2 "From Zion fhall thy word proceed;
Thy word, the fceptre in thy hand,
Shall make the hearts of finners bleed,
And bow their wills to thy command.
3 "O bleffed power! O glorious day!
A fplendid vict'ry fhall enfue!
And converts who thy grace obey
Exceed the drops of morning dew !"
4 God hath pronounc'd a firm decree,
Nor will repent the thing he fwore ;
"Eternal fhall thy priesthood be,
When Aaron's fons fhall ferve no more.
5" Melchizedek the wond'rous priest,
Whose generation was unknown,
The king of righteoufnefs and peace,
Was a fair type of Christ my Son."

6 Through all the earth his reign fhall spread, And fierce oppofers frown in vain ;

For God fhall raife his humble head,
And his exalted throne maintain.

Pfalm CXI.

WATTS, varied.

Long Metre.

[X]

The Divine Perfections.

PRAISE ye the Lord; to speak his praise,
My foul her utmoft powers fhall raife,
With private friends, and in the throng
Of those who to his houfe belong.

2 His works, for greatness though renown'd,
His wond'rous works are always found,
By thofe who feek for them aright,
And in the pious fearch delight.

3 His works are all of matchlefs fame,
And univerfal glory claim;

His truth, confirm'd through ages paft,
Shall to eternal ages last.

4 By precept, he has us enjoin'd

To keep his wond'rous works in mind;
And to pofterity record,

How good and gracious is the Lord.
5 Juft are the dealings of his hands,
Immutable are his commands;
By truth and equity fuftain'd,
And for eternal rules ordain’d.

6 Who wifdom's facred prize would win,
Muft with the fear of God begin;
Immortal praife and heavenly skill
Have they who know and do his will.

TATE.

Plaim CXII. Long Metre. [ or b]

TH

The Character and Happiness of the liberal Man.
HAT man is blefs'd, who ftands in awe
Of God, and loves his facred law;
His name on earth fhall be renown'd,
And with increasing honour crown'd.
2 His hofpitable houfe fhall be

To friends and ftrangers always free;
His virtue fafe from all decay,
Shall bleflings to his heirs convey.
The man that's fill'd with virtue's light,
Shines brighteft in affliction's night;
Compaffion dwells within his mind,
His juftice flows to all mankind.

4 His lib'ral favours he extends,
To fome he gives, to others lends ;
And what his charity impairs,
He faves by prudence in affairs.

5 Though dangers threaten him around,
Unmov'd fhall he maintain his ground.
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he fleeps in duft,
6 His hands, whilft they his alms bestow'd,
His glory's future harvest fow'd;
Whence he fhall reap a fure reward,
And dwell forever with the Lord.

TATE, varied.

Pfalm CXIII. Long Metre.

Divine Greatnefs and Condefcenfion.
E fervants of th' Almighty King,
In every age his praises fing;
Where'er the circling fun difplays
His rifing beams or fetting rays.
2 Above the earth, beyond the sky,
Stands his high throne of majefty;
Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds,
Can give his vast dominion bounds.
3 What impious mortal rafhly dare,
What angel, with our God compare?
His glories, how divinely bright,
Who dwells in uncreated light?
4 He bows his glorious head to view
What the bright hofts of angels do;
And condefcends yet more to know
The mean affairs of men below.

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5 From duft and cottages obfcure,
His grace exalts the humble poor;
Gives them the honour of his sons,

And makes them meet for heav'nly thrones.

WATTS.

Pfalm CXIV. Long Metre. [or]

Miracles attending Ifrael's Journey.

HEN Ifrael, free'd from Pharaoh's hand,

W Left the proud tyrant and his land,

3

The tribes with cheerful homage own Their King, and Judah was his throne. 2 Across the deep their journey lay, The deep divides to make them way; Jordan beheld their march, and fled With backward current to his head. The mountains fhook like trembling fheep, Like lambs, the fmaller hills did leap; Not Sinai on its bafe could ftand, Confcious of fovereign power at hand. What power could make the fea divide? Or Jordan backward roll his tide? Why did ye leap, ye little hills? And whence the fright that Sinai feels? Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry flood

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Retire, and know th' approaching God; The King of Ifrael! fee him here! Tremble thou earth, adore and fear. 6 He thunders, and all nature mourns; The rock to flowing water turns; From ftones, fpring fountains at his word, And earth and feas confefs the Lord.

WATTS

Pfalm CXV. Long Metre. [* or b]

NOT

Idolatry reproved.

OT to ourselves, who are but duft; Not to ourselves is glory due; But to thy name, thou only just, Thou only gracious, wife and true! 2 Thy dreadful majefty proclaim, Nor let the heathen's haughty tongue Infult us, and, to raife our fhame, Say "where's the God you've ferv'd so long ?" 3 The God we ferve maintains his throne Above the clouds, beyond the fkies; Through all the earth his will is done, He knows our groans, and hears our cries. 4 But the vain idols they adore Are fenfelefs fhapes of ftone or wood; At beft a mafs of glittering ore, A filver faint, or golden god. 50 Ifracl, make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy reft The Lord fhall build thy ruins up, And blefs the people and the priest. 6 The dead no more can speak thy praise, They dwell in filence, in the grave; But, whilft we live, we'll fing thy grace, And tell the world thy power to fave.

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WATTS.

Plaim CXVI. Common Metre.

Praife for Deliverance from Difirefs.

THAT fhall I render to my God,

WHA For all his kindnefs fhown?