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Hymns · 1739

Lord, if to me Thy grace hath given

Songwriter Charles Wesley

Made popular by Charles Wesley, John Wesley

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Details

Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)
Publisher William Strahan
Copyright Public Domain
Notes Originally titled: "Rom. iv. 5. Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of Our Faith." This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 94."

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from
Romans 4:5I Peter 1:23I John 3:9

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Genesis 3:15Exodus 3:2Isaiah 43:2Matthew 13:45-46John 12:24Romans 7:22-23Romans 8:22-23Romans 16:20I Corinthians 15:36I Corinthians 15:45II Corinthians 4:9II Corinthians 5:4Galatians 2:20Galatians 5:17Ephesians 2:1Ephesians 2:4-5Ephesians 3:17-19Colossians 1:27Colossians 2:13Hebrews 6:4-5I Peter 2:11I Peter 5:10

Lyrics

Verse 1
Lord, if to me thy grace hath given,
A spark of life, a taste of heaven, (Eph. 2:4-5, Heb. 6:4-5)
The gospel-pearl, the woman’s seed, (Matt. 13:45-46, Gen. 3:15)
The bruiser of the serpent’s head; (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20)

Verse 2
Why sleeps my principle divine?
Why hastens not my spark to shine?
The Saviour in my heart to move (Eph. 3:17, Col. 1:27, Gal. 2:20)
And all my soul to flame with love? (Eph. 3:18-19)

Verse 3
Buried, o’erwhelm’d, and lost in sin, (Eph. 2:1, Col. 2:13)
And seemingly extinct within,
Th’ immortal seed unactive lies, (I Pet. 1:23, I John 3:9)
The heav’nly Adam sinks and dies: (I Cor. 15:45, I Cor. 15:36, John 12:24)

Verse 4
Dies, and revives the dying flame. (I Cor. 15:36, John 12:24)
Cast down, but not destroy’d I am, (II Cor. 4:9)
‘Midst thousand lusts I still respire, (I Pet. 2:11, Gal. 5:17, Rom. 7:22-23)
And tremble, unconsum’d in fire. (Ex. 3:2, Isa. 43:2)

Verse 5
Suffer’d awhile to want my God, (I Pet. 5:10)
To groan beneath my nature’s load, (II Cor. 5:4, Rom. 8:22-23)
That all may own, that all may see
Th’ ungodly justify’d in me. (Rom. 4:5)