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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.
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If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.
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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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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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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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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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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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When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
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When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
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There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
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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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A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
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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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Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
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Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
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In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
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