"Why should we vex and grieve his love, / Who seals our souls to heavenly life?"
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence
Date
1707
Metaphor
"Why should we vex and grieve his love, / Who seals our souls to heavenly life?"
Metaphor in Context
The Spirit like a peaceful dove
Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve his love,
Who seals our souls to heavenly life?
Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve his love,
Who seals our souls to heavenly life?
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Provenance
Searching "soul" and "seal" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 149 entries in ESTC (1707, 1709, 1712, 1714, 1716, 1720, 1723, 1725, 1728, 1731, 1734, 1740, 1742, 1744, 1748, 1751, 1753, 1755, 1758, 1761, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800).
See Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Compos'd on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. With an Essay Towards the Improvement of Christian Psalmody, by the Use of Evangelical Hymns in Worship, As Well As the Psalms of David. By I. Watts. (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence, at the Angel in the Poultrey, 1707). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from 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, 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
See Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Compos'd on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. With an Essay Towards the Improvement of Christian Psalmody, by the Use of Evangelical Hymns in Worship, As Well As the Psalms of David. By I. Watts. (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence, at the Angel in the Poultrey, 1707). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from 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, 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
Date of Entry
04/19/2005
