Yes; but with the fleshly lust
I never need comply,
Who on my Redeemer trust,
And on his word rely;
Tempted, yet by him with-held,
To sin I give no longer place;
Flesh doth to his Spirit yield,
And nature bows to grace.
Yes; but with the fleshly lust
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The flesh lusteth against the Spirit.”—[Gal.] v. 17. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 65.
Publishing: Public Domain