Hymns in commemoration of the sufferings of Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ compos'd for the celebration of His Holy Supper / by Joseph Stennett.

Hymns in commemoration of the sufferings of Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ compos'd for the celebration of His Holy Supper / by Joseph Stennett.

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A TABLE To find any HYMN, Knowing its Beginning.

HYMN I.

HYMN II.

HYMN III. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN IV.

HYMN V.

HYMN VI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN VII.

HYMN VIII.

HYMN IX.

HYMN X. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XI. [As the 25 Psalm.]

HYMN XII.

HYMN XIII.

HYMN XIV. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XV.

HYMN XVI.

HYMN XVII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XVIII.

HYMN XIX.

HYMN XX. [As the 25 Psalm.]

HYMN XXI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXII.

HYMN XXIII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXIV.

HYMN XXV.

HYMN XXVI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXVII. [As the 25 Psalm.]

HYMN XXVIII.

HYMN XXIX. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXX.

HYMN XXXI. [As the 25 Psalm.]

HYMN XXXII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXXIII.

HYMN XXXIV. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXXV.

HYMN XXXVI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HYMN XXXVII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

The more difficult Words explained.

ADVERTISEMENT.

[Page]HYMNS FOR THE Lord's Supper.

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HYMNS In Commemoration Of the SUFFERINGS OF Our Blessed Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Compos'd For the CELEBRATION of his Holy Supper. By JOSEPH STENNETT.

Mat. 26.30.

And when they had sung an Hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

London, Printed by▪ I. Darby, for Andr. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhil, near Stocks-market, 1697.

A TABLE To find any HYMN, Knowing its Beginning.

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ALL thy Created Works, O Lord,—

Hymn 25

Behold the King of Glory sits —

4

Come let us all, who here have seen —

34

Descend, O King of Saints, descend;—

6

Eternal Father, how Divine,—

29

From Supper to Gethsemane—

21

Glory to God on high,—

20

Gracious Redeemer, how Divine, —

12

Happy are they our Lord has chose —

35

Hast thou, my Soul, thy Saviour view'd—

26

How many Miracles of Love —

15

How sweet, how beauteous is the Place —

16

Jehovah, we in Hymns of Praise —

1

Immortal Praise be given,—

11

In grateful Hymns, ye Saints, display —

10

Let all who love our Saviour's Name,—

32

Lord, how Divine's this Gift of thine,—

13

[Page]Lord, Thou hast giv'n to us —

31

Lord, we approach thy Throne —

27

My Blessed Saviour, is thy Love—

22

My Soul, let all thy noblest Powers —

8

O Lord, how shall we frame a Song —

18

O Lord, thou dost a broken Heart —

28

Others may tell of famous things —

37

Our Lord a Banquet has prepar'd, —

23

Sing Hallelujah to our Lord,—

19

Sing to Jehovah a new Song,—

24

That doleful Night when our dear Lord —

3

Thou art All Love, my dearest Lord,—

2

To us our God commends his Love —

5

What mighty Conqueror do we see, —

36

What wondrous things do we behold—

33

When Sin had brought Death, with a Train

14

Wherewith shall I a sinful Worm —

17

With humble Boldness, trembling Ioy,—

9

You that the Holy Iesus love,—

30

You who our Lord's great Banquet share,—

7

HYMN I.

JEHOVAH, we in Hymns of Praise

Thy matchless Grace adore,

For the great Gift of thy dear Son;

Rom. 8.32.

What couldst thou give us more!

He's All in All, for we in him

Col. 3.11.

Every Perfection find;

Eph. 1.23.

Both Grace and Glory from him flow,

Ps▪ 84.11.

So good is he and kind.

He freely gave his Blood, the Price

1 Pet. 1.18, 19.

Of our Eternal Bliss;

Since no less could atone for Sin,

Heb. 9.22, 23.

His Love would give no less.

I' th' Wine-Press of the Wrath Divine

Lam. [...].15.

He was severely crusht;

Humbled himself to die, and laid

Phil. 2.8▪

His Honour in the Dust.

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That at his Table we might sit,

And be replenish'd there

1 Cor. 11.26.

With these sweet Pledges of his Love,

Till we in Glory share.

HYMN II.

1 Iohn 4.8, 16.

THOU art All Love, my dearest LORD,

Cant. 5.16.

Thou art All Lovely too:

Thy Love I at thy Table taste,

Psal. 27.4.

Thy Loveliness I view.

Isa. 53.2, 3.

Thy Divine Beauty, vail'd with Flesh,

Thy Enemies despise;

Thy mangled Body they disdain,

And from Thee hide their Eyes.

Cant. 5.9, &c.

But Thou more Lovely art to me

For all that Thou hast born:

Iohn 13.31, 32.

Each Cloud sets off thy Lustre more,

Thee all thy Scars adorn.

Isa. 63.1, 2

Thy Garments tinctur'd with thy Gore,

The best and noblest Dye,

Psal. 45.2.

Out-shine the Robes that Princes wear,

Thy Thorns their Gems out-vie.

Ps. 73.25.

That I may be all Love to Thee,

Cant. 1.15, 16.

And Lovely like thee too,

O cleanse me with thy precious Blood,

Zech. 13.1 2 Cor. 3.18

And me thy Beauty shew.

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My former Vows I now renew:

Psal. 119.106.

O LORD, as Thou art Mine;

Behold I give my Heart To Thee,

Cant. 2.16

For ever I'll be Thine.

HYMN III. [As the 100 Psalm.]

THat doleful Night, when our dear LORD

Iohn 18.1.

Into the Garden did retreat,

To vent his Grief in Groans, and Cries,

Luk. 22.44

In Tears, and in a bloody Sweat;

That ne're to be forgotten Night,

1 Cor. 11.23, 24, 25.

When our Redeemer was betray'd;

Before his Sufferings he took Bread,

Gave Thanks, then brake't, and thus he said,

Take, eat, this is my Body broke

Mat. 26.26, 27, 28.

For you upon the Cursed Tree:

Perform this Ord'nance as I do,

And when you do't, remember Me.

He took the Cup too, crown'd with Wine,

Bless'd it, and to's Disciples said,

'Tis the New Test'ment in my Blood,

For you, and many others shed.

All you, my Friends, must drink of this,

Your Sins Remission here you see:

Perform this Ord'nance as I do,

And when you do't, remember Me.

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Cant. 1.4.

Yes, LORD, we will remember Thee,

And thy Love more than fragrant Wine:

Rev. 5.9, 10.

We'll call to mind thy Death, whereby

Thou art made ours, and we made Thine.

Psal. 137.5, 6.

Our right Hands first shall lose their Art,

Our Tongues forget to speak or move,

Before we will forget thy Wounds,

Those Everlasting Marks of Love.

1 Cor. 11.26.

We'll thus commemorate thy Cross,

Until thou com'st on Earth again:

And, LORD, do thou remember us,

Rev. 11.17.

And haste to take thy Power, and reign.

HYMN IV.

Psal. 24.7.

BEhold the King of Glory sits

Cant. 1.12.

At Table with his Guests:

Welcomes them all with gracious Smiles,

Them all with Dainties feasts.

No common Food he here presents,

Iohn 6.50—58.

No common Drink provides:

For Meat he gives his Flesh; for Wine

Ioh. 19.34

The Spear his Heart divides.

LORD, give us Faith; let not our Thoughts

1 Cor. 11.28, 29.

Be limited by Sense:

Thee in thy Myst'ries let's discern,

And draw new Joys from thence.

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Let's know thy broken Body was

Isa. 53.5, 6

An Offering for our Guilt;

Let's know, to wash us from our Sins

Thy Heart's pure Blood was spilt.

So shall our Minds and Voices join

1 Cor. 14.15.

In Sacred Harmony,

To celebrate thy Praise, and sing

Hallelujah to Thee.

HYMN V.

TO us our God commends his Love,

Rom. 5.8.

When guilty and undone;

In that, to save us from our Sins,

He did not spare his Son,

Rom. 8.32.

