Wesley Corpus

Page 132 A candidate for heaven to breed Alas, we know not how! But shew us at our greatest need, Who seek direction now. "If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received an offering at our hands." Judg. xiii. 23. Me, if purpos'd to destroy For past unfaithfulness, Would my God vouchsafe t' employ, And still so strangely bless? Take, O Lord, the servant take, Who dost the services receive, With thyself, for Jesu's sake, Eternally to live. "The Philistines shouted against him, and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, c." Judg. xv. 14. So by the Spirit of holiness Our Samson did himself release, Burst all the bands of death, and rose The conqueror of his shouting foes, To slay by means contemptible, And triumph o'er the hosts of hell. "The Philistines shouted against him, and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, c." Judg. xv. 14. Spirit of faith, come down on me, For where thou art is liberty, Thy presence looses all my bands, And melts the fetters from my hands, Consumes like flax, the cords of sin, And burns up all my foes within. "Samson arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate ... and carried them up to the top of an hill." Judg. xvi. 3. See the great antitype arise, While darkness yet involves the skies, Page 133 His Israel from their foes to save, He bursts the barriers of the grave, Puts forth his strength invincible, And tears up all the gates of hell!