Isaac Watts: Making

Isaac Watts was English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. Explore interesting quotes on making.

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“The wise will make their anger cool
At least before 'tis night”

Song 17: "Love between Brothers and Sisters".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love”

Isaac Watts

Stanza 4.
1710s, Psalm 98 "Joy to the World!" (1719)
Context: He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

“Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your own profession. Do not indulge yourselves to judge of things by the first glimpse, or a short and superficial view of them; for this will fill the mind with errors and prejudices, and give it a wrong turn and ill habit of thinking, and make much work for retraction.”

Isaac Watts

(1727), Ch. I, General Rules for the Improvement of Knowlege, Rule VII -
1720s, The Improvement of the Mind (1727)

“And he that does one fault at first
And lies to hide it, makes it two.”

Isaac Watts

Song 15. Compare: "Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby", George Herbert, The Church Porch.
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.”

Isaac Watts

Stanza 3.
1710s, Psalm 98 "Joy to the World!" (1719)