Christ doth not hear, or answer those

Christ doth not hear, or answer those
Who questions curiously propose:
Let us his cause defend
(When such its enemies we see)
With silent, meek humility,
And suffering to the end.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then he questioned with him in many words; but He answered him nothing.’—[Luke 23,] v. 9.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 297.
Publishing: Public Domain