white as Snow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> My Sins have forfeited the Joys</L>
<L>And Peace that once I had;</L>
<L>Thy Voice would heal my broken bones,</L>
<L>Thy Pardon make them glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> No longer, Lord, behold my &s;ins</L>
<L>With a di&s;plea&s;ed Look;</L>
<L><PB N="121" REF="63">O take their &s;tains out of my Soul,</L>
<L>Their Guilt out of thy Book.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Create in me, O Lord, a heart:</L>
<L>Un&s;potted in thy &s;ight;</L>
<L>Renew in me a mind unmov'd</L>
<L>From Goodne&s;s, and upright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, do not ca&s;t me from thy &s;ight,</L>
<L>As one thou can&s;t not love;</L>
<L>Nor let thy Spirit, tho' griev'd too much,</L>
<L>Its Grace from me remove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Its Comforts and free aids, t' uphold</L>
<L>My feeble pow'rs afford:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thus Sinners will amend their ways,</L>
<L>And turn unto the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> O &s;ave me from the Guilt of Blood,</L>
<L>That &s;in of Crim&s;on Dye;</L>
<L>Then I'll proclaim thy Faithfulne&s;s,</L>
<L>And &s;ing thy Clemency.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> My opened Lips &s;hall &s;peak thy prai&s;e;</L>
<L>For this thou do&s;t de&s;ire,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Rather than &s;acrifice of Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Con&s;umed in the fire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Thou do&s;t a broken contrite heart</L>
<L>More than all Offerings prize;</L>
<L>This pre&s;ent now I humbly bring,</L>
<L>Which God will not de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Delight to ble&s;s thy People, Lord,</L>
<L>Defend and &s;uccour them;</L>
<L>Do good to <HI>Sion;</HI> build the walls</L>
<L>Of thy <HI>Jeru&s;alem.</HI></L>
<L><PB N="122" REF="64">
<MILESTONE N="19"> The Prai&s;es of the Righteous then,</L>
<L>How kind thou art, &s;hall tell;</L>
<L>And all their Offerings laid upon</L>
<L>God's Altar, plea&s;e him well.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="52" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> VAin mighty Man! to vaunt it &s;o</L>
<L>That thou can&s;t mighty Mi&s;chief do!</L>
<L>Unlike to God, who's not inclin'd</L>
<L>By'Almighty Pow'r, to be le&s;s kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thou Hypocrite! Malice did whet</L>
<L>Thy Tongue, like Razor newly &s;et;</L>
<L>The fir&s;t mi&s;chievous In&s;trument,</L>
<L>Prepared to &s;tay the Innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Tho' Truth and Right are &s;poke with ea&s;e,</L>
<L>Evil and Lyes thee better plea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thy Calumnies, fal&s;e tongue, have pow'r</L>
<L>At once a City to devour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thou can&s;t not God's ju&s;t Doom avoid,</L>
<L>Thy turn is next to be de&s;troy'd:</L>
<L>He'll pluck thee from thy dwelling-place,</L>
<L>And root out all thy cur&s;ed Race.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Ju&s;t &s;hall dread to &s;ee thy fall,</L>
<L>Yet thus expre&s;s their Joys withal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7">" See here the wretched end, yet ju&s;t,</L>
<L>" Of one that made not God his Tru&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="123" REF="64">"Who meant by treach'rous Arts and Lyes,</L>
<L>"By wicked practices to ri&s;e;</L>
<L>"And &s;trengthned by great wealth he thought</L>
<L>"Him&s;elf &s;ecure; He's brought to nought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Whil&s;t I, de&s;ign'd for ruine, &s;tand;</L>
<L>Supported by the Almighty's hand;</L>
<L>And flouri&s;h like an Olive-tree:</L>
<L>God's Mercy &s;till my Tru&s;t &s;hall be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> What God has done, I'll celebrate,</L>
<L>For what h' has promis'd ever wait;</L>
<L>Tho' other ways bad men propound,</L>
<L>This the be&s;t cour&s;e his Saints have found.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="53" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>Psalm LIII</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Fools believe no God</L>
<L>Do's mind th' affairs below:</L>
<L>For tho' they &s;peak it not aloud,</L>
<L>They live as if 'twere &s;o.</L>
<L>All are corrupt and vile,</L>
<L>Their Actions hateful are;</L>
<L>They're onely skillful to do ill,</L>
<L>From Good e&s;tranged far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> God from his Throne look'd down,</L>
<L>And took a &s;trict Survey,</L>
<L>What men did &s;eek and know the Lord,</L>
<L>And his ju&s;t Laws obey.</L>
<L><PB N="124" REF="65">
<MILESTONE N="3"> All were degenerate,</L>
<L>With loath&s;ome Sins o'ergrown;</L>
<L>What was Religious ju&s;t and good,</L>
<L>None practis'd, no not one.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Strange Madne&s;s! that they &s;hould</L>
<L>Like bread the poor devour;</L>
<L>And neither own thee by their pray'rs</L>
<L>Nor dread thy mighty Pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Where all their fears were vain,</L>
<L>Great terrours &s;eiz'd them there;</L>
<L>God who de&s;pis'd them, made their fall</L>
<L>As &s;hameful as their fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Delay not, Lord, to &s;et</L>
<L>Thy captive people free:</L>
<L>When thy Salvation &s;hall appear,</L>
<L>Great will their triumphs be.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="54" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>Psalm LIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> SAve me, O God, thy glorious Name,</L>
<L>Thou righteous Judge, advance:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O hear my pray'r, and &s;hew thy pow'r</L>
<L>In my Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> For Enemies to me unknown,</L>
<L>And Strangers to thy fear</L>
<L>Seek to betray me, and to take</L>
<L>Away my Life, draw near.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> See how my gracious God appears,</L>
<L>And brings unlook'd-for aid:</L>
<L>Since he my threatned Life &s;ecures,</L>
<L>I'll be no more afraid.</L>
<L><PB N="125" REF="65">
<MILESTONE N="5"> God will repay their wrongs, contriv'd</L>
<L>With &s;uch malicious fraud:</L>
<L>When thy ju&s;t Vengeance on them falls,</L>
<L>All will thy Truth applaud.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> My free and grateful &s;acrifice</L>
<L>Of Prai&s;e to God I'll bring;</L>
<L>His Pow'r and Wi&s;dom celebrate,</L>
<L>His Goodne&s;s ever &s;ing.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> For now I'm &s;afe from all my fears,</L>
<L>And I with plea&s;ure &s;ee</L>
<L>Mine Enemies retreat with &s;hame,</L>
<L>Who gloried over me.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="55" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd hear my pray'r, and do not hide</L>
<L>Thy &s;elf from thy poor Suppliant:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Con&s;ider how I mourn, and make</L>
<L>A doleful noi&s;e in my Complaint.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My wicked Foe has War proclaim'd,</L>
<L>And now reduc'd me to &s;ore &s;traits;</L>
<L>And loading me with forged crimes,</L>
<L>With rage pur&s;ues me, whom he hates.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Sore Angui&s;h pains me to the Heart,</L>
<L>I feel even Death's &s;trange Agonies:</L>
<L>My Danger threatens me &s;o loud,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> That trembling horrors on me &s;eize,</L>
<L><PB N="126" REF="66">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Oh who will lend me wings, as &s;wift</L>
<L>As Dove's, who have their innocence,</L>
<L>That to a &s;afe and quiet place</L>
<L>I might retire, by flying hence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> I'd chu&s;e to wander any where,</L>
<L>Or to &s;ome unknown De&s;art go:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I'd ha&s;ten my e&s;cape, nor &s;tay</L>
<L>Till this fierce Tempe&s;t did o'erblow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> May all their Coun&s;els di&s;agree,</L>
<L>And their De&s;truction &s;pring from thence,</L>
<L>The City's with Contention fill'd,</L>
<L>By rapine caus'd and Violence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The&s;e Day and Night go round the Walls,</L>
<L>Mi&s;chief and Woe Keep Centry there:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Iniquity deceit and guile</L>
<L>In th' Head of every &s;treet appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> I was not by an open Foe</L>
<L>Reproach'd, one made by quarrels fierce;</L>
<L>I could have born it then, or el&s;e</L>
<L>Been &s;afe, by &s;hunning his conver&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> But thou, perfidious wretch, wa&s;t one</L>
<L>Belov'd, my Councellour, my Friend;</L>
<L>With whom my hours, both at my own</L>
<L>And at God's Hou&s;e, I oft did &s;pend.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Let them be &s;eiz'd by &s;udden Death,</L>
<L>And &s;ink alive into a Grave;</L>
<L>For el&s;e, where e'er they go or &s;tay,</L>
<L>Mi&s;chievous plots a place will have.</L>
<L><PB N="127" REF="66">
<MILESTONE N="16"> But I intend to call on God,</L>
<L>Who'll re&s;cue me from what I fear;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Evening and Morning, and at Noon,</L>
<L>I'll cry aloud, and he will hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> He'll &s;ettle me in peace, my Life</L>
<L>In battle &s;ave from cruel hands:</L>
<L>Tho' they in Number far exceed,</L>
<L>God's Pre&s;ence for an Army &s;tands.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> God, who the &s;ame abides, their pride,</L>
<L>Will humble, and my pray'rs will hear;</L>
<L>Who pro&s;p'ring hitherto in Sin,</L>
<L>Change not, nor God's ju&s;t Vengeance fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> He who all Laws of Friend&s;hip, all</L>
<L>Oaths of Fidelity has broke.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Gave words as &s;mooth as oil, when ju&s;t</L>
<L>Ready to give a Mortal &s;troak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Ca&s;t all the burden of thy Cares</L>
<L>On God, who will &s;upport his own;</L>
<L>They, tho' &s;ore &s;haken for a while,</L>
<L>Shall not be utterly ca&s;t down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> But pro&s;perous Iniquity</L>
<L>Prepares men for a fearful end;</L>
<L>Whom God, when they are mo&s;t &s;ecure,</L>
<L>Will headlong to de&s;truction &s;end.</L>
<L>How &s;eldom do the Men of Blood</L>
<L>And Treachery, live half their Days;</L>
<L>I tru&s;t, I &s;hall mine Age conclude</L>
<L>In peace, and long God's Goodne&s;s prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="56" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="128" REF="67">
<HEAD>PSALM LVI.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> RE&s;cue my Life in Mercy, Lord,</L>
<L>For Man would me devour;</L>
<L>His hot and clo&s;e pur&s;uit affords</L>
<L>No Truce to breathe an Hour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> My Foes that for my ruine gape,</L>
<L>And wait my &s;teps t'en&s;nare;</L>
<L>As well in Number as in Pow'r</L>
<L>To me Superiour are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But tho' a &s;udden danger may.</L>
<L>Some pre&s;ent frights create;</L>
<L>My Tru&s;t in thee will never fail.</L>
<L>My Fears to di&s;&s;ipate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Then by God's Help I'll celebrate</L>
<L>With prai&s;e his faithful Word;</L>
<L>And vanqui&s;h all my fears of Men,</L>
<L>By tru&s;ting in the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> When I would conquer their ill will,</L>
<L>By being Innocent;</L>
<L>They wre&s;t my words, and to my hurt</L>
<L>Their thoughts are wholly bent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> For this they frequent coun&s;els hold,</L>
<L>And Snares in &s;ecret lay;</L>
<L>Watch all my motions and their time:</L>
<L>To take my Life away.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Shall crafty wickedne&s;s prevail,</L>
<L>And &s;cape without God's frown?</L>
<L><PB N="129" REF="67">Repre&s;s their haughty in&s;olence;</L>
<L>With Vengeance ca&s;t them down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Forced to wander here and there,</L>
<L>Thou know'&s;t how oft I weep;</L>
<L>A kind remembrance of my tears,</L>
<L>And of my troubles keep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> I know my pray'r &s;hall now prevail</L>
<L>To quell my foes, who&s;e pride</L>
<L>Will make my Victory more &s;ure,</L>
<L>Since God is on my &s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Then by God's help I'll celebrate</L>
<L>With prai&s;e, his faithful word;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And vanqui&s;h all my fears of men,</L>
<L>By tru&s;ting in the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> I'm bound by Vows to prai&s;e my God</L>
<L>Ev'n to my late&s;t breath;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Who, when in utmo&s;t danger left,</L>
<L>Re&s;cu'd my Life from Death.</L>
<L>From falling by the wicked's pow'r</L>
<L>If God will me defend;</L>
<L>My Feet his paths &s;hall tread, my Life</L>
<L>I'll in his &s;ervice &s;pend.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="57" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LVII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, &s;ince I tru&s;t in thee alone,</L>
<L>Mercy to me extend;</L>
<L>I fly for Shelter to thy wings,</L>
<L>Till all my troubles end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To him, who&s;e pow'r is over all,</L>
<L>In my di&s;tre&s;s I'll cry;</L>
<L><PB N="130" REF="68">Since thou ha&s;t &s;av'd me heretofore,</L>
<L>Thy help will &s;till be nigh.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He will employ his heav'nly aids</L>
<L>And &s;ave me by his Pow'r;</L>
<L>Put tho&s;e to &s;hame, who would my Life</L>
<L>With greedy ha&s;te devour.</L>
<L>God's Mercy and his Truth's engag'd</L>
<L>For my &s;ecurity:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Tho' rather among cruel Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Than Men, inclos'd I lie.</L>
<L>They breath mere flames, their teeth are &s;pears</L>
<L>Their tongue a &s;harpned &s;word:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Exalt thy &s;elf' bove Heav'n and Earth</L>
<L>In my Deliv'rance, Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> When with the Fowlers treach'rous Arts,</L>
<L>My ruine was prepar'd;</L>
<L>Their Pits occa&s;ion'd their own fall,</L>
<L>Their Gins them&s;elves in&s;nar'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> My heart, O God, is now prepar'd,</L>
<L>And this my Tongue &s;hall rai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Which with my Harp &s;hall early &s;ing</L>
<L>A Con&s;ort to thy Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Great Salvation thou ha&s;t; wrought</L>
<L>I'll to the World proclaim;</L>
<L>The &s;cattered Nations &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t</L>
<L>My Songs, to &s;pread thy &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy Mercy reaches to the Heav'ns,</L>
<L>Thy Truth unto the Skies;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Then let thy Glories, Lord, above</L>
<L>Both Earth and Heaven ri&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="58" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="131" REF="68">
<HEAD>PSALM LVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE that admini&s;ter affairs,</L>
<L>And Judges in great councils &s;it,</L>
<L>Do ye ju&s;t Sentences pronounce,</L>
<L>And Righteous Men with care acquit?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> So far from this; when all things &s;hould</L>
<L>In equal Balances be weigh'd,</L>
<L>You practi&s;e open Violence,</L>
<L>By your corrupt affections &s;way'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But 'tis no wonder; &s;ince you were</L>
<L>Deprav'd, almo&s;t as &s;oon as born;</L>
<L>A wicked brood; train'd up to lye,</L>
<L>To flatter, and all Truth to &s;corn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Your venom'd Tongues &s;trike at my Life;</L>
<L>No Serpent deadlier poy&s;on bears;</L>
<L>To all true Information deaf,</L>
<L>The A&s;p, it's &s;aid, thus &s;tops her ears.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In vain on that which will not hear,</L>
<L>Charmers employ their Magick-skill;</L>
<L>And all reproofs on you are lo&s;t,</L>
<L>Who are unju&s;t by Stubborn will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But tho' there's nothing can correct,</L>
<L>Yet, Lord, their wickedne&s;s di&s;arm;</L>
<L>When they like Lions fiercely rage,</L>
<L>Leave them no pow'r to do me harm.</L>
<P><PB N="130" REF="69"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="131" REF="69"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="132" REF="70">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> May all the wicked's power fail,</L>
<L>Like ha&s;ty &s;how'rs as quickly &s;pent;</L>
<L>Their Arrows prove like broken reeds,</L>
<L>When e'er their Bow's for Mi&s;chief bent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Like Snails &s;o let them melt away;</L>
<L>Or tho&s;e untimely births, begun</L>
<L>With painful throes the Mothers feel,</L>
<L>Which die before they &s;ee the Sun.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> You're ready to devour the poor,</L>
<L>Like thorns prepar'd to &s;eeth a pot;</L>
<L>When by a furious Tempe&s;t rais'd,</L>
<L>All's &s;wept away, before it's hot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> This Righteous Veng'ance &s;hall provoke</L>
<L>The Joys and Triumphs of the Good,</L>
<L>As o'er the &s;lain with Victory</L>
<L>They pa&s;s, and dip their feet in blood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And all that &s;ee it will confe&s;s</L>
<L>That God men's actions do's regard;</L>
<L>And will not fail, as they de&s;erve</L>
<L>Either to puni&s;h or reward.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="59" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd, &s;ave me from mine Enemies,</L>
<L>From, tho&s;e that now again&s;t me ri&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Workers of Wickedne&s;s, who&s;e rage</L>
<L>Blood mu&s;t, and onely mine, a&s;&s;wage.</L>
<L><PB N="133" REF="70">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Lo! how the mighty Men are met,</L>
<L>And with &s;trong Guards my hou&s;e be&s;et;</L>
<L>To take away my Life they wait,</L>
<L>Who by no Crime de&s;erve their hate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thou &s;ee'&s;t how bu&s;ily they run,</L>
<L>And, Lord, thou know'&s;t I've nothing done;</L>
<L>Thou who ha&s;t oft my helper been,</L>
<L>Behold what dangers I am in.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> What's all their force, who thus combine,</L>
<L>Lord God of Ho&s;ts, compar'd with thine?</L>
<L>Spare not the&s;e Heathens, who profe&s;s</L>
<L>They're thine, but wickedly tran&s;gre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> When I their Malice &s;cape by Day,</L>
<L>They come at Evening for their prey;</L>
<L>Which they like growling Dogs do watch,</L>
<L>And hunt the City round to catch.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Their Malice bur&s;ts out with their words,</L>
<L>They talk of naught but death and &s;words;</L>
<L>For who, &s;ay they, minds what we do?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thou Lord; and wilt deride them too.</L>
<L>Expos'd to all men's Scorn they'll be,</L>
<L>Who &s;hall their hopes defeated &s;ee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Tho' &s;trong they are, on God I'll wait,</L>
<L>Who will defend me from their hate.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> My gracious God will now prevent</L>
<L>My ruine, upon which they re bent;</L>
<L>And, by my &s;trange e&s;cape, compleat</L>
<L>My wi&s;h, in their as &s;trange defeat.</L>
<P><PB N="132" REF="71"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="133" REF="71"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="134" REF="72">
<MILESTONE N="11"> I wi&s;h not they at once were &s;lain,</L>
<L>This would be &s;oon forgot again;</L>
<L>If onely &s;catter'd and brought low,</L>
<L>Their la&s;ting &s;hame thy pow'r would &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Since their audacious Bla&s;phemies,</L>
<L>Their Execrations, Oaths and lyes,</L>
<L>Are &s;ins whereof their Mouths are full;</L>
<L>Ju&s;t Vengeance on their heads they'll pull.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thus wandring let them pine and wa&s;te,</L>
<L>And peri&s;h in thy wrath at la&s;t;</L>
<L>That there's a God then all will know,</L>
<L>Who governs every thing below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Now let them come as heretofore,</L>
<L>Watch like a growling Dog my door,</L>
<L>Or hunt me round in every &s;treet;</L>
<L>A plague like to it let them meet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Forc'd like a Dog that fain would eat,</L>
<L>To wander up and down for meat,</L>
<L>And pa&s;s whole nights in &s;ad complaints,</L>
<L>That none do's &s;atisfie their wants.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> But whil&s;t they make a howling noi&s;e,</L>
<L>I'll early rai&s;e my prai&s;ing voice,</L>
<L>Proclaim God's Care and Providence,</L>
<L>in &s;traits my refuge and defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> I'll prai&s;e thee now my danger's o'er,</L>
<L>My &s;trength, to whom I pray'd before:</L>
<L>Thy Mercy ever &s;ing and &s;hew,</L>
<L>To which my Life and Safety's due.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="60" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="135" REF="72">
<HEAD>PSALM LX.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> IN ju&s;t di&s;plea&s;ure for our &s;ins</L>
<L>De&s;erted we have lain;</L>
<L>Our pow'rs all broken and di&s;pers'd,</L>
<L>Lord, turn to us again.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Our Land by &s;ad Divi&s;ions torn,</L>
<L>Do's &s;trange Convul&s;ions feel;</L>
<L>The Breaches by our Folly made,</L>
<L>Thy hand can onely heal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> So heavy have our &s;orrows been,</L>
<L>And &s;uch amazement wrought;</L>
<L>As if of deadly wine w'had drank</L>
<L>A &s;tupifying draught.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But God, his promi&s;e to fulfill,</L>
<L>An En&s;ign do's advance,</L>
<L>To which the Righteous may repair,</L>
<L>And find deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> That thy beloved may obtain</L>
<L>A Saviour in their need,</L>
<L>In an&s;wer to my &s;ervent pray'rs</L>
<L>Thy timely &s;uccours &s;peed.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God's &s;acred promi&s;e pa&s;s'd, now makes</L>
<L>My hopes depend on thee;</L>
<L>The Land that round <HI>Samaria</HI> lies,</L>
<L>Submits it &s;elf to me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The re&s;t of <HI>I&s;rael's</HI> Tribes unite</L>
<L>To own my righteous Cau&s;e;</L>
<L>Ephraim's <HI>my chiefe&s;t &s;trength for War,</HI></L>
<L>Judah <HI>&s;upports my Laws.</HI></L>
<L><PB N="136" REF="73">
<MILESTONE N="8"> Moab <HI>and</HI> Edom, <HI>as vile &s;laves</HI></L>
<L>To &s;erve me will be glad;</L>
<L>Phili&s;tia <HI>meet her conqu'ring Lord,</HI></L>
<L>And to his Triumphs add.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Who then will lead me to that Hold</L>
<L>On <HI>Edom's</HI> Frontiers lies,</L>
<L>So &s;trongly fenc'd 'gain&s;t all a&s;&s;aults,</L>
<L>Which all my force defies?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Lord will do't, who heretofore</L>
<L>Refus'd our Arms to ble&s;s;</L>
<L>He'll undertake our conduct now,</L>
<L>And crown it with Succe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Man's weakne&s;s helps in vain, may we</L>
<L>Thine aids in trouble meet;</L>
<L>Our hands &s;hall do <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">reat acts, our foes</L>
<L>Lie conquer'd at our feet.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="61" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REgard, O Lord, my pray'r and cry:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' fore'd to fly in this di&s;tre&s;s</L>
<L>T' th' utmo&s;t corner of the Land,</L>
<L>Yet thou can&s;t hear and help no le&s;s.</L>
<L>My heart's with &s;orrow overwhelm'd:</L>
<L>Be thou to me a &s;afe retreat;</L>
<L>Where plac'd above my foes and fears</L>
<L>I may enjoy a quiet Seat.</L>
<L><PB N="137" REF="73">
<MILESTONE N="3"> In all a&s;&s;aults thou &s;till ha&s;t been</L>
<L>To me a Shelter and &s;trong Tow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> I &s;hall be &s;afe where thou do&s;t dwell,</L>
<L>Tru&s;ting in thy protecting pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Since thou ha&s;t heard my Vows, and I</L>
<L>Thy peoples Heritage po&s;&s;e&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> With a long Life and happy Reign,</L>
<L>Thy King, I hope, thou &s;till wilt ble&s;s,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> May he for ever in thy Love</L>
<L>And fear, O Lord, abide; and &s;end,</L>
<L>That Truth and Goodne&s;s better far,</L>
<L>Than &s;tronge&s;t Guards may him defend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> So will I chearful prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L>And thy great Name for ever ble&s;s:</L>
<L>And carefully perform tho&s;e Vows</L>
<L>I made to God in my di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="62" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul doth wait on God,</L>
<L>My Rock and my defence:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' you di&s;turb my peace, I'm &s;afe</L>
<L>Under his Providence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Why &s;hould you &s;eek your own</L>
<L>De&s;truction in my fall?</L>
<L>Like a loo&s;e fence you'll tumble down,</L>
<L>Or like a bowing wall.</L>
<L><PB N="138" REF="74">
<MILESTONE N="4"> They're bu&s;y to &s;upply</L>
<L>With Lyes, what wants in force</L>
<L>To ruine me; they &s;peak me fair,</L>
<L>Whom inwardly they cur&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thy Duty, O my Soul,</L>
<L>Do not to God neglect:</L>
<L>Wait on him &s;till, from whom alone</L>
<L>Deliv'rance I expect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He onely is my Rock</L>
<L>And my Salvation;</L>
<L>He's my defence; it's not their pow'r,</L>
<L>Can thru&s;t me from my throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Safety and Honour both</L>
<L>On God alone depend;</L>
<L>He, like a Rock or Fort, &s;hall me</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t all my Foes defend.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Ye people tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>When e'er you are afraid;</L>
<L>He'll be your refuge in di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>When you implore his aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Men of Low degree</L>
<L>Are vain; great men a Lye:</L>
<L>Both in the Balance laid appear</L>
<L>Lighter than Vanity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Wealth makes not happy Men,</L>
<L>'Tis vain in this to tru&s;t:</L>
<L>Then &s;eek not to inrich your &s;elves</L>
<L>By ways that are unju&s;t.</L>
<L>It Riches &s;hould abound,</L>
<L>By Heaven's Ble&s;&s;ing &s;ent,</L>
<L><PB N="139" REF="74">Take heed they do not gain your hearts,</L>
<L>Nor make you in&s;olent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> That all may know from whence</L>
<L>Their help they &s;hould derive;</L>
<L>Thou, Lord, ha&s;t oft declar'd, that pow'r</L>
<L>Is thy prerogative.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> That Mercy flows no le&s;s</L>
<L>Abundantly from thee;</L>
<L>So that according to Men's works,</L>
<L>Their due reward &s;hall be.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="63" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> EArly, O Lord, my fainting Soul</L>
<L>Thy Mercy do's implore;</L>
<L>No Traveller in de&s;art Lands</L>
<L>Can thir&s;t for water more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> I long t' appear as I was wont,</L>
<L>Within thy Holy place;</L>
<L>Thy Pow'r and Glory to behold,</L>
<L>And to obtain thy Grace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> For Life it&s;elf, without thy Love,</L>
<L>No reli&s;h do's afford;</L>
<L>No other joys can equal this,</L>
<L>To &s;erve and prai&s;e the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> I'll therefore make my pray'rs to him,</L>
<L>And prai&s;e him whil&s;t I live:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> This, like the choice&s;t dainties, will</L>
<L>Both food and plea&s;ure give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> When others &s;leep, my wakeful thoughts</L>
<L>Pre&s;ent thee to my mind;</L>
<L><PB N="140" REF="75">And in the Night I think, how good</L>
<L>My God has been and kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Since thou alone ha&s;t been my help,</L>
<L>To thee alone I fly;</L>
<L>And on thy watchful Providence</L>
<L>With chearfulne&s;s rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> In all my &s;traits I run to thee</L>
<L>With Speed, and Safety gain;</L>
<L>When I keep clo&s;e to God, his Care</L>
<L>And Pow'r will me &s;u&s;tain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> But they &s;hall lo&s;e their own, who &s;eek</L>
<L>My Life to take away:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And their &s;lain carka&s;es become</L>
<L>Food for the Bea&s;ts of Prey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The King &s;hall joy in God, and all</L>
<L>That &s;wear by his great Name</L>
<L>Shall glory; when, perfidious Men</L>
<L>Shall &s;ilenc'd be with Shame.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="64" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LOrd hear me, and from wicked Foes,</L>
<L>Be thou my Life's defence:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Protect me from their &s;ecret plots,</L>
<L>And open Violence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Who&s;e Malice whets their tongues, to wound</L>
<L>Deeper than &s;harpe&s;t Swords;</L>
<L>Who in&s;tead of poy&s;on'd arrows, u&s;e</L>
<L>Cruel and &s;landerous words.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> A &s;ecret mi&s;chief they intend</L>
<L>Again&s;t the innocent;</L>
<L><PB N="141" REF="75">Which fear of God will not re&s;train,</L>
<L>Nor yet Man's Care prevent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Confirm'd in Malice, and combin'd</L>
<L>In &s;ecret Leagues, they hide</L>
<L>Such undi&s;cerned Snares, they think</L>
<L>By none can be de&s;cry'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Nothing that Diligence can work,</L>
<L>Or wicked Skill find out,</L>
<L>They unattempted leave, to bring</L>
<L>Their Villainies about.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> But all in vain: for that ju&s;t God</L>
<L>Who&s;e vengeance they provoke,</L>
<L>Shall ruine all their plots, and wound</L>
<L>Them by a &s;udden Stroak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Their wicked coun&s;els and fal&s;e tongues</L>
<L>Shall on them&s;elves return:</L>
<L>And left by all, o'er their lo&s;t hopes</L>
<L>They &s;hall unpitied mourn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> All that behold this work, po&s;&s;e&s;s'd</L>
<L>With awful fear, &s;hall own,</L>
<L>It was an hand Divine, not chance</L>
<L>Threw the&s;e proud &s;inners down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Ju&s;t will tru&s;t in God the more,</L>
<L>And loudly tell their joys:</L>
<L>Who makes them gloriou&s;ly triumph</L>
<L>O'er wicked Craft and Lyes.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="65" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRai&s;es in <HI>Sion</HI> wait for thee,</L>
<L>And there the Vow perform'd &s;hall be:</L>
<L><PB N="142" REF="76">
<MILESTONE N="2"> To thee, O God, that heare&s;t Pray'r,</L>
<L>All Fle&s;h &s;hall chearfully repair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our &s;ins may ju&s;tly put a Stop</L>
<L>To all that good from thee we hope;</L>
<L>Thy Mercy do's tho&s;e fears allay,</L>
<L>For this will purge our &s;ins away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O happy they! that may draw near</L>
<L>To thee, and in thy Courts appear;</L>
<L>For the&s;e &s;hall all refre&s;hments have</L>
<L>Thy Hou&s;e can give, or they can crave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> By thine amazing wonders thou</L>
<L>Thy Kindne&s;s to the Good do&s;t &s;how;</L>
<L>The Ends of th' Earth in thee con&s;ide,</L>
<L>And th' I&s;les that in the Sea re&s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Mountains, that &s;eem to touch the Sky,</L>
<L>'Gain from thy &s;trength Stability:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The roaring Seas God do's a&s;&s;wage,</L>
<L>And &s;tills the peoples madder rage.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> O'er all the Earth the Nations &s;pread,</L>
<L>Thy works of Pow'r and Anger dread;</L>
<L>And all adore thy Goodne&s;s great,</L>
<L>Where e'er the Sun do's ri&s;e or &s;et.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thy Care prevents a threatning dearth</L>
<L>Thou vi&s;ite&s;t the thir&s;ty Earth:</L>
<L>Show'rs to enrich her barren womb,</L>
<L>From thy full Springs above do come.</L>
<L>Thy Bounty do's that food provide,</L>
<L>By which our needs are all &s;upply'd.</L>
<L><PB N="143" REF="76">
<MILESTONE N="10"> The hardned ridges of the field,</L>
<L>Wat'red with Show'rs are &s;oft and yield.</L>
<L>Its Seed, by clods thus gently pre&s;s'd,</L>
<L>Springs up, and by'after rains is ble&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The fruitful Year rich ble&s;&s;ings crown,</L>
<L>And Plenty from the Clouds drops down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The Wilderne&s;s refre&s;ht with rain,</L>
<L>Tho' parch'd before, now &s;prings again:</L>
<L>The Little Hills new Garments wear,</L>
<L>And in their youthful Green appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Flocks are the cloathing of the Plain,</L>
<L>The Vales are cover'd o'er with grain:</L>
<L>All Nature &s;eems to &s;hout and &s;ing,</L>
<L>To welcome in the hopeful Spring.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="65" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRai&s;es in <HI>Sion</HI> wait for thee,</L>
<L>The Vow there paid &s;hall be:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To thee, O God, that heare&s;t pray'r,</L>
<L>All gladly &s;hall repair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our &s;ins may ju&s;tly put a &s;top</L>
<L>T' all good from thee we hope;</L>
<L>Thy Mercy will tho&s;e fears allay,</L>
<L>And purge our &s;ins away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O happy they that may draw near,</L>
<L>And in God's Courts appear;</L>
<L>Refre&s;hments in thy Hou&s;e they'll have</L>
<L>Of what their Souls can crave.</L>
<P><PB N="142" REF="77"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="143" REF="77"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="144" REF="78">
<MILESTONE N="5"> By thine amazing wonders, thou</L>
<L>Kindne&s;s to us do&s;t &s;how:</L>
<L>In thee the Ends of th' Earth confide,</L>
<L>I&s;les that i'th' Sea re&s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The tow'ring Mountains, by thy hand</L>
<L>Fixt and unmoved &s;tand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The roaring Seas God do's a&s;&s;wage,</L>
<L>And People's madder rage.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thy pow'rful Works, the Nations &s;pread</L>
<L>So widely, &s;ee and dread:</L>
<L>All where the Sun do's ri&s;e or &s;et,</L>
<L>Adore thy Goodne&s;s great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thy Care prevents a threatning Dearth,</L>
<L>Thou vi&s;ite&s;t the Earth:</L>
<L>Show'rs from above, t'enrich her womb,</L>
<L>Like flowing rivers come.</L>
<L>By food thy Bounty do's provide,</L>
<L>Our needs are all &s;upply'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The hardned ridges of the field</L>
<L>Soft'ned by &s;howers yield.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Its &s;eed, by clods thus gently pre&s;s'd</L>
<L>Springs up, by fre&s;h rain ble&s;s'd.</L>
<L>The fruitful year rich ble&s;&s;ings crown</L>
<L>Which fatning Show'rs drop down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The wilderne&s;s refre&s;ht with rain,</L>
<L>Tho' parch'd, now Springs again.</L>
<L>The little Hills new garments wear,</L>
<L>In youthful green appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Flocks are the cloathing of the plain,</L>
<L>The Vales &s;pread o'er with grain.</L>
<L><PB N="145" REF="78">All Nature &s;eems to &s;hout, and &s;ing</L>
<L>Welcome t' a hopeful &s;pring.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="66" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXVI.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the Earth with joy re&s;ound,</L>
<L>To God their Voices rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Extol him in their Songs, and make</L>
<L>Him Glorious by their Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Proclaim his mighty works, in which</L>
<L>Such terrour do's appear;</L>
<L>As makes his Foes to crouch, and feign</L>
<L>Obedience thro' their fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ev'n all the Earth &s;hall wor&s;hip thee,</L>
<L>And &s;ing unto thy Name:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Who &s;ee the wonders thou ha&s;t done</L>
<L>To rai&s;e and &s;pread thy Fame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He turn'd the Sea into dry Land;</L>
<L>The &s;welling Flood made way</L>
<L>For <HI>I&s;rael</HI> to pa&s;s: Who there</L>
<L>His Glories did di&s;play.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He views the Nations, and his Rule</L>
<L>Do's o'er the World extend;</L>
<L>Then let not men rebel, for pride</L>
<L>Will in their ruine end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Let all the people ble&s;s the Lord,</L>
<L>And loudly &s;ing thy Prai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thou great Pre&s;erver of our Lives,</L>
<L>And Guide of all our ways.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="146" REF="79">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Through &s;evere tryals we have pa&s;s'd,</L>
<L>In grievous &s;traits di&s;tre&s;s'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Like Bea&s;ts of burden have been us'd,</L>
<L>With heavy loads oppre&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> In&s;olent Tyrants, as vile Slaves</L>
<L>Have trod us under feet:</L>
<L>But through all dangers we are brought,</L>
<L>Where Ea&s;e and Plenty meet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> I'll go into thine hou&s;e, O Lord,</L>
<L>And thankful Offerings lay</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Before thine Altar, and the Vows</L>
<L>I made in trouble pay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> To honour him from whom all good</L>
<L>Do's come, I'll &s;pare no co&s;t;</L>
<L>I'll offer what he do's require,</L>
<L>And what will plea&s;e him mo&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Ye that are pious come and hear</L>
<L>What God for me has done;</L>
<L>His Mercies &s;hew'd to me, will be</L>
<L>For your In&s;truction.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> When I with grief oppre&s;t, to him</L>
<L>My fervent cries did rai&s;e;</L>
<L>He heard me graciou&s;ly, and turn'd</L>
<L>My &s;ighing into prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> God will not favour me, if I</L>
<L>Iniquity regard:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> But he inclin'd his Ear to me,</L>
<L>And my Petitions heard.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> O let the Glorious Name of God</L>
<L>Be ever magnifie'd;</L>
<L><PB N="147" REF="79">Who neither did reject my Pray'r,</L>
<L>Nor his own Grace deny'd.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="67" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> SHew Mercy to us, Lord,</L>
<L>Ble&s;s us with gifts divine;</L>
<L>O let the Glories of thy Face,</L>
<L>On us thy Servants &s;hine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> May thy hid ways be known,</L>
<L>Thy Fear on Earth abound;</L>
<L>And thy Salvation over all</L>
<L>The Heathen World re&s;ound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Let all in P&s;alms of Prai&s;e</L>
<L>Their grateful thoughts expre&s;s;</L>
<L>Let all the people round the World</L>
<L>Thy mighty Name confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The Nations now may &s;ing</L>
<L>Their Joys, &s;ince God do's reign:</L>
<L>He rules with Wi&s;dom, this great Judge</L>
<L>Will Righteou&s;ne&s;s maintain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Let all in P&s;alms of Prai&s;e</L>
<L>Their grateful thoughts expre&s;s;</L>
<L>Let all the people round the World</L>
<L>Thy mighty Name confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Then &s;hall th' enriched Earth</L>
<L>With Plenty overflow;</L>
<L>And God on all his other Gifts,</L>
<L>His Ble&s;&s;ing will be&s;tow.</L>
<L><PB N="148" REF="80">
<MILESTONE N="7"> His Ble&s;&s;ings &s;howr'd on us,</L>
<L>Our happy Days &s;hall crown:</L>
<L>His Pow'r and Goodne&s;s all the World</L>
<L>With humble Fear &s;hall own.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="68" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET the great God ari&s;e, and then</L>
<L>His &s;cattered foes will flee for fear;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Vani&s;h like &s;moke, and melt like wax</L>
<L>Before the Fire, when he draws near.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> But let the ju&s;t rejoice, and prai&s;e</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His Name, to which all Pow'r belongs;</L>
<L>He rides on High above the Clouds,</L>
<L>Let him be rais'd too in your Songs.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He pities Orphans, Widows wrongs</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He rights, bring chained Pris'ners out;</L>
<L>He for the de&s;olate provides,</L>
<L>But plagues the RebelsLand with drought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Lord, when thou brought'&s;t thy people forth</L>
<L>From <HI>Egypt</HI> with a Mighty hand;</L>
<L>And led'&s;t them thro' the Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>To bring them to the Promis'd Land:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Heav'ns before thy Lightnings dropt,</L>
<L>The Earth did with thy Thunder quake;</L>
<L>Mount <HI>Sinai,</HI> when the Lord came down</L>
<L>Did from its firm Foundation &s;hake.</L>
<L><PB N="149" REF="80">
<MILESTONE N="9"> In that dry Wilderne&s;s thou &s;ent'&s;t</L>
<L>A plenteous rain, at their complaint;</L>
<L>Ev'n Bread was rained down from Heav'n,</L>
<L>For their Refre&s;hment who were faint.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy numerous people with their flocks,</L>
<L>Found a convenient dwelling there;</L>
<L>And by thy bounty, Lord, the poor</L>
<L>With all things needful furni&s;h'd were.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> When God had giv'n them Victories,</L>
<L>A female Army ('twas their u&s;e)</L>
<L>Met the returning Conquerours,</L>
<L>And in their Songs thus told the News:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12">"All the great Captains of their Ho&s;ts,</L>
<L>"Have left the field with ha&s;ty flight;</L>
<L>"And left rich &s;poils, all &s;har'd by us</L>
<L>"Women, who were too weak to fight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13">"Tho' you in <HI>Egypt's</HI> &s;ervile works,</L>
<L>"Sull'ied among the Pots have lien;</L>
<L>"Your Armies Wings, like tho&s;e of Doves,</L>
<L>"Victorious now, &s;hall brightly &s;hine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> And &s;o it was; for when the Kings</L>
<L>On this Side <HI>Jordan</HI> conquer'd were,</L>
<L>They as illu&s;trious as the Snows</L>
<L>On <HI>Salmon's</HI> Hill, did then appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> And when on th' other Side, the Lord</L>
<L>Your Conque&s;ts al&s;o did advance;</L>
<L>Th' high Hill of <HI>Ba&s;an</HI> then became;</L>
<L>A part of God's Inheritance.</L>
<P><PB N="148" REF="81"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="149" REF="81"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="150" REF="82">
<MILESTONE N="16"> But be not proud, ye lofty Hills,</L>
<L>As if God meant with you t'abide;</L>
<L><HI>Sion's</HI> the Hill which he hath cho&s;e</L>
<L>Therein for ever to re&s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Thou&s;ands of Angels there attend,</L>
<L>And God is where that Ho&s;t appears:</L>
<L><HI>Sinai</HI> had once his pre&s;ence, now</L>
<L>To <HI>Sion</HI> th' Honour he transferrs.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Like a great Conquerour, our God.</L>
<L>A&s;cended is above the Skies;</L>
<L>And after him in triumph draws</L>
<L>As Spoils, his captiv'd Enemies.</L>
<L>He &s;cattered his various Gifts</L>
<L>Around, to make his Bounty known;</L>
<L>Ev'n Rebels had a &s;hare, 'mong&s;t whom</L>
<L>He dwells, and they his kindne&s;s own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> God that heaps daily benefits</L>
<L>On us, &s;hall have our prai&s;ing Songs:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> He is our Saviour, to whom</L>
<L>The Pow'r of Life and Death belongs.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> In his ju&s;t Vengeance he &s;hall wound</L>
<L>The Heads of all that him re&s;i&s;t;</L>
<L>On whom no Methods of his Love</L>
<L>Prevail, who &s;till in &s;in per&s;i&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> God is re&s;olv'd the Victories</L>
<L>Of former Ages he'll renew;</L>
<L>As great as tho&s;e in <HI>Ba&s;han's</HI> Land,</L>
<L>And the Red Sea, his People knew.</L>
<L><PB N="151" REF="82">
<MILESTONE N="23"> Thine Arms &s;hall &s;o victorious be,</L>
<L>And &s;uch a Slaughter &s;hall be made,</L>
<L>That in thine Enemies blood, the Dogs</L>
<L>Their tongues may dip, and thou may&s;t wade.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> All know the Pomp with which God made</L>
<L>His entrance to the Holy place:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Singers and Players, Virgins too</L>
<L>With Timbrels the proce&s;&s;ion grace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Who as they went along, all join'd</L>
<L>Their Voices, and this Song they &s;ung,</L>
<L>"In your a&s;&s;emblies ble&s;s the Lord,</L>
<L>"All ye that are from <HI>Jacob</HI> &s;prung.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The Tribes all, with their Princes, came;</L>
<L>Judah <HI>and</HI> Benjamin <HI>lay near;</HI></L>
<L>But the remote too, <HI>Zobulun</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Nephthali,</HI> attended there.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> This Union which thy God has made,</L>
<L>O <HI>I&s;raol,</HI> has made thee &s;trong:</L>
<L>Confirm it, Lord, and what's begun</L>
<L>So happily, continue long.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Such Ble&s;&s;ings on <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI></L>
<L>Shall from thy Temple there come down,</L>
<L>That, by rich Pre&s;ents thither brought,</L>
<L>Kings &s;hall them&s;elves thy &s;ubjects own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> Check that fierce Prince, like a wild bea&s;t</L>
<L>With rage to War again&s;t us bent;</L>
<L>With Captains furious as Bulls,</L>
<L>Souldiers as Heifers in&s;olent.</L>
<L><PB N="152" REF="83">Prancing in Silver-plated Arms,</L>
<L>He unprovok'd comes out to fight:</L>
<L>Scatter his Forces and de&s;troy</L>
<L>All that in War and blood delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Egypt, <HI>to make a league with thee,</HI></L>
<L>Princely Emba&s;&s;adors &s;hall &s;end,</L>
<L>And <HI>Aethiopia</HI> to God</L>
<L>Her hands in gifts and pray'rs extend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> Prai&s;e him, ye Kingdoms of the Earth;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> Who governs all the Heav'nly Spheres:</L>
<L>From thence he thunders with his Voice,</L>
<L>Which every Creature dreads that hears.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Give him the Glory of his Pow'r,</L>
<L>Illu&s;triou&s;ly to <HI>I&s;rael</HI> &s;hown:</L>
<L>Its wonders in the Heav'ns appear,</L>
<L>And thence by all the World is known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> They that behold his Maje&s;ty</L>
<L>In Holy Places, are amaz'd:</L>
<L>'Tis God who giveth &s;trength and pow'r</L>
<L>Unto his Saints; his Name be prais'd.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="69" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> SAve me, O God, or el&s;e I'm drown'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Plung'd in deep mire, I find no ground:</L>
<L>Into deep Waters I am led,</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;welling waves o'erflow my head.</L>
<L><PB N="153" REF="83">
<MILESTONE N="3"> So long for help to thee I cry,</L>
<L>I &s;carce can &s;peak, my throat's &s;o dry:</L>
<L>Mine Eyes, with looking long in vain,</L>
<L>I &s;carce can lift to Heav'n for pain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> My Foes are numberle&s;s and &s;trong,</L>
<L>Who' unju&s;tly to de&s;troy me long:</L>
<L>Tho', of all quarrels to be rid,</L>
<L>I've paid for wrongs I never did.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> God knows, who all my faults do's &s;py,</L>
<L>I never did them Injury.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Let none tru&s;t le&s;s in God, nor &s;hun</L>
<L>Well doing, &s;eeing me undone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> For 'tis for thy &s;ake I have born</L>
<L>Reproach, and &s;uffer'd &s;o much &s;corn:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> De&s;erted by Familiars been,</L>
<L>Not own'd by tho&s;e of neare&s;t kin.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Zeal for the Honour of thy Name</L>
<L>And Hou&s;e, con&s;umes me like a Flame:</L>
