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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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VOLUME I.
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VOLUME II.
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VOLUME III.
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VOLUME IV.
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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF Trouble and Persecution.
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HYMNS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION.
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HYMNS TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.
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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE, For the YEAR 1745.
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HYMNS FOR Times of Trouble.
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HYMNS FOR THE Public Thanksgiving-Day, October 9, 1746.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD.
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HYMNS FOR OUR Lord's Resurrection.
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HYMNS FOR Ascension-Day.
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HYMNS OF Petition and Thanksgiving FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.
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HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.
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Vol. I.
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PART I.
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I. THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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II. ISAIAH XXVII. 1–6, &c.
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III. THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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IV. THE FIFTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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V. THE SIXTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VI. THE SIXTY-SECOND CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VII. AN HYMN FOR SERIOUSNESS.
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VIII. THE BEATITUDES.
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[FOR ONE CONVINCED OF UNBELIEF.]
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[DESIRING TO LOVE.]
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XXV. FOR A DYING UNCONVERTED SINNER.
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XXVI. ANOTHER.
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XXVII. FOR A SICK FRIEND IN DARKNESS.
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XXVIII. ANOTHER.
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[FOR ONE IN DOUBT.]
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[PENITENTIAL HYMN.]
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XLII. INVITATION TO SINNERS.
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[JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.]
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[WAITING FOR REDEMPTION.]
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[TO ONE FALLEN FROM GRACE.]
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[AFTER A RECOVERY.]
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LXXXVIII. AFTER A RECOVERY.
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX. THE SAME.
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XC. THE SAME.
 XCI. 
XCI. THE SAME.
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XCII. THE SAME.
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XCIII. THE SAME.
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XCIV. THE SAME.
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XCV. THE BLOODY ISSUE CURED.
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XCVI. THE TEMPEST.
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XCVII. GLORIA PATRI.
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XCVIII. ABBA FATHER!
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XCIX. FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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[IN TEMPTATION.]
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VOLUME V.
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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VOLUME IX.
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VOLUME X.
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VOLUME XI.
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VOLUME XII.
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VOLUME XIII.

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442

LXXXIX. THE SAME.

Hymn 2.

[Weary of wandering from my God]

Weary of wandering from my God,
And now made willing to return,
I hear, and bow me to the rod,
For Him, not without hope, I mourn:
I have an Advocate above,
A Friend before the throne of love.
O Jesu, full of pardoning grace,
More full of grace than I of sin;
Yet once again I seek Thy face,
Open Thine arms and take me in,
And freely my backslidings heal,
And love the faithless sinner still.
Thou know'st the way to bring me back,
My fallen spirit to restore;
O for Thy truth and mercy sake,
Forgive, and bid me sin no more,
The ruins of my soul repair,
And make my heart an house of prayer.
The stone to flesh again convert,
The veil of sin once more remove:
Sprinkle Thy blood upon my heart,
And melt it with Thy dying love:
This rebel heart by love subdue,
And make it soft and make it new.
Give to mine eyes refreshing tears,
And kindle my relentings now;
Fill all my soul with filial fears:
To Thy sweet yoke my spirit bow;
Bend by Thy grace, O bend, or break
The iron sinew in my neck.
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Ah! give me, Lord, the tender heart,
That trembles at the' approach of sin;
A godly fear of sin impart,
Implant, and root it deep within;
That I may dread Thy gracious power,
And never dare offend Thee more.
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