The vail it is torn,
And paradife gain'd:
The Father hath fworn;
His promise fhall stand.
Our nature's releas'd
From fin, death, and hell Jehovah is pleas'd
With man for to dwell; A fit habitation,
In fpirit, for God;
A bleft, new creation,
Pronounc'd very good.
We mourn not the hour
That Adam did fall,
When his will and pow'r
Were forfeited all;
Nor are we now griev'd,
His glory and crown
Could not be retriev'd
By works of his own.
It was on this ground,
The myft'ry of grace
Did much more abound,
When Jefus took place
Of man, the offender,
To die as our fin;
And righteousness render
Complete, and brought in.
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By this was made known
God's nature as love:
This we, in his Son,
For ever fhall prove.
HE King of faints, how fair his face, Adorn'd with majesty and grace!
He comes with bleffings from above,
And wins the nations to his love.
At his right hand, our eyes behold
The queen array'd in pureft gold;
The world admires her heav'nly drefs;
Her robe of joy and righteousness.
He forms her beauties like his own,
He calls and feats her near his throne;
Fair ftranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.
So fhall the King the more rejoice
In thee, the fav'rite of his choice;
Let him be lov'd, and yet ador'd,
For he's thy Maker and thy Lord.
O happy hour, when thou fhalt rife
To his fair palace in the fkies!
And all thy fons (a num'rous train}
Each like a prince in glory reign.
Let endless honours crown his head
Let ev'ry age his praises spread ;
While we with cheerful fongs approve
The condefcenfion of his love.
HYMN 23. P. M.
COME, thou long expected Jefus,
Born to fet thy people free;
From our fears and fins release us,
Let us find our reft in thee;
Ifrael's ftrength and confolation,
Hope of all the faints thou art;
Dear defire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver;
Born a child, and yet a king; Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring:
By thine own eternal spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-fufficient merit,
Raife us to thy glorious throne.
THE builder, whom true wisdom sways,
Firft the foundation deeply lays;
Prepar'd against each fhock:
Our Builder, fure of his own plan,
Founded us deeply in the man,
On God, th' eternal Rock.
Chrift is that precious corner-ftone,
Which all his church is built upon;
Nor can it ever fall :
The prophets, and apoftles too,
Other foundation never knew
Than Jefus, Lord of all.
Chrift, in this building, is the door;
And always open to the poor,
Who would approach their God:
Nor, though they're naked, need they fear,
For Chrift is yea; boldly draw near,
And plead redeeming blood.
As windows rang'd, admit the light
To chafe the horrors of the night,
Enlight'ning ev'ry part:
So, in our Saviour's lovely face,
The Godhead fhines in love and
To cheer the human heart.
The ftone the builders did refuse,
Which human wisdom ne'er will choofe,
Is here the head-stone seen ;
Brought forth with joy to make all fast =
Chrift is the first stone and the laft;
The church is fafe between.
The fpacious, roof, extended wide,
Lock'd in fecure on ev'ry fide,
Braves all the ftorms that fall:
Christ is that cov'ring; fuited well,
To fhelter man from forms of hell;
O, Chrift! thou art our all.
HYMN 25. C. M.
INFINITE excellence is thine,
Thou lovely Prince of grace;
Thine uncreated beauties fhine
With never-fading rays.
Sinners, from earth's remotest end,
Come bending at thy feet:
To Thee their pray'rs and vows afcend,
In Thee their wishes meet.
Thy name, as precious ointment shed,
Delights the church around;
Sweetly the facred odour's spread
Through all Immanuel's ground.
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Millions of happy fpirits live
On thine exhaustless store ;
From Thee they all their bliss receive, And ftill thou givest more.
Thou art their triumph, and their joy; They find their all in Thee :
Thy glories will their tongues employ Through all eternity.
HYMN 26. L. M.
THE Father's love to man fo free,
Made us the fulness of the Son:
The Son, he wills that we should be
With him, where e'er he is, as one,
In him a new creation made,
No more to fail, but to endure;
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