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5. Not the feign d fields of heath nish bliss

Could raise such pleasures in the mind ; Nor does the Turkish Paradise Pretend to joys so well refin d.

Hymn 301. Father of omnipresent grace. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for the Use of Families, 1767 ; Works, vii. 18. The last line of the original, And not a hoof be left behind, is a reference to Exod. x. 26, There shall not an hoof be left behind.

Hymn 302. Thou Son of God, whose flaming eyes. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for the Use of Families, 1767; Works, vii. 30. Twelve lines are omitted. In ver. 4 the original is, And fill his careless heart with grief.

Hymn 303. Thou great mysterious God unknown. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for those that seek and those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ, 1747 ; Works, iv. 235. Eight verses. Two omitted here.

Hymn 304. Long have I sat beneath the sound. ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709. Unfruitfulness lamented. Two weak verses are omitted

2. Oft I frequent Thy holy place

And hear almost in vain ; How small a portion of Thy grace My mem ry can retain !

3. My dear Almighty, and my God,

How little art Thou known By all the judgements of Thy rod, And blessings of Thy throne.

The first line of ver. 3, My dear Almighty, is in Watts s worst taste.

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