Wesley Corpus

While Satan fills th' unerring chair, They still afflict the chosen seed, The inward Jews they vex and tear, The faithful Israelites indeed; That papal beast the saints o'er-powers, And with his iron teeth devours. But Jesus, our triumphant Lord, Soon as the witnesses are kill'd, Arm'd with his Spirit's flaming sword, In glorious majesty reveal'd, Shall slay the antichrist of Rome, And seal his everlasting doom. "Vex the Midianites, and smite them." Num. xxv. 17. Thy word, O God, as right and just We faithfully receive, Who would'st, that no inticing lust Should unmolested live: A Midianite we will not spare, (If thou thy grace supply) But all that did our souls insnare, On Jesu's cross shall die. "Be sure your sin will find you out." Num. xxxii. 23. My sin will find me out, unless I first find out my sin, and mourn, Forsake it, ere14 the judgment seize, And to the mighty fortress turn: My city of defence is sure, To which I now by faith repair, I dwell in Jesu's wounds secure, And sin shall never find me there. 14Ori., "e'er"; but clearly used in sense of "before." Page 84 "If ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell." Num. xxxiii. 55. Ah! Foolish souls, th' accursed race Who will not utterly expel, But suffer sin to keep its place, But let it in your border dwell! Th' indwelling sin for which ye plead Shall pierce you thro' with cruel pains, Shall make your heart and conscience bleed, And plague you with its dire remains.