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Jesus invites his saints Hymn 2

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 2, under 1 Corinthians 10:16–17.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 2

METRE

Short Metre 6.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

1 Corinthians 10:16–17 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 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

[Jesus invites his saints

To meet around his board;

Here pardoned rebels sit and hold

Communion with their Lord.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under 1 Corinthians 10:16–17. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16–17 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 1 CORINTHIANS 10

[Jesus invites his saints To meet around his board; Here pardoned rebels sit and hold Communion with their Lord. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “Prepared for the Lord's Supper”, holds these hymns in this order: 48 hymns. This is number 2. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 2 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Jesus invites his saints

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