The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 8. (C. M.) Christ's Condescension and Glorification; or, God made Man.
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O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous greatIs thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.
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When I behold thy works on high,The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well adorn the sky,
Those moving worlds of light;
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Lord, what is man, or all his race,Who dwells so far below,
That thou should'st visit him with grace,
And love his nature so?
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That thine eternal Son should bearTo take a mortal form,
Made lower than his angels are,
To save a dying worm!
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Yet while he liv'd on earth unknown,And men would not adore,
Th'obedient seas and fishes own
His Godhead and his power.
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The waves lay spread beneath his feet;And fish, at his command,
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net,
Bring tribute to his hand.
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These lesser glories of the Son,Shone through the fleshly cloud;
Now we behold him on his throne,
And men confess him God.
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Let him be crown'd with majestyWho bow'd his head to death;
And be his honours sounded high,
By all things that have breath.
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Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous greatIs thine exalted name?
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let the whole earth proclaim.
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