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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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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
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PART II.
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[HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.]
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[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]
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[FOR ONE IN PAIN]
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[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]
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[FOR A SICK FRIEND]
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[AFTER A RECOVERY]
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CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.
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[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]
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CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.
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CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.
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CLXXIV. EPITAPH.
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CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.
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CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.
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[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]
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MOSES'S WISH.—Exodus xxxiii. 12 to xxxiv. 9.
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CLXXXII. THE SAME.
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CLXXXIII. THE SAME.
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CLXXXIV. THE SAME.
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CLXXXV. THE SAME.
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CLXXXVI. THE SAME. FOR A LAY PREACHER.
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CLXXXVII. THE SAME.
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CLXXXVIII. THE SAME.
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CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.
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CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.
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CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.
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CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.
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CXCIII. ANOTHER.
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CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).
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CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.
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[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]
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CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.
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CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.
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[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]
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[AFTER PREACHING]
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CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.
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CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.
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CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.
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CCIX. FOR A PERSON CALLED FORTH TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY.
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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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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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[Wretched in myself, I would]

Wretched in myself, I would
Come for happiness to Thee,
Find redemption in Thy blood,
Permanent tranquillity:
Jesus kind inviting Lord,
Thou art my substantial Rest:
Help me to believe Thy word,
Draw me burden'd to Thy breast.
Ere my weary eyes I close,
In that everlasting night
Bless me with the true repose,
Love's ineffable delight,
Love excluding sin and fear
With Thy precious Self impart;
In Thy garments dyed appear,
Show Thy wounds and break my heart.
Show my faith Thy hands and feet,
Point me to Thy streaming side;
Only love can love beget:
Lamb for rebels crucified,
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Let Thy dying love constrain
My obduracy to yield,
Then I find my rest again,
Then I by Thy wounds am heal'd.
Gospel-faith on me bestow,
Faith Divine which works by love,
Then the pardoning God I know,
Taste the blessedness above,
'Stablish'd in my Lord, my Peace,
Triumphs then my meeken'd soul;
Never shall its triumphs cease
While eternal ages roll.
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