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3. Surrounded by thy pow'r I ftand, On ev'ry fide I find thy Hand. O fkill, for human reach too high, Too dazzling bright for mortal eye! 4. O could I fo perfidious be To think of once deserting thee, Where, Lord, could I thy influence fhun,

Or whither from thy Prefence run? 5. If up to heav'n I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'ft, enthron'd in light:

Or dive to hell's infernal plains,
'Tis there Almighty vengeance reigns.
6. If I the morning's wings could
gain,

And fly beyond the western main,
Thy fwifter hand would first arrive,
And there arreft thy fugitive.
7. Or fhould I try to fhun thy fight
Beneath the fable wings of night;
One glance from thee, one piercing

ray

Would kindle darkness into day.

12. Thou didft the shapeless embryo fee,

Its parts were register'd by thee; Thou faw't the daily growth they took,

Form'd by the model of thy Book. 13. Let me acknowledge too, O God, That fince this maze of life I've trod, Thy Thoughts of love to me fur

mount

The pow'r of numbers to recount.
14. Far fooner could I reckon o'er
The fands upon the ocean's fhore:
Each morn revifing what I've done,
I find th' account but new begun.
15. Search, try, O God, my thoughts
and heart,

If mifchief lurks in any part;
Correct me, where I go altray,
And guide me in thy perfect Way.

1.

135. Pf. cxlvi.

08. The veil of night is no difguife, MY foul, praife thou the Lord

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No fcreen from thyall-fearching eyes; Thro' midnight fhades thou find't thy way,

As in the blazing noon of day. 9. Thou know'ft the texture of my

Heart,

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A work of fuch a curious frame; The wonders thou in me haft shown, eMy foul with grateful joy must own. 11. Thine eyes my fubftance did . furvey,

While yet a lifelefs mafs it lay,
In fecret, how exactly wrought
E'er from its dark enclosure brought.

always,

My God I will confefs; While breath and life prolong my days,

My tongue no time fhall ceafe. 2. Truft not in worldly Princes then, Tho' they abound in wealth; Nor in the fons of mortal men, In whom there is no health.

3.

For why? their breath doth foon depart,

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To earth anon they fall, And then the counfels of their heart Decay and perifh all.

4. Blefied and happy are all they,

Whom Jacob's God doth aid; And he, whofe hope doth not decay, But on the Lord is ftaid:

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Throughout the kingdom of his grace

Prevail his truth and righteousness : Give to our God the glory.

4. In my diftrefs I rais'd with faith To God my fupplication; My Saviour refcu'd me from death, And gave me confolation; This makes my heart with thankfulness Rejoice before the Lord of grace: Give to our God the glory.

5. The Lord has ever to his Flock Kept without feparation; He does abide their fhield and rock

Their peace and their falvation; He leads them with a mother's care, Through difmal dangers, guards from fear:

Give to our God the glory. 6. When all the creatures here deny Their help and confolation, Our great Creator then is nigh

With fuccour and compaffion, And fets the humble Souls at rest, That live abandon'd and oppreft: Give to our God the glory. 7. Thy praife, O Lord! fhall be my fong,

As long as breath I'm drawing; Thy Name fhall dwell on every tongue,

Where'er thy love is growing. My heart! with all thy ftrength adoré This God of grace, this God of pow'r ;

And give him all the glory.

DR

137:

Cant. i. 4.

Zeuch uns nach dir.

Raw us to thee, then will we flee (The heart doth fo defire thee) In that fweet Smell, which did expel All Curfe from us entirely.

138.

Ifa. ix. 6.

4. We then addrefs ourfelves to thee,
In this our great Calamity,
Befeeching thine almighty hand,
To take this evil from our land.

Ermuntre dich mein schwacher geift.5. Remember not our num'rous

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Scripture Inftances of Providence.. Warnm betrnbft du dich mein herz.

So heavy and to full of finart, 1. O melancholy why,poor heart,

And ftill for earthly things? Refign thee to the Lord thy God, Who heaven and the earth hath made. 2.Elijah fpeak,who gave thee bread, When dearth and drought had overfpread

Thy land for fev'ral years ?
Did not the Widows cruise supply
Her own and thy neceffity?

3. When near the juniper thou didst stay,

God fent his Meffenger away

To furnish thee with Food, Which that uncommon vigour gave, That thou couldst reach mount Horeb's cave.

