2006·02·26
Lord’s Day 9, 2006

I reioyced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord. Psalme 122:1, (Geneva Bible)

HYMN 4 PART 2, L. M.
The inward witness to Christianity. 1 John v.10.
by Isaac Watts
(1674-1748)

uestions and doubts be heard no more,
Let Christ and joy be all our theme;
His Spirit seals his gospel sure,
To every soul that trusts in him.

Jesus, thy witness speaks within;
The mercy which thy words reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.

’Tis God’s inimitable hand
That molds and forms the heart anew;
Blasphemers can no more withstand,
But bow, and own thy doctrine true.

The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood
Finds peace and pardon at the cross;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laws.

Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with glory shine;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty and divine.

The Psalms & Hymns of Isaac Watts. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book I: Collected from the Holy Scriptures (Soli Deo Gloria, 1997).

Psalme 57 (Geneva Bible)

1 Have mercie vpon me, O God, haue mercie vpon me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and in the shadowe of thy wings wil I trust, till these afflictions ouerpasse.
2 I will call vnto the most high God, euen to the God, that performeth his promise toward me.
3 He will send from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that would swallowe me. Selah. God wil send his mercy, and his trueth.
4 My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
5 Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauen, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.
6 They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
7 Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and giue prayse.
8 Awake my tongue, awake viole and harpe: I wil awake early.
9 I will prayse thee, O Lord, among the people, and I wil sing vnto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercie is great vnto the heauens, and thy trueth vnto the cloudes.
11 Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.

Grace be with you, and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lorde Jesus Christ.


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