Wesley Corpus

The spirit of man is man indeed, The Spirit of God is truly God: No other than himself we need Who hath on man himself bestow'd, To us the Holy Ghost imparts, And thus resides in all our hearts. Who have with faith divine believ'd, In every age, and every place Have, like the saints of old, receiv'd God in the Spirit of his grace, And surely felt, and fully known God and his Spirit for ever One. "The Spirit OF the LORD (Jehovah, Heb.) CAME mightily upon him." Judg. xv. 14. "The LORD (Jehovah) DEPARTED from him." Ibid., xvi. 20. The Spirit of Jehovah came, And brought the mighty man his might: But when consenting to his shame, He did to the good Spirit despite, Jehovah did from him depart, And left a weak divided heart. Spirit of God, Jehovah come, And rest with all thy power on me, Enter and keep thy constant home, Spirit of love and purity, So shall I worthily adore, And force thee to depart no more. "GOD also bearing them witness with ... gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his OWN will." Heb. ii. 4. Page 57 If subject to another's will The Spirit we confess, The everlasting Spirit still Nor greater is, nor less: Who from the Son and Father came, He is on us bestow'd, Another Person, yet the same Supreme Almighty God. Father and Son for ever join On sinners to confer Blessings miraculous divine, With God the Comforter: The Holy Ghost distributes still, And showers his blessings down, According to Jehovah's will, According to his own. "The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us." Rom. viii. 26. Helper of our infirmity The Spirit vouchsafes for us to plead: One Person in the glorious Three Doth with another interceed: The Spirit is sent, pour'd out, and given Both by the Father and the Son, And God come down from God in heaven Prepares, and lifts us to his throne. Page 58 "And GOD said, Let us make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness." Gen. i. 26. Hail Father, Son, and Spirit, great Before the birth of time, Inthron'd in everlasting state A mystical plurality We in the Godhead own, Adoring One in Persons Three, And Three in nature One.