2" JEHOVAH I, the fov'reign LORD,
"The mighty God, by Heav'n ador'd,
"Down to the Earth my Footsteps bend:
My Heart the tend'rest Pity knows,
"Goodness full-ftreaming wide o'erflows,
"And Grace and Truth fhall never end.

3 My Patience long can Crimes endure: "My pard'ning Love is ever fure,

"When penitential Sorrow mourns; "To Millions, thro' unnumber'd Years, "New Hope and new Delight it bears;

"Yet Wrath against the Sinner burns."
4 Make hafte, my Soul, the Vifion meet,
All-proftrate at thy Sov'reign's Feet,

And drink the tuneful Accents in ;
Speak on, my LORD, repeat the Voice;
Diffufefe Heart-expanding Joys,

Till Heaven compleat the rapt'rous Scene.

XIII. The GOD of Spirits fought to fupply Vacancies in the Congregations of his People. Numbers xxvii. 15-17.

I FATHER of Spirits, from thy Hand,
Our Souls immortal came;

And still thine Energy * divine
Supports th' ethereal + Flame.

2 By Thee our Spirits all are known;
And each remoteft Thought

Lies wide expanded to his Eye,

By whom their Pow'rs were wrought.

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3 To Thee, when mortal Comforts fail,
Thy Flock deferted flies;

And, on th' eternal Shepherd's Care,
Our chearful Hope relies.

4 When o'er thy faithful Servants Duft
Thy dear Affemblies mourn,
In speedy Tokens of thy Grace,
O Ifrael's GoD, return.

5 The Pow'rs of Nature all are thine,
And thine the Aids of Grace ;
Thine Arm has borne thy Churches up
Thro' ev'ry rifing Race.

6. Exert thy facred Influence here,
And here thy Suppliants blefs,

And change, to Strains of chearful Praise,.
Their Accents of Diftrefs.

7. With faithful Heart, with skilful Hand,
May this thy Flock be fed;
And with a steady growing Pace,,

To Zion's Mountain led.

XIV. The LORD's People his Portion. Deuteron. xxxii. 9.

1 SOVEREIGN of Nature, all is Thine,
The Air, the Earth, the Sea :
By Thee the Orbs celestial * fhine,
And Cherubs live by Thee.

2 Rich in thy own Effential Store ;
Thou call'ft forth Worlds at Will:.
*The heavenly Bodies.

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4

5

Ten thousand, and ten thousand more
Would hear thy Summons ftill.

What Treasure wilt Thou then confefs?
And thy own Portion call?

What by peculiar Right possess,

Imperial LORD of all?

Thine Ifrael Thou wilt ftoop to claim,
Wilt mark them out for thine:

Ten thousand Praises to thy Name
For Goodnefs fo divine!

That I am thine, my Soul would boast,

And boaft its Claim to 'Thee;

Nor fhall God's Property be loft,

Nor GoD be torn from me.

XV. The Eternal GOD his People's Refuge and Support. Deut. xxxiii. 27.

BEHOLD the great Eternal GoD,

Spreads everlasting Arms abroad, And calls our Souls to fhelter there.. Wonders of mingled Pow'r and Grace To all his Ifrael he difplays,

Guarded from Danger and from Fear.

2 Thither my feeble Soul fhall fly,
When Terrors press, and Death is nigh,
And there will I delight to dwell:

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Head

On that high Tow'r I rear my
Serene, nor knows my Heart to dread,
Amidft furrounding Hofts of Hell.

3 The Shadow of th' Almighty's Wings
Compofure unmolested brings,

While threat'ning Horrors round me croud;
In vain the Storms of rattling Hail
The Walls of this Retreat affail,

And the wild Tempest roars aloud. 4 In louder Strains my fearless Tongue Shall warble its victorious Song,

My Father's Graces to proclaim; He bears his Infant Offspring on To Glory radiant as his Throne, And Joys eternal as his Name.

XVI. The Happiness of GOD's Ifrael. Deut. xxxiii. 29.

Ifrael, bleft beyond compare !
Unrival'd all thy Glories are:

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JEHOVAH deigns to fill thy Throne,
And calls thine Interest all his own.

2 He is thy Saviour; He thy Lord;

3

His Shield is thine; and thine his Sword;

Review in Extacy of Thought

The grand Redemption he has wrought.

From Satan's Yoke he fets thee free,

Opens thy Paffage thro' the Sea;

He thro' the Defart is thy Guide,

And Heav'n for Canaan will provide. * Condefcends.

4 Not Jacob's Sons of old could boast
Such Favours to their chofen Hoft;
Their Glories, which thro' Ages shine,
Are but dim Shades, and Types of thine.
5 Celestial Spirit, teach our Tongue
Sublimer Strains than Mofes fung,
Proportion'd to the fweeter Name

Of GOD the Saviour, and the Lamb.

XVII. Support in the gracious Prefence of GOD under the Lofs of Minifters, and other useful Friends Joshua i. 2, 4, 5·

I NOW let our mourning Hearts revive,
And all our Tears be dry.

Why fhould thofe Eyes be drown'd in Grief,
Which view a Saviour nigh?

2 What tho' the Arm of conquʼring Death
Does God's own House invade?
What tho' the Prophet, and the Priest
Be number'd with the Dead?

3 Tho' earthly Shepherds dwell in Dust,
The Aged, and the Young,

4

The watchful Eye in Darkness clos'd,
And mute th' instructive Tongue;

Th' eternal Shepherd ftill furvives,
New Comfort to impart;

His Eye ftill guides us, and his Voice

Still animates our Heart.