Religion

John 15:24: The authors of their Hock's distress

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The authors of their Hock's distress
Wise pastors will forbear to name.
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Yet openly their mind express
And all erroneous guides disclaim;
The faithful should the false deny,
Though of their own community,
The zealots blind who preach a lie,
And contradict our God's decree.

Full of a false misguided zeal
The genuine gospel they debase,
Greatly withstand the men who tell
Poor souls that they are saved by grace:
Poor souls unsettled they subvert,
And from the gospel hope remove;
And nothing can repair the hurt
But true, Divine, enlighten'd love.

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Wesley, Charles. “John 15:24: The authors of their Hock's distress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6469/.

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Wesley, Charles. “John 15:24: The authors of their Hock's distress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6469/.

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