Wesley Corpus

Page 28 That I may partake the grace, Thou still dost tenderly reprove; Chasten'd from my earliest days I bless my Father's love. "I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds." Jer. xxx. 17. On thy word my soul is stay'd, Thy word, O God, is sure: Heal the wounds which sin has made, Compleat my spirit's cure; That I may relapse no more, Root out the seed of my disease, Me to perfect health restore, To perfect holiness. "Who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me?" Jer. xxx. 21. Who hath engag'd my heart t' address My Father's gracious throne? Lord, if I use the power, the praise I give to thee alone: My heart was first engag'd by thee; And sure as thou art near, Thou wilt set up thy throne in me, And reign triumphant here. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. xxxi. 3. Is there a soul thou dost not call, An heart thou dost not, Lord, incline? My Saviour, lifted up for all, Thou wouldst with cords of love divine Draw every sinner to thy breast: O may I never more draw back, But yield to be compleatly blest, And all thy proffer'd fulness take. Page 29 "The Lord hath ransomed Jacob from the hand of him that was stronger than he." Jer. xxxi. 11. Too strong for this weak soul of mine Satan, the world, and sin, I own, But trust, O Lord, that love of thine, Which laid thy life a ransom down; My soul by love's victorious power Thou wilt to perfect liberty, To perfect holiness restore, Only because thou diedst for me. "They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil." Jer. xxxi. 12. Sing, ye happy souls, that press Toward the height of holiness, Praise him whom in part ye know, Freely to his goodness flow, All his promises receive, All the grace he hath to give.