Wesley Corpus

Page 89 Borne on the wings of faith and hope, I then shall to the mountain fly, And yield my raptur'd spirit up, And fainting on thy bosom die. "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it." Deut. iv. 2. Self thy word would fain diminish, Pride thy word would fain increase, But what thou art pleas'd to finish, Never can be more or less; All thy word without addition Renders us for glory meet, Fits us for the blissful vision, Makes the man of God compleat. "Keep and do them, for this is your wisdom." Deut. iv. 6. Obedience is our pure delight, Our wisdom, glory, gain, Unblameable in Jesu's sight We all with him obtain: For while we out of love obey, Unto salvation wise We walk in wisdom's pleasant way, Which leads us to the skies. "What nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for!" Deut. iv. 7. Greater than ancient Israel, we With open face his glory see, And God more intimately nigh Doth now our every want supply, The Spirit of his Son imparts, And prays himself in all our hearts.