Religion

Acts 23: The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The modern Sadducees
Angels and spirits disown,
Deists no after state confess,
No God to man made known;
As when their only care
This present life were o'er,
Their brutal souls would melt in air,
And die to live no more.

The Pharisees maintain
With zealous fury fill'd
Gainst all your infidels profane
The Christian truths reveal'd:
Yet orthodox at most
In notions who confide
They may of fewer errors boast,
And more abundant pride.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 23: The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6671/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 23: The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6671/.

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