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Date: 1742

"Where heav'nly Reason with her temperate Light, / Teaches th'unbiass'd Mind to judge aright / There Property secure enjoys her own; / There Conscience sits untroubl'd on her Throne"

— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)

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Date: 1742

"My soul is all a troubled sea, / I cannot find my rest in Thee."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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"What means this struggling in my breast, / If Thine is steel'd against my prayer?"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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"My Ethiop soul shall change her skin; / Redeem'd from all iniquity."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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"Surely He shall the mourner cheer, / And make the broken heart His throne; / Shall break it first, and then bind up."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1742

"My soul is dead, my heart is stone, / A cage of birds and beasts unclean, / A den of thieves, a dire abode / Of dragons, but no house of God."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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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."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1742

"Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne, / And reign within my Heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1742

"When Thou dost in my Heart appear, / And Love erects its Throne, / I then enjoy Salvation here, / And Heaven on Earth begun."

— 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.