2. His Manhood thou hadst richly fill'd;

Which does eternal grace-ftreams yield,

Difpens'd now thro' thy Stewardship: His righteoufnefs cloaths us his fheep. 3. Thou know'ft where all th’elect refide,

Thou doft each one invite and bid, Christ's Righteoufnefs to them point'it out,

Set'ft their falvation out of doubt. 4. Thou with thy Oil of joyfulness Anoint'ft their inmoft foul's recefs, So that th'effects thine in their ways, By Word and Deed, unto thy praise. 5. To the Beginners giv'ft thou growth;

To th'weak, a Warrior's mind in truth;

To the ftrong, Conftancy till th'End; To th'conftant, joys at God's right hand.

6. Thy Work how marvellous it is, Displaying grace and ftrength like

wife

10. Thro' this Mediator Up and down is moving Each angel-creature: To his Members loving Their Miniftration

Does bring gifts, refreshment And confolation.

11. Their heart rejoyces
When the Church is bleffed;
Satan's devices
Are by them repreffed,
His wiles detected,

That the Lord's elected
Be not infected :

12. They do direct us
In God's Ways; defend us,
Rule and protect us,
And always attend us,
They're gladly caring
For our Soul and Body,
No trouble fparing.

She could not want for ought in fo glorious plenty,

Yet fhe thought God's great gifts but fcanty;

On God's Adversary's inftigation Luftful and unbelieving fhe held confultation.

5. Glory's defire, the fruit of Unbelief 's distraction,

Did caufe at last th'ungrateful Action: Her heart confented to it, she did gaze,

And Luft, fin's curfed Mother, brought forth that Act fo base. 6. Man is by Nature spoil'd throughout, full of corruption,

And we have all caught the infection, Which is that dreadful infatuation, An inborn and an univerfal Depra

vation.

7. Inftead of Wisdom, holy Righteoufnefs and Kindness,

Is come terrible difmal Blindness, Un-uprightnefs, Uncleannefs, fearfulness, Sin, Shame, a guilty conscience, with all that's vile and base.

8. With all this God made them both before his face appear,

And held with them his Judgment

fevere,

And thereby he fulfill'd his juftice great, (Though at the fame time his Mercy he could not forget.) Inftead of God Almighty's bleffing, Curfe befel them,

He did from Paradife expel them. He, whom Lord of the World God did intend,

Was now in dull mifery the Bondflave of the fiend.

10.Lord God Father, Lord thouLover

of human Nature, Doom not to ruin Man, thy creature! L. 3

De

Form'd the human Species, With robes of light endow'd, And ornaments most precious. But alas! our Fall Here in Mifery's vale, Loft and blotted all. 2. This Image in his Word God did at least record,

Till it once more glorious Could be thro' Chrift reftor'd: Whofe Ranfom meritorious, Drowning guilt and fin, Did new Life begin, To the praife divine. 3. The Spirit's hidden Might, Join'd with the Gospel-light, Our hearts clear doth render; So that we with delight Can gaze upon his Splendor, And are form'd thereby Like to what we spy, All his Stores enjoy. Refemblance of our Lord

4.

Is then in us procur'd
By Faith efficacious :
To us is quite transferr'd

His Righteousness, to grace us:
His Society,
Cleaving to him nigh,
Doth us fanctify.

5. In ev'ry faithful child

The Law is thus fulfill'd:

From the Heart's condition,

What's 'fore God Virtue ftil'd
Springs without intermiffion
Fruits of Righteousness,
Which by Godliness
Scripture doth exprefs.

6. The Light's first confequence
Is, Faith, Love, Confidence,
With Obedience lowly,
Refpect and Reverence,
Firmness in Doctrine holy,
Conftant Liturgy

From heart's ground, and free
From false pravity.

7. Love likewife is difplay'd,
Which would its neighbour aid,
To none grief occasion :,
To Governors is paid

Grateful and due fubmiffion;
Towards human Race
Is fhewn Friendliness,
Meekness, love of Peace.
8. Pureness of Heart withal:
With Temperance's wall
All life's steps inclosing ;
Frugal, the liberal,
Modeftly God's gifts ufing;
With Truth innermoft,
Faithful too and just

To each neighbour's trust. 9. Grace thus the heart doth draw In liking to God's Law,

With good Thoughts replenish, Yea helps, thofe ftamina

By Word and Deed to finish:
For each Limb's endu'd
With a promptitude
Unto all that's good.

10. This is that Image fair,
Which to the Lord is dear,
Being his Blood's honour ;
Begun, increafing here,

Above, than the fun, stronger.
Keep, Lord! in thy School,
Spirit, Body, Soul,

Till thy Advent, whole!

267

267.

him;

(On this Theme can you forbear?

Lo! heav'ns hofts adore him.)
Own, how wondrous he doth lead
In this Vale of forrow
His own Saints, who by his aid
Are to Blifs brought thorough.
2. Seeing all mankind became
In God's fight Offenders,

And Man's Mafs was full of shame,
Which no good fruit renders;
Therefore the all-gracious God
(So his bowels burned)
To us under Sin's hard load

With Affiftance turned.

3. And thro' Chrift his dearest Son,
Ere they Being gained,
Ere the world's foundation,
He in Grace ordained
Some, that they should be his own;
Holy, without wrinkle,
Thro' that Just one's Blood alone,
Which doth them besprinkle.
4. As unto fuch treasures them

He in love had chosen,
After his own God-like Scheme;
Hence it hath arisen,
That he thro' the Gospel-word
In due time them called
To believe in Christ the Lord,
Who their fickness healed.
5. These are they, on whom's
bestow'd

The name Saints, and holy,
The feal'd Servants of our God,
First-fruits from Earth truly.
For this world too good, their love
Was with hate requited;
great Hoft of them's above
To the Lord retreated.

A

6. Their Memorial is green,

And not tranfitory;
Since writ in God's Book, wherein
He reads their life's story:
He was privy to their tears,

And in mind the Blood-drops bears,
Some of them have spilled.
7. Thro' much Tribulation
Into joy they enter'd ;
'Midft great hardships to go on,
Strong in hope, they ventur'd.
In the Lamb's pure Blood all o'er
They have wash'd their Garment;
Chearful now to ftand before
Him, is their preferment,
8.Cloath'd in vestments fnowy white,
Palms, a mark triumphal,

His Urn's therewith filled;

In their hands; their heart's delight Fears henceforth no downfal: They're from Thirft and Hunger free

Now, and from difafter;

For our God the Lamb will be

Himself their kind Paftor.
9. Since at this time, thro' pure grace,
Chrift hath us invited
To the felf-fame Happiness,

Where thofe Saints are feated:
Let us tread the narrow Path
Which to life doth carry,
Not unfruitful in the Faith,

While on earth we tarry. 10. Let us for Example take

Chrift's pure Conversation,
Which to regulate our Walk
Serves on each occafion;
Let us in our body bear

Still about his Dying,
That his Life lodge allo there,
Till we deathlefs fpy him.
11. Let us now and then review
Just ones, who before us,
On the Stage where we tread now,
Have been found victorious;
L 4

That