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 107. (L. M.) The Fall and Recovery of Man; or, Christ and Satan at Enmity, Gen. iii. 1, 15, 17. Gal. iv. 4. Col. ii. 15.
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Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hellAdam our head, our father fell,
When Satan in the serpent hid
Propos'd the fruit that God forbid.
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Death was the threatening; death beganTo take possession of the man;
His unborn race receiv'd the wound,
And heavy curses smote the ground.
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But Satan found a worse reward;Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord,
‘Let everlasting hatred be
‘Betwixt the woman's seed and thee.
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‘The woman's seed shall be my Son,‘He shall destroy what thou hast done,
‘Shall break thy head, and only feel
‘Thy malice raging at his heel.’
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He spake; and bid four thousand yearsRoll on; at length his Son appears;
Angels with joy descend to earth,
And sing the young Redeemer's birth.
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Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;But, as he hung 'twixt earth and skies,
He gave their prince a fatal blow,
And triumph'd o'er the powers below.
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