Wesley Corpus

The Lord out of his holy place His mercy and his truth shall send: Jesus is full of truth and grace, Jesus shall still my soul defend; While in the toils of hell I lye, And from the den of lions cry. Among the sons of men I dwell, Fierce as the wildest beasts of prey, Inflam'd with rage like fiends in hell, My soul they seek to tear and slay: As spears their teeth, as darts their words, Their double tongues are two-edg'd swords. Page 81 37A manuscript version appears in MS Psalms, 278-82. Be thou exalted, Lord, above The highest names in earth and heaven, Let angels sing thy glorious love, And bless the name, to sinners giv'n, All earth and heaven their King proclaim; Bow every knee to Jesus' name. To thee let all my foes submit, Who hunt, and bow my spirit down; Themselves shall fall into their pit, Who seek my death ensure their own; Satan and sin their doom shall have, And sink into th' infernal grave. My heart is fixt, O God, my heart Is fixt to triumph in thy grace (Awake my lute, and bear thy part,) My glory is to sing thy praise, Till of thy nature I partake, And bright in all thine image wake. Thee will I praise among thine own; Thee will I to the world extol, And make thy truth and goodness known; Thy goodness, Lord, is over all, Thy truth and grace the heavens transcend, Thy faithful mercies never end. Be thou exalted, Lord, above The highest names in earth or heaven, Let angels sing thy glorious love, And bless the name to sinners given, All earth and heaven their King proclaim; Bow every knee to Jesus' name! Psalm CXVIII.37 All glory to our gracious Lord; His love be by his church ador'd. His love eternally the same: Page 82 38"Nor men" changed to "Nor man" in 7th edn. (1765) and following. 39Ori., "take"; corrected in errata. 40Ori., "keep"; corrected in errata. His love let Aaron's sons confess, His free, and everlasting grace Let all that fear the Lord proclaim. In trouble on the Lord I cried, And felt the pard'ning word applied; He answer'd me in peace and power, He pluck'd my soul out of the net, In a large place of safety set, And bad me go, and sin no more.