Religion
Psalm 119:96: I have seen an end of all perfection, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
I Too the broad command have seen,
Enlighten'd, Lord, by Thee,
And may attain, through faith the mean,
That spotless charity:
Holy and just I may appear.
Before I hence remove:
The end of all perfection here,
The law fulfiU'd is love.
SEE the' exceeding broad command,
Which all contains in one:
Enlarge my heart to understand
The mystery unknown:
O that with all Thy saints I might
By sweet experience prove
What is the length, and breadth, and height,
And depth of perfect love!
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 119:96: I have seen an end of all perfection, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3277/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 119:96: I have seen an end of all perfection, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3277/.
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