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 76. (L. M.) The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.
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Hosanna to the Prince of LightThat cloth'd himself in clay,
Enter'd the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
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Death is no more the king of dreadSince our Immanuel rose,
He took the tyrant's sting away,
And spoil'd our hellish foes.
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See how the Conqueror mounts aloft,And to his Father flies,
With scars of honour in his flesh,
And triumph in his eyes.
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There our exalted Saviour reigns,And scatters blessings down,
Our Jesus fills the middle seat
Of the celestial throne.
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Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,To reach his bless'd abode,
Sweet be the accents of your songs
To our incarnate God.
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Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,Your sweetest voices raise,
Let heaven, and all created things,
Sound our Immanuel's praise.
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