By Satan, or his instrument,
I cannot be compel’d;
They may sollicit my consent,
And I refuse to yield,
Firmly resist intic’d in vain,
To Christ the tempted fly,
And all the wiles of hell disdain,
And all the strength defy.
By Satan, or his instrument
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Cast thyself down.’—[Matt. 4,] v. 6.” 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 152.
Publishing: Public Domain