The world on every side entice

The world on every side entice,
But do not thou consent,
Resolv’d to shun the paths of vice,
And scape the punishment:
Renounce the vile, abandon’d race,
From Satan’s factors flee,
And let them go to their own place
Without thy company.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘If sinners entice thee, consent thou not.’—[Prov.] 1:10.” 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. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 344.
Publishing: Public Domain