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Let all Creatures praife the Lord, and let Him be blessed for ever in the Affembly of the Saints.

Lord, Thou haft laid the Foundation of the Earth, and the Heavens are the Works of thy Hands: They fhall perish, but Thou shalt endure They fhall wax old and be changed, but Thou art always the fame, and thy Years fhall not fail.

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Thy Servants fhall dwell with Thee, and fhall blefs Thee for ever.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

An Hymn for Saturday Evening.

OM E, and let us adore the Lord, let us praife Him, and give
Him Thanks for all his Benefits.

O Lord our God, how great is thy Name above all the Earth, thy Majefty is above the Heavens.

Lord, what is mortal Man, that Thou shouldest remember him; and the Son of Man, that Thou shouldest visit him.

Thou haft created us by thy Power.

Thou ordereft all Things, and Thou keepest us by thy Providence. Thy Goodness hath plainly appeared towards Man. Thou haft faved us, not by the Works of Righteoufnefs which we have done, but by thy Mercy in Jefus Chrift, to the end that being juftified by thy Grace, we may become Heirs of everlasting Life.

Lord Jefus, Thou art the only Son of the Father, Thou art God over all Things blessed for ever.

Thou art the Image of the invifible God, the First-born of all Creatures: By Thee all Things have been created that are in Heaven and upon Earth: All these Things were created by Thee, and for Thee. Thou waft before all Things, and they all fubfift by Thee.

Thou haft given thy felf for us, to the end that, according to the Will of God our Father, Thou mighteft redeem us from this wick

ed Generation.

Thou reigneft at the Right-hand of thy Father. Thou haft the Supream Power over Heaven and Earth, and we know that Thou fhalt come in thy Glory to judge both the Quick and the Dead.

O our Saviour, we worship Thee, we put our Truft in Thee, and we give Thee Thanks.

To Him that has loved us, that has wafhed us from our Sins in his Blood, and has made us Kings and Priests to God his Father; to Him be Glory and Dominion for ever and ever.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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Another Hymn for Saturday Evening.

ING unto the Lord, blefs his Name, declare his Deliverance every

S Day: For the Lord is Great, and worthy of great Fraife, He is

to be feared above all the Gods.

The Gods of the Nations are but Idols; but the Lord hath made the Heavens.

Majefty and Greatness go before Him, Might and Excellence are in his Sanctuary.

O ye People, give unto the Lord Glory and Power; give unto the Lord the Glory due unto his Name; bring your Gifts; enter into his Courts, bow down before the Lord with a holy Pomp; let the whole Earth tremble before his Face.

Tell it throughout all the Earth, the Lord reigneth: He fhall judgethe World with Righteoufnefs, and the People with Equity.

Blessed be the Lord, who has vifited and redeemed his People. Bleffed be God, who is the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who has bleffed us with all kinds of fpiritual Bleffings in the heavenly Places, through Jesus Christ.

Bleffed be God, who has chofen us in Jefus Chrift, before the Foundation of the World, to the end that we might be holy and without Blame, before Him in Love. He having predeftinated us unto the Adoption of Children, by Jefus Chrift, according unto his good. Will, to the Praife of the Glory of his Grace, by which He has made us acceptable in his well-beloved Son, in whom we have Redemption by his Blood; to wit, the Remiffion of Sins according to the Riches of his Grace.

Glory be to the Father, &c..

The END of the Hymns for the Ordinary Service.

HYMNS

HYMNS for HOLIDAYS and ExTRAORDINARY OCCASIONS.

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For Chriftmas Eve.

ING to the Lord a new Song, let his Praise be over all the Earth, and in the Sea. Let the Wilderness and the City lift up their Voices: Let Men rejoice with Songs of Triumph, let them give Glory to God, and declare his Praise in the Ifles.

The Lord has comforted his People, He has redeemed Jerufalem, He has manifefted the Arm of his Holiness in the Sight of the Nations: All the Ends of the Earth fhall fee the Salvation of our God. .. Tell the Daughter of Sion, behold thy Saviour cometh, his Re ward is with Him, and his Recompence goeth before Him.

Take Courage, fear no more, behold your God comes to fave you. To you that fear my Name, the Sun of Righteousness shall rife with Healing in his Wings.

The Glory of the Lord fhall be made manifeft, and all Flesh shall fee it.

Death shall be swallowed up in Victory, and the Lord fhall wipe away all Tears from our Eyes: In that Day they fhall fay, Behold our God, we have waited for Him, and He fhall fave us; Behold the Lord, we will rejoice in his Salvation.

