Wesley Corpus

Page 73 Then let us go with boldness up 'Gainst sin, the world, and Satan's powers, And never faint, and never stop, For God, and Christ, and all is ours. "All the congregation bad stone them with stones." Num. xiv. 10. "Stone the blasphemers vile," they cry, "Who urge us the good land to win, And tell us, we may scale the sky, And talk of living without sin!" They say, sin never need prevail, All sin ye may with ease subdue: They contradict their fellows' tale, And dare avouch, that God is true. "How long will this people provoke me, and how long will it be e'er they believe me for all the signs which I have shewed among them." Num. xiv. 11. Ah! Lord, with thee we ask, how long Shall men thy patient Spirit grieve, Thy power mistrust, thy goodness wrong, Thy faithful promise disbelieve? Not all the wonders thou hast wrought, Can yet embolden them to seize Th' inheritance thy blood hath bought, The land of rest and righteousness. "I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great." Num. xiv. 17. On us, Almighty Lord, bestow The blessing which we humbly crave, The greatness of thy mercy shew, And magnify thy power to save; Take all thy people's sin away, Its being with its guilt remove, And thus in our behalf display Thy whole omnipotence of love.