Wesley Corpus

O may thy sweet implanted love This root of bitterness remove This carnal mind destroy, Renew'd in perfect righteousness My soul shall then be life and peace And pure eternal joy. Hymn 1258. "I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: that thou mayst remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God." Ezek. xvi. 62, 63. O God most merciful and true, Thy nature to my soul impart, 'Stablish with me the covenant new, And write perfection on my heart, To real holiness restor'd O let me gain my Saviour's mind, And in the knowledge of my Lord Fulness of life eternal find. Remember, Lord, my sins no more, That them I may no more forget, But sunk in guiltless shame adore, In speechless wonder at thy feet: O'erwhelm'd with thy stupendous grace I shall not in thy presence move, But breathe unutterable praise, And rapturous awe, and silent love. Page 45 314 Then every murmuring thought and vain Expires, in sweet confusion lost, I cannot of my cross complain, I cannot of my goodness boast; Pardon'd for all that I have done My mouth as in the dust I hide, And glory give to God alone, My God forever pacified. "Make you a new heart." Ezek. xviii. 31. How can I my own heart renew? The word confers the power to do: The word I now embrace, I yield to be renew'd by thee, Accepting first the pardon free, And then the perfect grace. "Why will ye die!" Ezek. xviii. 31. A death-devoted race If thou hast pass'd us by; Excluded from thy heavenly grace, We must for ever die: But not by thy decree; (Who freely would'st forgive;) We perish, Lord, in spite of thee, Because we will not live. Yet, O most patient Lord, Suffice the season past: We hear the kind inviting word, And turn to thee at last, The benefit embrace To all so freely given, And chuse in Christ the life of grace, The glorious life of heaven. 14Ori., "4"; an error.