Hymns · 1739
Enslaved to sense, to pleasure prone
Songwriter Charles Wesley
Made popular by Charles Wesley, John Wesley
Details
Hymnal / album
Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)
Publisher
William Strahan
Copyright
Public Domain
Notes
Originally titled: "Grace Before Meat." This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 32.
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Verses this song echoes or alludes toGenesis 3:6Genesis 3:19Genesis 3:22Genesis 28:12Job 20:14-16Psalm 34:8Proverbs 21:1Isaiah 53:5Daniel 7:13Matthew 6:10Matthew 24:30Matthew 26:39Matthew 26:64Mark 13:26Mark 14:36Mark 14:62Luke 11:2Luke 21:34Luke 22:42John 1:51John 5:30John 6:38John 6:50-51John 6:57-58Acts 14:17Romans 1:20Romans 1:20-21Romans 1:25Romans 5:12Romans 7:18Romans 7:24II Corinthians 5:2-4Galatians 3:13I Thessalonians 4:16-17I Timothy 4:3-5I Peter 2:3I Peter 2:24I John 2:16Jude 1:19Revelation 1:7