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 17. (C. M.) God's Eternity.
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Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground,Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up every tuneful sound
To praise th'eternal God.
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Long ere the lofty skies were spreadJehovah fill'd his throne;
Or Adam form'd, or angels made,
The Maker liv'd alone.
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His boundless years can ne'er decrease,But still maintain their prime;
Eternity's his dwelling-place,
And ever is his time.
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While like a tide our minutes flow,The present and the past,
He fills his own immortal now,
And sees our ages waste.
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The sea and sky must perish too,And vast destruction come!
The creatures—look, how old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom!
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Well, let the sea shrink all away,And flame melt down the skies,
My God shall live an endless day
When th'whole creation dies.
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