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 95. (C. M.) Regeneration, John i. 13. iii. 3. &c.
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Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.
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The sovereign will of God aloneCreates us heirs of grace;
Born in the image of his Son
A new peculiar race.
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The Spirit like some heavenly windBlows on the sons of flesh,
New models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.
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Our quicken'd souls awake, and riseFrom the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.
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