Of pouring out the Spirit's grace,
To form the heart anew.

HYMN 27. Fifth Part.

Infant baptism.

C. M.

BEHOLD what condescending love

Jesus on earth displays;

To babes and sucklings he extends
The riches of his grace.

2 "Forbid them not," is his command;
Then why should men resist?
Our children now may be baptiz'd;
The church of such consist.

3 With flowing tears and thankful hearts,
We bring them, Lord, to thee;
Receive them, Jesus, to thine arms:
Thine may they ever be.

4 Thine may they be; for ever thine,
Thy ransom'd, purchas'd seed:
O! let this seal of sprinkling, now,
Be own'd of thee indeed.

5 Here, parents, with thanksgiving view
Your right to what you've done;
Let songs of praises sound aloud
To the great Three in One.

HYMN 28. First Part. L. M.
The Lord's Supper.

1 WAS on that dark, that doleful night,

TW

When pow'rs of earth and hell arose

Against the Son of God's delight,

And friends betray'd him to his foes:

2 Before the mournful scene began,

He took the bread, and bless'd, and brake; What love thro' all his actions ran!

What wondrous words of grace

he spake!

3 This is my body, broke for sin, Receive and eat the living food;

Then took the cup, and bless'd the winc: 'Tis the new cov'nant in

my

blood.

4 For us his flesh with nails was torn,
He bore the scourge, he felt the thorn;
And justice pour'd upon his head
Its heavy vengeance, in our stead.
5 For us his vital blood was spilt,
To buy the pardon of our guilt;
When for black crimes of greatest size,
He gave his soul a sacrifice.

6 Do this, (he cried) 'till time shall end,
In mem'ry of your dying friend:
Meet at my table, and record

The love of your departed Lord.

7 Jesus, thy feast we celebrate,

We show thy death, we sing thy name
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage-supper of the Lamb.

HYMN 28. Second Part. L. M.
Communion with Christ at his table.

1T Jesus, our exalted Lord,

Dear name, by heav'n and earth ador'd!
Fain would our hearts and voices raise
A cheerful song of sacred praise.

2 But all the notes which mortals know,
Are weak, and languishing, and low;
Far, far above our humble songs,
The theme demands immortal tongues.
3 Yet while around his board we meet,
And humbly worship at his feet;
O let our warm affections mòve,
In glad returns of grateful love!

4 Let faith our feeble senses aid,
To see thy wondrous love display'd;
Thy broken flesh, thy bleeding veins,
Thy dreadful agonizing pains.
5 Let humble penitential woe,
With painful, pleasing anguish, flow;
And thy forgiving smiles impart
Life, hope, and joy to ev'ry heart.

HYMN 29. S. M.

The Lord's Supper.

1 JESUS invites his saints

To meet around his board;

Here pardon'd rebels sit, and hold
Communion with their Lord.

2 For food he gives his flesh;
He bids us drink his blood;
Amazing favour! matchless grace
Of our descending God!

3 The sacred elements

Remain mere wine and bread;
But signify and seal the love

Of Christ our cov'nant head.
4 This holy bread and wine
Maintains our fainting breath;
By union with our living Lord,
And int'rest in his death.

5 Our heav'nly Father calls
Christ and his members one;

We the young children of his love,
And he the first-born Son.

6 We are but sev'ral parts.
Of the same broken bread;

The body hath its sev'ral limbs,
But Jesus is the head.

7 Let all our pow'rs be join'd His glorious name to raise : Pleasure and love fill ev'ry mind, And ev'ry voice be praise.

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HYMN 30. First Part. C. M.
Christ our Substitute.

JESUS, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more,

Than the rich gems and polish'd gold,
The sons of Aaron wore.

2 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one off'ring takes away
For ever all our guilt.

3 Once, in the circuit of a year,
With blood, but not his own,
Aaron within the veil appears,
Before the golden throne.

4 But Christ, by his own pow'rful blood,
Ascends above the skies;
And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

HYMN 30. Second Part. P. M.

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Christ our High Priest.

GOOD high-priest is come,
Supplying Aaron's place,

And taking up his room,

Dispensing life and grace:

The law by Aaron's priesthood came,
But grace and truth by Jesus' name.

2 My Lord a priest is made,
As sware the mighty God,
To Israel and his seed,
Ordain'd to offer blood:

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For sinners, who his mercy seek,
A priest, as was Melchizedec.
3 He once temptations knew,
Of ev'ry sort and kind,
That he might succour show
To ev'ry tempted mind:
He once for us was sacrific'd,
And only once for us he died.
4 I other priests disclaim,
And laws and off'rings too,
None but the bleeding Lamb
The mighty work can do:

He shall have all the praise: for he
Hath lov'd, and liv'd, and died for me

HYMN 30. Third Part. C. M.
The Communicant.

HOW

OW sweet and awful is the place,
With Christ within the doors;
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of her stores!

2 Here ev'ry bowel of our God
With soft compassion rolls;

Here peace and pardon, bought with blood, Is food for dying souls.

3 While all our hearts, and all our songs, Join to admire the feast;

Each of us cries with thankful tongues, "Lord, why was I a guest?

4 "Why was I made to hear thy voice, "And enter while there's room; "When thousands make a wretched choice, "And rather starve than come?"

5 'Twas the same love, that spread the feast, That sweetly forc'd us in;