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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The humble Enquiry.
A French Sonnet imitated. 1695.
Grand Dieu, tes Jugemens, &c.
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Grace rules below, and sits enthron'd above,How few the sparks of wrath! how slow they move,
And drop and die in boundless seas of love!
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But me, vile wretch! should pitying love embraceDeep in its ocean, hell itself would blaze,
And flash and burn me thro' the boundless seas.
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Yea, Lord, my guilt to such a vastness grownSeems to confine thy choice to wrath alone,
And calls thy power to vindicate thy throne.
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Thine honour bids, ‘Avenge thy injur'd name,’Thy slighted loves a dreadful glory claim,
While my moist tears might but incense thy flame.
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Should heaven grow black, almighty thunder roar,And vengeance blast me, I could plead no more,
But own thy justice dying, and adore.
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Yet can those bolts of death that cleave the floodTo reach a rebel, pierce this sacred shroud,
Ting'd in the vital stream of my Redeemer's blood?
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