Religion
Luke 22:51: Who Jesus' spirit knows
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Who Jesus' spirit knows,
Whatever wrongs he feel
Can never magistrates oppose,
Or force with force repel:
If magistrates abuse
Their just authority.
He counts it gain his life to lose
And keep his conscience free.
The single miracle
He did unask'd, unsought,
A persecuting foe to heal
The Friend of sinners wrought.
Not from Himself to' avert
The death He came to prove,
But mercy mild inclined His heart,
But pure unbounded love.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 22:51: Who Jesus' spirit knows.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5389/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 22:51: Who Jesus' spirit knows.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5389/.
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