Religion

Acts 19:15: The evil spirit...said, Jesus I know, and, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Jesus the woman's conquering Seed
He knew, the Bruiser of his head,
Who hurl'd the' archangel from his throne,
Who cast the foe as lightning down;
And bruises now beneath our feet
And drives him to the burning pit.

He knew the' apostle too, endued
With power from the Incarnate God,
Arm'd with his Lord's authority
To set the thralls of Satan free,
To blast the dire destroyer's aim,
And cast him out in Jesus' name.

But who are ye, or whence your power,
A church that Antichrist adore,
Yet over the demoniac call
The names of Jesus and of Paid,
And still to cast him out pretend
By water sprinkled on the fiend?

The stubborn fiend will not give place
To all the Babylonish race,
Their unintelligible spells,
And charms, and lying miracles;
Nor can he Koines exorcists tear,
Or fly from his own successor.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 19:15: The evil spirit...said, Jesus I know, and, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6582/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 19:15: The evil spirit...said, Jesus I know, and, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6582/.

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