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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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HYMNS FOR A PROTESTANT
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HYMNS FOR New-Year's-Day.
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HYMNS Occasioned by the EARTHQUAKE, March 8, 1750.
  
AN EPISTLE To the Reverend Mr. JOHN WESLEY,
  
AN EPISTLE TO THE REVEREND MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD
  
CATHOLIC LOVE.
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HYMNS FOR THE YEAR 1756, PARTICULARLY FOR THE Fast-Day, FEBRUARY 6.
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Hymns for the Preachers among the Methodists (so called).
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HYMNS OF INTERCESSION FOR All MANKIND.
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HYMN I. FOR ALL MANKIND.
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HYMN II. FOR PEACE.
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HYMN III. FOR THE CHURCH CATHOLIC.
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FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
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FOR THE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL.
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HYMN X. FOR HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE.
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HYMN XI. FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.
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FOR THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
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HYMN XV. FOR THE BRITISH NATION.
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HYMN XVI. FOR THE MAGISTRATES.
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HYMN XVII. FOR THE NOBILITY.
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HYMN XVIII. FOR THE PARLIAMENT.
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HYMN XIX. FOR THE FLEET.
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HYMN XX. FOR THE ARMY.
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FOR THE UNIVERSITIES.
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HYMN XXIII. FOR ALL THAT TRAVEL BY LAND OR BY WATER.
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HYMN XXIV. FOR ALL WOMEN LABOURING OF CHILD.
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HYMN XXV. FOR ALL SICK PERSONS.
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HYMN XXVI. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
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HYMN XXVII. FOR ALL PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES.
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HYMN XXVIII. FOR THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN.
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HYMN XXIX. FOR WIDOWS.
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HYMN XXX. FOR OUR ENEMIES, PERSECUTORS, AND SLANDERERS.
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HYMN XXXI. FOR OUR UNCONVERTED RELATIONS.
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HYMN XXXII. FOR THE JEWS.
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HYMN XXXIII. FOR THE TURKS.
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HYMN XXXIV. FOR THE HEATHEN.
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HYMN XXXV. FOR THE ARIANS, SOCINIANS, DEISTS, PELAGIANS, &c.
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THY KINGDOM COME!
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HYMNS ON The Expected Invasion, 1759, AND FOR The Thanksgiving Day, November 20, 1759.
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FUNERAL HYMNS.
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FUNERAL HYMNS. [SECOND SERIES.]
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FUNERAL HYMNS. THIRD SERIES. MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED DURING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
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HYMNS FOR CHILDREN.
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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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281

THE POWER OF SIN.

How long Thou awful God, how long
Shall I this conflict have?
Why am I thus, if Thou art strong,
If Thou art good to save?
No end of this intestine war,
No hope of peace, I see,
Unless Thy love itself declare
And fix itself in me.
The unbelief that holds me still,
I never can remove,
Or change the bias of my will,
Or force my heart to love.
Throughout my fallen soul I find
It cannot, cannot be
That I should change the carnal mind,
Or subject it to Thee.
As soon a hellish fiend accurst
Might from his den arise,
His chains of massy darkness burst,
And re-ascend the skies.
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