But how much greater, O my God,
Thy mercy which the faith bestow’d
On all who now believe,
By violent importunity
To conquer, and extort from Thee
Whate’er Thou hast to give!
But how much greater, O my God
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘O woman, great is thy faith.’—[Matt. 15,] v. 28.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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 293.
Publishing: Public Domain