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Spiritual Songs.

In THREE BOOKS.

I. Collected from the SCRIPTURES.

II. Composed on DIVINE SUBJECTS.
III. Prepared for the LORD's SUPPER.

By ISAAC WATTS, D. D.

The FIRST WORCEST EDITION.

And they fung a new Song, faying, Thou art worthy
deemed us, &c.

aft flain, and haft re-
REV. V. 9.

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HYMNS

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SONGS.

Collected from the Holy Scriptures.

BOOK I.

SPIRITUAL

I.

COMMON METRE.

A new Song to the Lamb that was flain. Rev. v. 6, 8, 9, 10, 12.

EHOLD the glories of the Lamb throne: Prepare new honours for his name, And fongs before unknown..

2 Let elders worship at his feet,

The church adore around; With vials full of odours sweet, And harps of fweeter found.

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3 Thofe are the pray'rs of all the faints,
And these the hymns they raise
Jefus is kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our praife.

4 [Eternal Father, who shall look
Into thy fecret will ?
Who but the Son fhall, take that book,
And open ev'ry feal P

5 He fhall fulfil thy great decreesį.
The Son deferves it well;
Lo, in his hand the fov'reign keys
Of heavin, and death, and hell!]
Now to the Lamb, that once was flain,
Be endless bleffings paid;
Salvation, glory, joy, remain
For ever on thy head.

7 Thou haft redeem'd our fouls with blood,
Haft fet the pris'ners free,
Haft made us kings and priests to God,
And we fhall reign with thee...

8 The world's of nature and of grace.
Are put beneath thy pow'r;
Then fhorten these delaying days,
And bring the promis'd hour.

II. LONG METRE.

The Deity and Humanity of Chrift. John i. 1, 3, 14; and Col. i. 16; and Epb. iii. 9, 10.

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RE the blue heav'ns were ftretch'd
abroad,
From everlasting was the word:
With God he was; the word was God,',
And must divinely be ador'd..

2 By his own pow'r were all things made,
By him fupported all things ftand;
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command..
3 Ere fin was born, or Satan fell,
He led the host of morning stars ; ;
(Thy generation who can tell,--
Or count the number of thy years ?)*
4 But lo, he leaves thofe heav'nly forms,,
The Word defcends and dwells in clay,
That he may hold converfe with worms,
Drefs'd in fuch feeble flesh as they..
5 Mortals with joy beheld his face
Th' eternal Father's only Son;
How full of truth! how full of grace!
When thro' his eyes the Godhead fhone !

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Archangels leave their high abode,
To learn new myft'ries here and tell
The love of our defcending God,
The glories of Immanuel.