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 149. (L. M.) The Offices of Christ, from several Scriptures.
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Join all the names of love and powerThat ever men or angels bore
All are too mean to speak his worth,
Or set Immanuel's glory forth.
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But O what condescending waysHe takes to teach his heavenly grace!
My eyes with joy and wonder see
What forms of love he bears for me.
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The angel of the covenant standsWith his commission in his hands,
Sent from his Father's milder throne
To make the great Salvation known.
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Great Prophet, let me bless thy name;By thee the joyful tidings came,
Of wrath appeas'd, of sins forgiven,
Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heaven.
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My bright example, and my guide,I would be walking near thy side;
O let me never run astray,
Nor follow the forbidden way!
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I love my Shepherd, he shall keepMy wandering soul among his sheep:
He feeds his flock, he calls their names,
And in his bosom bears the lambs.
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My Surety undertakes my cause,Answering his Father's broken laws;
Behold my soul at freedom set;
My Surety paid the dreadful debt.
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Jesus my great High Priest has dy'd,I seek no sacrifice beside:
His blood did once for all atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.
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My Advocate appears on high,The Father lays his thunder by;
Not all that earth or hell can say
Shall turn my Father's heart away.
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My Lord, my Conqueror, and my King,Thy sceptre and thy sword I sing;
Thine is the victory, and I sit
A joyful subject at thy feet.
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Aspire, my soul, to glorious deeds,The Captain of salvation leads?
March on, nor fear to win the day,
Tho' death and hell obstruct the way.
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Should death and hell, and powers unknown,Put all their forms of mischief on,
I shall be safe; for Christ displays
Salvation in more sovereign ways.
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