Religion

Matthew 26:74: Not know the Man (that God below)

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Not know the Man (that God below)
With whom so late thou vow'dst to die I
Alas, thyself thou didst not know.
Or wouldst not now thy Lord deny:
Go, Peter, weep thy shameful fall,
And let thy grief o'erwhelm us all.
What end of man's apostasy,
If still the' apostate Thou forsake?
But stopp'd, almighty Love, by Thee,
The wandering sinner is brought back:
Thy look the gracious power supplied,
Or Peter had like Judas died.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 26:74: Not know the Man (that God below).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4573/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 26:74: Not know the Man (that God below).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4573/.

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