His Only Son,

Prov. 8.22—30.

on whom he plac'd

All his Delight and Love,

Before he form'd the Earth below,

Or spread the Heavens above;

Th' Eternal Darling of his Soul,

Iohn 3.16, 17.

Him he sent from on high

To clothe himself with mortal Rags,

And lay his Glory by;

To bear the Curses we deserv'd,

Gal. 3.13, 14.

Our heavy Cross sustain;

To bleed and die upon it too,

That we might Life obtain:

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Col. 3.3, 4.

This Life is hid in God with Christ,

Who fell a Sacrifice,

Heb. 2.14.

By Death to conquer Death for us,

Phil. 3.21.

That we like him might rise:

Acts 2.24.

For he soon triumph'd o're the Grave,

Acts 1.9. ver. 11.

And went to Heaven again;

There intercedes, and thence will come

Rev. 20.4.

Among his Saints to reign.

Heb. 10.37

His Word says he will surely come,

Rom. 8.19—22

Saints for his Coming pray,

The whole Creation for it groans,

Rev. 22.20.

Ev'n so, LORD, come away.

HYMN VI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

Ioh. 14.18

DEscend, O King of Saints, descend;

Ps. 51.12.

By thy good Spirit's vital Heat

Fresh Joys to every Soul extend,

That at thy Table finds a Seat.

O Prince of Peace, bless thou this Board

Mat. 18.10.

With those sweet Smiles which Angelschear;

Speak Peace unto us; tell us, LORD,

Luke 7.47, 48.

We're pardon'd, and are welcome here.

As Thou our hungry Souls hast fed,

Mat. 5.6.

Our thirsty Souls sustain'd with Wine;

Iohn 6.55, 56.

Nourish us with this heav'nly Bread,

And with this Sacred Blood of thine.

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Teach us to wash our Garments clean

Rev. 7.14.

In the pure Fountain of thy Blood;

Zech. 13.1

LORD, whiten them from every Stain

I' th' Streams of that All-cleansing Flood.

Each Sin of ours has been a Thorn,

Isa. 53.4, 5, 6.

A cruel Nail, a Whip, a Spear;

By t [...]ese thy sacred Flesh was torn,

These did thy Soul with Horror tear.

Yet every Wound of thine does yield

Luk. 10.34

A Balsam for a contrite Heart,

Which, on the painful Sore distill'd,

Heals and allays the tort'ring Smart.

Amazing Love! 'Tis Infinite!

Eph. 3.18, 19.

No Thoughts its endless Depth can sound;

Exceeding Heaven it self for Height,

Ps. 108.4.

And for Extent, the World's vast Round.

LORD, to advance thy Praises here,

Ps. 51.15.

Increase our Light, inlarge our Love;

And by thy Grace our Souls prepare

Rev. 5.9.

For better Songs and Tunes above.

HYMN VII.

YOU who our LORD's great Banquet share,

And welcome Places find

Mat. 26.30.

His Table round, his Praises sound

With well-tun'd Voice and Mind.

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Remember all his Acts of Love,

His Torments every one:

Heb. 1.6.

Whom Angels fear'd, him Mortals jeer'd,

Mat. 27.30.

Blasphem'd, and spat upon.

Ver. 29.

See 's Head all torn with Thorns, his Face

Cant. 5.10, 16.

(Divinely bright before)

Now marr'd more than the Sons of Men;

Isa. 52.14.

Reaking with Sweat and Gore.

Ps. 22.16.

See cruel Nails in 's Hands and Feet,

Piercing the tender Veins:

See how each Wound the blushing Ground

With precious Tincture stains.

Ioh. 19.34

See his pierc'd Side spouting out Blood

And Water through the Wound;

1 Ioh. 1.7.

A Stream wherein we're wash'd from Sin,

And all our Guilt is drown'd.

But, Oh! what Terrors wrack'd his Soul,

In that last Agony,

Mat. 27.46.

When (e're he dy'd) My God, he cry'd,

Why hast forsaken me!

Iohn 10.10, 11.

Thus dy'd the Blessed Son of God,

That we might ever live

1 Cor. 2.9.

There, where all Bliss our Souls can wish,

Or can contain, He'll give.

Mean while the Myst'ries of his Grace

1 Cor. 11.26

At's Table he displays;

That so great Love our Souls may move,

And Tongues to sing his Praise.

HYMN VIII.

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MY Soul, let all thy noblest Powers,

Ps. 104.1.

And Faculties combine:

Awake my Tongue; and to my Thoughts

Ps. 57.8.

Thy tuneful Numbers join.

All that's within me, bless and praise

Psal. 103.1, 2.

My Saviour and my King:

When He's the Subject of the Song,

Rev. 15.3, 4.

Who can forbear to sing?

Holy and Reverend is his Name;

Ps. 111.9.

How glorious, and how sweet!

All Greatness, and all Goodness too

I' th' Name of JESUS meet.

A Name vile Men shall one day dread,

Rev. 6.15, 16, 17.

As now the Devils fear:

Iam. 2.19.

A Name the Heavenly Hosts adore,

Mat. 8.29.

To pardon'd Sinners dear;

Rev. 5.11, 12.

Most dear to them by strongest Ties

Cant. 1.3.

Of his Redeeming Love,

Which by a thousand Torments try'd,

Did always constant prove.

Not Death with all its poison'd Darts

Could balk his Enterprize;

This spotless Lamb resolv'd to fall

Ioh. 10.11

A willing Sacrifice.

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Heb. 2.14.

So conquering Sin, and Death, and Hell,

In Glory did arise,

Acts 1.9.

And in bright Triumph did ascend

His Throne above the Skies.

Iude 14.

Thence in due time he will return,

1 Thess. 4.16, 17.

With a Celestial Train

Of Saints and Angels, and among

Those shining Legions reign.

HYMN IX.

Heb. 10.19 Psal. 2.11.

WIth humble Boldness, trembling Joy,

Heb. 12.28

And with a filial Fear,

LORD, we thy Majesty address,

Ver. 22.

And to thy Seat draw near.

Gen. 18.25

For Thou, Great Judg of all the Earth,

Heb. 4.16.

Now on a Throne of Grace,

Psal. 80.1.

Between the wondring Cherubs Wings

Reveal'st thy glorious Face.

Rom. 8.34.

Behold thy Son at thy right Hand,

Who kindly intercedes:

Heb. 12.24.

His Blood cries louder than our Sins,

And for our Pardon pleads.

Isa. 53.5.

Ah Cruel Sins, how odious now,

And how deform'd are they,

Dan. 9.26.

While in that Crimson Fountain we

Their monstrous Hew survey!

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These with black Horror fill'd his Mind,

Mat. 26.38.

Inrag'd his Wounds with Pain:

These rent his trembling Heart with Grief,

Ps. 22.14.

And all his Blood did drain.

Tho these our Crimes all testify

Ier. 14.7.

Our crying Guilt aloud;

Gen. 18.21.

LORD, do not vail thy shining Face

Lam. 3.44.

Within an angry Cloud.

Let thy Love's Rays attract from us

Luke [...].38, 47.

A Penitential Dew;

And while our Vileness we lament,

Thy pard'ning Mercy shew:

Then tho our Sins have numerous been

Ps. 40.12.

Like Sands upon the shore;

Peace like a River floats our Souls,

Isa. 48.18.

And Sins are seen no more.

HYMN X. [As the 100 Psalm.]

IN grateful Hymns, ye Saints,

Eph. 3.18, 18.

display

IEHOVAH's Grace and boundless Love;

A Love, whose Flame inspires the Songs

Rev. 5.9.

Of all the Heav'nly Host above.

Tho we on Earth can't sing like them,

Psal. 103.20, 21, 22.

Let's praise Him in a lower strain:

A fervent Mind,

1 Sam. 16.7.

that breathes his Praise

With stammering Lips, He'll not disdain.

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Eternal Father, we adore

Isa. 53.10.

Thy Love; for thou didst pleasure take

In brui [...]ng thy Beloved Son,

For guilty wretched Sinners sake.

