13 Silent I waited, with long-suff'ring love: 'But didst thou hope that I should ne'er reprove? 'And cherish such an impious thought within, 'That the All-Holy would indulge thy sin?? See, God appears! all nature joins t' adore him: Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before him. 14 [Behold my terrours now: my thunders roll, 'And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul: 'Now like a lion shall my vengeance tear "Thy bleeding heart, and no deliverer near.' Judgment concludes; hell trembles; heaven rejoices: Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.] EPIPHONEMA. 15 Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise Awake, before this dreadful morning rise. [amend, Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend. Then join, ye saints; wake every cheerful passion: When Christ returns, he comes for your salvation. PSALM 51. L. M. 1st Part. Carthage. Geneva. [1} A Penitent pleading for Pardon. p1 SHEW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive; Let a repenting rebel live: e Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee? --2 My crimes are great, but can't surpass The power and glory of thy grace; g Great God, thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pard'ning love be found. 3 O wash my soul from every sin, e 4 My lips with shame my sins confess, o 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, e I must pronounce thee just in death; e And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well. e 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, -Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, • Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. L. M. 2nd Part. Armley. Geneva. [b] LORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin, Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall 3 [Great God, create my heart anew, d 4 Bebold, I fall before thy face; No outward forms can make me clean; 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, -6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone o Thy blood can make me white as snow; e 7 [While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, THOU, who hear'st when sinners cry, Behold them not with angry look, -2 Create my nature pure within, And guard me that I fall no more. e 4 Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord, And let a wretch come near thy throne, 5 A broken heart, my God, my King, o The God of grace will ne'er despise p 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, [LORD, I would spread my sore distress, And guilt, before thine eyes; e Against thy laws, against thy grace, How high my crimes arise! 2 Shouldst thou condemn my soul to hell, Heaven would approve thy vengeance well, And earth must own it just. -3 I from the stock of Adam came, Unholy and unclean; All my original is shame, 4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew And, as my days advanc'd, I grew e 5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul O make my broken spirit whole, 6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, o 7 Then will I make thy mercy known, • Backsliders shall address thy throne, And turn to God again.] C. M. 2nd Part. Bishopsgate. Canterbury. [ Repentance, and Faith in the Blood of Christ. e 1 10 GOD of mercy, hear my call, My load of guilt remove; Break down this separating wall, -2 Give me the presence of thy grace; • Shall speck aloud thy righteousness, And make thy praise my song e 3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain, The death of Christ shall still remain -4 A soul oppress'd with sin's desert, A humble groan, a broken heart, V. 4-6. PSALM 53. C. M. Mear. [*]] Victory and Deliverance frem Persecu tion. 1 ARE all the foes of Zion fools, Who thus devour her saints? 2 They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise; 3 In vain the sons of Satan boast When God has first despis'd their host, 4 O for a word from Zion's King, Jacob with all the tribes shall sing, And Judah weep no more. PSALM 55. C. M. Canterbury. [b] V 1-8, 16, 17, 18, 22. Support for the afflicted and tempted Soul. 10 GOD, my refuge, hear my cries, Behold my flowing tears; For earth and hell my hurt devise, 2 Their rage is levell'd at my life, 3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound; e 4 O were I like a feather'd dove, e 5 Let me to some wild desert go, -6 Vain hopes-and vain inventions all, e -The mighty God, on whom I call, |