Lusting to shed his brother’s blood,
Must Cain to the desire submit?
He might have still superior stood,
And trampled sin beneath his feet:
And may not all, O Lord, embrace
The power o’er sin obtain’d by thee?
Sufficient is thy saving grace
For every reprobate, and me.
Lusting to shed his brother’s blood
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Unto thee shall be the desire of it, and thou shalt rule over it.” (Heb.)—[Gen.] iv. 7. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 12.
Publishing: Public Domain