Hymns and Spiritual Songs

by Isaac Watts

1 Hosanna to the King
Of David's ancient blood;
Behold he comes to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young
Attend his way,
And at his feet
Their honours lay.

2 Glory to God on high,
Salvation to the Lamb;
Let earth, and sea, and sky
His wondrous love proclaim:
Upon his head
Shall honours rest,
And every age
Pronounce him blest.

End of the Third Book.

AN INDEX
To find any Hymn by the Title or Contents of it.

Note, The letters, i ii iii, signify the first, second, end third book: The figures direct to the Hymn. (Transcriber's Note: In this electronic version modern numerals are used; for example, "2:108" refers to "Book 2, Hymn Number 108," and so on.) If you find not what hymn you seek under one word of the title, seek it under another, or by some word that is of the same signification, though perhaps not mentioned in the title of the hymn.

Aaron
and Christ, 1:145;
Moses and Joshua, 2:124.
Abraham's
blessing on the Gentiles, 1:60, 1:113, 1:114; 2:134;
offering his son, 1:129.
Absence
and presence of God, 2:93, 2:94, 2:100;
from God for ever intolerable, 2:107.
Access to the throne by a Mediator, 2:108.
Adam,
his fall, 1:107;
corrupt nature from him, 2:128;
the first and second, 1:571, 1:124.
Adoption, 1:64, 1:143;
and election, 1:54.
Advocate, see Christ's intercession.
Affections
inconstant, 2:20;
unsanctified, 2:165.
Afflicted, Christ's compassion to them, 1:125.
Afflictions
removed, 1:87;
submitted to, 1:5, 1:129; 2:109;
support and comfort under them, 2:50, 2:65;
and death under providence, 1:83.
Almost Christian, 2:158.
Ambition, &c. 2:101.
Angels
sinning, 2:24;
standing and falling, 2:27;
praise ye the Lord, 2:27;
punished, and man saved, 2:96, 2:97;
their ministry to Christ and saints, 2:18, 2:112, 2:113.
Anger of God, see Wrath, Vengeance, Hell.
Answer to the church's prayers, 1:30.
Antichrist, his ruin, 1:29, 1:56, 1:59;
see Enemies.
Apostate, 2:158.
Apostles' commission, 1:128.
Ascension and resurrection of Christ, 2:76.
Assistance against temptations, 1:15, 1:32; 2:50, 2:65.
Assurance
of heaven, 1:27; 2:65;
of the love of Christ, 1:14; 2:73;
of faith, 1:103.
Attributes, see God.

Babylon falling, 1:56, 1:59; see Enemies. Backslidings and returns, 2:20. Baptism, 1:52; preaching, and the Lord's supper, 2:141; and circumcision, 1:121; 2:127, 2:134; burial with Christ in, 1:122. Beatitudes, 1:102. Believe and be saved, 1:100. Believer baptized, 1:52, 1:122. Birth, first and second, 1:95, 1:99; of Christ, miracles at it, 2:136. Blessed are the dead in the Lord, 1:18; society in heaven, 2:33, 2:75. Blessedness and business of heaven, 1:40, 1:41; 2:86; only in God, 2:93, 2:94, 2:100. Blessing of Abraham on the Gentiles, 1:113, 1:114; 2:134. Blood and flesh of Christ is our food, 3:17, 3:18; the seal of the New Testament, 3:3; the Spirit and the water, 3:9. Boasting excluded, 1:96. Bodies frail, see Life, Health, Flesh. Book of God's decrees, 2:99. Bread of life is Christ, 3:5. Breathing towards heaven, 2:23. Britain's God praised, 2:1; for deliverance, 2:92. Burial, 2:63; with Christ in baptism, 1:122; and death of a saint, 2:3.

