The cov’enant old in types conceal’d
Now in the gospel is reveal’d;
The gospel-cov’enant has took place,
And saves us not by works but grace:
The Lord his Spirit’s seal applies,
His people all to circumcise,
And when our sins and us He parts,
Cuts off the foreskin of our hearts.
The cov’enant old in types conceal’d
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He gave him the covenant of circumcision.’—[Acts 7,] v. 8.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 309-10.
Publishing: Public Domain