Wesley Corpus

Page 7 "The eyes of them both were opened." Gen. iii. 7. Open'd are their eyes to see Evil before unknown, Forfeited felicity, And rule and glory gone: Now they see their shameful case, And conscious of their guilty load, Fly aghast before the face Of an offended God. "They knew that they were naked." Gen. iii. 7. I know myself the same, Disarm'd, without defence, Expos'd to misery and shame, And stript of innocence; Struck (for the judge draws nigh) With horror, guilt, and fear, How shall I from his presence fly, Or in his sight appear! "They sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Gen. iii. 7. Their first concern alas, is mine, Not to appease the wrath divine, But how to hide from man my shame, And save my own important fame. "They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden, in the cool of the day." Gen. iii. 8. Not on the whirlwind's wings he flies, Not in the thunder's voice he speaks, But that the fallen man may rise, The Lord his ruin'd creature seeks: Not in the burning blaze of day, (For fury hath no place in him) But placid as the evening ray, He comes, to sentence, and redeem.