1 Cor. 15.56.

And Thee, dear Saviour, we adore,

Who didst endure th' invenom'd Sting

Gal. 3.13.

Of Death, and every dreadful Curse

Justice provok'd by Sin could bring.

While we behold Thee on thy Cross,

In every Wound thy Love appears,

Ps. 63.3.

Dearer than Life, more strong than Death,

Cant. 8.6.

Flowing in Streams of Blood and Tears.

Zech. 13.1.

To bathe our Souls, defil'd by Sin,

LORD, we approach this Sacred Flood;

Luk. 10.34

To heal our broken Hearts we seek

The Sovereign Balsam of thy Blood.

Isa. 55.1.

This is a Living Scream, from whence

The dying Soul new Life derives;

Psal. 23.5.

This is the Sacred Oil of Joy,

Which the poor drooping Spirit revives.

Psal. 24.7.

O King of Glory, shine on us,

Who do thy Table now surround;

Isa. 59.2.

Let not our Sins Eclipse thy Face,

Iob 33.24

Since such a Ransom thou hast found.

HYMN XI. [As the 25 Psalm.]

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IMmortal Praise be given,

And Glory in the high'st,

Luke 2.14.

To th' God of Peace, who sent from Heaven

His own beloved Christ,

Psal. 2.2.

To be an Offering made

Isa. 53.10.

For fallen Adam's Sons;

On him our pressing Sins were laid,

Ver. 6.

For them his Blood atones.

Heb. 9.14.

Such Torments he endur'd

Psal. 22.1, 6, 14, 15—

As none 'ere felt before,

That Joy and Bliss might be secur'd

Isa. 53.3, 4.

To us for evermore.

Hurri'd from Bar to Bar,

Luke 23.7, 11. & 22.63, 64.

With Blows and Scoffs abus'd,

Revil'd by Herod's Men of War;

Luk. 23.1 [...]

With Pilate's Scourges bruis'd.

Mat. 27.26.

His sweet and Reverend Face

With Spittle was profan'd;

Mat. 27.29, 30.

That Visage, full of Heav'nly Grace,

With his own Blood was stain'd.

Stretch'd on the cruel Tree,

Mat. 27.46, 50.

He bled, and groan'd, and cry'd;

And in a mortal Agony

Languish'd a while, and dy'd.

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Heb. 2.14.

But dying left a Wound

Gen. 3.15.

On the Old Serpent's Head,

For which no Cure can e're be found;

Mat. 28.1, 6.

And soon rose from the Dead:

Acts. 1.9, 10.

Then did to Heav'n ascend,

That we might thither go,

Ioh. 14.2.

Where Love and Praises have no end,

1 Cor. 13.8 Rev. 21.4.

Where Joys no Changes know.

HYMN XII.

GRacious Redeemer, how Divine,

How wondrous is thy Love!

Rev. 5.9—14.

The Subject of th' Eternal Songs

Of Blessed Spirits Above.

Join in the sacred Harmony,

Isa. 7.14.

Saints here on Earth below,

Mat. 1.23

To praise Immanuel, from whose Name

Cant. 1.3.

All fragrant Odors flow.

Phil. 2.6, 7.

He left his Crown, he left his Throne

By his Great Father's side;

Wore Thorns, sustain'd a heavy Cross,

And on't was crucify'd.

Gal. 3.13, 14.

His was the Torment, his the Curse;

Tho all the Guilt was ours:

Lev. 14.

To cleanse us, on our Leprous Souls

His Vital Blood he pours.

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Behold how every Wound of his

A precious Balm distils,

Luke 10.34.

Which heals the Scars that Sin had made,

With Joy the Sinner fills.

Those Wounds are Mouths that preach his Grace;

Ioh. 12.32

The Characters of Love;

Gal. 3.1.

The Seals of our expected Bliss

Rom. 8.32.

In Paradise above.

We see thee at thy Table, LORD,

By Faith, with great Delight:

2 Cor. 5.7.

But shall have fuller Joys, when Faith

Is wholly turn'd to Sight.

HYMN XIII.

LORD, how Divine's this Gift of thine,

Rom. 5.8.

The Gospel does propose!

Thou giv'st thy Son, thy only One,

A Ransom for thy Foes.

Rom. 5.10.

And Christ we find, with ready Mind,

Iohn 10.11, 15.

Himself does freely give,

An Offering whole, Body and Soul,

1 Pet. 2.24.

To make dead Sinners live.

Isa. 53.10.

The Spirit Divine, for this Design,

Lights on him like a Dove:

Mat. 3.16.

The Sacred Three in One agree,

1 Iohn 5.7.

In this great Act of Love.

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Ps. 85.10.

Justice and Grace here both have place,

With equal Splendor shine;

No Gift could be so full, so free,

So great, and so Divine.

Blest Saviour, why should we deny

Rom. 12.1, 2.

To thee, at thy Desire,

An Offering whole, Body and Soul,

As Reason does require?

Since thou for us didst bear a Cross▪

1 Iohn 4.19.

For us upon it die;

How great should be our Love to Thee!

Rev. 5.12.

Our Praises, O how high!

HYMN XIV. [As the 100 Psalm.]

Rom. 6.23.

WHen Sin had brought Death, with a Train

Rom. 3.19.

Of Miseries on the guilty World;

And wretched Man was doom'd to be

2 Pet. 2.17

Into Eternal Darkness hurl'd,

Mar. 9.44, 46, 48.

Where the tormenting Worm, that gnaws

Th' inraged Conscience ne're expires;

Rev. 20.10, 15.

Where Tort'ring Brimstone always feeds

The ne're to be extinguish'd Fires:

Gen. 3.24.

When Justice wav'd the flaming Sword

Of Vengeance o're the Sinner's Head;

1 Tim. 2.5.

The Son of God steps in, and stays

The Mortal Stroke, and thus he said:

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Tho all the Offerings Men can bring

Psal. 40.6.

Can't for one single Crime atone;

Ver. 7.

O God, I come to do thy Will,

Heb. 10.4—10.

I'll bear their numerous Sins alone.

The humane Nature I'll assume,

Heb. 2.16.

Humane Infirmities I'll wear,

Mat. 4.2.

Hunger, and Thirst, and Weariness,

Ioh. 4.6, 7.

Sorrows, and Pains I'll freely bear.

Heb. 4.15.

Reproaches, tho they'll break my Heart,

Ps. 69.20.

I am resolv'd to undergo:

Isa. 53.10.

I'll suffer all that's on me laid

Psal. 22.12—18.

By God above, or Men below.

Tho all th' Infernal Powers conspire

Mat. 4.1.

My Great Design to overthrow;

Luk. 22.53

Through Showers of firy Darts from Hell,

Eph. 6.16.

And through Death's horrid Vale I'll go.

Psal. 23.4▪

Thus said, the Father soon reply'd,

Content: I have a Ransom found;

Iob 33.24.

Dear Son, to save the ruin'd World,

Ev'n thee I with Delight shall wound.

Isa. 53.10.

Go execute thy brave Resolves,

Thy Sufferings shall rewarded be:

Ver. 11, 12.

Many Thou shalt redeem, the rest

Shall all at last be judg'd by Thee.

Act. 17.31.

How precious are these Thoughts of thine,

Psal. 139.17, 18.

How glorious, LORD ▪ these Acts of Love!

For these we sing thy Praise below,

For these Thou'rt better prais'd above.

Rev. 5.11, 12.

HYMN XV.

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HOw many Miracles of Love,

Col. 1.26, 27.

What Mysteries of Grace

Has th' Ever-blessed Iesus shown

To Adam's sinful Race!

That he should humbly condescend

Rom. 8.3.

Our mortal Flesh to wear;

Mat. 8.17.

Our Sicknesses, and Sorrows too,

And numerous Sins to bear!

Was't not enough, thou Holy One,

To lay aside thy Crown,

Phil. 2.7.

And, in a Servant's Form, on Earth

To wander up and down?

Ioh. 11.33 & ver. 35.

