. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . a well-known voice I twas Thine, my Life, Whofe tfeafing accents foon difpelld my grief Now I revivd : One liich Immortal breath Had powr enough to rejcue me from death. ;?***** ■ Th (i79) Thy voice, like Lightning, unperceivd, unfelt,By a ftrange inflence thro3 the Soul can thy Difcifles hearts were fird within,When on the way thou didft difcourfe begin 5The fecret Charms of Thy prevailing voiceCausd unaccountable, yet mighty the fame heavnly found that anfwerd me,And all difiblvd
. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . a well-known voice I twas Thine, my Life, Whofe tfeafing accents foon difpelld my grief Now I revivd : One liich Immortal breath Had powr enough to rejcue me from death. ;?***** ■ Th (i79) Thy voice, like Lightning, unperceivd, unfelt,By a ftrange inflence thro3 the Soul can thy Difcifles hearts were fird within,When on the way thou didft difcourfe begin 5The fecret Charms of Thy prevailing voiceCausd unaccountable, yet mighty the fame heavnly found that anfwerd me,And all difiblvd me into kindled fuch a fire within my Soul,Whofe ardent heat an Ocean cannot how my melting paflions haft and run,Like Virgin-wax before the fcorching Sun I0 might I be fo bleft to mix with Thee,Dur Life the fame, the fame our Love ftiou d be, Aug. Soiiloq. cap. 34. That is this that I feel ? what fire is it that warmsmy heart ? what light is it that enlightens it f Othou fire which always burnefl,and art never extin-guifkedl do thou inflame me I N % VI. Whom CiSo). (i8i) VI Whom have 1 in Heaven but thee ? and thereis none upon Earth that I defire in comfa±rifonofthee^ Pfal. lxxiij. 24* WHatfhall I feek, great God, in tieavti atove,Ox Earthy Sea, whereon to fix my love?Tho I fhoud ranfack Heavn, and Eart^ and StayAll they can boaft, is nothing without Thee,, I know What mighty Joys in Heavn abound, What Treasures in the Earth and Sea ace found, Vetwithout Thee, my Love! ^enrich their iiore, All, all their glories are but mean and poor. O Heavn! O Earth! O vaft capacious Main i Three famous Realms where Wealth and Plenty reign ! Tho in one heap your triple pleafures lay, They were no pleafures, werewjy Lord away. My thoughts, I own, haveoftenrangdthe Beep, Searchd Earth zrid&eavn, and in no bounds woudkeep; But when they wandred the Creation round, No equal Ob]e& in the Whole they found N 3 , ,, Some* (i82) Sometimes I thought to rip the pregnant Earthy
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