The blessedness of saints, and misery of sinners.

Now with our mortal eyesHave we beheld the Lord;Yet we rejoice to hear his name,And love him in his word.On earth we want the sightOf our Redeemer’s face;Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delightTo dwell upon thy grace.And when we taste thy love,Our joys divinely growUnspeakable, like those above,And heav’n begins below.

Saints chastised, and sinners destroyed; or, Instructive afflictions.O God, to whom revenge belongs,‘Proclaim thy wrath aloud;Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,Let justice smite the proud.They say, ‘The Lord nor sees nor hears:’When will the fools be wise?Can he be deaf who formed their ears?Or blind, who made their eyes?He knows their impious thoughts are vain,And…

Let Pharisees of high esteemTheir faith and zeal declare,All their religion is a dream,If love be wanting there.Love suffers long with patient eye,Nor is provoked in haste;She lets the present injury die,And long forgets the past.[Malice and rage, those fires of hell,She quenches with her tongue;Hopes and believes, and thinks no ill,Though she endure the…

Divine providence in air, earth, and sea.The God of our salvation hearsThe groans of Zion mixed with tears;Yet when he comes with kind designs,Through all the way his terror shines.On him the race of man depends,Far as the earth’s remotest ends,Where the Creator’s name is knownBy nature’s feeble light alone.Sailors, that travel o’er the flood,Address…

Deliverance from death.Unto thine hand, O God of truth,My spirit I commit;Thou hast redeemed my soul from death,And saved me from the pit.The passions of my hope and fearMaintained a doubtful strife,While sorrow, pain, and sin conspiredTo take away my life.‘My times are in thine hand,’ I cried,‘Though I draw near the dust;Thou art the…

[Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been!Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,And all our lives were sin.But, O my soul! for ever praise,For ever love his name,Who turns thy feet from dangerous waysOf folly, sin, and shame.][‘Tis not by works of righteousnessWhich our own hands have done;But we are saved…