"My Pleafure, faith the God of Grace, ཙི ཙ "Shall profper in his Hand.

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[6" His joyful Soul fhall feet
"The Purchase of his Pain,
"And by his Knowledge juftify
"The guilty Sons of Men.]
[7" Ten thoufand captive Slaves,
"Releas'd from Death and Sin,
"Shall quit their Prifons and their Graves,
"And own his Pow'r divine.]
[8"Heav'n fhall advance my Son
"To Joys that Earth deny'd;
"Who faw the Follies Men had done,
"And bore their Sins and dy'd."]

CXLII. The fame, Ifa. liii. 6-12
LIKE Sheep we went aftray,

And broke the Fold of GoD,
Each wand'ring in a diff'rent Way,
But all the downward Road.

2 How dreadful was the Hourem When Gon our Wand'rings laid, b And did at once his Veng'ance pour Upon the Shepherd's Head!

3 How glorious was the Grace:

When CHRIST fuftain'd the Stroke! His Life, and Blood, the Shepherd pays, 17 A Ranfom for the Flock.

4 His Honour and his Breath

Were taken quite away;

Join'd with the Wicked in his Death,
And made as vile as they.

5 But GOD fhall raife his Head
O'er all the Sons of Men,

And make him fee a num'rous Seed,
To recompenfe his Pain.

6"I'll give him, faith the LORD,
"A Portion with the Strong;
"He fhall poffefs a large Reward,
"And hold his Honours long."

CXLIII. Characters of the Children of GOD, from feveral Scriptures.

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O new-born Babes defire the Breaft,
To feed, and grow, and thrive;
So Saints with Joy the Gofpel tafte,.
And by the Gospel live.

[2 With inward Gut their Heart approves All that the Word relates;

They love the Man their Father loves,
And hate the Works he hates.] am
[3 Not all the flatt'ring Baits on Earth,
Can make them Slaves to Luft;
They can't forget their heav'nly Birth,
Nor grovel in the Duft.

4 Not all the Chains that Tyrants ufe,
Shall bind their Souls to Vice;
Faith, like a Conqu'ror, can produce
A thousand Victories.]

[5 Grace, like an uncorrupted Seed,
Abides and reigns within;
Immortal Principles forbid
The Sons of GOD to lin.]

[6 Not by the Terrors of a Slave,
Do they perform his Will,
But with the nobleft Pow'rs they have
His fweet Coinmands fulfil. }

7 They find Access at ev'ry Hour
To Gon within the Vail;

Hence they derive a quick'ning Pow'r,
And Joys that never fail.

8 O happy Souls! O glorious State
Of overflowing Grace;

To dwell so near their Father's Seat,
And fee his lovely Face.

LORD, I addrefs thy heav'nly Throne;
Call me a Child of thine;
Send down the Spirit of thy Son
To form my Heart divine.

10 There fhed thy choiceft Loves abroad,
And make my Comforts, ftrong:
Then fhall I fay, "My FATHER GOD,"
With an, unwav'ring Tongue.

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CXLIV. The Witneffing and Sealing Spirit,.
Rom. viii. 14, 16. Eph. 13, 14-

WHY fhould the Children of a King

Go mourning all their Days?'

Great Comforter! defcend and bring
Some Tokens of thy Grace.

2 Doft thou not dwell in all the Saints,
And feal the Heirs of Heav'n?
When wilt thou banifh my Complaints,
And fhew my Sins forgiv'n ?

3 Affure my Conscience of her Part
In the Redeemer's Blood;

And bear thy Witnefs with my Heart,
That I am born of GoD.

4 Thou art the Earneft of his Love,
The Pledge of Joys to come:

And thy foft Wings, celeftial Dove,
Will fafe
convey mé home.

CXLV. CHRIST and Aaron, taken from
Heb. vii. and ix.

ESUS, in thee our Eyes behold
A thousand Glories more

JES

Than the rich Gems and polifh'd Gold
The Sons of Aaron wore.

2 They first their own Burnt-off rings brought,

To purge

themselves from Sin.

Thy Life was pure without a Spot,
And all thy Nature clean.

[3 Fresh Blood, as conftant as the Day,
Was on their Altar spilt;

But thy one Offring takes away
For ever all our Guils.]

[4 Their Priesthood ran thro' fev'ral Hands, For mortal, was their Race:

Thy never-changing Office stands,
Eternal as thy Days.]

[5 Once in the Circuit of a Year,

With Blood, but not his own, besab al Aaron within the Vail appears Tzodes; Before the golden Throne.

6 But CHRIST by his own pow'rful Blood,
Afcends above the Skies,
And in the Prefence of our Gop
Shews his own Sacrifice.]

7 JESUS, the King of Glory, reigns
On Sion's heav'nly Hill;

Looks like a Lamb that has been slain,
And wears his Priesthood ftill.

8 He ever lives to intercede

Before his Father's Face:

Give him, my Soul, thy Caufe to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's Grace.

CXLVI. Characters of CHRIST, borrowed from inanimate Things in Scripture.

Grace

O worship at IMMANUEL'S Feet,

See in his Face what Wonders meet!

Earth is too narrow to exprefs

His Worth, his Glory, or his Grace.

[2 The whole Creation can afford

But fome faint Shadows of my LORD;