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My heart, how dreadful hard it is! Hardness of heart complained of

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 98.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 98

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn

The words as Watts printed them, 24 lines.

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 98. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 98 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My heart, how dreadful hard it is!

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