8 He comes in awful Pomp array'd,
He comes to judge the World He made :
Truth fhall with Him the Caufe decide,
And Equity his Sentence guide.
IT ET all the Earth their Voices raife
To fing the choiceft Pfalm of Praise,
To fung and blefs JEHOVAH'S Name:
His Glory let the Heathens know,
His Wonders to the Nations show,
And all his faving Works proclaim.
2 The Heathens know thy Glory, LORD;
The wond'ring' Nations read thy Word,
In Britain is JEHOVAH known:
Our Worship fhall no more be paid
To Gods which mortal Hands have made;
Our MAKER is our GoD alone.
3 He fram'd the Globe, He built the Sky,
He made the fhining Worlds on high,
And reigns complete in Glory there:
His Beams are Majefty and Light;
His Beauties how divinely, bright!
His Temple how divinely fair!
4 Come the great Day, the glorious Hour,
When Earth fhall feel his faving Pow'r,
And barb'rous Nations fear his Name;
Then fhall the Race of Man confefs
The Beauty of his Holiness,
And in his Courts his Grace proclaim,
E Iflands of the Northern Sea
Rejoice, the SAVIOUR reigns;
His Word, like Fire, prepares his Way,
And Mountains melt to Plains.
2 His Prefence finks the proudest Hills,
And makes the Valleys rife :
The humble Soul enjoys his Smiles,
The haughty Sinner dies,
3 The Heav'ns his rightful Pow'r proclaim; The Idol Gods around
Fill their own Worthippers with Shame,
And totter to the Ground
4. Adoring Angels at his Birth
Make the REDEEMER known;
Thus fhall He come to judge the Earth,
And Angels guard his Throne.
5 His Foes fhall tremble at his Sight,
And Hills and Seas retire:
His Children take their fecret Flight,
And leave the World on Fire.
6 The Seeds of Joy and Glory: fown
For Saints in Darkness/here,
Shall rife and fpring in Worlds unknown,
And a rich Harvest bear.
PSALM XCVII. Metre ii. ILLE reigns, the LORD, the SAVIOUR Praife Himin evangelic Strains: [reigns!
Let the whole Earth in Songs rejoice,
And diftant Islands join their Voice.i
2 Deep are his Counfels and unknown;
But Grace and Truth fupport his Throne:
Though gloomy Clouds his Way furround,
Juftice is their eternal Ground.
3 In Robes of Judgment, lo, He comes,
Shakes the wide Earth, and cleaves the
Before Him burns devouring Fire, [Tombs!
The Mountains melt, the Seas retire!
4 His Enemies, with fore Difmay,
Fly from the Sight, and fhun the Day;
Then lift your Heads, ye Saints, on high,
And fing, for your Redemption's nigh.'
5 THE LORD is come; the Heav'ns proclaim
His Birth; the Nations learn his Name:
An unknown Star directs the Road
Of Eastern Sages to their GOD.
6 All ye bright Armies of the Skies,
Go, worship: where the SAVIOUR lies:
Angels and Kings before Him bow,
Thofe Gods on high, and Gods below.
7 Let Idols totter to the Ground,
And their own Worfhippers confound
But Judah fhout, but Zion fing,
And Earth confefs her fov'reign KING.
8 TH ALMIGHTY reigns exalted high
O'er all the Earth, o'er all the Sky;
Tho' Clouds and Darkness veil his Feet,
His Dwelling is the Mercy-Seat.»
9 O ye that love his holy Name, Hate ev'ry Work of Sin and Shame : He guards the Souls of all his Friends, And from the Snares of Hell defends. 10 Immortal Light, and Joys unknown, Are for the Saints in Darkness fown; Thofe glorious Seeds fhall fpring and rife, And the bright Harvest blefs our Eyes. 11 Rejoice, ye Righteous, and record The facred Honours of the LORD: None but the Soul that feels his Grace, Can triumph in his Holiness.
XCVIII. Metre i,
O our Almighty MAKER, GOD,
New Honours be addreft;
His great Salvation fhines abroad,
And makes the Nations bleft.
2 He fpake the Word to Abr'ham first;
His Truth fulfils the Grace ;
The Gentiles make his Name their Truft,
And learn his Righteoufnels.
3 Let the whole Earth his Love proclaim
With all her diff'rent Tongues;
And spread the Honours of his Name
In Melody and Songs.
4 JOY to the World; the LORD is come! Let Earth receive her KING:
Let ev'ry Heart prepare Him Room,
And Heav'n and Nature fing.
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5 Joy to the Earth; the SAVIOUR reigns!
Let Men their Songs employ; [Plains,
While Seas and Shores, Rocks, Hills, and
Repeat the founding Joy.
6 No more let Sins and Sorrows grow,
Nor Thorns infeft the Ground;
He comes to make his Bleffings flow,
Far as the Curfe is found.
7 He rules the World with Truth and Grace;
And makes the Nations prove
'The Glories of his Righteousness,
And Wonders of his Love.
XCVIII. Metre ii.
ING to the GOD whom we adore;
O fing, in Strains unheard before,
The Mercies fhown us from above,
The Wonders of redeeming Love:
His holy Arm Salvation fends,
And Conqueft on its Stroke attends.
2. His Juftice through the World has fhin'd;
His Truth, with endless Mercy join'd,
Now feals the Promife of his Grace
To faithful Abr'ham's chofen Race;
And Earth, to juft Obedience aw'd,
Has own'd her SAVIOUR and her GOD.
3 To him who claims th' eternal Sway,
To Him the vocal Tribute pay:
Him let the hoarfe-refounding Tide,
With All that in its Depths refide,
Praife, thank, and blefs, in loudeft Strains;
Him Earth, and All whom Earth fuftains.
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