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 55.
Scripture connections
References
Verses this song directly draws fromAllusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toPsalm 51:11Psalm 89:36-37Proverbs 16:18Isaiah 59:2Jeremiah 31:35-36Malachi 3:6Matthew 9:22Matthew 11:28Matthew 24:13Mark 5:34Mark 10:52Luke 8:48Luke 17:19Luke 18:13Luke 18:42John 3:15-16John 3:16John 3:36John 6:40Romans 2:5Romans 6:23II Corinthians 1:22I Timothy 2:4I Timothy 2:4-6James 4:6I John 2:2Revelation 2:10