Religion
Matthew 7:2: "Shall I my righteous zeal suppress
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
"Shall I my righteous zeal suppress,
Or openly the truth declare?"
The rigorous, rash, unjust excess
You must in pitying love forbear,
Your bitterness and wrath forego,
To sin severe, to sinners kind
For mercy who refuse to show,
Shall judgment without mercy find.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 7:2: "Shall I my righteous zeal suppress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4031/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 7:2: "Shall I my righteous zeal suppress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4031/.
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