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CCXXXIII. The attractive Influence of a crucified
Saviour. John xii. 32.

I BEHOLD th' amazing Sight,
The Saviour lifted high!

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Behold the Son of God's Delight
Expire in Agony.

For whom, for whom, my Heart,
Were all these Sorrows borne ?
Why did He feel that piercing Smart,

And meet that various Scorn?

For Love of us He bled,

And all in Torture died:

'Twas Love, that bow'd his fainting Head, And op'd his gufhing Side.

I fee, and I adore

In Sympathy of Love:

I feel the ftrong attractive Pow'r
To lift my Soul above.

Drawn by fuch Cords as thefe
Let all the Earth combine
With chearful Ardour to confefs
The Energy divine.

In Thee our Hearts unite,

Nor fhare thy Griefs alone,

But from thy Crofs pursue their Flight
To thy triumphant Throne.

CCXXXIV. CHRIST's mysterious Conduct to be unfolded hereafter John xiii. 7.

JESUS, we own thy fov'reign Hand,

Thy faithful Care we own;

Wifdom and Love are all thy Ways,
When moft to us unknown.

2 By Thee the Springs of Life were form'd
And by thy Breath are broke,
And good is ev'ry awful Word,

Our gracious Lord hath spoke.

3 To Thee we yield our Comforts up,
To Thee our Lives refign;
In Straits and Dangers rich and fafe,
If we and ours are Thine.

4 Thy Saints in earlier Life remov'd,
In fweeter Accents fing;

And blefs the fwiftnefs of their Flight
That bore them to their King.

5 The Burdens of a lengthen'd Day
With Patience we would bear;
Till Ev'ning's welcome Hour fhall fhew
We were our Master's Care.

CCXXXV. CHRIST'S Pity and Confolation for his troubled Difciples. John xiv. 1—3.

I PEACE, all ye Sorrows of the Heart,
And all my Tears be dry;

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That Chriftian ne'er can be forlorn,
That views his Jefus nigh.

Let not your Bofoms throb (He fays)
"Nor be your Souls afraid :

"Truft in your God's almighty Name,
"And truft your Saviour's Aid.

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"Fair Manfions in my Father's House

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"For all his. Children wait; "And I, your elder Brother, go "To open wide the Gate.

"And if I thither go before, "A Dwelling to prepare,

"I furely fhall return again, "That I inay fix you there.

5"United in eternal Love,

My Chofen fhall remain,

"And with rejoicing Hearts shall share "The Honours of my Reign.

6 Yes, LORD; thy gracious Words we hear,
And cardial Joys they bring :

Frail Nature may extort a Groan,
But Faith fhall learn to fing.

CCXXXVI. The Chriftian's Life connected with that of CHRIST. John xxiv. -19.

1 THE Cov'nant of a Saviour's Love
Shall ftand for ever good,

And thus his Life fhall guard the Souls,
He purchas'd with his Blood.

2 "I live for ever, (faith the Lord)
"And you fhall therefore live :
"Receive with Pleasure ev'ry Pledge
My Pow'r and Love can give.
3 We own the Promise, Prince of Grace,
'Tho' earthly Helpers die ;.

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And animate our fainting Hearts,
While Chrift our Friend is nigh.

4 The King of Fears can do no more
Than ftop our mortal Breath;

But Jefus gives a nobler Life,

That cannot yield to Death.

CCXXXVII. Abiding in CHRIST, necessary to our
Fruitfulness. John xv. 4.

I LORD of the Vineyard, we adore
That Pow'r and Grace divine,
Which plants our wild, our barren Souls,
In Chrift the living Vine.

2 For ever may they there abide,

And, from that vital Root,

Be Influence spread thro' every Branch,
To form and feed the Fruit.

3 Shine forth, my GoD, the Clufters warm

With Rays of facred Love;

Till Eden's Soil, and Zion's Streams
The gen'rous Plant improve.

CCXXXVIII. Our Prayers effectual, when we abide in CHRIST, and his Word abideth in us. John

IHAIL, Gracious Saviour, All-divine!
Mysterious, ever-living Vine!

To Thee united may we live,

And, nourish'd by thine Influence thrive.

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2 Still may our Souls in Thee abide,
Torn by no Tempests from thy Side;
Nor from its Place within our Heart,
Thy Promife, or thy Law depart.
3 Then fhall our Pray'rs accepted rife,
Thro' Thee a grateful Sacrifice;
And all our Sighs before thy Throne
Defcend in ample Bleffings down.

4 In filent Hope our Souls fhall wait
Their Penfion from thy Mercy's Gate;
Nor can our Lips or Hearts exprefs
A Wish proportion'd to thy Grace.

CCXXXIX. Continuing in CHRIST's Love. John xv. 9.

TO all his Flock, what wond'rous Love

Doth our kind Shepherd bear?

As he to his great Father's Heart,
So we to his are dear.

2 So fure, fo conftant, and fo ftrong,

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O may their Energy prevail

To fix us in his Love.

No more let my divided Heart

From this bleft Center turn;
But, fir'd by fuch all-potent Rays,

With Flames immortal burn.

4 Defcend, and all thy Pow'r display, And all thy Love reveal;

That