Date: 1702
'Tis Lust, (not Love) and Reason, that are Foes
preview | full record— Pomfret, John (1667-1702)
Date: 1702
"But there is one soft Minute, when the Mind / Is left unguarded," during which "the wise Lover understanding right, /Steals in like Day upon the Wings of Light."
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Date: 1714, 1735
" What cruel Dæmon haunts my tortur'd Mind? / Sure, if 'twere Love, I shou'd th'Invader find;"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1743
"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1747
"Love only could conquer so stubborn an heart"
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Date: 1747
Jesus can vindicate his "right Divine" and "Conquer this rebellious heart"
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Date: 1784, 1804
"The apostle well knew that erroneous men would be busy in besieging their understandings, and that carnal objects would be labouring to engross their affections; vanity to entertain their minds, pleasures to attract their desires, and legality to entangle and govern their consciences."
preview | full record— Huntington, William (1745-1813)
Date: 1784, 1804
"The apostle well knew, by his own experience, that Satan would lay strong siege to such souls; and he knew for a truth that, if one sin found acceptance and entertainment in the soul, that sin when it had engrossed the affections, would let in many more, and consequently leave a ga...
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Date: 1784, 1804
" When thus entangled we try to resist, but are still rebuffed or beaten back; this causes rebellion and murmuring to take possession of our hearts."
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