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Publication Date: 1776 Publisher: Isaac Collins Publication Place: Burlington, N.J. Editors: James Relly; John Relly; Isaac Collins

All you who make the Law your Choice

Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 All you who make the Law your Choice, Attend and hear its dreadful Voice, The Voice of Words, on Sinai heard, That Voice which Isr'el greatly fear'd; So fear'd as humbly to implore That they might hear its Sound no more. 2 Lightnings, with horrid Glare were seen, Tremendous Thunders roar'd between; Darkness, with Flames encircled round: The Trump of God, its awful Sound, Louder, and louder rent the Air, And smote their Hearts with deep Despair. 3 The trembling Multitude, they heard All that the Voice of Words declar'd; The Darkness, Fire, and Smoke they saw, The dreadful Pomp of Moses' Law, Who, whilst the Mountains base did shake, Most terribly did fear and quake. 4 I am the Lord, thy God, says he; Nor shalt thou worship ought but me: Nor to thyself shalt thou e'er make An Image, nor the Likeness take Of ought in Heav'n, or Earth below, With Rev'rence unto it to bow. 5 Thou shalt not take my Name in vain, Lest thou incur the guilty Stain: Remember keep the Sabbath-Day, Thou shalt not work, nor idly play: To Parents thou shalt Honour give, If in the Land thou log wouldst live. 6 Murder, never shlat thou do it: Nor vile Adultery commit: Thou shalt not steal: (my Statutes hear) Nor Witness falsely shalt thou bear: Thou shalt not covet, lusting in What is thy Neighbours; this is Sin. 7 Nor only keep from Win thine Hands; A Word, Desire, or Look offends; A Moment's Lust, the smallest Flaw, So fully breaks my holy Law, Tho' it be but in Heart conceiv'd, As ne'er by thee can be retriev'd. 8 Holy and just are God's Commands; Wo to the Man who e'er offends In one small Point, he on him draws The Curse of all the broken Laws; All join in one to damn the Wretch, Who's guilty of the smallest Breach. 9 In awful Truth hat God declar'd, The Sinner never can be spar'd; On his own Head shall be his Blood, Who trespasses against his God: The soul that sinneth, it shall die, Here and in Hell eternally. 10 Nor can they for their Sin atone; Their Sacrifices he'll have none; Nor will their Pray'rs nor Tears accept, Because his Laws they have not kept: Thus for their Sin, e'en for the first, They're irrevokably accurs'd. 11 The Law is holy, just, and true, And what it speaks, it speaks to you Who to be under it desire, And eagerly thereby aspire To everlasting Life and Bliss, Thro' Works of your own Righteousness. 12 But if the Gospel-Sound you'll choose, Nor him that speaks from Heav'n refuse, Prepare to hear the Tidings good Proclaim'd to Man by Jesu's Blood; Administred with Glory, more Than Sinai's Law which went before. 13 No dreadful Thunders roaring here, Nor blasting Lightnings, causing Fear; Nor Earthquake, Darkness, Smoak, nor Flame, Nor dreadful voice when Jesus came: But all was glorious, calm, serene, When God came down to dwell with Men. 14 From Heav'n the flaming Cherubs came, And sung on Earth with Tongues of Flame, Tidings of endless Joy to all The Sons of Adam great and small; How that bless'd Morn was born a Child, By whom the Law should be fulfill'd. 15 Under the Law, of Woman made, And, as of all his church, the Head; Perfect Obedience unto Blood, To yield the Law engag'd he stood; And all it Breaches to repair, By tasting Death, Hell, and Despair. 16 Divinely born, this wond'rous Child Was holy, harmless, undefil'd! The Law he perfectly obey'd, In Action, Word, nor Thought, e'er stray'd; But in the Law was his Delight, By doing good both Day and Night. 17 He knew no Sin, was free from Guile, Nor could the Tempter him defile: One God he serv'd in Righteousness: Nor bow'd to Creatures-Likenesses: His Name in vain he never took: Nor holy Sabbath ever broke. 18 Honour to Parents he did give; Nor ceas'd, whilst he on Earth did live: Quite free from Murder and Debate, Nor did his Soul his Brother hate: His Nature loath'd adult'rous Fire, Nor ever felt a base Desire. 19 He did not steal with Heart, nor Hand: Nor bearing Witness, falsely stand: No Evil of his Neighbour spake, Nor coveted with Lust to take Whatever was his Neighbour's Right, 'Twas always hateful in hs Sight. 20 But God, wtih all his Heart, he lov'd: His his whole Life and Practice prov'd: Next as himself, yea far above Himself he doth his Neighbour love. Does unto all Men what he would That they, in all their Doings, should. 21 The Law, thus pleas'd, demands, at last, Atonement for the Sin that's past: He undertook the Breach to heal, Our Sin, our Curse, our Hell, to feel: The full Extent of Punishment, For all that's Sin, he underwent. 22 All Chastisements by him were borne, Wounds, Blood, and Bruises him adorn; His Nerves all broken; gloomy Fears Rush on him; Blood, and Sweat, and Tears, Moist'ning the burning Sacrifice, Gratefully smoaking to the Skies. 23 Death-Pangs, with all the Pains of Hell, In dreadful Storms upon him fell: Nor may the finite Mind conceive; Nor dare the Infidel believe What unknown Torments Jesus felt; What Flames of Soul-devouring Guilt. 24 With unregarded Groans and Cries, Convulsive Struggles, dying Sighs; In Character of Sinners lost, He fainting, yielded up the Ghost: Death took him Pris'ner, him detain'd, Whilst the least Charge of Sin remain'd. 25 His holy Life, his Death and Smart; Tormented soul, and broken Heart; The holy Law, more magnify'd Than if a thousand Worlds had dy'd: O Love! in him the glor'ous God, Redeems his Church with his own Blood. 26 O glorious Truth, with Jesus one! To all he is, and all that's done By him, we've an undoubted Right, There holy in the Father's Sight: Mysterious Union! there is known His Person, Life, and Death our own. 27 Then, O my Soul, so longer fear Old Sinai's Thunders; joyful hear The Voice of Love, the Love of God, The voice of Jesu's richest Blood: Tho' thou, poor Soul, hast nought to give, The Blood of Jesus bids thee live. 28 Live; lo! he give his All to thee: Live now from Condemnation free; Live, since thou hast in Jesus dy'd; Live, Justice now is satisfy'd: For-ever live, he lives again; To all he is, urge still thy Claim. 29 O Lamb, whoe'er in thee believes, The Witness of the Truth receives: How thou, our Christ, our Joy, our Bliss, Art the full End of Righteousness, Of ev'ry Law: (O glorious Grace!) To guilty Adam's Sinner Race. 30 Hail, Saviour of the Body, hail! O'er all our Foes didst thou prevail; For-ever wear the glorious Wreath Of Vict'ry over Hell and Death: We see, with Joy divinely sweet, All conquer'd at thy bleeding Feet. Scripture: Galatians 4:25

