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Matthew 19: Lest nature of itself despair
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Lest nature of itself despair,
I triumph in the strength of grace,
Mine utter impotence declare,
Mine inability confess,
And bless this inability.
Which makes me look for all from Thee.
No evil, Lord, can I eschew.
Unless Thy mighty grace restrain.
No good without Thy Spirit do,
A feeble helpless child of man:
But absolute in power Thou art.
And greater than my sinful heart.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 19: Lest nature of itself despair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4370/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 19: Lest nature of itself despair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4370/.
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