<L>All the reproaches thrown at thee,</L>
<L>I felt as if they'd aim'd at me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> If fa&s;ting I bewail their &s;pite,</L>
<L>They call me a leud Hypocrite:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> If I wear Sackcloth when I'm &s;ad,</L>
<L>I'm look'd on as a Fool or Mad.</L>
<L>When the grave Judges do me wrong,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> No wonder I'm the Drunkard's Song</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> I'll onely pray, that this may be</L>
<L>Thy time, O Lord, to favour me.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="154" REF="84">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Hear me, and now in my di&s;tre&s;s</L>
<L>Thy promis'd Goodne&s;s, Lord, expre&s;s,</L>
<L>Re&s;cue me from that dangerous State</L>
<L>I'm brought into by cruel hate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> I'm lo&s;t amid&s;t the&s;e Floods of woe,</L>
<L>If I &s;till &s;ink, and they o'erflow:</L>
<L>This heap of Waves, unle&s;s thou &s;ave,</L>
<L>Will ri&s;e &s;o high, they'll be my Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Lord, let my pray'r be heard above,</L>
<L>Who&s;e onely comfort is thy Love;</L>
<L>As thou to pity art inclin'd,</L>
<L>Let me thy tend're&s;t Mercies find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Di&s;own me not; who am not le&s;s</L>
<L>Thy Servant, 'cau&s;e in &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L>But as my troubles greater are,</L>
<L>Require thy &s;peedier help and Care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Thy Pow'r to &s;ave me interpo&s;e,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Life is &s;truck at by my foes:</L>
<L>Who, when I'm ruin'd, will aloud</L>
<L>Proclaim their joys, and grow more proud,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Thou know'&s;t with what di&s;honour us'd,</L>
<L>With what reproaches I'm abus'd;</L>
<L>Both who are my &s;worn Enemies,</L>
<L>And what they plot, before thee lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> To have no guilt, and thus to &s;mart</L>
<L>Under reproaches, breaks my heart:</L>
<L>I find no Partner in my grief,</L>
<L>As far from pity as relief.</L>
<L><PB N="155" REF="84">
<MILESTONE N="21"> They bitterly my &s;orrows treat,</L>
<L>And give me Gall, in&s;tead of meat:</L>
<L>And when to quench my thir&s;t I think,</L>
<L>They give me Vinegar to drink.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Like vengeance, Lord, for them prepare,</L>
<L>And let their Table be their Snare:</L>
<L>Their pro&s;p'rous State without mi&s;hap,</L>
<L>Be for their ruine a &s;ure Trap.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Let darkne&s;s &s;eize their Eyes, and make</L>
<L>Their Loins continually to &s;hake:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Let thy &s;evere&s;t vengeance ha&s;te</L>
<L>To overtake and hold them fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> They and their Race be &s;o de&s;troyed,</L>
<L>Their hou&s;es may be wa&s;te and void.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> For whom God wounds, him they pur&s;ue</L>
<L>His grief whom he afflicts, renew.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Let &s;uch more wicked daily grow,</L>
<L>And then no Mercy to them &s;how:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> Cut off, may they no bleffings &s;hare</L>
<L>Which to the Righteous promis'd are</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> But, Lord, tho' I dejected lie,</L>
<L>Save me, and fet me up on high.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> My Songs of Prai&s;e &s;hall then declare,</L>
<L>Thy Grace and Pow'r how great they are,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> The Lord will more this Sacrifice</L>
<L>Than faire&s;t Ox or Bullock prize:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> And every pious heart that's &s;ad,</L>
<L>This will revive and make it glad.</L>
<L><PB N="156" REF="85">
<MILESTONE N="33"> He his poor &s;ervants hears and &s;aves,</L>
<L>Whom men ill treat, and u&s;e as &s;laves.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Let all the World his Goodne&s;s rai&s;e,</L>
<L>Since one tongue's not enough for prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> For God will <HI>Sion</HI> &s;ave, and build</L>
<L>Cities with <HI>Judah's</HI> people fill'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> Their Race that &s;erve and love him well,</L>
<L>Shall there re&s;ide and &s;afely dwell.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="70" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BEhold my troubles, Lord,</L>
<L>How they with ha&s;te advance;</L>
<L>O do not &s;tay, but come as fa&s;t</L>
<L>To my Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let tho&s;e that &s;eek my Life</L>
<L>Their own Confu&s;ion meet:</L>
<L>When they attempt my hurt, with &s;hame</L>
<L>Be forced to retreat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Let &s;uch as make my griefs</L>
<L>Their Sport unpitied be;</L>
<L>Tho&s;e that deride my tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>Reward with Infamy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But where true wor&s;hippers</L>
<L>Do &s;eek their God to plea&s;e,</L>
<L>Thy favour towards them expre&s;s,</L>
<L>And make their joys t' increa&s;e</L>
<L><PB N="157" REF="85">Let tho&s;e that hope in thee,</L>
<L>And thy Salvation love,</L>
<L>Ever have cau&s;e and hearts to &s;ay,</L>
<L>Prai&s;ed be God above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Look on my State oppre&s;t,</L>
<L>With Mi&s;ery and Grief;</L>
<L>Thou art my Saviour and my help,</L>
<L>Lord, &s;end me quick relief.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="71" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul on God relies,</L>
<L>Let none di&s;grace my tru&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Lord, hear and &s;ave me when I call,</L>
<L>As thou art good and ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Be thou my &s;ure defence,</L>
<L>Whereto I may re&s;ort;</L>
<L>Make good thy gracious promi&s;e, Lord,</L>
<L>Be thou my Rock and Fort.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Save me from cruel Men,</L>
<L>And tho&s;e that are unju&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thou, Lord, alone ha&s;t been my hope,</L>
<L>And from my Youth, my tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Thou took'&s;t me from the Womb,</L>
<L>When my fir&s;t breath I drew;</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t &s;u&s;tain'd me ever &s;ince,</L>
<L>All prai&s;e to thee is due.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Many with wonder gaze</L>
<L>On me, as one forlorn;</L>
<L><PB N="158" REF="86">
<MILESTONE N="8"> But by my prai&s;es and thine aid,</L>
<L>I &s;hall confute their Scorn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Lord, when my &s;trength decays,</L>
<L>And when my years decline,</L>
<L>Do not for&s;ake or ca&s;t me off,</L>
<L>But own me &s;till for thine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Tho&s;e that to ruine me</L>
<L>Con&s;pire, the&s;e coun&s;els plea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11">"Whom God has left, we will pur&s;ue,</L>
<L>"Take and de&s;troy with ea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Let their pre&s;umption, Lord,</L>
<L>Incline thee to draw near,</L>
<L>And make thine aids with greater &s;peed</L>
<L>For my relief appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Lord, di&s;&s;ipate the force</L>
<L>Of my confounded foes;</L>
<L>And di&s;appointed of their hopes</L>
<L>To open &s;hame expo&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> In God I'll place my hopes,</L>
<L>Him with more prai&s;es crown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> His Truth and Mercies I'll proclaim,</L>
<L>Who&s;e mea&s;ures are unknown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> To no Supports I'll fly,</L>
<L>But to the &s;trength divine;</L>
<L>No other Goodne&s;s &s;hall be nam'd</L>
<L>Or Faithfulne&s;s but thine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The&s;e from my Youth I've learn'd;</L>
<L>And hitherto declar'd</L>
<L>Thy wond'rous works: for&s;ake me not</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> When I become grey-hair'd.</L>
<L><PB N="159" REF="86">Till I have further &s;hown</L>
<L>Thy Pow'r, and taught thy fear</L>
<L>Both to the pre&s;ent Age, and tho&s;e</L>
<L>That after &s;hall appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Thy Goodne&s;s, Lord, is great,</L>
<L>Thy Works illu&s;trious are;</L>
<L>All thy Perfections have no Bounds,</L>
<L>None can with thee compare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Thou &s;halt again revive</L>
<L>My Soul, with grief depre&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Thou, Lord, wilt rai&s;e my low E&s;tate,</L>
<L>Comfort and give me re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Then to proclaim thy Truth</L>
<L>I'll all my Powers rai&s;e;</L>
<L>And to improve my Songs, will add</L>
<L>Sweet In&s;truments of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> My chearful tongue and lips,</L>
<L>Shall loudly bear a part</L>
<L>In prai&s;ing thee, when tun'd and rais'd,</L>
<L>By a mo&s;t thankful heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> This &s;hall be my great work,</L>
<L>To celebrate thy Fame;</L>
<L>Who ha&s;t redeemed me, and brought</L>
<L>Mine Enemies to &s;hame.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="72" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXII</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> Lord may the king with mighty skill</L>
<L>And Grace to judge aright be ble&s;s'd:</L>
<L><PB N="160" REF="87">
<MILESTONE N="2"> Then equal Ju&s;tice &s;hall have place,</L>
<L>And the poor injur'd be redre&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Then &s;hall the happy people, peace</L>
<L>And undi&s;turbed quiet gain;</L>
<L>When Rulers high and low, their rights</L>
<L>And their ju&s;t Liberties maintain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> He the be&s;t u&s;e of pow'r &s;hall learn,</L>
<L>To cru&s;h the proud oppre&s;&s;ors might;</L>
<L>And &s;ave the helple&s;s poor from tho&s;e</L>
<L>Who in their Mi&s;eries delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thy never-cea&s;ing righteous Rule,</L>
<L>Thy la&s;ting Honour &s;hall procure;</L>
<L>And all &s;hall thee ob&s;erve and fear,</L>
<L>As long as Sun and Moon endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> By his mild Government, on all</L>
<L>Such welcome ble&s;&s;igs &s;hall come down,</L>
<L>As &s;how'rs on thir&s;ty ground di&s;till,</L>
<L>Or gentle rains on gra&s;s new-mown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The righteous in his days &s;hall thrive:</L>
<L>The Moon it &s;elf &s;hall &s;ooner cea&s;e</L>
<L>To fill and wain, than his ju&s;t reign</L>
<L>Fail to be ble&s;t with la&s;ting peace.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> His Empire &s;hall not be confin'd</L>
<L>Within <HI>Judaea's</HI> bounds, but &s;tretch</L>
<L>It &s;elf from Sea to Sea, as far</L>
<L>As th' Earths Inhabitants do reach.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Dwellers in loan&s;ome de&s;arts, &s;hall</L>
<L>To own and do him homage meet;</L>
<L><PB N="161" REF="87">His Enemies &s;hall lick the Du&s;t,</L>
<L>By low pro&s;trations at his feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Kings of <HI>Thar&s;is</HI> and the I&s;les</L>
<L>Tho' di&s;tant far, &s;hall pre&s;ents bring;</L>
<L>Princes from happy <HI>Arabs</HI> Land,</L>
<L>With Gifts &s;hall honour this great King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Yea by all Kings of th' Earth, &s;hall he</L>
<L>With Low Submi&s;&s;ions be ador'd;</L>
<L>All Nations Tributaries be,</L>
<L>And &s;erve him as their Sov'reign Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Mercy &s;hall gain him this regard,</L>
<L>As a known Patron of the poor;</L>
<L>Who &s;aves them, when they cry in vain</L>
<L>To other helps, and his implore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Hell &s;pare them, and their ca&s;e forlorn</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Will pity; and when &s;ubtle &s;pite</L>
<L>Or violence their ruine &s;eeks,</L>
<L>Dear &s;hall their blood be in his Sight.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> His Reign &s;hall long and pro&s;p'rous be;</L>
<L>The Ea&s;t rich Off rings &s;hall pre&s;ent;</L>
<L>All men &s;hall pray for his long Life,</L>
<L>And prai&s;e his Righteous Government.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Plenty &s;hall every where abound,</L>
<L>The Corn on barren Mountains &s;own,</L>
<L>Shall Spring &s;o thick, the fruit &s;hall &s;hake</L>
<L>And make a noi&s;e like <HI>Lebanon.</HI></L>
<L>The Earth thus ble&s;t, the people too</L>
<L>Shall fruitful be and flouri&s;hing;</L>
<L><PB N="162" REF="88">The Cities Numbers &s;hall increa&s;e</L>
<L>Like Gra&s;s or Flowers in the Spring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Whil&s;t the Sun's brightne&s;s la&s;ts, his fame</L>
<L>In all &s;ucce&s;&s;ion &s;hall &s;urvive;</L>
<L>All Nations &s;hall him ble&s;&s;ed call,</L>
<L>And Ble&s;&s;ings all from him derive.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Ble&s;s'd be the Sov'reign Lord, the God</L>
<L>Of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> who&s;e &s;tupendious Acts</L>
<L>Of Pow'r our wonder, and who&s;e Grace</L>
<L>Our Love and Gratitude attracts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Oh, may the Glorious Name of God</L>
<L>For ever be advanced then;</L>
<L>His Glories fill the Earth, and all</L>
<L>Join in his Prai&s;e, and &s;ay <HI>Amen.</HI></L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="73" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> CErtain it is, that God is kind,</L>
<L>To tho&s;e that are &s;incerely good:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> But yet my Faith was at a lo&s;s,</L>
<L>My feet did &s;tagger where I &s;tood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> I &s;aw the wicked's pro&s;perous &s;tate,</L>
<L>My envy at tho&s;e Fools did ri&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> That when a healthful Age was pa&s;t,</L>
<L>A quiet Death &s;hould clo&s;e their Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Exempt from Plagues and Mi&s;eries</L>
<L>That others &s;eek t' e&s;cape in vain;</L>
<L><PB N="163" REF="88">
<MILESTONE N="6"> They're cover'd o'er with Violence,</L>
<L>And pride &s;urrounds them like a chain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Pamper'd with Ea&s;e and Luxury,</L>
<L>Their Body thrives, looks fre&s;h and fair;</L>
<L>Their Wealth rolls in with a full tide,</L>
<L>Beyond their hopes, without their Care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Such is their lofty pride, t' oppre&s;s</L>
<L>They make no Scruple, feel no &s;hame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Dare Heav'n it &s;elf with bla&s;phemies,</L>
<L>And freely bla&s;t the good Man's Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> This gives di&s;turbance to his mind,</L>
<L>And Pa&s;&s;ion makes his tears to flow;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Doubts ri&s;e within him, whether God</L>
<L>Di&s;cerns or minds things done below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Th' ungodly are the pro&s;p'rous men,</L>
<L>Thrive in the World, and riches gain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> I've wa&s;h'd mine hands in Innocence,</L>
<L>And cleans'd my heart, &s;ays he, in vain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> For every Morn renews my Plagues,</L>
<L>And I whole Days in Sorrow &s;pend:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> But &s;tay: thus &s;peaking I again&s;t</L>
<L>The Faith of all good Men offend.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> I oft con&s;ider'd with my &s;elf</L>
<L>Th' unequal ways of Providence;</L>
<L>I found them hard to be re&s;olv'd,</L>
<L>And doubts long kept me in &s;u&s;pence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> At God's Hou&s;e I at la&s;t enquir'd,</L>
<L>And there did my mi&s;takesamend:</L>
<L><PB N="164" REF="89">Before I onely view'd their way,</L>
<L>But now I under&s;tood their end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> I &s;aw the &s;lippery precipice,</L>
<L>On which their tottering feet were plac'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> And with what terrours they were &s;eiz'd,</L>
<L>When down to &s;udden ruine ca&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Their Happine&s;s was like a dream,</L>
<L>Which waking quickly vani&s;hes:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Lord! what a &s;tupid Bea&s;t was I,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> To vex my &s;elf at their Succe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> For all this while I was thy care,</L>
<L>By thee &s;u&s;tain'd, tho &s;uffering;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Thy Coun&s;els here &s;hall guide me &s;till,</L>
<L>And afterward to Glory bring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Lord, there is none in Heav'n or Earth,</L>
<L>On whom I can rely like thee;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> For when my heart and hopes here fail,</L>
<L>My Stay and Portion thou wilt be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> But tho&s;e that are from God e&s;trang'd,</L>
<L>Or unto hateful Idols bow,</L>
<L>Shall furely their own ruine meet,</L>
<L>And a de&s;erved Overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> God is my chiefe&s;t Good; 'tis be&s;t</L>
<L>To keep me to my God mo&s;t nigh:</L>
<L>Then I his Mercy and his Truth</L>
<L>Shall prai&s;e, when I on him rely.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="73" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="165" REF="89">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> IT's &s;ure, that God is kind to tho&s;e</L>
<L>That are &s;incerely good:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> But yet my Faith was at a lo&s;s,</L>
<L>I &s;taggered where I &s;tood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Viewing bad men, tho' fooli&s;h, here</L>
<L>To pro&s;per, envy ro&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To &s;ee an ea&s;y Death, an Age</L>
<L>Of health and vigour, clo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> From troubles freed, that other men</L>
<L>Strive to e&s;cape in vain;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> They boa&s;t in violence, and pride</L>
<L>Surrounds them like a chain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Pamper'd with Luxury and Ea&s;e,</L>
<L>Their looks are fat and fair:</L>
<L>Their wealth flows in beyond their hopes,</L>
<L>And oft without their Care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> T' oppre&s;e the weak, their lofty pride</L>
<L>No &s;cruple feels, nor &s;hame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> They dare Heav'n to bla&s;pheme, and bla&s;t</L>
<L>Freely the Good man's Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> This gives di&s;turbance to his thoughts,</L>
<L>And makes his tears to flow:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And now he doubts, whether God knows</L>
<L>Or minds what's done below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Th' ungodly are the pro&s;p'rous men,</L>
<L>Grow rich and thrive amain.</L>
<L><PB N="166" REF="90">
<MILESTONE N="13"> I've wa&s;h'd my hands in Innocence,</L>
<L>And cleans'd my heart in vain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> For every Morn my plague's renew'd,</L>
<L>In grief whole days I &s;pend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> But &s;tay: &s;uch words again&s;t the Faith</L>
<L>Of all good men offend.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> I oft debated with my &s;elf</L>
<L>God's ways of Providence:</L>
<L>I found the &s;earch too hard, and doubts</L>
<L>Long kept me in &s;u&s;pence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Till coming to God's Hou&s;e, I there</L>
<L>Did my Mi&s;takes amend:</L>
<L>Before I view'd their way, but now</L>
<L>I under&s;tood their end:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> I &s;aw the &s;lippery precipice,</L>
<L>On which their feet were plac'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> And with what terrours &s;eiz'd, when down</L>
<L>To &s;udden ruine ca&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Their happine&s;s was like a dream</L>
<L>Which waking vani&s;hes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Lord! what a Bea&s;t was I, to vex</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> My &s;elf at their Succe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> For &s;till I was thy care, by thee</L>
<L>Su&s;tain'd, tho' &s;uffering.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Thy Coun&s;els they &s;hall guide me here,</L>
<L>And hence to Glory bring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> There's none in Heav'n or Earth, on whom</L>
<L>I can rely, like thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> When my' heart and hopes here fail, my &s;tay</L>
<L>And Portion thou wilt be.</L>
<L><PB N="167" REF="90">
<MILESTONE N="27"> But tho&s;e that are from Gode&s;trang'd,</L>
<L>Or unto Idols bow;</L>
<L>Shall meet thy fierce di&s;plea&s;ure here,</L>
<L>And utter overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> God is my chiefe&s;t good: it's be&s;t</L>
<L>To keep to him mo&s;t: nigh:</L>
<L>His Truth and Mercy I &s;hall prai&s;e,</L>
<L>When I on him rely.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="74" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXIV</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WIll God for ever ca&s;t of tho&s;e</L>
<L>Whom for his own, we know, he</L>
<L>For ever &s;hall his Anger &s;moak</L>
<L>Again&s;t his once beloved Flock?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let not thy purcha&s;e, Lord, thy Lot</L>
<L>So dearly bought, be quite forgot:</L>
<L>But thy old dwelling call to mind,</L>
<L><HI>Sion,</HI> to which thou ha&s;t been kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Vi&s;it with Speed, and view with pity</L>
<L>The la&s;ting ruines of our City;</L>
<L>Or in thy Holy Hou&s;e alone,</L>
<L>What mi&s;chief th' Enemy has done.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Where we were wont thy Name t' adore,</L>
<L>With rage they impiou&s;ly roar:</L>
<L>Their Banners there &s;et up we &s;ee,</L>
<L>In Token of their Viotory.</L>
<L><PB N="168" REF="91">
<MILESTONE N="5"> As men in lopping off thick boughs,</L>
<L>So here they; freely deal their blows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Carv'd work, in which &s;uch skill was&s;hown,</L>
<L>An Axe's &s;troak at once hews down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The Hou&s;e, by being God's, that claims</L>
<L>To be untouch'd they turn to flames;</L>
<L>And level with the Ground thus lain,</L>
<L>Is made by wicked hands profane.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> They have de&s;ign'd, &s;uch is their &s;pight,</L>
<L>To root out our Religion quite:</L>
<L>Our Synagogues for this imploy'd,</L>
<L>Not one is left, but all de&s;troy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> And, as if God had left us, we</L>
<L>No tokens of his Pre&s;ence &s;ee;</L>
<L>No Prophet now to us do's &s;end,</L>
<L>To tell us when our woes &s;hall end.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> How long, Lord, wilt thou bear with tho&s;e,</L>
<L>Who <HI>Tru&s;t in thee</HI> to Scorn expo&s;e?</L>
<L>And hear'&s;t what bla&s;phemies they &s;peak,</L>
<L>That thou to &s;ave us art too weak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Why, Lord, do&s;t thou that hand withdraw,</L>
<L>That kept thine Enemies in awe?</L>
<L>Exert thy pow'r, and all will &s;ee</L>
<L>Their Folly, who contend with thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> We thy Protection &s;eem to claim,</L>
<L>Of old our King, and &s;till the &s;ame.</L>
<L>What &s;trange Salvation in times pa&s;t</L>
<L>Has this Land &s;een, that now lies wa&s;te?</L>
<L><PB N="169" REF="91">
<MILESTONE N="13"> The parted Sea retir'd in ha&s;te,</L>
<L>Ope'ning a way thro' which we pa&s;s'd.</L>
<L>On its return th' <HI>Egyptian</HI> ho&s;t,</L>
<L>Stern as Sea-Mon&s;ters, all were lo&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"><HI>Phar'oh</HI> and all his Captains drown'd</L>
<L>And &s;pewed out, no grave they found,</L>
<L>But in the Bellies of wild Bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>And Fowls, which on them made their fea&s;ts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> From an hard Rock, cleft by a Rod,</L>
<L>Streams flow'd, and &s;hew'd the pow'r of God:</L>
<L>Again, a flowing Stream do's &s;top,</L>
<L>And a great River's dried up.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> The Reg'ular changes that we &s;ee</L>
<L>Of Day and Night, were made by thee:</L>
<L>The proper Light that either needs,</L>
<L>From Sun and Moon by turns proceeds.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Th' Earth's Limits and its various Climes,</L>
<L>Diff'rence of Sea&s;ons And of times;</L>
<L>The Summer's heat, and Winter's cold.</L>
<L>That fruitful, this decay'd and old:</L>
<L>The&s;e Changes wi&s;ely order'd were,</L>
<L>So 'are tho&s;e in our Condition here.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> But Fools &s;till pro&s;p'rous grow &s;o proud,</L>
<L>They now bla&s;pheme thy Name aloud.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Oh may thy Church, thy Turtle-Dove,</L>
<L>Mournful yet cha&s;t, thy pity move:</L>
<L>To Birds of prey expo&s;e her not,</L>
<L>Tho' poor, too dear to be forgot.</L>
<L><PB N="170" REF="92">
<MILESTONE N="20"> Thy Cove'nant made to us re&s;pect,</L>
<L><HI>Can'aan</HI> to give and to protect.</L>
<L>Now all its dwellings doleful lie,</L>
<L>With rapine fill'd and cruelty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> O let not the oppre&s;s'd complain,</L>
<L>Their pray'rs and tru&s;t in God are vain;</L>
<L>T'a good e&s;tate the helple&s;s poor,</L>
<L>That they may prai&s;e thy Name, re&s;tore,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Delay not, Lord, much le&s;s decline</L>
<L>To plead our cau&s;e, &s;ince ours is thine;</L>
<L>For the&s;e Fools Scoffs at our di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>Reproach thy Providence no le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Forget not then th' in&s;ulting cries</L>
<L>And Tumult of thine Enemies;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Pride, if it unpuni&s;h'd go,</L>
<L>Their in&s;olence will higher grow.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="75" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WE'll never cea&s;e to thank our God</L>
<L>For his pre&s;erving Care:</L>
<L>For that thy pow'rful help is near,</L>
<L>Thy wondrous works declare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> What good men long &s;o much to &s;ee,</L>
<L>When &s;ettled in my throne,</L>
<L>Di&s;orders then &s;hall be reform'd,</L>
<L>And equal Ju&s;tice done.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Lands Confu&s;ions had di&s;&s;olv'd</L>
<L>The people's Hearts with fear;</L>
<L>The Pillars of the Government</L>
<L>By me &s;upported were.</L>
<L><PB N="171" REF="92">
<MILESTONE N="4"> The Fools I caution'd not to be</L>
<L>So madly in&s;olent;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Nor &s;tifly proud, as if t' outbrave</L>
<L>Ev'n Heav'n it &s;elf they meant.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Promotion comes not from this Coa&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor that, by lucky chance:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God the great Sov'reign puts one down</L>
<L>Another to advance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He deals out plagues to men; his hand</L>
<L>Pours out a dreadful Cup,</L>
<L>Full of &s;trange mixture, and with &s;ad</L>
<L>Ingredients made up.</L>
<L>Some bitter drops the good may ta&s;t,</L>
<L>But God re&s;erved hath</L>
<L>For wicked men the bottom dregs,</L>
<L>And larger draughts of wrath.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> But I will celebrate and &s;ing</L>
<L>For ever, Lord, thy prai&s;e:</L>
<L>And more cut off the wicked's pow'r,</L>
<L>And that of good men rai&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="76" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> NOne knows like <HI>Judah</HI> God &s;o well,</L>
<L>Nor his Renown, like <HI>I&s;rael.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"><HI>Jeru&s;alem's</HI> his place of re&s;t,</L>
<L>And <HI>Sion's</HI> with his Pre&s;ence ble&s;t.</L>
<P><PB N="170" REF="93"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="171" REF="93"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="172" REF="94">
<MILESTONE N="3"> There lay the Arrows broke, the &s;hield</L>
<L>The Sword, and Arm that did it wield.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thou, for the Slaughters of that day,</L>
<L>Art more renown'd than Hills of prey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> They that with courage us'd t' invade,</L>
<L>Them&s;elves a prey to us are made.</L>
<L>Seiz'd with death's &s;leep, which none with|&s;tands</L>
<L>Their mighty men could find no hands,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Chariots and Hor&s;e their ruine prov'd,</L>
<L>Both at thy check remain'd unmov'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> When God is wroth, men think in vain</L>
<L>Courage or Conque&s;ts to maintain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> When he from Heav'n his Sentence pa&s;s'd,</L>
<L>And ro&s;e to &s;ave the meek in ha&s;te;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Th' approach our foes with terrour fill'd,</L>
<L>And all their rage becalm'd and &s;till'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thus man's outrageous wrath and &s;pite,</L>
<L>Rai&s;es God's prai&s;e t' a greater height;</L>
<L>All who&s;e remains not yet expre&s;s'd</L>
<L>Shall at his plea&s;ure be &s;uppre&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Vow then to God, as well as pray,</L>
<L>And what you vow with con&s;cience pay:</L>
<L>Let all around their pre&s;ents bring</L>
<L>T' expre&s;s their fear of this great King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Men's height no privilege can plead,</L>
<L>He'll humble them, or &s;trike them dead:</L>
<L>Monarchs that to the world give Law,</L>
<L>Before him &s;tand with trembling awe.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="77" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="173" REF="94">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> IN my di&s;tre&s;s, my pray'rs and cries</L>
<L>To God that heard me I renew'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And in the Night, when others re&s;t;</L>
<L>With hands &s;pread out to him I &s;u'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> All comfort I refus'd, my thoughts</L>
<L>Of God (how kind h' had been before,</L>
<L>And what our Mi&s;eries now were)</L>
<L>Di&s;turb'd and overwhelm'd me more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Mine Eyes to &s;leep I could not clo&s;e,</L>
<L>Tho' grief had lock'd my Lips up fa&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> All I could do, was to recount</L>
<L>Thy wonders wrought in Ages pa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I call'd to mind the Songs of Prai&s;e</L>
<L>I made, from former dangers free'd;</L>
<L>Debated with my &s;elf how well</L>
<L>God's pa&s;t and pre&s;ent ways agre'ed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Will God, &s;aid I, quite call us off?</L>
<L>Nor follow us with one kind thought?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Are all his Springs of Goodne&s;s dry?</L>
<L>And mu&s;t his promi&s;e &s;tand for nought?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Has Mercy lain &s;o long difus'd,</L>
<L>That God to &s;hew it has forgot?</L>
<L>Or's &s;o provok'd, our Mi&s;eries</L>
<L>To look on, but regard them not?</L>
<L><PB N="174" REF="95">
<MILESTONE N="10"> This pain'd me &s;ore; that &s;uch a change</L>
<L>In God's Proceedings did appear;</L>
<L>That th' hand which formerly did &s;ave,</L>
<L>Its &s;troaks &s;hould now be &s;o &s;evere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> But I'm re&s;olv'd God's former works</L>
<L>And wonders I will think upon:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Repeat no longer my Complaints,</L>
<L>But talk of all that thou ha&s;t done.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The Methods of thy Providence</L>
<L>Perfectly ju&s;t and holy are,</L>
<L>Tho' far above our reach; who&s;e pow'r</L>
<L>And Greatne&s;s are beyond compare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> The wonders thou ha&s;t done, thy Name</L>
<L>Above all other God's have rais'd;</L>
<L>The World has &s;een thy pow'r, &s;o far</L>
<L>Exceeding theirs, and been amaz'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Thy Care, &s;o wond'rou&s;ty pre&s;erv'd,</L>
<L><HI>Jacob</HI> and <HI>Jo&s;eph</HI> &s;aw: their &s;eed</L>
<L>Beheld th' effects of thy &s;trong Arm,</L>
<L>When from th' <HI>Egyptian</HI> bondage freed,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> The Sea down to its bottom felt.</L>
<L>Th' approach of God, and frighted was;</L>
<L>Fled in &s;uch ha&s;te, the depths were left</L>
<L>A way, through which on Foot to pa&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> A Storm of rain and thunder fill'd</L>
<L>The air with noi&s;e, thy foes with fears;</L>
<L>Strange Hail, like pointed Stones, came down,</L>
<L>And clatt'ring flew about their ears.</L>
<L><PB N="175" REF="95">
<MILESTONE N="18"> God's thundring Voice was heard above,</L>
<L>The Lightnings in their faces fla&s;h'd;</L>
<L>And whil&s;t the Earth trembled and &s;hook,</L>
<L>Th' amaz'd People &s;tood aba&s;h'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Thou through the Seas deep waters mad'&s;t</L>
<L>A path, which none before had trod;</L>
<L>And none, with all their utmo&s;t skill,</L>
<L>Can trace the Foot&s;teps of our God.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"><HI>Mo&s;es</HI> and <HI>Aaron</HI> led thy Flock</L>
<L>With tender care and gentle hand;</L>
<L>And fed them in the de&s;art, till</L>
<L>They came unto the promis'd Land.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="78" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY People, to my words give ear;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> They are not vulgar things you'll hear;</L>
<L>But Pa&s;&s;ages of old remark,</L>
<L>Pa&s;&s;ing all skill in riddles dark.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> To us, things by our Fathers known,</L>
<L>Have &s;urely been conveyed down;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> We to conceal them think not fit,</L>
<L>But t' after Ages will tran&s;mit.</L>
<L>That they may learn God's pow'r to prai&s;e</L>
<L>For wond'rous works of former days.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> This, God who gave our Law, enjoin'd</L>
<L>We &s;hould acquaint the Race behind;</L>
<L><PB N="176" REF="96">
<MILESTONE N="6"> And they the next, that they might &s;et</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Their Hope on God, and not forget</L>
<L>His Works, which pow'rful Motives are</L>
<L>T' ob&s;erve his precepts with due care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> And warnings too not to rebel,</L>
<L>For which their &s;tubborn Fathers fell:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Hearts were not prepar'd t' obey,</L>
<L>Or if inclin'd, &s;oon fell away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The <HI>Ephraimites</HI> well arm'd with bows,</L>
<L>Like Cowards fled before their foes;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> God left them, when they did for&s;ake</L>
<L>His Guidance, and his Covenant brake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> His wonders they forgat too &s;oon,</L>
<L>The works they knew his hand had done:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Th' amazing things that wrought had been</L>
<L>In <HI>Egypt,</HI> by their Fathers &s;een.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> By him the Sea divided was,</L>
<L>And through it on dry ground they pa&s;s;</L>
<L>The fluid Waters &s;well and &s;tand</L>
<L>Like a firm wall on either hand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> He led them by a glorious Cloud;</L>
<L>Both night and day their way it &s;how'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Rocks in the wilderne&s;s he clave,</L>
<L>And thir&s;ted drink in Plenty gave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Streams from the Rock, like rivers &s;ent,</L>
<L>After them in their Travels went.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> All Nature chang'd, but theirs, has been,</L>
<L>Which dur&s;t ev'n in that de&s;art &s;in.</L>
<L><PB N="177" REF="96">
<MILESTONE N="18"> With what God &s;ent not &s;atisfied,</L>
<L>By a new proof his Pow'r they try'd;</L>
<L>Meat now, not for their want, they crave,</L>
<L>But &s;uch as wanton Lu&s;t would have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Di&s;tru&s;t they openly declare,</L>
<L>Both of God's Pow'r and of his Care;</L>
<L>"In &s;uch a de&s;art what loud call</L>
<L>"Can bring in food to fea&s;t us all?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20">"Streams from the Rock gu&s;h'd out good &s;tore</L>
<L>"Which lodg'd perhaps within before;</L>
<L>"But can he Bread enough be&s;tow</L>
<L>"Here, where no corn did ever grow?</L>
<L>"Can Fle&s;h be had for all to eat?</L>
<L>"Their hunger had not need be great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> This Language did inflame God's wrath,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Shewing di&s;tru&s;t and want of Faith.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> And yet their Faith lack'd no &s;upport,</L>
<L>Who&s;e food was of a wond'rous &s;ort:</L>
<L>He made the Clouds his Granary,</L>
<L>Well fill'd with Stores for their &s;upply.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> The&s;e doors above when opened wide,</L>
<L>Manna &s;howr'd down on every &s;ide:</L>
<L>Heav'ns Corn was Diet ready dre&s;t,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> And Men with Angels food did fea&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Well fed they were; yet God &s;till more</L>
<L>Sham'd their di&s;tru&s;t, and &s;how'd his pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> He brought, by proper winds that blew,</L>
<L>A Cloud of Quails which thither flew.</L>
<L><PB N="178" REF="97">
<MILESTONE N="28"> This fle&s;h to &s;atisfie their Lu&s;t,</L>
<L>Rain'd on their Camp as thick as Du&s;t;</L>
<L>And round their Tents the heaped &s;tore,</L>
<L>Lay pil'd like Sand on the Sea-&s;hore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Cramm'd with this dainty fare, not cloy'd,</L>
<L>Their Longings they a while enjoy'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> But the&s;e &s;weet mor&s;els while they chew,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> God's wrath the chiefe&s;t of them &s;lew.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> Nor this, nor wonders done before,</L>
<L>Make them &s;in le&s;s, or tru&s;t God more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> By a long march in unknown ways,</L>
<L>The&s;e &s;inners did con&s;ume their Days.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> They promis'd fair when &s;ome were &s;lain,</L>
<L>And &s;ought God's favour to regain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> They own'd all &s;afety came from hence,</L>
<L>When the High God was their defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> Thus they with flatt'ring words and lyes</L>
<L>Would their Hypocri&s;y di&s;gui&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> Their oft revolts made it appear</L>
<L>Their hearts were fal&s;e and un&s;incere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> Yet oft God's Mercy did forgive</L>
<L>Tho&s;e who de&s;erved not to live:</L>
<L>His Anger oft away he turn'd,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e with gentle flame it burn'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Their fle&s;h he knew was frail, and mu&s;t</L>
<L>Moulder e'er long and turn to du&s;t:</L>
<L>Or like a bla&s;t of wind, when 'tis o'er,</L>
<L>Vani&s;hes and returns no more,</L>
<L><PB N="179" REF="97">
<MILESTONE N="40"> How oft did they provoke him in</L>
<L>The De&s;art, and repeat their &s;in.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> Their unbelief new proofs propounds,</L>
<L>And to God's Pow'r will &s;et new bounds.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> Out of their minds or hearts 'twas gone,</L>
<L>What mighty things his hand had done;</L>
<L>What time the Tyrants cruel yoke</L>
<L>Of Bondage from their Necks he broke.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> Strange plagues upon th' <HI>Egyptians</HI> &s;ent,</L>
<L>Through <HI>Phar'oh's</HI> Court and City went.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> The River turn'd to blood did &s;tink,</L>
<L>None its polluted Streams could drink.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> In&s;ects and Frogs in &s;warms abound,</L>
<L>Sent to de&s;troy to vex and wound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="46"> The Fruits, for which &s;o long they'd toil'd,</L>
<L>Thick Clouds of Locu&s;ts came and &s;poil'd</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47"> Their Fig-trees and their Vines were lo&s;t,</L>
<L>By Hail de&s;troy'd, and unknown Fro&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="48"> Hail mix'd with dreadful lightnings, kill'd</L>
<L>Their Flocks and Cattle in the Field.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="49"> By other ways they plagued were,</L>
<L>As Tokens of God's wrath &s;evere:</L>
<L>At length he evil Angels &s;ent,</L>
<L>Sad Me&s;&s;engers of Puni&s;hment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="50"> Wrath like a torrent makes its way,</L>
<L>All Lives were made an ea&s;ie prey</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="51"> T' a Plague, which all the fir&s;t-born &s;mote</L>
<L>Of Bea&s;ts, and Children they begot.</L>
<L><PB N="180" REF="98">The flow'r of youth one day did &s;ee</L>
<L>Cut off from <HI>Cham's</HI> Po&s;terity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="52"> Then his own People forth were brought,</L>
<L>And led like &s;heep the way he taught.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="53"> Led thro' the Sea &s;afe without fear,</L>
<L>And &s;aw their foes o'erwhelmed there.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="54"> He brought them to the Holy Land,</L>
<L>To <HI>Sion,</HI> won by his &s;trong hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="55"> He ca&s;ts out th' old Inhabitants:</L>
<L>And in their room his Tribes he plants:</L>
<L>The Land divides to each by Lot,</L>
<L>And &s;ettles them in what they'd got.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="56"> But &s;till they tempting God, excite</L>
<L>His Anger, whil&s;t his Laws they &s;light:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="57"> Ju&s;t, as of old, they 'apo&s;tatize,</L>
<L>And all their promi&s;es are lyes.</L>
<L>In every crooked path they'd go,</L>
<L>Starting a&s;ide like a fal&s;e bow:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="58"> High places heath 'ni&s;hly they' affect,</L>
<L>And hateful Images erect.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> V.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="59"> When God beheld this, he was wroth,</L>
<L>And greatly did his People loath.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="60"> Left <HI>Shiloh's</HI> Tent, where he had &s;tay'd,</L>
<L>Which never more his pre&s;ence had.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="61"> Th' Ark, where his Glories did repo&s;e,</L>
<L>Was carried Captive by their Foes:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="62"> Who&s;e cruel Sword his People &s;lew,</L>
<L>When God provok'd his care withdrew.</L>
<L><PB N="181" REF="98">
<MILESTONE N="63"> Vengeance con&s;um'd their youth renown'd</L>
<L>Their maids no nuptial Garlands crown'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="64"> The Prie&s;ts were &s;lain, their widows dear</L>
<L>All publick wailings did forbear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="65"> But as a Warriour nothing minds,</L>
<L>When Sleep or Wine his &s;en&s;es binds;</L>
<L>But waking calls to Arms and &s;houts;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="66"> So God his Foes with fury routs.</L>
<L>Their hinder parts he deeply wounds,</L>
<L>And with perpetual &s;hame confounds.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="67"> Yet would he not the Ark re&s;tore</L>
<L>To <HI>Ephraim's</HI> Tribe where 'twas before;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="68"> But <HI>Judah's</HI> Tribe and <HI>Sion</HI> cho&s;e,</L>
<L>A place belov'd, for its repo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="69"> There he on high his Temple plac'd,</L>
<L>Fix'd like the Earth for ever fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="70"> God for his King did <HI>David</HI> chu&s;e,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="71"> From minding Flocks and yeaning Ews,</L>
<L>Took him his <HI>I&s;rael</HI> to keep,</L>
<L>With equal care he'd done his &s;heep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="72"> He faithfully di&s;charg'd his tru&s;t,</L>
<L>De&s;igning what was good and ju&s;t:</L>
<L>His Skill to govern was no le&s;s</L>
<L>Attended &s;till with good Succe&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="79" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="182" REF="99">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BEhold, O Lord, with &s;avage rage</L>
<L>The Heathen &s;poils thine Heritage:</L>
<L>Thy Temple's made profane and cheap,</L>
<L>Thy City turn'd t' a ruin'd heap.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thy Saints dead Bodies made a Fea&s;t</L>
<L>To every ravenous Bird and Bea&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Their blood around like water &s;hed,</L>
<L>Enow &s;carce live t' interr the dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> In&s;tead of Pity thus forlorn,</L>
<L>We meet from all reproach and &s;corn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> When &s;hall thy wrath, O Lord, expire?</L>
<L>Thy Jealou&s;ie that burns like fire?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> On Heathens let thine Anger &s;moak,</L>
<L>Who neither know nor thee invoke:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who with devouring rage have raz'd</L>
<L>Our City, and our Land laid wa&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Call not to mind our former &s;in,</L>
<L>Nor how provoking we have been:</L>
<L>But let thy tender Mercies now</L>
<L>Prevent our ruine, tho' brought low.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Our Sins, thy Glory to advance,</L>
<L>Pa&s;s by, and &s;end Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Why &s;hould th' in&s;ulting Heathen &s;ay,</L>
<L>Where's now their God to whom they pray?</L>
<L><PB N="183" REF="99">Oh may they know thee and their guilt,</L>
<L>By thy revenge for Blood they've &s;pilt.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And, mov'd by &s;ighing Pri&s;oners cry,</L>
<L>Save tho&s;e, whom they've condemn'd to die.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Repay Seven-fold our Neighbours &s;corn,</L>
<L>Which we for thy &s;ake, Lord, have born.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy People then thy Name &s;hall rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And future Ages &s;ing thy Prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="79" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Heathen, Lord, with &s;avage rage</L>
<L>Invade thine Heritage:</L>
<L>Thy Temple's made profane and cheap,</L>
<L>Thy City' a ruin'd heap.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Dead Bodies of thy Saints make Fea&s;ts</L>
<L>To rav'nous Birds and Bea&s;ts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Enow &s;carce live t' interr the dead;</L>
<L>Their Blood's like water &s;hed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> In&s;tead of Pity, thus forlorn,</L>
<L>We're made their &s;port and &s;corn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> When &s;hall thy Jealou&s;ie expire?</L>
<L>Thy wrath that burns like fire?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> On &s;uch as know not God, nor pray,</L>
<L>Let thy fierce anger &s;tay:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who with devouring rage have raz'd</L>
<L>Our Walls, and Land laid wa&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho' ju&s;tly thou provok'd ha&s;t been,</L>
<L>Vi&s;it not our pa&s;t &s;in.</L>
<L><PB N="184" REF="100">But let thy Mercy, tho' brought low,</L>
<L>Prevent our ruine now.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Pa&s;s by our &s;ins, thy Grace t' advance,</L>
<L>And &s;end Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Where's now their God, to whom they pray,</L>
<L>Why &s;hould the Heathen &s;ay?</L>
<L>By thy revenge for Blood they've &s;pilt,</L>
<L>They'll know God and their guilt.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Save tho&s;e whom they've condemn'd to die,</L>
<L>Mov'd by the Pri&s;oners cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Repay Seven-fold our Neighbours &s;corn,</L>
<L>We for thy Sake have born.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy People then thy Name &s;hall rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And thee all Ages prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="80" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GReat Shepherd of good <HI>Jacob's</HI> Race,</L>
