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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
Amazing
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Soul
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Life
Demands

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When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.
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Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther.
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For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
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Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
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Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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Everyday is a birthday every moment of it is new to us we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
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Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
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The passions are the gales of life and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
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So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
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From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise ariseLet the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
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Do not be deceived happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
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What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.
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I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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