Wesley Corpus

Yet will I all my word fulfil, I will as in a moment's space The doom of sin, and Satan seal, And all their last remains erase. My love shall all your foes controul, Destroy their being with their power, The poor, backsliding fearful soul Shall fear, and fall, and sin no more. The anger shall not always last, Ye soon shall gain the perfect peace, The judgment then is all o'erpast, And wrath, and sin for ever cease. The sin mine anger shall destroy; The sinner, whom my mercies spare, Shall sing the song of endless joy, And fruit unto perfection bear. Sinners, for full redemption hope, Believe, ye prisoners of the Lord, A scourge he shall for sin stir up, And slay him with his two-edg'd sword. Page 243 The Lord of hosts his rod shall raise, His rod that smote th' Egyptian sea, Revive the work of antient days, And set his captive people free. The inbred sin in that great day The load shall from thy soul depart, The yoke shall all be borne away, The sinner shall be pure in heart. Sin shall no more in thee have place, Freed by the unction from above, The unction of thy Saviour's grace, The unction of his perfect love. The Eleventh Chapter of Isaiah.7 Glory to God, and peace on earth! A branch shall spring from Jesse's line, Of human, yet of heavenly birth, And fill'd with all the Spirit divine. The Spirit of wisdom from above Shall dwell within his peaceful breast, On him the Spirit of power, and love, And counsel, shall for ever rest. 7Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Cheshunt, 18-21; MS Clarke, 20-23; and MS Shent, 9a-12a. Page 244 The Spirit of godly, filial fear, On him for all mankind shall stay, And make his senses quick and clear, And guide him in the perfect way: Shall make him apt to teach and reign, His heavenly mission to fulfil, Judgment and justice to maintain, And execute his Father's will. Not by the hearing of the ear He judges, or by reason's light; The guilty he can never clear, For all his ways are just and right. Yet will he plead the sinner's cause, The poor and self-condemn'd release, Freed by the sufferings of his cross, And sav'd by his own righteousness.