#English #XVIICentury #XVIIICentury
FAR in the Heavens my God retire… My God, the mark of my desires, And hides his lovely face; When he descends within my view, He charms my reason to pursue,
Miracles attending Israel’s journ… When Isr’el, freed from Pharaoh’s… Left the proud tyrant and his land… The tribes with cheerful homage ow… Their King, and Judah was his thr…
Submission and deliverance; or, A… Gen. 22:6, etc. Saints, at your heav’nly Father’s… Give up your comforts to the Lord… He shall restore what you resign,
Christ’s presence makes death easy… Why should we start, and fear to d… What timorous worms we mortals are… Death is the gate of endless joy, And yet we dread to enter there.
Complaint of desertion and temptat… Dear Lord! behold our sore distre… Our sins attempt to reign; Stretch out thine arm of conquerin… And let thy foes be slain.
Delight in Scripture; or, The wor… ver. 97 O how I love thy holy law! ’Tis daily my delight; And thence my meditations draw
The rich sinner dying. Psa. 49:6,9; Eccl. 8:8; Job 3:14,… In vain the wealthy mortals toil, And heap their shining dust in vai… Look down and scorn the humble poo…
Praise to God for creation and re… Let them neglect thy glory, Lord, Who never knew thy grace; But our loud songs shall still rec… The wonders of thy praise.
Happy the man to whom his God No more imputes his sin, But, washed in the Redeemer’s blo… Hath made his garments clean. Happy beyond expression he
Persecutors punished. Up from my youth, may Isr’el say, Have I been nursed in tears; My griefs were constant as the day… And tedious as the years.
Sanctified afflictions; or, Delig… ver. 67,59 Father, I bless thy gentle hand; How kind was thy chastising rod, That forced my conscience to a sta…
Holiness and grace. Titus 2:10-13. O let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine…
Children devoted to God. [For tho… Gen. 17:7,10; Acts 16:14,15,33. Thus saith the mercy of the Lord, “I’ll be a God to thee; I’ll bless thy num’rous race, and…
Joy in heaven for a repenting sinn… Luke 15:7,10. Who can describe the joys that ris… Through all the courts of Paradis… To see a prodigal return,
Christ and Aaron. Heb. 7; 9. Jesus, in thee our eyes behold A thousand glories more, Than the rich gems and polished go…