Religion
Matthew 27:54: Who knowingly the truth oppose
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Who knowingly the truth oppose,
More distant from salvation stand,
More unconvincible than those
Blind instruments of their command,
That serve their execrable will.
And all their bloody mind fulfil.
The first effects of dying love
Wrought on the Pagan soldiers see!
Their hearts with conscious awe approve,
And own the suff'ering Deity,
To Jews a bless'd example give,
And bid the heathen world believe.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 27:54: Who knowingly the truth oppose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4614/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 27:54: Who knowingly the truth oppose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4614/.
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