Canaan and heaven, 2:66, 2:124. Carnal joys parted with, 2:10, 2:11; reason humbled, 1:11, 1:12. Ceremonial, see Law, Types, Priest. Characters of the children of God, 1:143; of Christ, 1:146, 1:150; of blessedness, 1:102. Charity and uncharitableness, 1:126; and love, 1:130, 1:133. Children in the covenant of grace, 1:113, 1:114; devoted to God, 1:121; 2:127. Christ, see Lord; and Aaron, 1:145; and Adam, 1:124; his ascension, 2:76; beatific sight of him, 2:75; beloved described, 1:75; the bread of life, 3:5; his care of the young and feeble, 1:125, 1:138; and the church, seeking, finding, &c., see Church; coming to judge, 1:61; his commission, 2:103, 2:104; communion with him, 1:66, 1:71; and saints, 1:67, 1:76; 3:2; compared to inanimate things, 1:146; his coronation and espousals, 1:72; his cross not to be ashamed of, 3:19; crucified, God's wisdom and power, 2:10; David's Son, 1:16, 1:50; his death caused by sin, 2:81; grace and glory by it, 3:23; victory and kingdom, 2:114; his divine nature, 1:2, 1:13, 1:92; 2:51; dwells in heaven, visits the earth, 1:76; enjoyment of him, 2:15, 2:16; his eternity, 1:2, 1:92; example, 2:139; excellences, 1:75; 2:47; faith and knowledge of him, 1:103; his flesh and blood our food, 3:17, 3:18; found and brought to the church, 1:71; his glory in heaven, 2:91; God reconciled in him, 2:148; grace given us in him, 1:137; 2:40; High Priest and King, 1:61; his human and Divine nature, 1:2, 1:13, 1:16; humiliation and exaltation, 1:1, 1:63, 1:141, 1:142; 2:5, 2:43, 2:81, 2:83, 2:84; 3:10, 3:16; his incarnation, 1:1, 1:3, 1:13; intercession, 2:36, 2:37, 2:118; invitation to sinners, 1:127; the King at his table, 1:66; his kingdom among men, 1:3, 1:21; knowledge and faith in him, 1:103; the Lamb of God, 1:1, 1:25, 1:62, 1:63; his love to the church, 1:14, 1:77; under desertion, 2:50; shed abroad in the heart, 1:135; to men, 1:92; lifted up, 1:112; ministered to by angels, 2:112, 2:113; miracles at the birth of Christ, 2:136; miracles in his life, death, and resurrection, 2:137; and Moses, 1:49, 1:118; names and titles, 1:147, 1:148, 1:149; nativity, 1:3, 1:13; obeyed or resisted, 1:93; his offices, 1:149, 1:150; 2:132; pardon and strength from him, 3:24; our Passover, 2:155; his person glorious and gracious, 1:75; 2:47; our Physician, 1:112; his pity to the afflicted and tempted, 1:125; his priesthood, 1:145; 2:118; his presence, see Presence; prophecies and types of him, 2:135; Prophet, Priest, and King, 1:25; 2:132; our Prophet and Teacher, 1:93; redemption, see Redeem; rejected by the Jews, 1:141; resurrection, 2:72, 2:76; is our hope, 1:26; resurrection, life, and death miraculous, 2:137; revealed to men, 1:10; to babes, 1:11, 1:12; righteousness and strength in him, 1:15, 1:84, 1:85, 1:97; righteousness valuable, 1:109; his sacrifice, 2:142; and intercession, 2:118; salvation, righteousness, and strength in him, 1:15, 1:84, 1:85, 1:97, 1:98; our sanctification, 1:97, 1:98; Satan at enmity, 1:107; saints in his hand, 1:138; our Shepherd, 1:67, 1:142; the substance of the types, 2:12; sent by the Father, 1:100; 2:103, 2:104; and godly sorrow, 2:9, 2:106; and glory, 1:1, 1:62, 1:63; 2:43, 2:81, 2:83, 2:84; 3:10; his titles and kingdom, 1:13; triumph over our enemies, 1:28, 1:29; types and prophecies of him, 2:135; victory over Satan, 1:58, 2:89; death and hell, 3:21; unseen and beloved, 1:108; Wisdom of God, 1:92; our wisdom and Righteousness, 1:97, 1:98; worshipped by the creation, 1:62; Christian, see Saints, Spiritual, etc; Religion, its excellency, 2:131; almost, 2:158; virtues, 2:161. Church, see Worship, Saints, Spiritual. its enemies slain by Christ, 1:28, 1:29; conversing with Christ, namely, seeking, finding, calling, answering, 1:66-71; under God's care, 1:39; espousals with Christ, 1:72; beauty in the eyes of Christ, 1:73; the garden of Christ, 1:74. Circumcision abolished, 2:134; and baptism, 1:121; 2:127. Clothing, spiritual, 1:7, 1:40. Comfort in the covenant with Christ, 2:40; Restored, 2:73; see Pardon; in sorrows of mind and body, 2:50, 2:65. Communion With Christ and saints, 3:2; between Christ and the church, 1:66-71; 2:15, 2:16. Compassion of a dying Christ, 3:22; to the afflicted, 1:125. Complaint of a hard heart, 2:98; of desertion and temptations; of dulness, 2:34; of in-dwelling sin, 1:115; of ingratitude, 2:74; of sloth and negligence, 2:25, 2:32. Condemnation by the law, 1:94. Condescension to our worship, 2:45; Affairs, 2:46. Confession and pardon, 1:131. Conscience good, the pleasures of it, 2:57; secure and awakened, 1:115. Constancy in the gospel, 2:4. Contention and love, 1:130. Conversion, 1:104; 2:159; the difficulty of it, 2:161; delayed, 1:88-91; the joy of heaven, 1:101. Conviction of sin by the law, 1:94, 1:115; by the cross of Christ, 2:81, 2:95. Corrupt nature from Adam, 1:57, 107; 2:128, 2:159. Covenant of grace, 1:9; children therein, 1:113, 1:114; sealed and sworn, 1:139; 3:3; hope in it, 1:139; made with Christ, our comfort, 2:40; of works, see Law and Gospel. Covetousness, &c., 1:24; 2:56, 2:101. Courage and constancy, 1:14, 1:15, 1:48; 2:4, 2:65. Creation, 1:92; 2:71, 2:147; new, 2:130; preservation, &c., of this world, 2:13. Creatures praise the Lord, 2:71; love dangerous, 2:48; God above them, 1:82; their vanity, 2:146; Cross of Christ is our glory, 3:19; repentance flowing from it, 2:106; salvation in it, 2:4; crucifixion to the world by it, 3:7. Curse and promise, 1:107, Custom in sin, 2:160.

