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The REWARD of GOODNESS.

An ANTHEM, from different Scriptures.

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"HE Lord is the portion of the just, who keep his law. They fhall live for ever: their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the moft High. They fhall receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord.

Bleffed for ever be th' eternal King,
For ever more Jehovah's praises fing.

CHARITY,

An ANTHEM, from different parts of the

Pfalms.

OW excellent is thy mercy, O God!

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The children of men fhall put their trust under the fhadow of thy wings.-The Lord delivereth the fouls of his fervants; and all they that put their trust in him fhall not be deftitute.-Arife, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.-The Lord hear them in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.-Take the matter into thy hand; the poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendlefs:

friendleís: And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, Lord, haft never failed them that feek thee. Hallelujah.

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MORNING DEVOTION.

An ANTHEM, from the 5th Pfalm.

Lord, my King and my God, hear thou my voice; for unto thee I make my prayer. With lifted eyes at early dawn, Ó Lord, I will invoke thee. In the multitude of thy mercies I will enter thy dwelling, and humbly adore in thy temple. Lead me in thy righteoufnefs: make thy way plain before me. And let all who put their truft in thee rejoice for ever.

DELIVERANCE.

An ANTHEM, from different Scriptures.

SALVATION

ALVATION belongeth unto the Lord; thy bleffing is upon thy People.-Thou art my hiding place; thou fhalt preferve me from trouble: thou fhalt compafs me about with fongs of deliverance. Salvation, D. C.

Whofoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he fhall be delivered. Salvation, D. C. The Lord hath made known his falvation; his

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fighteousness hath he openly fhewed in the fight of the heathen. He hath remembred his mercy and truth towards the house of Ifrael : Alfo the ends of the earth have seen the falvation of our God. Salvation, D. C.

DIVINE BOUNTY.

An ANTHEM, from different parts of the

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Pfalms.

"HE eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord, and thou giveft them their meat in due feafon. Thou openeft thy hand and filleft all things living with plenteoufnefs. Thou vifiteft the earth: Thou fendeft rain: The vallies abound with corn; the paftures with flocks; and the hills rejoice on every fide. Let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

ASSEMBLING to WORSHIP. An ANTHEM, from the 84th and 55th Pfalms.

Hooftst my foul doth long to enter

OW lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord

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thy courts; and bleffed are they who dwell in thy house, for they fhall always praise thee.Now we will call on the name of the Lord, and

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he will fave us. In the evening, in the morning, and at noon, we will pray, and he will

hear us.

On great Jehovah we will caft our care;
He will fuftain us, and our burden bear.

The CHURCH.

An ANTHEM, from different Pfalms.

W mall appear in his glory.-0 pray

HEN the Lord fhall build up Sion, he

for the peace of Jerufalem; they fhall profper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces!—Let God arife, and let his enemies be scattered.

Let them for ever quell'd, confounded, lie;
Let them, fuppreffed with fhame and horror die:
That Man may know Jehovah is thy name,
The sole supreme that rules this earthly frame."

WISDOM.

An ANTHEM, from Pf. 25th and Prov. 3d.

SHEW

HEW me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths: Lead nie in thy truth, for thou art the God of my falvation.-Happy is the man who findeth wifdom, whofe ways are ways of pleafantnefs, and all her paths of peace.

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PRAISE.

PRAISE.

An ANTHEM, from different Scriptures.

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unto the Lord with thanksgiving; fing praises upon the harp unto our God.Thou haft done great things, O God who is like unto thee?-Thou, O God, art Lord alone: Thou haft made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hofts, the earth and all things that are therein, the feas and all that is therein; and thou preferveft them all, and the host of heaven doth worship thee.

CHRIST's BIRTH.

An ANTHEM, from different Scriptures.

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ET the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad before the Lord; for he cometh. To-day he will appear, and he will redeem Ifrael from all his iniquity. Let the heavens, &c. D. C.

In his days fhall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace fo long as the moon endureth. He fhall have dominion alfo from fea to fea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. All kings fhall fall down before him.. Hofannah to the son of David! bleffed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hofanna in the highest ! PENI

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