. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . m depend ? _^ Heavn may be purchasd at an eafie rate;But, oh ! how few bid any thing for That!Unthinking Sots! that Earth to Heavn prefer,And fading Joys to endlefs Glory there 1The Crime of fuch an inconfidrate choiceOught not pretend to Pardon,evn in Boys;For They from Counters currant Money know,Almoftas fbon as they have learnt to go :But Men ( prize counterfeit delightsBefore the Joys to which kind Heavn invites. Oh! for fbme Artift to retrieve their fenfe,Ere more degrees of Folly t
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . m depend ? _^ Heavn may be purchasd at an eafie rate;But, oh ! how few bid any thing for That!Unthinking Sots! that Earth to Heavn prefer,And fading Joys to endlefs Glory there 1The Crime of fuch an inconfidrate choiceOught not pretend to Pardon,evn in Boys;For They from Counters currant Money know,Almoftas fbon as they have learnt to go :But Men ( prize counterfeit delightsBefore the Joys to which kind Heavn invites. Oh! for fbme Artift to retrieve their fenfe,Ere more degrees of Folly they commence. But by Heavns piercing Eye we aredefcryd,Which does our fins with Follies Mantle pleasd to wink at Errors too in me,Afld feeing, feems as tho he did Hot fee. He He knows Ive but a (lender ftock of Wit,And want a Guardian too to manage it:O then, fbme kindProtettion, Lord, affignThis Um Soul! But twill be beft in Thine. Ghryibft. in Joana Horn. 4. They are no better than Fools, who are ever; as itwere, ir earning ef earthly things, and ofjkortcotiztinpiance. Ill Have (iO. JTauc 77i£7<~cy upon 771/l l7 -L/cr7rdi-fo7~Ia77L Wca/c; (TZiCH^? hcal77i<L;for-77iir IrcmeJ a7;z vaxePJ^ $ (17) Hi. Have mercy upon me, 0 Lord, for I am weak s0 Lord, heal me, for my hones are vexed* 2. /A OHatt my juft grief be querulous, or mute, *-* Full of Difeafe, ofPhyftckdeftitutel l thought thy Love (b conftant heretofore, | that Vows were needlefs to confirm me more: [And doft thou now abfent,and flight my pain I I What fault of mine has causd this cold Difdain ? O bleft Thyfitian of my love-fick Soul, Whole fight alone will make thy Patient whole; Thou who baftcW</,canft thou forget my grie£ Which only from its Author feeks relief? Shoud they whofe Art gave dying Fame new breathy \And refcud their furvjving nametfrom Death: they in whofe fight no bold Difeafe dwft ft and But trembling vanffid at their kaft command \ Cz They (.8) they who each Simples f
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