Release and Pardon of my fins, 15. What time all Flesh fhall rife again Before the Lord of might, The Sheep and Goats divide, Of Saints and Angels bleft, 6. Depart not from thy paftors pure, 8. Convert all thofe who are our Foes, And bring them to thy light, That they and we may well agree, And praise thee day and night. 9. True Faith in us, O Lord, increase; And let Love fso abound, That man and wife may live in peace, And all about us round. 10. In our time give thy Peace, O Lord, To Nations far and nigh: And teach them all thy Word, that they May fing to thee, moft High ! 344. Teach us to know thy Word aright, 10 LORD, on whom I do depend! That we may never fall. 2. O holy Ghost, vifit our Land, Defend us with thy shield : Against all fin and Wickedness, Lord, help us win the field. 3. O Lord, preferve our King, and blefs His Council, that they may Be ftedfaft in the Gospel of Our Saviour Christ alway. 4. O Lord, that giv'ft thy holy Word, Send Preachers plenteously, That in the fame we may accord, And therein live and die. 5. O holy Spirit, guide aright The Preachers of thy Word; That thou by them mayft cut down fin, As it were with a sword. Behold my careful Heart; And when thy will and pleasure is, Release me of my Smart. 345. 5. For Sin hath so inclosed me, And compafs'd me about, That I am now remediless, If Mercy help not out. 6. For mortal Man cannot release, 7. Whose bloody Wounds are yet to fee, Tho' not with mortal eye : Yet do thy Saints behold them, Lord, And fo I trust shall I. 8. Tho' fin doth hinder me a while, When thou shalt fee it good, I shall enjoy the Sight of Him Who fhed for me his Blood! 9. And as thy angels and thy faints Do now behold the fame; So truft I to poffefs that Place, With them to praise thy Name. 10. But whilft I live here in this Vale Where finners do frequent, Affift me ever with thy grace, My fins ftill to lament: 11. Left that I tread the finners path, 12. Only thy Grace must be my stay; 13. Wherefore this is yet once again That I in thee may rest. Be inftruments of praise, Be hidden from Thee then? No, no! thou know'ft them all, O Lord, Where they were done, and when. 8. Wherefore with tears I come to thee, And in thy Church and House of Ev'n as a Child that hath done ill, faints Sing pfalms to thee always. And feareth to be beat. 9. So come I to the throne of grace, 4. To thee therefore ftill will I cry, To wash away my finful crime: Thy Blood, O Lord, is not yet dry, But that it may help me in time. 5. Hafte then, O Lord, therefore I pray, To pour on me thy gifts of grace; That when this life thall pafs away, In Heav'n with thee I may have place: 6. Where thou doft reign eternally With God, who once thee down did fend! Where Angels do inceffantly Sing praife to thee world without end. 347: In Wrath thou shouldft me pay May live, and Sin may die; I By Grace of thine in Thee: "T 348. HE Lord be thanked for his Gifts And mercies evermore, That he doth fhew unto his Saints; To him be laud therefore. 2. Our Tongues cannot so praise the Lord, As he doth right deferve: Our Hearts cannot of him fo think, As he doth us preserve. 3. His benefits they be fo great To us, who are but fin, 4. O finful Man, that thou shouldst have Such Mercies of the Lord! Who doft deferve moft worthily Of him to be abhorr'd. WHERE Righteoufnefs doth 5. Nought elfe but Sin and wretched 1. W fay, Lord for my finful part, nefs And ftubbornly against the Lord 6. The Sun that in the firmament Is fet for us a light, pure 7. The Heav'ns above, and all there- More holy are than we : Of God doth stand in awe, And fear his wrathful Check. Were made, them for to rule, Do not fo know or love our Lord, As doth the Ox and Mule. 12. A Law, he gave us, for to know What was his holy Will: not Avoid the thing that's ill. 13. Not one of us that feeketh out, The Lord of life to please; Nor doth the thing that might us lead To Chrift and quiet Eafe. 14. Thus we are all his Enemies ; Would not that we should die. none To bring us unto Life, 16. And all the Law of God the Lord He fully did obey; And for our Sins, upon the Crofs, 18. In Bread and Wine, here visible grow, And was cut down with Scithe, zo, And as the Mill with violence Not fparing it at all; 21. And as the Oven with fire red That it fhould be our Meat: Cut down by cruel Death; His foul he gave in torments great, And yielded up his Breath. 23. Because that he to us might be An everlafting Bread, With much reproach and Troubles great On earth his Life he led. 24. And as the Grapes in pleasant time Are preffed very fore, And let to grow no more; 26. So le e e 26. So was the Blood of Christ also 27. And as the Corns by unity Into one Loaf are knit : So is the Lord and his whole Church, Tho' he in heav'n do fit. 28. As many grapes make but one So fhould we be but one d, In Faith and Love in Christ above, 30. Which if we do, then shall we fhew That we his chofen be, 31. And that we may fo do indeed, ∙IT 350. will hard with faith go IT Chrift, you, Your Sorrows shall not cease; 2. For in the world ye fhall have 3, woe, Because ye are unknown, And because ye are not the World's, 4. Commit thy cause unto the Lord, 5. And thou fhalt fee the wicked mifs, 6. Be friendly to the fatherless And all that are oppreft; [Ha&enus è Liturgia Eccl. Angl. 7. Be always lowly in your life, Let Love enjoy her own: But fooneft overthrown. 8. Exhort your Children to be chaste, And let them not in any wife |