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Canft thou, whate'er fhould come of thee,

Yet with his Zion well,

And joy in her profperity?

Thy Husband loves thy zeal.

Doft thou admire his love to fome,
Though thou fhouldst never fhare?
Mercy to thee will alfo come,
Thy Husband hath to spare.

Poor foul! doft grieve for want of
And weep for want of love,
And Jefus feek'ft! O hopeful cafe!
Thy Hufband lives above.

Regretting much thy falling fhort,
Doft after more afpire?
There's hope in Ifrael for thy fort,
Thy Husband's thy defire.

grace,

Art thou well pleas'd that fov'reign grace,
Through Chrift, exalted be?
This frame denotes no hopeless case,
Thy Hufband's pleas'd with thee.

Couldft love to be the footstool low
On which his throne might rife,
It's pompous grace around to fhow?
Thy Husband does thee prize.
If but a glance of his fair face

Can cheer thee more than wine;
Thou in his loving heart haft place,
Thy Hufband place in thine.

Doft make his blood thy daily bath?
His word and oath thy stay?
His law of love thy lightfome path?
Thy Hufband is thy way.

All things within earth's fpacious womb
Doft but count lofs and dung,
For one fweet word in feason from
Thy Hufband's learned tongue?

Skill to difcern and know his voice,

From words of wit and art

Will clearly prove thou art his choice,
Thy Hufband thine in heart.

The pompous words that fops admire,
May vagrant fancy feaft;
But with feraphic harmless fire

Thy Hufband's burn the breast.

SECT. VI. True Believers are willing to be tried and examined. Comforts arifing to them from Chrift's ready fupply, real fympathy, and relieving names, fuiting their needs.

Dost thou upon thy trait'rous heart
Still keep a jealous eye?

Moft willing that thine inward part
Thy Husband strictly try?

The thieving croud will hate the light,
Left ftolen effects be fhown;

But truth defires what's wrong or right
Thy Husband would make known.

Doft then his trying word await,
His fearching doctrine love?
Fond, left thou err through felf-deceit,
Thy Hufband would thee prove?

Does oft thy mind with inward smart
Bewail thy unbelief?

And confcious fue from plagues of heart
Thy Hufband for relief?

Why doubt'ft his love? and yet, behold
With him thou would'st not part
For thousand thousand earths of gold;
Thy Husband has thy heart.

Though darkness, deadness, unbelief,
May all thy foul attend;

Light, life, and faith's mature relief,
Thy Husband has to fend.

Of wants annoying, why complain?
Supply arifes hence;

What gifts he has receiv'd for men,*
Thy Husband will dispense.

He got them in's exalted state
For rebels fuch as thou;

All then that's needful, good or great,
Thy Husband will allow.

Thy wants he fees, thy cries he hears;
And, marking all thy moans,
He in his bottle keeps thy tears,
Thy Husband notes thy groans.
All thine infirmities him touch,
They ftrike his feeling heart;
His kindly fympathy is fuch,
Thy Husband finds the smart.
Whatever touches thee affects
The apple of his

eye;

Whatever harms he therefore checks,
.Thy Husband's aid is nigh.

If foes are fpar'd thy need is fuch,
He flays them but in part:
He can do all, and will do much,
Thy Husband acts by art.

He often for the faddeft hour
Referves the sweetest aid :
See how fuch banners heretofore
Thy Husband has difplay'd.
Mind where he vouched his good will,
Sometimes at Hermont mount,
In Jordan land, at Mizar hill;
Thy Husband keeps the count.
At fundry times and divers ways,
To fuit thy various frames,
Has feen, like rifing golden rays,
Thy Husband's various names.

*Pfalm lxviii. 18.

† Pfalm xlii. 6.

When guilty conscience ghaftly star'd,

JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU,

The Lord thy righteoufness appear'd,
Thy Husband in thy view.

When in thy ftraits or wants extreme,
Help fail'd on ev'ry fide,
JEHOVAH-JIRAH was his name,
Thy Husband did provide.

When thy long abfent Lord didst moan,
And to his courts repair;
Then was JEHOVAH-SHAMMAHS known,
Thy Husband present there.

When thy affaulting foes appear'd
In robes of terror clad,
JEHOVAH-NISSI¶ then was rear'd,
Thy Husband's banner fpread.

When furies arm'd with fright'ning guilt,
Dunn'd war without furceafe;
JEHOVAH-SHALOM* then was built.
Thy Husband fent thee peace.

When thy diseases death proclaim'd,
And creature balfams fail'd,
JEHOVAH-ROPHI† then was fram'd;
Thy Husband kindly heal'd.

Thus, as thy various needs require,
In various modes like these,
The help that fuits thy heart's defire,
Thy Husband's name conveys.

To the little flock, as cafes vary,
The great Jehovah fhews
Himself a little fanctuary,‡
Thy Husband gives the views.

† Jer. xxiii. 6.
¶ Exod. xvii. 15.
Ezekiel xi. 16.

+ Gen. xxii. 14.
* Judg. vi. 24.

§ Ezek. xlviii. 35. + Exodus xv. 26.

SECT. VII. The Believer's experience of Chrift's comfortable prefence, or of former comforts, to be improved for his encouragement and Support under darkness and hidings.

DosT mind the place, the fpot of land,
Where Jefus did thee meet?

And how he got thy heart and hand?
Thy Husband then was sweet.

Doft mind the garden, chamber, bank,
A vale of vifion feem'd?

The joy was full, thy heart was frank,
Thy Husband much esteem'd.

Let thy experience fweet declare,
If able to remind;

A Bochim here, a Bethel there,
Thy Husband made thee find.

Was fuch a corner, fuch a place,
A paradife to thee,

A Peniel, where face to face

Thy Hufband fair didft fee?

There did he clear thy cloudy cause,
Thy doubts and fears destroy;
And on thy spirit seal'd he was
Thy Husband with great joy.

Could't thou have faid it boldly then,
And feal'd it with thy blood?
Yea, welcome death with pleasure, when
Thy Hufband by thee ftood.

That earth again should thee infnare,
O how thy heart was pain'd!
For all its fading glory there
Thy Hufband's beauty ftain'd.

The thoughts of living more in fin
Were then like hell to thee;
The life of heav'n did thus begin,
Thy Husband set thee free.

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