Wesley Corpus

Page 105 The sentence I receive: But ere24 I yield my fleeting breath, O let my soul redeem'd from death By faith in Jesus live. "Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers." Deut. xxxi. 16. By mercy seal'd in lasting sleep, Mine eyes shall then no longer weep; My flesh in hope shall rest Blended with my forefathers' dust, 'Till wak'd by him in whom I trust, I mingle with the blest. "He is the Rock, his work is perfect." Deut. xxxii. 4. Jesus, Son of God, thou art Omnipotence divine, Tell it to my faithful heart That what thou art is mine; Rock of everlasting love, If on thee my hopes I build, I thy perfect work shall prove With all thy fulness fill'd. "Their spot is not the spot of his children (Heb., Their spot is not of his sons)." Deut. xxxii. 5. Their sinful spot the heathen have; But whom thou dost redeem, Jesus, omnipotent to save, It cannot cleave to them: Thou shed'st thy blood (and not in vain Did the rich current flow) To make us clean from every stain, Thy spotless church below. No wrinkle of the Adam old Shall on thy saints be seen; The sons of God are pure as gold, When grown to perfect men: 24Ori., "e'er"; but clearly used in sense of "before."