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HYMNS ON THE TRINITY.
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The Divinity of Christ.
I.
[The Lord of Hosts Himself alone]
Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself,
and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread: and He
shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and
rock of offence to both houses of Israel.
Isaiah viii. 13, 14.
The stone which the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner: and a stone of stumbling, and rock of offence.
1 Peter ii. 7, 8.
The Lord of Hosts Himself alone
Worthy to be revered we own,
By earth and heaven adored:
Let all the one true God proclaim,
Worship the dread Jehovah's name,
Bow down to Christ the Lord.
Worthy to be revered we own,
By earth and heaven adored:
Let all the one true God proclaim,
Worship the dread Jehovah's name,
Bow down to Christ the Lord.
A sanctuary the faithful find,
A refuge from the storm and wind,
In Christ the Lord most high:
But who refuse on Him to call,
Shall on the Stone of stumbling fall,
And unconverted die.
A refuge from the storm and wind,
In Christ the Lord most high:
But who refuse on Him to call,
Shall on the Stone of stumbling fall,
And unconverted die.
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Rock of offence at first He was:
And Christians stumbling at the cross
Deny whom Jews denied:
They will not know that Christ is He,
Or the supreme Jehovah see
In Jesus crucified.
And Christians stumbling at the cross
Deny whom Jews denied:
They will not know that Christ is He,
Or the supreme Jehovah see
In Jesus crucified.
But Jesus to His church is known,
Jesus the precious Corner-stone,
By Israel disallow'd;
Jehovah seen, and manifest,
God over all for ever bless'd,
Thou art my Lord my God!
Jesus the precious Corner-stone,
By Israel disallow'd;
Jehovah seen, and manifest,
God over all for ever bless'd,
Thou art my Lord my God!
II.
[O would my God the veil withdraw]
Mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah vi. 5.
These things said Esaias, when he saw His glory, and spake of Him.
John xii. 41.
O would my God the veil withdraw,
That whom the favour'd prophet saw,
Mine eyes of faith might see,
The Lord by His own light beheld,
The' Invisible on earth reveal'd,
In glorious majesty!
That whom the favour'd prophet saw,
Mine eyes of faith might see,
The Lord by His own light beheld,
The' Invisible on earth reveal'd,
In glorious majesty!
Then would I joyfully proclaim
The Lord of Hosts in Jesu's name,
The only God most high,
The everlasting Father bless,
Jehovah in the Prince of peace,
Whose glory fills the sky.
The Lord of Hosts in Jesu's name,
The only God most high,
The everlasting Father bless,
Jehovah in the Prince of peace,
Whose glory fills the sky.
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The' almighty Lord of earth and heaven,
Who to the world His Son hath given,
The mystery reveals,
Existing from Himself alone,
God in the person of His Son
With all His fulness dwells.
Who to the world His Son hath given,
The mystery reveals,
Existing from Himself alone,
God in the person of His Son
With all His fulness dwells.
III.
[The sovereign Lord of Hosts is One]
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and
his Redeemer the Lord of hosts, I am the first, and I am
the last, and besides Me there is no God.
Isaiah xliv. 6.
I (Jesus) am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
Revelation xxii. 13.
The sovereign Lord of Hosts is One,
For ever glorified,
The First and Last is God alone,
There is no God beside:
Worship Divine to Him is due,
Who doth the title claim,
The Alpha and Omega too,
The First and Last I am.
For ever glorified,
The First and Last is God alone,
There is no God beside:
Worship Divine to Him is due,
Who doth the title claim,
The Alpha and Omega too,
The First and Last I am.
The King of saints, the Lord of Hosts,
Almighty to redeem,
In Him His ransom'd people trusts
The one great God supreme:
Jesus, Thou art to us made known
Fulness of Deity:
There is no other God but one,
No other God but Thee.
Almighty to redeem,
In Him His ransom'd people trusts
The one great God supreme:
Jesus, Thou art to us made known
Fulness of Deity:
There is no other God but one,
No other God but Thee.
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IV.
[Jehovah the Lord In Him we confide]
I, even I am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Saviour.
Isaiah xliii. 11.
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter iii. 18.
Jehovah the Lord In Him we confide,
We find in His word No Saviour beside:
He only is given Our souls to release,
No name under heaven Can save us but His.
We find in His word No Saviour beside:
He only is given Our souls to release,
No name under heaven Can save us but His.
In Jesus's name Jehovah is found,
The throne of the Lamb We worship around,
Supreme adoration We pay the Most High,
Who brought us salvation Himself from the sky.
The throne of the Lamb We worship around,
Supreme adoration We pay the Most High,
Who brought us salvation Himself from the sky.
Jehovah receive The loftiest praise
Of sinners who live Redeem'd by Thy grace:
Come, Saviour, and fill us With fulness Divine,
Inhabit, and seal us Eternally Thine.
Of sinners who live Redeem'd by Thy grace:
Come, Saviour, and fill us With fulness Divine,
Inhabit, and seal us Eternally Thine.
V.
[Jehovah, the true God most high]
The Lord God of the holy prophets
sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must shortly be done.
Revelation xxii. 6.
I Jesus have sent Mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.
Ibid., ver. 16.
Jehovah, the true God most high,
God of the holy prophets, sent
His angel forth, to testify
His counsel's near accomplishment:
But Jesus claims the messenger
His angel, and sent forth by Him,
That all the churches may revere
In Jesus the true God supreme.
God of the holy prophets, sent
His angel forth, to testify
His counsel's near accomplishment:
But Jesus claims the messenger
His angel, and sent forth by Him,
That all the churches may revere
In Jesus the true God supreme.
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VI.
[The prophet of the Lord most high]
And Thou Child shalt be called the Prophet of
the Highest, for Thou shalt go before the face of the
Lord to prepare His ways.
Luke i. 76.
Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, to prepare Thy way before Thee.
Matthew xi. 10.
The prophet of the Lord most high
Was sent before His face,
With tidings of Jehovah nigh,
And to prepare His ways:
And every messenger of His
Rejoices to proclaim,
Jesus the great Jehovah is!
Bow all to Jesus' name!
VII.
[Forerunner of the Lord their God]
Many of the children of Israel shall he turn
to the Lord their God: and he shall go before Him.
Luke i. 16, 17.
He that cometh after me is mightier than I, &c.
Matthew iii. 11.
Forerunner of the Lord their God,
Who Jesus's forerunner came,
Did he not publish it abroad,
That Jesus is with God the same?
The God of Israel is but One,
The Father whole is in His Son.
Who Jesus's forerunner came,
Did he not publish it abroad,
That Jesus is with God the same?
The God of Israel is but One,
The Father whole is in His Son.
Jesus, the true Jehovah, Lord
Of heaven and earth, I Thee adore!
From Thee the ministerial word
Receives its soul-converting power;
And all Thy people testify
Our Saviour is the Lord most high!
Of heaven and earth, I Thee adore!
From Thee the ministerial word
Receives its soul-converting power;
And all Thy people testify
Our Saviour is the Lord most high!
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VIII.
[The voice of God the Father sounds]
I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God.
Hosea i. 7.
The voice of God the Father sounds
Salvation to our sinful race:
His grace above our sin abounds,
His glory shines in Jesus' face,
And by the person of the Son
The Father makes salvation known.
Salvation to our sinful race:
His grace above our sin abounds,
His glory shines in Jesus' face,
And by the person of the Son
The Father makes salvation known.
Saved by the Son, the Lord our God
Jehovah's Fellow we proclaim,
Who washes us in His own blood,
To us declares His Father's name,
His nature pure, His love imparts,
With all His fulness to our hearts.
Jehovah's Fellow we proclaim,
Who washes us in His own blood,
To us declares His Father's name,
His nature pure, His love imparts,
With all His fulness to our hearts.
IX.
[A personal distinction see]
Behold I send My messenger before Thy
face, to prepare Thy way before Thee.
Matthew xi. 10.
Behold, I send My messenger, to prepare the way before Me.
Malachi iii. 1.
A personal distinction see
Betwixt the Father and the Son!
Yet is the Filial Deity
With the Paternal Godhead one:
A different person we confess
Jesus whom all His saints admire,
Whom all His host celestial praise,
One and the same with God the Sire.
Betwixt the Father and the Son!
Yet is the Filial Deity
With the Paternal Godhead one:
A different person we confess
Jesus whom all His saints admire,
Whom all His host celestial praise,
One and the same with God the Sire.
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The persons unconfused abide,
The Godhead undivided lives:
The wisdom hid from learned pride
To babes and little ones He gives;
Jehovah who in Jesus dwells
His whole Divinity imparts,
To souls prepared His Son reveals,
And sends His Spirit into our hearts.
The Godhead undivided lives:
The wisdom hid from learned pride
To babes and little ones He gives;
Jehovah who in Jesus dwells
His whole Divinity imparts,
To souls prepared His Son reveals,
And sends His Spirit into our hearts.
X.
[Who tempted Christ, the faithless race]
They tempted and provoked the most high God.
Psalm lxxviii. 56.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted.
1 Corinthians x. 9.
Who tempted Christ, the faithless race
Tempted, and anger'd the Most High:
And still we in the wilderness
His Spirit grieve, His wrath defy,
Jehovah's Fellow who disown,
And would the Filial God dethrone.
Tempted, and anger'd the Most High:
And still we in the wilderness
His Spirit grieve, His wrath defy,
Jehovah's Fellow who disown,
And would the Filial God dethrone.
But give us through Thy Spirit's power,
Jesus, aright to call Thee Lord,
Thee, the One sovereign God, to' adore,
Thy Father's uncreated Word,
The Second person of the three
Who was from all eternity.
Jesus, aright to call Thee Lord,
Thee, the One sovereign God, to' adore,
Thy Father's uncreated Word,
The Second person of the three
Who was from all eternity.
XI.
[Bridegroom of His church, and Head]
He that hath the bride, is the Bridegroom.
John iii. 29.
Thy Maker is thine Husband, the Lord of hosts is His name.
Isaiah liv. 5.
Bridegroom of His church, and Head,
And Husband is the Lord,
By the universe He made
Acknowledged and adored,
The One God for ever bless'd,
Supreme, omnipotent I am,
God made flesh, and manifest
On earth in Jesus' name.
And Husband is the Lord,
By the universe He made
Acknowledged and adored,
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Supreme, omnipotent I am,
God made flesh, and manifest
On earth in Jesus' name.
Different from the Father then
Is Christ another God?
No: Jehovah dwelt with men,
And bought us by His blood:
Christ the true Jehovah was,
And is, and shall be evermore:
God expiring on a cross
Let earth and heaven adore.
Is Christ another God?
No: Jehovah dwelt with men,
And bought us by His blood:
Christ the true Jehovah was,
And is, and shall be evermore:
God expiring on a cross
Let earth and heaven adore.
XII.
[One God Jehovah is the Son]
The Lord (Heb. Jehovah) is my Shepherd.
Psalm xxiii. 1.
There shall be one fold, and One Shepherd.
John x. 16.
One God Jehovah is the Son,
In union with His Father one,
One Shepherd He, the great, the good,
Who dearly bought us with His blood:
The sheep we of His pasture are,
His people and peculiar care;
And all the plenitude Divine
In Jesus is for ever mine.
XIII.
[Jesus, my Lord, my God]
Thomas answered and said, My Lord and my God!
John xx. 28.
Jesus, my Lord, my God,
The God supreme Thou art,
The Lord of Hosts, whose precious blood
Is sprinkled on my heart:
Jehovah is Thy name,
And through Thy blood applied,
Convinced, and certified I am
There is no God beside.
The God supreme Thou art,
The Lord of Hosts, whose precious blood
Is sprinkled on my heart:
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And through Thy blood applied,
Convinced, and certified I am
There is no God beside.
Soon as Thy Spirit shows
That precious blood of Thine,
The happy, pardon'd sinner knows
It is the blood Divine:
But only he who feels
“My Saviour died for me,”
Is sure that all the Godhead dwells
Eternally in Thee.
That precious blood of Thine,
The happy, pardon'd sinner knows
It is the blood Divine:
But only he who feels
“My Saviour died for me,”
Is sure that all the Godhead dwells
Eternally in Thee.
XIV.
[The Saviour by men And angels confess'd]
Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ
came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans ix. 5.
The Saviour by men And angels confess'd,
Our God we maintain Eternally bless'd:
Jehovah by nature In glory supreme,
The almighty Creator We worship in Him.
Our God we maintain Eternally bless'd:
Jehovah by nature In glory supreme,
The almighty Creator We worship in Him.
A Fountain of bliss He freely o'erflows,
And all that He is On sinners bestows:
His Spirit's the river Of raptures unknown,
For ever and ever Derived from His throne.
And all that He is On sinners bestows:
His Spirit's the river Of raptures unknown,
For ever and ever Derived from His throne.
XV.
[Through the perfect righteousness]
Through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter i. 1.
Through the perfect righteousness
Of our God and Saviour here,
Through His merits we possess
Precious faith in hearts sincere,
Justice now is satisfied,
God's appeased, for God hath died.
Of our God and Saviour here,
Through His merits we possess
Precious faith in hearts sincere,
Justice now is satisfied,
God's appeased, for God hath died.
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Jesus Christ, the good, the just,
True, eternal God supreme,
We in His obedience trust,
Gain the grace obtain'd by Him;
Peace He purchased on the tree,
Faith for all mankind, and me.
True, eternal God supreme,
We in His obedience trust,
Gain the grace obtain'd by Him;
Peace He purchased on the tree,
Faith for all mankind, and me.
XVI.
[We wait for the returning]
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Titus ii. 13.
We wait for the returning
Of our great God and Saviour,
Our dying God
Who by His blood
Procured His Father's favour:
Jesus, the true Jehovah,
The Man to sinners given,
Triumphant here
Shall soon appear,
And take us up to heaven.
Of our great God and Saviour,
Our dying God
Who by His blood
Procured His Father's favour:
Jesus, the true Jehovah,
The Man to sinners given,
Triumphant here
Shall soon appear,
And take us up to heaven.
With glorious pomp descending
To crown our expectation,
Him we shall see,
And shout 'Tis He,
The God of our salvation!
The God from everlasting,
Almighty to deliver,
Around His throne
Our songs shall own
The God that reigns for ever.
To crown our expectation,
Him we shall see,
And shout 'Tis He,
The God of our salvation!
The God from everlasting,
Almighty to deliver,
Around His throne
Our songs shall own
The God that reigns for ever.
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XVII.
[God was in Christ, the' eternal Sire]
God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.
2 Corinthians v. 19.
God was in Christ, the' eternal Sire
Reveal'd in His eternal Son,
Jehovah did on earth expire,
For every soul of man to' atone:
The one almighty God supreme,
Jehovah lavish of His blood
Pour'd out the' inestimable stream,
And reconciled the world to God.
Reveal'd in His eternal Son,
Jehovah did on earth expire,
For every soul of man to' atone:
The one almighty God supreme,
Jehovah lavish of His blood
Pour'd out the' inestimable stream,
And reconciled the world to God.
The one, true, only God most high,
Agent at once and Patient was:
As Man He did for sinners die,
As God redeem'd us by His cross:
Jesus the general debt hath paid,
God in the person of the Son
Amends to God the Father made,
For Son and Father are but one.
Agent at once and Patient was:
As Man He did for sinners die,
As God redeem'd us by His cross:
Jesus the general debt hath paid,
God in the person of the Son
Amends to God the Father made,
For Son and Father are but one.
Father in Jesus reconciled,
My Father if through Him Thou art,
Acknowledge Thine unconscious child,
And hear His Spirit in my heart:
One of the dear distinguish'd race
For whom Thou cam'st in Christ from heaven,
I languish for Thy gospel-grace,
I long to know my sins forgiven.
My Father if through Him Thou art,
Acknowledge Thine unconscious child,
And hear His Spirit in my heart:
One of the dear distinguish'd race
For whom Thou cam'st in Christ from heaven,
I languish for Thy gospel-grace,
I long to know my sins forgiven.
Thy Godhead whole was in Thy Son,
When Jesus pray'd, and gasp'd, and died:
The precious ransom was laid down;
'Tis finish'd; I am justified!
The Spirit of faith applies the word,
And cries Thy new-born child to Thee,
Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord,
One glorious God in persons three.
When Jesus pray'd, and gasp'd, and died:
The precious ransom was laid down;
'Tis finish'd; I am justified!
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And cries Thy new-born child to Thee,
Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord,
One glorious God in persons three.
XVIII.
[A wonderful plurality]
I and My Father are one.
John x. 30.
A wonderful plurality
In the true God by faith we see,
Who hear the record of the Son
“I and My Father are but one;”
In different persons we proclaim
One God eternally the same.
In the true God by faith we see,
Who hear the record of the Son
“I and My Father are but one;”
In different persons we proclaim
One God eternally the same.
Father and Son in nature join,
Each person is alike Divine:
Alike by heaven and earth adored,
Thy Spirit makes the glorious Third:
Co-equal, co-eternal Three,
Show Thyself One, great God, in me.
Each person is alike Divine:
Alike by heaven and earth adored,
Thy Spirit makes the glorious Third:
Co-equal, co-eternal Three,
Show Thyself One, great God, in me.
XIX.
[Jesus, the truth we own]
I am in the Father, and the Father in Me.
John xiv. 11.
Jesus, the truth we own,
That Thou art God alone,
God incomprehensible,
Fulness of the Deity,
Thou dost in the Father dwell,
All the Father dwells in Thee.
That Thou art God alone,
God incomprehensible,
Fulness of the Deity,
Thou dost in the Father dwell,
All the Father dwells in Thee.
The attributes Divine
Are all both His and Thine:
God in Thee Thy saints adore,
Here, while on Thy throne above,
Thou art Wisdom, Truth, and Power,
Thou art Light, and Life, and Love.
Are all both His and Thine:
God in Thee Thy saints adore,
Here, while on Thy throne above,
Thou art Wisdom, Truth, and Power,
Thou art Light, and Life, and Love.
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XX.
[God, the offended God most high]
We are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us. We pray you in Christ's
stead be ye reconciled to God.
1 Corinthians v. 20.
God, the offended God most high,
Ambassadors to rebels sends:
His messengers His place supply,
And Jesus begs us to be friends:
Us in the stead of Christ they pray,
Us in the stead of God entreat,
To cast our arms our sins away,
And find forgiveness at His feet.
Ambassadors to rebels sends:
His messengers His place supply,
And Jesus begs us to be friends:
Us in the stead of Christ they pray,
Us in the stead of God entreat,
To cast our arms our sins away,
And find forgiveness at His feet.
O God in Christ, Thine embassy,
And proffer'd mercy we embrace,
And gladly reconciled to Thee,
Thy condescending goodness praise:
Poor debtors by our Lord's request
A full acquittance we receive,
And criminals with pardon bless'd,
We at our Judge's instance live.
And proffer'd mercy we embrace,
And gladly reconciled to Thee,
Thy condescending goodness praise:
Poor debtors by our Lord's request
A full acquittance we receive,
And criminals with pardon bless'd,
We at our Judge's instance live.
XXI.
[This, this is the true God supreme]
We are in Him that is true, even in His Son
Jesus Christ: this is the true God and eternal life.
1 John v. 20.
This, this is the true God supreme,
Jesus in whom by faith we dwell;
This is eternal life; in Him
The beatific joy we feel:
With Him into our hearts is given
The' essential happiness of heaven.
Jesus in whom by faith we dwell;
This is eternal life; in Him
The beatific joy we feel:
With Him into our hearts is given
The' essential happiness of heaven.
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Soon as in Christ we truly are,
We see the Father in the Son,
His pure unsinning nature share;
And know that God and Christ are one,
Till faith's perfection we receive,
And fill'd with God for ever live.
We see the Father in the Son,
His pure unsinning nature share;
And know that God and Christ are one,
Till faith's perfection we receive,
And fill'd with God for ever live.
XXII.
[True, absolute Divinity]
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, and not
after Christ: for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Colossians ii. 8, 9.
True, absolute Divinity,
Jesus, we dare ascribe to Thee,
Which vain philosophy denies,
And baffles us with glozing lies,
Thy glorious Deity blasphemes
With Arian or Socinian dreams,
To cast the weak believers down,
And rob the children of their crown.
Jesus, we dare ascribe to Thee,
Which vain philosophy denies,
And baffles us with glozing lies,
Thy glorious Deity blasphemes
With Arian or Socinian dreams,
To cast the weak believers down,
And rob the children of their crown.
But grounded on Thy written word,
We worship our almighty Lord:
In Thee, whom Thy own Spirit reveals,
The fulness of the Godhead dwells:
Thy person really Divine,
Thy body is Jehovah's shrine,
The whole substantial Deity
Resides eternally in Thee.
We worship our almighty Lord:
In Thee, whom Thy own Spirit reveals,
The fulness of the Godhead dwells:
Thy person really Divine,
Thy body is Jehovah's shrine,
The whole substantial Deity
Resides eternally in Thee.
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XXIII.
[The Word was independent God]
The Word was God.
John i. 1.
The Word was independent God,
God uncreated and supreme:
All things from Him their Fountain flow'd,
Whate'er was made, was made by Him:
When heaven and earth began to be,
The glorious absolute I am,
He was from all eternity
To all eternity the same.
XXIV.
[Jesus, Thou art the mighty God]
Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given,
and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father.
Isaiah ix. 6.
Jesus, Thou art the mighty God,
The Child and Son on us bestow'd,
Jehovah born on earth, in Thee
The everlasting Sire we see,
And all Thy church triumphant sings
The Prince of peace, the King of kings.
The Child and Son on us bestow'd,
Jehovah born on earth, in Thee
The everlasting Sire we see,
And all Thy church triumphant sings
The Prince of peace, the King of kings.
Thou art the co-eternal Son,
In substance with Thy Father one,
In person different we proclaim,
In power and majesty the same,
For Him in Thee we magnify,
And Thee in Him, the Lord most high.
In substance with Thy Father one,
In person different we proclaim,
In power and majesty the same,
For Him in Thee we magnify,
And Thee in Him, the Lord most high.
No vain distinction we confess
Betwixt a greater God and less;
No inequality there is,
But His are Thine, and Thine are His,
And Thee we on Thy Father's seat
One glorious God for ever greet.
Betwixt a greater God and less;
No inequality there is,
But His are Thine, and Thine are His,
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One glorious God for ever greet.
XXV.
[Jesus our Righteousness]
This is the name whereby He shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.
Jeremiah xxiii. 6.
Jesus our Righteousness
Jehovah we confess:
Very man of very man,
Him who bought us with His blood,
We and all His church maintain
Very God of very God.
Jehovah we confess:
Very man of very man,
Him who bought us with His blood,
We and all His church maintain
Very God of very God.
Jesus, Jehovah, hear,
And what Thou art appear!
By a faithless world denied,
Fulness of the Deity,
Is there any God beside?
Answer for Thyself in me.
And what Thou art appear!
By a faithless world denied,
Fulness of the Deity,
Is there any God beside?
Answer for Thyself in me.
XXVI.
[To destroy idolatry]
The Lord alone shall be exalted in
that day: and the idols He shall utterly abolish.
Isaiah ii. 17, 18.
To destroy idolatry,
God was manifest below;
God we in our Saviour see,
None beside Himself we know:
Christ the consubstantial Son,
Worshipp'd by His heavenly choir,
Him we magnify alone,
One with His eternal Sire.
God was manifest below;
God we in our Saviour see,
None beside Himself we know:
Christ the consubstantial Son,
Worshipp'd by His heavenly choir,
Him we magnify alone,
One with His eternal Sire.
No inferior God we praise,
No dependent Deity:
The whole Godhead we confess
Resident, O Christ, in Thee:
Praise Divine whoe'er allow,
Worship to a creature given,
To Thine only name we bow,
Sovereign Lord of earth and heaven.
No dependent Deity:
The whole Godhead we confess
Resident, O Christ, in Thee:
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Worship to a creature given,
To Thine only name we bow,
Sovereign Lord of earth and heaven.
Jesus, call to mind Thy word
Standing as the mountains fast,
All idolatry abhorr'd
O abolish it at last;
Root it out of every heart
All that doth our Lord disown,
Then our only Lord Thou art
High on Thine eternal throne.
Standing as the mountains fast,
All idolatry abhorr'd
O abolish it at last;
Root it out of every heart
All that doth our Lord disown,
Then our only Lord Thou art
High on Thine eternal throne.
XXVII.
[Jesus, the true Jehovah, hear!]
I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning
and the Ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which
is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation i. 8.
Jesus, the true Jehovah, hear!
Jehovah's majesty He claims,
His attributes, and character,
His incommunicable names:
“I am the First and Last, the Lord,
Past, present, and to come am I,
Through all eternity adored,
The one almighty God most high.
Jehovah's majesty He claims,
His attributes, and character,
His incommunicable names:
“I am the First and Last, the Lord,
Past, present, and to come am I,
Through all eternity adored,
The one almighty God most high.
“The Source and End of all I am,
Which was, and is, and is to come!”
The trump doth His approach proclaim,
Arise, ye dead, and meet your doom!
Arians, behold His glorious face!
His face ye shall behold no more,
For ever chased to your own place,
While saints in ceaseless songs adore.
Which was, and is, and is to come!”
The trump doth His approach proclaim,
Arise, ye dead, and meet your doom!
Arians, behold His glorious face!
His face ye shall behold no more,
For ever chased to your own place,
While saints in ceaseless songs adore.
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XXVIII.
[There is none good but God alone]
Why callest thou Me good? there is none good but One, that is God.
Matthew xix. 17.
There is none good but God alone,
And Jesus is that only One,
One with His Father in the sky,
One with Jehovah the most high,
One with the Spirit of holiness;
A different person we confess,
But not a different God esteem:
Goodness itself adore in Him!
XXIX.
[The end of sin and death is near]
Then cometh the end, when He shall
deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father.
1 Corinthians xv. 24.
He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of His kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke i. 33.
The end of sin and death is near:
The Man shall then to God resign
His kingdom and dominion here,
His exercise of grace Divine,
The kingdom which His Father gave,
The delegated power to save.
The Man shall then to God resign
His kingdom and dominion here,
His exercise of grace Divine,
The kingdom which His Father gave,
The delegated power to save.
