Lo! th' incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of his blood : None but Jesus Sing the praises of the Lamb; Hallelujah, 11. Salvation by Grace. . NEW SABBATH. NOW to the power of God supreme, Be everlasting honours given; He saves from hell, we bless his name, He calls lost wand'ring souls to heaven. Not for our duties or deserts, But of his own abounding grace, He works salvation in our hearts, And forms a people for his praise. 'Twas his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels doom'd to die; He gave us grace in Christ bis Son, Before he spread the starry sky. He dies! and in that dreadful night 12. Encouragement for the Guilty. STEPHENS. To Christ, and heal your wounds; Wherein free grace abounds. To drink the cup of wrath; That come to him by faith. 13. Invitation. MISSIONARY. GRACE, how exceeding sweet to those Who feel they sinners are ! Their heaven is only there. Rich grace, free grace, most sweetly calls, Directly come who will, Poor helpless sinners still. Grace keeps us inly poor, May rule for evermore! 14. Comfort for the Aflicted. STEPHENS. CHRIST's own soft hand shall wipe the tear And death itself, shall die. Shall this bright hour delay? And bring the welcome day. 15. Seeking after God. PORTUGAL. MY God, permit me not to bę, A stranger to myself and thee; Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love. Why should my passions mix with earth, Be earth with all its scenes withdrawn, In secret silence of the mind My God, and there my heaven I find. 16. Behold I am vile. Ps. 51. OLD HUNDREDTH. LORD, we are vile, conceiv'd in sin, Soon as we draw our infant breath, Great God, create our hearts anew, C Behold! we fall before thy face, 17. Invitation to Christ. JUDE's. COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell, By faith and love in ev'ry breast; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel, The joys that cannot be exprest. Come, fill our hearts with inward strength, Make our enlarged souls possess The height, and depth, and breadth, and length, Of thine unmeasurable grace. . Now to the God, whose power can do, More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honours done, By all the Church, through Christ his Son, |