What is the context?
The death of the faithful is called precious in God’s sight. The speaker then names himself as God’s servant and remembers bonds broken.
Thanksgiving and vows are offered publicly in the Lord’s courts. Personal rescue reaches its response within the community.
The value placed on faithful lives should not become a claim that God delights in bereavement or that the song urges people to seek death. The immediate movement is gratitude for release into service.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley’s printed text follows the statement about death with service and thanksgiving. It does not supply a separate explanation here that would justify inventing an exact doctrine of each believer’s time of death.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.