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IV.

Yet doth the ftrength of fuch old men
but grief and labor prove,
For it is foon cut off, and we
fly hence, and foon remove.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM XC.

I.

LORD, teach us then to number well our few days which remain,

That fo we may our hearts apply true wisdom to attain.

II.

O with thy tender mercies, Lord, us early fatisfy;

So we shall all our days rejoice and still be glad in thee.

III.

According as the days have been
wherein we grief have had,
And years wherein we ill have feen,
fo do thou make us glad.'

The

The third Sunday after Trinity.

PSALM XCI.

St. Auguftine fays this pfalm relates to the temptations of Chrift, with promifes of perfect deliverance from them all. In him it has received its accomplishment. He was protected and kept through life, and though he was tempted in every way, by which Satan had prevailed, yet he overcame in every affault, and was more than conqueror. He triumphed over death, and over the great dragon, as ver. 13. he is afcended and fet up on high on the throne of glory, where he fhall fee his feed, he fhall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord fhall profper in his hands, as in the laft words of the pfalm. To them who believe this pfalm is precious, exceeding precious: For it is made up of rich free promifes, already fulfilled. in Christ, and he is engaged to fee them fulfilled to all his people. O that we may put honor to day upon his word and arm, and then we fhall fhare with him in the bleffings here mentioned. He will keep us fafe from evil, and from the evil one, yea from the fear of evil, and he will give us grace and glory. God help us fo to believe, that we may exalt him to day with as high a note of praife, as ever he had from this earth. May the holy Ghost now glorify him in our hearts, that all within us may bless the name of our God.

I.

HE that within the fecret place

of God moft high doth dwell, Under the shadow of his grace th' almighty keeps him well.

II. Thou

II.

Thou art my hope, and my ftrong hold

I to the Lord will fay,

My God he is, in him will I

my whole affiance stay.

III.

Affuredly he shall thee fave and give deliverance

From cunning tempters fnare, and from the noifom peftilence.

IV.

His feathers fhall thee hide, thy truft
under his wings fhall be;
His faithfulness fhall be a fhield
and buckler unto thee.

THE

PSALM XCI.

I.

HOU fhalt not need to be afraid
for terrors of the night,

Nor for the arrow that doth fly

by day, while it is light:

II..

Nor for the peftilence which walks

in darkness fecretly,

Nor for deftruction that doth wait

at noon day openly.

II. Tho

III.

Tho' at thy fide as thou doft stand,
a thousand dead fhould be,
Ten thousand more at thy right hand,
yet ftill fhalt thou be free.

IV.

No evil fhalt thou need to fear, with thee it fhall go well,

No plague shall ever once come near the house where thou dost dwell.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM XCL

I.

BECAUSE he fet his love on me
I'll fave him by my might,

I'll him advance, because that he
hath known my name aright.

II.

When he for help to me doth call an answer I will give,

And from his grief I will him take in glory for to live.

III.

With length of endless days I will
him fully fatisfy,
And my falvation I will fhew

to him affuredly.

GLORIA PATRI.

The

The fourth Sunday after Trinity.

PSALM XCII.

This pfalm was compofed, as the title fhews, for the use of the church in praifing God every fabbath, and the the Rabbi's fay, it was commonly fung on that day. in the fanctuary. It defcribes the employment of this holy feafon, which is to admire and adore the Lord for his works, to praise him for them with finging pfalms morning and evening, particularly for the great work of redemption. This is the bufinefs of the Lord's day. By believing we enter into reft, and keep the chriftian fabbath: For we enjoy the works of Jefus, and ceafing from our own works we glory in his. May the holy Spirit anoint us to day with fresh oil in every ordinance, that we may be growing and flourishing chriftians, like the palm tree in ftrength, and fhooting up like the cedar. May we improve in faith and love, and fing with lively hope of the perfect fulfilling of this hymn in that fabbath, which remaineth for the people of God.

IT

I.

T is a thing both good and meet to give thanks to the Lord,

And to thy name, O thou most high, to fing with one accord:

II.

Thy loving kindness to shew forth when shines the morning light, And to declare thy faithfulness with pleasure ev'ry night.

III. For

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