Wesley Corpus

Hear my earnest supplication, Keep me in this evil day; With me in my strong temptation O my kind protector, stay. I have no one to deliver, No one to defend I have, Ruin'd, and undone for ever, If my Lord refuse to save. But it is thy gracious pleasure To redeem me from all sin; Only let me wait thy leisure, 'Till thou bring thy kingdom in: Pray, and serve thee without ceasing, 'Till the perfect grace I prove, Blest with all the gospel-blessing, Fill'd with all the life of love. Hear in this accepted hour, Speak, and bid the sun stand still, Give me now the constant power Over my own carnal will; Stronger wax thy love and stronger, Let my bosom-sin give place, Let the elder serve the younger, Nature yield to sovereign grace. In Temptation. Hymn IV.103 Jesus, God of my salvation, Send the promis'd help I claim, Bring me thro' my sore temptation, Manifest thy saving name: Art thou not the same for ever? Do not I on thee depend? O continue to deliver, Save me, save me to the end. 103Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Cheshunt, 214-15; and MS Shent, 90b. Page 183 From thy feeble helpless creature Never, never, Lord, depart, Shew thyself than Satan greater, Greater than my evil heart: If the fiend must vex me longer, Buffet still my trembling soul, Jesu, shew thyself the stronger, Keep me, 'till thou mak'st me whole. Let me, while my faith is trying, Rest in thy atoning blood, Always bear about the dying Of my dear104 redeeming God; 'Till I all thy life inherit, Let me in thy wounds abide, Shelter there my weary spirit; Save me, who for me hast died. In Temptation. Hymn V.105 How oft shall I beseech thee, Lord, How oft in anguish pray, Be mindful of thy promise, Word,106 And take my sin away? The thorn which in my flesh I feel, O bid it hence depart, This inbred messenger of hell Command him from my heart.