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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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HYMN I.
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HYMN II.
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HYMN III.
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HYMN IV.
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HYMN V.
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HYMN VI. John vii. 37, 38, 39.
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HYMN VII. John xiv. 16.
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HYMN VIII. John xiv. 16.
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HYMN IX. John xiv. 16, 17.
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HYMN X. John xiv. 18, 19, 20, 21.
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HYMN XI. John xiv. 21, 22, 23.
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HYMN XII. John xiv. 25, 26, 27.
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HYMN XIII. John xvi. 1, 2, 3, 4.
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HYMN XIV. John xv. 26, 27.
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HYMN XV. John xvi. 6, 7.
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HYMN XVI. John xvi. 7.
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HYMN XVII. John xvi. 18.
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HYMN XVIII.
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HYMN XIX. John xvi. 10.
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HYMN XX.
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HYMN XXI.
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HYMN XXII.
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HYMN XXIII. John xvi. 13, 14, 15.
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HYMN XXIV. John xvi. 20, 21, 22.
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HYMN XXV. FOR THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
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HYMN XXVI.
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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.
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HYMN XXXII.
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HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
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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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533.

[Hear this, ye men of moral zeal]

The publicans and the harlots go into the, &c. —xxi. 31.

Hear this, ye men of moral zeal,
Ye women chaste of virtue proud,
Who scorn as abject slaves of hell
The vicious, mean, abandon'd crowd!
Harlots, and publicans accursed
The kingdom seize, and enter first.
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Ye rich in works of righteousness,
Who toil so hard to purchase heaven,
Ye scruple to be saved by grace,
Like vilest profligates forgiven:
But freely they the blessing gain
Which Pharisees would buy in vain.
Drunkards, and murderers, and thieves,
In Jesus for salvation trust:
Absolved the moment he believes,
The monster of unbridled lust
Exults the sinner's Friend to find,
And leaves your rigid pride behind.
O that ye might like them repent,
Cast all your loathsome rags away,
Humbly accept whom God hath sent,
On Tophet's brink for mercy pray,
The last, the worst to Jesus bow,
And take the heavenly kingdom now.
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