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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...

914. The Pharisees, … except they wash their hands, &c.—7:3, 4. LET Pharisees affect External purity, Thy Spirit, Lord, doth us direct Frequent to wash in Thee: Busied with life’s affairs We search our inward parts, And from the filth of worldly cares Wash, not our hands, but hearts. 915. Why walk not Thy disciples according to the, &c.—7:5. STRANGERS to Jesus and His grace, The Scribes and Pharisees precise In outward things religion place, In trifles scrupulously nice, Hate the pure wisdom