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By I. Watts, D.D.

With the PRE FA C E~Ind NOTES.

-,uke xxiv. 44. All things muft be fulfilled which wen

written in— — ^Pfalms concerning me, leb. xi. 32. David, Samuel, tftf*/ the Prophets, Ver. 40,

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An E n qjj i r y into the right Way of fitting the Book of Psalms for Chriftian Worihip.

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^HO' the Tfalms of David are a Nl^ Work of admirable and divine

Compofure, tho' they contain the nobleft Sentiments of Piety, and breathe a molt exalted Spirit of De- votion ; yet when the beft of Chriftians attempt to fing many of them in our common Tranfla- tions, that Spirit of Devotion vanifhes and is loft, the Pfalm dies upon their Lips, and they feel fcarce any thing of the holy Pleafure.

I f I were to render the Reafons of it, 1 would give this for one of the chief, (viz.) That the Royal Pfa/mift here expreffes his own Con-

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cerns,in Words exa&ly fuited to his own Thcughtsi

agreeable to his own perfonal Chara&er, and in the Language of his own Religion : This keeps all 'the Springs of pious Paffion awake, when every Line and Syllable fo nearly affe&s himfelf J this naturally raifes, in a devout Mind, .a more lively and tranfporting Worfhip. But when we who are Chrijiians fing the fame Lines, we ex- prefs nothing but the Character, the Concerns, and the Religion of the Je<wijb King, while our own Circumftances, and our own Religion (which are fo widely different from his) have little to do in the Sacred Song; and our Affec- tions want fomething of Property orlntereft in the Words, to awaken them at firft, and to keep them lively.

I f this Attempt of mine, thro' the divine Bleffing, become fo happy as to remove this great Inconvenience, and to introduce warm De- votion into this Part of Divine Worfhip, I fhall efteem it an honourable Service done to the Church of Chrifi.

'Tis neceflary therefore thatlfhouldhere in- form my Readers at large, what the Title-Page

, expreffes in a fhorter way , and affure them, that they are not to expedfc in this Book an exa£t Tramlation of the Tfalms of David: for if I had not conceiv'd a different Defign from all that have gone before me in this Work, I had never attempted a Service fo full of Labour, tho' I muft confefs it has not wanted its Pieafure

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I n order to give a plain Accountof my pre fent Undertaking, I fliali firft reprefent the Me- I thods that my Predeceffors have followed in

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their Verfions ; in the next place, I hope to make it evident, that thofe Methods can never attain the nobleft and higheft Ends of Chrifian PfaU p:ody j and then defcribe the Courfe that I have taken, different from them all, together with fome brief Hints of the Reafons that induced me to it.

First, I will reprefent the Methods that viy Predeceffors have followed. 1 have {cen above twenty Verfions of the Pfalter, by Perfons of] richer and meaner Talents; and how various, foever their Profcflions and their Prefaces are,; yet in the Performance they allfeem to aim at this one Point, (viz.) to make the Hebrew Pfahnifb only fpeak Engli/b, and keep all his own Charac- ters ftill. Wherefoever the Pfalm introduces hirrv as a Soldier or a Prophet, as a Shepherd or a great Mufician, as a King on the Throne, or as a Fu-j gitive in the Wildernefs, the Tranllators ever re- prefent him in the fame Circumftances. Some of them lead an AlTembly of common Chriftians to worfhip God, asnearaspoffible, in. thofe very words ; and they generally agree alfo to perform and repeat that Worlhip in the antient Jewijh Forms, wherever the Pfalmifi ufes them.

There are feveral Pfalms indeed, which have fcarce any thing in them perfonal or pecu- liar to David, or the Jews, fuch as Pfal. i. xix. xxv. xxxvii. lxvii. c. &c. and thefe, if tranflated into the plain National Language, are very pro- per Materials for Pfalmody in all Times and Places; but there are but a few of this kind, in comparifon of the great Number which have fomething of Perfonal Concer?is> Prophetical Darknejfes, Hebraijins, or JevJtfh Affairs min- gled with them.

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IConfessj Mr. Milbourn and Mr. Darby, (tho' in very different Verfe,) have now and then given an Evangelic Turn to the Hebrew Senfe:, and Dr. Patrick hath gone much beyond them in this refpedt, that he hath made ufe of the prefent Language of Christians in feveral Pfalms, and left out many of the Judaifms. This is the Thing that hath introduced him into the Favour of i'o many religious Affembliesj even ihofevery Perfons that have an Averiionto fing any thing in Worfliip but Davids Pfalms3have been led infenfibly to fall in with Dr. Patrick's Performance, byaReliihof pious Pleafure; ne- ver considering that his Work is by no means a I juft Tranflation, but aParaphrafe: and there fire fcarce any that have departed farther from the infpired Words of Scripture than he hath often done, in order to fuit his Thoughts to the State and Worfliip of Chrifiiajrity. This I efteem his peculiar Excellency in thofe Pfalms wherein he has pradtifed it : This I have made my chief Care and Bufinefs in every Pfalm, and have at- tempted at leaft to exceed him in this as well as in the Art of Verfe, and yet I have often kept nearer to the Text.

But, after all, this good Man hath differed himfelf fo far to be carried away by Cuftom, as to make all the other perfonal Charadters and Cir- cumftances of David appear ftrong and plain, ex- cept that of a Jew j and many of them he has re- prefented in ftronger and plainer Terms than the Original. This will appear to any one that compares | thefe following Texts in Dr. Patrick with the Bible, (viz.) Pfal.iv. 2. andix.4, 5. andxviii.43. and li. 4. and lx. 6, 7. and ci. 1. andcxli. 6. and cxliii. 3. and feveral others; So that 'tis hard to

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,d, even in his Verfion, fix or eight Stanza's* together in any Pfalm (that has perlbnalor na- tional Affairs in it) fo fit to be affumed by a vulgar Chriflian, or fo proper to be fang by a whole Congregation. This renders the due Performance of Pfalmody every where difficult to him that appoints theVerfes : But 'tis extremely trouble- Tome in thofe Aflemblies where the Pfalm is fung without reading it Line by Line, which yet is, beyond all Exception, the trueftandthe beftMe- 'thod : for in this way of finging there can be no Omiffion of a Verfe, tho? it be never fo impro- per j but the whole Church muft run dowrn to the next Divifion of the Pfalm, and ling all that comes next to their Lips, till the Clerk puts them to filence. Or, to remedy this Inconvenience, if a wife Man leads the Song, he dwells always upon four or five and twenty Pieces of fome fe- ted Pfalms, tho* the whole hundred and fifty lie before him; and heisforced to run that nar- row Round fall, for want of larger Provifion fuited to our prefent Circumftances.

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I M i g h T here alfo remark to what a hard Shift the Minifter is put to find proper Hymns

I at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, where the People will fing nothing but out of David's

:Pfalm-Book: How perpetually do they repeat fome part of the xxihd or the cxviiith Pfalm ? And confine all the glorious Joy and Melody of that Ordinance to a few obfeure Lines, becaufe the Tranflators have not indulg'd an Evangelical Turn to the Words of David , no not in thofe very Places where the JewifJj Vfalmifi feems to mean the Gofpel ; but as excellent a Poet as be was, he was not able to fpeak it plain, by reafon of the Infancy of that Difpenfation, and longs for die Aid of a Chrijiian Writer. Tho', to fpeak A 4 my

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my own 5>enfe freely, I do not think David ever wroteaPfalm of fufficient Glory and Sweetnefs, to reprefent the Bleffings of this holy Inftitu- tion of Chrijiy even tho' it v/ere explained by a copious Commentator; therefore 'tis my Opi- nion, that other Spiritual Songs fhould fome- times be ufed to render Christian Pfalmody com- pleat. But this is not my prefent Bufinefs, and I have written on this Subje&elfewhere.

T o proceed to the Second Part of my Pre- face? which is to fhew how inefficient a flriH Tranflation of the Pfalmsisto attain the defgn'd End.

The re are feveral Songs of this Royal Au- thor', that feem improper for any Perfon befides himielf ; fo that I cannot believe that the Whole Book of Ffalms (even in the Original) was ap- pointed by God for the ordinary and conftanc Worfhip . of the Jevuifb .Sancluary or the Syna- gogues > tho' feveral of them might be often fung ; much lefs are they all proper for a Chriflian Church: Yet the way of a clofe Tranflation of this whole Book of Hebrew Pfalmsy for EngliJJj and Chriftian Pfalmodyy has generally obtain'd among us.

S o ME pretend, 'tis but a jufi Refpecl for the Holy Scriptures j for they have imbib'd a fond Opinion from their very Childhood, that no- thing is to be fung at Church but the infpir'd j Writings, how different foever the Senfe is from our prefent State. But this Opinion has been taken upon Truft, by the moft part of its Advo- cates, and borrow'd chiefly from Education, Cu- ftom, and the Authority of others; which, if duly examin'd, will appear to have been built upon too flight and feeble Foundations j the

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eaknefs of it I fhall fhew more at large in ano- ther place : but it appears of itfelf more emi- nently inconfiftent m thole Perfons that fcruple to addrefs God in Profe in any precompos'd Forms whatfoever j and they give this Realbn, becaufe they cannot be fitted to all our prefenn I Occaiionsj and yet in Verfe they confine their Addrefles to fuch Forms as were fitted chiefly for JevSiJh VVorfhippers, and for the fpecialOc- cations of David the King. •

Others maintain that a ftrift and fcrupu- lous Confinement to the Senfe of the Original is necejjary to do Juflice to the Royal Author j but, in my Judgment, the Royal Author is moft ho- nour'd when he is made moll intelligible, and !when his admirable Compofures are copy'd in jfuch Language, as gives Light and Joy to the jSaints that live two thoufand Years after him : whereas fuch a mere Tranilation of all his Verfe TpXoEngHJh) to befunginour Worfhip, feemsto darken our Religion, by running back again to . Judaifm^ it damps our Delight, and almoft for- I bids the Christian Worjbipper topurfue the Song. How can weaiTume to our (elves all his Words in our perfonal or publick Addrefles to God, when our Condition of Life, our Time, Place, and RpUgion are fo vaftly different from thofe of David ?

I Grant 'tis neceflary and proper, that in tranflating every Part of Scripture for our Reading or Hearing? the Senfe of the Original fhould be exactly and faithfully reprefented; for there we learn what God fays to us in his Word. Bat in Singing^ for the moll part, the Cafe is al- ter'd : For as the greateft Number of thePfalms •are devotional; and there the Pfalmifts exprefs A 5 their

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their own perfonal or national Concerns ; fowe are taught, by their Example, what is the chief Defign of Pfalmody,' (viz.) that we fhould re- prefent our own Senfe of things in Singing, and addrefs ourfelves to God, expreffing our own Cafe ; therefore the Words fhould be fo far adapted to the general State of the Worfhippers, as that we might feidom fing thofe Expreflions in which we have no Concern: Or at leaft our Tranfiators of the Pfalms fhould obferve this Rule, that when the peculiar Circumftances of antient Saints are form'd into a Song, for our prefent and publick Ufe, they fhould be related, rather in an hiftorical manner,* and not retain the perfonal Pronouns I and We, where the Tranfactions cannot belong to any of us, nor be apply 'd to our Perfons, Churches, or Nation.

Moses, Dehor ah, and the Princes of J/rW; Davidy Afaphy and Habakkuk, and all the Saints under the Jewifb State, fung their own Joys and Vi&ories, their own Hopes, and Fears, and De- liverances, as I hinted before ; and why muft we, under the Gofpel, fing' nothing elfe but the Joys, Hopes, and Fears of Afaph and David ? Why muft Chriflians be forbid all other Melody, but what arifes from the Victories and Delive- rances of the Jews ? David would have thought it very hard to have been confin'd to the words of Mofesy and fung nothing elfe, on all his Rejoicing- Days, but the drowning of Pharaoh in the Fif- teenth of Exodus. He might have fuppos'd it a little unreafonable, when he had peculiar Occa- fionsof mournful Mufick, if he had been forced to keep clofe to Mofefs Prayer in the Ninetieth I Ffalwy and always fung over the Shortnefs of hu- . man Life, efpecially if he were not permitted ■ the Liberty of" a Paraphrafe: and yet the fpecial

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Concerns of David and Mofes were much more a-kin to each other, than ours are to either of them ', and they were both of the fame Religion, but ours is very different.

I T is true, that David has left us a richer Va- riety of holy Songs, than all that went before him ; but, rich as it is, 'tis ftill far fhort of the glorious Things that we Chriftia?7s have to fing before the Lord. We, and our Churches, have our own fpecial Affairs as well as they : Now if by a little Turn of their Words, or by the Change of a fhort Sentence, we may exprefs our own Meditations, Joys, and Defires in the Verfe of thofe antient Tfahnifts, why fliould we be forbid this fweet Privilege ? Why fhould we under the Chriflian Difpenfation be tied up to Forms more than the Jews themfelves were, and fuch as are \ much more improper for our Age and State too ? Let us remember that the very Power of Singing was given to human Nature chiefly for this pur- ipofe, that our own warm eft AfFeitions of Soul : might break out into natural or divine Melody, and that the Tongue of the Worfhipper might exprefs his own Heart.

I Confess 'tis not unlawful, nor abfurd for a Perfon of Knowledge and Skill in divine things, to ling any part of the JewifJj Pfalm- Book, and coniider it merely as the TVord of God 'j from which, by wife Meditation, he may draw fome pious Inferences for his own Ufe: for In- ftru&ionis aliow'd to be one End of Pfalmody. But where the words are obfeure Hebraifms, or where the Poet perfonates a Jew, a Soldier, or a King, fpeakingto himfelf, or to God, this Mode of Inftru&ion in a Song feems not fo natural or eafy even to the moil skilful Chriftian, and 'tis " " ' almofl

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almofFimpradHcable to the greateft Part of Man- kind : And both the Wife and the Weak muft confefs this, that it does by no means raife their own Devotion fo well, as if they were fpeaking in their own Perfons, and expreffing their own Senfe : Befides that the weaker Chriftian is ready to chime in with the Words he fings, and ufe them as his own, tho' they are never fo foreign to his purpoie.

Now tho' it cannot be, that a large Book of lively Devotions fhould be fo framed, as to have every Line perfectly fuited to all the Circum- ftances of every Worfhipper; but, after the .Writer's utmoft Care, there will ftill be room for Chriftian Wifdom to exercife the Thoughts aright in Singing, when the Words feem improper to our particular Cafe : yet, as far as poffible, every Difficulty of this kind fhould be remov'd, and fuch Sentences fhould by no means be cho- ien, which can fcarce be us'd, in their proper Senfe, by any that are prefent.

I Could never perfuade myfelf, that the bed way to raife a devout Frame in plain Ckri- ftians*, was to bring a King, or a Captain^ into their Churches, and let him lead and dictate the Worihip in his own Style of Royalty, or in the Language of a Field of Battle. Does every me- nial Servant in the Aflembly know how to ufe thefe Words devoutly ? (viz.) When I receive the Congregation-^ I will 'judge uprightly ; Pfal. lxxv. 2.

A Bovj of Steel is broken by mine Arms. As

foon as they hear of me^ they [hall obey me{ Pial.xviii. 34,44., Would I encourage aParilh- Clerk to ftand up in-the midft of a Country- Church, and bid all the People join with his Words, and ggg Ivjillpra/fe thee upn a PJaltery;

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or, I ij/// 0/>£« «?/ dark Saying upo?i the Harp : when even our Cathedrals ling only to the Sound of an Organ, moft of the meaner Churches can have no Mufick but the Voice, and orhers will have none belides? Why then muft all who will ling a Pfalm at Church, life fuch words, as if they were to play upon Harp and Pfaltery, when Thoufands never law fuch an Inftrument^ and know nothing of the Art ?

You will tell me, perhaps, that when you take thefeExprefficnsupon your Lips, you mean only, That you 'will vjorfiip God according to his Ap- pointme?it ?iovjy even as David ivorjbipped him m his Day , according to God's Appointment then. But why will ye confine your felves to fpeak one thing, and mean another? Why muft we be bound up to fuch Words, as can never be ad- drefs'd to God in their own Senfe ? And lince the Heart of a Chriftian cannot join herein with his Lips, why may not his Lips be led to fpeak. his Heart ? Experience itfelf has often fhewn, that it interrupts the holy Melody, and fpoils the Devotion of many a fincere Good Man or Wo- man, when , in the midft of the Song, fome Speeches of David have been almoft impos'd [upon their Tongues, where he relates his ov/n Troubles, his Banifhment, or peculiar Delive- I ranees ,- where he fpeaks like *Je<vjiJb Prince, jaMufician, or a Prophet; or where the Senfe [is foobfeure, that it cannot be underftood with- out a learned Commentator.

Here I may with Courage addrefs myfelf to the Heart and Confcience of many pious and obferving Chriftians, and ask them, Whether they have not found a moft divine Pleafure in Singing, when the Words of the Pfalm have i happily

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happily exprefs'd their Frame ot Soul? Have you

not felt a new Joy fpring within you, when you could fpeak your own Defires and Hopes, your own Faith, Love, and Zeal in the Language of the Holy Pfalmift ? Have not your Spirits taken wing, and mounted up near to God and Glory, with the Song of David on your Tongue ? But on a fudden the Clerk has proposed the next Line to your Lips, with dark Sayings and Prophecies, with Burnt-Offerings or Hyffop, with New-Moons, and Trumpets, and Timbrels in it, with Confejjion of Sins which you never committed, with Caw- flaints of Sorrows fuch as you never felt, curfing fuch "Enemies as you never had, giving Thanks for fuch Viclories as you never obtain'd, or leading you to fpeak, in your own Perfons, of Things, Places, and Actions, that you never knew. And how have all your Souls been difcompos'd at once, and the Strings of Harmony all untuned! You could not proceed in the Song with your Hearts, and your Lips have funk their Joy, and faultered in the Tune ; you have been baulked and afhamed, and knew not v/hether it were beft to be filent, or to follow on with the Clerk and the Multitude, and fing with cold Devotion, and perhaps in Darknefs too, without Thought or Meaning.

Let it be replf J here. That to prevent this Inconvenience, fuch Pfalms or Sentences may be always omitted by him that leads the Song, or may have a more ufeful Turn given in the Mind ofthofe that fing. But I anfwer, Since fuch Pfalms or Sentences are not to be fung, they may be as well omitted by the Tranflator, or may have a mo& ufeful Turn given in the Verfe, than it is poffible for all the Singers to give on a fudden in their Minds. Andlhis is aU that I contend for.

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1 CoME therefore to the Third Thing I propo- fed, and that is to explain my own Defign, which in fliort is this ; (viz.) To accommodate the Book of Yfalms to Chriflian JVor/bip. And in order to this, 'tisneceirary to diveft David an J Afaph^ Sec. of every other Character but that of a Yfalmift and a Sa int, and to make them always fpeak the [common Senfe of a Chriflian.

Attempting the Work, with this View, | have entirely omitted fome whole Pfalms, and ! large Pieces of many others j and have chofen, ; out of all of them, fuch Parrs only, as might eafily and naturally be accommodated to the various Occafionsof the Christian Life, oratleaft might afford us fome beautiful Alluiion to Chriftian Af- fairs. Thefe I have copy'd and explain'd in the (general Style of the Gofpel; nor ha^e I confin'd 'my Exprellions to any particular Parry or Opinion; that in Words3 prepar'dforpublick Worfliip, and for the Lips of Multitudes, there might no: be a Syllable offenfive to fincere Chniiians, whofe | Judgments may differ in the iefTer Matters of Re- ligion.

Where the Pfalmift ufes {"harp Inve&ives a- gainft his perfonal Enemies, I have endeavour'd to turn the edge of them againft our fpirirual Ad- verfaries. Sin, Satarnzn&Te?7?ptation. Where the Flights of his Fai'h and Love are fublime, I have often funk rhe Expreffions within the reach of an ordinary Chriftian : Where the Words imply fome peculiar Wants or Diftrefies, Joys or Blef-

g, I have ufed Words of greater Latitude and Comprehenfion, fuited to the general Circum- ftances of Men.

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Where the Original runs in the Form of Pro- phecy concerning Chrifl and his Salvation, I have given an Hiftorical Turn to the Senfe : There is no.neceffity that we ihould always fing in the pb- fcure and doubtful Style, of predi&ion, when the Things foretold are brought into open Light by a full Accomplifhment. Where the Writers of the New Teftament have cited or alluded to any part of the Pfalms, I have often indulged the Liberty of Paraphrafe, according to the words of Chrifl, or his Apoftles. And furely this may be efteem'd the Word of God fill, tho' borrowed from feveral Parts of the Holy Scripture. Where thePfalmift defcribes Religion by the Fear of God,! have often joiridFaith and Love to it: Where he fpeaks of the Pardon of Sin, thro' the Mercies of God, I have added the Blood ox Merits of a Saviour : Where he talks of facrificing Goats or Bullocks, I rather chufe to mention the Sacrifice of Chrifl, the Lamb of God: When he attends the Ark with Shouting into Zion, I fing the Afcenfon of my Saviour into Heaven, or his Pre fence in his Church on Earth ; where he promifes abundance of Wealthy Honour? and long Life, I have changed fome of thefe Ty- jt>/WBleffings for Grace, Glory, and Life Eternal, which are brought to Light by the Gofpel, . and promis'd in the New Teftament : And I am fully fatisfy'd, that more Honour is done toourBlefled Saviour, by fpeaking his Name, his Graces, and Actions, in his own Language, according to the brighter Difcoveries he hath now made, than by going back again to the jeivifi Forms of Worfhip, and the Language of Types and Figures

All Men will confefs this is juffi and neceflfary in Preaching and Praying ', and I cannot find a Reafon why we Ihould not fing Praifes alfo in a

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manner agreeable to the prefent and more glorious Difpenfation. No Man can be perfuaded, that to read a Sermon of the Royal Preacher out of the Book of Ecclefaftes^ or a Prayer out of Ezra or Daniel, is fo edifying to a Chriftian Church, (tho' they were infpir'd) as a well-com- pos'd Prayer or Sermon deliver'd in the ufual Language of the Gofpel of Chrifl. And why iliould the very Words of the Sweet-Singer of If rael be efteem'd fo neceffary to Chriftian Pfal- mody, and the Jeuiiflj Style fo much preferable to the Evangelical^ in our religious Songs of Praife?

Now fince it appears fo plain, that the He- brew F falter is very improper to be the precife Matter and Style of our Songs in a Chriftian Church ; and fince there is very good Reafon to . believe that it is left us, not only as a moft valua- ble Part of the Word of God, for our Faith and Pra&ice, but as an admirable and divine Pattern of fpiritual Songs and Hymns under the Gofpel ,* I have chofen rather to imitate than to tranjlate , and thus to compofe a Vfabn-Book for Chriftians after the manner of the \Jeivijb I falter.

