3 Eternal wisdom has prepar’d
A soul reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.
4 Ho, ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.
5 Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.
6 [Ye perishing and naked poor,
Who work with mighty pain
To weave a garment of your own
That will not hide your sin,
7 Come naked, and adorn your souls
In robes prepar’d by God,
Wrought by the labours of his Son,
And dy’d in his own blood.]
8 Dear God, the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,
Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins.
9 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day,
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.
Hymn 1:8.
The safety and protection of the church, Isa. 26.
1-6.
1 How honourable is the place
Where we adoring stand,
Zion the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land!
2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
The city where we dwell,
The walls of strong salvation made,
Defy th’ assaults of hell.
3 Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling,
Enter, ye nations, that obey
The statutes of our King.
4 Here you shall taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace,
You that have known Jehovah’s name,
And ventur’d on his grace.
5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust,
And banish all your fears;
Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.
6 [What tho’ the rebels dwell on high,
His arm shall bring them low,
Low’ as the caverns of the grave
Their lofty heads shall bow.]
7 [On Babylon our feet shall tread
In that rejoicing hour,
The ruins of her walls shall spread
A pavement for the poor.]
Hymn 1:9.
The promises of the covenant of grace, Isa. 55. 1
2.
Zech. 13. 1. Mich. 7. 19. Ezek. 36. 25 &c.
1 In vain we lavish out our lives
To gather empty wind,
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.
2 Come and the Lord shall feed our souls
With more substantial meat,
With such as saints in glory love,
With such as angels eat.
3 Our God will every want supply,
And fill our hearts with peace;
He gives by covenant and by oath
The riches of his grace.
4 Come, and he’ll cleanse our spotted souls,
And wash away our stains,
In the dear fountain that his Son
Pour’d from his dying veins.
5 [Our guilt shall vanish all away
Tho’ black as hell before;
Our sins shall sink beneath the sea,
And shall be found no more.
6 And lest pollution should o’erspread
Our inward powers again,
His Spirit shall bedew our souls
Like purifying rain.]


