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 84.
Scripture connections
References
Verses this song directly draws fromAllusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toGenesis 6:3Genesis 18:25Deuteronomy 7:6Ecclesiastes 3:21Isaiah 45:9-12Isaiah 55:6Isaiah 65:2Ezekiel 18:23Hosea 11:4Matthew 28:19-20Mark 16:15Luke 19:41Luke 19:41-42John 3:16John 5:40John 6:37John 11:35Acts 20:28Romans 5:8-10Romans 9:14Romans 9:20-21I Corinthians 6:20II Corinthians 5:17Galatians 6:15Ephesians 2:1Ephesians 4:30I Thessalonians 5:10II Timothy 2:4Titus 2:11Hebrews 10:29Hebrews 12:24I Peter 2:9II Peter 3:9I John 4:8I John 4:16Revelation 20:14Revelation 21:8