I f I could be perfuaded, that nothing ought to be fung in Worfhip, but what was of immediate | Infpiration from God, furely I would recommend Anthems only j (viz.) thePfalms themfelves, as we read them in the Bible, fet to Mufick as they are fung by Choriftersin our Cathedral Churches ; For thefe are neareft to the Words of Infpiration j and we rauft depart far fVom thofe Words, if we turn them into Rhyme and Metre of any fort. And upon the foot of this Argument, even The Scotch Verfony which has been fcrmuch com- mended for its Approach to the Original, would 1 be unlawful, as well as others. But

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But fince I believe that any Divine Sentence, ^ot ChrifiianVerfe, agreeable to Scripture, may-be jfung, tho'it be compos'd by Men uninfpir'd; I have not been fo curious and exad in ftriving I every where to exprefs the antient Senfe and Meaning of David; but have rather exprefs'd I myfelf, as I may fuppofe David would have done, had he lived in the Days of Chriftianity. And by this means, perhaps, I have fometiraes hit upon the true Intent of the Spirit of God in thofe Verfes, farthci and clearer than David himfelf could ever difcover, as St. Peter encourages me to hope, i Pet.i. n, 12. where he acknowledges that the antient Prophets who foreteld of the Grace that fbould come to us, were in fome mea- fure ignorant of this great Salvation ', for tho' they tefiiffd of the Sufferings of Ckrift and his Glory, yet they were forced to fear do and enquire after the meaning of what they fpake or wrote. In feveral other Places, I hope my Reader will find a natural Expofition of many a dark and doubtful Text, and fome new Beauties and Connexions of Thought difcover'd in the Je<wifb Poet, tho' not in the Language of a Jew. In all Places I have kept my grand Defign in view, and that is, to teach my Author to fpeak like a Chrifiian. For why fh ould I now addrefs God my Saviour in a Song^vY^ Burnt-Sacrifces of Fat lings, and <with the Incenfe of Rams ? Why fliould I pray to be fprinkled with Hyjfop, or recur to the Blood of Bullocks aitd Goats ? Why fhould I bind my Sacrifice with Cords to the Horns of an Altar, or fing the Praifes of God to high -founding Cymbals, when the Gofpelhas fhewn me a nobler Atone- ment for Sin, and appointed a purer and more fpiritual Worfhip ? Why muft I join with David, in his Legal or Prophetick Language, tocurfe my Enemies, when my Saviour, in his Sermons, } has

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has taught me to love and blefs (them ? Why may not a Chrifiian omit all thofe Partakes of the jfevrifb Pfalmift, that tend to fill the Mind » with overwhelming Sorrows,def pairing Thoughts, or bitter perfonal Refentments, none of which; are well felted to the Spirit of Chriftianity, which is a Difpenfation of Hope, and Joy, and Love? Whit need is there that I fhould wrap up the Alining Honours of .my Re- deemer in the dark and fhadowy Language of a Religion, that is now for ever abolifhed ; ef- . pecially when Chriftians are (o vehemently warn- ed, in the Epiftles of St. Paul, againft a Juda- izing Spirit, in their Worfhip as well as Doc- trine? And what Fault can there be in en- larging a little on the more ufeful Subjecls in the Style of the Gofpel, where the Pfalm gives any Occafion, fince the whole Religion of the Jews [is cenfur'd often in the New Teftamentas a de- fective and imperfect Thing?

Tho' I have aimed to provide for a Variety of Affairs in the Chrifiian Life, by the different Me^ tres,Parapbrafes,m&Divifions ofthePfalms, (of which I ihall fpeak particularly }) yet, after all, there are a great many Circumftances that attend Common Chrifiians, which cannot be agreeably ex- prefs'd by any Paraphrafeon the words of David; and for thefe I have endeavoured to provide in my Book of Hymns, that Chriftians might have fome- thing to fing in Divine Worfhip, anfwerable to , moft, or all their Occafions. In the Preface to that Book, I have (hewn the Infufficiency of the common Verfions of the Pfalms, and given further Reafons for my prefent Attempt.

I Am not fo vain as to expedt, that the few fhort Hints I have mentioned in that Preface, or in this, fhould be fufficient to juftify my Per- formances

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formances in the Judgment of all Men, nor to convince and fatisfy thofe who have long main- tained different Sentiments. All ^fee Favour therefore that I defire of my Readers, is this, that they would not cenfure this Work till they have read my Difcourfe of Ffalmody, which I hope will fhortly be publifh'd ,• but let them read it with ferious Attention, and bring with them a generous and lincereSoul, ready to be convinced and to receive Truth wherefoever it can be found. In that Treadle I have given a large and parti- cular Account how the Pfalms of Jewifh Com-! pofure ought to be tranflated for Chriftian Wor- ship, and juftify'd the Rules I lay down by fuch Reafons, as feem to carry in them moil plentiful Evidence, and a fair Convi&ion.

I f I might prefume fo much, I would intreat them alfato forget their younger Prejudices for a Seafon, fo far as to make a few Experiments of thefe Songs ; and try whether they are not fuited, thro' Divine Grace, to kindle in them a Fire of Zeal and Love, and to exalt the willing Soul to an Evangelic Temper of Joy and Praife. And if they fhall find, by fweet Experience, any de- vout Affe&ions rais'd, and a holy Frame of Mind awakened within them by thefe Attempts of Ckri- pan Pfatmiftry ; I perfuade myfelf, that I fhall receive their Thanks, and be affifted by their J Prayers towards the Recovery of my Health, and my publick Labours in the Church otChrifl. Whatfoever Sentiments they had formerly en- tertain'd, yet furely they will not fuffer their old and doubtful Opinions to prevail againft their own inward Senfations of Piety and Religious Joy.

Before I conclude, I muftaddafew Things concerning my Divifionof the Pfalms, and my Manner of Verfifying. - Of

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Of the T>iviJionof the Tfalms.

I N many of thefe facred Songs, it is evident, that the Pfalmift had feveral diftintf: Cafes in view at the fame time : As Pfalm lxv. the firft four or five Verfes defcribe the Temple-Worpp of Prayer and Praijfij the following Verfes reprefent the Providence of God hi the Seafons of the Year. So in Pfahn lxviii. the firft fix Verfes declare the Majefy and Mercy of God, and from the 7th Verfe to the 16th, Ifraelis brought from Egypt, to fix Divine Worfhip at Jerufalem. The 17th and I 18th are a Prophecy of xheAfcenfion of Chrifl. Verfe 24* &c. dckribesz Religious Proceffion^&cc. j The like may be obferv'd in many other Pfalms, ; efpecially fuch as reprefent fome complicated; Sorrows, or Joys of the Pfalmift. Now it is not to be fuppos'd that Chriftians fhould have all the fame diftincfc Occafions of Meditation, Complaint or' Praife, much lefs all at the fame time to be mentioned before God ; therefore I have divided many Pfalms into feveral Parts, and difpos'd them into diftindt Hymns on thofe various Subjects, that may be proper Matter for Chrifiian Pfalmody.

Besides, that exceffive long Tone of Voice, that ftretches out every Syllable in our publick Singing, allows us neither Time nor Spirits to fing above fix or eight Stanza's at once, and fometimes we make ufe of but three or four : Therefore I have reduced almoft all the Work into Hymns of fuch a Length, as may fuit the ufual Cuftomof the Churches ; that they may not fing broken Fragments of Senfe, as is too often done, and fpoil the Beauty of this Wor-

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jfhipi butmayfinifh a whole Song and Subject at once.

For this end I have been forced to tranlpofe, or omit, fomeof the Verfes j and by this means (fomewillobjed) that I have left out fome ufe- ful and fignificant Lines. Perhaps fo : But if I had not, the Clerk would have left them out, to fave the Time for other Parts of Worihip; and I defire but the fame Liberty which he has to chuie which Verfes fhall be fung. Yet I think it will be feldom found that I have omitted any ufeful Pfalm, or Verfe, whofe Senfe is not abundantly repeated in other Parts of the Book ; and what I have left out in one Metre, I have often infer- ted in another.

When the Occafion or Subject are much the fame throughout a long Pfalm, I have either abridged the Verfes, or divided the Pfalm by Paufes, after the French manner, (where the Senfe would admit an Interruption) that the Worlhip may not be tirefome.

Of the Verfe.

I Resign to Sir John Denham the Honour ofthebeftPoet,if he had given his Genius but a juft Liberty^ yet his Work will ever fhine brighteft among thofe that have confined them- felves to a mere Tranflation. But that clofe Confinement has often forbid the Free4om and Slory of Verfe, and, by cramping his Senfe, lasrender'd it fometimestoo obfeure for a plain deader and the publick Worfhip, even tho'we iv'd in the Days of David and judaifin. Thefe

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Inconveniences he himfelf fufpe&s; and fears in the Preface.

I Am content to yield to Mr. Milbourne the Preference of his Poefy in feveral Parts of his Pfalms, and to Mr. Tate and Dr. Brady, in fome of theirs ; but in thofe very Places their Turns of Thought and Language are too much raifed above a vulgar Audience5 and fit only for Perfons of an higher Education.

I Have not refufed, in fome few Pfalms, to borrow a (ingle Line or two from thefc three Authors; yet I have taken the moft free- dom of that fort with Dr. Patrick, for his Style beft agrees with my Defign, tho' his Verfe be generally of a lower Strain. But where I have ufed three or four Lines together of any Author, I have acknowledged it in the Notes.

In fome of the more elevated Pfulms, I lave given a little Indulgence to my Genius ; and if it fhould appear that I have aimed at the Sublime, yet I have generally kept within the reach of an unlearned Reader. I never thought the Art of fublime Writing confifted in flying out of fight j nor am Iofthemindof the Italian^ who faid) Ob f cur it y begets Great nefs. I have always avoided the Language of the Poets> where it die! not fuitthe Language of the Gofpel.

In many of thefe Compofures^ I have juft permitted my Verfe to rife above a fiat and in- dolent Style j yet I hope it is every where fup- ported above the juft Contempt of the Criticks : tho' I am fenfible that I have often fubdued it below their E flee m; becaufe I would neither indulge any bold Metaphors, nor admit of hard

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Words, nor tempt an ignorant Wortfiipper to

fing without his Underftanding.

Tho' I -have attempted to imitate the facred Beauties of my Author, in fome of the fprightly Pfalms, fuch as Pfal. 45, 46, 49, 65, 72, 90,91, 104^ 114,115,139, &e. yet if my youthful Rea- ders complain, that they expedted to find here more elegant and beautiful Defcriptions with which the facred Original abounds, let them confider that fome of thofe Pieces of defcrip- tivePoefy, are the flowery Elegancies peculiar to Baftern Nations and antique Ages, and are much too large alfo to be brought into fuch fhort Chri- fiian Sonnets as are ufed in our prefent Worfhip j almoil all thofe Pfalms I have contradied and fitted to more fpiritual Devotion, as Pfal. 18, 68, 73, 78, 105, 106, 109, &c.

Of the Metre and Rhyme.

I Have formed myVerfe in the three mofl ufual Metres to which our Pfalm-Tunes are fitted, (viz) The Common Me tuy the Metre of the old 25th Pfalm, which I call Short Metre, and that of the old 100th Pfalm, which I call Long Metre. Befides thefe, I have done fome few Pfalms in Stanza's of fix, eight, or twelve Lines, to the beft of the old Tunes. Many of them I have alfo caft into two or three Metres, not by leaving out or adding two Syllables in a Line, whereby others have cramped or ftretched their Verfe to the Deftruftion of all Poefy ; but I have made an intire new Song, and oftentimes, in the diffe- rent Metres, 1 have indulged thofe different Senfes, in which Commentators have explained theinfpired Author: And if in one Metre I have

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given the Loofe to a Paraphrafe, I have con- fined myfeif to my Text in the other.

If I am charged by the Cri ticks for repeat- ing the fame Rhymes too often, let them con- fider, that the words, which continually recur in Divine Poefy, admit exceeding few Rhymes to them fit for facredUfe; thefe arc God, Worlds Flejlj, Soul, Life, Death, Faith, Hope^ Heaven, Earth, &c. which I think will make fufficient Apology,* efpecially fince I have coupled all! my Lines by Rhymes, much more than either Mr. Tate or Dr. Patrick have done, which is certainly moft mufical and agreeable to the. Ear, where Rhyme is ufed at all.

I Must confefs I have never yet feen any Verfion, or Paraphrafe of the P faints, in their own Jvwijb Senfe, fo perfect as to difcourage all further Attempts. But whoever undertakes the noble Work, lee him bring with him a Soul de- voted to Piety, an exalted Genius, and withal a ftudious Application. For David's Harp abhors a prophane Fingar, and difdains to anfwer to an unskilful or a carelefs Touch. A meaner Pen may imitate at a diftance, but a compleat Tranflation, or a juft Paraphrafe, demands a rich Treafury of Di&ion, and exalted Fancy, a quick Tafte of devout Paffion, together with Judg- ment ftridt and fevere to retrench every luxu- riant Line, and to maintain a religious Sove- reignty over the whole Work. Thus the PfaU wifl of Ifrael might arife in Great Britain in all his Hebrew Glory, and entertain the more know- ing and polite Christians of our Age. But ftill I am bold to maintain the great Principle on which my prefent Work is founded , and that is, That if the brighteft Genius on Earth, or an B Angel

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Angel trom tieaven, fhouldtranflate David^md keep clofe to the Senfe and Style of the infpired Author, we fhotild only obtain thereby a bright or heavenly Copy of the Devotions of the JewiJJj Kwg'7 but it could never make the fitteft Pfahn- Book for a Chriflian People.

I t was not my Defign to exalt myfelf to the Rank and Glory of Poets j but I was ambitious to be a Servant t^the Churches, and a Helper to the Joy of the meaneft Chriftian. Tho' there are many gone before me, who have taught the Hebrew Pfalmift to fpeak Englifb, yet I think I may aflume this Pleafure of being the Firft who hath brought down the Royal Au- thor into thq common Affairs of the Chriftian Life, and led the Pfalmift of IJrael into the Church of Chrifi^ without any thing of a Jeao about him. And whenfoever there fhall appear any Taraphrafe of the Book of Pfalms^ that re- tains more of the Savour of David's Piety, dis- covers more of the Style and Spirit of the Gofpel, with a fuperior Dignity of Verfe, and yet the Lines as eafy and flowing, and the Senfe and Language as level to the loweft Capacity, I fhall congratulate the World, and confent to fay. Let this Attempt of mine be buried in Si- lence.

'Till fuch a Work arife, I muft attend thefe Evangelic Songs (which have Been the Labour of fo many Years) with a devout Willi.

May that God, who has favoured me with Life and Capacity to finifh this Work for the Ser- vice of his Churches, after fo many Years of tirefome Sicknefs and Confinement, accept this humble Offering from a thankful Heart. May

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! the Lord, who dwelt of oldamidft the Praifes of Ifrael, encourage and blefs this Eflay, to affifl | Chriflians in the Work of Praife ! And may his Churches exalt him here on Earth in the Language \ of his Gofpel and his Grace, till they fhall be called up to Heaven and the noble Society above ! There David and Afaph have changed their an- tient Stile, and the Song of Mo/is and of the Lamb are one : There the Jews join with the Na- tions, to exalt their God anc^edeemer in the Language of Angels, and in the Strains of corn- pleat Glory. Amen,

Advertifement to the R e a d e r s.

H E chief Defign of this Work was t$ improve Ffalmody, or Religious Sing- ing, and to encourage the frequent Pra- ctice of ft hi. -public AJfemblies and pri- I vate Families with more Honour and Delight ', yet the Author hopes the reading of it may alfo e?iter- ) tain the Far lour and the Clofet with devout V lea- fur e and holy Meditations. Therefore he would ; requef his Readers, at proper Seafons, to perufe it thro\ and among 340 facredHym?is they may find Out fever al that fuit their own Cafe and Temper j or the Circumfances of their Families and Friends $ \ they may teach their Children fuch as are proper for their Age, and by treafuri?ig them in their Me-\ mory, they maybe fumij/fd for pious ~Retireme7it)\ or mayentertain their Friends with holy Melody,

Of chufing or finding the Pfalm.

The Peru fa! of the whole Book will acquaint every Reader with the Authors Method, and by B 2 con*

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confulting the Index, or Table of Contents at the

end, he may find Hymns very proper for many Occafions of the Chriftian Life and Worjhip, tho[ no Copy of DavidV Pfalter can provide for all.

Or if he remember the firfl Line of any Pfalm, the Table of the firfl Lines will direii where to find it.

Or if anyjhall think it befi to fing all the Pfalms in order in Churches or Families , it may be done with Profit; provided thofe Pfalms be omitted, that re- fer to fpecial Occurrences of Nations, Churches, or Jingle Chrifiians.

Of Naming the Pfalms.

Let the Number of the Pfalm be named difiin£t- ly-> together with the particular Metre, and parti- cular Part of it : As for Inftance; Let us fing the ; 33d Pfalm, 2d Part, Common Metre ; or. Let 1 us fing the 91ft Pfalm, 1 ft Part, beginning at the Paufe, or ending at the Paufe ', or, Let us ling the 84th Pfalm as the 148th Pfalm, <&c. And then read over the firfl Stanza before you begin to fing, that the People may find it in their Books, whether you fing with or without reading Line by Line.

'." Of Dividing the Pfalm.

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I V the Pfalm be too long for the Time or Cufiom of Singing,there arePmfes in many of 'em at which you may properly reft : Or you may leave out thofe Verfes i which are included in Crotchets [ ] without difturb- ing the Senfe : Or in fome Places you may begin to fing at a Paufe.

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Do not always confine yourfelves to fix Stanza's, but fmg [even or eighty rather than confound the Senfe and abufe the Pfalm in folemn Worjhip.

Of the Manner of Singing.

It vuere to be <wiflfd that all Congregations and private Families would fmg as they do in foreign Protefiant Count ries, without reading Line by Line. Tho the Author has done what he could to make the Senfe compleat i?t every Line or two^ yet many In* conveniences will always attend this unhappy Man* ner ofSi?iging ; but where it cannot be alter' d^ theji two things may give fome Relief

Firft5 Let as many as can do it £r//zg Pfalm- Books with them^ and look on the Words while they Jing0 fofar as to make the Senfe compleat.

Secondly, Let the Clerk read the whole Pfalm over aloud before he begins to parcel out the Linesy that the People may have jome Notion of what they fmg j and not be forced to drag on heavily thro eight tedious Syllables without a?iy Meaiting^ till the next Line come to give the Senfe of them.

I t vuere to be wiflfdalfo^ that voe might not dwell fo long upon every fngle Note, and produce the Syl* tables tofuch a tire fome Lxtent with a con f ant Uni- formity of Time ; which difgraces the Mufick^ and puts the Co7igregation quite out of Breath infnging five or fix Stanza's : vjhereas if the Method of Singing were but reform d to a greater Speed in Pro* nunciation^ <we might often enjoy the Pleafure of a\ longer Pfalm with lefs Expence of Time and Breath; and our Pfalmody would be more agreeable to that B3 of

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• of the antient Churches, more intelligible to other 's9 and more delightful to our f elves.

The various Meafuresof the Verfe are fitted j to the Tunes of the Old Psalm-Book.

To the Common Tunes fng all entitled Common \

Metre. To the Tunes of the ioothPfalm Jfeg all entitled

Long Metre. To the Tune of the 25 th Vklmfmg Short Metre. : To the 50th V&Xxxxpng one Metre of the ^odi, 93 d. To the 1 12th or 127th Pfalm fing one Metre of the

104th and 148th. 7b //^ 1 1 3 th ¥ Mm fing one Metre of the 1 9th, 3 jd,

58th, 89th;, lafi Part, 96th, 112th, 113th. To the i22d Pfalm/#g one of the Metres of the 93d,

I22d5 ^?^i33d. To the 148th V&mfwgone Metre oft he 84th, 1.21ft,

136th, and 148th. j 7b ^ New Tune /;/£ 0#e iliitfre of the 50th; *//*/ '

115th.

Dec. i&, 171S.

THE

PSALMS of DAVID

Imitated

In the La n g u a g e of the

New Teftament.

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Psalm I. Common Metre.

The Way and End of the Righteous and the

Wicked.

I.

Blest is the Man who fhuns the Place Where Sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked Ways,1 And hates the Scoffer's Seat*

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But in the Statutes of the Lord, Has plac'd his chief Delight j £.4 fc

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ByT^HTreaBs or bears the Word,

And meditates by Nishc. Ill * [He like a Plant of generous Kind

By living Waters let, Safe from the Storms and blafting Wind,

Enjoys a peaceful State.l IV. Green as the Leaf, and ever fair

Shall his Profeflion fhine :

While Fruits of Holinefs appear

Like Clutters on the Vine, v.

Not fo the Impious and Unjuft ;

What vain Deligns they form ! Their Hopes are blown away likeDuft,

Or Chaff before the Storm.

VI.

Sinners in Judgment fhall notftand Amongft the Sons of Grace,

When Chrifl the Judge at his Right-hand Appoints his Saints a Place,

VII.

His Eye beholds the Path they tread,

His Heart approves it well ,- But crooked Ways of Sinners lead

Down to the Gates of Hell.

In this Work I have often borrowed a Line or two from the ,New Teftament 5 that the excellent and infyired Composures of \the Jewifh Pfalmiji may be brightened by the clearer Difccveries of the Gofpeh

Stanza 6. He fliall fet the Sheep at the Right-Hand, &c. Matt. 25. 33,

Psalm

Psalm I.

Psalm I Short Metre.

The Saint Happy, the Sinner Miferable. I.

Th e Man is ever bleft Who fhuns the Sinner's Ways, Among their Counfels never ftands,

Nor takes the Scorner's Place. II.

But makes the Law of God

His Study and Delight, Amidft the Labours of the Day,

And Watches of the Night. III.

He Like a Tree fhall thrive,

With Waters near the Root : jFrefh as the Leaf his Name fhall live,"

His Works are heavenly Fruit.

IV.

Not fo th* ungodly Race, They no fuch Bleffings find : Their Hopes fhall flee like empty Chaff Before the driving Wind.

How will they bear to ftand Before that Judgment-Seat, Where all the Saints at Chrift's Right-hand In full Aflfembly meet ?

VI.

He knows, and he approves The Way the Righteous go ; But Sinners and their Works fhall meet ! A dreadful Overthrow.

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Psalm I. Long Metre. ^ ] The Difference between the Righteous and the Wicked. I.

