I ran across several people on the net who voiced concerns over the 3rd verse of Wesley's "And Can it Be" being too Arminian. I have trouble seeing that, and I'd like your opinion:

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He left His Father's throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace.
Emptied Himself of all but love
And bled for Adam's helpless race.

Why is saying "And bled for Adam's helpless race" a denial of particular redemption? It can be if that's what your congregation is taught. But it doesn't have to be. I mean, if I say "I bought donuts", it doesn't mean I bought every single donut in the whole world.

I know that the Trinity Hymnal (Baptist Edition) changed the line to "bled for al His chosen race", which I like, but I don't see the problem with the old line.

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin