Religion
Hosea 12:3: He took his brother by the heel in the womb
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
Struggling for mastery within
Nature and grace I feel;
But grace arrests my bosom-sin,
And grasps his brother's heel:
The younger still his sway maintains,
And treads the elder down,
Till grace the heavenly birthright gains
With an immortal crown.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 12:3: He took his brother by the heel in the womb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3752/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 12:3: He took his brother by the heel in the womb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3752/.
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