The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Moses the meek man of God,
A type of Christ was seen,
Head of faithful Israel stood,
And guide of sinful men,
Show'd as prophet of the Lord
The land to all believers given,
Herald of Jehovah's word,
Interpreter of Heaven.

Israel he from Egypt led,
But must to Jesus yield;
Jesus like His brethren made,
His brethren far excell'd;
Moses form'd the church of old,
And one peculiar nation join'd;
Christ received into His fold
The souls of all mankind.

Soon as Moses prophesied,
Israel's deliverance came;
Soon as Jesus spake, and died
The sacrificial Lamb,
Life, the grand effect, ensued;
That blood for every soul was spilt,
Purged that all-redeeming blood
The universal guilt.

Those who quaked and could not bear
Jehovah's thundering word,
Ask'd that Moses might declare
The dictates of his Lord:

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Wearied by the law of fire,
Much more the slaves of guilty fear
Fly from Sinai, and desire
The voice of Christ to hear.

Moses truly minister'd,
A servant, not a Son;
Christ, who in our flesh appear'd,
Came from His Father down;
Equal to the Lord Most-High,
By all the heavenly hosts confess'd,
Re-enthroned beyond the sky,
Our God for ever bless'd.

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