Wesley Corpus

Might we now with pure desire Thine only love request, Now with willing heart entire Return to Christ our rest; When we our whole heart resign, Jesus, to be fill'd up with thee, Thou art ours, and we are thine Thro' all eternity. "Ye shall find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jer. xxix. 13. If grace doth more than sin abound, If willing to be found thou art, Why have not I my Saviour found? I sought thee not with all my heart: Ah, give me, Lord, the seeking grace, The vehemence of an heart sincere, And then display thy smiling face, And then my hallowing God appear. "Alas, for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." Jer. xxx. 7. Great in evil is the day Which now I groan to feel, While he doth my heart display, Mine inbred sin reveal, Page 26 Lay the depths of Satan bare, Extort the agonizing cry, Save me sinking in despair, Or I for ever die! Pity in my last distress, And leave me not alone, In my utter feebleness Thy perfect strength make known; Bring me then out of the fire, Thy face in holiness to see, Seven times purified, entire, And all compleat in thee. "In that day I will break his yoke, c." Jer. xxx. 8. Hasten, Lord, the day of rest From this indwelling sin, Vindicate thy church opprest, And still inslav'd within; Burst our bonds, and let us go From every thought of evil freed, Pure in heart, and saints below, And like our sinless head. "They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them." Jer. xxx. 9. Sin that we may serve no more, Its last remains erase, Fill our hearts with peace and power, With Christ our righteousness; Raise our David to the throne, That every child of Adam may Thee, and thy co-equal Son World without end obey. Page 27 "Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and quiet, and none shall make him afraid." Jer. xxx. 10.