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PSALM 9. Second Part. C.M.
The wisdom and equity of providence. (cont.)

4	If thou withhold thy heav'nly light, I sleep in everlasting night.
5	How would the pow'rs of darkness boast, Could but one praying soul be lost? But I have trusted in thy grace, And shall again behold thy face.
6	Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest: My heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise.

PSALM 14. First Part. C.M.
By nature all men are sinners.

1	FOOLS in their hearts believe and say,    "That all religion's vain; "There is no God that reigns on high,    "Or minds th' affairs of men."
2	From thoughts so dreadful and profane    Corrupt discourse proceeds; And in their impious hands are found    Abominable deeds.
3	The Lord, from his celestial throne,    Look'd down on things below. To find the man that sought his grace,    Or did his justice know.
4	By nature all are gone astray.    Their practice all the same; There's none that fears his Maker's hand.    There's none that loves his name.
5	Their tongues are us'd to speak deceit.    Their slanders never cease; How swift to mischief are their feet!    Nor know the paths of peace.
6	Such seeds of sin (that bitter root)    In ev'ry heart are found;

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PSALM 14. First Part. C.M.
By nature all men are sinners. (cont.)

6	Nor can they bear diviner fruit,    'Till grace refine the ground.

PSALM 14. Second Part. C.M.
The folly of persecutors.

1	ARE sinners now so senseless grown,    That they the saints devour? And never worship at thy throne,    Nor fear thine awful pow'r?
2	Great God, appear to their surprise,    Reveal thy dreadful name; Let them no more thy wrath despise,    Nor turn our hope to shame.
3	Dost thou not dwell among the just?    And yet our foes deride, That we should make thy name our trust:    Great God, confound their pride.
4	Oh that the joyful day were come    To finish our distress! When God shall bring his children home,    Our songs shall never cease,

PSALM 15. L.M.
The character of a Saint; or the qualifications of a Christian.

1	WHO shall ascend thy heav'nly place, Great God, and dwell before thy face? The man that minds religion now, And lives and walks by faith below:
2	Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean; Whose lips still speak the thing they mean; No slanders dwell upon his tongue; He hates to do his neighbour wrong.
3	Scarce will he trust an ill report. Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt;