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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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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.
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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.
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HYMN XXXIX.
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HYMN XL.
 XLI. 
HYMN XLI.
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HYMN XLII.
 XLIII. 
HYMN XLIII.
 XLIV. 
HYMN XLIV.
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HYMN XLV.
 XLVI. 
HYMN XLVI.
 XLVII. 
HYMN XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
HYMN XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
HYMN XLIX.
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HYMN L.
 LI. 
HYMN LI.
 LII. 
HYMN LII.
 LIII. 
HYMN LIII.
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HYMN LIV.
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HYMN LV.
 LVI. 
HYMN LVI.
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HYMN LVII.
 LVIII. 
HYMN LVIII.
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HYMN LIX.
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HYMN LX.
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HYMN LXI.
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HYMN LXII.
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HYMN LXIII.
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HYMN LXIV.
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HYMN LXV.
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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 IX.
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VOLUME X.
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VOLUME XI.
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117.

[Soon as in earnest we begin]

Ye are idle, ye are idle, &c. —v. 17.

Soon as in earnest we begin
Our God to serve and please,
Our labour to escape from sin
Is counted idleness:
Yet will we labour on, till He,
Our great Redeemer come,
And set our hearts at liberty,
And take His servants home.
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