Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

IX. The Promises of the Covenant of Grace, Isa. 55. 1, 2. Zech. 13. 1. Mica. 7. 19. Ezek. 36. 25, &c. [from Hymns and Spiritual songs]

London

Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence

1707

"There [in a softer mind] shall his sacred spirit dwell, / And deep engrave his law, / And every motion of our souls / To swift obedience draw."

Our heart, that flinty stubborn thing,
  That terrors cannot move,
That fears no threatenings of his wrath,
  Shall be dissolv'd by love.

Or he can take the flint away
  That would not be refin'd,
And from the treasures of his grace
  Bestow a softer mind.

There shall his sacred spirit dwell,
  And deep engrave his law,
And every motion of our souls
  To swift obedience draw.

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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>

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