Happy the Man, whofe cautious Feet ' Shun the broad Way that Sinners go, I Who hates the Place where Atheifts meet, Ate^rfears to talk as Scoffers do.

IL He loves t'employ his Morning-Light

Amongft the Statutes of the Lord ;

And fpends the wakeful Hours of Night>

With Pleafure pond'ring o'er the Word, ill.

He, like a Plant by gentle Streams,

Shall flourifh in immortal Green ;

And Heav'n will (hine with kindeft Beams

On ev'ry Work his Hands begin.

IV.

] But Sinners find their Counfels croft y

t As Chaff before the Tempeft flies,

; So (hail their Hopes be blown and loft,

When the laft Trumpet (hakes the Skies, v.

In vain the Rebel feeks to ftand

In Judgment with the pious Race ;

"The dreadful Judge with ftern Command

Divides him to a different Place..

VI.

" Strait is the Way my Samts have trod, " I bieft the Path, and drew it plain* 11 Rut you would chufe the crooked Roadr ?• And down it leads to endlefs Pain.

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Stan. I. line 2* &St. 6. /. 4. Broad is the Way that leads te Deftruaion, Matt. 7. 13, 14.

St* 4. /. 4« At the laft Trump, &c. 1 Cor, 15. 52.

Psalm II. Short Metre.

Tranflated according to the Divine Pattern,.

Afts 4. 24, &c.

C/;r//2 Dying, Rifing^ Interceding, and Reigning. I. [ A yT a ke r and Sovereign Lord

IV J. Of Heaven, and Earth, and Seas, Thy Providence confirms thy Word,

And aniwers thy Decrees. II.

The Things fo long foretold By David are fulfilled, \ When Jews and Gentiles join'dto flay ye/us, thine Holy Child.] ■ HI.

Why did the Gentiles rage, And Jews with one accord Bend all their Counfels to deftroy Th* Anointed of the Lord ?

IV.

Rulers and Kings agree

To form a vain Defign' ;

Againft the Lord their Powers unite,

Againft his Chriftthey join, v.

The Lord derides their Rage,

And willfupport his Throne ;

He that hath rais'd Him from the Dead,

Hath own'd Him for his Sop,

Pause*

Psalm II.

Pause.

VI.

Now he's afcended high,' And asks to rule the Earth ; The Merit of his Blood he pleads^' And pleads his heavenly Birth.

VII.

He asks, and God beftows A large Inheritance ;

Far as the World's remoteft Ends His Kingdom fhall advance.

VIII.

The Nations that rebel

Muft feel his Iron Rod ;

He'll vindicate thofe Honours well

Which he receiv'd from God. IX.

[Be wife, ye Rulers, now,

And worfhip at his Throne ;

With trembling Joy, ye People, bow

To God's exalted Son. x.

If once his Wrath arife,

Ye perifh on the Place :

Then bleifed is the Soul that flies

For Refuge to his Grace.]

St. i. I. i. Lord thou art God who haft made Heaven— Whob the Mouth of thy Servant D^^/^Thaft faid, Why did the H athen rage, &c. Aclz 4. 24, &c,

St. 1. /. 3. To do whatfoever thy Hand and thy Counfel determined to be done, &c. v. 28. And federal other Lines of this Verjion are evidently borrowed from the fuller Difccveries of Chrift in the New Teftament.

St. 8, Shall rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron, even as I received of my Father, Rev. 2, 27.

Psalm

Psalm lYT~

Psalm II. Common Metre. i.

r did the Nations join to flay he Lord's Anointed Son ?

VV The Lord's Anointed Son ? Why did they caft his Laws away,

And tread his Gofpeldown ? II. The Lord that fits above the Skies,

Derides their Rage below, He fpeaks with Vengeance in his Eyes, And ftrikes their Spirits thro, ill.

c I call him my Eternal Son, u Andraife him from the Dead: I make my holy Hill his Throne, <c And wide his Kingdom fpread.'

IV.

*' Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy

€f The utmoft Heathen Lands : f1 Thy Rod of Iron (hail deftroy

M The Rebel that withftands. v. Be wife, ye Rulers of the Earth,

Obey th* Anointed Lord ; Adore the King of heav'nly Birth;

And tremble at his Word.

VI.

With humble Love addrefs his Throne,

For if he frown, ye die : Thofe are fecure, and thofe alone

Who on his Grace rely.

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g $S ALM II.

Psalm IT. Long Metre. Cfmfi's Death, RefurreBion and Afcenfion.

I. TIThy did the^w proclaim their Rage?

TheRowans why theirS words employ? i Againft the Lord their Powers engage

\ His dear Anointed to deftroy ? II.

cc Come, let us break his Bands, they fay • f <c This Man fliall never give us Laws : | And thus they caft his Yoke away,

And nail'd the Monarch to the Crofs. III.

But God, who high in Glory reigns,

• Laughs at their Pride, their Rage controuls- He'll vex their Hearts with inward Pains5< Andfpeak in Thunder to their Souls.

IV.

cc I will maintain the Ring I made u On Zions everlafting Hill, I cc My Hand (hall bring him from the Dead, " And he fhall ftand your Sovereign ftill.

j [His wond'rous Rifing from the Earth ■ Makes his eternal Godhead known ; The Lord declares his heavenly Birth;, " This Day have J begot my Son.

VI.

* Afcend, my Son, to my Right-hand, <c There, thou (halt ask, and I bellow <cThe utmoft Bounds of Heathen Lands i

' T To thee the Northern Ides fhall bow.]

Psalm II. jk

VII.

But Nations that refift his Grace, Shall fall beneath his Iron Stroke ; His Rod fhall crufhhis Foes with Eafe* As Potter's Earthen Work is broke. Pause.

VIII.

Now ye that fit on earthly Thrones, Be wife, and ferve the Lord, the Lamb; Now at his Feet fubmit your Crowns, Rejoice and tremble at his Name. IX.

With humble Love addrefs the Son, Left he grow angry, and ye die ; His Wrath will burn to Worlds unknown, If ye provoke his Jealoufy.

His Storms /hall drive you quick to Hell, He is a God, and ye but Duft : Happy the Souls that know him well,. And make his Grace their only Truft.

Stan. 5* Declared to be the Son of God with Power by hi9 ' Refurrection from the Dead, Rom. 1.4.

P s a l m III. Common Metre. Doubts and Fears fuppreft ; or, God our De~ fence from Sin and Satan. I.

My God, how many are my Fears I How faft my Fees increafe l Confpiring my eternal Death, They break my prefent Peace. II. The lying Temprer would perfuade There';, no Relief in Heaven ;

And

iq Psalm III

And all my fwelling Sins appear Too big to be forgiven;

But thou, my Glory and my Strength,'

Shalt on the Tempter tread, Shalt filenceall my threatening Guilt,

And raife my drooping Head.

CI cry'd, and from his holy Hill

He bow'd a lift'ning Ear ; I call'd my Father and my God,

And he fubdu'd my Fear, v.

He (bed £vfk Slumbers on mine Eyes^

In fpight of all my Foes ;

I Voke, and wonder'd at the Grace

That guarded my Repofe.] vr.

What tho the Hofts of Death and Hell

All arm'd againft me flood, .Terrors no more fliall fhake my Soul ;

My Refuge is mv God.

VII.

Arife, O Lord, fulfil thy Grace,,

While I thy Glory fing : My God has broke the Serpent's Teeth*

And Death has loft his Sting.

VIII.

Salvation to the Lord belongs,

His Arm alone can fave : Bleffings attend thy People here,

And reach beyond the Grave.

In this P faint I have changed David's f erf on al Enemies into the fpiritual Enemies of every Chriftian, (viz.) Sin, Satan, &c« and have mentioned the Serpent, the Tempter, the Guilt of

Sin,

Psalm III. 1 1

Sift, and the Sting of Death, WObicb arc War&i Will ft**** in

fbe New Teftement.

P slam III. 1,2,3,4,^8. Long Metre.

A Morning Pfalm. I.

OL o r d, how many are my Foes, In this weak State of Flefh and Blood ! My Peace they daily difcompofe, But my Defence and Hope is God.

II. i

Tir'd with the Burdens of the Day; To thee I rais'd an Evening Cry : Thou heard'ft when I began to pray, And chine Almighty Help was nigh.

Supported by thine heavenly Aid, I laid me down, and flept fecure : Not Death fhould make my Heart afraid, Tho I fliould wake and rife no more,

IV.

But God futtain'd me all the Night J Salvation doth to God belong : He rais'd my Head to fee the Light, And make his Praife my Morning-Song.*

In the ^d and $tb Pfalms, there is a Verfe or tivo that jbew the one to be writ in the Morning, the other in the Evening j •wherefore I have chofen out thofe Parts that feem mcjl eajily ap- plicable, and have turned them into a Morning and Evening Song*

Psalm IV. i, 2, 3, 5, <5, 7. Long Metre.

Hearing of Prayer ; or, God our Portion^ and

Cbrifi our Hope.

I.

OG o d of Grace and Righteoufnefs, Hear and attend when I complain :

Thou

12 Psalm IV. .

Thou haft enlarged me in Diftrefs, Bow down a gracious Ear again.

Ye Sons of Men, in vain ye try To turn my Glory into Shame : ;How long will Scoffers love to lye, 'And dare reproach my Saviour's Name ? in.

Know that the Lord divides his Saints :From all the Tribes of Men befide ; He hears the Cry of Penitents For the dear Sake of Chrift that dy'd.

IV.

■When our obedient Hands have done A thoufand Works of Righteoufnefs, ■We put our Truft in God alone, And glory in his oard'nmg Grace.

L . v-

[Let the unthinking Many fay, r Who will beftowfome Earthly Good ? But, Lord, thy Light and Love we pray; Our Souls defire this heav nly Food.

VI.

Then fhall my chearful Powers rejoice, At Grace and Favour fo divine ; Nor will I change my happy Choice por all their Corn, and all their Wine.

Tho this Pfalm may not direclly intend the Mefliah, yet I 'have taken occajlon to apply fome Ex prejftons in it to Chrifi and his Co/pel, I hope viith fome Advantage,, and without Offence*

Psalm

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~P$ALM Vf. TT

Psalm IV. 3, 4, 5> 8. Common Metre, An Evening Pfalm. I.

Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray j | I am for ever thine, I fear before thee all the Day,

Nor would I dare to fin. II.

And while I reft my weary Head

From Cares and Bufinefs free, "Tisfweet converting on my Bed

With my own Heart and Thee. III. I pay this Evening Sacrifice;

And when my Work is done, Great God, my Faith and Hope relies

Upon thy Grace alone.

IV.

Thus with myThoughtscompos'd toPeace,

Til give mine Eyes to deep; Thy Hand in Safety keeps my Days, And will my Slumbers keep. Psalm V. For the Lord's- Day Mornings I.

Lo r d, in the Morning thou (halt hear My Voice afcending high: To thee will I diredl my Prayer* To thee lift up mine Eye. II.

Up to the Hills where Chrifl is gone

To plead for all his Saints, Prefenting at his Father's Throne

Our Songs and our Complaints. _ IILJ

14 Psalm V.

in. Thou art a God before whofe Sight

The Wicked (hall not ftand ; Sinners fhall ne'er be thy Delight,

Nor dwell at thy Right-hand.

IV.

But to thy Houfe will I refort,

To tafte thy Mercies there ; I will frequent thine holy Court,

And worfhip in thy Fear. v. O may thy Spirit guide my Feet

In Ways of Righteoufnefs ! Make every Path of Duty ftrait,

And plain before my Face. Pause.

VI.

My watchful Enemies combine

To tempt my Feet altray ; They flatter with a bafe Defign

To make my Soul their Prey.

VII.

Lord, crufh the Serpent in the Dull:,

And all his Plots deftroy; While thofe that in thy Mercy truft

For ever fhout for Joy.

Vlil.

The Men that love and fear thy Name Shall fee their Hopes fulfilled ;

iThe mighty Godwin compafs them With Favour as a Shield,

!This Pfalm begins with the mention of Morning Prayer, anA roceeds to theWorJhip of God in his Temple, which indinedmt o entitle it, for a Lord's-Day Morning. St. 2. and 5. Where any juji Occafion is given to make men- ion of Chrift and the Holy Spirit, / refufe it not 5 and Jam

pr*

_L&alml3£L — — ±z-

terhaded'Dw&WoulJnct b.'ve ref.t.J it, bad be lived undcf tie Go/pel, nor St. Paul, bad U witten a Pfalm-tiook.

,lm VI. Common .Meue.

Complain; in Sicknef. ; ,.i, Difeafis healed

<

In AngeM Lor i, r bi k'e x e not, VVithci: v? the dreadful Storm; Nor ler thy Fury | "ow iohot

Acainil a feeble Worm. to II.

My Soul's bow'd down with heavy Cares,

My Flefh with Pain oppreft ; My Couch is Witnefs to my Tears,

My Tears forbid my Reft. III. Sorrow and Pain wear out out my Days j

I wafte the Night with Cries, Counting the Minutes as they pafs,

Till the flow Morning rife.

IV.

Shall I be flill tormented more ?

Mine Eye confum'd with Grief?

How long, my God, how long before

Thy Hand afford Relief? v.

He hears when Dull: and Afhes fpeak,

He pities all our Groans, He faves us for his Mercies fake,

And heals our broken Bones.

VI.

The Virtue of his Sovereign Word, Reftores our fainting Breath :

For filent Graves praife not the Lord, Nor is he known in Death.

Vexation

*£- P S A T, M VT.

Vexation by pergonal Enemies is not a conjlant Attendant of Sicknefs ; therefore in this Verfion I have omitted it as a peculiar • Circumflance of David's, fn the next Verfion I have changed \ thefe Enemies for Temptations and defpairing Thoughts.

The $th Verfe of this Pfalm, which is a Plea in the Prayer> i maybt naturally tranfpofed to the end, as a Ground of Praife*

Psalm VI. Long Metre. Temptations in Sicknefs overcome.

I.

Lord, I can fuffer thy Rebukes, When thou with kindnefs doft chaftife ,- But thy fierce Wrath I cannot bear,

0 let it not againft me rife !

II.

(Pity my languifhing Eftate,

And eafe the Sorrows that I feel •

The Wounds thine heavy Hand hath made,

JO let thy gentler Touches heal ! III.

jSee how I pafs my weary Days

In Sighs and Groans ; and when 'tis Night,

iMy Bed is watered with my Tears :

;My Grief confumes and dims my Sight.

I Look how the Powers of Nature mourn ! How long, Almighty God, how long ? When fhall thine Hour of Grace return ? When fhall I make thy Grace my Song ?

1 feel my Flefh fo near the Grave, My Thoughts are tempted to defpair; But Graves can never praife the Lord, For all is Duft and Silence there.

VI.

Psalm VII. u^

VI.

Depart, ye Tempters, from my Soul • And alldefpairing Thoughts depart; !My God, who hears my humbe Moan, ;WilI eafe my Flelh, and chear my Heart.

Part of the ^firfl Stanza's I have borrowed from Dr. Patrick, being pitas" d ivitb the agreeable Turn be gives to David' J Senfen

Psalm VII.

God's Care of his People, and Punishment of

Perfecutors.

I.

My Truft is in my heavenly Friend, My Hope in thee, my God ; Rife, and my helpiefs Life defend

From -thole that feekmy Blood. II.

With Infolence and Fury they

My Soul in pieces tear, As hungry Lions rend the Prey

When no Deliverer's near. III. If I had e'er provok'd them firft,

Or once abus'd my Foe, Then let him tread my Life to Duft,

And lay mine Honour low.

IV.

If there be Malice hid in me,

I know thy piercing Eyes,-

I fhould not dare appeal to thee,

Nor ask my God to rife, v.

Arife, my God, lift up thy Hand,

Their Pride and Power controul;

Awake

/is j_salm virr

Awake to Judgment, and command,' Deliverance for my Soul. Pause.

VI.

Let Sinners and their wicked Rage

Be bumbled to the Duit; Shall not the God of Truth engage

To vindicate the Tuft ?

VII.

He knows the Heart, he tries the Reins, He will defend th* Upright :

His fharpeft Arrows he ordains Againft the Sons of Spight.

VIII.

For me their Malice digg'd a Pit, But there themfelves are caft;

My God makes all their Mifchief light On their own Heads at laft. IX.

That cruel perfecuting Race, Muft feel his dreadful Sword ;

Awake my Soul, and praife the Grace And Juftice of the Lord.

In this Pfalm lhave not ex aclly followed every Jingle Verfe of the PfalmiJ}, but have endeavour ■ d to contrail the Subjlance of it into fewer Lines > yet not without a regard to the literal Senfe find Words alfo, as will appear by the Comparijon,

Psalm VIII. Short Metre.

God's Sovereignty and Goodnefs • and Man's

Dominion over the Creatures.

I.

OL o r d, our heavenly King, Thy Name is all Divine ; Thy Glories round the Earth are fpread>

And o'er the Heavens they fhine.

II.

Psalm VIII. rp

ii.

When to thy Works on high

I raife my wond'ring Eyes,

And fee the Moon, compleat in Light,

Adorn the darkfome Skies : III.

When Ifurvey the Stars,

And all their Ihining Forms,

Lord, what is Man,that worthlefs Thing,

A-kin to Dud and Worms ?

IV.

Lord, what is worthlefs Man,

That thou fhould'ft love him fo ?

Next to thine Angels is he plac'd,

And Lord of all below, v.

Thine Honours crown his Head,

While Beafts like-Slaves obey,

And Birds that cut the Air with Wings ^

And Fifh that cleave the Sea.

VI.

How rich thy Bounties are ! And wond'rous are thy Ways : Of Duft and Worms thy Power can frame A Monument of Praife.

VII.

[Out of the Mouths of Babes And Sucklings thou canft draw Surprizing Honours to thy Name, And ftrike the World with Awe.

VIII.

O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy Name is all Divine : Thy Glories round the Earth arefpread*

And o'er the Heavens they fhine.1

J r. -*L

20 Psalm VIII.

St, 7. The tranfpojing of the ^d Verfe of this Pfalm toward the End, <will not appear offenfi've, fmce the Connexion of it% with the other Farts of the Pfalm, appears fo much more *vifible%

Psalm VIII. Common Metre.

Chrift's Condefcenfion and Glorification ; or,

God made Man.

I.

OLord, our Lord, how wondrous great Is thine exalted Name ! The Glories of thy heavenly State

Let Men and Babes proclaim. 11.

When I behold thy Works on high,

The Moon that rules the Night, And Stars that well adorn the Sky,

Thofe moving Worlds of Light : III. Lord, what is Man, or all his Race,

Who dwells fo far below, That thou fhould'ft vifit him with Grace,

And love his Nature fo ?

IV.

That thine Eternal Son fhould bear

To take a mortal Form, Made lower than his Angels are,

To fave a dying Worm ?

[Yet while he liv'd on Earth unknown,

And Men would not adore, Th* obedient Seas and Fifties own

His Godhead and his Power.

The Waves lay fpread beneath his Feet ; And Fifh, at his Command, _^ Bring

Psalm VIIL ' 21

Bring their large Shoals to Peter*s Net, Bring Tribute to his Hand, b : vii.

(Thefe lefTer Glories of the Son Shone thro the flefhly Cloud; Now we behold him on his Throne, And Men confefs him God.]

VIII.

Let him be crown'd with Majefty, Who bow'd his Head to Death ;

And be his Honours founded high, By all things that have Breath.

IX.

Jefusj our Lord, how wondrous great

Is thine exalted Name ! The Glories of thy Heavenly State

Let the whole Earth proclaim.

St. 4. If the Citation of Part of this Pfalm by the Apofile* Heb. 2. 5, be but a mere Allt/Jion, yet it affords Ground enough for the Turn I have given it in this VsrJionf and the Application of it to Chrift.

Sn 6. /. 1. J ejus went to them walking on the Sea, Matt* 14. 25.

Line 2. He faid to Simon, Launch out, &c. ?.nd they en- clofed a great Multitude of Fifties, Luke 5. 4, 6.

Ltn.^., Call an Hook, and take uptheFiih thou ihalt

find a Piece of Money, &c. Mat. ij*zj*

Psalm VIIL Verfe 1,2, Paraphrased. "The Firfi Part. Long Metre.

The Hofanna of the Children ; or, Infants

praifing God.

A lmighty Ruler of the Skies,

Thro'the wideEanh thyNameisfpread, And thine eternal Gioresrife

O'er all the Heavens thyHands have made, c 1 I|,

22 JJSALM VIII.

II.

To thee ths Voices of the Young A' Monument of Honour raife ; And Babes, with uninftrufted Tongue, Declare the Wonders of thy Praife.

III. Thy Power affifts their tender Age To bring proud Rebels to the Ground, To ftill the bold Blafphemer's Rage, And all their-Eolicies confound.

IV.

Children amidft thy Temple throng To fee their Great Redeemer's Face ; The Son of David is their Song, And young Hof anna's fill the Place.

v.

The frowning Scribes and angry Priefts In vain their impious Cavils bring ; Revenge fits (ilentin their Breafts, While Jewijb Babes proclaim their King.

The twofrfl Verfes are here paraphrased andexplaindby the Hijlery of the Children crying Ho farina to Chrirt, Mat, 21. 15, 16. where our Saviour cites and applies thofe Words of the Pfalmijl.

Psalm VIII. Verfe 3, &c Paraphras'd.

The Second Part. Long Metre.

Adam and Chrift, Lords of the Old and the

New Creation.

I.

LORD,what wasMan, when made at firft, Adam the Offspring of the Duft, That thou fhould'ft fet him and his Race But juft below an Angel's Place ? II.

That thoufhould'ft raife his Nature fo, And make him Lord of ail below ;

Make

- P S A L M IX. 2±

Make every Beaft and Bird fubmit, And lav the Fifhes at his Feet ? J III.

But, O ! what brighter Glories wait To crown the fecond Adam's State ? What Honours fhall thy Son adorn, Who condefcended to be born ?

IV.

See him below his Angels made ,• See him in Duft amongft the Dead, To fave a ruin'd World from Sin ; But he (hall reign with Pow'r Divine.

The World to come, redeem'd from all The Miieries that attend the Fall, New-made, and glorious, (hall fubmic At our exalted Saviour's Feet.

/ am perfuaded the true Meaning cf the Apojlle in citing the Words cf this Pfalm, and apply i?ig them to cur Saviour, Heb. 2.5, &c. it tojheio that Chrift, the fecond Adam, mufi have

Dominion over the "New World, as Adam, the fir ft Man, had ever the Old, and that he is truly and really Man, becaufe the

firji Adam is the Figure and Type of him in this his Dominion*

Psalm IX. The Fir/i Part.

Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment-Seat. I.

With my wholeHeart Tllraife mySong, Thy Wonders I'll proclaim, ThouSovereign Judge of Right andWrong Wilt put my Foes to (hame.

.'11 fing thy Majefty and Grace ;

My God prepares his Throne

To judge the World in Righteoufnefs,

And make his Vengeance known.

c 3 in.

24 Psalm IX,

in.

Then fhall the Lord a Refuge prove

For all the Pooroppreft ; To fave the People of his Love,

Afld give the Weary Reft.

IV.

The Men, that know thy Name, will truft

In thy abundant Grace ;

For thou haft ne'er forfook the Juft,

Who humbly feek thy Face, v.

Sing Praifes to the Righteous Lord,

Who dwells on Zions Hill, Who executes his threatening Word^

And doth his Grace fulfill.

Psalm IX. Verfe 12. The Second Pan. 'The IVtfdorn and Equity of Providence* t T\7hen thegreatJudge,Suprerne andjuft, y y Shall once enquire for Blood, The humble Souls, that mourn in Duft, Shall find a faithful God. II.

He from the dreadful Gates of Death Does his own Children raife :

In Zions Gates, with chearful Breath, They fing their Father's Praife. III.

His Foes (hall fall, with heedlefs Feet,

Into the Pit they made, And Sinners perifh in the Net

That their own Hands had fpread.

17.

j Psalm X. 25

IV.

Thus by thy Judgments, mighty God, Are thy deep Counfels known $

When Men of Mifchief are deftroy'd,

The Snare mu ft be their own.

Pause. v.

The Wicked (hall fink down to Hell ;

Thy Wrath devour the Lands That dare forget Thee, or rebel

Againft thy known Commands.

Tho' Saints to fore Diftrefs are brought,

'And wait and long complain, Their Cries fhall not be ftill forgot, Nor fhail their Hopes be vain.

VII.

[Rife, Great Redeemer, from thy Seat To judge and fave the Poor ;

Let Nations tremble at thy Feet, And Man prevail no more.

VIII.

Thy Thunder (hall affright the Proud, And put their Hearts to pain,

Make 'era confefs that thou art God, And they but feeble Men.]

Psalm X. Prayer heard, and Saints fave d; or, Pridej

Atheifm, and Opprejjlon punifb d. For a Humiliation-Day. I.

h y doth the Lord ftand off fo far ? And why conceal his Face,

C 4 When

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26 Psalm X.

When great Calamities appear,

And Times of deep Diftrefs ? II.

jLord, fhall the Wicked ftill deride

Thy Juftice and thy Power ?

Shall they advance their Heads in Pride,

And ftill thy Saints devour ? ill.

They put thy Judgments from their fight,

And then infult the Poor ; They boaft in their exalted Height,

That they fhall fall no more.

IV.

Arife, O God, lift up thine Hand,

Attend our humble Cry ; No Enemy fhall dare to ftand

.When God afcends on high.

Pause.

v.

Why do the Men of Malice rage,

And fay with foolifh Pride, V The God of Heaven will ne'er engage

<C 2o fight on Ziorw Side ?

VI.

But thou for ever art our Lord ;

And powerful is thine Hand,

As when the Heathens felt thy Sword,

And perifh'd from thy Land. VII.

Thou wilt prepare our Hearts to pray, And camt thine Ear to hear ;

He hearkens what his Children fay, And puts the World in fear,

VIII.

i^SALM XL 27

VIII.

Proud Tyrants (hall no more opprefs,

No more defpife the Juit ; And mighty Sinners (hall confefs They are but Earth and Duft. Psalm XI. Godloves the Righteous , and hates the Wicked. I.

My Refuge is the God of Love, Why do my Foes infult and cry, 11 Fly like a timorous trembling Dove, M To diftant Woods or Mountains fly ? 9i

II. If Government be all deftroy'd, (That firm Foundation of our Peace) And Violence make Juftice void, Where (hall the Righteous feek Redrefs ?

III. The Lord in Heaven has fixt his Throne, His Eye furveys the World below ; To him all mortal Things are known,

His Eye-lids fearch our Spirits thro\

iv. If he afflifts his Saints fo far To prove their Love, and try their Grace, What may the bold T ran fgreflors fear ?

His very Soul abhors their Ways, v.

On impious Wretches he (hall rain

Tempefts of Brimftone, Fire, and Death,

Such as he kindled on the Plain

Of Sodom with his angry Breath,

VI.

The righteous Lord loves righteous Souls,

Whofe Thoughts and Actions are fincere,

C 5 And'

:iW Psalm XII.

And with a gracious Eye beholds The Men that his own Image bear. Psalm XII. Long Metre. The Saints Safety and Hope in evil Times •

or. Sins of the "Tongue complain d ofy (viz.)

Blafphemyy Fa/Jbood, &c. I.

"T ord, if thou doft not foon appear, JLj Vertue and Truth will fly away ; A faithful Man, amongft us here,

Will fcarce be found, if thou delay.

II. The w hole Difcourfe, when Neighbours meet. Is filled with Trifles loofe and vain : Their Lips are Flattery and Deceit, JAnd their proud Language is profane.

III. But Lips, that with Deceit abound, Shall not maintain their Triumph long ; The God of Vengeance will confound The Flattering and Blafpheming Tongue.

€C Yet (hall our Words be free, they cry ; " OurTongues (hall be controuf d by none: " Where is the Lord will ask us why ?

<c Or fay, our Lips are not our own ?

v. The Lord, who fees the Poor oppreft, And hears th'Oppreffor's haughtyStrain, Will rife to give his Children Reft, Nor fhall they truft his Word in vain.

VI.

Thy Word, O Lord, tho* often try'd, Void of Deceit fhall ftill appear j

Psalm 3£ll. 29

Not Silver, feven times purify 'd

From Drofs and Mixture, fhines fo clear.

VII.

Thy Grace fliall, in the darkeft Hour Defend the Holy Soul from Harm ; Tho* when the vileft Men have Power On every fide will Sinners fwarm.

Psalm XII. Common Metre. Complaint of a general Corruption of Manners;* or, The Promife and Signs of Chrift's Coining to Judgment.

I.

Help, Lord, for Men of Vertue fail, Religion lofes Ground ; The Sons of Violence prevail,

And Treacheries abound. II.

Their Oaths and Promifes they break,

Yet aft the Flatterer's part ; With fair deceitful Lips they fpeak,

And with a double Heart. ill. If we reprove fome hateful Lye,

How is their Fury ftirr'd ! " Are not our Lips our own, they cry,1

<c And who /hall be our Lord V\

IV.

Scoffers appear on every fide,

Where a vile Race of Men Is rais'd to Seats of Power and Pride,"

And bears the Sword in vain.

J PAVSSt

35" J^SALM XII.

Pause. v.

Lord, when Iniquities abound, And Blafphemy grows bold,

When Faith is hardly to be found, And Love is waxing cold,

VI.

Is not thy Chariot haft'ning on ?

Haft thou not giv'n this Sign ? May we not truft and live upon

A Promife fo Divine ?

VII.

" Yes, faith the Lord, now will I rife, " And make Oppreflbrs flee ; I fhall appear to their Surprize, " And fet my Servants free.

VIII.

Thy Word, like Silver feven times try'd,

Thro' Ages fhall endure ; The Men that in thy Truth confide,

Shall find the Promife fure.

St . 4. The laft Verje of this Pfalm may naturally be inferted here.

St. 5. The Signs of Chrifi's Coming, mentioned in the New Teftament, Mat. 24. 12. Luke 18. 8. ai-e abounding Iniquity, Love waxing cold, and Faith fcarce to be found, andfeem very much a-kin to the Senfe of this Pfakn.

Psalm XIII. Long Metre.

Pleading with God under Defer Hon j or, Hope

in Darknefs.

I.

How long^O Lord, (hall I complain Like one that feeks his God in vain ? J Can'ft thou thy Face for ever hide ? And I ftill pray, and be deny'd ?

Psalm Xlli. 31

11. Shall I for ever be forgot, As one whom thou regardeft not ? Still (hall my Soul thine Abfence mourn? And ftill defpair of thy Return ?

ill.

How long fhall my poor troubled Breaft Be with thefe anxious Thoughts oppreft ? And Satan, my malicious Foe, Rejoice to fee me funk fo low ?

IV.

Hear, Lord, and grant me quick Relief, Before my Death conclude my Grief ; If thou withhold thy heavenly Light, I fleep in everlafting Night.

How will the Powers of Darknefs boaft, If but one praying Soul be loft ? But I have trufted in thy Grace, And fhall again behold thy Face.

VI.

Whatever my Fears or Foes fuggeft, Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Reft ; My Heart fhall feel thy Love, and raife My chearful Voice to Songs of Praife.

Psalm XIIL Common Metre.

Complaint; under temptations of the Devil. I.

How long wilt thou conceal thy Face ? My God, how long delay ? When fhall I feel thofe heavenly Rays, That chafe my Fears away ?

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32 Psalm XIII.

ii.

How long fhall my poor lab'ring Soul

Wreftle and toil in vain ?

Thy Word can all my Foes controul,

And eafe my raging Pain. III.

See how the Prince of Darknefs tries

All his malicious Arts, He fpreads a Mift around my Eyes,

And throws his fiery Darts.

IV.

Be thou my Sun, and thou my Shield,

My Soul in Safety keep;

Make Hfte before mine Eye: are feal'd

In Death's Eternal Sleep, v.

How would the Tempter boaft aloud

If I become his Prey ! Behold, the Sons of Hell grow proud

At thy fo long Delay,

VI.

But they fhall fly at thy Rebuke,

And Satan hide his HeadN; He knows the Terrors of thy Look,

And hears thy Voice with Dread.

VII.

^Thou wilt difplay that Sovereign Grace,

Where all my Hopes have hung ; \ I fhall employ my Lips in Praife, And Victory (hall be fung,

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Psalm XIV. Firft Part.^ By Nature all Men aye Sinneysl I.

Fools in their Heart believe and fay, " That all Religion's vain, !' There is no God that reigns on high, c Or minds th* Affairs of Men. II. From Thoughts fo dreadful and profane

Corrupt Difcourfe proceeds; And in their impious Hands are found Abominable Deeds. III. The Lord from his Celeftial Throne

Look'd down on things below, To find the Man that fought his Grace, Or did his Jufiice know.

IV.

By Nature all are gone aftray,

Their Practice all the fame ;

There's none that fears his Maker's Hand*

There's none that loves his Name, v.

Their Tongues are us'd to fpeak Deceit,

Their Slanders never ceafe;

\ How fwift to Mifchief are their Feet,

Nor know the Paths of Peace ! vi.

Such Seeds of Sin (chat bitter Root)

In every Heart are found: Nor can they bear Diviner Fruit,

Till Grace refine the Ground.

Sever alVerfes of this Pfalm are cited by the Apoftk, Romans \ 3. 10, &c. to Jhrw the univerfal Corruption of human Nature i where/ire I have brought more of the ApoftW* Wordi> there ujed,

into

34. Psalm XIV,

into the J^th and $tb Stanza's here, and concluded this Part of the Pfalm agreeably to St. Paul** Defign.

Ndte, The id Part of this Pfalm fpeaks only of Perfecutors and the Enemies of the Church j therefore I have divided it from the former*

Psalm XIV. 'The Second Part, "The Folly of Perfecutors*

Aw e Sinners now fo fenfelefs grown, That they the Saints devour ? And never worfhip at thy Throne,

Nor fear thine aweful Power ? II.

Great God ! appear to their Surprize,

Reveal thy dreadful Name ;

Let them no more thy Wrath defpife,

Nor turn our Hope to Shame, in.

Doft thou not dwell among the Juft,

And yet our Foes deride, That we fhould make thy Name our Truft ;

Great God ! confound their Pride.

IV.

O that the joyful Day were come

To finifh our Diftrefs ! When God (hall bring his Children home,

Our Songs lhall never ceafe.

Psalm XV. Common Metre.

Char after s of a Saint; or, a Citizen o/Zion j

or, the Qualifications of a Chriftian.

Wh o fhall inhabit in thy Hill, OGodofHolinefs? LWhom will the Lord admit to dwell So jaear his Throne of Grace ? ;

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Psalm XV. 3S

ii. The Man that walks in pious Ways, And works with righteous Hands ; That trufts his Maker's Prcmifes, And follows his Commands. III.

He fpeaks the Meaning of his Heart, Nor {landers with his Tongues

VVill fcarce believe an ill Report, Nor do his Neighbour wrong.

IV.

The wealthy Sinner he contemns,

Loves all that fear the Lord ;

And tho' to his own Hurt he fwears,

Still he performs his Word, v.

His Hands difdain a Golden Bribe,

And never gripe the Poor; This Man fhall dwell with God on Earth,

And find his Heaven fecure.

Psalm XV. Long Metre.

Religion and Juftice, Goodnefs and Truth ; or, Duties to God and Man; or, the Qualifi- cations of a Cbriftian. I.

Wh o fhall afcend thy heav'nly Place, Great God, and dwell before thy Face ? The Man that minds Religion now, And humbly walks with God below.

II. Whofe Hands are pure, whofe Heart is clean, Whofe Lips ftill fpeak the thing they mean ; No Slanders dwell upon his Tongue ,• He hates to do his Neighbour wrong.

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in. [Scarce will he truft an ill Report^ Nor vents it to his Neighbour's Hurt : Sinners of State he can defpife, But Saints are honour'd in his Eves.l I iv. \

[Firm to his Word he ever flood, And always makes his Promife good ; Nor dares to change the Thing he f wears, Whatever Pain or lofs he bearsj

v. [He never deals in bribing Gold, \ And mourns that Juftice fhould be fold J While others gripe and grind the Poor, Sweet Charity attends his Door.]

VI.

He loves his Enemies, and prays For thofe that curfe him to his face ; And doth to all Men frill the fame That he would hope or wife from them.

VII.

Yet when hisholieft Works are done, His Soul depends on Grace alone : This is the Man thy Face ftiall fee, And dwell for ever, Lord, with Thee.

Since our Bleffed Saviour, in the New Teftament, hasfo much explained the Duties of the Law, and publifb'd theGofpel, I could not pafs ever this Pj 'aim of the Charatlers--ef4he Jewifh Saint, without infer ting fome brighter Articles that mufi belong to ^Chriftian: fuchas, Alms and Charity to the Poor, Love to Enemies, Blefiing thofe that curfe us, Doing to others as we would have them do to us, and Hope of Acceptance only thro* Divine Grace.

J thought it neceffary alfo to leave out the Mention of Ufury, ver. 5. which tho' politically forbidden by the Jews among them-' felves,was never unlawful to the Gentiles^ nor to any Chriftians, fines the Jewifh Polity expired*

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Psalm XVI. 37

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Psalm XVL The Firfl Part. Long Metre.

Cowfeffion of our Poverty, and Saints the be ft

Company; or, Good Works profit Men,

not God.

I.

Preserve me, Lord, in time of need j JL F°r Succour to thy Throne I flee, But have no Merits there to plead ; My Goodnefs cannot reach to Thee.

II. Oft have my Heart and Tongue confeft: How empty and how poor I am ; My Praife can never make Thee bleft, Nor add new Glories to thy Name.

III. Yet, Lord, thy Saints on Earth may reap Some Profit by the Good we do; Thefe are the Company I keep, Thefe are the choiceft Friends I know.

Let others chufe the Sons of Mirth, To give a Relifh to their Wine, I love the Men of Heavenly Birth> WhofeThoughtsand Language are Divine. Psalm XVL The Second Part. Long Metre. Chrift's All-Sufficiency.

How faft their Guilt and Sorrows rife, Who hafte to feek fome Idol-God ? I will not tafte their Sacrifice,

Their Offerings of forbidden Blood.

II. My God provides a richer Cup, And nobler Food to live upon :

He

38 Psalm XVI;

He3 Tor my XIE£ Fas ofler'd up Jefus his Beft-beloved Son.

III. His Love is my perpetual Feaft ; By Day his Counfels guide me right : And be his Name for ever blefly Who gives me fweet Advice by Night.

IV.

I fet him ftill before mine Eyes ; At my right Hand he ftands prepaid To keep my Soul from all Surprize, And be my Everlafting Guard.

From the Pfalmifl's Mention of Drink-Offerings of Blood, I take occajion to allude to the Sacrifice of Chrift. His Fle/h 13 Meat indeed, and his Blood is Drink indeed 5 John 6. 55.

Psalm XVI. the Third Part. Long Metre. Couragein Death, and Hope of the Refur region.

I. "T JL Then God is nigh, my Faith is ftrong j

V V His Arm is my Almighty Prop : Be glad, my Heart ; rejoice, my Tongue ; My dying Flefh fhall reft in Hope.

Tho* in the Daft I hy my Head, 5Tet, Gracious God, thou wilt not leave My .Soul for ever with the Dead, Nor lofe thy Children in the Grave.

lit My Flefh fhall thy firft Call obey, Shake off the Duft, and rife on high ; Then (halt thou lead the wondrous way Jp to thy Throne above the Sky.

IV.

There Streams of endlefs Pleafure flow ; . \ud full Difcoveries of thy Grace

(Which

Psalm XVI. 39

(Which we but tafted here below) Spread heav'nly joys thro1 all the Place.

The laft Verja of this Pfalm are apply" J only f Chriil, AEi. 13. 36. and 2, 23, &c. yet fence tbey contain fo fair a View of a Refurreclion, which is fo feldom found in this Book, I banji

formed thefe four Stanxa's into fucb Exprejfions as may be af

fumed by Cbrifeians, and apply* d to tkemfcl'ves.

Psalm XVI. J 8. The Firfi Part.

Common Metre. Support and Counfelfrom God without Merit.

I. Cave me, O Lord, from every Foe ;

In thee my Truft I place, Tho' all the Good that I can do Can ne'er deferve thy Grace. II. Yet if my God prolong my Breath,

The Saints may profit by't,- The Saints the Glory of the Earth, The Men of my Delight.

Let Heathens to their Idols hafte, And worfhip Wood or Stone 5

But my delightful Lot is caft Where the True God is known.

IV.

His Hand provides my conftant Food,

He fills my daily Cup ;

Much am I pleas'd with prefent Good,

But more rejoice in Hope, v.

God is my Portion and my Joy,

His Counfels are my Light; He gives me fweet Advice by Day,

And gentle Hints by Night.

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VI.

XVI.

My Soul would all her Thoughts approve

To his all-feeing Eye : Not Death, nor Hell, my Hope fhaJl move,

kWhile fuch a Friend is nigh.

Psalm XVI. "The Second Part. Common MetreJ ^the Death and RefurreElion of Chrifh I.

(C

T S e t the Lord before my Face, " He bears my Courage up; ?c My Heart andTongue their Joys exprefs, u Mv Flefli fhall reft in Hope.

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My Spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave <c Where Souls departed are ; Nor quit my Body to the Grave, To fee Corruption there. Hi. Cff Thou wilt reveal the Path of Life,

<c And raife me to thy Throne; c Thy Courts immortal Pleafure give, Thy Prefence Joys unknown."

IV.

[Thus in the Name of Chrift> the Lord,

The holy David fung,

And Providence fulfils the Word

Of his Prophetic Tongue, v.

jftfus, whom every Saint adores,

Was crucify'd and flain ; Behold the Tomb its Prey reftores,

Behold he lives again.

5 VI.

Psalm XVII. 41,

VI.

When fliall my Feet ariie and ftand

On Heaven's Eternal Hills? There fits the Son at God's Right-Hand,

And there the Father fmiles.]

In this Verfion I have apply'd the three laft Verfes of this Pfalm to Chxi&alom, as St. Peter applies tbem> Ads 2. 23. yet inftead of the fourth Line of thefecond Stanza, To fee Cor- ruption there ; you may read thus, To dwell for ever there. And then the three firjl Stanza's may be Jung alone, and apply* d to every Chrijlian,

St. 2. '7/j n oiv agreed by the Learned, that*y\WU Sheol, ' which is rendered Hell, fgnifes only the State of the Dead, i. e. the Grave/br the Body, and the Separate State for the Spirit.

Psalm XVII. ^.13, &c. Short Metre.

Portion of Saints and Sinners ; or, Hope and

Defpair in Death.

rise, my Gracious God,'

And make, the Wicked flee/

They are but thy chaftizing Rod,

To drive thy Saints to thee. II.

Behold the Sinner dies,

His haughty Words are vain ;

Here in this Life his Pleafure lies,

And all beyond is Pain. III.

Then let his Pride advance,

And boaft of all his Store ;

The Lord is my Inheritance,

My Soul can wifli no more-

IV.

I (hall behold the Face Of my forgiving God, And ftand compleat in Righteoufnefs, Wafh'din my Saviour's Blood.

v.

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v. There's a new Heavn begun, When I awake from Death, I^efi: in the Likenefs of thy Son, And draw immortal Breath.

St. 5. The Heaven which Souls enjoy in the Separate State, is Jo mucfrincreafed by the Refurre&ion of the Body, that it may be called a New Heaven, the Heaven of the Body as well as of the Soul,

Psalm XVII. Long Metres

The Sinner9 s Portion and Saint's Hope ; or* 'the Heaven of feparate Souls and the Re- furre&ion.

I.

Lord, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove My Faith, my Patience, and my Love; When Men of Spite againft me join,

They are the Sword, the Hand is thine.

11. Their Hope and Portion lies below ; *Tis all the Happinefs they know, *Tis all they feek ; they take their Shares, And leave the reft among their Heirs.

What Sinners value, I refign ; Lord, 'tis enough that Thou art mine : I fhall behold thy blifsful Face, And ftand compleat in Righteoufnefs.

IV.

This Life's a Dream, an empty Show ;

But the bright World, to which I go,

Hath Joys fubftantial and fincere ;

When (hall I wake, and find me there ?

v.

Psalm XVIII.

45

v.

0 glorious Hour! O bleft Abode!

1 fhall be near and like my God ! And Flefh and Sin no more controul The facred Pleafures of the Soul .

VI.

My Flefh (hall (lumber in the Ground, Till the laft Trumpet's Joyful Sound ; Then burftthe Chains with fweet Surprize, And in my Saviour's Image rile.

Ybe Senfe of a great Part of this Pfalm occurs fo often in tht Book of Pf alms y that I thought it necrjjary to tranjlate no more than thefe few Verfes of it (viz.) Ver. 3. Thou haft prov ri rny Heart, thou haft tried me, and fhalt find nothing. Ver. 13, The Wicked are thy Sword. Ver. 14^ The Men of the WorJd have their Portion in this Life, whofe Belly thou rllleft: They leave the reft of their Subftance to their Babe?. ' Ver. 15. I fhall, behold thy Face in Righteoufnefs, I fhall be fatibhed when I awake with thy Likenefs.

