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Behold the Potter and the Clay

Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Behold the Potter and the Clay, He forms his Vessels as he please: Such is our God, and such are we; The subjects of his high Decrees. 2 Doth not the Workman's Pow'r extend O'er all the Mass, which Part to choose, And mould it for nobler End, And which to leave for viler Use?] 3 May not the Sov'reign Lord on high Dispense his Favours as he will; Choose some to Life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious still? [4 What if to make his Terror known, He lets his Patience long endure, Suff'ring vile Rebels to go on, And seal their own Destruction sure? 5 What if he means to show his Grace, And his electing Love employs To mark out some of mortal Race, And form them fit for heav'nly Joys?] 6 Shall Man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's Ways unjust, The Thunder of whose dreadful Word Can crush a thousand Worlds to Dust? 7 But, O my Soul, if Truth so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sight, Yet still his written Will obey, And wait the great decisive Day. 8 Then shall he make his Justice known, And the whole World before his Throne, With Joy, or Terror, shall confess The Glory of his Righteousness. Scripture: Romans 9:21-24

Not Unto Us, O Lord of Heaven

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Not unto us, O Lord of heaven, But unto Thee be glory given; In love and truth Thou dost fulfill The counsels of Thy sovereign will; Though nations fail Thy power to own, Yet Thou dost reign, and Thou alone. 2 The idol gods of heathen lands Are but the work of human hands: They cannot see, they cannot speak, Their ears are deaf, their hands are weak; Like them shall be all those who hold To gods of silver and of gold. 3 Let Israel trust in God alone, The Lord Whose grace and power are known; To Him your full allegiance yield, And He will be your help and shield; All those who fear Him God will bless, His saints have proved His faithfulness. 4 All ye that fear Him and adore, The Lord increase you more and more; Both great and small who Him confess, You and your children He will bless; Yea, blest are ye of Him who made The heavens, and earth's foundations laid. 5 The heavens are God's since time began, But He has given the earth to man; The dead praise not the living God, But we will sound His praise abroad, Yea, we will ever bless His Name; Praise ye the Lord, His praise proclaim. Scripture: Psalm 115 Used With Tune: GAIRNEY BRIDGE

Delight in God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 244 hymnals Topics: Decrees Of God First Line: Grant Lord, I may delight in thee Lyrics: 1 Grant Lord, I may delight in thee, And on thy care depend; To thee in ev'ry trouble flee, My best, my only friend. 2 When all created streams are dry'd, Thy fulness is the same; May I with this be satisfy'd, And glory in thy name! 3 Why should the soul a drop bemoan Who has a fountain near, A fountain which will ever run With waters sweet and clear? 4 No good in creatures can be found, But all is found in thee; I must be blessed, and abound, While thou art God to me. 5 O that I had a stronger faith To look within the veil, To credit what my Saviour saith, Whose word can never vail! 6 O Lord, I cast my care on thee, I triumph and adore; Henceforth my great concern shall be To love and please thee more. Scripture: Psalm 37:4

All things Decreed

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: There's not a sparrow nor a worm Lyrics: 1 There’s not a sparrow nor a worm But’s found in God’s decrees; He raises monarchs to their thrones, And sinks them if he please. 2 If light attend the course I run, ’Tis he provides those rays; And ’tis his hand that hides my sun, If darkness cloud my days. 3 When he reveals the Book of Life, O may I read my name Among the chosen of his love, The followers of the Lamb!

With Joy Let Us Sing to the LORD

Meter: 12.11.12.11 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Decrees of God First Line: With joy let us sing to the LORD, all you righteous Scripture: Psalm 33 Used With Tune: ASH GROVE Text Sources: St. 1, OPC/URCNA 2016

All the elected train

Author: Burnham Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees Lyrics: 1 All the elected train Were chosen in their Head, To all eternal good, Before the worlds were made; Chosen to know the Prince of Peace, And taste the riches of his grace. 2 Chosen to faith and hope, To purity and love, To all the life of God, To all the things above; Chosen to prove salvation sure; Chosen to reign for evermore. 3 Nothing but grace appears In this eternal choice; It charms the humble saint, And makes the soul rejoice; Its endless glories shine so bright, It makes obedience all delight. 4 Now, Lord, to us reveal The all-confirming grace; And may we all pursue The shining paths of peace; Run in the way to joys above, And ever sing electing love. Scripture: Ephesians 1:4

God's Sovereignty displayed in Christ

Author: Clarke Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Election and the Decrees of God First Line: Space and duration God doth fill Lyrics: 1 Space and duration God does fill, And orders all things by his will, Respecting all the holy seed, Chosen in Christ their blessed Head. 2 God’s jewels of election-love Were sanctified in Christ above; In oneness with his nature pure, Joint-heirs with him for evermore.

Election in Christ

Author: Tucker Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Expand, my soul, arise and sing Lyrics: 1 Expand, my soul, arise and sing The matchless grace of Zion’s King; His love, as ancient as his name, Let all thy powers aloud proclaim. 2 Chosen of old, of old approved, In Christ eternally beloved; Adopted too, and children made, Ere sin its baleful poison spread. 3 Though sin and guilt infest them here, In Christ they all complete appear; The whole that justice e’er demands Received full payment from his hands. 4 In him the Father never saw The least transgression of his law; Perfection, then, in him we view; His saints in him are perfect too. 5 Then let our souls in him rejoice, As favoured objects of his choice; Redeemed, and saved by grace, we sing Eternal praise to Christ our King.

The Triumph of Faith

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 133 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Who shall the Lord's elect condemn? Lyrics: 1 Who shall the Lord’s elect condemn? ’Tis God that justifies their souls; And mercy, like a mighty stream, O’er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? ’Tis Christ that suffered in their stead; And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead! 3 He lives! he lives! and sits above, For ever interceding there; Who shall divide us from his love, Or what shall tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution, or distress, Famine, or sword, or nakedness? He that has loved us bears us through, And makes us more than conquerors, too. 5 Faith has an overcoming power; It triumphs in the dying hour. Christ is our life, our joy, our hope, Nor can we sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high, nor powers below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.

Predestination made known by Calling

Author: Kent Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: There is a period known to God Lyrics: 1 There is a period known to God When all his sheep, redeemed by blood, Shall leave the hateful ways of sin, Turn to the fold, and enter in. 2 At peace with hell, with God at war, In sin’s dark maze they wander far, Indulge their lust, and still go on As far from God as sheep can run. 3 But see how heaven’s indulgent care Attends their wanderings here and there; Still hard at heel, where’er they stray, With pricking thorns to hedge their way. 4 [When wisdom calls, they stop their ear, And headlong urge the mad career; Judgments nor mercies e’er can sway Their roving feet to wisdom’s way.] 5 Glory to God, they ne’er shall rove Beyond the limits of his love; Fenced with Jehovah’s shalls and wills, Firm as the everlasting hills. 6 The appointed time rolls on apace, Not to propose but call by grace; To change the heart, renew the will, And turn the feet to Zion’s hill.

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