Wesley Corpus

But O! I now with shame confess, If chasten'd long as life shall last, Thou dost not punish to excess My pardon'd sins and follies past: Justice doth still to God belong; The King of kings can do no wrong. "The inspiration of the Almighty giveth man understanding." Job xxxii. 8. The world may boast their knowledge vain, But what can human learning do? The Spirit, whom we from God obtain, The way to God alone can shew; Th' Almighty's own immediate breath Wisdom and truth divine imparts, Expels the wisdom from beneath, And fills with heaven our peaceful hearts. Come, Jesus, come, my heart inspire, Wisdom and power of God, appear, Kindle the pure celestial fire, Be thou my life eternal here: The way, the truth, the life divine Each moment thee I long to prove, Each moment to receive of thine, Each moment feel, that God is love. "I have found a ransom." Job xxxiii. 24. How welcome to our fallen race The joyful dead-reviving sound, When Jesus glories in his grace "I have myself a ransom found, Myself the purchaser and price, Myself the priest and sacrifice!" Page 246 So dear it cost for sin t' atone, So dear immortal souls to buy! But thou hast laid the ransom down, And God regards thy dying cry "Father, redeem'd by blood divine I challenge all the world for mine." "He shall pray unto God and he will be favourable unto him, and he shall see his face with joy." Job xxxiii. 26. 169 To the chastning God I pray, Take the cause of pain away, Favour to thy suppliant shew, Loose my bonds and let me go, Go the way my Saviour trod, Go in perfect peace to God. Comforter of all that mourn, Into joy my sorrow turn, Joy to taste thy saving grace, Joy to see thy smiling face, Joy to know my sins forgiven, Joy to gain a glimpse of heaven. "He looketh upon men, and if any say I have sinned, and it profited me not: he will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light." Job xxxiii. 27, 28.