Hymn 117 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDAD EFEG HIHI JKLK MNMN OPQP RRCC JJST| Election sovereign and free | A |
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| Rom | B |
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| Behold the potter and the clay | C |
| He forms his vessels as he please | D |
| Such is our God and such are we | A |
| The subjects of his high decrees | D |
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| Doth not the workman's power extend | E |
| O'er all the mass which part to choose | F |
| And mold it for a nobler end | E |
| And which to leave for viler use | G |
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| May not the sovereign Lord on high | H |
| Dispense his favors as he will | I |
| Choose some to life while others die | H |
| And yet be just and gracious still | I |
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| What if to make his terror known | J |
| He lets his patience long endure | K |
| Suff'ring vile rebels to go on | L |
| And seal their own destruction sure | K |
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| What if he means to show his grace | M |
| And his electing love employs | N |
| To mark out some of mortal race | M |
| And form them fit for heav'nly joys | N |
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| Shall man reply against the Lord | O |
| And call his Maker's ways unjust | P |
| The thunder of whose dreadful word | Q |
| Can crush a thousand worlds to dust | P |
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| But O my soul if truths so bright | R |
| Should dazzle and confound thy sight | R |
| Yet still his written will obey | C |
| And wait the great decisive day | C |
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| Then shall he make his justice known | J |
| And the whole world before his throne | J |
| With joy or terror shall confess | S |
| The glory of his righteousness | T |
Isaac Watts
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