Wesley Corpus

Page 12327 A trembling, persecuted slayer, Father, I now my cause declare; Admit the fugitive, From vengeance skreen'd by Christ alone, And in thy well-beloved Son Let me forever live. "They appointed Kedesh (i.e., holy)." Joshua xx. 7. Holy and just, I fly to thee, Thy name shall my protection be, When guilty terrors press; I leave th' avenger far behind, Soon as by humble faith I find The Lord my righteousness! "They appointed Shechem (i.e., a shoulder)." Joshua xx. 7. Sole governor of earth and skies, The burthen on thy shoulder lies Who all our sins didst bear, Securely shelter'd in thy breast, Hid by almighty love, I rest Thine everlasting care. "They appointed Hebron (i.e., fellowship)." Joshua xx. 7. Thee, Saviour, I my refuge make; And when thy nature I partake, And all thy fulness feel, From fear, and sin, and sorrow free, In perfect fellowship with thee I shall for ever dwell. "They assigned Bezer (i.e., a fortification)." Joshua xx. 8. Jesus, thy name my Bezer stands, A fort which earth and hell commands, 27Ori., "223"; a misprint. Page 124 To trembling sinners given; Salvation doth, as walls, surround, And I, within these bulwarks found, Shall mount from hence to heaven. "They assigned Ramoth (i.e., high, exalted)." Joshua xx. 8. Thee, Saviour-Prince, our souls adore, Exalted by almighty power To succour and forgive! We now are to our city come, And by thy death returning home, We soon in heaven shall live. "They assigned Golan (i.e., joy, exultation)." Joshua xx. 8. Who to thy wounds for refuge flee, Pardon'd we glory, Lord, in thee With extasies unknown, Fulness of joy in thee possess, And lodg'd within thine arms confess That thou and heaven are one. "One of you shall chase a thousand." Joshua xxiii. 10. Subscribing to Jehovah's word The feeblest Israelite, Led on by his Almighty Lord, Shall put an host to flight: By faith the promise I receive From age to age the same, And conqueror of the world I live, Who trust in Jesu's name. "I am going the way of all the earth." Joshua xxiii. 14. Pass a few swiftly-fleeting years, And all that now in bodies live, Shall quit, like me, the vale of tears, Their righteous sentence to receive: