Wesley Corpus

Sure token of redemption near, Our servitude is more severe, And heavier is our chain, Thou hast not rescu'd us at all; Of harder tasks, and sorer thrall, More deeply we complain. By this assuredly we know The tyrant soon shall let us go, Compell'd by power divine; We then to liberty restor'd Shall worship our redeeming Lord, And live forever thine. "I will bring you out from under the burthens of the Egyptians." Exod. vi. 6. Witness of my extreme distress, How long shall I these burthens feel, Egyptian burthens, that depress, And sink my abject soul to hell! Page 38 If thou thy promis'd help defer, And suffer me in sin t' expire, I must a hotter furnace bear, A furnace of eternal fire. "Ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burthens of the Egyptians." Exod. vi. 7. Jesus, Lord, to thee I look, Crush'd by my oppressor's yoke; From this grievous slavery Thou alone canst set me free: Then, and only then shall I Thy redemption testify, Lighten'd of my guilty load, Know, thou art my Lord, my God! "Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods." Exod. vii. 12. Men in vain with fiends combine Thy servants to withstand: Can they match the rod divine With the magician's wand? Truth prevails, and conquers all, Like Aaron's rod-devouring rod; Sin, the world, and Satan fall Before the church of God. "Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods." Exod. vii. 12. So, when the Saviour shews his face, And in our hearts vouchsafes to shine, Our sins are swallow'd up by grace, Our creature-loves by love divine. "The waters were turned to blood." Exod. vii. 20. He turn'd their water into blood, When vengeance was his dread design: But thanks to the incarnate God, He turn'd our water into wine!