. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . tant fweat,I wifh to reft, I wijh to lay my heat ?But where, O where can this refrefhment be ?lis no where, Lord! tis no where but with Thee,With Thee an ever-bubbling Fountain flaws,The remedy of all thy Servants woes:F leafing its tafie, its vertuefanative 5Nor health alone, but endleis Life tell not me c/Tagus Golden flood,Whoje row ling Sands raife a perpetual mudr P 3 There (214) These jhu*d I drink, iff/mate till I fmfeEach greedj draught woud re-ixflame , to thefleafi
. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . tant fweat,I wifh to reft, I wijh to lay my heat ?But where, O where can this refrefhment be ?lis no where, Lord! tis no where but with Thee,With Thee an ever-bubbling Fountain flaws,The remedy of all thy Servants woes:F leafing its tafie, its vertuefanative 5Nor health alone, but endleis Life tell not me c/Tagus Golden flood,Whoje row ling Sands raife a perpetual mudr P 3 There (214) These jhu*d I drink, iff/mate till I fmfeEach greedj draught woud re-ixflame , to thefleafing Springs above TMgo,The Springs that in the heavenly Canaan panting Soul laments and pines for them,As tke cfcasd Hart for the refreihing J?/oa*. Cyril (215) Cyril in Joan, lib, 3, cap. 10. U is an excellent water that allays the per*niciousthirft of this Worlds and the heatof Vice ; that wafhes of all the ft dins offin ; that waters and improves the Earthin which our Souls inhabit; and reft oresthe mind of Man, that thirfts with anearnejl defire after its God* P4 %th Wheri (216). Wncm sfialllc&mc (ami avnca7 lefor, (2I7) XII. When {ball I come and appear before the pre-fence of God? Plal. lxij. W Ith Promised Joys my ears thou oft didftfill, But they are only Joys ofPromife ftill. Didft thou not fay thou foon woudft call me home ? Be juft, my Love, and kindly bid me come I Exfetting Lovers count each hour a day, * And death to thems lefs dreadful than delay, A tedious train of Months and Years is gone, Since firft you bid me hope, yet gave me none. Why with delays doft thou abufe my love, And fail my vain expectancies above ? While thus tlunfulting Crowd derides my woe, Where s now your Love I how well he keeps his Vow fHafie then, and home thy longing Lover take \ If not for mine, yet for thy promife fake. Wheel r2i8) When fliall I come before thy Throne, and feeThy glorious Scepter kindly ftretchd to me TFor Thee I pine, for Thee I am undone,As drooping
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