I confefs I have indulged a large Expoft ion here, but J could ret forbear to give my Thoughts a Loofe upon this Divine Defcrip- tion of compleat Blcjj'cdnefs in the i$tb Verfe j This bright Abridg- ment of Heaven, \

From the word Awake, J have taken occajion to reprefent the departing Soul's awaking into the World of Spirits, ^as well as' the Body's awaking from the Grave, ■ ■ - •*■

Psalm XVIII. The Firfl Part. Lortg Metre* Ver. 1 — 6, 15 — 18 .

Deliverance from Defpair ; or, Temptations

overcome.

L

'"Thee will I love, O Lord, my Strength,

My Rock,my Tower,my high Defences

Thy mighty Arm fhall be my Truft,

For I have found Salvation thence.

II. Death, and the Terrors of the Grave, Stood round me with their difmal Shade ; D WhiUj

44 P SAL AT XVIII

While Floods of high Temptations rofe, And make my finking Soul afraid.

Ifaw the opening Gates of Hell, With endlefs Pains and Sorrows thefe, Which none but they that feel can tell, While I was hurry a to Defpair.

IV.

In my Diftrefs I call'd my God, When I could fcarce believe him mine ; He bow'd his Ear to my Complaint, Then did his Grace appear Divine. v.

[With fpeed he flew to my Relief, As on a Cherub's Wing he rode ; Awful and bright as Lightning (hone The Face of my Deliverer God.

VI.

Temptations fled at his Rebuke, The Blaft of his Almighty Breath ; He fent Salvation from on high, And drew me from the Deeps of Death.]

VII.

Great were my Fears, my Foes were great, Much was their Strength, and more their Rage j But Chrift, my Lord, is Conqueror ftill In all the Wars that Devils wage.

VIII.

My Song for ever (hall record That terrible, that joyful Hour ; And give the Glory to the Lord Due to his Mercy and his Power.

J have divided this long Pfalm into three Parts, and accomtne-

Sated the fever alVerfes of it to our Spiritual Warfare andViclory

through Grace, as being of more frequent and general Ufe to Chri-

fiians i Yet there are fa noble ExfreJJions of Triumph in Gcd, and

X Thanks

Psalm XVIII. 45

Thanh for ViBory over temporal Enemies Scattered up and down, that perfuaded me to form them afterwards in Cemmsn Metre a^Jo> agreeable to their original Defign.

Psalm XVIIL

The Second Part, v. 20 — 2 6. Long MetreJ

Sincerity proved and rewarded.

I.

Lou d, thou haft feen my Soul fincere; Haft made thy Truth and Love appear j Before mine Eyes I fet thy Laws, And thou haft own'd my righteous CaufeJ

Since I have learnt thy holy Ways,

I've walk'd upright before thy Face •

Or if my Feet did e'er depart,

'Twas never with a wicked Heart. in.

What fore Temptations broke my Reft f

What Wars and Smugglings in my Bread $

But thro* thy Grace that reigns within,

I guard againft my darling Sin.

That Sin thatclofe befets me ftill, That works and ftrives againft my Will £ When ihail thy Spirit's fovereign Power Deftroy it, that it rife no more ?

v.

JWith an impartial Hand the Lord Deals out to Mortals their Reward; The kind and faithful Souls (hall find A God as faithful and as kind.

VI.

The Juft and Pure lhail ever fay Thou art more Pure, more Juft than they** D a

46 Psalm XVIII.

And Men that love Revenge (hall know God hath an Arm of Vengeance too.]

Psalm XVIIL The Third Part, v. 3 o, 3 1,

34> 3 J> 4^i ^c- Long Metre. Rejoicing in God; or, Salvation and Triumph.

I.

Just are thy Ways, and true thy Word, Great Rock of my fecure Abode > Who is a God befide the Lord ? Or where's a Refuge like our God ?

*Tis he that girds me with his Might, Gives *ne his holy Sword to wield; And while with Sin and Hell I fight, Spreads his Salvation for my Shield.

ill. He lives, (and blefled be my Rock,) The God of my Salvation lives, The dark Defigns of Hell are broke, Sweet is the Peace* my Father gives.

Before the Scoffers of the Age

I will exalt my Father's Name,

Nor tremble at their mighty Rage,

But meet Reproach, and bear the Shame, v.

To David and his Royal Seed,

Thy Grace for ever fhall extend ;

Thy Love to Saints in Chrift their Head

Knows not a Limit, nor an End.

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Psalm XVIII. Tbi Krfi Part.

Common Metre.

Vittory and 'Triumph over Temporal Enemies.

I.

We love Thee, Lord, and we adore, Now is thine Arm reveal'd ; Thou art our Strength, our heavenly Tower,

Our Bulwark and our Shield. II.

We fly to our eternal Rock,

And find a fure Defence;

His holy Name our Lips invoke,

And draw Salvation thence. III.

When God, our Leader, (bines in Arms,

What mortal Heart can bear The Thunder of his loud Alarms ?

The Lightning of his Spear i

He rides upon the winged Wind,

And Angels in Array

In Millions wait to know his Mind,

And fwift as Flames obey, v.

Hefpeaks, and at his fierce Rebuke,

Whole Armies are difmay'd ; His Voice, his Frown, his angry Look

Strikes all their Courage dead.

VI.

He forms our Generals for the Field,

With all their dreadful Skill ; Gives them his awful Sword to wield,

And makes their Hearts of Steel,

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4* Psalm XVIM:

vii. [He arms out Captains to the Fight,

(Tho* there his Name's forgot i He girded Cyrus with his Might,

But Cyrus knew him not.)

VIII.

Oft has the Lord whole Nations bleft

For his own Churches fake : The Powers that give his People reft,

Shall of his Care partake.]

St. 7. Ifa. 45. 1, 5. Tims faith the Lord to CjPff**t*rHr girded thee, tho' thou haft not known me.

Psalm XVIII. The Second Part. Common Metre. The Conqueror's Song.

To thine Almighty Arm we owe The Triumphs of the Day; I Thy Terrors, Lord, confound the Foe, And melt their Strength away. 11. *Tis by thine Aid our Troops prevail,

And break united Powers, Or burn their boafted Fleets, or fcale The proudeft of their Towers. III. How have we chased them thro* the Field,

And trod them to the Ground, While thy Salvation wasx>ur Shield,

But they no Shelter found !

iv. .

In vain to Idol-Saints they cry,

And perifh in their Blood ; Where is a Rock fo great, £o high,

So powerful as our God ?

v.

Psalm XIX. 49

v.

B

The Rock of Ifrael ever lives*

His Name be ever bleft; 'Tis his own Arm the Vi&ory gives,

And gives his People Reft.

VI.

On Kings that reign as David did, He pours his Bleffings down;

Secures their Honours to their Seed, And well fupports the Crown.

Psalm XIX. Firfi Part. Short Metre.

I'he Book of Nature and Scripture.

For a LordVDay Morning.

I.

ehold the lofty Sky Declares its Maker God, And all his Starry Works on high

Proclaim his Power abroad. II.

The Darknefs and the Light

Still keep their Courfe the fame ; While Night to Day, and Day to Night

Divinely teach his Name. III.

In every different Land,

Their general Voice is known; They fhew the Wonders of his Hand,

And Orders of his Throne.

IV.

Ye Britijb Lands rejoice, Here he reveals his Word, We are not left to Nature's Voice, To bid us know the Lord.

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50 Fa l m s XIX.

His Statutes and Commands Are fet before our Eyes, He puts his Gofpel in our Hands, Where our Salvation lies.

VI.

His Laws are juft and pure, His Truth without Deceit, His Promifes for ever fure,

And his Rewards are great.

VII.

[Not Honey to the Tafte Affords fo much Delight, Nor Gold that has the Furnace paft, So much allures the Sight.

VIII.

While of thy Works I fing, Thy Glory to proclaim, Accept the Praife, my God, my King, In my Redeemer's Name.]

The Pfalmift here, and in Giber Pfalms, ufeS the word Law, exprefs the five Books of Mofes, or all the Divine Revelation that be had in his time ; yet Chrift and the Apoftles fo frequently di- ftwguijh the Law and the Gofpel> that I have chofen to imitate their Language, and have often introduced the words Gcfpel, Truth and Promife, inftead of Statutes, Teftimonies, &c. as being more agreeable 'to the Style of the New Tefiament*

St. 8. I have here inferttd the I aft Verfe of the Pj aim with an Evangelical Turn, as a proper Conclujion oftbisfirji Part $ the whole being too long to be Jung at once, according to our prefent Cufiom.

Psalm XIX. Second Part. Short Metre.

God's Word moft excellent ; or, Sincerity and

Watchfulnefs.

For a Lord's- Day Morning.

I.

ehoj.d the Morning Sun, Begins his glorious Way ;

His

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Psalm XIX- 51

His Beams thro* all the Nations run, And Life and Light convey.

But where the Gofpel comes, It fpreads diviner Light, It calls dead Sinners from their Tombs, And gives the Blind their Sight.

How perfeft is thy Word ! And all thy Judgments juft ! For ever fure thy Promife, Lord, And Men fecurely truft.

IV.

My Gracious God, how plaia

Are thy Dire&ions given! O may I never read in vain,

But find the Path to Heaven ! Pause. v.

I hear thy Word with Love,

And I would fain obey ; Send thy good Spirit from above

To guide me, left I ftray.

VI.

0 who can ever find The Errors of his Ways ?

Yet with a bold prefumptuous Mind,'

1 would not dare tranfgrefs.

VII.

Warn me of every Sin, Forgive my fecret Faults, And cleanfe this guilty Soul of mine,

Whofe Crimes exceed my Thoughts.

D 5 vi".

~$T~ psalm xix;

VIII.

While with my Heart and Tongue, I fpread thy Praife abroad, Accept the Worlhip and the Song, My Saviour and my God.

PsAL m XIX. Long Metre.

The Books of Nature and of Scripture ■ corn-* pa/d L J>r? 'The Glory and Succefs of the Gofpel. "'■*!

I.

Th E*Heavens declare thy Glory, Lord, In ever^y Star thy Wifdom (hines ; But when our Eyes behold thy Word,

We read thy Name in fairer Lines. II.

The rolling Sun, the changing Light, And Nights and Days thy Power confefs ; But the bleft Volume thou haft writ Reveals thy Tuftice and thy Grace.

ill. Sun, Moon, and Stars convey thy Praife Round the whole Earth, and never ftand ; So when thy Truth begun its Race, It toucj^d, and glanc'd on every Land*

IV.

Nor fhall thy fpreading Gofpel reft,

Till thro* the World thy Truth has run j

Till Chrift has all the Nations bleft,

That fee the Light, or feel the Sun,* - v.

Great Sun of Righteoufnefs, arife,

Blefs the dark World with heavenly Light ;

Thy Gofpel makes the Simple wife;

HThy Laws are pure, thy Judgments righto

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VI.

Thy nobleft Wonders here we view In Souls renewed, and Sins forgiven : Lord, cleanfe my Sins, my Soul renew, And make thy Word my Guide to Heav'n,

The* the plain Defign of the Pfalmiji is to Jhevj the Excel- lency of the Btbk of Scripture above the Book of Nature, in order to convert and fave a Sinner, yet the Apoflle Paul, in Rom. io. 18. applies, or accommodates the qjb ver. to the fpreading of the Go/pel ever the Roman Empire, ivbichis called the whole World in the New Teftament \ and in this Verfion I have endeavoured to imitate him.

Psalm XIX. To the Tune of the 113 Pf.

The Book of Nature and Scripture.

I. (Frame,

Gl reat God, the Heavens well-orderM t Declares the Glories of thy Name ; There thy rich Works of Wonder Ihine : A thoufand ftarry Beauties there, A thoufand radiant Marks appear Of boundlefs Power and Skill Divine. II.

From Night to Day, from Day to Nigh: The dawning and the dying Light

Leftures of heavenly Wifdcm read ; With filent Eloquence they raife Our Thoughts to our Creator's Praife,

And neither Sound nor Language need. III.

Yet their Divine Inftru&ions run

Far as the Journeys of the Sun,

And every Nacion knows their Voice : The Sun, like ibme young Bridegroom dreft. Breaks from the Chambers of the Eaft,

Rolls roun4, and makes the Earchrejoice.

IV.

*4 Psalm XIX.

IV.

Where'er he fpreads his Beams abroad, He fmile$r and fpeaks his Maker God *

All Nature joins to Ihew thy Praife i Thus God, in every Creature fhines ; Fair are the Book of Nature's Lines,.

But fairer is thy Bock of Grace.

Pause.

v. I love the Volumes of thy Word; What Light and Joy thofe Leaves afford

To Souls benighted and diftreft! Thy Precepts guide my doubtful Way, Thy Fear forbids my Feet to ftray.

Thy Promife leads my Heart to reft..

VI.

From the Difcoveries of thy Law, The perfedl: Rules of Life I draw,

Thefe are my Study and Delight r Not Honey fo invites the Tafte, Nor Gold, that hath the Furnace paft,

.Appears fo pleafing to the Sight.

VII.

Thy Threatnings wake my flumb Ying Eyes,, And warn me where my Danger lies j

But 'tis thy Bleflfed Gofpel, Lord, That makes my guilty Conference clean, Converts my Soul, fubdues my Sin,

And gives a free but large Reward.

VIII.

Who knows the Errors of his Thoughts ^ My God, forgive my fecret Faults, And from prefumptuous Sins reflrain :

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Accept my poor Attempts of Pralfe, That I have read thy Book of Grace, And Book of Nature not in vain. Psalm XX. Prayer and Hope ofVittory. For a Day of Prayer in time of Wsfr. I.

No w may the God of Power and Grace Attend his People's humble Cry ! Jehovah hears, when ifrael prays, And brings Deliverance from on high.

II. The Name of Jacob's God defends Better than Shields or brazen Walls ; He, from his Santtuary, fends Succour and Strength when Zion calls.1 III.

Well he remembers all our Sighs, His Love exceeds our beft Deferts ; His Love accepts the Sacrifice Of humble Groans and broken Hearts;

IV.

In his Salvation is our Hope, And, in the Name of IfraeV's God, Our Troops (hall lift their Banners up,

Our Navies fpread their Flags abroad.

v.

Sometruft in Horfes train'dfor War, And fome of Chariots make their Boafts; Our furefl: Expectations are From Thee, the Lord of Heavenly Hofts*

VI.

[O may the Memory of thy Name Infpire our Armies for the Fight !

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?<6 hALM XXI.

Our Foes fhall fall and die with fiiame,

Or quit the Field with ihameful Flisht.1 VII: s n

Now fave us, Lord, from flavifh Fear,

Now let our Hopes he firm and ftrong,

Till the Salvation (hall appear,

And Joy and Triumph raife the Song.

Psalm XXL Common Metre.

Our King is the Care of Heaven.

I.

The King,0 Lord,with Songs of Praife, Shall in thy Strength rejoice ; And bleft with thy Salvation, raife To Heaven his chearful Voice* II. Thy fure Defence, thro' Nations round >

Has fpread his glorious Name ; And his fuccefsful Aftions crown'd With Majefty and Fame. III.

Then let the King on God alone,

For timely Aid, rely j His Mercy (hall fupport the Throne,

And all our Wants fupply*

IV.

But, righteous Lord, his ftubborn Foes

Shall feel thy dreadful Hand ;

Thy vengeful Arm (hall find out thofe

That hate his mild Command. v.

When thou againft them doft engage^

Thy juft, but dreadful Doom

Shall, like a fiery Oven^s Rage,

Their HopeS and them confume,

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VI.

Tims, Lord, thy wondrous Power declare,

And thus exalt thy Fame ; Whilft we glad Songs of Praife prepare

For thine Almighty Name. ,

I have borrowed almofi all tbefi Stanxa's from Mr. Tate** Vcrjion, and tbey feem very applicable to his Frejcnt Majefiy King George, i;i6.

Psalm XXI. *— $>. Long Metre. Chrifi exalted to the Kingdom. I.

David rejoic'd in God his Strength, Rais'd to theThroneby fpecial Gracej But Chrifly the Son, appears at length,

Fulfils the Triumph and the Praife. II.

How great is the Mejfiah's Joy

In the Salvation of thy Hand !

Lord, Thou haft raised hisKingdomhigb,

And giv'n the World to his Command.

HI, Thy Goodnefs grants whate'er he will^ Nor doth the leaft Requeft withhold j Bleffings of Love prevent him ftill, And Crowns of Glorv, not of Gold.

IV.

Honour and Majefty Divine Around his Sacred Temples fhine ; Bleft with the Favour of thy Face, And Length of everlafting Days.

fThine Hand fhall find out all his Foes j And as a fiery Oven glows With raging Heat and living Coals, So fhall chy Wrach devour their Souls.

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Psalm XXII. i — 16. The Firfi Parti Common Metre. 7he Sufferings and Death of Chrifi: I.

Why has my God my Soul forfook* Nor will a Smile afford ? (Thus David once, in Anguifh, fpoke>

And thus our dying Lord.) II.

Tho 'tis thy chief Delight to dwell

Among thy praifing Saints,

Yet Thou canft hear a Groan as well,

And pity our Complaints. in.

Our Fathers trufted in thy Name, And great Deliverance found ;

But I'm a Worm defpis'd of Men,', And trodden to the Ground.

IV.

Shaking the Head they pafs me by,,

And laugh my Soul tofcorn ; ><c In vain he t/ufts in God, they cry,

u Negletfed and forlorn. V.

But Thou art He who form'd my Flefh.

By thine Almighty Word, And fince I hung upon the Breaft,

My Hope is in the Lord.

VI.

Why will my Father hide his Face, When Foesftand threatning round,

In the dark Hour of deep Diftrefs, And not an Helper found ?

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Pause.

vii.

Behold thy Darling left among

The Cruel and the Proud, As Bulls of Bafhan fierce and ftrong,

As Lions roaring loud.

VIII.

From Earth and Hell my Sorrows meet

To multiply the Smart ; They nail my Hands, they pierce my Feet>

And try to vex my Heart.

IX

Yet if thy Sovereign Hand let loofe The Rage of Earth and Hell,

Why will my heavenly Father bruife The Son he loves fo well ? x.

My God, if poffible it be, With-hold this bitter Cup $

But I refign mv Will to thee,

And drink the Sorrows up. XL

My Heart diflolves with Pangs unknown, In Groans I wafte my Breath ;

Thy heavy Hand has brought me down Low as the Duft of Death.

XII.

Father, I give my Spirit up,

Andtruft it in thy Hand; My dying Flefh (hall reft in Hope,

And rife at thy Command.

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Psalm XXII. 20,21,27—31. The Se- cond Part. Common Metre. Chrift's Sufferings and Kingdom. I.

No w from the roaring Lions Rage, " 0 Lord, proteB thy Son j J Nor leave thy Darling to engage V 'The Powers of Hell alone!* II. Thus did our fufifering Saviour pray,

With mighty Cries and Tears ; God heard him in that dreadful Day, And chas'd away his Fears, in.

Great was the Vi&ory of his Death,

His Throne exalted high ;

And all the Kindreds of the Earth

Shall worfhip, or (hall die. IV.

A numV0US Offspring muit arife

From his expiring Groans ;

They (hall be reckoned, in his eyes,

For Daughters and for Sons, v. The meek and humble Souls (hall fee

His Table richly fpread; And all that feek the Lord (hall be

With T°vs immortal fed. J I VI.

The Ifles (hall know the Righteoufnefs

Of our incarnate God ; And Nations, yet unborn, profefs

Salvation in his Blood.

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Psalm XXII. Long Metre. Chrift's Sufferings and Exaltation. I.

No w let our mournful Songs record The dying Sorrows of our Lord ; When he complained in Tears and B^ood, As one forfaken of his God.

II. The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And (hake their Heads, and laugh in Scorn j He refcuM others from the Grave ;

u Now let him try himfelf to fave.

IIL

This is the Man did once pretend " God was his Father, and his Friend 5 *' If God the Blefled lov'd him fo, u Why doth he fail to help him now ?"

IV.

Barbarous People ! Cruel Priefts !

How they flood round like favage Beads !

[Like Lions gaping to devour,

: When God had left him in their power. v.

jThey wound his Head, his Hands, his Feet,

Till Streams of Blood each other meet ;

By Lot his Garments they divide,

And mock the Pangs in which he dy'd.

VI.

But God, his Father, heard his Cry ; Rais'd from the Dead he reigns on high ; The Nations learn his Righteoufnefs, And humbieSinners tafte his Grace.

In this Vtrjiwi I have abridged the <wh*le Pfa/m,- and chofen tnly thofe Verjti of it which are cited or explained in the Neim Vflament, (viz.) i, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18,24,28, 31, 29.

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6z Psalm XXIIL

Pslam XXIIL Long Metre.

God our Shepherd. I.

My Shepherd is the living Lord ; Now fhall my Wants be well fupply'd; His Providence and Holy Word Become my Safety and my Guide.

II. In Paftures where Salvation grows," He makes me feed, he makes me reft j There living Water gently flows, And all the Food divinely bleft.

III. My wandring Feet his Ways miftake^ ►ut he reftores my Soul to Peace, ^nd leads me, for his Mercy's fake, n the fair Paths of Righteoufnefs.

IV.

Fho* I walk thro* the gloomy Vale, jWhere Death and all its Terrors are, Vly Heart and Hope (hall never fail, "or God my Shepherd's with me there.

Amidft the Darknefs and the Deeps Thou art my Comfort, thou my Stay > Irhy Staff fupports my feeble Steps, Thy Rod dire&s my doubtful Way.

VI.

The Sons of Earth and Sons of Hell ^aze at thy Goodnefs, and repine To fee my Table fpread fo well With living Bread and chearfui Wine.

VII.

Psalm XXIII.

VII.

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[How I rejoice when on my Head Thy Spirit condefcends to reft! 'Tis 2 Divine Anointing fhed Like Oil of Gladnefs at a Feaft.

VIII.

Surely the Mercies of the Lord Attend his Houthold all their Days : There will I dwell to hear his Word, To feek his Face and fing his Praife J

Psalm XXIII. Common Metre. I.

My Shepherd will fupply my Need, Jehovah is his Name; I In Paftures frefh he makes me feed, Befide the living Scream. II.

He brings my wandring Spirit back,

When I forfake his Ways ;

And leads me, for his Mercy's fake,

In Paths of Truth and Grace. III.

When I walk thro* the Shades of Death,

Thy Prefence is my Stay ; A Word of thy fupporting Breath

Drives all my Fears away.

IV.

Thy Hand in fpight of all my Foes,

Dochftill my Table fpread ; My Cup with Bleflings overflows,

Thine Oil anoints my Head.

v.

The fure Provifions of my Gcd Attend me all my Days ;

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O may thy Houfe-be mine Abode, And all my Work be Praife !

VI.

There would I find a fettled Reft,

(While others go and come) No more a Stranger, or a Gueft,

But like a Child at Home.

St, 4. The Oil or Ointment that <was ufed of old tt> anoint and -perfume the Head, in tht Senfet and Language of the Neiv Teftamerit, mufi fignify the Communications of the Holy Spi- rit, which is called the Anointing, 1 'John 2. 20, 27. as I havt explained it in the Long Metre 5 and Pfal. 45. 7. ivitb John 3. 34, approves it*

Psalm XXIII. Short Metre.

I.

r~Tp h e Lord my Shepherd \s3

JL I fhall be well fupply'd ;

Since he is mine, and I am his,

What can I want befide ? II.

He leads me to the Place

Where heavenly Pafture grows, \Vhere living Waters gently pafs, And full Salvation flows. IN.

If e'er I go aftray, He doth my Soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way For his molt Holy Name.

While he affords his Aid, I cannot .yield to Fear ; Tho' I ftiould walk throDeath'sdarkShade, My Shepherd's with me there.

P S A L M XXIV. '

V.

In fpight of all my Foes, Thou doft my Table fpread, My Cup with Bieffings overflows, And Joy exalts my Head.

VI.

The Bounties of thy Love Shall crown my following Days; Nor from thy Houfe will I remove, Nor ceafe tofpeak thy Praife.

Psalm XXIV. Common Metre. Dwelling with God. I. np h l Earth for ever is the Lord's, *■ With Adam's numerous Race ,• He rais'd its Arches o'er the Floods, And built it on the Seas. II.

But who, among the Sons of Men,

May vifit rhitie Abode? He that has Hands from Mifchief clean,

Whole Heart is right with God. ill. This is the Man may rife and take

The Bieffings of his Grace; This is the Lot of thofe that feek

The God of Jacob's Face.

,IV* Now let our Souls' immortal Powers

To meet the Lord prepare,

Lift up their everlafting Doors,

The King of Glory's near.

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V.

The King of Glory ! Who can tell The Wonders of his Might ?

He rules the Nations; but to dwell vWith Saints, is his Delight.

Psalm XXIV. Long Metre, Saints dwell in Heaven ; or, Chrift's Afcenjton.

I. HP h i s fpacious Earth is all the Lord's,

And Men, and Worms, and Beafts, and Birds : He rais'd the Building on the Seas, And gave ic for their Dwelling- Place.

But there's a brighter World on high, Thy Palace, Lord, above the Sky: Who fhall afcend that bleft Abode, And dwell fo near his Maker God ?

III. He that abhors and fears to fin, WhofeHeart is pure,whofeHands are clean, Him fhall the Lord the Saviour blefs, And clothe his Soul with Righteoufnefs.

IV.

Thefe are the Men, the pious Race That feek the God of Jacob's Face ; Thefe fhall enjoy the blifsful Sight, . And dwell in everlafting Light. Pause. v.

Rejoice, ye (hining Worlds on high, Behold the King of Glory nigh ; Who can this King of Glory be ? The mighty Lord, the Saviour's He.

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VI.

Ye Heavenly Gates, your Leaves difplay To make the Lord the Saviour way : Laden with Spoils from Earth and Hell, The Conqueror comes with God to dwell.

VII.

Rais'd from the Dead he goes before, He opens Heaven's eternal Door, To give his Saints a bleft Abode, Near their Redeemer and their God.

If this Pfalm was written at the A/cent of the Ark of God ints Zion the City of David, it is not unnatural to apply it to the Pre- fence of Chrift with bis Church in Worfhip, as in the Common Metre 3 or, to the Afcenf 'on of thrift to Heaven, as in this Me- tre. In this, and other Parts cf the Pfalm, I have endeavoured tQ make the Connexion plain and eafy, which is very ebfeure in theText,

Psalm XXV. 1— 11. The Firfi Part.

Waiting for Pardon and Direction,

I.

IL 1 f t my Soul to God, My Truft is in his Name; Let not my Foes, that feefc my Bloody Still triumph in my Shame.

Sin, and the Powers of Hell

Perfuade me to defpair ; Lord, make me know thy Covenant we!lfl

That I may Tcape the Snare. HI.

From the firft dawning Lights

Till the dark Evening rife, For thy Salvation, Lord, I wait

With ever-longing Eyes.

IV.

Remember all thy Grace, And lead me in thy Truth ; ' E Fdrgl v*e

Forgive the Sins of riper Days,

And Follies of my Youth. V.

The Lord is juft and kind,

The Meek fhall learn his Ways, And every humble Sinner find

The Methods of his Grace.

VI.

For his own Goodnefs-fake He faves my Soul from Shame : He pardons (tho* my Guilt be great) Thro* my Redeemer's Name.

Psalm XXV, 12,14,10,13. id Part.

Divine InjlruBion. I.

Where (hall the Man be found Thai fears t offend his God, That loves the Gofpel's joyful Sound, And trembles at the Rod ?

II. The Lord fhall make him know* The Secrets cf his Heart, The Wonders of his Covenant (how, And ail his Love impart.

III. The Dealings of his Hand Are Truth and Mercy ftill With fuel: as to his Covenant ftand, And love to do his Will.

IV.

Their Souls fhall dwell at eafe Before their Maker's Face.; Their Seed (hall tafte the Promifes In their extenflve Grace.

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Psalm XXV. ly— 22. The $d Part.

Diftrefs of Soul j or, Backfliding and Defertion;

I.

Mine Eyes and my Defire Are ever to the Lord ; I love to plead his Promifes, And reft upon his Word.

II. Turn, turn thee to my Soul, Bring thy Salvation near ; When will thy Hand releafe my Feet

Out of the deadly Snare ? III.

When (hall the Sovereign Grace

Of my forgiving God

Reftore me from thofe dangerous Ways

My wandering Feet have trod ?

The Tumult of my Thoughts Doth but enlarge my Woe ; My Spirit languifhes, my Heart Is defolate and low. v.

With every Morning- Light My Sorrow new begins ,• . Look on my Anguifli and my Pain, And pardon all my Sins. Pause.

VI.

Behold the Hofts of Hell, How cruel is their Hate ? Againft my Life they rife, and join Their Fury with Deceit.

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vii. : —

O keep my Soul from Death, Nor put my Hope to fhame, For I have plac'd my only Truft In my Redeemer's Name.

VIII.

With humble Faith I wait To fee thy Face again ; Of Ifrael it fhall ne'er be faid, He fought the Lord in vain.'

Psalm XXVL

Self-Examination; or, Evidences of Grace. I.

Judge me, O Lord, and prove my Ways, And try my Reins, and try my Heart i My Faith upon thy Promife ftays,

Nor from thy Law my Feet depart. II.

I hate to walk, I hate to fit With Men of Vanity and Lyes ; The Scoffer and the Hypocrite Are the Abhorrence of mine Eyes.

HI,

Amongft thy Saints will I appear, With Hands well-wafh\i in Innocence ,* But when I ftand before thy Bar, The Blood of Chrifl is my Defence.

IV.

I love thy Habitation, Lord, The Temple where thine Honours dwell; [There fhall I hear thine Holy Word, And there thy Works of Wonder tell.

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Psalm XXVII. _j\

v.

Let not my Soul be join'd at laft With Men of Treachery and Blood, Since I my Days on Earth have paft Among the Saints and near my God.

Psalm XXVII. i~5. The Firfi Part. The Church is cur Delight and Safety.

I.

Th e Lord of Glory is my Light* And my Salvation too ; God is my Strength, nor will I fear What all my Foes can do. II.

One Privilege my Heart defires ;

O grant me an Abode

Among the Churches of thy Saints,

The Temples of my God ! III.

There (hall I offer my Requefts,

And fee thy Beauty ftill, Shall hear thy Meffages of Love,

And there enquire thy Will.

IV.

When Troubles rife, and Storms appear,

There may his Children hide :

God has a ftrong Pavilion where

He makes my Soul abide, v.

Now (hall my Head be lifted high

Above my Foes around, And Songs of Joy and Vidlory

Within thy Temple found.

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7z Psalm XXVII.

Psalm XX VII. v. 8, 9, 13, 14. 2d Part,

Prayer and Hope.

1.

Soon as I heard my Father fay, " D? Children feek my Grace** My Heart reply M without delay, " 1' 11 feek my Father's Face." II.

Let not thy Face be hid from me,

Nor frown my Soul away > God of my Life, I fly to Thee

In a diftreffing Day, ill. Should Friends and Kindred near and dear

Leave me to want, or die; My God would make my Life his Care,

And all my Need fupply.

IV.

Mv fainting Flefh had dy'd with Grief,

Had not my Soul believ'd

To fee thy Grace provide Relief,

Nor was my Hope deceiv'd. v.

Wait on the Lord, ye trembling Saints,

And keep your Courage up ; He'll raife your Spirit when it faints,

And far exceed your Hope.

cIhez%th Pfalm has fcarce any thing new, but what is repeated in other Pfalms,

Psalm XXIX.

Storm and Thunder. I.

Gi v e to the Lord, ye Sons of Fame, Give to the Lord Renown and Power,

Afcribe

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Afcribe due Honours to his Name, And his Eternal Might adore.

II. The Lord proclaims his Power aloud Over the Ocean and the Land ; His Voice divides the Watry Cloud, And Lightnings blaze at his Command.

III. Hefpeaks, and Tempeft, Hail, and Wind Lay the wideForefts bare around ; The fearful Hart, and frighted Hind, Leap at the Terror of the Sound.

IV.

To Lebanon he turns his Voice,

And, lo! the (lately Cedars break ;

The Mountains tremble at the Noife,

The Vallies roar, the Defarts quake, v.

The Lord fits Sovereign on the Flood,

The Thunderer reigns for ever King ;

But makes his Church his bkft Abode,

Where we his awful Glories fing. VI. 5

In gentler Language there the Lord The Counfels of his Grace imparts; Amidft the raging Storm his Word Speaks Peace and Courage to our Hearts. Psalm XXX. The Fn ft Part. Sitknefs healed^ and Sorrow removed. I. [Will extol thee, Lord, on high,

At thy Command Diieafes fly ; Who but a God can i^eak and lave From the dark Borders of the Grave ?

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II. Sing to the Lord, ye Saints of his, And tell how large his Goodne fs is ; Let all your Powers rejoice and blefs, ^Vhile you record his Holinefs.

III. His Anger but a Moment ftays, His Love is Life and Length of Days ; Tho' Grief and Tears the Night employ, The Morning-Star reftores the Joy.

Psalm XXX. v. 6. The Second Part. Health, Sicknefs, and Recovery.

I.

Firm was my Health,my Day was bright, A nd I prefu m'd \ wou'd ne*er*be Night ; Fondly I faid within my Heart, *c Pleafure and Peace Jhall ne'er depart"

II. But I forgot thine Arm was ftrong, Which made my Mountain ftand ib long; Soon as thy Face began to hide, My Health was gone, my Comforts dy'd^

I cry'd aloud to thee, my. God ?

*' What can'ft thou profit by my Blood ?

cc Deep in the Duft can I declare

" Thy Truth, or fing thy Goodnefs there?

IV.

u Hear me, O God of Grace ! I faid, <c And bring me from among the Dead:" Thy Word rebuk'd the Pains I felt, Thy pardoning Love remov'd my Guilt

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v. My Groans, and Tears, and Forms of Woe Are turn'd to Joy and Praifes now ; I throw my Sackcloth on the Ground, And Eafe and Gladnefsgird me round.

VI.

My Tongue, the Glory of my Frame, Shall ne'er be filent of thy Name ; Thy Praife (hall found thro' Earrh and Heaven, For Sicknefs heal'd, and Sins forgiven.

Psalm XXXI. 5, 13 — 19, 22,23. Firfi Part. Deliverance from Death.

I.

Into thine Hand, O God of Truth,

My Spirit I commit y

Thou haft redeem'd my Soul from Death,

And fav'd me from the Pit. II.

The Paflions of my Hope and Fear

Maintained a doubtful Strife, While Sorrow, Pain, and Sin confpir'd

To take away my Life. ill. <c My Times are in thine Hand, I cry'd, .

" Tho' I draw near the Duji ; Thou art the Refuge where I hide,

The God in whom I truft.

IV.

O make thy reconciled Face

Upon thy Servant (hi ne, And fave me for thy Mercy-fake,

For I'm intirely thine,

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v.

['Twas in my Hafte, my Spirit faid,

" Imuft defpair and die, " / am cut off before thine Eyes ;

But thou haft heard my Cry.]

VI.

Thy Goodnefs how divinely free !

How wondrous is thy Grace,

To thofe that fear thy Majefty,

And truft thy Promifes ! VII.

O love the Lord, all ye his Saints,

And ling his Praifes loud ; He'll bend his Ear to your Complaints,

And recompence the Proud.

Psalm XXXI. 7—13, 18—21. id Part, Deliverance from Slander and Reproach*

I.

My Heart rejoices in thy Name, My God, my Help, my Truft ; Thou haft prefervM my Face from Shame,

Mine Honour from the Duft. II. 1 My Life is fpent with Grief, I cry'd,

My Years confun/d in Groans, €l My Strength decays, mine Eyes are dry'd*

? And Sorrow Waftes my Bones/! ill.

Among mine Enemies my Name Was a mere Proverb grown,

While to my Neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown.

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IV.

Slander and Fear on every fide

SeizM and befet me round; I to the Throne of Grace apply'd,

And fpeedy Refcue found.

Pause.

v.

How great Deliverance thou haft wrought

Before the Sons of Men !

The lying Lips to Silence brought,

And made their Boaftings vain ! vi. *

Thy Children, from the Strife of Tongues*

Shall thy Pavilion hide, Guard them from Infamy and Wrongs,

And crufli the Sons of Pride.

VII.

Within thy fecret Prefence, Lord,

Let me for ever dwell $ No fenced City, wall'd and barr'd,

Secures a Saint fo well.

I have much tranfpofed the Parts of this Pfalm, that I might unite the Verfes of the fame Senfe and Subject nearer together , <*«<£" contrail them into two Divine Hymns,

Psalm XXXII. Short Metre. Forgivenefs of Sins upon Confefjton. I.

OBiessed Souls are they Whofe Sins are cover'd o'er I Divinely bleft, to whom the Lord

Imputes their Guilt no morel II.

They mourn their Follies paft,

And keep their Hearts with Care ;

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tUfinf T me O r\ A T !raO tY»t l-U^M-if* TYa/"***!*"

Their Lips and Lives without Deceit,

Shall prove their Faith fincere. III.

While I con'cealM my Guilt,

I felt the feftering Wound,

Till I confefs'd my Sins to thee,

And ready Pardon found.

IV.

Let Sinners learn. to pray, Let Saints keep near the Throne; Our Help, in times of deep Diftrefs, Is found in God alone.

Ps a l m XXXII. Common Metre* Free Pardon, and fincere Obedience \ or, Con~ feffion and Forgivenefs. I. a p p y the Man to whom his God No more imputes his Sin, But wafhM in the Redeemer's Blood, Hath made his Garments clean 1 II.

Happy beyond Expreffion He,

Whofe Debts are thus difchargM ; 'And, from the guilty Bondage free,

He feels his Soul enlarg'd. III. His Spirit hates Deceit and Lyes,

His Words are all fincere ; He guards his Heart, he guards his Eyes,

To keep his Confidence clear.

IV.

While I my inward Guilt fuppreft, No Quiet could I find :

Thy

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Thy Wrath lay burning in my Bread,

And rack'd my tortur'd Mind.

v.

Thenlconfefs'd my troubled Thoughts,

My fecret Sins reveal'd ; Thy pardoning Grace forgave my Faults,

Thy Grace my Pardon feal'd.

VI.

This fhall invite thy Saints to pray,

When, like a raging Flood, Temptations rife, our Strength and Stay

Is a forgiving God.

Psalm XXXII. Firfi Part. Long Metre.

Repentance and Free Pardon ; or, Juftifica*

tion and SanElification.

I.

Bl e s t is the Man, for ever bleft, Whofe Guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whofe Sins with Sorrow are confefs'd,

And cover'd with his Saviour's Blood. II.

Bleft is the Man to whom the Lord

Imputes not his Iniquities,

He pleads no Merit of Reward,

And not on Works, but Grace relies. III.

From Guile his Heart and Lips are free,

His humble Joy, his holy Fear

With deep Repentance well agree,

And join to prove his Faith fincere. v.

How glorious is that Righteoufnefs, tThat hides and cancels all his Sins !

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While a bright Evidence of Grace Thro* his whole Life appears and lhines.

Thefe tnvofirft Verjes of this Pfa/m being cited by the Apofllt i in the \th Chap, Rom. to Jhe*w the Freedom of our Pardon and Jufiifi cation by Grace without Works, I have, in this Verjion of \ ity enlarged the Senfe, by mention of the Blood of Chrift, and \ Faith and Repentance; andbecaufe the Pfalmifi adds, A Spirit in which is no Guile, J have injerted that fincere Obedience, which is a Scriptural Evidence of our Faith and Jufiifi cation.

Psalm XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre.

A guilty Confcience eafed by ConfeJJion and Pardon.

r,

WhilbI keep filence and conceal My heavry Guilt withiit my Heart, What Torments doth my Confcience feel! What Agonies of inward Smart !

II. I fpread my Sins before the Lord, And all my fecret Faults confefs ; Thy Gofpel fpeaks a pardoning Word,

Thine holy Spirit feals the Grace. III.

For this fhall every humble Soul

Make fwift Addreffes to thy Seat ;

When Floods of huge Temptations roll.

There fhall they find a bleft Retreat. IV. ^

How fafe beneath thy Wings I lie,

When Day^growdark,and Storms appea^ !

And when I walk, thy watchful Eye *N

Shall guide me fafe frcm every Snare.

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Psalm XXXIII. Fir ft Pan.

Common Metre. Works of Creation and Providence.

I. *]oice, ye Righteous in the Lord, This Work belongs to you : Sing of his Name, his Ways, his Word, How holy, juft and true I

His Mercy and his Righteoufnefs

Let Heaven and Earth proclaim ; His Works of Nature and of Grace

Reveal his wondrous Name. III. His Wifdom and Almighty Word

The heavenly Arches fpread ; And by the Spirit of the Lord

Their fhining Hofts were made*

IV.

He bid the liquid Waters flow

To their appointed Deep *

The flowing Seas their Limits know,

And their own Station keep, v.

Ye Tenants of the fpacious Earth, With Fear before him ftand ;

He fpake, and Nature took its Birth3 And refts on his Command.

VI.

He fcorns the angry Nations Rage, And breaks their vain Defigns ;

His Counfel ftands thro' every Age, And in full Glory fhines.

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Psalm XXXIIL Second Part.

Common Metre.

Creatures vain, and God AU-fujficient.

I.

Blest is the Nation where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious Throne ; Where he reveals his heavenly Word, And calls their Tribes his own. II. His Eye, with infinite Survey,

Does the whole World behold j He form'd us all of equal Clay,

And knows our feeble Mould, ill.

Kings are not refcu'd by the force

Of Armiesirom the Grave ; Nor Speed nor Courage of an Horfe

Can the bold Rider fave.

IV.

Vain is the Strength of Beafts or Men,

To hope for Safety thence ; But holy Souls from God obtain

A ftrong andfure Defence, v. God is their Fear, and God their Truffc,

When Plagues or Famine fpread, His watchful Eye fecures the Juft

Among ten thoufand Dead.

VI.

Lord, let our Hearts in thee rejoice, And blefs us from thy Throne ;

For we have made thy Word our Choice, And truft thy Grace alone.

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Psalm XXXIII.

Psalm XXXIII, as the 113 th Pfalm;

Fir ft Part.

TVorks of Creation and Providence.

Ye holy Souls in God rejoice, YourMaker'sPraife becomes your Voice; Great is yourTheme, your Songs be new r Sing of his Name, his Word, his Ways, His Works of Nature and of Grace, How wife and holy, juft and truel H.

Juftice and Truth he ever loves,

And the whole Earth his Goodnefs proves*

His Word the heavenly Arches fpread ; How wide they fhine from North to South, And by the Spirit of his Mouth

Were all the Scarry Armies made. - III. He gathers the wide-flowing Seas, Thofe watry Treafures know their Place*

In the vaft Store-houfe of the Deep He fpake, and gave all Nature Birth; And Fires,and Seas,and Heaven, and Earth

His everlafting Orders keep. IV.

Let Mortals tremble and adore

A God of fuch refiftlefs Power,

Nor dare indulge their feeble Rage : Vain are your Thoughts, and weak your Hands, But his eternal Counfel ftands,

And rules the World from Age to Age.

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Psalm XXXIII; as the 1 1 3 th Pf. 2d Pa*t,

Creatures *vain% and God All-fufficient. I.

O happy Nation, where the Lord Reveals the Treafure of his Word, And builds hisChurch,his earthly Throne! His Eye the Heathen World furveys, Heform'd their Hearts,heknows their Ways, But God their Maker is unknown. II. Let Kings rely upon their Hoft, And of his Strength the Champion boaft j

In vain they boaft, in vain rely • In vain we truft the brutal Force, Or Speed, or Courage of a Horfe, To guard his Rider or to fly.

The Eye of thyjCompaffion, Lord, Doth more fecure Defence atford

When Deaths or Dangers threatningftand ; Thy watchful Eye preferves the Juft, Who make thy Name their Fear and Truft, , When Wars or Famine wafte the Land*

IV.

In Sicknefs or the bloody Field, Thou our Phyfician, Thou our Shield,

Send us Salvation from thy Throne; We wait to fee thy Goodnefs fhine ; Let us rejoice in Help Divine,

For all our Hope is God alone.

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Psalm XXXIV. Firft Part. Long Metre.

God's Care of the Saims ; or, Deliverance by Prayer. I.

Lor d, I will blefs thee all my Days, Thy Praife fhall dwell upon my Tongue J My Soul (hall glory in thy Grace, While Saints rejoice to hear the Song.

II. Come, magnify the Lord with me, ! Come, let us all exalt his Name; I fought th* Eternal God, and He ' Has not expos'd my Hope to fhame.

III. ; I told him all my fecret Grief, •My fecret Groaning reach'd his Ears; jHe gave my inward Pains relief, And calm'd the Tumult of my Fears.

IV.

To him the Poor lift up their Eyes, Their Faces feel the Heavenly Shine; A Beam of Mercy from the Skies Fills them with Light and Joy Divine.

