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Till having bruis'd the ferpent's head,
Thou dying cried'ft: "Tis finished,
'Tis finifhed!

T. 22. I.

9. Thee, Lord, God of all worlds we own,
Both by the world and thy flock known;
This to the world thy thunder fbows,
But by thy wounds thy flock thee knows.

10. What thou tranfacteft now with thine,
Since from thy toil thou doft recline, (Ifaiah
liii. 11.)

That more than ever we will trace

In thefe peculiar times of grace.

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11. But when the world's laft overthrow
The judgment's day's approach will show ;
When thine with joy lift up their head,
And all thy foes must quake with dread ;

12. And th' Angels get that charge from thee: 86. Gather my people unto me;"

Then those, who flept in thee, will rife

And with us meet thee in the skies. (1 Theff. iv. 17.)

13. To fee that glorious majefly,
Thou had'ft from all eternity,
And face to face to view thee right
In endless joy and blessed light.

T. 22. d.

(John 17.)

14. Meanwhile doth love and honor thee
Thy flock on earth most ardently,
That thou, Jehovah, did't appear
In fervant's form, our curfe to bear.

15. That

L.

15. That the Abba, whose dear Son thou art
Our God and Father is declar'd,
That th' Holy Ghoft makes us to be
One spirit, even here with thee.

T. 235.

16. Until thy Bride fhall perfect be,
Cleaves heart and mind alone to thee,
And by thy incarnation bleft

Our fouls and bodies are kept chafte. Amen.

PRAISE,

15.

honor, and glory be unto him, who

is Chrift, the Son of the living God.

Ch. To him be glory at all times, in that Church which waiteth for him, and in that which is about him;

L. Ch. From everlasting to everlasting. Amen.

T. 22. e. or 100 Pf

C. Praife be to him in Christendom,
Who was, who is, and is to come,
His lauds fhall dwell on all our tongues,
All Saints and Angels join our fongs.

L. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Ch. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made, that was made.

C.

T. 68.

And who is that Word?
Jefus Chrift the Lord.

E

All

All the hofts of heav'n adore him,
We with awe fall down before him,
And with ardor raise

Songs of love and praise.

L. He is before all things, and by him all things

confift.

Ch. He upholdeth all things by the word of his power, being the brightness of the glory of God, and the exprefs image of his perfon.

T. 97.

C. He reigns above on heaven's throne,
The Father's Equal, God the Son:
The Holy Ghost to us displays
His majefty and boundlefs grace,

And in the Scriptures clearly doth explain,
That he first made and then redeemed man.

L. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a fceptre of righteoufnefs is the fceptre of thy kingdom.

Ch. Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands.

L. By thee were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invifible, all things were created by thee and for thee.

T. 14, or 593.

C. Both to the Seraph and the worm
Thy goodness doth abound,

B. Thou calm'ft the sea, call'ft forth the storm,
And fructifieft the ground.

C. But yet thy mercy to our race

More richly was difplay'd,

Thou

Thou pitied'ft us in our distress,

And therefore flefh waft made.

That thou as man might'ft fympathize,
With ev'ry grief we feel, (Heb. ii. 17, 18.)
And being made a facrifice,

With blood our pardon feal.

L. Thou, O thou eternal Word, waft made flesh and dwelled'ft amongst us.

Ch. And they, that were thine, beheld thy glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

T. 155.

C. O thou day-fpring from on high!
When we, loft in deepeft wonder,
Duly ponder

On thy love in coming down
From thy throne,

To fave finners from damnation :
For thy love and great compaflion
Thee we praife, thank, and adore.

L. In thee dwelleth the whole fulness of the Godhead bodily; thou art the true God and eternal life. Ch. Thou haft, by thyfelf reconciled all things unto thyself, whether things on earth, or things in

heaven.

L. And haft made peace through the blood of thy crofs.

L. & Ch. Wherefore God hath highly exalted thee, and given thee a name, which is above every name.

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C. Since thou thyself haft humbled thus,
To bear our fins upon the cross,

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God, for thy death, hath crowned thee
With honor and with victory;

Yea, with that glorious majesty,
Thou had'ft from all eternity,

Thou, as the fon of man, fat'st down
At God's right-hand upon the throne.

T. 97.

C. With awe and reverence 'fore thee,
And at thy name we bow the knee,
As all in earth and heaven join,
T' extol thy majefty divine,

And thee, to God the Father's glory, call
The great Jehovah, mighty Lord of all.

T. 519.

L. Most holy Lord and God,

B. Holy almighty God,

S. Holy and molt merciful Savior,
C. Thou eternal God!

Grant, that we may never

Lofe the comforts from thy death:
Have mercy, O Lord!

L.&Ch. Praised be thou in unity with the Father

and the Holy Ghost;

C. From everlasting to everlasting. Amen.

Ch. Amen Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

C. Amen Hallelujah!

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