Wesley Corpus

Page 55 On the blissful vision feast To all eternity. "Moses wist not that his face shone." Exod. xxxiv. 29. Thine image if thou stamp on me, Let others, Lord, the brightness see By me unseen, unknown:7 Nor let them on a creature gaze, But all the glory of thy grace Ascribe to God alone. "He put a veil on his face." Exod. xxxiv. 33. Before he put the covering on, They could not on his visage gaze: But brighter thro' the veil it shone, The glory of his hidden face.8 "He put a veil on his face." Exod. xxxiv. 33. The blessings God on man bestows, The things he doth 'tis good to tell: 'Tis good, at times which Jesus shews, Our glittering graces to conceal. "When Moses went in before the Lord, he took the veil off." Exod. xxxiv. 34. Will a meek, modest man of God Rejoice to make the fairest shew, Expose his graces to the croud, And charm the dazled world below?9 Or rather take with jealous fear The veil of true10 humility, And glorious as he is appear To none but that all-seeing eye? 7John Wesley underlined this entire line in his personal copy, commenting "Nonsense" in the margin. 8John Wesley underlined "brighter" and "hidden" in these two lines in his personal copy, commenting "Contradiction" in the margin. 9In the margin of his personal copy, next to the first four lines, John Wesley commented "Yes. Let yr your light shine before men." 10John Wesley underlined "true" in his personal copy, substituting "False" in the margin.