Dangers
of our earthly pilgrimage, 2:53;
of death and hell, 2:55;
of love to the creatures, 2:48.
Darkness
Dispelled by Christ's presence, 2:54;
of providence, 2:109.
Day
of grace and time of duty, 1:88;
of judgment, 1:45, 1:61, 1:65, 1:89, 1:90.
Dead
In the Lord, their blessedness, 1:18;
to sin by the cross of Christ, 1:106.
Death, see Christ;
And Afflictions under providence, 1:83;
terrible to the unconverted, 1:91;
made easy by the sight of Christ, 2:31; 3:14;
by a sight of heaven, 2:66;
God's presence in it, 2:49, 2:117;
our fear of it, 2:31;
desirable, 1:19; 2:61;
overcome, 1:17;
triumphed over, 1:6; 2:110;
prepared for, 1:27; 2:63;
of a sinner, 1:24; 2:2;
and burial of a saint, 1:18; 2:3;
and eternity, 2:28;
and glory, 1:110; 2:61;
and the resurrection, 2:3, 2:102, 2:110;
of Moses at God's command, 2:49;
dreadful and delightful, 2:52.
Deceitfulness of sin, 2:150.
Decrees of God, 1:11, 1:12, 1:96, 1:117; 2:99.
Deity of Christ, 1:2, 1:13, 1:92; 2:51.
Delay of conversion, 1:88-91; 2:25, 2:32.
Delight
in worship, 2:14;
in God, 2:42;
in converse with Christ, 2:15, 2:16.
Deliverance from death and the grave, 2:3;
see Enemies, Church;
and submission, 1:129;
from spiritual enemies, 1:47; 2:65, 2:82, 2:111.
Dependence, see Faith.
Desertion and temptations complained of, 2:163.
Desire of Christ's presence, 2:100;
see more in Heaven, Christ, Love, &c.
Despair and presumption, 1:115; 2:156, 2:157.
Devil vanquished, 1:58; see Victory.
Devotion, fervent, desired, 2:34.
Difficulty of conversion, 2:161.
Disease, see Sickness.
Dissolution of this world, 2:13, 2:164.
Distemper, folly, and madness of sin, 2:153.
Distinguishing love, 1:11, 1:12, 1:96, 1:117; 2:96, 2:97.
Divine, see God, Deity, &c.
Dominion
Of God, and our deliverance, 2:111;
eternal, 2:67;
over the sea, 2:70.
Doubts and fears suppressed, 2:73.
Doxologies, 3:26-45.
Dulness, spiritual, 2:25.

Earth,
no rest on it, 2:146;
and heaven, 2:10, 2:11, 2:53.
Effusion of the Spirit, 2:144.
Election
excludes boasting, 1:96;
free, 1:11, 1:12, 1:54, 1:117;
see Decrees.
End of the world, 2:164.
Enemies of the church
disappointed, 2:90, 2:92;
salvation from them, 2:82, 2:88;
triumphed over by Christ, 1:28, 1:29;
see Church, Babylon, Michael.
Enjoyment of Christ, 2:15, 2:16;
see Worship.
Enmity between Christ and Satan, 1:107.
Envy and love, 1:130.
Espousals of the church to Christ, 1:72.
Establishment in grace, 2:82.
Eternity
of God, 2:17;
of his dominion, 2:67;
and death, 2:28;
succeeding this life, 2:55;
see Heaven, Death.
Evening and morning hymns, 1:79, 1:80, 1:81; 2:6, 2:7, 2:8.
Exaltation, see Christ, Glory, Sufferings, &c.
Example
of Christ, 2:139;
of saints, 2:140.
Excellency of the Christian religion, 2:131.