Psal. 119. v. 137, to 144. (18. PART.)
The true zeal and purity of Christians.
RIghteous art thou, O Lord,
thy judgments are upright,
The precepts of thy word
to which thou dost excite
so earnestly,
Are most express for righteousness
and equity.
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.
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- 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.
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- Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
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- London :: Printed by J. Heptinstall for William Cooper ...,
- 1688.
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My zeal, Lord, after those,
made me consume and pine;
Because my wicked foes
forgot those words of thine:
but O most pure
Is thy sweet word, thy servant, Lord,
loves it therefore.
And though I am but small,
and of as small regard,
Yet mind I most of all
thy words which I have heard:
for ever doth
Thy righteous word remain, O Lord,
thy Law's the truth.
And though adversity
in very deep degree,
And great perplexity
have taken hold on me:
yet (in this plight)
My comfort stands, in thy commands,
there's my delight.
The righteousness, O Lord,
Of thy Decrees Divine;
Doth stand on sure record,
and never can decline:
to me O give
Compleater skill to do thy will,
and I shall live.