IV.

He mindful of his grace and truth
to Ifra'ls houfe hath been,

And the falvation of our God
all ends of th' earth have seen.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM XCVIII.

I.

LET all the earth unto the Lord
fend forth a joyful noise:
up your voice aloud to him
fing praifes and rejoice.

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II.

Yea, let the fea with all therein for joy both roar and fwell, The earth likewife let it begin with all that therein dwell.

And let the running ftreams rejoice and clap their hands apace,

Yea, let the mountains and the hills triumph before his face.

IV.

For he shall come at the last day,
to judge the earth he'll come,
He'll judge the world in uprightness
and take his people home.

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The third Sunday in Advent.

PSALM LXXII.

This is a delightful hymn in praise of the kingdom of the Lord Chrift. It begins with a prayer in the first verfe, and then urges the requeft by feveral arguments, concluding with an affectionate thanksgiving to God for his promises to hear and to answer the requeft. Many paffages in this pfalm could never relate to any other perfon, but to the Lord Jefus Christ, for inftance, He was to be feared fo long, as the fun and moon endure, throughout all generationshe was to be the Saviour of the foul-the redeemer of the foul-prayer was to be made unto him continually-daily is he to be praised-men fhall reckon themselves bleffed in him-all nations fhall call him bleffed, yea for ever.-When these things come to pass then the prayers of David the fon of Jeffe fhall be (not ended, as we render it, but) completed. The prayer has been heard. The Son has been incarnate. And the Father has committed all judgment to the Son-he is the king of righteoufnefs and the king of peace, the very Melchifedek-who is almighty to fave. His reign of grace is all meekness and gentleness. He is a lamb upon the throne. So he is defcribed in the first part of the pfalm, and in the laft his happy fubjects thank him for their experience of his loving-kindness. May we fing the former with faith, and the latter with affection. Every word in the pfalm mixed with faith should be. a fpur to gratitude. May every heart make melody, and bless the Lord for the wonders of his love. Bleffed be his holy name for ever. Amen, and Amen.

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I.

LORD thy judgments give the king his fon thy righteousness:

With right he fhall thy people judge thy poor with uprightness.

II.

The lofty mountains fhall bring forth
unto the people peace;
Likewife the little hills the fame
fhall do by righteousness.

III.

He fhall judge the poor and fhall fave
the weak, and make them ftrong,
And fhall deftroy for evermore
all thofe that do them wrong.

IV.

And then from age to age fhall they
regard and fear thy might,
So long as fun doth shine by day,
or else the moon by night.

V.

The just shall flourish in his days and profper in his reign,

He fhall while doth the moon endure abundant peace maintain.

VI.

His large and great dominion fhall from fea to fea extend,

It from the river fhall reach forth.

to the earth's utmost end,

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PSALM LXXII.

I.

ALL kings fhall feek with one accord in his good grace to stand,

And all the people of the world obey at his command.

II.

For he the needy fort fhall fave
who unto him do call,
Alfo the humble folk who have
no other help at all.

III.

He taketh pity on the poor
who are with need oppreft,
He doth preferve them evermore,
and bring their fouls to reft.

IV.

He fhall redeem their lives from fraud
from violence and might,
Alfo their blood that shall be shed
is precious in his fight.

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AFTERNOON.

PSALM LXXII.

I.

FOR ever they fhall praise his name
while that the fun is light,
And think them bleffed thro' the fame,
all folk fhall blefs his might.

11.

Praise ye the Lord of hofts and fing to Ifra'ls God each one:

For he doth ev'ry wondrous thing, yea he himself alone.

III.

And bleffed be his glorious name
to all eternity,

The whole earth let his glory fill
Amen, Amen, fay I.

IV.

To Father, Son, and holy Ghoft,

the God whom we adore, Be glory as it was, is now,

and fhall be evermore.

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