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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 11 is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

1414. There was a certain man … which had the, &c.—14:2–4. 1 JESUS, Thou dost the sinner see, Thy mercy meets my misery Preventing my request; Unask’d Thou dost Thy blessings give, Thy heart inclines Thee to receive And succour the distress’d. 2 Present before Thy pitying eyes To Thee my soul for help applies In nature’s sore disease: This thirst of pleasure, wealth, and fame Indulgence doth but more inflame, And make my plague increase. 3 Swollen with concupiscence and pride, I cannot