8 Then let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the Church in fear :
Israel must live thro' ev'ry age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

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PSALM 105.

Second Part. C. M.

God's judgments—Plagues of Egypt.
HEN Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints,
And thus provok'd their God;

WHEN

Moses was sent to their complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful rod.

2 He call'd for darkness; darkness came,
Like an o'erwhelming flood;

He made each lake, and ev'ry stream,
A lake, a stream of blood.

3 He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Thro' the whole country spread;
And frogs, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch's bed.

4 Thro' fields and towns, and palaces,
The tenfold vengeance flew :

Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.

5 Then, by an angel's midnight stroke,
The flow'r of Egypt died;
The strength of ev'ry house was broke,
Their glory and their pride.

6 Now let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the Church in fear:
Israel must live thro' ev'ry age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

PSALM 105. Third Part. C. M. Israel led to Canaan-God's gracious Providence to his Church.

THU

HUS were the tribes from bondage freed,
And left the hated ground:

Egyptian spoils supplied their need,
Nor was one feeble found.

2 The Lord himself chose out their
And mark'd their journeys right;
Gave them a leading cloud by day,
A fiery guide by night.

way

3 They thirst, and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow;

And, foll'wing still the course they took,
Ran all the desert through.

4 O wondrous stream! O blessed type
Of ever-flowing grace!

So Christ our rock maintains our life,
Thro' all the wilderness.

5 Thus guarded by th' Almighty's hand,
The chosen tribes possest
Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land;
And there enjoy'd their rest.

6 Then let the world forbear its rage,
The Church renounce her fear:
Israel must live thro' ev'ry age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

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PSALM 106. First Part. L. M.
General praise,-introductory.

TO God the great, the ever blest,

Let songs of honour be addrest; His mercy firm for ever stands ;

Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will.

3 Remember what thy mercy did
For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed;

And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be

Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee.

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PSALM 106. Second Part. S. M.

Inconstancy of saints-Unchangeable love of God
OD of eternal love,

GOD

How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace!

2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; But soon thy works of pow'r forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue.

3 Now they believ'd his word, While rocks with rivers flow; Now with their lusts provok'd the Lord, And he reduc'd them low.

4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans; Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts, And call'd them still his sons.

5 Their names were in his book; He sav'd them from their foes: Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose.

6 Let Israel bless the Lord,

Who lov'd their ancient race;

And Christians join the solemn word,
Amen, to all their praise.

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PSALM 107. First Part. L. M. Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to heaven. GIV LIVE thanks to God; he reigns above; Kind are his thoughts, his name is love His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty foes. 3 In their distress to God they cried, God was their Saviour and their guide; He led their march far wand'ring round: "Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 4 Thus when our first release we gain From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place. 5 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 6 O let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.

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PSALM 107. Second Part. L. M.
Justice and mercy of God in dealing with men.

FROM age to age exalt his name;

God and his grace are still the same: He fills the hungry souls with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God, that rules the skies;

If they reject his heav'nly word,

And slight the counsels of the Lord; 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer shall be found:

Laden with grief they waste their breath In darkness, and the shades of death.

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries;
He makes the dawning light arise;
And scatters all that dismal shade,
That hung so heavy round their head.
5 He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling pris'ners through;
Takes off the load of guilt and grief,
And gives the lab'ring soul relief.
6 O may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
How great his works, how kind his ways!
Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.

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PSALM 107. Third Part. L. M. Intemperance punished and pardoned. AIN man, on foolish pleasures bent, Prepares for his own punishment: What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste,
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active pow'rs are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.

3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat;
His soul abhors delicious meat:

Nature with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.
4 Behold the fright'ned sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!