Wesley Corpus

Page 5 Thy forfeited dominion With Christ again is given, A paradise Above the skies, An happier state in heaven. "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished." Gen. ii. 1. Who madest thus the earth and skies, A world, a six days' work of thine, Thou bidst the new creation rise, Nobler effect of grace divine! We might spring up at thy command, For glory in an instant meet; But by thy will at last we stand In gradual holiness compleat. "The Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. ii. 7. Father, see this living clod, This spark of heavenly fire! Lo, my soul, the breath of God, Doth after God aspire: Let it still to heaven ascend, 'Till I my principle re-join, Blended with my glorious end, And lost in love divine. "God took one of his ribs." Gen. ii. 21. Not from his head was woman took, As made her husband to o'er-look, Not from his feet, as one design'd The footstool of the stronger kind; But fashion'd for himself, a bride, An equal, taken from his side; Page 6