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458. Before Sermon. 8 7 4.

All things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4.

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COME, ye sinners, come to JESUS,
Think upon your gracious LORD;
He has pity'd your condition, 1
He has sent his gospel-word.
Mercy calls you,

Mercy flows in JESU's blood.
2 Gracious SAVIOUR! help thy servant
To proclaim thy wond'rous love;
Pour thy grace upon this people,
That thy truth they may approve.
Bless, O bless them,

From thy shining courts above.
3 Now thy word of grace invites them
To partake the gospel-feast,
Let thy Spirit sweetly draw them;
Ev'ry soul be JESU's guest.
O receive us,

Let us find thy promis'd rest.

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459. Before Sermon. 8-7-4.

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the
LORD of Hosts.-ZECH. iv. 6.

COME, thou soul-transforming Spirit,
Bless the sower and the seed:
Let each heart thy grace inherit;
Raise the weak, the hungry feed:
From the gospel

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Now supply thy people's need..

2 O may all enjoy the blessing,
Which thy word's design'd to give!
Let us all, thy love possessing,
Joyfully the truth receive:
And for ever

To thy praise and glory live.

460. Before Sermon, 7s.

Lond, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
PSALM iv. 6.

SUN of Righteousness, arise!
Let us feel thy presence near;
Let thy glory meet our eyes,
While we in thy house appear:
Now afford us, LORD, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

·2 May the gospel's joyful sound
Conquer sinners, comfort saints;
Make the fruits of grace abound,
Bring relief for all complaints:
Such may all our sabbaths prove,
Till we join thy church above.

Praying

461. Before Sermon. L.M.

for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.-EPH. vi. 18, 19.

FATHER of Mercies, bow thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer!"

We plead for those who plead for thee,
Successful pleaders may they be!

2 [How great their work!, how vast their charge!

Do thou their anxious souls enlarge; Their best acquirements are our gain, We share the blessings they obtain.] 30 let the word they preach be thiue, And cloth'd with energy divine: To them thy sacred truth reveal, Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 4 Teach them to sow the precious seed; Teach them thy chosen flock to feed; Teach them immortal souls to gain, Souls that will well reward their pain. 5 Let thronging multitudes around}} Hear from their lips the joyful sound; In humble strains thy grace inplore, And feel thy new-creating power. 6 Let sinners break their massy chains, Distressed souls forget their pains; Let light through distant realms be spread,

And Zion rear her drooping head.

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462. Before Sermon. L. M.

The entrance of thy words giveth light. PSL. cxix. 130.

NOW may the gospel's conq'ring pow'r
Be felt by all assembl'd here!
So shall this prove a joyful hour,
And God's own arm of strength appear.

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2 LORD, let thy mighty voice be heard, Speak in the word and speak with pow'r; So shall thy glorious name be fear'd, By those who never fear'd before.

3 0 pity those who live in sin,

Preserve them from the sinner's doom:
Open the ark and take them in,
And save them from the wrath to come.

4 So shall thy people joyful be,
The angels too will louder sing,
And both ascribe the praise to thee;
To thee the everlasting King.

463. After Sermon.

Show me a token for good.-PSALM lxxxvi. 17. "OF thy love some gracious token, Grant us, LORD, before we go; Bless the word which has been spoken, Life and peace on all bestow; When we join the world again, Let our hearts with thee remain ! O direct us, And protect us,

Till we gain the heav'nly shore,
Where thy people want no more.

464. After Sermon. 4-7-5.
SOME sweet savour of thy favouri
Shed abroad in ev'ry heartma
Heaven-ward as to thee we go f
Leaving guilt and fear below;!
Blessing, praising without ceasing,
Bid us, LORD, depart.

465. After Sermon. 8-7-4.
LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace!
O refresh us,

Trav'lling through this wilderness!

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,//
For thy gospel's joyful sound,
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
May thy presence

With us evermore be found!

3 So whene'er the signal's given Us from earth to call away,

Borne on angels' wings to heav'n, ? Glad to leave our cumbrous clay,

May we, ready,

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Rise and reign in endless day!

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