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HYMN 222.

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD.

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OD is King, ye lands rejoice;
Lift, ye Ifles, a thankful voice;
Ev'ry throne by his controll'd,
Well fecures the paffive world.
2 Higher than the fons of pride,
He bids the raging waves fubfide;
Whatever ftrifes the nations fill,
The whole centers to his will.

3 O how deep his counsel lies!
How unfathomably wife!
Ev'ry way his will is done,
Ev'ry way his pow'r is fhown.

4 Thoughts are vain against the LORD,
All fubferve his ftanding word;
Satan lets, and men object,
Yet the thing they thwart, effect.

5 Subjects of the LORD, be bold;
JESUS will the kingdom hold;
Wheels encircling wheels muft run,
Each in place to bring it on.

6 Bleft is Faith, that trusts his pow'r;
Bleft is Faith, that waits his hour;
Hafte, great Conqu'ror, bring it near,
Let the glorious close appear.

HYMN

223.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD, NOT IN WORD,

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BUT IN POWER.

Form of words, tho'e'er fo found,
Can never fave a foul.

The Holy Ghost must give the wound,
And make the wounded whole.

2 Tho' God's election is a truth,
Small comfort there I fee,
Till I am told by God's own mouth,
That He has chofen Me.

3 Sinners, I read, are juftify'd By faith in JESU's blood: But when to me that blood's apply'd, 'Tis then I've peace with God.

4 Imputed righteousness I own,
A doctrine most divine;

When JESUS to my heart makes known
That all his merit's Mine.

5 To perfeverance I agree;
The thing to me is clear;
Because the LORD has promis'd Me
That I shall perfevere.

6 Thus chriftians glorify the LORD;
His Spirit joins with ours,
In bearing witnefs to his word,
With all its faving pow'rs.

HYMN 224:

CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH,

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AND THE LIFE.

Am, faith CHRIST, the Way:
Now if we credit him,

All other paths must lead astray,
How fair foe'er they feem.

2 I am, faith CHRIST, the Truth:
Then all that lacks this teft,
Proceed it from an angel's mouth,
Is but a lie at beft.

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I am, faith CHRIST, the Life:
Let this be feen by faith;

It follows, without further ftrife,

That all befides is death.

4 If what those words aver,

The Holy Ghost apply;

The fimpleft chriftian fhall not err,
Nor be deceiv'd, nor die.

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HYMN 225.

BREATHING AFTER CHRIST.

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OME, thou bleft JESUS, quickly come, 'Defcend, thou bright, immortal gueft; Within my heart erect thy throne, And reign unrivall'd in my

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2 Not all that's great, or good, or fair, Can please, or fix my choice below: I long in purer joys to share,

Which only from thy presence flow. 3 No more the world my bofom warnas, When thy fuperior glories fhine :: I die to all created charms,

If JESUS whispers, HE IS MINE.

4 Opprefs'd with care and pain, I roam At diftance from my native place : Come, the bright hour that bears me home,

To view my JESUS face to face..

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226.

ISA. lxiv. 6.

CHRIST THE ONLY SAVIOUR.

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ONG did my foul in JESU's form
No comeliness nor beauty fee;
His facred name by others priz'd,
Was tasteless still, and dead to me.

2 Men call'd me Chriftian, and my heart
On that delufion fondly stay'd;
Moral my hopes, my Saviour self,
Till mighty grace the cheat display'd.
3 Thanks to the hand that wak'd my dream,
That fhew'd me wretched, naked, poor;
That fweetly led me to the rock,
Where all falvation ftands fecure.

4 Glad, I forfook my righteous pride,
My moral, tarnish'd, finful drefs;
Exchang'd my drofs away for CHRIST,
And found the robe of righteousness.

HYMN 227.

1 ESUS, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring;
Accept the well-deferv'd renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.

2 Let ev'ry act of worship be,

Like our efpoufals, LORD, to thee; Like the bleft hour, when from above. We first receiv'd the pledge of love.

3 The gladness of that happy day,
O may it ever, ever ftay!

Nor let our faith forfake its hold,
Our hope decline, nor love grow cold.

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