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Or fongs of morning ftars were heard,
As pure without alloy :

3 Thy early day proclaim'd thee then,
The first born child of grace:
Great reprefentative of men,
Before the Father's face.

4 The great invifible we fee,
In thee, and thee alone:

To men, and angels out of thee,
The Godhead is unknown.

5 God's noble works fhine in thy face,
Thou his infinite thought;
Creation, providence, and grace,
In thee, decreed and wrought.

HYMN CXXV. C. M.

HAR

[DODDRIDGE.]

Giver of True Liberty.

ARK! for 'tis God's own Son that calls
To life and liberty;

Tranfported fall before his feet,

Who makes the pris'ners free.

2 The cruel bonds of fin he breaks,
And breaks old Satan's chain,
Smiling he deals thofe pardons round,
Which free from endless pain.

3 Into the captive heart he pours
His fpirit from on high;

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We lose the terrors of the flave,
And Abba Father, cry.

Shake off your bonds, and fing his grace;
The finner's friend proclaim;

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And call on all around to feek,
True freedom by his name.

5 Walk on at large, 'till you attain
Your Father's houfe above;

There fhall you wear immortal crowns,
And fing immortal love.

HYMN CXXVI. c. M.

God with Us.

JAMES RELLY.]

EMMANUEL is God with me,

*In our exalted Lamb;

In whom I'm reconcil'd and free
All praise attend his name.

2 His fonship proves my fin forgiv❜n,
Makes my falvation fure,
Prepares for me a feat in heav'n,
And keeps my joy fecure.

3 In him accepted; and as him,
Receiv'd in realms above;

In him I triumph, foar, and fwim
In everlasting love."

4 All my religion, and my life,

Art thou, my Lamb, my God;
I'm fix'd; from hence my future strife
Shall be, to praise thy blood.'

HYMN CXXVII. c. M. [RICHARDS.]
Grace in Chrifl, before the world began.
WAS finish'd, faith the faithful God,
Before the world itself began:

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The ransom of a Saviour's blood,
From everlasting, flow'd for man.

2 Ere Satan dar'd th' eternal King;
Ere Eden faw the morning fun;
Ere Eve had felt the ferpent's sting;
Thy perfect will, O God, was done.

3

Before that Adam disobey'd,

Himfelf and all his fons were thine :
Those works, thy life, thy death display'd,
Confirm eternity's defign.

4 Jefus from earth's foundation slain !
Worthy art thou, thrice worthy, Lord!
To ever live, and rule, and reign,
By angels, and by men, ador'd,

HYMN CXXVIII, C. M.

I

[TOPLADY'S COLL:]

Grace triumphant in Jefus.

HAIL! mighty Jefus, how divine
Is thy victorious fword!

The ftouteft rebel must refign

At thy commanding word.

2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give i
They pierce the hardeft heart:

Thy fmiles of grace, the flain revive,
And joy, fucceeds to smart.

3 Still gird thy fword upon thy thigh,
Ride with majestic fway:

Go forth, fweet Prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.

4 And, when thy vict'ries are complete;
When all the chofen race

Shall round the throne of glory meet,
To fing thy conq'ring gracè ¿,

5 O may my humble foul be found Among that favor'd band!

And I, with them, thy praife will found Throughout Immanuel's land.

HYMN CXXIX.

L. M.

[WATTS.]

Glory and grace in Immanuel.

1 NOW

OW to the Lord a noble fong! Awake my foul, awake my tongue. Hofanna to th' eternal name,

And all his boundless love proclaim. 2 See where it fhines in Jefus' face, The brightest image of his grace: God, in the person of his Son, Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The fpacious earth, and fpreading flood, Proclaim the wife, the pow'rful God, And thy rich glories from afar. Sparkle in ev'ry rolling ftar :

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But in his looks a glory stands,
The nobleft labour of thine hands.
The pleasing luftre of his eyes
Outfhines the wonders of the kies.

5 Grace! 'tis a fweet, a charming theme,
My thoughts rejoice at Jefus' name!
Ye angels, dwell upon the found;
Ye heav'ns, reflect it to the ground!
6 Oh, may I live to reach the place
Where he unveils his lovely face!
Where all his beauties you behold,
And fing his name, to harps of gold!

HYMN CXXX. L. M. [PEACOCK.]

Image of the Invisible,

* NOW in the face of Jefus, we

God's brightest form of glory fee :' Beaming with mild and heav'nly rays, He all his Father's grace difplays.

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2 Bleft image of th' eternal God,
Here his rich glories fhine abroad;
With a refplendant luftre fhine
His pow'r, his truth, and love divine.
3 Of all creation the first born;

Of all that heav'n's bright courts adorn,"
He as a prince, and fov'reign reigns,
Almighty pow'r his throne fuftains.

4 See Jefus our exalted head,

By whom the heav'ns and earth were made g
Subjected to his high command,'
Thrones, kingdoms, and dominions stand.
5 It pleas'd th' eternal fulness well,
In Christ the Lord alone to dwell;
From this rich fountain freely flows
Complete relief for all our woes.

HYMN CXXXI. c. M. [WATTS.]
Kingdom of Chrift.

LO, what a glorious fight appears
To our believing eyes!

The earth, and feas are pafs'd away,
And the old rolling skies.

2 From the third heav'n, where God refides, That holy, happy place,

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