Wesley Corpus

Foretold by the converted seer The Star is out of Jacob come, The King from Israel did appear, His church's foes receiv'd their doom, And Christ our manifested God, Hath Satan with his works destroy'd. Yet come thou radiant Morning Star, Again in human darkness shine, Arise, resplendent from afar, Assert thy royalty divine, Thy sway o'er all the earth maintain, And now begin thy glorious reign. Smite down the strength of Moab's pride, The sons of Sheth their walls o'erthrow, (Whate'er the world and church divide) That every soul its Lord may know, Thee, Jesus, King of kings adore, Till time and death shall be no more. "Edom shall be a possession." Num. xxiv. 18. Thy kingdom, Lord, we long to see: Thy sceptre o'er the nations shake, (T' erect that final monarchy) Edom for thy possession take, Take, for thou didst their ransom find, The purchas'd souls of all mankind. Page 82 "Israel shall do valiantly." Num. xxiv. 18. Now let thy chosen ones appear, And valiantly the truth maintain, Dispread thy gracious kingdom here, Fly on the rebel sons of men, Seize them with faith divinely bold, And force the world into thy fold. "Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city." Num. xxiv. 19. Jesus thy coming we confess To reign in every faithful heart: Thou hast subdued our wickedness; Yet now thy farther grace impart, Take this indwelling sin away, And all its cursed relicks slay. "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish forever." Num. xxiv. 20. Too well that Amalek I know Who still maintains the war within, Thy people's first and sorest foe: But thou, O Christ, shalt end my sin, Destroy my nature's enmity, And reign, for ever reign in me. "And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber: and he also shall perish for ever." Num. xxiv. 24. The powers that did from Chittim come, O'er-ran and delug'd all the East: The' avenging arms of pagan Rome Eber's degenerate sons oppress'd, Page 83 Slaughter'd, or chas'd thro' earth abroad Those murtherers of incarnate God.