"Long did our lusts and passions reign, / And ruled us with an iron rod"
I. The Twenty-Sixth Chapter of Isaiah. [from from Hymns and Sacred Poems]
See <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes. By Charles Wesley, M.A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, 1749). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31328">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Found in second edition of <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems</u> (Bristol: 1755-56). vol. 1 of 2. [titled "II. ISAIAH xxvii. v. 1, to 6"] <br>
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Text from <u>The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;