5 Such honours never come by chance,
Nor do the winds promotion blow;
But God the Judge doth one advance,
'Tis he that lays another low.

6 No vain pretence to royal birth,
Shall raife a tyrant to the throne;
Th' impartial Sovereign of the earth
Will make the rights of men be known.
7 His hand will yet uphold the just,
And whilft he tramples on the proud,
And lays their glory in the duft,
Our lips fhall fing his praife aloud.

Altered from WATTS.

Plaim LXXVI. Common Mctre. [or]
God's guardian Care for his People.

N Judah, Cod of old was known,
His name in Ifrael great;

In Salem ftood his facred throne,
And Sion was his feat.

2 From Sion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threat'ning bow;
The fpear, the arrow, and the fword,
And crush'd th' Affyrian foe.

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What are the earth's wide kingdoms elfe
But mighty hills of prey?

The hill on which Jehovah dwells,
Is glorious more than they.

4 What power can fland before thy fight,
When once thy wrath appears?

When heaven fhines round with dreadful light,
The earth lies fill and fears.

5 When God, by his own fovereign grace,
Appears to fave th' opprefs'd,

The wrath of man fhall work his praise,
And he'll reftrain the reft.

WATTS.

Plaim LXXVII. Common Metre. [b]

Comfort derived from ancient Providences.

WHEN overwhelm'd with pain and grief,

Beneath thy chaftening rod;

Depriv'd of comfort and relief,

We look to thee our God.

2 Wilt thou forever caft us off?
And will thy wrath prevail?
Haft thou forgot thy tender love?
And will thy promife fail?

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But faith forbids this hopeless thought,
And checks this doubting frame;

We know the works thy hand has wrought,

Thy hand is ftill the fame.

4 Long did the fons of Jacob lie,

By Egypt's yoke opprefs'd;
Didit thou refufe to near their cry,
And give thy people reft?

5 In thine own way, thy chofen fheep
Muft hear thy mighty call;

Mult venture thro' the parted deep;
Befide the liquid wall.

6 Strange was their journey thro' the fea,
A path before unknown!

Terrors attend their wond'rous way,
But mercy leads them on.

7 Tho' tracklefs waves of ocean hide 'Thy footfteps from our fight,

We'll follow where thy hand fhall guide, For thou wilt lead us right.

Altered from WATTS.

Palm LXXVIII. First Part. C. M. [or

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Religious Education of Children.

IVE ear, ye children, to my law,
Devout attention lend;

Let the inftructions of my mouth
Deep in your heart defcend.

2 My tongue by infpiration taught,
Shall parables unfold;

Dark oracles, but understood, And own'd for truths of old i 3 Which we from facred regifters Of ancient times have known, And our forefathers' pious care To us have handed down.

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Let children learn the mighty deeds
Which God perform'd of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

Our lips fhall tell them to our fons,
And they again to theirs;

That generations yet unborn

May teach them to their heirs.

Thus fhall they learn, in God alone
Their hope fecurely ftands;

That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practife his commands.

TATE and WATTS.

Plain LXXVIII. Second Part. C. M. Verse 19, 20. [* or b]

PAREN

A Table in the Wilderness.

ARENT of univerfal good,
We own thy bounteous hand;
Which did fo rich a table spread,
Ev'n in a defart land..

2 Struck by thy power, the flinty rocks
In gufhing torrents flow;

The feather'd wanderers of the air
Thy guiding inftinct know.

3 From pregnant clouds, at thy command,
Defcends celeftial bread;

And by light drops of pearly dew
Are numerous armies fed.

4 Supported thus, thine Ifrael march'd,
The promis'd land to gain;
And shall thy children now begin
To feek their God in vain ?

5 Are all thy ftores exhausted now?
Or does thy mercy fail?

That faith fhould languifh in our breaft,
And anxious care prevail ?

6 Ye base unworthy fears, be gone,
And wide difperfe in air;
For we deferve our Father's rod,
When we diftruft his care.

Pfalm LXXIX.

DODDRIDGE.

Long Mctre. [b]

The Devaftation of War.

EHOLD, O God, how cruel foes

Our peaceful heritage invade;

Their lawless tribute they impofe,

And in the duft our towns are laid.
2 To rav'nous birds, our flefh they gave,
Slaughter'd on fields, with crimion dy'd
The cheap indulgence of a grave
Is by inhuman foes deny'd."

3 How long, O Lord, fhall we endure
Wilt thou not hear the captive's cry?
Refcue, by thine almighty power,
The trembling wretch, condemn'd to die.
4 Remember not our former guilt,
But fave us by thy boundleis grace;
Then fhall our waftes again be built,
And all our mouths be fill'd with praife.

Altered from BARLOW.

Palm LXXX. Long Metre.
The Vineyard of God laid wafie.

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REAT Shepherd of thine Ifrael, Who didit between the cherubs dwell, And lead the tribes, thy chofen sheep, Safe thro' the defart and the deep: 2 Thy church deferted now appears; Shine from on high, difpel our fears; Turn us to thee, thy love reftore, We fhall be fav'd, and figh no more. Haft thou not planted with thy hand A lovely vine in this our land? Did not thy power defend it round, And heavenly dews enrich the ground? How did the fpreading branches fhoot, And blefs thy people with its fruit; But now, O Lord, look down and fee Thy moutning vine, thy lovely tree !

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