Date: w. 1732, 1743, 1752
Reason may "fix it's Empire o'er [one's] Heart"
preview | full record— Hammond, James (1710-1742)
Date: 1745
"Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known, / Too long to Love hath reason left her throne; / Too long my genius mourn'd his myrtle chain, / And three rich years of youth consum'd in vain."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Date: 1747
Jesus can vindicate his "right Divine" and "Conquer this rebellious heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1762
God may "Fix in every heart of man / [His] everlasting throne"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1762
"His Spirit send into our hearts, / Engraving on our inward parts / The living law of holiest love"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1768
A beloved may "o'ercome" a lover's "yielding heart" and fix "her empire there"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1784, 1804
"The apostle wishes and prays that the sovereign and all-conquering grace of God might reign and rule in their hearts and consciences."
preview | full record— Huntington, William (1745-1813)
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
" 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."
preview | full record— Huntington, William (1745-1813)
Date: 1784, 1804
"[A]nd that the altogether lovely Saviour might be enthroned, exalted, and admired, in the throne of their hearts"
preview | full record— Huntington, William (1745-1813)