Was't not enough with Sighs and Tears

Our Miseries to deplore,

Mat. 11.29, 30.

To teach us by thy blameless Life?

But wouldst Thou still do more?

Whence is this unexampled Love

To wretched Human kind?

Ezek. 16.5, 6.

What to attract thy Heart couldst Thou

In loathsom Sinners find,

Isa. 53.4, 5

That, loaded with our Sins and Pains,

Psal. 23.4.

Thou through Death's Vale wouldst go,

Ps. 16.11.

That we made Innocent and Free,

Mat. 7.14.

The way of Life might know?

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Worthy art thou, O Lamb of God,

Rev. 5.12.

Among thy Saints to reign,

Who to redeem them by thy Blood,

Wast once an Offering slain.

HYMN XVI.

HOW sweet, how beauteous is the Place,

Ps. 84.1, 2▪

Where God his Presence grants;

His pious Children sitting round

Ps. 128.3.

His Tabl' as Olive-Plants!

To them he cries, My welcome Friends,

Cant. 5.1.

Eat of this Feast of mine;

Come, my Beloved, freely drink

Prov. 9.5.

Of this my mingled Wine.

LORD, we accept thy bounteous Treat

With Wonder, Joy, and Love:

O may we in thy House have place,

Psal. 27.4.

And ne're from thence remove.

Here let our Faith still feed on Thee,

The only Food Divine;

Iohn 6.50, &c.

To Faith thy Flesh is Meat indeed,

Thy Blood the Noblest Wine:

Thy Blood, that purifying Juice,

1 Ioh. 1.7▪

To cleanse the Soul design'd;

To heal a Sinner's bleeding Heart,

Luk. 10.34.

And chear his drooping Mind.

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1 Cor. 13.12.

Here we rejoice to see thy Love

Through Figures, and in part;

But how much greater Joy wil't be

1 Ioh. 3.2.

To see thee as thou art!

HYMN XVII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

Mic. 6.6.

WHerewith shall I a sinful Worm

Iehovah's Sanctu'ry draw nigh?

With what Oblations shall I bow

Before the Throne of God most High?

Shall I Burnt-Offerings to him bring,

Ver. 7.

Calves taken from their tender Dams?

Will God be pleas'd, if I should slay

A thousand and a thousand Rams?

Shall I upon his Altar pour

Rivers of Oil ten thousand times,

Or my First-born an Offering make,

To expiate my odious Crimes?

Psal. 40.6.

No—God is so incens'd by Sin,

Ps. 51.16.

Such Offerings all would be in vain,

Too mean to save the guilty Soul,

And purge it from so foul a Stain.

With broken Heart and fervent Cries,

Heb. 6.18.

Dear JESUS, to thy Cross I fly;

Tho other Refuge fail, on Thee

Heb. 7.25.

My Soul with Safety can rely.

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The Blood that issu'd from thy Wounds,

Becomes both Oil and Wine to ours;

Luk. 10.34.

No Ease, until thy Hand this Balm

Into the wounded Conscience pours.

Iob 34.29.

As at thy Table we behold

Thy All-sufficient Sacrifice,

Let's feel the Virtue of thy Blood,

Isa. 53.5.

Which heals, and chears, and purifies.

Ioh. 6.54. 1 Ioh. 1.7.

So while our Feet stand in thy Courts,

To Thee, O God, our Life and Joy,

Psal. 43.4.

We'll bring the Sacrifice of Praise,

Ps. 116.17

In Praise our Hearts and Tongues employ.

Ps. 103.1.

HYMN XVIII.

O LORD, how shall we frame a Song

Iob 37.19, 20.

To celebrate thy Fame!

Our highest Flights are all too low

To reach thy Loftier Name.

Yet should the Objects of thy Grace

Thy Praises cease to shout,

To censure such Ingratitude,

Luk. 19.40.

The Stones would soon cry out.

What's sinful Man, that toward him

Ps. 144.3.

Thy tender Heart should move,

To draw him from the Gates of Hell

With charming Bands of Love!

Hos. 11.4.

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A Love, by many Sorrows try'd,

Cant. 8.6, 7.

And many a painful Wound,

Whose Flame could not be quench'd by Death,

Could by no Floods be drown'd;

No not by all those Streams of Blood,

Iohn 19.2.

Which on thy Cross did meet

Ver. 34.

From thy pierc'd Heart, and bleeding Head,

Ps. 22.16.

And wounded Hands and Feet.

Eph. 3.18.

A Love whose Wonders far transcend

Exod. 25.19, 20.

The reach of Humane View;

Whose Myst'ries the inquiring Crowd

Eph. 3.10. 1 Pet. 1.12.

Of Cherubs look into.

O happy Men who taste this Grace,

1 Pet. 2.3.

Which Angels so admire;

2 Cor. 4.18

And feel the Shines of that bright Face,

Which they to see desire!

But when all Mystick Truths shall be

Plac'd in a clearer Light;

[...] Cor. 13. [...]2.

What Joy! Christ Face to Face to see

With a more piercing Sight!

HYMN XIX.

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SING Hallelujah to our LORD,

Who n [...]ly entertains

Iohn 6.35.

His Friends with [...]read of Life, and Wine

ver. 50, &c.

That issu'd from his Veins.

He gave his Body to be broke,

And unto Death to bleed;

Iohn 6.53.

That we his Sacred Blood might drink,

And on his Flesh might feed.

A bitter Cup, with Terror fill'd,

Luk. 22.42

He drank off for our sake;

That we might of those heav'nly Sweets

His Table yields, partake.

As when he suffer'd, he became

Both Sacrifice and Priest:

Heb. 9.26.

So at his Supper he is both

Luke 22.19, 20.

Th' Inviter, and the Feast.

We sup with him, and on him too,

Rev. 3.20.

At's Table he presides

As Ruler of the Feast, his share

Cant. 1.12.

To every Soul divides.

While he Love's Banner here displays

Cant. 2.4.

O're our Triumphant Heads,

Sin dies, and Grace revives, and soon

Cant. 1.12.

Its precious Odor spreads.

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Nor are our Pleasures bounded here,

For he's gone to prepare

Ioh. 14.2.

Mansions, where Heavenly Manna shall

Rev. 2.17.

Be our Eternal Fare.

HYMN XX. [As the 25 Psalm.]

Luk. 2.14.

GLory to God on high,

Good Will to Men below:

If thus the Friendly Angels cry,

Mortals may well do so.

Those Spirits, free from Sin,

Heb. 9.14.

No bloody Offering need:

Ver. 22.

No, 'twas for Men, who'd guilty been,

Our Saviour came to bleed.

Luke 2.13.

Yet the kind Heav'nly Host

With shouting rend the Sky,

2 Pet. 2.4.

Glad that the Thrones, their Fellows lost,

Heb. 2.16.

Redeem'd Men shall supply.

What good, what welcome News!

Luk. 2.10.

What wondrous Love is here!

Rom. 5.8.

That God his Only Son should bruise,

Isa. 53.10.

So Lovely, and so Dear,

That poor Apostate Man

Iohn 14.2, 3.

In Heav'n might ever dwell,

Who with wild Fury headlong ran

Mat. 7.13.

The way that leads to Hell.

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Dear LORD, with what Surprize

Do we thy Sufferings trace;

Eph. 3.18, 19.

And mark thy Wounds, thy Groans, thy Cries,

Thy Sorrows, and Disgrace!

For all this hast Thou born

Isa. 53.4, 5.

To expiate our Guilt:

Thy Flesh to heal our Sores was torn,

Thy Blood to cleanse us spilt.

Thy Shame deserves Renown,

Phil. 2.8—11.

Thy Cross a Princely Throne;

Well thou becom'st a Royal Crown,

Heb. 2.9.

Who wor'st a thorny one.

Mat. 27.29.

And one day Thou our King

In Glory wilt appear,

2 Thess. 1.7.

And Troops of Saints and Angels bring,

T' attend thy Triumph here.

Iude 14.

Glory to God on High,

Luk. 2.14.

