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 87. (L. M.) God dwells with the Humble and Penitent, Isaiah lvii. 15, 16.
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Thus saith the High and Lofty One,‘I sit upon my holy throne,
‘My name is God, I dwell on high,
‘Dwell in my own eternity.
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‘But I descend to worlds below,‘On earth I have a mansion too,
‘The humble spirit and contrite
‘Is an abode of my delight.
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‘The humble soul my words revive,‘I bid the mourning sinner live,’
Heal all the broken hearts I find,
And ease the sorrows of the mind.
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‘When I contend against their sin‘I make them know how vile they've been;
‘But should my wrath for ever smoke
‘Their souls would sink beneath my stroke.’
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O may thy pardoning grace be nigh,Lest we should faint, despair, and die!
Thus shall our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chastening love.
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