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 115. (C. M.) Conviction of Sin by the Law, Rom. vii. 8, 9, 14, 24.
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Lord, how secure my conscience was,And felt no inward dread!
I was alive without the law,
And thought my sins were dead.
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My hopes of heaven were firm and bright;But since the precept came
With a convincing power and light,
I find how vile I am.
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My guilt appear'd but small before,Till terribly I saw
How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thine eternal law.
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Then felt my soul the heavy loadMy sins reviv'd again,
I had provok'd a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.
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I'm like a helpless captive soldUnder the power of sin;
I cannot do the good I would,
Nor keep my conscience clean.
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My God, I cry with every breathFor some kind power to save,
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.
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