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  INFINITE GRIEF! AMAZING WOE!
  by Isaac Watts
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Summary: The speaker reflects on Christ's agony and death, acknowledging
their own role in it and calling for repentance and the power of grace.

Topics: "The Crucifixion", "Repentance"
Scripture References: Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 27:29, John 19:34

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Isaac Watts delves into the infinite grief and amazing woe of Jesus'
crucifixion, highlighting the collaboration of Hell, the Jews, and the
Romans in His death. He vividly describes the excruciating pain and
suffering that Jesus endured, attributing the ultimate cause to the
weight of humanity's sins and unbelief. Watts calls for deep repentance
and a breaking of the heart in response to the realization of our sins'
role in Christ's crucifixion.

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Infinite grief! amazing woe!

Behold my bleeding Lord:

Hell and the Jews conspired his death,

And used the Roman sword.

Oh the sharp pangs of smarting pain

My dear Redeemer bore,

When knotty whips, and ragged thorns

His sacred body tore!

But knotty whips and ragged thorns

In vain do I accuse,

In vain I blame the Roman bands,

And the more spiteful Jews.

'Twere you, my sins, my cruel sins,

His chief tormentors were;

Each of my crimes became a nail,

And unbelief the spear.

'Twere you that pulled the vengeance down

Upon his guiltless head:

Break, break my heart, oh burst mine eyes,

And let my sorrows bleed.

Strike, mighty Grace, my flinty soul

Till melting waters flow,

And deep repentance drown mine eyes

In undissembled woe.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/isaac-watts/infinite-grief-amazing-woe/
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