Wesley Corpus

O might we thus our head obey, In active, passive, righteousness Meekly pursue our heavenly way, And all his patient mind express! Partakers of his shame and pain, Obedient unto death endure, And thus his spotless image gain, And thus declare "our heaven is sure!" 84John Wesley underlined "Before we" in his personal copy, writing in the margin "No." 85John Wesley underlined "uncrucified" in line 7 and "crown of perfect love" in line 8 in his personal copy. Page 354 "He became the author of eternal salvation of all them that obey him." Heb. v. 9. What doth my gracious Saviour say? "Repent, believe, endure, obey, Humbly in all my footsteps move, Be meek, be perfected in love:" And if I thus fulfil his word, Caught up to meet my heavenly Lord, I soon shall see him as he is, Author of mine eternal bliss. "Let us go on unto perfection." Heb. vi. 1. Would my Saviour have me do What he commands, in vain, Eagerly a shade pursue, Which I can ne'er attain? Nay, but I believe thee, Lord, Trust to prove thine utmost will; As I hang upon thy word, Thy word in me fulfil. "Let us go on unto perfection." Heb. vi. 1. "Go on? But how? From step to step? No: let us to perfection leap!" 'Tis thus our hasty nature cries, Leaps o'er the cross, to snatch the prize, Like Jonah's gourd, displays its bower, And blooms, and withers, in an hour. "Let us go on unto perfection." Heb. vi. 1. Which of the old apostles taught Perfection in an instant caught, Shew'd our compendious manner how, "Believe, and ye are perfect now; This moment wake, and seize the prize; Reeds, into sudden pillars rise;" Believe delusion's ranting sons, And all the work is done at once!86 86John Wesley underlined "delusion's ranting sons" in line 7 and "at once" in line 8 in his personal copy, drawing an exclamation point in the margin near line 7.