HYMN 584. Variety of mercies magni∣fied.
1. METRE. 3. PART. Psalm 147.12, 13, 14.
O Praise the Lord, Jerusalem,
thy God, O Sion praise:
For lo! thy gates and bars of them
he very strongly staies.
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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Thy Children in thee he hath blest,
thy peace he makes full great:
And fills thee with the very best
and finest of the Wheat.
15, 16.
He sends out his commandement
on all the Earth so vast:
No sooner can his word be sent,
but runs exceeding fast.
He giveth snow like gentle wool,
and scatters all abroad:
His hoary frost most plentifull
like ashes that are strow'd.
4. PART. 1. METRE. 17, 18.
THE Lord casts out his Icy hail,
like morsels to behold:
And who can stand and shall not quail
to feel his pinching cold?
He sendeth out his word, and lo!
it melteth them again:
He causeth then his winds to blow,
and waters flow amain.
19, 20.
God shews his word to Jacob's house,
that they may know it well: