Wesley Corpus

^ Though I have done thee such despite, Nor cast the sinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting night. 2 Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart, And still shook off my guilty fears ; And vex'd, and urged thee to depart, For many long rebellious years : 3 Though I have most unfaithful been, Or all who e'er thy grace received ; Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved : 4 Yet, O ! the chief of sinners spare, In honour of my great High -Priest ; Nor in thy righteous anger swear To' exclude me from thy people's rest. 5 This only woe I deprecate ; This only plague I pray remove ; Nor leave me in my lost estate ; Nor curse me with this want of love. 6 Now, Lord, my weary soul release, Up-raise me with thy gracious hand, And guide into thy perfect peace, And bring me to the promised land. * HYMN 162. s. m. 1 C\ MY offended God, ^-J If now at last I see That I have trampled on thy blood, And done despite to Thee ; If I begin to wake Out of my deadly sleep ; -- Into thy arms of mercy take, And there for ever keep. lOO For Mourners '2 No other right have I Than what the world may claim ; All, all may to their God draw nigh, Through faith in Jesu's name : Thou all the debt hast paid ; This is my only plea ; The covenant, God in Thee hath made With all mankind, and me. 3 Thou hast obtain'd the grace That all may turn and live; And lo ! thy offer I embrace, Thy mercy I receive. Whene'er the wicked man Turns from his sin to Thee, His late repentance is not vain, He shall accepted be. 4 Thy death hath bought the power For every sinful soul, That all may know the gracious hour, And be by faith made whole : Thou hast for sinners died, That all might come to God ; The covenant Thou hast ratified, And seal'd it with thy blood. 5 He that believes in Thee, And doth till death endure, He shall be saved eternally ; The covenant is sure ; The mountains shall give place, Thy covenant cannot move, The covenant of thy general grace,