God of our life, at Thy command

Verse 1
God of our life, at thy command
We now our sins confess,
In nakedness of spirit stand,
And shew our sore disease.

Verse 2
God of our health, in thy great name
We now perform thy will,
Regard our prayer, admit our claim,
Our sin-sick spirits heal.

Verse 3
Forgive the sins thro’ which we groan,
Which we no longer hide,
Our filthiness of flesh we own,
Our filthiness of pride.

Verse 4
The devilish and the brutal lust
To thee we now confess,
Cleanse us, O faithful God, and just,
From all unrighteousness.

Verse 5
Then shall we to thy[1] only name
The praise and glory give,
The greatness of thy power proclaim
To us ward who believe.

Verse 6
Then let or earth or hell oppose,
We will assert thy power,
And witness to a world of foes,
That we can sin no more.

[1] Wesley changed “thy” to “thine” in 1745.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1742). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 2 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 138.
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