<L>And <HI>Jo&s;eph's</HI> wond'rous Guide, give ear:</L>
<L>Thou &s;itt'&s;t between the Cherubins,</L>
<L>Thence gloriou&s;ly for us appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"><HI>Ephr'aim,</HI> with th' other Tribes once &s;aw</L>
<L>Thy Conque&s;ts in the wilderne&s;s:</L>
<L>Now &s;hew thy &s;elf, that they may know</L>
<L>Thy &s;aving Pow'r is &s;till no le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Oh make an happy change, and us</L>
<L>Unto thy favour, Lord, re&s;tore:</L>
<L><PB N="185" REF="100">For if our God be reconcil'd,</L>
<L>We &s;hall be &s;av'd and &s;igh no more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Great God! how long wilt thou reject</L>
<L>Our pray'rs, when we thy help intreat?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Whil&s;t we large draughts of tears drink down,</L>
<L>Tears that are mingled with our meat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Our foes, agreeing in our harm,</L>
<L>Strive only who &s;hall &s;poil us mo&s;t;</L>
<L>Laugh at our tru&s;t in God, too weak</L>
<L>They think, t'oppo&s;e the pow'rs they boa&s;t,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Oh change our State, and us again</L>
<L>Unto thy favour, Lord, re&s;tore;</L>
<L>For if our God be reconcil'd,</L>
<L>We &s;hall be &s;av'd and &s;igh no more.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> From <HI>Egypt</HI> thou ha&s;t brought a Vine,</L>
<L>Tran&s;planted hither by thine hand:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Expell'd the Heathen, that its roots</L>
<L>Might farther &s;pread and fill the Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> The Hills were covered with its &s;hade,</L>
<L>Its boughs o'er goodly Cedars &s;tretch'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> So fruitful 'twas, it from the Sea</L>
<L>As far as to <HI>Euphrates</HI> reach'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Why is her fence broke down? her grapes</L>
<L>By every &s;poiler's hand are pre&s;s'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The Boar roots up her plants, her fruit's</L>
<L>Devour'd by every &s;avage Bea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Return, great God, look from above</L>
<L>Vi&s;it this Vine for&s;ook &s;o long;</L>
<L><PB N="186" REF="101">
<MILESTONE N="15"> Thine own Plantation, and the Branch</L>
<L>Thou made&s;t for thy &s;elf &s;o &s;trong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> See what De&s;truction's made, the fire</L>
<L>Has burnt already what's cut down;</L>
<L>And what remains will be con&s;um'd,</L>
<L>If God continue &s;till to frown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, &s;ave the King, whom thou do&s;t love,</L>
<L>And &s;end him thine Almighty aid;</L>
<L>Whom zealous for thine Honour, thou,</L>
<L>And &s;trong for our defence, ha&s;t made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> From thee we never will revolt,</L>
<L>If thou wilt us again revive;</L>
<L>But wor&s;hip thee and never cea&s;e,</L>
<L>To prai&s;e thy Goodne&s;s, whil&s;t we live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Oh change our &s;tate, and us again</L>
<L>Unto thy favour, Lord, re&s;tore;</L>
<L>For if our God be reconcil'd,</L>
<L>We &s;hall be &s;av'd, and &s;igh no more.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="81" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRai&s;e him, to whom all pow'r belongs;</L>
<L>With joyful and triumphant Songs;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Join to the Mu&s;ick of your voice</L>
<L>Sweet In&s;truments Harmonious noi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> On the New Moon, with Trumpets &s;ound,</L>
<L>Proclaim the &s;olemn Fea&s;t around:</L>
<L><PB N="187" REF="101">
<MILESTONE N="4"> This was a &s;tanding Law, decreed</L>
<L>By <HI>Jacob's</HI> God to <HI>Jacob's</HI> Seed:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For a Memorial ordain'd</L>
<L>Of their remove from <HI>Egypt's</HI> Land:</L>
<L>Who after heard with fear and awe</L>
<L>God's unknown Voice, that gave the Law.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> His &s;houlder cru&s;h'd with loads, I eas'd,</L>
<L>His Hands from &s;ordid works releas'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> You cry'd in trouble and oft crav'd</L>
<L>My help, and I as often &s;av'd.</L>
<L>The thundring Cloud that terrify'd</L>
<L>Th' <HI>Egyptians,</HI> was your Light and Guide.</L>
<L>You prov'd at <HI>Meribah's</HI> fam'd &s;pring</L>
<L>My Pow'r, and I your murmuring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I will in&s;truct my people &s;till,</L>
<L>If they will hear and do my will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Own then no foreign Deity,</L>
<L>Nor wor&s;hip any God but me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> I am thy God, 'twas my &s;trong hand</L>
<L>Which brought thee out of <HI>Egypt's</HI> Land;</L>
<L>Open thy Mouth, tho' ne'er &s;o wide,</L>
<L>Thy longings &s;hall be &s;atisfy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> But <HI>I&s;rael</HI> would not hear my Voice,</L>
<L>Nor make their God their only choice;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> So they were led, as their lu&s;ts crav'd,</L>
<L>By Coun&s;els of a Mind deprav'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Oh, had they made but God their Guide?</L>
<L>And with his wi&s;e Advice comply'd;</L>
<L><PB N="188" REF="102">
<MILESTONE N="14"> He all their Foes would &s;oon have quell'd</L>
<L>His Hand have all their force repell'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> They, who their Malice would not quit,</L>
<L>Been glad to flatter and &s;ubmit:</L>
<L>While he his people would have ble&s;t,</L>
<L>With never-failing Peace and Re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> With Plenty have enrich'd the Field,</L>
<L>The fine&s;t wheat for food to yield:</L>
<L>And with the &s;weet refre&s;hment fill'd,</L>
<L>Of Honey from the Rock di&s;till'd.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="82" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE Rulers of the world, that bear</L>
<L>God's Name, and repre&s;ent him here,</L>
<L>Know that this Judge among you &s;its.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> If you enact unrighteous Laws,</L>
<L>Or countenance a wicked cau&s;e,</L>
<L>Your Guiltine&s;s no plea admits.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> You act like God, when you defend</L>
<L>The poor, and your a&s;&s;i&s;tance lend</L>
<L>To helple&s;e Men that ju&s;tice crave,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ab&s;olve the Innocent with &s;peed,</L>
<L>Obnoxious only by their need,</L>
<L>And from th' Oppre&s;&s;or's pow'r &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> They cry too oft to you in vain,</L>
<L>Who'll know no other Right but gain,</L>
<L><PB N="189" REF="102">Who&s;e Eyes are blind by Bribes you take.</L>
<L>Thus Ju&s;tice cannot find its cour&s;e,</L>
<L>But Laws neglected lo&s;e their force,</L>
<L>And all the Land s Foundations &s;hake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I &s;aid ye're Gods, but you &s;hall die,</L>
<L>And fall, tho' Sons of the mo&s;t High,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> As other Men and Kings have done.</L>
<L>Ari&s;e, great Judge of all, and reign,</L>
<L>Fall'n Ju&s;tice then will ri&s;e again,</L>
<L>When God doth &s;it upon his Throne.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="83" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> DO not, O Lord, in our di&s;tre&s;s</L>
<L>An unconcern'd Spectator be;</L>
<L>Nor, deaf to all our loud reque&s;ts,</L>
<L>Without regard our ruine &s;ee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> For lo thy hateful foes in&s;ult,</L>
<L>And a tumultuous noi&s;e they make:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Again&s;t thy People clo&s;e de&s;igns</L>
<L>They lay, and crafty coun&s;els take.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Nothing their Malice will content,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s the Nation peri&s;h quite;</L>
<L>So that no memory may remain</L>
<L>Nor mention of an <HI>I&s;raelite.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Ten warlike Nations are combin'd,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6 7"> And all their Joint-Endeavours bent,</L>
<L><PB N="190" REF="103">
<MILESTONE N="8"> T' extirpate thy Religion,</L>
<L>And to &s;ubvert the Government.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Let <HI>Midian's</HI> Army's Fate be theirs,</L>
<L>Their fall like that of <HI>Si&s;era,</HI></L>
<L>Or <HI>Jabin's</HI> Ho&s;t by <HI>Ki&s;on's</HI> Streams</L>
<L>Di&s;comfited and &s;wept away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No other Burial may they have</L>
<L>Than that of tho&s;e near <HI>Endor</HI> kill'd,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Carka&s;es were &s;pread to rot</L>
<L>Like Dung, and &s;erv'd t' enrich the field.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let all their Princes when they fight,</L>
<L>Fly with di&s;honour, and be ta'en,</L>
<L>As <HI>Zeb</HI> and <HI>Oreb</HI> were, and be</L>
<L>Like <HI>Zebah</HI> and <HI>Zalmunna</HI> &s;lain.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The&s;e all de&s;ign, as they of old,</L>
<L>Thy cho&s;en People to oppre&s;s;</L>
<L>And there, where God among us dwells,</L>
<L>Cities and Hou&s;es to po&s;&s;e&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Lord, make them like a tumbling Ball,</L>
<L>No where to re&s;t, or &s;tand their Ground;</L>
<L>But be di&s;pers'd, and fly like chaff,</L>
<L>By driving Tempe&s;ts &s;cattered round.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> As Fire con&s;umes dry wood, the Sun's</L>
<L>Hot rays the parched Mountains burn;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> So, by thy wrathful Storm pur&s;u'd</L>
<L>And frighted, all their force o'erturn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Lord, let their di&s;appointed hopes</L>
<L>In their dejected looks appear;</L>
<L><PB N="191" REF="103">Cover their face with &s;hame, till they</L>
<L>Thy Favour &s;eek and Pow'r revere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Let this Defeat &s;o &s;eize their thoughts</L>
<L>With trouble, and their fears alarm;</L>
<L>That no more Courage may remain</L>
<L>T' a&s;&s;ail, nor Pow'r to do us harm.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Thus Men will readily confe&s;s,</L>
<L>That he whom we <HI>Jehovah</HI> call,</L>
<L>Is the great Ruler of the World,</L>
<L>In Pow'r Superiour over all.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="84" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HOW beauteous is the Place, where thou</L>
<L>Thy Pre&s;ence, Lord, do&s;t grant;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Oh, how I long t' approach thy Courts</L>
<L>Impatient of re&s;traint.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The little Birds tho&s;e Liberties</L>
<L>Enjoy, which I'm deny'd;</L>
<L>Near to thine Altar they prepare</L>
<L>Their Ne&s;ts, and there re&s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O happy men! that may frequent</L>
<L>Thine Hou&s;e, to prai&s;e thee &s;till:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Who&s;e tru&s;t is in thine aid, who&s;e heart</L>
<L>Devout affections fill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> They pa&s;s with joy thro' <HI>Baca's</HI> vale</L>
<L>So trouble&s;ome and dry:</L>
<L>Who&s;e want of Springs, refre&s;hing &s;how'rs</L>
<L>By Heav'n be&s;tow'd &s;upply.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thus with renewed vigour they</L>
<L>Go on unwearied &s;till;</L>
<L><PB N="192" REF="104">And all pre&s;ent them&s;elves before</L>
<L>The Lord, in <HI>Sion's</HI> Hill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Great God of Ho&s;ts, attend when I</L>
<L>My pray'r to thee addre&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Look graciou&s;ly on mine E&s;tate,</L>
<L>And thine Anointed ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> A thou&s;and joyous Days el&s;ewhere,</L>
<L>Yield me not &s;uch content,</L>
<L>As one Day's freedom in thy Hou&s;e,</L>
<L>And in thy Service &s;pent.</L>
<L>There let me have the meane&s;t place,</L>
<L>And at the Thre&s;h-hold lie;</L>
<L>Rather than all the wicked's State,</L>
<L>Without this Liberty.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> God is a glorious Sun, from whom</L>
<L>We Light and Life derive;</L>
<L>A &s;hield for our defence, and he</L>
<L>Will Grace and Glory give.</L>
<L>No good will he with-hold from him</L>
<L>That's upright in his way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> O happy Man! that makes the Lord</L>
<L>His onely tru&s;t and &s;tay.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="85" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THY Mercy, Lord, has chang'd our doom,</L>
<L>Thy Captives to their Land are come,</L>
<L><PB N="193" REF="104">
<MILESTONE N="2"> And all their Sins are done away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thine Anger which was fierce before,</L>
<L>Is now remov'd and flames no more,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O let it ever cea&s;e, we pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> When wilt thou, Lord, from wrath refrain?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Rai&s;e and revive our Joys again?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy &s;aving Mercies, Lord, re&s;tore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I'll li&s;ten to the voice of Peace,</L>
<L>Which God will to his Saints expre&s;s,</L>
<L>If they return to Sin no more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Surely thy &s;aving health is near,</L>
<L>To &s;uch as thee &s;incerely fear,</L>
<L>And Glory to our Land will bring.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Mercy and Truth together meet,</L>
<L>Ju&s;tice and Peace each other greet:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And Truth out of the Earth &s;hall &s;pring.</L>
<L>From heav'n &s;hall righteou&s;ne&s;s look down;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> God's Ble&s;&s;ings will our labours crown;</L>
<L>Our Land with Plenty &s;hall o'er&s;low.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> He with great Ju&s;tice all things &s;ways;</L>
<L>And men &s;hould eye his righteous ways,</L>
<L>To trace the &s;teps where he do's go.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="86" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXVI.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD bow thine ear to my reque&s;ts,</L>
<L>Tho' poor and in the du&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O &s;ave my righteous Soul, for, Lord,</L>
<L>In thee alone I tru&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="194" REF="105">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Be mercifull to me, O God,</L>
<L>And hear my mournfull voice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Daily my Soul to thee a&s;cends,</L>
<L>Oh make it to rejoice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thou, Lord, art gracious and good,</L>
<L>To pardon &s;ins inclin'd;</L>
<L>And all that humbly thee implore,</L>
<L>Shall plenteous mercy find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> To thee I call in my di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>In hope thou wilt attend:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> On thee with Patience wait, 'till thou</L>
<L>A gracious An&s;wer &s;end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Tho' Heathens boa&s;t of other Gods,</L>
<L>And talk of Pow'rs Divine;</L>
<L>There's none that can compare with thee,</L>
<L>Nor any Works like thine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> All the deceived Lands at length</L>
<L>Their Maker &s;hall adore;</L>
<L>Shall glorifie thy Name, O Lord,</L>
<L>And celebrate thy Pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> When they behold how great thou art,</L>
<L>What Wonders thou ha&s;t done;</L>
<L>Their Idols they'll di&s;own, and &s;ay,</L>
<L>That thou art God alone.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, guide my &s;teps, that from the way</L>
<L>Of Truth I ne'er may err;</L>
<L>My loo&s;e affections &s;o unite,</L>
<L>That I thy Name may fear.</L>
<L>With all my Soul I'II prai&s;e the Lord,</L>
<L>His Glories ever tell;</L>
<L><PB N="195" REF="105">
<MILESTONE N="13"> By who&s;e great goodne&s;s I have been</L>
<L>Freed from the lowe&s;t Hell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Numbers of proud and cruel men,</L>
<L>O God, again&s;t me ri&s;e;</L>
<L>They &s;eek my Life, and have no fear</L>
<L>Of thee before their Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Thou, Lord, art pitifull and kind,</L>
<L>To puni&s;h Sinners &s;low;</L>
<L>Goodne&s;s and Faithfulne&s;s from thee</L>
<L>Abundantly do flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Thy mercifull regard I need,</L>
<L>And &s;trength from thee I crave:</L>
<L>From all de&s;igned mi&s;chiefs, Lord,</L>
<L>Thy helple&s;s Servant &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Some &s;ignal mark of favour &s;hew,</L>
<L>Which all my Foes may &s;ee,</L>
<L>And at their Malice blu&s;h; when thou</L>
<L>Do&s;t help and comfort me.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="87" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PLac'd on the holy Hills, God's Seat</L>
<L>For Beauty and for Strength is great:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> God none of <HI>Jacob's</HI> dwellings hates,</L>
<L>But none &s;o loves as <HI>Sion's</HI> Gates.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Tho' other Cities famous are,</L>
<L>Thy Glories are without compare;</L>
<L>Of thee alone it can be told,</L>
<L>God here his Re&s;idence do's hold.</L>
<P><PB N="194" REF="106"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="195" REF="106"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="196" REF="107">
<MILESTONE N="4"> Egypt <HI>and</HI> Babylon may <HI>&s;how,</HI></L>
<L>(And &s;o may other Countries too)</L>
<L>Some &s;ingle worthy, who deriv'd</L>
<L>His Birth from them, and where he liv'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Sion <HI>va&s;t numbers can return,</HI></L>
<L>Of great and good men in her born;</L>
<L>Who&s;e flouri&s;hing e&s;tate, &s;he's &s;ure,</L>
<L>God by his care, will &s;till &s;ecure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> When God, who all di&s;cerns, &s;hall view</L>
<L>The Nations Regi&s;ter; how &s;ew</L>
<L>Noted for Goodne&s;s will he place</L>
<L>Upon th' account of Heathen Race?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Sion <HI>has many &s;uch enjoy'd,</HI></L>
<L>Tho' in lower &s;ervices employ'd:</L>
<L>They one another here &s;ucceed,</L>
<L>As Streams &s;till flow which Springs do feed.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="88" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXVIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O God, my Saviour, Night and Day</L>
<L>To thee I cry, to thee I pray:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Incline thine ear to my complaint,</L>
<L>In Mercy my Petitions grant.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Troubles my Soul &s;o filled have,</L>
<L>I dwell next door unto the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> My &s;trength's &s;o &s;pent, when look'd upon,</L>
<L>I'm given o'er by all for gone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"><PB N="197" REF="107">Shut up from all Society,</L>
<L>Among the Dead I'm only free:</L>
<L>Forgot like tho&s;e in Battel &s;lain,</L>
<L>Like Families without remain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'm thru&s;t into a di&s;mal Cell,</L>
<L>Which, deep and dark, re&s;embles Hell:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy wrath will &s;ink me down at la&s;t,</L>
<L>Troubles, like Waves, come on &s;o fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> As if t'another World remov'd,</L>
<L>I've no conver&s;e with tho&s;e I lov'd:</L>
<L>Others to &s;ee me have no mind,</L>
<L>To &s;uch a loath&s;ome place con&s;in'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Sorrow's the Company I keep,</L>
<L>Who can do nothing here but weep;</L>
<L>Onely my fervent cries implore</L>
<L>Thine aid, when I can weep no more.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Wilt thou &s;hew Wonders to the Dead?</L>
<L>Shall they, to prai&s;e thee, rai&s;e their Head?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> What Kindne&s;s can the Grave declare?</L>
<L>What Truth, when men de&s;troyed are?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> What Pow'r appear, where Light is not?</L>
<L>Or Righteou&s;he&s;s, where all's forgot?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thus, Lord, my cries to thee I've &s;ent,</L>
<L>My Pray'rs the morning Light prevent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Why do I then de&s;erted lie?</L>
<L>Why frown'&s;t thou on my Mi&s;ery?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Affliction has my Portion been,</L>
<L>E'er &s;ince mine Age was young and green</L>
<P><PB N="196" REF="108"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="197" REF="108"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="198" REF="109">
<L>From which if no relea&s;e I find,</L>
<L>Thy Terrours will di&s;tract my Mind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> And, now thine Anger fiercer grows,</L>
<L>Death onely mu&s;t conclude my woes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The&s;e daily, like a rolling Tide,</L>
<L>Environ me on every &s;ide;</L>
<L>The Waves together met, in ha&s;te</L>
<L>Will &s;well, and &s;wallow me at la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Relief from Friends and tho&s;e I lov'd</L>
<L>Is hopele&s;s, all &s;o far remov'd;</L>
<L>And all, who my acquaintance were,</L>
<L>Are lo&s;t, or hide them&s;elves for fear.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="89" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM LXXXIX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WITH chearfull Heart I'll ever &s;ing</L>
<L>The Mercies of the Lord;</L>
<L>To all make known how true he is,</L>
<L>And con&s;tant to his Word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Without all change thy Mercy do's</L>
<L>On firm foundations &s;tay;</L>
<L>And &s;ooner than thy Promi&s;e fail,</L>
<L>The Heav'ns &s;hall move away.</L>
<L>When God his &s;ervant <HI>David</HI> cho&s;e,</L>
<L>To govern <HI>I&s;rael;</HI></L>
<L>his Covenant with him he made,</L>
<L>And by his Oath did &s;eal:</L>
<L>The Throne I give thee, on thy feed</L>
<L>"For ever I entail;</L>
<L><PB N="199" REF="109">"Which tho' thrown down, yet I again</L>
<L>"To rai&s;e it will not fail.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> This wond'rous Love if we forget</L>
<L>With prai&s;es to proclaim,</L>
<L>The Heav'nly Angels &s;acred Quire</L>
<L>Shall celebrate the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The&s;e never with the Lord compare,</L>
<L>Nor his Commands conte&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> But give attendance at his Throne,</L>
<L>With awful fear po&s;&s;e&s;s'd.</L>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Great God! there's none that's arm'd with pow'r,</L>
<L>Or girt with Truth like thee;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Thou, when the waves ari&s;e, do&s;t rule</L>
<L>And &s;till the raging Sea.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy Arm alone brake <HI>Egypt's</HI> pow'r,</L>
<L>And <HI>I&s;rael</HI> did adore,</L>
<L>When they beheld the drowned Ho&s;t</L>
<L>Lie &s;cattered on the &s;hore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The world, with all therein, is thine,</L>
<L>Made by thy pow'rful voice:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> With all the Quarters of the Earth,</L>
<L>Which in thy Care rejoyce.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy great and uncontrolled Power,</L>
<L>Can no re&s;i&s;tance fear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Yet Mercy, Righteou&s;ne&s;s and Truth</L>
<L>In all thy Rule appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Ble&s;t are the men that under&s;tand</L>
<L>The joyful &s;ound of Prai&s;e:</L>
<L>They, thro' thy Favour &s;hall enjoy</L>
<L>An Age of happy Days.</L>
<L><PB N="200" REF="110">
<MILESTONE N="16"> Th' Expre&s;&s;ions of thy wond'rous Love,</L>
<L>Will fre&s;h delights create;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> And thou, the Glory of their &s;trength,</L>
<L>Wilt rai&s;e their low e&s;tate.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Our King and Guardian, is the Lord</L>
<L>Of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> ever ble&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Who to an Holy Prophet thus</L>
<L>His mind of old expre&s;t.</L>
<L>"I've found a Man of worth and might</L>
<L>"For your Deliverer;</L>
<L>"One from among the People cho&s;e,</L>
<L>"I for your King prefer.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"><HI>"David,</HI> my Servant, to receive</L>
<L>"This Honour I appoint;</L>
<L>"Go then, and to this Office him</L>
<L>"With Holy Oil anoint.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> My powr'ful Pre&s;ence I'll afford</L>
<L>T' a&s;&s;i&s;t him in di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Whom &s;ubt'le&s;t Foes &s;hall not deceive,</L>
<L>Nor &s;pightfulle&s;t oppre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> But he &s;hall their united force</L>
<L>Broken in pieces &s;ee;</L>
<L>And all that hate him, by my pow'r</L>
<L>Plagu'd and de&s;troy'd &s;hall be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> To him my Faithfulne&s;s I'll &s;how,</L>
<L>My Favours on him &s;howre;</L>
<L>And whil&s;t he tru&s;ts in me, will rai&s;e</L>
<L>And &s;till enlarge his pow'r.</L>
<L>His Empire, by his Victories,</L>
<L>Shall far and wide extend;</L>
<L><PB N="201" REF="110">
<MILESTONE N="26"> On God, as a kind Father, he</L>
<L>For &s;afety &s;hall depend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> I'll own him for my fir&s;t-born King</L>
<L>In highe&s;t Honour plac'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> My Love for him I'll keep, with him</L>
<L>My Covenant &s;hall &s;tand fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Succe&s;&s;ion in his Family</L>
<L>From failing I'll &s;ecure;</L>
<L>The Regal Pow'r therein &s;hall la&s;t</L>
<L>While th' Heavens do endure.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> If <HI>David's</HI> &s;ons mind not my Law,</L>
<L>Nor in my Judgments walk;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> If they Religion, and its Rules</L>
<L>Of Life, profanely balk.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> For the&s;e tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions and neglects</L>
<L>Severely they &s;hall &s;mart:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> But yet my Love I'll not withdraw,</L>
<L>Nor from my word depart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> I will not break th' Engagements made</L>
<L>To <HI>David's</HI> Royal blood:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> What by my Holine&s;s I've &s;worn,</L>
<L>My Truth &s;hall &s;till make good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> His Race &s;hall never fail, his Throne</L>
<L>While the Sun &s;hines &s;hall la&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> Nor &s;hall the Moon, my Pledge above,</L>
<L>Stand in her Orb more fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> But, Lord, how &s;hall we reconcile</L>
<L>Thy dealings with thy word?</L>
<L>Wroth with our King, he's now by thee</L>
<L>Rejected and abhorr'd.</L>
<L><PB N="202" REF="111">
<MILESTONE N="39"> As if with <HI>David</HI> thou had&s;t made</L>
<L>A Covenant in vain;</L>
<L>His Honour's trampled under foot,</L>
<L>His Crown is made profane.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> All his Defences are broke down</L>
<L>His Forts in ruines laid;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> A &s;corn t' his Neighbours, and a prey</L>
<L>To every Spoiler made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> His Foes, much &s;tronger, triumph in</L>
<L>Their ea&s;ie Victories:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> His blunted &s;word cannot repell</L>
<L>A&s;&s;ailing Enemies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> His former Glory's quite eclips'd,</L>
<L>His Kingdoms &s;tate o'erthrown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> His Reign is &s;hortned, and di&s;grace.</L>
<L>Has &s;ullied his renown.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> V.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="46"> How long &s;hall we in this &s;ad &s;tate,</L>
<L>By thee neglected mourn?</L>
<L>Till we are utterly con&s;um'd,</L>
<L>Lord, &s;hall thine Anger burn?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47"> Oh call to mind how &s;hort a time</L>
<L>At be&s;t, to live we have:</L>
<L>Shall it be &s;aid we're made for nought</L>
<L>But &s;orrow and a Grave?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="48"> Why &s;hould our Foes de&s;troy us thus?</L>
<L>When none's &s;o firm and &s;trong,</L>
<L>But he mu&s;t fall into the Grave,</L>
<L>And yield to Death ere long?</L>
<L>Lord, what's become of that old Love</L>
<L>Thou did&s;t to <HI>David</HI> bear?</L>
<L><PB N="203" REF="111">To whom for ever to be kind</L>
<L>Thou faithfully did&s;t &s;wear?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="50"> Forget not, Lord, how we are made</L>
<L>The mighty Peoples &s;corn:</L>
<L>I ea&s;ier all my other griefs</L>
<L>Than their reproach have born.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="51"> Thy Foes they are, and to reproach</L>
<L>Thy Promi&s;e they intend;</L>
<L>As if with <HI>David's</HI> ruin'd hou&s;e</L>
<L>His Kingdom now &s;hould end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="52"> But &s;till we'll hope in thee, tho' &s;corn'd,</L>
<L>And prai&s;e thee, tho' oppre&s;t:</L>
<L>And evermore will &s;ay, <HI>Amen,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Amen,</HI> the Lord be ble&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="90" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XC.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, every Age and Race has &s;een,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t our help and refuge been.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ere that the Mountains had a Birth,</L>
<L>Or ever thou had&s;t form'd the Earth;</L>
<L>Thou had&s;t a being long before,</L>
<L>And &s;halt abide when time's no more,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy fir&s;t Decree 'gain&s;t man was ju&s;t</L>
<L>Bidding him <HI>Turn again to Du&s;t.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> A thou&s;and years, if we could &s;tay</L>
<L>In life &s;o long, is but a day</L>
<L><PB N="204" REF="112">Compar'd with thee, and in thy &s;ight</L>
<L>Like the &s;hort watches of the night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Death, like an over&s;lowing &s;tream,</L>
<L>Sweeps us away; our Life's a Dream.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> As flow'rs i'th' morning fre&s;h and fair,</L>
<L>Cut down era night and withered are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thine Anger and our Wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Makes the &s;hort term of Nature le&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> And thus our years t' an end are brought,</L>
<L>As &s;wiftly as a Breath or Thought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Our Age to &s;eventy years is &s;et;</L>
<L>If to another &s;tage we get,</L>
<L>And unto Four&s;core years arrive,</L>
<L>We rather &s;igh and groan, than live.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, who with due reflection hath</L>
<L>Thought on the terrours of thy wrath?</L>
<L>Wrath that is equal to our dread,</L>
<L>And &s;trikes &s;o often &s;inners dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Oh that the &s;en&s;e of our la&s;t end,</L>
<L>Th' uncertainties this Life attend,</L>
<L>May more excite our fear of thee,</L>
<L>And a wi&s;e care of Piety.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> When, Lord, &s;hall thy di&s;plea&s;ure cea&s;e?</L>
<L>When wilt thou give our troubles ea&s;e?</L>
<L>Now we are humble and repent,</L>
<L>Shew pity to us, and relent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Oh let that Mercy come at la&s;t</L>
<L>We long impatiently to ta&s;t:</L>
<L><PB N="205" REF="112">
<MILESTONE N="15"> And in proportion to our tears,</L>
<L>Let Gladne&s;s crown our future years.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Since Acts of Grace thy Glory are,</L>
<L>And plea&s;e thee mo&s;t; do thou appear</L>
<L>In the&s;e to us and to our Race:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Shew us the Beauties of thy Face.</L>
<L>Afford thy Light to guide our way,</L>
<L>That we may never go a&s;tray:</L>
<L>All our good undertakings ble&s;s,</L>
<L>And pro&s;per with de&s;ir'd &s;ucce&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="90" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XC.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, every Age and Race has &s;een</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t our Refuge been.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ere that the Mountains had a birth,</L>
<L>Or thou had&s;t form'd the Earth,</L>
<L>Thou <HI>wa&s;t,</HI> when nothing was before,</L>
<L><HI>Wilt be,</HI> when time's no more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy fir&s;t Decree 'gain&s;t Man was ju&s;t,</L>
<L>Thou &s;aid&s;t, <HI>Return to Du&s;t.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> A Life prolong'd t' a thou&s;and years,</L>
<L>One Day to thee appears;</L>
<L>As the &s;hort watches of the Night,</L>
<L>Which &s;lept away, we &s;light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Hurrid away by Death's, &s;wift &s;tream,</L>
<L>We vani&s;h like a dream.</L>
<L>Ere Night, thus flow'rs i' th' morning fair</L>
<L>Cut down and withered are.</L>
<L><PB N="206" REF="113">
<MILESTONE N="7"> Thine Anger and our Wickedne&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Makes Life's &s;hort term &s;till le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> And thus our years t' an end are brought</L>
<L>Swift as a Breath or Thought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Our Age to &s;eventy years is &s;et;</L>
<L>If forward &s;till we get,</L>
<L>And unto Four&s;core years arrive,</L>
<L>We rather &s;igh than live.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Lord, who with due reflection hath</L>
<L>Thought on thy pow'rfull wrath?</L>
<L>Wrath that is equal to our dread,</L>
<L>And o&s;t &s;trikes &s;inners dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> O that our Lives that &s;wiftly &s;pend,</L>
<L>And &s;en&s;e of our la&s;t end,</L>
<L>May more excite our fear of thee,</L>
<L>And care of Piety.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> When, Lord, &s;hall thy di&s;plea&s;ure cea&s;e?</L>
<L>When give our troubles ea&s;e?</L>
<L>Now we are humble and repent,</L>
<L>Shew pity, and relent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> O let that Mercy come at la&s;t</L>
<L>Our longing &s;ouls would ta&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> And in proportion to our tears,</L>
<L>Joys crown our future years.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Since Acts of Pow'r and Mercy are</L>
<L>Thy Glory; Lord, appear</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> In the&s;e to us and to our Race;</L>
<L>Shew us thy beauteous Face.</L>
<L>Afford thy Light to guide our way,</L>
<L>Never to go a&s;tray:</L>
<L><PB N="207" REF="113">All our good undertakings ble&s;s,</L>
<L>And pro&s;per with &s;ucce&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="91" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HE that has God for his Retreat,</L>
<L>Has gain'd a &s;afe and quiet Seat:</L>
<L>For God's o'er-&s;preading Providence</L>
<L>Will, like a &s;hade, be his defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To him, as to my Fort, I'll fly;</L>
<L>On him, my pow'rful God, rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> When noi&s;ome Plagues infect the Air,</L>
<L>He'll &s;ave thee from the &s;ecret Snare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His Care, like Wings, &s;hall Safety yield,</L>
<L>His faithfull Promi&s;e be thy Shield:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> So that no dangers of the night</L>
<L>Shall &s;eize thee with a &s;udden fright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Plagues that, like poi&s;'ned Arrows, kill,</L>
<L>And all a-round with Slaughter fill,</L>
<L>Walking un&s;een both night and day,</L>
<L>Shall mi&s;s their aim, or balk their way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thou&s;ands &s;hall fall on every hand,</L>
<L>And thou the while unhurt &s;halt &s;tand;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> And onely with thine eyes &s;halt &s;ee</L>
<L>What &s;hall the wicked's portion be.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="208" REF="114">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Since thou ha&s;t made the Lord mo&s;t High</L>
<L>Thy Refuge and Security;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No evil &s;hall thy peace mole&s;t,</L>
<L>No plague thy dwelling &s;hall infe&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Ble&s;t Angels, charg'd to guard thy way,</L>
<L>To thee &s;hall kind attendance pay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The&s;e in their hands &s;hall thee &s;upport,</L>
<L>Le&s;t thou &s;hould&s;t &s;tumble to thy hurt.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The Lion thou may&s;t &s;afely meet,</L>
<L>Tread th' A&s;p and Dragon under feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Since he has &s;et his Love on me,</L>
<L>From danger I will &s;et him free.</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he knows and fears my Name,</L>
<L>I'll honour him and rai&s;e his Fame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> When he invokes me in his need,</L>
<L>I'll hear and an&s;wer him with &s;peed.</L>
<L>When he's in trouble I'll &s;tand by,</L>
<L>To &s;ave, and &s;et him up on High.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Give him long Life, and when that's done</L>
<L>Will &s;hew him my Salvation.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="91" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HE who makes God his &s;ure retreat,</L>
<L>Has gain'd a quiet &s;eat;</L>
<L>For God's o'er-&s;hadowing Providence,</L>
<L>Will be his &s;afe defence.</L>
<L><PB N="209" REF="114">
<MILESTONE N="2"> To him, as to my Fort, I'll fly,</L>
<L>On him my God rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He'll &s;ave thee from the &s;ecret &s;nare,</L>
<L>When Plagues infect the Air.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His Care, like Wings, will &s;afety yield,</L>
<L>His Promi&s;e be thy Shield:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> So &s;hall no dangers of the Night</L>
<L>Seize thee with &s;udden fright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Plagues that like poi&s;on'd Arrows kill,</L>
<L>And all with &s;laughter fill;</L>
<L>Walking un&s;een both Night and Day,</L>
<L>Shall mi&s;s, or balk their way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thou&s;ands &s;hall fall on every hand,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t thou, unhurt, &s;halt &s;tand;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> And what the Wicked's fate will be,</L>
<L>Onely thine Eyes &s;hall &s;ee,</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Becau&s;e thou'&s;t cho&s;e the Lord mo&s;t high,</L>
<L>For thy &s;ecurity;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No evil &s;hall thy peace mole&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor plague thy Hou&s;e infe&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Ble&s;t Angels, charg'd to guard thy way,</L>
<L>Will kind attendance pay:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> The&s;e in their Hands &s;hall thee &s;upport,</L>
<L>From &s;tumbling to thy hurt.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Safe th' A&s;p and Dragon thou may&s;t meet,</L>
<L>Tread Lions under feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Since he has &s;et his Love on me</L>
<L>From harm I'll &s;et him free.</L>
<L><PB N="210" REF="115">Becau&s;e he knows and fears my Name</L>
<L>I will advance his Fame,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> When he invokes me in his need,</L>
<L>I'll an&s;wer him with &s;peed.</L>
<L>In &s;traits, to &s;ave him, I'll be nigh,</L>
<L>And &s;et him up on high.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> And when a good old age is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Bring him to Heav'n at la&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="92" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O What a plea&s;ant work it is</L>
<L>To prai&s;e the Lord above:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Morning and Evening to proclaim</L>
<L>His Faithfulne&s;s and Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Sweet Notes of In&s;truments to joyn</L>
<L>With an harmonious voice:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thy gracious dealings with me, Lord,</L>
<L>Have made me to rejoice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Great are thy Works and thy De&s;igns</L>
<L>Contain the deepe&s;t &s;en&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Tho' wicked men and Fools mi&s;take</L>
<L>Thy ways of Providence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> They &s;pring and flouri&s;h like the Gra&s;s,</L>
<L>With good &s;ucce&s;s o'erjoy'd;</L>
<L>And onely grow to be mown down,</L>
<L>And utterly de&s;troy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thou, Lord, mo&s;t high, do&s;t ever live;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> They cannot &s;cape from thee:</L>
<L>All &s;hall be ruin'd and di&s;pers'd</L>
<L>That work Iniquity.</L>
<L><PB N="211" REF="115">
<MILESTONE N="10"> Still higher to exalt my Pow'r</L>
<L>Thou, Lord, wilt thine employ;</L>
<L>And crown that Pow'r and Dignity,</L>
<L>With undi&s;turbed Joy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> This plea&s;ure I &s;hall have, by tho&s;e</L>
<L>My ruine had combin'd;</L>
<L>To &s;ee them &s;tript of all their pow'r,</L>
<L>And their own mine find.'</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> But righteous men like fruitfull Palms,</L>
<L>Or &s;tately Cedars grow;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> For planted in thy Courts they're fed</L>
<L>With Springs that ever flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> There they are fair and ever thrive,</L>
<L>And &s;till more fruit &s;hall bring:</L>
<L>Age that makes other things decay,</L>
<L>Makes them more flouri&s;hing.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Thus God appears to all the World</L>
<L>To be both Good and Ju&s;t,</L>
<L>No fal&s;ene&s;s can be charg'd on him</L>
<L>Who is my Rock and Tru&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="93" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Lord do's reign, and like a King</L>
<L>Puts on his Robes of glorious Light;</L>
<L>Tremble, thou Earth, when he appears</L>
<L>Cloathed and girt about with Might.</L>
<L>Under his Rule th' unquiet World</L>
<L>Will gain &s;tability and peace:</L>
<L><PB N="212" REF="116">
<MILESTONE N="2"> Of old his Empire did begin,</L>
<L>And like him&s;elf can never cea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> In vain the World, rebellious Pow'rs,</L>
<L>In Tumults and Commotions ri&s;e;</L>
<L>Like troubled Waters of the Sea,</L>
<L>That bid defiance to the Skies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Re&s;i&s;t not his unequal &s;trength,</L>
<L>That's far above your threatning noi&s;e;</L>
<L>For ev'n the Seas unruly waves,</L>
<L>Do calmly li&s;ten to his voice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Lord, as thy Pow'r can never fail,</L>
<L>So all thy Promi&s;es are &s;ure:</L>
<L>It's thy Perfection to be true,</L>
<L>And theirs that &s;erve thee to be pure.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="93" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Lord do's reign, and cloaths him|&s;elf</L>
<L>With Robes of glorious light;</L>
<L>Tremble, thou Earth, when he appears</L>
<L>Girded about with Might.</L>
<L>Now the unquiet World will gain</L>
<L>Stability and Peace:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His Empire was of old, and like</L>
<L>Him&s;elf can never cea&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> In vain the World's rebellious Pow'rs</L>
<L>Combin'd in Tumults ri&s;e;</L>
<L>Like Waters of the Sea, that bid</L>
<L>Defiance to the Skies.</L>
<L><PB N="213" REF="116">
<MILESTONE N="4"> Re&s;i&s;t not his unequal &s;trength,</L>
<L>That's far above your noi&s;e;</L>
<L>For even the Seas unruly Waves</L>
<L>Are calmed at his voice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thy Power, Lord, can never fail,</L>
<L>Tny Promi&s;es are &s;ure;</L>
<L>Thy Glory's to be true, and theirs</L>
<L>That &s;erve thee, to be pure.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="94" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCIV.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THou great Avenger of all wrongs,</L>
<L>At length thy Ju&s;tice &s;hew;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ari&s;e, and render to the proud</L>
<L>Rewards that are their due.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> How long &s;hall evil men triumph,</L>
<L>And boa&s;t their Villanies;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Speak &s;cornfully of God him&s;elf,</L>
<L>And Providence de&s;pi&s;e?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Who, whil&s;t the ruine of the poor</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> And innocent they plot,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Say, that the Lord do's not di&s;cern,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e regards it not.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> When will the&s;e bruti&s;h Sinners learn,</L>
<L>The&s;e &s;en&s;ele&s;s Fools be wi&s;e?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Shall not he hear, that made the Ears,</L>
<L>And &s;ee, that form'd the Eyes?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> He the rude Nations do's in&s;truct,</L>
<L>And teaches Man his skill:</L>
<L><PB N="214" REF="117">Shall not he know then, and cha&s;ti&s;e</L>
<L>Thy di&s;obedient Will</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> O flatter not thy &s;elf, nor the&s;e</L>
<L>Impieties maintain:</L>
<L>God knows the&s;e very thoughts of thine</L>
<L>How fal&s;e they are and vain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Lord, he's a happy man, whom thou</L>
<L>By cha&s;ti&s;ements ha&s;t taught;</L>
<L>And thereby to a &s;en&s;e of thee,</L>
<L>And of his duty brought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> God in his Mercy will at length</L>
<L>From Troubles &s;et him free;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t Vengeance ruines wicked mens</L>
<L>Short-liv'd pro&s;perity.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Tho' good men, for a while cha&s;tis'd,</L>
<L>May under Troubles groan;</L>
<L>God will not utterly for&s;ake,</L>
<L>Nor ca&s;t away his own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Neglected Judgment &s;hall return</L>
<L>Again to act its part;</L>
<L>And then Felicity &s;hall crown</L>
<L>The men of upright Heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> T'oppo&s;e my wicked foes, I call'd</L>
<L>To other aids in vain;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Without thy &s;uccours in tha Grave</L>
<L>I and my hopes had lain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> When I de&s;pair'd to keep my Feet,</L>
<L>Thy Mercy me upheld:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Thy Comforts eas'd my troubled thoughts</L>
<L>And &s;welling pa&s;&s;ions quell'd.</L>
<L><PB N="215" REF="117">
<MILESTONE N="20"> Will ever God Tyrannick Acts</L>
<L>Of unju&s;t Thrones abett?</L>
<L>Who under forms of Law, t'oppre&s;s</L>
<L>The Righteous power get?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> They meet in Council, and re&s;olve</L>
<L>That &s;uch mens Lives they'll have;</L>
<L>And whom their Sentence do's condemn,</L>
<L>No Innocence can &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> But again&s;t &s;uch unju&s;t Decrees</L>
<L>The Lord is my defence;</L>
<L>He'll be my Refuge to &s;ecure</L>
<L>Me from their Violence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> What Mi&s;chiefs they 'gain&s;t me de&s;ign'd.</L>
<L>Their ruine &s;hall confe&s;s:</L>
<L>For God will &s;urely cut them off</L>
<L>In their own wickedne&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="95" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> COme let us all unite our joys,</L>
<L>And to the Lord our voices rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Before his pre&s;ence let us come</L>
<L>With thankfull Hearts and P&s;alms of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our Lord is a great God and King,</L>
<L>Of mighty Pow'r and eminent</L>
<L>Above all Gods: him Angels &s;erve,</L>
<L>And Princes onely repre&s;ent.</L>
<L><PB N="216" REF="118">
<MILESTONE N="4"> The &s;ecret places of the Earth,</L>
<L>And &s;trength of Hills are in his Hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He made the Waters of the Sea,</L>
<L>And for their Bound prepar'd dry Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> To him that made us let us kneel,</L>
<L>And humble Adorations give:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who are the People of his Care</L>
<L>The Sheep that on his Pa&s;tures live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To day let's hearken to his voice,</L>
<L>And not &s;uch hardened Sinners prove;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> As tho&s;e that in the Wilderne&s;s</L>
<L>Provok'd and tempted God above.</L>
<L>They prov'd his Pow'r, and &s;aw his Works,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And griev'd his Patience forty year;</L>
<L>Till, wearied with their murmurings,</L>
<L>That Race he could no longer bear.</L>
<L>He did their &s;tupid Unbelief,</L>
<L>And ba&s;e Ingratitude dete&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And in his Indignation &s;ware,</L>
<L>They &s;hould not come into his Re&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="95" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> COme, let us with united joys</L>
<L>To God our voices rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> With thankfull Hearts before him come,</L>
<L>And loudly &s;ing his Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our God is a great God and King,</L>
<L>In Power eminent</L>
<L><PB N="217" REF="118">Above all Gods: him Angels &s;erve,</L>
<L>And Princes repre&s;ent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The &s;ecrets of the Earth, and &s;trength</L>
<L>Of Hills are in his Hand;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He made the Waters of the Sea,</L>
<L>And, for their Bound, dry Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> To him that made us, let us kneel,</L>
<L>And Adorations give;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who are his People, and the Sheep</L>
<L>That on his Pa&s;tures live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To day let's hear his voice, and not</L>
<L>Such hardened Sinners prove;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> As tho&s;e that in the Wilderne&s;s</L>
<L>Provoked God above.</L>
<L>They prov'd his pow'r, and &s;aw his works,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And griev'd him forty year;</L>
<L>Tell, wearied with that murm'ring Race,</L>
<L>He could no longer bear.</L>
<L>He did their unbelief and ba&s;e</L>
<L>Ingratitude dete&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And in his Anger &s;ware, they &s;hould</L>
<L>Not come into his Re&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="96" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the Earth their voices rai&s;e,</L>
<L>To &s;ing the choice&s;t P&s;alm of Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To &s;ing and ble&s;s God's &s;acred Name,</L>
<L>And all his &s;aving Works proclaim.</L>
<L><PB N="218" REF="119">
<MILESTONE N="3"> His Glory let the Heathen know,</L>
<L>His Wonders to the Nations &s;how:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Let him be prais'd that is &s;o high;</L>
<L>More fear'd than any Deity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To Idols Heathen wor&s;hip's paid,</L>
<L>Our Lord both th'Earth and Heavens made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He in Maje&s;tick Splendor dwells,</L>
<L>In Beauty and in Strength excels.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Let every Tongue and every Tribe,</L>
<L>Glory and Pow'r to God a&s;cribe:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Glory give that is his due,</L>
<L>Their Off'rings in his Courts renew.</L>
<L>There fall down humbly and confe&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Beauty of his Holine&s;s.</L>
<L>Let all the Earth the Lord revere,</L>
<L>And by their Duty &s;hew their fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Say to the World th' Almighty reigns,</L>
<L>A Judge that Equity maintains:</L>
<L>He'll make their Wars and tumults cea&s;e;</L>
<L>And ble&s;s the World with quiet peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let Heav'n and Earth proclaim their joys;</L>
<L>The Ocean by its roaring noi&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Fields by the fairne&s;s of their crops,</L>
<L>Trees by the Fruits that crown their tops.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> At his approach all Nature's glad,</L>
<L>And onely Sinners are afraid:</L>
<L>All whom he judges will confe&s;s,</L>
<L>His Equity and Righteou&s;ne&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="96" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="219" REF="119">
<HEAD>PSALM XCVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the Earth their voices rai&s;e</L>
<L>To a new Song of prai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Sing we, and ble&s;s God's Sacred Name,</L>
<L>His &s;aving Works proclaim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His Glory let the Heathen know,</L>
<L>To all his wonders &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> And when his prai&s;e aloud is heard,</L>
<L>More than all God's be fear'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To Idols Heathen wor&s;hip's paid,</L>
<L>Our Lord, the Heavens made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> His Honour's great; beyond compare</L>
<L>His Strength and Beauty are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Let every Tongue and every Tribe</L>
<L>Glory to God a&s;cribe.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Glory give due to his Name;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Courts your Off'rings claim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> There fall down humbly, and confe&s;s</L>
<L>The Beauty' of Holine&s;s.</L>
<L>Let all the Earth the Lord revere,</L>
<L>Let Duty &s;hew their Fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Say to the World, th' Almighty reigns,</L>
<L>A Judge that Right maintains:</L>
<L>He'll make their Wars and Tumults cea&s;e,</L>
<L>And ble&s;s die World with Peace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let Heav'n and Earth proclaim their joys,</L>
<L>Seas by their roaring noi&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="220" REF="120">
<MILESTONE N="12"> Fields by the fairne&s;s of their crops,</L>
<L>Trees by their fruitfull tops.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> At his approach all Nature's glad:</L>
<L>Sinners alone afraid.</L>
<L>All whom he judges &s;hall confe&s;s</L>
<L>His Truth and Righteou&s;ne&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="97" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LEt th' Earth rejoice fince God do's reign:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> For tho' thick darkne&s;s do's &s;urround</L>
<L>And cloud his ways of Providence;</L>
<L>Yet perfect Ju&s;tice is their ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> When God prepares him&s;elf for wrath,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His Lightnings flame around the Skies;</L>
<L>A dreadfull Fire before him goes,</L>
<L>To burn up all his Enemies.</L>
<L>Th'amazed Earth &s;ees this and quakes;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Hills like melted wax flow down:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Heav'ns his Ju&s;tice do proclaim,</L>
<L>And men below his Glories own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Confounded be tho&s;e wor&s;hippers,</L>
<L>That to a graven Image bow,</L>
<L>And boa&s;t of Idols: wor&s;hip him</L>
<L>Angels above and gods below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Good men will hear the News with joy,</L>
<L>When Judgments on the&s;e Sinners fall;</L>
<L><PB N="221" REF="120">
<MILESTONE N="9"> Which tell the World their gods are vain,</L>
<L>And thou art high above them all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> All ye that love and &s;erve the Lord,</L>
<L>Strictly pre&s;erve your Innocence;</L>
<L>Then tho' the wicked &s;eek your fall,</L>
<L>God will &s;tand up in your defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Th'immortal Seeds of Light and Bli&s;s,</L>
<L>For truly pious men are &s;own:</L>
<L>A joyfull Harve&s;t will at length</L>
<L>Their Labours and their Sorrows crown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Then let your chearfull temper &s;how</L>
<L>The God you &s;erve is good and kind:</L>
<L>Prai&s;e him for all his Mercies pa&s;t,</L>
<L>And wait with joy for tho&s;e behind.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="97" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GGD reigns, let all the Earth rejoyce;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' darkne&s;s may &s;urround,</L>
<L>And cloud his ways of Providence,</L>
<L>Yet Ju&s;tice is their ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Lightnings, when God prepares for wrath,</L>
<L>Do flame around the Skies:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> A Fire before him goes, to burn</L>
<L>Up all his Enemies.</L>
<L>The Earth &s;ees this and quakes, the Hills</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Like melted Wax &s;low down;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Heav'ns his Righteou&s;ne&s;s declare,</L>
<L>And men his Glories own.</L>
<L><PB N="222" REF="121">
<MILESTONE N="7"> Confounded be tho&s;e Wor&s;hippers,</L>
<L>That to an Image bow,</L>
<L>And boa&s;t of ldols: wor&s;hip him</L>
<L>Angels and gods below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Good men will joy, when puni&s;hments</L>
<L>Shall on the&s;e Sinners fall;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Which &s;hew their gods are vain, and thou.</L>
<L>Art high above them all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> All ye that love and fear the Lord,</L>
<L>Pre&s;erve your Innocence;</L>
<L>Then let the Wicked &s;eek your fall,</L>
<L>God will be your defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Th' immortal Seeds of Light and Bli&s;s</L>
<L>For pious men are &s;own;</L>
<L>A joyfull Harve&s;t will at length</L>
<L>Their Works and Sorrows crown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Then let your cheerfull temper &s;how</L>
<L>The God you &s;erve is kind;</L>
<L>Prai&s;e him for Mercies pa&s;t, and wait</L>
<L>With joy for tho&s;e behind.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="98" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REnew your Songs to God, and tell</L>
<L>What Wonders he has done:</L>
<L>Let all proclaim the Victories,</L>
<L>His pow'rfull Arm has won.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His Mercy which was kept before</L>
<L>A &s;ecret and inclos'd;</L>
<L>Now to the clear and open view</L>
<L>Of Heathens is expos'd.</L>
<L><PB N="223" REF="121">
<MILESTONE N="3"> His promis'd Goodne&s;s and his Truth</L>
<L>Was fir&s;t to <HI>I&s;rael</HI> &s;hown;</L>
<L>But now the Ends of th' Earth have &s;een</L>
<L>His great Salvation.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Let all the Earth this welcome News</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Applaud with loude&s;t noi&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Joyn Mu&s;ick to their Hymns of Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>To te&s;tifie their Joys.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Let &s;welling Seas roar, and excite</L>
<L>The Joys of neighbouring Lands;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Let echoing Hills the noi&s;e repeat,</L>
<L>And Rivers clap their Hands.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Whole Nature well may feel a change,</L>
<L>When God's approach is nigh:</L>
<L>Who comes to judge and rule the World</L>
<L>With Truth and Equity.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="99" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM XCIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THE Lord do's reign, and on his Throne</L>
<L>Between the Cherubins do's &s;it;</L>
<L>Let the Earth quake, and fear po&s;&s;e&s;s</L>
<L>The People that inhabit it.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> God, who in <HI>Sion</HI> dwells, is great,</L>
<L>And high above all People rais'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> O may his holy Name by all</L>
<L>Adored be and ever prais'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Pow'r in this King, with Equity</L>
<L>And Ju&s;tice mixt, will do all right;</L>
<L><PB N="224" REF="122">He governs always by the&s;e Rules:</L>
<L>Mercy and the&s;e are his delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Extol him in your Prai&s;es then;</L>
<L>And pro&s;trate at his Foot&s;tool, &s;hew</L>
<L>Your low &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to your God,</L>
<L>As he is Holy this is due.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;es <HI>and other famous men</HI></L>
<L>Of old, thus their Addre&s;&s;es made;</L>
<L>Before the Lord fell down; and he</L>
<L>Gave gracious An&s;wers when they pray'd</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He from a cloudy Pillar &s;pake,</L>
<L>They under&s;tood from thence his Will;</L>
<L>His Te&s;timonies they ob&s;erv'd,</L>
<L>And all his Orders did fulfill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Lord did their Petitions grant;</L>
<L>And was propitious for their &s;ake</L>
<L>To great Offenders, upon whom</L>
<L>Ju&s;t Vengeance he began to take.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Extol him in your Prai&s;es then,</L>
<L>And at his holy Hill fall down;</L>
<L>By this &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion &s;how, that you</L>
<L>His Holine&s;s and Greatne&s;s own.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="100" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM C.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the Nations of the Earth,</L>
<L>To God their chearful voices rai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> With Gladne&s;s wor&s;hip him, and come</L>
<L>Before his Face with Songs of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="225" REF="122">
<MILESTONE N="3"> Our Lord is God; 'twas he alone,</L>
<L>Did to us all our Beings give:</L>
<L>We are the People of his care,</L>
<L>The Sheep that on his Pa&s;tures live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Enter his Gates with thankful Hearts;</L>
<L>His Prai&s;es in his Courts proclaim:</L>
<L>And by his pow'rful love inflam'd,</L>
<L>Delight to ble&s;s his &s;acred Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For God is infinitely Good,</L>
<L>His Mercy is for ever &s;ure;</L>
<L>And ev'ry changing Age &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>His Truth will &s;till the &s;ame endure.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="100" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM C</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all that dwell on Earth, to God</L>
<L>Their chearful voices rai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Serve him with joy, and come before</L>
<L>His Face with Songs of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Lord is God, who did alone</L>
<L>To all their Beings give;</L>
<L>We are his People, and the Sheep</L>
<L>That on his Pa&s;tures live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Enter his Courts with thankful hearts,</L>
<L>His Prai&s;es there proclaim:</L>
<L>And by his Love inflam'd, delight</L>
<L>To ble&s;s his &s;acred Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For God is infinitely good,</L>
<L>His Mercy ever &s;ure:</L>
<L><PB N="226" REF="123">And every changing Age will &s;ee</L>
<L>His Truth the &s;ame endure.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="101" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MErcy and Judgment, Lord, I'll &s;ing:</L>
<L>That mercy, which has made me King'</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Shall wi&s;ely &s;till direct my cour&s;e.</L>
<L>Thy perfect Law the guide I'll make</L>
<L>Of all my ways, and none &s;hall take</L>
<L>Example by me to be wor&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> State-rea&s;on and a private End</L>
<L>Serv'd by ill projects, &s;hall not bend</L>
<L>The Laws again&s;t the Rule of Right.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The man who&s;e &s;roward heart is pre&s;s'd</L>
<L>Ungodly Coun&s;els to &s;ugge&s;t,</L>
<L>&s;hall never be my Favourite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The privy Slanderer I'll not brook,</L>
<L>Nor on the proud vouoh&s;afe to look,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s to note him for di&s;grace:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But men of clear Integrity,</L>
<L>And un&s;u&s;pected Hone&s;ty,</L>
<L>Shall be advanc'd to highe&s;t place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> None &s;hall by tricks and &s;ly decoit,</L>
<L>By lyes and little arts grow great,</L>
<L>Or be in mine Affairs imploy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Ju&s;tice &s;hall not Offenders &s;pare,</L>
<L>But wicked Doers by my care</L>
<L>Shall from God's City be de&s;troy'd.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="102" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="227" REF="123">
<HEAD>PSALM CII.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD hear the pray'rs and mournful cries</L>
<L>Of mine afflicted &s;tate;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And with thy Comforts chear my Soul,</L>
<L>Before it be too late.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> My days con&s;ume away like &s;moak,</L>
<L>Mine angui&s;h is &s;o great:</L>
<L>My Bones are not unlike an Hearth,</L>
<L>Parched and dry with Heat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> This makes my vital Spirits fail,</L>
<L>And flag like withered Gra&s;s;</L>
<L>Mine appetite to food's &s;o lo&s;t,</L>
<L>My meals I Over-pa&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Such is my grief, I little el&s;e</L>
<L>Can do but &s;igh and groan:</L>
<L>So wa&s;ted is my fle&s;h, I'm le&s;t</L>
<L>Nothing but skin and bone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Like th' Owl and Pelican that dwell</L>
<L>In de&s;erts out pf &s;ight;</L>
<L>I &s;adly to bemoan my &s;elf,</L>
<L>In &s;olitude delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> The wakeful Bird that on Hou&s;e tops</L>
<L>Sits without company;</L>
<L>And &s;pends the night in dole&s;ul cries,</L>
<L>Lives &s;uch a life as I.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> My plea&s;ed, Enemies expo&s;e</L>
<L>My mi&s;eries to &s;corn;</L>
<L>So &s;et again&s;t me with mad rage,</L>
<L>My ruine they have &s;worn.</L>
<L><PB N="228" REF="125">
<MILESTONE N="9"> Th' a&s;hes I roll in when I eat,</L>
<L>Are ta&s;ted with my Bread:</L>
<L>And with my Drink are mix'd the tears</L>
<L>I plentifully &s;hed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy wrath again&s;t us &s;o &s;evere</L>
<L>Do's not remit at all:</L>
<L>By da&s;hing all the hopes thou'&s;t rais'd,</L>
<L>I've had the &s;orer fall.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> My days like the declining &s;hades,</L>
<L>Make ha&s;te, and fly away:</L>
<L>As Flow'rs before the &s;corching Sun,</L>
<L>They wither and decay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> But thou, Lord, ever &s;halt remain.</L>
<L>The &s;ame thou ever wa&s;t;</L>
<L>And the memorial of thy Truth</L>
<L>Shall to all Ages la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The years for <HI>Sion's</HI> puni&s;hment</L>
<L>Prefix'd, expiring are:</L>
<L>God's time to favour her's at hand</L>
<L>Her ruines to repair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> The&s;e hopes to &s;ee her built again,</L>
<L>Make us her &s;tones to prize;</L>
<L>Her heaps of rubbi&s;h and of du&s;t,</L>
<L>Are precious in our Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> The Heathen Kings who &s;corn us now,</L>
<L>Will then thy Name revere:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> Who&s;e pow'r, when <HI>Sion</HI> is re&s;tor'd,</L>
<L>Will gloriou&s;ly appear.</L>
<L><PB N="229" REF="125">
<MILESTONE N="17"> The captive poor that now bemoan</L>
<L>Their mi&s;eries in vain,</L>
<L>Shall then be heard, and their lo&s;t &s;tate.</L>
<L>And liberties regain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> This Mercy to the following Age</L>
<L>Shall &s;tand upon record:</L>
<L>And their Po&s;terity, tho' yet</L>
<L>Unborn, &s;hall prai&s;e the Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> The Lord, who in his Heav'nly Throne</L>
<L>Advanced is &s;o high;</L>
<L>Yet ca&s;ts on our afflicted &s;tate.</L>
<L>A favourable eye.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Hell give that wi&s;h'd for liberty</L>
<L>The groaning pri&s;'ners crave;</L>
<L>And tho&s;e that look upon them&s;elves</L>
<L>As doom'd to die, will &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> That they the Glories of his Name</L>
<L>May in nis Temple rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And in <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> aloud</L>
<L>His Truth and Goodne&s;s prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> When all his &s;aved people there</L>
<L>Shall meet with one accord;</L>
<L>And other Kingdoms joyn with us</L>
<L>In wor&s;hipping the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> But mine afflictions &s;uch decays</L>
<L>Of age and &s;trength had made;</L>
<L>My hopes to &s;ee tho&s;e happy days.</L>
<L>Fell &s;hort, and thus I pray'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Lord, take me not away before</L>
<L>My better days be pa&s;t;</L>
<L><PB N="230" REF="126">Thine undeclining years beyond</L>
<L>All generations la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Th' unknown Foundations of the Earth</L>
<L>Of old by thee were laid;</L>
<L>The fair and beauteous Heavens &s;hew</L>
<L>The work thy hands have made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> The&s;e all &s;hall peri&s;h and wax old,</L>
<L>Like garments thrown a&s;ide;</L>
<L>But tho' they change, thy years ne'er fail,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Thou do&s;t the &s;ame abide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> Thy kindne&s;s to the good is firm,</L>
<L>Thy word to them is &s;ure:</L>
<L>Tho' &s;trange events may change the world,</L>
<L>Their Race &s;hall &s;till endure.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="103" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;s thou the Lord my &s;oul, his Name</L>
<L>Let all the pow'rs within me ble&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O let not his pa&s;l favours lie</L>
<L>Forgotten in unthankfulne&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> It's he that pardons all thy &s;ins:</L>
<L>He that in &s;ickne&s;s makes thee &s;ound:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> It's he redeemed from the Grave</L>
<L>Thy Life, with Love and Mercy Crown'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> It's he that fills thy mouth with good,</L>
<L>And all thy ju&s;t de&s;ires &s;upplies:</L>
<L><PB N="231" REF="126">Who, like the Eagles, makes thine Age</L>
<L>To a renewed youth ari&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> From his &s;trict Ju&s;tice, &s;ure relief</L>
<L>Oppre&s;&s;ed Innocence will find:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Mo&s;es <HI>and</HI> I&s;r'el <HI>knew his ways,</HI></L>
<L>And kind Intentions of his mind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Abundant Mercies flow from God,</L>
<L>Love is his nature and delight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Slow is his wrath, and tho' he chides,</L>
<L>Intends not to de&s;troy us quite.</L>
<L>His Anger, in its ri&s;e and &s;tay,</L>
<L>From Rules Ju&s;tice never &s;werves;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And when he puni&s;hes our faults,</L>
<L>The mea&s;ure's le&s;s than &s;in de&s;erves.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> As Heav'n is far above the Earth,</L>
<L>So his Rewards exceed our Love:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Farther than Ea&s;t is from the We&s;t</L>
<L>His Pardon does our &s;ins remove.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> A father's pity to his child,</L>
<L>Re&s;embles God's, tho' &s;horter far;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> For he con&s;iders our weak frame,</L>
<L>That onely quickned Du&s;t we are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Man's days are like the Gra&s;s, or Flow'r,</L>
<L>That in the Field its Beauty; &s;hows;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> But fades with every bla&s;ting wind,</L>
<L>And then its former place none Knows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> But God's eternal Truth and Love</L>
<L>Is to good Men and to their Race:</L>
<L><PB N="231" REF="127">
<MILESTONE N="18"> Tho&s;e that his Laws and Cov'nant keep,</L>
<L>His favour ever will embrace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Circled with glorious Light, his Throne</L>
<L>The Lord has plac'd in Heav'n above;</L>
<L>Who&s;e mighty' pow'r and &s;ov'reign Rule</L>
<L>Extends o'er all that live and move.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Ble&s;s God ye Angels, who in &s;trength,</L>
<L>And ready &s;ervices tran&s;cend:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Ble&s;s him ye Ho&s;ts and Mini&s;ters,</L>
<L>Who all, to doe his Will, attend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> All ye his works that &s;ubject are</L>
<L>In ev'ry place to his controll,</L>
<L>Ble&s;s ye your Maker; and with them</L>
<L>Joyn in his Prai&s;es, O my Soul!</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="103" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul ble&s;s thou the Lord, his Name</L>
<L>All pow'rs within me ble&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O never let his favours be</L>
<L>Lo&s;t in unthankfulne&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> It's he forgives thy &s;ins, and do's</L>
<L>Thy &s;ickne&s;&s;es remove:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> It's he redeems thee from the Grave,</L>
<L>And crowns thy Life with Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> It's he that fills thy mouth with good,</L>
<L>Thy ju&s;t de&s;ires &s;upplies;</L>
<L>Who, like the Eagles, makes thine Age</L>
<L>To a new Youth ari&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="233" REF="127">
<MILESTONE N="6"> From his &s;trict Ju&s;tice &s;ure relief</L>
<L>Wrong'd Innocence &s;hall find:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Mo&s;es <HI>his ways and</HI> I&s;rael <HI>knew</HI></L>
<L>Th' Intentions of his mind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Lord is kind, and Goodne&s;s is</L>
<L>His nature and delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Slow is his wrath, and tho' he chides,</L>
<L>Would not de&s;troy us quite.</L>
<L>His Anger in its ri&s;e and &s;tay</L>
<L>From Ju&s;tice never &s;werves:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And when he puni&s;hes our faults,</L>
<L>It's le&s;s than &s;in de&s;erves.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> As Heav'n do's far exceed the Earth,</L>
<L>So his Rewards our Love:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Farther than Ea&s;t is from the We&s;t</L>
<L>He do's our &s;ins remove.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> A father's pity to his child</L>
<L>Than God's is le&s;&s;er far:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> For he con&s;iders our weak frame,</L>
<L>And knows that Du&s;t we are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Man's days are like the gra&s;s or flow'r,</L>
<L>Fre&s;h when its newly blown;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> But fades with every bla&s;ting wind,</L>
<L>Who&s;e place no more is known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> But God is true, and ever kind</L>
<L>To good, men and their race:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Tho&s;e that his Laws and Cov'nant keep,</L>
<L>His favour will embrace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Circled with Light, the Lord has plac'd</L>
<L>His Throne in Heav'n above:</L>
<L><PB N="234" REF="128">Who&s;e &s;ov'reign Empire do's extend</L>
<L>O'er all that live and move.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Ble&s;s God, ye Angels, who in &s;trength</L>
<L>And &s;ervices tran&s;cend:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Ble&s;s him, ye Ho&s;ts and Mini&s;ters,</L>
<L>Who all his Will attend,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> All ye his works in every place,</L>
<L>Subject to his controll,</L>
<L>Ble&s;s ye your Maker; and with them</L>
<L>Joyn in his prai&s;e, my Soul.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="104" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul for ever ble&s;s the Lord,</L>
<L>To this his Greatne&s;s do's invite;</L>
<L>Honour and Maje&s;ty's his Robe;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His beauteous ve&s;ture &s;plendid Light.</L>
<L>He, as a Tent, the Heav'ns extends;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Who&s;e rooms on liquid waters &s;tay:</L>
<L>Clouds are his Chariot, and the winds way.</L>
<L>With their wing'd wheels mete out his</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Angels as &s;wi&s;t as air, as bright</L>
<L>As flames, with quick obedience move;</L>
<L>To publi&s;h and effect below</L>
<L>His plea&s;ure, giv'n in charge above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Earth's Foundations are unknown,</L>
<L>No Pillars rais'd its weight to bear;</L>
<L><PB N="235" REF="128">And yet no Pow'r can make it move,</L>
<L>Tho' it hangs loo&s;e in fluid air.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Earth's fir&s;t Cov'ring was the Deep,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Waves the highe&s;t Hills &s;urpa&s;s'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Till at thy Check and Thunder's voice</L>
<L>They &s;hrank, and fled away in ha&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Mountains by hid ways they climb,</L>
<L>Thence to the lower Vales de&s;cend;</L>
<L>Till in the Sea, from whence they came,</L>
<L>At la&s;t their winding cour&s;es end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> In vain the Ocean's &s;welling Pride</L>
<L>Threatens again the Earth to cover;</L>
<L>Its fixed bounds no ri&s;ing Tides,</L>
<L>Without new leave, can e'er pa&s;s over,</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> He from the Hills, through &s;ecret Veins,</L>
<L>Cau&s;es the chry&s;tal Springs to bur&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> They glide thro' Vallies, where the Bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>And the wild A&s;&s;es, quench their thir&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> There Birds are taught with curious Art</L>
<L>Their Ne&s;ts in &s;hady boughs to rai&s;e;</L>
<L>And by their chearfull Notes reprove</L>
<L>Our &s;ilence in our Maker's prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Nor can the higher grounds which gape</L>
<L>For thir&s;t, complain that they 're forgot:</L>
<L>Clouds big with &s;how'rs on them di&s;till,</L>
<L>And water every barren plot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> By his Command th' enriched Earth</L>
<L>Food for all Creatures do's produce;</L>
<L><PB N="236" REF="129">The Gra&s;s &s;prings up to &s;erve the Bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>And Herbs for Man's peculiar u&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Rich wine that chears Man's heart, and oil</L>
<L>That makes his Countenance look bright;</L>
<L>Bread, the &s;upport of Life; all made</L>
<L>To &s;erve our needs, or our delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Trees that on barren Hills are plac'd,</L>
<L>Need not be watered by our care;</L>
<L>Where <HI>Lebanon</HI> do's highe&s;t ri&s;e,</L>
<L>Cedars are ever fre&s;h and fair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> There Birds obtain &s;ecure retreat;</L>
<L>Storks for their dwelling chu&s;e the Pine;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Wild-Goats find refuge in the Hills,</L>
<L>Conies in Rocks they undermine.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> The Moon, who&s;e varied Face we &s;ee,</L>
<L>Mea&s;ures the &s;ea&s;ons of the year;</L>
<L>And, having run his daily cour&s;e,</L>
<L>The Sun knows when to &s;et, and where.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Darkne&s;s, as well as Day, thou mak'&s;t;</L>
<L>'Tis Night that brings wild-Bea&s;ts abroad:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Fierce Lions, roaring for their prey,</L>
<L>By hunger taught, &s;eek meat from God.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> At the Sun's ri&s;e the&s;e &s;catter'd Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Crowd to their Dens with ha&s;ty flight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Men &s;hare the Day, who&s;e work begins</L>
<L>And ends together with the Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Great God! how various are thy works,</L>
<L>Created all with wond'rous skill.</L>
<L><PB N="237" REF="129">Thy Ble&s;&s;ings, Lord, inrich the Earth,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> And the Sea's &s;pacious bo&s;om fill:</L>
<L>Who&s;e yielding waves the Ships divide;</L>
<L>There Fi&s;hes move of different &s;ize;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> And there the great <HI>Leviathan</HI></L>
<L>Do's play, and Man's attempts de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The&s;e all wait humbly to receive</L>
<L>Thine alms of &s;ea&s;onable food:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> And what thine opened hand be&s;tows,</L>
<L>They gather, and are fill'd with good.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> If God but in di&s;plea&s;ure frown,</L>
<L>The whole Creation needs mu&s;t mourn;</L>
<L>If he with-holds his breath or theirs,</L>
<L>They die, and to their Du&s;t return.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> His quick'ning Spirit, when it breaths,</L>
<L>All things with Life and Joy endues;</L>
<L>His pow'rful word, that made the earth</L>
<L>At fir&s;t, its face again renews.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Whil&s;t this world's frame and order la&s;ts,</L>
<L>God's Glory never can be le&s;s:</L>
<L>And what his wi&s;dom made &s;o good,</L>
<L>His favour will delight to ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> But let not &s;inful Man pre&s;ume</L>
<L>God's dreadful anger to provoke;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Look can cau&s;e the Earth to quake,</L>
<L>Who&s;e touch make proude&s;t hils to &s;moak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> The great imployment of my Life</L>
<L>Shall be to prai&s;e this mighty Lord:</L>
<L><PB N="238" REF="130">
<MILESTONE N="34"> To meditate his Love and Works,</L>
<L>The &s;weete&s;t plea&s;ure will afford.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> While Sinners from the Earth con&s;ume,</L>
<L>No place or thought regards them more;</L>
<L>Ble&s;s thou thy Maker, O my Soul,</L>
<L>Let Heav'n and Earth his Name adore.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="104" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;s thou the Lord, my Soul, to this</L>
<L>His Greatne&s;s do's invite;</L>
<L>Honour and Maje&s;ty's his Robe,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His Ve&s;ture &s;plendid Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He, as a Tent, the Heav'ns extends,</L>
<L>Who&s;e rooms on waters &s;tay;</L>
<L>Clouds are his chariot, and the winds</L>
<L>Wing'd wheels mete out his way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Angels as &s;wift as air, as bright</L>
<L>As flames, attend and move,</L>
<L>His plea&s;ure to effect below,</L>
<L>That's giv'n in charge above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Earth's Foundations are unknown,</L>
<L>Its weight no Pillars bear;</L>
<L>Yet none can move it, tho' it hangs</L>
<L>Loo&s;e in the yielding air.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The Earth's fir&s;t cov'ring was the deep,</L>
<L>Who&s;e waves the hills &s;urpa&s;s'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Till at thy check and thunder's voice,</L>
<L>They &s;hrank, and fled in ha&s;te.</L>
<L><PB N="239" REF="130">
<MILESTONE N="8"> The Mountains by hid ways they climb,</L>
<L>Thence to the Vales de&s;cend;</L>
<L>Till in the Sea, whence fir&s;t they came,</L>
<L>Their winding cour&s;es end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> In vain the Ocean's &s;welling Pride,</L>
<L>Threatens the Earth to cover;</L>
<L>Its fixed bounds no ri&s;ing Tides</L>
<L>Can, without leave, pa&s;s over.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> He from the Hills by &s;ecret Veins,</L>
<L>Makes chry&s;tal &s;prings to bur&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The wat'red Vallies give all Bea&s;ts</L>
<L>Drink to allay their thir&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> There Birds are taught their artfull Ne&s;ts</L>
<L>In &s;hady boughs to rai&s;e:</L>
<L>Who&s;e chearfull Notes our &s;ilence &s;hame</L>
<L>In our Creatour's prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Nor can the higher grounds, which gape</L>
<L>For third, &s;ay they're forgot:</L>
<L>Clouds big with &s;how'rs on them di&s;till,</L>
<L>And water every plot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> By his Command th' enriched Earth</L>
<L>Do's food For all produce;</L>
<L>The gra&s;s &s;prings up to &s;erve the bea&s;ts,</L>
<L>And herbs for humane u&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Rich wine that chears Man's heart, and oil</L>
<L>That makes his face look bright:</L>
<L>Bread, the &s;upport of Life; all &s;erve</L>
<L>Our needs, or our delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> The Trees on barren Hills will thrive,</L>
<L>unwat'red by our care:</L>
<L><PB N="240" REF="131">Cedars i' th' heights of <HI>Lebanon,</HI></L>
<L>Are ever fre&s;h and fair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> There Birds find &s;ure retreat, the Stork</L>
<L>Dwells in the lo&s;ty Pine;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Wild Goats in Hills, Conies are &s;afe</L>
<L>In Rocks they undermine.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> The Moon's oft varied face do's &s;how</L>
<L>The &s;ea&s;ons of the year;</L>
<L>After his daily cour&s;e, the Sun</L>
<L>Knows when to &s;et, and where.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Darkne&s;s as well as Light thou mak'&s;t,</L>
<L>Night brings wild Bea&s;ts abroad:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> The hungry Lions roar for prey,</L>
<L>And &s;eek their meat from God.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> At the Sun's ri&s;ing, to their Dens</L>
<L>They croud with ha&s;ty flight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Men &s;hare the Day, who&s;e work's begun,</L>
<L>And fini&s;h'd with the Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Great God! how various are thy works,</L>
<L>All made with wond'rous skill:</L>
<L>Thy Ble&s;&s;ings, Lord, enrich the Earth,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> And Seas large bo&s;om fill.</L>
<L>There go the Ships, and there do move</L>
<L>Fi&s;hes of different &s;ize;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> There great <HI>Leviathan</HI> do's play;</L>
<L>And Man's attempts de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The&s;e all wait to receive thine alms</L>
<L>Of &s;ea&s;onable food;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> They gather what thine hand be&s;tows,</L>
<L>And all are fill'd with good.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<PB N="241" REF="131">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> If God but in di&s;plea&s;ure frown,</L>
<L>All Creatures needs mu&s;t mourn;</L>
<L>If he with-holds their breath, they die,</L>
<L>And to their Du&s;t return.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> His quick'ning Spirit, when it breaths,</L>
<L>All things with Life endues,</L>
<L>His pow'rful word, that made the Earth,</L>
<L>Its face again renews.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Whil&s;t this world's frame and order la&s;ts,</L>
<L>God's fame will ne'er be le&s;s;</L>
<L>And what his wi&s;dom made &s;o good,</L>
<L>Will &s;till delight to ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> But let not &s;inful Man pre&s;ume</L>
<L>God's anger to provoke;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Look can cau&s;e the Earth to quake,</L>
<L>His Touch make Hills to &s;moak.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> My Life's great bu&s;'ne&s;s &s;hall be this,</L>
<L>To prai&s;e this mighty Lord;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> To meditate his Love and works,</L>
<L>The &s;weete&s;t Joys afford.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> While Sinners from the Earth con&s;ume,</L>
<L>No place regards them more;</L>
<L>Ble&s;s thou the Lord, my Soul, his Name</L>
<L>Let Heav'n and Earth adore.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="105" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CV.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Let us all give thanks to God,</L>
<L>And call upon his Name;</L>
<L><PB N="242" REF="132">His gracious and his mighty works</L>
<L>To all the world proclaim.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let us in Songs and &s;acred Hymns</L>
<L>Our great Creator ble&s;s;</L>
<L>And what his pow'rful hand has wrought,</L>
<L>Our joyful tongues expre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Count it your honour that ye know,</L>
<L>And bear his &s;acred Name;</L>
<L>And when you wor&s;hip this great Lord,</L>
<L>Take plea&s;ure in the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Within his Sanctuary let</L>
<L>Your Pray'rs to him be made;</L>
<L>Your hopes upon his favour re&s;t,</L>
<L>And his almighty aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> O let the works that he has done</L>
<L>Your admiration move;</L>
<L>Think on the judgments of his mouth,</L>
<L>And wonders of his Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> This Charge to you belongs, who are</L>
<L>Of faithful <HI>Abr'am's</HI> race;</L>
<L>And <HI>Jacob's,</HI> Off-&s;pring call'd, who &s;tood</L>
<L>In God's e&s;pecial Grace.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> We glory that this mighty Lord</L>
<L>Us for his people owns;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Judgments make th'amazed Earth</L>
<L>To tremble when he frowns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> His Cov'nant with his people made,</L>
<L>He ever call'd to mind;</L>
<L>And will his Promi&s;es fulfill,</L>
<L>To ages &s;till behind.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="243" REF="132">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> That Cov'nant which the Lord of old</L>
<L>With our fir&s;t fathers made;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> And oft by Oath renew'd to them</L>
<L>And to their &s;eed, thus &s;aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> On thee I <HI>Can'an's</HI> Land be&s;tow,</L>
<L>(This which we now po&s;&s;e&s;s)</L>
<L>To bring them into which, his Care</L>
<L>Shew'd that he meant no le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> For tho' when fir&s;t our fathers came,</L>
<L>One family they were;</L>
<L>Who&s;e number too was very few,</L>
<L>And they mere &s;trangers there:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Tho' weak, who in a &s;etled place</L>
<L>No fixt E&s;tate enjoy'd;</L>
<L>But forc'd from this to th' other Land,</L>
<L>Might &s;oon have been de&s;troy'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> He &s;uffered none to injure them,</L>
<L>When Sojourners they were;</L>
<L>But Kings, that meant to do them wrong,</L>
<L>Met with rebukes &s;evere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Let none attempt the&s;e per&s;ons harm;</L>
<L>So dear to God, and great:</L>
<L>"Touch not, &s;aid he, my anointed ones,</L>
<L>"Nor Prophets rudely treat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> When after this, in all the Lands</L>
<L>A famine long prevail'd:</L>
<L>And Bread, the great &s;upport of Life,</L>
<L>When Corn was wanting, fail'd:</L>
<L><PB N="244" REF="133">
<MILESTONE N="17"> He &s;ent out <HI>Jo&s;eph</HI> to provide</L>
<L>For <HI>Jacob,</HI> now grown old:</L>
<L>But he that was to &s;ave his hou&s;e,</L>
<L>Fir&s;t as a Slave was fold.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> To <HI>Egypt</HI> brought, and fal&s;ly charg'd,</L>
<L>Jo&s;eph's <HI>in pri&s;on ca&s;t:</HI></L>
<L>The Calumny more pain'd him, than</L>
<L>The Chains that held him fa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> There, by unfolding hidden fates,</L>
<L>Great fame he had acquir'd:</L>
<L>This <HI>Phar'oh</HI> hearing, try'd him too,</L>
<L>And found him one in&s;pir'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> He quickly &s;et him free, and made</L>
<L>Him Ruler of the Land:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> The management of all affairs</L>
<L>He' intru&s;ted in his hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> His greate&s;t Princes to command</L>
<L>And puni&s;h he had leave;</L>
<L>All the wi&s;e Senatours from him</L>
<L>In&s;tructions mu&s;t receive.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Now <HI>Jacob's</HI> hou&s;e to <HI>Egypt</HI> came</L>
<L>As <HI>Phar'oh</HI> did invite:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> And grew &s;o, as t' exceed their foes</L>
<L>In Number and in Might.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> This makes them jealous, and to hate</L>
<L>Tho&s;e they receiv'd with joy:</L>
<L>Whom fir&s;t by &s;ubtil Arts they would</L>
<L>Dimini&s;h, then de&s;troy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Mo&s;es <HI>and</HI> A'ron (<HI>when God &s;aw</HI></L>
<L>Their Bondage heavier grow)</L>
<L><PB N="245" REF="133">Were &s;ent to <HI>Phar'oh</HI> with demand</L>
<L>To let his people go.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The mighty works which they perform'd,</L>
<L>And wonders in that Land;</L>
<L>Show'd that what e'er they &s;aid or did</L>
<L>Was by Divine command.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> He three days darkne&s;s, black as Hell</L>
<L>Over all <HI>Egypt</HI> drew;</L>
<L>In which, and all the other plagues,</L>
<L>God's Orders they pur&s;ue.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> He turn'd their waters into blood,</L>
<L>Which all their Fi&s;h de&s;troy'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> Numberle&s;s Frogs o'er&s;pread the Earth;</L>
<L>And the King's rooms annoy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Infinite Swarms of Flies and Lice</L>
<L>O'er all the Country came:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> In&s;tead of Rain he gave them Hail,</L>
<L>Mix'd with devouring Flame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> This Storm not onely from the Trees</L>
<L>Their plea&s;ant Fruits beat down,</L>
<L>But all the Fig trees too and Vines</L>
<L>Were broke and overthrown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> By his Command numberle&s;s Ho&s;ts</L>
<L>Of various Locu&s;ts pa&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> O'er all the Land; and with &s;trange ha&s;te</L>
<L>Devour'd their Herbs and Gra&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> In the &s;ame Night all their Fir&s;t-born,</L>
<L>Smote by an Angel, dye;</L>
<L>The prime of all their &s;trength, and prop</L>
<L>Of every Family.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<PB N="246" REF="134">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> V.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> Loaded with <HI>Egypt's</HI> wealth, their Land</L>
<L>In ha&s;te the people quit;</L>
<L>Not one in all their Tribes &s;o weak,</L>
<L>For travel was unfit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> Gladne&s;s at their departure thence</L>
<L>Th' <HI>Egyptians</HI> hearts did fill;</L>
<L>For fear, as the la&s;t Plague their Sons,</L>
<L>The next them&s;elves might kill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> He &s;pread a Cloud, which skreen'd them from</L>
<L>The &s;corching Sun by day;</L>
<L>But was &s;o bright withal, it &s;erv'd</L>
<L>By night to &s;hew their way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> He then provides delicious fare</L>
<L>For that va&s;t multitude;</L>
<L>Great flights of Quails, and Bread &s;howr'd down</L>
<L>From Heav'n to be their food.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> An opened Rock their Drink &s;upply'd;</L>
<L>Whence Streams gu&s;h'd out &s;o fa&s;t,</L>
<L>They ran, and follow'd them thro' all</L>
<L>The parched grounds they pa&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> The Lord the&s;e wonders, to make good</L>
<L>His word to <HI>Abr'am,</HI> wrought:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> When he from &s;lavery his Race</L>
<L>With joy and triumph brought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> He fix'd them in a quiet Seat</L>
<L>In <HI>Can'an's</HI> plea&s;ant Land;</L>
<L>Stor'd with all good by others pains,</L>
<L>And planted to their hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> That by his kindne&s;s thus oblig'd,</L>
<L>And ble&s;s'd &s;o many ways;</L>
<L><PB N="247" REF="134">His Laws they might with care ob&s;erve;</L>
<L>The Lord for ever prai&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="106" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BY chearful Prai&s;es to his Name,</L>
<L>That God is good to all proclaim:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercies &s;hown to ages pa&s;t,</L>
<L>To all &s;ucceeding times &s;hall la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who can the Pow'r of God &s;et forth,</L>
<L>Or prai&s;e his wonders to their worth?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> They're happy, who with con&s;tant care</L>
<L>In righteous works imployed are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> May I be one of tho&s;e, and find</L>
<L>God always good to me and kind:</L>
<L>When thou deliv're&s;t thine elect</L>
<L>From Dangers, do not me neglect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Their good &s;ecured may I &s;ee,</L>
