304 END or VOYAGE. [1698. 



reason we did not know wliat Latitude we were in, we 

 stray 'd towards the North much farther than Dungcsbij- 

 Head, the most Northerly Point of Scotland, in sight of 

 which we ought to have sail'd. At length Divine Provi- 

 dence caus'd us to arrive at Flushing, 28th of June 1698. 

 Our voyage had lasted just seven months from Batavia, and 

 the whole course of my Travels were eiglit Years wanting 

 twelve Days. 



A 

 THANKSGIVING HYMN 



Ment'iand Page 192, and Composed iu the Island of St. Maurice, iipoi 

 the Occasion of the happg Neirs of my Delicerance. 



F. L. 



Ijet us ?ing to th' Eternal a new Song ! 



Come ! Let us Rejoyce, 



In the Presence of th' Eternal ! 



Let us bless our God, 



And n)ake the sound of his Praise Eccho ; 



For he comes to give Life to our Souls. 



He delivers our Souls from Thraldom, 



To the end that we may bless his Name. 



Our Dwelling has been in an uncouth Place ; 



Our habitation 



Has been in the Holes of Rocks : 



The bloody Persecutor has pursu'd our Souls ; 



He has Trodden our Liberty under foot ! 



He has buried us alive. 



In dark and gloomy Places. 



But til' Eternal has deliver'd Us 



From the hands of our Enemy! 



He has made him a-sham'd 



That would have swallow'd us up! 



Th' Eternal, 



The Rock of Ages, ■ 



The Rock of our Salvation. 



