Wesley Corpus

Page 163 "I shall go to him." II. Sam. xii. 23. Stedfast in faith, I rest resign'd, Joyful in hope my babes to find For whom no more I grieve, Assur'd I soon to them shall go, Assur'd who infants died below With God in glory live. "Come out, come out, thou bloody man." II. Sam. xvi. 7. Pure from the blood of Saul in vain, He dares not to the charge reply; Uriah's doth the charge maintain! Uriah's doth against him cry! Let Shimei curse: the rod he hears For sins which mercy had forgiven, And in the wrongs of man reveres The awful righteousness of heaven. "The Lord hath said unto him, Curse David." II. Sam. xvi. 10. Lord, I adore thy righteous will, Thro' every instrument of ill My Father's goodness see, Accept the complicated wrong Of Shimei's hand, and Shimei's tongue, As kind rebukes from thee. "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." II. Sam. xviii. 5. Full of unutterable grace Thus the true King of Israel prays, That those who seek his life may live, Father, my murtherers forgive, Deal gently with them, for my sake, And to thine arms the rebels take. "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." II. Sam. xviii. 5. Whene'er my Father in the skies Is forc'd this rebel to chastise,