270 The Hiflo,.y of S AMPS 0 N. . How \Vtlling an; his Angels i:o defcend ··• From off their Throne of glory, and attend Upon our wants ! how oft return they back ..Mourning to heaven, as'iftheygriev'd for lack Ofour imployment ! 0 ho_w prone are they To beaiflfiam to us, every way! . Have we j~fi: caufe to joy? they'll come and fing About our beds: Does any judgment bring Jufi: caufe ofgrief? they'I 'fall a grieving too; Do we rriumpl:t? their joyful mouth will blow Their louder Trumpets ; Or do fears affect us ? They'I ~uard our heads from danger, and protect us; Are we in prifon, or in perfecution l They'l fill our hearts with joy, and refolution: Or do we langu'ifh in our fickly beds ? They'll come and pitch rheir Tents about our heads; See they a finner penitent, and mourn . For his bewaird offences, and return ? They clap their,hands, and joyn their warblingveyces, They fing, and all the ~ire of heaven rejoyces. What is in us poordufi and afhes, Lord, . That thou fhouid'fi: look upon us, and afford · .thy precious favours to tis, and impart thy graj::iOIJS Counfels? What is our deferr, · But death and horror? What can we more claim Than they, that n0w ar~'fcorching in that.ftame, That hath not modera~ion, rett; nor end? How does thy mercy, above thought extend . . To them thou IovY\:: Tead'l me (great God)to pnze Thyf{lcred Counfels~ open my blind eyes, That I may fee to walk the perfett way; For as I am) Lord, I am apt-to fl:ray And wander t9 the gulf 6'f endlefs ~oe: , ·.· Teac-h mew hat mu!! be done) andhelp todo. THE \
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