Wesley Corpus

We have not believ'd in vain, We shall surely here obtain Full redemption in his blood, We, ev'n we shall be like God. We his life on earth shall live, We his image shall retrieve, Pure as the first sinless man, Modell'd by the perfect plan. We shall gain our calling's prize, After God we all shall rise, Fill'd with love, and joy, and peace, Perfected in holiness. Let us then rejoice in hope, Steadily to Christ look up, Trust to be redeem'd from sin, Wait 'till he appears within. Fools, and madmen let us be, Yet is our sure trust in thee, Faithful is the promise-word, We shall all be as our Lord. Hasten, Lord, the perfect day, Let thy every servant say, I have now receiv'd the power, Born of God I sin no more! 41John Wesley crossed out this stanza in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). Page 192 Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXXIV. Come let us rejoice in confident hope Of hearing the voice that raises us up, All inwardly glorious, and holy, and clean, And more than victorious o'er hell, earth, and sin. The power of our Lord doth all things subdue, We shall by his word be fashion'd anew; Our souls and our bodies shall bow to his reign, The weakness of God is far stronger than men. Men, devils agree to tell us in vain Poor sinners like thee must always complain, "My leanness, my leanness, my inbeing load, The weakness of men is far stronger than God." But Jesus shall shew his fulness of power, And perfect below, and throughly restore Our souls to his nature (if still we pursue) And seal the new creature eternally new. The blood of the Lamb shall wash our hearts clean, His nature and name is freedom from sin; This is the foundation immoveably sure, His mighty salvation shall always endure. Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXXV.42 Let all in thy great praise agree, O Saviour of mankind, 42A manuscript precursor of this hymn appears in MS Thirty, 177. Page 193 Our Saviour to the utmost thee We soon expect to find. Saviour from sin we thee receive, From all indwelling sin; Thy blood, we stedfastly believe, Shall make us pure within.