That liberty from sin

Verse 1
That liberty from sin
O when shall I attain?
Jesus, be manifest within,
And form my soul again;
Redemption thro’ thy blood
I find by finding Thee;
And cannot sin, when born of God,
And God is born in me.

Verse 2
Jesus, thy word I plead,
Thy promise I embrace,
If Thou hast made me free indeed,
Confirm my heart with grace;
Supported by thy hand
O may I still remain,
Fast on the Rock of ages stand,
And never sin again.

Verse 3
If Thou my bonds hast broke,
My constant Saviour Thou
Preserve me, that to Satan’s yoke
I never more may bow;
May never lose the power
Of faith and humble love,
But stand unshaken as the Tower
That hides my life above.

Verse 4
Confiding in thy name
To sin I need not yield,
But able thro’ thy strength I am
To win the hard-fought field,
My freedom to maintain,
In all thine image rise,
The summit of perfection gain
And sink beyond the skies.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.’—[Gal.] 5:1.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/576, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 64.
Publishing: Public Domain