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Repentance and Free Pardon; or, Justification and Sanctification

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #61b (1787) Topics: Obedience sincere; Obedience sincere First Line: Blest is the man, forever blest Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man, forever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 2 Before his judgment seat the Lord No more permits his crimes to rise; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works but grace relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins! While a bright evidence of grace Through all his life appears and shines. Scripture: Psalm 32 Languages: English

A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #62a (1786) Topics: Obedience sincere; Obedience sincere First Line: While I keep silence and conceal Lyrics: 1 While I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel! What agonies of inward smart! 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thine holy spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat: When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark and storms appear? And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare. Scripture: Psalm 32 Languages: English

Works of Creation and Providence

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #62b (1786) Topics: Obedience sincere; Obedience sincere First Line: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you: Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His word, with energy divine, Those heavenly arches spread, Bid starry hosts around them shine, And light the heavens pervade. 4 He taught the swelling waves to flow To their appointed deep; Bade raging seas their limits know, And still their station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command. 6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs? His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines. Scripture: Psalm 33 Languages: English

A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #62a (1787) Topics: Obedience sincere; Obedience sincere First Line: While I keep silence and conceal Lyrics: 1 While I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel! What agonies of inward smart! 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thine holy spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat: When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark and storms appear? And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare. Scripture: Psalm 32 Languages: English

Works of Creation and Providence

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #62b (1787) Topics: Obedience sincere; Obedience sincere First Line: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you: Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His word, with energy divine, Those heavenly arches spread, Bid starry hosts around them shine, And light the heavens pervade. 4 He taught the swelling waves to flow To their appointed deep; Bade raging seas their limits know, And still their station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command. 6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines. Scripture: Psalm 33 Languages: English

The last Judgment; or, the Saints rewarded

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #87a (1786) Topics: Obedience better than sacrifice; Obedience better than sacrifice First Line: The Lord, the Judge, before his throne Lyrics: 1 The Lord, the Judge before his throne, Bids the whole earth draw nigh, The nations near the rising sun, And near the Western sky. 2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, Judgment will ne'er begin; No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. 3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come, Bright flames prepare his way, Thunder and darkness, fire and storm, Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heaven from above his call shall hear, Attending angels come, And earth and hell shall know, and fear His justice and their doom. 5 "But gather all my saints (he cries) "That made their peace with God, "By the Redeemer's sacrifice, "And seal'd it with his blood. 6 "Their faith and works, brought forth to light, "Shall make the world confess "My sentence of reward is right, "And heaven adore my grace." Scripture: Psalm 50:1-6 Languages: English

The last Judgment; or, the Saints Rewarded

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #87a (1790) Topics: Obedience better than sacrifice; Obedience better than sacrifice First Line: The Lord, the Judge, before his throne Lyrics: 1 The Lord, the Judge before his throne, Bids the whole earth draw nigh, The nations near the rising sun, And near the Western sky. 2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, "Judgment will ne'er begin;" No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. 3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come, Bright flames prepare his way, Thunder and darkness, fire and storm, Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heaven from above his call shall hear, Attending Angels come, And earth and hell shall know, and fear His justice and their doom. 5 "But gather all my saints (he cries) "That made their peace with God, "By the Redeemer's sacrifice, "And seal'd it with his blood. 6 "Their faith and works, brought forth to light, "Shall make the world confess "My sentence of reward is right, "And heaven adore my grace." Scripture: Psalm 50:1-6 Languages: English

The Judgment of Hypocrites

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #88a (1786) Topics: Obedience better than sacrifice; Obedience better than sacrifice First Line: When Christ to judgment shall descend Lyrics: 1 When Christ to judgment shall descend, And saints surround their Lord, He calls the nations to attend, And hear his awful word. 2 “Not for the want of bullocks slain "Will I the world reprove; "Altars and rites, and forms are vain "Without the fire of love. 3 "And what have hypocrites to do "To bring their sacrifice? "They call my statutes just and true, "But deal in theft and lies. 4 "Could you expect to ’scape my sight, "And sin without controul? "But I shall bring your crimes to light, "With anguish in your soul." 5 Consider, ye, that slight the Lord, Before his wrath appear; If once you fall beneath his sword, There’s no deliverer there. Scripture: Psalm 50:21-22 Languages: English

Hypocrisy exposed

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #88b (1786) Topics: Obedience better than sacrifice; Obedience better than sacrifice First Line: The Lord, the Judge his churches warns Lyrics: 1 The Lord, the Judge his churches warns, Let hypocrites attend and fear, Who place their hope in rites and forms, But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falsehood and deceit; A friend or brother they defame, And sooth and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong, Yet dare to seek their Maker's face; They take his covenant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 To heaven they lift their hands unclean, Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood; By night they practise every sin, By day their mouths draw near to God. 5 And while his judgments long delay, They grow secure and sin the more; They think he sleeps as well as they, And put far off the dreadful hour. 7 Oh dreadful hour! when Gof draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes! His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, And no deliverer dare to rise. Scripture: Psalm 50 Languages: English

The Judgment of Hypocrites

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #88a (1790) Topics: Obedience better than sacrifice; Obedience better than sacrifice First Line: When Christ to judgment shall descend Lyrics: 1 When Christ to judgment shall descend, And saints surround their Lord, He calls the nations to attend, And hear his awful word. 2 “Not for the want of bullocks slain "Will I the world reprove; "Altars and rites, and forms are vain "Without the fire of love. 3 "And what have hypocrites to do "To bring their sacrifice? "They call my statutes just and true, "But deal in theft and lies. 4 "Could you expect to ’scape my sight, "And sin without controul? "But I shall bring your crimes to light, "With anguish in your soul." 5 Consider, ye, that slight the Lord, Before his wrath appear; If once you fall beneath his sword, There’s no deliverer there. Scripture: Psalm 50:1 Languages: English