Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts
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Th' eternal Father, Prince of Peace,
The son of David, and his Lord. 4 The government of earth and seas Upon his shoulders shall be laid His wide dominions still increase, And honours to his name be paid. 5 Jesus the holy child shall sit High on his father David's throne, Shall crush his foes beneath his feet, And reign to ages yet unknown. Hymn 1:14. The triumph of faith; or, Christ's unchangeable love, Rom. 8. 33 &c. 1 Who shall the Lord's elect condemn? 'Tis God that justifies their souls, And mercy like a mighty stream O'er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? 'Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead, And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead. 3 He lives, he lives, and sits above, |
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