Wesley Corpus

As round Jerusalem The hilly bulwarks rise, So God protects and covers them From all their enemies: On every side he stands, And for his Israel cares, And safe in his almighty hands Their souls forever bears. For lo! The reign of hell And hellish men is o'er, They can persuade, they can compel The just to sin no more: To devils, men, or sin, They need no more give place, Nor ever touch the thing unclean When cleans'd by pard'ning grace. Page 91 52A manuscript version appears in MS Psalms, 316-17. But let them still abide In thee, all-gracious Lord, Till ev'ry soul is sanctify'd, And perfectly restor'd. The men of heart sincere Continue to defend, And do them good, and save them here, And love them to the end. Who to their sins draw back, And love again to stray, The narrow path of life forsake, And throng the spacious way, Back to their vomit turn, And fall from pard'ning grace; The Lord to punish them hath sworn, And drive them from his face. But peace, and pow'r, and love Shall Israel's portion be, They all his promises shall prove, And all his goodness see, Holy and pure in heart Obtain the perfect pow'r: They can no more from God depart When they can sin no more. Psalm CXXVI.52 When our redeeming Lord Pronounc'd the pard'ning word, Turn'd our soul's captivity, O what sweet surprize we found! Wonder ask'd, "And can it be!" Scarce believ'd the welcome sound. And is it not a dream? And are we sav'd thro' him? Yes, our bounding heart replied, Yes, broke out our joyful tongue, Freely we are justify'd; This the new, the gospel song! Page 92 53This psalm, new to this edition, was deleted from the very next edition in 1744. But Charles retained it in MS Psalms, 318-19. The heathen too could see Our glorious liberty: All our foes were forc'd to own, God for them hath wonders wrought: Wonders he for us hath done, From the house of bondage brought. To us our gracious God His pard'ning love hath shew'd, Now our joyful souls are free From the guilt and power of sin, Greater things we soon shall see, We shall soon be pure within.