Wesley Corpus

Page 15 20"Shalt" changed to "shall" in 2nd edn. (1756) and following. When some horrid, horrid crime Shall shut me up in hell. Yet, O Lord, I still believe Thou canst my soul restore: Thou art ready to forgive, And bid me sin no more: Still salvation might be found, If I would on my Saviour call: Grace doth more than sin abound, Thy grace is free for all. Thou art willing to forgive; But, O my cursed heart Cannot, will not, yet believe, Nor with its idols part. No, I would not, tho' I might, Accept of perfect liberty: Darkness rather than the light I love, and sin than thee. Yet I may be sav'd I know, I feel thy Spirit strive: Whether I repent, or no, I may repent and live. I have choice of death, or life, They both on instant now depend: Who shalt20 tell me, if the strife In heaven or hell shall end? 10 Whether I shall ever yield, Only to God is known: If I fall, 'tis uncompell'd, The deed is all my own: All the blame be on my head, The Saviour from my blood is pure; I, and only I, have made My own damnation sure.