Religion
Isaiah 5:4: If God to one of all our race
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
If God to one of all our race
Deny sufficiency of grace,
Withhold the sin-forsaking power.
Sinners to save He might do more;
But if on the whole world He call,
Sincerely offering life to all,
Who spurn His grace, their Lord deny,
And, self-destroy'd, they justly die.
What could have been done less, to save
Lost sinners from the' infernal grave,
If God did to destruction doom,
And damn'd us from our mother's womb?
Or if He only pass'd us by,
And left us unredeem'd to die,
Poor souls to save, we must confess.
His love could never have done less.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 5:4: If God to one of all our race.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3392/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 5:4: If God to one of all our race.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3392/.
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