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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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HYMNS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, AND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. By CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Late Student of Christ-Church.
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HYMNS ON THE TRINITY.
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PREPARATION FOR DEATH, IN SEVERAL HYMNS.
 I. 
HYMN I.
 II. 
HYMN II.
 III. 
HYMN III.
 IV. 
HYMN IV.
 V. 
HYMN V.
 VI. 
HYMN VI.
 VII. 
HYMN VII.
 VIII. 
HYMN VIII.
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HYMN IX.
 X. 
HYMN X.
 XI. 
HYMN XI.
 XII. 
HYMN XII.
 XIII. 
HYMN XIII.
 XIV. 
HYMN XIV.
 XV. 
HYMN XV.
 XVI. 
HYMN XVI.
 XVII. 
HYMN XVII.
 XVIII. 
HYMN XVIII.
 XIX. 
HYMN XIX.
 XX. 
HYMN XX.
 XXI. 
HYMN XXI.
 XXII. 
HYMN XXII.
 XXIII. 
HYMN XXIII.
 XXIV. 
HYMN XXIV.
 XXV. 
HYMN XXV.
 XXVI. 
HYMN XXVI.
 XXVII. 
HYMN XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
HYMN XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
HYMN XXIX.
 XXX. 
HYMN XXX.
 XXXI. 
HYMN XXXI.
 XXXII. 
HYMN XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
HYMN XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
HYMN XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
HYMN XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
HYMN XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
HYMN XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
HYMN XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
HYMN XXXIX.
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HYMN XL.
 XLI. 
HYMN XLI.
 XLII. 
HYMN XLII.
 XLIII. 
HYMN XLIII.
 XLIV. 
HYMN XLIV.
 XLV. 
HYMN XLV.
 XLVI. 
HYMN XLVI.
 XLVII. 
HYMN XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
HYMN XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
HYMN XLIX.
 L. 
HYMN L.
 LI. 
HYMN LI.
 LII. 
HYMN LII.
 LIII. 
HYMN LIII.
 LIV. 
HYMN LIV.
 LV. 
HYMN LV.
 LVI. 
HYMN LVI.
 LVII. 
HYMN LVII.
 LVIII. 
HYMN LVIII.
 LIX. 
HYMN LIX.
 LX. 
HYMN LX.
 LXI. 
HYMN LXI.
 LXII. 
HYMN LXII.
 LXIII. 
HYMN LXIII.
 LXIV. 
HYMN LXIV.
 LXV. 
HYMN LXV.
 LXVI. 
HYMN LXVI.
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HYMN LXVII. A FATHER'S PRAYER FOR HIS CHILDREN.
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HYMN LXVIII. THE PRAYER OF A DEPARTING MINISTER.
  
AN ELEGY ON THE LATE REVEREND George Whitefield, M.A.,
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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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HYMN LXIII.

[Scarcely I presume to pray]

Scarcely I presume to pray,
God omnipotent, in love
Take my bosom-sin away,
Me out of myself remove;
Nothing is too hard for Thee,
Yet I fear it cannot be.
Long I every means have tried
To subdue the inbred ill;
Still I am not sanctified,
Rules my ruling passion still;
Neither prayers nor vows restrain,
Tears for ages flow in vain.
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Is it then, most gracious Lord,
Can it be Thy will, that I
Hanging on Thy faithful word
Unredeem'd should live and die,
Gasp in death my slighted prayer,
Perish in extreme despair?
In an agony of doubt,
Father, I Thy will attend,
Till I find Thy counsel out,
Fear and tremble to the end,
Know not what my end shall be,
Leave it to Thy Son and Thee.
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