Published in Rippon's Selection, 1787, as Hymn 293, "While carnal men, with all their might", 3 sts., entitled Holy zeal and diligence – 1818 Hymn 161, 4 sts.: Expanded first st. to two sts. and altered the other two.
Rippon added Part 2 of Hymn 293 in his Tenth Edition, 1800, "If duty calls, and suffering too", 7 sts., entitled Zeal for God – first section (sts. 1-4) not found in 1818, sts. 5-7 amended in 1818 as Hymn 216. Part 2 was misdated by John Julian (1907, p. 1273) to Rippon's First Edition of 1787, where it does not occur.