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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SONG 10. Solemn Thoughts of God and Death.
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There is a God that reigns above,Lord of the heav'ns, and earth, and seas:
I fear his wrath, I ask his love,
And with my lips I sing his praise.
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There is a law which he has writ,To teach us all what we must do:
My soul, to his commands submit,
For they are holy, just, and true.
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There is a gospel of rich grace,Whence sinners all their comforts draw:
Lord, I repent, and seek thy face,
For I have often broke thy law.
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There is an hour when I must die,Nor do I know how soon 'twill come;
A thousand children, young as I,
Are call'd by death to hear their doom.
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Let me improve the hours I have,Before the day of grace is fled:
There's no repentance in the grave,
Nor pardons offer'd to the dead.
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Just as the tree, cut down, that fellTo north or southward, there it lies;
So man departs to heav'n or hell,
Fix'd in the state wherein he dies.
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