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2 Among the saints that fill thine house
My off'rings shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows,
My soul in anguish made.

3 How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever blessed God!
How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

4 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!
My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.

5 Now I am thine, for ever thine,
Nor shall my purpose move;
Thy hand hath loos'd my bonds of pain,
And bound me with thy love.

6 Here in thy courts I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;

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Witness, ye saints who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

FRO

PSALM 117. L. M.

General praise,(close of worship.)
ROM all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise:
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Thro' ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word;

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

PSALM 118. First Pärt. C. M.
Security of the saints.

THE

HE Lord appears my helper now,
Nor is my faith afraid;

Whate'er the sons of earth may do,
Since heav'n affords its aid.

2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.

3 'Tis thro' the Lord my heart is strong,
In him my lips rejoice;
While his salvation is my song,
How cheerful is my voice!

4 Like angry bees, they girt me round;
When God appears, they fly:
So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze, and die.

5 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs;
The Lord protects their days:
Let Israel tune immortal songs
To his almighty grace.

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PSALM 118. Second Part. C. M.

Recovery from sickness publicly acknowledged.
ORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescu'd from the grave;

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Now shall he live: for none can die,
If God resolve to save.

2 Thy praise more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;

Thy hand that hath chastis'd him sore,
Defends him still from death.

3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there;

The house where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declare.

4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints
Our thankful voice we raise;

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There we have told thee our complaints,
And there we speak thy praise.

PSALM 118.

Third Part. C. M.

Christ the foundation of his church.

EHOLD the sure foundation Stone
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heav'nly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
How glorious is thy name!
Saints trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain :

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What tho' the gates of hell withstood; Yet must this building rise:

'Tis thy own work, Almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

PSALM 118.

Fourth Part. C. M.

The Lord's day-The resurrection of Christ.
HIS is the day, the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;

THIS

Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.
2 To-day he rose, and left the dead;
And Satan's empire fell:
To-day the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son:

Help us, O Lord, descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Blest be the Lord who comes to men
With messages of grace;

Who comes in God, his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains
The church on earth can raise!
The highest heav'ns in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

PSALM 118. Fifth Part. S. M.
Christ the Living Stone,—for the Lord's day.

1 SEE what a living Stone

The builders did refuse!

Yet God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envious Jews.

2 The scribe and angry priest
Reject thine only Son;

Yet on this rock shall Zion rest,
As the chief Corner Stone.

3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondrous in our eyes:
This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.

4 This is the glorious day,

That our Redeemer made:
Let us rejoice, and sing and pray;
Let all the church be glad.

5 Hosanna to the King

Of David's royal blood;

Bless him, ye saints; he comes to bring Salvation from your God.

6 We bless thy holy word,

Which all this grace displays;
And offer on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.

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PSALM 119. First Part. C. M.

The blessedness of saints, and misery of sinners.

BLEST are the undefil'd in heart,

Whose ways are right and clean;

Who never from thy law depart,

But fly from ev'ry sin.

2 Blest are the men that keep thy word,
And practise thy commands;

With their whole heart they seek the Lord,
And serve him with their hands.

3 Great is their peace who love thy law,
How firm their souls abide!
Nor can a bold temptation draw
Their steady feet aside.

4 Then shall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from shame;
When all thy statutes I obey,
And honour all thy name.

5 But haughty sinners God will hate;
The proud shall die accurst:
The sons of falsehood and deceit
Are trodden to the dust.

6 Vile as the dross the wicked are;
And those that leave thy ways
Shall see salvation from afar,
But never taste thy grace.

PSALM 119. Second Part. C. M.
Habitual devotion, and spiritual-mindedness.
1 TO thee, before the dawning light,
My gracious God, I pray;

I meditate thy name by night,
And keep thy law by day.

2 My spirit faints to see thy grace,
Thy promise bears me up;

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