When all His friends are saved at last,
And all His enemies destroy'd,
The Mediator's sway is past,
His office and commission void,
The Man's authority is o'er,
And Christ for sinners pleads no more.
And all His enemies destroy'd,
The Mediator's sway is past,
His office and commission void,
The Man's authority is o'er,
And Christ for sinners pleads no more.
But Christ the God maintains His throne,
No period shall His kingdom see,
By nature with His Father one,
A King from all eternity,
The same Jehovah He remains,
And o'er His saints for ever reigns.
No period shall His kingdom see,
By nature with His Father one,
A King from all eternity,
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And o'er His saints for ever reigns.
XXX.
[The kingdom He, as Man, receives]
When all things shall be subdued unto
Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him
that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
1 Corinthians xv. 28.
The kingdom He, as Man, receives,
Christ shall deliver up, as Man;
But still as God supreme He lives,
As God He cannot cease to reign,
Cannot be less than the Most High,
As God, no more than He can die.
Christ shall deliver up, as Man;
But still as God supreme He lives,
As God He cannot cease to reign,
Cannot be less than the Most High,
As God, no more than He can die.
His power the interceding Son
To His almighty Sire submits,
And then upon His Father's throne
Jehovah in Jehovah sits,
That the One glorious God in Three
May all in all for ever be.
To His almighty Sire submits,
And then upon His Father's throne
Jehovah in Jehovah sits,
That the One glorious God in Three
May all in all for ever be.
XXXI.
[The nature which its power receives]
It is He which is ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts x. 42.
The nature which its power receives
Inferior is to that which gives,
The human to Divine:
The Man we in our Saviour see
Made less than the Divinity;
But both in Jesus join.
Inferior is to that which gives,
The human to Divine:
The Man we in our Saviour see
Made less than the Divinity;
But both in Jesus join.
Jesus as God we magnify,
Jesus the same with the Most High:
For God who did ordain
The Son, His character express,
To judge the world in righteousness,
Will judge us—in that Man!
Jesus the same with the Most High:
For God who did ordain
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To judge the world in righteousness,
Will judge us—in that Man!
Ordain'd the Godhead cannot be;
But clothed in our humanity
He shall from heaven come down,
And every prostrate soul adore
The Fulness of almighty power,
Jehovah in His Son.
But clothed in our humanity
He shall from heaven come down,
And every prostrate soul adore
The Fulness of almighty power,
Jehovah in His Son.
For this alone on earth we wait,
With glorious pomp and solemn state
To see the Lord descend
Great Arbiter of all mankind,
And in the Judge our Brother find,
Our Advocate and Friend.
With glorious pomp and solemn state
To see the Lord descend
Great Arbiter of all mankind,
And in the Judge our Brother find,
Our Advocate and Friend.
XXXII.
[Of Christ the Son of Man]
Him God raised up, and showed Him openly to us who did eat, &c.
Acts x. 40.
After these things Jesus showed Himself again to His disciples.
John xxi. 1.
Of Christ the Son of Man
The Father doth dispose,
And whom He raised to life again
He to His followers shows:
But Jesus doth the same;
And sprinkling us with blood,
To all believers in His name
He shows Himself as God.
The Father doth dispose,
And whom He raised to life again
He to His followers shows:
But Jesus doth the same;
And sprinkling us with blood,
To all believers in His name
He shows Himself as God.
In mystic unity
With His almighty Sire,
He shows Himself alive to me,
My longing heart's desire;
He manifests His grace,
He makes His mercy known;
And now I see in Jesu's face
That God and He are One.
With His almighty Sire,
He shows Himself alive to me,
My longing heart's desire;
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He makes His mercy known;
And now I see in Jesu's face
That God and He are One.
XXXIII.
[The Father, full of love unknown]
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
John iii. 16.
Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.
Ephesians v. 25.
The Father, full of love unknown,
Gave to the world His only Son;
Full of the same mysterious love,
The Son forsook His throne above,
And show'd His willingness to save,
When for the church Himself He gave.
Gave to the world His only Son;
Full of the same mysterious love,
The Son forsook His throne above,
And show'd His willingness to save,
When for the church Himself He gave.
Whom the Paternal Grace bestow'd,
He gave Himself both Man and God,
Assumed our flesh, and stoop'd to die,
That all might own the Lord most high,
And praise the Giver and the Given,
The only God come down from heaven.
He gave Himself both Man and God,
Assumed our flesh, and stoop'd to die,
That all might own the Lord most high,
And praise the Giver and the Given,
The only God come down from heaven.
God over all we bless Thy name,
Thy glorious majesty proclaim,
Jehovah God in Jesus see,
Whose sacred blood distain'd the tree,
That every ransom'd soul may find
Thy death the life of all mankind.
Thy glorious majesty proclaim,
Jehovah God in Jesus see,
Whose sacred blood distain'd the tree,
That every ransom'd soul may find
Thy death the life of all mankind.
XXXIV.
[Who can forgive but God alone]
Forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians iv. 32.
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Forgiving one another, even as Christ forgave you.
Colossians iii. 13.
Who can forgive but God alone,
The one great God of earth and heaven?
And for the sake of Christ His Son
He hath indeed their sins forgiven,
Who have by faith His Son confess'd
God over all for ever bless'd.
The one great God of earth and heaven?
And for the sake of Christ His Son
He hath indeed their sins forgiven,
Who have by faith His Son confess'd
God over all for ever bless'd.
Equal to the Most High He lives,
The same authority exerts,
Who sin in His own right forgives,
And sprinkles all His people's hearts,
And numbers with the saints above
The objects of His bleeding love.
The same authority exerts,
Who sin in His own right forgives,
And sprinkles all His people's hearts,
And numbers with the saints above
The objects of His bleeding love.
Jesus, on me Thy mercy show,
That I Thy Godhead may proclaim:
Power to forgive Thou hadst below;
And now as yesterday the same,
Thou canst a guilty soul release,
And save, and bid me go in peace.
That I Thy Godhead may proclaim:
Power to forgive Thou hadst below;
And now as yesterday the same,
Thou canst a guilty soul release,
And save, and bid me go in peace.
Wherefore in me reveal the grace
Which present sure salvation brings;
So shall I with Thy people praise
The Lord of hosts, the King of kings,
The pardoning God, the' almighty Son
Return'd to Thine eternal throne.
Which present sure salvation brings;
So shall I with Thy people praise
The Lord of hosts, the King of kings,
The pardoning God, the' almighty Son
Return'd to Thine eternal throne.
XXXV.
[Not His own will, as man, to do]
I came down from heaven, not to do My own
will, but the will of Him that sent Me.
John vi. 38.
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There came a leper and worshipped Him,
saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And
Jesus said, I will, be thou clean.
Matthew viii. 2.
Not His own will, as man, to do,
From heaven the world's Redeemer came:
But as the' eternal God and true,
His and His Father's is the same:
The Son we as His Sire adore,
The glorious co-eternal Son;
In will, in nature, and in power,
The Sender and the Sent are One.
From heaven the world's Redeemer came:
But as the' eternal God and true,
His and His Father's is the same:
The Son we as His Sire adore,
The glorious co-eternal Son;
In will, in nature, and in power,
The Sender and the Sent are One.
Lord over all, I at Thy feet
Expect Thy sovereign will to know:
The word of pardoning grace repeat,
And touch, and make me white as snow:
I cannot doubt Thy power to heal;
Bid all my filthiness depart,
Speak the almighty word I will,
And purify this leprous heart.
Expect Thy sovereign will to know:
The word of pardoning grace repeat,
And touch, and make me white as snow:
I cannot doubt Thy power to heal;
Bid all my filthiness depart,
Speak the almighty word I will,
And purify this leprous heart.
XXXVI.
[The mighty deeds in Jesus' name]
And now, Lord, grant that signs and wonders
may be done by the name of Thy holy Child Jesus.
Acts xiv. 29, 30.
The mighty deeds in Jesus' name
By His eternal Father done,
Jesus Himself perform'd the same,
By power immediately His own;
And all His works are done by Him
In unity with God supreme.
By His eternal Father done,
Jesus Himself perform'd the same,
By power immediately His own;
And all His works are done by Him
In unity with God supreme.
The virtue to His servants given
From Him its only Fountain flow'd:
They by the power of Christ in heaven
On earth stupendous wonders show'd,
But told who wrought the miracles,
“Jesus, the Christ, thy body heals.”
From Him its only Fountain flow'd:
They by the power of Christ in heaven
On earth stupendous wonders show'd,
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“Jesus, the Christ, thy body heals.”
Jesus, the mightier works of grace
Which still we do in Thy great name,
For these we render Thee the praise,
Their heavenly Author's power proclaim,
And cry to each recover'd soul,
“'Tis Christ Himself that makes thee whole.”
Which still we do in Thy great name,
For these we render Thee the praise,
Their heavenly Author's power proclaim,
And cry to each recover'd soul,
“'Tis Christ Himself that makes thee whole.”
XXXVII.
[The kingdom is not Thine to give]
To sit on My right-hand and on My left, is
not Mine to give, but (it shall be given) to them for whom it
is prepared of My Father.
Matthew xx. 23.
The kingdom is not Thine to give
Except to saints by grace prepared,
Who all Thy Father's words receive,
Who Thee and Him alike regard,
Thy passion to the end endure,
And make the prize through sufferings sure.
Except to saints by grace prepared,
Who all Thy Father's words receive,
Who Thee and Him alike regard,
Thy passion to the end endure,
And make the prize through sufferings sure.
Who strive resisting unto blood,
To Thee by Thy great Father given,
On them is by Thyself bestow'd
The purest happiness of heaven,
The bliss supreme, the full reward,
The joy of their triumphant Lord.
To Thee by Thy great Father given,
On them is by Thyself bestow'd
The purest happiness of heaven,
The bliss supreme, the full reward,
The joy of their triumphant Lord.
Thrones I appoint to you My friends,
Your purchased crowns to you I give,
In ecstasies that never end
Partakers of My glory live;
Who on My cross rejoiced to die,
Your seats are ready in the sky.
Your purchased crowns to you I give,
In ecstasies that never end
Partakers of My glory live;
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Your seats are ready in the sky.
The sharers of My victory,
Made perfect, and through sufferings meet,
Myself will grant to sit with Me:
Come up at My right-hand to sit;
Your warfare's past, your work is done:
Come up to My eternal throne.
Made perfect, and through sufferings meet,
Myself will grant to sit with Me:
Come up at My right-hand to sit;
Your warfare's past, your work is done:
Come up to My eternal throne.
XXXVIII.
[One God to us, there is but One]
To us there is but one God, the Father.
1 Corinthians viii. 6.
My Lord, and my God.
John xx. 28.
One God to us, there is but One:
The Father comprehends the Son,
Alike eternally adored;
And Jesus is our God and Lord:
One God the Father well we name
The nature, which in Christ the same,
The same we in the Spirit see,
One glorious God in persons three.
The Father comprehends the Son,
Alike eternally adored;
And Jesus is our God and Lord:
One God the Father well we name
The nature, which in Christ the same,
The same we in the Spirit see,
One glorious God in persons three.
One Lord in Jesus we admire,
But not exclusive of His Sire:
One God we in the Father own,
But not exclusive of His Son:
That Spirit, our almighty Lord,
We worship as the glorious third;
Yet not three Lords or Gods confess,
But One in Three for ever bless.
But not exclusive of His Sire:
One God we in the Father own,
But not exclusive of His Son:
That Spirit, our almighty Lord,
We worship as the glorious third;
Yet not three Lords or Gods confess,
But One in Three for ever bless.
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XXXIX.
[Our heavenly Father is but One]
Call no man your father upon earth, for One is your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew xxiii. 9.
Our heavenly Father is but One
With that paternity
In which the Father and the Son
And Holy Ghost agree:
Each person of the Triune God,
May His own creature claim,
For each impress'd the earthy clod
With His own awful name.
With that paternity
In which the Father and the Son
And Holy Ghost agree:
Each person of the Triune God,
May His own creature claim,
For each impress'd the earthy clod
With His own awful name.
Father, and Son, and Spirit join'd
In the creating plan,
Each is the Maker of mankind,
And doth His work sustain:
The Spirit breathed His life into
Our animated clay,
And He begets our souls anew,
And seals us to that day.
In the creating plan,
Each is the Maker of mankind,
And doth His work sustain:
The Spirit breathed His life into
Our animated clay,
And He begets our souls anew,
And seals us to that day.
Our common Head in Christ we see,
Our heavenly Adam praise,
The Father of eternity
And all the faithful race:
His promise to the conqueror is,
Who the good fight hath won,
“His God, I will be always his,
And he shall be My son.”
Our heavenly Adam praise,
The Father of eternity
And all the faithful race:
His promise to the conqueror is,
Who the good fight hath won,
“His God, I will be always his,
And he shall be My son.”
Children of God who Christ receive,
Our privilege we know,
The Resurrection's children live,
The Saviour's seed below:
“I am the Resurrection, I
The Life eternal am!”
And never shall His children die
Who trust in Jesus' name.
Our privilege we know,
The Resurrection's children live,
The Saviour's seed below:
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The Life eternal am!”
And never shall His children die
Who trust in Jesus' name.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
We equal homage pay,
And each in whom we wholly trust
Implicity obey:
Ourselves entirely we resign
To the great Three in One,
And worship properly Divine
Perform to God alone.
We equal homage pay,
And each in whom we wholly trust
Implicity obey:
Ourselves entirely we resign
To the great Three in One,
And worship properly Divine
Perform to God alone.
XL.
[Our heavenly Master is but One]
Neither be ye called masters, for One is
your Master, even Christ (John iii. 13) which is in heaven.
Matthew xxiii. 10.
Our heavenly Master is but One,
And Jesus is His name:
But Jesus the eternal Son
Is with His Sire the same:
The Spirit's glorious plenitude
Resides in Christ adored:
Each person doth the three include,
And each we call our Lord.
And Jesus is His name:
But Jesus the eternal Son
Is with His Sire the same:
The Spirit's glorious plenitude
Resides in Christ adored:
Each person doth the three include,
And each we call our Lord.
Taught by our Father in the skies,
Taught by our Saviour there,
Taught by the Holy Ghost, and wise
We to salvation are:
Our God is One in persons three,
Our Teacher is but One,
Who calls us up with joy to see
Jehovah on His throne.
Taught by our Saviour there,
Taught by the Holy Ghost, and wise
We to salvation are:
Our God is One in persons three,
Our Teacher is but One,
Who calls us up with joy to see
Jehovah on His throne.
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XLI.
[The Father greater than the Son]
My Father is greater than I.
John xiv. 28.
The Father greater than the Son
Made flesh for us, we gladly own;
But less than God as man,
As touching His Divinity,
Equal to the Most High is He
Whom heaven cannot contain.
Made flesh for us, we gladly own;
But less than God as man,
As touching His Divinity,
Equal to the Most High is He
Whom heaven cannot contain.
Whose spirits bow to Jesus' name,
Nor less nor greater, but the same
In dignity and power
Jehovah manifest we praise,
And shall in everlasting lays
With all His saints adore!
Nor less nor greater, but the same
In dignity and power
Jehovah manifest we praise,
And shall in everlasting lays
With all His saints adore!
XLII.
[The Partner of our flesh and blood]
The head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians xi. 3.
The Partner of our flesh and blood,
As man, inferior is to God:
The lower part of Christ, the heel,
Was bruised, and did our sorrows feel:
But though He would His life resign,
His part superior is Divine,
And doth, beyond the reach of pain,
God over all for ever reign.
As man, inferior is to God:
The lower part of Christ, the heel,
Was bruised, and did our sorrows feel:
But though He would His life resign,
His part superior is Divine,
And doth, beyond the reach of pain,
God over all for ever reign.
Great Fountain-head of Deity,
Father of Christ, we worship Thee,
Thy sovereign majesty maintain
As greater than the Son of man;
Yet Thee, O Christ, of God the Son,
In essence, substance, nature One,
Thy Father's equal we proclaim
With God eternally the same.
Father of Christ, we worship Thee,
Thy sovereign majesty maintain
As greater than the Son of man;
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In essence, substance, nature One,
Thy Father's equal we proclaim
With God eternally the same.
XLIII.
[A Child on us bestow'd]
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mark xiii. 32.
A Child on us bestow'd,
Not all at once He knew,
But the supreme, omniscient God,
As man, in wisdom grew:
As man, He knew not when
Himself the Judge should come,
And summon all the sons of men
To meet their instant doom.
Not all at once He knew,
But the supreme, omniscient God,
As man, in wisdom grew:
As man, He knew not when
Himself the Judge should come,
And summon all the sons of men
To meet their instant doom.
Yet we, with Peter, own
The Saviour's sovereign right,
Thou all things know'st, O God alone
In wisdom infinite:
And when to me Thou art
Discover'd from above,
I too shall answer from my heart
Thou know'st that Thee I love.
The Saviour's sovereign right,
Thou all things know'st, O God alone
In wisdom infinite:
And when to me Thou art
Discover'd from above,
I too shall answer from my heart
Thou know'st that Thee I love.
XLIV.
[He that hath seen the' Incarnate Son]
No man hath seen God at any time.
John i. 18.
Philip saith unto Him, Lord show us the
Father—Hast Thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen
Me hath seen the Father.
Ibid. xiv. 8, 9.
He that hath seen the' Incarnate Son,
All which of Christ was visible,
Hath seen the Father too, and known
(What flesh and blood could not reveal)
Jehovah is in Jesus' name,
With God substantially the same.
All which of Christ was visible,
Hath seen the Father too, and known
(What flesh and blood could not reveal)
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With God substantially the same.
He hath beheld the person join'd
To God invisible, supreme,
He doth the Father's nature find
The plenitude Divine in Him,
Who hath to all His followers shown
“I and My Father are but One.”
To God invisible, supreme,
He doth the Father's nature find
The plenitude Divine in Him,
Who hath to all His followers shown
“I and My Father are but One.”
Jesus, Thou Son of the Most High,
To me, even me vouchsafe the grace
To see by faith's internal eye,
Jehovah shining in Thy face:
Explain the mystery to my heart,
And bid me then in peace depart.
To me, even me vouchsafe the grace
To see by faith's internal eye,
Jehovah shining in Thy face:
Explain the mystery to my heart,
And bid me then in peace depart.
So when Thou dost with clouds appear
In all Thy dazzling majesty,
These eyes of flesh shall see Thee here,
Without a veil the Godhead see,
My forehead shall Thy name receive,
And glorious I for ever live.
In all Thy dazzling majesty,
These eyes of flesh shall see Thee here,
Without a veil the Godhead see,
My forehead shall Thy name receive,
And glorious I for ever live.
XLV.
[All things unto Christ, as man]
But when He saith all things are put
under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted which did put
all things under Him. And when all things shall be subdued unto Him.
1 Corinthians xv. 27.
We look for the Saviour the Lord
Jesus Christ—who is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
Philippians iii. 20, 21.
All things unto Christ, as man,
By Another are subdued;
But we steadfastly maintain
He that Other is, as God:
He can, as Jehovah's Son,
All things to Himself subdue:
Jesus sitting on His throne
Makes our universe anew.
By Another are subdued;
But we steadfastly maintain
He that Other is, as God:
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All things to Himself subdue:
Jesus sitting on His throne
Makes our universe anew.
Jesus, Son of the Most High,
Power omnipotent is Thine;
Lord of all in earth and sky,
Vindicate Thy right Divine;
Conquer this rebellious heart:
Then I know, in love renew'd,
Thou, my present Saviour, art
The One, true, eternal God.
Power omnipotent is Thine;
Lord of all in earth and sky,
Vindicate Thy right Divine;
Conquer this rebellious heart:
Then I know, in love renew'd,
Thou, my present Saviour, art
The One, true, eternal God.
XLVI.
[Jesus hath bought us with His blood]
Denying our only Master [Gr.] and Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 4.
Jesus hath bought us with His blood,
And He that bought us is the Lord,
The Governor supreme, the God
Jehovah by His works adored,
The only Governor supreme,
The only God we praise in Him.
And He that bought us is the Lord,
The Governor supreme, the God
Jehovah by His works adored,
The only Governor supreme,
The only God we praise in Him.
His true Divinity, denied
By an ungrateful world, we own,
Who feel the blood Divine applied,
And saved by grace through faith alone,
Shall soon behold His open face,
And our eternal Saviour praise.
By an ungrateful world, we own,
Who feel the blood Divine applied,
And saved by grace through faith alone,
Shall soon behold His open face,
And our eternal Saviour praise.
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[The only wise almighty God]
Unto Him that is able to present you faultless
before the presence of His glory—to the only wise God
our Saviour.
Jude 24, 25.
That He might present it to Himself a glorious church.
Ephesians v. 27.
The only wise almighty God
Is able by His grace
Us to present, in love renew'd
Before His glorious face:
And He whose promises are sure,
Returning for His bride,
Will to Himself present us pure,
And wholly sanctified.
Is able by His grace
Us to present, in love renew'd
Before His glorious face:
And He whose promises are sure,
Returning for His bride,
Will to Himself present us pure,
And wholly sanctified.
Jesus, who bought us with His blood,
Who makes us pure in heart,
The only wise, almighty God,
Our Saviour we assert:
The glorious presence is His own;
And when the sight is given,
Beholding Jesus on His throne,
We reach our highest heaven.
Who makes us pure in heart,
The only wise, almighty God,
Our Saviour we assert:
The glorious presence is His own;
And when the sight is given,
Beholding Jesus on His throne,
We reach our highest heaven.
XLVIII.
[God made known the mystery]
The dispensation of the grace of God,
which is given me to you-ward: how that by revelation He
made known to me the mystery.
Ephesians iii. 2, 3.
I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians i. 12.
God made known the mystery,
The gospel of His grace,
Call'd the messenger to see
His God in Jesus' face:
God by revelation gave
The power to preach a dying God,
Ministerial power to save
Believers in His blood.
The gospel of His grace,
Call'd the messenger to see
His God in Jesus' face:
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The power to preach a dying God,
Ministerial power to save
Believers in His blood.
“I received it not of man,
Of man I was not taught;
Jesus did Himself explain
The grace for sinners bought;
Christ did to my heart reveal
The welcome news of sin forgiven,
News of joy unspeakable,
And peace 'twixt earth and heaven.”
Of man I was not taught;
Jesus did Himself explain
The grace for sinners bought;
Christ did to my heart reveal
The welcome news of sin forgiven,
News of joy unspeakable,
And peace 'twixt earth and heaven.”
Every chosen instrument
Ordain'd by the Most High,
Every minister is sent
Of Christ to testify:
Lo, we preach His name abroad;
Know all the truth in us reveal'd,
Sinners by the blood of God
Receive your pardon seal'd.
Ordain'd by the Most High,
Every minister is sent
Of Christ to testify:
Lo, we preach His name abroad;
Know all the truth in us reveal'd,
Sinners by the blood of God
Receive your pardon seal'd.
XLIX.
[Thou, even Thou alone]
Thou, even Thou only, knowest the
hearts of all the children of men.
1 Kings viii. 39.
All the churches shall know that I am He which searcheth the reins and hearts.
Revelation ii. 23.
Thou, even Thou alone,
O God by nature One,
Infinite in wisdom art,
Jesus to Thy Father join'd
Searcher of the reins and heart,
Know'st the hearts of all mankind.
O God by nature One,
Infinite in wisdom art,
Jesus to Thy Father join'd
Searcher of the reins and heart,
Know'st the hearts of all mankind.
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By this Thy churches know
Their God reveal'd below,
Sure that Thou, O Christ, art He,
God supreme in glorious grace;
Fulness of the Deity
Thee Thy saints for ever praise.
Their God reveal'd below,
Sure that Thou, O Christ, art He,
God supreme in glorious grace;
Fulness of the Deity
Thee Thy saints for ever praise.
L.
[All who partake of Christ, partake]
Exceeding great and precious promises, that by
these you might be partakers of the Divine nature.
2 Peter i. 4.
We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast, &c.
Hebrews iii. 14.
All who partake of Christ, partake
The nature properly Divine
Of Him, who humbled for our sake,
Us with Himself vouchsafed to join;
And in His single person show'd
The substance both of man and God.
The nature properly Divine
Of Him, who humbled for our sake,
Us with Himself vouchsafed to join;
And in His single person show'd
The substance both of man and God.
The precious promises in Him
Are all contain'd and verified;
And fashion'd like the God supreme,
Whoe'er in Christ by faith abide,
The' essential holiness they share,
The image of the heavenly bear.
Are all contain'd and verified;
And fashion'd like the God supreme,
Whoe'er in Christ by faith abide,
The' essential holiness they share,
The image of the heavenly bear.
Jesus the Lord, Thy nature pure
To us, as capable, impart,
And thus our hallow'd hearts assure
That Thou the true Jehovah art,
And wilt through death our Leader be,
Our God through all eternity.
To us, as capable, impart,
And thus our hallow'd hearts assure
That Thou the true Jehovah art,
And wilt through death our Leader be,
Our God through all eternity.
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LI.
[Jehovah by Himself hath sworn]
I have sworn by Myself—that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah xlv. 23.
Jehovah by Himself hath sworn,
(Jehovah in the' eternal Son,)
All flesh shall to their God return,
And stand arraign'd at Jesus' throne:
When the descending Judge they see,
Before My dread tribunal bow'd,
All shall at last acknowledge Me,
And every tongue confess to God.
(Jehovah in the' eternal Son,)
All flesh shall to their God return,
And stand arraign'd at Jesus' throne:
When the descending Judge they see,
Before My dread tribunal bow'd,
All shall at last acknowledge Me,
And every tongue confess to God.
He could not by a greater swear;
For Jesus is the Lord most high:
And we who trust His oath, prepare
To meet our Saviour in the sky:
We then around His throne shall sing,
Improvers of the' angelic strains,
Jesus the saints' triumphant King
The' almighty God for ever reigns!
For Jesus is the Lord most high:
And we who trust His oath, prepare
To meet our Saviour in the sky:
We then around His throne shall sing,
Improvers of the' angelic strains,
Jesus the saints' triumphant King
The' almighty God for ever reigns!
LII.
[Jesus, Jehovah, God]
When He ascended up on high He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Ephesians iv. 8.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them—
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive.
Psalm lxviii. 17, 18.
Jesus, Jehovah, God,
Thou art gone up on high,
Amidst the' angelic multitude
Thy chariots through the sky:
In majesty supreme,
Absolute God confess'd,
Captive Thyself hast taken them
Who all mankind oppress'd.
Thou art gone up on high,
Amidst the' angelic multitude
Thy chariots through the sky:
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Absolute God confess'd,
Captive Thyself hast taken them
Who all mankind oppress'd.
Thou hast in triumph led
Our enemies and Thine,
And more than conqueror display'd
The' omnipotence Divine:
We see them all before
Thy bleeding cross subdued,
And prostrate at Thy feet adore
The One eternal God.
Our enemies and Thine,
And more than conqueror display'd
The' omnipotence Divine:
We see them all before
Thy bleeding cross subdued,
And prostrate at Thy feet adore
The One eternal God.
LIII.
[God did the testament enjoin]
This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined you.
Hebrews ix. 20.
Where a testament is, there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator.
Ibid. v. 16.
God did the testament enjoin,
Which God confirm'd with His own blood:
The Man who did His life resign
Was proper, true, eternal God,
God indivisible, and One,
Jehovah's Fellow, and His Son.
Which God confirm'd with His own blood:
The Man who did His life resign
Was proper, true, eternal God,
God indivisible, and One,
Jehovah's Fellow, and His Son.
The nature, both of God and Man
In Jesus' single person meet,
Never to be disjoin'd again;
So strict the union and complete,
That what of One is said, is true,
If spoken of the Other too.
In Jesus' single person meet,
Never to be disjoin'd again;
So strict the union and complete,
That what of One is said, is true,
If spoken of the Other too.
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LIV.
[Very man, and very God]
Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood.
Revelation v. 9.
Very man, and very God,
Thou hast bought us with Thy blood:
Two distinguish'd natures we
In Thy single person see,
God and man in Thee alone
Mix inseparably One.
Thou hast bought us with Thy blood:
Two distinguish'd natures we
In Thy single person see,
God and man in Thee alone
Mix inseparably One.
How could God for sinners die?
How could man the pardon buy?
When Thy human nature bled,
Then the blood Divine was shed,
Blood of Him who was in Thee
God from all eternity.
How could man the pardon buy?
When Thy human nature bled,
Then the blood Divine was shed,
Blood of Him who was in Thee
God from all eternity.
Thou its infinite desert
Didst to Thy own death impart,
Didst impart to Thy own blood
All its prevalence with God:
Such a Saviour us became,
Such we worship in the Lamb!
Didst to Thy own death impart,
Didst impart to Thy own blood
All its prevalence with God:
Such a Saviour us became,
Such we worship in the Lamb!
LV.
[In that day, Jehovah saith]
In that day, saith the Lord (ver. 10), they
shall look on Me whom they have pierced.
Zechariah xii. 4.
They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.
John xix. 37.
In that day, Jehovah saith,
Sinners shall look on Me,
Me behold with eyes of faith
Transfix'd on Calvary;
Jews who nail'd Me to the wood,
Who pierced My feet, and hands, and side,
Literally shall see their God,
Jehovah crucified!
Sinners shall look on Me,
Me behold with eyes of faith
Transfix'd on Calvary;
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Who pierced My feet, and hands, and side,
Literally shall see their God,
Jehovah crucified!
Guilty, guilty we confess
Their most atrocious deed,
We by our own wickedness
Have caused our God to bleed:
Who Jehovah's Fellow was,
The Man with God for ever One,
We have fasten'd to the cross
The Father's only Son.
Their most atrocious deed,
We by our own wickedness
Have caused our God to bleed:
Who Jehovah's Fellow was,
The Man with God for ever One,
We have fasten'd to the cross
The Father's only Son.
But Thou hast fulfill'd Thy word,
We see Thy body torn,
Look on our expiring Lord,
And fall and deeply mourn,
Hear Thine interceding cries,
(Father, My murderers forgive!)
Quicken'd by the sound we rise,
And by Thy death we live.
We see Thy body torn,
Look on our expiring Lord,
And fall and deeply mourn,
Hear Thine interceding cries,
(Father, My murderers forgive!)
Quicken'd by the sound we rise,
And by Thy death we live.
Yet we still indulge our tears
O'er our Redeemer slain,
Where that slaughter'd Lamb appears
We must through life remain,
Pierced with sacred sympathy
Our sorrows mingling with Thy blood,
Till the Lord from heaven we see,
And all fly up to God.
O'er our Redeemer slain,
Where that slaughter'd Lamb appears
We must through life remain,
Pierced with sacred sympathy
Our sorrows mingling with Thy blood,
Till the Lord from heaven we see,
And all fly up to God.
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LVI.
[The day of Christ, the day of God]
That ye may be sincere, and without offence, till the day of Christ.
Philippians i. 10.
Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God.
2 Peter iii. 12.
The day of Christ, the day of God
We humbly hope with joy to see,
Wash'd in the sanctifying blood
Of an expiring Deity:
Who did for us His life resign,
There is no other God but One,
For all the plenitude Divine
Resides in the Incarnate Son.
We humbly hope with joy to see,
Wash'd in the sanctifying blood
Of an expiring Deity:
Who did for us His life resign,
There is no other God but One,
For all the plenitude Divine
Resides in the Incarnate Son.
Spotless, sincere, without offence
O may we to His day remain,
Who trust the blood of God to cleanse
Our souls from every sinful stain:
Lord, we believe the promise sure:
The purchased Comforter impart,
Apply Thy blood to make us pure,
To keep us pure in life and heart.
O may we to His day remain,
Who trust the blood of God to cleanse
Our souls from every sinful stain:
Lord, we believe the promise sure:
The purchased Comforter impart,
Apply Thy blood to make us pure,
To keep us pure in life and heart.
Then let us see that day supreme,
When none the Godhead shall deny,
Thy sovereign majesty blaspheme,
Or count Thee less than the Most High;
When all who Thee their God believe,
Who here Thy last appearing love,
Shall Thy consummate joy receive,
And see Thy glorious face above.
When none the Godhead shall deny,
Thy sovereign majesty blaspheme,
Or count Thee less than the Most High;
When all who Thee their God believe,
Who here Thy last appearing love,
Shall Thy consummate joy receive,
And see Thy glorious face above.
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LVII.
[Lo the great God will come from high]
Behold the Lord God will come—His reward is with Him.
Isaiah xl. 10.
Behold I come quickly, and My reward is with Me.
Revelation xxii. 12.
Lo the great God will come from high,
And with Him bring His own reward,
Jesus declares Jehovah nigh,
The sovereign God, the' almighty Lord!
Lo, from above I quickly come,
And bring My own reward with Me,
And seal the universal doom,
Which stands to all eternity.
And with Him bring His own reward,
Jesus declares Jehovah nigh,
The sovereign God, the' almighty Lord!
Lo, from above I quickly come,
And bring My own reward with Me,
And seal the universal doom,
Which stands to all eternity.
True Witness of Thy swift return,
Thy faithful record we receive,
And long on angels' wings upborne
To meet, and see Thy face, and live:
Come quickly, Lord, our hearts reply,
According to Thy word descend
Jehovah glorious from the sky,
And bring the joy that ne'er shall end.
Thy faithful record we receive,
And long on angels' wings upborne
To meet, and see Thy face, and live:
Come quickly, Lord, our hearts reply,
According to Thy word descend
Jehovah glorious from the sky,
And bring the joy that ne'er shall end.
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LVIII.
[The self-same act of grace Divine]
That which is born of the Spirit.
John iii. 6.
That which is born of God. [Gr.]
1 John v. 4.
The self-same act of grace Divine
Which in our second birth we prove,
Great God, is an effect of Thine,
And of Thy Spirit from above:
His constituted witnesses
To whom He makes the mystery known,
One nature we in Both confess:
God and the Spirit are but One.
Which in our second birth we prove,
Great God, is an effect of Thine,
And of Thy Spirit from above:
His constituted witnesses
To whom He makes the mystery known,
One nature we in Both confess:
God and the Spirit are but One.
Come, Holy Ghost, Thou God most high,
Thou everlasting Spirit come,
Our faithful hearts to certify,
And consecrate Thine earthly home:
When Thou hast seal'd Thy bless'd abode,
Jehovah's mansion we shall be,
A temple of the Triune God;
For all the Godhead is in Thee.
Thou everlasting Spirit come,
Our faithful hearts to certify,
And consecrate Thine earthly home:
When Thou hast seal'd Thy bless'd abode,
Jehovah's mansion we shall be,
A temple of the Triune God;
For all the Godhead is in Thee.
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LIX.
[Call'd by the Holy Ghost alone]
The Holy Ghost said, Separate Me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts xiii. 2.
No man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God.
Hebrews v. 4.
Call'd by the Holy Ghost alone
The labourers are call'd by God,
One with the Father and the Son
The Spirit hath their grace bestow'd,
Their ministerial honour given,
And sent the messengers of heaven.
The labourers are call'd by God,
One with the Father and the Son
The Spirit hath their grace bestow'd,
Their ministerial honour given,
And sent the messengers of heaven.
None but the' almighty Spirit can
Set His own officers apart,
His chosen instruments ordain,
And sinners by their word convert,
While taught of Him they testify,
That Spirit is the Lord most high.
Set His own officers apart,
His chosen instruments ordain,
And sinners by their word convert,
While taught of Him they testify,
That Spirit is the Lord most high.
LX.
[Holy Ghost, regard our prayers]
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.
Matthew ix. 38.
So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost.
Acts xiii. 4.
Holy Ghost, regard our prayers,
Third of the glorious three,
Send forth faithful labourers
To gather souls for Thee:
Sovereign, everlasting Lord,
The harvest is entirely Thine,
Thine the preachers of the word,
The messengers Divine.
Third of the glorious three,
Send forth faithful labourers
To gather souls for Thee:
Sovereign, everlasting Lord,
The harvest is entirely Thine,
Thine the preachers of the word,
The messengers Divine.
Move their hearts, and more stir up
Salvation to proclaim,
Bold on every mountain-top
To shout in Jesus' name,
Tidings of great joy to tell,
Of peace obtain'd, and sin forgiven;
Then, Thy word of grace to seal,
O God, come down from heaven.
Salvation to proclaim,
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To shout in Jesus' name,
Tidings of great joy to tell,
Of peace obtain'd, and sin forgiven;
Then, Thy word of grace to seal,
O God, come down from heaven.
LXI.
[Holy Ghost, apply Thy word]
It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,
that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke ii. 16.
And he blessed God, and said, Lord, now
lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word.
Ibid., ver. 28.
Holy Ghost, apply Thy word
And promise to my heart,
Tell me I shall see the Lord,
Before I hence depart:
When my faith the Christ hath seen,
Creator of that inward eye,
Thee I shall acknowledge then,
The Lord and God most high.
And promise to my heart,
Tell me I shall see the Lord,
Before I hence depart:
When my faith the Christ hath seen,
Creator of that inward eye,
Thee I shall acknowledge then,
The Lord and God most high.
Spirit of faith, reveal in me
The sure approaching grace,
Then I shall the Deity
Of my Inspirer praise,
Bless my God for ever bless'd,
Glory in salvation given,
Late obtain the promised rest,
And go in peace to heaven.
The sure approaching grace,
Then I shall the Deity
Of my Inspirer praise,
Bless my God for ever bless'd,
Glory in salvation given,
Late obtain the promised rest,
And go in peace to heaven.
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LXII.
[The Holy Ghost in part we know]
He (the Spirit of truth) dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John xiv. 17.
God is in you of a truth.
1 Corinthians xiv. 25.
The Holy Ghost in part we know,
For with us He resides,
Our whole of good to Him we owe
Whom by His grace He guides:
He doth our virtuous thoughts inspire,
The evil He averts,
And every seed of good desire
He planted in our hearts.
For with us He resides,
Our whole of good to Him we owe
Whom by His grace He guides:
He doth our virtuous thoughts inspire,
The evil He averts,
And every seed of good desire
He planted in our hearts.
He whom the world cannot receive,
But fight against His power,
Will come, we steadfastly believe,
In His appointed hour:
He now the future grace reveals,
Bespeaks His mean abode;
And in us when the Spirit dwells,
We all are fill'd with God.
But fight against His power,
Will come, we steadfastly believe,
In His appointed hour:
He now the future grace reveals,
Bespeaks His mean abode;
And in us when the Spirit dwells,
We all are fill'd with God.
LXIII.
[Whene'er our day of Pentecost]
At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
John xiv. 20.
Whene'er our day of Pentecost
Is fully come, we surely know
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Our God, is manifest below:
The Son doth in the Father dwell,
The Father in His Son imparts
His Spirit of joy unspeakable,
And lives for ever in our hearts.
Is fully come, we surely know
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Our God, is manifest below:
The Son doth in the Father dwell,
The Father in His Son imparts
His Spirit of joy unspeakable,
And lives for ever in our hearts.
Our hearts are then convinced indeed
That Christ is with the Father One;
The Spirit that doth from Both proceed,
Attests the co-eternal Son;
The Spirit of truth and holiness
Asserts His own Divinity:
And then the orthodox confess
One glorious God in persons three.
That Christ is with the Father One;
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Attests the co-eternal Son;
The Spirit of truth and holiness
Asserts His own Divinity:
And then the orthodox confess
One glorious God in persons three.
LXIV.
[Spirit of truth, essential God]
All scripture is given by inspiration of God.
2 Timothy iii. 16.
Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Peter i. 21.
Spirit of truth, essential God,
Who didst Thine ancient saints inspire,
Shed in their hearts Thy love abroad,
And touch their hallow'd lips with fire,
Our God from all eternity,
World without end, we worship Thee.
Who didst Thine ancient saints inspire,
Shed in their hearts Thy love abroad,
And touch their hallow'd lips with fire,
Our God from all eternity,
World without end, we worship Thee.
Still we believe, almighty Lord,
Whose presence fills both earth and heaven,
The meaning of the written word
Is still by inspiration given,
Thou only dost Thyself explain
The secret mind of God to man.
Whose presence fills both earth and heaven,
The meaning of the written word
Is still by inspiration given,
Thou only dost Thyself explain
The secret mind of God to man.
Come then, Divine Interpreter,
The scriptures to our hearts apply,
And taught by Thee we God revere,
Him in three persons magnify,
In each the Triune God adore,
Who was, and is for evermore.
The scriptures to our hearts apply,
And taught by Thee we God revere,
Him in three persons magnify,
In each the Triune God adore,
Who was, and is for evermore.
LXV.
[Fulfill'd in us we daily own]
It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God.
John vi. 45.
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Not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.
1 Corinthians ii. 13.
Fulfill'd in us we daily own
The ancient gospel prophecy,
Taught by the Holy Ghost alone,
We all are taught by God most high;
'Tis He instructs us through His grace,
Whate'er the instruments employ'd,
God only claims His people's praise:
Our Teacher is indwelling God.
The ancient gospel prophecy,
Taught by the Holy Ghost alone,
We all are taught by God most high;
'Tis He instructs us through His grace,
Whate'er the instruments employ'd,
God only claims His people's praise:
Our Teacher is indwelling God.
Come Holy Ghost, Thyself reveal,
Spirit of grace and wisdom come,
Thy own Divine instructions seal,
And make our hearts Thy constant home:
When Thou art in Thy saints below,
We serve Thee as the church above,
And all things have, and all things know,
Divinely taught our God to love.
Spirit of grace and wisdom come,
Thy own Divine instructions seal,
And make our hearts Thy constant home:
When Thou art in Thy saints below,
We serve Thee as the church above,
And all things have, and all things know,
Divinely taught our God to love.
LXVI.
[Who to the Holy Spirit lied]
Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?
Acts v. 3.
Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Ibid. 4.
Who to the Holy Spirit lied,
He lied to God, and not to men;
To God that doth in saints reside,
Not in proud infidels profane,
Who His Divinity blaspheme,
And lie against their God supreme.
He lied to God, and not to men;
To God that doth in saints reside,
Not in proud infidels profane,
Who His Divinity blaspheme,
And lie against their God supreme.
But we have by His unction known
The truth which only God reveals:
There is no other God but One,
Who in us by His Spirit dwells,
And teaches all His witnesses
One God in persons three to praise.
The truth which only God reveals:
There is no other God but One,
Who in us by His Spirit dwells,
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One God in persons three to praise.
LXVII.
[God, who did the Spirit bestow]
And hereby we know that He abideth in us,
by the Spirit which He hath given us.
1 John v. 24.
God, who did the Spirit bestow
That in our hearts resides,
God supreme, hereby we know,
Himself in us abides:
God eternally adored
His Spirit in us is the most high,
Glorious, universal Lord,
That fills both earth and sky.
That in our hearts resides,
God supreme, hereby we know,
Himself in us abides:
God eternally adored
His Spirit in us is the most high,
Glorious, universal Lord,
That fills both earth and sky.
Who the Holy Ghost receive,
The' indwelling Comforter,
We His Deity believe,
And we alone declare:
When He speaks the promise seal'd
In saints His permanent abode,
With Jehovah's Spirit fill'd,
We all are fill'd with God.
The' indwelling Comforter,
We His Deity believe,
And we alone declare:
When He speaks the promise seal'd
In saints His permanent abode,
With Jehovah's Spirit fill'd,
We all are fill'd with God.
LXVIII.
[When the Spirit Thou bestow'st]
The temple of God is holy, which temple are ye.
1 Corinthians iii. 16.
Know ye not that your bodies are
the temple of the Holy Ghost?
1 Corinthians vi. 19.
When the Spirit Thou bestow'st,
Our indwelling Comforter,
Temples of the Holy Ghost,
We, O God, Thy temples are:
Full of confidence Divine
Feels our heart its heavenly Guest:
Thou art come into Thy shrine:
Here, O God, for ever rest.
Our indwelling Comforter,
Temples of the Holy Ghost,
We, O God, Thy temples are:
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Feels our heart its heavenly Guest:
Thou art come into Thy shrine:
Here, O God, for ever rest.
By His residence below
In this weak corporeal frame,
Thee we with Thy Spirit know
Co-essentially the same:
With Thy Son and Spirit one,
Father, bid Thy temples rise,
Shine, when time its course hath run,
Blaze eternal in the skies.
In this weak corporeal frame,
Thee we with Thy Spirit know
Co-essentially the same:
With Thy Son and Spirit one,
Father, bid Thy temples rise,
Shine, when time its course hath run,
Blaze eternal in the skies.
LXIX.
[Who into temptation led]
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit to be tempted.
Matthew iv. 1.
Our Father which art in heaven—lead us not into temptation.
Luke xi. 2, 4.
Who into temptation led
God's well-beloved Son,
Born to bruise the serpent's head
And tread the tempter down?
Who of final victory
Did the occasion sure afford?
Third of the mysterious three,
That Spirit was the Lord.
God's well-beloved Son,
Born to bruise the serpent's head
And tread the tempter down?
Who of final victory
Did the occasion sure afford?
Third of the mysterious three,
That Spirit was the Lord.
Born again, and led by Him,
We are the sons of God,
Own His Deity supreme,
And publish Him abroad,
One with God the Son adore,
One with God the Father praise,
Glorious theme, when time is o'er,
Of everlasting lays.
We are the sons of God,
Own His Deity supreme,
And publish Him abroad,
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One with God the Father praise,
Glorious theme, when time is o'er,
Of everlasting lays.
LXX.
[God of all consolation]
Blessed be God, even the God of all comfort.
2 Corinthians i. 3.
God of all consolation,
The Holy Ghost Thou art,
Thy secret inspiration
Hath told it to my heart:
The blessing I inherit,
Through Jesus' prayer bestow'd,
The Comforter, the Spirit,
The true eternal God.
The Holy Ghost Thou art,
Thy secret inspiration
Hath told it to my heart:
The blessing I inherit,
Through Jesus' prayer bestow'd,
The Comforter, the Spirit,
The true eternal God.
With God the Son and Saviour,
With God the Father one,
The tokens of His favour
Thou mak'st to sinners known,
An antepast of heaven
Thou dost in me reveal,
Attest my sins forgiven,
And my salvation seal.
With God the Father one,
The tokens of His favour
Thou mak'st to sinners known,
An antepast of heaven
Thou dost in me reveal,
Attest my sins forgiven,
And my salvation seal.
The' indubitable Witness
Of Thy own Deity,
Thou giv'st my soul its fitness
Thy glorious face to see:
Thy comforts, gifts, and graces
My largest thoughts transcend,
And challenge all my praises,
When faith in sight shall end.
Of Thy own Deity,
Thou giv'st my soul its fitness
Thy glorious face to see:
Thy comforts, gifts, and graces
My largest thoughts transcend,
And challenge all my praises,
When faith in sight shall end.
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LXXI.
[The things and purposes of man]
What man knoweth the things of a man,
save the spirit of a man which is in him? even so the things
of God knoweth none but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians ii. 11.
The things and purposes of man
Are seen and understood by none;
None, none without him can explain
His secret thoughts and mind unknown:
The spirit which in the man doth dwell,
Which is the man, alone can tell.
Are seen and understood by none;
None, none without him can explain
His secret thoughts and mind unknown:
The spirit which in the man doth dwell,
Which is the man, alone can tell.
The things invisible, Divine,
Search'd out by none but God can be:
Too short or man's or angel's line
To sound the depths of Deity:
The Spirit which in our God doth dwell,
Which is our God, alone can tell.
Search'd out by none but God can be:
Too short or man's or angel's line
To sound the depths of Deity:
The Spirit which in our God doth dwell,
Which is our God, alone can tell.
None of a different nature can
A far superior nature know:
Incomprehensible to man
Is God, unless Himself He show,
Unless His heavenly Spirit impart
His light to man's infernal heart.
A far superior nature know:
Incomprehensible to man
Is God, unless Himself He show,
Unless His heavenly Spirit impart
His light to man's infernal heart.
Thou co-essential Spirit, shine,
The things of God in us reveal:
The things of God are only Thine,
Jehovah indivisible,
God with the Father and the Son,
In perfect Unity, come down.
The things of God in us reveal:
The things of God are only Thine,
Jehovah indivisible,
God with the Father and the Son,
In perfect Unity, come down.
Save us for Thy own nature's sake,
And teach by Thy anointing grace,
Possession of Thy creature take,
We then the mind of Christ possess,
We have the true Divinity,
The whole of God reveal'd in Thee.
And teach by Thy anointing grace,
Possession of Thy creature take,
We then the mind of Christ possess,
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The whole of God reveal'd in Thee.
LXXII.
['Twixt God and His own Spirit we]
The things of God knoweth no man.
1 Corinthians ii. 11.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.
Ibid. 14.
'Twixt God and His own Spirit we
No difference in the scriptures see,
In personality alone
Distinct, in mind and nature one:
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Adored by His celestial host,
As taught by His unerring word,
We worship, One almighty Lord.
No difference in the scriptures see,
In personality alone
Distinct, in mind and nature one:
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Adored by His celestial host,
As taught by His unerring word,
We worship, One almighty Lord.
But God the Spirit's things are known
By reason's feeble light to none,
Though foolish man would comprehend
What must his nature's powers transcend;
Till God an understanding give,
He cannot savingly believe
His God, or spiritually see
The three in One, and One in three.
By reason's feeble light to none,
Though foolish man would comprehend
What must his nature's powers transcend;
Till God an understanding give,
He cannot savingly believe
His God, or spiritually see
The three in One, and One in three.
LXXIII.
[Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God]
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy vi. 16, and Matthew iv. 7.
How is it that ye have agreed to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
Acts v. 9.
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God:
The Lord thy God that Spirit is,
Who hath on man His grace bestow'd;
Whose tender mercies never cease;
But still He doth with sinners stay,
Though grieved and tempted every day.
The Lord thy God that Spirit is,
Who hath on man His grace bestow'd;
Whose tender mercies never cease;
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Though grieved and tempted every day.
Transgressors of His righteous law
By sin offend His glorious eyes:
By sin we urge Him to withdraw,
And force His lingering wrath to rise,
Till from His face He vows to' expel,
And leave us to our choice in hell.
By sin offend His glorious eyes:
By sin we urge Him to withdraw,
And force His lingering wrath to rise,
Till from His face He vows to' expel,
And leave us to our choice in hell.
Yet spare us, O Thou God supreme,
Before we fill our measure up,
Thy true Divinity blaspheme,
And quench with Thee our latest hope:
Thy Godhead on the rebels prove,
And conquer us at last by love.
Before we fill our measure up,
Thy true Divinity blaspheme,
And quench with Thee our latest hope:
Thy Godhead on the rebels prove,
And conquer us at last by love.
Thy living law of love reveal,
And write it in our inward parts,
Thou God of love unsearchable,
Set up Thy kingdom in our hearts,
Thy kingdom in our hearts maintain,
And we shall never sin again.
And write it in our inward parts,
Thou God of love unsearchable,
Set up Thy kingdom in our hearts,
Thy kingdom in our hearts maintain,
And we shall never sin again.
LXXIV.
[Jehovah's Spirit of purest love]
The Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
Genesis vi. 3.
Jehovah's Spirit of purest love
Waited in Noah's days,
And long the God of patience strove
With that rebellious race:
The same almighty Spirit strives,
And help to us imparts,
Sufficient to reform our lives,
And change our sinful hearts.
Waited in Noah's days,
And long the God of patience strove
With that rebellious race:
The same almighty Spirit strives,
And help to us imparts,
Sufficient to reform our lives,
And change our sinful hearts.
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But if, disdaining to receive,
His proffer'd aid we slight,
His goodness obstinately grieve,
And do our God despite;
His patience will not always last
To those that brave His power:
And when our gracious day is past,
He strives with us no more.
His proffer'd aid we slight,
His goodness obstinately grieve,
And do our God despite;
His patience will not always last
To those that brave His power:
And when our gracious day is past,
He strives with us no more.
But let us to our God return
Most pitiful, most high,
For mercy at His footstool mourn,
For farther respite cry:
Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay,
And strive again with me,
Nor cast a wretched soul away
That has rejected Thee.
Most pitiful, most high,
For mercy at His footstool mourn,
For farther respite cry:
Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay,
And strive again with me,
Nor cast a wretched soul away
That has rejected Thee.
Though late, I yield me to Thy will,
With free, entire consent;
Thy pleasure, Lord, in me fulfil
A pardon'd penitent:
So shall I publish Thee abroad
Jehovah from above,
The only, true, eternal God
Of everlasting love.
With free, entire consent;
Thy pleasure, Lord, in me fulfil
A pardon'd penitent:
So shall I publish Thee abroad
Jehovah from above,
The only, true, eternal God
Of everlasting love.
LXXV.
[The Finger of our God most high]
If I with the finger of God cast out devils.
Luke xi. 20.
If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God.
Matthew xii. 28.
The Finger of our God most high,
The' immediate power, the Spirit, expell'd,
And forced the trembling fiends to fly,
And all the hosts of darkness quell'd,
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The act of God Himself confess,
And One eternal Deity
In Three co-equal persons bless.
LXXVI.
[Jehovah, God and Lord]
The hand of the Lord God fell there upon
me—And He put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a
lock of mine head, and the Spirit lifted me up.
Ezekiel viii. 1, 3.
Jehovah, God and Lord
Of all in earth and sky,
Arrests the servant of His word,
And lifts him up on high:
The Spirit lifts him up:
The Lord of Hosts is He,
Sole Object of our faith and hope,
God from eternity.
Of all in earth and sky,
Arrests the servant of His word,
And lifts him up on high:
The Spirit lifts him up:
The Lord of Hosts is He,
Sole Object of our faith and hope,
God from eternity.
He is our God alone,
All others we disclaim,
One with the Father and the Son,
Essentially the same:
He His whole church shall raise
To glorious joys above,
And bless us in that heavenly place,
And crown us with His love.
All others we disclaim,
One with the Father and the Son,
Essentially the same:
He His whole church shall raise
To glorious joys above,
And bless us in that heavenly place,
And crown us with His love.
LXXVII.
[The Lord who did by David speak]
Lord, Thou art God which hast made
heaven and earth—Who by the mouth of Thy servant David—hast said, &c.
Acts iv. 24, 25.
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This scripture must have needs been fulfilled which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake.
Acts i. 16.
The Lord who did by David speak,
Our sovereign Lord we own,
Refuge in Him alone we seek,
We trust in Him alone:
The heavens and earth, and sea, He made,
And all which they contain,
And doth by His continual aid
His universe sustain.
Our sovereign Lord we own,
Refuge in Him alone we seek,
We trust in Him alone:
The heavens and earth, and sea, He made,
And all which they contain,
And doth by His continual aid
His universe sustain.
Inspirer of the sacred Book,
His own authentic word,
The Holy Ghost by David spoke
Our sovereign God and Lord:
His true Divinity express'd,
His majesty and power,
By all the saints of God confess'd,
We worship evermore.
His own authentic word,
The Holy Ghost by David spoke
Our sovereign God and Lord:
His true Divinity express'd,
His majesty and power,
By all the saints of God confess'd,
We worship evermore.
LXXVIII.
[Israel's Lord and God supreme]
The Lord God of Israel—spake by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.
Luke i. 68–70.
Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet, &c.
Acts xxviii. 25.
Israel's Lord and God supreme
Spake by His messengers,
Moved to testify of Him
The old enraptured seers:
Prophets, since the world began,
The Holy Ghost inspired to tell
His Divinity to man,
And all His mind reveal.
Spake by His messengers,
Moved to testify of Him
The old enraptured seers:
Prophets, since the world began,
The Holy Ghost inspired to tell
His Divinity to man,
And all His mind reveal.
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Well the Holy Ghost, the Lord,
Did by Esaias say,
Israel would reject His word,
His counsel disobey:
All alike reject Him now,
Who Israel's God the Spirit deny,
Will not to Jehovah bow,
Or own Him the Most High.
Did by Esaias say,
Israel would reject His word,
His counsel disobey:
All alike reject Him now,
Who Israel's God the Spirit deny,
Will not to Jehovah bow,
Or own Him the Most High.
LXXIX.
[Whither shall a creature run?]
Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or
whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend up into
heaven, Thou art there, &c.
Psalm cxxxix. 7.
Whither shall a creature run?
From Jehovah's Spirit fly?
How Jehovah's presence shun,
Screen'd from His all-seeing eye?
Holy Ghost, before Thy face,
Where shall I myself conceal?
Thou art God in every place,
God incomprehensible.
From Jehovah's Spirit fly?
How Jehovah's presence shun,
Screen'd from His all-seeing eye?
Holy Ghost, before Thy face,
Where shall I myself conceal?
Thou art God in every place,
God incomprehensible.
If to heaven I take my flight,
With beatitude unknown,
Filling all the realms of light,
There Thou sittest on Thy throne!
If to hell I could retire,
Gloomy pit of endless pains,
There is the consuming fire,
There almighty Vengeance reigns.
With beatitude unknown,
Filling all the realms of light,
There Thou sittest on Thy throne!
If to hell I could retire,
Gloomy pit of endless pains,
There is the consuming fire,
There almighty Vengeance reigns.
If the morning's wings I gain,
Fly to earth's remotest bound,
Could I hid from Thee remain,
In a world of waters drown'd?
Leaving lands and seas behind,
Could I the Omniscient leave?
There Thy quicker hand would find,
There arrest Thy fugitive.
Fly to earth's remotest bound,
Could I hid from Thee remain,
In a world of waters drown'd?
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Could I the Omniscient leave?
There Thy quicker hand would find,
There arrest Thy fugitive.
Cover'd by the darkest shade,
Should I hope to lurk unknown,
By a sudden light bewray'd,
By an uncreated sun,
Naked at the noon of night
Should I not to Thee appear,
Forced to' acknowledge in Thy sight
God is light, and God is here!
Should I hope to lurk unknown,
By a sudden light bewray'd,
By an uncreated sun,
Naked at the noon of night
Should I not to Thee appear,
Forced to' acknowledge in Thy sight
God is light, and God is here!
LXXX.
[Why is He call'd, that Man adored]
He shall be called the Son of the Highest.
Verse 35. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also
that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Luke i. 32.
Why is He call'd, that Man adored,
The Son of the Most High?
The Holy Ghost, the' almighty Lord
Descended from the sky:
The Holy Ghost our God supreme
We hence are bold to own,
For Christ, as Man begot by Him,
Is God's eternal Son.
The Son of the Most High?
The Holy Ghost, the' almighty Lord
Descended from the sky:
The Holy Ghost our God supreme
We hence are bold to own,
For Christ, as Man begot by Him,
Is God's eternal Son.
Come, Thou eternal Spirit of God,
God over all confess'd,
Diffuse Thy heavenly love abroad
In a poor sinner's breast:
Then shall I constantly maintain
That Thou the Highest art,
When Jesus is conceived again
In my believing heart.
God over all confess'd,
Diffuse Thy heavenly love abroad
In a poor sinner's breast:
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That Thou the Highest art,
When Jesus is conceived again
In my believing heart.
LXXXI.
[What by the Lord of Hosts was said]
Mine eyes have seen the Lord of hosts—Also
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Go and tell this people, &c.
Isaiah vi. 5.
Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet, saying, Go unto this, &c.
Acts xxviii. 26, 27.
What by the Lord of Hosts was said,
Was by the Holy Ghost declared:
In majesty supreme array'd
The true Jehovah we regard,
And absolute Divinity
Ascribe, eternal Spirit, to Thee.
Was by the Holy Ghost declared:
In majesty supreme array'd
The true Jehovah we regard,
And absolute Divinity
Ascribe, eternal Spirit, to Thee.
We that amidst a people dwell
Of harden'd hearts, and lips unclean,
Who see, and hear, yet will not feel,
Or know that blasphemy is sin,
But still Thy Deity deny,
And speak against the Lord most high.
Of harden'd hearts, and lips unclean,
Who see, and hear, yet will not feel,
Or know that blasphemy is sin,
But still Thy Deity deny,
And speak against the Lord most high.
Their eyes against the light they close,
Their ears they stop against the word,
Their own felicity oppose,
Opposing Thee, the' almighty Lord,
The Holy Ghost came down from heaven
To certify their sins forgiven.
Their ears they stop against the word,
Their own felicity oppose,
Opposing Thee, the' almighty Lord,
The Holy Ghost came down from heaven
To certify their sins forgiven.
The Spirit of a healthful mind
Freely they might in Thee receive,
The cure of all their evils find;
But will not own their God and live,
Till in their sins they die unheal'd,
And find their sure damnation seal'd.
Freely they might in Thee receive,
The cure of all their evils find;
But will not own their God and live,
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And find their sure damnation seal'd.
LXXXII.
[For One all-perfect God we plead]
There is none good but One, that is, God.
Matthew xix. 17.
For One all-perfect God we plead,
One only God is good indeed;
Good with a goodness of His own,
There is, there can be only One,
The God who built both earth and sky,
The Lord of Hosts, the Lord most high.
One only God is good indeed;
Good with a goodness of His own,
There is, there can be only One,
The God who built both earth and sky,
The Lord of Hosts, the Lord most high.
But we Thy mind have understood
Declaring that “Thy Spirit is good:”
The sovereign Lord of Hosts is He,
Father, in unity with Thee,
In unity with Christ Thy Son,
The Holy Ghost is God alone.
Declaring that “Thy Spirit is good:”
The sovereign Lord of Hosts is He,
Father, in unity with Thee,
In unity with Christ Thy Son,
The Holy Ghost is God alone.
Good incommunicated, pure,
Which must eternally endure,
Essential, absolute, Divine,
Spirit of holiness, is Thine:
Goodness itself, we know, Thou art,
Reveal'd with Jesus to our heart.
Which must eternally endure,
Essential, absolute, Divine,
Spirit of holiness, is Thine:
Goodness itself, we know, Thou art,
Reveal'd with Jesus to our heart.
LXXXIII.
[The spirit of man is man indeed]
The Spirit of God.
Matthew iii. 16.
The spirit of man is man indeed,
The Spirit of God is truly God:
No other than Himself we need
Who hath on man Himself bestow'd,
To us the Holy Ghost imparts,
And thus resides in all our hearts.
The Spirit of God is truly God:
No other than Himself we need
Who hath on man Himself bestow'd,
To us the Holy Ghost imparts,
And thus resides in all our hearts.
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Who have with faith Divine believed,
In every age, and every place,
Have, like the saints of old, received
God in the Spirit of His grace,
And surely felt, and fully known,
God and His Spirit for ever One.
In every age, and every place,
Have, like the saints of old, received
God in the Spirit of His grace,
And surely felt, and fully known,
God and His Spirit for ever One.
LXXXIV.
[The Spirit of Jehovah came]
The Spirit of the Lord [Jehovah, Heb.] came mightily upon him.
Judges xv. 14.
The Lord [Jehovah] departed from him.
Ibid. xvi. 20.
The Spirit of Jehovah came,
And brought the mighty man his might:
But when consenting to his shame,
He did to the good Spirit despite,
Jehovah did from him depart,
And left a weak divided heart.
And brought the mighty man his might:
But when consenting to his shame,
He did to the good Spirit despite,
Jehovah did from him depart,
And left a weak divided heart.
Spirit of God, Jehovah come,
And rest with all Thy power on me,
Enter and keep Thy constant home,
Spirit of love and purity,
So shall I worthily adore,
And force Thee to depart no more.
And rest with all Thy power on me,
Enter and keep Thy constant home,
Spirit of love and purity,
So shall I worthily adore,
And force Thee to depart no more.
LXXXV.
[If subject to Another's will]
God also bearing them witness with—gifts of
the Holy Ghost according to His own will.
Hebrews ii. 4.
If subject to Another's will
The Spirit we confess,
The everlasting Spirit still
Nor greater is, nor less;
Who from the Son and Father came,
He is on us bestow'd,
Another person, yet the same
Supreme almighty God.
The Spirit we confess,
The everlasting Spirit still
Nor greater is, nor less;
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He is on us bestow'd,
Another person, yet the same
Supreme almighty God.
Father and Son for ever join
On sinners to confer
Blessings miraculous Divine,
With God the Comforter:
The Holy Ghost distributes still,
And showers His blessings down,
According to Jehovah's will,
According to His own.
On sinners to confer
Blessings miraculous Divine,
With God the Comforter:
The Holy Ghost distributes still,
And showers His blessings down,
According to Jehovah's will,
According to His own.
LXXXVI.
[Helper of our infirmity]
The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us.
Romans viii. 26.
Helper of our infirmity,
The Spirit vouchsafes for us to plead:
One person in the glorious Three
Doth with Another intercede:
The Spirit is sent, pour'd out, and given
Both by the Father and the Son,
And God come down from God in heaven
Prepares, and lifts us to His throne.
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The Plurality and Trinity of Persons.
LXXXVII.
[Hail, Father, Son, and Spirit, great]
And God said, Let Us make man in Our image,
after Our likeness.
Genesis i. 26.
Hail, Father, Son, and Spirit, great
Before the birth of time,
Enthroned in everlasting state
Jehovah Elohim!
A mystical plurality
We in the Godhead own,
Adoring One in persons three,
And Three in nature One.
Before the birth of time,
Enthroned in everlasting state
Jehovah Elohim!
A mystical plurality
We in the Godhead own,
Adoring One in persons three,
And Three in nature One.
From Thee our being we receive
The creatures of Thy grace,
And raised out of the earth we live
To sing our Maker's praise:
Thy powerful, wise, and loving mind
Did our creation plan,
And all the glorious persons join'd
To form Thy favourite, man.
The creatures of Thy grace,
And raised out of the earth we live
To sing our Maker's praise:
Thy powerful, wise, and loving mind
Did our creation plan,
And all the glorious persons join'd
To form Thy favourite, man.
Again Thou didst, in council met,
Thy ruin'd work restore,
Establish'd in our first estate
To forfeit it no more:
And when we rise in love renew'd,
Our souls resemble Thee,
An image of the Triune God
To all eternity.
Thy ruin'd work restore,
Establish'd in our first estate
To forfeit it no more:
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Our souls resemble Thee,
An image of the Triune God
To all eternity.
LXXXVIII.
[Lo, like one of Us the man]
And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become like one of Us.
Genesis iii. 22.
Lo, like one of Us the man
Is daringly become,
To himself with effort vain
Doth Deity assume,
Claims a knowledge of his own,
And boldly with his Maker vies:
Is Jehovah wise alone?
The creature too is wise.
Is daringly become,
To himself with effort vain
Doth Deity assume,
Claims a knowledge of his own,
And boldly with his Maker vies:
Is Jehovah wise alone?
The creature too is wise.
Absolute, as one he were
Of the mysterious three,
Fallen man aspires to share
Our independency:
Now he good and evil knows,
As all by right Divine were his,
All unto himself he owes,
His own sufficient bliss.
Of the mysterious three,
Fallen man aspires to share
Our independency:
Now he good and evil knows,
As all by right Divine were his,
All unto himself he owes,
His own sufficient bliss.
LXXXIX.
[Let Us, saith the Lord, descend]
And the Lord said, Let Us go down, and there confound their language.
Genesis xi. 6, 7.
Let
Us, saith the Lord, descend,
Let Us their designs confound,
Bring them to a shameful end,
Cast their castles to the ground;
Rebels, who the Three in One
Dare with learned pride deny,
By a Babel of their own
Confident to reach the sky.
Let Us their designs confound,
Bring them to a shameful end,
Cast their castles to the ground;
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Dare with learned pride deny,
By a Babel of their own
Confident to reach the sky.
Be it so, Thou glorious God,
Three in One, and One in Three,
Able to abase the proud
Come with all Thy majesty:
Men who Arian blasphemies
Dare the scripture-doctrine name,
Let their dire delusion cease,
Sink to hell from whence it came.
Three in One, and One in Three,
Able to abase the proud
Come with all Thy majesty:
Men who Arian blasphemies
Dare the scripture-doctrine name,
Let their dire delusion cease,
Sink to hell from whence it came.
XC.
[Who Jehovah's mind hath known?]
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who shall go for Us?
Isaiah vi. 8.
Who Jehovah's mind hath known?
Who His counsellor can be?
God requires advice of none,
One inexplicable Three,
He Himself His council makes,
All the glorious persons join,
Each the Deity partakes,
Each is properly Divine.
XCI.
[God, the' eternal persons three]
And it came to pass, when God caused me
to wander from my father's house. [Heb. God they caused me to wander.]
Genesis xx. 13.
God, the' eternal persons three
They caused him to rove:
They have now excited me
To seek the land above:
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
My God through life's tempestuous wave,
Guide me to that heavenly coast,
And there for ever save.
They caused him to rove:
They have now excited me
To seek the land above:
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My God through life's tempestuous wave,
Guide me to that heavenly coast,
And there for ever save.
XCII.
[God were manifested there]
There God appeared unto him. [Heb. God
they appeared, or were revealed to him.]
Genesis xxxv. 6.
God
were manifested there,
There reveal'd to man They were!
Jacob saw the mystic Three,
One eternal Deity.
There reveal'd to man They were!
Jacob saw the mystic Three,
One eternal Deity.
We by faith behold Him too,
Whom the seers and patriarchs knew,
Hail Jehovah on His throne,
One in Three, and Three in One.
Whom the seers and patriarchs knew,
Hail Jehovah on His throne,
One in Three, and Three in One.
Thee we sing, almighty Lord,
By the church on earth adored,
Worshipp'd by the heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
By the church on earth adored,
Worshipp'd by the heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Glorious, Triune God of love,
Show us all, Thy face above,
Then we shall our voices raise,
Triumph in Thine endless praise.
Show us all, Thy face above,
Then we shall our voices raise,
Triumph in Thine endless praise.
XCIII.
[What nation is so high]
What nation is there so great, that hath
God so nigh unto them? [Heb. God who are so nigh.
Deuteronomy iv. 7.
What nation is so high
As we that Christ hath known,
And in Jehovah glorify
The' eternal Three in One?
Lord of the heavenly powers
We see Him always here:
Who have so great a God as ours,
A God that are so near!
As we that Christ hath known,
And in Jehovah glorify
The' eternal Three in One?
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We see Him always here:
Who have so great a God as ours,
A God that are so near!
Our souls the Father keeps,
And will not quit His hold;
And Israel's Shepherd never sleeps,
But watches o'er His fold;
Till time and nature ends,
With us the Spirit abides,
And the whole Trinity attends,
Our everlasting Guides.
And will not quit His hold;
And Israel's Shepherd never sleeps,
But watches o'er His fold;
Till time and nature ends,
With us the Spirit abides,
And the whole Trinity attends,
Our everlasting Guides.
XCIV.
[There is a God we truly call]
Doubtless there is a God that judgeth the
earth. [Heb. a God who are judging in the earth.]
Psalm lviii. 12.
There is a God we truly call
Three persons equally Divine,
Who in the earth are judging all,
Who doth to each his doom assign,
Vengeance to those that slight His grace,
Reward to those that seek His face.
Three persons equally Divine,
Who in the earth are judging all,
Who doth to each his doom assign,
Vengeance to those that slight His grace,
Reward to those that seek His face.
The Father sits and judges right,
The Judge of all is Christ His Son,
The Spirit of resistless might
Casts earthly powers and kingdoms down,
When as a judging Spirit He comes,
And breathes, and Antichrist consumes.
The Judge of all is Christ His Son,
The Spirit of resistless might
Casts earthly powers and kingdoms down,
When as a judging Spirit He comes,
And breathes, and Antichrist consumes.
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XCV.
[God they went, the persons Three]
Even like Israel, whom God went to
redeem. [Heb. God they went.]
2 Samuel vii. 23.
God
they went, the persons Three,
His Israel to redeem;
Still the glorious Trinity
In majesty supreme,
Listening to our plaintive groan,
Afflicted with our misery,
Comes to make His wonders known,
And set His people free.
His Israel to redeem;
Still the glorious Trinity
In majesty supreme,
Listening to our plaintive groan,
Afflicted with our misery,
Comes to make His wonders known,
And set His people free.
God hath Israel visited;
His Son the Father gave;
Jesus came, and freely shed
His blood our souls to save:
Comes the Spirit into our hearts,
Our guilty burden to remove,
Peace the Comforter imparts
And liberty and love.
His Son the Father gave;
Jesus came, and freely shed
His blood our souls to save:
Comes the Spirit into our hearts,
Our guilty burden to remove,
Peace the Comforter imparts
And liberty and love.
XCVI.
[Our Lord the Father is, the Son]
If I be a Master, [Heb.
Masters] where is My fear?
Malachi i. 6.
Our Lord the Father is, the Son
Our Lord, our Lord the Spirit we bless,
Equal in majesty, and One
Great God in persons three confess:
Each self-existing person lives
The fear of every faithful soul,
And the same praise from all receives,
Long as eternal ages roll.
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XCVII.
[Remember thy Creators, God]
Remember thy Creator [Heb.
Creators] in the days of thy youth.
Ecclesiastes xii. 1.
Remember thy Creators, God
In persons three confess'd,
Who raised thee up a breathing clod,
And with His name impress'd:
The persons three in council join'd
To make His earth-born son:
And, stamp'd with His immortal mind,
He claims thee for His own.
In persons three confess'd,
Who raised thee up a breathing clod,
And with His name impress'd:
The persons three in council join'd
To make His earth-born son:
And, stamp'd with His immortal mind,
He claims thee for His own.
He challenges thy youthful days
Who did thy being give:
Created for His only praise,
For Him rejoice to live;
Transcript of holiness Divine,
The Triune God proclaim,
And spirit, and soul, and flesh resign
To glorify His name.
Who did thy being give:
Created for His only praise,
For Him rejoice to live;
Transcript of holiness Divine,
The Triune God proclaim,
And spirit, and soul, and flesh resign
To glorify His name.
XCVIII.
[The wisdom own'd by all Thy sons]
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
Proverbs ix. 10.
The wisdom own'd by all Thy sons,
To me, O God, impart,
The knowledge of the Holy Ones,
The understanding heart:
Thy name, O holy Father, tell
To one who would believe,
To me Thy holy Son reveal,
Thy holy Spirit give.
To me, O God, impart,
The knowledge of the Holy Ones,
The understanding heart:
Thy name, O holy Father, tell
To one who would believe,
To me Thy holy Son reveal,
Thy holy Spirit give.
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'Tis life, eternal life to know
The heavenly persons mine;
Father, and Son, and Spirit, bestow
That precious faith Divine:
A Trinity in Unity
My soul shall then adore,
And love, and praise, and worship Thee
Jehovah evermore.
The heavenly persons mine;
Father, and Son, and Spirit, bestow
That precious faith Divine:
A Trinity in Unity
My soul shall then adore,
And love, and praise, and worship Thee
Jehovah evermore.
XCIX.
[“Leave the stump and roots behind”]
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree, roots, &c.
Daniel iv. 26.
“Leave the stump and roots behind”
A heavenly Watcher cried!
But by their command we find
The number multiplied:
One pronounces the decree;
A Watcher, and an Holy One,
Watchers, Holy Ones is He,
Who His strange work hath done.
A heavenly Watcher cried!
But by their command we find
The number multiplied:
One pronounces the decree;
A Watcher, and an Holy One,
Watchers, Holy Ones is He,
Who His strange work hath done.
God from hence, the God supreme
We One and Many know:
Every act that flows from Him
Doth from Three persons flow:
Spoke by three is every word:
And prostrate at Thy throne of grace,
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
The Triune God we praise.
We One and Many know:
Every act that flows from Him
Doth from Three persons flow:
Spoke by three is every word:
And prostrate at Thy throne of grace,
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
The Triune God we praise.
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C.
[His kingdom was the gift of God]
The most high God gave to Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour.
Daniel v. 18.
And They took his glory from him.
Verse 20.
His kingdom was the gift of God,
His glory the Most High bestow'd;
And the proud monarch to rebuke,
They, They from him the glory took,
The three inexplicably One
Concurr'd to cast him from his throne.
His glory the Most High bestow'd;
And the proud monarch to rebuke,
They, They from him the glory took,
The three inexplicably One
Concurr'd to cast him from his throne.
Our God, whom One in Three we praise,
Can still the arrogant abase,
Can vindicate His truth denied
By all the towering sons of pride,
And bring them down with beasts to dwell,
Or level with the fiends of hell.
Can still the arrogant abase,
Can vindicate His truth denied
By all the towering sons of pride,
And bring them down with beasts to dwell,
Or level with the fiends of hell.
CI.
[Jehovah the almighty Lord]
By the word of the Lord were the heavens
made, and all the hosts of them by the breath [Heb.
Spirit] of
His mouth.
Psalm xxxiii. 6.
Jehovah the almighty Lord,
Father of Jesus Christ, and ours,
The heavens created by His Word,
And by His Breath the heavenly powers:
And that essential Spirit Divine
Whom Jesus breathes into His own,
Doth in the new creation join
With God and His eternal Son.
Father of Jesus Christ, and ours,
The heavens created by His Word,
And by His Breath the heavenly powers:
And that essential Spirit Divine
Whom Jesus breathes into His own,
Doth in the new creation join
With God and His eternal Son.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Be equal adoration given,
Maker of the celestial host,
Maker of the new earth and heaven!
Joint-Authors of our glorious bliss
We soon shall sing the Three in One,
And God beholding as He is
For ever shout around His throne.
Be equal adoration given,
Maker of the celestial host,
Maker of the new earth and heaven!
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We soon shall sing the Three in One,
And God beholding as He is
For ever shout around His throne.
CII.
[Jehovah is but One]
And now the Lord God, and His Spirit hath sent Me.
Isaiah xlviii. 16.
Jehovah is but One
Eternal God and true;
The Father sent the Son,
His Spirit sent Him too,
The everlasting Spirit fill'd,
And Jesus our salvation seal'd.
Eternal God and true;
The Father sent the Son,
His Spirit sent Him too,
The everlasting Spirit fill'd,
And Jesus our salvation seal'd.
Senders and Sent we praise,
With equal thanks approve
The' economy of grace,
The Triune God of love,
And humbly prostrated before
The One thrice holy God, adore!
With equal thanks approve
The' economy of grace,
The Triune God of love,
And humbly prostrated before
The One thrice holy God, adore!
