Wesley Corpus

Then let me thee my pattern trace, With thee cry out, and faint and bleed, 'Till partner of thy last distress, I taste the gall, and bow my head, Calmly my spotless soul resign,113 And die into the arms divine. "Be pitiful." 1 Pet. iii. 8. How shall I that love attain, Love, inexplicably kind, Love which feels another's pain, Generous, pure, and unconfin'd, Love which bleeds for friend and foe, Grasps an universe of woe! Father, manifest thy Son Full of pitying grace, in me: Then I put his bowels on, Sinners with his eyes I see, 111John Wesley underlined "suffer still" in his personal copy, writing in the margin "No." 112John Wesley underlined "Thy suffering" and "mine imply" in line 5, and "cross to die" in line 7 in his personal copy. 113John Wesley underlined all of line 4 and "spotless soul" in line 5 in his personal copy, drawing an exclamation point in the margin after line 4. Page 394 Sinners with his heart embrace, Glad to die for all the race. "Be courteous." 1 Pet. iii. 8. Worldlings in the shadow rest: Taught, and tutor'd, Lord, by thee, Christians bear within their breast True, substantial courtesy, Not by art, but nature, prove All the courtesy of love. Born (again from heaven) to please, Who thy softening Spirit know, Meek and lowly gentleness They in words and actions shew, They the polish'd pattern give, Shew the world how angels live! "The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." 1 Pet. iv. 7. Shall we live on like thoughtless brutes, Nor ever once attend, (In the wild whirl of time's pursuits) That time shall shortly end? Ah, give us, Lord, the sober mind, The heaven-insuring care, So shall we pass the days behind In watchfulness and prayer. "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye." 1 Pet. iv. 14. Slander'd in the cause of Jesus, When we suffer for his name, Jesus then delights to bless us, Jesus dignifies our shame, Then the Comforter is given, Earnest of our glorious rest, Seals the raptur'd heirs of heaven, Fills his temple in our breast.