Religion

Matthew 8:30: I Sinners, in that grovelling herd

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

I Sinners, in that grovelling herd
Mark your own resemblance true,
Receptacles fit prepared
For the whole infernal crew!
Swine, who bear the shape of men,
Slaves of every foul desire.
Plunged in beastly lusts unclean.
Wallowing in your sinful mire.

Lo, the fiends expect their prey,
Legion waits to enter in,
Waits to hurry you away
O'er the precipice of sin!
When the Judge pronounces, Go,
Rush ye down the fatal steep.
To that flaming lake ye go,
Hell's unfathomable deep!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:30: I Sinners, in that grovelling herd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4090/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:30: I Sinners, in that grovelling herd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4090/.

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