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Date: 1742

"Thy presence, Lord, the place shall fill, / My heart shall be Thy throne, / Thy holy, just, and perfect will / Shall in my flesh be done."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1744

"Falters thy tongue, and fails to speak, / And heaves thy breast, and droops thy head, / Glimmers the lamp of life, and dies"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

God may one's "longing heart vouchsafe to make / [His] everlasting throne"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

God may "Come quickly" and "in every heart / Set up [His] throne of love

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"With a diamond's point it [sin] stands / Engraven on my heart / Wrote by mine, and Satan's hands / It mocks the' eraser's art."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

Sin may mock "the' eraser's art" so that marks remain on the soul as a foul stain

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"In my heart Thy name reveal, / Stamp me with Thy Spirit's seal"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Wilt Thou not calm my troubled breast, [...] And stamp forgiveness on my heart?"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Force my conscience to receive it, / Pardon stamp'd upon my heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"Stamp Thy image on our heart"

— 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.