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 158. (L. M.) Few saved; or, the almost Christian, the Hypocrite and Apostate.
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HYMN 158. (L. M.) Few saved; or, the almost Christian, the Hypocrite and Apostate.
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Broad is the road that leads to death,And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrower path
With here and there a traveller.
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‘Deny thyself and take thy cross,’Is the Redeemer's great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross
If she would gain this heavenly land.
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The fearful soul that tires and faints,And walks the ways of God no more
Is but esteem'd almost a saint,
And makes his own destruction sure.
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Lord, let not all my hopes be vainCreate my heart entirely new,
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain,
Which false apostates never knew.
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