Awake Thou That Sleepest · §2 · John Wesley

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In speaking on these words, I shall, with the help of God, do three things. First, describe the sleepers to whom they are spoken. Second, press the exhortation: Awake, you that sleep, and arise from the dead. Third, explain the promise made to those who do awake and arise. Christ shall give you light.

1771 text

Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

IN discoursing on these words, I shall, with the help of God,

First, Describe the sleepers to whom they are spoken.

Secondly, Enforce the exhortation, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead. And,

Thirdly, Explain the promise made to such as do awake and arise; Christ shall give thee light.

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Charles Wesley's 1742 Oxford sermon on Ephesians 5:14, which John printed: a call to those asleep in their sins to wake and come to Christ.

EditionPreached by Charles Wesley before the University of Oxford, 4 April 1742. John Wesley published it. The panel is the 1771 Works

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

Reference

Sermon 3 in the 1771 Works. Charles Wesley preached it at Oxford, 4 April 1742. Ephesians 5:14.

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