Wesley Corpus

Page 103 Rescued every day I am, I prove the God of Israel mine, Pluck'd out of the hellish flame, And quench'd with blood divine! "Take away the filthy garments from him." Zech. iii. 4, c. Jesus, angel of the Lord, I stand before thy face, Foul, and by myself abhor'd I humbly sue for grace; Take these filthy rags away, My guilt, and inbred sin remove, In thy righteousness array, And crown me with thy love. "Behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH." Zech. iii. 8. Thou hast, O God, the work begun, Brought forth thy servant and thy Son, The Branch from Jesse's root: But bring him forth again in me; And let the Branch become a tree, And fill the world with fruit. "Not by might, nor by power, but my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." Zech. iv. 6. Not by our best endeavours vain, Not by the strength of nature's will, Shall we that great salvation gain, And all thy righteous law fulfil: But strengthen'd by thy Spirit's might, We shall thine utmost counsel prove, And humbly walk with Christ in white, Unblameable in spotless love. Page 104 "Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain." Zech. iv. 7. Live without sin! It cannot be! This the enormous mountain stands, The grand impossibility, The hindrance to our Lord's commands! But when the God of perfect love, To build his church, appears again, Th' enormous mountain shall remove, And sink, and flow into a plain. By faith we see our Lord descend, And every obstacle give place: He comes, he comes, our sin to end, With all the omnipotence of grace! He comes, he comes, his house to build, He bids the inbred bar depart: And tempted then, we cannot yield, We cannot sin, when pure in heart. "He shall bring forth the head-stone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it!" Zech. iv. 7. Pardon'd thro' Jesu's grace alone, The one foundation laid I see, And trust, the head the crowning stone Shall be at last brought forth in me: And all who dare expect the grace, Thro' holiness for glory meet Shall soon with joyful shouts confess Jehovah's work is all-compleat. "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands also shall finish it." Zech. iv. 9.