The saint indeed, the humble man

Verse 1
The saint indeed, the humble man
Such as he is delights t’ appear,
In words distinct, and strong, and plain
Disowns his Saviour’s character,
Renounces man’s misplac’d esteem,
As what belongs42 to God, not him.

Verse 2
He doth not in their error leave
The men who foolishly extol,
Too highly of his grace conceive,
Him holy, pure, or perfect call,
But all their fond conceits removes,
And still the lowest place he loves.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.’—[John 1,] v. 20." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 323.
Publishing: Public Domain