Will the’ Almighty God of Grace

Will th’ Almighty God of grace
Take up his abode with me,
Me, who all my sins confess,
All my imbecillity?
When Thou dost so greatly stoop,
When Thou into me art given,
Purify by faith and hope,
Then transport thy house to heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof.’—[Matt. 8,] v. 8.” 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 211.
Publishing: Public Domain