Wesley Corpus

Page 29 31"Could" changed to "couldst" in 2nd edn. (1756) and following. 32Ori., "breath"; corrected in 2nd edn. (1756) and following. If I my fiercest foes can love, If I, to save my fiercest foes, To die myself, would not deny, For whom could31 thou refuse to die? Dear dying Lord, thy Spirit breathe,32 Kindle in us the living fire, Jesu, conform us to thy death, The fulness of thy life inspire, O manifest in us thy mind Benevolent to all mankind. Now, Lord, into our souls bring in Thine everlasting righteousness, A period make of guilt and sin, And call us forth thy witnesses, That all mankind with us may prove Thy infinite, and perfect love. God's Sovereign, Everlasting Love. O all redeeming Lord, Thy kindness I record, Me thy kindness hath allur'd, Call'd, and drawn me from above, Sweetly am I thus assur'd, Of thy everlasting love. But is thy grace less free For others, than for me? Lord, I have not learnt thee so: Good to every man thou art, Free as air thy mercies flow; So I feel it in my heart. Thee every soul may find Loving to all mankind,