The Seventh Sunday after Trinity.

PSALM CIV..

See the fubject of this Pfalm on Trinity Sunday.

I.

MY foul praise the Lord,

fpeak good of his name,

O Lord, our great God, how dost thou appear

So paffing in glory

that great is thy fame,

Honour and majesty

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in thee shine most clear.

II.

With light as a robe thou hast thyself clad, Whereby all the earth thy greatness may fee, The heav'ns in fuch fort thou also hast spread, That they to a curtain compared may be.

III.

How fundry, O Lord,
are all thy works found,
With wisdom moft great
they are indeed wrought,
So that the whole world
of thy praise doth found,
And as for thy riches
they pass all mens thought.

IV.

By angels in heav'n
of every degree,
And faints upon earth
all praise be addreft;
To God in three perfons
one God ever bleft,
As it has been, now is,
and always fhall be.

PSALM CV.

This pfalm contains the praises of God for his difpenfations of grace to his people-in choofing them for his own peculiar-in distinguishing them by covenant mercies-revealed to their fathers before they were in bondage in Egypt-in redeeming them from the houfe of bondage-in working miracles before their eyes for forty years in the wilderness-and then in fettling them in the promised land. He conferred all thefe favors upon them for this end, that they might cleave to him in love as their God, that they might keep his ftatutes and observe his laws, When believers of old fang the praises of God for thofe mercies, they confidered them as we do. They knew they had fouls, and that thefe outward bleffings were figns and earnefts of spiritual-a fpiritual covenant

fpiritual bondage-a fpiritual deliverance from ita fpiritual fupport to enable them, being delivered, to reach the promised land. May we be as thankful for those mercies, as the prophet here calls upon us to be. O pray for a due fenfe of God's goodness to your fouls, who have your fhare in covenant graces and gifts. May you enter into the fpirit of this hymn and glory in the Lord your God. Your hearts will be in tune to fing it aright, if you can truly fay-" Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy great $6 name, be all the praife."

I. GIVE

I.

GIVE thanks to God, call on his name,

to men his deeds make known:

Sing ye to him, fing pfalms: proclaim his wondrous works each one.

II.

See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord:

And let the heart of ev'ry one rejoice that feeks the Lord.

III.

The Lord Almighty, and his ftrength,
with ftedfast hearts feek ye,
The light of his most loving face
feek yé continually.

IV.

The wondrous works which he hath done.

remember in your heart,

Let not the judgments of his mouth out of your mind depart.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM CVI.

This is a pfalm of praife, like the laft, defcribing God's dealings with his people in the wilderness, and in the land of Canaan. Many times they rebelled against him, and he magnifyed his mercy in forgiving them. The prophet in this view compares their rebellions with the mercy of God, that their finfulness might appear exceeding finful, and thereby his mercy exceeding

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exceeding great. Such are his dealings ftill. Free grace and mercy run through them all. They who know this beft, and know most of themselves, will be beft fingers to day. The pooreft in spirit will fing the higheft ftrain of praife. O for more humility, that God may be more exalted both in our lips and lives.

I.

PRAISE ye the Lord, and give him thanks; for very good is he,

His tender mercy doth endure unto eternity.

II.

God's mighty works who can exprefs or fhew forth all his praife?

Bleffed are they, who judgment keep, and justly do always.

III.

Remember me, Lord, with that love,
which thou to thine doft bear,
With thy falvation, O my God,
to vifit me draw near.

IV.

That I thy chofen's good may see, and in their joy rejoice,

And may with thine inheritance triumph with chearful voice.

SAVE

Eighth Sunday after Trinity.

PSALM CVI.

I.

AVE us, O Lord, who art our God,
we do thee humbly pray,

And from among the heathen folk,

Lord, gather us away;

II.

That we may triumph and rejoice in thy most holy name,

That we may glory in thy praise and founding of thy fame.

III.

Bleft be Jehovah, Ifra'l's God to all eternity,

Let all the people fay, Amen, praise to the Lord give ye.

PSALM CVII.

St. Auguftine thinks this pfalm was written for the ufe of the church in all ages. The fubject is praise. The occafion is the mercy of God fhewn to finners, confidered as, having loft their way, as being cap tives, in fickness, and toft with a tempeft. The Lord puts a cry into their hearts for deliverance, he hears and answers them, and then expects they should praise him for his goodness. His redeemed do praise him, and wish to do it better. May we do it with more

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humble