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 125. (C. M.) The Saints Trial and Safety.
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PSALM 125. (C. M.) The Saints Trial and Safety.
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Unshaken as the sacred hill,And firm as mountains be,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest
That leans, O Lord, on thee.
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Not walls nor hills could guard so wellOld Salem's happy ground,
As those eternal arms of love
That every saint surround.
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While tyrants are a smarting scourgeTo drive them near to God,
Divine compassion does allay
The fury of the rod.
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Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere,And lead them safely on
To the bright gates of Paradise,
Where Christ their Lord is gone.
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But if we trace those crooked waysThat the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers too.
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