God, the offended God most high

Verse 1
God, the offended God most high,
Ambassadors to rebels sends:
His messengers his place supply,
And Jesus begs us to be friends:
Us in the stead of Christ they pray,
Us in the stead of God intreat,
To cast our arms our sins away,
And find forgiveness at his feet.

Verse 2
O God in Christ, thine embassy,
And proffer’d mercy we embrace,
And gladly reconcil’d to thee,
Thy condescending goodness praise:
Poor debtors by our Lord’s request
A full acquittance we receive,
And criminals with pardon blest,
We at our judge’s instance live.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “'We are ambassadors for CHRIST, as tho’ God did BESEECH you by us. We PRAY you in CHRIST’S STEAD be ye reconciled to GOD.'—1 Cor. v. 20.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 217.
Publishing: Public Domain