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Matthew 10:39: O Could I so perfidious be
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
O Could I so perfidious be,
Jesus, by once denying Thee,
My wretched life to save,
My life, which so preserved I find,
I soon should lose, by Thee consign'd
To that infernal grave.
But if I cheerfully forego
For Thy dear sake my life below.
My life conceal'd above
Shall I not find it, Lord, again.
And full felicity obtain
In Thine eternal love?
Thy faithful promise I receive.
And only for Thy glory live,
Till Thou my life require:
And if my heart Thy Spirit fill,
I gladly suffer all Thy will.
And on Thy cross expire.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 10:39: O Could I so perfidious be.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4153/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 10:39: O Could I so perfidious be.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4153/.
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