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 135. (L. M.) The Love of Christ shed abroad in the Heart, Eph. iii. 16, &c.
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Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwellBy faith and love in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel
The joys that cannot be express'd.
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Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of thine unmeasurable grace.
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Now to the God, whose power can doMore than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honours done
By all the church, thro' Christ his Son.
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