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Let each repenting sinner feel,
The 'effusions* of his grace.

6 To day attend his voice

Nor dare provoke his rod,
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

7 But if your ears refuse

The language of his grace,

And hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race.

8 The Lord in vengeance drest,

Will swear with lifted hand, "They who despise my promis'd rest, Shall ne'er possess the land."

PSALM 95. Part 1. L. M.

A psalm after sermon.
1 YE gospel sinners, humbly bow
At Jesus feet, he calls you now;
With yielding hearts obey the call,
And low in self abasement fall.
2 If you his voice will hear to day,
No more provoke, no more delay,
Before the Lord your Maker kneel,
And his forgiving mercy feel.
3 Will you defy the almighty stroke,
And like the Jews the Lord provoke,
When they his works of wonder saw,
And forty years transgress'd his law.
4 Alas, your hearts, indeed, are hard,
If you the Savior disregard!

Gentiles, who slight the gospel news,
Insult his patience more than Jews.

* Effusions, copious out pouring.

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5 O for an overcoming shock,

To pierce and soften hearts of rock;
To take from man the heart of flint,
And on his soul the law to print.

6 Let power and grace from heaven descend, Let every knee to Jesus bend,

Great God, the work is all thine own,
To make the friend of sinners known,

PSALM 95. Part 2. L. M.

Delaying sinners warned.

COME, let our voices join to raise,
A sacred song of solemn praise;
God is a sovreign King; rehearse
His honors in exalted verse.

2 Come, let our souls the Lord address,
And God our great Creator bless;
God is our shepherd, God our rock,
And we his people, we his flock.
3 Come, let us all before him kneel,
His
grace let every sinner feel,

To day repent, to day believe,
Nor Israel like his spirit grieve.
4 Israel his wond'rous works beheld,
And yet for forty years rebell'd;

The faithless brood, the murmuring race,
His patience tir'd, and spurn'd his grace.
5 Thus saith the Lord," how false they prove,
How soon my jealousy they move!

Since they provoke, while I forbear, They shall not see my rest I swear.' 6 Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead, Attend the proffer'd grace to day, Nor lose the blessings by delay.

7 Seize the kind promise while it waits,
And march to Zion's heavenly gates;
Believe, and take the promis'd rest,
Obey, and be for ever blest.

PSALM 96. C. M.

Christ's first and second coming.

1 SING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
To God your tribes belong,
His new discover'd grace demands
A new and noble song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
The pleasing wonder show,
Behold the Lord in mercy deigns
To dwell with men below.

3 Ye heavens, proclaim the glorious morn, Let angels sweetly sing,

To day the Prince of Peace is born,
Salvation to the King.

4 The joyous earth, and bending skies,
Display his glorious train;
Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise,
Behold he comes again.

5. Behold he comes with power divine,
To bless us from above,

Honor and strength around him shine,
And in his heart is love.

6 His voice shall raise the slumbʼring dead,
The saints with joy shall hear;
But how will guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear.

PSALM 96. S. M.

The King of nations.

1 JESUS the Lord is King, Your Lord and King adore,

Mortals give thanks, rejoice and sing,
And triumph evermore.

2 The wonders God has done,
Let ransom'd sinners tell,

He from his bosom sent his Son,
To save his foes from hell.

3 Jesus our Savior is,

He doth the nations woo,

Honor and power and strength are his,
And grace and beauty too.

4 Give to his sacred name,
Ye saints of every tribe,
Give to the Lord immortal fame,

And endless praise ascribe.

5. Say to the heathen race,

"Jehovah reigns above,

Come taste the sweetness of his grace,
And know that God is love.

6 Why will you worship stone,
Or bow before a stock?
Jehovah is the Lord alone,
Our everlasting Rock."

7 Let heaven and earth and sea,
Unite with lofty voice,
Let every field and every tree
Before the Lord rejoice.

8 He comes array'd in light,

And glory crowns his head,
He comes in truth to judge aright,
And raise the slumb'ring dead.

PSALM 96. L. M.

The Sovreign of the universe.

1 SING to the Lord the sovreign King, Let all the world his honor sing,

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Let every tongue and every tribe
Salvation to the Lord ascribe.

2 Mortals, your noblest songs prepare,
The wond'rous works of God declare;
To God the praise of earth belongs,
His love demands our newest songs.
3 Great is the Lord, and must be prais❜d,
He built the stars, the heavens he rais❜d,
He spake, and earth, a wond'rous frame,
At his almighty fiat came.

4 The heathen gods are wood and stone,
Jehovah is the Lord alone,

Honor and grace around him shine, With strength and majesty divine. 5 His word and promises are true, Give to his name the glory due, Low in his sacred presence bow, And bring your thankful offerings now. 6 Let sinners hear, let mortals know, The Lord sustains the world below, The Judge of all, ye heavens, adore, Let earth be still and ocean roar. 7 Ye floods rejoice, ye trees be glad, In nature's beauteous garments clad, In all your graceful forms appear, Behold the Lord, the Savior near. 8 Behold he comes array'd in light, He comes to judge the world aright; He blows his trumpet sounding far, And calls the nations to his bar,

PSALM 97. As the 113th.

The God of the Gentiles.

1 JEHOVAH reigns, let earth rejoice, Let every mortal tune his voice,

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