Wesley Corpus

'Twas grace, when we in sin were dead, Us from the death of sin did raise, Grace only hath the difference made, Whate'er we are, we are by grace. When on thy love we turn'd our back, Thou wouldst not shut thy mercy's door, The forfeiture thou wouldst not take, Thy grace did still our souls restore. When twice ten thousand times we fell, Thou gav'st us still a longer space, Page 52 Didst freely our backslidings heal, And shew'dst thy more abundant grace. 'Twas grace from hell that brought us up, Lo! To thy sovereign grace we bow, Thro' sovereign grace we still have hope, Thy sovereign grace supports us now. Grace only doth from sin restrain, From which our nature cannot cease, By grace we still thy grace retain, And wait to feel thy perfect peace. Kept by the mercy of our God, Thro' faith to full salvation's hour, Jesu, we spread thy name abroad, And glorify thy gracious power. The constant miracle we own By which we ev'ry moment live, To grace, to thy free-grace alone The whole of our salvation give. Strongly upheld by thy right-hand Thy all-redeeming love we praise, The monuments of thy grace we stand, Thy free, thine universal grace. By grace we draw our ev'ry breath, By grace we live, and move, and are, By grace we 'scape the second death, By grace we now thy grace declare. From the first feeble thought of good To when the perfect grace is given, 'Tis all of grace; by grace renew'd From hell we pass thro' earth to heaven. We need no reprobates to prove That grace, free-grace is truly free, Page 53 Who cannot see that God is love, Open your eyes, and look on me, On us, whom Jesus hath call'd forth, T' assert that all his grace may have, To vindicate his passion's worth Enough ten thousand worlds to save. He made it possible for all His gift of righteousness t' embrace, We all may answer to his call, May all be freely sav'd by grace. He promis'd all mankind to draw; We feel him draw us from above; And preach with him the gracious law, And publish the DECREE OF LOVE. Behold the all-atoning Lamb, Come, sinners, at the gospel-call, Look, and be sav'd thro' Jesu's name, We witness he hath died for all.