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9. While fuch a scene of facred joys Our raptur'd eyes and fouls employs

Here we could fit and gaze away

A long an everlasting day.

ro. Well, we shall quickly pass the night To the fair coafts of perfect light,

Then fhall our joyful fenfes rove

O'er the dear object of our love.

[II. There fhall we drink full draughts of blifs, And pluck new life from heav'nly trees! Yet now and then dear Lord bestow

A drop of heav'n on worms below.

12. Send comforts down from thy right hand While we pafs thro' this barren land,

And in thy temple let us fee

A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.]

XVII. God's eternity.

RISE, rife my foul and leave the ground,
Stretch all my thoughts abroad,

And roufe up ev'ry tuneful found
To praise th' Eternal God.

2. Long ere the lofty fkies were fpread Jehovah fill'd his throne,

Or Adam form'd or angels made
The Maker liv'd alone.

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3. His boundless years can ne'er decrease,
But still maintain their prime,'
Eternity 's his dwelling-place,
And ever is his time.

4. While like a tide our minutes flow.

The present and the past,

He fills his own immortal Now.

And fees our ages wafte.

5. The fea and fky must perish too, And vaft deftruction come;

The creatures, look how old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom!

6. Well, let the sea shrink all away,
And flame melt down the fkies,
My God fhall live an endless day

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When th' old creation dies.

XVIII. The miniftry of angels.

HIGH on a hill of dazzling light
The King of Glory spreads his feat,
And troops of angels stretch'd for flight
Stand waiting round his awful feet.

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2. Go," faith the Lord, " my Gabriel go, "Salute the Virgin's fruitful womb *, "Make hafte ye cherubs down below, "Sing and proclaim the Saviour come t." + Luke ii. 13.

* Luke ï. 26.

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3. Here a bright fquadron leaves the skies And thick around Elisha ftands

Anon a heav'nly foldier flies

And breaks the chains from Peter's hands t.
4. Thy winged troops, O God of hosts!!
Wait on thy wand'ring church below,
Here we are failing to thy coafts,

Let angels be our convoy too.

5. Are they not all thy fervants Lord?
At thy command they go and come,
With cheerful hafte obey thy word,
And guard thy children to their home ‡.

XIX. Our frail bodies, and God our preserver.

LET others boast how strong they be,

Nor death nor danger fear,

But we 'll confefs O Lord to thee

What feeble things we are.

2. Fresh as the grafs our bodies stand

And flourish bright and

gay,

A blafting wind fweeps o'er the land

And fades the grass away.

3. Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone:

Strange! that a harp of thousand strings

Should keep in tune fo long.

2 Kings vi. 17. † Acts xii. 7.

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4. But 't is our God supports oùr frame,

The God that built us firft;

Salvation to th' almighty name

That rear'd us from the duft..

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[5. He spoke, and ftraight our hearts and brains In all their motions rofe, ani.

"Let blood," faid he, " flow round the veins," And round the veins it flows.

6. While we have breath or use our tongues Our Maker we 'll adore; ·

His Spirit moves our heaving lungs

Or they would breathe no more.] :

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XX. Backflidingsandreturns, or, The inconftancy of our love.

WHY is my heart fo far from thee

My God, my chief delight?

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Why are my thoughts no more by day
With thee, no more by night?

[2. Why should my foolish paffions rove? Where can fuch fweetnefs be

As I have tafted in thy love,
As I have found in thee?]

3. When my forgetful foul renews The favour of thy grace,

My heart prefumes I cannot lofe
The relish all my days.

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4. But ere fome fleeting hour is past,
The flatt'ring world employs
Some fenfual bait to feize my
And to pollute my joys...

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[5. Trifles of nature or of art
With fair deceitful charms
Intrude into my thoughtless heart,
And thrust me from thy arms.]

6. Then I repent and vex my foul That I fhould leave thee fo;

Where will those wild affections.roll

That let a Saviour go?

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[7. Since promis'd joys are turn'd to pain,

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[10. Make hafte my days to reach the goal

And bring my heart to reft

On the dear centre of my foul,

My God my Saviour's breast.]

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