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And safe in JESUS dwell,
And blest in JESUS live;
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.]

v.

The Gospel trumpet hear,

The news of pardoning grace:
Ye happy souls, draw near,
Behold your Saviour's face;

The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

VI.

JESUS, our great high priest,

Has full atonement made:
Ye weary spirits, rest;

Ye mournful souls, be glad!

The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

HYMN XX. C. M.

The glorious Gospel of the blessed God.

I.

WHAT wisdom, majesty and grace

Thro' all the Gospel shine!

'Tis GOD that speaks, and we confess The doctrine most divine.

II.

Down from his starry throne on high,
Th' almighty Saviour comes;

Lays his bright robes of glory by,
And feeble flesh assumes.

III.

The mighty debt that sinners ow'd,
Upon the cross he pays;

Then thro' the clouds ascends to GOD,
Midst shouts of loftiest praise,

IV.

There he our great High Priest appears
Before his Father's throne;
Mingles his merit with our tears,
And pours salvation down.

V.

Great God, with rev'rence we adore
Thy justice and thy grace:
And on thy faithfulness and power
Our firm dependence place.

HYMN XXI. L. M.

The Gospel, the Power of God.

I.

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?

II.

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?

III.

In vain we search, in vain we try, 'Til JESUS brings his Gospel nigh;

'Tis there that power and glory dwell That save rebellious souls from hell.

IV.

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.

V.

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.

VI.

Should vile blasphemers, with disdain, Pronounce the truths of JESUs vain, We'll meet the scandal and the shame, And sing, and triumph in his name.

HYMN XXII. C. M.

A Rational Defence of the Gospel,

1.

SHALL Atheists dare insult the cross

Of our incarnate GOD?

Shall infidels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood!

II.

What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults?
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts?

III.

What if his Gospel bids us strive
With flesh, and self, and sin?
The prize is most divinely bright,
That we are call'd to win.

IV.

What if the men, despis'd on earth,
Still of his grace partake?
This but confirms his truth the more,
For so the Prophet spake.

V.

Do some that own his sacred truth,
Indulge their souls in sin?

None should reproach the Saviour's name,
His laws are pure and clean..

VI.

Then let our faith be firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;

Nor ever shun those holy men,
Who fear and love the LORD.

HYMN XXIII. C. M.

A Sight of Heaven in Sickness.

OFT

I.

FT have I sat in secret sighs,
To feel my flesh decay,

Then groan'd aloud with frighted eyes,
To view the tott'ring clay.

II.

But I forbid my sorrows now;
Nor dares the flesh complain;

Diseases bring their profit too;
The joy o'ercomes the pain.

III.

My chearful soul now all the day
Sits waiting here and sings;
Looks through the ruins of her clay,
And practices her wings.

IV.

Faith almost changes into sight,
While from afar she spies
Her fair inheritance in light,
Above created skies.

V.

Had but the prison-walls been strong
And firm, without a flaw,
In darkness she had dwelt too long,
And less of glory saw.

VI.

But now the everlasting hills Through every chink appear, And something of the joy she feels, While she's a pris'ner here.

VII.

The shines of heav'n rush sweetly in
At all the gaping flaws;
Visions of endless bliss are seen;
And native air she draws.

VIII.

O may these walls stand tott'ring still, The breaches never close,

If I must here in darkness dwell,

And all this glory lose!

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