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But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,

And gives a free but large reward.

aff 4 Who knows the error of his thoughts? My God, forgive my secret faults,

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And from presumptuous sin restrain⚫ Accept my poor attempts to praise, That I have read thy book of grace, And book of nature, not in vain.

SEVENTH PART. C. M.-Barby.
God's laws and statutes, &c.

1 THY law is perfect, Lord of light,
Thy testimonies sure:

The statutes of thy realm are right,
And thy commandments pure.

2 Holy, inviolate, thy fear,

Enduring as thy throne;

Thy judgments, chast'ning or severe,
Justice and truth alone.

3 Let these, O God, my soul convert,
And make thy servant wise;
Let these be gladness to my heart,
The day-spring to mine eyes.

aff 4 By these, may I be warn'd betimes;
Who knows the guile within?

Lord, save me from presumptuous crimes,
Cleanse me from secret sin.

5 So may the words my lips express,
The thoughts that throng my mind,
O Lord, my strength and righteousness,
With thee acceptance find.

FIRST PART L. M.-Duke-street.

Montgomery.

20. Prayer and hope of victory in time of defensive war.

aff 1 NOW may the God of pow'r and grace
Attend his people's humble cry;

Jehovah hears when Israel prays,
And brings deliv'rance from on high.

[2 The name of Jacob's God defenas
Better than shields or brazen wails;
He from his sanctuary sends

Succor and strength, when Zion calls.1
3 Well he remembers all our sighs,
His love exceeds our best deserts;
His love accepts the sacrifice

Of humble groans and broken hearts.

[4 In his salvation is our hope;

And in the name of Israel's God
Our troops shall lift their banners up,
While foes invade us from abroad.]

5 Some trust in horses train'd for war,
And some of chariots make their boast,
Our surest expectations are

From God who rules the heav'nly host ex 6 O, save us, Lord, from slavish fear;

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Now let our hopes be firm and strong: Till thy salvation shall appear,

And joy and triumph raise the song.

SECOND PART. C. M.-Dunchurch.

Christ's prevailing intercession.

1 THE Lord unto thy prayer attend,
In trouble's darkest hour;
The name of Jacob's God defend
And shield thee by his power.

f 2 In thy salvation we'll rejoice,
And triumph in the Lord;

For when in prayer God hears thy voice
He will relief afford.

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For aid and shelter flee;

But in thy name, O Lord, we come,
And will remember thee.

40 Lord, to us salvation bring;
In thee alone we trust;

Hear us, O God, our heav'nly King;
Thou refuge of the just!

Wrangham

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FIRST PART. L. M.-Park-street.

Christ exalted to the Kingdom.

II 1 DAVID rejoic'd in God, his strength, Rais'd to the throne by special grace; But Christ, the Son, appears at length, Fulfils the triumph and the praise.

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f 2 How great is the Messiah's joy,
In the salvation of thy hand!
Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high,
And giv'n the world to his command.
3 Around his sacred temples shine
Th' Eternal's uncreated rays:
All power is his, and grace divine,
And length of everlasting days.

ex 4 And as a fiery oven glows

With raging heat and burning coals; ст Thy vengeance shall consume his foes, Thy wrath devour their guilty souls.

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SECOND PART. C. M.-New Cambridge.

Pious rulers are the care of heaven.

1 OUR rulers, Lord, with songs of praise
Should in thy strength rejoice;
And blest with thy salvation, raise
To heav'n their cheerful voice.

2 Oh, let them now on God rely,
For wisdom and for grace;
His mercy shall their wants supply,
And save our happy race.

3 Thy wondrous power thou wilt declare,
And still exalt thy fame;

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While we glad songs of praise prepare,
For thine Almighty name.

THIRD PART. C. M.-Dunchurch.

Acknowledgment of national blessings.

f 1 IN thee, great God, with songs of praise,
Our favor'd realms rejoice;
And blest with thy salvation, raise
To heav'n their cheerful voice.

2 Thy sure defence, from foes around,
Hath spread our rising name;

And all our feeble efforts crown'd
With freedom and with fame.

aff 3 In deep distress our injur'd land Implor'd thy power to save;

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For life we pray'd; thy bounteous hand
The timely blessing gave.

4 On thee, in want, or wo, or pain,
Our hearts alone rely;

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Our rights thy mercy will maintain,
And all our wants supply.

5 Thus, Lord, thy wondrous power declare,
And still exalt thy fame;

While we glad songs of praise prepare
For thine Almighty name.

FIRST PART. L. M.-Derby.

Christ's sufferings and exaltation.

aff 1 NOW let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord;

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When he complain'd in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his God.

er 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,

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And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn.
"He rescu'd others from the grave,
Now let him try himself to save."

3 They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet:
By lot his garments they divide,

And mock the pangs in which he died.

4 But God, his Father, heard his cry;
Rais'd from the dead he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humbled sinners taste his grace.

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SECOND PART. C. M.-Windsor.

Same subject.

aff 1 "NOW in the hour of deep distress, My God, support thy son;

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When horrors dark my soul oppress,
O leave me not alone!"

2 Thus did our suff'ring Saviour pray,
With mighty cries and tears;
God heard him in that dreadful day,
And chas'd away his fears.

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vi 3 Great was the vict'ry of his death,
His throne exalted stands;
While all the nations of the earth,
Shall bow to his commands.

11 4 A num'rous offspring must arise
From his expiring groans;

They shall be reckon'd in his eyes
For daughters and for sons.

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His table richly spread;

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And all that seek the Lord shall be
With joys immortal fed.

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And nations yet unborn possess

Salvation in his blood.

FIRST PART. L. M.--Rothwell.
God our Shepherd.

1 MY Shepherd is the living Lord;
Now shall my wants be well suppli'd;
His providence and holy word
Become my safety and my guide.

2 In pastures where salvation grows,
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And heav'nly food divinely blest.

3 My wand'ring feet his ways mistake,
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me for his mercy sake
In the fair paths of righteousness.

4 Though I walk through the gloomy vale,
Where death and all its terrors are;
My heart with fear shall never fail,

For God my Shepherd's with me there.

5 Surely the mercies of the Lord

Attend his children all their days;
Within his courts I'll hear his word,
I'll seek his face, I'll sing his praise.