CIII.
[Read all and understand]
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord and
read—for My mouth it hath commanded, and His Spirit it hath gathered them.
Isaiah xxxiv. 16.
Read all and understand
The' essential Three in One,
My mouth hath utter'd the command,
His Spirit it hath done,
Hath gather'd by His call
The vultures to their prey,
To execute My wrath on all
In that vindictive day.
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CIV.
[Jehovah, God the Father, bless]
The Lord bless thee and keep thee:
The Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Numbers vi. 24, &c.
The Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Numbers vi. 24, &c.
Jehovah, God the Father, bless,
And Thy own work defend,
With mercy's outstretch'd arms embrace,
And keep us to the end:
Preserve the creatures of Thy love,
By providential care
Conducted to the realms above
To sing Thy goodness there.
And Thy own work defend,
With mercy's outstretch'd arms embrace,
And keep us to the end:
Preserve the creatures of Thy love,
By providential care
Conducted to the realms above
To sing Thy goodness there.
Jehovah, God the Son, reveal
The brightness of Thy face,
And all Thy pardon'd people fill
With plenitude of grace:
Shine forth with all the Deity
Which dwells in Thee alone,
And lift us up Thy face to see
On Thine eternal throne.
The brightness of Thy face,
And all Thy pardon'd people fill
With plenitude of grace:
Shine forth with all the Deity
Which dwells in Thee alone,
And lift us up Thy face to see
On Thine eternal throne.
Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine,
Father and Son to show,
With bliss ineffable Divine
Our ravish'd hearts o'erflow;
Sure earnest of the happiness
Which human thought transcends,
Be Thou our everlasting peace,
When grace in glory ends.
Father and Son to show,
With bliss ineffable Divine
Our ravish'd hearts o'erflow;
Sure earnest of the happiness
Which human thought transcends,
Be Thou our everlasting peace,
When grace in glory ends.
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Thy blessing, grace, and peace we claim,
Great God in persons three,
The incommunicable name
Ascribing now to Thee:
We soon shall join that harping host,
And sing, Thy saints among,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The new, eternal song.
Great God in persons three,
The incommunicable name
Ascribing now to Thee:
We soon shall join that harping host,
And sing, Thy saints among,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The new, eternal song.
CV.
[Baptized into one only name]
Baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew xxviii. 19.
Baptized into one only name,
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One nature we in three proclaim,
One God for our salvation trust:
One God eternally abides,
One undivided Trinity,
And the whole Deity resides
In each of the mysterious three.
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One nature we in three proclaim,
One God for our salvation trust:
One God eternally abides,
One undivided Trinity,
And the whole Deity resides
In each of the mysterious three.
Each person properly Divine,
Co-equal in majestic power,
With all His heavenly host we join
The great Jehovah to adore:
And worshipping the Triune God
In confidence of humble love,
We soon shall reach His bright abode,
And see His open face above.
Co-equal in majestic power,
With all His heavenly host we join
The great Jehovah to adore:
And worshipping the Triune God
In confidence of humble love,
We soon shall reach His bright abode,
And see His open face above.
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CVI.
[Come Holy Ghost, Thou Lord most high]
The Lord direct your hearts into
the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
2 Thessalonians iii. 5.
Come Holy Ghost, Thou Lord most high,
The veil of unbelief remove,
And in us Abba Father cry,
And lead our hearts into His love;
Our hearts into His patience lead
Whose blood hath wash'd our sins away,
And perfected like Christ our Head,
Seal and preserve us to that day.
CVII.
[The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord]
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
2 Corinthians xiii. 14.
The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord
Through all eternity adored,
The Father's love to us be given,
The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,
His endless benefits impart,
And dwell in every faithful heart.
Through all eternity adored,
The Father's love to us be given,
The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,
His endless benefits impart,
And dwell in every faithful heart.
Bless'd be the sacred Three in One!
We make Jehovah's glory known,
Their equal majesty confess;
No person greater is, or less,
None after Other, or before,
But the same God for evermore.
We make Jehovah's glory known,
Their equal majesty confess;
No person greater is, or less,
None after Other, or before,
But the same God for evermore.
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CVIII.
[The heavenly three their record bear]
There are Three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
Three are One.
1 John v. 7.
The heavenly three their record bear,
The Father, Word, and Holy Ghost,
Each doth to us of Christ declare,
That, Lord of the celestial host,
He came by water and by blood,
The very and eternal God.
The Father, Word, and Holy Ghost,
Each doth to us of Christ declare,
That, Lord of the celestial host,
He came by water and by blood,
The very and eternal God.
The Father owns Him from the skies,
“This is My well-beloved Son!”
Still of Himself He testifies,
The faithful Witness on His throne,
Jehovah's attributes and names
Jesus, the Lord Almighty claims.
“This is My well-beloved Son!”
Still of Himself He testifies,
The faithful Witness on His throne,
Jehovah's attributes and names
Jesus, the Lord Almighty claims.
The Spirit testifies of Him,
And gives us faithfully to call
Jesus, the Lord and God supreme,
Whose streaming blood hath ransom'd all:
That blood the Spirit of Christ applies,
That blood of God who never dies.
And gives us faithfully to call
Jesus, the Lord and God supreme,
Whose streaming blood hath ransom'd all:
That blood the Spirit of Christ applies,
That blood of God who never dies.
The Father, Son, and Spirit agree
To make the truth of Godhead known:
The heavenly Witnesses are three,
In will and testimony One;
One God in nature and in power
World without end His saints adore.
To make the truth of Godhead known:
The heavenly Witnesses are three,
In will and testimony One;
One God in nature and in power
World without end His saints adore.
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CIX.
[Hail holy, holy, holy Lord]
One cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is
the Lord of hosts.—See also Revelation iv. 8.
Isaiah vi. 3.
Hail holy, holy, holy Lord,
Whom One in Three we know,
By all Thy heavenly host adored,
By all Thy church below!
One undivided Trinity
With triumph we proclaim:
Thy universe is full of Thee,
And speaks Thy glorious name.
Whom One in Three we know,
By all Thy heavenly host adored,
By all Thy church below!
One undivided Trinity
With triumph we proclaim:
Thy universe is full of Thee,
And speaks Thy glorious name.
Thee, holy Father, we confess,
Thee, holy Son, adore,
Thee, Spirit of true holiness,
We worship evermore:
Thine incommunicable right,
Almighty God, receive,
Which angel-choirs and saints in light
And saints embodied give.
Thee, holy Son, adore,
Thee, Spirit of true holiness,
We worship evermore:
Thine incommunicable right,
Almighty God, receive,
Which angel-choirs and saints in light
And saints embodied give.
Three persons equally Divine
We magnify and love:
And both the choirs ere long shall join
To sing Thy praise above:
Hail holy, holy, holy Lord,
(Our heavenly song shall be,)
Supreme, essential One adored
In co-eternal Three.
We magnify and love:
And both the choirs ere long shall join
To sing Thy praise above:
Hail holy, holy, holy Lord,
(Our heavenly song shall be,)
Supreme, essential One adored
In co-eternal Three.
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The Trinity in Unity.
CX.
[The Lord, and the eternal Word]
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the Spirit of His mouth.
Psalm xxxiii. 6.
I am the Lord that maketh all things, that
stretcheth abroad the heavens alone, that spreadeth forth the
earth by Myself.
Isaiah xliv. 28.
The Lord, and the eternal Word
We our Creator see,
The Spirit of His mouth concurr'd
And gave the worlds to be:
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
God in three persons One,
Created that celestial host,
And made our earth alone.
We our Creator see,
The Spirit of His mouth concurr'd
And gave the worlds to be:
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
God in three persons One,
Created that celestial host,
And made our earth alone.
“I by Myself the heavens expand,
And spread the earth abroad!”
All things sprang forth at the command
Of One almighty God:
That One almighty God, Thou art
The glorious Trinity;
Make known the secret to my heart,
Reveal Thy love in me.
And spread the earth abroad!”
All things sprang forth at the command
Of One almighty God:
That One almighty God, Thou art
The glorious Trinity;
Make known the secret to my heart,
Reveal Thy love in me.
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CXI.
[The Lord our God is only One]
The Lord our God is one Jehovah.
Deuteronomy vi. 4.
Thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth.
Psalm lxxxiii. 18.
This is the name whereby He shall be called, Jehovah our righteousness.
Jeremiah xxiii. 6.
The Lord Jehovah took me, the Spirit lifted me up, &c.
Ezekiel viii. 1, 3.
The Lord our God is only One,
One is Jehovah the most high:
Jehovah is His name alone,
Who made and fills both earth and sky:
Jehovah is the Saviour's name;
Jehovah is the Spirit's too:
And Three essentially the same
Is the eternal God and true.
One is Jehovah the most high:
Jehovah is His name alone,
Who made and fills both earth and sky:
Jehovah is the Saviour's name;
Jehovah is the Spirit's too:
And Three essentially the same
Is the eternal God and true.
The name peculiarly Divine
Which doth His nature best express,
To the three persons we assign,
And each substantial God confess:
Rivals of His celestial host
We triumph here like those above,
And Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The One supreme Jehovah love.
Which doth His nature best express,
To the three persons we assign,
And each substantial God confess:
Rivals of His celestial host
We triumph here like those above,
And Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The One supreme Jehovah love.
CXII.
[The Trinity in Unity]
The same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.
Romans x. 12.
A Saviour which is Christ the Lord.
Luke ii. 11.
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Who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Romans xi. 34.
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord?
Isaiah xl. 13.
The Trinity in Unity
Is by the church adored,
Which each of the mysterious three
Acknowledges for Lord;
We all the Lord our Father bless,
The Lord our Saviour own,
The Lord the Spirit we confess,
For ever Three in One.
CXIII.
[Israel the Father calls His son]
The multitude glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew xv. 31.
The children of Israel shall be turned to the
Lord their God: and he shall go before Him.
Luke i. 16, 17.
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me—the God of Israel said.
2 Samuel xxiii. 2, 3.
Israel the Father calls His son,
And Jesus is the Lord their God,
The Spirit claims them for His own,
On whom His prophets He bestow'd,
The Spirit who by David spoke
The word He never will revoke.
And Jesus is the Lord their God,
The Spirit claims them for His own,
On whom His prophets He bestow'd,
The Spirit who by David spoke
The word He never will revoke.
Each person of the mystic three
The God of Israel we adore,
As was, and is, and still shall be,
When time and nature are no more:
The Triune God we then shall praise
In glorious, everlasting lays.
The God of Israel we adore,
As was, and is, and still shall be,
When time and nature are no more:
The Triune God we then shall praise
In glorious, everlasting lays.
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CXIV.
[We the Father's law receive]
I myself serve the law of God.
Romans vii. 25.
Fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians vi. 2.
The law of the Spirit of life.
Romans viii. 2.
There is one Lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy.
James iv. 12.
We the Father's law receive,
The law of Christ fulfil,
Keep the Spirit's law, and live
According to His will;
Live to make the mystery known,
And testify, from sin set free,
God our Lawgiver is one,
But one in persons three.
The law of Christ fulfil,
Keep the Spirit's law, and live
According to His will;
Live to make the mystery known,
And testify, from sin set free,
God our Lawgiver is one,
But one in persons three.
Shall we then with sin comply,
Against our God rebel,
His authority defy
Who can destroy in hell?
He that doth to sin give way,
The glorious Trinity offends,
Treasures up against that day
The wrath which never ends.
Against our God rebel,
His authority defy
Who can destroy in hell?
He that doth to sin give way,
The glorious Trinity offends,
Treasures up against that day
The wrath which never ends.
CXV.
[They tempt the Lord most high]
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy vi. 16.
Neither let us tempt Christ.
1 Corinthians x. 9.
How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
Acts v. 9.
They tempt the Lord most high,
Whoe'er transgress His word;
The Father and the Son they try,
And Spirit of the Lord;
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Rebellious arms employ,
Provoke their God to jealousy,
And tempt Him to destroy.
CXVI.
[Who know the thing by God design'd]
Who hath known the mind of the Lord?
1 Corinthians ii. 16.
We have the mind of Christ.
Ibid.
He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit.
Romans viii. 27.
Who know the thing by God design'd
To us the mind of Christ is known,
To us is known the Spirit's mind
One with the Father and the Son,
The counsel of the Trinity
Infallibly reveal'd we have,
And witness that the heavenly three
Are ready all mankind to save.
CXVII.
[The will of God is Jesus' will]
This is the will of God.
1 Thessalonians iv. 3.
The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know His will.
Acts xxii. 14.
Prophecy came not in old time by the will of
man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.
2 Peter i. 21.
The will of God is Jesus' will
Electing Paul, his Lord to see,
To know His counsel, and fulfil
A glorious, gospel ministry:
The will of God the Spirit's is,
Who moved the holy men of old,
By them proclaim'd approaching peace,
And all good things in Christ foretold.
Electing Paul, his Lord to see,
To know His counsel, and fulfil
A glorious, gospel ministry:
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Who moved the holy men of old,
By them proclaim'd approaching peace,
And all good things in Christ foretold.
Father, and Son, and Spirit join
To make the joyful secret known,
The love unsearchable, Divine,
Of One in Three, and Three in One:
This is the counsel of His grace,
That Him we here by faith should see,
Should see above His glorious face,
And gaze to all eternity.
To make the joyful secret known,
The love unsearchable, Divine,
Of One in Three, and Three in One:
This is the counsel of His grace,
That Him we here by faith should see,
Should see above His glorious face,
And gaze to all eternity.
CXVIII.
[God whom we in Christ adore]
The grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power.
Ephesians iii. 7.
That the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians xii. 9.
Signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God.
Romans xv. 19.
God whom we in Christ adore,
Wonders wrought by Jesus' name;
By His own effectual power
Christ Himself perform'd the same:
The same miracles of grace
By the Holy Ghost were done;
Teaching us our God to praise,
One in Three and Three in One.
Wonders wrought by Jesus' name;
By His own effectual power
Christ Himself perform'd the same:
The same miracles of grace
By the Holy Ghost were done;
Teaching us our God to praise,
One in Three and Three in One.
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
One almighty God most high,
One in persons three adored,
Thee we laud and magnify;
Still the Triune God we praise,
Till around Thy throne we meet,
Heighten the seraphic lays,
Make the harmony complete.
One almighty God most high,
One in persons three adored,
Thee we laud and magnify;
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Till around Thy throne we meet,
Heighten the seraphic lays,
Make the harmony complete.
CXIX.
[The everlasting Father bless]
The mystery—made manifest according to the commandment of the everlasting God.
Romans xvi. 25, 26.
I am the First and the Last.
Revelation xxii. 13.
—who through the Eternal Spirit.
Hebrews ix. 14.
The everlasting Father bless,
The everlasting God commend,
The everlasting Spirit confess,
Who neither can begin nor end,
Equal in power and majesty
One God reveal'd in persons three.
The everlasting God commend,
The everlasting Spirit confess,
Who neither can begin nor end,
Equal in power and majesty
One God reveal'd in persons three.
Not three eternals we adore,
But One eternal God most high,
Him whom the angels fall before,
And Holy, holy, holy cry,
Him who to man His name imparts,
And lives in all believing hearts.
But One eternal God most high,
Him whom the angels fall before,
And Holy, holy, holy cry,
Him who to man His name imparts,
And lives in all believing hearts.
CXX.
[Who sent the Son is true]
He that sent Me is true.
John vii. 28.
These things saith He that is true, He that hath the key of David.
Revelation iii. 7.
The Spirit is truth.
1 John v. 6.
Who sent the Son is true;
True is the Son that came;
True is the Spirit too,
Conferr'd in Jesus' name:
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Essential truth we own,
And prostrate with His heavenly host
Adore the Three in One.
CXXI.
[Holy is our God alone]
Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord? for Thou only art holy.
Revelation xv. 4.
Ye denied the Holy One.
Acts iii. 14.
Ye have an unction from the Holy One.
1 John ii. 20.
Holy is our God alone,
God the Father and the Son,
Holy we the Spirit esteem
God omnipotent, supreme,
Manifest in persons three,
God through all eternity.
God the Father and the Son,
Holy we the Spirit esteem
God omnipotent, supreme,
Manifest in persons three,
God through all eternity.
In each person we revere
God's authentic character;
Praise in each the Holy One
Bright on His eternal throne,
The great God we glorify,
Bless the name of the Most High.
God's authentic character;
Praise in each the Holy One
Bright on His eternal throne,
The great God we glorify,
Bless the name of the Most High.
God by nature we confess
Pure essential holiness:
God inhabiting the heart
All our holiness Thou art,
Thou art here to sinners given,
All our holiness in heaven.
Pure essential holiness:
God inhabiting the heart
All our holiness Thou art,
Thou art here to sinners given,
All our holiness in heaven.
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CXXII.
[Father, Thy glory we confess]
Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
Jeremiah xxiii. 24.
The fulness of Him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians i. 22.
Whither shall I go then from Thy Spirit?
If I go up into heaven, Thou art there; if I go down into hell,
Thou art there also.
Psalm cxxxix. 7, 8.
Father, Thy glory we confess,
Accept the sacrifice of praise
By all Thy people given;
Thy presence to our faith appears,
Thy beatific presence cheers,
And fills both earth and heaven.
Accept the sacrifice of praise
By all Thy people given;
Thy presence to our faith appears,
Thy beatific presence cheers,
And fills both earth and heaven.
Supreme in majesty and power
Thee, Jesus, Thee Thy saints adore,
Jehovah's Fellow call,
Thy heavenly Person we esteem
The glorious plenitude of Him
That filleth all in all.
Thee, Jesus, Thee Thy saints adore,
Jehovah's Fellow call,
Thy heavenly Person we esteem
The glorious plenitude of Him
That filleth all in all.
Spirit of uncreated Light,
How shall we 'scape Thy piercing sight,
Or whither shall we go?
The God of vengeance or of love,
Thy presence fills the realms above,
And the abyss below.
How shall we 'scape Thy piercing sight,
Or whither shall we go?
The God of vengeance or of love,
Thy presence fills the realms above,
And the abyss below.
Great omnipresent One in Three,
Absorb'd in Thine immensity
Thy worshippers receive,
Beyond the bounds of time and space
Contemplating Thy blissful face
Eternally to live.
Absorb'd in Thine immensity
Thy worshippers receive,
Beyond the bounds of time and space
Contemplating Thy blissful face
Eternally to live.
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CXXIII.
[He is our Life, the Lord our God]
Love the Lord thy God, for He is thy Life.
Deuteronomy xxx. 20.
When Christ who is our Life shall appear.
Colossians iii. 4.
The Spirit is Life.
Romans viii. 10.
He is our Life, the Lord our God:
Our Father's love we find,
Who being graciously bestow'd
On us, and all mankind:
Jesus our Life alike we own,
Our Life eternal here
Conceal'd, and by the world unknown;
But He shall soon appear.
Our Father's love we find,
Who being graciously bestow'd
On us, and all mankind:
Jesus our Life alike we own,
Our Life eternal here
Conceal'd, and by the world unknown;
But He shall soon appear.
The Spirit is Life, we know and feel
Who life to us imparts;
And God doth in three persons dwell
For ever in our hearts:
Our Life is One: a Trinity
In Unity we love,
And gladly die from earth, to see
His face unveil'd above.
Who life to us imparts;
And God doth in three persons dwell
For ever in our hearts:
Our Life is One: a Trinity
In Unity we love,
And gladly die from earth, to see
His face unveil'd above.
CXXIV.
[By the Father, and the Son]
The Lord He is God, it is He that hath made us.
Psalm c. 3.
By Him were all things made.
John i. 3.
The Spirit of God hath made me.
Job xxxiii. 4.
By the Father, and the Son,
And blessed Spirit made,
God in persons three we own,
And hang upon His aid:
Reason asks, How can it be?
But who by simple faith embrace,
We shall know the mystery,
And see Him face to face.
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CXXV.
[Fountain of life Divine]
The Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them.
John v. 21.
Even so the Son quickeneth whom He will.
Ibid.
It is the Spirit that quickeneth.
Ibid. vi. 63.
Fountain of life Divine
The Three in One we know,
The Father, Son, and Spirit join
To quicken all below;
Each person of the three
The breath of lives inspires;
And then we rise our God to see,
And do what He requires.
The Three in One we know,
The Father, Son, and Spirit join
To quicken all below;
Each person of the three
The breath of lives inspires;
And then we rise our God to see,
And do what He requires.
Spiritual life to' impart
The Father's power we feel;
The Son doth the same power exert
And quickens whom He will:
The quickening Spirit stirs
Infusing His own grace;
And the whole Trinity concurs,
Me from the dead to raise.
The Father's power we feel;
The Son doth the same power exert
And quickens whom He will:
The quickening Spirit stirs
Infusing His own grace;
And the whole Trinity concurs,
Me from the dead to raise.
CXXVI.
[God our Teacher we embrace]
They shall all be taught of God.
John vi. 45.
Neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians i. 12.
The Comforter the Holy Spirit will teach you all things.
John xiv. 26.
God our Teacher we embrace;
He His will to man reveals:
Every lesson of His grace
Father, Son, and Spirit seals:
Truth the God of truth imparts;
Our Instructer from above
Writes His law upon our hearts,
Law of liberty and love.
He His will to man reveals:
Every lesson of His grace
Father, Son, and Spirit seals:
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Our Instructer from above
Writes His law upon our hearts,
Law of liberty and love.
He makes known the mystery,
Gives us simply to believe
Three are One, and One is Three,
Whom our faithful hearts receive;
There He sheds His love abroad;
Then beyond conception bless'd,
Image of the Triune God,
We like Him for ever rest.
Gives us simply to believe
Three are One, and One is Three,
Whom our faithful hearts receive;
There He sheds His love abroad;
Then beyond conception bless'd,
Image of the Triune God,
We like Him for ever rest.
CXXVII.
[Our fellowship, who Christ profess]
Truly our fellowship is with the Father.
1 John i. 3.
And with His Son Jesus Christ.
Ibid.
The fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
2 Corinthians xiii. 14.
Our fellowship, who Christ profess,
Is with the Father and the Son,
And Spirit of true holiness;
In person three, in nature one,
One undivided God we know,
And walk, and talk with God below.
Is with the Father and the Son,
And Spirit of true holiness;
In person three, in nature one,
One undivided God we know,
And walk, and talk with God below.
Who intimate communion feel
With God our Guide and Bosom-Friend,
He doth to us the secret tell
Which reason could not comprehend,
And three unutterably one
He dwells in all His saints alone.
With God our Guide and Bosom-Friend,
He doth to us the secret tell
Which reason could not comprehend,
And three unutterably one
He dwells in all His saints alone.
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CXXVIII.
[God of a truth in us resides]
God is in you of a truth.
1 Corinthians xiv. 25.
Christ is in you.
2 Corinthians xiii. 5.
The Spirit dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John xiv. 17.
God of a truth in us resides,
Christ is in us both felt and known,
In us the Holy Ghost abides:
Not three indwelling Gods, but one,
One true essential Deity
For ever one in persons three.
CXXIX.
[The Father, Son, and Spirit dwell]
God hath said, I will dwell in them.
2 Corinthians vi. 16.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts.
Ephesians iii. 17.
His Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans viii. 11.
The Father, Son, and Spirit dwell
By faith in all His saints below,
And then in love unspeakable
The glorious Trinity we know
Created after God to shine,
Fill'd with the plenitude Divine.
CXXX.
[God the Father His whole will]
God shall reveal even this unto you.
Philippians iii. 15.
Neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians i. 12.
It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost.
Luke ii. 26.
God the Father His whole will
Doth to sinful man reveal,
God the co-eternal Son
Makes His heavenly counsel known,
All the mysteries of grace
God the Holy Ghost displays.
Doth to sinful man reveal,
God the co-eternal Son
Makes His heavenly counsel known,
All the mysteries of grace
God the Holy Ghost displays.
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One revealing Deity
We confess in persons three,
Guide of His enlighten'd sons,
Teacher of the simple ones:
Lord, to Thee our souls we bow—
Speak, Thy servants hearken now!
We confess in persons three,
Guide of His enlighten'd sons,
Teacher of the simple ones:
Lord, to Thee our souls we bow—
Speak, Thy servants hearken now!
CXXXI.
[If of the truth a proof ye seek]
God who spake unto the fathers by the prophets.
Hebrews i. 1.
Ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me.
2 Corinthians xiii. 3.
It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Mark xiii. 11.
If of the truth a proof ye seek
(The truth ye never can explain),
Hear Father, Son, and Spirit speak
One God oracular in man;
Thus saith the Lord, thus saith the Son,
Thus saith the Spirit to all that hear,
The One in Three, and Three in One,
Ye saints, eternally revere.
CXXXII.
[The breathless body of our Lord]
God hath both raised up the Lord,
and will also raise us up by His own power.
1 Corinthians vi. 14.
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John ii. 19.
Christ—being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.
1 Peter iii. 18.
The breathless body of our Lord
Which once for sinners bled,
The blessed Trinity concurr'd
To raise it from the dead:
The Father did His Son restore
Uplifting from the grave,
And by His own effectual power
Life to Himself He gave.
Which once for sinners bled,
The blessed Trinity concurr'd
To raise it from the dead:
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Uplifting from the grave,
And by His own effectual power
Life to Himself He gave.
The Spirit quickening Him, again
His soul and body join'd;
And lo, in that immortal Man
The Triune God we find:
Each of the three is God alone,
The One almighty Lord,
One from eternity, and One
World without end adored.
His soul and body join'd;
And lo, in that immortal Man
The Triune God we find:
Each of the three is God alone,
The One almighty Lord,
One from eternity, and One
World without end adored.
CXXXIII.
[O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
I am the Lord thy God, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldst go.
Isaiah xlviii. 17.
He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John x. 3.
As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans viii. 14.
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Conductor of the blood-bought host,
The faithful Israelites indeed,
Us, if aright Thy name we know,
Lead by the way that we should go,
In all the paths of justice lead.
Conductor of the blood-bought host,
The faithful Israelites indeed,
Us, if aright Thy name we know,
Lead by the way that we should go,
In all the paths of justice lead.
