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John 5:17: God over all for ever bless'd
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
God over all for ever bless'd,
Jehovah and Jehovah's Son,
From doing good Thou canst not rest,
With Thine eternal Father one:
His works of grace shall never cease,
The property of Love Divine
Is to communicate and bless,
And all His attributes are Thine.
Thy providence preserves, maintains,
And rules the universe it made,
Thy Spirit moves, and acts, and reigns
In all that hang upon Thine aid:
Thy F'ather is in Thee employ'd;
Thou dost His works, and Thou alone;
The power and majesty of God,
Essence and will is all Thine own.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 5:17: God over all for ever bless'd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5556/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 5:17: God over all for ever bless'd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5556/.
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