That finners may approach, thy face, And hope, and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long and wish for breaking day, So waits my foul before thy gate; When will my God his face difplay? 4 My truft is fix'd upon thy word, Nor fhall I trust thy word in vain ; Let mourning fouls addrefs the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 5 Great is his love, and large his grace, Thro' the redemption of his Son: He turns our feet from finful ways, And pardons what our hands have done.

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Lord, I appeal to thee.

2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still, And all my carriage mild,

3

Content, my Father, with thy will,
And quiet as a child.

The patient foul, the lowly mind

Shall have a large reward:

Let faints in forrow lye refign'd,
And trust a faithful Lord.

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CXXXII. 5, 13-18. Long Metre.

tlement of a church; or, The ordination of a Minifter.

WHERE fhall we go to feek and find

Wan babitation for our God.
WHE

A dwelling for th' eternal Mind

Amongst the fons of flesh and blood?
2 The God of Jacob chofe the hill
Of Zion for his antient reft;
And Zion is his dwelling ftill,
His church is with his prefence bleft.
3 Here will I fix my gracious throne,
And reign for ever, faith the Lord;
Here fhall my pow'r and love be known,
And bleffings fhall attend my word.
4 Here will I meet the hungry poor,
And fill their fouls with living bread;
Sinners that wait before my door
With fweet provifions fhall be fed.

5 Girded with truth, and cloath'd with grace,
My priefts, my minifters fhall fhine:
Not Aaron, in his coftly drefs,
Made an appearance fo divine.

6 The faints, unable to contain

Their inward joys, fhall fhout and fing;
The Son of David here fhall reign,

And Zion triumph in her King.

Jefus fhall fee a num'rous feed.

Born here, t' uphold his glorious name;
His crown fhall flourish on his head
While all his foes are cloath'd with fhame.]

PSALM CXXXII. 4, 5, 7, 8, 15-17. Com. Met. A church established.

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[O fleep nor flumber to his
Good David would afford,
Till he had found below the skies
A dwelling for the Lord.

2 The Lord in Zion plac'd his name,
His ark was fettl'd there:

To Zion the whole nation came,
To worship thrice a year.

eyes

3 But we have no fuch lengths to go,

Nor wander far abroad;
Where'er thy faints affemble now
There is a houfe for God.]

PAUSE.

4 Arife, O King of grace, arife,
And enter to thy rest,

Lo! thy church waits with longing eyes,
Thus to be own'd and blest.

5 Enter with all thy glorious train,
Thy Spirit and thy word;
All that the ark did once contain
Could no fuch grace afford.

6 Here, mighty God, accept our vows,
Here let thy praise be spread:
Bless the provifions of thy house,
And fill thy poor with bread.

7 Here let the Son of David reign,
Let God's Anointed shine;

Juftice and truth his court main air,
With love and pow'r divine.

8 Here let him hold a lafting throne,
And as his kingdom grows,

Fresh honour. fhall adorn his crown,
And fhame confound his foes.

PSALM

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CXXXIII. Common Metre.
Brotherly love.

O, what an entertaining fight

Are brethren that

agree,

Brethren, whofe chearful hearts unite

In bands of piety!

2 When streams of love from Chrift the spring
Defcend to ev'ry foul,

And heav'nly peace with balmy wing
Shades and bedews the whole.

3 'Tis like the oil divinely fweet
On Aaron's rev'rend head,

The trickling drops perfum'd his feet,
And o'er his garments spread.

4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews
That fall on Sion's hill,

Where God his mildeft glory fhews,
And makes his grace diftil.

PSALM CXXXIII. Short Metre. Communion of faints; or, Love and Worship in a

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Family

peace,

OLEST are the fons of
JB Whofe hearts and hopes are one,

Whofe kind designs to ferve and please
Thro' all their actions run.

2 Bleft is the pious houfe

Where zeal and friendship meet,

Their fongs of praife, their mingled vows
Make their communion fweet.

3 Thus when on Aaron's head They pour'd the rich perfume, The oil thro' all his raiment spread, And pleasure fill'd the room,

4 Thus on the heav'nly hills The faints are bleft above, Where joy like morning dew diftils,

And all the air is love.

'HOW

PSALM CXXXIII. As the 122d Pfalm.
The bleffings of friendship.
OW pleafant 'tis to fee
Kindred and friends agree,
Each in their proper ftation move,
And each fulfil their part
With fympathizing heart,

In all the cares of life and love!
2 'Tis like the ointment shed
On Aaron's facred head,
Divinely rich, divinely fweet,

The oil thro' all the room
Diffus'd a choice perfume,
Ran thro' his robes, and bleft his feet,
3 Like fruitful fhow'rs of rain
That water all the plain,

Defcending from the neighb'ring hills;
Such ftreams of pleasure roll
Thro' ev'ry friendly foul,

Where love like heav'nly dew diftils..

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Repeat the first stanza to complete the tune.

PSALM CXXXIV.

Daily and Nightly Devotion.

E that obey th' immortal King,
Attend his holy place.

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