Thou shalt not suffer her to live

“Thou shalt not suffer her to live,”
But Deists can a Witch reprieve,
And all our Senators reply
“Thou shalt not suffer her to die.”

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.’—[Exod.] 22:18.” 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 52.
Publishing: Public Domain