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 81. (C. M.) Our Sin the Cause of Christ's Death.
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HYMN 81. (C. M.) Our Sin the Cause of Christ's Death.
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And now the scales have left mine eyes,Now I begin to see;
Oh the curs'd deeds my sins have done!
What murderous things they be!
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Were these the traitors, dearest Lord,That thy fair body tore?
Monsters, that stain'd those heavenly limbs
With floods of purple gore?
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Was it for crimes that I had doneMy dearest Lord was slain,
When justice seiz'd God's only Son,
And put his soul to pain?
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Forgive my guilt, O Prince of Peace,I'll wound my God no more;
Hence from my heart, ye sins, be gone,
For Jesus I adore.
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Furnish me, Lord, with heavenly armsFrom grace's magazine,
And I'll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.
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