Wesley Corpus

Page 30 Jesus, whom I to death have sold; My guilty burthen to remove, Tell me, thou hast redeem'd of old, And save me by thy dying love. "I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will also surely bring thee up again." Gen. xlvi. 4. Jesus, I cast my soul on thee, Mighty and merciful to save: Thou wilt to death go down with me, And gently lay me in the grave: This body there shall rest in hope, This body which the worms destroy; For surely thou wilt bring me up To glorious life, and endless joy. "And Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes." Gen. xlvi. 4. A few more days preserve me here; And when from earth my spirit flies, O let a child of mine be near, A child of God, to close mine eyes! "The time drew2 nigh that Israel must die." Gen. xlvii. 29. Before its strong arrest I feel, Give me my death's approach to see, And having liv'd to serve thy will, Lord, let me then depart in thee. "The angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." Gen. xlviii. 16. The great redeeming angel thee, O Jesus, I confess: Who hast thro' life delivered me, Thou wilt my offspring bless; 2Ori., "draw"; corrected in errata.