Wesley Corpus

7. Othou God of love, thou who art loving to every man, and whose mercy is over all thy works; thou who art the Father of the spirits of all flesh, and who art rich in mercy unto all; thou who hast mingled of one blood all the nations upon earth; have compassion upon these outcasts of men, who are trodden down as dung upon the earth ! Arise, and help these that have no helper, whose blood is spilt upon the ground like water | Are not these also the work of thine own hands, the purchase of thy Son’s blood? Stir them up to cry unto thee in the land of their captivity; and let their complaint come up before thee; let it enter into thy ears! Make even those that lead them away captive to pity them, and turn their captivity as the rivers in the south. O burst thou all their chains in sunder; more especially the chains of their sins! Thou Saviour of all, make them free, that they may be free indeed! The servile progeny of Ham Seize as the purchase of thy blood | Let all the Heathens know thy name: From idols to the living God The dark Americans convert, And shine in every pagan heart 1 To Ne, pueri, ne tanta animis assuescite bella, Nett patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,"-VIRGIL. - I was of a different judgment on this head, till I read a tract entitled, “Taxation no Tyranny.” But as soon as I received more light myself, I judged it my duty to impart it to others. I therefore extracted the chief arguments from that treatise, and added an application to those whom it most concerns. I was well aware of the treatment this would bring upon myself; but let it be, so I may in any degree serve my King and country. A late tract, wrote in answer to this, is wrote in just such a spirit as I expected. It is strewed over with such flowers as these: “Contemptible sophistry ! Fallacious to the last degree Childish quirks! Pitiful sophisms 1” with strong assertions, repeated over and over, and with florid quotations. But all the arguments which are produced therein, may be contained in a nut-shell.