Such is the heart of man to God,
So harden’d in his bold offence,
As resolute not to be subdued,
Or baffled by omnipotence!
But from his angry presence driven,
Who will not here his judgments feel,
Unconquer’d by the fire from heaven
They perish by the fire of hell.
Such is the heart of man to God
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty, with his fifty.”—II. Kings i. 11. 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 184.
Publishing: Public Domain