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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PSALM 1. (L. M.) The Difference between the Righteous and the Wicked.
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PSALM 1. (L. M.) The Difference between the Righteous and the Wicked.
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Happy the man whose cautious feetShun the broad way that sinners go,
Who hates the place where Atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
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He loves t'employ his morning lightAmongst the statutes of the Lord;
And spends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure pondering o'er the word.
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He, like a plant by gentle streams,Shall flourish in immortal green;
And heaven will shine with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.
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But sinners find their counsels crost;As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.
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In vain the rebel seeks to standIn judgment with the pious race:
The dreadful Judge with stern command
Divides him to a different place.
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‘Straight is the way my saints have trod,‘I blest the path and drew it plain;
‘But you would choose the crooked road,
‘And down it leads to endless pain.’
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