Wesley Corpus

Pardon'd, if ye the grace retain, And deeper groan your wants increas'd; The Lord shall visit you again, And entring into perfect rest, Ye live, when pride and self's destroy'd, Forever full, forever void. "Casting all your care upon him." 1 Pet. v. 7. To whom should I fly for relief, But him that hath lov'd me so well, And still, when I sink into grief, Doth all my infirmities feel! O lover of sinners, on thee My burthen of trouble I cast, Whose care and compassion for me Forever and ever shall last. "The God of all grace, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." 1 Pet. v. 10. Our sufferings cannot grace procure, Or add to Jesu's sacrifice, Yet God appoints us first t' endure, And after that t' expect the prize: And crucified with Christ we wait118 The fulness of his life to prove, The settled, firm, establish'd state Of perfect holiness and love. "The God of all grace, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect ..." 1 Pet. v. 10. "But ah! They damp our eager thirst, Who tell us, we must suffer first,119 But ah! They cool our flaming zeal Who bid us labour up the hill;" Yet so the old apostle taught, And though ye set his words at nought, I think, he knew the surest road, I think, he had the Spirit of God. 118John Wesley underlined "crucified with Christ" in his personal copy. 119John Wesley underlined "must suffer" in his personal copy, drawing an exclamation point in the margin.