Wesley Corpus

Page 70 "Their heart is divided." Hosea x. 2. Jesus, who disdain'st a part, Take my undivided heart; Take what I can never give, Till thy Spirit I receive: But possest of love divine Thine I am, for ever thine. "How shall I give thee up?" Hosea xi. 8. "How shall I give thee up?" Thy mercy cannot tell, It doth the hand of justice stop, It keeps me out of hell: Thine anger moves so slow, Thy grace so swift doth move! And mercy will not let me go, 'Till I am safe above. "He took his brother by the heel in the womb." Hosea xii. 3. Struggling for mastery within Nature and grace I feel; But grace arrests my bosom-sin, And grasps his brother's heel: The younger still his sway maintains, And treads the elder down, Till grace the heavenly birth-right gains With an immortal crown. "By his strength he had power with God." Hosea xii. 3. On me that wrestling power bestow Which will not let th' Almighty go, Power to pray on, and never rest, Till, with thy heavenly nature blest, I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, And bear thine image on my heart. Page 71 "He had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him." Hosea xii. 4. Angel of covenanted grace, The least of Jacob's praying race, To thee, to thee, for help I cry: Thou seest my supplicating tears, Thou hearst the clamour of my fears, While Esau and his host are nigh.