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Date: 1749

" Freely his backslidings heal, / On his heart his pardon seal"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"The prayer of faith this moment seal / On every panting heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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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

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

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1749

"My heart is melting wax;"

— Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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Date: June 1751, 1752

"Thou [Eagle] type of wit and sense confin'd, / Cramp'd by the oppressors of the mind, / Who study downward on the ground."

— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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Date: w. 1749, 1751

"O Master of the heart whose magic skill / The close recesses of the Soul can find."

— Edwards, Thomas (d. 1757)

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Date: 1752

Pleasure is "the secret Spring that actuates man"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]

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Date: 1753

"Sorrow renounces latitude of range: / Dwells in confinement's cave; where thought sits chain'd / Muses are shunn'd: and horror's winking lamp."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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