Wesley Corpus

Page 137 "The hand of the Lord is gone out against me." Ruth i. 13. Gone out against my body, Lord, Thy chastening hand I feel in pain, That wounded by thy Spirit's sword My soul might perfect health obtain; Thy hand is contrary to me, That I may all be lost in thee. "Thy sister is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods." Ruth i. 15. The souls that Israel leave Will Israel's God forsake, And who to Moab's people cleave Will Moab's idols take: Jesus, if thou art mine, By perfect charity Keep me forever one with thine, Forever one with thee. "Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge." Ruth i. 16. Thou canst not, Lord, a beggar spurn That courts thy company, Wherefore I never will return From following after thee; Resolv'd, where'er thou goest, I go, In all thy footsteps tread, And glad like thee to want below A place to lay my head. "Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." Ruth i. 16. Thy people by the world abhor'd I for my people take, And serve the servants of my Lord, For their dear Master's sake: