But now (if we believe the fiend)
His magical illusions end:
We Vote, Resolve, Enact, Decree
“There’s no such thing as sorcery!
“It might be once at Paphos found;
“But Britain’s isle is holy ground:
“And if he here dispute our power,
“The devil himself shall be no more![”]
But now (if we believe the fiend)
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And when they had gone through the isle, unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer.’—[Acts 13,] v. 6.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 350.
Publishing: Public Domain