Wesley Corpus

We lift our hearts to God in thee Appeas'd and pacified; O might we all accepted be, And feel thy blood applied! Part of thy family below This moment let us prove, Into young men, and fathers grow, And rise to perfect love. "Let them be even as grass growing upon the house-tops." Psalm cxxix. 6. They are, as wither'd grass they are, Who hate the church by thee belov'd; But spare, our envious brethren spare, And speak their barren curse remov'd, Partakers of our blessings make, And save us all for Jesu's sake. "If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord who may abide it?" Psalm cxxx. 3. I may abide it I, Who on that cross rely! Page 279 Jesus died, and I am clear; Justice rigorously extreme Mark'd the sins I cannot fear, Punish'd all my sins on him! "He shall redeem Israel from all his sins." Psalm cxxx. 8. Father, I dare believe Thee merciful and true, Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive, My fallen soul renew: Come then for Jesu's sake, And bid my heart be clean, An end of all my trouble make, An end of all my sin. "The Lord is good, his mercy endureth forever." Psalm cxxxvi. 1. Full of unutterable grace Jesus mine eye of faith surveys! Jesus, whate'er thou art is mine, Fountain of excellence divine! All goodness is compriz'd in thee, Good in thyself, and good to me. Thy nature doth itself impart To every humble longing heart; And all that after thee aspire Shall gain with thee their whole desire, United to their source above, Lost in a boundless sea of love. "Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem." Psalm cxxxvii.79 7. That envious sect and most confin'd, Who triumph'd in our evil day, Call their malicious pride to mind, Take their malicious pride away, 79Ori., "cxxxviii"; a misprint.