# “I Want A Principle Within” by Charles Wesley

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- Published: 2006-08-28T20:48:20-05:00
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“I want a principle within
 of watchful, godly fear, a sensibility of sin, a pain
to feel it near. I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire, to 
catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire. From thee that I no
more may stray, no more thy goodness grieve, grant me the filial awe, I pray, the
tender conscience give.”

–Charles Wesley, “I Want A Principle Within,” 1749

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