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 114. (C. M.) The same, Rom. xi. 16, 17.
[Gentiles by nature we belong]
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Gentiles by nature we belongTo the wild olive-wood;
Grace took us from the barren tree,
And grafts us in the good.
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With the same blessings grace endowsThe Gentile and the Jew;
If pure and holy be the root,
Such are the branches too.
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Then let the children of the saintsBe dedicate to God;
Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord,
And wash them in thy blood.
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Thus to the parents and their seedShall thy salvation come,
And numerous households meet at last
In one eternal home.
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