4. Good Daniel, in the lion's den God ne'er forgot, tho' left by men,

But fent his Angel down To feize the prophet's harveft-mess For his beloved in diftrefs. 5. Tho

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5. Tho' Jofeph, into Egypt fold, By Potiphar was laid in hold

For keeping God's command: God rais'd him up to great renown, To fave that Nation and his own.

6. Did not the furnace lofe its pow'r
When fev'n times heated, to devour

The three Men in the flame ?
God fent his angel to their aid,
And made the Tyrant fore afraid.
7. Thy plenty, Lord, is ftill as great,
As 'twas in Times of ancient date :
In Thee is all truft.
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Enrich my foul with faith and love,
Then have I ev'ry where enough.

142.

Cento of Texts on the fame Subject.
Bolt ich meinem Gott nicht Angen,

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Han't I fing to my Creator?
Shan't I give him thanks and
praise,

Who by ev'ry thing in nature
Magnifies his tender Grace?
What but loving Condescension

Still inclines his faithful heart
To fupport and take their part,
Who purfue his bleft Intention:
All things to their period tend,
But his Mercy has no end.

2. As a Hen is us'd to gather
Her young brood beneath her
wings,

So has God, my heav'nly Father,
Kept me fafe from difmal things,
From the hour of my Formation,
When he breathed life in me;
Rearing it by each Degree,
Till he brought me to this ftation.
All things, &c.

3. Nay, his darling Son eternal

He delivers up for me,
To redeem me from infernal

Death and endless Mifery.
Depth of Love beyond dimenfion!

Whence can my weak spirit fetch
Thoughts profound enough to
reach
This unfathom'd condefcenfion ?
All things, &c.

4 His good Spirit's beft direction

He vouchfafes me in his Word
And his wings their kind protection

In my Pilgrimage afford:
He endows my foul and spirit
With the light of living faith,
To o'ercome the pow'r of death,
And escape the hell I merit.
All things, &c.

5. My Soul's welfare and advances
Are the object of his care:
Nay the Body's change and chances
In his goodness have a share,
When my nat'ral ftrength is fhrink-
ing,

In the time of utmoft Need,
He my God steps in with speed,
And recovers me from finking.
All things, &c.

6. Heav'n and earth, with ev'ry
creature,

For my Service are defign'd; Where I make my fearch in nature,

Food and raiment there I find. Cattle, corn, fruit, fowl and fishes,

Vales below, and hills on high, Woods and waters, earth and sky, Furnish me with various difhes.

All things, &c.

7. When I fleep, his love is taking
Care to roufe my drowsy foul,
That I find each Morn at waking
Light renew'd from pole to pole.
Had
my God withdrawn the numbers
Of his angels from my head,

And forfook me in my Bed,
I had perish'd in my flumbers.

All things, &c.

8. Oh! how many fore aflictions

Have been rais'd by fatan's crew,
Which

Which by God's divine reftrictions,
Never came within my view?
Guardian Angels of his fending
Stopt the malice, which the Fiend
To my ruîn did intend,
Far beyond my comprehending.
All things, &c.

9. As a father's kind affection
Still endures towards his child,
Tho' he merit fore correction,
When by world and fin beguil'd;
Thus, upon my true repentance,
Sins are by my pard'ning God
Punish'd with a Father's rod,
Not a Judge's damning fentence.
All things, &c.

10. His chastisements and corrections,
Tho' they bitter feem to be,
Yet, upon mature reflections,

Are but Monitors to me :
His bleft purpose they discover,
To reduce my captive Sense
From the World's Impertinence
To my God, my heav'nly Lover.
All things, &c.

11. This I know with full conviction,
As a Maxim ever fure :
Christian crosses and affliction
Do but for a time endure:
After Winter's froft and fnowing,
Smiling Summer then appears;
After fadness, pains aad fears,
Joyful comforts will be flowing.
All things, &c.

12. Since nor end, nor bound, nor measure

Can in God's great love be found, Heart and hands I lift with pleasure, As a child in duty bound; Lord, I humbly afk this favour,

To embrace with all my Might, Thee, my Father, day and night, Till I change this infant favour For that taste of bliss above, Manly Praise and endless Love.

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