Wesley Corpus

Thro' Jesus our divine high-priest, Who pleads the sinner's cause in heaven, Father, presenting our request, We humbly sue to be forgiven; Mercy we ask in Jesu's name, Who died for all our sins t' atone, Who rose our purchas'd peace to claim, And now appears before thy throne. There, at thy throne of grace we meet United to th' incarnate God, Boldly approach the mercy-seat, Which Jesus sprinkled with his blood: He paid the price on Calvary For every sinful child of man, And trusting in his death for me, My pardon seal'd I now obtain. 82John Wesley underlined "left of" in his personal copy, drawing an exclamation point in the margin. Page 351 "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Heb. iv. 16. Father, I still his passion plead, Which bought thy love for all mankind, And pardon'd, in this time of need I come, confirming grace to find; Importunate in faithful prayer, Thy promis'd succours I implore, Power to withstand, and strength to bear, 'Till sin destroy'd can tempt no more. The grace I every moment want, The fresh supplies of faith and love, God of exhaustless mercy, grant, In answer to my friend above: Increase my faith, confirm my hope, Compleat my love and purity, And lo, I yield my spirit up, And find the place prepar'd for me. "No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." Heb. v. 4. Impower'd thro' Moses' hallowing hands, Aaron before the altar stands, The consecrated priest of God! Jesus his officers ordains: And thus the Christian priest obtains The gift by elders' hands bestow'd. Ye that uncall'd the power assume, Expect the rebels' fearful doom; The pit its mouth hath open'd wide For Jesu's sacrilegious foes! Repent before its mouth it close On all the hard'ned sons of pride. Page 352 "Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered." Heb. v. 7, 8.