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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

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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.

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OME, Holy Ghoft, fet to thy feal,
Thine inward witness give,

And to my inmost foul reveal

The death by which I live.

2 Give me to understand that found,
Which told his mortal pain,

Tore up the graves, and rent the ground,
And broke the rocks in twain.

3 Repeat my dying Saviour's cry
Unto my heart fo loud,

That my whole foul may now reply,
"This was the Son of GoD."

HYMN 257·

DESIRING COMMUNION WITH GOD.

MY rifing foul with strong defires
To perfect happiness afpires;

With steady steps wou'd tread the road
That leads to heav'n, that leads to God.
2 I thirst to drink unmingled love
From the pure fountain-head above;
My dearest LORD, I long to be
Empty'd of fin, and full of thee.

3 For thee I pant, for thee I burn :
Art thou withdrawn? Again return;
Nor let me be the first to say,
Thou wilt not hear when finners pray.

HYMN 258.

SELF-EXAMINATION.

I THY piercing eye, O GOD, furveys
The various windings of my ways;
Teach me their tendency to know,
And try the paths in which I go.

2 How wild, how crooked have they been? A maze of foolishness and fin !

With all the light I vainly boast,
Leaving my guide, my foul is loft.

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O turn me back to thee again!
Or I shall search my ways in vain:
Do thou the path of life reveal,
And lead me up to Zion's hill.

HYMN 259.

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HE B. vi. 17-19.

HOW oft have fin and Satan strove
To rend my foul from thee, my Gop?

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.

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GLORY

HYMN 260.

LORY be to GoD on high, Hallelujalt.
GOD, whofe glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man forgiv❜n,
Man, the well-belov'd of heav'n

2 Sov'reign Father, heav'nly King,
Thee we now prefume to fing;
Glad thine attributes confefs,
Glorious all, and numberless.

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3 Hail, by all thy works ador'd,

Hail, the everlasting LORD;

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Thee, with thankful hearts we prove,
LORD of pow'r, and GoD of love!

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.

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BLef

HYMN 262.

A BLESSED GOSPEL.

Left are the fouls that hear and know
The gofpel's joyful found;

Peace fhall attend the path they go,
And light their steps furround.

2 Their joy fhall bear their fpirits up,
Thro' their redeemer's name;

His righteoufnefs exalts their hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.

3 The LORD our glory and defence,
Strength, and falvation gives;
Ifrael, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.

HYMN 263.

HUMAN WEAKNESS AND
CHRIST'S STRENGTH.

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ET me but hear my Saviour say,
"Strength fhall be equal to thy day;"
Then I rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-fufficient grace.

2 I glory in infirmity,

That CHRIST's Own pow'r may reft on me;
When I am weak, then am I ftrong,

Grace is my fhield, and CHRIST my fong.

HYMN 264.

I WHY

JOB V. 19.

'HY fhou'd I doubt his love at last,!
With anxious thoughts perplext ?

Who fav'd me in the troubles past,
Will fave me in the next:

Will fave, till at my latest hour,
With more than conqueft bleft,
1 foar beyond temptation's pow'r,
To my redeemer's breaft.

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