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England had produced. In Germany they made a profound impression.

Hymn 245. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire, Come, and in me delight to rest. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Points, 1739; Works, i. 164. Hymn to the Holy Ghost. Verses 3 and 6 are here omitted.

1 Hymn 246. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove.

ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

f/ymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707. Breathing after the Holy Spirit : or, fervency of devotion desired. Ver. 2 is omitted Look how we grovel here below,

Fond of these trifling toys : Our souls can neither fly nor go

To reach eternal joys.

Whitefield s Collection, 1753, altered line 3 of the above verse to 1 Our souls, how heavily they go. Ver. 4

Dear Lord, and shall \ve ever lie

At this poor dying rate, was altered by Wesley in Psalms and Hymns, 1743, to its present form.

Hymn 217. Sovereign of all the worlds on high. PHILIP DODDRIDGE (95).

In his MS. it is headed Adoption argued from a filial temper, on Gal. iv. 6. June 17, 1739. Published in 1755.

Hymn 248. Why should the children of a King. ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709. The witnessing and sealing Spirit. Rom. viii. 14, 16 ; Eph. i. 13, 14. Ver. 3 is omitted Thou art the earnest of His love,

The pledge of joy to come ; And Thy soft wings, celestial Dove,

Will safe convey me home. Given in Wesley s Psalms and Hymns, 1741.

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