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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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VOLUME V.
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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.
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HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.
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PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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HYMNS FOR LOVE.
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HYMNS AND POEMS,
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EPITAPHS.
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MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS AND POEMS.
  
HYMN ON THE MEANS OF GRACE.
  
TO BE SUNG AT A BAPTISM.
  
A HYMN AT THE SACRAMENT.
  
LINES WRITTEN ON BEING REQUESTED TO WRITE AN EPITAPH FOR THE REV. JAMES HERVEY.
  
ON THE FAILURE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN A MITIGATION OF DR. DODD'S PUNISHMENT.
  
AN APOLOGY FOR THE ENEMIES TO MUSIC.
  
WRITTEN AFTER PASSING BY WHITEHALL.
  
AFTER READING MR. HILL'S “REMARKS,” AND “FARRAGO DOUBLE-DISTILLED.”
  
TO A FRIEND ON SOME LATE INFAMOUS PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. [1776.]
  
PARTY LOYALTY. [1780.]
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THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, WRITTEN IN THE MIDST OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
  
ADDRESS TO THE CITY.
  
ADVICE TO THE CITY.
  
SECOND ADDRESS TO THE CITY.
  
THE MAN OF FASHION.
  
ON A MOTION OF THE MINORITY. [1781.]
  
NON TALI AUXILIO, NEC DEFENSORIBUS ISTIS TEMPUS EGET.
  
ON THE DECLARATION OF LORD C---, THAT “THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA BY SWORD AND FIRE IS NOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.”
  
A PRAYER FOR KING GEORGE.
  
ANOTHER.
  
HOPE IN THE END.
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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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XCIV.

[With sin and grief beginning]

With sin and grief beginning,
Must I with sorrow end
A wretched life, and sinning
Into the grave descend?
Will mercy's arms receive me,
When all my woes are past?
Or God refuse to give me
Pardon and peace at last?
No longer I endeavour
Myself to justify,
Convinced my Maker's favour
I cannot, cannot buy:
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No deeds or tempers virtuous
Have I wherein to trust:
If Love will lose His purchase,
I am for ever lost.
But is there no salvation
For sinners lost as me?
But is there no compassion
In Him who stain'd the tree?
Jesus, Thou cam'st from heaven,
And pouredst out Thy blood,
That I might die forgiven,
Might share the throne of God.
Soon as Thy passion tells me
Hope in my end there is,
Soon as Thy Spirit seals me
An heir of endless bliss,
The kingdom to inherit,
I would with joy resign
My disembodied spirit
Into the hands Divine.
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