Stay with us, Lord, our Guide unseen;
Shepherd of souls, in pastures green
Bring forth Thy flock, and feed, and guard;
Spirit of love, the chosen race
Prepare with all Thy hallowing grace,
And lead us to a full reward.
Shepherd of souls, in pastures green
Bring forth Thy flock, and feed, and guard;
Spirit of love, the chosen race
Prepare with all Thy hallowing grace,
And lead us to a full reward.
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CXXXIV.
[The Father and the Son]
Our sufficiency is of God, who hath made us able ministers.
2 Corinthians iii. 5, 6.
Jesus Christ—counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.
1 Timothy i. 12.
Take heed therefore to all the flock, over which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers.
Acts v. 28.
The Father and the Son
And Spirit are but one,
Essence one in persons three,
God appoints His servants here,
Gives us our sufficiency,
Makes the able minister.
And Spirit are but one,
Essence one in persons three,
God appoints His servants here,
Gives us our sufficiency,
Makes the able minister.
The Father we proclaim,
Sent forth in Jesus' name;
Us our heavenly Father sent;
Christ our dispensation gave,
Furnish'd every instrument
Dear immortal souls to save.
Sent forth in Jesus' name;
Us our heavenly Father sent;
Christ our dispensation gave,
Furnish'd every instrument
Dear immortal souls to save.
The Spirit His love imparts,
And consecrates our hearts,
Makes us overlook the sheep;
Sure He will our toil repay,
Kept by Him His church we keep,
Watch and teach them night and day.
And consecrates our hearts,
Makes us overlook the sheep;
Sure He will our toil repay,
Kept by Him His church we keep,
Watch and teach them night and day.
We teach the mystery
Of God both one and three:
God Himself both three and one
Our Divine commission seals,
Comes in attestation down,
In His church for ever dwells.
Of God both one and three:
God Himself both three and one
Our Divine commission seals,
Comes in attestation down,
In His church for ever dwells.
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CXXXV.
[The Father and Son And Spirit we praise]
To them that are sanctified by God the Father.
Jude 1.
He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one.
Hebrews ii. 11.
Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Romans xv. 16.
The Father and Son And Spirit we praise,
Three persons in one, The God of all grace,
Whose joint operation The children and heirs
By present salvation For glory prepares.
Three persons in one, The God of all grace,
Whose joint operation The children and heirs
By present salvation For glory prepares.
By God sanctified Our Father we love;
And Jesus His bride Delights to approve;
With blood to besprinkle Believers in Him,
From every wrinkle His church to redeem.
And Jesus His bride Delights to approve;
With blood to besprinkle Believers in Him,
From every wrinkle His church to redeem.
To sanctify those By mercy foreknown,
The Comforter flows From Father and Son:
Renew'd by the Spirit, In holiness pure,
The joy we inherit, And make the prize sure.
The Comforter flows From Father and Son:
Renew'd by the Spirit, In holiness pure,
The joy we inherit, And make the prize sure.
The merciful God, The hallowing three
Himself hath bestow'd On sinners like me:
Our full Sanctifier He perfects in one,
And raises us higher, And seats on His throne.
Himself hath bestow'd On sinners like me:
Our full Sanctifier He perfects in one,
And raises us higher, And seats on His throne.
CXXXVI.
[Fulness of energy Divine]
It is the same God which worketh all in all.
1 Corinthians xii. 16.
Christ is all, and in all.
Colossians iii. 11.
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit.
1 Corinthians xii. 11.
Fulness of energy Divine
In Father, Son, and Spirit confess!
Three persons in Jehovah join
To save, and sanctify, and bless:
Power appertains to God alone,
The sovereign, absolute I am:
And God who worketh all is One,
In three eternally the same.
In Father, Son, and Spirit confess!
Three persons in Jehovah join
To save, and sanctify, and bless:
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The sovereign, absolute I am:
And God who worketh all is One,
In three eternally the same.
All things in all the Father doth;
Jesus is all, and all He fills;
The Spirit is the same with Both,
And His own acting power reveals;
The Father's works are by the Son
Perform'd, and by the Spirit of grace:
That One in Three, and Three in One,
His people may for ever praise.
Jesus is all, and all He fills;
The Spirit is the same with Both,
And His own acting power reveals;
The Father's works are by the Son
Perform'd, and by the Spirit of grace:
That One in Three, and Three in One,
His people may for ever praise.
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HYMNS and PRAYERS TO THE TRINITY.
I.
[We lift our hearts to Thee]
We lift our hearts to Thee,
Jehovah on Thy throne,
Co-equal, co-eternal three,
In will and nature one:
With all the sons of grace
We in Thy worship join,
Plurality of persons praise,
And Unity Divine.
Jehovah on Thy throne,
Co-equal, co-eternal three,
In will and nature one:
With all the sons of grace
We in Thy worship join,
Plurality of persons praise,
And Unity Divine.
The Father made of none
We bow our souls before,
And Christ His uncreated Son
With equal zeal adore:
Transcending human thought
Jehovah's self is He,
Incomprehensibly begot
From all eternity.
We bow our souls before,
And Christ His uncreated Son
With equal zeal adore:
Transcending human thought
Jehovah's self is He,
Incomprehensibly begot
From all eternity.
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God, very God indeed
The Holy Ghost, we know,
From Son and Father did proceed,
And life on man bestow:
With Son and Father Him
Alike we glorify,
Jehovah, the true God, supreme
O'er all in earth and sky.
The Holy Ghost, we know,
From Son and Father did proceed,
And life on man bestow:
With Son and Father Him
Alike we glorify,
Jehovah, the true God, supreme
O'er all in earth and sky.
This glorious Trinity
We worship evermore:
None less, or greater of the three,
None after or afore:
The persons three are one;
And who by faith embrace,
We soon on His triumphant throne
Shall see Him face to face.
We worship evermore:
None less, or greater of the three,
None after or afore:
The persons three are one;
And who by faith embrace,
We soon on His triumphant throne
Shall see Him face to face.
II.
[Lord of Hosts, we bow before Thee]
Lord of Hosts, we bow before Thee
God made known Three in One,
One in Three adore Thee:
Far above our comprehending,
God of grace, Take the praise
Never, never ending.
God made known Three in One,
One in Three adore Thee:
Far above our comprehending,
God of grace, Take the praise
Never, never ending.
Thee the bright harmonious choir
Three and One On Thy throne
Joyfully admire;
With triumphant acclamation
Night and day Thee we pay
Threefold adoration.
Three and One On Thy throne
Joyfully admire;
With triumphant acclamation
Night and day Thee we pay
Threefold adoration.
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Glorious God, like them we bless Thee,
God most high Magnify,
Lord of all confess Thee;
Till we mount through Jesus' merit,
There to gaze, There to praise
Father, Son, and Spirit.
God most high Magnify,
Lord of all confess Thee;
Till we mount through Jesus' merit,
There to gaze, There to praise
Father, Son, and Spirit.
III.
[While the army above]
While the army above
Overwhelm'd by His love
The Trinity sings,
With their faces enwrapp'd in their shadowing wings;
Holy Father, we cry,
Holy Son we reply!
Holy Spirit of grace!
And extol the Three-One in a rapture of praise!
Overwhelm'd by His love
The Trinity sings,
With their faces enwrapp'd in their shadowing wings;
Holy Father, we cry,
Holy Son we reply!
Holy Spirit of grace!
And extol the Three-One in a rapture of praise!
Many Gods we disclaim,
For the three are the same,
In a manner unknown
Three persons Divine inexpressibly one;
Who all homage demands
From the work of His hands,
Re-created to know,
And resemble his God manifested below.
For the three are the same,
In a manner unknown
Three persons Divine inexpressibly one;
Who all homage demands
From the work of His hands,
Re-created to know,
And resemble his God manifested below.
Their omnipotent Lord
By angels adored
When their being began,
And in Eden extoll'd by the primitive man;
As it was, and as now
To the Triad we bow,
Men and angels shall fall,
And eternally praise the Creator of all.
By angels adored
When their being began,
And in Eden extoll'd by the primitive man;
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To the Triad we bow,
Men and angels shall fall,
And eternally praise the Creator of all.
IV.
[Three persons there are]
Three persons there are
Their record who bear,
And Jehovah in heavenly places declare:
But in Father, and Son,
And Spirit made known,
The Witnesses three are essentially one.
Their record who bear,
And Jehovah in heavenly places declare:
But in Father, and Son,
And Spirit made known,
The Witnesses three are essentially one.
Full credence we give,
And exult to believe
What our reason in vain would aspire to conceive:
Not against, but above
Our reason we prove
Three persons reveal'd in the essence of Love.
And exult to believe
What our reason in vain would aspire to conceive:
Not against, but above
Our reason we prove
Three persons reveal'd in the essence of Love.
The Father alone
Very God will we own,
Very God will we worship the Spirit and Son:
Each person is He,
Whom believing we see,
And Jehovah adore in the wonderful three.
Very God will we own,
Very God will we worship the Spirit and Son:
Each person is He,
Whom believing we see,
And Jehovah adore in the wonderful three.
No distinction we find
Of will or of mind
In the Maker, Inspirer, and Friend of mankind;
But one God we proclaim
In nature and name
Indivisibly one, and for ever the same.
Of will or of mind
In the Maker, Inspirer, and Friend of mankind;
But one God we proclaim
In nature and name
Indivisibly one, and for ever the same.
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V.
[God distinct in persons three]
God distinct in persons three,
In various offices,
Father, Son, and Spirit, Thee
We faithfully confess:
Father, God, Jehovah, Lord
We call by names to each applied,
As by saints on earth adored,
By angels magnified.
In various offices,
Father, Son, and Spirit, Thee
We faithfully confess:
Father, God, Jehovah, Lord
We call by names to each applied,
As by saints on earth adored,
By angels magnified.
Lord of Hosts, upon Thy throne,
Thy face the prophet view'd,
Praised a Trinity in One
Sublime, almighty God:
Still from every saint of Thine
Accept the adoration given,
Glorious majesty Divine,
Who fillest earth and heaven.
Thy face the prophet view'd,
Praised a Trinity in One
Sublime, almighty God:
Still from every saint of Thine
Accept the adoration given,
Glorious majesty Divine,
Who fillest earth and heaven.
VI.
[Father, Son, and Spirit, hear]
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Thy apostate creature's groan,
Languishing to find Thee near,
Worshipping a God unknown,
Light till in Thy light I see,
Know eternal life in Thee.
Thy apostate creature's groan,
Languishing to find Thee near,
Worshipping a God unknown,
Light till in Thy light I see,
Know eternal life in Thee.
Creeds and books can nothing do,
Unaccompanied by grace;
Grace must form my soul anew,
Give me to discern Thy face,
Bring my faithful heart the power
God in persons three to' adore.
Unaccompanied by grace;
Grace must form my soul anew,
Give me to discern Thy face,
Bring my faithful heart the power
God in persons three to' adore.
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But Thou draw'st me after Thee,
But Thou dost my heart incline,
Helping its infirmity
Now to ask the grace Divine:
Now this unbelief remove,
Tell me now that Thou art love.
But Thou dost my heart incline,
Helping its infirmity
Now to ask the grace Divine:
Now this unbelief remove,
Tell me now that Thou art love.
Father, manifest Thy Son,
Son, to me the Father show,
Holy Comforter, make known
The deep things of God below,
Sovereign, Triune God, impart
All Thy fulness to my heart.
Son, to me the Father show,
Holy Comforter, make known
The deep things of God below,
Sovereign, Triune God, impart
All Thy fulness to my heart.
VII.
[All hail, mysterious Trinity!]
All hail, mysterious Trinity!
Every person of the three
In my salvation meets:
The Father draws me to the Son,
Accepts for Jesus' sake alone,
And all my sins forgets.
Every person of the three
In my salvation meets:
The Father draws me to the Son,
Accepts for Jesus' sake alone,
And all my sins forgets.
The Son His cleansing blood applies,
Breaks my heart, and bids me rise
A penitent forgiven:
The Holy Ghost His witness bears,
Numbers me with the royal heirs,
And gives a taste of heaven.
Breaks my heart, and bids me rise
A penitent forgiven:
The Holy Ghost His witness bears,
Numbers me with the royal heirs,
And gives a taste of heaven.
The Father multiplies my peace,
Jesus doth my faith increase,
And teaches me to pray;
The Spirit purifies my heart,
And makes me, Saviour, as Thou art,
And seals me to Thy day.
Jesus doth my faith increase,
And teaches me to pray;
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And makes me, Saviour, as Thou art,
And seals me to Thy day.
Thus, only thus I surely know
God was manifest below
The God of pardoning grace,
Whom saints in persons three admire,
Whom I with all that heavenly choir
World without end shall praise.
God was manifest below
The God of pardoning grace,
Whom saints in persons three admire,
Whom I with all that heavenly choir
World without end shall praise.
VIII.
[Worship and praise belong]
Worship and praise belong
To God the Lord most high:
Who taught us the new song
His name we magnify,
The Trinity in One we bless,
The Unity in Three confess.
To God the Lord most high:
Who taught us the new song
His name we magnify,
The Trinity in One we bless,
The Unity in Three confess.
Not from our creeds alone
The doctrine we receive:
Jehovah three in one,
He gives us to believe,
The God of truth Himself imparts,
And writes His name upon our hearts.
The doctrine we receive:
Jehovah three in one,
He gives us to believe,
The God of truth Himself imparts,
And writes His name upon our hearts.
His Son on us bestow'd
The Father hath reveal'd:
The Son His Father show'd
From mortal eye conceal'd;
The' indwelling Comforter attests
That One is Three, in faithful breasts.
The Father hath reveal'd:
The Son His Father show'd
From mortal eye conceal'd;
The' indwelling Comforter attests
That One is Three, in faithful breasts.
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Thrice holy God, in whom
We live, and move, and are,
To do Thy will we come,
Thy glory to declare,
By all our converse here to show
That God is manifest below.
We live, and move, and are,
To do Thy will we come,
Thy glory to declare,
By all our converse here to show
That God is manifest below.
Baptized into Thy name,
Mysterious One in Three,
Our souls and bodies claim
A sacrifice to Thee:
We only live our faith to prove
The faith which works by humble love.
Mysterious One in Three,
Our souls and bodies claim
A sacrifice to Thee:
We only live our faith to prove
The faith which works by humble love.
O that our light may shine,
And all our lives express
The character Divine,
The real holiness!
Then, then receive us up to' adore
The Triune God for evermore.
And all our lives express
The character Divine,
The real holiness!
Then, then receive us up to' adore
The Triune God for evermore.
IX.
[Fountain of Divine compassion]
Fountain of Divine compassion,
Father of the ransom'd race,
Christ, our Saviour and salvation,
Spirit of consecrating grace;
See us prostrated before Thee;
Co-essential Three in One,
Glorious God, our souls adore Thee
High on Thine eternal throne.
Father of the ransom'd race,
Christ, our Saviour and salvation,
Spirit of consecrating grace;
See us prostrated before Thee;
Co-essential Three in One,
Glorious God, our souls adore Thee
High on Thine eternal throne.
While we in Thy name assemble,
Overshadow'd from above,
Let us at Thy presence tremble,
Holy, Triune God of love:
Father, Son, and Spirit, bless us,
Who the true Jehovah art:
Plenitude of God in Jesus,
Enter every contrite heart.
Overshadow'd from above,
Let us at Thy presence tremble,
Holy, Triune God of love:
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Who the true Jehovah art:
Plenitude of God in Jesus,
Enter every contrite heart.
Challenge now Thine humble dwelling,
O Thou high and lofty One,
Thy own Deity revealing,
God in persons three come down:
Thou, the Witnesses in heaven,
Dost on earth Thy record bear:
Show us here our sins forgiven,
Show us all Thy glory there.
O Thou high and lofty One,
Thy own Deity revealing,
God in persons three come down:
Thou, the Witnesses in heaven,
Dost on earth Thy record bear:
Show us here our sins forgiven,
Show us all Thy glory there.
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[Triumph, happy soul, to whom]
Triumph, happy soul, to whom
God the heavenly secret tells,
Father, Son, and Spirit come,
One in Three Himself reveals!
What from man thou couldst not know,
Thou art truly taught of God,
When He doth the faith bestow,
Wash thee in thy Saviour's blood.
God the heavenly secret tells,
Father, Son, and Spirit come,
One in Three Himself reveals!
What from man thou couldst not know,
Thou art truly taught of God,
When He doth the faith bestow,
Wash thee in thy Saviour's blood.
Fully certified thou art
By that sacred blood applied,
He who dwells within thy heart,
God, the great Jehovah died:
Now, and not till now thou know'st
(Mystery learnt by faith alone)
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
God in persons three is one.
By that sacred blood applied,
He who dwells within thy heart,
God, the great Jehovah died:
Now, and not till now thou know'st
(Mystery learnt by faith alone)
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
God in persons three is one.
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God in persons three, appear
God to every troubled breast,
Show Thyself the Comforter,
Be the weary sinner's rest:
Stranger to Thy people's peace,
Burden'd with our sins we groan;
Come, that all our griefs may cease,
Take possession of Thy own.
God to every troubled breast,
Show Thyself the Comforter,
Be the weary sinner's rest:
Stranger to Thy people's peace,
Burden'd with our sins we groan;
Come, that all our griefs may cease,
Take possession of Thy own.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Heal Thy creature's misery;
Thee, the pearl which Adam lost,
Give us to recover Thee,
Give us in pure love renew'd
Higher by our fall to rise,
Image of the Triune God,
House of One who fills the skies.
Heal Thy creature's misery;
Thee, the pearl which Adam lost,
Give us to recover Thee,
Give us in pure love renew'd
Higher by our fall to rise,
Image of the Triune God,
House of One who fills the skies.
XI.
[Holy, holy, holy Lord]
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God the Father, and the Word,
God the Comforter, receive
Blessing more than earth can give!
Mix'd with those beyond the sky,
Chanters to the Lord most high,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing Thine eternal praise.
God the Father, and the Word,
God the Comforter, receive
Blessing more than earth can give!
Mix'd with those beyond the sky,
Chanters to the Lord most high,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing Thine eternal praise.
One inexplicably three,
Three in simplest Unity,
God, incline Thy gracious ear,
Us Thy lisping creatures hear:
Thee while dust and ashes sings,
Angels shrink within their wings,
Prostrate seraphim above
Breathe unutterable love.
Three in simplest Unity,
God, incline Thy gracious ear,
Us Thy lisping creatures hear:
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Angels shrink within their wings,
Prostrate seraphim above
Breathe unutterable love.
Happy they, who never rest,
With Thy heavenly presence bless'd!
They the heights of glory see,
Sound the depths of Deity:
Fain with them our souls would vie,
Sink as low, and mount as high,
Fall o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar,
Shout, or silently adore.
With Thy heavenly presence bless'd!
They the heights of glory see,
Sound the depths of Deity:
Fain with them our souls would vie,
Sink as low, and mount as high,
Fall o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar,
Shout, or silently adore.
XII.
[Praise to the glorious Cause of all]
Praise to the glorious Cause of all
(Whom one in persons three we call)
Be by His every creature given!
Worship Divine to Him be paid,
Whose hands the whole creation made,
The Triune God of earth and heaven.
(Whom one in persons three we call)
Be by His every creature given!
Worship Divine to Him be paid,
Whose hands the whole creation made,
The Triune God of earth and heaven.
Each person, absolutely Lord,
Exists, by heaven and earth adored,
The God of Israel's faithful line;
Each person doth the essence claim,
The incommunicable name,
And all the attributes Divine.
Exists, by heaven and earth adored,
The God of Israel's faithful line;
Each person doth the essence claim,
The incommunicable name,
And all the attributes Divine.
Jehovah, ere the world begun,
In God the Father and the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost was found;
One self-existent Deity,
He reigns, when time no more shall be,
With everlasting glory crown'd.
In God the Father and the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost was found;
One self-existent Deity,
He reigns, when time no more shall be,
With everlasting glory crown'd.
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XIII.
[Praise to the glorious Three in One]
Praise to the glorious Three in One,
As was before the world begun,
As is by minds angelic paid,
By every saint His grace has made,
And shall eternally be given
By all in earth and all in heaven.
As was before the world begun,
As is by minds angelic paid,
By every saint His grace has made,
And shall eternally be given
By all in earth and all in heaven.
Shout to the great Jehovah's praise
Ye sons of glory and of grace,
One God in persons three adore,
The same in majesty and power,
His suffering and triumphant host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Ye sons of glory and of grace,
One God in persons three adore,
The same in majesty and power,
His suffering and triumphant host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
XIV.
[Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Whom One all-perfect God we own,
Restorer of Thine image lost,
Thy various offices make known,
Display, our fallen souls to raise,
Thy whole economy of grace.
Whom One all-perfect God we own,
Restorer of Thine image lost,
Thy various offices make known,
Display, our fallen souls to raise,
Thy whole economy of grace.
Jehovah in three persons, come,
And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal
Poor guilty, dying worms, in whom
Thou dost eternal life reveal,
The knowledge of Thyself bestow,
And all Thy glorious goodness show.
And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal
Poor guilty, dying worms, in whom
Thou dost eternal life reveal,
The knowledge of Thyself bestow,
And all Thy glorious goodness show.
Soon as our pardon'd hearts believe
That Thou art pure essential love,
The proof we in ourselves receive
Of the Three Witnesses above,
Sure, as the saints around Thy throne,
That Father, Word, and Spirit are One.
That Thou art pure essential love,
The proof we in ourselves receive
Of the Three Witnesses above,
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That Father, Word, and Spirit are One.
O that we now in love renew'd
Might blameless in Thy sight appear,
Wake up in Thy similitude,
Stamp'd with the Triune character,
Flesh, spirit, soul to Thee resign,
And live and die entirely Thine!
Might blameless in Thy sight appear,
Wake up in Thy similitude,
Stamp'd with the Triune character,
Flesh, spirit, soul to Thee resign,
And live and die entirely Thine!
XV.
[God unsearchable, unknown]
God unsearchable, unknown,
Persons three, but essence one,
Thee I gladly would receive,
Would Thine oracles believe:
Searching them by night and day,
Here I for instruction stay,
Still I read and reason right,
Still require a clearer light.
Persons three, but essence one,
Thee I gladly would receive,
Would Thine oracles believe:
Searching them by night and day,
Here I for instruction stay,
Still I read and reason right,
Still require a clearer light.
Reason can no farther go,
Forced its own defect to show:
God incomprehensible
Only can Himself reveal:
Triune majesty Divine,
Thou into my darkness shine,
Now unfold the mystery,
Let there now be faith in me.
Forced its own defect to show:
God incomprehensible
Only can Himself reveal:
Triune majesty Divine,
Thou into my darkness shine,
Now unfold the mystery,
Let there now be faith in me.
XVI.
[A real Unity]
A real Unity
Which heart can ne'er conceive
In the celestial three
His children all believe:
In essence, not in figure, one
The persons we adore,
Of God the Father, Spirit, Son,
And praise Him evermore.
Which heart can ne'er conceive
In the celestial three
His children all believe:
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The persons we adore,
Of God the Father, Spirit, Son,
And praise Him evermore.
Call'd by a common name
The sacred three we praise,
In will and power the same,
In majesty and grace;
Jehovah whom His hosts surround,
An ever warbling choir,
The God supreme in each is found,
The Deity entire.
The sacred three we praise,
In will and power the same,
In majesty and grace;
Jehovah whom His hosts surround,
An ever warbling choir,
The God supreme in each is found,
The Deity entire.
Thrice holy God, admit
Poor worms of earth to join,
And at Thy mercy-seat
Extol the grace Divine,
The wisdom in a mystery
Of love unsearchable,
Till Thou receive us up to see
Thy face without a veil.
Poor worms of earth to join,
And at Thy mercy-seat
Extol the grace Divine,
The wisdom in a mystery
Of love unsearchable,
Till Thou receive us up to see
Thy face without a veil.
XVII.
[A thousand oracles Divine]
A thousand oracles Divine
Their common beams unite,
That sinners may with angels join
To worship God aright;
To praise a Trinity adored
By all His host above,
And one thrice holy God and Lord
Through endless ages love.
Their common beams unite,
That sinners may with angels join
To worship God aright;
To praise a Trinity adored
By all His host above,
And one thrice holy God and Lord
Through endless ages love.
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Triumphant host! they never cease
To laud and magnify
The Triune God of holiness,
Whose glory fills the sky;
Whose glory to this earth extends,
While God Himself imparts,
And the whole Trinity descends
Into our faithful hearts.
To laud and magnify
The Triune God of holiness,
Whose glory fills the sky;
Whose glory to this earth extends,
While God Himself imparts,
And the whole Trinity descends
Into our faithful hearts.
By faith the upper choir we meet,
And challenge them to sing
Jehovah on His shining seat,
Our Maker, God, and King:
But God made flesh is wholly ours,
And asks a nobler strain,
The Father of celestial powers,
The Friend of earth-born man.
And challenge them to sing
Jehovah on His shining seat,
Our Maker, God, and King:
But God made flesh is wholly ours,
And asks a nobler strain,
The Father of celestial powers,
The Friend of earth-born man.
Ye seraphs nearest to the throne,
With rapturous amaze
On us, poor, ransom'd worms look down,
For heaven's superior praise:
The King whose glorious face ye see,
For us His crown resign'd;
That Fulness of the Deity,
He died for all mankind!
With rapturous amaze
On us, poor, ransom'd worms look down,
For heaven's superior praise:
The King whose glorious face ye see,
For us His crown resign'd;
That Fulness of the Deity,
He died for all mankind!
XVIII.
[The Witnesses in heaven adored]
The Witnesses in heaven adored,
The Father, Holy Ghost, and Word,
One God with all His church we own,
In persons three for ever one.
The Father, Holy Ghost, and Word,
One God with all His church we own,
In persons three for ever one.
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But till our souls are born again,
We to the truth assent in vain,
By notions right ourselves deceive,
And only fancy we believe.
We to the truth assent in vain,
By notions right ourselves deceive,
And only fancy we believe.
The Triune God we cannot know,
Unless He doth the faith bestow,
Faith which removes our mountain-load,
And brings us to a pardoning God:
Unless He doth the faith bestow,
Faith which removes our mountain-load,
And brings us to a pardoning God:
Sure evidence of things unseen,
Which swallows up the gulf between,
The Light of Life Divine imparts,
And forms Jehovah in our hearts.
