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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 FOR BELIEVERS.]

[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]

[FOR ONE IN PAIN]

[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]

[FOR A SICK FRIEND]

[AFTER A RECOVERY]

CLXIX.

CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.

[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]

CLXXII.

CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.

CLXXIII.

CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.

CLXXIV.

CLXXIV. EPITAPH.

CLXXV.

CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.

CLXXVI.

CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.

[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]

CLXXXIX.

CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.

CXC.

CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.

CXCI.

CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.

CXCII.

CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.

CXCIII.

CXCIII. ANOTHER.

CXCIV.

CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).

CXCV.

CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.

[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]

CC.

CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.

CCI.

CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.

[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]

[AFTER PREACHING]

CCVI.

CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.

CCVII.

CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.

CCVIII.

CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.

CCIX.

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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823.

[Shall we by resistance vain]

Jesus withdrew Himself. —iii. 7.

Shall we by resistance vain
Tempt the rage of wicked men?
No; but till our work is done,
Humbly wise, their malice shun;
Guided by our Saviour's eye,
When to stand and when to fly.