Hymn 1:131 [Behold How Sinners Disagree]

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Title:     Hymn 1:131 [Behold How Sinners Disagree]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

The Pharisee and the Publican, Luke 18. 10 &c.

Behold how sinners disagree,
The Publican and Pharisee!
One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns his guilt and shame.

This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.

The Lord their different language knows,
And different answers he bestows;
The humble soul with grace he crowns,
Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.

Dear Father, let me never be
Join'd with the boasting Pharisee;
I have no merits of my own,
But plead the sufferings of thy Son.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:131 [Behold How Sinners Disagree]

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