. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . eftVith Age, woud of his burthen be in Ten thoufand any Two agree;Stay, fbme dijlike what they juft wiJISdto be.^one knows this minute what he ftioud require,>ince etfn the next begets a new defre< So (9o) So Women pine with various Longing-fits,When Breeding has depravd their appetites;The humor fbm impertinent Difeafe (\ MaAes that which pleasd themmoft, as much I Oh! why, like them, grown reftlefs with defirDo my vain thoughts to boundlels hopes afpire!Be gone falfe hopes,
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . eftVith Age, woud of his burthen be in Ten thoufand any Two agree;Stay, fbme dijlike what they juft wiJISdto be.^one knows this minute what he ftioud require,>ince etfn the next begets a new defre< So (9o) So Women pine with various Longing-fits,When Breeding has depravd their appetites;The humor fbm impertinent Difeafe (\ MaAes that which pleasd themmoft, as much I Oh! why, like them, grown reftlefs with defirDo my vain thoughts to boundlels hopes afpire!Be gone falfe hopes, vain willies, anxious fears!Hence, you difturbers of my peaceful years!Oh! my dear God, or let me never love,Or let me only Thy commands approve!cC For to obey theVrecepts givn by Thee,f Exceeds the Worlds pretended liberty. Aug c» Aug. SoliL cap. i£ Ulure, 0 Lordj my defires with thyfvpeetnefs which thou hafi hid fromthem that fear thee, that they maydefire thee with eternal longings ;ieft the inward relifh, being decei-ved, may mijia^e bitter for fwee^and fweet for bitter. II. 0 that 6»J. D ?kat7?iy(jvai5 7vc7& 77iarf(L Sodirect ?7iai:(l77ii{777ii Tccep f/iisSfafalzJ P. J 2 (93) II. ) that my ways were made fo direff, that Imight keep thy Statutes ! Pfal. 1i o. 5. [N what a maze of Error do I ftray, (way ?Where various paths confound my doubtfulhis,to the right, That, to the left-hand lies;lere, Vales defcend; there, fwelling Mountains rile,lis has an eajie, That a rugged way;he treachry This conceals,That does whither thefe (b different courfes go,heir wandring paths forbid, till tryd, to know*daanders ftreama ftreighter motion fteers,ho with himfelf the wandrer the fictitious Labyrinth of old■ in more dubious paths its guefts infold \rere greater difficulties flay my feet,nd on each road I thwarting dangers meet. Nor (94) Nor I the different windings only fear,(In which the Artifts skill did moft appear)But, more to heighten and increafe my dre
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