Wesley Corpus

Page 151 Let all the people of this land Thus, Lord, to thee their homage shew, And, duteous to thy dread command, Revere thy delegate below. "Ye have done all this wickedness, yet turn not aside from following the Lord." I. Sam. xii. 20. Vilest of the sinful race, Plung'd in desperate wickedness, Shall I let my Saviour go? No; his bowels answer No! After all that I have done, Still he bids me follow on, 'Till I know the God who died, 'Till I find him pacified. "Only fear the Lord, and serve him ... for consider how great things he hath done for you." I. Sam. xii. 24. If mercies without end could move So base, so hard an heart as mine, Its whole capacity of love Had surely long ago been thine: Lord, for thine endless mercies sake, My stubborn misery relieve, And to thyself this moment take The heart which I can never give. "Now would the Lord have established thy kingdom forever: but now thy kingdom shall not continue." I. Sam. xiii. 13, 14. What lost the king his regal power? The want of patience for an hour: And who for Christ refuse to stay, With patience cast their souls away, The cross they hastily lay down, And forfeit an immortal crown. "Now would the Lord have established thy kingdom forever: but now thy kingdom shall not continue." I. Sam. xiii. 13, 14. After we have endur'd a while, The Lord rewards our patient toil,