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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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HYMN XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
HYMN XXIX.
 XXX. 
HYMN XXX.
 XXXI. 
HYMN XXXI.
 XXXII. 
HYMN XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
HYMN XXXIII.
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HYMN XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
HYMN XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
HYMN XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
HYMN XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
HYMN XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
HYMN XXXIX.
 XL. 
HYMN XL.
 XLI. 
HYMN XLI.
 XLII. 
HYMN XLII.
 XLIII. 
HYMN XLIII.
 XLIV. 
HYMN XLIV.
 XLV. 
HYMN XLV.
 XLVI. 
HYMN XLVI.
 XLVII. 
HYMN XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
HYMN XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
HYMN XLIX.
 L. 
HYMN L.
 LI. 
HYMN LI.
 LII. 
HYMN LII.
 LIII. 
HYMN LIII.
 LIV. 
HYMN LIV.
 LV. 
HYMN LV.
 LVI. 
HYMN LVI.
 LVII. 
HYMN LVII.
 LVIII. 
HYMN LVIII.
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HYMN LIX.
 LX. 
HYMN LX.
 LXI. 
HYMN LXI.
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HYMN LXII.
 LXIII. 
HYMN LXIII.
 LXIV. 
HYMN LXIV.
 LXV. 
HYMN LXV.
 LXVI. 
HYMN LXVI.
 LXVII. 
HYMN LXVII.
 LXVIII. 
HYMN LXVIII.
 LXIX. 
HYMN LXIX.
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HYMN LXX.
 LXXI. 
HYMN LXXI.
 LXXII. 
HYMN LXXII.
 LXXIII. 
HYMN LXXIII.
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HYMN LXXIV.
 LXXV. 
HYMN LXXV.
 LXXVI. 
HYMN LXXVI.
 LXXVII. 
HYMN LXXVII.
 LXXVIII. 
HYMN LXXVIII.
 LXXIX. 
HYMN LXXIX.
 LXXX. 
HYMN LXXX.
 LXXXI. 
HYMN LXXXI.
 LXXXII. 
HYMN LXXXII.
 LXXXIII. 
HYMN LXXXIII.
 LXXXIV. 
HYMN LXXXIV.
 LXXXVI. 
HYMN LXXXVI.
 LXXXVII. 
HYMN LXXXVII.
 LXXXVIII. 
HYMN LXXXVIII.
 LXXXIX. 
HYMN LXXXIX.
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HYMN XC.
 XCI. 
HYMN XCI.
 XCII. 
HYMN XCII.
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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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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 XXXIX. BEFORE PRIVATE PRAYER.

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To—“Why should the children of a King?”

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord,
I humbly seek Thy face,
Encouraged by the Saviour's word
To ask Thy pardoning grace.
Entering into my closet, I
The busy world exclude,
In secret prayer for mercy cry,
And groan to be renew'd.
Far from the paths of men, to Thee
I solemnly retire;
See Thou, who dost in secret see,
And grant my heart's desire.
Thy grace I languish to receive,
The Spirit of love and power,
Blameless before Thy face to live,
To live and sin no more.
Fain would I all Thy goodness feel,
And know my sins forgiven,
And do on earth Thy perfect will
As angels do in heaven.
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O Father, glorify Thy Son,
And grant what I require,
For Jesu's sake the Gift send down,
And answer me by fire.
Kindle the flame of love within,
Which may to heaven ascend,
And now the work of grace begin,
Which shall in glory end.
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