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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, AND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. By CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Late Student of Christ-Church.
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HYMNS ON THE TRINITY.
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PREPARATION FOR DEATH, IN SEVERAL HYMNS.
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HYMN I.
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HYMN II.
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HYMN III.
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HYMN IV.
 V. 
HYMN V.
 VI. 
HYMN VI.
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HYMN VII.
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HYMN VIII.
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HYMN IX.
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HYMN X.
 XI. 
HYMN XI.
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HYMN XII.
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HYMN XIII.
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HYMN XIV.
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HYMN XV.
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HYMN XVI.
 XVII. 
HYMN XVII.
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HYMN XVIII.
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HYMN XIX.
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HYMN XX.
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HYMN XXI.
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HYMN XXII.
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HYMN XXIII.
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HYMN XXIV.
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HYMN XXV.
 XXVI. 
HYMN XXVI.
 XXVII. 
HYMN XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
HYMN XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
HYMN XXIX.
 XXX. 
HYMN XXX.
 XXXI. 
HYMN XXXI.
 XXXII. 
HYMN XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
HYMN XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
HYMN XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
HYMN XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
HYMN XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
HYMN XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
HYMN XXXVIII.
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HYMN XXXIX.
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HYMN XL.
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HYMN XLI.
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HYMN XLII.
 XLIII. 
HYMN XLIII.
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HYMN XLIV.
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HYMN XLV.
 XLVI. 
HYMN XLVI.
 XLVII. 
HYMN XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
HYMN XLVIII.
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HYMN XLIX.
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HYMN L.
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HYMN LI.
 LII. 
HYMN LII.
 LIII. 
HYMN LIII.
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HYMN LIV.
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HYMN LV.
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HYMN LVI.
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HYMN LVII.
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HYMN LVIII.
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HYMN LIX.
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HYMN LX.
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HYMN LXI.
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HYMN LXII.
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HYMN LXIII.
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HYMN LXIV.
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HYMN LXV.
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HYMN LXVI.
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HYMN LXVII. A FATHER'S PRAYER FOR HIS CHILDREN.
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HYMN LXVIII. THE PRAYER OF A DEPARTING MINISTER.
  
AN ELEGY ON THE LATE REVEREND George Whitefield, M.A.,
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1528.

[Not for the legal feast]

With desire I have desired to eat this passover, &c. —xxii. 15.

Not for the legal feast
His longing He express'd,
Jesus languish'd to bestow
Blessings on His church beneath,
First His passion's type to show,
Then to bless us by His death.
With infinite desire
He doth His cross require,
There to purge the general stain,
There proclaim our sins forgiven,
There our paradise regain,
There ensure our thrones in heaven.
He long'd the rite to' ordain
Which God unites with man,
Sacramental mystery,
Emblem of His dying love,
Where the slaughter'd Lamb we see,
Share Him with the church above.
His passover precedes,
And then the Victim bleeds,
Then the great salvation's wrought
Life in Jesu's death we find,
From the house of bondage brought
Leave the world and sin behind.
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