<L>And &s;hare in their felicity;</L>
<L>And when thou do&s;t their &s;tate advance,</L>
<L>Glory with thine Inheritance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> We the degenerate Off-&s;pring are</L>
<L>Of fathers that great &s;inners were:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Who thy great wonders minded not,</L>
<L>In <HI>Egypt</HI> wrought, or &s;oon forgot.</L>
<L>Their unbelief when newly &s;av'd,</L>
<L>At the Red Sea fre&s;h wonders crav'd.</L>
<L><PB N="248" REF="135">
<MILESTONE N="8"> There God, his Glory to advance,</L>
<L>Gave them a new deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Sea's ungovernable cour&s;e</L>
<L>He check'd, by his word's greater force:</L>
<L>Their way thro' the va&s;t Deep was dry,</L>
<L>Such as thro' &s;andy de&s;erts lie.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> O'er their pur&s;uing Enemy,</L>
<L>He gain'd a noble victory.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The Sea return'd on <HI>Phar'oh's</HI> Ho&s;t</L>
<L>With violence, and all were lo&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Then they &s;ang Prai&s;es to the Lord,</L>
<L>And for a while believ'd his word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> They &s;oon what he had done forgat,</L>
<L>And would not for his coun&s;el wait.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> But tho' from Heav'n with Bread &s;upply'd,</L>
<L>Tempting God's pow'r, for fle&s;h they cry'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> They &s;urfeit or the Quails he &s;ent,</L>
<L>Which prove their plague, not nouri&s;h|ment.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16">'Gain&s;t <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> then they mutiny,</L>
<L>And que&s;tion his Authority:</L>
<L>Both him and <HI>A'ron,</HI> whom God cho&s;e,</L>
<L>As proud U&s;urpers they oppo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The Earth did under <HI>Dathan</HI> cleave,</L>
<L>And with an open mouth receive</L>
<L>Abiram'<HI>s Troop: alive they fall,</HI></L>
<L>And in one Grave are buried all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Lightning from Heav'n the other Crew,</L>
<L>Invaders of the Prie&s;thood, &s;lew.</L>
<L><PB N="249" REF="135">
<MILESTONE N="19"> A Calf in <HI>Horeb</HI> too they made,</L>
<L>And wor&s;hip to an Image paid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> God's Glory that appear'd &s;o bright,</L>
<L>And wrought &s;uch wonders, now they flight;</L>
<L>An Image better plea&s;ing was</L>
<L>Of a dull Ox that eateth gra&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> How kind a Saviour God had been,</L>
<L>The wond'rous works in <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;een,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> The Sea that drowned <HI>Phar'oh's</HI> Ho&s;t,</L>
<L>All the&s;e are now forgot and lo&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> God was provok'd to &s;uch an height,</L>
<L>He threatned to de&s;troy them quite:</L>
<L>When <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> in the breach did &s;tand,</L>
<L>And &s;tay'd the vengeance of his hand.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> The promis'd Land they &s;et at nought,</L>
<L>Tho' to the Borders of it brought;</L>
<L>They th' ill report &s;ome Spies had made</L>
<L>More credit, than what God had &s;aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> They murmur'd when they &s;hould obey.</L>
<L>And when he &s;aid, <HI>Go up</HI> they'd <HI>&s;tay.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Then &s;olemnly the Lord did &s;wear,</L>
<L>The&s;e Rebels never &s;hould come there,</L>
<L>Nor the de&s;pi&s;ed Land po&s;&s;e&s;s,</L>
<L>But peri&s;h in the Wilderne&s;s:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> And &s;ome, by th' Heathens overthrown,</L>
<L>Be &s;lain or &s;cattered up and down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> B'al-Peor'<HI>s &s;ervice they embrace,</HI></L>
<L>Moab'<HI>s vile god, and their di&s;grace;</HI></L>
<L><PB N="250" REF="136">With them on Sacrifices fed,</L>
<L>That had been off'red to the dead.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> God was &s;o angry at this &s;in,</L>
<L>A grievous plague at once broke in:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> When <HI>Phineas,</HI> with zeal po&s;&s;e&s;s'd,</L>
<L>Slew a bold &s;inner, and it cea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> This Fact, which ra&s;h and ha&s;ty &s;eem'd;</L>
<L>Ju&s;t and prai&s;e-worthy God e&s;teem'd;</L>
<L>And it obtain'd this Act of Grace,</L>
<L>T'entail the Prie&s;thood on his Race.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> At <HI>Meribah</HI> God's wrath they move,</L>
<L>Where they for Drink with <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> &s;trove;</L>
<L>It went ill with him for their &s;ake,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> Who things unfit, provoked, &s;pake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> When they came in, they did not root</L>
<L>The Nations out, tho' charg'd to do't:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> Were mix'd, and dealings with them had,</L>
<L>And in their manners were as bad.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> They learnt what they &s;hould ever rue,</L>
<L>To &s;erve <HI>their</HI> gods and left the <HI>true.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> T'infernal gho&s;ts they &s;acrifice</L>
<L>Their children with unpitying eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> The blood of Innocents thus &s;tain,</L>
<L>Did all the Land of <HI>Can'an</HI> &s;tain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Them&s;elves too they, with whoredoms vile</L>
<L>And other bea&s;tly lu&s;ts, defile.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> Then God was with his people wroth,</L>
<L>Whom once he lov'd, he now does loath</L>
<L><PB N="251" REF="136">
<MILESTONE N="41"> The Heathens yoke again they bear,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> By Foes oppre&s;s'd, who&s;e Slaves they were.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> Oft did he &s;ave them in di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>Yet they provok'd him &s;till no le&s;s;</L>
<L>Their old Idolatries renew'd,</L>
<L>Which brought them low, by foes &s;ubdu'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> Yet when their mournful Cries he heard,</L>
<L>He did their Mi&s;eries regard;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> His Covenant he call'd to mind,</L>
<L>Left off to puni&s;h, and was kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="46"> Ev'n tho&s;e, who&s;e hatred oft they prov'd,</L>
<L>He, to take pity on them, mov'd;</L>
<L>And tho&s;e by whom they conquer'd were,</L>
<L>Their extirpation did forbear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47"> Now, Lord, let our &s;alvation come,</L>
<L>And bring thy &s;cattered people home:</L>
<L>That, prai&s;ing thee, we ever may,</L>
<L>With greate&s;t joy and triumph, &s;ay;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="48">"Ble&s;&s;ing to <HI>I&s;r'el's</HI> God and King,</L>
<L>"And everla&s;ting Prai&s;es &s;ing:</L>
<L>"And may his Saints, with one accord,</L>
<L>"All &s;ay, <HI>Amen.</HI> Prai&s;e ye the Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="107" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all give thanks to God above,</L>
<L>So full of kindne&s;s and of love.</L>
<L><PB N="252" REF="137">Who&s;e Mercy ages pa&s;t have known,</L>
<L>And tho&s;e that are to come &s;hall crown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> May't ever be by them confe&s;s'd,</L>
<L>Whom he redeem'd when &s;ore oppre&s;s'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> And made the &s;cattered people come</L>
<L>From all the Lands to their own home.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> They pa&s;s'd thro' De&s;erts, where no way</L>
<L>They found, nor City where to &s;tay;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> No food to ea&s;e their hunger's rage,</L>
<L>Nor water-&s;prings their thir&s; t' a&s;&s;wage.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> In their di&s;tre&s;s to God they cry'd,</L>
<L>Who prov'd their Saviour and their Guide:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He, the right Path where they &s;hould go,</L>
<L>And place where they &s;hould dwell, did &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Let all Men prai&s;e God's goodne&s;s then,</L>
<L>His wonders to the Sons of Men;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Who&s;e bounty longing Souls &s;upplies,</L>
<L>Their craving hunger &s;atisfies.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Tho&s;e who are in dark pri&s;ons laid,</L>
<L>So nigh to death, they're in its &s;hade;</L>
<L>On whom the &s;orrows that they bear,</L>
<L>Sit heavier than the chains they wear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The&s;e having proudly God with&s;tood,</L>
<L>Contemn'd his Coun&s;els for their good:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> He then re&s;olv'd with pain and &s;mart</L>
<L>To quell the &s;toutne&s;s of their heart.</L>
<L>Before his &s;troaks they could not &s;tand,</L>
<L>Nothing could rai&s;e them but his hand.</L>
<L><PB N="253" REF="137">
<MILESTONE N="13"> Then, to the Lord they're forc'd to fly,</L>
<L>To importune his Clemency.</L>
<L>Who did regard their low addre&s;s,</L>
<L>And &s;av'd them out of their di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> He chang'd their gloomy &s;tate to light,</L>
<L>And brake their Bands in &s;under quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> 15 Let all men prai&s;e God's goodne&s;s then,</L>
<L>His wonders to the Sons of men.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His &s;trength that all things do's &s;urpa&s;s,</L>
<L>Brake Bars of Ir'n, and Gates of Bra&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Fools to lewd cour&s;es wholly bent,</L>
<L>Prepare for their own puni&s;hment.</L>
<L>Sickne&s;s and loath&s;ome maladies</L>
<L>From Luxury and Lu&s;t ari&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> The Glutton's appetite o'erthrown,</L>
<L>His ta&s;tful meats will not go down.</L>
<L>Nature with heavy loads oppre&s;t,</L>
<L>Beckons to Death to be releas'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Then do the&s;e frighted Sinners fly</L>
<L>To God for help; who&s;e earne&s;t cry</L>
<L>Mov'd a regard to their addre&s;s,</L>
<L>Heaven &s;av'd them out of this di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> No need of Med'cines for their cure,</L>
<L>Their vertue's not &s;o quick nor &s;ure;</L>
<L>Death's &s;entence onely he repeal'd,</L>
<L>He &s;ent his word and they were heal'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Let all men prai&s;e his Goodne&s;s then,</L>
<L>His wonders to the Sons of men:</L>
<L><PB N="254" REF="138">
<MILESTONE N="22"> And by their grateful Sacrifice</L>
<L>Declare his works and their own joys.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> They whom the Ships on th' Ocean bear,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Do &s;ee God's works and wonders there.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> For at his word fierce Tempe&s;ts ri&s;e,</L>
<L>And lift its Waves unto the Skies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> One while they mount to Heav'n alo&s;t,</L>
<L>They &s;ink into the Depths as oft.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> The Pa&s;&s;engers &s;trange terrours feel,</L>
<L>Like Drunkards to and fro they reel.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> Lo&s;t to all hope, to God they cry</L>
<L>For help in their extremity;</L>
<L>He lends an Ear to their addre&s;s,</L>
<L>And brings them out of this di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> For at his beck the &s;torms a&s;&s;wage,</L>
<L>The furious waves depo&s;e their rage.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> They welcome now the calm, and &s;ee</L>
<L>The Haven where they wi&s;h'd to be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Let all men prai&s;e God's goodne&s;s then,</L>
<L>His wonders to the Sons of men;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> Nor onely private Off'rings bring,</L>
<L>But in the Church his Glories &s;ing.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> V.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> When God's provok'd, his pow'rful hand</L>
<L>Turns Rivers to a De&s;art land;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Their fruitfulne&s;s to barren grounds,</L>
<L>When wickedne&s;s therein abounds.</L>
<L><PB N="255" REF="138">
<MILESTONE N="35"> Dry grounds by &s;how'rs &s;ent from above,</L>
<L>And flowing Springs fair Pa&s;tures prove:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> Thither the poor for dwellings flow,</L>
<L>Which after to a City grow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> They &s;ow the Fields, and Vineyards plant,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Fruits &s;upply their growing want.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38"> Their Race &s;prings fa&s;t from fruitful &s;tocks,</L>
<L>Their wealth increa&s;es with their flocks.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> Thus are they ble&s;t; but when they &s;in,</L>
<L>They're puni&s;h'd and brought low again.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> Ev'n Princes are expos'd to &s;corn.</L>
<L>And wander in a &s;tate forlorn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> But he exalts the poor on high,</L>
<L>And &s;preads their num'rous Family.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> The Ju&s;t with gladne&s;s this &s;hall &s;ee,</L>
<L>And wickedne&s;s &s;hall &s;ilent be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="43"> How few there are with care record</L>
<L>The&s;e wond'rous dealings of the Lord!</L>
<L>But wi&s;e Ob&s;ervers &s;till &s;hall find,</L>
<L>That God is infinitely kind.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="108" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Heart, O God, is now prepar'd,</L>
<L>And this my Tongue &s;hall rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Which with my Harp &s;hall early &s;ing</L>
<L>A con&s;ort to thy prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The great Salvation thou ha&s;t wrought,</L>
<L>I'll to the World proclaim:</L>
<L><PB N="256" REF="139">The &s;cattered Nations &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t</L>
<L>My Songs to &s;pread thy Fame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thy Mercy reaches to the Heav'ns,</L>
<L>Thy Truth unto the Skies;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> O may thy Glories, Lord, above</L>
<L>Both Earth and Heaven ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> That thy Beloved may obtain</L>
<L>A Saviour in their need;</L>
<L>In an&s;wer to my &s;ervent pray'rs</L>
<L>Thy timely &s;uccours &s;peed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God's &s;acred promi&s;e pa&s;s'd, now makes</L>
<L>My hopes depend on thee;</L>
<L>The Land that round <HI>Samaria</HI> lies,</L>
<L>Submits it &s;elf to me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The re&s;t of I&s;r'els Tribes unite</L>
<L>To own my righteous cau&s;e;</L>
<L><HI>Ephraim's</HI> my chiefe&s;t &s;trength for War,</L>
<L><HI>Judah</HI> &s;upports my Laws.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"><HI>Moab</HI> and <HI>Edom</HI> as vile &s;laves</L>
<L>To &s;erve me will be glad;</L>
<L><HI>Phili&s;tia</HI> meet thy conqu'ring Lord,</L>
<L>And to his triumphs add.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Who then will lead me to that Hold</L>
<L>On <HI>Edom's</HI> Frontiers lies,</L>
<L>So &s;trongly fenc'd 'gain&s;t all a&s;&s;aults,</L>
<L>Which all my force defies?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The Lord will do't, who heretofore</L>
<L>Refus'd our Arms to ble&s;s;</L>
<L>He'll undertake our Conduct now,</L>
<L>And crown it with &s;ucce&s;s.</L>
<L><PB N="257" REF="139">
<MILESTONE N="12"> Man's weakne&s;s helps in vain; may we</L>
<L>Thine aids in trouble meet:</L>
<L>Our Hands &s;hall do great acts; our foes</L>
<L>Lie conquered at our Feet.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="109" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD &s;ince my glor'ing is in thee,</L>
<L>Be thou concern'd t'avenge my wrongs:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who now am wickedly traduc'd</L>
<L>By lying and deceitful tongues.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> By odious calumnies, clo&s;e &s;iege</L>
<L>They to my Reputation lay;</L>
<L>And unprovok'd, with open force</L>
<L>Attempt to take my life away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> I have de&s;erved well of tho&s;e.</L>
<L>Who now mine adver&s;aries are;</L>
<L>I &s;ought not &s;afety by Revenge</L>
<L>When off'red, but of God by pray'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Evil for good is my reward,</L>
<L>The more I love I'm hated more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6">'Gain&s;t the chief author of the&s;e wrongs</L>
<L>Thy Ju&s;tice therefore I implore.</L>
<L>By the wor&s;t Judge may he be try'd,</L>
<L>And by a Dev'lin &s;pight, accus'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Be pronounc'd guilty, and his pray'r</L>
<L>For Pardon, as a &s;in, re&s;us'd.</L>
<P><PB N="256" REF="140"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="257" REF="140"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<L><PB N="258" REF="141">
<MILESTONE N="8"> By an untimely death cut off,</L>
<L>His Office let another take:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Want on his Children be entail'd:</L>
<L>His wife a forlorn widow make.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> May they a &s;orry vagrant life,</L>
<L>By begging up and down maintain:</L>
<L>And their own Hou&s;es lying wa&s;te,</L>
<L>Seek for a Lodging where they can.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Let an exacting Creditor</L>
<L>Seize his E&s;tate as lawful &s;poil;</L>
<L>And may a perfect &s;tranger reap</L>
<L>The fruit of all his care and toil.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Let none t'his Memory be kind,</L>
<L>No pity to his Race be &s;hown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> But let them pari&s;h, and their Name</L>
<L>Be in the following Age unknown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Vi&s;it on him his Parents Crimes,</L>
<L>Since he in &s;in would like 'em be:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> To &s;hew that they are not forgot,</L>
<L>Root out their cur&s;ed memory.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> He, when the poor for mercy call'd,</L>
<L>Nothing but cruelty did breath;</L>
<L>And when their Hearts were broke with grief,</L>
<L>He per&s;ecuted them to death.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Let all the Cur&s;es that he wi&s;h'd</L>
<L>To others, on his own head light;</L>
<L>And may he, by a ju&s;t reward,</L>
<L>Want all that Ble&s;&s;ing he did &s;light.</L>
<L><PB N="259" REF="141">
<MILESTONE N="18"> In cur&s;ing and malicious Lyes,</L>
<L>As in rich Cloaths he took a pride;</L>
<L>And may its &s;ad effect, like drink,</L>
<L>Through all his Veins and Bowels &s;lide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Sinking into his Bones like Oyl,</L>
<L>Let it allow him no repo&s;e;</L>
<L>Cover him with it like a Ve&s;t,</L>
<L>As with a Girdle bind it clo&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> This &s;hall be their reward from God,</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;pight is on my ruine bent;</L>
<L>And que&s;tion not to make it &s;ure,</L>
<L>By Lyes and Slanders they invent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> But &s;ince thy Honour is engag'd</L>
<L>And Mercy too: Lord, take my part:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Oh &s;ave mel when by all for&s;ook.</L>
<L>And pierc'd with &s;orrow to the heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> I vani&s;h like an Evening &s;hade,</L>
<L>To&s;s'd, like a Locu&s;t, up and down:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> My Knees and all my Joints are weak,</L>
<L>My Body lean with fa&s;ting grown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> They add unto my mi&s;eries</L>
<L>Reproach and all the &s;igns of &s;corn;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Lord, let thy Mercy interpo&s;e</L>
<L>To help and &s;ave me thus forlorn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Force them to own herein thy pow'r,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> Who cur&s;e in vain whom God will ble&s;s:</L>
<L>Let me with joy &s;ee them a&s;ham'd,</L>
<L>That their attempts had no &s;ucce&s;s.</L>
<L><PB N="260" REF="142">
<MILESTONE N="29"> Cloath'd with Confu&s;ion, may they wi&s;h</L>
<L>To hide them&s;elves from their own &s;hame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> In full A&s;&s;emblies then I'll &s;ing</L>
<L>The lowde&s;t prai&s;es to thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> God, the great Patron of the poor,</L>
<L>Will as his Advocate &s;tand by,</L>
<L>Defend his Cau&s;e, and &s;ave his Life,</L>
<L>When he's unju&s;tly doom'd to die.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="110" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THUS &s;pake the Lord unto his Son,</L>
<L>Sit thou advanc'd on my right hand;</L>
<L>Till all thy conquer'd Foes &s;hall crouch,</L>
<L>And wait their doom from thy command.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> From <HI>Sion</HI> &s;hall thy word go forth,</L>
<L>Which like a Sceptre thou &s;halt &s;way:</L>
<L>To bring the Stubborn under Rule,</L>
<L>And make them willingly obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Conque&s;ts &s;hall be great that day;</L>
<L>The numerous Converts thou &s;halt view,</L>
<L>Shall make an Army that exceeds</L>
<L>Thy Chry&s;tal Drops of morning Dew.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The Lord hath all his Truth engag'd</L>
<L>By Oath, which he can never break,</L>
<L>To make thee an eternal Prie&s;t,</L>
<L>Of th' Order of <HI>Melchizedeck.</HI></L>
<L><PB N="261" REF="142">
<MILESTONE N="5"> And when he's rai&s;ed to his Throne,</L>
<L>Proud Monarchs that oppo&s;e his Reign</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Shall fall; and all the wicked world</L>
<L>That will not &s;toop to him, be &s;lain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Whil&s;t he pur&s;ues this work, he'll &s;toop</L>
<L>To mean refre&s;hments in the way;</L>
<L>But with a glorious reward,</L>
<L>God will his &s;ufferings repay.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="110" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THUS &s;pake the Lord unto his Son,</L>
<L>Sit thou on my right hand;</L>
<L>Till all thy Foes &s;hall crouch, and wait</L>
<L>Their doom at thy Command.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> From <HI>Sion</HI> &s;hall thy word go forth;</L>
<L>This Sceptre thou &s;halt &s;way:</L>
<L>Under thy Rule &s;hall Rebels come,</L>
<L>And willingly obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy Conque&s;ts &s;hall be great that day;</L>
<L>The Converts thou &s;halt view;</L>
<L>Shall make an Army that exceeds</L>
<L>The drops of morning Dew.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The Lord hath all his Truth engag'd</L>
<L>By'an Oath he cannot break;</L>
<L>Thou'rt ever Prie&s;t of th'Order made</L>
<L>Of great <HI>Melchizedeck.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> And when he's rai&s;ed to his Throne,</L>
<L>Kings that oppo&s;e his Reign</L>
<L><PB N="262" REF="143">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Shall fall; and all the Heathen World</L>
<L>That will not &s;toop, be &s;lain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Whil&s;t thus employ'd, he'll &s;toop to mean</L>
<L>Refre&s;hments in the way:</L>
<L>But God with glorious rewards</L>
<L>His Sufferings will repay.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="111" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul's be&s;t Pow'rs I will engage,</L>
<L>And with affection join</L>
<L>In tho&s;e A&s;&s;emblies, where the Saints</L>
<L>To prai&s;e the Lord combine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> They that contemplate thy great works</L>
<L>Will &s;oon with plea&s;ure &s;ee</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy Pow'r how glorious it is,</L>
<L>How great thy Purity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> The wonders of thy Providence</L>
<L>They'll often call to mind;</L>
<L>With grateful hearts proclaim that God</L>
<L>Is gracious and kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> How in the Wilderne&s;s he gave</L>
<L>Food with a liberal hand:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> And made his People to po&s;&s;e&s;s</L>
<L>The Heathens plea&s;ant Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Faithful and Ju&s;t are all his Works;</L>
<L>His Word no le&s;s is &s;ure;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> When once his Promi&s;e is engag'd,</L>
<L>Performance is &s;ecure.</L>
<L><PB N="263" REF="143">
<MILESTONE N="9"> I&s;r'el, <HI>from &s;lavery redeem'd,</HI></L>
<L>His Holine&s;s did know;</L>
<L>Their foes the terrour of his Name</L>
<L>Felt in their overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> To fear the Lord true wi&s;dom is:</L>
<L>And he that &s;trives to plea&s;e</L>
<L>His Maker, under&s;tands him be&s;t;</L>
<L>Who&s;e prai&s;e &s;hall never cea&s;e,</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="112" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t is the Man that fears the Lord;</L>
<L>Who&s;e plea&s;ure 'tis to doe his Will:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His &s;eed &s;hall be renown'd on Earth,</L>
<L>His happy Race &s;hall flouri&s;h &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His hou&s;e with plenty &s;hall be fill'd;</L>
<L>And as his wealth and &s;tores increa&s;e</L>
<L>His bounty is enlarg'd; no fear</L>
<L>Of future want do's make it le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> When troubles fall unto his &s;hare,</L>
<L>They'll in his greater comfort end;</L>
<L>What kindne&s;s God on him be&s;tows,</L>
<L>The &s;ame to others he'll extend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He lends a&s;&s;i&s;tance to the poor,</L>
<L>Di&s;creetly orders all his way:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Nothing &s;hall move this righteous Man,</L>
<L>Or make his memory decay.</L>
<L><PB N="264" REF="144">
<MILESTONE N="7"> No news of threatning danger can</L>
<L>His confidence in God di&s;place:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He with undaunted courage looks</L>
<L>His foes &s;ecurely in the face.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> God his diffu&s;ive charity</L>
<L>With &s;utable rewards will crown:</L>
<L>Not onely tho&s;e above be&s;tow,</L>
<L>But honour here and great renown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Mean while the wicked &s;hall repine</L>
<L>With indignation at his bli&s;s;</L>
<L>And melt away with grief, to &s;ee</L>
<L>This Man obtain what they &s;hall mi&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="112" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Happy Man that fears the Lord,</L>
<L>And joys to doe his Will:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His &s;eed &s;hall be renown'd on Earth,</L>
<L>His race &s;hall flouri&s;h &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His hou&s;e with plenty &s;hall be fill'd;</L>
<L>And as his &s;tores increa&s;e,</L>
<L>His bounty is enlarg'd; no fear</L>
<L>Of want do's make it le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> When troubles fall unto his &s;hare,</L>
<L>They'll in his comfort end;</L>
<L>What kindne&s;s God on him be&s;tows,</L>
<L>To others he'll extend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> He lends a&s;&s;i&s;tance to the poor,</L>
<L>Di&s;creetly guides his way:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Nothing &s;hall move this Man, or make</L>
<L>His memory decay.</L>
<L><PB N="265" REF="144">
<MILESTONE N="7"> His tru&s;t in God, no threatning news</L>
<L>Of danger can di&s;place:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He with undaunted courage looks</L>
<L>His En'mies in the face.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> God his diffu&s;ive charity</L>
<L>With great rewards will crown;</L>
<L>Both tho&s;e above be&s;tow, and here</L>
<L>Honour and great renown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Mean while the wicked &s;hall repine</L>
<L>With envy at his bli&s;s;</L>
<L>Con&s;ume with grief, to &s;ee this Man</L>
<L>Obtain, what they &s;hall mi&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="113" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE &s;ervants of th' eternal King,</L>
<L>To God your chearful prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who&s;e Name be ble&s;t for evermore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His goodne&s;s over all is great,</L>
<L>Where e'er the Sun do's ri&s;e or &s;et,</L>
<L>Since all are ble&s;t, let all adore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> O'er all the Earth the Lord do's reign,</L>
<L>And Heav'n's too narrow to contain</L>
<L>His Glories that are infinite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Let not poor borrowed greatne&s;s dare</L>
<L>With his Perfections to compare,</L>
<L>Who dwells in uncreated Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He conde&s;cends &s;o far, to know</L>
<L>Th' affairs of mortals here below,</L>
<L>As well as tho&s;e in Heav'n above.</L>
<L><PB N="266" REF="145">
<MILESTONE N="7"> To &s;hew how he o'er all things &s;ways,</L>
<L>He from the du&s;t the poor do's rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And from his vile e&s;tate remove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> From thence advances him on high,</L>
<L>To unexpected dignity,</L>
<L>And &s;ets him a royal Throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> When age and nature doth de&s;pair,</L>
<L>He makes the barren womb to bear:</L>
<L>O therefore prai&s;e this God alone.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="114" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHen the great God had <HI>I&s;r'el's</HI> &s;eed</L>
<L>From <HI>Egypt</HI> and oppre&s;&s;ion freed,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> He then declar'd him&s;elf their King:</L>
<L>Who&s;e bright appearance as they pa&s;s'd</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Sea beheld, and fled in ha&s;te;</L>
<L>Jordan <HI>retir'd unto its &s;pring.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Sinai, <HI>when God came down, did &s;hake,</HI></L>
<L>Th' adjoyning mountains all did quake,</L>
<L>And like affrighted Rams did skip:</L>
<L>The little hills could not forbear</L>
<L>By trembling too to &s;hew their fear,</L>
<L>Like Lambs that round their Mothers trip.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> What ail'd the Sea thus to &s;hrink back,</L>
<L>Or <HI>Jordan</HI> its old banks for&s;ake,</L>
<L>So cro&s;s to Nature's fixed Laws?</L>
<L><PB N="267" REF="145">
<MILESTONE N="6"> Why &s;hould great Mountains skip like Rams</L>
<L>And little hills like frighted Lambs?</L>
<L>Why &s;eems it &s;trange, when God's the cau&s;e?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Not Hills alone, when he is near,</L>
<L>But the whole Earth may quake for fear,</L>
<L>As into &s;trange Convul&s;ions thrown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> For Rocks into a wat'ry Lake,</L>
<L>And Flints into a Fountain brake,</L>
<L>When God would make his Power known.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="115" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> NOT unto us, Lord, not to us,</L>
<L>But to thy Name the prai&s;e we owe;</L>
<L>To thy free goodne&s;s and thy truth,</L>
<L>The &s;prings whence all our ble&s;&s;ings flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Why &s;hould the Heathen ask in &s;corn,</L>
<L>Where is the God whom ye adore?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> In Heav'n he reigns, but do's on Earth</L>
<L>What e'er his Will ordain'd before.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Silver and Gold their Idols are,</L>
<L>And all their worth derive from thence;</L>
<L>With no Divinity in&s;pir'd,</L>
<L>Since they are void of life and &s;en&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For tho' the Maker forms an Eye,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> A Mouth, or any other Part;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He cannot give them &s;ight or breath,</L>
<L>Nor lively motion by his art.</L>
<L><PB N="268" REF="146">
<MILESTONE N="8"> Fond Men! to think your hands can make</L>
<L>A God, to which our knees &s;hould bow;</L>
<L>You tru&s;t what cannot help it &s;elf;</L>
<L>Statues have &s;en&s;e as much as you.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> O <HI>I&s;r'el</HI> in the living God</L>
<L>Repo&s;e your tru&s;t and confidence:</L>
<L>He'll help you to &s;ubdue your foes;</L>
<L>In dangers he'll be your defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Let <HI>A'ron's</HI> hou&s;e on God rely;</L>
<L>To you he'll be an help and &s;hield;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Tru&s;t in him, ye that fear the Lord,</L>
<L>Who&s;e care and aid will &s;afety yield.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> He, who in ages pa&s;t was kind,</L>
<L>In after times will be no le&s;s;</L>
<L>He th' hou&s;e of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> will &s;ave,</L>
<L>The Prie&s;ts of <HI>A'ron's</HI> hou&s;e will ble&s;s,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> He'll ble&s;s all pious wor&s;hippers,</L>
<L>Of low as well as high degree:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> And largely heap his benefits</L>
<L>On you and your po&s;terity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> O happy &s;tate! thus to be ble&s;t,</L>
<L>By him that made both Earth and Heav'n:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His throne in Heav'n is plac'd, the Earth</L>
<L>In kindne&s;s he to Man has giv'n.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The &s;ilent Grave cannot declare</L>
<L>Thy wonders; nor proclaim thy prai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> We'll now begin that ble&s;&s;ed work,</L>
<L>Which &s;hall continue all our days.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="115" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="269" REF="146">
<HEAD>PSALM CXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, not to us, but to thy Name</L>
<L>We give the prai&s;e we owe;</L>
<L>To thy free goodne&s;s and thy truth,</L>
<L>Whence all our ble&s;&s;ings flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Why &s;hould the Heathen ask us, Where's</L>
<L>That God whom you adore?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> In Heav'n he reigns, but do's on Earth</L>
<L>What he ordain'd before.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Silver and gold their Idols are,</L>
<L>Their worth derive from thence;</L>
<L>With no Divinity in&s;pir'd,</L>
<L>Since void of life or &s;en&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> For tho' the Maker forms an Eye,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> A Mouth, or other Part;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He cannot give them &s;ight or breath,</L>
<L>Motion, or Life by art.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Fond Men! with hands to make a God</L>
<L>To which our knees &s;hould bow;</L>
<L>You tru&s;t what cannot help it &s;elf,</L>
<L>Statues have &s;en&s;e like you.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> O <HI>I&s;r'el,</HI> in the living God</L>
<L>Repo&s;e your confidence;</L>
<L>To quell your foes he'll be your help,</L>
<L>In dangers your defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Let <HI>A'ron's</HI> hou&s;e on him rely;</L>
<L>He'll be your help and &s;hield:</L>
<L><PB N="270" REF="147">
<MILESTONE N="11"> All that fear God, tru&s;t him, who&s;e care</L>
<L>And aid will &s;afety yield.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> He, that before was kind, will be</L>
<L>In after times no le&s;s;</L>
<L>The hou&s;e of <HI>I&s;r'el</HI> he will &s;ave,</L>
<L>The Prie&s;ts of <HI>A'ron's</HI> ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> He'll ble&s;s all pious Wor&s;hippers,</L>
<L>Of low or high degree:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> And heap his benefits on you,</L>
<L>And your po&s;terity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Oh happy! to be ble&s;t by him</L>
<L>That made both Earth and Heav'n;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His Throne's in Heav'n, the Earth to Man</L>
<L>In kindne&s;s he has giv'n.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> The Grave thy wonders cannot &s;how,</L>
<L>Nor celebrate thy prai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> We'll now adore thy &s;acred Name,</L>
<L>And ble&s;s thee all our days.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="116" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> Since God &s;o tender a regard</L>
<L>In &s;traits to my reque&s;ts did give;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> My be&s;t affections he &s;hall have,</L>
<L>And be&s;t devotions, whil&s;t I live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> A&s;&s;ail'd with grief and pains, that &s;eem'd</L>
<L>The &s;ad fore-runners of the Grave;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To thee I made reque&s;t, O Lord,</L>
<L>My life from threat'ning danger &s;ave.</L>
<L><PB N="271" REF="147">
<MILESTONE N="5"> Nor did I cry to God in vain,</L>
<L>Nor did his Mercy come too late;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But when my skill was at a lo&s;s,</L>
<L>His kindne&s;s rais'd my low e&s;tate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God and thy &s;elf, my Soul, enjoy</L>
<L>In quiet re&s;t, freed from thy fears;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Who &s;av'd thy life, upheld thy &s;teps,</L>
<L>And dry'd up all thy falling tears;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> I &s;till &s;hall live and prai&s;e thy Name;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thus did I &s;peak, and thus believ'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Tho' in di&s;tre&s;s I ra&s;hly &s;aid,</L>
<L>All Men will lye, and I'm deceiv'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> What &s;hall I render to the Lord</L>
<L>For all tha kindne&s;s he has &s;hown?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> I'll humbly offer him my prai&s;e,</L>
<L>And thankfully his favours own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> The &s;olemn payment of my vows</L>
<L>I made to God, &s;hall be my care;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Who &s;av'd me from approaching death,</L>
<L>And &s;hew'd my life to him was dear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> By all engagements, Lord, I'm thine;</L>
<L>Thy &s;ervant whom thou ha&s;t &s;et free;</L>
<L>The very Bonds that thou ha&s;t loos'd,</L>
<L>Shall tie me fa&s;ter unto thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Thankful acknowledgments I'll make</L>
<L>And God for all his favours ble&s;s:</L>
<L>I'll on his goodne&s;s wait, and pray</L>
<L>To him alone in all di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> To God, in &s;ight of all his Saints,</L>
<L>Religiou&s;ly I'll pay my vows;</L>
<L><PB N="272" REF="148">
<MILESTONE N="19"> There where they meet within his Courts,</L>
<L>To wor&s;hip at his holy hou&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="116" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GOD that &s;o gracious a regard</L>
<L>To my reque&s;ts did give,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Shall have my choice&s;t love, and be&s;t</L>
<L>Devotions whil&s;t I live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> A&s;&s;ail'd with grief and pains, that &s;eem'd</L>
<L>Fore-runners of the Grave;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To thee I cry'd, O Lord, my life</L>
<L>From threat'ning danger &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Nor did I cry in vain, nor did</L>
<L>God's Mercy come too late:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> But when my skill was at a lo&s;e,</L>
<L>He rais'd my low e&s;tate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> God and thy &s;elf, my Soul, enjoy</L>
<L>Quiet and free from fears;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Who &s;av'd thy life, upheld thy &s;teps,</L>
<L>And dry'd up all thy tears.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> I &s;till &s;hall live to prai&s;e thee; thus</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> I &s;pake and thus believ'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Tho' once I ra&s;hly &s;aid, all Men</L>
<L>Will lye, and I'm deceiv'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> What &s;hall I render, Lord, for all</L>
<L>The kindne&s;s thou ha&s;t &s;hown?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Prai&s;es I 'll offer, and with thanks</L>
<L>Will all thy favours own.</L>
<L><PB N="273" REF="148">
<MILESTONE N="14"> The payment of the vows I made</L>
<L>To God, &s;hall be my care:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Who &s;aved me from Death, and &s;hew'd</L>
<L>My Life to him was dear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> By all engagements I am thine;</L>
<L>Thy &s;ervant, Lord, I 'll be;</L>
<L>The bonds that thou ha&s;t loos'd, &s;hall tie</L>
<L>Me fa&s;ter unto thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> I'll own with thankfulne&s;s, and God</L>
<L>For all his favours ble&s;s;</L>
<L>I'll on his goodne&s;s wait, and pray</L>
<L>To him in all di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Now, in the &s;ight of all his Saints,</L>
<L>To God I 'll pay my vows;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> There where they meet within his Courts,</L>
<L>To wor&s;hip at his hou&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="117" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXVII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LET all the Nations of the World</L>
<L>Their great Creatour prai&s;e;</L>
<L>And all its &s;catt'red People join</L>
<L>His mighty Name to rai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who&s;e kindne&s;s towards us is great,</L>
<L>His Mercies ever &s;ure:</L>
<L>Then let our prai&s;es, like his truth,</L>
<L>For ever &s;till endure.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="118" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="274" REF="149">
<HEAD>PSALM CXVIII.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Prai&s;e the Lord, whom ages pa&s;t</L>
<L>Have known to be &s;o kind;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercies will continue &s;ure,</L>
<L>To ages &s;till behind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let all his People, and his Prie&s;ts,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> That in his hou&s;e attend,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> With all that fear the Lord proclaim,</L>
<L>His Mercies have no end.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Bear thou thy part with them, my Soul,</L>
<L>God's goodne&s;s to expre&s;s;</L>
<L>Who heard my Pray'r, and &s;et me free</L>
<L>When I was in di&s;tre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I need not fear what Man can doe,</L>
<L>Since God do's take my part;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Defeated all my foes will be,</L>
<L>When thou my Helper art.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Much &s;afer 'tis to tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>Than on an Ho&s;t's defence:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Rather in him than greate&s;t Kings</L>
<L>I 'll put my confidence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> All Nations round did me inclo&s;e</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And more than once invade:</L>
<L>But to de&s;troy them, I was &s;ure,</L>
<L>Thro' God's almighty aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Thay quite &s;urrounded me, like Bees,</L>
<L>Their anger flam'd, like fire;</L>
<L>But all was like a blaze of thorns,</L>
<L>That quickly do's expire.</L>
<L><PB N="275" REF="149">I knew by his almighty aid</L>
<L>I &s;oon &s;hould cut them &s;hort;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Tho' they pu&s;h'd hard to throw me down,</L>
<L>His help would me &s;upport.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> I all my happine&s;s a&s;cribe</L>
<L>To God, who made me &s;trong;</L>
<L>And his Salvation &s;till &s;hall be</L>
<L>The &s;ubject of my Song.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> The joyful voice of triumph fills</L>
<L>The dwellings of the ju&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His pow'r do's mighty things for them,</L>
<L>That in his goodne&s;s tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> I hope to live, and prai&s;e his works</L>
<L>Ev'n to my late&s;t breath:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Who, tho' he has cha&s;tis'd me &s;ore,</L>
<L>Has &s;av'd me &s;till from death.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Open, ye Mini&s;ters, the Gates</L>
<L>Which entrance do afford</L>
<L>Into God's Courts for righteous Men,</L>
<L>Where I will prai&s;e the Lord.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> This is the Gate that thither leads;</L>
<L>And all the righteous throng</L>
<L>Shall enter in my company,</L>
<L>And hear this joyfull Song.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> I'll prai&s;e thee who ha&s;t heard my pray'r</L>
<L>And tho' thou wa&s;t before</L>
<L>My gracious God, art now become</L>
<L>My pow'rful Saviour.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<PB N="276" REF="150">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> The &s;tone which by the Builder's deem'd</L>
<L>Unfit, a&s;ide was thrown;</L>
<L>Is cho&s;en and preferr'ed, to be</L>
<L>The Head and Corner &s;tone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> This is the Work of God alone,</L>
<L>By us with wonder &s;een:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> This is the day the Lord hath made;</L>
<L>And we'll rejoyce therein.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> We'll joyn our acclamations,</L>
<L>And loud <HI>Ho&s;anna's</HI> &s;ing;</L>
<L>Wi&s;hing pro&s;perity may wait</L>
<L>On him that is our King.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Ble&s;t Savi'our! who from God to us</L>
<L>On this kind Errand came;</L>
<L>We welcome thee; and ble&s;s all tho&s;e</L>
<L>That &s;pread thy glorious Fame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Thou, Lord, ha&s;t mercifully &s;hin'd.</L>
<L>On us, with Light and Grace;</L>
<L>And at thine Altar we'll pre&s;ent</L>
<L>The Sacrifice of prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> Thou art my God, my joyful tongue</L>
<L>Shall ever &s;ing thy prai&s;e:</L>
<L>Thou art my God, and I on high</L>
<L>Thy glorious Name will rai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Let all with thankfulne&s;s proclaim,</L>
<L>That God is good and kind;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercies which have been before,</L>
<L>Good Men &s;hall ever find.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="119" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="277" REF="150">
<HEAD>PSALM CXIX.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="aleph" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Aleph. <HI>Part</HI> I.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THrice happy are tho&s;e upright Men,</L>
<L>Who&s;e ways are free from blame;</L>
<L>Who, as the Law of God directs,</L>
<L>Their lives and manners frame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ble&s;&s;ed are they, who his Commands</L>
<L>Un&s;eignedly fulfill:</L>
<L>And to obtain God's favour, &s;eek</L>
<L>To know and doe his Will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The&s;e, when they 're tempted, do not &s;in,</L>
<L>But to thy paths repair:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thou, Lord, ha&s;t charged us to keep</L>
<L>All thy Commands with care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> O by thy Grace &s;o guide my ways,</L>
<L>Never from thine to &s;werve;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Nothing &s;hall &s;hame my hopes, whil&s;t I</L>
<L>All thy Commands ob&s;erve.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> This &s;ignal favour &s;hall excite</L>
<L>My' unfeigned joy and prai&s;e,</L>
<L>That I have learnt how good thy Laws,</L>
<L>How righteous are thy Ways.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> I'll keep thy Statutes, for I &s;ee</L>
<L>In this thy Will is clear;</L>
<L>Stand by me, Lord, as I intend</L>
<L>Herein to per&s;evere.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="beth" TYPE="part">
<PB N="278" REF="151">
<HEAD>Beth. <HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> How &s;hall a young man, prone to vice,</L>
<L>Govern his Manners, Lord?</L>
<L>By heedfull li&s;tning to the wi&s;e</L>
<L>Directions of thy word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Sincerely I have begg'd thy Grace,</L>
<L>O keep me clo&s;e to thee:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> I've trea&s;ur'd up thy word, that I</L>
<L>Might not a &s;inner be,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Ble&s;&s;ing and Prai&s;e, O Lord, is due</L>
<L>To thee, who art &s;o kind:</L>
<L>Thy Statutes give me Grace to learn,</L>
<L>And lodge them in my mind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> My high e&s;teem of all thy Laws,</L>
<L>I have declar'd around:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Herein my joy &s;urpa&s;&s;es his,</L>
<L>That has a Trea&s;ure found.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Oft on thy Precepts will I fix</L>
<L>My thoughts, that I may &s;ee,</L>
<L>How well with thy pre&s;cribed Rules</L>
<L>Of Life, my ways agree.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> My &s;tudy on thy Statutes, Lord,</L>
<L>And hearts delight is &s;et:</L>
<L>Thy word, which I entirely love,</L>
<L>I never will forget.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="gimel" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Gimel. <HI>Part.</HI> III.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Such favour to thy Servant &s;how,</L>
<L>And &s;uch defence afford;</L>
<L>That I, pre&s;erved from my Foes,</L>
<L>May live and keep thy word.</L>
<L><PB N="279" REF="151">
<MILESTONE N="18"> Open mine Eyes, that I may &s;ee</L>
<L>The Wonders of thy Law:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Who in my Pilgrimage, from hence</L>
<L>Mu&s;t Light and Comfort draw.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Thy Judgments clearly to di&s;cern,</L>
<L>So great my Longings are;</L>
<L>The painfull Labours I endure,</L>
<L>My Strength do's quite impair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Thy Cur&s;e and thy &s;evere Rebukes</L>
<L>Follow their haughty Pride;</L>
<L>Who from the Path of thy Commands,</L>
<L>Perver&s;ely turn a&s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> No longer let my Innocence</L>
<L>Suffer reproach and &s;hame;</L>
<L>Who&s;e care is to ob&s;erve thy Laws,</L>
<L>To live without all blame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Whil&s;t Princes charg'd me with great Crimes,</L>
<L>The&s;e I my Study made:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Thy Statutes were my Coun&s;ellours,</L>
<L>And always made me glad.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="daleth" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Daleth. <HI>Part</HI> IV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Strugling for Life, forlorn I lie,</L>
<L>And humbled to the Du&s;t:</L>
<L>Revive and rai&s;e me up again,</L>
<L>Who in thy Promi&s;e tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> My ways and dangers I made known,</L>
<L>And found God's kind regard;</L>
<L>And in thy Statutes taught, &s;hall find</L>
<L>Safety for my reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27"> Make me to under&s;tand aright</L>
<L>The way thy Precepts &s;how;</L>
<L><PB N="280" REF="152">Then all thy Wonders I have &s;een,</L>
<L>Others &s;hall al&s;o know.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28"> My heart will &s;ink with grief, if God</L>
<L>His promised Strength denies:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29"> Still give me Grace t' ob&s;erve thy Laws,</L>
<L>Seeking no help from Lyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30"> By Rules of Ju&s;tice and of Truth</L>
<L>I've cho&s;e my Life to frame;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="31"> Clo&s;e to thy Te&s;timonies cleav'd,</L>
<L>Lord, put me not to &s;hame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32"> I'll run the way of thy Commands</L>
<L>With great Alacrity;</L>
<L>When I'm enlarged with thy joys,</L>
<L>And from the&s;e &s;traits &s;et free.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="he" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>He. <HI>Part</HI> V.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="33"> Teach me, O Lord, that way of Life</L>
<L>Thy Statutes recommend;</L>
<L>Never from thence will I decline,</L>
<L>But keep it to the End.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34"> Lord, give me a di&s;cerning mind</L>
<L>And knowledge of thy Will;</L>
<L>Then what thy Sacred Laws enjoyn,</L>
<L>I'll heartily fulfil.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35"> Lead me in thy pre&s;cribed Path,</L>
<L>Where my Contentment lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36"> Incline my heart to thy Commands,</L>
<L>And le&s;s this World to prize.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="37"> O turn away mine Eyes from all</L>
<L>Vain Plea&s;ures here in view;</L>
<L>That in God's way I may per&s;i&s;t,</L>
<L>His Favour to pur&s;ue.</L>
<L><PB N="281" REF="152">
<MILESTONE N="36"> Make good thy word to him, that is</L>
<L>Devoted to thy Fear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39"> And the reproach I dread divert,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Judgments gracious are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40"> Thou &s;ee'&s;t, O Lord, the &s;ervent zeal</L>
<L>I for thy Precepts have.</L>
<L>Revive me for thy Promi&s;e &s;ake,</L>
<L>And from the&s;e Troubles &s;ave.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="vau" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Vau. <HI>Part</HI> VI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="41"> Thy Mercy, oft to me engag'd,</L>
<L>And Faithfulne&s;s advance;</L>
<L>And let me feel their good effects</L>
<L>In my deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42"> So &s;hall I &s;ilence tho&s;e who would</L>
<L>My Piety di&s;grace:</L>
<L>I'm not too bold, when in God's Word</L>
<L>My Confidence I place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> Which faithfull word may I ne'er be</L>
<L>Di&s;heartened to a&s;&s;ert;</L>
<L>Who tru&s;t the Righteous Judge will give</L>
<L>His Sentence on my part.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44"> Then I thy Laws with greater care</L>
<L>Ob&s;erve for ever will:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45"> And &s;erve thee freely, for I &s;eek</L>
<L>Thy Precepts to fulfil.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="46"> Thy Te&s;timonies before Kings</L>
<L>To own I'll not forbear;</L>
<L>But the&s;e, as the be&s;t Rule of Life,</L>
<L>Boldly to all declare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47"> By my delight in thy Commands</L>
<L>My Love to them I'll &s;hew:</L>
<L><PB N="282" REF="153">
<MILESTONE N="48"> By practice to their Study joyn'd,</L>
<L>I'll &s;how my Love is true.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="zain" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Zain. <HI>Part</HI> VII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="49"> Thy word on which my hopes rely,</L>
<L>Lord, to remembrance call:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="50"> This has great Troubles on me brought,</L>
<L>But cheers me under all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="51"> When mine in&s;ulting Foes have made</L>
<L>My Tru&s;t in thee their &s;corn,</L>
<L>Yet have I not declin'd thy Laws,</L>
<L>Tho' never &s;o forlorn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="52"> I call'd to mind how God of old,</L>
<L>By Good men's trials, made</L>
<L>Them and his Power better known,</L>
<L>And this my Grief allay'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="53"> But Horrour seiz'd me, when the Crimes</L>
<L>Of wicked Men I &s;aw;</L>
<L>And what &s;ad Judgments would befall,</L>
<L>Such as for&s;ook thy Law.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="54"> My wandrings up and down, had &s;eem'd</L>
<L>More trouble&s;ome and long;</L>
<L>But that I thought upon thy Love,</L>
<L>And made thy Laws my Song.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="55"> I call'd to mind how true and good</L>
<L>God was, whil&s;t others &s;lept:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="56"> A Quiet cheerfull mind I had,</L>
<L>For I thy Precepts kept.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="cheth" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Cheth. <HI>Part</HI> VIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="57"> Thou art my Portion, and thy word</L>
<L>I'll keep like precious &s;tore:</L>
<L><PB N="283" REF="153">
<MILESTONE N="58"> Thy Grace and Mercy there engag'd,</L>
<L>I earne&s;tly implore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="59"> My former wandrings I review'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="60"> And then without delay,</L>
<L>Re&s;olv'd to change my cour&s;e, and turn</L>
<L>Into thy &s;afer way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="61"> By wicked Troops I've been be&s;et,</L>
<L>And &s;tript of all I had;</L>
<L>But did not &s;eek to be reveng'd</L>
<L>By means thy Law forbad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="62"> At midnight I will wake and ri&s;e</L>
<L>When others are a&s;leep,</L>
<L>To prai&s;e thee for tho&s;e righteous Laws,</L>
<L>By thee I'm taught to keep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="63"> They're my Companions, who expre&s;s</L>
<L>Tow'ards God religious Fear;</L>
<L>All that with care thy Precepts keep,</L>
<L>To me are truly dear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="64"> Such is thy kindne&s;s, all the Earth</L>
<L>Thy Ble&s;&s;ings largely fill:</L>
<L>To &s;erve thee as I ought, I beg</L>
<L>Thou would&s;t in&s;truct me &s;till.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="teth" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Teth. <HI>Part</HI> IX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="65"> Thou ha&s;t been faithful, Lord, and I</L>
<L>Great Ble&s;&s;ings have receiv'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="66"> Give me a lively &s;en&s;e and ta&s;t</L>
<L>Of what I have believ'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="67"> Whil&s;t I was pro&s;p'erous, from thy paths</L>
<L>Too &s;oon I turn'd a&s;ide;</L>
<L>But by thy Cha&s;ti&s;ements reduc'd,</L>
<L>Thy Precepts were my Guide.</L>
<L><PB N="284" REF="154">
<MILESTONE N="68"> Thou Lord art in thy Nature good,</L>
<L>And do&s;t all good afford:</L>
<L>By thy wi&s;e Methods, make me more</L>
<L>Obedient to thy word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="69"> Proud Men 'gain&s;t me have &s;par'd no pains</L>
<L>A cur&s;ed Lye t' invent;</L>
<L>Who by &s;trict keeping of thy Laws,</L>
<L>Shall prove I'm innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="70"> Whil&s;t gro&s;&s;er Plea&s;ures dull their &s;en&s;e,</L>
<L>God's Law is my delight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="71"> Happy afflictions have me taught,</L>
<L>Thy Precepts not to &s;light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="72"> Such Excellencies in thy Law</L>
<L>Pronounc'd from Heav'n, appear;</L>
<L>The Wealth a Kingdom do's contain</L>
<L>Is not to me &s;o dear.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="iod" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Iod. <HI>Part</HI> X.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="73"> I am the Workman&s;hip thy hands</L>
<L>Have fa&s;hioned and made;</L>
<L>More of thy Will I'd know, that thou</L>
<L>May'&s;t be the more obey'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="74"> To &s;ee me from the&s;e Troubles free'd,</L>
<L>All good men will be glad:</L>
<L>And tru&s;t thy faithfull word, on which</L>
<L>I my dependance had.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="75"> I know thy Judgments righteous are,</L>
<L>And all my Troubles-ju&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="76"> Lord, let thy Mercy comfort me,</L>
<L>For in thy Word I tru&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="77"> My life, who&s;e ruine's daily &s;ought,</L>
<L>Let thy Compa&s;&s;ions &s;ave:</L>
<L><PB N="285" REF="154">Who in obeying thy Commands</L>
<L>The highe&s;t Plea&s;ure have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="78"> Confound the proud, who would with lyes</L>
<L>And fal&s;hood me oppre&s;s:</L>
<L>But I will &s;tudy and ob&s;erve</L>
<L>Thy Precepts &s;till no le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="79"> Let tho&s;e that fear the Lord, and know</L>
<L>Their Duty, take my part:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="80"> Nothing &s;hall &s;hame me, whil&s;t I am</L>
<L>Sound and upright in heart.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="caph" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Caph. <HI>Part</HI> XI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="81"> I faint thro' long de&s;ire and hope</L>
<L>Thy word fulfill'd to &s;ee</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="82"> In my Deliverance; and cry out,</L>
<L>When wilt thou comfort me?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="83"> Like parched Skins hang'd in the Smoak,</L>
<L>So grief has &s;hrivell'd mine;</L>
<L>Yet do I not thy Statutes, Lord,</L>
<L>Forget, much le&s;s decline.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="84"> My days con&s;ume apace, why then</L>
<L>Do&s;t thou delay &s;o long,</L>
<L>T' inflict due Puni&s;hments on tho&s;e</L>
<L>That do me utmo&s;t wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="85"> By treach'rous ways thy Law forbids,</L>
<L>My ruine they pur&s;ue.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="86"> Save me from tho&s;e, who are as fal&s;e,</L>
<L>As thy Commands are true.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="87"> My Life was ready ju&s;t to fall</L>
<L>A Prey to bloody hands;</L>
<L>Yet to e&s;cape, I would not balk</L>
<L>The way of thy Commands.</L>
<L><PB N="286" REF="155">
<MILESTONE N="88"> Rai&s;e me from this forlorn E&s;tate;</L>
<L>My Life in mercy &s;pare:</L>
<L>Then I thy Te&s;timonies, Lord,</L>
<L>Will keep with greater care.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="lamed" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Lamed. <HI>Part</HI> XII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="89"> For ever like the Heav'ns, Lord,</L>
<L>Thy word is &s;etled fa&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="90"> As firmly as the Earth, thy Truth</L>
<L>Do's to all Ages la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="91"> The&s;e all in their appointed cour&s;e</L>
<L>Continue to this Day:</L>
<L>And all like ready Servants &s;tand</L>
<L>Thine Orders to obey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="92"> Had not thy Truth been my &s;upport,</L>
<L>Thy Law been my delight;</L>
<L>Under the pre&s;&s;ure of my woes,</L>
<L>I'had &s;unk and peri&s;h'd quite.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="93"> Thy good Commands I'll ne'er forget,</L>
<L>Which have reviv'd me &s;till:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="94"> O &s;ave me who am thine, and &s;eek</L>
<L>To know and do thy Will.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="95"> Vile men to ruine me, have long</L>
<L>Watch'd for a fit pretence:</L>
<L>But I'll keep clo&s;e to thy Commands,</L>
<L>As to my be&s;t Defence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="96"> Perfections here have narrow bounds,</L>
<L>Who&s;e End we oft out-live:</L>
<L>But thy wi&s;e Laws have large extent,</L>
<L>And la&s;ting Plea&s;ures give.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="mem" TYPE="part">
<PB N="287" REF="155">
<HEAD>Mem. <HI>Part</HI> XIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="97"> O how I love thy Law, it is</L>
<L>My daily exerci&s;e;</L>
<L>By thoughts and talk of this, I make</L>
<L>My &s;elf and others wi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="98"> Thro' thy Commandments, which before</L>
<L>Mine Eyes I ever &s;et,</L>
<L>I'm wi&s;er than my Foes, and all</L>
<L>Their &s;ubtil Arts defeat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="99"> My Teachers I excel in Skill,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="100"> 100 Old men in Judgment deep;</L>
<L>Becau&s;e thy Laws my &s;tudy are,</L>
<L>And I thy Precepts keep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="101"> I have not made a wicked way</L>
<L>The means t'obtain my End;</L>
<L>For I re&s;olv'd again&s;t thy word</L>
<L>Not wilfully t' offend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="102"> Thy Judgments I have not declin'd,</L>
<L>Nor, wrong'd, did right o'er-pa&s;s:</L>
<L>Ju&s;t Precepts I had learn'd, and knew</L>
<L>That God their Authour was.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="103"> Honey no &s;weetne&s;s do's afford,</L>
<L>Like what thy words create.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="104"> From thence I learn the flattering &s;weets</L>
<L>Of every Sin to hate.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="nun" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Nun. <HI>Part</HI> XIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="105"> Thy word is to my Life a Guide,</L>
<L>Unto my Paths a Light:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="106"> Thy ju&s;t Decrees as I have &s;worn,</L>
<L>I'll keep with all my Might.</L>
<L><PB N="288" REF="156">
<MILESTONE N="107"> My Sufferings are great; to me</L>
<L>Thy comforts, Lord, afford;</L>
<L>And rai&s;e me from this &s;ad E&s;tate,</L>
<L>According to thy word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="108"> The free-will Off'rings of my mouth,</L>
<L>My Pray'rs and Prai&s;es own:</L>
<L>To &s;erve thee better, Lord, thy Will</L>
<L>Still more to me make known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="109"> I went in danger of my Life,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="110"> Such &s;nares the wicked laid;</L>
<L>Yet did I not forget thy Law,</L>
<L>Nor from thy Precepts &s;tray'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="111"> I'had rather &s;till be poor, than from</L>
<L>Thy Te&s;timonies part:</L>
<L>The&s;e are mine Heritage; the Joy</L>
<L>And Comfort of mine heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="112"> My heart's inclin'd, and to perform</L>
<L>Thy Statutes I intend;</L>
<L>What e'er I lo&s;e by't, I will hold</L>
<L>This cour&s;e unto the End.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="samech" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Samech. <HI>Part</HI> XV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="113"> Thy Law I love, but all leud craft</L>
<L>And double-dealing hate:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="114"> And tru&s;ting in thy faithful word,</L>
<L>For thy Protection wait.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="115"> Ye wicked doers that corrupt</L>
<L>The World, depart from me:</L>
<L>From faithfull &s;erving of my God,</L>
<L>No hind'rance you &s;hall be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="116"> Thy Word is pa&s;s'd t'uphold my Life,</L>
<L>Do not my hopes expo&s;e:</L>
<L><PB N="289" REF="156">
<MILESTONE N="117"> Thy Laws I'll more re&s;pect, when &s;et</L>
<L>In &s;afety from my Foes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="118"> Thou'rt wont to tread down tho&s;e, that from</L>
<L>Thy Statutes go a&s;tray;</L>
<L>Their crafty Arts to them will prove</L>
<L>A fal&s;e and cheating way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="119"> Such wicked men out of the Land</L>
<L>Like dro&s;s thou wilt remove;</L>
<L>Therefore I better like, and more</L>
<L>Thy Te&s;timonies Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="120"> The &s;en&s;e of thy ju&s;t vengeance, Lord,</L>
<L>Fills me with fear and awe:</L>
<L>I dread the Judgments that will &s;eize</L>
<L>All that contemn thy Law.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="ain" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Ain. <HI>Part</HI> XVI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="121"> That I have done what's ju&s;t and right,</L>
<L>My Foes mu&s;t needs confe&s;s:</L>
<L>Leave me not in their hands, who&s;e rage</L>
<L>Knows only how t' oppre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="122"> Be thou my &s;urety, le&s;t the proud</L>
<L>To ruine me prevail:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="123"> If my deliv'rance be delay'd,</L>
<L>My tired hopes will fail.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="124"> In Mercy deal with me, and &s;ince</L>
<L>To thee I &s;ervice owe;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="125"> Teach me thy Statutes, and thy Will</L>
<L>To me more fully &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="126"> It's time Good men &s;hould act for God,</L>
<L>As well as he appear;</L>
<L>When wicked men reject his Law,</L>
<L>And &s;in without all fear.</L>
<L><PB N="290" REF="157">
<MILESTONE N="127"> This &s;tirs my Zeal, and makes me more</L>
<L>All his Commands to prize;</L>
<L>And, in compare with them them, the World</L>
<L>And all its Wealth de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="128"> Hence every Precept I approve</L>
<L>For my Direction be&s;t:</L>
<L>But unju&s;t Cour&s;es, and ba&s;e Arts</L>
<L>I utterly dete&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="pe" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Pe. <HI>Part</HI> XVII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="129"> With greate&s;t care I keep thy Laws,</L>
<L>Who&s;e wonders &s;trike mine Eyes:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="130"> The Entrance of thy word's a Light,</L>
<L>And makes the &s;imple wi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="131"> The fuller knowledge of thy Will</L>
<L>I eagerly pur&s;u'd;</L>
<L>And as my Plea&s;ure did increa&s;e,</L>
<L>My longings were renew'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="132"> Oh let thy dealings towards me</L>
<L>And Mercy be the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Thou u&s;e&s;t to expre&s;s to tho&s;e</L>
<L>Who love and fear thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="133"> Order my goings in thy word,</L>
<L>And my Director be;</L>
<L>Then no Iniquity &s;hall gain</L>
<L>Dominion over me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="134"> Thy Precepts I'll ob&s;erve, when plac'd</L>
<L>Out of th' Oppre&s;&s;ors reach:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="135"> With favour on thy Servant &s;hine,</L>
<L>And me thy Statutes teach.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="136"> I &s;ee how Sinners break thy Laws</L>
<L>By bold Impieties;</L>
<L><PB N="291" REF="157">This makes me to lament, and floods</L>
<L>Of Tears o'er-flow mine Eyes.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="t&s;addi" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>T&s;addi. <HI>Part</HI> XVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="137"> Thy Nature, Lord, and thy Commands</L>
<L>Exactly do agree:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="138"> Holy, and ju&s;t, and true thou art,</L>
<L>And &s;uch thy Precepts be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="139"> This &s;ets my Zeal on fire, and makes</L>
<L>Mine Indignation ri&s;e;</L>
<L>To &s;ee my Foes forget thy Words,</L>
<L>And thy ju&s;t Laws de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="140"> I love thy word becau&s;e it's pure,</L>
<L>And free from all deceit:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="141"> Tho' I'm de&s;pis'd and &s;mall; my care</L>
<L>To keep thy Laws is great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="142"> Thy ju&s;tice and fidelity</L>
<L>Ne're change or have an end:</L>
<L>Thy Law's the Truth, on which we may</L>
<L>With certain Faith depend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="143"> When I was brought into great &s;traits</L>
<L>And &s;ore oppre&s;t with grief;</L>
<L>I thought on thy Commands, and found</L>
<L>Great comfort and relief.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="144"> Thy ways are ever true and ju&s;t;</L>
<L>This wi&s;dom to me give,</L>
<L>By them to order all my ways;</L>
<L>And happy I &s;hall live.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="koph" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Koph. <HI>Part</HI> XIX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="145"> To thee, O Lord, I loudly cry'd,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="146"> Hear and deliver me;</L>
<L><PB N="292" REF="158">Thy Te&s;timonies, when I'm &s;av'd,</L>
<L>Better ob&s;erv'd &s;hall be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="147"> My cries, to mind thee of thy word,</L>
<L>Prevent the morning Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="148"> On this I meditate before</L>
<L>The watches of the Night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="149"> Hear me, O Lord, as thou art kind,</L>
<L>Of which &s;ure proofs I have;</L>
<L>And, as thou judge&s;t be&s;t, my Life</L>
<L>They &s;eek to ruine, &s;ave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="150"> For they on mi&s;chievous De&s;igns</L>
<L>Again&s;t me bent draw near;</L>
<L>Who're far from care to keep thy Law,</L>
<L>And &s;trangers to thy Fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="151"> My comfort is, for my defence</L>
<L>Thou, Lord, art nearer &s;till;</L>
<L>And all th' Engagements of thy word</L>
<L>Wilt faithfully fulfil.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="152"> I've known of old, what thou declar'&s;t</L>
<L>To be thy Will, &s;tands fa&s;t;</L>
<L>And t' all that do thereon depend,</L>
<L>Shall be perform'd at la&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="resh" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Re&s;h. <HI>Part</HI> XX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="153"> See my &s;ad Ca&s;e, and plead my Cau&s;e,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="154"> And &s;et me free, O Lord:</L>
<L>Who'm mindfull of thy Law, and tru&s;t</L>
<L>For &s;afety on thy Word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="155"> From wicked Men that di&s;regard</L>
<L>God's Laws, his help is far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="156"> Great are thy Mercies; quicken me</L>
<L>After thy wonted care.</L>
<L><PB N="293" REF="158">
<MILESTONE N="157"> Many are my malicious Foes;</L>
<L>Yet do I not decline</L>
<L>Thy Te&s;timonies, nor will &s;eek</L>
<L>Their Death, as they do mine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="158"> It moves indeed my grief, to &s;ee</L>
<L>How boldly men tran&s;gre&s;s:</L>
<L>Who, what thy Word commands, con|temn,</L>
<L>What it forbids no le&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="159"> Con&s;ider what unfeigned Love</L>
<L>I to thy Precepts bear:</L>
<L>Pre&s;erve my Life, O Lord, and &s;how</L>
<L>That I to thee am dear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="160"> Thy Promi&s;es have ever been</L>
<L>Fulfill'd in Ages pa&s;t:</L>
<L>And thy declared Will &s;hall be</L>
<L>Perform'd, whil&s;t time do's la&s;t.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="schin" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Schin. <HI>Part</HI> XXI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="161"> Princes pur&s;ue me without Cau&s;e,</L>
<L>But my great fear is this,</L>
<L>Le&s;t, by tran&s;gre&s;&s;ing thy Commands,</L>
<L>Thy favour I &s;hould mi&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="162"> When I beheld the promis'd good</L>
<L>Thy faithfull Word contains;</L>
<L>He joys not more, who riche&s;t &s;poils</L>
<L>After a Conque&s;t gains.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="163"> Lyes and Deceit I hate, but love</L>
<L>Hone&s;t and upright ways.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="164"> Thy righteous Judgments &s;hall excite.</L>
<L>Seven times a Day my prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="165"> Tho&s;e Men are crown'd with inward Peace</L>
<L>Who thy Commandments love;</L>
<L><PB N="294" REF="159">And no Temptations unto Sin,</L>
<L>To them a Scandal prove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="166"> I, in my Straits, from thee alone</L>
<L>Deliv'rance did expect;</L>
<L>And for my Safety onely did,</L>
<L>What thy Commands direct.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="167"> My Soul do's all thy Precepts keep,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="168"> And Te&s;timonies prize;</L>
<L>For all my Actions naked are</L>
<L>To thy All-&s;eeing Eyes.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="tau" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Tau. <HI>Part</HI> XXII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="169"> Admit my earne&s;t Suit, who now</L>
<L>To thee for wi&s;dom pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="170"> Thy promi&s;ed Deliverance</L>
<L>No longer, Lord, delay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="171"> I'll prai&s;e thee, that, by thee inform'd,</L>
<L>Thy Laws I've under&s;tood:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="172"> Loudly proclaim, that all thou'&s;t &s;aid,</L>
<L>Is faithfully made good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="173"> O let thy Hand, in my weak State,</L>
<L>lt's Succours to me reach:</L>
<L>For help, no other Cour&s;e I'll take,</L>
<L>But what thy Precepts teach.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="174"> Of thy a&s;&s;ur'd Salvation</L>
<L>I long to have a &s;ight;</L>
<L>Tho', whil&s;t: thou'rt plea&s;ed to delay,</L>
<L>Thy Law's &s;till my delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="175"> Save and revive me in the&s;e Straits,</L>
<L>That I thy Prai&s;e may &s;ing:</L>
<L>And let thy Judgments on my Foes,</L>
<L>The help I look for bring.</L>
<L><PB N="295" REF="159">
<MILESTONE N="176"> Like a lo&s;t &s;heep I've gone a&s;tray,</L>
<L>But now, to thee I come:</L>
<L>Thy Precepts I re&s;olve t'obey.</L>
<L>Lord, bring thy Servant home.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="120" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TO God, who&s;e Care I've ever been,</L>
<L>in my di&s;tre&s;s I cry'd;</L>
<L>He heard me then, and &s;o prevents</L>
<L>My fears to be deny'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Lord, &s;ave me from'deceitfull Lips;</L>
<L>No credit may they gain:</L>
<L>Which by fal&s;e Tales mine Innocence,</L>
<L>Dear as my Life, would &s;tain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Hope not, fal&s;e Tongue, by forgeries</L>
<L>To get me in thy Pow'r:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Veng'ance &s;hall pierce thee like a Dart,</L>
<L>Like burning Coals devour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Ah! woe is me, forc'd to bewail</L>
<L>A tedious Bani&s;hment</L>
<L>From mine own Country, and a Life</L>
<L>'Mong barb'rous People &s;pent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Too long I've dwelt with tho&s;e that hate</L>
<L>Peace and a friendly Life:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> I plead for Peace; they zealous are</L>
<L>Onely for war and &s;trife.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="121" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="296" REF="160">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> I'll lift mine Eyes unto the Hills,</L>
<L>And thence will look for aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Depend on God alone for help;</L>
<L>Both Heav'n and Earth he made.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> He will &s;u&s;tain thy weaker Pow'rs</L>
<L>With his Almighty Arm:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> And keep thee with unwearied care,</L>
<L>From all &s;urprizing harm.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Lord's Protection like a &s;hade,</L>
<L>Will be thy &s;ure Defence:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Nor Sun nor Moon &s;hall hurt thee with</L>
<L>Malignant influence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> From harm thy Body he'll protect,</L>
<L>Pre&s;erve thy Soul from Sin;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Will pro&s;per thy De&s;igns abroad,</L>
<L>And ble&s;s thy coming in.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="122" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TWas no &s;mall Joy, many to hear,</L>
<L>With devout forwardne&s;s cxpre&s;s</L>
<L>Their Longings, to approach God's hou&s;e,</L>
<L>To wor&s;hip, and his Name to ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> We need not travel farther, than</L>
<L>Where fair <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> do's lie:</L>
<L><PB N="297" REF="160">
<MILESTONE N="3"> A City to be envied for</L>
<L>Its Order and its Unity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Thither the Tribes by God's Command</L>
<L>Go up, and all their Off'rings bring;</L>
<L>And there before his Ark they own</L>
<L>His favours, and his prai&s;es &s;ing.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> There are the Seats of Ju&s;tice plac'd,</L>
<L>And Thrones for <HI>David's</HI> Family:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Pray that her Peace may be prolong'd,</L>
<L>And pro&s;p'rous all that love her be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> May Peace &s;till make thee &s;efe within,</L>
<L>No Foes without thy Walls &s;urround;</L>
<L>And may thy quiet Palaces</L>
<L>With plenty of good things abound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To wi&s;h thee happy I'm engag'd</L>
<L>By ties of Friend&s;hip and of Blood;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> God's Hou&s;e and true Religion,</L>
<L>Oblige me more to &s;eek thy good.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="123" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Thou that in a Glorious Throne</L>
<L>Art plac'd above the Skies:</L>
<L>To thee for Succour I direct</L>
<L>Mine heart, and lift mine Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> No Servant by his Lord cha&s;tis'd</L>
<L>With more Submi&s;&s;ion &s;tands;</L>
<L>Nor maids with greater Duty wait</L>
<L>Their Mi&s;tre&s;&s;es Commands:</L>
<L><PB N="298" REF="161">Than we that ju&s;tly undergo</L>
<L>The Di&s;cipline of God,</L>
<L>Wait for a mercifull Relea&s;e,</L>
<L>When he'll remove his Rod.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Have mercy, Lord, on us who&s;e hope</L>
<L>In thy Compa&s;&s;ion lies;</L>
<L>And, Whom in&s;ultlng Foes do &s;corn,</L>
<L>Lord, do not thou de&s;pi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> For our depre&s;t E&s;tate, now gives</L>
<L>Advantage to their pride;</L>
<L>And they who live in Wealth and Ea&s;e,</L>
<L>Our Mi&s;eries deride.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="124" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXIV.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HAD not the Lord our Cau&s;e e&s;pous'd</L>
<L>His People now may &s;ay:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Had not the Lord engag'd his Pow'r</L>
<L>To &s;uccour us that Day,</L>
<L>When wicked Men, with cruel Wrath</L>
<L>Inflam'd, again&s;t us ro&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Too feeble all our Pow'rs had been</L>
<L>Their Fury to oppo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To their devouring Jaws, our Life</L>
<L>Had been an ea&s;ie Prey:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Their rage, like an impetuous &s;tream,</L>
<L>Had &s;wept us quite away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Ble&s;t be the Lord, who cho&s;e this way</L>
<L>His Mercy to enhance;</L>
<L>Then, when our Dangers loude&s;t call'd,</L>
<L>To &s;end Deliverance.</L>
<L><PB N="299" REF="161">
<MILESTONE N="7"> We lay like poor intangled Birds,</L>
<L>Caught in the Eowler's net:</L>
<L>God's Pow'r has broke their &s;nares, and we</L>
<L>At Liberty are &s;et.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Since all our help lies in his Name,</L>
<L>That Earth and Heaven made:</L>
<L>Our future Hopes &s;hall all depend</L>
<L>On his Almighty Aid.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="125" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THey that in God their Confidence</L>
<L>Repo&s;e, and him their Fortre&s;s make,</L>
<L>Remain unmov'd like <HI>Sion's</HI> Mount,</L>
<L>Which Storms and Tempe&s;ts never &s;hake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Jeru&s;alem <HI>with Hills begirt,</HI></L>
<L>Great Safety gains from this Defence:</L>
<L>Good men much more from Angels guard,</L>
<L>And God's &s;urrounding Providence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The wicked's Pow'r &s;hall not too long</L>
<L>Oppre&s;s the Good, and vex their Peace;</L>
<L>Le&s;t the Temptation prove &s;o &s;trong,</L>
<L>They imitate their Wickedne&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ble&s;s tho&s;e that are &s;incerely good;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> And when thy Vengeance &s;hall come down,</L>
<L>Rebellious Sinners to de&s;troy;</L>
<L>Then, Lord, with Peace the righteous crown.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="125" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="300" REF="162">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THey that repo&s;e their tru&s;t in God,</L>
<L>And him their Fortre&s;s make,</L>
<L>Remain unmov'd, like <HI>Sion's</HI> Mount,</L>
<L>Which Tempe&s;ts never &s;hake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Jeru&s;alem <HI>with Hills begirt,</HI></L>
<L>Is &s;afe by this Defence;</L>
<L>Good men are more &s;ecure from God's</L>
<L>Surrounding Providence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The wickeds Pow'r &s;hall not too long</L>
<L>Oppre&s;s and vex their Peace;</L>
<L>Le&s;t, thro' di&s;couragement, they prove</L>
<L>Like them in wickedne&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ble&s;s all the truly good; and when</L>
<L>Thy vengeance &s;hall come down</L>
<L>Proud Sinners to de&s;troy; then, Lord,</L>
<L>With Peace the Righteous crown.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="126" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM. CXXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHen God from Bondage &s;et us free,</L>
<L>It &s;eem'd a &s;trange and plea&s;ant dream:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Then was our Mouth with Laughter fill'd,</L>
<L>To tell this News was all our Theam.</L>
<L><PB N="301" REF="162">This great and unexpected change,</L>
<L>Forced the Heathens to confe&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The wonders of that Day; let us</L>
<L>The &s;ame with greater joy expre&s;s.</L>
<L>Great are thy Mercies &s;hown to us:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, perfect what thou ha&s;t begun;</L>
<L>'T will be like welcome &s;how'rs to ground</L>
<L>That's parched with the &s;corching Sun.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> We wait with Patience, Lord, till thou</L>
<L>All needfull Ble&s;&s;ings do'&s;t re&s;tore;</L>
<L>And hope our former Tears will make</L>
<L>Our after-joys to be the more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> So he that in prepared ground</L>
<L>His &s;cattered Seed in &s;adne&s;s leaves,</L>
<L>Will &s;hout at Harve&s;t, when he &s;ees</L>
<L>That Seed become a Load of &s;heaves.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="126" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHen God redeem'd our captive State,</L>
<L>It &s;eem'd a plea&s;ant Dream;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Our Mouth was fill'd with Laughter, then,</L>
<L>And Joy was all our Theam.</L>
<L>This mercy &s;o unlook'd for mov'd</L>
<L>The Heathens to confe&s;s</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The wonders of that Day; let us</L>
<L>With Joy the &s;ame expre&s;s.</L>
<L>Great are thy Mercies &s;hown to us,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Lord, perfect what's begun:</L>
<L><PB N="302" REF="163">'T will be like welcome Show'rs to ground</L>
<L>Parch'd with the &s;corching Sun.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> We wait with Patience, Lord, till thou</L>
<L>All good to us re&s;tore:</L>
<L>And hope our former Tears will make</L>
<L>Our after-joys the more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> So he that Seed in ground prepar'd</L>
<L>By &s;catt'red handfulls leaves,</L>
<L>Will &s;hout at Harve&s;t, when that Seed</L>
<L>Becomes a Load of &s;heaves.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="127" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> UNle&s;s God pro&s;per it, all co&s;t</L>
<L>And pains to build an Hou&s;e is lo&s;t.</L>
<L>Unle&s;e the Lord the City keep,</L>
<L>The watchfull Guards as well may &s;leep.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Your Labours with the ri&s;ing Sun</L>
<L>Begin, and la&s;t when Day is done:</L>
<L>T' avoid that Poverty you dread,</L>
<L>With carefulne&s;s you eat your Bread.</L>
<L>But all in vain: if by Heav'n ble&s;t,</L>
<L>You may enjoy both wealth and re&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> A numerous Race and fruitfull Womb,</L>
<L>As God's reward to Goodne&s;s come.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Their Parents Strength and Glory are,</L>
<L>Like Arrows to a Man of War:</L>
<L><PB N="303" REF="163">
<MILESTONE N="5"> Well furni&s;hed with the&s;e Supplies,</L>
<L>A Man may dare his Enemies.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="128" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t is the man, who&s;e fear of God</L>
<L>Is by obedience &s;hown:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Plenty thy Labours &s;hall reward,</L>
<L>And good Succe&s;s &s;hall crown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Thy fruitfull wife, like a fair Vine,</L>
<L>With Clu&s;ters &s;hall abound;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Children like green Olive-plants,</L>
<L>Thy Table &s;hall &s;urround.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Such Ble&s;&s;ings to thy Hou&s;e &s;hall fall,</L>
<L>When Ggd's thy chiefe&s;t fear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Thou in the Publick joy and good:</L>
<L>Shalt have the greate&s;t &s;hare.</L>
<L>A Numerous Race from thee deriv'd.</L>
<L>Thy lengthned Age &s;hall &s;ee;</L>
<L>And, the great wi&s;h of all good men,</L>
<L>The Land's Pro&s;perity.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="129" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXIX.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WE that are <HI>I&s;ra'lites</HI> may &s;ay,</L>
<L>Ev'n from our Infant-&s;tate,</L>
<L>Many our Enemies have been,</L>
<L>And our Afflictions great.</L>
<L><PB N="304" REF="164">
<MILESTONE N="2"> Tho' brought into great &s;traits, our foes,</L>
<L>Thro' God's pre&s;erving care,</L>
<L>Our Extirpation cannot boa&s;t,</L>
<L>We &s;till his People are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Severely &s;courged we have been,</L>
<L>Deep marks whereof we bear:</L>
<L>As in plough'd ground, upon our backs</L>
<L>Long furrows do appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But God is ju&s;t, who has at length</L>
<L>The wicked's Power broke;</L>
<L>And all the Bands a&s;under cut</L>
<L>Of their Tyrannick Yoke.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Never may tho&s;e that <HI>Sion</HI> hate</L>
<L>Better Succe&s;&s;es meet;</L>
<L>But failing &s;till in their attempts,</L>
<L>Be forced to retreat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> May their de&s;igns wither like greens</L>
<L>On ruin'd Hou&s;es Top:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Which every Mower di&s;regards,</L>
<L>Expecting thence no Crop.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> None that pa&s;s by congratulate</L>
<L>Their hopes with wi&s;h'd Succe&s;s:</L>
<L>Nor th' Harve&s;t pray'r on the&s;e be&s;tow,</L>
<L>"May Heav'n your Labours ble&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="130" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="305" REF="164">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PLung'd into Depths of Mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>To God I rais'd my fervent Cry:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Lord, lend to me a gracious Ear,</L>
<L>Not &s;unk &s;o low but thou can&s;t hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Should'&s;t thou again&s;t each evil deed</L>
<L>In &s;trict Severity proceed;</L>
<L>By Merit, without Mercy, try'd,</L>
<L>None could be clear'd and ju&s;tify'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But thou forgivene&s;s do&s;t proclaim,</L>
<L>That men may turn, and fear thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To thy rich Grace? O Lord, we fly,</L>
<L>And on thy Promi&s;es rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'm more impatient of thy &s;tay,</L>
<L>Than Guards, for &s;low approach of Day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> O therefore let the good and ju&s;t</L>
<L>In God alone repo&s;e their tru&s;t.</L>
<L>The frailty of our State he knows;</L>
<L>His plenteous Mercy ever flows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To humble Souls he gracious is,</L>
<L>And pardons what they've done ami&s;s</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="130" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="306" REF="165">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> Plung'd into Depths of Mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>To God I rais'd my Cry:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thou can&s;t, when &s;unk &s;o low, &s;till hear:</L>
<L>Lend then a gracious Ear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> If thou again&s;t each evil Deed</L>
<L>Severely &s;hould&s;t proceed;</L>
<L>By Merit, without Mercy, try'd,</L>
<L>None could be ju&s;tify'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> But thou forgivene&s;s do&s;t proclaim,</L>
<L>That men may fear thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To thy rich Grace, O Lord, we fly,</L>
<L>And on thy Word rely.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'm more impatient of thy &s;tay,</L>
<L>Than Guards for break of Day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> O therefore let the Good and Ju&s;t,</L>
<L>In God repo&s;e their Tru&s;t.</L>
<L>The Frailty of our State he knows,</L>
<L>His mercy freely flows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> To humble Souls he gracious is,</L>
<L>Pard'ning what's done ami&s;s.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="131" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, I have no a&s;piring thoughts,</L>
<L>Nor Eyes that lofty are;</L>
<L><PB N="307" REF="165">Nor meddle with the things advance'd</L>
<L>Above my lower Sphere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> But humble and re&s;ign'd I lie</L>
<L>Compos'd to &s;ilent re&s;t;</L>
<L>I like a Child behave my &s;elf,</L>
<L>Wean'd from his Mothers brea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Let pious Souls no more admire,</L>
<L>The World's deceitfull &s;hows;</L>
<L>But with an undi&s;turbed mind,</L>
<L>In God their tru&s;t repo&s;e.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="132" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REmember all the Troubles, Lord,</L>
<L>And Cares that <HI>David</HI> did mole&s;t:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> His pious Zeal by &s;olemn Oath</L>
<L>And &s;acred Vow, to God expre&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> That he'd not come into his Hou&s;e,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Nor Sleep his weary Eyes &s;hould clo&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Till he had fir&s;t found out a place,</L>
<L>Convenient for the Ark's repo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The place by God de&s;ign'd, we've found</L>
<L>In &s;hady Woods of <HI>Ephrata:</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> We'll go into his &s;acred Tents,</L>
<L>And pro&s;trate at his Foot-&s;tool, pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Ari&s;e, O Lord, and where thine Ark,</L>
<L>The token of thy Pre&s;ence, re&s;ts;</L>
<L><PB N="308" REF="166">Together may thy Glory come,</L>
<L>Together &s;tay like welcome Gue&s;ts.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> May tho&s;e that at thine Altar wait,</L>
<L>Be ever cloath'd with righteou&s;ne&s;s:</L>
<L>That both may triumph in thy Love,</L>
<L>Saints that are ble&s;t, and Prie&s;ts that ble&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Lord, for thy Servant <HI>David's</HI> &s;ake,</L>
<L>And thine own Promi&s;e to him made;</L>
<L>The Pray'rs of thine Anointed hear,</L>
<L>And with thy Favour make him glad.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The Lord to <HI>David</HI> &s;warean Oath,</L>
<L>(With equal Truth 'twas&s;aid and done)</L>
<L>One of thy Race, when thou &s;halt cea&s;e</L>
<L>To reign, &s;hall &s;it upon thy Throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> And if thy Children will ob&s;erve</L>
<L>My Precepts with religious Care;</L>
<L>Their Children &s;hall not want a Throne</L>
<L>To &s;it upon, nor that an Heir.</L>
<L>13 For <HI>Sion's</HI> the beloved Hill,</L>
<L>Seat of their Kings and of their God:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Here is my place of fixed re&s;t,</L>
<L>My Hou&s;e of glorious abode.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Her &s;tores with plenty &s;hall be fill'd,</L>
<L>Her poor I'll &s;atisfy with Food;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Her Prie&s;ts defend, and all &s;hall hear</L>
<L>The &s;houts and triumphs of the Good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Still <HI>David's</HI> Regal pow'r &s;hall &s;pring</L>
<L>Afre&s;h, in his Succe&s;&s;ours, there;</L>
<L><PB N="309" REF="166">And &s;pread the Lu&s;tre of his Name,</L>
<L>Till the great promis'd King appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Cover'd with &s;hame, his Foes &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>All their Devices overthrown:</L>
<L>But I decree his glorious Head</L>
<L>Shall wear a never-fading Crown.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="133" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Ble&s;t Societies on Earth,</L>
<L>Re&s;embling that of Heav'n above;</L>
<L>Where Brethren peacefully unite,</L>
<L>In &s;weet accord and hearty Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> It's like the precious Ointment pour'd</L>
<L>On <HI>A aron's</HI> con&s;ecrated Head;</L>
<L>Which fir&s;t ran down his Face, and thence</L>
<L>Unto his co&s;tly Ve&s;ture &s;pread.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Like Dews that vi&s;it every Hill;</L>
<L>Or as the fruitfull Show'rs of Rain;</L>
<L>Tho' fir&s;t on higher Grounds they fall,</L>
