And have they not agreed it now

Verse 1
And have they not agreed it now,
While us who dare acknowledge Him,
To the one God in Jesus bow,
God self-existent and supreme,
Out of the church they still reject,
And force into a separate sect!

Verse 2
But O, most gracious God and true,
Defeat their dire malicious aim,
Who hate the Lord they never knew,
Abhor the followers of the Lamb,
And would as schismaticks oppress,
And slay thy patient witnesses.

Verse 3
Sole, independant God most-high,
Exalted on thy throne above,
The flock who on thy blood rely
For peace and purity of love,
Kept in the British fold defend,
Kept in the fold till time shall end.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.’—[John 9,] v. 22." 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 445.
Publishing: Public Domain