Wesley Corpus

Page 131 "Whatsoever cometh to meet me, shall surely be the Lord's: or, I will offer it up for a burntoffering." Judg. xi. 31. The beast that meets him shall be slain; Resign'd to God the child of man, A living sacrifice, restor'd Entire, devoted to the Lord: The Lord, he knows, so kind and good, Hath no delight in human blood, Or pleas'd accepts of one alone, That offering of his slaughter'd Son. "He did with her according to his vow: and she knew no man." Judg. xi. 39. His hands he wash'd not in her blood, But gave his child, his hope, to God, (Hope of a long-continued line, Hope of the promis'd seed divine,) His heart's delight, his age's prop, His only child he render'd up, An offering worthy of the sky, A virgin pure to live and die. "Teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born." Judg. xiii. 8. Who for their unborn children care, How happy and how wise! They find, in answer to their prayer, Instructions from the skies: Their babes they from the birth restore To him who first bestow'd, To witness his almighty power, To fight and die for God. "How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?" Judg. xiii. 12. The child whom struggling into light We soon expect to see, How shall we order it aright, And train it up for thee?