Wesley Corpus

Saviour, to me in pity give The sensible distress, The pledge thou wilt at last receive, And bid me die in peace, Wilt from the dreadful day remove Before the evil come, My spirit hide with saints above, My body in the tomb. "He did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. And he spake kindly to him, c." II. Kings xxv. 27, 28, 29. King of kings, I cry to thee, Turn my long captivity, Break the Babylonish chain, Lift thou up my head again; Thou my kind Redeemer art, Speak forgiveness to my heart, Change the prisoner's sordid dress, Robe me in thy righteousness. Me an hoary, captive king, Out of Satan's dungeon bring, Raise me, Saviour, to a throne, Make me partner of thine own, Let me at thy table sit Nourish'd with immortal meat, Let me there partake of thee, Feast to all eternity. Page 191 Hymn 611. "Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and inlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me." I. Chron. iv. 10. O that thou would'st thy servant bless With all the blessings of thy love, My heart inlarge, my faith increase, Evil, and pain far off remove, Keep by the presence of thy power, That sin may never grieve me more. "They cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him." I. Chron. v. 20. Sore assail'd, o'erpower'd, opprest I in the battle cry: Saviour, grant me my request; Who on thy aid rely: Weak, and helpless as I am,56 Yet, Lord, I must victorious prove Trusting in thy saving name, Thy true almighty love. "There fell down many slain, because the war was of God." I. Chron. v. 22. Great God of hosts, against my foe At thy command and cost I go, Commission'd by thy word, engage A just and holy war to wage: 56Ori., "as am"; corrected in errata.