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 106. v. 7, 8, 12–14, 43–48. Second
Part. (S. M.) Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's unchangeable Love.
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PSALM 106. v. 7, 8, 12–14, 43–48. Second Part. (S. M.) Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's unchangeable Love.
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God of eternal love,How fickle are our ways!
And yet how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!
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They saw thy wonders wrought,And then thy praise they sung;
But soon thy works of power forgot,
And murmur'd with their tongue.
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Now they believe his word,While rocks with rivers flow;
Now with their lusts provoke the Lord,
And he reduc'd them low.
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Yet when they mourn'd their faults,He hearken'd to their groans,
Brought his own covenant to his thoughts,
And call'd them still his sons.
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Their names were in his book,He sav'd them from their foes;
Oft he chastis'd but ne'er forsook
The people that he chose.
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Let Israel bless the Lord,Who lov'd their ancient race;
And christians join the solemn word
Amen, to all the praise.
The chief design of this whole psalm I have expressed in the title, and abridged it in this form, having enlarged much more on this same subject in the lxxviith, lxxviiith, and cvth psalms.
Though the Jews now seem to be cast off, yet the Apostle Paul assures us, that God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew, Rom. xi. 2. Their unbelief and absence from God is but for a season; for they shall be recalled again, verse 25, 26.
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