Songwriters: Charles Wesley

Bible Verses: Genesis, Genesis 3, Genesis 3:1

Hymnal/Album: This is a polemical poem written as part of a theological debate. Expository Songs does not recommend the use of polemical poems in corporate worship and does not endorse all sentiments in this poem. It is included for reference purposes only, to allow a more complete overview of the use of Scripture in Wesley's work. Introduced in Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (second series) (London: W. Strahanm 1742). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 78. Part of the hymn was later published separately as "The Mind that Was In Christ" or "Equip Me for the War."

Publishing: Public Domain