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 150. (C. M.) The Deceitfulness of Sin.
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HYMN 150. (C. M.) The Deceitfulness of Sin.
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Sin has a thousand treacherous artsTo practise on the mind;
With flattering looks she tempts our hearts,
But leaves a sting behind.
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With names of virtue she deceivesThe aged and the young;
And while the heedless wretch believes,
She makes his fetters strong.
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She pleads for all the joys she brings,And gives a fair pretence;
But cheats the soul of heavenly things,
And chains it down to sense.
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So on a tree divinely fairGrew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poison there,
And tainted all her blood.
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