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

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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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Divine
Soul
Love
Life
Demands

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It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.
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I have been there, and still would go 'T is like a little heaven below.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
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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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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
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A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.
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And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.
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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
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Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
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Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
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Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.
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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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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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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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In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.
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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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Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.
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