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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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[HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT WAIT FOR FULL REDEMPTION.]
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[HYMNS FOR WIDOWS]
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[THE MARKS OF FAITH.]
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CLXI. THE MARKS OF FAITH.
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CLXII. THE SAME.
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CLXIII. THE SAME.
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CLXIV. THE SAME.
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CLXV. THE SAME.
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CLXVI. FOR THE FEAR OF GOD.
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CLXVII. FOR A TENDER CONSCIENCE.
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[Philippians. ii. 13.]
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CLXXI. THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM PAIN.
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CLXXII. THANKSGIVING FOR A DELIVERANCE FROM SHIPWRECK.
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CLXXIII. AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM TEMPTATION.
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CLXXIV. AFTER A DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH BY THE FALL OF AN HOUSE.
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CLXXV. WRITTEN IN GOING TO WAKEFIELD TO ANSWER A CHARGE OF TREASON.
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CLXXVI. AFTERWARDS.
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CLXXVII.
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CLXXVIII. ON A JOURNEY.
 CLXXIX. 
CLXXIX. ANOTHER.
 CLXXX. 
CLXXX. ANOTHER.
 CLXXXI. 
CLXXXI. AT THE BAPTISM OF ADULTS.
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CLXXXII. ANOTHER.
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CLXXXIII. HYMN FOR THE KINGSWOOD COLLIERS.
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CLXXXIV. ANOTHER.
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CLXXXV. THE PHYSICIAN'S HYMN.
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CLXXXVI. AN HYMN FOR A MOTHER.
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CLXXXVII. FOR AN UNCONVERTED CHILD.
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CLXXXVIII. THE TRUE USE OF MUSIC.
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CLXXXIX. ANOTHER.
 CXC. 
CXC. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
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[HYMNS FOR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS]
 CCXLVI. 
CCXLVI. PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY.
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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 XIII.

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21.

[Barren, light, and void, and vain]

He will burn up the chaff. —iii. 12.

Barren, light, and void, and vain
Shall I still as chaff remain,
Flexible my heart and mind
Borne about with every wind?
Jesus, turn the chaff to wheat,
Make me for Thy garner meet,
Fruitful, fraught with virtue pure,
Firm the sifting test to' endure.
Me, and every precious grain,
Winnow with Thy Spirit's fan;
Make Thy tempted people clean,
Throughly separate us from sin:
Then our ready souls remove
To the granary above,
Mix'd with all Thy saints to rest,
Bread for God's eternal feast.
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