Religion

John 5:19: The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)

Religion

O Glorious inability
Which shows the perfect power supreme!
He cannot work distinct from Thee,
Thou canst not work distinct from Him:
In virtue, mind, and nature one.
Beyond the reach of human thought,
Whate'er is by Thy Father done.
By Thee is in that instant wrought.

He shows and does the work Divine,
At once Thou seest and dost the same:
Thy act is His, and His is Thine:
He is. Thou art, the great I AM!
Incomprehensible we own
The' adorable necessity:
Nor He nor Thou canst act alone.
No more than God can cease to be.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:19: The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5558/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:19: The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5558/.

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