A century of select hymns. Collected out of Scripture. All to be sung in five or six tunes commonly known and practized. By W.B. Minister of the Gospel at Martins in Leicester.
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A century of select hymns. Collected out of Scripture. All to be sung in five or six tunes commonly known and practized. By W.B. Minister of the Gospel at Martins in Leicester.
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Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
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London :: Printed by T.R. for Francis Eglesfield, and Thomas Underhill, in S. Pauls Church-yard, and Francis Tyton at the three daggers neer the Temple in Fleetstreet,
1659.
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Hymns, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"A century of select hymns. Collected out of Scripture. All to be sung in five or six tunes commonly known and practized. By W.B. Minister of the Gospel at Martins in Leicester." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76062.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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H. 19. COVENANT-GRACE. Give la••d, &c.
Isa. 55. 1, 2, 3.
HO, all that thirst and pine,Come to the waters here:And, ye that have no coyn,Come buy, and eat good cheer:O Come, I say,Buy milk and wine, yet without coyn,and without pay.
Why do ye money spendfor that which is not bread?And labour without end,and are not fill'd or fed:Hark diligently,
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And eat ye food both fat and good,to your souls joy.
Incline your ear, and come,hear, and your soul shall live,And I will make you room,and I to you willl giveMy Covenant grace:The mercies sure, which shall endureto David's race.
2 PART. Give laud, &c.
Ezek. 36. 25,
Besprinkle you will I,with water that shall cleanse:And I will purifieyour conscience, by this means;from Idols, then,And all excesse of filthinesseI'le make you clean.
26,
I will in you createa heart with grace refin'd:I will regeneratethe spirit of your mind:your heart of stoneI will remove, and make it provea tender one.
27.
My Spirit I will placewithin you, and will causeThat you shall (by my grace)walk in my Statute-Laws,
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So that ye shallObserve, with trust, my judgments just,and do them all.
3 PART. Give laud, &c.
Heb. 10. 11,
And this shall be (in summe)the Covenant of my word,Made good, in daies to come,to Israel, saith the Lord:My Laws will IPut in their hearts, and inward parts,effectually.
12.
And they shall all know me,together great and small:And gracious I will beto their offences all.Their sinnes, therefore,And doings ill, I never willremember more.
Jer. 32. 40.
My people then shall theybe stil'd, and I their God,Nor will I turn awayfrom doing of them good:My fear shall beIn them so put, that they shall notdepart from me:
4 PART.
Jer. 50. 5.
They shall enquire the waywith faces Sion-ward:Come, joyn ye, shall they say,in Covenant with the Lord,
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Such as shall bindPerpetually, and never beput out of minde.
32. 39.
And I will give them allone heart, and way, saith God,And fear me, then, they shallfor ever, for their good:Their good alwaies,And of their Sonnes and little onesin after-daies.
Ezek. 34. 23. Zech. 14. 9.
One Shepherd I will placeover my pasture stock:(A King of Davids race)and he shall feed my Flock:Then shall there beOne Lord alone, and his Name One,in midst of thee.
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