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The poetical publications of John and Charles Wesley originally appeared at various intervals during a span of fifty-three years. G. Osborn has collected, arranged, and provided notes for all of these important poems and hymns. Many of these works, especially those of Charles Wesley’s (whose work makes up the bulk of this collection), were never before published or published anonymously. Charles...

354. It is not lawful for thee to have her.—14:4. GRANT me that bold simplicity Sin in the greatest to reprove, (“Ye must obey my God’s decree, Ye must the cursed thing remove,”) And give me, if my life it cost, To’ exult in life for Jesus lost. 355. When he would have put him to death, he, &c.—14:5. WHOM the only fear of men Feebly doth from sin restrain, Soon the slender fence he breaks, Finds the’ occasion which he seeks; Urged by pride, and stung by lust, Murders whom he counted just,