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Now by the bowels of my God Love and hatred, Phil. 2. 2. Eph. 4. 30 &c

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 130, under Philippians 2:2, 30.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 130

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Philippians 2:2, 30 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 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

Now by the bowels of my God

Now by the bowels of my God,

His sharp distress, his sore complaints,

By his last groans, his dying blood,

I charge my soul to love the saints.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Philippians 2:2, 30. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. PHILIPPIANS 2:2, 30 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PHILIPPIANS 2

The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, Flies from the realms of noise and strife; Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life? STANZA III

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

NO. 130 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Now by the bowels of my God

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