Wesley Corpus

Caught in the toils of hell and sin, One farther step I cannot go; What shall I do my God to win? My God, and none beside can shew: Saviour, my helpless desperate state Thou dost, thou dost this moment see: And lo, I every moment wait To know what LOVE designs for me. "Stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord." II. Chron. xx. 17. Bewilder'd, lost, I must stand still, Alas I can no farther go; Wilt thou not, Lord, thyself reveal? I want, I wait thyself to know: Page 206 This moment if thou ready art To make a worm thy humble home, Break in even now upon my heart, My Saviour and salvation, come. "Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established." II. Chron. xx. 20. Jesus, on thee our souls are stay'd, Who hast the sure foundation laid, Thou wilt compleat the work begun Our Saviour still thro' faith alone, Confirm the grace to sinners given, And build thy temples up to heaven. "Praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever." II. Chron. xx. 21. Let all in joyful songs record The mercy of our common Lord, The God of everlasting grace He claims our everlasting praise. "When he was strong, his heart was lifted up." II. Chron. xxvi. 16. Weakest, when I strongest seem, Fall'n alas I am thro' pride, Sinless then myself I dream, Pure, and wholly sanctified,57 Fold my arms, and take my ease, Safe in perfect holiness. Wake my soul to sleep no more, Give me back my poverty, 'Till the kingdom thou restore: When it is restor'd in me, Give me, Lord, myself to feel Weak, and poor, and nothing still. 57John Wesley underlined "Sinless" and "myself" in line 3 and "wholly sanctified" in line 4 of this stanza in his personal copy, commenting in the margin "Perhaps so." Page 207 "It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated." II. Chron. xxvi. 18. "But now (the warm enthusiast cries) The office to my self I take, Offering the Christian sacrifice, Myself a lawful priest I make, To me the honour appertains; No need of man, when God ordains.