This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 Excerpt: ...can seize thy foes as soon Thro' midnight-shades as hlazing noon. t2 Midnight and noon in this agree. Great God, they're hoth alike to thee; Not death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye. t3 " O may these thonghts possess my hreast, "Wheree'er I rove, where-e'er I real! "Nor let my weaker passions dnre "Consent to sin, for God is there." PSALM CXXXIX. Second Part. (X. MJ The wonderfnl Formation of Man. I 'T'WAS from thy hand, my God, I came, J-A work of snch a cnrions frame; In me thy tearfal wonders shine, And each proclaims thy skill divine. t Thine eyes did all my limhs snrvey, Which yet in dark confnsion lay; Thon saw'st the daily growth they tost, Form'd hy the model of thy hook. 3 By thee my growing parts were nam'd, And what thy sovereign connsels mtm'd, (The hreathing lnngs, the heating heart Was copy'd with nnerring art. 4 At last to shew my Maker's natoe, "e God stamiul his image on my frame. And in some nnknown momentjojau' The flnish'd memhers to the rnmd. 5 There the yoang seeds of thonght begaft. And all the pass;ons of the man: Great God, onr infant natnre pays Immortal trihate to thy praise. PAUSE. 6 Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on life's hasy stage. Thy thonghts of love to me snrmonnt The power of nnmhers to recoant. T l conld snrvey the ocean o'er. And connt each sand that makes the shore, Before my swiftest thonghts coald trace The nnmerons wonders "of thy grace. S These on my heart are still imprest, With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hoar I mid God and his love possess my mind. PSALM CXXXIX. Third Part. (L. M.) Sincerity professed, and Grace tried. t VfY God! wliilt "award grief I feel When impioas men transgress thy will! I monrn to hear their...
