Religion
Luke 5:31: Conscious of this plague within
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Conscious of this plague within
I a Physician want;
My whole head is sick of sin,
And my whole heart is faint;
Only wickedness I feel,
No goodness doth in me reside.
All my nature is self-will,
And all my soul is pride.
While myself I faint to bear.
And life for lost give up,
Strangely rising from despair
I find a sudden hope;
Hope I of salvation have,
That if myself I cannot heal.
If myself I cannot save,
The great Physician will.
Humbly now, O Lord, I own
My sin and misery.
Make my sad condition known,
Expose my case to Thee;
Glory in my desperate case,
Without Thy help I cannot live;
Therefore help me by Thy grace,
And perfect soundness give.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 5:31: Conscious of this plague within.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5094/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 5:31: Conscious of this plague within.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5094/.
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