Wesley Corpus

In patience we our souls possess, And Jacob's house is fill'd with peace, A peace which none can take away; All things we have, of Christ possest, And Jesus in our faithful breast Maintains his everlasting sway. "The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau." Obad. 18. Jesus, thy people's hearts inflame, The Spirit of faith in thy great name Let it a Spirit of burning prove, Destroy whom it doth now o'erpower, And kindling on our lusts devour The stubble of our creature-love. O that thy heavenly fire within Might now consume the man of sin, 'Till none of Esau's house remain! The word thy sacred lips hath past, Thou must destroy thy foes at last, And Lord of all for ever reign. "Saviours shall come upon mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau." Obad. 21. Instruments of our salvation, Jesus, let thy servants come, Publishing to every nation Peace by thee, with Esau's doom: Antichrist must fall before thee, (Let thy messengers proclaim) Then the world shall all adore thee, All extol thy glorious name.29 29John Wesley placed a manuscript Q (for Question) in the margin opposite this hymn in his personal copy. Page 82 "The kingdom shall be the Lord's." Obad. 21. The kingdom of grace Shall soon be restor'd, And all the lost race Bow down to our Lord; Our Lord shall inherit His Israel again, And Jesus his Spirit Eternally reign. Hymn 1356. "Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God." Jon. ii. 1. Then only, when by sore distress Compell'd, I seek in God relief, O'erwhelm'd with floods of wickedness, And swallow'd up in gulphs of grief; Out of the deep my mournful prayer Directing to the throne divine, And hoping against hope, I dare In hell to call the Saviour mine. "I am cast out of thy sight; yet will I look again toward thy holy temple." Jon. ii. 4. Tho' now out of thy presence driven, I will not quit my hope of heaven, My hope, O God, of thee: I turn me to the holiest place, I look to Christ for pard'ning grace, I plead his death for me.