Peace, fluttering soul! the storm is o'er

Verse 1
Peace, flutt’ring soul! The storm is o’er,
Ended at last the doubtful[1] strife:
Respiring now, the cause explore
That bound thee to a wretched life. (Rom. 7:23-24)

Verse 2
When on the margin of the grave,
Why did I doubt my Saviour’s art? (Matt. 14:31)
Ah! Why mistrust his will to save?
What meant that fault’ring of my heart?

Verse 3
’Twas not the searching pain within
That fill’d my coward flesh with fear;
Nor conscience of uncancel’d[2] sin; (Heb. 10:2)
Nor sense of dissolution near. (II Cor. 5:1)

Verse 4
Of hope I felt no joyful ground,
The fruit of righteousness alone; (James 3:18, Phil. 1:11, Heb. 12:11, Isa. 32:17)
Naked of Christ my soul I found, (Rev. 3:17)
And started from a God unknown. (Acts 17:23)

Verse 5
Corrupt my will, nor half subdu’d,
Could I his purer presence bear? (I John 3:2-3)
Unchang’d, unhallow’d, unrenew’d
Could I before his face appear?

Verse 6
Father of mercies, hear my call! (II Cor. 1:3)
Ere yet returns the fatal hour,
Repair my loss, retrieve my fall,
And raise me by thy quick’ning pow’r. (John 5:21, Eph. 2:1, Eph. 2:4-5, Ps. 119:25)

Verse 7
My nature re-exchange for thine; (II Pet. 1:4)
Be thou my life, my hope, my gain; (Col. 3:4, I Tim. 1:1, Phil. 1:21)
Arm me in panoply divine, (Eph. 6:11, Eph. 6:13)
And death shall shake his dart in vain. (I Cor. 15:55-57)

Verse 8
When I thy promis’d Christ have seen, (Luke 2:26)
And clasp’d him in my soul’s embrace, (Luke 2:28)
Possest of my salvation, then—
Then, let me, Lord, depart in peace! (Luke 2:29-30)

[1] Wesley changed “doubtful” to “doubtless” in 1739.
[2] Wesley changed “conscience of uncancel’d” to “conciousness of outward” to 1743.