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5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts, My secret sins reveal'd; Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon seal'd.

6 This shall invite thy saints to pray, When, like a raging flood, Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving G.o.d.

Psalm 32:3. L. M.

Repentance and free pardon; or, Justification and sanctification.

1 Blest is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his G.o.d, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.

2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities, He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but grace relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere.

4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins!

While a bright evidence of grace Thro' his whole life appears and s.h.i.+nes.

Psalm 32:4. Second Part. L. M.

A guilty conscience eased by confession and pardon.

1 While I keep silence, and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel!

What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word Thine Holy Spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat; When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark, and storms appear!

And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare.

Psalm 33:1. First Part. C. M.

Works of creation and providence.

1 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you: Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true!

2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name.

3 His wisdom and almighty word The heavenly arches spread; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their s.h.i.+ning hosts were made.

4 He bid the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the s.p.a.cious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command.

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands thro' every age, And in full glory s.h.i.+nes.

Psalm 33:2. Second Part. C. M.

Creatures vain, and G.o.d all-sufficient.