Wesley Corpus

Page 275 "It is good for me, that I have been in trouble. Psalm cxix. 71. Of blessings infinite I read, The foremost, that my heart hath bled And thank thee for a moment's pain, Whose fruit shall evermore remain; How good for me the suffering given! 'Tis grace, 'tis holiness, 'tis heaven! "I have a good hope." Psalm cxix. 81. The hope of Christ how good! I now its goodness feel; The virtue of his balmy blood, Shall all my sickness heal, His love shall cast out sin, My long-sought peace restore, And Jesus then shall enter in, And never leave me more. "I have seen an end of all perfection, the exceeding broad commandment." (Heb.) Psalm cxix. 96. I too the broad command have seen, Inlightned, Lord, by thee, And may attain, thro' faith the mean, That spotless charity; Holy and just I may appear, Before I hence remove: The end of all perfection here, The law fulfill'd is love. "I have seen an end of all perfection, the exceeding broad commandment." (Heb.) Psalm cxix. 96. I see th' exceeding broad command, Which all contains in one: Inlarge my heart to understand The mystery unknown: O that with all thy saints I might By sweet experience prove What is the length, and breadth, and height, And depth of perfect love!