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Matthew 27:21: I Too have oft preferr'd
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
I Too have oft preferr'd
To Christ my sin abhorr'd,
A robber and a murderer spared,
And crucified my Lord:
I spared the lust that stole
My heart, O God, from Thee,
The lust that would destroy my soul
To all eternity.
That just and holy One
Who suffer'd in my place
I would not for my Saviour own,
And kill'd His life of grace.
But Christ I now receive,
Myself not Him deny:
Henceforth in me let Jesus live,
And let Barabbas die.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 27:21: I Too have oft preferr'd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4589/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 27:21: I Too have oft preferr'd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4589/.
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