Date: January 29, 1708
"[I]f thou wilt prolong / Dire Compotation, forthwith Reason quits / Her Empire to Confusion, and Misrule, / And vain Debates"
preview | full record— Philips, John (1676-1709)
Date: 1712, 1728
"No Party Heats his Just Designs Controul, / Or Over-rule the Purpose of his Soul, / Him Reason guides, and no wild Passion draws, / To give a random Vote against the Laws."
preview | full record— Sewell, George (1690-1726)
Date: 1713
"Imperial Reason keeps her awful Throne, / Above the Tumult reigns unmov'd alone: / At her Command intestine Discords cease, / And all th' inferiour Pow'rs lie hush'd in Peace."
preview | full record— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)
Date: 1714
"Thus when Revenge does Reason's Scepter rule, / It turns the Wisest Statesman to a Fool"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1736, 1743
"Th' identick Shape thy Fancy would retain, / Engraven in eternal Characters / While Memory holds its Empire in the Brain."
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)
Date: 1739
"And in my Heart, a little Heav'n, / Thy Throne triumphant raise."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1739
"JESUS makes our Hearts his Throne, / There he lives, and reigns alone."
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Date: 1739
"O knit my thankful Heart to Thee, / And reign without a Rival there."
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Date: 1742
"Surely He shall the mourner cheer, / And make the broken heart His throne; / Shall break it first, and then bind up."
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Date: 1742
"An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek, / My dear Redeemer's Throne, / Where only Christ is heard to speak, / Where Jesus reigns alone."
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