Religion
2 Chronicles 26:18: "But now (the warm Enthusiast cries)
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
"But now (the warm Enthusiast cries)
The office to myself I take,
Offering the Christian sacrifice.
Myself a lawful priest I make.
To me the honour appertains;
No need of man, when God ordains.
"Though kings may not so far presume,
Tis no presumption in a clown:
And lo, without a call from Rome,
My flail, or hammer I lay down!
And if my order's name ye seek,
Come see a new Melchizedek!"
Cite this poem
MLA
Wesley, Charles. “2 Chronicles 26:18: "But now (the warm Enthusiast cries).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3028/.
Chicago
Wesley, Charles. “2 Chronicles 26:18: "But now (the warm Enthusiast cries).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3028/.
Read this poem with the Codex →