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 85. (C. M.) Sufficiency of Pardon.
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Why does your face, ye humble souls,Those mournful colours wear?
What doubts are these that waste your faith,
And nourish your despair?
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What tho' your numerous sins exceedThe stars that fill the skies,
And aiming at th'eternal throne
Like pointed mountains rise?
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What tho' your mighty guilt beyondThe wide creation swell,
And has its curs'd foundations laid
Low as the deeps of hell?
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See here an endless ocean flowsOf never-failing grace,
Behold a dying Saviour's veins
The sacred flood increase:
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It rises high and drowns the hills,'T has neither shore nor bound:
Nor if we search to find our sins
Our sins can ne'er be found.
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Awake, our hearts, adore the graceThat buries all our faults,
And pardoning blood that swells above
Our follies and our thoughts.
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