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The mighty frame of glorious grace Hymn 37 Part 1

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 37.1, under Philippians 2:8–9.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 37.1

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Philippians 2:8–9 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 8 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

The mighty frame of glorious grace

The mighty frame of glorious grace,

That brightest monument of praise

That e'er the God of love designed,

Employs and fills my lab'ring mind.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Philippians 2:8–9.

8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross. 9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, PHILIPPIANS 2:8–9 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PHILIPPIANS 2

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 37.1. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 37.1 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN The mighty frame of glorious grace

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