Wesley Corpus

Page 33 Held by him, I hold him fast, In humble confidence to prove More than conqueror at last Thro' my Redeemer's love. "Jacob gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people." Gen. xlix. 33. Shrinking from the cold hand of death, I too shall gather up my feet, Shall soon resign this fleeting breath, And die, my father's God to meet; Numbred among thy people, I Expect with joy thy face to see, Because thou didst for sinners die, Thou wilt in death remember me. Page 34 Hymn 103. "Let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and join unto our enemies, and fight against us, c." Exod. i. 10. Still to make our numbers less, The world their wisdom try, But the more the world oppress, The more we multiply: Tho' to sin and Satan sold, We soon to Christ their foe shall fall, Fight against our masters old, And more than conquer all. "The Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour." Exod. i. 13. The world and their infernal god Have rul'd us with an iron rod, And long our slavish souls have been Gaul'd by the rigorous yoke of sin: Yet drudging on with abject fear We serv'd our haughty lords severe, And hardly daring to complain, We kiss'd the rod, and hugg'd the chain. Page 35 "Behold, the bush burnt with fire, and the bush was not consumed." Exod. iii. 2. See here the miracle renew'd, A bush that doth the fire abide, A burning bush, bedew'd with blood, A church, preserv'd in Jesu's side! "Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God." Exod. iii. 6. Thus may I humbly hide my face, When God vouchsafes t' appear, And never count it genuine grace Which is not mixt with fear. "I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows: and I am come down to deliver them." Exod. iii. 7, 8. Jesus, thou hear'st thine Israel groan, Our sorrows all to thee are known, (Who struggle from our sins to part, From man's and Satan's tyranny) And while thou dost our sufferings see, Thy pitying eye affects thy heart: