Religion

'Twixt God and His own Spirit we

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

'Twixt God and His own Spirit we
No difference in the scriptures see,
In personality alone
Distinct, in mind and nature one:
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Adored by His celestial host,
As taught by His unerring word,
We worship, One almighty Lord.

But God the Spirit's things are known
By reason's feeble light to none,
Though foolish man would comprehend
What must his nature's powers transcend;
Till God an understanding give,
He cannot savingly believe
His Clod, or spiritually see
The three in One, and One in three.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “'Twixt God and His own Spirit we.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1871/.

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