Wesley Corpus

God is thine: disdain to fear The enemy within, God shall in thy flesh appear, And make an end of sin; God the man of sin shall slay, Fill thee with triumphant joy, God shall thrust him out, and say "Destroy them all, destroy." All the struggle then is o'er, And wars and fightings cease, Israel then shall sin no more, But dwell in perfect peace: All his enemies are gone, Sin shall have in him no part, Israel now shall dwell alone With Jesus in his heart. 108John Wesley ascribes this hymn to Charles in Some Remarks on Hill's "Review" (1772). Page 249 In a land of corn, and wine His lot shall be below, Comforts there, and blessings join, And milk and honey flow; Jacob's well is in his soul, Gracious dew his heavens distill, Fill his spirit already full, And shall forever fill.109 Blest, O Israel art thou, What people is like thee? Saved from sin by Jesus now Thou art, and still shalt be; Jesus is thy seven-fold shield, Jesus is thy flaming sword, Earth, and hell, and sin shall yield To God's almighty word. God's almighty word, shall stand, Thine enemies shall fall, Fade away at his command, And sink, and perish all: Lyars shall they all be found, All who cried, "It cannot be! Sin must always keep its ground, Must always dwell in thee."110 Christ shall make thee free indeed, When he appears within, Thou on self and pride shalt tread, On all the strength of sin, Thou shalt more than conquer it, Thou shalt see it all depart, See it dead beneath thy feet, No longer in thy heart. God, the gracious God and true, Hath spoke the faithful word; He the mighty work shall do, Our trust is in the Lord: 109Charles Wesley made several small changes in this stanza in All in All (1761), 53, to switch it from third person to first person in voice. 110Last two lines changed in 2nd edn. (1745) and following to read: Sin should ever quit its ground And have no place in thee. Page 250 He the mountain shall remove, He the sinner shall restore, He shall perfect me in love, And I shall sin no more. Mark xi. 22, 23, 24. Jesu, my trust is in thy word, Thy promise I receive, It ever stands upon record, And I in God believe.