With joy we meditate the grace
With joy we meditate the grace. Isaac Watts* (1674-1748).
This paraphrase of Hebrews 4: 15, 16, with Hebrews 5: 7, and Matthew 12: 20, appeared in the Second Edition of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1709), Book I, ‘Collected from the Holy Scriptures’. The text is a very free paraphrase of all the verses: indeed it might almost be thought of as an original hymn, inspired by the biblical texts. It was entitled ‘Christ’s Compassion to the Weak and Tempted’:
With Joy we meditate the Grace Of our High-Priest above;His Heart is made of Tenderness, His Bowels melt with Love.
Touch’d with a Sympathy within He knows our feeble Frame;He knows what sore Temptations mean, For he has felt the same.
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