Wesley Corpus

Shall we then with sin comply, Against our God rebel, His authority defy Who can destroy in hell? He that doth to sin give way, The glorious Trinity offends, Treasures up against that day The wrath which never ends. "Thou shalt not TEMPT the LORD thy God." Deut. vi. 16. "Neither let us TEMPT CHRIST." 1 Cor. x. 9. "How is it that ye have agreed together to TEMPT the SPIRIT of the Lord?" Acts v. 9. They tempt the Lord most high, Whoe'er transgress his word The Father and the Son they try, And Spirit of the Lord; They 'gainst the One in Three Rebellious arms employ, Provoke their God to jealousy, And tempt him to destroy. "Who hath known the MIND of the LORD?" 1 Cor. ii. 16. "We have the MIND of CHRIST." Ibid. "He that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the MIND of the SPIRIT." Rom. viii. 27. Page 75 Who know the thing by God design'd To us the mind of Christ is known, To us is known the Spirit's mind One with the Father and the Son, The counsel of the Trinity Infallibly reveal'd we have, And witness that the heavenly Three Are ready all mankind to save. "This is the WILL of GOD." 1 Thess. iv. 3. "The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know HIS WILL." Acts xxii. 14. "Prophecy came not in old time by the WILL of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the HOLY GHOST." 2 Pet. i. 21. The will of God is Jesus' will Electing Paul, his Lord to see, To know his counsel, and fulfil A glorious, gospel ministry: The will of God the Spirit's is, Who mov'd the holy men of old, By them proclaim'd approaching peace, And all good things in Christ foretold. Father, and Son, and Spirit join To make the joyful secret known, The love unsearchable, divine, Of One in Three, and Three in One: This is the counsel of his grace, That him we here by faith should see, Should see above his glorious face, And gaze to all eternity. "The grace of GOD given unto me by the effectual working of HIS POWER." Eph. iii. 7. Page 76 "That the POWER of CHRIST may rest upon me." 2 Cor. xii. 9. "Signs and wonders by the POWER of the SPIRIT of God." Rom. xv. 19.