The prophecies foreshow’d

Verse 1
The prophecies foreshew’d
The justice, and the grace,
The love, and righteousness of God
Toward all our sinful race:
And if we still rebel,
Nor will for mercy sue,
We must his rig’rous anger feel,
And prove his threatnings true.

Verse 2
Then let us all beware
While yet we may repent,
By humble watchfulness and prayer
The coming woe prevent,
Improve the added space,
E’er God his wrath reveal,
Believe the prophecies of grace
And by our faith fulfil.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets.’—[Acts 13,] v. 40.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 281.
Publishing: Public Domain