Wesley Corpus

Boldly we approach the throne By a living way unknown, Way of faith which Jesus made, Thro' the vail of flesh display'd; Thro' his rent humanity God our friend in heaven we see. There we see our great high-priest, Enter'd his triumphant rest, There he pleads his death below, There he lives his wounds to shew, Offers up our prayers with his, Claims for us eternal bliss. Draw we then thro' Jesus near, Sav'd from sin, and doubt, and fear, In full confidence divine, Each assur'd, that Christ is mine, Page 365 Mine, O God, thro' Christ thou art, Mine I have thee in my heart. Upright now my heart and true Lo, I offer to thy view, Lighten'd of its guilty load, Sprinkled with my Saviour's blood, Conscious of thy pardning grace, Cleans'd from all unrighteousness. He that made my conscience clean, Still preserves from acting sin, Pours his Spirit of purity, Every moment waters me; He shall wholly sanctify, Take me sinless to the sky. "Ye have need of patience." Heb. x. 36. Urg'd, surrounded with temptations, Toiling on a stormy sea, Saviour, we have need of patience, Saviour, we have need of thee: Underneath thy cross support us, Sent with Israel's chariot down 'Till the flaming guards escort us To thine everlasting throne. "For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise." Heb. x. 36. The promise here of perfect love, Of glorious endless life above May we not with more ease obtain, And 'scape the toil, the strife, the pain? Yes, if we to our flesh give ear, Or the smooth dawbing prophets hear, We need not patiently endure, Or work, before our hearts are pure.94 Us, who would do the Saviour's will, They teach "be simple, and be still, Perfection; eternal life. Mr. J. W.'s Notes. 94John Wesley underlined "smooth dawbing" in line 6, "need not" in line 7, and "work, before" in line 8 in his personal copy, drawing an exclamation point in the margin after line 6. Page 366 "Nor mind the legal guides, that say Ye must endure, ye must obey: We bid you start, and win the race, (For patience is a needless grace) Repose, before the work is done, Before the fight, obtain the crown."