Good Will to Men below:

If thus the Friendly Angels cry,

Mortals may well do so.

HYMN XXI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

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Mat. 26.36.

FROM Supper to Gethsemane

Away our Blessed LORD did haste;

Thither let's follow Him, and see

How he begins of Death to taste.

Ps. [...]0.12.

He saw of Sins an endless Scrowl,

Isa. 1.18.

Millions of Sins of Crimson Red,

Isa. 53.6.

All meeting on his spotless Soul,

While he stood charg'd in Sinners stead.

2 Cor. 5.11.

He knew the Terrors of the LORD,

Rom. 6.23.

The Censures of his Righteous Law;

Gen. 3.24.

Naked the bright avenging Sword,

And brandish'd o're his Head he saw.

Mat. 26.38.

Horror and Anguish on him seize,

His Soul's bow'd down with mortal Fears;

Heb. 5.7.

He cries out, as his Griefs increase,

Luk. 22.44.

Sweats Drops of Blood, weeps Floods of Tears.

But who can tell how much he felt

Gal. 3.13.

On that Curs'd Tree whereon he dy'd;

Psal. 22.14, 15.

While's Heart like flowing Wax did melt,

His Strength was like a Potsherd dry'd?

There, as his panting Body hung,

Luk. 22.53.

The Powers of Darkness all combin'd,

Eph. 6.16.

Their flaming Arrows at him flung,

Heb. 2.18.

To fill with thousand Wounds his Mind.

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Men, by whose cruel Hands he bled,

Acts. 2.23▪

Ungrateful Men, for whom he dy'd,

Ver. 39▪

As void of Pity as of Dread,

Mat. 27.39—43.

Blaspheme him, and his Pains deride.

His very Friends, like timorous Sheep,

Mat. 26.31.

Are scatter'd from their Shepherd now:

His Father's Anger wounds him deep,

Ver. 56.

And down to Death all makes him bow.

Mat. 27.46.

No Pains, no Cost our God would spare,

1 Pet. 1.18

Revolted Sinners to regain;

Rev. 7.9.

That they might Robes of Glory wear,

Ver. 14.

And with him in his Kingdom reign.

Rev. 5.10.

Praise him ye Angels round his Throne,

Who us in Thought and Might excel;

Ps. 103.20.

Praise him, his Servants every one,

Who in these lower Regions dwell.

Ps. 134.1.

HYMN XXII.

MY Blessed Saviour, is thy Love

Ephes. 3.18, 19.

So great, so full, so free?

Behold I give my Love, my Heart,

Cant. 6.3.

My Life, my All, to Thee.

I love Thee for the glorious Worth

Cant. 5.9 &c.

In thy Great Self I see:

I love Thee for that shameful Cross

1 Iohn 4.19.

Thou hast endur'd for me.

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Ioh. 15.13

No Man of greater Love can boast

Than for his Friend to die;

Rom. 5.10.

But for thy Enemies thou wast slain;

What Love with thine can vie!

Phil. 2.6.

Tho in the very Form of God,

Heb. 1.3.

With brightest Glory crown'd,

Iohn 1.14.

Down thou didst stoop to take our Flesh,

Heb. 4.15.

Besieg'd with Troubles round.

Rom. 8.3.

Thou wouldst like wretched Man become

Heb. 4.15.

In every thing but Sin;

2 Pet. 1.4.

That we as like to Thee might be,

As we unlike have been.

Phil. 2.5.

Like Thee in Faith, in Meekness, Love,

2 Cor. 3.18.

In every beauteous Grace;

From Glory unto Glory chang'd,

As we behold thy Face.

Cant. 1.3, 4.

O LORD, I'll treasure in my Soul

The Mem'ry of this Love:

And thy Dear Name shall still to me

A grateful Odor prove.

Psal. 16.3.

Thy Friends, the Excellent on Earth,

Shall be my great Delight:

Psal. 1.2.

And when alone, I'll make thy Law

Ps. 119.97.

My Study Day and Night.

Psal. 84.1.

Where Thou dost pitch thy Tent, and where

Psal. 26.8.

Thy Honour designs to dwell,

Psal. 29.9.

There I'll fix mine, and there reside,

There thy Love's Wonders tell.

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There of thy Love full Draughts I'll take,

Cant. 2.5.

To chear this Heart of mine;

Cant. 1.2.

Thy Love, more fragrant and more sweet

Than Bowls of Generous Wine.

HYMN XXIII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

OUR LORD a Banquet has prepar'd,

Isa. 55.1, 2.

And to't each hungry Soul invites;

Whom He at's holy Table meets,

Cant. 1.12.

To bless with most refin'd Delights.

The Grape's pure Blood, and Flower of Wheat

Deut. 32.14.

He fitly uses to describe

The Heavenly Bread Believers eat,

Iohn 8.53—58.

The Sacred Wine which they imbibe.

Salem's Great Prince, Melchizedeck,

Priest of an Order most Divine,

Gen. 14.18.

The Conquering Patriarch met, and fed

Ps. 110.4.

His weary Troops with Bread and Wine:

After his Order Christ a Priest,

Heb. 5.10.

The other's Antitype, and Lord,

Ch. 6.20.

For Bread his broken Body gives,

And does for Wine his Blood afford.

This Blessed King of Righteousness,

Heb. 7.1, 2.

This Prince of Peace, his Saints to feed,

Victorious Saints that follow him,

Rom. 8.37.

Was willing ev'n to Death to bleed.

Iohn 6.51.

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Col. 3.4.

From Thee alone our Spiritual Life

Iohn 6.32, 33.

We did at first, O LORD, derive;

By Thee, the true and living Bread,

Gal. 2.20.

Our Souls are daily kept alive.

2 Cor. 5.15.

And to Thee we resolve to live,

Whose Grace will still our Life sustain;

1 Thess. 4.16, 17.

So we at last shall live with Thee,

With Thee Eternally shall reign.

HYMN XXIV.

Psal. 96.1.

SING to Iehovah a new Song,

Sing all with pious Mirth;

Ps. 96.11.

Rejoice and shout, ye Heavens above,

And be thou glad, O Earth.

Rom. 8.3.

The God of Grace sent down his Son

With sinful Men to dwell,

Iohn 8.34, 36.

To draw the wretched Captives back

Ev'n from the Jaws of Hell.

Heb. 9.9—12.

So hainous were our Crimes, so great

Our Guilt; that nothing less

1 Pet. 1.18, 19.

Than the Effusion of his Blood

Could purchase our Release.

Heb. 10.19. 1 Thess. 1.10.

His Blood his Father's Wrath atones,

Quenches Infernal Fire,

1 Cor. 15.55, 56, 57. Heb. 2.14.

Disarms Death of its venomous Sting,

Makes Hell's black Troops retire.

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He gain'd this Victory alone,

Isa. 63.3.

We in the Triumph share;

He wore our Thorns, that we with Him

Rev. 7.9. & 2.10.

Might Crowns of Glory wear.

Thy Love, O LORD our righteousness,

Ier. 23.6.

All Knowledg does transcend;

Eph. 2.18.

Divinely Free, and knows no Bounds;

Psal. 136.1, &c.

Constant, and knows no End.

May Peace and Joy, from this thy Grace,

Phil. 4.7.

In all our Souls abound:

So while our King at Table sits,

Cant. 1.12.

Our Tongues his Praise shall sound.

Ver. 4.

Of the blest Fruits of Paradise

Ephes. 1.13, 14.

Thou giv'st us here a taste;

But wisely for us dost reserve

The best Wine to the last.

Iohn 2.10.

To that bright endless Day, when we

Shall hidden Manna eat

Rev. 2.17.

Amidst the Heavenly Eden, where

Ver. 7.

Our Bliss shall be compleat.

HYMN XXV.

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Psal. 8.

ALL thy Created Works, O LORD,

In Earth and Heaven above;

Ps. 107.8, 15, 21, 31.

And all thy Works of Providence

Speak Thee a God of Love.

1 Iohn 4.10.

But thy surprizing Acts of Grace

To Adam's guilty Seed,

Loudly proclaim to all the World,

& 4.8, 16.

