Wesley Corpus

I feel thee willing, Lord, A sinful world to save; All may obey the gospel-word, May peace and pardon have: Not one of all the race But may return to thee, But at the throne of sovereign grace May fall, and weep with me. Here let me ever lie, And tell thee all my care, And, Father, Abba Father, cry, And pour a ceaseless prayer; 'Till thou my sins subdue, 'Till thou my sins destroy, My spirit after God renew, And fill with peace and joy. Messias, Prince of Peace, Into my soul bring in Thine everlasting righteousness, And make an end of sin: Into all those that seek Redemption in thy blood, The sanctifying Spirit speak, The plenitude of God. Let us in silence wait, Till faith shall make us whole, Till thou shalt all things new create In each believing soul. Who can resist thy will? Speak, and it shall be done; Thou shalt the work of faith fulfill, And perfect us in one. Page 24 Hymn VIII. Come, let us who in Christ believe, Our common Saviour praise, To him with joyful voices give The glory of his grace. His grace would every soul restore That fell in Adam's fall, His Father's justice asks no more, Since he hath died for all. He died for all, he none pass'd by In their forlorn estate, He left not in his sin to die One hopeless reprobate. We stake our interest in thy blood, On this, on this alone, That it for all mankind hath flow'd, And did for all atone. Unless to all thy bowels move, Unless thy grace is free, O bleeding Lamb, take back thy love, O Saviour, pass by me. But can I fear thy justice nigh, When love is on my side? Thou canst not, Lord, thyself deny, For wherefore hast thou died? For me, for us, for all mankind The ransom-price was given, That all might here their Eden find, And then remove to heaven. Page 25 If any fail of promis'd rest, Their death is all their own, All nations now in Christ are blest, His love excepted none. All our salvation is of God, Whose arms would all embrace: Who perish, perish self-destroy'd For not accepting grace. Surely the grace doth once appear To every soul of man,12 Jesus hath brought salvation near, He did not die in vain.