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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR A PROTESTANT
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HYMNS FOR New-Year's-Day.
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HYMNS Occasioned by the EARTHQUAKE, March 8, 1750.
  
AN EPISTLE To the Reverend Mr. JOHN WESLEY,
  
AN EPISTLE TO THE REVEREND MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD
  
CATHOLIC LOVE.
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HYMNS FOR THE YEAR 1756, PARTICULARLY FOR THE Fast-Day, FEBRUARY 6.
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Hymns for the Preachers among the Methodists (so called).
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HYMNS OF INTERCESSION FOR All MANKIND.
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HYMNS ON The Expected Invasion, 1759, AND FOR The Thanksgiving Day, November 20, 1759.
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FUNERAL HYMNS.
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FUNERAL HYMNS. [SECOND SERIES.]
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HYMN I.
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HYMN II.
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HYMN III.
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HYMN IV. FOR A BACKSLIDER (MR. J. H.) NEAR DEATH.
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ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN HUTCHINSON, JULY 23, 1754.
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HYMN VII. ON THE DEATH OF ---.
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HYMN VIII. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MERCY THORNTON, MARCH 1, 1757.
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HYMN IX. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY STOTESBURY, MARCH 17, 1759.
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ON THE DEATH OF W. H---LL, AGED FOURTEEN.
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HYMN XII. ON THE DEATH OF MISS M. L---N.
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ON THE DEATH OF MRS. GRACE BOWEN, JANUARY 2, 1755.
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HYMN XV. ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. JOHN MERITON, AUGUST 10, 1753.
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HYMN XVI. ON THE DEATH OF MR. LAMPE.
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ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ANNE WIGGINTON, APRIL 24, 1757.
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HYMN XIX. A PRAYER FOR A DYING CHILD.
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ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
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ON THE DEATH OF MRS. L---, JULY 6, 1756.
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ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY NAYLOR, MARCH 21, 1757.
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HYMN XXX.
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HYMN XXXI.
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HYMN XXXII.
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HYMN XXXIII.
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HYMN XXXIV.
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HYMN XXXV.
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HYMN XXXVI. ANOTHER.
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HYMN XXXVII. ANOTHER.
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ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. JAMES HERVEY, DECEMBER 25, 1758.
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ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS WALSH, APRIL 8, 1759, AGED TWENTY-EIGHT.
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FUNERAL HYMNS. THIRD SERIES. MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED DURING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
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HYMNS FOR CHILDREN.
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VOLUME XIII.

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1062.

['Tis all foretold, the' impostor's art]

But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold, &c. —xiii. 23.

'Tis all foretold, the' impostor's art,
'Tis written in the sacred leaves!
We need not take the tempter's part
Who weak credulity deceives:
If now into his toils we run,
We perish by ourselves undone.
Unless Thy warnings we despise,
And Thee our God refuse to hear,
Seducers never can surprise,
Nor Satan's smoothest messenger
Draw our unwary souls away,
Or force us from Thy word to stray.
But if we cast Thy word aside,
Or intermit our watchful care,
Through curious, or presumptuous pride
Dissolved in sloth or slack in prayer,
Justly Thou may'st the grace deny,
And leave us to believe a lie.
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Ah do not from Thy people go
While error's whirlpool is so near,
And robed in light, the hellish foe
Affects the' angelic character,
And tempts us with a specious show
To fancy “we are angels too.”
Still may we tremble and take heed,
Warn'd by the word and Spirit of grace,
With meek humility proceed
In the old paths of righteousness,
And search Thy records night and day,
And always watch and always pray.
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