Wesley Corpus

Page 93 "And when thou risest up." Deut. vi. 7. Rising to sing my Saviour's praise, Thee may I publish all day long, And let thy precious word of grace Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue, Fill all my life with purest love, And join me to thy church above. "The Lord did not set his love upon you because ye were more in number than any people ... but because the Lord loved you." Deut. vii. 7, 8. What angel can explain The love of God to man, The secret cause assign Of charity divine? Nothing in us could move, Deserve, or claim his love: 'Tis all a mystery, And must for ever be! "The Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayst not consume them at once." Deut. vii. 22. 'Tis not a sudden stroke of grace15 Destroys at once the cursed race, When first to Christ we come; But by degrees insensible16 The Lord shall all our sins expel, And utterly consume. "The Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed." Deut. vii. 23. So be it Lord; my foes bring down, And bid me go victorious on To my last victory; Jesus, destroy whom thou hast bound, Till not a single sin is found To stir, or breathe in me. 15John Wesley underlined "not a sudden" in his personal copy, commenting in the margin "Both suddenly and gradually." 16John Wesley underlined "degrees insensible" in his personal copy.