Wesley Corpus

Page 69 "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." Hosea vi. 1. Come, let us to the Lord return, Who now beneath his judgments droop: Torn by his anger if we mourn, His healing love will bind us up: Who rais'd our surety from the dead, Our twice-dead souls will quickly raise To walk before our God, and lead The sinless life of perfect grace. "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know, the Lord." Hosea vi. 3. I follow on to know, I never will turn back, Till thou on me thy grace bestow For thy own promise sake: And I shall feel thy blood, And I shall holy be, And I shall find, my Lord, my God, Eternal life in thee. "O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?" Hosea vi. 4. What canst thou do to me, whose good Is transient, as a morning cloud? To me stability impart, And fix thy goodness in my heart. "I will love them no more." Hosea ix. 15. Lov'd for a time, they might have been Forever lov'd by thee: Nothing can separate but sin Betwixt my God and me: From sin, from wilful sin alone, Saviour, my soul defend, And thou who freely lov'st thine own, Shalt love me to the end.