. 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 . n-fhine clear the cloudv weather. Wherein they wander without guide, Or order, as the wind and tideOf floating vanities tranfport and tofs thim,Till felf-begotten troubles curb itad crofs them, [N<^ 12] K Lor io6 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. Lord, empty all thy quivers, let there beNo corner of my fpacious heart left all be but one wound, whereinNo fubtle fight-abhorring finMay lurk in fecret unefpyd by me,Gr reign in powr unlubdud by thee
. 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 . n-fhine clear the cloudv weather. Wherein they wander without guide, Or order, as the wind and tideOf floating vanities tranfport and tofs thim,Till felf-begotten troubles curb itad crofs them, [N<^ 12] K Lor io6 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. Lord, empty all thy quivers, let there beNo corner of my fpacious heart left all be but one wound, whereinNo fubtle fight-abhorring finMay lurk in fecret unefpyd by me,Gr reign in powr unlubdud by : thy purchasd vidory,Tha*- thou mayft ride , leading captive all captivity,Mayft put an end to enmity in me. Then, blefled archer, in requital, ITo (hoot thine arrows back again will try;By prayrs and praifes, fighs and fobs,By vows and tears, by groans and throbs,Ill fee if I can pierce and wound thine vanquifli thee again by thine own , that wc may at once provideFor all mif-haps that may thou thyfeif, thy polifhd (haft, to me,And I will fhoot my broken heart to tliee. The J J^fn/.-^4-. CORX)IS tXHABITATIO The Inhabiting o£ the Heart. ff^le here fhv Spirit ibvells, n^^ervt jv/tft/f htrn7FuA thine crtfnXcie .-Mhich ^fttrf thru ni7t ref?irrt. THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 107The Inhabiting of the Heart. Gal. iv. 6. God hath fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts* Epic. 34. 7i/JINE hearts an houfe^ my Lights andthjU canfl tdl•^^■^ There s room enough^ 0 let thy Spirit dwellFor ever there: that fo thou maffl love me^And^ being lovd^ I may again love thee, ODE XXXIV, I. Welcome, great gued, this houfe, mine heart,Shall ail be thine ;I will refignMine iiuereft in evVy part:Only be pleasd to ufe it as thine ownFor ever, and inhabit it alone :Theres room enough ; and, if the furnitureWere anfwerably Rtted, I am fure Thou wouldft be well content to flay,And, by thy light,PofTtfs my fightWith fenfe of an eternal day, 2.
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