Wesley Corpus

Page 193 But chiefly when we preach thy word, Or bear the vessels of the Lord: Our power and whole sufficiency, Jesus, is still deriv'd from thee; And if we minister thy grace, Thine, only thine, be all the praise. "David returned to bless his house." I. Chron. xvi. 43. If in David's steps we tread, And pay our public vows, Public doth not superseed Thy worship in our house: Joining with thy sacred word The voice of fervent praise and prayer, Daily there we seek our Lord, And find thy blessing there. "Let me fall into the hand of the Lord." I. Chron. xxi. 13. Gracious thou, when most severe: Let me, Lord, myself resign, (If I must be punish'd here) Fall into the hands divine, Hands that this frail creature made, Hands that still my soul sustain, Hands which for my folly bled; Bled the balm that heals my pain. "The Lord liked me to make me king." I. Chron. xxviii. 4. What is in man for God t' approve? He makes us such as he can love, He lov'd us, not for faith foreknown, But freely in his favourite Son: Us to our head his Spirit unites, In us as part of Christ delights, Elected, with that perfect man, In everlasting bliss to reign.