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 2. (C. M.) The Death of a Sinner.
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HYMN 2. (C. M.) The Death of a Sinner.
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My thoughts on awful subjects roll,Damnation and the dead;
What horrors seize the guilty soul
Upon a dying bed!
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Lingering about these mortal shoresShe makes a long delay,
Till like a flood with rapid force
Death sweeps the wretch away.
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Then swift and dreadful she descendsDown to the fiery coast,
Amongst abominable fiends,
Herself a frightful ghost.
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There endless crowds of sinners lie,And darkness makes their chains;
Tortur'd with keen despair they cry,
Yet wait for fiercer pains.
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Not all their anguish and their bloodFor their old guilt atones,
Nor the compassions of a God
Shall hearken to their groans.
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Amazing grace, that kept my breath,Nor bid my soul remove,
Till I had learn'd my Saviour's death,
And well insur'd his love!
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