2. His faireft pretenfions must wholly be wav'd; And his best resolutions be croft ; Nor can he expect to be perfectly fav'd, Till he find himself utterly loft. 3 When all this is done, and his heart is affur'd I Of the total remiffion of fins When his pardon is fign'd, and his peace is procur'd, From that moment his conflict begins. HYMN 256. TO THE HOLY GHOST. COM OME, Holy Ghoft, fet to thy feal, And to my inmost foul reveal The death by which I live. 2 Give me to understand that found, Tore up the graves, and rent the ground, 3 Repeat my dying Saviour's cry That my whole foul may now reply, HYMN 257· DESIRING COMMUNION WITH GOD. MY rifing foul with strong defires With steady steps wou'd tread the road 3 For thee I pant, for thee I burn : HYMN 258. SELF-EXAMINATION. I THY piercing eye, O GOD, furveys 2 How wild, how crooked have they been? A maze of foolishness and fin ! With all the light I vainly boast, 3 O turn me back to thee again! HYMN 259. I HE B. vi. 17-19. HOW oft have fin and Satan strove But everlasting is thy love, And JESUS feals it with his blood. 2 Amidft temptations sharp and long, My foul to this dear refuge flies; Hope is my anchor firm and ftrong, While tempefts blow, and billows rife. 3 The gospel bears my fpirits up; A faithful, and unchanging GOD Lays the foundation for my hope, In oaths, and promises, and blood. I GLORY HYMN 260. LORY be to GoD on high, Hallelujalt. 2 Sov'reign Father, heav'nly King, I Hals T 3 Hail, by all thy works ador'd, Hail, the everlasting LORD; Hal. Thee, with thankful hearts we prove, HYMN 261. JOHN xiii. I. THIS GOD is the GoD we adore, Our faithful, unchangeable friend; Whose love is as great as his pow'r, And neither knows measure nor end. 2 'Tis JESUS, the first and the last, Whofe Spirit fhall guide us fafe home; We'll praise him for all that is past, And truft him for all that's to come. I BLef HYMN 262. A BLESSED GOSPEL. Left are the fouls that hear and know Peace fhall attend the path they go, 2 Their joy fhall bear their fpirits up, His righteoufnefs exalts their hope, 3 The LORD our glory and defence, HYMN 263. HUMAN WEAKNESS AND L ET me but hear my Saviour say, 2 I glory in infirmity, That CHRIST's Own pow'r may reft on me; Grace is my fhield, and CHRIST my fong. HYMN 264. I WHY JOB V. 19. 'HY fhou'd I doubt his love at last,! Who fav'd me in the troubles past, Will fave, till at my latest hour, 1 |