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Poem by Isaac Watts


Hymn 104


A state of nature and of grace.

1 Cor. 6:10,11.

Not the malicious or profane,
The wanton or the proud,
Nor thieves, nor sland'rers, shall obtain
Tue kingdom of our God.

Surprising grace! and such were we
By nature and by sin,
Heirs of immortal misery,
Unholy and unclean.

But we are washed in Jesus' blood,
We're pardoned through his name;
And the good Spirit of our God
Has sanctified our frame.

O for a persevering power
To keep thy just commands
We would defile our hearts no more,
No more pollute our hands. 



Isaac Watts


Isaac Watts's other poems:
  1. Hymn 106
  2. Hymn 42
  3. Hymn 111
  4. Examples of Early Piety
  5. Hymn 100


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