Religion
The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah, Part 4
From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740) · Osborn ed., vol. 1 (1868)
Divinely warn'd of judgments near,
Noah believed a threatening God;
With humble faith, and holy fear
He built the ark, and 'scaped the flood.
He (while the world that disbelieved,
The careless world of sinners, died)
The righteousness of faith received:
Noah by faith was justified.
We too by faith the world condemn,
Of righteousness Divine possest,
Escape the wrath that covers them,
Safe in the ark of Jesu's breast.
Codex Note
Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers
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Wesley, Charles. “The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah, Part 4.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/65/.
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Wesley, Charles. “The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah, Part 4.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/65/.
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