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HYMN 39. Second Part. C. M.

Honour to Magistrates.
TERNAL Sov'reign of the sky,
And Lord of all below;

ET

We mortals to thy majesty

Our first obedience owe.

2 Our souls adore thy throne supreme;
And bless thy providence,
For magistrates of various name,
Our glory and defence.

3 Where laws and liberty combine
To make the nation bless'd;
There magistrates with lustre shine,
And states are govern'd best.

4 Nations on firm foundations stand,
While virtue finds reward;
And sinners perish from the land,
By justice and the sword.

5 To magistrates be honour paid,
To laws obedience shown;

But consciences and souls were made
To be the Lord's alone.

HYMN 39. Third Part. C. M.

The anxiety of pious parents for their children. 1 THO' parents may in covʼnant be, And have their heav'n in view;

They are unhappy, till they see
Their children happy too.

2 Their hearts with inward anguish bleed, When all attempts prove vain,

To save their race from paths, that lead
To everlasting pain.

3 They warn, indulge, correct, beseech,
While tears in torrents flow;

And 'tis beyond the pow'r of speech
To tell the griefs they know.
4 Till they can see victorious grace
Their children's souls possess,
The sparkling wit, the smiling face
But adds to their distress.

5 "Shall cruel spirits drag thee down
"To darkness and despair;
"Beneath th' Almighty's angry frown,
"To dwell for ever there?

6 "Saviour, the dreadful scene forbid!
"Look down, dear Lord, and bless;
"We'll wrestle hard, as Jacob did-
May we obtain success!"

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HYMN 40. First Part. L. M.
The sixth command.

1 CLAMOUR, and wrath, and war be gone, Envy and spite for ever cease;

Let bitter words no more be known
Among the saints, the sons of peace.

2 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove,

Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve his love,
Who seals our souls to heav'nly life?
3 Tender and kind be all our thoughts,
Thro' all our lives let mercy run:
So God forgives our num'rous faults,
For the dear sake of Christ his Son.

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HYMN 40. Second Part. L. M.

Anger.

DARE we indulge our wrath and strife,

And yet assume the Christian name? Give our wild passions sway, yet call Ourselves the follow'rs of the Lamb?

2 He was all gentle, meek, and mild-
Full of benevolence and love;

Nor could the rage of num'rous foes
Aught, but his soft compassion, move.
3 Not all their scoffs, nor the sharp pangs
Of crucifixion, could inspire

Within his breast one vengeful thought,
Or one tumultuous passion fire.

4 But we, alas! how soon the storms
Impetuous in our bosoms swell !
What stores of fuel in our breasts,
To feed those raging fires of hell!
5 Spirit of grace, do thou descend;
Envy, and wrath, and clamour chase;
With thy mild influ'nce quench these fires,
And hush the stormy winds to peace!

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HYMN 40. Third Part. C. M.
Brotherly love.

HOW

OW sweet, how heav'nly is the sight,
When those who love the Lord,

In one another's peace delight,

And so fulfil his word!

2 O! may we feel each brother's sigh,
And with him bear a part:
May sorrows flow from eye to eye,
And joy from heart to heart.

3 Free us from envy, scorn, and pride;
Our wishes fix above:

May each his brother's failings hide,
And show a brother's love.

4 Let love, in one delightful stream,
Thro' ev'ry bosom flow;

And union sweet, and dear esteem,
In ev'ry action glow.

5 Love is the golden chain, that binds The happy souls above;

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And he's an heir of heav'n, that finds
His bosom glow with love.

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HYMN 41. First Part. L. M.
The seventh command.

ACRED wedlock! law of heaven,
By wisdom fram'd, in mercy giv'n;
The spring, whence all the kindred ties
Of parents, children, brethren, rise !
2 Curs'd be the lusts which violate
The honours of the marriage state;
The Lord himself, in wrath severe,
Will judge the vile adulterer.
3 The wicked, filthy and unclean,
Shall reap the harvest of their sin:
And they who burn with Sodom's lust,
In Sodom's fire shall be accurs'd.

4 Polluted sinner, hide thy face,

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Fly to the throne, and plead for grace; The blood of Christ can cleanse thy soul, And make thy filthy spirit whole.

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HYMN 41. Second Part. L. M. The Law is spiritual, but we are carnal. OST holy God, thy precept's just Against impure desires and lust; We therefore mourn, with grief and shame. Our guilty and polluted frame.

2 We know by nature, we're unclean, Our pow'rs debas'd, affections mean; We own imperfect chastity,

The sensual heart, the wanton eye.

3 The seeds of ev'ry vice and sin, Are rooted deep and grow within;

And if preserv'd from filthy ways,
To grace alone belongs the praise.
4 O! shed abroad thy love divine,
Constrain us to be wholly thine;
And make our souls and bodies both
The Temples of the Holy Ghost.

HYMN 42. First Part. L. M.
The eighth command.

1 GR

REAT God, thy holy law commands
Strict honesty in our demands;
Forbids to plunder, steal or cheat,
To practise falsehood or deceit.
2 We must be faithful, upright, true,
Nor take, but what is strictly due;
If honesty be banish'd hence,
Religion is a vain pretence.

3 No righteous debt must be denied
By fraud or pow'r, by lies or pride;
The poor should not, by long delay,
Be made to groan for want of

pay.

4 What equity enjoins as right,
We must perform with all our might;
Nor seek our neighbour to deceive,
With what ourselves do not believe.

5 Let Christians never dare disgrace The name and cause, which they profess; Lord, help us ever to pursue

Things, which are honest, just and true.

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HYMN 42. Second Part. S. M.

WHAT

The worldling.

WHAT does the worldling gain
By all his vain pursuits?

His very pleasure gives him pain,

And mis'ry are its fruits.