Wouldst thou insult the fallen man,
The work of thy own hands,
Or mock us, Lord, with offers vain,
If thy decree withstands?
Thou canst not thus our souls deceive,
(Tho’ men their God bely)
Thou canst not bid us choose to live,
Whom thou hast doom’d to die.
Wouldst Thou insult the fallen man
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life.”—[Deut.] xxx. 19. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). 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 106.
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