Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#31b

31b. Christ's Allsufficiency

1 How fast their guilt and sorrows rise,
Who haste to seek some idol god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their offerings of forbidden blood.

2 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has offer'd up
Jesus, his best beloved Son.

3 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name forever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

4 I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

Text Information

• First Line: How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
• Title: Christ's Allsufficiency
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1787
• Scripture:
  Psalm 16
• Topic: Christ: his all-sufficiency; Christ: his death and resurrection; Comfort and Support in God; Company of saints; Confession: of our poverty; Counsel and Support form God; Courage: in death; Death: and resurrection of Christ; Death: courage in it; Evidence: of Grace; God: all-sufficient; Good Works: profit Man, not God; Grace: without merit; Hope: of resurrection; Merit disclaimed; Poverty confessed; Resurrection: and death of Christ; Resurrection: of the saints; Saints: the best company
• Notes: Second Part

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