GB PSALMS. L. 2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay: His vengeance sleeps no more; Be- hold the day; Behold the judge descends; bis guards are nigh ; , [sky. Tempest and fire attend him down the When Cod appears, all nature shall adore him ; While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 3 " IIeav'n, earth, and hell draw near; let all things come [doom ; " To hear my Justice and the sinner's " But gather first my saints, (thejudge commands) if Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands. When Christ returns, wake every chearfid passion, And shout ye saints; he comes for your salvation. a "Behold my cov'nant stands for ever good, [blood, " Seal'd- by th' eternal sacrifice in " And sign'd with all their names; the Greek, the Jew ; "That pay'd the ancient worship or the new;" There's no distinction here. Join all your voices, And raise your heads, ye saints, for heav'n rejoices. S " Here (saith the Lord) ye angels, spread their thrones, " And near me seat my fav'rites, and my sons, " Come, my redeem'd possess the joys prepay d . [reward." " Ere time began; 'tis your divine When Christ returns, wake every chearfnl passion ; And shout ye saints, he comes for your salvation. PAUSE the First. s "I am the Saviour, I th' almighty God, " I am the judge : Ye heav'ns, pro- claim abroad "My just eternal sentence,and declare " Those awful truthsthat sinners dread to hear." When God appears, all nature shall adore him : While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 7 Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer, and profane, " Now feel my wrath, nor call my threat'nings vain, <` 'Thou hypocrite, once drest in saint's attire, "I doom the painted hypocriteto fire." Judgment proceeds, hell trembles ; heav'n rejoices Lift up your heads, ye saints, with chearfnl voices,.. " Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain, " Do I condemn thee; bulls and goats are vain " Without the flames of love : In vain the store . [before: `0 Of brutal offringo that were mine Earth is the Lord's; all nature shall adoewhitn. While sinners tremble ; saints rejoice before-him. 9 " If I were hungry, would I ask the food ? " When did I thirst? or drink the bul- lock's blood? Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed, " Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests, where they feed," All is the Lord's: He rules the wide creation ; Give sinners vengeance, ansi the saints salvation. to " Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows, " Thy solemnchatt'rings and fantastic vows? " Are my eyes charm'd thy vestments to behold, [gold ?" " Glaring in gems, and gay inwoven God is the judge of hearts : No fair dis- guises Can screen the guilty when his ven- geance rises. PAUSE the Second. " 11 " Unthinking wretch ! how couldst thou hope to please [these ? " A God, a Spirit, with such toys as " While with my grace and statutes on thy tongue, " Thou loe st deceit, and dostthy bro- ther wrong," Judgment proceeds ; hell trembles; heav'n rejoices; Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 12 " In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends; " Thieves and adult'rers are thy cho- senfriends: [waits, " While the false flatt'rer at my altar " His harden'd soul divine instructions bates." God is the judge of hearts: No fair disguises Can screen the guilty when his ven- geance rises. 13 " Silent I waited with long- suff'ring love; " But didst thou hope that I should ne'er reprove " And cherishsuch an impious-thought within, " That all the holy would indulge the sin ?" See, God appears ; all nature joins t'. adore him: Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before hito.
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