Religion
Job 11:5: Oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Who make to heaven your bold appeal.
Most forward to prejudge your foes,
The thunder of the' Almighty deal,
Or send to hell whoe'er oppose.
Judge not by this fallacious sign
That all assurance is Divine.
Silence when the Almighty broke,
He answer'd/(?r the sentenced man,
Against his hasty judges spoke;
That ye might humbling wisdom gain.
Might each his censuring blindness own,
y n(l judgment leave to God alone.
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Wesley, Charles. “Job 11:5: Oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3097/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Job 11:5: Oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3097/.
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