6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the fons of grace,

When Chrift the Judge, at his right-hand,
Appoints his faints a place.

7 His eye beholds the path they tread ;
His heart approves it well:
But crooked ways of finners lead
Down to the gates of hell.

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PSALM I. (S.M.)

The faint bappy, and the finner miferable.

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HE man is ever bleft

Who fhuns the finners ways,

Amongst their councils never stands,

Nor takes the fcorner's place.

But makes the law of God
His study and delight,

Amidst the labours of the day,

And watches of the night.

He like a tree fhall thrive'

With waters near the root;

Fresh as the leaf his name fhall live.

His works are heav'nly fruit,

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Not fo th' ungodly race,

They no fuch bleffings find:

Their hopes fhall flee, like empty chaff

Before the driving wind.

How will they bear to stand
Before that judgment-feat,

Where all the faints at Chrift's right-hand

In full áffembly meet?

He knows, and he approves

The way the righteous go;

finners and their works fhall meet A dreadful overthrow.

The difference between the righteous and wicked.
I HAPPY the man whofe, cautions feet
Shun the broad way that finners go,
Who hates the place where Athiests meets
And fears to talk as fcoffers do.
2 He loves t' employ the morning light
Amongst the ftatutes of the Lord;
And fpends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure pond'ring o'er his word.
3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;

And heav'n will shine with kindest beams
On ev'ry work his hands begin.
4 But finners find their counfels croft ;
As chaff before the tempeft flies,
So fhall their hopes be blown and loft,
When the laft trumpet fhakes the skies.
In vain the rebel feeks to ftand

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In judgment with the pious race;

The dreadful Judge, with ftern command, Divides him to a diff'rent place.

6" Strait is the way my faints have trod; "I blefs'd the path, and drew it plain : "But you would choofe the crooked road; "And down it leads to endless pain.”

PSALM II. (S.M.)

Tranflated according to the divine patterr
Chrift dying, rifing, interceding, and reigning
[MAKER and fov'reign Lord
Of heav'n, and earth, and feas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2 The things fo long foretold
By David are fulfill'd;
When Jews and Gentiles join to flay
Jefus thine holy child.

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord,
Bend all their counfels to deftroy
'Th' anointed of the Lord?

Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain defign:
Against the Lord their pow'rs unite,

Against his Christ they join.
The Lord derides their rage,

And will fupport his throne:

He that hath rais'd him from the dead, Hath own'd him for his Son.

Now he's afcended high,
And afks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,

And pleads his heav'nly birth.
He afks, and God bestows

A large inheritance;

Far as the world's remoteft ends
His kingdom fhall advance.
The nations that rebel,

Muft feel his iron rod;

Il vindicate thofe honours well
Which he receiv'd from God.
Be wife, ye rulers, now, ̈ ́
And worship at his throne;
With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.

If once his wrath arife

Ye perish on the place;

en bleffed is the foul that flies For refuge to his grace.

PSALM II. (C.M.)

I WHY did the nations join to slay
The Lord's anointed Son?
Why did they caft his laws away,
And tread his gospel down?

2 The Lord that fits above the skies,
Derides their rage below;
He speaks with veng'ance in his eyes,
And ftrikes their fpirits thro'.

3 I call him my eternal Son,

"And raise him from the dead;
"I make my holy hill his throne,
"And wide his kingdom spread.
4 "Afk me, my Son, and then enjoy
"The utmoft heathen lands:
"Thy rod of iron fhall destroy
"The rebel that withstands."

5 Be wife, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey th' anointed Lord;
Adore the King of heav'nly birth,
And tremble at his word.

6 With humble love addrefs his throne:
For if he frown ye die:
Those are fecure, and thofe alone,
Who on his grace rely.

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PSALM II. (L. M.)

Chrift's death, refurrection, and afcenfic 1. WHY did the Jews proclaim their rag The Romans why their fwords employ Against the Lord their pow'rs engage, His dear anointed to destroy?

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"Come, let us break his bands (they say) "This man fhall never give us laws;" And thus they caft his yoke away,

And nail'd their monarch to the crofs. 3 But God, who high in glory reigns, Laughs at their pride, their rage controuls ; He'll vex their hearts with inward pains, And fpeak in thunder to their fouls.

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"I will maintain the King I made, "On Zion's everlasting hill;

"My hand fhall bring him from the dead, "And he shall stand your fov'reign still.” 5 His wondrous rifing from the earth, Makes his eternal Godhead known : The Lord declares his heav'nly birth, "This day have I begot my Son. 6" Afcend, my Son, to my right-hand, "There thou fhalt afk, and I beftow, "The utmost bounds of heathen land; "To thee the northern ifles shall bow."1 7 But nations that refift his grace Shall fall beneath his iron ftroke; His rod fhall crush his foes with ease, As potters earthen work is broke.

PAUSE.

8 Now, ye that fit on earthly thrones,
Be wife and ferve the Lord the Lamb;
Wow at his feet fubmit your crowns,
nice and tremble at his name.

humble love address the Son,
he grow angry, and ye die ;
wrath will burn to worlds unknown,
e provoke his jealousy.