Wesley Corpus

Thou art darkness in my mind, Perverseness in my will, Love inordinate and blind, Which always cleaves to ill, Every passion's wild excess, Anger, lust, and pride thou art, Self, and sin, and sinfulness, And unbelief of heart. Not by human might, or power Canst thou be mov'd from hence, But thou shalt flow down before Divine omnipotence; My Zerubbabel is near, I have not believ'd in vain, Thou, when Jesus doth appear, Shalt sink into a plain. Christ, the head, the corner-stone Shall be brought forth in me; Glory be to Christ alone, His grace shall set me free: I shall shout my Saviour's name, Him I evermore shall praise, All the work of grace proclaim, Of sanctifying grace. Christ hath the foundation laid, And Christ shall build me up, Surely I shall soon be made Partaker of my hope: Author of my faith he is, He its finisher shall be, Perfect love shall seal me his To all eternity. Page 236 The Same Zechariah iv. 7, c.. O great mountain, who art thou That dares my God defy! Thou shalt tremble, stoop, and bow, When Jesus but draws nigh: When he to my heart comes in, Thou shalt there no longer be, From that hour, indwelling sin, Thou hast no place in me. As a grain of mustard-seed, If faith in Christ I have, From all sin I shall be freed; I know, my Lord will save Me from all iniquity, Faith shall move the mountain-load, Cast it out into the sea Of his all-cleansing blood. Who hath slighted, or contemn'd The day of feeble things? I shall be by grace redeem'd, 'Tis grace salvation brings: Ready now my Saviour stands, Him I shall102 rejoice to see With the plummet in his hands To build and finish me. I right early shall awake, And see the perfect day, Soon the Lamb of God shall take My inbred sin away; When to me my Lord shall come, Sin for ever shall depart: Jesus takes up all the room In a believing heart. 102"Shall" changed to "now" in 2nd edn. (1745) and following. Page 237