Divine Songs by Isaac Watts
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Common Metre. Now let the Father and the Son, And Spirit be ador'd, Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love the Lord. Short Metre. Give to the Father Praise, Give Glory to the Son, And to the Spirit of his Grace Be equal Honour done. A Slight SPECIMEN of MORAL SONGS, _Such as I wish some happy and condescending Genius would undertake for the use of Children, and perform much better_. The sense and subjects might be borrow'd plentifully from the _Proverbs of Solomon_, from all the common appearances of nature, from all the occurrences in the civil life, both in city and country: (which would also afford matter for other divine songs). Here the language and measures should be easy and flowing with cheerfulness, |
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