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Spiritual Songs.

In THREE BOOKS.

I. Collected from the SCRIPTURES.

II. Composed on DIVINE SUBJECTS.
III. Prepared for the LORD's SUPPER.

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SOLITI ESSENT (i. e. CHRISTIANI) CONVENIRE, CARMENQUE CHRISTO
QUASI DEO DICERE.

PLINIUS IN EPIST.

PRINTED AT WORCESTER, (MASSACHUSETTS)
By ISAIAH THOM A S,

And SOLD at his BOOK-STORE, and by the BOOKSELLERS in Town and Country.

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HYMNS

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6, 8, 9, 10, 12.

EHOLD the glories of the Lamb Amidst his Father's throne: Prepare new honours for his name, And fongs before unknown..

2 Let elders worship at his feet,

The church adore around;
With vials full of odours fweet,
And harps of fweeter found.

3 Thofe are the pray'rs of all the faints,
And these the hymns they raise :
Jefus is kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our praise.

4 [Eternal Father, who fhall look
Into thy fecret will?

Who but the Son fhall, take that book,
And open ev'ry feal?

5 He fhall fulfil thy great decrees;
The Son deferves it well;
Lo, in his hand the fov'reign keys
Of heav'n, and death, and hell !]
Now to the Lamb, that once was flain,
Be endless bleffings paid;
Salvation, glory, joy, remain
For ever on thy head.

7 Thou haft redeem'd our fouls with blood,
Haft fet the pris'ners free,
Haft made us kings and priests to God,
And we fhall reign with thee...

8 The worlds of nature and of grace.
Are put beneath thy pow'r;
Then fhorten these delaying days,
And bring the promis'd hour.

II. LONG METRE.

The Deity and Humanity of Chrift. John i. 1, 3, 14; and Col. i. 16; and Epb. iii. 9, 10.

ERE

RE the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad,

From everlasting was the word:

With God he was

as; the word was God,',

And must divinely be ador'd. .

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2 By his own pow'r were all things made, By him fupported all things ftand; He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at his command. . 3 Ere fin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning ftars; ; (Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years ?)* 4 But lo, he leaves thofe heav'nly forms,, The Word defcends and dwells in clay, That he may hold converfe with worms,, Drefs'd in fuch feeble flesh as they.. 5 Mortals with joy beheld his face e Th' eternal Father's only Son;; How full of truth! how full of grace! When thro' his eyes the Godhead fhone! 6 Archangels leave their high abode, To learn new myft'ries here and tell The love of our defcending God, The glories of Immanuel.

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