That God is Love indeed.

To Objects worthy of thy Wrath

Rom. 5.8, 10.

Thy boundless Love extends;

Thou'rt kinder to thy Enemies

Ioh. 15.13

Than Men are to their Friends.

Eph. 1.4, 5, 6, 7.

Love drew the Model of our Bliss

In the Decrees Divine,

Conducts the Work, and will at length

Iohn 13.1.

Compleat the Vast Design.

Love brought Heav'n's Heir down from his Throne

Mat. 1.23.

Into a Virgin's Womb;

Fasten'd him to a Cursed Tree,

Ioh. 15.13

And laid him in a Tomb.

In's Words, his Deeds, his Sufferings too,

Prov. 31.26.

The Law of Kindness reign'd;

Love open'd all his ghastly Wounds,

1 Iohn 4.10.

Through which his Life was drain'd.

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His Love as freely tenders now

That meritorious Blood,

Iohn 61.51, &c.

And broken Body, to our Souls

The best and sweetest Food.

Love carry'd him up to his Throne,

Ioh. 16.17

There to prepare us room;

And Love will bring him down again

Heb. 9.28.

At last, to take us home.

1 Thess. 4.17.

HYMN XXVI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

HAst Thou, my Soul, thy Saviour view'd

Acts 5.30.

As on the Cross he hung and bled?

Hast seen his Bruises, Wounds, and Tears,

Heb. 5.7, 8.

Seen him bow down his dying Head?

Hast heard how rudely he was jeer'd

Mat. 27.39—43.

By them that made him groan and die?

Heard him amidst their cruel Scoff's,

Ev'n rend the Heavens with his Cry,

Mat. 27.46.

That doleful Cry, My God, my God,

Ver. 50.

O why hast thou me now forsook!

Hast mark'd the Anguish of His Words,

The mortal Horror of his Look?

All this is much, yet 'tis not All,

But Thou no proper Terms canst find,

Isa. 53.10.

T' express the Torments of his Soul,

The inward Bruises of his Mind.

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All this and more than thou, my Soul,

Canst tell or think, he did endure,

Isa. 53.6.

To skreen thee from his Father's Wrath,

And thy Eternal Bliss secure.

Look back once more, and view his Head,

Isa. 52.14.

His Back, his Hands, his Feet, his Side;

And tell if any Sight like this

Is found in all the World beside.

Phil. 3.8.

No, all is Dung and Dross to me

But my dear JESUS crucify'd:

Cant. 2.3.

Under the Shadow of his Cross

I'll sit me down, and there abide.

Ioh. 15.13

His Wounds, the noblest Proofs of Love,

Cant. 5.16

His Beauty too I there shall see,

Ezek. 16.14.

Darting through his reproachful Vail

Its sweet and powerful Beams on me.

HYMN XXVII. [As the 25 Psalm.]

Heb. 4.16.

LORD, we approach thy Throne,

Heb. 13.15

To thee Thank-Offerings bring;

Psal. 29.9.

For in thy Temple every one

Should of thy Glory sing.

Ps. 68.16.

There Thou art pleas'd to dwell,

Psal. 27.4.

There thy bright Presence shines;

There to thy Fav'rites Thou dost tell

Ps. 25.14.

Thy great, thy good Designs.

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Thy Table they draw near,

Cant. 5.1.

And thy kind Welcomes meet;

They find the best of Dainties there,

All full of Heav'nly Sweet.

Thy Flesh is Meat indeed,

Iohn 6.55.

Thy Blood the richest Wine;

How blest are they whom [...]hou dost seed

At this kind Feast of Thine!

While by our Sins to Thee

Mat. 26.39. & 27.34. & 26.26.

We fill'd a bitter Cup,

Thou mad'st this Noble Treat, that we

Might at thy Table sup.

May Joy, with humble Fear,

Psal. 2.11.

A true Devotion raise

In all who are assembled here,

To celebrate thy Praise.

So while thy Courts resound

Ps. 84.10.

With Songs, we shall confess

That no such Pleasure's to be found

In Tents of Wickedness.

And if such Feasts as this

Psal. 36.7, 8.

Yield so much Sweet below,

What Joys swim in those Floods of Bliss,

Ps. 16.11.

Which at thy right Hand flow?

HYMN XXVIII.

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Ps. 51.17.

O LORD, Thou dost a broken Heart

And contrite Mind approve,

And wilt the humble Penitent

Receive with Smiles of Love.

Psal. 2.11.

Teach us both o're our Sins to weep,

And in thy Grace rejoice,

Ps. 130.4.

To mix Confessions of our Guilt

With a Thanksgiving Voice.

Ioh. 16.8, 9, 10, 11.

Let thy free Spirit's Convincing Power.

Induce us to repent;

1 Ioh. 2.20.

That Holy Oil will soften Rocks,

Acts. 2.37.

Make flinty Hearts relent.

Ioh. 14.16

Let that Reviving Comforter

Eph. 1.13.

Seal to us pard'ning Grace;

Isa. 59.2.

Nor let the Sins we loath, eclipse

The Lustre of thy Face.

1 Ioh. 2.1.

Behold our Glorious Advocate

At thy right Hand inthron'd,

Heb. 9.26.

Who by the Offering of Himself

Has for them all aton'd.

He for our great and numerous Sins

Isa. 53.3, 4.

Did numerous Torments bear,

For them the Scourges, Thorns, and Nails,

His Flesh did rudely tear.

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Rivers of Blood ran from his Wounds,

Ps. 22.14.

His Eyes wept mournful Showers;

Heb. 5.7.

And all this Pain and Grief he felt

For Crimes entirely ours.

Isa. 53.5, 6.

LORD, since our Pardon cost so dear,

1 Pet. 1.18, 19.

Yet comes to us so free,

Whence is it that our narrow Souls

Shew no more Love to Thee?

May this Endearing Grace of Thine

A powerful Motive prove,

Luk. 7.47.

To make us love and serve Thee more,

Who us so much dost love.

1 Cor. 6.20

HYMN XXIX. [As the 100 Psalm.]

ETernal Father, how Divine,

How Noble is this Gift of Thine!

That Thou shouldst send thy only Son,

Rom. 8.32.

Thy well-beloved, Holy One;

Mat. 3.17▪

The worthiest Object of thy Love,

Prov. 8.31

To leave his Throne and Crown above.

Phil. 2.6, 7, 8.

To dwell with Mortals here below,

And Death for them to undergo!

And Thou, Blest Saviour, who didst come

Prov. 8.31.

So freely from thy Heav'nly home,

Psal. 40.6, 7, 8.

To make thy Self a Sacrifice

For thy unworthy Enemies▪

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How full of Wonder is thy Love!

Iohn 17.5.

That Thou shouldst kindly choose to move

From thy illustrious Palace, where

The Heav'nly Host did Thee revere!

Isa. 6. compar'd with Iohn 12.37—42.

Where Flaming Seraphs bow'd before

Thy Awful Scepter, to adore

Thy Holy Holy Holy Name,

And thy Perfections to proclaim:

That all this Glory Thou shouldst leave,

Heb. 10.20.

A Vail of humane Flesh receive,

Isa. 53.

To live in Grief and Misery,

And after all to bleed and die!

Gal. 3.13.

To die a Death the most accurst,

Phil. 2.8.

And of all Deaths the very worst;

Mat. 27.28—31.

To be with lingring Torments slain,

Abus'd with Scoffs and vile Disdain!

And all for sinful Us, that we

1 Cor. 1.30.

Holy and happy too might be;

And with Thee in thy Kingdom reign,

Rev. 20.6.

When Thou, dear LORD, shalt come again!

HYMN XXX.

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YOU that the Holy JESUS love,

Make mention of his Name;

Cant. 1.4.

The great Atchievements of his Grace

In thankful Verse proclaim.

True, they the highest Thoughts surpass,

Can't be in Words exprest;

Eph. 3.18▪ 19.

Yet something of 'em you may tell,

And wonder out the rest.

Remember all his mighty Deeds,

And all his Sufferings too,

Phil. 2.6, 7, 8.

How he abas'd his Glorious Self,

To bleed and die for you.

Remember all the Shame and Scorn,

The Vinegar and Gall,

Ps. 69.21.

The gaping Wounds thrô which he pour'd

Mat. 27.

His Blood, his Life, and All.

His Vertues, and his Miseries

Cant. 5.9, &c.

Both numberless were found;

Sorrows from Earth, from Heaven and Hell,

Isa. 53.3.

His innocent Soul surround.

Crucify'd by the worst of Men,

Acts 3.13, 14, 15.

Forsaken by the best;

With th' endless Number of our Sins,

Mat. 26.56.

Sins endless Weight oppress'd.

Ps. 40.12.

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Gal. 3.13.

He felt the Curses of the Law,

Mat. 27.46.

His Father's Wrath sustain'd,

Endur'd the cruel shock of all

Luke 22.53.

The Powers of Hell unchain'd.

Acts. 1.9, 10.

But after all victorious He

In Triumph did ascend,

2 Tim. 4.8.

And now prepares us Crowns and Thrones,

Rev. 3.21.

And Joys that ne're shall end.

HYMN XXXI. [As the 25 Psalm.]

LORD, Thou hast giv'n to us

Iohn 6.32, 33, 34.

The True and Living Bread,

Thy Body as upon the Cross,

The painful Cross, it bled.

Mat. 26.27, 28.

Thy Blood's a precious Wine,

The Heart of God it chears;

Iudg. 9.13

With Heav'nly Sweets, and Joys Divine,

Rom. 8.33, 34.

It calms our guilty Fears.

A Living Spring thy Side,

Ioh. 19.34

Thy pierc'd Side did impart,

Ps. 22.14.

Through which a vital Juice did slide

Down from thy melting Heart.

Ps. 22.16.

This Crimson Stream, with those

Thy Hands and Feet did yield,

Zech. 13.1.

A Bath for Sinners does compose,

In which they 're cleans'd and heal'd.

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Such Blessings, LORD, in Thee,

If at thy Cross we meet.

Mat. 26.29.

What Joys will in thy Kingdom be,

O how Divinely sweet▪

When Thou with Glory crown'd,

Rev. 3.21.

Thy Saints on Thrones wilt place,

And satiate all thy Guests around

With th' Vision of thy Face.

1 Ioh. 3.2.

From that blest Paradise

Rev. 22.3. & 20.10, 14.

None e're shall be exil'd;

None by a Serpent's tempting Voice,

Of Joy and Life beguil'd.

The Tree of Life shall chase

Rev. 22.2. & 22.1.

Death thence, and all its Fears.

Rivers of Pleasure there have place,

And there are none of Tears.

& 21.4.

HYMN XXXII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

LET all who love our Saviour's Name,

Cant. 1.3, 4.

That Name so full of Heav'nly Grace,

In Songs of Triumph spread his Fame

Through every Age, and every Place.

He kindly laid aside his Crown,

Phil. 2.6, 7, 8,

And Robes of awful Majesty,

And in a Servant's Form came down

To bear a Cross, and on it die.

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Heb. 5.7. Luk. 22.44

With Tears, and Sweat, and Blood besmear'd

Isa. 53.7.

This Holy Lamb was sacrific'd;

Mat. 27.40—44.

By the rude Multitude was jeer'd,

And by profaner Priests despis'd.

1 Cor. 15.54—57.

But dying thus, he pluck'd the Sting

From Death; and rising from the Grave,

Iob 18.14.

He triumph'd o're the mighty King

Heb. 2.14.

Of Terrors, as a Captive Slave.

Acts 1.9, 10.

Then to his Heav'nly Throne was rais'd,

From whence he'll come again to be

Phil. 2.9, 10, 11.

Throughout the World ador'd and prais'd

By every Tongue, and every Knee.

Tho Tears, and Blood, and Spittle, here,

Clouded, profan'd, and marr'd his Face,

Rev. 1.16.

The Mid-day Sun is not so clear,

Now 'tis adorn'd with every Grace.

Rev. 5.9, &c.

The Heav'nly Hosts his Beauties praise,

While, clad in glorious Robes of Light,

Mat. 17.2.

He darts innumerable Rays

1 Tim. 6.16.

Around, for mortal Eyes too bright.

Ezek. 16.5—15.

Of this his Glory they'll partake,

Who once deform'd and odious were;

1 Ioh. 1.7.

For that pure Blood he shed, can make

A Leprous Soul all clean and fair.

2 Cor. 5.4.

Their Bodies too he will refine;

Phil. 3.21.

Vile Bodies, under which they groan,

Shall with Immortal Beauty shine,

Render'd all lovely like his Own.

HYMN XXXIII.

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WHat wondrous things do we behold

1 Tim. 3.16.

At this Mysterious Board!

What copious Matter for a Song

Gal. 3.1.

Of Praises they afford!

Mat. 26.30.

Extended on a Cross we see

The Lord whom we adore,

Both giving and receiving Wounds,

Col. 2.1 [...].

Bath'd in Triumphant Gore.

No Victor's Robe so rich a Dye

Isa. 63.1.

Before did ever stain,

No Champion such a Victory

Heb. 2.14, 15.

Before did ever gain.

Glory and Strength his Torments add

To all his mighty Deeds;

Heb. 2.10.

His Enemies fly, and fall the more,

The more he groans and bleeds.

Tho the Law's Curse lights on his Head,

Gal. 3.13.

While Satan wounds his Heel,

Gen. 3.15.

His Body's bruis'd by Men, his Heart

1 Cor. 15.56.

Death's cruel Sting doth feel;

Yet with firm Courage he o're all

Bears up his Conquering Head,

Till on their Captive Necks his Feet

Col. 2.14, 15.

In solemn Triumph tread.

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Isa. 63.3. Heb. 10.12, 13, 14.

This Shock our LORD sustain'd Alone,

But makes us share the Spoils;

Mat. 27.46.

He felt his Father's dreadful Frowns,

That we might have his Smiles.

Rom. 8.15. Isa. 1.6. & 53.5.

To cure our Wounds and putrid Sores

Was pierc'd in every Limb;

Gal. 3.13. & 4.4, 5.

His Cross, our Tree of Life, became

A Tree of Death to him.

Rev. 1.18.

But tho once Dead, He's now Alive,

And lives for ever-more;

2 Tim. 3.12.

Then let his Saints who in Him live,

His Sacred Name adore.

HYMN XXXIV. [As the 100 Psalm.]

COME let us all, who here have seen,

1 Pet. 2.3.

And tasted too our Saviour's Grace,

From his bless'd Table to his Cross,

In Thought, his weary Footsteps trace.

Luk. 23.33

Let's trace Him up to Calvary,

Not flag as once his Followers did;

Mat. 26.56.

Who when they'd at his Table supp'd,

Forsook their suffering Lord, and fled.

Iohn 18.1.

Into the Garden first he goes,

Mat. 26.38.

Where Mortal Fears beset him round;

Sins pressing Weight bows down his Soul,

Mark 14. [...]5.

And sinks his Body to the Ground.

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Here, prostrate as he lay, he groans,

And pours out Prayers with fervent Cries,

Till he sweats Drops of Blood, to mix

Luk. 22.44

With Floods that issue from his Eyes.

Heb. 5.7.

Yet are his Sorrows but begun;

Mat. 26.48.

By one Disciple he's betray'd,

Another Him with Oaths denies,

Ver. 69, &c

The rest all run, like Sheep afraid.

Ver. 31, 56

Falsly accus'd, he's doom'd to die;

Ver. 59, 60

Loaded with Blasphemy and Scorn,

Ver. 66, 67, 68.

He's rudely buffeted and bound,

His Sacred Flesh with Scourges torn.

Mat. 27.2. Ver. 26.

His Temples wear a Wreath of Thorns,

His Reverend Face is spit upon,

Ver. 29.

