The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 9 |
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... standing parts of worship which were at first practised and confirmed by inspiration and miracle ? Some may object here ... stand fast in the liberty of the gospel , and not tie our consciences up to mere forms of the Old Testament . The ...
... standing parts of worship which were at first practised and confirmed by inspiration and miracle ? Some may object here ... stand fast in the liberty of the gospel , and not tie our consciences up to mere forms of the Old Testament . The ...
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... stand up in the midst of a country church , and bid all the people join with his words , and say , I will praise thee upon the psaltery ; or , I will open wy dark saying upon the harp : When even our cathedrals sing only to the sound of ...
... stand up in the midst of a country church , and bid all the people join with his words , and say , I will praise thee upon the psaltery ; or , I will open wy dark saying upon the harp : When even our cathedrals sing only to the sound of ...
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... stand Amongst the sons of grace , When Christ the judge at his right - hand Appoints his saints a place . 7 His eye beholds the path they tread , His heart approves it well ; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell ...
... stand Amongst the sons of grace , When Christ the judge at his right - hand Appoints his saints a place . 7 His eye beholds the path they tread , His heart approves it well ; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell ...
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... stand ; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight , Nor dwell at thy right - hand . 4 But to thy house will I resort , To taste thy mercies there ; I will frequent thine holy court , And worship in thy fear . 5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet ...
... stand ; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight , Nor dwell at thy right - hand . 4 But to thy house will I resort , To taste thy mercies there ; I will frequent thine holy court , And worship in thy fear . 5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet ...
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... stand off so far ? And why conceal his face , When great calamities appear , And times of deep distress ? 2 Lord , shall the wicked still deride Thy justice and thy pow'r ? Shall they advance their heads in pride , And still thy saints ...
... stand off so far ? And why conceal his face , When great calamities appear , And times of deep distress ? 2 Lord , shall the wicked still deride Thy justice and thy pow'r ? Shall they advance their heads in pride , And still thy saints ...
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Page 118 - GIVE to our God immortal praise ! Mercy and truth are all his ways : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown : His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song.
Page 350 - From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
Page 49 - BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
Page 4 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 93 - JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ; Let earth receive her King ; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns ; Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains. Repeat the sounding joy.
Page 477 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 11 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 18 - Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare : before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Page 69 - THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their memory from thy book. 2 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin: • Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart.
Page 351 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.