<L>De&s;cend, and water all the Plain.</L>
<L>None can expre&s;s the Joys that meet,</L>
<L>Where Love and Amity abound:</L>
<L>Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace,</L>
<L>Their pro&s;p'rous State with ble&s;&s;ing crown'd.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="133" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="310" REF="167">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Happy Companies on Earth</L>
<L>Re&s;embling Heav'n above;</L>
<L>Where Brethren peacefully unite</L>
<L>In &s;weet Accord and Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> It's like the precious Ointment pour'd</L>
<L>Upon the High-prie&s;t's Head;</L>
<L>Which fir&s;t ran down his Beard, and thence</L>
<L>T'his co&s;tly Garments &s;pread.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Like Dews that vi&s;it every Hill,</L>
<L>Or fruitfull Show'rs of Rain;</L>
<L>Tho' fir&s;t on higher Grounds they fall,</L>
<L>Thence water all the Plain.</L>
<L>None can expre&s;s the Joys that meet,</L>
<L>Where mutual Love is found;</L>
<L>Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace,</L>
<L>Their State with ble&s;&s;ing crown'd.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="134" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE Servants of th' Eternal Lord,</L>
<L>Who early at his Temple wait,</L>
<L>And there your late attendance give;</L>
<L>See that his Name ye celebrate.</L>
<L><PB N="311" REF="167">
<MILESTONE N="2"> And, as that Holy place requires,</L>
<L>Pure hands in your Devotions rai&s;e;</L>
<L>To all your other Off' rings joyn</L>
<L>The gratefull Sacrifice of Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> God, the great Maker of the World,</L>
<L>As great in Goodne&s;s as in Pow'r,</L>
<L>Give gracious An&s;werd to thy Pray'rs,</L>
<L>And ble&s;e his People every Hour.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="134" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE Servants of the Lord above,</L>
<L>Who at his Temple wait;</L>
<L>See that before the ri&s;ing Sun</L>
<L>His Name ye celebrate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> And in that Holy place, pure hands</L>
<L>In your Devotions rai&s;e;</L>
<L>To all your other Off' rings joyn</L>
<L>The Sacrifice of Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The Lord that made the World, as great</L>
<L>In Goodne&s;s as in Pow'r;</L>
<L>Give ear to thy reque&s;ts, and ble&s;s</L>
<L>His People every Hour.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="135" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="312" REF="168">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXV.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE Servants of th' Almighty Lord,</L>
<L>That Heav'n and Earth did frame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who at his Hou&s;e and Altar wait,</L>
<L>Prai&s;e ye his Glorious Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> O let the Goodne&s;s of the Lord,</L>
<L>Your be&s;t Affections rai&s;e;</L>
<L>Your inward Plea&s;ure will increa&s;e</L>
<L>Together with your Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ye <HI>I&s;ra'elites</HI> have greate&s;t cau&s;e</L>
<L>To prai&s;e him and rejoyce;</L>
<L>You that are dearer unto God;</L>
<L>His Trea&s;ure and his Choice.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> In him do all Perfections meet,</L>
<L>His greatne&s;s knows no bound;</L>
<L>What e'er by other Gods is claimed,</L>
<L>In him alone is found.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> His Pow'r created all at fir&s;t,</L>
<L>His Plea&s;ure rules them &s;till;</L>
<L>His uncontrolled mind the Heav'n,</L>
<L>The Earth and Seas fulfil.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> By undi&s;cerned Force he makes</L>
<L>The Vapours to ari&s;e,</L>
<L>Which frame the Clouds, where Fire un+quench'd</L>
<L>Mingled with Water lies.</L>
<L>From thence the dreadfull lightnings bur&s;t,</L>
<L>And rains are poured down;</L>
<L>He brings his boi&s;t'rous winds and &s;torms</L>
<L>From Trea&s;uries unknown,</L>
<L><PB N="313" REF="168">
<MILESTONE N="8"> He the fir&s;t-born of man and bea&s;t</L>
<L>At once in <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;lew;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Who&s;e King and Court by fearfull plagues</L>
<L>His wond'rous Power knew.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> He &s;mote great Nations, and &s;lew Kings</L>
<L>That Potent Sceptres &s;way'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Sihon <HI>and</HI> Og '<HI>mong the&s;e for War</HI></L>
<L>The greate&s;t Figure made.</L>
<L>All <HI>Can'an's</HI> Kingdoms too, at la&s;t</L>
<L>With all their Kings, he &s;mote:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Who&s;e rich and plea&s;ant Land became</L>
<L>Our Heritage and Lot.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Supported by &s;uch glorions Works,</L>
<L>Thy Fame can never die;</L>
<L>But thy Memorial &s;hall endure</L>
<L>To all Eternity.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Tho' God's offending People may</L>
<L>Under oppre&s;&s;ion mourn:</L>
<L>He'll take their part, and all his wrath</L>
<L>Shall into kindne&s;s turn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> The Heathen Idols Silver are,</L>
<L>Or Gold at be&s;t, and thence</L>
<L>Derive their worth, but are no Gods,</L>
<L>Since void of Life or Sen&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> For tho' the Maker forns an Eye,</L>
<L>A Mouth or other part:</L>
<L>He cannot give them Sight or Breath,</L>
<L>Motion or Life by Art.</L>
<L>Fond men! with hands to make a God,</L>
<L>To which our Knees &s;hould bow;</L>
<L><PB N="314" REF="169">You tru&s;t what cannot help it &s;elf,</L>
<L>Statues have Sen&s;e like you.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> O Hou&s;e of <HI>I&s;r'ael,</HI> ble&s;s the Lord,</L>
<L>Ye Prie&s;ts his prai&s;e proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Ble&s;s him ye Levites, and let all</L>
<L>That fear him do the &s;ame.</L>
<L>21 From <HI>Sion</HI> may his Songs of prai&s;e</L>
<L>Sound forth with &s;weet accord;</L>
<L>He in this Holy City dwells,</L>
<L>O prai&s;e this Highe&s;t Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="135" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>148</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> YE Servants of the Lord,</L>
<L>That Heav'n and Earth did frame;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Who at his Altar wait,</L>
<L>Prai&s;e ye his Glorious Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> His Goodne&s;s do's</L>
<L>To this invite;</L>
<L>His prai&s;e will give</L>
<L>The be&s;t delight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ye <HI>I&s;r'aelites</HI> are bound</L>
<L>Greatly your God to ble&s;s;</L>
<L>Who unto <HI>Jacob</HI> did</L>
<L>Such &s;pecial Love expre&s;s:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Children &s;till</L>
<L>To God are dear;</L>
<L>His Trea&s;ure and</L>
<L>Peculiar care.</L>
<L><PB N="315" REF="169">
<MILESTONE N="5"> In him all Glories meet,</L>
<L>His Greatne&s;s knows no bound;</L>
<L>What other Gods do claim,</L>
<L>In him alone is found.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Who as at fir&s;t</L>
<L>He all things made;</L>
<L>Still rules o'er all,</L>
<L>By all obey'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> All things in Heav'n above</L>
<L>Are &s;ubject to his Will;</L>
<L>The Earth and Seas below</L>
<L>His plea&s;ure do fulfil.</L>
<L>At his Command</L>
<L>From the World's End,</L>
<L>Vapours to frame</L>
<L>The Clouds a&s;cend.</L>
<L>The dreadfull Fla&s;hes thence</L>
<L>Of pointed Lightnings fly;</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Fires remain unquench'd,</L>
<L>Tho' mix'd with Rains they lie.</L>
<L>He brings forth Winds</L>
<L>That loudly blow,</L>
<L>From Trea&s;uries</L>
<L>Which none can know.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He the Fir&s;t-born of Man</L>
<L>And Bea&s;t in <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;lew:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Who&s;e King and Court by plagues</L>
<L>His wond'rous Power knew.</L>
<L><PB N="316" REF="170">
<MILESTONE N="10"> Great Nations then</L>
<L>And Kings he &s;mote;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Sihon <HI>and</HI> Og</L>
<L>Of greate&s;t note.</L>
<L>The Fate of <HI>Can'an's</HI> Kings</L>
<L>And Kingdoms was the &s;ame,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> All conquer'd; and their Land</L>
<L>Our Heritage became.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy Name and thy</L>
<L>Memorial,</L>
<L>For ever, Lord,</L>
<L>Continue &s;hall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Tho' God's own People may</L>
<L>Suffer, when they offend;</L>
<L>At la&s;t their Sorrows will</L>
<L>In their Salvation end:</L>
<L>He'll take the part</L>
<L>Of tho&s;e that mourn;</L>
<L>And all his wrath</L>
<L>To kindne&s;s turn.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> The Heathen Idols are</L>
<L>Of vile Materials made:</L>
<L>Tho' by Man's Art with Gold</L>
<L>Or Silver overlaid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> He forms a Mouth,</L>
<L>An Eye or Ear</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Which cannot &s;peak,</L>
<L>Nor &s;ee, nor hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Fond men! to what their hands</L>
<L>Have made, their Knees to bend;</L>
<L>Much more to tru&s;t in what</L>
<L>Cannot it &s;elf defend:</L>
<L><PB N="317" REF="170">Brutes that have Life</L>
<L>Are better for;</L>
<L>You without Sen&s;e</L>
<L>Like Statues are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> O <HI>I&s;r'ael</HI> ble&s;s the Lord;</L>
<L>Ye Prie&s;ts his prai&s;e proclaim;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Let <HI>Levi's</HI> Hou&s;e, and all</L>
<L>That fear him do the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> From <HI>Sion</HI> &s;ing</L>
<L>With one accord;</L>
<L>There God re&s;ides,</L>
<L>Prai&s;e ye the Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="136" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>148</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> GIve thanks unto the Lord,</L>
<L>Who is &s;o kind and good;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercies firmly la&s;t,</L>
<L>As they have ever &s;tood.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To this great King</L>
<L>All Gods do bow,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Angels above</L>
<L>And Pow'rs below.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> His works our wonder rai&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Heav'ns his wi&s;dom made;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> And he th' out&s;tretched Earth</L>
<L>Above the Waters laid?</L>
<L><PB N="318" REF="171">
<MILESTONE N="7"> He made the Sun</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Day's great Light&punc;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Moon and Stars</L>
<L>To rule the Night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Egypt'<HI>s Fir&s;t-born he &s;mote</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> And by his pow'rfull Hand</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> He brake off <HI>I&s;r'ael's</HI> Yoke,</L>
<L>And brought them from that Land.</L>
<L>His Mercies &s;hown</L>
<L>To Ages pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Eternally</L>
<L>Shall &s;pring and la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> The parted Sea made way</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> For <HI>I&s;rael</HI> to pa&s;s;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> There the pur&s;uing Ho&s;t</L>
<L>Of <HI>Phar'oh</HI> drowned was.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His People through</L>
<L>The De&s;ert led</L>
<L>By Miracles</L>
<L>Were daily fed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17, 18"> Kings that oppos'd their way;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19, 20"> Sihon <HI>and</HI> Og <HI>he &s;mote;</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> And made their fruitfull Land</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> Fall to his Peoples Lot.</L>
<L>His Mercies &s;hown</L>
<L>To Ages pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Eternally</L>
<L>Shall &s;pring and la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> He &s;av'd us when our State</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Was low and &s;ore oppre&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> Food to all fle&s;h he gives,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> The God of Heav'n be ble&s;t,</L>
<L><PB N="319" REF="171">Who&s;e Mercies &s;hown</L>
<L>To Ages pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Eternally</L>
<L>Shall &s;pring and la&s;t.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="136" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXVI.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]<LB>[As the <HI>113</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REnder, and oft your thanks repeat</L>
<L>To God who is as Good as Great:</L>
<L>To every Age his Meroy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> To him your chearfull Prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L>Whom Angels wor&s;hip as their King:</L>
<L>Whe&s;e Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> To him, whom highe&s;t Princes own,</L>
<L>By low pro&s;trations at his Throne:</L>
<L>To every Age his Merey's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> To him, who&s;e wond'rous Works declate</L>
<L>His Pow'r to be beyond compare:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> His Wi&s;dom, when the Heav'ns you view,</L>
<L>Their Brightne&s;s and their Order &s;hew:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> To him, who laid the Seas below</L>
<L>The Earth, which they can ne'er o'erflow:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><PB N="320" REF="172">
<MILESTONE N="7"> To him, who out of Night's dull &s;hade,</L>
<L>To cheer the World, great Lights has made:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Sun, that gives us quick'ning heat,</L>
<L>And Light, out Labours to compleat:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> The Moon and Stars, when down we lie</L>
<L>For our Repo&s;e, its place &s;upply:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> To him, who by a Vengeance due,</L>
<L>All the Fir&s;t-born in <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;lew:</L>
<L>Whofe Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Then <HI>I&s;r'el,</HI> whom they long detain'd</L>
<L>In cruel Bondage, freedom gain'd:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> All this by a &s;trong hand was done,</L>
<L>A Pow'r none could re&s;i&s;t or &s;hun:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> When after this, fear &s;eiz'd their hearts,</L>
<L>The Red-&s;ea &s;evered into parts:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> And like a Wall on either hand,</L>
<L>Till they pa&s;s through, the Waters &s;tand:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Here hardened <HI>Phar'oh</HI> and his Ho&s;t</L>
<L>That follow'd them, were &s;unk and lo&s;t:</L>
<L>To every Ate his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> His People, thro' the De&s;art led,</L>
<L>By Miracles were daily fed:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><PB N="321" REF="172">
<MILESTONE N="17"> He &s;mote great Kings, that did with&s;tand</L>
<L>Their pa&s;&s;age to the promis'd Land:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Tho' fam'd for prowe&s;s, they could gain</L>
<L>No Victories, but all were &s;lain:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> Sihon, <HI>for War of greate&s;t note,</HI></L>
<L>King of fierce <HI>Amorites,</HI> he &s;mote:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> And <HI>Ba&s;han's</HI> Tyrant Og o'ercame,</L>
<L>For height, a Gyant of great Name:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> To give their Land he did engage</L>
<L>For a perpetual Heritage:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> This Heritage fell to our Lot</L>
<L>Who had not then our God forgot:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Who pity'd our &s;ed State, when Sin,</L>
<L>Might have thrown out, whom he brought in:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> And when &s;ubdu'd, oft heard our Cries,</L>
<L>And &s;av'd us from our Enemies:</L>
<L>His Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25"> He &s;atisfies all fle&s;h with food;</L>
<L>All Creatures wants &s;upplies with good:</L>
<L>To every Age his Mercy's &s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26"> Then with the highe&s;t Notes of Prai&s;e:</L>
<L>Our thanks to Heav'n's great God let's rai&s;e:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Mercy always do's endure.</L>
<L>To thee O Father, to the Son,</L>
<L>And Holy Gho&s;t, ble&s;t Three in one,</L>
<L><PB N="322" REF="173">Whom we as God alone adore;</L>
<L>Glory that was of old be giv'n,</L>
<L>By all on Earth, and all in Heav'n,</L>
<L>Now, and till Time &s;hall be no more.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="137" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[At the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> AS by <HI>Euphrates</HI> Streams we &s;at,</L>
<L>Reflecting on our Mi&s;eries,</L>
<L>And <HI>Sion</HI> call'd to mind; that thought</L>
<L>A Flood of Tears drew from our Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Silence became our Sorrows be&s;t,</L>
<L>And &s;o our Harps remain'd un&s;trung;</L>
<L>And &s;ince our Joys were at an End,</L>
<L>Neglected on the Willows hung.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Then tho&s;e who laid our Cities wa&s;te,</L>
<L>Who&s;e in&s;lav'd Captives now we were,</L>
<L>To entertain their Mirth, requir'd</L>
<L>One of our Temple-&s;ongs to hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> How can we in this Exile State,</L>
<L>(Our Hearts, as our Condition, &s;ad)</L>
<L>Anthems of Prai&s;es to our God</L>
<L>Sing, onely for to make you glad?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> No; rather than profane thy Songs,</L>
<L>Or I my Harp employ &s;o ill,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>Sion</HI> mourns; may my right hand</L>
<L>Be quite benumb'd, or lo&s;e its skill.</L>
<L><PB N="322" REF="173">Whom we as God alone adore;</L>
<L>Glory that was of old be giv'n</L>
<L>By all on Earth, and all in Heav'n,</L>
<L>Now, and till Time &s;hall be no more.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="137" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[At the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> AS by <HI>Euphrates</HI> Streams we &s;at,</L>
<L>Reflecting on our Mi&s;eries,</L>
<L>And <HI>Sion</HI> call'd to mind; that thought</L>
<L>A Flood of Tears drew from our Eyes,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Silence became our Sorrows be&s;t,</L>
<L>And &s;o our Harps remain'd un&s;trung;</L>
<L>And &s;ince our Joys were at an End,</L>
<L>Neglected on the Willows hung.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Then tho&s;e who laid our Cities wa&s;te,</L>
<L>Who&s;e in&s;lav'd Captives now we were,</L>
<L>To entertain their Mirth, requir'd</L>
<L>One of our Temple-&s;ongs to hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> How can we in this Exile State,</L>
<L>(Our Hearts, as our Condition, &s;ad)</L>
<L>Anthems of Prai&s;es to our God</L>
<L>Sing, onely for to make you glad?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Nor rather than profane thy Songs,</L>
<L>Or I my Harp employ &s;o ill,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>sion</HI> mourns; may my right hand</L>
<L>Be quite benumb'd, or lo&s;e its skill.</L>
<L><PB N="323" REF="173">
<MILESTONE N="6"> May I be dumb and find no voice,</L>
<L>(Unle&s;s thy ruines to deplore)</L>
<L>And find no Joy; It's all pro&s;ane,</L>
<L>Till God <HI>Jeru&s;alom</HI> re&s;tore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Forget not then th'accur&s;ed Race</L>
<L>Of <HI>Edom,</HI> Lord, who without pity,</L>
<L>Rejoyeing o'er its ruines, cry'd,</L>
<L>"Ra&s;e the Foundations of the City.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Nor boa&s;t too much proud <HI>Babylon,</HI></L>
<L>who&s;e turn to be de&s;troy'd do's ha&s;ts;</L>
<L>O may he pro&s;per, who repays</L>
<L>What's done to us, and lays thee wa&s;te.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Ble&s;t Hand! that from their Mother's brea&s;ts</L>
<L>Spares not to &s;natch thy little ones;</L>
<L>And harm from &s;avage Race prevents,</L>
<L>By da&s;hing them again&s;t the Stones.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="138" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TO magnify the Lord, my Soul</L>
<L>Thy be&s;t affections rai&s;e;</L>
<L>Angels &s;hall hear my Songs, and be</L>
<L>The Partners of my prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Within thy Church thy con&s;tant Truth</L>
<L>And Goodne&s;s I'll proclaim:</L>
<L>The&s;e rai&s;e my Wonder, and advance</L>
<L>The Glories of thy Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> In my di&s;tre&s;s to thee I cry'd;</L>
<L>And thou my Pray'r did&s;t hear:</L>
<L><PB N="324" REF="174">Thou did&s;t &s;upport me with thy &s;trength,</L>
<L>And with thy Comforts cheer.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Kings &s;hall thy promis'd goodne&s;s know,</L>
<L>And take occa&s;ion thence,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> To ptai&s;e thy Mercy, and admire</L>
<L>Thy ways of Providence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> God from his high and glorious Throne</L>
<L>The lowly views and owns;</L>
<L>But &s;corns the proud, and on their height</L>
<L>With Indignation frowns.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Thy former Kindne&s;&s;es prevent</L>
<L>My fears, when in di&s;tre&s;s;</L>
<L>Thy hand &s;hall &s;ave me from my Foes,</L>
<L>Thy Pow'r their wrath repre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thy never-&s;ailing Goodne&s;s will</L>
<L>Compleat what is begun;</L>
<L>O never &s;uffer thine own Work,</L>
<L>Nor me to be undone.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="139" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, when I have to do with thee,</L>
<L>In vain l &s;eek to be conceal'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thou know'&s;t me perfectly, to thee</L>
<L>My very thoughts are all reveal'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Both when I &s;it and when I ri&s;e,</L>
<L>My walking and my lying down;</L>
<L><PB N="325" REF="174">
<MILESTONE N="4"> To thee my works and all my words,</L>
<L>Better than to my &s;elf are known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> On every &s;ide within the reach</L>
<L>Of thine incircling Arm I lie:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Who&s;e force I neither can re&s;i&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor &s;cape the notice of thine Eye.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Whither can I retire, and find</L>
<L>A Place where God do's never come?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> His Glories I &s;hould meet in Heav'n,</L>
<L>His Pow'r, had I in Hell a Room.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Could I remove to th'utmo&s;t Sea,</L>
<L>Wing'd with the &s;wifte&s;t morning ray;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy hand, that thither mu&s;t &s;upport</L>
<L>My flight, would my abode betray;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> If o'er my Sins I think to draw,</L>
<L>The blacke&s;t Curtains of the Night;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> All will be clear to thee; for what</L>
<L>We Darkne&s;s call, to thee is Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> My inmo&s;t Reins by thee po&s;&s;e&s;t,</L>
<L>With all th' affections &s;eated there;</L>
<L>To thee that mad'&s;t tho&s;e hidden Springs</L>
<L>Within the Womb, mu&s;t needs appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> In all thy Works, O Lord, I &s;ee</L>
<L>The Foot&s;teps of thy wond'rous skill;</L>
<L>And, to excite my Prai&s;e, I find</L>
<L>Within my &s;elf more Wonders &s;till.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Un&s;een by all, when form'd within</L>
<L>The dark Rece&s;&s;es of the Womb;</L>
<P><PB N="322" REF="175"></P>
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<P><PB N="323" REF="175"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="324" REF="176"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<P><PB N="325" REF="176"></P>
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="326" REF="177">
<L>Before the fine Embroidery</L>
<L>Of Parts was to perfection come:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> In that rude Ma&s;s, thou did&s;t di&s;cern</L>
<L>The daily growth of every part;</L>
<L>And what th' Eternal mind had fram'd,</L>
<L>Was copied out, with curious Art,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, I admire the various thoughts,</L>
<L>And the wi&s;e Coun&s;els of thy mind;</L>
<L>Their Summ is infinite; yet all</L>
<L>Are dear to me, becau&s;e they're kind,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Their Number's greater than the Sand;</L>
<L>Which whil&s;t my bu&s;y thoughts run o'er,</L>
<L>I &s;leep: and find when I awake,</L>
<L>I'm onely where I was before.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> I'm &s;ure that their De&s;truction's near,</L>
<L>Who wickedly 'gan&s;t me combine;</L>
<L>Hence then, ye bloody-minded Men,</L>
<L>Nor your own ruine &s;eek in mine.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> Thy Foes they are, who u&s;e thy Name</L>
<L>Intended mi&s;chiefs to di&s;gui&s;e;</L>
<L>And boldly call God in, to vouch</L>
<L>For all their Calumnies and Lyes,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Do not I, Lord, dete&s;t and hate</L>
<L>Such as oppo&s;e thy Laws and thee?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> I loath their perfectly, and count</L>
<L>My &s;elf their utter Enemy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23"> Lord, &s;ince my thoughts accu&s;e me not</L>
<L>Of living in a fal&s;e Di&s;gui&s;e;</L>
<L>I'm le&s;s afraid to undergo</L>
<L>The Tryal of thy piercing Eyes.</L>
<L><PB N="327" REF="177">
<MILESTONE N="24"> Search me, and where thou &s;ee'&s;t that I</L>
<L>Unwillingly have done ami&s;s,</L>
<L>Correct my Errours, and reduce</L>
<L>My wandrings to the way of Bli&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="139" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXXXIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WHen, Lord, I deal with thee, in vain</L>
<L>I &s;eek to be conceal'd;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Thou know'&s;t me perfectly, my thoughts</L>
<L>To thee are all reveal'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Both when I &s;it and when I ri&s;e,</L>
<L>Walking and lying down;</L>
<L>My works and words, better to thee</L>
<L>Than to my &s;elf are known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Ever within the reach of thine</L>
<L>Incircling Arm I lie;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Who&s;e force I neither can re&s;i&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor &s;cape thy piercing Eye.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> In vain, where God do's never come,</L>
<L>I &s;eek to find a Seat;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> For plac'd in Hell, thy Pow'r; in Heav'n,</L>
<L>Thy Glories I &s;hould meet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Could I remove to th' utmo&s;t Sea,</L>
<L>Wing'd with the Mornings ray;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thy hand that mu&s;t &s;upport my flight,</L>
<L>Would my abode betray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> If o'er my Sins I think to draw</L>
<L>The Curtains of the Night;</L>
<L><PB N="328" REF="178">
<MILESTONE N="12"> All's clear to thee, for what we call</L>
<L>Darkne&s;s, to thee is Light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> My Reins by thee po&s;&s;e&s;s'd, with all</L>
<L>Th' affections &s;eated there,</L>
<L>To thee that mad'e&s;t within the Womb</L>
<L>Tho&s;e hidden Springs, appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> In all thy Works, O Lord, I &s;ee</L>
<L>Foot&s;teps of wond'rous skill;</L>
<L>And in my &s;elf, t'excite my Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>I find more Wonders &s;till.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> When form'd un&s;een, within the Dark</L>
<L>Rece&s;&s;es of the Womb;</L>
<L>Before th' Embroidery of parts</L>
<L>Was to perfection come:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> In that rude Ma&s;s, thou did'&s;t di&s;cern</L>
<L>The growth of every part;</L>
<L>And what th' Eternal mind had fram'd,</L>
<L>Was drawn with curious Art.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> Lord, I admire the various thoughts</L>
<L>And Coun&s;els of thy mind;</L>
<L>Their Summ is infinite, yet dear</L>
<L>To me, becau&s;e they're kind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> Their Number's greater than the Sand,</L>
<L>Which whil&s;t my thoughts run o'er,</L>
<L>I &s;leep; and find when I awake,</L>
<L>I'm where I was before.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> God will de&s;troy tho&s;e wicked men,</L>
<L>Who 'gain&s;t my Life combine;</L>
<L>Hence then ye men of blood; nor your</L>
<L>Own ruine &s;eek in mine.</L>
<L><PB N="329" REF="178">
<MILESTONE N="20"> Thy Foes they are; who under &s;hews</L>
<L>Of Piety di&s;gui&s;e</L>
<L>Intended mi&s;chiefs; and would make</L>
<L>God vouch for all their Lyes,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Do not I hate &s;uch as oppo&s;e</L>
<L>Thy holy Laws and thee?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22"> I loath them perfectly, and count</L>
<L>My &s;elf their Enemy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Lord, &s;ince my thoughts accu&s;e me not,</L>
<L>T' have liv'd in fal&s;e di&s;gui&s;e;</L>
<L>I'm le&s;t afraid to undergo,</L>
<L>The Tryal of thine Eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24"> Search me, and where unwillingly</L>
<L>Thou &s;ee'&s;t l've done ami&s;s;</L>
<L>Coorrect, and lead my wand'ring &s;teps</L>
<L>Into the way of Bli&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="140" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXL</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> LORD, &s;ave me from the Man who bears</L>
<L>A wicked and a cruel mind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Such are my Foes, who&s;e hearts are &s;et</L>
<L>On mi&s;chief, and for War combin'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> A deadly wound unto my Name</L>
<L>They give, whom fal&s;ly they accu&s;e:</L>
<L>No Serpents Tongue or Adders Teeth</L>
<L>Poy&s;on more &s;urely do's infu&s;e.</L>
<L><PB N="330" REF="179">
<MILESTONE N="4"> Once more I therefore pray thee, Lord,</L>
<L>To &s;ave me from the wickeds pow'r:</L>
<L>And from their violent Attempts,</L>
<L>Who &s;eek t' undo me every hour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> The Hunters and' the Fowlers skill</L>
<L>In laying Toils and &s;ecret Shares,</L>
<L>Do's not exceed' their Wiles, who think</L>
<L>They're &s;ure to &s;eize me unawares.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Thus de&s;titute of Pow'r or Aids</L>
<L>I can implore from any Friend;</L>
<L>By humble Pray'r my &s;elf to thee,</L>
<L>My &s;ole Protector, I commend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> On thee for &s;trength I mu&s;t rely,</L>
<L>Thee onely for my Saviour own;</L>
<L>By thee I fought &s;ecurely, when</L>
<L>Armour and Helmet I had none,</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Grant not, O Lord, what wicked men</L>
<L>Would have, nor with a good event</L>
<L>Favour their mi&s;chievous de&s;igns,</L>
<L>Le&s;t they grow proud and in&s;olent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> May all the poy&s;'nous Calumnies,</L>
<L>By tho&s;e that now be&s;et me, thrown;</L>
<L>With their laborious Lyes, contriv'd</L>
<L>To work my ruine, prove their own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Of &s;tand'rous Tongues, which burn like Coals</L>
<L>Of Fire, may they tho Torment have;</L>
<L>And all their Mi&s;chiefs, like deep Pits</L>
<L>Digg'd for my fall, be their own grave.</L>
<L><PB N="331" REF="179">
<MILESTONE N="11"> Fal&s;hood and, ba&s;e Detraction</L>
<L>Will bring th' advanced Sinner low;</L>
<L>And Acts of unju&s;t Violence</L>
<L>Pur&s;ue him to his overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Whom men oppre&s;s, I know that God</L>
<L>Will pity, and their Cau&s;e maintain:</L>
<L>And right the wronged poor, who here</L>
<L>Expect to be redre&s;s'd in vain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> he Righteous &s;ure will not forget</L>
<L>Due prai&s;es to his Name to give:</L>
<L>For th'upright by God's Care upheld,</L>
<L>Shall in his Favour ever live.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="141" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLI</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TO my importunate reque&s;ts</L>
<L>Lord, lend a gracious Ear;</L>
<L>And as my Danger calls aloud,</L>
<L>To &s;uccour me appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> O let my Pray'rs like &s;weet perfumes</L>
<L>Up to thy Pre&s;ence ri&s;e;</L>
<L>And find acceptance, equal to</L>
<L>An Evening Sacrifice,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Lord, make me carefully to watch</L>
<L>The Motions of my Tongue;</L>
<L>That no intemperate Speech may &s;how</L>
<L>Inpatient &s;en&s;e of wrong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Let not my heart incline, much le&s;s</L>
<L>Engage in Works of Sin;</L>
<L>Nor let the wicked's Delicates</L>
<L>Me to their practice win.</L>
<L><PB N="332" REF="180">
<MILESTONE N="5"> Better to meet &s;evere rebukes</L>
<L>From tho&s;e that, Goodne&s;s love:</L>
<L>Their wi&s;e reproofs, tho' &s;marting, will</L>
<L>A real kindne&s;s prove.</L>
<L>No precious Ointments, to the Head</L>
<L>So &s;weet and gratefull are;</L>
<L>But to avoid mi&s;chievous ways,</L>
<L>I'll make my daily Pray'r.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> How free from Malice is my Soul,</L>
<L><HI>Saul's</HI> Captains witne&s;s bear;</L>
<L>Who at the &s;tony Rocks de&s;cent,</L>
<L>Did my mild Language hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> To us the favour of a Grave</L>
<L>Their rage will not allow;</L>
<L>Scatter'd and broke we lie, like ground</L>
<L>Divided by the Plough.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> But Lord, mine Eyes on thee are fix'd,</L>
<L>My Tru&s;t is in thee &s;till:</L>
<L>Do not abandon me to tho&s;e</L>
<L>That &s;eek my Blood to &s;pill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Tho &s;ubtil Plots to ruine me</L>
<L>Like &s;nares the wicked lay;</L>
<L>Save me from tho&s;e that would my Life</L>
<L>To cruel hands betray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> May all their Gins for others laid</L>
<L>Them&s;elves alone in&s;nare:</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I e&s;cape the Nets they &s;pread,</L>
<L>By God's pre&s;erving Care.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="142" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="333" REF="180">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLII</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> WITH &s;ervent Cries I did implore</L>
<L>God's &s;uccour and relief:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> In long and &s;ad Complaints to him</L>
<L>Unbo&s;om'd all my grief;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> From all the &s;traits I'm in, God knows</L>
<L>A way for me t' e&s;cape:</L>
<L>In every Path of mine, is laid</L>
<L>A &s;ecret Snare and Trap.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> I look on every &s;ide, and find</L>
<L>All hopes of &s;afety gone:</L>
<L>Whil&s;t all are carele&s;s of my Life,</L>
<L>Or fearfull of their own.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> My Cries to thee, O Lord, &s;hall tell</L>
<L>What tru&s;t I have in thee:</L>
<L>Thou my &s;ure refuge whil&s;t I live,</L>
<L>My Portion thou &s;halt be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Regard my low E&s;tate, and from</L>
<L>My Per&s;ecutors &s;ave;</L>
<L>Who&s;e hope in God is le&s;s than mine,</L>
<L>But much more Pow'r they have.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> From this &s;ad Pri&s;on &s;et me free,</L>
<L>That I may prai&s;e thy Name;</L>
<L>Then all good Men &s;hall joyn with me</L>
<L>God's kindne&s;s to proclaim.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="143" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="334" REF="181">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLIII.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> REgard the fervent Pray'rs I make,</L>
<L>The Hopes I have in thee;</L>
<L>And, Lord, according to thy Truth</L>
<L>And Goodne&s;s an&s;wer me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let not my failing be before</L>
<L>Thy &s;trict Tribunal try'd;</L>
<L>For, Lord, if thou &s;hould'&s;t be &s;evere,</L>
<L>None could be ju&s;tify'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> See how my Life's pur&s;u'd, for me</L>
<L>No &s;afety can be found,</L>
<L>Forced to lie in Caves, like one</L>
<L>That's buried under ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Grief has &s;o overwhelm'd my Soul,</L>
<L>That &s;tupid I am grown;</L>
<L>With horrour and amazement &s;eiz'd,</L>
<L>My &s;trength is overthrown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> This onely &s;erves, to rai&s;e me up</L>
<L>As I am &s;inking lower;</L>
<L>To call to mind thy former works,</L>
<L>And lean upon pow'r.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> I'll ne'er cea&s;e asking till my soul</L>
<L>Shall thy refre&s;hments gain;</L>
<L>Thy mercy which I ga&s;p for more,</L>
<L>Than thir&s;ty ground for Rain.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> My spirits &s;ink while thou delay'&s;t</L>
<L>th' a&s;&s;i&s;tance I would have;</L>
<L><PB N="335" REF="181">If God &s;till frown on my reque&s;ts,</L>
<L>'T will &s;ink me to the Grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> The Night is witne&s;s of my Tears,</L>
<L>O let the joyfull Morning tell</L>
<L>Thy Kindne&s;s towards me.</L>
<L>Lord, be my Guide that I may find</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Be thou my refuge from their pow'r,</L>
<L>Who &s;eek my overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Teach me, my God, to do thy will;</L>
<L>And let thy Spirit of Love,</L>
<L>Conduct me in the paths that lead</L>
<L>To Happine&s;s above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Revive my fainting Soul, thy Name</L>
<L>And Honour to advance;</L>
<L>Thy Faithfulne&s;s will brightly &s;hine</L>
<L>In my deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> That my vexation from my Foes</L>
<L>May have a gracious End;</L>
<L>De&s;troy the Authors of my woes,</L>
<L>For I on thee depend.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="134" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLIV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> BLe&s;t be the Lord, die God of Might,</L>
<L>Who gives me &s;trength and skill to fight.</L>
<L><PB N="336" REF="182">
<MILESTONE N="2"> He is my Goodne&s;s, Tow'r and Fort,</L>
<L>Delive'rer, &s;hield and &s;afe re&s;ort.</L>
<L>My tru&s;t's in him; 'twas he compell'd</L>
<L>Tho&s;e to be &s;ubject who rebell'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> I am amaz'd the great God can</L>
<L>Honour &s;o much a poor weak Man.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Vain Man! who&s;e Glories quickly fade,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Life do's vani&s;h like a &s;hade.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Our Foes will &s;oon their weakne&s;s own,</L>
<L>When th' Heav'ns make way, and God comes down.</L>
<L>Their ruine's &s;ure, that God provoke,</L>
<L>Who&s;e touch makes proude&s;t Mountains</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> His pointed Lightnings will create &s;moke.</L>
<L>Such fears, their force will di&s;&s;ipate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> Lord, rid me by thy Heav'nly aid,</L>
<L>From foreign Pow'rs that me invade;</L>
<L>Like &s;welling Waves their Numbers &s;tand,</L>
<L>Threat'ning to overflow the Land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Who&s;e Words and Oaths will bear no Weight,</L>
<L>But break all Faith their Right-hands plight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> I'm &s;av'd; and on my P&s;altery</L>
<L>Will &s;ing new Songs of Prai&s;e to thee.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> In God alone the Victories</L>
<L>Of Kings, and all their &s;afety lies:</L>
<L>I'm ever bound to prai&s;e the Lord,</L>
<L>Who &s;av'd me from the hurtfull Sword.</L>
<L><PB N="337" REF="182">
<MILESTONE N="11"> Still &s;ave and rid me by thine aid,</L>
<L>From foreign Pow'rs that me invade:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Words and Oaths are vain and light,</L>
<L>Who break all Faith their Right-hands plight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> May all things flouri&s;h with our peace;</L>
<L>Our Sons like Plants in their increa&s;e:</L>
<L>Our Daughters fair and proper grow,</L>
<L>As poli&s;h'd pillars beaut'eous &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Our Garners full produce all &s;tore,</L>
<L>Our num'erous Flocks increa&s;e to more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Our Oxen &s;trong for Labour be</L>
<L>Our Land from all inva&s;ions free.</L>
<L>No Cries of mournfull Exiles meet,</L>
<L>Nor no Complaints in any Street.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> Ble&s;t People! whom &s;uch Favours crown,</L>
<L>Thrice ble&s;t! whom God for <HI>His</HI> do sown.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="155" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> I Will extoll thy &s;acred Name,</L>
<L>Thou King of Saints and God of Love:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> I'll ble&s;s thee daily now; 'twill be</L>
<L>My work eternally above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our Prai&s;es &s;hould be high like thee,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Greatne&s;s all our thoughts exceeds.</L>
<L><PB N="338" REF="183">
<MILESTONE N="4"> And what one Age do's not confine,</L>
<L>The next &s;hall tell thy mighty Deeds.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> I'll &s;hew the Glories of thy State,</L>
<L>And thy amazing Works proclaim:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> All men that hear my Songs of Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Shall gladly join to do the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> And like the unexhau&s;ted Springs</L>
<L>Of mercy, &s;o their Joys &s;hall flow;</L>
<L>Their Tongues thy Faithfulne&s;s &s;hall &s;ing</L>
<L>And thine abundant Goodne&s;s &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thou, Lord, art full of Grace and Love;</L>
<L>To Anger flow, but glad to &s;pare;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> To all thy Creatures thou art kind,</L>
<L>O'er all thy tender Mercies are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Thou, Lord, from all the&s;e Works of thin<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>Some thankfull Tribute do'&s;t receive;</L>
<L>But where their Powers fail, thy Prai&s;e</L>
<L>Among thy Saints &s;hall ever live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> The&s;e happy Subjects to declare</L>
<L>Thy Kingdom's Glory never cea&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> That men the Triumphs of thy Grace</L>
<L>May know, and all thy pow'r confe&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy Kingdom, Lord, &s;hall ever &s;tand,</L>
<L>Tho' often undermin'd in vain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Oppre&s;&s;ed Goodne&s;s is &s;u&s;tain'd</L>
<L>By thee; when falling, rais'd again.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> All Creatures do expect from thee</L>
<L>Supplies of &s;ea&s;onable Food:</L>
<L><PB N="339" REF="183">
<MILESTONE N="16"> Thy open-handed Bounty fills</L>
<L>Their longings with de&s;ired Good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> God's Goodne&s;s and Fidelity</L>
<L>In all his ways and works appear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> He gives kind An&s;wers to their Pray'rs</L>
<L>That call on him and are &s;incere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> There's none that fear him need com|plain,</L>
<L>That they in vain have fought his aid:</L>
<L>He hears their Cries when in di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>And &s;aves them when they are afraid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> God's pre&s;ervation &s;hall reward</L>
<L>The good Man's duty and his love;</L>
<L>But the bold Crimes of wicked Men,</L>
<L>Shall at the length their ruine prove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Mean while thy Tongue &s;hall be imploy'd</L>
<L>Thy cheerfull Prai&s;es to proclaim;</L>
<L>Let all the World adore thy Pow'r,</L>
<L>And ever ble&s;s thy Holy Name.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="155" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLV.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> THY Sacred Name I will advance,</L>
<L>My King, and God of Love:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> I'll ble&s;s thee now, 'twill be my work</L>
<L>Eternally above.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Our Prai&s;es &s;hould be high like thee,</L>
<L>who&s;e Greatne&s;s all exceeds;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> One Age t' another &s;hall declare,</L>
<L>And prai&s;e thy mighty Deeds.</L>
<L><PB N="340" REF="184">
<MILESTONE N="5"> I'll &s;hew the Glories of thy State,</L>
<L>Thy wond'rous Works proclaim;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> All men that hear my Songs of Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Shall joyn to do the &s;ame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> And as thy Mercy ever &s;prings,</L>
<L>So &s;hall their comforts flow:</L>
<L>Their tongues thy Faithfulne&s;s &s;hall &s;ing</L>
<L>And thy great Goodne&s;s &s;how.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Thou, Lord, art &s;low to wrath, but full</L>
<L>Of Love, and glad to &s;pare;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> To all thy Creatures kind, o'er all</L>
<L>Thy tender Mercies are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Some thankfull Tribute, Lord, from all</L>
<L>Thy works thou do'&s;t receive;</L>
<L>But where they fail, thy Prai&s;e among</L>
<L>The Saints &s;hall ever live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Thy Kingdoms Glory to declare</L>
<L>The&s;e Subjects never cea&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> That Men thy wond'rous Grace may know</L>
<L>And all thy Pow'r confe&s;s.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> Thy Kingdom, Lord, &s;hall ever &s;tand,</L>
<L>Tho' undermin'd in vain;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Goodne&s;s is &s;tay'd by thee, when weak</L>
<L>When falling, rais'd again.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> All Creatures do expect from thee</L>
<L>Supplies of daily Food;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Thy open-handed Bounty fills</L>
<L>All their de&s;ires with good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> God's Goodne&s;s and Fidelity,</L>
<L>In all his ways appear;</L>
<L><PB N="341" REF="184">
<MILESTONE N="18"> He gives kind An&s;wers unto &s;uch</L>
<L>As pray, and are &s;incere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> There's none that fear him need complain</L>
<L>They've &s;ought in vain his Aid;</L>
<L>He hears their Cries when in di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>And &s;aves them when afraid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> God's care and Pre&s;ervation</L>
<L>Rewards the good Man's love;</L>
<L>But the bold Crimes of wicked Men;</L>
<L>At length their ruine prove.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21"> Mean while my Tongue &s;hall be imploy'd</L>
<L>Thy Prai&s;es to proclaim;</L>
<L>Let all the World adore thy Pow'r,</L>
<L>And ever ble&s;s thy Name.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="156" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLVI.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> MY Soul to prai&s;e the highe&s;t Lord</L>
<L>Thy be&s;t affections rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> For whil&s;t I live my God &s;hall be</L>
<L>The Subject of my Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Vain are our hopes from mighty Kings;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Glories at their Death</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Sink to the Grave; and all their thoughts</L>
<L>Do vani&s;h with their Breath.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Happy is he, who in that God</L>
<L>That made the World do's tru&s;t;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Which World may &s;ooner fail, than he</L>
<L>Cea&s;e to be good and ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> He rights the injur'd, and defends</L>
<L>The good Man's cau&s;e oppre&s;s'd;</L>
<L><PB N="342" REF="185">He feeds the hungry, and by him</L>
<L>The Pri&s;'ners are releas'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> He cures the Blind, and &s;orrow from</L>
<L>Dejected Souls removes;</L>
<L>And by his &s;pecial Care protects,</L>
<L>The righteous whom he loves.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Strangers and Widows he pre&s;erves,</L>
<L>He do's the Orphans own;</L>
<L>As for the wicked's pro&s;p'rous State,</L>
<L>He turns it up&s;ide down.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> This mighty King &s;hall ever reign,</L>
