Wesley Corpus

Sole self-existent God supreme Thee, Jesus, let the world confess, Whose blood did the whole world redeem, And seals the universal peace, Whose only name, to sinners given, Snatches from hell, and lifts to heaven. "I have sworn by myself ... that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength, c." Isa. xlv. 23, 24, 25. The word thy sacred lips has past, The sure irrevocable word That every soul shall bow at last, And swear allegiance to its Lord, The kingdoms of the earth shall be For ever subjected to thee. Ev'n now whoe'er in thee believes Thy righteousness and strength obtains, Thy kingdom in his heart receives, And Conqueror of the world he reigns, Sees all thy foes with shame submit, And Satan bruis'd beneath his feet. Surely in Christ by faith reveal'd Forgiveness and full power have I, Thy people know their pardon seal'd, Ev'n all who on thy death rely, We glory in the Prince of Peace, We praise the Lord our righteousness. "Even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear, even I will carry, and will deliver you." Isa. xlvi. 4. Thou hast my kind preserver been Ev'n from my mother's womb; Thou wilt deliver me from sin, While hastning to the tomb: Page 349 To hoary hairs thou bear'st my load; Made, and redeem'd by thee, Father, thou art in Christ my God, And shalt forever be. "Thou wast called a transgressor from the womb." Isa. xlviii. 8. Evil I from the womb have been, Born, altogether born in sin, In sin conceiv'd and bred, My actual guilt's enormous load Calls down the fiercest wrath of God On my devoted head. "For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off." Isa. xlviii. 9. Yet dost thou, Lord, thy wrath forbear, My righteous punishment defer, Time after time reprieve, Thou dost not speedy vengeance take, But still for thy own mercy sake Permittest me to live.