Wesley Corpus

Page 128 Life of the death-devoted race, The bread of life vouchsafe to give, And quicken'd by thy word of grace The life of holiness we live. "It is written again." Matt. iv. 7. Teach me, O Lord, to fight like thee; With weapons from thine armoury My foe I then shall quell, Skilful to use thy two-edg'd sword, Victorious thro' thy written word O'er all the powers of hell. "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matt. iv. 7. O may I tempt my God no more By needless tryals of thy power, But humbly in thy ways attend, And thro' the means expect the end, Nor wonders seek, thy truth to prove, Nor ask a sign that God is love. "Get thee hence, Satan." Matt. iv. 10. Inspire me, Saviour, with that power Which cast the tempter down, So shall I bear the fiery hour, And bid the fiend be gone! Quell'd by the Spirit of thy grace Again the foe shall flee: He cannot stand before my face, When thou resid'st in me. "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Matt. iv. 10. I shall, when thou bestow'st the power, In spirit and in truth adore, And serve my God, like those above, With perfect purity and love.