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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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A HYMN AT THE SACRAMENT.

God of truth and power and grace,
Drawn by Thee to seek Thy face,
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Lo! I in Thy courts appear,
Humbly come to meet Thee here;
Trembling at Thine altar stand,
Lift to heaven my heart and hand,
Of Thy promised strength secure,
All my sins I now abjure.
All my promises renew,
All my wickedness eschew,
Chiefly that I call'd my own,
Now I hate, renounce, disown.
Never more will I commit,
Follow, or be led by it;
Only grant the grace I claim,
Arm my soul with Jesu's name.
Sure I am, Thou able art
To confirm my feeble heart;
Yes, Thou wilt from sin defend,
Make me faithful to the end.
Sure I am, it is Thy will,
I should never yield to ill,
Never lose Thy gracious power,
Never sin or grieve Thee more.
What doth then my hopes prevent?
Lord, Thou stay'st for my consent;
My consent through grace I give,
Promise in Thy fear to live.
Kept by all-sufficient grace,
I will not to sin give place,
I my bosom-sin abjure,
Jesu's blood shall keep me pure.
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Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Present with Thy angel host,
While I at Thine altar bow,
Witness to the solemn vow!
Now admit my bold appeal,
Now affix Thy Spirit's seal,
Now the power from high be given,
Register the oath in heaven.
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