Whoe’er for sin and Satan plead
Fruits of the flesh they surely bear,
To hell, not heaven, their doctrines lead;
And these the specious prophets are!
These by the beastly mark we know
(The mark thou hast thyself assign’d)
And on we to perfection go,
And leave the brethren false behind.
Whoe’er for sin and Satan plead
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”—[Matt.] vii. 16. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). 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 203.
Publishing: Public Domain