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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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A COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND HYMNS.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS.
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PART I.
  
THE FORTIETH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
  
THE SIXTY-THIRD CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
  
GOD'S HUSBANDRY.
  
IT IS MINE OWN INFIRMITY.
  
GENESIS III. 15.
  
MORIAR UT TE VIDEAM!
  
A PASSION HYMN.
  
DESIRING TO LOVE.
  
ANOTHER.
  
ANOTHER.
  
SALVATION BY GRACE.
  
AFTER A JOURNEY.
  
PSALM LI. 10. [P. B. V.]
  
A PRAYER FOR HUMILITY.
  
PSALM LV. 6. [P. B. V.]
  
ANOTHER.
  
A POOR SINNER.
  
JEREMIAH XVII. 9.
  
REVELATION III. 17.
  
ANOTHER.
  
A WELCOME TO THE CROSS.
  
IN TEMPTATION.
  
ANOTHER.
  
LOOKING UNTO JESUS.
  
IN DOUBT.
  
FOR THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER.
  
GOING INTO A PLACE OF DANGER.
  
FOR ONE CONVINCED OF INORDINATE AFFECTION.
  
LET ME DIE WITH THE PHILISTINES.
  
AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN.
  
THE BACKSLIDER.
  
ANOTHER.
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ANOTHER.
  
A PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE.
  
ANOTHER.
  
AFTER A RECOVERY.
  
ANOTHER.
  
GROANING FOR REDEMPTION.
  
HEBREWS IV. 15.
  
A PRAYER FOR PERSONS JOINED IN FELLOWSHIP.
  
AT WAKING.
  
PSALM CX. 1.
  
MATTHEW XI. 28.
  
I. TIMOTHY I. 15.
  
ACTS XVI. 31.
  
THE WOMAN OF CANAAN.
  
THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
  
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
  
GROANING FOR REDEMPTION.
  
MY LORD AND MY GOD.
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PART 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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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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1563.

[The great ones of the earth delight]

When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding, &c. —xxiii. 8.

The great ones of the earth delight
In each new entertaining sight,
Diversion all their aim:
And still religion is the sport
Of wicked princes and their court
Who bear the Christian name.
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