. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . horoughly,That the heat may never die. But continue ftill the fame ;That I mayEvry day More and more, confuming others, and attendingAll occafions of afcending. Heaven upon earth begin. The ji6 THE SCHOOL OF THE Ladder of the Heart. Pfalm Ixxxiv. whofe heart are the ways of them, E p 1 G, 37. TT/OuhIJi thouy my love^ a ladder have^ whereby Thou may ft cVnnh heaven^ to fit down on high PIn thins oivn heart, then^ frame th
. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . horoughly,That the heat may never die. But continue ftill the fame ;That I mayEvry day More and more, confuming others, and attendingAll occafions of afcending. Heaven upon earth begin. The ji6 THE SCHOOL OF THE Ladder of the Heart. Pfalm Ixxxiv. whofe heart are the ways of them, E p 1 G, 37. TT/OuhIJi thouy my love^ a ladder have^ whereby Thou may ft cVnnh heaven^ to fit down on high PIn thins oivn heart, then^ frame theeJteps^ and lendThy 7nind to 7nufe how thou mayJi there afcend, ODE xxxvn. The Soul. I. What!Shall IAlways lieGrovling on earth,Where there is no mirth ?Why fhould 1 not afcenJAnd climb up, where I may mendMy mean cftate of mifery ?Happineis, I know, s exceeding high :Yet (ure there is feme remedy for that, Chri/i. 2. True,There blifsMay be had above he, that will obtainSuch a gold-exceeding gain,Muft never think to reach the fcale heavns walls, until he frameA ladder in his heart as near as new. The /:„>/■. Cordis Scal^: l7/i .i^Cfi/z-y Df/ecfii ,/tr// c(>/ijrenr//re Set/e^- The Laddkr of the Heart . T/u-n in t/v/ ffe^irt^ let the /ir/f Ste/i A /nti/le . THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 117 The Sc^uL 3. Lord,I will: •But the (killIs not mine own :Such an arts not known,Unlefs thou wilt it teaCh :Tt is fir above the re?.chOf mortal minds to if thou wilt lend thine helping hand^I will endeavour to obey thy word, Cbri/^. 4. WellThen, feeThat thou be- As ready predTo perform .the now to promife fair ;And ri! teach thee how to rearA fcalin^-ladder in thine heartTo mount heaveji with : no rules of I alone, can the coaipofure tell, 5-Firft,Thou muftTake on truftAll that I fay ;Reafon muft not fvvayThy judgment crols to mine,But her fceptre quite muft be both thy ladder fides,Wilich will ftay thy ftep3 whate
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