THE

I.

HE firm foundation of the earth
of old time thou haft laid,

The heav'ns alfo are the great work,
which thine own hands have made.
II.

They all fhall perish and decay, but thou remainest still,

And they shall all in time wax old, ev'n as a garment will.

III.

Thou as a vesture fhalt them change,
and changed fhall they be,
But thou doft ftill abide the fame,
thy years do never flee.

IV.

The children of thy fervants fhall

continually endure,

And in thy fight their happy feed for ever fhall stand fure.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM C.

The whole church is here called upon to praise our God for his greatness, and goodness, and truth, and to praise him with joy, efpecially in the great congregation. Confidering his relation to us, our fhepherd, and our relation to him-his people; we ought to rejoice in him in every ordinance. Singing of pfalms is appointed for the outward expreffion of our joy.

He

He requires it. He accepts it. May we perform it to day in a manner well pleafing to him, and may we fing to our mutual edification.

1.

ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with chearful voice,
Him ferve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.

II.

The Lord ye know is God indeed,
Without our aid he did us make,
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his fheep he doth us take.

III.

O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto,
Praife, thank, and bless his name always;
For it is feemly so to do.

IV.

Because the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever fure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And fhall from age to age eadure.

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The fixth Sunday after Trinity.

PSALM CIII.

This is a choice pfalm of praife. The prophet begins and ends with ftirring up himself to blefs God for his benefits. He mentions feveral of them, which are common to all the redeemed, and which ought to affect our hearts with as much gratitude, as they did his. May a due confideration of them difpofe us to afcribe all the glory to our good God: And then we shall make the pfalm our own, finging it as our own thanksgiving. May the Lord enable us to mix faith with every word, that he may be greatly exalted in our fong of praise this day.

O

I.

THOU my foul, Jehovah bless;
and all that in me is

Be firred up, his holy name

to magnify and blefs.

II.

My foul, Jehovah blefs who hath
to thee been very kind,
And fuffer not his benefits
to flip out of thy mind.

III.

All thine iniquities, who doth moft graciously forgive, Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal, and thee relieve:

IV. Who

IV.

Who doth redeem thy life, that thou
to death may'st not go down,
Who thee with loving kindness doth
and tender mercies crown.

PSALM CIII.

I.

THE Lord is full of tender love, and he is gracious,

Long fuffering and flow to wrath, in mercy plenteous :

II.

He will not chide continually
nor keep his anger still :
With us he dealt not as we finn'd
nor did requite us ill.

III.

For as the heaven in its height

the earth furmounteth far; So great to those who do him fear his tender mercies are.

IV.

As far as Eaft is diftant from the Weft, fo far hath he

From us removed in his love, all our iniquity.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM CIII.

I.

SUCH pity as a father hath
unto his children dear,
Like pity fhews the Lord to fuch
as worship him in fear:

II.

For he remembers we are duft,

and he our frame well knows: Frail man his days are like the grafs as flow'r in field he grows.

III.

But unto them who do him fear
God's mercy never ends,
And to their childrens children ftill
his righteousness extends,

IV.

To fuch as keep his covenant,

and mindful are alway

Of all things he has giv'n in charge

that they might them obey,

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