Wesley Corpus

O may I still from sin depart; A wise and understanding heart, Jesus, to me be given, And let me thro' thy Spirit know To glorify my God below, And find my way to heaven. Page 242 "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, c." Job xxix. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. O that I were as in the days When first inlighten'd from above I felt the tokens of his grace, And triumph'd in my Saviour's love! Kept by omnipotence divine, His heavenly comforts I receiv'd, I saw his glorious presence shine, I saw his smiling face, and liv'd. Led by his light, I dar'd pursue My way thro' hidden snares unknown; The secret of the Lord I knew, And dwelt secure with God alone; I rang'd throughout the happy land, Where streams of milk and honey flow'd: Rivers of oil at his command Pour'd from the Rock; and all was God! "I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners." Job xxix. 25. Thou man of affliction and love, All power and dominion is thine: Thy throne is establish'd above, Thy throne upon earth is divine: Thy word with authority give, Prescribe to thy people their way: Thy law we attend to receive, And chearfully bow to thy sway. Thy sway among men to maintain, Compassion and righteousness meet; Thy reign is a peaceable reign, Thy seat is a merciful seat! Great King in an army of saints, The friend of affliction thou art, The life of a sinner that faints, The joy of my comforted heart. Page 243 "Howbeit, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave." Job xxx. 24. Chastis'd and afflicted below, A sinner I cannot complain, But pass thro' the valley of woe, And stoop to my burthen of pain: And here if my judgment I have, His anger he will not extend, But lay me to rest in my grave With mercy that never shall end. "It is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase." Job xxxi. 12.