Wesley Corpus

Page 243 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up." John iii. 14. He hath been lifted up for me, For me, when wallowing in my blood: I saw him hanging on the tree, And virtue from his body flow'd, The poison of my sins expel'd And all my wounds that moment heal'd! "God so loved the world!" John iii. 16. How hath he lov'd us? How? Can man, or angel tell? While at his cross we bow, His love's effects we feel; The virtue of that sacred sign Our gasping souls receive, And quicken'd by the death divine, We shall for ever live. "He that believeth on him is not condemned." John iii. 18. Lord, I believe, and stand secure, In all I speak, or do, or feel; My conscience finds an answer sure, To every charge of earth, or hell: Nigh to the judge I boldly draw: My surety all, his anger bore, My Lord fulfil'd the fiery law, And God the just can ask no more. "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom." John iii. 29. He will not with his purchase part, He holds his consort in his heart: But is my narrow sect the bride, And heathens all the church beside? Page 244 "If thou knewest the gift of God ... thou would'st have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water, c." John iv. 10, 14. Jesus, the gift divine I know, The gift divine I ask of thee; The living water now bestow, Thy Spirit and thyself on me: Thou, Lord, of life the fountain art: O could I find thee in my heart!