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HYMN 37. Second Part. C.M.
Perjury. (cont.)
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Constant and just to all they speak:
For God they know can hear.
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Still with their lips their hearts agree,
Nor flatt'ring Avords devise:
They're sure the God of truth can see
Thro' ev'ry false disguise.
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Deceits they hate, they dread all lies,
Whatever forms they wear;
Preferring death to perjuries,
They dare not falsely swear.
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Lo! from above the Lord descends,
And brings the judgment down;
He bids his saints, his faithful friends,
Rise and possess their crown.
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While Satan trembles at the sight,
And devils wish to die;
Where will the faithless hypocrite
And perjur'd liar fly?
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HYMN 38. First Part. L.M.
The fourth command.
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RETURN, my soul, enjoy thy rest,
Improve the day thy God has bless'd;
Another six days' work is done,
Another sabbath is begun.
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Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns
So sweet a rest to wearied minds;
Provides a blest foretaste of heav'n.
On this day more than all the sev'n.
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O! that our thoughts and thanks may rise,
As grateful incense to the skies;
And draw from Christ that sweet repose,
Which none, but he, that feels it, knows.
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This heav'nly calm, within the breast,
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest;
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HYMN 38. First Part. L.M.
The fourth command. (cont.)
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Which for the church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.
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With joy, great God, thy works we scan,
Creation's scene, redemption's plan;
With praise, we think on mercies past,
With hope, we future pleasures taste.
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In holy duties let the day,
In holy comforts pass away;
How sweet, a sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one, that ne'er shall end!
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HYMN 38. Second Part. C.M.
The Lord's day.
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COME, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep,
On this sweet day of rest;
O! bless this flock, and make this fold
Enjoy an heav'nly rest.
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Welcome, and precious to my soul
Are these sweet days of love;
But what a sabbath shall I keep,
When I shall rest above!
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I come, I wait, I hear, I pray,
Thy footsteps, Lord, I trace;
Here, in thine own appointed way,
I wait to see thy face.
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These are the sweet and precious days
On which my Lord I've seen;
And oft, when feasting on his word,
In raptures I have been.
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O! if my soul, when death appears,
In this sweet frame be found:
I'll clasp my Saviour in mine arms,br>
And leave this earthly grounds.
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I long for that delightful hour,
When from this clay undrest,
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