Religion

The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah, Part 4

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740) · Osborn ed., vol. 1 (1868)

Religion

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.

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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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