Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-144
Words394
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Assurance Christology
A " Sit thou, in glory sit, Till I thine enemies have made To bow beneath thy feet." 2 Jesus, my Lord, mighty to save, What can my hopes withstand, While thee my Advocate I have, Enthroned at God's right hand ? 3 Nature is subject to thy word ; All power to thee is given, The uncontroll'd, almighty Lord Of hell, and earth, and heaven. 4 And shall my sins thy will oppose ? Master, thy right maintain ! O let not thy usurping foes In me thy servant reign ! 5 Come, then, and claim me for thine own ; Saviour, thy right assert ! Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne, And reign within my heart ! 6 So shall I ijless thy pleasing sway ; And, sitting at thy feet, Thy laws with all my heart obey. With all my soul submit. 7 So shall I do thy will below, As angels do above ; The virtue of thy passion show, The triumphs of thy low For Believers Fighting. 263 8 Thy love the conquest more than gains ; To all I shall proclaim, " Jesus, the King, the Conqueror reigns ; Bow down to Jesu's Name." 9 To thee shall earth and hell submit, And every foe shall fall, Till death expires beneath thy feet, And God is all in all *HYMN 276. p. m. 1 A^70RSHIP, and thanks, and blessing, * * And strength ascribe to Jesus ! Jesus alone Defends his own, When earth and hell oppress us. Jesus with joy we witness Almighty to deliver ; Our seals set to, That God is true, And reigns a King for ever. 2 Omnipotent Redeemer, Our ransom' d souls adore thee : Our Saviour thou, We find it now, And give thee all the glory. We sing thine arm unshorten'd, Brought through our sore temptation ; With heart and voice In thee rejoice, The God of our salvation. 3 Thine arm hath safely brought us A way no more expected, Than when thy sheep Pass'd through the deep, By crystal walls protected. Thy glory was our rear-ward, Thine hand our lives did cover, And we, even we, Have pass'd the sea. And march'd triumphant over ^04 For Believers Fighting. 4 The world's and Satan's malice Thou, Jesus, hast confounded ; And, hy thy grace, With songs of praise