Inspiration: Routley comments
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| Wesley's words draw closely on [[Matthew Henry]]'s commentary on {{Bibleverse|Leviticus|8:31–36}}, first published in 1706:<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>We have every one of us a charge to keep, an eternal God to glorify, an immortal soul to provide for, needful duty to be done, our generation to serve; and it must be our daily care to keep this charge, for it is the charge of the Lord our Master, who will shortly call us to an account about it, and it is at our peril if we neglect it. Keep it ‘that ye die not’; it is death, eternal death, to betray the trust we are charged with.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Henry |first=Matthew |title=Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume |publisher=Hendrickson |year=1994 |pages=159}}</ref></blockquote> | Wesley's words draw closely on [[Matthew Henry]]'s commentary on {{Bibleverse|Leviticus|8:31–36}}, first published in 1706:<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>We have every one of us a charge to keep, an eternal God to glorify, an immortal soul to provide for, needful duty to be done, our generation to serve; and it must be our daily care to keep this charge, for it is the charge of the Lord our Master, who will shortly call us to an account about it, and it is at our peril if we neglect it. Keep it ‘that ye die not’; it is death, eternal death, to betray the trust we are charged with.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Henry |first=Matthew |title=Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume |publisher=Hendrickson |year=1994 |pages=159}}</ref></blockquote> |
| Hymnologist [[Erik Routley]] described Wesley's use of Henry's commentary as "a very unusual manner of treating Scripture," asserting: "I cannot recall any other example of a hymn writer taking down a commentary and putting its contents into verse."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Routley |first1=Erik |title=Hymns Today and Tomorrow |date=1966 |publisher=Darton, Longman and Todd |page=105.}}</ref> | |
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Okumaya devam et...