The Psalms of David ‎#P107c

P107c. Vain Man on foolish Pleasures bent

1 Vain Man, on foolish Pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own Punishment;
What Pains, what loathsome Maladies
From Luxury and Lust arise!

2 The Drunkard feels his Vitals waste;
Yet drowns his Health to please his Taste;
Till all his active Pow'rs are lost,
And fainting Life draws near the Dust.

3 The Glutton groans, and loaths to eat,
His Soul abhors delicious Meat;
Nature, with heavy Loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.

4 Then how the frighted Sinners fly
To GOD for Help with earnest Cry!
He hears their Groans, prolongs their Breath,
And saves them from approaching Death.

5 No Med'cines could effect the Cure
So quick, so easy, or so sure;
The deadly Sentence GOD repeals,
He sends his sov'reign Word and heals.

6 O may the Sons of Men record
The wond'rous Goodness of the Lord!
And let their thankful Off'rings prove
How they adore their Maker's Love.

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• First Line: Vain Man on foolish Pleasures bent
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1740
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Church: restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Creation and Providence; Deliverance: from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Intemperance: pardoned; Isreal: punished and pardoned; Isreal: saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Isreal: Travels in the Wilderness; Luxury: pardoned; Mariners Psalm; Mercies: recorded; Nation: blest and punished; New-England Psalm; Providence: in Air, Earth and Sea; Providence: recorded; Saints: conducted to heaven; Saints: punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather

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