3 "Abraham, forbear, (the angel cry'd) "Thy faith is known, thy love is try'd, "Thy son shall live, and in thy seed "Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed." 4 Just in the last distressing hour The Lord displays delivering power; The mount of danger is the place Where we shall see surprising grace. Hymn 1:130. Love and hatred, Phil. 2. 2. Eph. 4. 30 &c. 1 Now by the bowels of my God, His sharp distress, his sore complaints, By his last groans, his dying blood, I charge my soul to love the saints. 2 Clamour, and wrath, and war be gone, Envy and spite for ever cease, Let bitter words no more be known Amongst the saints, the sons of peace. 3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, Flies from the realms of noise and strife; Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life? 4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, Thro' all our lives let mercy run; So God forgives our numerous faults For the clear sake of Christ his Son. Hymn 1:131. The Pharisee and the Publican, Luke 18. 10 &c. 1 Behold how sinners disagree, The Publican and Pharisee! One doth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame. 2 This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands; That boldly rises near the throne, And talks of duties he has done. 3 The Lord their different language knows, And different answers he bestows; The humble soul with grace he crowns, Whilst on the proud his anger frowns. 4 Dear Father, let me never be Join'd with the boasting Pharisee; I have no merits of my own, But plead the sufferings of thy Son. Hymn 1:132. Holiness and grace, Titus 2. 10-13. 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess, So let our works and virtues shine To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our saviour God; When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd, Passion and envy, lust and pride; While justice, temperance, truth and love Our inward piety approve. 4 Religion bears our spirits up, While we expect that blessed hope, The bright appearance of the Lord, And faith stands leaning on his word. Hymn 1:133. Love and charity, 1 Cor. 13. 2-7 13. 1 Let Pharisees of high esteem Their faith and zeal declare, All their religion is a dream If love be wanting there. 2 Love suffers long with patient eye, Nor is provok'd in haste; She lets the present injury die, And long forgets the past. 3 [Malice and rage, those fires of hell, She quenches with her tongue; Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill, Tho' she endure the wrong.] 4 [She nor desires nor seeks to know The scandals of the time; Nor looks with pride on those below, Nor envies those that climb.] 5 She lays her own advantage by To seek her neighbour's good; So God's own Son came down to die, And bought our lives with blood.