By Jesu's Blood-shedding, I happiness gain

Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 By Jesu's Blood-shedding I Happiness gain, My Heart's ever pleading the Fruit of his Pain; The Blessings for-ever made over to me By my dying Saviour on the shameful Tree; How sweet the Relation, my Lord, and my god, Eternal Salvation I view in thy Blood. 2 Then thou my Soul venture on his Death and Smart, Into his Wounds enter and view his dear Heart; No more be thou grieving, oppress'd with thy sin, But live by believing where thou art made clean; Look up to thy Surety, and still in his Blood, Behold all thy Purity, Meetness for God. 3 Here would I live ever, 'tis here i am blest, The Wounds of the Saviour, is my perfect Rest; In Spirit here meeting the Friends of the Lamb, With heavenly Greeting we'll hail his dear Name, As one all agreeing to praise our Lord, God, And thank him for freeing our Souls by his Blood.

Comfort ye my, comfort ye my

Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Comfort ye my, comfort ye my People, saith your God; comfortably speak ye to her, (Shout and Cry aloud); Tell her that her Warfare's o'er, Tell her that her vict'ry's sure; Sin, nor Wrath, nor second Death, Shall ne'er o'ertake her more. 2 Sin is pardon'd, sin is pardon'd God the Word did give; The most harden'd, the most harden'd Now shall hear and live: She receiv'd, to make her clean, (From his Hand for ev'ry Sin) Grace and Trouble, fully double; Joy ye Sons of Men! 3 Glorious Jesus, glorious Jesus, Thou art lifted high; That shall pleas us, that shall please us To Eternity: What these Tidings good contain, Thy dear Blood and Wounds explain: Never-ending Love! descending By thy Smart and Pain. 4 All our Warfare, all our Warfare Thou'st accomplish'd well; Bravely conquer'd bravely conquer'd Sin, and Death, and Hell: Thee we hail, thou King of Heav'n! Thou thy all to us hast giv'n; In thy Blood, our Lord and God, We find our holy Leav'n. 5 Thy Soul-Trouble, thy Soul-Trouble, Suff'ring in our Room, 's more than double, 's more than double Adam's awful Doom: All the Plenitude of Grace Fills thy sweet, thy lovely Face; More abounding, deeper sounding Than our sinful Case. 6 Thy Condition, thy Condition, Fully is our own; No Ambition, no Ambition This, but truly known; What the Members all may know: Living in their Head, they'll grow Up to this, the Source of Bliss, Where endless Comforts flow. 7 Holy Saviour, holy Saviour, Glorious is thy Name! Each Believer, each Believer, Sing, the bleeding Lamb: Ever may thy Glories shine! Worthy thou, the Lamb divine! Glorious Praise, Ancient of Days, Be ever, ever thine. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-2

