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> I have myself been surprised by the theological broadmindedness of a lot of > Wesley's hymns - verse 3 of 'Lo he comes with clouds ascending' is a > magnificent exposition of the cult of the 5 wounds. Probably just shows my (computer) age, but one of Jim Marchand's first threads, as I recall, over on the MEDTEXTL list, concerned Wesley's abundant use of the medieval motif of 'taking refuge in Christ's wounds.' It appears in dozens of the Wesleyan hymns; there may have been some thought that it came to him via the German pietists, but I may be wrong about that. Paul Schaffner [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%