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Prayers for Condemned Malefactors, 9
From Prayers for Condemned Malefactors (1785) · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)
And let these wretched bodies die.
If Thou at last receive
The souls Thou didst so dearly buy,
That we with God might live.
Death as the wages of our sin
Our just desert we claim,
But hope eternal life to win.
Through grace— and Jesu's name.
Jesus, Thou all-redeeming Lord,
Remember Calvary
And think on sinners self-abliorr'd,
Who gasp in death to Thee.
And while Thy mercy's utmost power
On us is magnified,
O save us at our latest hour.
Who hast for felons died.
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Wesley, Charles. “Prayers for Condemned Malefactors, 9.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2261/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Prayers for Condemned Malefactors, 9.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2261/.
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