Wesley Corpus

It cannot seal the sinner's doom : My Son is in my servant's prayer, And Jesus forces me to spare.' ' 3 O blessed word of gospel grace ! Which now we for our Israel plead ; A faithless and backsliding race, Whom thou hast out of Egypt freed : For Believers Praying. 287 0 do not then in wrath chastise, Nor let thy whole displeasure rise. Father, we ask in Jesu's name ; In Jesu's power and spirit pray ! Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim ! O turn thy threat' ning wrath away ! Our guilt and punishment remove, And magnify thy pardoning love. Father, regard thy pleading Son ! Accept his all-availing prayer ; And send a peaceful answer down, In honour of our Spokesman there ; Whose blood proclaims our sins forgiven, And speaks thy rebels up to heaven. HYMN 299. 7,x8f6,s. 1 TESUS, thou hast bid us pray, Pray always, and not faint ; With the word a power convey To utter our complaint : Quiet shalt thou never know, Till we from sin are fully freed ; O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head ! 2 We have now begun to cry, And we will never end, Till we find salvation nigh, And grasp the Sinner's Friend : Day and night we '11 speak our woe, With thee importunately plead : O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head ! 3 Speak the word, and we shall be From all our bands released ; Only thou canst set us free, By Satan long oppress'd : .oa Jfor Believers Praying. Now thy power almighty show ; Arise, the Woman's conquering Seed O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head ! 4 To destroy his work of sin, Thyself in us reveal ; Manifest thyself within Our flesh, and fully dwell With u», in us, here below ; Enter, and make us free indeed : O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head ! 5 Stronger than the strong man, thou His fury canst control : Cast him out, by entering now, And keep our ransom'd soul ; Satan's kingdom overthrow, On all the powers of darkness tread ; O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head ! 6 To the never-ceasing cries