Religion

Isaiah 38:14: Bound in sin and misery

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Bound in sin and misery
Jesus undertake for me,
Come to rescue the oppress'd,
Come to bring the weary rest:
Lord, if longer Thou delay,
Finally I fall away:
Wilt Thou suffer it to be,
Lose a soul redeem'd by Thee?

Thou hast undertook my cause,
Paid my ransom on the cross,
Yet unless Thy blood I feel,
Sinks my ransom'd soul to hell:
Purchased by Thy blood in vain,
Still I must in sin remain,
Must, without Thy blood applied,
Die, for whom Thyself hast died.

Purge me then from every sin.
Make my life and conscience clean,
Force my evil heart to' obey,
Take my evil heart away;
By Thy sanctifying blood
Fit me for the sight of (iod.
Then my sole disposer be.
Do whate'er Thou wilt with me.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 38:14: Bound in sin and misery.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3458/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 38:14: Bound in sin and misery.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3458/.

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