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Date: 1749

"The seal is secure, / And keeps my heart pure"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Confirm the prayer, the seal impart, / And speak the answer to my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Long did our lusts and passions reign, / And ruled us with an iron rod"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Open a window in our breast, / That each our heart may see"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"See them to the windows fly, / To the ark of Jesu's breast!"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1756

"This heart is become a mere rasa tabula; you must help it to the [GREEK CHARACTERS], you must lay in it the foundation of natural religion, (i.e. "the dictates of common sense, for natural religion, according to Mr. H. is nothing else,) if you would raise the superstr...

— Patten, Thomas (1714-1790)

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Date: 1756

"And stamp Thine image on our hearts"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"I cannot reach that heavenly shore, / The gusts of passion rise / So fierce, so high the billows roll, / And on this long afflicted soul / So huge a tempest lies"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Come, and erect Thy throne / Eternal in my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Stamp Thine image on my heart, / And join me to Thy Son"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.