Details
Hymnal / album
Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (second series)
Publisher
William Strahan
Copyright
Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)
Notes
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. Strahan, 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 89.
Scripture connections
References
Verses this song directly draws fromAllusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toJoshua 7:11-12Psalm 139:23-24Proverbs 20:27Isaiah 55:7Jeremiah 18:6Ezekiel 18:23Ezekiel 18:32Joel 64:8Matthew 11:19Matthew 23:37Luke 7:34Luke 15:18-20John 4:10-14John 7:37-38John 14:23Romans 9:20-21Romans 13:14II Corinthians 3:14-16II Corinthians 3:18II Corinthians 4:5-6Galatians 3:27Ephesians 4:30Philippians 2:5Colossians 3:10II Timothy 3:9Hebrews 6:17-18I John 4:8I John 4:16