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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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VOLUME V.
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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.
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HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.
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PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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HYMNS FOR LOVE.
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HYMNS AND POEMS,
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EPITAPHS.
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MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS AND POEMS.
  
HYMN ON THE MEANS OF GRACE.
  
TO BE SUNG AT A BAPTISM.
  
A HYMN AT THE SACRAMENT.
  
LINES WRITTEN ON BEING REQUESTED TO WRITE AN EPITAPH FOR THE REV. JAMES HERVEY.
  
ON THE FAILURE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN A MITIGATION OF DR. DODD'S PUNISHMENT.
  
AN APOLOGY FOR THE ENEMIES TO MUSIC.
  
WRITTEN AFTER PASSING BY WHITEHALL.
  
AFTER READING MR. HILL'S “REMARKS,” AND “FARRAGO DOUBLE-DISTILLED.”
  
TO A FRIEND ON SOME LATE INFAMOUS PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. [1776.]
  
PARTY LOYALTY. [1780.]
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THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, WRITTEN IN THE MIDST OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
  
ADDRESS TO THE CITY.
  
ADVICE TO THE CITY.
  
SECOND ADDRESS TO THE CITY.
  
THE MAN OF FASHION.
  
ON A MOTION OF THE MINORITY. [1781.]
  
NON TALI AUXILIO, NEC DEFENSORIBUS ISTIS TEMPUS EGET.
  
ON THE DECLARATION OF LORD C---, THAT “THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA BY SWORD AND FIRE IS NOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.”
  
A PRAYER FOR KING GEORGE.
  
ANOTHER.
  
HOPE IN THE END.
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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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1494.

[Tremble thou careless minister]

Lord, . . . here is thy pound, which I have kept, &c. —xix. 20.

Tremble thou careless minister,
Who standest all day long
Idle in Jesus' vineyard here,
Yet think'st thou dost no wrong,
Content in indolence to live,
As for thy pastime born,
Thou dost from Christ the pound receive,
And make Him no return.
Not to improve them, is to lose
The talents of thy God,
The gifts which for His church's use
He hath on thee bestow'd;
Not to do good is to do ill;
Thy sacred ministry
Not to discharge, not to fulfil,
Is wickedness in thee.
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