Wesley, John and Charles

Psalm XLVII [Clap your hands, ye people all]

1738, 1868

"Pure and holy hearts alone / Chooses [God] for His quiet throne."

Heathens He compels to' obey,
Saints He rules with mildest sway;
Pure and holy hearts alone
Chooses for His quiet throne.
(VIII, p. 111)

Government::Throne

Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)

At least 25 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1738, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1748, 1756, 1760, 1762, 1765, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1794). [12 editions of A Collection by 1794; also finding in Select Hymns for the Use of Christians of All Denominations (10 eds. by 1787).]

See A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. (London: Printed in the year, 1738). [Metaphor unconfirmed, text not in ECCO.] <Link to ESTC>

Second edition: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (London: Printed by W. Strahan: and sold at the Foundery near Upper Moorfields, 1743). <Link to ECCO>

Found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>

08/09/2004