His holy Angels pitch their Tents Around the Men that ferve the Lord, Ofear and love him, all his Saints, Tafte of his Grace and truft his Word.

VI.

The wild young Lions pinch'd with Pain And Hunger roar thro* all the Wood, But none (hail feek the Lord in vain, Nor want fuppiies of real Good.

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Psalm XXXIV- 1 1—22. Second Part

Long Metre. Religious Education j or r Inftru&ions of Piety.

Children in Years and Knowledge young, Your Parents Hope, your Parents Joy> Attend the Counfels of my Tongue, Let pious Thoughts your Minds imploy.

If you defire a Length of Days, And Peace to crown your mortal State, Reftrain your Feet from impious Ways, Your Lips from Slander and Deceit. in.

The Eyes of God regard his Saints, His Ears are open to their Cries ; He fets his frowning Face againft The Sons of Violence and Lyes.

IV.

Tjfo humble Souls and broken Hearts

God with his Grace is ever nigh ;

Pardon and Hope his Love imparts

When Men in deep Contrition lie. v.

He tells theirTears, he counts their Groans,

His Son redeems their Souls from Death ',

His Spirit heals their broken Bones,

They in his Praife employ their Breath.

Psalm XXXIV. 1— 10. Firfi Part;

Common Metre. Prayer and Praife for eminent Deliverance.

I'll blefs the Lord from Day to Day j * How good are all his Ways !

Psalm XXXIV. 87

Ye humble Souls that ufe to pray, Come, help my Lips to praife.

Sing to the Honour of his Name,

How a poor Sufferer cry'd,

Nor was his Hope expose! to fhame,

Nor was his Suit deny'd. ill.

When threatning Sorrows round me flood,

And endlefs Fears arofe, Like the loud Billows of a Flood,

Redoubling all my Woes ;

IV.

I told the Lord my fore Diftrefs With heavy Groans and Tears,'

He gave my fharpeft Torments Eafe,' And filene'd all my Fears,

Pause.

v. CO Sinners, come and tafte his Love?

Come, learn his pleafant Ways, And let your own Experience prove

The Sweetnefs of his Grace.

VI.

He bids his Angels pitch their Tents Round where his Children dwell ;

What Ills their heavenly Care prevents. No earthly Tongue can tell.]

VII.

[O love the Lord, ye Saints of his;

His Eye regards the Juft ; How richly bleft their Portion is

Who make che Lord their Truft !

VIII.

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VIII.

Young Lions pinch'd with Hunger roar,

And famifh in the Wood J But God fupplies his holy Poor

With every needful Good.]

Psalm XXXIV. 11—12. Second Part.

Common Metre. Exhortations to Peace and Hotinefs. I.

Co m b, Children, learn to fear the Lord j And that your Days be long, Let not a falfe or fpiteful Word Be found upon your Tongue.

Depart from Mifchief, praftife Love,

Purfuethe Works of Peace ," JBo fhall the Lord your Ways approve, And fet your Souls ateafe. ill.

His Eyes awake to guard the Juft,

His Ears attend their Cry ; When broken Spirits dwell in Duft,

The God of Grace is nigh.

IV.

What tho' the Sorrows here they tafte

Are fharp and tedious too, The Lord, who faves them all at laft,

Is their Supporter now.

I Evil fhall fmite the Wicked dead ;

But God fecures his own, Prevents the Mifchief when they Aide,

Or heals the broken Bone.

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vi. *

When Defolation like a Flood

O er the proud Sinner rolls, Saints find a Refuge in their God,

For he redeemed their Souls.

Psalm XXXV. i— <?. The Firfi Part.

Prayer and Faith of perfecuted Saints ; or,

Imprecations mix'd with Charity.

I.

Now plead my Caufe, Almighty God, With all the Sons of Strife,- And fight againft the Men of Blood, Who fight againft my Life.

Draw out thy Spear and ftop their Way,

Lift thine avenging Rod ; But to my Soul in Mercy fay, 1 am thy Saviour-God. III. They plant their Snares to catch my Feet,

And Nets of Mifchief fpread ; Plunge the Deftroyers in the Pit That their own Hands have made.

IV.

Let Fogs and Darknefs hide their Way,

And flippery be their Ground ,• Thy Wrath (hall make their Lives a Prey^

And all their Rage confound.

v.

They fly like Chaff before the Wind,

Before thine angry Breath; The Angel of the Lord behind

Purfues them down to Death.

VI.

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VI.

They love the Road that leads to Hell;

Then let the Rebels die, Whofe Malice is implacable

Againft the Lord on high.

VII.

But if thou haft a chofen few

Amongft that impious Race ; Divide them from the bloody Crew

By thy furprizing Grace.

VIII.

Then will I raife my tuneful Voice To make thy Wonders known j

In their Salvation I'll rejoice, And blefs thee for my own.

St. 6. Among the Imprecations that David ufes againft his Ad~ verfaries in this Pfalm, I have adventured to turn the Edge of fame of them away from Perfonal Enemies againft the implacable Enemies of God in the World,

St. 7. 8. Agreeably to the Spirit of the Go/pel I have here fur- ther mollified thefe Imprecations by a charitable Diftin&ion and Petition for their Souls, which Spirit of Evangelic Charity ap- pears fo confpicuous in the 12, 13, and 14 verfes of the Pfalm, that I could not forbear to form them into a jhort difiinSt Hymn, enlarging on that glorious Char atler of a Chriftian, Love to our Enemies, commanded fo particularly, and Jo divinely exemplify* & by Chrift himjelf.

Psalm XXXV. v. 12, 13, 14. 2d Part. Love to Enemies; or, the Love of Chrift to Sinners typify d in David.

Behold the Love, the generous Love That holy David fhows ; Hark, how his founding Bowels move To his affti&ed Foesl II.

When they are fick, his Soul complains, And feems to feel the Smart;

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The Spirit of the Gofpel reigns,

And melcs his pious Heart. III.

How did his flowing Tears condole

As for a Brother dead 1 And Fading mortify *d his Soul,

While for their Life he pray'd.

IV,

They groan'd j and curft him on their Bed,

Yet ftill he pleads and mourns ;

And double Bleffings on his Head

The righteous God returns, v.

O glorious Type of Heavenly Grace !

Thus Cbrifi the Lord appears; While Sinners curfe, the Saviour prays,

And pities them with Tears.

VI.

He the true David, lfraefo King,

Eieft and Belov'd of God, To fave us Rebels dead in Sin

Paid his own deareft Blood.

Set the Notes on the firji Part of this Pfalm. St. I. found- ing of the Bowels it a Scriptural Metaphor, Ifa. 63. 15.

Psalm XXXVI. 5 — 9, Long Metre.

The Perfections and Providence of God ; or,

General Providence and Special Grace.

I.

Hi gh in the Heavens, Eternal God, Thy Goodnefs in full Glory fhines ; Thy Truth fhall break thro* every Cloud That vails and darkens thy Defigns.

For ever firm thy Juftice ftands,

As Mountains their Foundations keep;

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Wife are the Wonders of thy Hands ; Thy Judgments are a mighty Deep.

ill.

Thy Providence is kind and large* Both Man and Beaft thy Bounty (hare; The whole Creation is thy Charge, But Saints are thy peculiar Care.

IV.

My God ! how excellent thy Grace ; Whence all our Hope and Comfort fprings! The Sons of Adam in Diftrefs Fly to the Shadow of thy Wings.

From the Provifions of thy Houfe We fhall be fed with fweet Repaft • There Mercy like a River flows, And brings Solvation to our Tafte.

VI.

Life, like a Fountain rich and free, Springs from the Prefenceof my Lord ; And in thy Light our Souls (hall fee The Glories promised in thy Word.

Psalm XXXVL ^.1,2,5,6, 7,9. Com.

Met. PraElkal Atheifm expos' d ; or, the Be- ing and Attributes of God ejferted. I:

While Men grow bold in wicked Ways, And yet a God they own, My Heart within me often fays,

fc< Their Thoughts believe There's- none. II.

Their Thoughts and Ways at once declare,

(Whatever their Lips profefs)

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God hath no Wrath for them to fear,

Nor will they feek his Grace, ill. What ftrange Self-flattery blinds theirEyes!

But there's a haftning Hour When they (hall fee with fore Surprize

The Terrors of thy Power.

IV.

*Thy Jufticefliall maintain its Throne,

Tho* Mountains melt away 5 Thy Judgments are a World unknown,

A deep unfathomM Sea.

v.

Above thefe Heavens created Rounds

Thy Mercies, Lord, extend,-

Thy Truth out-lives the narrow Bounds

Where Time and Nature end. vi.

Safety to Man thy Goodnefs brings,

Nor overlooks the Beaft • Beneath the Shadow cf thy Wings

Thy Children chufe to reft.

VII.

[From thee,whenCreature-ftreams runlow^

And mortal Comforts die, Perpetual Springs of Life (hall flow,

And raife our Pleafures high.

VIII.

Tho' all created Light decay, And Death clofe up our Eyes,

Thy Preience makes eternal Day Where Clouds cap never rife.]

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■ Psalm XXXVI. 1—7. Short Metre,

The JVickednefs of Man, and the Majefly of j God > or, Practical Atheifm exposed.

I.

When Man grows bold in Sin, My Heart within me cries, <c He hath no Faith of God within,

6< Nor Fear before his Eyes. II.

[He walks a while conceafd

In a Self-flattering Dream, Till his dark Crimes at once reveafd

Expofe his hateful Name.] III.

His Heart is falfe and foul.

His Words are fmooth and fair ; Wifdom is banifliM from his Soul,

And leaves no Goodnefs there.

IV.

He plots upon his Bed

New Mifchiefs to fulfill ;

He fets his Heart, and Hand, and Head

To pra&ife all that's ill. v.

But there's a dreadful God

Tho' Men renounce his Fear ;

His Juftice hid behind the Cloud

Shall one great Day appear.

VI.

His Truth tranfcends the Sky, In Heaven his Mercies dwell; Deep as the Sea his Judgments lie, His Anger burns to Hell.

VII.

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VII.

How excellent his Love, Whence all our Safety fprings I

0 never let my Soul remove From underneath his Wings!

Psalm XXXVII. i — 15. Firfi Pare. The Cure of Envy, Fretfulnefs and Unbelief', or, The Rewards of the Righteous and the Wicked ; or, The World's Hatred and the

Saint's Patience.

I.

Wh y fhould I vex my Soul, and fret To fee the Wicked rife ? Or envy Sinners waxing great By Violence and Lyes ? 11. As flowry Grafs cut down at Noon,

Before the Evening fades, So (hall their Glories vanifh foon

In everlafting Shades. b Hi.

Then let me make the Lord my Truft, And pra&ife all that's Good ;

So (hall I dwell amongft the Juft> And he'll provide me Food.

IV.

1 to my God my Ways commit,

And chearful wait his Will 5

Thy Hand,which guides my doubtful Feet,

Shall my Defires fulfill, v.

Mine Innocence (halt Thou difplay,

And make thy Judgments known,

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Fair as the Light of dawning Day, And glorious as the Noon.

VI.

The Meek at laft the Earth poflefs, And are the Heirs of Heav'a ;

True Riches with abundant Peace To humble Souls are giv'n.

Pause.

vil Reft in the Lord and keep his Way,

Nor let your Anger rife, Tho' Providence fhould long delay

To puniih haughty Vice.

VIII.

Let Sinners join to break your Peace,

And plot, and rage, and foam ; The Lord derides them, for he fees

Their Day of Vengeance come. ix7

LThey have drawn out the threatning Sword* Have bent the murderous Bow,

To flay the Men that fear the Lord And bring the Righteous low.

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My God lhall break their Bows* and burn

Their perfecuting Darts, Shall their own Swords againft them turn,

And Painfurprize their Hearts.

I have tur.t'd the divine InflruElions at the Beginning of this nte tue Form of holy Purfofes, as more affe&ing and lively*

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Psalm XXXVII. 16,21,26— 31. id Pan

Charity to the Poor ; or, Religion in Words and Deeds.

I.

Wh y do the wealthy Wicked boaft, And grow profanely bold ? The meaneft Portion of the Juft

Excels the Sinner's Gold. II. The Wicked borrows of his Friends,

But ne'er deligns to pay; The Saint is merciful and lends,

Nor turns the Poor away. Hi. His Alms with liberal Heart he gives

Amongft the Sons of Need ; His Memory to long Ages lives,

And blefled is his Seed.

IV.

His Lips abhor to talk profane,

To (lander or defraud ;

His ready Tongue declares to Men

What he has learnt of God. v.

The Law and Gofpel of the Lord

Deep in his Heart abide ; Led by the Spirit and the Word,

His Feet fhall never Qide.

VI.

When Sinners fall, the Righteous ftand,

Preferv'd from every Snare • They fhall poffefs the promis'd Land,

And dwell for ever There.

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Psalm XXXVII. 23—37. I^ird Part.

The Way and End of the Righteous and

Wicked.

I.

My God, the Steps of pious Men Areorder'd by thy Will; Tho' they ftiouldfal), they rife again, Thy Hand fupports them ftill.

The Lord delights to fee their Ways,

Their Virtue he approves; He'll ne'er deprive them of his Grace,

Nor leave the Men he loves. III. The heavenly Heritage is theirs,

Their Portion and their Home ; He feeds them now, and makes them Heirs

Of Blefllngs long to come.

IV.

Wait on the Lord, ye Sons of Men, Nor fear when Tyrants frown;

Ye fhall confefs their Pride was vain, When Juftice cafts them down.

Pause.

v. The haughty Sinner have I feen

Nor fearing Man nor God, Like a tall Bay-Tree fair and green,

Spreading his Arms abroad.

VI.

And lo, he vanHh'd from the Ground,

DeftroyM by Hands unfeen ;

Nor Root, nor Branch, nor Leaf was found,

Where all that Pride had been.

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VII.

But mark the Man of Righteoufnefs,

His ieveral Steps attend ; True Pleafure runs thro' all his Ways,

And peaceful is his End.

This long Pjalm abounds ivith ufeful Injiruclions , and En* couragements to Piety, but the Verfes are very much unconnected and independent : Therefore I have contracled and tranfyojcd them fo at to reduce them to three Hymns of a moderate Length, and ivith feme Connexion of the Senfe.

Psalm XXXVIII.

Guilt of Confcience, and Relief; ©r, Repentance

and Prayer for Pardon and Health.

I.

Amidst thy Wrath remember Love; Reftore thy Servant, Lord ; Nor let a Father's Chaftening prove Like an Avenger's Sword. II. Thine Arrows ftick within my Heartr

My Flefh is forelypreft; Between the Sorrow and the Smart My Spirit finds no Reft. Ill, My Sins a heavy Load appear,

And o'er my Head are gone ; Too heavy They for me to bear, Too hard for me c 'atone.

VI.

My Thoughts are like a troubled Sen, My Head ftill bending down ;

And I go mourning all the Day Beneath my Father's Frown, v.

Lord, I am weak and broken fore, None of my Pow'rs are whole ;

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"The inward Anguifh makes me roar, The Anguifh of my Soul.

VI.

All my Defire to Thee is known,

Thine Eye counts every Tear, And every Sigh, and every Groan

Is notic'd by thine Ear.

VII.

Thou art my God, my only Hope ;

My God will hear my Cry, My God will bear my Spirit up

When •Sawn bids me die.

VIII.

CMy Foot is ever apt to Aide,

My Foes rejoice to fee't ; They raife their Pleafure and their Pride,

When they fupplant my Feet.

IX.

But I'll confefs my Guilt to Thee,

And grieve for all my Sin,

I'll mourn, how weak my Graces be.

And beg Support Divine. X.

My God forgive my Follies paft,

And be for ever nigh ;

O Lord of my Salvation, hafte

! Before thy Servant die.] Psalm XXXIX. i; 2, 3. Firfl Parti \ TVatcbfuhiefs over the "Tongue • or, Prudeu and Zeal. L h u s I refolv'd before the Lord, " Now will I watch my Tongue, j

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u Left I let flip one finful Word, " Or do my Neighbour wrong.

And if I'm e'er conftrain'd to flay

With Men of Lives profane, I'll fet a double Guard that Day,

Nor let my Talk be vain. III. I'll fcarce allow my Lipstofpeak

The pious Thoughts I feel, Left Scoffers fhould th* Occalion take

To mock my holy Zeal.

IV.

Yet if fome proper Hour appear,

I'll not be over-aw'd, Rut let the fcoffing Sinners hear

That we can fpeak for God.

I have not confined my j elf here to the Senfe of the PfalmjJ?) but have taken Occajion from the three firjl Vtrfes } ti write a fbort ' Hymn on the Government of the Tongue.

Psalm XXXIX. 4, 5, 6, 7. Second Part* Tke Vanity of Man as Mortal.

I.

Teach me the Meafure of my Days, Tnou Maker of my Frame ; I would furvey Life's narrow Sp^ce,

And learn how frail I am. II.

A Span is all that we can boaft,

An Inch or two of Time ; Man is but Vanity and Duft In all his Flower and Prime. ill. See the vain Race of Mortals move Like Shadows o'er the Plain,

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They rage and ftrive, defire and love, But all the Noife is vain.

IV.

Some walk in Honour's gaudy Show,

Some dig for golden Ore,

They toil for Heirs they know not who.

And ftrait are feen no more, v.

What fhould I wifh or wait for then From Creatures, Earth and Duft ?

fThey make our Expe&ations vain, And difappoint our Truih

Now I forbid my carnal Hope,

My fond Defires recall ; I give my mortal Intereft up,

And make my God my All.

Psalm XXXiX. 9—13. Third Part.

Sick- Bed Devotion; or, Pleading without

Repining.

I.

God of my Life, look gently down, Behold the Pains I feel ; But I am dumb before thy Throne, Nor dare difpute thy WilL

Difeafes are thy Servants, Lord, They come at thy Command ;

I'll not attempt a murmuring Word Againft thy chaft'ning Hand.

Yet I may plead with humble Cries, Remove thy (harp Rebukes j

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Psalm XL. 103

My Strength confumes, my Spirit dies Through thy repeated Strokes.

Crufh'd as a Moth beneath thy Hand,

We moulder to the Duft ;

Our feeble Powers can ne'er withftand^

And all our Beauty's loft, v.

[This mortal Life decay s apace, How foon the Bubble's broke ,!

Adam and all his numerous Race Are Vanity and Smoke.]

VI.

Tm but a Sojourner below,

As all my Fathers were, May I be well prepaid to go

When I the Summons hear!

VII.

But if my Life be fpar'd a while,']

Before my laft Remove, Thy Praife fhall be my Bufmefs ftilJ,

And I'll declare thy Love.

PsalmXL. 1, 2, 3, 5, 17. Firfi Pan,

Common Metre. A Song of Deliverance from great Diftrefs,

I. f Waited patient for the Lord> He bow'd to hear my Cry ; He faw me retting on his Word, And brought Salvation nigh. II.

He rais'd me from a horrid Pit, Where mourning long I lay,

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And from my Bonds released my Feer* Deep Bonds of miry Clay. ill. Firm on a Rock he made me ftand, And taughc my chearful Tongue To praife the Wonders of his Hand, In a new thankful Song, iv. *

1*V fpread his Works of Grace abroad ;

The Saints with Joy (hall hear,

And Sinners learn to make my God

Their only Hope and Fear, v.

How many are thy Thoughts of Love !

Thy Mercies, Lord, how great ! We have not Words nor Hours enough

Their Numbers to repeat.

VI.

When I'm afflifted, poor and low,

And Light and Peace depart, My God beholds my heavy Woe,

And bears me on his Heart.

Psalm XL. 6—9. 2d Part. Cam. Metre. 7 he Incarnation and Sacrifice of Chrifh L

THUS faith theLord, c€ Your Work is -vaii, " Give your Burnt-Offerings o'er, c< In dying Goats and Bullocks (lain <c My Soul delights no more.

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Then fpake the Saviour, ' Lo I'm here,

" My God, to do thy Willi

" Whate'er thy facred Bx>ks declare,

£ Thy Servant fhall fulfill.

HI..

Psalm XL. 105

in. u Thy Law is ever in my Sighr,

" I keep it near my Heart ; " Mine Ears are open'd with Delight " To what thy Lips impart.

IV.

And fee, the bleft Redeemer comes,

Th* Eternal Son appears,

And at th* appointed Time affumes

The Body God prepares, v.

Much he reveal'd his Father's Grace, And much his Truth he (hew^d,

And preach'd the Way of Righteoufnefs, Where great Aflemblies flood.

VI.

His Father's Honour touched his Hearr,

He pity'd Sinners Cries, And to fulfill a Saviour's Part,

Was made a Sacrifice.

Pause.

vii.

No Blood of Beads on Altars fhed Could wafh the Conference clean,

But the rich Sacrifice he paid Atones for all our Sin.

VIII.

'Then was the great Salvation fpread,

And Satan s Kingdom fhook ; Thus by the Woman's promised Seed The Serpent's Head was broke.

If David bad written this Pjalm in the Days of ibeGcfpe!> purely be would have given a much mere exprefs and particular Ac Uount of the Sacrifice ofChnik, as he hath done of bis Preachings V* 9) IQ* and enlarged as Paul docs in Hebt 10.4. fifc wberl

this

io6 Psalm XL.

this Pfalm is cited, I ha*ve done no more therefore in this Para~ phrafe, than ivhat Vm pervaded the Pfalmift hi mfelf would have done in the Time of Cbrijiianity.

The Scriptures which I have ufed here on this Occajion, are> He'b. 10. 4. It is not pofiible the Blood of Bulls and of Goats fhould take away Sin. V, 5. A Bcdy haft thou prepared me. John 7. 18. I feek the Glory of him that fentme. Heb. 10. 26. He appeared to put away Sin, by the Sacrifice of himfelf. Gen. 3. 15, The Seed of the Woman mail bruife the Serpent's Head,

Psalm XL. 5 — 10. Long Metre. Chrift our Sacrifice.

I;

T^HEWonders,Lord,thyLovehas wrought,

Exceed our Praife, furmount our Thought, Should I attempt the long Detail, My Speech would faint, my Numbers fail.

II.

No Blood of Beafts on Altars fpilt, Can clean fe the Souls of Men from Guile ; But thou haft fet before our Eyes An All-Sufficient Sacrifice.

in.

Lo! thine Eternal Son appears, To thy Defigns he bows his Ears, Affumes a Body well prepaid, And well performs a Work fo hard,

IV.

c< Behold, I come (the Saviour cries,

With Love and Duty in his Eyes)

" I come to bear the heavy Load

11 Of Sins, and do thy Will, my God. v.

€ 'Tis written in thy great Decree,

*Tis in thy Book foretold of Me,

tc I muft fulfill the Saviour's Part,

* And lo ! thy Law is in my Heart.

