Wesley Corpus

Page 119 "Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them to let them live." Joshua ix. 15. Condemn'd to die, of death afraid, Our heavenly Joshua we address, In rags of our own vileness clad, Undone, if thou refuse us peace, But if thy hand, thy word thou give, We may, we shall for ever live. "The men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, to the camp to Gilgal, saying, slack not thy hand from thy servants, come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us." Joshua x. 6. Besieg'd by all the powers of night For having made a peace with God, Unequal to our foes in fight, To Joshua in his high abode Our prayers, as messengers, we send, And trust thou wilt thine own defend. Slack not thine hand, but hasten down To save thy servants in distress, By mercy bound to help thine own, Bound by thy covenant of peace, Thou canst not fail the souls, who trust That thou art good, that thou art just. "Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon." Joshua x. 12. Jesus, thy sovereign will Doth nature's course controul; O bid my sun of life stand still, And stop my parting soul: My soul in life detain, 'Till thou hast all subdued, Aveng'd me of my foes, and slain The whole accursed brood. O that the work were done, That sin were all destroy'd! How swiftly should I then go down, How gladly set in God: