Thro’ false pretence of honouring Thee
Whoe’er themselves proclaim,
Indulge their secret vanity,
And cloak it with thy name;
For all their works and righteousness,
The hypocrites abhor’d
In human, momentary praise
Receive their whole reward.
Through false pretence of honoring Thee
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They have their reward.’—[Matt. 6,] v. 2.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 174.
Publishing: Public Domain