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Lord, how secure my conscience was Conviction of sin by the law, Rom. 7. 8 9 14 24

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 115, under Romans 7:8–9, 14, 24.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 115

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Romans 7:8–9, 14, 24 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.

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Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Romans 7:8–9, 14, 24. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? ROMANS 7:8–9, 14, 24 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ROMANS 7

Lord, how secure my conscience was, And felt no inward dread! I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. STANZA I

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 115. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 115 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Lord, how secure my conscience was

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