Wesley Corpus

Page 268 "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Psalm lxxxi. 10. Give me that inlarg'd desire, And open, Lord, my soul, Thy own fulness to require, And comprehend the whole; Stretch my faith's capacity Wider, and yet wider still, Then with all that is in thee My soul forever fill. "I am so fast in prison, that I cannot get forth." Psalm lxxxviii. 8. In unbelief imprison'd fast, Far from the sight of day, I cannot struggle forth, or cast My chains of sin away; Jesus, thou know'st I cannot please, Or serve the living God, 'Till thou my helpless soul release Thro' thy redeeming blood. "I have laid help upon one that is mighty." Psalm lxxxix. 20. Jesus, omnipotent to save, Righteousness, and strength I have, And help laid up on thee: Fulness of gospel-grace is thine, And all the plenitude divine, That all may dwell in me. "Remember how short my time is." Psalm lxxxix. 46. Pass but another moment, Lord, And time with me shall be no more: Yet still thou seest me unrestor'd, Unconscious of thy hallowing power: Another moment if thou stay, My unsav'd soul forever dies; Now, Jesus, cast thine own away, Or change, and take me to the skies.