SONG IX. The All-seeing GOD. Isaac Watts Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T185045 K123515.000 Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. Divine songs: attempted in easy language for the use of children. By I. Watts, D.D. London Printed for J. Buckland; J. F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; and E. and C. Dilly 1777 pp. 13-14. xii,58,[2]p.; 12⁰.

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SONG IX . The All-seeing GOD . I. ALMIGHTY GOD , thy piercing Eye Strikes thro' the Shades of Night , And our most secret Actions lie All open to thy Sight . II . There's not a Sin that we commit , Nor wicked Word we say , But in thy dreadful Book 'tis writ , Against the Judgment-Day . III . And must the Crimes that I have done Be read and publish'd there ? Be all expos'd before the Sun , While Men and Angels hear ? IV . LORD , at thy Foot asham'd I lie ; Upward I dare not look ; Pardon my Sins before I die , And blot them from thy Book . V. Remember all the dying Pains That my Redeemer felt , And let his Blood wash out my Stains , And answer for my Guilt . VI . O may I now for ever fear T' indulge a sinful Thought , Since the great GOD can see and hear , And writes down ev'ry Fault .