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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.]
 XXV. 
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.]
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. PENITENTIAL HYMN.
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XXXIV. THE SAME.
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XXXV. THE SAME.
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XXXVI. THE SAME.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE SAME.
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XXXVIII. THE SAME.
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XXXIX. THE SAME. AT NIGHT.
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XL. THE SAME.
 XLI. 
XLI. THE SAME.
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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.
 XCVI. 
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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364

XXXVII. THE SAME.

Hymn 5.

[O Jesus, the Rest]

O Jesus, the Rest
Of spirits distress'd,
Receive a lost sinner that flies to Thy breast:
Long tost on a sea
Of trouble, I flee
To find an asylum, and pardon in Thee.
Heavy laden with sin
For years I have been,
And harass'd to death with the tempest within:
The cause I confess
Of my outward distress,
And feel that in sin I can never have peace.
Compell'd though I am
To call on Thy name,
Yet give me not up to my sorrow and shame,
To the evil I fear,
The punishment near,
The righteous reward of my wickedness here.
With penitent sighs
I lift up mine eyes,
And groan for an answer of peace from the skies:
This aching and smart,
I know, shall depart,
If the Lamb will but sprinkle His blood on my heart.
One drop of Thy blood
Shall remove all my load,
And bring me again to my pacified God;
One drop shall o'erthrow
My accuser and foe,
And make my glad heart with the comfort o'erflow.
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Come then at my call,
Thou Saviour of all,
And redeem me again from my sorrow and thrall,
From all evil set free,
Who hast answer'd for me,
And O! let me live, let me die unto Thee!
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