Wesley Corpus

In vain they bid me blindly fly, And catch at thy unknown decree, In vain they bid me dream, that I Was chose from all eternity: Alas! I want election's seal, For I am all unholy still. Tell me no more, ye carnal saints, "The best must always strive with sin, God will not answer all your wants, God will not make you throughly clean, Sin must have some unhallow'd part, Christ cannot fill up all the heart." Can life, and death together dwell? Can Christ with Belial ee'r agree? Darkness with light, and heaven with hell? Can both at once have place in me? Can I be Christ's and sin's abode, A den of thieves, and house of God? No, Jesus, no! Thou holy one, When thou shalt come into my heart, I know that thou wilt reign alone, And sin forever shall depart, 85"Least" changed to "lest" in 3rd edn. (1756). Page 107 Thy love shall cast out all my fear Least86 sin should come, when thou art here. In patient hope for this I wait, Till all old things are past away, Till thou shalt all things new create, And I behold thy perfect day, The mark of mine election shew, And be in Christ a creature new. Part III. Omniscient, omnipresent King, The true, and merciful, and just, To thee my last distress I bring, To thee my desperate cause I trust, I give my fond complainings o're, I set my God a time no more. My time, O God, is in thine hand, Thou know'st my feebleness of soul, Able thou art to make me stand, Thou canst this moment speak me whole, Or keep me thus till my last hour, To shew forth all thy saving power. I leave it all to thee alone, Thy counsellor I cannot be, To thee thy every work is known, And secret things belong to thee, Thy manner, and thy time is best: But let me enter into rest. The hireling longeth for his hire, The watcher for the break of day, But, O my restless heart's desire, Let me not murmur at thy stay; Be stopt my mouth, and fail my tongue, But let thy Spirit groan, How long! 86"Least" changed to "Lest" in 3rd edn. (1756). Page 108