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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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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS [1739].
  
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PART I.
  
EUPOLIS' HYMN TO THE CREATOR.
  
SOLITUDE.
  
VIRTUE.
  
DOOMSDAY.
  
SPIRITUAL SLUMBER.
  
ZEAL.
  
ON READING M. DE RENTY'S LIFE.
  
VANITY.
  
FAREWELL TO THE WORLD.
  
GIDDINESS.
  
JOHN XV. 18, 19.
  
HYMN TO CONTEMPT.
  
THE AGONY.
  
THE THANKSGIVING.
  
THE REPRISAL.
  
MATINS.
  
EMPLOYMENT.
  
THE ELIXIR.
  
GRACE BEFORE MEAT.
  
ANOTHER.
  
GRACE AFTER MEAT.
  
ON CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS'S DESCRIPTION OF A PERFECT CHRISTIAN.
  
AFFLICTION.
  
FRAILTY.
  
THE COLLAR.
  
GRACE.
  
GRATEFULNESS.
  
THE METHOD.
  
“GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT.”
  
THE SIGH.
  
THE FLOWER.
  
DESERTION.
  
A TRUE HYMN.
  
THE TEMPER.
  
THE SAME.
  
BITTER-SWEET.
  
A HYMN FOR MIDNIGHT.
  
AFTER CONSIDERING SOME OF HIS FRIENDS.
  
MAN'S MEDLEY.
  
MISERY.
  
THE SINNER.
  
REPENTANCE.
  
COMPLAINING.
  
HOME.
  
LONGING.
  
THE SEARCH.
  
DISCIPLINE.
  
DIVINE LOVE.
  
WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
  
AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
  
A PRAYER UNDER CONVICTIONS.
  
THE FIFTY-THIRD CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
  
HEBREWS XII. 2.
  
GALATIANS III. 22.
  
HOPING FOR GRACE.
  
THE DAWNING.
  
PSALM CXXXIX. 23.
  
THE CHANGE.
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PART II.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS [1740].
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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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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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338.

[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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