Religion
Luke 8:43: A woman having an issue of blood, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
How vain our strife to heal
The plague incurable!
Still the plague remains unstay'd,
Still the issue is undried;
Reason's philosophic aid
Heightens, and inflames our pride.
Endeavouring to restrain,
J"he law augments our pain:
Virtue's firm resolve we boast,
Boast our liberty of will;
All our confidence is lost,
Cannot stop the raging ill.
The' original disease
Our medicines but increase:
Happy when at last we know
Human insufficiency,
When we truly humbled go,
Jesus, for relief to Thee.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 8:43: A woman having an issue of blood, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5148/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 8:43: A woman having an issue of blood, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5148/.
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