Wesley Corpus

Page 265 I see th' inseparable tide That issues, Saviour from thy side, And trusting in thy death, possess The pardon, and the holiness. "They shall look on him whom they have pierced." John xix. 37. My sins have done the deed, Have torn his sacred flesh, And made him often bleed, And crucified afresh; The man I pierc'd, 'tis he, 'tis he, I look, I feel him die for me! "Jesus saith unto her, Mary!" John xx. 16. Jesus, speak the word to me, Call me by my worthless name, Then I shall my Master see, Then I shall my Lord proclaim, Quicken'd by thy rising rise, Follow after to the skies. "He breathed on them." John xx. 22. The breath of Christ, that Spirit is! Saviour, to me the gift impart, To purge my sin, and seal my peace, Thy Spirit breathe into my heart: Ah, give me now the chast desire, The spotless love and purity, With all thy holiness inspire, With all the mind which was in thee. "Lovest thou me?" John xxi. 15. What shall I answer thee? I know thy love to me, Yet my impotence I mourn, Kindest, loveliest as thou art, I can make thee no return, 'Till thy grace renews my heart. Page 266 "Thou knowest that I love thee." John xxi. 15. Thou know'st, that now I love thee not: Thou know'st, that thee I long to love: And thou for me the power hast bought, And wilt the cursed thing remove, The sin with which I would not part, Which keeps thy love out of my heart.