3 Fools never raife their thoughts fo high, Shall vex my eyes and ears no more; 6 Then fhall I fee, and hear, and know, And every power find full employ Pfalm XCIII. Long Metre. Divine Sovereignty and Holiness. WATTS. 'HE Lord, the God of glory reigns, In robes of majesty array'd; The earth's foundation he fuftains, [* or b] And rules the world his hand hath made. 2 Ere rolling feas began to move, 3 Or the blue heavens were ftretch'd abroad; Thy facred throne was fix'd above, From everlasting thou art God. The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice That happy ftation to secure, Muft ftill in holiness excel. TATE and STEELE. Pfalm XCIII. Particular Metre. [*] Divine Power, the Church's Safety. HE Lord Jehovah reigns, TH And royal state maintains ; His head with awful glories crown'd; Upheld by thy commands, And skies and stars obey thy word; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud, Against thine empire rage and roar; In vain with angry fpite, The furly nations fight, And dafh like waves against the shore. Let floods and nations rage, And all their powers engage, Let fwelling tides affault the fky; The terrors of thy frown, Shall beat their madness down; Thy throne forever ftands on high. Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new; There fix'd, thy church fhall ne'er remove; Thy faints with holy fear, Shall in thy courts appear, And fing thine everlasting love. WATTS. Plaim XCIV. Common Metre. [b] HOW Against wicked Rulers.” OW long, O Lord, fhall wicked men How long fhall haughty tyrants reign, 2 They say," the Lord nor fees nor hears;" When will the fools be wife? Can he be deaf, who form'd their cars? His wrath fhall pierce their fouls with pain, 4 Powers of iniquity may rife, And frame pernicious laws; 5 When multitudes of mournful tho'ts Thy grace, which pardons all my faults, 6 Bleft is the man thy hands chastise, Thy fcourges make thy children wife, For God will not caft off his faints, He pardons his inheritance, For his own mercy's fake. WATT Palm XCV. Common Metre. SING Before Prayer. ING to the Lord Jehovah's name, 2 With thanks approach his awful throne, 3 Let princes hear, let angels know How mean their natures feem, Thofe gods on high and gods below, When once compar'd with him. 4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, He fix'd the feas what bounds to keep, 5 Come, and with humble fouls adore, 6 Now is the time, he bends his car, Come, left he roufe his wrath, and swear "Ye fhall not fee reft." WATTS Plaim XCV. First Part. L. M.. [*] Public Worship. COME, loud anthems let us fing, 3 For God, the Lord, enthron'd in state, A King fuperior far to all Whom by the title gods, we call. 4 The depths of earth are in his hand, 5 The rolling ocean's vaft abyss And bow with adoration there! TATE. Plaim XCV. Sec. Part. L. M. [or b] Canaan loft through Unbelief. NOME, let our fouls addrefs the Lord, M |