Wesley Corpus

Page 280 The men of arrogance reprove The church, the brethren, and the bride, Their Babel-battlements remove, And take them humbled to thy side. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." Psalm cxxxviii. 8. Lo! I in simplicity Receive thy gracious word, What it means I leave to thee My sanctifying Lord: I shall know at that glad day When born of God I sin no more, Ceaseless in thy Spirit pray, And in thy truth adore. "O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing." Psalm cxli. 4. What cannot the Almighty do? When by the greatness of thy power My heart, O Lord, thou dost renew, My heart shall yield to sin no more, Shall never more to sin incline, Forever fill'd with love divine. "In thee is my trust: O cast not out my soul." Psalm cxli. 9. My God, forsake me not at last, Nor into utter darkness cast A soul that gasps for thee: When I my punishment have borne, I humbly trust, thou wilt return, Thou wilt remember me. "In thee is my trust." Psalm cxliii. 8. I trust in thee; for what? To be redeem'd from sin; From every wrinkle, every spot Of self and pride within: