"On my heart the promise seal'd, / Wrote forgiveness on my heart!"
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Date
1798?, 1868
Metaphor
"On my heart the promise seal'd, / Wrote forgiveness on my heart!"
Metaphor in Context
TETH. Part IX.
Lord, Thou hast Thy word fulfill'd,
Good and gracious as Thou art,
On my heart the promise seal'd,
Wrote forgiveness on my heart!
Teach me then Thy perfect will,
I Thine every word receive;
All Thy law in me fulfil;
Lord, I dare, I dare believe
(Vol. VIII, p. 218)
Lord, Thou hast Thy word fulfill'd,
Good and gracious as Thou art,
On my heart the promise seal'd,
Wrote forgiveness on my heart!
Teach me then Thy perfect will,
I Thine every word receive;
All Thy law in me fulfil;
Lord, I dare, I dare believe
(Vol. VIII, p. 218)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
First found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Found in Google (but only snippet view): The Methodist Magazine (1798), p. 311
Found in Google (but only snippet view): The Methodist Magazine (1798), p. 311
Date of Entry
04/19/2005
