Isaac Watts Quotes

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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts

Soul, Demand, Divine

Isaac Watts, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1850). “Parish psalmody: A collection of psalms and hymns for public worship: containing Dr. Watts's versification of the psalms of David, entire, a large portion of Dr. Watts's hymns, and psalms and hymns by other authors, selected and original. To which are appended, the confession of faith and Shorter catechism of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.”, p.348

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Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.

Isaac Watts

Christian, Heart, Order

Isaac Watts, John Rippon (1840). “Dr. Watts' Psalms and hymns with Dr. Rippon's selection: containing all the additional hymns : with copious indices, including an index of the first line of each verse of Psalms and hymns”, p.70

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It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.

Isaac Watts

God Love, Should, Expected

Isaac Watts (1812). “The works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in nine volumes”, p.517

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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.

Isaac Watts

Humility, Pride, Loss

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 'Crucifixion to the World, by the Cross of Christ'.

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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.

Isaac Watts

Birthday, Everyday, Moments

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There's no repentance in the grave.

Isaac Watts

Death, Repentance, Graves

'Solemn Thoughts of God and Death' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)

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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.

Isaac Watts

Mars, May, Speak

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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

Isaac Watts

Ignorance, Stupidity, Acquaintance

Isaac Watts (1743). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.7

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Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.

Isaac Watts

Spiritual, Secret, Decay

Isaac Watts (1734). “Sermons on Various Subjects, Divine and Moral: With a Sacred Hymn Suited to Each Subject. Design'd for the Use of Christian Families as Well as for the Hours of Devout Retirement”, p.191

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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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Home, Past, Years

1719 The Psalms of David Imitated, Psalm 90 (in 1738 John Wesley Substituted 'O God' for 'Our God').

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There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.

Isaac Watts

Art, Flower, Blow

Isaac Watts, “Praise For Creation And Providence”

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Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

Isaac Watts

Believe, Men, Parent

Isaac Watts (1806). “Logic, Or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth: With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as Well as in the Sciences”, p.174

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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Isaac Watts

Forgiveness, Wise, Mean

Isaac Watts (1813). “The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic”, p.331

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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.

Isaac Watts

Sacrifice, Blood, Christ

Isaac Watts (1867). “The Penny Watts's Hymns ... Selected and Abridged from Dr. Watts's Hymns”, p.95

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Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.

Isaac Watts

Reflection, Years, Ideas

Isaac Watts (1743). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.17

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Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Isaac Watts

Easter, Love Is, Tree

Isaac Watts (1832). “An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts”, p.308

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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Isaac Watts

Trust, Tasks, Difficult

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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.

Isaac Watts

Watches, Spirit, Evidence

Isaac Watts, Joseph Emerson (1855). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.28

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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Isaac Watts

Rose, Thorns, Honey

Isaac Watts (1743). “Horæ Lyricæ: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, in Three Books, Sacred : I. To Devotion and Piety, II. To Virtue, Honour and Friendship, III. To the Memory of the Dead”, p.7

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Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.

Isaac Watts

Prayer, Mean, Blessing

Isaac Watts (2014). “A Guide to Prayer”, p.116, Ravenio Books

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Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

Isaac Watts

Lying, Wicked, Way

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

Isaac Watts

Love Is, Soul, Demand

Isaac Watts, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1850). “Parish psalmody: A collection of psalms and hymns for public worship: containing Dr. Watts's versification of the psalms of David, entire, a large portion of Dr. Watts's hymns, and psalms and hymns by other authors, selected and original. To which are appended, the confession of faith and Shorter catechism of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.”, p.348

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Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

Isaac Watts

Struggle, Winning, Sea

Isaac Watts (1831). “The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts”

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A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Every one of his opinions appears to him written, as it were, with sunbeams, and he grows angry that his neighbors do not see it in the same light. He is tempted to disdain his correspondents as men of low and dark understandings because they do not believe what he does.

Isaac Watts

Believe, Dark, Men

Isaac Watts, Joseph Emerson (1855). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.29

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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.

Isaac Watts

Sophistry, Argument, Appearance

Isaac Watts (1813). “The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes”, p.495

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Died: November 25, 1748
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