Religion
Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Jesus, to my heart explain
What it is to cease from man,
Born in sin and misery.
Born a sad reverse of Thee!
Nothing great may I admire,
Nothing good in man require.
Never worship or esteem.
Never trust myself, or him.
Cut off my dependence vain
On the help of mortal man:
One who as a shadow flies,
One who in a moment dies.
But Thou dost for ever live.
Wherefore to Thyself I cleave,
Good and all-sufficient own.
Love, and trust in God alone.
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3391/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3391/.
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