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3 O gracious GoD, in whom I live, My feeble efforts aid;

Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Though trembling and afraid.

4 Increase my faith, increase my hope,
When foes and fears prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.

5 Whene'er temptations fright my heart, Or lure my feet aside,

My GoD, thy pow'rful aid impart,
My guardian and my guide.

6 O keep me in thy heav'nly way,
And bid the tempter flee;
And let me never, never stray
From happiness and thee!

Encouragements

OF

THE BELIEVER.

312. The Blessedness of his State. 7s. Double.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of GOD! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.-1 JOHN iii. 1.

BLESSED are the sons of God,

They are bought with CHRIST's own
blood;

They are ransom'd from the grave,
Life eternal they shall have:

All their sins are wash'd away,
They shall stand in God's great day:
With them number'd may we be,
Here, and in eternity!

2 They produce the fruits of grace
In the works of righteousness;
They are lights upon the earth,
Children of an heav'nly birth:
One with GOD, with JESUS one,
Glory is in them begun:
With them number'd may we be,
Here, and in eternity!

Though they suffer much on earth,
Strangers to the worldling's mirth,

Yet they have an inward joy,
Pleasures that can never cloy;
They alone are truly blest,

Heirs of GOD, joint-heirs with CHRIST;
With them number'd may we be,
Here, and in eternity!

313. The Blessedness of his State. 8-7-4.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.PSALM Xci. 1.

HAPPY they who trust in JESUS!
Sweet their portion is and sure:
When destruction others seizes,
GOD will keep his own secure;
Happy people!

Happy though despis'd and poor.

2 Ye whom GOD has sav'd from error,
Ye" who know the joyful sound,"
Fear ye not the mighty terror;
Arms of mercy close you round:
Dread no evil!

GOD will all your foes confound.

3 [Since his love and mercy found you, You are precious in his sight; Thousands now may fall around you, Thousands more be put to flight: But his presence

Keeps you safe by day and night.]

4 Lo! your SAVIOUR never slumbers:
Ever watchful in his care:

Though you cannot boast of numbers,
In his strength secure you are :
Sweet their portion,

Who the SAVIOUR's kindness share.
5 As the bird beneath her feathers
Guards the objects of her care,
So the Lord his children gathers,
Spreads his wings and hides them
Thus protected, [there;
All their foes they boldly dare.

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314. The Blessedness of his State. C.M.

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to JESUS the mediator of the new covenant.—HEB. xii, 22, 24.

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HAPPY the souls to JESUS join'd,
And sav'd by grace alone!
Walking in all his ways, they find
Their heav'n on earth begun.,

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2 The church triumphant in thy love!
Their joys in part we know ;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

3 Thee in thy glorions realm they praise, And bow before thy throne!

We, in the kingdom of thy grace ;-
The kingdoms are but one.

4 Who love thy holy courts below, The holiest soon will see;

The fulness of thy grace shall know,
And ever dwell with thee.

315. The Blessedness of his State. Ss.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.-PSALM xl. 16.

MY gracious REDEEMER I love!
His praises aloud I'll proclaim,
And join with the armies above
To shout his adorable name:
To gaze on his glories divine
Shall be my eternal employ,
And feel them incessantly shine,
My boundless unspeakable joy.
2 My soul from the confines of hell
He freely redeem'd by his blood;
That 1 in his presence may dwell,
And worship for ever my GoD;
May shine with the angels of light,
With saints and with seraphs may sing;
And view, with eternal delight,
My JESUS, my SAVIOUR, my King.

3 In *Mesech, as yet, I reside,
A darksome and restless abode!
Molested with foes on each side,
And longing to dwell with my God:

• Psalm cxx. 5.

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