Religion
Mark 5:26: And had suffered many tilings of many, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
A Fountain of infectious blood
Hath made my heart and life unclean:
Most loathsome in the sight of God
The dire concupiscence within,
The fikhiness of lust and pride,
Of flesh and spirit I bemoan;
And having all physicians tried,
Confess, I can be heal'd by none.
A length of years in sin and pain
Have I not rather died than lived?
Yet no relief from means or men,
Sufferings, or works, have I received:
My strength is spent, my life is gone,
The last faint spark of hope and grace,
And sunk in deep despair I own
I am all sin and wickedness.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 5:26: And had suffered many tilings of many, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4726/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 5:26: And had suffered many tilings of many, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4726/.
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