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Warning to Magistrates
Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Evil Magistrates First Line: Judges, who rule the World by Laws Lyrics: 1 Judges, who rule the World by Laws,
Will ye despise the righteous Cause,
When th' injur'd Poor before you stands?
Dare ye condemn the righteous Poor,
And let rich Sinners 'scape secure,
While Gold & Greatness bribe your Hands?
2 Have ye forgot, or never knew,
That GOD will judge the Judges too?
High in the Heav'ns his Justice reigns;
Yet you invade the Rights of GOD,
And send your bold Decrees abroad,
To bind the Conscience in your Chains.
3 A poison'd Arrow is your Tongue,
The Arrow sharp, the Poison strong,
And Death attends where'er it wounds:
You hear no Counsels, Cries, or Tears;
So the deaf Adder stops her Ears
Against the Pow'r of charming Sounds.
4 Break out their Teeth, eternal GOD,
Those Teeth of Lions dy'd in Blood;
And crush the serpents in the dust:
As empty Chaff when Whirlwinds rise
Before the sweeping Tempest flies,
So let their Hopes and Names be lost.
5 Th' Almighty thunders from the Sky,
Their Grandeur melts, their Titles die,
As Hills of Snow dissolve and run,
Or Snails that perish in their Slime,
Or Births that come before their Time,
Vain Births that never see the Sun.
6 Thus shall the Vengeance of the Lord
Safety and Joy to Saints afford;
And all that hear shall join and say,
"Sure there's a GOD that rules on high,
"A GOD that hears his Children cry,
"And will their Suff'rings well repay." Scripture: Psalm 58
Warning to Magistrates
God loves the righteous, and hates the wicked
Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: Evil Magistrates; Evil Magistrates First Line: My refuge is the God of love Lyrics: 1 My refuge is the God of love;
Why do my foes insult and cry,
Fly like a timorous trembling dove,
To distant woods or mountains fly?
2 If government be once destroy'd,
(That firm foundation of our peace)
And violence make justice void,
Where shall the righteous seek redress?
3 The Lord in heaven has fix'd his throne,
His eye surveys the world below;
To him all mortal things are known;
His eye-lids search our spirits through.
4 If he afflicts his saints so far,
To prove their love, and try their grace,
What may the bold transgressors fear?
His very soul abhors their wicked ways.
5 On impious wretches he shall rain
Sulphureous flames of wasting death,
Such as he kindled on the plain
Of Sodom, with his angry breath.
6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls,
Whose thoughts and actions are sincere,
And with a gracious eye beholds
The men that his own image bear. Scripture: Psalm 11
God loves the righteous, and hates the wicked
God the supreme Governor; or Magistrates warned
Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Evil Magistrates; Evil Magistrates First Line: Among th' assemblies of the great Lyrics: 1 Among th' assemblies of the great
A greater ruler takes his seat;
The God of heaven as judge surveys
Those gods on earth and all their ways.
2 Why will ye frame oppressive laws?
Or why support th' unrighteous cause?
When will ye once defend the poor,
That foes may vex the saints no more?
3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know;
Dark are the ways in which they go;
Their name of earthly gods is vain,
For they shall fall and die like men.
4 Arise, O Lord, and let thy Son
Possess his universal throne,
And rule the nations with his rod;
He is our Judge, and he our God. Scripture: Psalm 82
God the supreme Governor; or Magistrates warned
Terrible God, who reign'st on high
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Evil magistrates Lyrics:
Terrible God, that reign'st on high,
How awful is thy thund'ring hand!
Thy fiery bolts, how fierce they fly!
Nor can all earth or hell withstand.
This the old rebel angels knew,
And Satan fell beneath thy frown;
Thine arrows struck the traitor through,
And weighty vengeance sunk him down.
This Sodom felt, and feels it still,
And roars beneath th' eternal load:
"With endless burnings who can dwell?
Or bear the fury of a God?"
Tremble, ye sinners, and submit,
Throw down your arms before his throne;
Bend your heads low beneath his feet,
Or his strong hand shall crush you down.
And ye, blest saints, that love him too,
With rev'rence bow before his name;
Thus all his heav'nly servants do:
God is a bright and burning flame.
Scripture: Psalm 11
Terrible God, who reign'st on high
