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CXV. Conviction of Sin by the Law,
Rom. vii. 8, 9, 14, 24.

LORD, how fecure my Confcience was,

And felt no inward Dread!

I was alive without the Law,

And thought my Sins were dead.

2 My Hopes of Heav'n were firm and bright;
But fince the Precept came

With a convincing Pow'r and Light,
I find how vile I am.

3 [My Guilt appear'd but small before,
Till terribly I faw

How Perfect, Holy, Juft and Pure,
Was thine eternal Law.

4 Then felt my Soul the heavy Load,
My Sins reviv'd again;

I had provok'd a dreadful GOD,
And all my Hopes were flain.

5 I'm like a helpless Captive fold
Under the Pow'r of Sin;

I cannot do the Good I would,
Nor keep my Confcience clean.

6 My Gon, I cry with ev'ry Breath,
For fome kind Pow'r to fave,

To break the Yoke of Sin and Death,
And thus redeem the Slave.

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CXVI. Love to GOD and our Neighbour,
Matt. xxii. 37-40.

THUS faith the firft, the great Command, Let all thy inward Pow'rs unite

"To love thy Maker and thy GOD, "With utmost Vigour and Delight. 2 "Then fhall thy Neighbour next in Place "Share thine Affections and Esteem ; "And let thy Kindness to thyfelf "Measure and rule thy Love to him.” 3 This is the Senfe that Mofes fpoke,. This did the Prophets preach and prove; For want of this the Law is broke, And the whole Law's fulfill'd by Love. 4 But O! how base our Paffions are! How cold our Charity and Zeal! LORD, fill our Souls with heav'nly Fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy Will.

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CXVII. Election Sovereign and free,
Rom. ix. 21-24.

[BEhold the Potter and the Clay
He forms his Veffels as he pleafes
Such is our Gop, and fuch are we,
The Subjects of his high Decrees.

2 Doth not the Workman's Pow'r extend
O'er all the Mafs, which Part to choose,

And mould it for a nobler End, And which to leave for viler Ufe?] 3 May not the Sov'reign LORD on high Difpenfe his Favours as he will; Choose some to Life, while others die, And yet be juft and gracious still ?

4 [What if to make his Terror known, He lets his Patience long endure, Suff'ring vile Rebels to go on

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And feal their own Destruction fure?

What if he means to hew his Grace, And his electing Love employs,

To mark out fome of mortal. Race And form them fit for heav'nly Joys?]. 6 Shall Man reply against the LORD, And call his Maker's Ways unjust, The Thunder of whofe dreadful Word, Can crush a thoufand Worlds to Duft. 7 But, O my Soul, if Truths fo bright, Should dazzle and confound thy Sight, Yet ftill his written Will obey,

And wait the great decifive Day.

8 Then shall he make his Justice known,
And the whole World before his Throne,
With Joy or Terror fhall confefs,
The Glory of his Righteoufnefs.

CXVIII. Mofes and CHRIST; or, Sins against the Law and Gofpel. John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3, 5, 6. and x. 28, 29.

1 THE Law by Mofes came,

But Peace and Truth and Love,

Were brought by CHRIST (a nobler Name)
Defcending from above.

2 Amidst the Houfe of GOD
Their diff'rent Works were done;

Mofes a faithful Servant ftood,

But CHRIST a faithful Son.

3 Then to his new Commands
Be ftrict Obedience paid;
O'er all his Father's House he ftands
The Sev'reign and the Head.

4 The Man that durft defpife
The Law that Mofes brought,
Behold! how terribly he dies
For his prefumptuous Fault.

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But forer Vengeance falls
On that rebellious Race,

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,

And dare refift his Grace.

CXIX. The different Success of the Gospel,
I Cor. i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16.
1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

CHRIST and his Cross is all our Theme:

'The Myft'ries that we speak

Are Scandal in the Jews Efteem,
And Folly to the Greek.

2 But Souls enlighten'd from above.
With Joy receive the Word;

They fee what Wisdom, Pow'r and Love,
Shines in their dying LORD.
3 The vital Savour of his Name
Reftores their fainting Breath;
But Unbelief perverts the fame
To Guilt, Defpair and Death.
4 Till God diffuse his Graces down,
Like Show'rs of heav'nly Rain,
In vain Apollos fows the Ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

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CXX. Faith of Things unfeen,
Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10.

AITH is the brighteft Evidence

Of Things beyond our Sight,

Breaks thro' the Clouds of Flesh and Senfe,

And dwells in heav'nly Light,

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