. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to Him; and instructed by Him. With The learning of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man. . oth,Tilts up, and makes no show of heart is empty sure, or else it wouldIn weight, as well as bulk, better proportion hold. Search it, and thou shalt find It wants integrity ;And yet is not so thorough lindWith single-eyd it should be : some more humilityThere wants to make it weight, and some more con-stancy. Whilst windy vanityDoth puff it up ^vith double-facd hypoc
. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to Him; and instructed by Him. With The learning of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man. . oth,Tilts up, and makes no show of heart is empty sure, or else it wouldIn weight, as well as bulk, better proportion hold. Search it, and thou shalt find It wants integrity ;And yet is not so thorough lindWith single-eyd it should be : some more humilityThere wants to make it weight, and some more con-stancy. Whilst windy vanityDoth puff it up ^vith double-facd hypocrisyDoth many empty hollows hide,It is but good in part, and that but little,Wavring unstaidness makes its resolutions brittle. The heart, that in my sight As current coin would not be the least grain too light,But as at first it stamped 2 84 THE SCHOOL OF Keep then thine heart till it be better grown,And, when it is full, I 11 take it for mine own. But if thou art ashamdTo find thine heart so light,And art afraid thou shalt be blamdjI 11 teach thee how to set it to my law my gospel, and there seeMy merits thine, and then the scales will equal be. THE HEART. 85. THE DEFENCE OF THE HEAHT. O thou my light and life! thy aid impart,And let thy sufTrings now defend my heart. THE TRYING OF THE HEART. PROV. XVII. a The fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold :but the Lord trieth the hearts. Epig. heart, my dear, more precious is than the most precious things that can be told, 86 THE SCHOOL OF Pro\-ide first that my pure fire have triedOut all the dross, and pass it purified. ODE XXI. What ! take it at adventure, and not tryWhat metal it is made of ? No, not I. Should I now lightly let it pass,Take sullen lead for silver, sounding brass, Instead of solid gold, alas !What would become of it in the great dayOf making jewels, twould be cast away. The heart thou givst me must be such a one,As is the same throughout. I will have none But th
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