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John: The scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Rejoicing in iniquity
The messengers of Satan see,
The servants of his will
Who watches us by day and night.
And seeks with unrelenting spite
To tempt, surprise, and kill.
But Jesus came the world to save.
Poor guilty souls who nothing have
Li their defence to plead.
Who wait the sentence to receive,
Outcasts of men, that these may Hve,
He suffer'd in their stead.
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Wesley, Charles. “John: The scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5664/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John: The scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5664/.
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