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 98. (C. M.) Hardness of Heart complained of.
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My heart, how dreadful hard it is!How heavy here it lies,
Heavy and cold within my breast,
Just like a rock of ice!
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Sin like a raging tyrant sitsUpon this flinty throne,
And every grace lies bury'd deep
Beneath this heart of stone.
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How seldom do I rise to God,Or taste the joys above!
This mountain presses down my faith,
And chills my flaming love.
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When smiling mercy courts my soulWith all its heavenly charms,
This stubborn, this relentless thing
Would thrust it from my arms.
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Against the thunders of thy wordRebellious I have stood,
My heart it shakes not at the wrath
And terrors of a God.
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Dear Saviour, steep this rock of mineIn thine own crimson sea:
None but a bath of blood divine
Can melt the flint away.
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