Book IL] HYMNS. X. 3 Was it for trimes that I had done, He groan'd upon the tree Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree! 4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker dy'd For man the creature's sin. 6 Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. 6 But drops of grief canne'er re-pay The debt of love I owe : Here, Lord, I give myselfaway; 'Tis all that I can do. HYMN X. [C. M.] Parting with carnal joys. 1 MY soul forsakes her vain delight, And bids the worldfarewell ; Base as the dirt beneath my feet, And mischievous as hell. 2 No longer will I ask your love, Nor seek your friendship more; The happiness that I approve Is not within your pow'r. 3 There's nothing round the spacious earth That suits my large desire; To boundless joys and solid mirth My nobler thoughts aspire. 4 (Where pleasure rolls its living flood, From sin and dross refin'd, Still springing from the throne of God, And fit to cheer the mind. 5 Th' almighty Ruler of the sphere, The Glorious and the Great, Brings his own all Sufficience there; To make our bliss complete.) 6 Had I the pinions of a dove, I'd climb the heav'nly road ; There sits my Saviourdress'd in love, And there my smiling God. HYMN XI. [L. M.] The same. 1 i SEND t:.e joys of earth away ; Away, ye tempters of the mind, False as the smooth deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Yourstreams were floating me along Down to the gulph of blackdespair; And whilst I listen'd to your song, Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. 3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, Thatware'dme of that dark abyss; That drew me from those treach'rous seas, And bid me seek superior bliss. 4 Now to the shining realms above I stretchmyhands,and glancemyeyes : O for the pinions of a dove, To bear me to the upper skies ! XL -XII. XIII. XIV. 163 5 There froh, the bosom of my God Oceans of endless pleasures roll; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows ofmy soul. HYMN XII. [C.M.] Christ is the substance of the Levitical priesthood. 1 THE true Messiah now appears, The types are all withdrawn; So fly the shadows and the stars Before the rising dawn. 2 No smoking sweets,nor bleeding lambs, Nor kid, nor bullock slain ; Incense and 'spice of costly names, Would all be burnt in vain. 3 Aaron must lay his robes away, His mitre and his vest, When God himself comes down to be The off'ring and the priest. 4 He took our mortal flesh to show The wonders of his love ; For us be paid his life below, And prays for us above. 5 " Father (he cries) forgive their sins, For I myself have dy'd ;" And then he shewshis open'd veins, And pleads his wounded side. HYMN. XIII. [L. M.] The creation, preservation, dissolution, and restoration of this world. 1 SING to the Lord that built the skies, The Lord thatrear'd this statelyframe; Let half the nations sound his praise, And lands unknown repeat his name. 2 He form'dthe seas,and form'd the hills, Made ev'ry drop, and ev'ry dust, Nature and time with all their wheels, Andpush'd them into motion first. 3 Now, from his high imperial throne He looks far down upon the spheres; , He bids the shining orbs roll on, And round he turns the hasty years. 4 Thus shall this moving engine last, Till all his saints are gather'd in: Then for the trumpet's dreadful blast, To shake it all to dust again. 5 Yet, when the sound shall tear the skies, And lightning burn the globe below, Saints, you may lift your joyful eyes, There's anewheav'n and earthfor you. HYMN XIV. [S. M.] The Lord's -day; or, delight in ordi- nances. I WELCOME sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes! 2 The king himself comes near, And feasts his saints to -day; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. L2
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