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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...

1792. Jesus., would not walk in Jewry, because the, &c.—7:1 1 To’ escape Thy persecuting foes Thy power Thou dost not interpose, Or call for heaven’s vindictive fire, But yield, and quietly retire: The death Thou dost at present shun, Not fearfully from danger run, But seek Thy Father’s will to do, And in His time to suffer too. 2 By Thee instructed we suppress Our rash impatient eagerness, Nor court the persecutor’s sword, But wait the season of our Lord, Wisely from our destroyers flee,