Which swallows up the gulf between,
The Light of Life Divine imparts,
And forms Jehovah in our hearts.
O that we all might thus believe,
The truth in humble love receive,
Author of faith our Saviour find
In God the Father of mankind;
The truth in humble love receive,
Author of faith our Saviour find
In God the Father of mankind;
In both the Holy Spirit know,
(Who doth where'er He listeth blow,)
And the whole Trinity receive
For ever in our hearts to live!
(Who doth where'er He listeth blow,)
And the whole Trinity receive
For ever in our hearts to live!
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[Thee, great tremendous Deity]
Thee, great tremendous Deity,
Whom Three in One, and One in Three
I to the world proclaim,
Inspire with purity and peace,
And add me to Thy witnesses
By telling me Thy name.
Whom Three in One, and One in Three
I to the world proclaim,
Inspire with purity and peace,
And add me to Thy witnesses
By telling me Thy name.
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Fix'd on the Athanasian mound,
I still require a firmer ground
My sinking faith to bear:
I want to feel my soul renew'd
In the similitude of God,
Jehovah's character.
I still require a firmer ground
My sinking faith to bear:
I want to feel my soul renew'd
In the similitude of God,
Jehovah's character.
My notions true are notions vain;
By them I cannot grace obtain,
Or saved from sin arise:
Knowledge acquired by books or creeds
My learn'd self-righteous pride it feeds;
'Tis love that edifies.
By them I cannot grace obtain,
Or saved from sin arise:
Knowledge acquired by books or creeds
My learn'd self-righteous pride it feeds;
'Tis love that edifies.
The truth I seemingly possess,
But hold it in unrighteousness
Without experience sure:
Whoe'er the holy God contains,
He must be purged from all his stains,
A vessel clean and pure.
But hold it in unrighteousness
Without experience sure:
Whoe'er the holy God contains,
He must be purged from all his stains,
A vessel clean and pure.
Furnish'd with intellectual light,
In vain I speak of Thee aright,
While unreveal'd Thou art:
That only can suffice for me,
The whole mysterious Trinity
Inhabiting my heart.
In vain I speak of Thee aright,
While unreveal'd Thou art:
That only can suffice for me,
The whole mysterious Trinity
Inhabiting my heart.
Come then, Thou Triune God unknown,
Take full possession of Thine own,
And keep me ever Thine,
An heir of bliss, for glory seal'd,
A temple of the Lord, and fill'd
With all the life Divine.
Take full possession of Thine own,
And keep me ever Thine,
An heir of bliss, for glory seal'd,
A temple of the Lord, and fill'd
With all the life Divine.
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XX.
[To God the great Jehovah]
To God the great Jehovah
We render thanks and blessing,
His Unity
In persons three
With all His church confessing:
Three holy ones we worship
With endless adoration
Under the same
Mysterious name,
And sovereign appellation.
We render thanks and blessing,
His Unity
In persons three
With all His church confessing:
Three holy ones we worship
With endless adoration
Under the same
Mysterious name,
And sovereign appellation.
The same Divine perfection
Authority and merit
Counsel and mind
And power we find
In Father, Son, and Spirit;
To all the three ascribing
The same eternal essence,
Wisdom and grace,
And holiness,
And truth and omnipresence.
Authority and merit
Counsel and mind
And power we find
In Father, Son, and Spirit;
To all the three ascribing
The same eternal essence,
Wisdom and grace,
And holiness,
And truth and omnipresence.
The undivided Godhead,
The Trinity united,
The Three in One
Doth all alone,
With His own work delighted:
The glorious Triune Author
Of every operation
With life supplies,
And sanctifies,
And leads us to salvation.
The Trinity united,
The Three in One
Doth all alone,
With His own work delighted:
The glorious Triune Author
Of every operation
With life supplies,
And sanctifies,
And leads us to salvation.
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XXI.
[Omnipotent God, Eternal I am]
Omnipotent God, Eternal I am,
We publish abroad Thy wonderful name,
We worship before Thee Who reignest alone,
And prostrate adore Thee, Three persons in one.
We publish abroad Thy wonderful name,
We worship before Thee Who reignest alone,
And prostrate adore Thee, Three persons in one.
Jehovah entire In each we confess,
And gladly admire Thy mystical grace,
The persons agreeing To make and renew,
To give us our being, And ransom us too.
And gladly admire Thy mystical grace,
The persons agreeing To make and renew,
To give us our being, And ransom us too.
Begotten again, And born from above,
We join in the plan Of infinite love;
Son, Father, and Spirit Our Saviour we see,
And glory inherit Through faith in the three.
We join in the plan Of infinite love;
Son, Father, and Spirit Our Saviour we see,
And glory inherit Through faith in the three.
To Thee on the throne We lift up our voice,
In Father and Son, And Spirit rejoice,
With anticipation Of purest delight,
And all our salvation Enjoy in Thy sight.
In Father and Son, And Spirit rejoice,
With anticipation Of purest delight,
And all our salvation Enjoy in Thy sight.
XXII.
[O Father of mercies, attend]
O Father of mercies, attend,
And suffer a wretch to complain;
O Jesus, a sinner befriend,
Oppress'd with the weight of my chain;
O pitiful Spirit of Love!
The God whom I fain would adore,
Appear, and my burden remove,
Thy favour and image restore.
And suffer a wretch to complain;
O Jesus, a sinner befriend,
Oppress'd with the weight of my chain;
O pitiful Spirit of Love!
The God whom I fain would adore,
Appear, and my burden remove,
Thy favour and image restore.
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Thou hear'st the unspeakable groan
Which heaves in a sorrowful heart,
Till Thou, whom I never have known,
The blissful assurance impart,
The light of Thy countenance show,
With heavenly evidence shine,
And bid me in liberty go,
In peace, and affiance Divine.
Which heaves in a sorrowful heart,
Till Thou, whom I never have known,
The blissful assurance impart,
The light of Thy countenance show,
With heavenly evidence shine,
And bid me in liberty go,
In peace, and affiance Divine.
Come then to Thy creature, and tell
The secret I cannot explore,
Thy riches of mercy reveal,
Thy love's inexhaustible store;
Three mystical persons in one,
The truth of Thy Godhead attest,
Jehovah, the Father, and Son,
And Spirit, abide in my breast.
The secret I cannot explore,
Thy riches of mercy reveal,
Thy love's inexhaustible store;
Three mystical persons in one,
The truth of Thy Godhead attest,
Jehovah, the Father, and Son,
And Spirit, abide in my breast.
While yet I am calling, appear
The end of my trouble and pain:
Assured of a Trinity here,
I rise from my ruins again;
I know my Redeemer, who gives
A sinner His glory to see,
And all the Divinity lives
Eternally present in me.
The end of my trouble and pain:
Assured of a Trinity here,
I rise from my ruins again;
I know my Redeemer, who gives
A sinner His glory to see,
And all the Divinity lives
Eternally present in me.
XXIII.
[The Deity Trine One Being we name]
The Deity Trine One Being we name,
Three persons Divine For ever the same,
One absolute nature In all we maintain,
One gracious Creator Of angels and men.
Three persons Divine For ever the same,
One absolute nature In all we maintain,
One gracious Creator Of angels and men.
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Jehovah is He Substantially love,
The mystical three Who witness above;
Who there His pure essence Displays and conceals;
Whose life-giving presence The universe fills.
The mystical three Who witness above;
Who there His pure essence Displays and conceals;
Whose life-giving presence The universe fills.
Thrice Holy and High, Thy goodness and power
Like those in the sky We fain would adore:
Thy boundless compassion Each moment we prove,
And all our salvation Ascribe to Thy love.
Like those in the sky We fain would adore:
Thy boundless compassion Each moment we prove,
And all our salvation Ascribe to Thy love.
O what shall we do To praise Thee aright?
To make us anew, Appear in our sight,
Discover Thy glory, Thy goodness proclaim,
And prostrate before Thee We worship Thy name.
To make us anew, Appear in our sight,
Discover Thy glory, Thy goodness proclaim,
And prostrate before Thee We worship Thy name.
Thy gifts are bestow'd On all the lost kind:
A merciful God In Thee when we find,
Most freely forgiving, Abundant in grace;
The living, the living We publish Thy praise.
A merciful God In Thee when we find,
Most freely forgiving, Abundant in grace;
The living, the living We publish Thy praise.
Command us to rise Of pardon possess'd,
With love's paradise Unspeakably bless'd;
Thy forfeited favour Thine image restore,
And bid us for ever Rejoice, and adore.
With love's paradise Unspeakably bless'd;
Thy forfeited favour Thine image restore,
And bid us for ever Rejoice, and adore.
XXIV.
[Hail, co-essential Three]
Hail, co-essential Three
In mystic Unity!
Father, Son, and Spirit, hail,
God by heaven and earth adored,
God incomprehensible,
One supreme, almighty Lord.
In mystic Unity!
Father, Son, and Spirit, hail,
God by heaven and earth adored,
God incomprehensible,
One supreme, almighty Lord.
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Thou sittest on the throne
Plurality in one:
Saints behold Thine open face,
Bright, insufferably bright;
Angels tremble as they gaze,
Sink into a sea of light!
Plurality in one:
Saints behold Thine open face,
Bright, insufferably bright;
Angels tremble as they gaze,
Sink into a sea of light!
Ah, when shall we increase
Their heavenly ecstasies!
Chant, like them, the Lord most high,
Fall like them who dare not move,
Holy, holy, holy cry,
Breathe the praise of silent love!
Their heavenly ecstasies!
Chant, like them, the Lord most high,
Fall like them who dare not move,
Holy, holy, holy cry,
Breathe the praise of silent love!
Come, Father, in the Son,
And in the Spirit down,
Glorious, Triune majesty,
God through endless ages bless'd,
Make us meet Thy face to see,
Then receive us to Thy breast.
And in the Spirit down,
Glorious, Triune majesty,
God through endless ages bless'd,
Make us meet Thy face to see,
Then receive us to Thy breast.
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[The great God ever-bless'd]
The great God ever-bless'd
In the Father confess'd
Is confess'd in the Spirit and Son:
His worshippers true,
We attribute His due
To three persons essentially one.
In the Father confess'd
Is confess'd in the Spirit and Son:
His worshippers true,
We attribute His due
To three persons essentially one.
The philosopher vain
May adore a mere man;
Or invent a subordinate God:
Jehovah supreme
We acknowledge in Him
Who hath purchased our souls with His blood.
May adore a mere man;
Or invent a subordinate God:
Jehovah supreme
We acknowledge in Him
Who hath purchased our souls with His blood.
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The most Holy and High
We alike glorify
And adore in the Spirit of love;
Who His Godhead reveals,
When our spirit He seals,
And prepares for a kingdom above.
We alike glorify
And adore in the Spirit of love;
Who His Godhead reveals,
When our spirit He seals,
And prepares for a kingdom above.
Neither greater nor less
In the three we confess;
First, Second, and Third are the same:
All the persons we find
Everlastingly join'd
In the common, ineffable Name.
In the three we confess;
First, Second, and Third are the same:
All the persons we find
Everlastingly join'd
In the common, ineffable Name.
On Jehovah in all
We faithfully call,
And the Triad in Unity love;
He inspires us to vie
With our friends in the sky,
And heighten the triumph above.
We faithfully call,
And the Triad in Unity love;
He inspires us to vie
With our friends in the sky,
And heighten the triumph above.
We give glory to God
Who the grace has bestow'd
To confess, and to praise Him aright;
Singing on till we see
The one Essence in three,
And are lost in the rapturous sight.
Who the grace has bestow'd
To confess, and to praise Him aright;
Singing on till we see
The one Essence in three,
And are lost in the rapturous sight.
XXVI.
[Thou unsearchable Three]
Thou unsearchable Three,
Whom I languish to see,
Attend to my suppliant groan:
Thou know'st my sad case,
With my lips I confess,
But adore a Jehovah unknown.
Whom I languish to see,
Attend to my suppliant groan:
Thou know'st my sad case,
With my lips I confess,
But adore a Jehovah unknown.
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For redemption I call,
Immersed in my fall,
Overwhelm'd with a mountain of night:
Still unanswer'd I pray
For a pitiful ray
From the true inaccessible Light.
Immersed in my fall,
Overwhelm'd with a mountain of night:
Still unanswer'd I pray
For a pitiful ray
From the true inaccessible Light.
O Father, on me
(While I feel after Thee)
Let the light of Thy countenance shine
In Immanuel's face,
In the Spirit of grace,
In the fulness of mercy Divine.
(While I feel after Thee)
Let the light of Thy countenance shine
In Immanuel's face,
In the Spirit of grace,
In the fulness of mercy Divine.
Thou alone didst inspire
This impatient desire
Of a knowledge I cannot attain,
Till Thyself Thou reveal,
And I joyfully feel
I am born in Thy image again.
This impatient desire
Of a knowledge I cannot attain,
Till Thyself Thou reveal,
And I joyfully feel
I am born in Thy image again.
Nothing here can relieve
Till Thyself I retrieve
By a mystical birth from above:
Come Father, and Son,
With the Comforter down
In the likeness of heavenly love.
Till Thyself I retrieve
By a mystical birth from above:
Come Father, and Son,
With the Comforter down
In the likeness of heavenly love.
To enlighten and cheer
A lost sinner, appear,
Holy Triad, in glory arise,
In the person of Him
Who died to redeem,
And ensure me a place in the skies.
A lost sinner, appear,
Holy Triad, in glory arise,
In the person of Him
Who died to redeem,
And ensure me a place in the skies.
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XXVII.
[Holy, holy, holy Lord]
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
Mysterious One in Three,
Must I perish unrestored,
Through ignorance of Thee?
Still a dying sinner spare,
Till Thou from all my sins release:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Mysterious One in Three,
Must I perish unrestored,
Through ignorance of Thee?
Still a dying sinner spare,
Till Thou from all my sins release:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
In a dreary vale of woe
I long have lived in pain,
Follow'd on the Lord to know,
But follow'd on in vain:
Still, alas, I know not where
To find Thee whom my lips confess:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
I long have lived in pain,
Follow'd on the Lord to know,
But follow'd on in vain:
Still, alas, I know not where
To find Thee whom my lips confess:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Thou in mortal flesh reveal'd
Didst hear the beggar's cry,
Speak the felon's pardon seal'd
When at the point to die:
Thou didst on Thy body bear
The weight of my unrighteousness:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Didst hear the beggar's cry,
Speak the felon's pardon seal'd
When at the point to die:
Thou didst on Thy body bear
The weight of my unrighteousness:
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Poor and blind, condemn'd and lost,
Thy ransom'd creature own;
Father, send the Holy Ghost,
And send in Him Thy Son,
By the' indwelling Comforter
Renew me in Thy holiness;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Thy ransom'd creature own;
Father, send the Holy Ghost,
And send in Him Thy Son,
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Renew me in Thy holiness;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Father, Son, and Spirit, descend
Into my panting heart,
All my sins and griefs to end,
Come tell me who Thou art;
Stamp me with Thy character
An heir of everlasting bliss;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Into my panting heart,
All my sins and griefs to end,
Come tell me who Thou art;
Stamp me with Thy character
An heir of everlasting bliss;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And bid me die in peace.
Give me to believe aright,
And then from earth remove,
Swallow up my faith in sight
My hope in heavenly love;
Thou who didst my place prepare,
Prepare my soul Thyself to see;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And take me up to Thee.
And then from earth remove,
Swallow up my faith in sight
My hope in heavenly love;
Thou who didst my place prepare,
Prepare my soul Thyself to see;
Triune God, regard my prayer,
And take me up to Thee.
XXVIII.
[Right notions have their slender use]
Right notions have their slender use,
But cannot a sound faith produce,
Or vital piety,
They cannot make the Godhead known,
Or manifest Jehovah one
In co-eternal three.
But cannot a sound faith produce,
Or vital piety,
They cannot make the Godhead known,
Or manifest Jehovah one
In co-eternal three.
That virtue doth from Christ proceed,
That power which animates the dead
The Spirit of life exerts;
The Father His own Son reveals,
The Triune God His image seals
With pardon on our hearts.
That power which animates the dead
The Spirit of life exerts;
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The Triune God His image seals
With pardon on our hearts.
A fond imagination vain,
A shadow floating in the brain
Which we for faith misdeem,
The mere result of nature's powers,
'Tis not a work of God, but ours,
'Tis all a waking dream.
A shadow floating in the brain
Which we for faith misdeem,
The mere result of nature's powers,
'Tis not a work of God, but ours,
'Tis all a waking dream.
The orthodox renown'd in fight,
Fierce champions for opinions right,
May reason's strength display:
Their Arian and Socinian foes,
And heresy's whole household knows
The truth as much as they.
Fierce champions for opinions right,
May reason's strength display:
Their Arian and Socinian foes,
And heresy's whole household knows
The truth as much as they.
The Truth that makes us free indeed,
We cannot learn it from our creed,
The Truth that sanctifies,
To bring us faith returns from heaven,
And Father, Son, and Spirit given
Conducts us to the skies.
We cannot learn it from our creed,
The Truth that sanctifies,
To bring us faith returns from heaven,
And Father, Son, and Spirit given
Conducts us to the skies.
Jesus the Truth, the Life, the Way,
Thou in me with Thy Father stay,
Thou with Thy Spirit descend,
I then shall know Thee as Thou art,
The God who never will depart,
My soul's eternal Friend.
Thou in me with Thy Father stay,
Thou with Thy Spirit descend,
I then shall know Thee as Thou art,
The God who never will depart,
My soul's eternal Friend.
XXIX.
[The Father freely justifies]
The Father freely justifies,
The Son His pardoning power asserts,
The Holy Ghost that blood applies
Which purifies believing hearts;
Yet God who sin forgives alone
In persons three is only one.
The Son His pardoning power asserts,
The Holy Ghost that blood applies
Which purifies believing hearts;
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In persons three is only one.
Thou Triune God of pardoning love,
On me Thy kind compassion show,
By faith begotten from above,
And call'd assuredly to know
The blessings by three persons given,
The peace of God, the pledge of heaven.
On me Thy kind compassion show,
By faith begotten from above,
And call'd assuredly to know
The blessings by three persons given,
The peace of God, the pledge of heaven.
Jehovah come! Thyself reveal,
To save a soul so dearly bought,
The peace and joy unspeakable,
The love surpassing human thought;
Thrice holy God, to me impart,
With all Thou hast, and all Thou art.
To save a soul so dearly bought,
The peace and joy unspeakable,
The love surpassing human thought;
Thrice holy God, to me impart,
With all Thou hast, and all Thou art.
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[Come Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
Come Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Restorer of Thine image lost,
The flaming sword remove;
Teach me Thine image to regain,
And to my docile heart explain
The mystery of love.
Restorer of Thine image lost,
The flaming sword remove;
Teach me Thine image to regain,
And to my docile heart explain
The mystery of love.
I now perceive Thy love's design;
Thou didst again in council join,
Thy name to re-impress,
Anew Thy creature to create,
And raise me to my first estate
In perfect righteousness.
Thou didst again in council join,
Thy name to re-impress,
Anew Thy creature to create,
And raise me to my first estate
In perfect righteousness.
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To execute Thy kind intent,
Jehovah from Jehovah sent
Left His eternal throne,
A Man of griefs, He stain'd the tree,
Saviour of all, He laid for me
The precious ransom down.
Jehovah from Jehovah sent
Left His eternal throne,
A Man of griefs, He stain'd the tree,
Saviour of all, He laid for me
The precious ransom down.
The Spirit purchased with His blood,
By Father and by Son bestow'd
Doth now in man reside;
For us He strongly intercedes,
Us into all Thy counsel leads
Our sure indwelling Guide.
By Father and by Son bestow'd
Doth now in man reside;
For us He strongly intercedes,
Us into all Thy counsel leads
Our sure indwelling Guide.
Pardon He on our conscience seals,
Thy good and welcome will reveals
To save a world by grace:
He marks us for salvation's heirs,
And moulds and fashions, and prepares
To see Thine open face.
Thy good and welcome will reveals
To save a world by grace:
He marks us for salvation's heirs,
And moulds and fashions, and prepares
To see Thine open face.
He sanctifies, without respect
Of high or low, His own elect,
Regenerate from above,
Into Thy glorious form converts,
And stamps Thine image on our hearts
In purity and love.
Of high or low, His own elect,
Regenerate from above,
Into Thy glorious form converts,
And stamps Thine image on our hearts
In purity and love.
O wouldst Thou stamp it now on mine
The name and character Divine,
The holy One in Three!
Come, Father, Son, and Spirit, give
Thy love,—Thyself: and lo! I live
Imparadised in Thee.
The name and character Divine,
The holy One in Three!
Come, Father, Son, and Spirit, give
Thy love,—Thyself: and lo! I live
Imparadised in Thee.
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XXXI.
[Mysterious God in persons three]
Mysterious God in persons three,
Stir up Thy judging power,
'Gainst formal crowds who bow the knee,
And only seem to' adore;
Who Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Presume for theirs to claim,
Their zeal and orthodoxy boast,
Yet never knew Thy name.
Stir up Thy judging power,
'Gainst formal crowds who bow the knee,
And only seem to' adore;
Who Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Presume for theirs to claim,
Their zeal and orthodoxy boast,
Yet never knew Thy name.
Full of themselves, with learned pride
Their talents they display,
And Thy true worshippers deride
That walk in Christ the Way,
That live by faith, the gift of God,
Confess Thee as Thou art,
And daily feel the sprinkled blood
Which purifies our heart.
Their talents they display,
And Thy true worshippers deride
That walk in Christ the Way,
That live by faith, the gift of God,
Confess Thee as Thou art,
And daily feel the sprinkled blood
Which purifies our heart.
Concerning this we now agree,
Petitioners for them;
Who neither know themselves, nor Thee,
The infidels condemn:
Convince them that their faith is vain,
A feeble, broken reed,
As standing in the words of men,
The letters of a creed.
Petitioners for them;
Who neither know themselves, nor Thee,
The infidels condemn:
Convince them that their faith is vain,
A feeble, broken reed,
As standing in the words of men,
The letters of a creed.
Themselves they call the church of God,
And heretics despise:
But more contemptuously explode
The wisdom of the wise;
The heartfelt faith that works by love
They count a madman's dream,
And all Thy kingdom from above
With blindfold rage blaspheme.
And heretics despise:
But more contemptuously explode
The wisdom of the wise;
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They count a madman's dream,
And all Thy kingdom from above
With blindfold rage blaspheme.
Ah, Lord, in them the work begin,
Their confidence abase,
Drag out to light the hidden sin
Which poisons all our race:
Thy righteous wrath from heaven be shown,
And fill their souls with grief,
And make the unbelievers groan
To feel their unbelief.
Their confidence abase,
Drag out to light the hidden sin
Which poisons all our race:
Thy righteous wrath from heaven be shown,
And fill their souls with grief,
And make the unbelievers groan
To feel their unbelief.
Now their foundation false o'erturn
With every show of good,
And all the superstructure burn,
The stubble, hay, and wood:
Let them with just abhorrence cast
Their virtuous rags away,
And humbled to the dust at last
For pardoning mercy pray.
With every show of good,
And all the superstructure burn,
The stubble, hay, and wood:
Let them with just abhorrence cast
Their virtuous rags away,
And humbled to the dust at last
For pardoning mercy pray.
When stripp'd of all but sin they grieve
Their desperate state to see,
Spiritual understanding give,
And real faith in Thee:
Shut up in unbelief release,
Reveal their sin forgiven,
And bid them go in perfect peace,
Thy confessors to heaven.
Their desperate state to see,
Spiritual understanding give,
And real faith in Thee:
Shut up in unbelief release,
Reveal their sin forgiven,
And bid them go in perfect peace,
Thy confessors to heaven.
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XXXII.
[Jesus, Thy precious passion]
Jesus, Thy precious passion
For us obtain'd the grace,
Which brings assured salvation
To all our ransom'd race:
Again on rebels smiling,
And to Himself we see
The Father reconciling
A sinful world in Thee.
For us obtain'd the grace,
Which brings assured salvation
To all our ransom'd race:
Again on rebels smiling,
And to Himself we see
The Father reconciling
A sinful world in Thee.
The testifying Spirit
Thy Deity asserts,
Imputes Thy righteous merit,
And plants it in our hearts;
He takes of Thine, and shows us
The pure atoning blood;
And then the stream o'erflows us,
And bears our souls to God.
Thy Deity asserts,
Imputes Thy righteous merit,
And plants it in our hearts;
He takes of Thine, and shows us
The pure atoning blood;
And then the stream o'erflows us,
And bears our souls to God.
By faith Divine perceiving
The hidden mystery,
With strong affection cleaving
To God in persons three,
One undivided nature
We now in three attest,
And in our New-Creator
His happy children rest.
The hidden mystery,
With strong affection cleaving
To God in persons three,
One undivided nature
We now in three attest,
And in our New-Creator
His happy children rest.
Infallibly assured
The heavenly three are one,
We taste the bliss procured
By Thy expiring groan:
We soon o'er death victorious
Shall all Thy joy receive,
And in our bodies glorious
Thy life eternal live.
The heavenly three are one,
We taste the bliss procured
By Thy expiring groan:
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Shall all Thy joy receive,
And in our bodies glorious
Thy life eternal live.
XXXIII.
[How empty our external boast]
How empty our external boast,
Who the true God adore
In Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Nor know His gracious power:
Strangers to vital piety,
If sunk in sin we lie,
The truth which hath not made us free,
Our careless lives deny.
Who the true God adore
In Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Nor know His gracious power:
Strangers to vital piety,
If sunk in sin we lie,
The truth which hath not made us free,
Our careless lives deny.
Our faith is but a shadow vain,
Unless it works by love,
And saved from sin, and born again
We seek the things above:
Unless we have the sacred Trine
Into our hearts received,
And I can call each person mine,
I have not yet believed.
Unless it works by love,
And saved from sin, and born again
We seek the things above:
Unless we have the sacred Trine
Into our hearts received,
And I can call each person mine,
I have not yet believed.
