Religion

Acts 4:9: Do ye not still, ye ruling men

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)

Religion

Do ye not still, ye ruling men,
Permit that open vice should reign,
And courtly wickedness;
Yet while the evil is allow'd,
Ye turn your zeal against the good,
And all its friends oppress.

Ye now into our deeds inquire,
Not through a laudable desire
To praise and imitate,
But matter of offence to find.
(With sin, the world, and Satan join'd,)
And blast the good ye hate.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4:9: Do ye not still, ye ruling men.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6211/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4:9: Do ye not still, ye ruling men.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6211/.

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