Wesley Corpus

Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1742)1 (Baker list, 47) Editorial Introduction: In February 1742 Anne Dutton published A Letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley seeking to vindicate absolute, unconditional election. Among the works that Dutton targeted in her attack was Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741). Charles's response to this attack was to publish a followup volume, with the same title, containing seventeen more satirical poems and a closing set of eleven brief songs of praise under the heading "Gloria Patri." This second volume was also published anonymously, but was clearly the work of Charles and all of the verse in it should be credited to him. John Wesley thought highly enough of Charles's effort to include three selections from this second volume in the inaugural year of the Arminian Magazine. It may also have been John who chose to reprint three selections from this volume as a response to an attack by John Gill in The Doctrine of the Saint's Final Perseverance Asserted (1752) cf. Answer to Gill (1754). Like its predecessor, Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1742) went over a decade without being reprinted. It was then combined with Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741) in 1756 and reprinted two more times before Charles Wesley's death. Editions: Charles Wesley. Hymns on God's Everlasting Love. London: Strahan, 1742. 2nd London, 1756. combined with Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741) 3rd Bristol: Pine, 1770. combined with Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741) 4th London: Hawes, 1779. combined with Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741) Last updated: July 3, 2018. Table of Contents Hymn I Hymn II Hymn III Hymn IV Hymn V Hymn VI Hymn VII Hymn VIII Hymn IX Hymn X Hymn XI Hymn XII Hymn XIII. The Lord's Controversy Hymn XIV. Another Hymn XV. "Why will ye die ..." Ezekiel 18:31 Hymn XVI. "God will have ALL men ..." 1 Timothy 2:4 Hymn XVII. Free-Grace Gloria Patri: I Gloria Patri: II Gloria Patri: III Gloria Patri: IV Gloria Patri: V Gloria Patri: VI Gloria Patri: VII Gloria Patri: VIII Gloria Patri: IX Gloria Patri: X Gloria Patri: XI Page 3 Hymn I.