4 Agonizing in the garden, Lo! your Maker prostrate lies; Sinner, will not this suffice? 5 Lo! th' incarnate GoD ascended, Can do helpless sinners good. 6 Saints and angels join'd in concert Sinners here may sing the same. 421. The Invitation of Wisdom or Christ. C.M. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. PROV. viii. 34, 35. ENSNAR'D too long my heart has been 2 'Tis JESUS, from the mercy-seat, He calls poor sinners to his feet, 3 Approach my soul to Wisdom's gates While it is call'd to-day; No one who watches there and waits, 4 He will not let me seek in vain ; 5 May I then break my league with death, And live to thee alone; O may thy Spirit fix my faith, 422. Sinners Invited to Zion. C.M. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.-JER. 1. 5. ZION! the city of our God, How glorious is the place; The SAVIOUR there has his abode, 2 Firm against ev'ry adverse shock, 3 There all the fruits of glory grow, And streams of grace and knowledge [flow 4 Come, set your faces Zion-ward, i Be henceforth your desire! 5 The gospel shines to give you light, The Spirit waits to guide you right, 6 O LORD, regard thy people's pray'r, And young and old by grace prepare, 423. To take the Yoke of Christ. 87-4. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.-MAT. xi. 29. COME, ye souls by sin afflicted, Bow'd with fruitless sorrow down; By the tempter's snares undone, Mercy flows through him alone. 2 Take his easy yoke and wear it; Love will make obedience sweet: CHRIST will give you strength to bear it, Where his ransom'd captives meet, 3 Sweet as home to pilgrims weary, Shall to rest immortal rise. 4 But, to sing the rest of glory, Faith believes it-Hope expects it-Love desires it But it far exceeds them all. 2P 3 424. Delight in the Lord's Day. S. M. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.EXODUS xx. 8. WELCOME, sweet day of rest! 2 The King himself comes near, 3 One day amid the place Where JESU's love we taste, 4 My willing soul would stay Waiting the still more perfect day |