1 Ver. 9. Behold, O God our fhield; and look upon the face of thine anointed. Omnipotent, whofe armour none can wield, Zion's great buckler and defenfive fhield; Thy pure untainted eyes cannot behold Deformed mortals in their finful mold, Unless their names be graved on the breaft Of Zion's holy confecrated Priest. When they his white and glorious garment, wear, Then look on him, Lord; and in him on me. Ver. 10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thoufand: I had rather be a door-keeper in the bouje of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. May I poffefs, as thy domeftic child, The house that by JEHOVAH's name is ftyl❜d: For royal glories deck thofe courts of thine, Which with majeftic rays fo brightly fhine, That should my mind prefent an earth of gold, As full of worldly joys as earth can hold : Sweet grace fo fills thy houfe, I'd grudge to spare One moment here, for thousand ages there. No earthly object fhall my love confine, That Being which poffeffes all, is mine. A a My fpirit therefore rather would embrace Ver. 11. For the Lord God is a fun and shield: the This maffy fhield is polifh'd bright with pow'r, In them the grace he gives, he ftill regards; Ver. 12. O Lord of hosts, bleffed is the man that trufteth in thee.. O then, JEHOVAH, God of armies strong, To whom the pow'rs of earth and heav'n belong; How vaftly bleffed is the fixed man, Who by a firm fiducial boldness can, [bove, Through grace and strength dispensed from aSo fweetly fcan the height of divine love, As to derive his comfort wholly thence, And on this rock to found his confidence! Whofe faith has rear'd up for a firm abode A ftable building on a living God? Who, fpoil'd of human props both great and Does choose a triune Diety for all? [fmall, What scrolls of blifs are in this All inroll❜J, Is too fublime for feraphs to unfold. Sift, human wisdom, in a deep amaze! Let rapid floods of life his glory raife, Till time be drown'd in his eternal praise. A fourfold Exercife for the BELIEVER in his Lodging on Earth. 1. The HOLY LAW; O R, The Ten Commandments, Exod. xx. 3,-17. 1. 2. God but me thou fhalt adore. 3. My holy name take not in vain. 9. Falfe witnefs flee, and fland'ring fpite. 10. Nor covet what's thy neighbour's right. И. The UNHOLY HEART, the direct opposite to God's holy and righteous law, Rom. vii. 14. The knowledge of fin by the law, Rọm. iii. 20. 1. 2. M Y heart's to many god's a flave. Of Imagery an hideous cave. 3. An hoard, of God-difhon'ring crimes. 4. A wafter base of holy times, 5. A throne of pride and felf-conceit. 6. A flaughter-houfe of wrath and he. 7. A cage of birds and thoughts unclean. 8. A den of thieves and frauds unfeen. 9. An heap of calumnies unfpent. 10, A gulf of greed and difcontent. III. The GLORIOUS GOSPEL; OR, Chrift the end of the law for righteousness, Rom. x. 4. And the abfolute need of this remedy inferred H from the premiffes. ENCE I conclude and clearly fee, Which damn's each foul to endless thrall, Whole heart and life fulfils not all. What fhall I do, unless for bail IV. The PRAYER of FAITH. Which may be conceived in the following words of a certain Author. SIM tuus in vita, tua funt mea funera, Chrifte: Which may be thus Englished: Jefus I'm thine in life and death, Oh let, me conqu'ring hold thy throne, |