Wesley Corpus

Page 120 Sure with the morning rays Of that great day to rise, And bright with borrow'd glory blaze Eternal in the skies. "Put your feet upon the necks of these kings." Joshua x. 24. Pride, and nature's various lusts O'er infidels may reign, We, who serve the Lord of hosts, Their slavish yoke disdain; See the tyrants fierce o'er-thrown, Compell'd by Joshua to submit, All our sins we trample down As dirt beneath our feet. "Afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them." Joshua x. 26. Jesus, now on sin we tread, But still we look to thee: Conqueror of our foes, proceed To more than victory, Spirit and soul-dividing Word, Thine utmost energy display, Smite them with thy two-edg'd sword, And sin forever slay. "He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all." Joshua x. 40. Joshua from above, thy will Concerning us we know, Thou wilt the destruction seal Of all our sins below; None shall in our flesh remain, All shall die a perfect death By thy brightest presence slain, And by thy glorious breath. Page 121 "Joshua made war a long time with all those kings." Joshua xi. 18. Grace which sure salvation brings, Doth long the war maintain, Fights those other lords and kings, Who over us did reign: He who leads the hosts of God, Conquers, and reconquers all, 'Till by Joshua's sword destroy'd They into nothing fall. "At that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims." Joshua xi. 21. Come, victorious Captain, come In thine appointed day, Execute their righteous doom, The sons of Anak slay; Now these tallest giants kill, Who longest in the land abide, All my stubbornness of will, And all my strength of pride. "Joshua took the whole land, and gave it for an inheritance unto Israel." Joshua xi. 23. Jesus, full of truth and grace, Among the sanctified The true Israelitish race Thou dost the land divide: O might I, ev'n I obtain The bliss to all thy people given, Blest, forever blest, to gain The meanest lot in heaven. "The land rested from war." Joshua xi. 23. We wrestle not with flesh and blood, The world and Satan are subdued, And can no more molest, When Christ hath made an end of sin, And brought his hallow'd people in To that remaining rest. Page 122