"Tread down Thy foes, with power control / The beast and devil in my soul."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Paramore
Date
1780
Metaphor
"Tread down Thy foes, with power control / The beast and devil in my soul."
Metaphor in Context
Awake, the woman's conquering Seed,
Awake, and bruise the serpent's head!
Tread down Thy foes, with power control
The beast and devil in my soul.
(See p. 129 in 1780 ed.)
Awake, and bruise the serpent's head!
Tread down Thy foes, with power control
The beast and devil in my soul.
(See p. 129 in 1780 ed.)
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Provenance
Searching "soul" and "beast" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 14 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1780, 1781, 1782, 1784, 1786, 1788, 1791, 1793, 1795, 1797).
Collected as early as 1780 in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists. (London: Printed by J. Paramore, at the Foundry, 1780). <Link to ESTC>
Also located in an ECCO search: titled "Hymn 128" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists. by the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford. A New Edition. (London:, 1795). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust> [Hymn is there titled "Galatians III. 22." -- First line: "Jesu, the sinners friend, to thee"]
Collected as early as 1780 in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists. (London: Printed by J. Paramore, at the Foundry, 1780). <Link to ESTC>
Also located in an ECCO search: titled "Hymn 128" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists. by the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford. A New Edition. (London:, 1795). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust> [Hymn is there titled "Galatians III. 22." -- First line: "Jesu, the sinners friend, to thee"]
Date of Entry
07/02/2012
