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CXXXII.

On the Majefty, Vengeance, Mercy, and Salvation of

GOD.

1 and shatter

At JEHOVAH's awful nod!

And, like light'ning, foon he'll scatterm
Sinners with his iron" rod,

2 Be alarm'd, ye carelefs finners,
He to judgment° foon will come;
And your fins are fure forerunners
Of a miferable doom;

For his vengeance

Will the wicked then confume!

3 Therefore never dream of heaven
In an unconverted state;

Or that mercy will be given,
Till you in good earnest wait",-
Praying, O God,

In me a clean' heart create.

4 O kneel downs before your MAKER !
Ye who do not know his love:
Reft not till each is partaker

Of falvation from above,
That for ever

You may all his goodnefs" prove.

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(m) Ifa. xxx. 30. 44, 50, 51.--(p) Nah. i. 2.

(1) Jer. iv. 24.-Nah. i. 5.-Hab. iii. 6,--- 10. (n) Rev. ii. 27.-xix. 15. (0) Matt. xxiv. Luke xii. 40.- Thef. v. 2.-2 Pet. iii. 10. 2 Thef. i. 8.-Heb. x. 30, 31. (q) Jude 7, 8. 25, 26. (f) Pfal. li. 10. (s) Pfal. xcv. 6, (u) Pfal. xxiii, 6,

(r) Lam. iii. › (t) Luke i. 77.

CXXXIII.

A Call to Sinners; with fome Remarks concerning Faith and its wonderful effects.

INNERS view the fad condition
In which you at present are,

And draw near with deep contrition
To the moft high God in pray'r;

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He invites you

Of his mercy now to share.

2 All who after him afpireth",
He to them will favour give;
And the means which he requireth
Is to turn to him and live,
While he calleth

Them his bleffings to receive.

3 God makes faith the fole condition;
Faith that sweetly works by love:
This true faith brings true falvation,
And makes ev'ry mountain move;
Opensf heaven,-

Reacheth up to things above.

4 Faith makes rich while nought poffeffing
Feeds the foul with heav'nly food;
Sorrowful, always rejoicing,

Faith triumphs through Jefu's blood:
Faith in action

Grafps and holds fast ev'ryk good.

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(w) Pfal. xxxiv. 18.-Ifa. Ivii. (y) Ifa. i. 18, 19.-Matt. xi. (a) Ezek. xviii. 27, 28. 36.Rom. iii. 19, 16.-Acts xvi. 31.-Rom. x. (f) A&s vii. 56. (g) Rom. i. (h) 2 Cor. vi. 10.-Jam. ii. 5a 11, 12.-Jam. ii. 14, - --- 26.

(v) Ifa. liii. 6.—Gal. iii. 22. 15.-lxvi. 2. (x) Pfal. lii. 2. 28, 29. (z) Pfal. cxlv. 18, 19. (b) Hab. ii. 4.-John iii. 14, (c) Gal. v. 6. (d) Mar. xvi. 8,-17. (e) Matt. xvii. 20. 19, 20.-Eph. ii. 4, (1)1 John v. 4. (j) 1 Tim. vi. (k) 1 Pet. i. 7, 8, 9.

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CXXXIV.

On the Love of GOD, his invitation to Sinners, and of bis coming to Judgment.

O! what love the great CREATOR
Shews in Chrift to all mankind;

He to be our Mediator",

For his foes his life refign'd;

Therefore, finners,

Seck" and ye fhall mercy find.

2. Do not feek in point of merito,-
Pharifees themselves deceive;
"Tis the humble contrite fpirit
God enables to believe,
Who, in earneft,

Strive his bleffings to receive..

3 Hafte to meet the invitation,
Ye who with his grace to prove;
So fhall you obtain falvation",
And be perfected in love,
By receiving

Of his fulness from above..

4. God is truly good and gracious",
Yet will not the guilty fpare,
Though our works be e'er fo fpacious
Wholly known to him they are;
Wherefore let us

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Watch against fin with due care.
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(1) I John iii. 1, 2, 16. (m) 1 Tim. ii. 5, 6. (n) Matt. vii. (0) Rom. iii. 20. (p) Matt. v. 20.-Luke xviii. 10,- -- 14. (q) ifa. lv. 1, 2, 3.-Matt. xi. 28, 29, 30. (r) Luke i. 77.-2 Cor. vii. 10. (1) Matt. v. 48.-Eph. iv. 13. (s) John i. 16. (t) Pfal. xxxiv. 8.-laxiii. 1. (u) Neh. ix. 17.-Jonah iv: 2. (v) Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7.-Nub. xiv. 18. (w) Acts xv. 18.John iii. 2c.

5 For e'er long, with dreadful burning,
Heav'n and earth fhall pass away !
Then will horror, wo, and mourning
Sieze the wicked in that day,
When Chrift cometh
Righteous judgment to display!

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CXXXV.

A Call to ferious Reflections, Repentance, and Faith.

OD speaks! let man confider well,

G Time ev'ry moment glides away:

Our pulfe each time they beat do tell
How fwift we haften to that day,
Wherein the last great trumpa ihall found,
And wake the nations all around!

2 The feab fhall then give up her dead,-
The grave reftore her countless prey;

Huge rocks and mountains rend with dread,
And his Almighty pow'r difplay!

There Chrifte, who all our works can tell,
Will order each to heav'n or hell.

3 The time's at hand, the night's far fpent,-
Why should we in our fins remain ?
Olet us truly now repent,

And henceforth righteous works maintain;
For till we thus in God believe,

We only do ourselves deceives.

4 But lo! we can't deceive the Lord!
Our MAKER knows our fallen state,→
How we've departed from his word,
Since he did man at first create;
Yet ftill his unexhaufted love!
Calls all eternal life to prove!

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xxiv. 30. (2) Job xxxiii. 14(b) Rev. xx. 13. (c) John v. (e) Matt. xxv. 31, 46. 3.-Jam. i, 26.-1 John i. 8.

(x) 2 Pet. iii. Ic. (y) Matt. (a) 1 Cor. xv. 52.-1 Thef. iv. 16. 28; 27. (d) Rev. xvi. 20. (f) Rom. xiii. 12. (g) Gal. vi. (h) Eccl xii. 14. (i) John iìi. 16.

CXXXVI.

Sinners invited and encouraged to come to GOD.

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OME, ye guilty finners, come,
Turn and you shall mercy prove;
For the vileft there is room
In the arms of Jefu's love!
If you pardon would receive,
Gladly in his name believe.
2 Lo his grace to ALL' is free
As the univerfal air!

None for God too badm can be,
Nor of mercy need despair,
Who do willingly forfake

Sin that they may life partake.
3 Therefore, finners, come to God,-
Now by faith approach his throne;
Own his feptre and his rod",
By whom ye are fav'd alone:
Reft not till you are forgiv'n,
And have free accefsr to heav'n.
4 Surely those who would be wise
Will not wait another day,
But immediately arife,

And for this falvation pray,—
Left death ftrike his fatal dart

Through each unrelenting heart.

YE

CXXXVII.

Holy Admonition and Gospel Promises.

wand'rers from the way weary of peace, 10 When will you from your fin and folly ceafe? 10 Seek, , уе the Lord, now while he may be found, 10 For he is near and mercy doth abound!

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(1) Pfal. cxlv. 9.(n) Heb. x. 22 (0) Pf. xlv. 6. (q) Acts v. 31. (r) Rom. v. 2,

(m) Isa.i, 18, 19. (p) Pfal. cx. 2. Eph. ii. 18.iii. 12, (f) Ifa, iv. 6, 7.