-Sanctifie your felves and be ready, and to Morrow you fhall behold the Glory of God, the Lord is at Hand.

Let us prepare the Way of the Lord, let us make straight his Paths; let us be converted; let us prepare for Him a People welldifpofed.

let us meet Him with Praife, let us prefent our felves before his Face with Shouts of Joy let us blefs Him that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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An Hymn for Christmas Day.

Declare to you a great Joy: It is, that on this Day, in the City of David, there is born unto you a Saviour, who is Christ the

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Glory be to God in the higheft, Peace on Earth, and Good-will towards Men.

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The Child is born for us, the Son is given to us, the Government is put upon his Shoulders, He fhall be cat'd Wonderful; the Counfellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

God has remembred his Covenant, and has fent. Redemption to his People.

When the Fulnefs of Time was come, God fent his Son, born of a Woman, and made under the Law, to the end that we might receive the Adoption of Children..

Ifrael has been faved by the Lord with an everlasting Salvation. 'Twas the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our Eyes: This is the Day the Lord has made, come let us rejoice therein: Behold now is the appointed Time, behold now is the Day of Salvation. Let us rejoice, let us worship Jefus, who is born, let us caft our felves down before Him: Let it be proclaimed throughout all the Earth, that the Lord reigneth: Let the Heavens rejoice, let the Earth be glad For He shall judge the World with Righteousness, and the People with Truth.

Bleffed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, and blessed be the Kingdom of David our Father, Hofannah in the Higheft. Glory be to the Father,

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An Hymn for the Day after Christmas.

ING unto the Lord a new Song, for He has done wonderful Things; his Right-hand and the Arm of his Holiness hath delivered him. The Lord hath made known his Deliverance, He hath revcal'd his Righteoufnefs to the Eyes of the Nations. He has remembred his Goodness and his Truth, all the Ends of the Earth have feen the Salvation of our God.

All ye the Inhabitants of the Earth break forth in Shouts of Joy to the Lord; rejoice, fing Pfalms, break forth in Shouts of Joy before our King; let the Sea and all that is therein, make a Noife, the Earth, the Heavens, and they that dwell therein; let the Rivers clap their Hands; let the Mountains fing with Joy before the Lord; for He cometh to judge the Earth, He fhall judge the World with Righteoufnefs, and the People with Equity.

This is a true Saying, and worthy to be received, that Jefus Chrift is come into the World to fave Sinners.

The Word was made Flefh, and dwelt among us, and we have beheld his Glory, the Glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth.

Lord, now letteft thou thy Servant depart in Peace, according unto thy Word. For mine Eyes have feen thy Salvation, which Thou haft

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An Hymn for CHRISTMAS and GOOD-FRIDAY. 61 prepared before the Face of all People, to be a Light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the Glory of thy People Ifrael.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

The Hymn of Zachariah for Christmas.

Leffed be the Lord God of Ifrael: For He hath visited and re

B deemed his People; and hath raifed up a mighty. Salvation for

us, in the House of his Servant David.

As He fpake by the Mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been fince the World began.

That we fhould be faved from our Enemies, and from the Hands of all that hate us.

To perform the Mercy promifed to our Forefathers, and to remember his holy Covenant.

To perform the Oath which He fware to our Forefather Abraham, that He would give us; That we being delivered out of the Hands of our Enemies, might ferve Him without Fear; in Holiness and Righteoufnefs before Him, all the Days of our Life.

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And thou, Child, fhalt be called the Prophet of the Highest thou fhalt go before the Face of the Lord to prepare his Ways: To give Knowledge of Salvation to his People, for the Remiflion of their Sins,

Through the tender Mercy of our God; whereby the Day-fpring from on high hath visited us; to give Light to them that fit in Darkness, and in the Shadow of Death, and to guide our Feet in to the Way of Peace..

Glory be to the Father, &

A Hymn for Good-Friday!

HRIST our Paffover was facrificed for us this Day: He was delivered for our Offences, and bore our Sins in his Body upon the Crofs, and God has brought upon Him the Iniquity of us all. O Lord Jefus Chrift, the only Son of God, Lamb of God, that taketh away the Sin of the World, we praife Thee, we celebrate thy infinite Love, and we fhew forth the Remembrance of the Paf lion and of the Death that Thou haft endured for us poor Sinners.

Thy Soul was made forrowful even unto the Death. Thou haft been fed as a Lamb to the Slaughter. Thou haft been exposed to all forts of Ignominies and Sorrows. Thou hat humbled thy 15 even unto the Death of the Crofs. Thou hast been taken away by the Strength of Anguifh and Condemnation, and cut off from the Land of the Living

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