And will the great Eternal God? P. Doddridge. [Opening of a Place of Worship.] Written for the opening of a new place of worship at Oakham. In the "D. MSS." it is undated. In 1755 it was included by J. Orton in his edition of Doddridge's Hymns, &c, No. 49, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and repeated in J. D. Humphreys's edition of the same, 1839. In 1826 it was embodied in an altered form in the American Prayer Book Collection as, "And wilt Thou, O Eternal God." This arrangement, in common with the original, is in extensive use in America. A cento from the original is also given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1875, No. 994, as “Great God, Thy watchful care we bless." It is composed of stanzas iii., iv., and vi., slightly altered.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)