Wesley Corpus

Page 211 Thou canst; and is it not thy will That I should holy be? Lord, I expect thee to fulfil Thy whole design on me. "What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark xi. 24. Thy counsel is, to save me now From every act of sin; Nor will I, Lord, the least allow, Or touch the thing unclean: Surrounded with ten thousand snares, I shall not, cannot fall, While hanging on the arm that bears My soul above them all. In thee my Saviour I confide By my own sin beset, And lay it easily aside, And spurn it at my feet; It shall no more dominion have, Or captivate my will, For thou art ever near to save, For thou art Jesus still. Believing all thy fulness mine, Nor earth, nor hell I fear, Kept by omnipotence divine To full salvation here: The thing for which I dare believe I shall at last obtain, And, when thine image I retrieve,22 With thee in glory reign. "What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark xi. 24. Jesus, thou say'st I shall receive The thing for which I pray, Then give me, Lord, thy Spirit give, And take my sins away: That I may never grieve thee more, Thy blessed self impart, And stamp in perfect peace and power Thine image on my heart. 22John Wesley underlined "at last" in line 6 and "when thine" in line 7 in his personal copy, drawing a "Q" (for Question) in the margin. Page 212 Why should I smaller gifts request, When all I ask is mine? I covet earnestly the best, The plenitude divine: My swelling heart I open wide T' admit my heavenly friend; Come, Saviour, come, in me t' abide, 'Till grace in glory end. My evil will be all cast out, When thou resid'st within, Thy presence, Lord, I cannot doubt, Extirpates inbred sin: Out of mine inmost soul I trust, The root shall be destroy'd, While Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Fills all the sacred void.