3 Long in a tempted state forlorn Thou hast my kind supporter been; To feel that all my heart is sin; Me to myself that love hath shewn, HYMN CCCCXXI. C. WESLEY. SAVIOUR, my latter end is come, HYMN CCCCXXII. The Heart yielded. Deut. x. 12, 13. Rev. iii. 20. C. WESLEY. ESUS, thou dost not sue in vain, 1 JE 2 Come in, thou supplicant divine HYMN CCCCXXIII. Approaching Death. Deut. xxxi. 14. 16. C. WESLEY. 1 FATHER, I know my day is nigh, But e'er I yield my fleeting breath, 2 By mercy seal'd in lasting sleep HYMN CCCCXXIV. God our Guide and Preserver. Deut. xxxii. 1 THE 11, 12. C. WESLEY. HE eagle fond her charge awakes And while her flutt'ring plumes she shakes, She spreads her wings, her young to bear, And takes them up, and cleaves the air, 2 "Twas thus in nature's sleep I lay, 3 The object of his kindest care But did himself my weakness bear, 4 The Spirit of redeeming grace And saw as my Redeemer smil❜d, HYMN CCCCXXV. Backsliding deplored. Deut. xxxii. 15. C. WESLEY. 1 AND have not I ungrateful been, Basely forsook my God for sin, My God who form'd me man; 2 Thee that I may no more forsake, HYMN CCCCXXVI. Spiritual Solitude. Deut. xxxiii. 28. Ps. cxvi. 7. 1 ESUS thyself impart, C. WESLEY. The world and sin t' exclude, And let me find it in my heart, 2 The still séquester'd shade 3 That secret place afford That shelter in thy side, And by thy constant presence, Lord, 4 Secure I then shall dwell, "Till thou thy glorious life reveal, And take me to thy throne. HYMN CCCCXXVII. The Secret Sin renounced; and, the accursed Thing removed. Josh. vii. 13. 21. Heb. xii. 1. 1 THE C. WESLEY. HE secret curse, the bosom-sin Through faith in Jesus I remove, And sure the victory to win, And more than conqueror to prove, "Gainst satan and the world I go, (My Lord hath both for me o'ercome) And trample on my latest foe, And march with Christ triumphant home. 2 "I saw, and coveted, and took!" The progress this of every sin; While death, admitted by a look, Lets everlasting judgments in: |