. Emblems, divine and moral . st territory ;0 there we 11 twine our souls in sweet embraces ; Soul. And in thine arms I 11 tell my passions story:Chr. 0 there I 11 crown thy head with all my graces ; Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thy glory :Chr. 0 there I 11 feed thee with celestial manna ; I 11 be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy I 11 sound my trump of joy. Soul. And I 11resound Hosannah. 216 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV. S. blessed contemplation! the death of vices, andthe life of virtues ! thee the law and the prophetsadmire : who ever attained perfection, if not by thee 10 b
. Emblems, divine and moral . st territory ;0 there we 11 twine our souls in sweet embraces ; Soul. And in thine arms I 11 tell my passions story:Chr. 0 there I 11 crown thy head with all my graces ; Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thy glory :Chr. 0 there I 11 feed thee with celestial manna ; I 11 be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy I 11 sound my trump of joy. Soul. And I 11resound Hosannah. 216 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV. S. blessed contemplation! the death of vices, andthe life of virtues ! thee the law and the prophetsadmire : who ever attained perfection, if not by thee 10 blessed solitude, the magazine of celestial treasure !by thee, things earthly and transitory are changedinto heavenly and eternal. S. Bern, in is that house, and blessed is that congre-gation, where Martha still complaineth of Mary. Epig. soul, thou must not only doWith Martha, but with Mary ponder too :Happys that house where these fair sisters varyBut most, when Marthas reconcild to JMary. EMBLEMS. 217 CANTICLES I. 3, 4. Draw me ; we will run after thee because of the savourof thy good ointments. THUS, like a lump of the corrupted mass,I lie secure, long lost before I was :And like a block, beneath whose burthen liesThat undiscoverd worm that never dies, I have no will to rouse, I have no power to rise. 218 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV, Can stinking Lazarus compound or striveWith deaths entangling fetters, and revive ? Or can the water-buried axe implore A hand to raise it, or itself restore,And from her sandy deeps approach the diy-footshore 1 So hards the task for sinful flesh and bloodTo lend the smallest step to what is good. My God ! I cannot move the least degree : Ah ! if, but only those that active should thy glory see, none should thy glory see. But, if the potter please t inform the clay :Or some strong hand remove the block away : Their lowly fortunes soon are mounted higher ; That proves a vessel, which before was mire ;And this, being hewn, may
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