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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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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF Trouble and Persecution.
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HYMNS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION.
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HYMNS TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.
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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE, For the YEAR 1745.
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HYMNS FOR Times of Trouble.
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HYMNS FOR THE Public Thanksgiving-Day, October 9, 1746.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD.
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HYMNS FOR OUR Lord's Resurrection.
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HYMNS FOR Ascension-Day.
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HYMNS OF Petition and Thanksgiving FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.
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HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
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HYMN I.
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HYMN II.
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HYMN III. THANKSGIVING FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL.
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HYMN IV. THE INVITATION.
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HYMN V.
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HYMN VI. FOR A BELIEVER, IN WORLDLY BUSINESS.
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HYMN VII.
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HYMN VIII.
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HYMN IX.
 X. 
HYMN X.
 XI. 
HYMN XI. A FUNERAL HYMN.
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HYMN XII.
 XIII. 
HYMN XIII. TE DEUM.
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HYMN XIV.
 XV. 
HYMN XV.
 XVI. 
HYMN XVI.
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HYMN XVII. FOR A MINISTER OF CHRIST.
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HYMN XVIII. Proverbs iii. 13, &c.
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HYMN XIX.
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HYMN XX. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE IN A TUMULT.
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HYMN XXII. AT LYING DOWN.
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HYMN XXIII.
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HYMN XXIV.
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HYMN XXV. THE MUSICIAN'S HYMN.
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HYMN XXVI. ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
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HYMN XXVII.
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HYMN XXVIII.
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HYMN XXIX.
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HYMN XXX.
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HYMN XXXI. FOR THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL.
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HYMN XXXII. AT MEETING OF FRIENDS.
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HYMN XXXIII. THANKSGIVING.
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HYMN XXXIV. TO THE TRINITY.
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HYMN XXXV.
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HYMN XXXVI.
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HYMN XXXVII.
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HYMN XXXVIII. THANKSGIVING.
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HYMN XXXIX. BEFORE PRIVATE PRAYER.
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HYMN XL.
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HYMN XLI. THE TRAVELLER.
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HYMN XLII.
 XLIII. 
HYMN XLIII.
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HYMN XLIV.
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HYMN XLV.
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HYMN XLVI.
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HYMN XLVII. AT THE HOUR OF RETIREMENT.
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HYMN XLVIII. AT THE PARTING OF FRIENDS.
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HYMN XLIX.
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HYMN L. THE GREAT SUPPER.
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HYMN LI. THE PILGRIM.
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HYMN LII. AT PARTING OF FRIENDS.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.
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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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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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1445.

[“How shall I give thee up?”]

How shall I give thee up? —xi. 8.

“How shall I give thee up?”
Thy mercy cannot tell,
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It doth the hand of justice stop,
It keeps me out of hell:
Thine anger moves so slow,
Thy grace so swift doth move!
And mercy will not let me go,
Till I am safe above.
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