Six centuries of select hymns and spiritual songs collected out of the Holy Bible together with a catechism, the canticles, and a catalogue of vertuous women / by William Barton.

HYMN 316. (3. METRE.)

Argument.

Man's glory shining in his first Creation, And (thorough Christ) seen in his restoration.

The Mighty God, &c.

Psalm 8.

O Lord, our Lord: O how thy Name ex∣cells! O're Heaven and Earth thy glittering glo∣ry dwels, Out of the mouths of Babes and Infants young, Thou hast ordained strength against the strong; For in these Weaklings, is thy strength or∣dained, That our avengefull foe might be restrained.

When I consider in my serious thought The glorious Heavens which thy fingers wrought, The Moon and Stars, which were ordain'd by thee, What's Man think I, that he should minded be? Or what's the Son of Man? what favour is it That thou should'st honour him with so kind a Visit?

For thou hast made him but a little lower, Than glorious Angels that thy Name adore; Than Cherubim and Seraphim so bright That see thy face in unapproached light: That thou might'st cloath him in a glorious manner, With Robes of Royal Dignity and Honour.

Thou mad'st him have Dominion and Com∣mand O're all the works of thine Almighty hand, And hast put all things (as thou saw'st it) meet In due subjection underneath his feet All Sheep and Oxen (take them all together) And Beasts belonging to the Field whatever.

All Fowl that fly thou gavest unto him, And all the Fishes in the Seas that swim: With whatsoever sort among all these, That have their passage o're the deepest Seas; O Lord, our Lord, with what great glory crowned Is thy great Name o're all the Earth renown∣ed!