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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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[HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT WAIT FOR FULL REDEMPTION.]
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[HYMNS FOR WIDOWS]
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[THE MARKS OF FAITH.]
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CLXVI. FOR THE FEAR OF GOD.
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CLXVII. FOR A TENDER CONSCIENCE.
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[Philippians. ii. 13.]
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CLXXI. THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM PAIN.
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CLXXII. THANKSGIVING FOR A DELIVERANCE FROM SHIPWRECK.
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CLXXIII. AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM TEMPTATION.
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CLXXIV. AFTER A DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH BY THE FALL OF AN HOUSE.
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CLXXV. WRITTEN IN GOING TO WAKEFIELD TO ANSWER A CHARGE OF TREASON.
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CLXXVI. AFTERWARDS.
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CLXXVII.
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CLXXVIII. ON A JOURNEY.
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CLXXIX. ANOTHER.
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CLXXX. ANOTHER.
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CLXXXI. AT THE BAPTISM OF ADULTS.
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CLXXXII. ANOTHER.
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CLXXXIII. HYMN FOR THE KINGSWOOD COLLIERS.
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CLXXXIV. ANOTHER.
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CLXXXV. THE PHYSICIAN'S HYMN.
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CLXXXVI. AN HYMN FOR A MOTHER.
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CLXXXVII. FOR AN UNCONVERTED CHILD.
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CLXXXVIII. THE TRUE USE OF MUSIC.
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CLXXXIX. ANOTHER.
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CXC. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
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[HYMNS FOR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS]
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CCXLVI. PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY.
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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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CLIII.

[O might the love of Jesus]

O might the love of Jesus
That heaven-descended Man
Incomparably precious,
My ransom'd heart constrain
From every earthly passion,
From every sin to part,
That God and His salvation
May take up all my heart.
O wouldst Thou, Lord, discover
Thy blessed self to me,
My soul's eternal Lover,
As bleeding on the tree;
For my offences bleeding,
Crush'd with the general load,
Yet kindly interceding
For those that shed His blood!
The realizing power
Of faith Divine I want,
To see Thee in that hour,
And hear Thy last complaint;
By hellish toils o'ertaken
To hear the' Immortal groan
Why hath My God forsaken
His dear, expiring Son!
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Let Thy own bowels move Thee
The faith of God to' impart:
I cannot, cannot love Thee,
Till Thou constrain my heart,
To flesh the stony turning,
Till Thou Thy wounds display:
And then in blissful mourning
I weep my life away!
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