. Emblems and hieroglyphics on a great variety of subjects, moral and Emblished with near an hundred emblematical cuts from Quarles Emblems . ze ;Vifit the Cottagers Abode, And rove among the Trees. Sou?. Behold, my Hearts eternal Joy,Me ready to attend ;Glad that my Time I can employWith you fo dear a Friend. Chriji. Come, lets retire to yon. Alcove, And talk of Things divine :Soul. Yes; there Ill tell thee all my Love 5Cbriji. And I will tell thee mine. The Moral. When once the fruitful Seeds of Grace are fown,And the fweet Buds of Love are fairly blown,The Soul, tranfported with
. Emblems and hieroglyphics on a great variety of subjects, moral and Emblished with near an hundred emblematical cuts from Quarles Emblems . ze ;Vifit the Cottagers Abode, And rove among the Trees. Sou?. Behold, my Hearts eternal Joy,Me ready to attend ;Glad that my Time I can employWith you fo dear a Friend. Chriji. Come, lets retire to yon. Alcove, And talk of Things divine :Soul. Yes; there Ill tell thee all my Love 5Cbriji. And I will tell thee mine. The Moral. When once the fruitful Seeds of Grace are fown,And the fweet Buds of Love are fairly blown,The Soul, tranfported with the Joy (he feels,For ever on her dear Redeemer Pleafure flie contemplates all his Charms,And longs to be embracd within his , me converfes with her deareft Lord,Or reads his gracious Meffage in his , to his holy Temple (he repairs,And feems in Heaven while his Word fhe hears,Ch r ist, no lefs pleasd to fee her holy Plight,Fills her whole Being with a new Delight jGives her a Tafte of whats enjoyd above,Where the chief Blifs is never-ending Love. 112 HlEROGLYPHICKS, Book IV.*************************** EMBLEM In vain we ftrive to run the RaceThat God appoints, without his Grace;Drawn by the Odour of his Love,With Vigour we fhall quickly move* Book IV. Moral and Divine. 113EMBLEM VIIL Ca n t. i, 3, The Spirit helps our Infirmities. HEartleis and fluggifh is our Zeal \Bafeare our Thoughts, perverfe our Will tStill are we grovling on the Earth,As if we boaited thence our Birth. Scarce can we call our drowfy EyesUpwards to view our native Skies,The glorious ever-blefsd Abode,Where Angels dwell, and where is God, But when the Spirit from aboveDraws us along with Cords of Love,.And the fweet Incenfe of his , then we move apace. The cold is tvry Christians Zeal,Till the warm Beams of quickning Grace he Love, once a&ive, ftagnates in the Pooftis Heart, and fcarcely moves his fluggifh more the fac
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