Wesley, John and Charles

I have a Baptism to be baptized withall; and how am I straitned till it be accomplished. Luke XII. 50. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

Bristol, Bath, and London

Printed by Felix Farley, J. Wilson, W. Frederick, T. Harris

1742

"AN Inward Baptism of Fire / Wherewith to be baptiz'd I have; / 'Tis all my longing Soul's Desire, / This, only This my soul can save."

1. AN Inward Baptism of Fire
Wherewith to be baptiz'd I have;
'Tis all my longing Soul's Desire,
This, only This my soul can save.
(p. 136)

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At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1742, 1745, 1756). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.

Text from 1742 edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>

Found also in Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>

First 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> [There titled "Luke XII. 50."]

02/09/2014