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All Fulness in the Lamb we view

Hymnal: CHPS1776 #I.II (1776) Lyrics: 1 All Fulness in the Lamb we view; To look beside him, Loss: He's only holy, just and true; All else is Dung and Dross. 2 There dwells in him, as stain'd with Blood, Jehovah's Pow'r and Name; Greatly, from everlasting, God, Yea, when the slaughter'd Lamb. 3 In him we know the holy Bride All gather'd into one; She looks out through his bleeding Side, With all her Beauties on. 4 In him we see God's Heav'n, our Earth, In perfect Peace agree: This gives our one new Man its Birth, And sets our Nature free. 5 His purg'd Humanity is ours, And in it now we prove A Seat above the heav'nly Pow'rs, Fix'd in the Father's Love. 6 New Heav'ns, new Earth, we now possess; Beulah, that blessed Field, Where dwells, eternal Righteousness; And God's our Sun and Shield. 7 Here's nothing hurtful to destroy; The holy Mountain's here; No Curse, nor Sin, us to annoy, No Torment, Guilt, or Fear. 8 Of Jesus we will never cease To sing as we began; In whom there dwells, in perfect Peace, God, and his darling Man. Scripture: Colossians 1:19 Languages: English

All is hush, the Battle's o'er!

Hymnal: CHPS1776 #I.XL (1776) Lyrics: 1 All is hush, the Battle's o'er! Darkness reigns in purple Gore; Each Intelligence intent Trembling waits the great Event. All are in Suspense - Here I'll stay, nor wander hence, 'Till the Day-spring from on High Speaks, who gain'd the Victory. 2 See the Gleam of Light appears! Combats now my Hope and Fears; Now the heav'nly Glory's come; O! who starts from yonder Tomb, Cover'd all with Blood, Pale and wounded? 'Tis my God! 'Tis the Man who conqu'ring fell, Dying, vanquish'd Death and Hell! 3 Heav'nly Laurels crown his Head! Sin, and Hell, and Death are dead; The old Serpent's Head is broke; Heav'n by Violence is took Hail! thou conq'ring Heart; Thou my new Creation art: Hail! my Flesh, and Bone, and Blood; Hail! myself, redeem'd to God. 4 In in him, and he in me, Perfect one in Mystery; With him, here, and as he is, Fully enter'd into Bliss: There shall I abide In my Nature purify'd: Here I enter perfect Rest: The Father's Praise, his King and Priest. Scripture: Ephesians 3:10 Languages: English

All over lovely is my Lord and God

Hymnal: CHPS1776 #II.VIII (1776) Lyrics: 1 All over lovely is my Lord and God, When nail'd on Calv'ry to a Cross of Wood; My Praise attends his Blood, his Name I'll bless, He is my Wisdom, Strength and Righteousness. 2 Deep Floods of everlasting Wrath and Grace, Strove which should deluge Man in Jusu's Face, Whilst bleeding Love, hung pleading on his Brow For Peace, and Pardon, to the Church below. 3 The Floods of Grace, now with tremendous Swell, Drowns all our Sin, and Curse, and Fear of Hell, Whilst from our bleeding God we still derive Our Peace, and in his Wounds we'll ever live. 4 On us distils his Merits, Blood and Grace; His wounded Form we'll yet by Faith embrace; It's here! We positively cry, my God And tremblingly with Joy we praise his Blood. 5 We in his Body our Election see, He with himself hath made us children free; Our elder Brother, (O the friendly Name!) Is God Almighty,yet the slaughter'd Lamb. 6 Praise, endless Praise to thee, O Christ, be giv'n; Praise, endless Praise to thee, thou King of Heav'n: Ere long thy Praise shall be our whole Employ, When thou, O Lamb, shall perfect all our Joy. Languages: English

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James Relly

1722 - 1778 Editor of "" in Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ. He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Church of America. Relly along with his brother John wrote Christian Hymns, Poems and Spiritual Songs in 1758, which John Murray had republished in America in 1776. Dianne Shapiro; from an article by Alexander Gordon in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48; Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; and Disoriented. Reoriented. blog (https://disorientedtheology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/all-shall-be-well-chapter-6-james-relly/)