<L>As he do's ever live;</L>
<L>Let all the World he rules, to him</L>
<L>Eternal Prai&s;es give.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="157" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> O Ble&s;t Employment of out Lives</L>
<L>To prai&s;e the God whom we adore;</L>
<L>How gratefull to our &s;elves and him!</L>
<L>Nothing becomes a good Man more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> The Lord of Old the broken State</L>
<L>Of Captive <HI>I&s;r'ael</HI> did repair;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The &s;orrowfull and broken hearts</L>
<L>He binds and heals with tender care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> He numbers all the Stars, and knows</L>
<L>What vertue comes to us from thence;</L>
<L>For 'tis from him they borrow all</L>
<L>Their lu&s;tre and their influence.</L>
<L><PB N="343" REF="185">
<MILESTONE N="5"> Un&s;earchable his Wi&s;dom is,</L>
<L>His Pow'r &s;o great it knows no bound;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> He rai&s;es up the meek, and throws</L>
<L>The &s;tubborn Sinners to the ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> To God your cheerfull Prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Bounty all things do's maintain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Who covers Heav'n with watry Clouds,</L>
<L>And for the Earth prepares the Rain.</L>
<L>He makes the tender Gra&s;s to grow</L>
<L>On Mountains, which are parch'd and dry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Wild Bea&s;ts are fed without our Care,</L>
<L>And the young Ravens when they cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> He in the Nimblene&s;s and Strength</L>
<L>Of Hor&s;e or Man takes no delight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> It's onely Fear and &s;tedfa&s;t Faith</L>
<L>In God, his Favour do's invite.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> O ble&s;t <HI>Jeru&s;alem!</HI> &s;ing prai&s;e</L>
<L>Unto thy God, and ye that dwell</L>
<L>On <HI>Sion's</HI> Mount, in joyfull Hymns</L>
<L>To all his Truth and Goodne&s;s tell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> It's he thy City made &s;o &s;trong,</L>
<L>Th' A&s;&s;aults of Foes it now defies;</L>
<L>His Ble&s;&s;ing thine Inhabitants</L>
<L>To a va&s;t Number multiplies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Thy Borders, from Incur&s;ions free,</L>
<L>Are &s;etled all in quiet peace;</L>
<L>And thy fair Fields the choice&s;t Wheat</L>
<L>Yields to an envied increa&s;e.</L>
<P><PB N="342" REF="186"></P>
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<P><PB N="341" REF="187"></P>
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<P><PB N="342" REF="188"></P>
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<L><PB N="344" REF="190">
<MILESTONE N="15"> All Creatures ha&s;t t' obey his word;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Like &s;ofte&s;t Wool he &s;ends the Snows:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> His Chry&s;tal Ice-like Mor&s;els ca&s;ts,</L>
<L>And the Hoar-fro&s;ts like A&s;hes &s;trows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> None can endure his piercing cold;</L>
<L>But at his word warm Winds do blow;</L>
<L>Then Rocks of Ice are &s;oon di&s;&s;olv'd,</L>
<L>And the congealed Waters flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> All &s;ee the&s;e Works; to <HI>I&s;rael</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> He greater Favour's do's afford;</L>
<L>The clearer knowledge of his Will</L>
<L>And Laws they have: Prai&s;e ye the Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="157" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLVII.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[Another Metre.]</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> HOW well are we employ'd, to prai&s;e</L>
<L>The Lord whom we adore!</L>
<L>How gratefull to our &s;elves and him!</L>
<L>Nothing becomes us more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> The Lord of Old the broken State</L>
<L>Of <HI>I&s;r'ael</HI> did repair:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> The &s;orrowfull and broken hearts</L>
<L>He heals with greate&s;t Care.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> He numbers all the Stars, and knows</L>
<L>What vertue comes from thence;</L>
<L>For 'tis from him they borrow all</L>
<L>Their light and influence.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Un&s;earchable his Wi&s;dom is,</L>
<L>His Pow'r admits no bound:</L>
<L><PB N="345" REF="190">
<MILESTONE N="6"> He rai&s;es up the meek, and throws</L>
<L>Proud Sinners to the ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> To God your cheerfull Prai&s;es &s;ing,</L>
<L>That all things do's maintain:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Who covers Heav'n with Clouds, and for</L>
<L>The Earth prepares the Rain.</L>
<L>He makes the tender Gra&s;s to grow</L>
<L>On Mountains, parch'd and dry:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Wild Bea&s;ts need not our care, he feeds</L>
<L>Young Ravens when they cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> No Hor&s;es &s;trength, or nimble Legs</L>
<L>Of Man, are his delight:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> It's onely Fear and tru&s;t in God</L>
<L>His Favour do's invite.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> O ble&s;t <HI>Jeru&s;alem!</HI> &s;ing prai&s;e</L>
<L>To God, and ye that dwell</L>
<L>On <HI>Sion's</HI> Mount, in Hymns to all</L>
<L>His Truth and Goodne&s;s tell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> So &s;trong thy City's made, th'A&s;&s;aults</L>
<L>Of Foes it now defies;</L>
<L>And va&s;tly thine Inhabitants</L>
<L>His Ble&s;&s;ing multiplies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> Thy Borders, from Incur&s;ions free;</L>
<L>Are &s;etled all in peace;</L>
<L>Thy Fields the choice&s;t Wheat produce,</L>
<L>T' an envied increa&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15"> All Creatures ha&s;t t' obey his Word:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16"> Like Wool he &s;ends the Snows;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17"> His Chry&s;tal Ice like Mor&s;els ca&s;ts,</L>
<L>Hoar-fro&s;ts like A&s;hes &s;trows.</L>
<L><PB N="346" REF="191">None can abide his piercing Cold:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18"> He bids warm Winds to blow;</L>
<L>Then Rocks of Ice di&s;&s;olve, and &s;oon</L>
<L>Congealed Rivers flow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19"> All &s;ee the&s;e Works; to <HI>I&s;rael</HI></L>
<L>More Grace he did afford:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20"> The clearer knowledge of his Will</L>
<L>And Laws. Prai&s;e ye the Lord.</L>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="158" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLVIII.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> TO laud the Heav'nly King</L>
<L>Let all their Voices rai&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Ye Angels, fir&s;t begin</L>
<L>The Great Creator's Prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Let Sun and Moon,</L>
<L>And every Star,</L>
<L>His Glory &s;how</L>
<L>That's brighter far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Ye Regions of the Air,</L>
<L>And watry Clouds that move</L>
<L>Within the liquid Sky,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> Prai&s;e ye the Lord above:</L>
<L>Who&s;e pow'rfull Word</L>
<L>Made you to be;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> And fixt your bounds</L>
<L>By his Decree.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7"> All that the Earth do's bear,</L>
<L>Whales in the Depths conceal'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Lightnings and Hail and Snow,</L>
<L>Vapours to Ice congeal'd:</L>
<L><PB N="347" REF="191">The &s;tormy Winds</L>
<L>Rais'd at his Will,</L>
<L>Which at his Word</L>
<L>Are calm'd and &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Prai&s;e him ye Mountains high,</L>
<L>And Hills that lower are;</L>
<L>Cedars with lofty Heads,</L>
<L>And Trees that fruits do bear:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10"> Bea&s;ts that in Fields</L>
<L>Or Pa&s;tures lie;</L>
<L>Both creeping things,</L>
<L>And Fowls that fly.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11"> Ye Kings that Sceptres &s;way,</L>
<L>People of meaner Birth;</L>
<L>Princes that rule the world,</L>
<L>And Judges of the Earth.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12"> Let every Sex</L>
<L>And every Age,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13"> To prai&s;e the Name</L>
<L>Of God engage.</L>
<L>His Glories alt that &s;hines</L>
<L>In Heay'n and Earth excell;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14"> He &s;pecial Mercy &s;how'd</L>
<L>T' his People <HI>I&s;rael:</HI></L>
<L>A People dear</L>
<L>And highly rais'd:</L>
<L>His Holy Name</L>
<L>Be ever prais'd.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="159" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<PB N="348" REF="192" MS="y">
<HEAD>PSALM CXLIX.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>100</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRai&s;e God; and let your Songs be new,</L>
<L>As he fre&s;h favours daily grants;</L>
<L>Publi&s;h your Joys by Hymns of Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Among th'A&s;&s;emblies of his Saints.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let <HI>I&s;r'ael</HI> whom he made, rejoyce;</L>
<L>Since his peculiar People made;</L>
<L>Let <HI>Sion's</HI> Children, whom he rules</L>
<L>As their great King, be much more glad.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Dances are proper to expre&s;s</L>
<L>The inward Motions of their Joy;</L>
<L>And to &s;et off melodious Songs,</L>
<L>Their Harps and Timbrels to employ.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> God's Kindne&s;s to his People will</L>
<L>Engage his Care their good t' advance:</L>
<L>He'll beautify the Meek, and make</L>
<L>Them great by his Deliverance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> And like the Glory of his Saints,</L>
<L>Their Triumphs &s;hould be great and high;</L>
<L>And God's loud Prai&s;es will become</L>
<L>Their Beds, in which they quiet lie.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> The&s;e P&s;alms of Prai&s;es in their Mouths,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t their Hands wield a two edg'd Sword;</L>
<L>Will courage and a&s;&s;urance give,</L>
<L>To fight the Battles of the Lord.</L>
<L><PB N="349" REF="192">
<MILESTONE N="7"> They'll conquer, and with ju&s;t revenge</L>
<L>The Heathen's in&s;olence cha&s;ti&s;e;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8"> Their fetter'd Nobles captive lead,</L>
<L>Make chained Kings become their prize.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9"> Such Judgments long ago foretold,</L>
<L>Shall God upon the Heathen bring:</L>
<L>Such Honour all his Saints &s;hall have,</L>
<L>And prai&s;ing Hallelujah's &s;ing.</L>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="150" TYPE="metrical Psalm">
<HEAD>PSALM CL.</HEAD>
<L><MILESTONE N="1"> PRai&s;e God within that &s;acred Place</L>
<L>Where he his Grace be&s;tows;</L>
<L>Your wondering thoughts to Heaven rai&s;e</L>
<L>Where he his Glory &s;hows.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2"> Let all his mighty Acts of Pow'r</L>
<L>Your inward Pa&s;&s;ions move;</L>
<L>That your acknowledgments may &s;uit</L>
<L>The Greatne&s;s of his Love.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3"> Mu&s;icks &s;oft Notes, and louder &s;ounds</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4"> Of In&s;truments imploy,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5"> T' excite Devotion, and attend</L>
<L>The Triumphs of your Joy.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6"> Since all to this Creator owe</L>
<L>That breath by which they live;</L>
<L>Let every thing that breaths, to him</L>
<L>Their cheerfull Prai&s;es give.</L>
<TRAILER>The End of the P&s;alms.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="collection of hymns">
<PB REF="193">
<PB N="351" REF="193">
<HEAD>HYMNS Taken out of the <HI>NEW TESTAMENT;</HI> Or, u&s;ed in the Church-Service.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="Benedictus" TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>HYMN I.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Benedictus.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[The Song of <HI>Zachary,</HI> Luke 1. 68.]</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>LET <HI>I&s;r'ael's</HI> pow'rfull God and King</L>
<L>Eternally be ble&s;t;</L>
<L>Who came from Heav'n to vi&s;it us,</L>
<L>And all our Bonds releas'd</L>
<L>In <HI>David's</HI> Hou&s;e a Saviour rais'd</L>
<L>To &s;it upon his Throne;</L>
<L>This, ever &s;ince the World began</L>
<L>His Prophets have fore&s;hown.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That he would &s;ave us from the Hand;</L>
<L>Of all that did us hate:</L>
<L>The Mercy to perform, for which</L>
<L>Our Fathers long did wait.</L>
<L><PB N="352" REF="194">Remembring all his Truth engag'd</L>
<L>By' a Holy Covenant;</L>
<L>His &s;olemn Oath to <HI>Abra'ham</HI> &s;worn;</L>
<L>His Grace that he would grant;</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To &s;erve him without fear, from all</L>
<L>Our Adver&s;aries free'd;</L>
<L>And to continue all our days</L>
<L>A Holy Life to lead.</L>
<L>And thou, ble&s;t Child, to this high Lord</L>
<L>Shalt have a Prophet's place;</L>
<L>Like a preparing Harbinger</L>
<L>Shalt go before his Face.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>By the Remi&s;&s;ion of Men's &s;ins</L>
<L>To make Salvation known.</L>
<L>God's tender Mercy, when this Sun</L>
<L>Aro&s;e, to all was &s;hown.</L>
<L>He will our &s;ad and di&s;mal State</L>
<L>With Light and Comfort ble&s;s;</L>
<L>And guide our Feet into the way</L>
<L>Of Peace and Happine&s;s.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="Magnificat" TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>HYMN II.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Magnificat.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]
<LB>[The Song of the Bl. Virgin, <HI>Luke</HI> 1. 46.]</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>MY Soul doth magnify the Lord,</L>
<L>Tran&s;ports of Joy my Spirits rai&s;e;</L>
<L>And God my Saviour &s;hall be</L>
<L>The Subject of my Song of Prai&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="353" REF="194">
<L>For to his humble Handmaids &s;tate</L>
<L>He &s;hew'd regard, when't was depre&s;t:</L>
<L>All Ages &s;hall from henceforth judge</L>
<L>Me happy, and &s;hall call me Ble&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He that is Great hath done to me</L>
<L>Great things, and holy is his Name:</L>
<L>His Mercy through all Ages is</L>
<L>To them that fear him &s;till the &s;ame.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He with his Arm his &s;trength hath &s;hew'd,</L>
<L>Confounded what the proud Men thought;</L>
<L>Put down the mighty from their Seat,</L>
<L>And rais'd them who were &s;et at nought.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He fill'd the hungry Souls with good;</L>
<L>The full and rich for want complain'd;</L>
<L>His Mercy he has call'd to mind,</L>
<L>And <HI>I&s;rael</HI> his help has gain'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Promi&s;e to our Fathers made</L>
<L>So long before, in which God &s;tood</L>
<L>Engag'd to <HI>Abra'ham</HI> and his Seed,</L>
<L>Is all performed and made good.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="Nunc Dimittis" TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>HYMN III.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Nunc Dimittis.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[The Song of <HI>Simeon,</HI> Luke 2. 29.]</OPENER>
<LG>
<L>I Now can leave this World, and die</L>
<L>In Peace and quiet Re&s;t;</L>
<L>Since that mine Eyes, O Lord, have been</L>
<L>With thy Salvation ble&s;t.</L>
<L><PB N="354" REF="195">The Prophecies are all fulfill'd,</L>
<L>Thy Promi&s;es are true;</L>
<L>And thy my&s;terious Love di&s;clos'd</L>
<L>In all the Peoples view.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All the dark Shadows fly away,</L>
<L>Now this bright Sun appears;</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;aving Health the Gentile World</L>
<L>With unknown Comfort cheers.</L>
<L>Well may the long expected &s;ight</L>
<L>Make <HI>I&s;r'ael's</HI> Joys abound;</L>
<L>Before with &s;pecial Favours grac'd,</L>
<L>But now with Glory crown'd.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>HYMN IV.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">[Taken out of the Revelations.]</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rev.19. v.5.</NOTE> YE faithfull Servants of the Lord,</L>
<L>See that his Name ye celebrate;</L>
<L>And ye that fear him &s;ing aloud</L>
<L>Prai&s;es to God both &s;mall and great.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch.4. v.8.</NOTE> Mo&s;t Holy, Holy, Holy Lord</L>
<L>Almighty's his adored Name;</L>
<L>Who <HI>was</HI> before all time, and <HI>is,</HI></L>
<L>And ever <HI>&s;hall be</HI> &s;till the &s;ame.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v. 11.</NOTE> All Glory, Pow'r and Honour, thou</L>
<L>Alone art worthy to receive:</L>
<L>For all things by thy Pow'r were made,</L>
<L>All by and for thy Plea&s;ure live.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="355" REF="195">
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch.5. v.12.</NOTE> To thee, O &s;potle&s;s Lamb of God,</L>
<L>Riches and Pow'r of Right belong,</L>
<L>Wi&s;dom and Honour, conqu'ring &s;trength,</L>
<L>Glory and every prai&s;ing Song.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.9.</NOTE> Thou, for to expiate our Sins</L>
<L>Wa&s;t &s;lain, and by thy precious Blood,</L>
<L>From every Nation Tribe and Tongue,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t redeemed us to God.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.10.</NOTE> From thee, to be both Kings and Prie&s;ts</L>
<L>To God, the Privilege we gain;</L>
<L>And &s;hall hereafter be advanc'd,</L>
<L>With thee, O Chri&s;t, on Earth to reign.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.13.</NOTE> Ble&s;&s;ing and Honour, Glory, Pow'r,</L>
<L>Ever by all in Earth, and Heav'n</L>
<L>To him that &s;its upon the Throne,</L>
<L>And to the Lamb of God be giv'n.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch.15. v.3.</NOTE> O thou great Ruler of the World,</L>
<L>Thy glorious Works our wonder rai&s;e;</L>
<L>Thou ever-ble&s;&s;ed King of Saints,</L>
<L>How true and righteous are thy ways!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.4.</NOTE> Who would not fear, and glorify</L>
<L>Thy Name, thou onely Holy one?</L>
<L>Th' whole World will come and wor|&s;hip thee,</L>
<L>To whom thy Judgments are made known.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch.11. v.15</NOTE> Now o'er the Kingdoms of this World</L>
<L>God and his Chri&s;t as King do's reign;</L>
<L><PB N="356" REF="196">Who&s;e Pow'r, that for his Rule made way,</L>
<L>His Conque&s;ts ever will maintain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.17</NOTE> We give thee thanks, Almighty Lord,</L>
<L>Which <HI>art,</HI> and <HI>wa&s;t,</HI> and <HI>art</HI> to <HI>come;</HI></L>
<L>Who ha&s;t exerted thy great Pow'r,</L>
<L>And for thy Victories made room.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.18</NOTE> Let th'angry Nations rage; thy wrath blood</L>
<L>Is come; and it's thy time to rain</L>
<L>Down Judgments, and t'avenge the</L>
<L>Of Martyrs barbarou&s;ly &s;lain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And now thy &s;uffe'ring Servants, Lord,</L>
<L>Great Saints and Prophets thou'lt re|gard;</L>
<L>And all that fear thy Name, tho' here</L>
<L>De&s;pis'd &s;hall have a great reward.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All thy ju&s;t vengeance will applaud</L>
<L>On them, who all their Pow'r imploy'd,</L>
<L>To turn the Earth t' a Field of Blood;</L>
<L>Their turn now comes to be de&s;troy'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch. 12.</NOTE> Salvation to the Saints is come;</L>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.10.</NOTE> God's &s;trength and mighty aids appear,</L>
<L>T' advance his Kingdom among Men,</L>
<L>Who all the Pow'r of Chri&s;t revere.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He that before the Lord accus'd</L>
<L>The Brethren with fal&s;e Calumnies,</L>
<L>Is now ca&s;t head-long down, and none</L>
<L>Give credit longer to his Lyes.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.11</NOTE> He's conquer'd by the Blood of Chri&s;t,</L>
<L>And by their witne&s;s to his word:</L>
<L>start from here tomorrow</L>
<L><PB N="357" REF="196">The&s;e valued not their Lives, but dy'd</L>
<L>For Love unto their deare&s;t Lord.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.12</NOTE> Ye heav'nly Spirits above, rejoyce;</L>
<L>But woe to th' Earth below; who&s;e hurt</L>
<L>The Dev'il with utmo&s;t rage contrives,</L>
<L>Knowing his time to do't's but &s;hort.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ch.19.v.1</NOTE> Salvation to our God belongs,</L>
<L>Glory and Honour are his due;</L>
<L>His Pow'r &s;upreme, and all proclaim</L>
<L>His Judgments to be ju&s;t and true.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.2</NOTE> He the great Whore has judg'd, which did</L>
<L>Corrupt with Idols every Land;</L>
<L>And has aveng'd the crying Blood</L>
<L>Of his &s;lain Servants at her hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.6</NOTE> Now let both Heav'n and Earth aloud</L>
<L>Their prai&s;ing Hallelujah's &s;ing;</L>
<L>For the Lord God Almighty reigns,</L>
<L>And &s;hews him&s;elf a glorious King.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><NOTE PLACE="marg">v.17</NOTE> In Honour of the Lamb of God,</L>
<L>Let's triumph on his Nuptial day;</L>
<L>The time is come, and his cha&s;t Bride</L>
<L>Stands ready dre&s;t in rich Array.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="Te Deum" TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>HYMN V.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Te Deum.</HEAD>
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>O God we prai&s;e thee, and we own</L>
<L>Thee to be Lord and King alone.</L>
<L><PB N="358" REF="197">All the whole Earth doth wor&s;hip thee,</L>
<L>Thou Father from Eternity.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To thee all Angels loudly cry,</L>
<L>The Heav'ns and all the Pow'rs on high;</L>
<L>Cherubs and Seraphins proclaim,</L>
<L>And cry thrice Holy to thy Name.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Lord God of Ho&s;ts, thy pre&s;ence bright</L>
<L>Fills Heav'n and Earth with beauteous light.</L>
<L>The Apo&s;tles glorious Company,</L>
<L>The Prophet's Fellow&s;hip, prai&s;e thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The crowned Martyrs Noble Ho&s;t,</L>
<L>The Holy Church in every Coa&s;t,</L>
<L>Thine infinite perfections own,</L>
<L>Father of Maje&s;ty unknown.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Giving all Adoration</L>
<L>Unto thy true and onely Son:</L>
<L>And to the Holy Gho&s;t, from whom</L>
<L>As the &s;ole Spring our Comforts come.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Chri&s;t, thou glorious King, we own</L>
<L>Thee to be God's Eternal Son:</L>
<L>Who our Deliv'rance to obtain,</L>
<L>Did'&s;t not the Virgins Womb di&s;dain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Death's &s;harp &s;ting de&s;troy'd by thee</L>
<L>Gave thee a glorious Victory;</L>
<L>Heav'ns Gate; that Entrance had deny'd,</L>
<L>To all Believers opened wide.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Part</HI> II</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Thou, Lord, at God's Right hand art plac'd,</L>
<L>And with thy Father's Glory grac'd;</L>
<L><PB N="359" REF="197">And we believe the Day will come,</L>
<L>When thou as Judge &s;hall pa&s;s our doom.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Promote we pray thy Servants good,</L>
<L>Redeemed with thy precious Blood;</L>
<L>Among thy Saints make them a&s;cend</L>
<L>To Glory that &s;hall never End.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy People with Salvation crown;</L>
<L>Ble&s;s tho&s;e, O God, that are thine own:</L>
<L>Govern and li&s;t them up on high.</L>
<L>Thee, Lord, we dily magnify.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy Name we wor&s;hip and adore,</L>
<L>Ever when time &s;hall be more:</L>
<L>Vouch&s;afe this Day to keep us pure;</L>
<L>From Harms and wilfull Sins &s;ecure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O let thy Mercy, Lord, de&s;cend</L>
<L>On us, who&s;e hopes on thee depend:</L>
<L>Lord, &s;ince my Tru&s;t is fixt on thee,</L>
<L>O let me ne'er confounded be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>The Angels Doxology, <HI>Luke</HI> 2. 14.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L>GLory to God in Heav'n above;</L>
<L>Let th' Earth below with Peace be ble&s;t:</L>
<L>From the Divine Benignity,</L>
<L>Greate&s;t Good-will towards Men expre&s;t.</L>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<OPENER>[To the common Tunes.]</OPENER>
<L>GLory to God in Heav'n above,</L>
<L>Let th' Earth with Peace be ble&s;t:</L>
<L>From the Divine Benignity,</L>
<L>Good-will tow'rds Men expre&s;t.</L>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<PB N="360" REF="198" MS="y">
<HEAD>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</HEAD>
<L>GLory to God in Heav'n,</L>
<L>Let th' Earth with Peace be ble&s;t:</L>
<L>From the Divine Benignity,</L>
<L>Good-will tow'rds Menexpre&s;t.</L>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="hymn">
<HEAD>Gloria Patri.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L>TO thee, O Father, to the Son,</L>
<L>And Holy Gho&s;t whom we adore;</L>
<L>Be Glory, as it was of Old,</L>
<L>Is now, and &s;hall be evermore.</L>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<OPENER>[To the common Tunes.]</OPENER>
<L>TO thee, O Father, to the Son;</L>
<L>And Holy Gho&s;t we give</L>
<L>Glory that was of Old, is now,</L>
<L>And &s;hall this World &s;urvive.</L>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="version">
<OPENER>[As the <HI>25</HI> P&s;alm.]</OPENER>
<L>TO thee, O Father, Son,</L>
<L>And Holy Gho&s;t we give</L>
<L>Glory that was of Old, is now,</L>
<L>And &s;hall this World outlive.</L>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="glossary">
<PB REF="198">
<HEAD>AN EXPLICATION OF <HI>Some</HI> WORDS Of le&s;s Common U&s;e, For the Benefit of the Common People.</HEAD>
<P><LIST>
<HEAD>Words le&s;s common, <HI>Their Signification.</HI></HEAD>
<LABEL>ACquired</LABEL>
<ITEM>OBtained</ITEM>
<LABEL>Audacious</LABEL>
<ITEM>Bold, daring.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Benignity</LABEL>
<ITEM>Kindne&s;s, bounty.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Celebrate</LABEL>
<ITEM>Make renowned.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Climes</LABEL>
<ITEM>Country's differing in length of days.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Congratulate</LABEL>
<ITEM>Give one joy.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Defamation</LABEL>
<ITEM>Di&s;credit.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Detracting</LABEL>
<ITEM>Le&s;&s;ening ones credit.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Diffu&s;ive</LABEL>
<ITEM>Spreading wide.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Di&s;&s;ipate</LABEL>
<ITEM>Di&s;per&s;e, &s;catter.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Enhance</LABEL>
<ITEM>Rai&s;e the value.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Enterr</LABEL>
<ITEM>Bury.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Evade</LABEL>
<ITEM>E&s;cape.</ITEM>
<PB REF="199">
<LABEL>Exert</LABEL>
<ITEM>Put forth.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Fluid</LABEL>
<ITEM>Yielding.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Ignominy</LABEL>
<ITEM>Di&s;grace.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Impetums</LABEL>
<ITEM>Ha&s;ty, violent.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Infe&s;t</LABEL>
<ITEM>Annoy, mole&s;t.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Invoke</LABEL>
<ITEM>Call upon</ITEM>
<LABEL>Lower Sphere</LABEL>
<ITEM>Meaner E&s;tate.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Obnoxious</LABEL>
<ITEM>Faulty, guilty</ITEM>
<LABEL>Orbs, Spheres</LABEL>
<ITEM>Bodies of round form.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Rece&s;&s;es</LABEL>
<ITEM>Places out of view.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Revere</LABEL>
<ITEM>To reverence.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Rude Ma&s;s</LABEL>
<ITEM>Un&s;hapen matter.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Splendid</LABEL>
<ITEM>Bright, &s;hining.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Stupendious</LABEL>
<ITEM>A&s;toni&s;hing.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Suppliant</LABEL>
<ITEM>Petitioner.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Theam</LABEL>
<ITEM>Matter of Di&s;cour&s;e.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Traduce</LABEL>
<ITEM>To &s;lander, defame.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Transfer</LABEL>
<ITEM>To remove, carry.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Unce&s;&s;ant</LABEL>
<ITEM>Never cea&s;ing.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Undeclining</LABEL>
<ITEM>Not changing.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Unexhau&s;ted</LABEL>
<ITEM>Never drawn dry.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="index of first lines">
<PB REF="199">
<HEAD>A TABLE, To find any PSALM Knowing its Beginning.</HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">A.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>All People round the Earth your Ears (2n Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>49</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>All the Earth's Prai&s;es to thy Name</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>As by <HI>Euphrates</HI> Streams we &s;at</CELL>
<CELL>137</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">B.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>EEhold my troubles Lord</CELL>
<CELL>70</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Behold, O Lord, my &s;infull Soul&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>51</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Behold, O Lord, with &s;avage Rage</CELL>
<CELL>79</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t be the Lord the God of Might</CELL>
<CELL>144</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t Fountain of my Joys, for thee-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>42</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t is the Man that fears the Lord</CELL>
<CELL>112</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t is the Man who&s;e fear of God</CELL>
<CELL>128</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t is the Man who&s;e tender Sen&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>41</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;t is the Man who&s;e vertuous Steps</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;s thou the Lord my Soul, his name</CELL>
<CELL>103</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="200">
<ROW>
<CELL>Ble&s;s thou the Lord my Soul, to this-(2d Met)</CELL>
<CELL>104</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>By cheerfull Prai&s;es to his Name</CELL>
<CELL>106</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">C.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>CErtain it is that God is kind</CELL>
<CELL>73</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Come let us all unite our Joys</CELL>
<CELL>95</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Come let us with united Joys-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>95</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">D.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>DIvinely now in&s;pir'd I'll &s;ing</CELL>
<CELL>45</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Do not, O Lord, in our di&s;ire&s;s</CELL>
<CELL>83</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">E.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>EArly, O Lord, my fainting Soul</CELL>
<CELL>63</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">F.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>FAl&s;ly accus'd to thee I fly</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Fools in their hearts have &s;aid, no God (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">G.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>GIve thanks unto the Lord</CELL>
<CELL>136</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>God is my Saviour and my Light</CELL>
<CELL>27</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>God is my Shepherd who will &s;ee</CELL>
<CELL>23</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>God reigns, let all the Earth rejoyce&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>97</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>God that &s;o gracious a regard (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>116</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>God who my kind pre&s;erver is</CELL>
<CELL>34</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Great Judge of all the World be thou (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>43</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Great Prai&s;es to the greate&s;t Lord</CELL>
<CELL>48</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Great &s;hepherd of good Jacob's Race</CELL>
<CELL>80</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="200">
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">H.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>HAD not the Lord our Cau&s;e e&s;pous'd</CELL>
<CELL>24</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Hear me, O Lord, my &s;ure Defence</CELL>
<CELL>28</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Hear me, O Lord, the great Support</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>He's happy, whom no wicked Mens-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>r</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>He that has God for his retreat</CELL>
<CELL>91</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>He who makes God his &s;ure retreat (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>91</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>How beauteous is the place where thou</CELL>
<CELL>84</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>How long &s;hall I complain like one&mdash;(1&s;t &amp; 2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>How well are we imploy'd toprai&s;e&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>147</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">I.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Iall my Love on thee be&s;tow</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>If thou Lord do&s;t not ri&s;e and help</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>I'll li&s;t mine Eyes unto the Hills</CELL>
<CELL>121</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>In Ju&s;t di&s;plea&s;ure for our Sins</CELL>
<CELL>60</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>In my di&s;tre&s;s my Pray'rs and Cries</CELL>
<CELL>77</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>I tru&s;t in God why &s;hould I then</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>It's &s;ure that God is kind to tho&s;e-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>73</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>I was re&s;olv'd t' ob&s;erve my ways-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>39</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>I will extoll thy &s;acred Name</CELL>
<CELL>145</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">L.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>LET all give thanks to God above</CELL>
<CELL>107</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let all the Earth their Voices rai&s;e(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>96</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let all the Earth with joy re&s;ound</CELL>
<CELL>66</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let all the Nations of the Earth</CELL>
<CELL>100</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let all the Nations of the World</CELL>
<CELL>117</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let all the People round the Earth.</CELL>
<CELL>49</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let none be envious when he &s;ees</CELL>
<CELL>37</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let none be troubled to behold (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>37</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Let th' Earth rejoyce &s;ince God do's reign</CELL>
<CELL>97</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="201">
<ROW>
<CELL>Let the Great God ari&s;e and then</CELL>
<CELL>68</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord bow thine Ear to my reque&s;ts</CELL>
<CELL>86</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord every Age and Race has &s;een-(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>90</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord hear me and from wicked Foes</CELL>
<CELL>64</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord hear my Pray'r and do not hide</CELL>
<CELL>55</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord hear my words attend the moans</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord hear the Pray'rs and mournfull Cries</CELL>
<CELL>102</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord hear the &s;ilent Moans and Sighs-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord I can &s;uffer thy Rebukes</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord I can well endure, when thou&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord if thou do'&s;t not come and help-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord, I have no a&s;piring Thoughts</CELL>
<CELL>131</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord let me know that happy Man</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord look upon my &s;infull Soul</CELL>
<CELL>51</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord may the King with mighty Skill</CELL>
<CELL>72</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord not to us but to thy Name (2n Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>115</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord &s;ave me from mine Enemies</CELL>
<CELL>59</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord &s;ave me from the Man who bears</CELL>
<CELL>140</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord &s;ince I tru&s;t in thee alone</CELL>
<CELL>57</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord &s;ince my glorying is in thee</CELL>
<CELL>109</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord thy Rebukes I can endure</CELL>
<CELL>38</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Lord when I have to do with thee</CELL>
<CELL>139</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">M.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>MAintin, O Lord, my injur'd Rights</CELL>
<CELL>35</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>May no defeated hopes di&s;grace</CELL>
<CELL>31</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Mercy and Judgment Lord I'll &s;ing</CELL>
<CELL>101</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My God my God why thus withdrawn</CELL>
<CELL>22</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My God &s;ince thou ha&s;t rais'd me up</CELL>
<CELL>30</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My heart, O God, is now prepar'd</CELL>
<CELL>108</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My People to my words give Ear</CELL>
<CELL>78</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul's he&s;t Pow'rs I will engag</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul ble&s;s thou the Lord, his Name (2d Met)</CELL>
<CELL>103</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul doth wait on God</CELL>
<CELL>62</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul for ever ble&s;s the Lord</CELL>
<CELL>104</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="201">
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul on God relies</CELL>
<CELL>71</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>My Soul to prai&s;e the highe&s;t Lord</CELL>
<CELL>146</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">N.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>NOne knows like <HI>Judah</HI> God &s;o well</CELL>
<CELL>76</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Not unto us Lord, not to us</CELL>
<CELL>115</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">O.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O.all ye People clap your hands</CELL>
<CELL>47</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O ble&s;t Employment of our Lives</CELL>
<CELL>147</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O ble&s;t Societ&s;es'on Earth</CELL>
<CELL>133</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>G God my Saviour Night and Day</CELL>
<CELL>88</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O God the Spring of all my Joys</CELL>
<CELL>42</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O happy Companies on Earth-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>133</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O happy Man that fears the Lord-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>112</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O happy Man whom God forgives</CELL>
<CELL>32</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O let us all give thanks to God</CELL>
<CELL>105</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O Lord how joyfull is the King</CELL>
<CELL>21</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O my good God in thee I tru&s;t-(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O prai&s;e the Lord whom Ages pa&s;t</CELL>
<CELL>118</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O thou that in a glorious Throve</CELL>
<CELL>123</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>O what a ple&s;ant Work it is</CELL>
<CELL>92</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">P.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>PLac'd on the Holy Hills God's Seat</CELL>
<CELL>87</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Plead thou my Cau&s;e, O thou that know'&s;t</CELL>
<CELL>26</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Plung'd into Depths of Mi&s;ery-(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>130</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Prai&s;e God and let your Songs be new</CELL>
<CELL>149</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Prai&s;e God within that &s;acred Place</CELL>
<CELL>150</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Prai&s;e him to whom all Pow'r belongs</CELL>
<CELL>81</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Prai&s;es in Sion wait for thee-(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>65</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Pre&s;erve me Lord in thi s di&s;tre&s;s</CELL>
<CELL>16</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="202">
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">R.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>REgard, O Lord, my Pray'r and Cry</CELL>
<CELL>61</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Regard the fervent Pray'rs I make</CELL>
<CELL>143</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Rojoyce ye Righteous in the Lord-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>33</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Remember all the troubles Lord</CELL>
<CELL>132</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Render, and oft your thanks repeat&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>136</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Renew your Songs to God, and tell</CELL>
<CELL>98</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Re&s;cue my Life in Mercy Lord</CELL>
<CELL>56</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Re&s;olv'd I was with care t' ob&s;erve</CELL>
<CELL>39</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">S.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>SAve me, O God, or el&s;e I'm drown'd</CELL>
<CELL>69</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Save me, O God, thy glorious Name</CELL>
<CELL>54</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Shew mercy to us Lerd</CELL>
<CELL>67</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Since God &s;o tender a Regard</CELL>
<CELL>116</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Since thou ha&s;t rais'd me I'll extoll&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>30</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">T.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>TH' Almighty Lord is our Defence</CELL>
<CELL>46</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Earth's the Lord's, to him belong</CELL>
<CELL>24</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Fools believe no God</CELL>
<CELL>53</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Fools believe there is no God</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Glorious Empire of the Lord</CELL>
<CELL>29</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Heavns who&s;e beauteous Frame we &s;ee</CELL>
<CELL>19</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Lord do's reign and clothes him&s;elf-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>93</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Lord do's reign and like a King</CELL>
<CELL>93</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Lord do's reign and on his Throne</CELL>
<CELL>99</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Lord my woatchfull Shepherd is-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>23</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Lord to thy reque&s;ts give ear</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The mighty God and Lord of all</CELL>
<CELL>50</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The Wonders Lord thon did'&s;t of old</CELL>
<CELL>44</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>They that in God their confidence</CELL>
<CELL>125</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB REF="202">
<ROW>
<CELL>They that repo&s;e their tru&s;t in God&mdash;(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>125</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thou great Avenger of all wrongs</CELL>
<CELL>135</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thou Righteous Judge of all the World</CELL>
<CELL>43</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thrice happy are tho&s;e upright Men</CELL>
<CELL>119</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thus &s;pake the Lord unto his Son&mdash;(1 &amp; 2 Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>110</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thy Mercy Lord has chang'd our doom</CELL>
<CELL>85</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Thy &s;acred Name I will advance&mdash;(2d Met.</CELL>
<CELL>145</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>'Tis good with Patience to attend</CELL>
<CELL>40</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>To God I make my Pray'r</CELL>
<CELL>25</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>To God who&s;e care I've ever been</CELL>
<CELL>120</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>To laud the heav'nly King</CELL>
<CELL>148</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>To magni&s;y the Lord my Soul</CELL>
<CELL>138</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>To my importunate reque&s;ts</CELL>
<CELL>141</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>'Twas no &s;mall Joy many to hear</CELL>
<CELL>122</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">U.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>VAin mighty Man to vaunt it &s;o</CELL>
<CELL>52</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Unle&s;s God pro&s;per it, all co&s;t</CELL>
<CELL>127</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">W.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">P&s;alm.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>WE'll never cea&s;e to thank our God</CELL>
<CELL>75</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>We that are I&s;r'alites may &s;ay</CELL>
<CELL>129</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>What Numbers Lord again&s;t me ri&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Whtn God from bondage &s;et us free</CELL>
<CELL>126</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>When God redeem'd our captive State (2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>126</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>When I behold a Wicked Man</CELL>
<CELL>36</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>When Lord I deal with thee, in vain-(2d Met.)</CELL>
<CELL>139</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>When the Great God had Ifr'els Seed</CELL>
<CELL>114</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Why do the Heathen Nations rage</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Why Lord do'&s;t thou &s;o far withdraw</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Will God for ever ca&s;t off tho&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>74</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>With all my Soul I'll ble&s;s the Lord</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>With cheerfull heart I'll ever &s;ing</CELL>
<CELL>89</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>With fervent Cries I did implore</CELL>
<CELL>142</CELL>
</ROW>
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