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 391. Mightiness of God in Vengeance upon the Wicked. 6. METRE.

Psal. 50. v. 16.

BUT to the lewd Saith God, why should ye dare Once to intrude My statutes to declare? Why do ye vaunt With mouth for to relate My Covenant, Whose hearts instruction hate? When thou hast seen A thief, thou hast consented, And with th' unclean To joyn thou wast contented.

Thou giv'st thy mouth To utter what is naught, To speak untruth And guile thy tongue is taught. Thou dost backbite To work thy brother blame, And (full of spight) Thy mothers son to shame.

This hast thou done, And my long silence finding, Thou thought'st me one Like thee, and never minding.

But I will haste To set before thine eyes (In order plac'd) All these impieties. Consider this Ye that forget God's fear, Lest piece by piece Your helpless souls I tear. But whoso gives Me praise shall glorify me, And he that lives A Saint, be saved by me.

Psal. 106.48.

Let Israel's God be ever blest therefore, And let's applaud his Name for evermore. And let the Earth in all parts up and down Sound out his worth, his Glory and renown: And let all Peo∣ple say Amen together, Amen, praise ye, Praise ye the Lord for ever.