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night;?My earnest cries salute the skies?Before the dawn restore the light.
3 Look, how rebellious men deride?The tender patience of my God;?But they shall see thy lifted hand,?And feel the scourges of thy rod.
4 Hark, the Eternal rends the sky,?A mighty voice before him goes,?A voice of music to his friends,?But threatening thunder to his foes.
5 Come, children, to your Father's arms,?Hide in the chambers of my grace,?Till the fierce storms be overblown,?And my revenging fury cease.
6 My sword shall boast its thousands slain,?And drink the blood of haughty kings,?While heavenly peace around my flock?Stretches its soft and shady wings.
Hymn 1:31. [Supplement.]?The hidden life of a Christian, Col. 3. 3.
1 O happy soul that lives on high;?While men lie grovelling here!?His hopes are fix'd above the sky,?And faith forbids his fear.
2 His conscience knows no secret stings,?While peace and joy combine?To form a life whose holy springs?Are hidden and divine.
3 He waits in secret on his God;?His God in secret sees:?Let earth be all in arms abroad,?He dwells in heavenly peace.
4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,?Beyond this world and time,?Where neither eyes nor ears have been,?Nor thoughts of sinners climb.
5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne?To raise his figure here;?Content and pleas'd to live unknown,?Till Christ his life appear.
6 He looks to heaven's eternal hill?To meet that glorious day:?But patient waits his Saviour's will?To fetch his soul away.
Hymn 1:32.?Strength from heaven, Isa. 40. 27-30.
1 Whence do our mournful thoughts arise??And where's our courage fled??Has restless sin and raging hell?Struck all our comforts dead?
2 Have we forgot th' almighty Name?That form'd the earth and sea??And can an all-creating arm?Grow weary or decay?
3 Treasures of everlasting might?In our Jehovah dwell;?He gives the conquest to the weak,?And treads their foes to hell.
4 Mere mortal power shall fade and die,?And youthful vigour cease;?But we that wait upon the Lord?Shall feel our strength increase.
5 The saints shall mount on eagles' wings?And taste the promis'd bliss,?Till their unwearied feet arrive?Where perfect pleasure is.
Hymn 1:33. [Supplement.]?The gospel the power of God to salvation, Rom. 1. 16.?1 Cor. 1. 18 24.
1 What shall the dying sinner do?That seeks relief for all his woe??Where shall the guilty conscience find?Ease for the torment of the mind?
2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,?Or form our natures fit for heaven??Can souls all o'er defil'd with sin?Make their own powers and passions clean?
3 In vain we search, in vain we try,?Till Jesus bring his gospel nigh;?'Tis there such power and glory dwell?As saves rebellious souls from hell.
4 This is the pillar of our hope?That bears our fainting spirits up;?We read the grace, we trust the word,?And find salvation in the Lord.
5 Let men or angels dig the mines?Where nature's golden treasure shines,?Brought near the doctrine of the cross?All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain?Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,?I'll meet the scandal and the shame,?And sing and triumph in his Name.
Hymn 1:34. [Supplement.]?None excluded from hope, Rom. 1. 16. 1 Cor. 1. 24.
1 Jesus, thy blessings are not few,?Nor is thy gospel weak;?Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,?And bow th' aspiring Greek.
2 Wide as the reach of Satan's rage?Doth thy salvation flow;?'Tis not confin'd to sex or age,?The lofty or the low.
3 While grace is offer'd to the prince,?The poor may take their share;?No mortal has a just pretence?To perish in despair.
4 Be wise, ye men of strength and wit,?Nor boast your native powers;?But to his sovereign grace submit,?And glory shall be yours.
5 Come, all ye vilest sinners come,?He'll form your souls anew:?His gospel and his heart have room?For rebels such as you.
6 His doctrine is almighty love;?There's virtue in his Name?To turn the raven to a dove,?The lion to a lamb.
Hymn 1:35. [Supplement.]?Truth, sincerity, &c. Phil. 4. 8.
1 Let those who bear the Christian name?Their holy vows fulfil:?The saints, the followers of the Lamb,?Are men of honour still.
2 True to the solemn oath they take,?Tho' to their hurt they swear;?Constant and just to all they speak,?For God and angels hear.
3 Still with their lips their hearts agree,?Nor flattering words devise,?They know the God of truth can see?Thro' every false disguise.
4 They hate th' appearance of a lie?In all the shapes it wears;?They live the truth; and, when they die,?Eternal life is theirs.
5 While hypocrites and liars fly?Before the Judge's frown,?His faithful friends, who fear a lie,?Receive th' immortal crown.
Hymn 1:36. [Supplement.]?A lovely carriage.
1 O 'tis a lovely thing to see?A man of prudent heart,?Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agree?To act a useful part.
2 When envy, strife, and wars begin,?In little angry souls,?Mark how the sons of peace come in,?And quench the kindling coals.
3 Their minds are humble, mild, and meek,?Nor let their fury rise;?Nor passion moves their lips to speak,?Nor pride exalts their eyes.
4 Their frame is prudence mix'd with love,?Good works fulfil their