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7 Come naked, and adorn your souls In robes prepared by God, Wrought by the labours of his Son, And dyed in his own blood.]
8 Dear God! the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines; Deep as our helpless miseries are, And boundless as our sins!
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9 The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day; Lord, we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. ISAAC WATTS 1674
57 L.M. Isaac Watts
The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation. Rom. 1. 16
What shall the dying sinner do, That seeks relief for all his woe? Where shall the guilty conscience find Ease for the torment of the mind?
2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven, Or form our natures fit for heaven? Can souls, all o’er defiled with sin, Make their own powers and passions clean?
3 In vain we search, in vain we try, Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh; ’Tis there that power and glory dwell, That save rebellious souls from hell. 4 This is the pillar of our hope, That bears our fainting spirits up; We read the grace, we trust the word, And find salvation in the Lord.
5 [Let men or angels dig the mines Where nature’s golden treasure shines; Brought near the doctrine of the cross, All nature’s gold appears but dross.]
6 Should vile blasphemers, with disdain, Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain, We’ll meet the scandal and the shame, And sing and triumph in his name. ISAAC WATTS 1674
58 C.M. Isaac Watts
A Joyful Gospel. Ps. 89. 15-18; 3. 8
Blest are the souls that hear and know The gospel’s joyful sound; Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround.
2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Through their Redeemer’s name; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn.
3 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives; Israel, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives.
ISAAC WATTS 1674
