Religion

Hymns on the Trinity, 22

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns on the Trinity (1767) · Osborn ed., vol. 7 (1870)

Religion

True, absolute Divinity,
Jesus, we dare ascribe to Thee,
Which vain philosophy denies,
And baffles us with glozing lies,
Thy glorious Deity blasphemes
With Arian or Socinian dreams,
To cast the weak believers down,
And rob the children of their crown.

But grounded on Thy written word,
We worship our almighty Lord:
In Thee, whom Thy own Spirit reveals,
The fulness of the Godhead dwells:
Thy person really Divine,
Thy body is Jehovah's shrine,
The whole substantial Deity
Resides eternally in Thee.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Trinity, 22.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1821/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Trinity, 22.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1821/.

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