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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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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF Trouble and Persecution.
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HYMNS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION.
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HYMNS TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.
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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE, For the YEAR 1745.
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HYMNS FOR Times of Trouble.
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HYMNS FOR THE Public Thanksgiving-Day, October 9, 1746.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD.
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HYMNS FOR OUR Lord's Resurrection.
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HYMNS FOR Ascension-Day.
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HYMNS OF Petition and Thanksgiving FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.
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HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.
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Vol. I.
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PART I.
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I. THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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II. ISAIAH XXVII. 1–6, &c.
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III. THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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IV. THE FIFTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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V. THE SIXTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VI. THE SIXTY-SECOND CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VII. AN HYMN FOR SERIOUSNESS.
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VIII. THE BEATITUDES.
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[FOR ONE CONVINCED OF UNBELIEF.]
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[DESIRING TO LOVE.]
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XXV. FOR A DYING UNCONVERTED SINNER.
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XXVI. ANOTHER.
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XXVII. FOR A SICK FRIEND IN DARKNESS.
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XXVIII. ANOTHER.
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[FOR ONE IN DOUBT.]
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[PENITENTIAL HYMN.]
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XLII. INVITATION TO SINNERS.
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[JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.]
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[WAITING FOR REDEMPTION.]
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[TO ONE FALLEN FROM GRACE.]
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[AFTER A RECOVERY.]
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XCV. THE BLOODY ISSUE CURED.
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XCVI. THE TEMPEST.
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XCVII. GLORIA PATRI.
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XCVIII. ABBA FATHER!
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XCIX. FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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[IN TEMPTATION.]
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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 XII.

[Sing, ye ransom'd nations, sing]

Sing, ye ransom'd nations, sing
Praises to our new-born King,
Son of Man our Maker is,
Lord of Hosts and Prince of Peace.
Lo! He lays His glory by,
Emptied of His majesty;
See the God who all things made,
Humbly in a manger laid.
Cast we off our needless fear,
Boldly to His cratch draw near,
Jesus is our flesh and bone,
God with us is all our own.
Let us then with angels gaze
On our new-born Monarch's face,
With the choir celestial join'd,
Shout the Saviour of mankind.
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Son of Man, will He despise
Man's well-meaning sacrifice?
No; with condescending grace
He accepts His creature's praise.
Will His majesty disdain
The poor shepherds' simple strain?
No; for Israel's Shepherd, He
Loves their artless melody.
He will not refuse the song
Of the stammering infant's tongue,
Babes He hears humanely mild,
Once Himself a little child.
Let us then our Prince proclaim,
Humbly chant Immanuel's name,
Publish at His wondrous birth
Praise in heaven, and peace on earth!
Triumph in our Saviour's love,
Till He takes us up above,
All His majesty displays,
Shows us all His glorious face.
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