The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

II.

VOLUME II.

A COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND HYMNS.

HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS.

PART I.

II.

PART II.

THE FIFTY-SECOND CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

HABAKKUK III. 17, 18, 19.

AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN.

A PRAYER FOR HUMILITY.

A THANKSGIVING.

FOR THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER.

SUBMISSION.

FOR A SICK FRIEND.

AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.

RECEIVING A CHRISTIAN FRIEND.

THE SALUTATION.

AT THE MEETING OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDS.

AT PARTING.

THE COMMENDATION.

THOUGH ABSENT IN BODY, YET PRESENT IN SPIRIT.

ENTERING INTO THE CONGREGATION.

ANOTHER.

HYMN FOR THE DAY OF PENTECOST.

ANOTHER.

A THANKSGIVING.

A DIALOGUE OF ANGELS AND MEN.

THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

THE TWELFTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

ISAIAH XXVI. 13, 14.

AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.

AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY.

COME, LORD JESUS!

THE SAME.

WAITING FOR CHRIST THE PROPHET.

THE SAME.

DANIEL IN THE DEN OF LIONS.

THE THREE CHILDREN IN THE FIERY FURNACE.

A THANKSGIVING.

HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT.

WATCH IN ALL THINGS.

A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS.

LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS.

I. JOHN I. 9.

THEY THAT WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.

THE THINGS WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN ARE POSSIBLE TO GOD.

LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.

THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL STAND FOR EVER.

ZECHARIAH IV. 7, &c.

THE SAME.

WAITING FOR THE PROMISE.

THE SAME.

DESIRING TO LOVE.

TITUS II. 14.

DEUTERONOMY XXXIII. 26, &c.

MARK XI. 22, 23, 24.

ROMANS IV. 16, &c.

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.

I AM DETERMINED TO KNOW NOTHING SAVE JESUS CHRIST, AND HIM CRUCIFIED.

THE SAME.

PLEADING THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION.

BEHOLD THE MAN!

TITUS II. 11, &c.

IT IS TIME FOR THEE, LORD, TO LAY TO THINE HAND: FOR THEY HAVE DESTROYED THY LAW.

HE THAT BELIEVETH SHALL NOT MAKE HASTE.

THE LORD'S PRAYER PARAPHRASED.

REVELATION I.

A PRAYER FOR THE BISHOPS.

A PRAYER FOR LABOURERS.

ANOTHER.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, WRITE, &c.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SMYRNA.

TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN PERGAMOS.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS.

TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS.

THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME!

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

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LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.

[Romans iii. 4.]

God of all power, and truth, and love,
I act my faith on Thee,
Expect Thy promises to prove
Accomplish'd all in me.

In hope believing against hope,
Thy faithfulness I plead;
Assured that Thou shalt lift me up,
And make me free indeed.

Thou shalt on me Thy Spirit pour,
And make the sinner clean;
In confidence I wait the hour
When I shall cease from sin.

I trust that to the life Divine
Thou wilt my soul restore,
And I shall in Thine image shine,
And I shall sin no more.

Though Satan all Thy truths deny,
He shall no more deceive;
I cannot give my God the lie,
For I shall surely live.

Though men blaspheme the liberty,
The power they never knew,
Let every man a liar be,
So God alone be true.

Though nature fail, and flesh and blood
Would from the promise start,
God shall His word accomplish, God
Is greater than my heart.

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Through unbelief I stagger not;
Though now my soul is dead,
Quicken'd in Christ, from every thought
Of sin I shall be freed.

I shall be perfected in love;
For Thou hast spoke the word,
The servant cannot be above,
But shall be as, his Lord.

The glory of Thy truth and grace
To Thee, O God, I give;
The vilest of the sinful race,
I without sin shall live.

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LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.

[Romans iii. 4.]