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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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SHORT HYMNS ON SELECT PASSAGES OF THE Holy Scriptures.
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GENESIS.
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EXODUS.
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LEVITICUS.
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NUMBERS.
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DEUTERONOMY.
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JOSHUA.
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JUDGES.
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RUTH.
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I. SAMUEL.
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II. SAMUEL.
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I. KINGS.
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II. KINGS.
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I. CHRONICLES.
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II. CHRONICLES.
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EZRA.
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NEHEMIAH.
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ESTHER.
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JOB.
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PSALMS.
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PROVERBS.
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ECCLESIASTES.
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THE SONG OF SOLOMON.
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ISAIAH.
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VOLUME XIII.

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[What harm to raise a fortune fair]

The deceitfulness of riches, choke the word. —xiii. 22.

What harm to raise a fortune fair,
What harm a fortune fair to' increase?
The lust of gold, the thorns of care
Choke every seed of righteousness:
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And when the fiend is enter'd in,
We cloke our covetous desire,
We justify our gainful sin,
Till Satan pays his slaves their hire.
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