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2 Breathe thy fpirit, fo fhall fall
Unction fweet upon us all ;
"Till, by odours fcatter'd round,
Chrift himself be trac'd and found;
Then shall ev'ry raptur'd heart,
Rich in peace and joy depart :
Source of light and pow'r divine,
Deign upon thy truth to fhine.

HYMN XX. A Morning Hymn.

1 CHRIST whofe glory fills the skies,
Chrift the true, the only light,
Son of righteousness arife,

Triumph o'er the fhades of night;
Day fpring from on high be near,
Day ftar in my heart appear.

2 Dark and chearlefs is the morn, Unaccompanied by thee; Joylefs is the day's return,

Till thy mercy's beams I fee: Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes and warm my heart.

3 Vifit then this foul of mine,

Pierce the gloom of fin and grief, Fill me, radiancy divine;

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

HYMN XXI. A Chamber Hymn.

I WHAT tho' my frail eye-lids refufe,
Continual watching to keep,

And punctual as midnight renews,
Demand the refreshment of fleep;

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A fov'reign protector I have,
Unfeen, yet forever at hand,
Unchangeably faithful to fave;
Almighty to rule and command.

2 From evil fecure and its dread,
I rest if my Saviour is nigh,
And fongs his kind prefence indeed
Shall in the night feafon fupply;
He fmiles and my comforts abound,
His grace as the dew shall defcend,
And walls of falvation furround,
The foul he delights to defend.
Kind author and ground of my hope,
Thee, thee, for my God 1 avow,
My glad Ebenezer fet up,

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And own thou haft help'd me till now; I mufe on the years that are paft,

Wherein my defence thou haft prov❜d,
Nor wilt thou relinquish at last
A finner fo fignally lov'd.

4 Infpirer and hearer of pray'r,
Thou feeder and guardian of thine,
My all to thy covenant care

I fleeping and waking refign,
If thou art my fhield and my fun,
The night is no darkness to me,
And faft as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to thee.

5 Thy minift'ring fpirits defcend,

To watch while thy faints are afleep,
By day and by night they attend,
The heirs of falvation to keep;

Bright feraphs, difpatch'd from the throne,
Repair to the ftations affign'd,
And angels elect are fent down,
To guard the elect of mankind.

6 Thy worship no interval knows,
Their fervour is ftill on the wing;
And while they protect my repofe,
They chaunt to the praife of my king.
1 too, at the feafon ordain'd,

Their chorus for ever fhall join;
And love and adore, without end,
Their faithful Creator, and mine.

HYMN XXII. A Prayer, living and dying:

1 ROCK of ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy riven fide which flow'd,
Be of fin the double cure,

Cleanfe me from its guilt and pow'r.

2 Not the labours of my hands,
Can fulfil thy laws demands:
Could my zeal no refpite know,
Could my tears forever flow;
All for fin could not atone,
Thou must fave, and thou alone:

3 Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy crofs I cling;
Naked come to thee for drefs,
Helpless look to thee for grace:
Foul I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Saviour, or I die.

4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eye-strings break in death;
When I foar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne;
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.

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HYMN XXIII. To the Trinity.

1 ETERNAL hallelujahs,

Be to the Father giv'n,

Who lov'd his own

Ere time begun,

And mark'd them out for heav'n.

2 Anthems of equal glory,

Afcribe we to the Saviour;

Who liv'd and dy'd,

That we his bride,

Might live with him forever.

3 Hail co-eternal Spirit,

Thy Church's new Creator!
The faints he feals

Their fear difpels,

And fanctifies their nature.

4 We laud the glorious triad, The mystic one in effence; 'Till call'd to join

The hofts that shine

In his immediate presence.

5 Faithful is he that promis'd, And stands engag'd to fave us : The triune Lord

Has pafs'd his word,

That he will never leave us.

6 A kingdom he affign'd us,

Before the world's foundation:

Thou God of grace,

Be thine the praise,

And our's the confolation.

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HYMN XXIV. 2 Tim. i. 9. "Who hath faved us and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace, which was given us before the world began."

1 HOW vaft the benefits divine,
Which we in Chrift poffefs,

Sav'd from the guilt of fin we are,
And call'd to holiness.

2 But not for works which we have done,
Or fhall hereafter do;

Hath God decreed on finful worms,
Salvation to bestow.

3 The glory, Lord, from first to last,
Is due to thee alone;

Aught to ourselves, we dare not take,
Ör rob thee of thy crown.

4 Our glorious furety undertook
To fatisfy for man,

And grace was given us in him,
Before the world began.

5 This is thy will, that in thy love
We ever should abide,

And lo, we earth and hell defy,
To make thy counsel void.

6 Not one of all the chofen race,
But shall to heav'n attain;

Partake on earth the purpos'd grace,
And then with Jefus reign.

7 Of Father, Son, and Spirit, we
Extol the three-fold care,

Whofe love, whose merit, and whose pow'r,
Unite to lift us there.

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