His weary Shoulders bear a Cross,

Iohn 19.17, 18.

And afterward he's nail'd thereon.

Between two Thieves he lingring dies,

Mat. 27.38.

While thousand Tortures on Him meet;

His Heart's dissolv'd within, his Blood

Psal. 22.14, 15, 16.

Flows out in Streams from Hands and Feet.

These Streams, join'd with that other Flood

Iohn 19.34.

That gush'd out from his wounded Side,

Do make a Sovereign Bath, wherein

Zech. 13.1.

The Leprous Soul is purify'd.

HYMN XXXV.

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Psal. 65.4.

HAppy are they our LORD has chose

In his blest Courts to dwell;

His Praises still their Thoughts employ,

Psal. 29.9.

Their Tongues his Glory tell.

Psal. 27.4.

There He his Loveliness makes known

To all who love his Name,

Isa. 28.5.

And is to them a glorious Crown,

And beauteous Diadem.

Psal. 23.5.

With a Celestial Banquet there

His Table's richly spread:

Luke 22.19, 20.

The Wine's the Tincture of his Veins,

His Body is the Bread.

Cant. 5.1.

To this blest Treat he calls his Friends,

Psal. 23.5.

And bids 'em seast thereon;

Mat. 22.11, 12.

Pours fragrant Oil upon their Heads,

Gives Robes to every one.

Isa. 57.15.

Nay, every contrite Mind to him

Ps. 51.17.

A Holy Temple proves;

For humble Souls are his Delight,

And He dwells where he loves.

He at the Door of every Heart

Rev. 3.20.

Does his kind Calls renew;

"Open to Me, and you shall sup

"With Me, and I with you.

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And will the High and Lofty One

Isa. 57.15.

Vouchsafe to dwell with Men?

Ope' then Eternal Doors, and let

Psal. 24.7, &c.

The King of Glory in.

This Entertainment, LORD, of Thine,

1 Pet. 1.18, 19.

So generous and free,

Cost many a Pang, and many a Groan,

And many a Wound to Thee.

Eternal Praise to thy Great Name,

Revel. 5.9, &c.

By all the Host of Heaven,

By every Nation, every Tongue,

And every Heart be given.

HYMN XXXVI. [As the 100 Psalm.]

WHAT mighty Conqueror do we see,

Whose Garments are besmear'd with Blood,

Isa. 63.1.

Whose rich Apparel seems to be

All tinctur'd in a Crimson Flood?

Like one who has the Winepress trod,

Ver. 2.

Whose Clothes the Grape has purpl'd o're?

Ah! 'tis the Blessed Son of God,

Isa. 53.5▪

All full of Wounds, all stain'd with Gore.

A Mighty Conqueror indeed,

Who conquers by receiving Blows;

To give Wounds, first Himself does bleed;

Heb. 2.14, 15.

And by his Death subdues his Foes.

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He treads 'em down, tho all Alone,

Isa. 63.3.

And with their Blood his Vesture's stain'd,

But first is all bath'd in his own,

His own by many a Wound is drain'd.

Col. 2.15.

His Blood Hell's subtile Powers confounds,

To them a Mortal Liquor proves,

Luke 10.34.

But is a Balm to heal our Wounds,

A Wine to chear the Souls he loves.

Ioh. 19.34 & 20.25.

The Vessels that contain'd this Juice,

A Spear and ruder Nails did broach;

And while his Flesh they wound and bruise,

Ps. 69.20.

His Heart was broken with Reproach.

Isa. 53.5.

But bruis'd, and broke, and mangled thus,

This Sacrifice our Pardon gain'd;

Mat. 26.26, 27.

And thus prepar'd, is Food to us,

By which we live, and are sustain'd.

Ps. 78.24.

Thrice happy they, whose Tents around

Ps. 116.13

Such Heavenly Blessings still are spread!

Iohn 6.31, 32, 33.

Whose Cup is with Salvation crown'd,

Their Board with True and Living Bread!

Rom. 5.20.

Praise him whose Mercies know no end,

2 Chron. 28.9.

But to a vaster Sum arise

Than Sins themselves; for these extend

Ps. 108.4.

To Heaven, but those above the Skies.

HYMN XXXVII. [As the 100 Psalm.]

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OThers may tell of famous things

Done by their Heroes and their Kings,

The LORD we serve, them all exceeds

Rom. 5.7, 8.

For mighty Sufferings, mighty Deeds.

The Torments he has undergone,

1 Pet. 1.12.

The Glorious Vict'ries he has won,

Armies of wondring Angels cause

Rev. 5.11, 12.

To fill the Heavens with loud Applause.

Deep in our Breasts let us record

1 Cor. 11.24, 25, 26.

The Story of our Dying LORD:

As we his kind Memorials view,

Mat. 26.30.

Our Wonder, and our Songs renew.

From Heav'n the Lord of Glory came,

Iam. 2.1.

On Earth to bear Reproach and Shame;

Isa. 50.6.

The Son of God his Face did cloud

Iohn 1.14.

Under a mortal Body's Shrowd.

The King of Kings a Crown adorns,

Rev. 19.16. Isa. 6.3. compared with Iohn 12.41.

Instead of Gems, all set with Thorns:

He whom the Angels prais'd and blest,

Is made the Rabble's Scorn and Jest.

The Meek, the Iust, and Holy One

Mat. 21.5.

Under the Weight of Sin did groan.

Acts 3.14, 15.

The Prince of Life would learn to die,

And be as Low as he was High.

Phil. 2.6, 7, 8.

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1 Tim. 4.8.

He that distributes Crowns and Thrones,

Rev. 3.21.

Hangs on a Tree, and bleeds, and groans:

Act. 10.39

He on a Cross resigns his Breath,

Rev. 1.18.

Who keeps the Keys of Hell and Death.

'Twas thus, because he'd have it so,

Ioh. 10.11

That we his Wondrous Love might know▪

Mat. 26.48, 49, 50.

To rescue us, he was betray'd;

To make us free, a Pris'ner made.

Ps. 22.15.

T' exalt us, in the Dust did roll;

Isa. 53.4, 5

And broken was, to make us whole:

To give us Pleasure, felt our Pain;

Rom. 6.23

And dy'd, that we might Life obtain.

1 Cor. 15.54—57.

Thus Sin, Death, and the Powers of Hell,

Conquer'd, disarm'd, and wounded fell.

Col. 2.15.

He mounted then his Throne above,

Eph. 4.8. 2 Cor. 5.20

And conquers Sinners by his Love.

LORD, since our Pardon, and our Bliss,

1 Cor. 6.20

Were bought at such a Price as this;

1 Cor. 7.22, 23.

As Thou art ours, we 're Thine alone;

Thine will we be, and not our own.

The more difficult Words explained.

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Antitype,— | that which is represented by a Type or Figure.
assume, — | receive.
attract,— | draw.
commemorate, | bring to remembrance.
deplore, — | bewail.
Effusion, — | pouring forth.
exil'd, — | banished.
expiate, — | make Satisfaction for.
extinguish, — | quench.
filial, — | Child-like.
Hero, — | a Man of a noble Spirit.
imbibe, — | drink up.
infernal, — | hellish.
mystick, — | secret, or obscure.
Odor, — | sweet Smell.
presides, — | sits as Chief.
prostrate, — | with the Face to the Ground.
revere, — | respect or reverence.
satiate, — | satisfy.
Splendor,— | Brightness.
vital, — | living.

FINIS.

ADVERTISEMENT.

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ADvice to the Young: or the Reasonableness and Advantages of an Early Conversion to God demonstrated, in three Sermons on Eccles. 12.1.

The Groans of a Saint under the Burden of a Mortal Body. A Funeral Sermon on 2 Cor. 5.4. Both by Ios. Stennett.

The Art of Memory. A Treatise useful for such as are to speak in publick. By Marius D' Assigny, B.D.

All sold by Andrew Bell.

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Hymns in commemoration of the sufferings of Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ compos'd for the celebration of His Holy Supper / by Joseph Stennett.

Stennett, Joseph, 1663-1713.

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