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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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HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love.
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HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love [Second series].
  
AN ELEGY On the Death of Robert Jones, Esq.; OF FONMON-CASTLE in Glamorganshire, SOUTH-WALES.
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ORIGINAL POEMS, EXTRACTED FROM THE THIRD VOLUME OF A COLLECTION OF MORAL AND SACRED POEMS, PUBLISHED BY JOHN WESLEY, M. A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
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HYMNS ON THE LORD's SUPPER.
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I. As it is a Memorial of the Sufferings and Death of Christ.
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II. As it is a Sign and a Means of Grace.
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III. The Sacrament a Pledge of Heaven.
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IV. The Holy Eucharist as it implies a Sacrifice.
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V. Concerning the Sacrifice of our Persons.
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HYMN CXXVIII.
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HYMN CXXIX.
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HYMN CXXX.
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HYMN CXXXI.
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HYMN CXXXII.
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HYMN CXXXIII.
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HYMN CXXXIV.
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HYMN CXXXV.
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HYMN CXXXVI.
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HYMN CXXXVII.
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HYMN CXXXVIII.
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HYMN CXXXIX.
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HYMN CXL.
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HYMN CXLI.
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HYMN CXLII.
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HYMN CXLIII.
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HYMN CXLIV.
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HYMN CXLV.
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HYMN CXLVI.
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HYMN CXLVII.
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HYMN CXLVIII.
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HYMN CXLIX.
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HYMN CL.
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HYMN CLI.
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HYMN CLII.
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HYMN CLIII.
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HYMN CLIV.
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HYMN CLV.
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HYMN CLVI.
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HYMN CLVII.
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VI. After the Sacrament.
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Gloria Patri, &c. OR HYMNS TO THE TRINITY.
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GRACES.
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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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HYMN CXXXVII.

[Ye royal priests of Jesus, rise]

Ye royal priests of Jesus, rise,
And join the daily sacrifice;
Join all believers, in His name
To offer up the spotless Lamb.
Your meat and your drink offerings throw
On Him who suffer'd once below,
But ever lives with God above
To plead for us His dying love.
Whate'er we cast on Him alone
Is with His great oblation one;
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His sacrifice doth ours sustain,
And favour and acceptance gain.
On Him, who all our burdens bears,
We cast our praises and our prayers,
Ourselves we offer up to God,
Implunged in His atoning blood.
Mean are our noblest offerings,
Poor feeble unsubstantial things;
But when to Him our souls we lift,
The altar sanctifies the gift.
Our persons and our deeds aspire
When cast into that hallow'd fire,
Our most imperfect efforts please
When join'd to Christ our righteousness.
Mix'd with the sacred smoke we rise,
The smoke of His burnt sacrifice;
By the Eternal Spirit driven
From earth, in Christ we mount to heaven.
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