Religion
Acts 28:4: Partially by nature taught
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Partially by nature taught,
Though barbarous and rude,
Murder's crying crime they thought
Py wrath Divine pursued:
"God His own decree fulfils,
And always acts as Judge below,
Blessings to the righteous deals,
And to the wicked woe."
God (as yet they did not see)
Who doth His children grieve,
Spares the sons of cruelty,
And lets a murderer live:
Oft on earth His blood is shed;
But vengeance, if it here delay,
Falls the heavier on his head
In that tremendous day.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 28:4: Partially by nature taught.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6764/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 28:4: Partially by nature taught.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6764/.
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