The cause of this perpetual pain

Verse 1
The cause of this perpetual pain,
Jesus, the inbred sin remove, (Hosea 14:2)
Peace for a dying soul ordain,
And save me by thy purest love,
Then, or whene’er Thou wilt release,
My soul in all thy mind renew’d, (Rom. 12:2)
Created in true holiness, (Eph. 4:23-24)
One spirit with my hallowing God. (I Cor. 6:17)

Verse 2
But canst Thou take it all away?
But can I trust Almighty Love
The root to kill, the remnant slay,
The sinful nature to remove? (Rom. 6:6)
Jesus, I stedfastly believe
The saving Power of God Thou art,
And wilt his perfect Image give, (II Cor. 3:18, I Cor. 15:49)
Thyself, into my sinless heart.

Verse 3
O woudst Thou now thy presence show,
Thy nature in my heart reveal,
And thus destroy th’ indwelling foe, (Rom. 6:6-7)
And me out of myself expel!
Thy presence finishes my sin,
Thy presence makes an end of me; (II Cor. 5:17)
Come in, thou holy God, come in,
And I shall all be lost in Thee. (I Cor. 6:17)

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Take away all iniquity.’—Hosea 14:2. II.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/576, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 82.
Publishing: Public Domain