320 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
Hymn 548. God of all power, and truth, and grace. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 319. Pleading the Promise of Sanctification. Ezek. xxxvi. 23-8. Twenty-eight verses. Verses i, 3, 7, 8, 14 are here given.
Wesley printed the hymn at the end of his sermon on Christian Perfection, and Fletcher gave it at the close of his Last Check to A ntinomianism .
Hymn 540. Holy and true, and righteous Lord. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742 ; Works, ii. 322. From the same hymn as 548, verses 23, 26, 27, 28.
Hymn 550. Light of life, seraphic Fire. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ;] Works, v. 309. Hymns for those that wait for Full Redemption, No. 18. The last verse is omitted.
Ver. 2, line 4, reads, Rooting out the seeds of sin ; cf. Endeavouring to root out all the cursed seeds of evil that I found in him. More s Utopia, Book I.
Hymn 551. All things are possible to him. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1 749 ; Works, v. 300. Hymns for those that wait for Full Redemption, No. 10. Eight verses.
In ver. 3, "Tis certain, though impossible, seems to be from Samuel Wesley, junior s, poem The Cobbler
Thus everything his friends could say The more confirmed him in his way : Farther convinced by what they tell, Twas certain, though impossible.
Both have a link to Tertullian s Certum est, quia im- possibile.
In ver. 4 Charles Wesley wrote, When I in Christ am born again.
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