. Quarles' Emblems . k, and show her Makers skill,Hut idly sleeps unmovd, and standeth vainly still. (ireat (iD, it is thy work, and therefore good,If thou he pleasd to cleanse it with thy blood,Anil wind it up with thy soul-moving keys,Her busy wheels shall serve thee all her days ;Her hand shall point thy powr, her hammer strikethy j)raise. S. BERN. Ser. xxi. in us run, let us run but in the savour of thy ointment,not in the confidence of our merits, not in the greatness ofour strength : we trust to run but in the multitude of thymercies, for though we run and are willing, it is not
. Quarles' Emblems . k, and show her Makers skill,Hut idly sleeps unmovd, and standeth vainly still. (ireat (iD, it is thy work, and therefore good,If thou he pleasd to cleanse it with thy blood,Anil wind it up with thy soul-moving keys,Her busy wheels shall serve thee all her days ;Her hand shall point thy powr, her hammer strikethy j)raise. S. BERN. Ser. xxi. in us run, let us run but in the savour of thy ointment,not in the confidence of our merits, not in the greatness ofour strength : we trust to run but in the multitude of thymercies, for though we run and are willing, it is not in himthat willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that showethmercy. O let thy mercy return, and we will run : thou, likea giant, runnest by thy own power ; we, unless thy ointmentbreathe upon us, cannot run. Epig. not, my watch, being once repaird, to standExpecting motion from thy Makers wound thee up, and cleansd thy clogs with blocd :If now thy wheels stand still, thou art not > .« k
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