. 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 . To bleflednefs : although they mayImagine the high midnight is I have done till now, theyll knowAt iaft, unto their woe,Twas nothing fo. 4-Ko\v I perceivePrefumption doth bereaveMen of all hope of help, and leaveThem, as it finds them, drownci in mifery : Dcfpairing of themfelves, to cryFor mercy, is the only remedy That fm-fick foals can have ; to prayAgainft this darknefs, mayTurn it to day. 5* Then unto Lord of light, let
. 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 . To bleflednefs : although they mayImagine the high midnight is I have done till now, theyll knowAt iaft, unto their woe,Twas nothing fo. 4-Ko\v I perceivePrefumption doth bereaveMen of all hope of help, and leaveThem, as it finds them, drownci in mifery : Dcfpairing of themfelves, to cryFor mercy, is the only remedy That fm-fick foals can have ; to prayAgainft this darknefs, mayTurn it to day. 5* Then unto Lord of light, let meDirect my prayer, that I may , that didft make mine eyes, canft foon reitorc That powr of fight they had , if thou feeft it good, canft give them night will quickly (hine like thou do but difplayOne glorious ray. [NMi] H Imui! 82 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 6. I muft confefs,And I can do no art the Siin of rigbteoufnefs :Theres healing in thy wings ; thy light Is life 5 My darknefs death. To end all thou mine hufband, let me be thy light and life divineWill all be thine. The J:,nA. THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 83 The Table of the Heart. Jer. xxxl. 33. Iivil! put ?ny law i?: their inward parts^ and write itintheir hearts. Epig. 26. TN the foft iahle of thne heart VU wrks-^ A tiew law, which J will newly flcny tables did contain the old:But tender /eaves offlcfo Jhall this itifold^ ODE XXVI. I. What will thy fightAvail thee, or my thcfebe nothing^in thine heart to feeAcceptable to me ?A felf-writ heart will notPleafg me, or do thee any good j I paper niufl be writing: mine. o 2. lite Tis I alone can write,! And write in books that I niyfelf have made^ * - j Tis not an eafy trade, ~ To !ead or write in hearts : .\ They that are fkilful in all other arts, \ When they take this in liand, I Are at a fland. i H 2 My i 84 THE SCHOOL OF TK^E HEARl^i My law of oldTables of ftone did
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