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Created page with "[https://archive.org/details/hymnsandsacredpo00wesliala Wesley J and Wesley C (1743), "Hymns and Sacred Poems", 4th edition, page 78, at archive.org.] Text original, except f..."
[https://archive.org/details/hymnsandsacredpo00wesliala Wesley J and Wesley C (1743), "Hymns and Sacred Poems", 4th edition, page 78, at archive.org.]
Text original, except for a few spelling modernisations.
===Words===
FREE GRACE.<br><br>
And can it be, that I should gain<br>
An Int'rest in the Saviour's Blood!<br>
Died He for Me? ---- who caus'd his Pain!<br>
For Me? ---- who him to Death pursu'd!<br>
Amazing Love!  how can it be<br>
That Thou, my GOD shouldst die for Me?<br><br>
'Tis Myst'ry all!  th'Immortal dies!<br>
Who can explore his strange Design?<br>
In vain the first-born Seraph tries<br>
To sound the Depths of Love Divine.<br>
'Tis Mercy all!  let Earth adore;<br>
Let Angel Minds enquire no more.<br><br>
He left his Father's Throne above,<br>
(So free, so infinite his Grace!)<br>
Emptied himself of All but Love,<br>
And bled for <I>Adam</I>'s helpless Race:<br>
'Tis Mercy all, immense and free!<br>
For O my GOD!  it found out Me!<br><br>
Long my imprison'd Spirit lay,<br>
Fast bound in Sin and Nature's Night:<br>
Thine Eye diffus'd a quick'ning Ray;<br>
I woke; the Dungeon flam'd with Light;<br>
My Chains fell off, my Heart was free,<br>
I rose, went forth, and follow'd Thee.<br><br>
Still the small inward Voice I hear,<br>
That whispers all my Sins forgiv'n;<br>
Still the Atoning Blood is near,<br>
That quench'd the Wrath of hostile Heav'n:<br>
I feel the Life his Wounds impart;<br>
I feel my S<small>AVIOUR</small> in my Heart.<br><br>
No Condemnation now I dread,<br>
J<small>ESUS</small>, and all in Him, is Mine:<br>
Alive in Him, my Living Head,<br>
And clothed in Righteousness Divine,<br>
Bold I approach th'Eternal Throne,<br>
And claim the Crown, thro' C<small>HRIST</small>, my own.<br>
Text original, except for a few spelling modernisations.
===Words===
FREE GRACE.<br><br>
And can it be, that I should gain<br>
An Int'rest in the Saviour's Blood!<br>
Died He for Me? ---- who caus'd his Pain!<br>
For Me? ---- who him to Death pursu'd!<br>
Amazing Love!  how can it be<br>
That Thou, my GOD shouldst die for Me?<br><br>
'Tis Myst'ry all!  th'Immortal dies!<br>
Who can explore his strange Design?<br>
In vain the first-born Seraph tries<br>
To sound the Depths of Love Divine.<br>
'Tis Mercy all!  let Earth adore;<br>
Let Angel Minds enquire no more.<br><br>
He left his Father's Throne above,<br>
(So free, so infinite his Grace!)<br>
Emptied himself of All but Love,<br>
And bled for <I>Adam</I>'s helpless Race:<br>
'Tis Mercy all, immense and free!<br>
For O my GOD!  it found out Me!<br><br>
Long my imprison'd Spirit lay,<br>
Fast bound in Sin and Nature's Night:<br>
Thine Eye diffus'd a quick'ning Ray;<br>
I woke; the Dungeon flam'd with Light;<br>
My Chains fell off, my Heart was free,<br>
I rose, went forth, and follow'd Thee.<br><br>
Still the small inward Voice I hear,<br>
That whispers all my Sins forgiv'n;<br>
Still the Atoning Blood is near,<br>
That quench'd the Wrath of hostile Heav'n:<br>
I feel the Life his Wounds impart;<br>
I feel my S<small>AVIOUR</small> in my Heart.<br><br>
No Condemnation now I dread,<br>
J<small>ESUS</small>, and all in Him, is Mine:<br>
Alive in Him, my Living Head,<br>
And clothed in Righteousness Divine,<br>
Bold I approach th'Eternal Throne,<br>
And claim the Crown, thro' C<small>HRIST</small>, my own.<br>
