The Angel of the Lord came down,
and Glory fhone around.

2 Fear not, faid he, for mighty Dread
had feiz'd their troubled Mind,
Glad Tydings of great Joy I bring
to you and all Mankind:

3 To you, in David's Town, this Day is born, of David's Line,

The Saviour, who is Chrift the Lord; and this fhall be the Sign:

4 The heav'nly Babe you there shall find to human View display'd,

All mean ly wrapt in swathing Bands,
and in a Manger laid.

5 Thus fpake the Seraph, and forthwith
appear'd a fhining Throng
Of Angels, praifing God, and thus,
addrefs'd their joyful Song:

6 All Glory be to God on high,
and to the Earth be Peace;

Good-Will, henceforth, from Heav'n toMen, begin and never cease.

HYMN CCLXI.

I SINCE Chrift, our Paffover, is flain
a Sacrifice for all;

Let all with thankful Hearts agree
to keep the Festival:

2 Not with the Leaven, as of old,
of Sin and Malice fed;
But with unfeign'd Sincerity,
and Truth's unleav'n'd Bread.

3 Chrift being rais'd by Pow'r divine,
and refcu'd from the Grave,
Shall die no more; Death fhall on him
no more Dominion haye:

4 For that he dy'd, 'twas for our Sins
he once vouchfaf'd to die;

But that he lives, he lives to God,
for all Eternity:

5 So count yourselves as dead to Sin,
but graciously restor❜d,

And made, henceforth, alive to God,
through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

OH

HYMN CCLXII.

H Fool! to think God hates the worthy
Mind,

The Lover and the Love of Human-kind, Whofe Life is virtuous, and whose Conscience clear,

Because he wants a thousand Pounds a Year. Honour and Shame from no Condition rise; Act well your Part, there all the Honour lies.

HYMN

HYMN CCLXIII.

I CHRISTfrom the Dead is rais'd,and made

the First-Fruits of the Tomb;

For, as by Man came Death, by Man
did Refurrection come.

2 For as in Adam, all Mankind
did Guilt and Death derive,
So by the Righteoufnefs of Chrift,
fhall all be made alive.

3 If then ye rifen are with Chrift,
feek only how to get

The Things that are above, where Chrift at God's Right-Hand is fet.

HYMN

CCLXIV.

ICOME, deareft Lord, defcend and dwell, By Faith, and Love, in ev'ry Breast;

Then fhall we know, and tafte, and feel, The Joys that cannot be exprefs'd.

2 Come fill our Hearts with inward Strength, Make our enlarged Souls poffefs,

And learn the Height, and Breadth, and Length,

Of thine unmeasurable Grace.

3. Now to the God whofe Pow'r can do More than our Thoughts, or Wishes know, Be everlasting Honours done,

By all the Church, through Chrift his Son!

HYMN

HYMN

CCLXV.

H blind to Truth,and God's whole Scheme

below, Who fancy Bliss to Vice, to Virtue Woe; Who fees and follows that great Scheme thebeft, Best knows the Bleffing and will most be bleft.. CCLXVI.

I

HYMN

PRAISE ye the Lord, exalt his Name,
While in his holy Courts ye wait,

Ye Saints, that to his House belong,
Or stand attending at his Gate.

2 Praise ye the Lord; the Lord is good,
To praise his Name is sweet Employ;
Ifr'el he chofe of old, and still

His Church is his peculiar Joy.

HYMN

CCLXVII.

KNOW, all the Good that Individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Man

kind, Reafon's whole Pleasure, all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in three Words, Health, Peace, and Competence.

But Health confifts with Temperance alone;
And Peace, oh Virtue! Peace is all thy own.

HYMN

HYMN CCLXVIII.

I TO God be Glory, Peace on Earth,

to all Mankind Good-Will!

We bless, we praife, we worship thee,
and glorify thee still.

2 And Thanks for thy great Glory give,
that fills our Souls with Light;

O Lord! Ged! heav'nly King! the God and Father of all Might.

3 And thou, begotten Son of God,
before all Time begun;

O Jefu Chrift! God! Lamb of God!
the Father's only Son!

4 Have Mercy, thou that tak'ft the Sins
of all the World away!
Have Mercy, Saviour of Mankind,
and hear us when we pray!

5 O thou who fitt'ft at God's Right-Hand, upon the Father's Throne!

Have Mercy on us, thou, O Christ,
who art the Holy One!

6 The Lord, who with the Holy Ghoft,
whom Earth and Heav'n adore,

In Glory of the Father art

most high for evermore.

HYMN