4 Agonizing in the garden, Lo! your Maker prostrate liess; Sinner, will not this suffice?.. Can do helpless sinners good. Sinners here may sing the same. 421. The Invitation of Wisdom or Christ. C.M. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. PROv. viii. 34, 35. ENSNAR'D too long my heart has been 2 'Tis Jesus, from the mercy-seat, He calls poor sinners to his feet, 3 Approach my soul to Wisdom's gates 4 He will not let me seek in vain, 5 May I then break my league with death, 422. Sinners Invited to Zion, C.M. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. JER. 1. 5. ZION! the city of our God, 2 Firm against ev'ry adverse shock, 3 There all the fruits of glory grow, 4 Come, set your faces Zion-ward, 6 O LORD, regard thy people's pray'r, 423. To take the Yoke of Christ. 8-7-4. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.-MAT. xi. 29. COME, ye souls by sin afflicted, Bow'd with fruitless sorrow down; Mercy flows through him alone. 2 Take his easy yoke and wear it;: Love will make obedience sweet: CHRIST will give you strength to bear it, While his wisdom guides your feet Safe to glory Where his ransom'd captives meet, 3 Sweet as home to pilgrims weary, Light to newly-open'd eyes, Flowing springs in deserts dreary,11. Is the rest the Cross supplies: All who taste it- 4 But, to sing the rest of glory, Mortal tongues far short must fall; Saints in heav'n who taste its fulness, Not e'en they can utter all: Faith believes it-Hope expects it-Love desires it But it far exceeds them all. 2P3 SECTION SEVENTH ORDINANCES. 424. Delight in the Lord's Day. S. M. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. EXODUS xx. 8. WELCOME, sweet day of rest! 2 The King himself comes near, 3 One day amid the place Where JESU's love we taste, 4 My willing soul would stay " |