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HYMN 142

TO THE HOLY GHOST.

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TAY, thou infulted Spirit, stay; Tho' I have done thee fuch despite, Caft not a finner quite away,

Nor take thine everlasting flight.

2 Tho' I have most unfaithful been,

Of all, who e'er thy grace receiv'd; Ten thoufand times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness griev'd.

3 But O! the chief of finners spare, In honour of my great High priest; Nor in thy righteous anger fwear T'exclude me from thy people's rest. 4 If yet thou canft my fins forgive,

É'en now, O LORD, relieve my woes; Into thy reft of love receive,

And blefs me with a calm repofe.

5 E'en now my weary foul release,
And raise me by thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promis'd land.

HYMN 143.

THE CHRISTIAN'S EXPECT ATION.

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OD of all confolation, take
The glory of thy grace;
Thy gifts to thee we render back
In ceafelefs fongs of praife.

2 Not unto us, but thee, O Lord,
Glory to thee be giv❜n,

For ev'ry gracious thought and word,
That brought us nearer heav'n.
3 Our fouls are in his mighty hand,
And he will keep them ftill;
And you and I fhall furely ftand
With him on Zion's hill.

4 Him eye to eye we there fhall fee,
Our face, like his, fhall shine;
O what a glorious company,
When faints and angels join!

5 O what a joyful meeting there,
In robes of white array'd;
Palms in our hands we all fhall bear,
And crowns upon our head!
6 Then let us earnestly contend,
And fight our paffage thro';
Bear in our faithful mind the end,
And keep the prize in view.
7 Then

7-Then let us haften to the day, When all fhall be brought home; Come, O Redeemer, come away, LORD JESU, quickly come!

HYMN 144.

ADORING JESUS.

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Come let us join,
Together combine,

To praise our dear Saviour, our Master divine,

2 Him let us adore,

Who cover'd with gore;

Late hang'd on Calvary, both wounded and poor.

3 He worthy is bleft

By fpirits at reft,

Who once in this defert his Godhead confefs'd.

4 The prophets who told

His fuff'rings of old,

Sing now fweet thanksgivings on pfalt'ries of gold.

5 The fathers to whom

He fhew'd he would come,

Now in his pavilion take up their long

home.

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6 The fpirits of men,

Who for him were flain,

From Abel the righteous, share now in his reign.

7 The apostles who stood, Refifting to blood

For JESUS's gofpel, rejoice in their GOD.

8 O church of the Lamb

Here mét, do the fame, With faints and with angels blefs JESUS's

name.

9 My foul bear a part, For ranfom'd thou art

By JESU's blood-fhedding, his burial and fmart.

10 To him that was flain, The fcorn'd Nazarene,

Be glory and honour; let all fay Amen.

HYMN 145.

Thou holy Lamb divine,

How can't thou and finners join?

GOD of spotless purity,

How fhall man concur with thee?

2 Offer up one facrifice Acceptable to the skies;

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What shall we wretched finners bring
Pleafing to the glorious King?
3 Only fin we call our own,
But thou art the darling Son
Thine it is our GoD t' appease,
Him thou doft for ever please.
4 We on thee alone depend,
With thy facrifice ascend,

Render what thy grace hath giv'n,
Lift our fouls with thee to heav'n.

HYMN 146.

GOD GLORIOUS AND SINNERS SAVED.

I FATE

ATHER, how wide thy glory fhines! How high thy wonders rife ! Known thro' the earth by thousand signs, By thousand thro' the fkies.

• Those mighty orbs proclaim thy pow'r;
Their motions fpeak thy skill
And on the wings of ev'ry hour
We read thy patience ftill.

3 But when we view thy great defign
To fave rebellious worms;

Where vengeance and compaffion join In their divineft forms;