Wesley Corpus

Page 299 "Alway delivered unto death, for Jesu's sake." 2 Cor. iv. 11. Lord, is it for thy sake that I Am always at the point to die? Then let the word on me take place, And manifest thy life of grace; And when thee in the clouds I see, Reveal thy glorious life in me. "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 2 Cor. iv. 17. Partners now in tribulation, Sharers of a moment's pain, For the crown of full salvation, Shall we not the cross sustain? Light the pain and transitory; But our Lord we soon shall meet, Sink beneath a weight of glory, Sink forever at his feet! "We that are in this tabernacle do groan." 2 Cor. v. 4. Pent in an house of clay, We groan t' escape away: Who to God before us went, Hath to each a mansion given: Quit we then our earthly tent, Enter we our house from heaven! "That mortality might be swallowed up of life." 2 Cor. v. 4. With countless burthens prest, We groan for endless rest, Long to find this mortal frame Turn'd into an heavenly shrine, Lighted by the glorious Lamb, All immortal, all divine.