Satan, vain is thy device!
Here my hope refts well-affur'd,
In that great redemption-price,
I fee the whole fecur'd.
XXXIX. Great effects by weak means. Nbelief the foul difmays,
What objections will it raife!
But true faith fecurely leans
On the promise, in the means.
2 If to faith it once be known,
GOD has faid, "It fhall be done,
And in this appointed way;'
Faith has then no more to fay.
Mofes' rod, by faith appear'd (a),.
Thro' the fea a path prepar'd;
Jericho's devoted wall (b),
At the trumpet's found muft fall..
4 With a pitcher and a lamp (c),.
Gideon overthrew a camp;
And a ffone, well aim'd by faith (d),
Prov'd the arm'd Philiftine's death.
5 Thus the LORD is pleas'd to try
Those who on his help rely;
By the means he makes it known,
That the pow'r is all his own.
6 Yet the means are not in vain,
If the end we would obtain;
Tho' the breath of pray'r be weak,
None fhall find, but they who seek.
(a) Exodus xiv. 21.
(*) Judges vii. 22.
(b) Joshua vi. 20.
(d) 1 Sam. xvii. 49.
GOD alone the heart can reach,
Yet the minifters muft preach;
'Tis their part the feed to sow,
And 'tis his to make it grow.
XL. Why art thou caft down.
E ftill my heart! thefe anxious cares,
To thee are burdens, thorns and fnares,
They caft dishonor on thy LoRD,
And contradict his gracious word.
2 Brought fafely by his hand thus far,
Why wilt thou now give place to fear?,
How can't thou want if he provide,
Or lose thy way with fuch a guide?
3 When first before his mercy-feat,
Thou didst to him thy all commit;
He gave thee warrant, from that hour,
To truft his wifdom, love, and pow'r.
4 Did ever trouble yet befall,
And he refuse to hear thy call?
And has he not his promife paft,
That thou fhalt overcome at last ?
5 Like David, thou may'ft comfort draw,
Sav'd from the bear's and lion's paw,
Goliath's rage I may defy,
For GoD, my Saviour, ftill is nigh. 6 He who has help'd me hitherto, Will help me all my journey thro'; And give me daily caufe to raise New Ebenezers to his praife.
7 Tho' rough and thorny be the road,
It leads thee home, apace, to GOD;
Then count thy prefent trials fmall,
For heav'n will make amends for all.
XLI. The way of access.
I ONE glance of thine, eternal LORD,
Pierces all nature thro';
Nor heav'n, nor earth, nor hell afford
A fhelter from thy view!
2 The mighty whole, each smaller part,
At once before thee lies;
And ev'ry thought, of ev'ry heart,
Is open to thine eyes.
3 Tho' greatly from myself conceal'd,
Thou fee'ft my inward frame;
Ta thee I always ftand reveal'd,
Exactly as I am.
Since therefore I can hardly bear
What in myself 1 fee;
How vile and black muft I appear,
Moft holy GoD, to thee.
5 But fince my Saviour ftands between,
In garments dy'd in blood;
'Tis he, instead of me, is feen,
When I approach to God.
9 Thus, tho' a finner, I am fafe;
He pleads before the throne,
His life and death, in my behalf,
And calls my fins his own.
What wond'rous love, what myfteries,
In this appointment shine!
My breaches of the law are his (e)s
And his obedience mine.
XLII. The pilgrim's fong.
FROM Egypt lately freed
By the Redeemer's grace;
A rough and thorny path we tread,
In hopes to fee his face.
The flesh diflikes the way,
But faith approves it well;
This only leads to endless day,
All others lead to hell.
The promis'd land of peace
Faith keeps in conftant view;
How diff'rent from the wilderness
We now are paffing thro' !
Here often from our eyes
Clouds hide the light divine;
There we shall have unclouded skies,
Our Sun will always fhine.
5 Here griefs, and cares, and pains,
And fears, diftrefs us fore;
But there eternal pleasure reigns,
And we fhall weep no more.
LORD, pardon our complaints,
We follow at thy call;
The joy, prepar'd for fuff'ring faints,
Will make amends for all.
SIMILAR HYMN S.
Book I. Hymn 10, 13, 21, 22, 24, 27, 40, 43, 44, 51, 56, 63, 76, 88, 107, 115 126, 130, 131, 136, 142.
Book II. Hymn 30, 31, 84, 87, 92,
COMFORT.
XLIII. Faith a new and comprehensive fenfe..
SIGHT, hearing, feeling, tafte and smell,
Are gifts we highly prize;
But faith does fingly each excel,
And all the five comprize.
2 More piercing than the eagle's fight
It views the world unknown;
Surveys the glorious realms of light,
And JESUS on the throne..
3 It hears the mighty voice of GOD,
And ponders what he faith;
His word and works, his gifts and rod,
Have each a voice to faith.
It feels the touch of heav'nly pow'r (ƒ),
And from that boundlefs fource,
Derives fresh vigour ev'ry hour
To run its daily courfe.
5 The truth and goodness of the LORD
Are fuited to its tafte (g);
Mean is the worldling's pamper'd board,,
To faith's perpetual feast.
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