God inaccessible, unknown,
If through Thy precious grace
Convinced of unbelief I groan
To see Thy smiling face:
The veil of unbelief remove,
The sins I now confess,
And give my new-born soul to prove
The power of godliness.
If through Thy precious grace
Convinced of unbelief I groan
To see Thy smiling face:
The veil of unbelief remove,
The sins I now confess,
And give my new-born soul to prove
The power of godliness.
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Thee that I may my Father know,
A grain of faith impart,
The Spirit of Thy Son bestow
To witness in my heart;
That Thou in Christ art reconciled,
My conscience certify,
And then Thy dear adopted child,
I Abba Father cry.
A grain of faith impart,
The Spirit of Thy Son bestow
To witness in my heart;
That Thou in Christ art reconciled,
My conscience certify,
And then Thy dear adopted child,
I Abba Father cry.
Son of the living God, appear,
And tell me Thou art He,
Jehovah manifested here
In frail humanity:
Author of faith, Thou only know'st
The Father to reveal;
And breathed by Thee, the Holy Ghost
Doth in Thy people dwell.
And tell me Thou art He,
Jehovah manifested here
In frail humanity:
Author of faith, Thou only know'st
The Father to reveal;
And breathed by Thee, the Holy Ghost
Doth in Thy people dwell.
Thou Lamb of God, who bear'st away
The universal sin,
Thy sin-forgiving power display,
And touch a leper clean:
The gracious mystery make known,
Apply the' atoning blood,
And vanquish'd by Thy cross, I own
Thou art my Lord, my God.
The universal sin,
Thy sin-forgiving power display,
And touch a leper clean:
The gracious mystery make known,
Apply the' atoning blood,
And vanquish'd by Thy cross, I own
Thou art my Lord, my God.
Spirit of faith, my soul convince
Of Jesu's righteousness,
Which hides, and swallows up my sins,
And bids my sorrows cease:
The God supreme, in heaven adored,
Who did my sorrows bear,
Enable me to call Him Lord,
And all His power declare.
Of Jesu's righteousness,
Which hides, and swallows up my sins,
And bids my sorrows cease:
The God supreme, in heaven adored,
Who did my sorrows bear,
Enable me to call Him Lord,
And all His power declare.
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What though the sinners' chief I am,
If Thou pronounce me free,
I stand absolved in Jesus' name,
And justified by Thee:
The Pledge, the Witness, and the Seal,
If Thou my Portion art,
I find, and every moment feel
The Triad in my heart.
If Thou pronounce me free,
I stand absolved in Jesus' name,
And justified by Thee:
The Pledge, the Witness, and the Seal,
If Thou my Portion art,
I find, and every moment feel
The Triad in my heart.
XXXIV.
[Faith, though rational, is founded]
Faith, though rational, is founded
Not on man, but God alone,
On the great Jehovah grounded,
Persons three in essence one:
Who aright his Lord confesses,
Unremovable he stands,
Fix'd on an eternal basis,
'Stablish'd with almighty hands.
Not on man, but God alone,
On the great Jehovah grounded,
Persons three in essence one:
Who aright his Lord confesses,
Unremovable he stands,
Fix'd on an eternal basis,
'Stablish'd with almighty hands.
Not on vain imaginations
Do we, Lord, for proof depend;
Not on fancied inspirations,
When Thou dost Thy Spirit send:
Unenlighten'd reason leaves us
Nought to build our faith upon:
Evidence Thy Spirit gives us
Brighter than the mid-day sun.
Do we, Lord, for proof depend;
Not on fancied inspirations,
When Thou dost Thy Spirit send:
Unenlighten'd reason leaves us
Nought to build our faith upon:
Evidence Thy Spirit gives us
Brighter than the mid-day sun.
Slighting nature's every feeling,
We on grace alone rely:
God in us His Son revealing
Makes us Abba Father cry:
When we find the hidden treasure,
Christ discover'd from above,
Then our souls perceive the pleasure,
Impulse sweet of Jesus' love.
We on grace alone rely:
God in us His Son revealing
Makes us Abba Father cry:
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Christ discover'd from above,
Then our souls perceive the pleasure,
Impulse sweet of Jesus' love.
O that all our blind gainsayers
Might the loving impulse feel!
Triune God, regard our prayers,
Thou in them Thyself reveal,
By the Spirit's demonstration
Teach their hearts the mystery,
Show to each the great salvation,
Tell him—I have pardon'd thee!
Might the loving impulse feel!
Triune God, regard our prayers,
Thou in them Thyself reveal,
By the Spirit's demonstration
Teach their hearts the mystery,
Show to each the great salvation,
Tell him—I have pardon'd thee!
XXXV.
[Bowels of Divine compassion]
Bowels of Divine compassion,
Love reveal'd in persons three,
God of grace and consolation,
Manifest Thyself to me:
Conscious of my blood-bought pardon,
Let me in Thine image rise:
Make my soul a water'd garden,
Give me back my paradise.
Love reveal'd in persons three,
God of grace and consolation,
Manifest Thyself to me:
Conscious of my blood-bought pardon,
Let me in Thine image rise:
Make my soul a water'd garden,
Give me back my paradise.
Make Thy goodness pass before me,
Glorious God Thyself proclaim,
To my first estate restore me,
Re-impress'd with Thy new name,
In the likeness of my Maker
Re-begotten from above,
Of Thy holiness partaker,
Fill'd with all the life of love.
Glorious God Thyself proclaim,
To my first estate restore me,
Re-impress'd with Thy new name,
In the likeness of my Maker
Re-begotten from above,
Of Thy holiness partaker,
Fill'd with all the life of love.
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XXXVI.
[Father, to Thy protection]
Father, to Thy protection
From fiends and men I fly,
And rest in Thy affection,
When passion's storm runs high,
Beneath my soul, defended
From all invading harms,
Thy mercy hath extended
Its everlasting arms.
From fiends and men I fly,
And rest in Thy affection,
When passion's storm runs high,
Beneath my soul, defended
From all invading harms,
Thy mercy hath extended
Its everlasting arms.
Jesus, Jehovah's Power,
Thy promised help I claim,
And run into the tower
Of Thine almighty name:
Impregnable the City
Which hides my life above;
My refuge is Thy pity,
My safety is Thy love.
Thy promised help I claim,
And run into the tower
Of Thine almighty name:
Impregnable the City
Which hides my life above;
My refuge is Thy pity,
My safety is Thy love.
Spirit of consolation
And all-sufficient grace,
In every strong temptation
Thou shalt a standard raise
Against my foe infernal,
And show me on the tree
The dying God eternal
Whose blood hath ransom'd me.
And all-sufficient grace,
In every strong temptation
Thou shalt a standard raise
Against my foe infernal,
And show me on the tree
The dying God eternal
Whose blood hath ransom'd me.
By faith I now inherit
Both strength and righteousness,
In Father, Son, and Spirit,
The God whom I confess:
Whate'er I ask, desiring,
I have; I surely have
The Three in One conspiring
This dear-bought soul to save.
Both strength and righteousness,
In Father, Son, and Spirit,
The God whom I confess:
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I have; I surely have
The Three in One conspiring
This dear-bought soul to save.
XXXVII.
[Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Saved by Thee, Happy we
Shall Thy throne inherit:
Here our heavenly banquet tasting,
In Thy love Joys we prove
Ever, ever lasting.
Saved by Thee, Happy we
Shall Thy throne inherit:
Here our heavenly banquet tasting,
In Thy love Joys we prove
Ever, ever lasting.
Rapturous anticipation!
Who believe We receive
Sensible salvation;
Silent bliss and full of glory,
In Thine eye While we lie
Prostrated before Thee.
Who believe We receive
Sensible salvation;
Silent bliss and full of glory,
In Thine eye While we lie
Prostrated before Thee.
Manna spiritual and hidden,
Perfect peace We possess,
Our recover'd Eden:
Till we find the fulness given
In that sight, Mercy's height,
Love's sublimest heaven!
Perfect peace We possess,
Our recover'd Eden:
Till we find the fulness given
In that sight, Mercy's height,
Love's sublimest heaven!
XXXVIII.
[In majesty one, In glory the same]
In majesty one, In glory the same
The Father and Son And Spirit we name;
One nature and essence In three we assert,
Whose personal presence Is fix'd in our heart.
The Father and Son And Spirit we name;
One nature and essence In three we assert,
Whose personal presence Is fix'd in our heart.
The Trinity we Alone can attest,
Who carry the three And one in our breast;
Who seal'd by His Spirit And wash'd with His blood,
In Jesus inherit The fulness of God.
Who carry the three And one in our breast;
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In Jesus inherit The fulness of God.
XXXIX.
[Wisdom, and praise, and glory be]
Wisdom, and praise, and glory be
To God alone in persons three,
Who to His church the truth imparts,
And seals it on our happy hearts.
To God alone in persons three,
Who to His church the truth imparts,
And seals it on our happy hearts.
The Lord of Hosts, the Lord most high,
The Triune God we magnify,
With all His prostrate hosts adore,
And love, and praise Him evermore.
The Triune God we magnify,
With all His prostrate hosts adore,
And love, and praise Him evermore.
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[Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
One stupendous God in three,
Make us meet Thy joy to' inherit,
Thee without a veil to see,
Wise to fathom
All the depths of Deity.
One stupendous God in three,
Make us meet Thy joy to' inherit,
Thee without a veil to see,
Wise to fathom
All the depths of Deity.
Father, kindly draw, and give us
To Thy consubstantial Son;
Son of God, with smiles receive us,
Shine, and make Thy nature known;
Glorious Spirit,
Be our heaven on earth begun.
To Thy consubstantial Son;
Son of God, with smiles receive us,
Shine, and make Thy nature known;
Glorious Spirit,
Be our heaven on earth begun.
Thou to Thine apostate creature
Only canst Thyself reveal;
Stronger than our heart and greater,
Triune God, the secret tell:
Come, Jehovah,
God in man for ever dwell.
Only canst Thyself reveal;
Stronger than our heart and greater,
Triune God, the secret tell:
Come, Jehovah,
God in man for ever dwell.
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XLI.
[We God the Father praise]
We God the Father praise,
We God the Son adore,
The Spirit of holiness
In majesty and power
Equal to both we magnify,
And Holy, holy, holy cry!
We God the Son adore,
The Spirit of holiness
In majesty and power
Equal to both we magnify,
And Holy, holy, holy cry!
He hath to us made known
The awful mystery,
The Trinity in one,
And Unity in three,
And taught the ransom'd sons of men
What angels never could explain.
The awful mystery,
The Trinity in one,
And Unity in three,
And taught the ransom'd sons of men
What angels never could explain.
Beyond our utmost thought,
And reason's proudest flight,
We comprehend Him not,
Nor grasp the Infinite,
But worship in the mystic three
One God to all eternity.
And reason's proudest flight,
We comprehend Him not,
Nor grasp the Infinite,
But worship in the mystic three
One God to all eternity.
XLII.
[The sacred three conspire]
The sacred three conspire
In love to fallen man,
To' exalt the creature higher,
And turn his loss to gain:
Still in the new creation
The persons all agree,
Joint causes of salvation,
To raise and perfect me.
In love to fallen man,
To' exalt the creature higher,
And turn his loss to gain:
Still in the new creation
The persons all agree,
Joint causes of salvation,
To raise and perfect me.
The Father's grace allures me,
And to my Saviour gives;
The Saviour's blood assures me,
That God His child receives:
The Comforter bears witness
That I am truly His,
And brings my soul its fitness
For everlasting bliss.
And to my Saviour gives;
The Saviour's blood assures me,
That God His child receives:
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That I am truly His,
And brings my soul its fitness
For everlasting bliss.
The Father, Son, and Spirit
Himself to me makes known,
And I in Him inherit
One God, for ever One:
Jehovah's purest essence
My raptured spirit seals;
And all His blissful presence
In all His people dwells.
Himself to me makes known,
And I in Him inherit
One God, for ever One:
Jehovah's purest essence
My raptured spirit seals;
And all His blissful presence
In all His people dwells.
XLIII.
[The Father, Son, and Spirit praise]
The Father, Son, and Spirit praise,
Restorer of our ruin'd race,
One God eternally adored,
One merciful, almighty Lord!
Hark! He whispers from above;
Tells our hearts, that God is love!
Restorer of our ruin'd race,
One God eternally adored,
One merciful, almighty Lord!
Hark! He whispers from above;
Tells our hearts, that God is love!
The Triune God is found below,
Whom only loving hearts can know,
In every person of the three
Resides the whole Divinity:
God, to me Thy house of clay
Come, and here for ever stay.
Whom only loving hearts can know,
In every person of the three
Resides the whole Divinity:
God, to me Thy house of clay
Come, and here for ever stay.
XLIV.
[Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Inexplicably one and three,
As worshipp'd by the heavenly host,
Thy church on earth we worship Thee,
Three unconfounded persons own,
One undivided God proclaim,
In essence, substance, nature one
Through all eternity the same.
Inexplicably one and three,
As worshipp'd by the heavenly host,
Thy church on earth we worship Thee,
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One undivided God proclaim,
In essence, substance, nature one
Through all eternity the same.
One person of the Sire we praise,
Another of the Son adore,
Another of the Spirit confess,
Equal in majesty and power:
To each the glory appertains,
The Godhead of the three is one,
And one supreme Jehovah reigns
High on His everlasting throne.
Another of the Son adore,
Another of the Spirit confess,
Equal in majesty and power:
To each the glory appertains,
The Godhead of the three is one,
And one supreme Jehovah reigns
High on His everlasting throne.
The Father, Son, and Spirit of love
One uncreated God we hail,
Not fully known by saints above,
To us incomprehensible:
The Father, Son, and Spirit of grace,
All-wise, almighty, and most high,
One true eternal God we bless,
And spread His fame through earth and sky.
One uncreated God we hail,
Not fully known by saints above,
To us incomprehensible:
The Father, Son, and Spirit of grace,
All-wise, almighty, and most high,
One true eternal God we bless,
And spread His fame through earth and sky.
The Father is both God and Lord,
Both God and Lord is Christ the Son,
The Holy Ghost, the glorious Third
Both God and Lord His people own;
Both God and Lord, who Him believe,
Each person by Himself we name,
Yet not three Gods or Lords receive,
But one essentially the same.
Both God and Lord is Christ the Son,
The Holy Ghost, the glorious Third
Both God and Lord His people own;
Both God and Lord, who Him believe,
Each person by Himself we name,
Yet not three Gods or Lords receive,
But one essentially the same.
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[Father full of soft compassion]
Father full of soft compassion,
If to all Thy bowels move,
Grant to me the consolation,
Sweet assurance of Thy love,
Shed it in my heart abroad,
Show Thyself a pardoning God.
If to all Thy bowels move,
Grant to me the consolation,
Sweet assurance of Thy love,
Shed it in my heart abroad,
Show Thyself a pardoning God.
For Thy nature's sake forgive me,
God in Jesus reconciled,
A poor prodigal receive me
As Thine own adopted child,
In Thy mercy's arms embrace,
Kiss the sorrow from my face.
God in Jesus reconciled,
A poor prodigal receive me
As Thine own adopted child,
In Thy mercy's arms embrace,
Kiss the sorrow from my face.
Though my sins reach up to heaven,
Higher still Thy mercies rise;
Infinite my sins forgiven:
How shall I Thy goodness prize?
Let me all Thy goodness prove,
Let me infinitely love.
Higher still Thy mercies rise;
Infinite my sins forgiven:
How shall I Thy goodness prize?
Let me all Thy goodness prove,
Let me infinitely love.
XLVI.
[Thy Divinity's adorer]
Thy Divinity's adorer,
Thee that I may truly know,
Jesus, be my soul's restorer,
Bleeding Lamb, appear below,
God expiring on the tree,
Love, be manifest in me.
Thee that I may truly know,
Jesus, be my soul's restorer,
Bleeding Lamb, appear below,
God expiring on the tree,
Love, be manifest in me.
Sharer of Thy dereliction,
Joining in Thy plaintive cry,
Pain'd with Thy extreme affliction
Let my broken heart reply,
O let all within me moan,
Echo back Thy dying groan!
Joining in Thy plaintive cry,
Pain'd with Thy extreme affliction
Let my broken heart reply,
O let all within me moan,
Echo back Thy dying groan!
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Here would I maintain my station,
Never from the cross remove,
Till I in my last temptation
Pay Thee back Thy dearest love,
Faint into Thy arms away,
Die into immortal day.
Never from the cross remove,
Till I in my last temptation
Pay Thee back Thy dearest love,
Faint into Thy arms away,
Die into immortal day.
XLVII.
[Kindler of seraphic fire]
Kindler of seraphic fire
Glowing in Thy hosts above,
Giver of the pure desire,
Spirit of celestial love,
Heavenly love to us impart,
Comfort every drooping heart.
Glowing in Thy hosts above,
Giver of the pure desire,
Spirit of celestial love,
Heavenly love to us impart,
Comfort every drooping heart.
If Thou hast a token given,
If our want of love we feel,
Bless us with that taste of heaven,
Pardon on our conscience seal;
Then with cordial charity,
Gracious God, we cleave to Thee.
If our want of love we feel,
Bless us with that taste of heaven,
Pardon on our conscience seal;
Then with cordial charity,
Gracious God, we cleave to Thee.
Then, because Thou first hast loved,
We shall love our God again,
Happy, till from earth removed,
Joy consummate we obtain,
Dazzled with the glorious sight,
Lost in an abyss of light.
We shall love our God again,
Happy, till from earth removed,
Joy consummate we obtain,
Dazzled with the glorious sight,
Lost in an abyss of light.
XLVIII.
[Triune God, the New-Creator]
Triune God, the New-Creator
Of our fallen souls appear,
O communicate Thy nature,
Raise us to Thy image here,
In true holiness renew'd,
Spotless portraitures of God.
Of our fallen souls appear,
O communicate Thy nature,
Raise us to Thy image here,
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Spotless portraitures of God.
By a bless'd anticipation
Of Thy perfect righteousness,
Qualify us for salvation
Vessels of celestial grace,
Meet by love and purity
God without a veil to see.
Of Thy perfect righteousness,
Qualify us for salvation
Vessels of celestial grace,
Meet by love and purity
God without a veil to see.
Then cut short our days of mourning,
Then our ready souls receive,
Call us up with songs returning
In Thy blissful sight to live,
Live, and praise Thee on the throne,
God in three for ever one.
Then our ready souls receive,
Call us up with songs returning
In Thy blissful sight to live,
Live, and praise Thee on the throne,
God in three for ever one.
XLIX.
[Who God in Christ discover]
Who God in Christ discover
By His own Spirit's power,
And love our heavenly Lover,
And One in Three adore,
The secret hid from ages,
Having our Saviour's mind,
We in the sacred pages
And we alone can find.
By His own Spirit's power,
And love our heavenly Lover,
And One in Three adore,
The secret hid from ages,
Having our Saviour's mind,
We in the sacred pages
And we alone can find.
Assenting to the letter
A sinner nothing gains:
It cannot free the debtor,
Or break the prisoner's chains;
The truest, soundest notion
Can never guilt remove,
Or give that heart-devotion
Which flows from humble love.
A sinner nothing gains:
It cannot free the debtor,
Or break the prisoner's chains;
The truest, soundest notion
Can never guilt remove,
Or give that heart-devotion
Which flows from humble love.
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Thou God who sin forgivest,
To Thee if sinners turn,
And in Thine arms receivest
When after Thee we mourn;
Thy gospel's controversy
Against the men maintain
Who spurn Thy pardoning mercy,
And bear Thy name in vain.
To Thee if sinners turn,
And in Thine arms receivest
When after Thee we mourn;
Thy gospel's controversy
Against the men maintain
Who spurn Thy pardoning mercy,
And bear Thy name in vain.
The world of misbelievers
Thou only canst convince,
Orthodox self-deceivers
Shut up in all their sins:
Darkness for light mistaking
And light for darkness, they
O'erlook the one thing lacking,
Or scornfully gainsay.
Thou only canst convince,
Orthodox self-deceivers
Shut up in all their sins:
Darkness for light mistaking
And light for darkness, they
O'erlook the one thing lacking,
Or scornfully gainsay.
Our faith, imagination,
Our hope they count a lie,
The present, sure salvation,
The heartfelt love deny;
The witness of that Spirit,
The antepast, and seal,
And His imputed merit
Who saves us all from hell.
Our hope they count a lie,
The present, sure salvation,
The heartfelt love deny;
The witness of that Spirit,
The antepast, and seal,
And His imputed merit
Who saves us all from hell.
Their shadowy faith embracing,
A creature of their own,
Thee with their sins confessing
They bow to three in one;
Assured they only know Thee,
With sin they will not part,
Or render that they owe Thee,
An undivided heart.
A creature of their own,
Thee with their sins confessing
They bow to three in one;
Assured they only know Thee,
With sin they will not part,
Or render that they owe Thee,
An undivided heart.
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Stir up Thy saving power,
Mysterious One in Three,
Nor let the pit devour
The souls redeem'd by Thee:
Convince of their delusion
The enemies of grace,
And clothe them with confusion,
That they may seek Thy face.
Mysterious One in Three,
Nor let the pit devour
The souls redeem'd by Thee:
Convince of their delusion
The enemies of grace,
And clothe them with confusion,
That they may seek Thy face.
Beneath their burden groaning
When after Thee they cry,
Their unbelief bemoaning
As at the point to die,
From guilt and condemnation
Thy penitents to clear,
The God of their salvation,
The Triune God appear.
When after Thee they cry,
Their unbelief bemoaning
As at the point to die,
From guilt and condemnation
Thy penitents to clear,
The God of their salvation,
The Triune God appear.
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[Triune God of pardoning love]
Triune God of pardoning love,
Thy Divine economy
All our thankful hearts approve,
Thee adore in persons three;
Each our cancell'd sin reveals,
Each confirms the babes forgiven,
Each the heirs of glory seals,
Each conducts our souls to heaven.
Thy Divine economy
All our thankful hearts approve,
Thee adore in persons three;
Each our cancell'd sin reveals,
Each confirms the babes forgiven,
Each the heirs of glory seals,
Each conducts our souls to heaven.
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
Favour'd with a taste of grace,
Us Thou hast in part restored;
Us Thy mercy's arms embrace:
Never wilt Thou let us go,
Till the length and breadth we prove,
Till the height and depth we know,
All the depth of humble love.
Favour'd with a taste of grace,
Us Thou hast in part restored;
Us Thy mercy's arms embrace:
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Till the length and breadth we prove,
Till the height and depth we know,
All the depth of humble love.
Love our real holiness,
Love our spotless character,
Love is liberty and peace,
Pardon, and perfection here:
Less than this cannot suffice;
Love be Thou our all in all;
Then we in Thine image rise,
Then we into nothing fall.
Love our spotless character,
Love is liberty and peace,
Pardon, and perfection here:
Less than this cannot suffice;
Love be Thou our all in all;
Then we in Thine image rise,
Then we into nothing fall.
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[To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Our thanks and hearts we give:
We now are found who once were lost,
And dead, again we live.
Our thanks and hearts we give:
We now are found who once were lost,
And dead, again we live.
We live to praise and magnify
The glorious Three and One,
In songs of joyful love to vie
With angels round His throne.
The glorious Three and One,
In songs of joyful love to vie
With angels round His throne.
More highly favour'd we than those
Who never sinn'd or fell:
The Triune God hath saved His foes,
And pluck'd us out of hell:
Who never sinn'd or fell:
The Triune God hath saved His foes,
And pluck'd us out of hell:
We grow in grace, abound in hope,
His prodigals forgiven;
And when our faith is quite fill'd up,
He takes us all to heaven.
His prodigals forgiven;
And when our faith is quite fill'd up,
He takes us all to heaven.
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[Great Triune God, whose ruling power]
Great Triune God, whose ruling power
Must prevalent o'er all appear,
Hasten the destined day and hour
Establishing Thy kingdom here:
Sublime on Thy millennial throne,
Thee all Thy saints expect to see,
While every tongue, like ours, shall own
Jehovah one in persons three.
Must prevalent o'er all appear,
Hasten the destined day and hour
Establishing Thy kingdom here:
Sublime on Thy millennial throne,
Thee all Thy saints expect to see,
While every tongue, like ours, shall own
Jehovah one in persons three.
Stretch out Thine arm, almighty King,
Thine own omnipotence assume,
The first and last dominion bring,
To reign before Thine ancients come:
O might we at the time foretold
See all things to Thyself subdued,
And every prostrate soul behold
Adorers of the Triune God.
Thine own omnipotence assume,
The first and last dominion bring,
To reign before Thine ancients come:
O might we at the time foretold
See all things to Thyself subdued,
And every prostrate soul behold
Adorers of the Triune God.
In answer to the chosen race,
Who ceaseless for Thy coming cry,
Shorten the last vindictive days,
And let the trump proclaim Thee nigh:
Return, Thou once a Man of woe,
Distinguish'd by the crimson sign,
And in Thy dazzling person show
The glorious plenitude Divine.
Who ceaseless for Thy coming cry,
Shorten the last vindictive days,
And let the trump proclaim Thee nigh:
Return, Thou once a Man of woe,
Distinguish'd by the crimson sign,
And in Thy dazzling person show
The glorious plenitude Divine.
That wandering star who blazed and fell,
And poison'd many a crystal stream,
That bitter first-born child of hell
No more permit him to blaspheme:
Root out Thine Unitarian foe,
Nor longer let his place be found,
The crescent by the cross o'erthrow,
And loose the world in darkness bound.
And poison'd many a crystal stream,
That bitter first-born child of hell
No more permit him to blaspheme:
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Nor longer let his place be found,
The crescent by the cross o'erthrow,
And loose the world in darkness bound.
It must be so: the day is near,
The far-spent night will quickly end,
And every eye discern Thee here,
And saints perceive their King descend:
When all are put beneath Thy feet,
And death the latest foe is slain,
Then I shall mount Thy azure seat,
Then I shall in Thy presence reign!
The far-spent night will quickly end,
And every eye discern Thee here,
And saints perceive their King descend:
When all are put beneath Thy feet,
And death the latest foe is slain,
Then I shall mount Thy azure seat,
Then I shall in Thy presence reign!
FINIS.
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