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grave;?He gives, and (blessed be his name!)?He takes but what he gave.
4 Peace, all our angry passions, then,?Let each rebellious sigh?Be silent at his sov'reign will,?And every murmur die.
5 If smiling mercy crown our lives,?Its praises shall be spread;?And we'll adore the justice too?That strikes our comforts dead.
Hymn 1:6.?Triumph over death, Job 19. 25-27.
1 Great God, I own thy sentence just?And nature must decay;?I yield my body to the dust?To dwell with fellow-clay.
2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave,?And trample on the tombs:?My Jesus, my Redeemer lives,?My God, my Saviour comes.
3 The mighty Conqueror shall appear?High on a royal seat,?And Death, the last of all his foes,?Lie vanquish'd at his feet.
4 Tho' greedy worms devour my skin,?And gnaw my wasting flesh,?When God shall build my bones again,?He clothes them all afresh.
5 Then shall I see thy lovely face?With strong immortal eyes,?And feast upon thy unknown grace?With pleasure and surprise.
Hymn 1:7.?The invitation of the gospel; or, Spiritual?food and clothing, Isa. 55. 1 &c.
1 Let every mortal ear attend,?And every heart rejoice,?The trumpet of the gospel sounds?With an inviting voice.
2 Ho, all ye hungry starving souls,?That feed upon the wind,?And vainly strive with earthly toys?To fill an empty mind,
3 Eternal wisdom has prepar'd?A soul reviving feast,?And bids your longing appetites?The rich provision taste.
4 Ho, ye that pant for living streams,?And pine away and die,?Here you may quench your raging thirst?With springs that never dry.
5 Rivers of love and mercy here?In a rich ocean join;?Salvation in abundance flows,?Like floods of milk and wine.
6 [Ye perishing and naked poor,?Who work with mighty pain?To weave a garment of your own?That will not hide your sin,
7 Come naked, and adorn your souls?In robes prepar'd by God,?Wrought by the labours of his Son,?And dy'd in his own blood.]
8 Dear God, the treasures of thy love?Are everlasting mines,?Deep as our helpless miseries are,?And boundless as our sins.
9 The happy gates of gospel grace?Stand open night and day,?Lord, we are come to seek supplies,?And drive our wants away.
Hymn 1:8.?The safety and protection of the church, Isa. 26. 1-6.
1 How honourable is the place?Where we adoring stand,?Zion the glory of the earth,?And beauty of the land!
2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend?The city where we dwell,?The walls of strong salvation made,?Defy th' assaults of hell.
3 Lift up the everlasting gates,?The doors wide open fling,?Enter, ye nations, that obey?The statutes of our King.
4 Here you shall taste unmingled joys,?And live in perfect peace,?You that have known Jehovah's name,?And ventur'd on his grace.
5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust,?And banish all your fears;?Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,?Eternal as his years.
6 [What tho' the rebels dwell on high,?His arm shall bring them low,?Low' as the caverns of the grave?Their lofty heads shall bow.]
7 [On Babylon our feet shall tread?In that rejoicing hour,?The ruins of her walls shall spread?A pavement for the poor.]
Hymn 1:9.?The promises of the covenant of grace, Isa. 55. 1 2.?Zech. 13. 1. Mich. 7. 19. Ezek. 36. 25 &c.
1 In vain we lavish out our lives?To gather empty wind,?The choicest blessings earth can yield?Will starve a hungry mind.
2 Come and the Lord shall feed our souls?With more substantial meat,?With such as saints in glory love,?With such as angels eat.
3 Our God will every want supply,?And fill our hearts with peace;?He gives by covenant and by oath?The riches of his grace.
4 Come, and he'll cleanse our spotted souls,?And wash away our stains,?In the dear fountain that his Son?Pour'd from his dying veins.
5 [Our guilt shall vanish all away?Tho' black as hell before;?Our sins shall sink beneath the sea,?And shall be found no more.
6 And lest pollution should o'erspread?Our inward powers again,?His Spirit shall bedew our souls?Like purifying rain.]
7 Our heart, that flinty stubborn thing,?That terrors cannot move,?That fears no threat'nings of his wrath,?Shall be dissolv'd by love;
8 Or he can take the flint away?That would not be refin'd,?And from the treasures of his grace?Bestow a softer mind.
9 There shall his sacred Spirit dwell,?And deep engrave his law,?And every motion of our souls?To swift obedience draw.
10 Thus will he pour salvation down,?And we shall render praise,?We the dear people of his love,?And he our God of grace.
Hymn 1:10.?The blessedness of gospel times; or, The revelation of?Christ to Jews and Gentiles, Isa. 5. 2 7-10. Matt.?13. 16 17.
1 How beauteous are their feet?Who stand on Zion's hill!?Who bring salvation on their tongues,?And words of peace reveal!
2 How charming is their voice!?How sweet the tidings are!?"Zion, behold thy Saviour King,?He reigns and triumphs here."
3 How happy are our ears?That hear this joyful sound,?Which kings and prophets waited for,?And sought, but never found!
4 How blessed are our eyes?That see this heavenly light!?Prophets and kings desir'd it long,?But dy'd without the sight.
5 The watchmen join their voice,?And tuneful notes employ;?Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,?And deserts leant the joy.
6 The Lord makes bare his arm?Thro'