Verse 1
Jesu, shall I never be
Firmly grounded upon thee?
Never by thy work abide,
Never in thy wounds reside!
Verse 2
Oh! How wavering is my mind,
Tost about with every wind!
Oh! How quickly doth my heart
From the living God depart!
Verse 3
Easily I fall away,
Never am I at one stay;
Strong in faith I seem this hour,
Stript the next of all my power.
Verse 4
Faith is lost in unbelief,
Joy is swallow’d up of grief:
Hope, my latest hope expires,
God, my angry God, retires.
Verse 5
Vanishing out of my sight,
Jesus leaves me sunk in night;
Where shall I my Jesus find,
Helpless I, and dark, and blind?
Verse 6
Seek, O seek me, Lord, again,
Let not all thy gifts be vain,
Comfort to my soul restore,
Come, and never leave me more.
Verse 7
Jesu, let my nature feel
Thou art God unchangeable:
JAH, JEHOVAH, great I AM,
Speak into my soul thy name.
Verse 8
Fruit that I may bear, ordain;
That my fruit may still remain,
Make my heart, and keep it true,
After God my soul renew.
Verse 9
Grant, that every moment I
May believe, and feel thee nigh,
Stedfastly behold thy face,
’Stablish’d with abiding grace.
Verse 10
Plant, and root, and fix in me
All the mind that was in thee:
Settled peace I then shall find;
Jesu’s is a quiet mind.
Verse 11
When it doth in me appear,
I shall nothing covet here.
I shall cast the world behind;
Jesu’s is an heavenly mind.
Verse 12
Then th’ accursed lust of praise
Shall in me no more have place;
Pride no more my soul shall bind;
Jesu’s is an humble mind.
Verse 13
Anger I no more shall feel,
Always quiet, always still;
Meekly on my God reclin’d;
Jesu’s is a gentle mind.
Verse 14
I shall suffer, and fulfil
All my Father’s gracious will,
Be in all alike resign’d;
Jesu’s is a patient mind.
Verse 15
When ’tis deeply rooted here,
Perfect love shall cast out fear;
Fear doth servile spirits bind;
Jesu’s is a noble mind.
Verse 16
When I feel it fixt within,
I shall have no power to sin;
How should sin an entrance find?
Jesu’s is a spotless mind.
Verse 17
I shall nothing know beside
Jesus, and him crucified;
I shall all to him be join’d;
Jesu’s is a loving mind.
Verse 18
I shall triumph evermore,
Gratefully my God adore,
God so good, so true, so kind;
Jesu’s is a thankful mind.
Verse 19
Lowly, loving, meek, and pure
I shall to the end endure,
Be no more to sin inclin’d;
Jesu’s is a constant mind.
Verse 20
I shall fully be restor’d
To the image of my Lord,
Witnessing to all mankind,
Jesu’s is a PERFECT mind.