5 Our pleasure and our duty,
Though opposite before,
Since we have seen his beauty,
Are join d to part no more :
It is our highest pleasure,
No less than duty s call,
To love him beyond measure,
And serve him with our all.
4.
Prepare to meet God.
1 SINNER, art thou still secure ?
Wilt thou still refuse to pray ?
Can thy heart or hands endure
In the Lord s avenging day ?
See his mighty arm is bared!
Awful terrors clothe his brow !
For his judgment stand prepared,
Thou must either break or bow.
2 At his presence nature shakes,
Earth affrighted hastes to flee,
Solid mountains melt like wax,
What will then become of thee ?
Who his advent may abide?
You that glory in your shame,
Will you find a place to hide
When the world is wrapt in flame ?
3 Then the rich, the great, the wise,
Trembling, guilty, self-condemn d,
Must behold the wrathful eyes
Of the Judge they once blasphemed.
Where are now their haughty looks ?
Oh their horror and despair,
When they see the open d books,
And their dreadful sentence hear !
4 Lord, prepare us by thy grace !
Soon we must resign our breath,
And our souls be call d to pass
Through the iron gate of death :