VI. :

Psalm *L1. T07

— — VI.

'l I'll magnify thy holy Law, " And Rebels to Obedience draw, <c When on my Crofs I'm lifted high, " Or to my Crown above the Sky.

VII.

c< The Spirit (hall defcend and fhow " What thou haft done, and what I do,* " The wond'ring World ilva'H learn thy Grace, <f Thy Wifdom and thy Ri^hteoufnefs.

Be/ides fome of the Scriptures mentioned under the former Metre, 1 have here made ufe of thefe a/fc, i John 3. 5. The Son of God was manifefted, ftnr. t Pet. 2. 24. He bare our Sins. Ifa. 42. 21 He will magnify the Law and make it honourable. John 12, 32 If I be lifted up, I will draw all Men to me. John 16. 14* The Spirit mall receive of mine, and mew it unto you.

Psalm XLI. i, 2, 3.

Charity to the Poor; or, Pity to the AfjliEled. I.

Blest is the Man whofe Bowels move. And melt with Pity to the Poor, Whofe Soul, by fympathizing Love,

Feels what his Fellow-Saints endure. II.

His Heart contrives, for their Relief, More Good than his own Hands can do i He, in the time of general Grief, Shall find the Lord has Bowels too.

III. His Soul fhall live fecure on Earth, With fecret Bleflings on his Head, When Drought, and Peftilence, and Dearth Around him multiply their Dead.

IV.

Or if he languifh on his Couch, God will pronounce his Sins forgiven,

Will

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08 Psalm XLII.

Will fave him with a healing Touch, Or take his willing Soul to Heaven.

The ten lafl Verjes of this Pfalm are of quite another Suh- jecl, relating to David5* perfonal Enemies , which being Jo fre~ quently repeated, 1 have often omitted.

The pojitive Blejfmgs of long Life, Health, Recovery, and

Security, in the midfi of Dangers, being Jo much promised in the

\ Old Teftament, and Jo little in the New 5 / have given a Turn

; at the End of this Hymn, to difcourage a too confident Expecla-

; tion of thefe Temporal Things, and led the Soul to Heavenly

Hopes, more agreeable to the Go/pel. ,

Psa l m XLII. 1—5. Firft Part.

Defertion and Hope ; or, Complaint of Abfence from Pub lick Wwftip. I. \KJ ith earneft Longings of the Mind, V V My God, to Thee I look j So pants the hunted Hart to find And tafte the cooling Brook. II.

When (hall I fee thy Courts of Grace,

And meet my God again ?

So long an Abfence from thy Face,

My Heart endures with Pain. III.

Temptations vex my weary Soul,

And Tears are my Repaft ; The Foe infults without Controul,

" And where's your God at lafl ?" IV.

3Tis with a mournful Pleafure now

I think on antient Days ; Then to thy Houfe did Numbers go*

And all our Work was Praife.

v.

But why, my Soul, funk down fo far Beneath this heavy Load ?

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Psalm XL11. io?

Why do my Thoughts indulge Defpair, And fin againft my God ?

VI.

Hope in the Lord, whofe mighty Hand

Can all thy Woes remove : For I fhall yet before Him ftand,

And fing reftoring Love. Psalm XL II. 6 i 1. Second Part J

Melancholy Thoughts reproved; or, Hope in

AffHBions.

i.

My Spirit finks within me, Lord, But I will call thy Name to mindJ And Times of paft Diftrefs record,

When I have found my God was kind. II.

Huge Troubles, with tumultuous Noife, I Swell like a Sea, and round me fpread. Thy Water-fpouts drown all my Joys, And rifing Waves roll o'er my Head.

III. Yet will the Lord command his Love, When I addrefs his Throne by Day, Nor in the Night his Grace remove ; The Night (hall hear me fing and pray.

IV.

I'll caft myfelf before his Feet,

And fay, " My God, my heavenly Rock,

Why doth thy Love fo long forget 11 TheSoul that groans beneath thy Stroke ? v.

Til chide my Heart that finks fo low, Why (hould my Soul indulge her Grief > Hope in the Lord, and praife him too j He is my Reft, my fure Relief.

VI,

iio Balm XLtJL

VI.

Thy Light and Truth fhall guide me ft ill, Thy Word (hall my beft Thoughts employ, And lead me to thine heavenly Hill, My God; my moft exceeding Joy.

The 43^ Pfalm is fo near a-kin to this, that I have omitted it, only borrowing the yiand qtb Verfei to conclude this Hymn,

Psalm XLIV. i, 2, 3, 8, ij — 26.

7%e Church's Complaint in Perfecution. I.

Iord, we have heard thy Works of old, j Thy Works of Power and Grace, When to our Ears our Fathers told The Wonders of their Days* IT. How thou didft build thy Churches here,

And make thy Gofpel known ; Amongft them did thine Arm appear, Thy Light and Glory fhone.

In God they boafted all the Day,

And in a chearful Throng Did Thoufands meet to praife and pray,

And Grace was all their Song.

IV.

But now our Souls are feiz'd with fhame,

Confufion fills our Face,

To hear the Enemy blafpheme,

And Fools reproach thy Grace, v.

Yet have we not forgot our God,

Nor falfely dealt with Heaven,

Nor have our Steps declined the Road

Of Duty thou haft given. !

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Psalm XLIV.

in

VI.

Tho Dragons all around us roar With their deftruftive Breath,

And thine own Hand hasbruis'd us fore- Hard by the Gates of Death.

Pause.

vii.

We are exposM all Day to die

As Martyrs for thy Caufe, As Sheep for Slaughter bound we lie

By (harp and bloody Laws.

VIII.

Awake, arife, Almighty Lord,

Whyfleeps thy wonted Grace ? Why fhould we look like Men abhorr'd,

Or banifh'd from thy Face > j IX.

Wilt thou for ever caft us off, | And ftill negled our Cries ? por ever hide chine hea veal y Love

From our a /Rifted Eyes ? _ x.

Down to the Duft our Soul is bow'd,

And dies upon the Ground; Rife for our Help, rebuke the Proud,

And all their Powers confound. XI. Redeem us from perpetual Shame,

Our Saviour and our God •

^PuIewthe Honours °f thy Name, J he Merits of thy Blood.

Psalm

(TTS.-. " PSaLM XLV.

Psalm XLV. Short Metre.

27;* G/o?'> o/Chrift, *fo .SWc?/} o/ffo (?^/

and the Gentile Church.

I.

My Saviour and my King, Thy Beauties are Divine ; Thy Lips with Bleffings overflow*

And every Grace is thine. II.

Now make thy Glory known,

Gird on thy dreadful Sword,

And ride in Majefty tofpread

The Conquefts of thy Word. HI.

Strike thro5 thy ftubborn Foes,

Or melt their Hearts t'obey, While Juftice, Meeknefs,Grace and Truth

Attend thy glorious Way.

IV.

Thy Laws, O God, are right,-

Thy Throne ftiall ever ftand ,•

And thy victorious Gofpel proves

A Sceptre in thy Hand, v.

[Thy Father and thy God

Hath without Meafure fhed,

His Spirit like a joyful Oil

T'anoint thy Sacred Head.]

VI.

[Behold, at thy right Hand r The Gentile Church is feen, Like a fair Bride in rich Attire, And Princes guard the Queen.]

VII.

Psalm XLV«

113

VII.

Fair Bride, receive his Love, Forget thy Father's Houfe ; Foriake thy Gods, thy Idcl-Gods, And pay thy Lord thy Vows.

Olct thy God and King Thy fweeteft Thoughts employ ; Thy Children (hall his Honours fing In Palaces of Joy.

ilbis Pfalm is a Defcription of the perfonal Gloria of Chrift, and the Succcfs of his Go/pel $ and probably it refers to the Gen- tile Church, bccaujc Jhe is bid to forget her Father's Houfe 5 all {under the Type of Solomon's Marriage to Pharaoh* J Daughter. St. 5. John 3. 34. God givethnot the Spirit by raeafure un- to him.

Psalm XLV. Common Metre.

The Perfonal Glories and Government of Chrifh

I. I'll fpeak the Honours of my King, * His Form divinely fair ; None of the Sons of mortal Race May with the Lord compare.

Sweet is thy Speech, and heavenly Grace

Upon thy Lips is fhed;

Thy God, with Bleflings infinite,

Hath crown'd thy Sacred Head. III.

Gird on thy Sword, vi&orious Prince,

Ride with majeftickSway ; Thy Terrors (hall flrike thro' chy Foes,

And make the World obey.

IV.

LThy Throne, O God, for ever Hands ; Thy Word of Grace fhall prove

1 A

Uj- Psalm XLV.

A peaceful Sceptre in thy Hands,

To rule the Saints bv Love. v.

Juftice and Truth attend thee ftill,

But Mercy is thy Choice ; And God, thy God, thy Soul fhall fill With moft peculiar Joys. Psalm XLV. Firft Part. Long Metre. The Glory o/Chrift, and Power of his Go/pel. I,

Now be my Heart inipir'd to fing The Glories of my Saviour* King, Jefus the Lord ; how heavenly fair

His Form ! how bright his Beauties are !

II. O'er all the Sons of human Race He fhines with a fuperiour Grace, Love from his Lips divinely flows,

And Bleflings all his State compofe. III.

Drefs thee in Arms, moft mighty Lord,

Gird on the Terror of thy Sword,

In Majefty and Glory ride,

With Truth and Meeknefs at thy fide.

IV.

Thine Anger like a pointed Dart,

Shall pierce the Foes of ftubborn Heart ;

Or Words of Mercy, kind and fweet,

Shall melt the Rebels at thy Feet. V.

Thy Throne, O God, for ever ftands,

Grace is the Sceptre in thy Hands;

Thy Laws and Works are juft and right,

Tufticc and Grace are thy Delight,

VI

Psalm XLV. 115

VI.

God, thine own God, has richly (hed His Oil of Gladnefs on thy Head; And with his facred Spirit bleft His Firft-born Son above the reft.

Psalm XLV. Second Part. Long Metre;

Chrift and his Church ; or* the Myftlcal

Marriage.

I.

Th e King of Saints, how fair his FacseJ Adorn a with Majefty and Grace! He comes with Blefllngs from above. And wins the Nations to his Love.

II. At his right Hand our Eyes behold The Queen array Jd in pureft Gold; The World admires her heavenly Drefs; Her Robe of Toy and Righteoufnefs.

III. He forms her Beauties like his own, He calls and feats her near his Throne : Fair Stranger, let thine Heart forget The Idols of thy native State.

IV.

So (hall the King the more rejoice In thee, the Favourite of his Choice • Let him be lov'd and yet ador'd, For he's thy Maker and thy Lord.

O happy Hour, when thou (halt rife To his fair Palace in the Skies, And all thy Sons (a numerous Train) Each like a Prince in Glory reign 1

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vl

Let endlefs Honours crown his Head; Let every Age his Praifes fpread ; While we with chearful Songs approve The Condefcenfions of his Love.

See the Notes on the Short Metre.

Psalm XL VI. Fir ft Part.

[fXhe Chuntis Safety and Triumph among na~

tional Defolations.

I.

Gi o d is the Refuge of his Saints, [ When Storms of (harp Diflrefsinvade ; |E*er we ean offer our Complaints Behold him prefent with his Aid.

II. Let Mountains from their Seats be hurlM Down to the Deep, and buried there; Convulfions fhake the folid World,

Our Faith fhail never yield to Fear. in.

Loud may the troubled Oceari roar.

In facred Peace our Souls abide,

While every Nation, every Shore

^Trembles, and dreads the fwelling Tide, iv. ■

jThere is a Stream whofe gentle Flow

Supplies the City of our God ;

Life, Lbve aw4 Joy ftill gliding thro*,

And watering our divine Abode, v.

That facred Stream, thine holy Word, That all our raging Fear controuls : Sweet Peace thy Promifes afford, And give new Strength to fainting Souls. ■ ■-•• VI.

*

Psalm X LVI. i 1 7

VI.

Sion enjoys her Monarch's Love, Secure againft athreatning Hour ; Nor can her firm Foundations move, Builc on his Truth, and arm'd with PowVr

Psalm XLVX Second Part. God fights for his Church.

I.

Le t Sion in her King rejoice, TW Tyrants rage and Kingdoms rife ; He utters his Almighty Voice, The Nations melt, the Tumult dies.

II.

The Lord of old for Jacob fought, And Jacob's God is ftill our Aid ; Behold the Works his Hand has wrought^ What Defolations he has made.

III. From Sea to Sea thro* all the Shores, He makes the Noife of Battle ceafe ; When from on high his Thunder roars, He awes the trembling World to Peace.

IV.

He breaks the Bow, he cuts the Spear,

Chariots he burns with heavenly Flame j

Keep filence all the Earth, and hear

The Sound and Glory of his Name, v.

Be ftill, and learn that I am God, I'll be exalted o'er the Lands, I will be known and fear'd abroad, But ftill my Throne in Sion ftands.

G 2 vr.

flS F.-'SALM XtTH.

_— 1 w 5_ _

O Lord of Hofts, Almighty King, While we fo near thy Prelence dwell, Our Faith fhall fit fecure, and fing Defiance to the Gates of HelL

Psalm XL VII.

Chrift Afcending and Reigningl

I.

OFor a Shout of facred Joy To God the fovereign King ! Let every Land their Tongues employ,

And Hymns of Triumph fing. II.

Jefus our God afcends on high 5

His heavenly Guards around Attend him riling thro* the Sky,

With Trumpets' joyful Sound.

While Angels fhout and praife their King, Let Mortals learn their Strains;

Let all the Earth his Honour fing; O'er all the Earth he reigns.

IV.

Rehearfe his Praife with Awe profound, Let Knowledge lead the Song,

Nor mock him with a folemn Sound Upon a thoughtlefs Tongue.

In Ifrael ftood his Antient Throne,

He lov'd that chofen Race, But now he calls the World his own,

And Heathens tafte his Grace.

VI

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Psalm XLVIII. 119

VI.

The Britifh Iflands are the Lord's, There Abraham's God is known,

While Powers and Princes^ Shields and Swords, Submit before his Throne,

The Afcent of Chrift into Heaven is typify'd in this Pfatm, by the Ark brought up to Zion. 2 Sam. 6. 15. And the Kingdom cf Chrift among the Gen tiles, is here reprcfented by David'; ViEiory rver the Nations, V. 3. I have chofen to omit the Type, and do Honour to my ajcending and reigning Saviour in morg exprsft Language,

Psalm XLVIII. 1—8. Fir ft Part.

Ihe Church is the Honour and Safety of a Nation. I. Lf"^ R e a t is the Lord our God, VJT And lee his Praife be great j He makes his Cnurches his Abode, His mod delightful Seat.

II. Thefe Temples of his Grace, How beautiful they (land ! The Honours of our Native Place,

And Bulwarks of our Land.] ill.

In Sion God is known

A Refuge in Diftrefs ;

How bright has his Salvation (hone

Through all her Palaces !

IV.

When Kings againft her join'd, And faw the Lord was there, In wild Confufion of the Mind They fled with hafty Fear.

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izo Psalm XLVlgr

When Navies tall and proud Attempt to fpoil our -Peace, He fends his Tempeft roaring loud, And finks them in the Seas.

VI.

Oft have our Fathers told, Our Eyes have often feen, How well our God fecures the Fold Where his own Sheep have been*

VII.

In every new Diftrefs We'lUo his Houfe repair, \ We'll tnink upon his wondrous Graced And feek Deliverance there*

Psalm XLVTII. io — 14, : Second Pan.

'The Beauty of the Church; or, Go/pel Wi)r~

flip and Order.

I.

Fa r as thy Name is known The World declares thy Praife ; !Xhy Saints, O Lord, before thy Throne

Their Songs of Honour raife.

II. With Joy let Judab ftand On Sion's chofen Hill, Proclaim the Wonders of thy Hand5

And Counfels of thy Will. III.

Let Strangers walk around

The City where we dwell,

Compafs and view thine holy Ground,

And mark the BuildiugWelL

* IV.

Psalm XLIX. ~~izt

r

iv.

The Orders of thy Houfe,

The Worfhip of chy Court,

The chearful Songs, the folemn Vows;

And make a fair Report, v.

How decent and how wife!

How glorious to behold !

Beyond the Pomp that charms the Eyes,

And Rites adornM with Gold.

VI.

The God we worfhip now Will guide us till we die, Will be our God while here below, And ours above the Sky.

Psalm XLIX. 6—14. ifl Part. Com. Met,

Pride and Death ; or, The Vanity of Lije

and Riches,

I.

Wh y doth the Man of Riches grow. To Infolence and Pride, To fee his Wealth and Honours flow With every rifing Tide ?

[Why doth he treat the Poor with Scorn

Made of the felf-fame C!ay, And boaft as tho' nis Flefh was born

Of better Dull than they ?] III. Not all his Treafures can procure^

His Soul a fhort Reprieve, Redeem from Death one guilty Hour,

Or make his Brother live*

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ria Psalm XLIX.

^ IV.

Life is a Blefling can't be fold,

The Ranfom is too high ; Juftice will ne'er be brib'd with Gold That Man may never die. v. He fees the Brutifti and the Wife,

The Timorous and the Brave, Quit their Poflfeffions, clofe their Eyes, And haften to the Grave. VI.

Yet 'tis his inward Thought and Pride, " My Houfe fhall ever ftand ;

!c And that my Name may long abide, u I'll give it to my Land.

;Vain are his Thoughts, his Hopes are lot,1

How foon his Memory dies ! His Name is written in the Duft

Where his own Carcafs lies.

Pause, viii. This is the Folly of their Way;

And yet their Sons as vain Approve the Words their Fathers fay, And aft their Works again. IX, Men void of Wifdom and of Grace,

If Honour raife them high, Live like the Beaft, a thcughtlefs RacQ, And like the Beaft they die. X.

Laid in the Grave like filly Sheep, Death feeds upon them there, I Till

Psalm XLDC. 123

Till the laft Trumpet break their Sleep In Terror and Defpair.

Psalm XLIX.u 14, 15. 2d Part. Com.Met. Death and the RefurreElion. I.

Ye Sons of Pride that hate the Juft, And trample on the Poor, When Death has brought you down to Duft,

Your Pomp fhall rife no more. II. The laft great Day (hall change the Scene ;

When will that Hour appear ?

When fhall the Juft revive, and reiga

O'er all that fcorn'd them here ? III.

God will my naked Soul receive When feparate from the Flefh ;

And break the Prifon of the Grave, To raife my Bones afrefh.

IV.

Heaven is my everlafting Home,

Th* Inheritance is fure; Let Men of Pride their Rage refume,

But I'll repine no more.

Psalm XLIX. Long Metre. The rich Sinner's Death, and the Saint's Re-

funetlion. I.

Wh Y do the Proud infult the Poor, Andboaft the largeEftates they have? How vain are Riches to fecure Their haughty Owners from the Grave! G 5 £

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2* PSA&M XLIX.

II.

They can't redeem one Hour from Death, With all the Wealth in which they truft i Nor give a dying Brother Breath,

When God commands him down to Dull*

III. |T here the dark Earth and difmal Shade Shall clafp their naked Bodies round ; That Flefh fo delicately fed

Lies cold, and moulders in the Ground.

IV.

Like thoughtlefs Sheep the Sinner dies,

Laid in the Grave for Worms to eat ;-.

The Saints fhall in the Morning rife,

And find the Oppreflbr at their Feet, v.

His Honours perifh in the Duft, And Pomp and Beauty, Birth and Bloody- That glorious Day exalts the Juft To full Dominion o'er the Proud.

VI.

My Saviour fhall my Life reftore, And raife me from my dark Abode t My Flefh and Soul fhall part no more, But dwell for ever near my God.

Psalm L. i— 5. Flrfl Part. Com. Met, 1'he lafi Judgment ; or, The Saints rewarded,

T.

*TT h e Lord, the Judge before his Throne A Bids the whole Earth draw nigh, The Nations near the rifing Sun> And near the Weftern Sky.

Psalm L. 11X.

ii.

No more {hall bold Blafphemers fay,

" judgment will neer begin ; No more abufe his long Delay

To Impudence and Sin. III.

ThronM on a Cloud our God fhall come., Bright Flames prepare his Way,

Thunder and Darknefs, Fire and Storm Lead on the dreadful Day.

IV.

Heaven from above his Call (hall hear*

Attending Angels come,

And Earth and Hell (hall know, and fear

His Tuftice and their Doom. J v.

But gather all my Saints (he cries)

81 That made their Peace with God

c By the Redeemer's Sacrifice,

" And feafd it with his Blood.

VI.

iC Their Faith and Works brought fo:thto Lights <c Shall make the World confefs My Sentence of Reward is right, " And Heaven adore my Grace.

Psalm L. v. 8, io, n, 14, 15, 23. Second Part. Common Metre.

Obedience is better thnn Sacrifice. I.

Thu^ faith tlv'Lord, « The fpacious Fields; c And Flocks and Herds are mine ! O'er all the Cattle of the Hills it I claim a Right divine.

ir.

J 26 1>SALM L.

■Ill

II.

" I ask no Sheep for Sacrifice,

Nor Bullocks burnt with Fire ; f To hope and love, to pray and praife,1 " Is all that I require. III. 5C Call upon me when Trouble's near,

* My Hand fhall fet thee free; " Then fhall thy thankful Lips declare V The Honour due to me.

IV.

The Man that offers humble Praife, " He glorifies me beft ; " And thofe that tread my holy Ways " Shall my Salvation tafte.

Psalm L. v. 1,5, 8, 16,21,22. Third

Part. Common Metre.

The Judgment of Hypocrites.

I.

When Chrift to Judgment fhall defcend, And Saints furround their Lord, He calls the Nations to attend,

And hear his awful Word* II.

V Not for the Want of Bullocks flain Will I the World reprove ,*

V Altars and Rites, and Forms are vain

" Without the Fire of Love. III.

u And what have Hypocrites to do,

14 To bring their Sacrifice ? I1 They call my Sfatmcsjuft andtruej

V But deal in Tkfc and Lyes.

^ IV V

Psalm L. iv: —

127

11 Could you expett to Ycape my Sight,

" And fin without controul ?

cc But I fhall bring your Crimes to light,

4* With Anguifh in your SouL v.

Confider, ye that flight the Lord,

Before his Wrath appear ; If once you fall beneath his Sword*

There's no Deliverer there.

PsalmL Third Part. Long Metre

Hypocrify expos'd,

I.

TTh e Lord the Judge his Churcheswarns j

A Let Hypocrites attend and fear,

Who place their Hope in Rites and Forms,

But make not Faith nor Love their Care.