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Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honour raise.

o 2 With joy let Judah stand
On Zion's chosen hill,

• Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.

e 3 Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell;
Compass and view the holy ground,
And mark the building well.

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4 The orders of thy house,

The worship of thy court,

The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,—
And make a fair report.

5 How decent and how wise!

How glorious to behold!

Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes;
And rites adorn'd with gold.

06 The God we worship now,

Will guide us till we die;

Will be our God while here below,

And ours above the sky.

PSALM 49. C. M. FIRST PART. Walsal. [b]

Ver. 6-14. The Vanity of Life and Riches.
WHY does the man of riches grow

1 WTo insolence and pride,

To see his wealth and honours flow,
With every rising tide?

2 [Why doth he treat the poor with scorn,
Made of the self-same clay,
And boast as though his flesh was born
Of better dust than they?]

3 Not all his treasure can procure
His soul a short reprieve;
Redeem from death one guilty hour,
Or make his brother live.

4 [Life is a blessing can't be sold,
The ransom is too high;

Justice will ne'er be brib'd with gold,
That man may never die..

5 He sees the brutish and the wise,
The tim❜rous and the brave,

Quit their possessions, close their eyes,
And hasten to the grave.]

6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride,
d "My house shall ever stand;
"And that my name may long abide,
"I'll give it to my land."

e7 [Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost;
How soon his mem❜ry dies!
-His name is written in the dust,
Where his own carcase lies.]

-8 This is the folly of their way:
And yet their sons, as vain,
Approve the words their fathers say,
And act their works again.

9 Men, void of wisdom and of grace,
If honour raise them high,

e Live like the beast, a thoughtless race, And like the beast they die.

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10 [Laid in the grave, like silly sheep, Death feeds upon them there;

'Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep,
In terrour and despair.]

C. M. SECOND PART. York. [*]
Ver. 14, 15. Death and the Resurrection,
E sons of pride, who hate the just,
And trample on the poor,

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When death has brought you down to dust, g Your pomp shall rise no more.

o 2 The last great day shall change the scene, When will that hour appear?

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When shall the just revive and reign
O'er all that scorn'd them here?

-3 God will my naked soul receive,
When sep'rate from the flesh;

• And break the prison of the gravė, To raise my bones afresh.

s 4 Heav'n is my everlasting home,
Th' inheritance is sure;

-Let men of pride their rage resume,
But I'll repine no more.

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L. M. Bath. [*]

The rich Sinner's Death.

1 [WHY do the proud insult the poory

And boast the large estates they have?

How vain are riches to secure

Their haughty owners from the grave!
2-They can't redeem one hour from death,
With all the wealth in which they trust;
Nor give a dying brother breath,

When God commands him down to dust.
3 There the dark earth and dismal shade
Shall clasp their naked bodies round:
That flesh, so delicately fed,

Lies cold, and moulders in the ground.
4 Like thoughtless sheep the sinner dies,
Laid in the grave for worms to eat!
o The saints shall in the morning rise,
And find the oppressor at their feet.
e 5 His honours perish in the dust,
And pomp and beauty, birth and blood;
o That glorious day exalts the just,
To full dominion o'er the proud.

o 6 My Saviour shall my life restore,
And raise me from my dark abode;
My flesh and soul shall part no more,
But dwell forever near my God.]

PSALM 50. C. M. 1ST PART. Mear. Windsor. [b]
Ver. 1-6. The last Judgment.

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1 THE HE Lord, the Judge, before his throne

Bids the whole earth draw nigh; -The nations near the rising sun,

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And near the western sky.

2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, "Judgment will ne'er begin;"

-No more abuse his long delay,

To impudence and sin.

g 8 Thron'd on a cloud, our God shall come;
Bright flames prepare his way;

Thunder and darkness, fire and storm,
Lead on the dreadful day!

-4 Heav'n from above his call shall hear,
Attending angels come;

g And earth and hell shall know, and fear,
His justice and their doom.

d 5 “But gather all my saints," he cries,
"Who made their peace with God,
"By the Redeemer's sacrifice,

"And sealed it with his blood.

6 "Their faith and works, brought forth to light, "Shall make the world confess,

"My sentence of reward is right;"And heav'n adore my grace.'

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C. M. SECOND PART. York. [*]

Ver. 10, 11, 14, 15, 23. Obedience is better than Sucrifice.

1

HUS saith the Lord, "The spacious fields,

THUS

And flocks and herds are mine;

O'er all the cattle of the hills,

I claim a right divine.

2 I ask no sheep for sacrifice,
Nor bullocks burnt with fire;

To hope and love, to pray and praise,
Is all that I require.

3 Call upon me when trouble's near,
My hand shall set thee free;

Then shall thy thankful lips declare
The honours due to me.

4 The man who offers humble praise,
He glorifies me best:

And those who tread my holy ways,

Shall my salvation taste.']

C. M. THIRD PART. Walsal. [b] V. 1, 5, 8, 16, 21, 22. The Judgment of Hypocrites, 1 [WHEN Christ to judgment shall descend, HEN Saints surround their Lord;

He calls the nations to attend,

And hear his awful word.

d2 Not for the want of bullocks slain,
Will I the world reprove:
Altars and rites, and forms are vain,
Without the fire of love.

3 And what have hypocrites to do,
To bring their sacrifice?

They call my statutes just and true,
But deal in theft and lies.

4 Could you expect to 'scape my sight,
And sin without control?

But I shall bring your crimes to light,
With anguish in your soul.'

e 5 Consider, ye that slight the Lord,
Before his wrath appear;

a If once you fall beneath his sword,
There's no deliv❜rer there.]

L. M. Geneva. Babylon. [b]
Hypocrisy exposed.

1HE Lord, the Judge, his churches warns;
Tethyd,

Who place their hope in rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.
d 2Wretches! they dare rehearse his name,
With lips of falsehood and deceit;

A friend or brother they defame,
And soothe and flatter those they hate.
-3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong,
Yet dare to seek their Maker's face;
They take his cov❜nant on their tongue,
But break his laws, abuse his grace.

4 To heav'n they lift their hands unclean,
Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood;
By night they practise every sin,

By day their mouths draw near to God.
5 And while his judgments long delay,
They grow secure, and sin the more;
They think he sleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful hour.

e 6 O dreadful hour, when God draws near,
And sets their crimes before their eyes!
a His wrath their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliv'rer dare to rise.

P. M. FIRST PART. Walsal. [*]
The last Judgment.

HELord, the sov'reign,sends his summons forth,

From east to west the sounding orders spread,
Thro' distant worlds, and regions of the dead:

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