"Engraven on my heart and mind, / O that I could Thy precepts find"
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Engraven on my heart and mind, / O that I could Thy precepts find"
Metaphor in Context
I will make a new covenant, &c.
--viii. 8.
Engraven on my heart and mind,
O that I could Thy precepts find,
Begotten from above,
The nature contrary to sin,
The' essential righteousness brought in,
The perfect law of love.
The law of glorious liberty,
When wilt Thou, Lord, impart to me?
My soul divinely pure,
Again in holiness create,
Restore me to my first estate,
And make the covenant sure?
Thy covenant of redeeming grace
Stablish with all the faithful race,
Eternally forgiven.
Redeem'd from inward pravity,
In every point conform'd to Thee,
And take us up to heaven.
--viii. 8.
Engraven on my heart and mind,
O that I could Thy precepts find,
Begotten from above,
The nature contrary to sin,
The' essential righteousness brought in,
The perfect law of love.
The law of glorious liberty,
When wilt Thou, Lord, impart to me?
My soul divinely pure,
Again in holiness create,
Restore me to my first estate,
And make the covenant sure?
Thy covenant of redeeming grace
Stablish with all the faithful race,
Eternally forgiven.
Redeem'd from inward pravity,
In every point conform'd to Thee,
And take us up to heaven.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Wesley, John and Wesley, Charles. The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley. Ed. G. Osborn. Vol. XIII. London: R. Needham, 1871.
Date of Entry
03/07/2005
