Religion
Luke 16:30: In vain the self-deceiver stays
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
In vain the self-deceiver stays
For wonders of resistless grace
His stubborn heart to' incline.
Proof for his faith affects to want:
A thousand proofs if mercy grant.
He asks a farther sign.
Faith for his proofs is wanting still,
He will remain, because he will.
Unsaved and unforgiven;
Till hearkening to the sacred word
He leaves his sin, and serves his Lord,
His God come down from heaven.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:30: In vain the self-deceiver stays.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5301/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:30: In vain the self-deceiver stays.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5301/.
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