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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HYMN 45. (C. M.) The Last Judgment, Rev. xxi. 5–8.
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See where the great incarnate GodFills a majestic throne,
While from the skies his awful voice
Bears the last judgment down.
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‘I am the first, and I the last,‘Thro' endless years the same;
‘I AM is my memorial still,
‘And my eternal name.
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‘Such favours as a God can give‘My royal grace bestows;
‘Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams
‘Where life and pleasure flows.
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‘The saint that triumphs o'er his sins,‘I'll own him for a son,
‘The whole creation shall reward
‘The conquest he has won.
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‘But bloody hands and hearts unclean,‘And all the lying race,
‘The faithless and the scoffing crew,
‘That spurn at offer'd grace;
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‘They shall be taken from my sight,‘Bound fast in iron chains,
‘And headlong plung'd into the lake
‘Where fire and darkness reigns.’
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O may I stand before the Lamb,When earth and seas are fled!
And hear the Judge pronounce my name
With blessings on my head!
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May I with those for ever dwellWho here were my delight,
While sinners banish'd down to hell
No more offend my sight.
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