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UR spirits join t'adore the
Lamb;-

e Oh, that our feeble lips could move,
-In strains immortal as his name,
p And melting as his dying love!

e 2 Was ever equal pity found?

e The Prince of heav'n resigns his breath, And pours his life out on the ground-To ransom guilty worms from death.

e 3 Rebels, we broke our Maker's laws; -He from the threat'ning sets us free; Bore the full vengeance on his cross, And nail'd the curses to the tree. наде

-6 In vain our mortal voices strive
To speak compassion so divine;

olad we a thousand lives to give,
A thousand lives should all be thine.

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OW are thy glories here display'd, Great God! how bright they shine! While at thy word, we break the bread, And pour the flowing wine!

e 2 Here thy revenging justice stands, And pleads its dreadful cause; o Here saving mercy spreads her hands, Like Jesus on the cross.

-3 Thy saints attend, with ev'ry grace, On this great sacrifice;

And love appears with cheerful face,
And faith with fixed eyes.

e 4 Our hope in waiting posture sits,
To heav'n directs her sight;

o Here ev'ry warmer passion meets, And warmer pow'rs unite.

o 5 Zeal and revenge perform their part, And rising sin destroy;

e Repentance comes with aching heartYet not forbids the joy.

6 Dear Saviour, change our faith to sight; Let sin for ever die;

o Then shall our souls be all delight, And ev'ry tear be dry.

BEDFORD. MEAR,

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have addressed a special Song of Glory to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Though the Latin name of it, Gloria Patri, be retained in the English Nation from the Roman Church; and though there may be some Excesses of superstitious Honour paid to the words of it, which may have wrought some unhappy prejudices in weaker Christians; yet I believe it still to be one of the noblest parts of Christian Worship. The subject of it is the doctrine of the Trinity, which is that peculiar Glory of the Divine Nature, that our Lord Jesus Christ has so clearly revealed unto Men, and is so necessary to true Christianity. The Action is Praise, which is one of the most complete and exalted Parts of heavenly Worship. I have cast the Song into a Variety of Forms, and have fitted it, by a plain Version, or a larger Paraphrase, to be sung either alone, or at the conclusion of another Hymn.I have also added a few Hosannas, or Ascriptions of Salvation to Christ, in the same Manner, and for the same End.

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HYMN 27. 1st C. M.

1LORY to God the Father's name-
Who, from our sinful race,

Chose out his fav'rites to proclaim
The honours of his grace.

2 Glory to God the Son be paid-
Who dwelt in humble clay;

p And, to redeem us from the dead,
Gave his own life away.

-3 Glory to God the Spirit give-
From whose almighty pow'r,
Our souls their heav'nly birth derive,
And bless the happy hour.

4 Glory to God who reigns above,
Th' eternal Three in One,
Who by the wonders of his love,
Has made his nature known.

HYMN 29. 2d L. M.

GLORY to God the Tristerie

Whose name has mysteries un-
known:

In essence One, in persons Three;
A social nature, yet alone.

2 When all our noblest pow'rs are join'd,
The honours of thy name to raise;
Thy glories over-match our mind,
And angels faint beneath the praise.

HYMN 30. 2d C. M.

HE God of mercy be ador'd,
Who calls our souls from death;
Who saves by his redeeming word,
A new creating breath.

Book III. HYMN 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. 143

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