. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . , nor fuffer his chfence without great anxiety ;with what affe5iion^ with what fervency ^ ought thefoul^whom thou hafl efpoujed by faith and compajfton^ to lovei>>€e her true God^ and glorious bridegroom I EPIG. 4. My foul, thy love is dear: twas thought a goodAnd eafy penVorth of thy Saviours blood :But be not proud ; all matters rightly fcannd,*Twas over-bought; twas fold at fecond-hand. Cakticles BVZV///. BookV. emblems. 205 Canticles v. 6. My foul tnelitLivhiljl my belovedfpake, LORD, ha
. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . , nor fuffer his chfence without great anxiety ;with what affe5iion^ with what fervency ^ ought thefoul^whom thou hafl efpoujed by faith and compajfton^ to lovei>>€e her true God^ and glorious bridegroom I EPIG. 4. My foul, thy love is dear: twas thought a goodAnd eafy penVorth of thy Saviours blood :But be not proud ; all matters rightly fcannd,*Twas over-bought; twas fold at fecond-hand. Cakticles BVZV///. BookV. emblems. 205 Canticles v. 6. My foul tnelitLivhiljl my belovedfpake, LORD, has the Feeble voice of flefb and bloodThe povvr tb work thine ears into a floodOf melted mercy ? or the flrength t unlockThe gates of heavn, and to diflolve a rockOf marble clouds into a morning ftiowr ?Or hath the breath of whining dufl the powrTo ftop or fnatch a falling thunderboltFrom thy fierce hand, and make thy hand revoltFronv refolute confufion, and, infteadOF vials, pour full bleHings on our head ?Or fhall the wants of famiftiM ravens cry,And move thv mercy to a quick fupply ?Or (hall the lilent fuiti of drooping flovV*rsW^oo thee for drops, and be refrefhd with fhowrs ?Alas what marvel then, great God, what thy hell-roufing voice, that fplits in funderThe brafen portals of eternal death ;What wonder if that life-reitoring breathWhich draggd me from th infernal (hades of melt my raviOid foul v/ith oer-delight ?O can my frozen gutters choofe but feel t
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