Religion

Hebrews 6:1: WouLp my Saviour have me do

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)

Religion

WouLp my Saviour have me do
What He commands, in vain,
Eagerly a shade pursue,
Which I can ne'er attain?
Nay, but I believe Thee, Lord,
Trust to prove Thine utmost will;
As hang upon Thy word,
Thy word in me fulfil.

"Go on? but how? from step to step?
No: let ws to perfection /eap /"
Tis thus our hasty nature cries,
Leaps o'er the cross, to snatch the prize,
Like /onah's gourd, displays its bower,
And blooms, and withers, in an hour.

Wuicu of the o/d apostles taught
Perfection in an instant caught,
Show'd evr compendious manner how,
"Believe, and ye are perfect woze;

This moment wake, and seize the prize;
Reeds, into sudden pillars rise;"
Believe delusion's ranting sons,
And all the work is done at once!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 6:1: WouLp my Saviour have me do.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7001/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 6:1: WouLp my Saviour have me do.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7001/.

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