HYMN 2.
[A Portion Lord thou didst design]
Psal. 73. 26. God the Portion of his People.
[The First Part.]
A Portion Lord thou didst design
On thine for to bestow;
Nought didst thou think was good enough
For them of things below.
Nor things in Heaven, which excell,
And therefore dost impart,
Thy self as the Portion alone
Of all upright in Heart.
Who then is able to conceive
How rich thy Children are?
For they have all, since they have thee,
And each an equal share.
All have a God, all have a Christ,
Nay, all that thou hast too;
Each one hath thee intirely,
This does their Riches show.
And they, Lord, never shall have less,
Their Portion can't be spent,
Nor treacherously by wicked ones
From them it can't be rent.
Fire can't their bless'd Portion burn,
Nor Thieves steal it away;
Nor Moths, nor Rust, it can't corrupt,
O happy, happy they!
The second Part.
All things are theirs who have thee Lord,
Tho under age they be:
But yet that day will quickly come
Of their Felicity.
When full possession they shall have
Of all that is their own,
And every one of them thou wilt
With lasting Glory Crown.
This Portion, ah, how doth it suit!
And answer every want,
And fully does it satisfie
The Soul of every Saint.
All Glory and high praise therefore
Let us together sing,
To God the Father, and the Son,
From whence such Riches spring.
