. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . s ; when it should have made Progress in good, is retrogradeWhilst it pretends a privilege above Reasons prerogative, to moveAs of itself unmovd, rude passions learnTo leave the oar, and take in hand the stern. The tides of thine affections ebb and flow, Rise up aloft, fall down to the sudden land-floods, that advance Their swelling waters but by love, desire, thy hope, delight, and fear, Ramble they care not when, nor where,Yet cunningly bear thee in hand, they be Only directed
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . s ; when it should have made Progress in good, is retrogradeWhilst it pretends a privilege above Reasons prerogative, to moveAs of itself unmovd, rude passions learnTo leave the oar, and take in hand the stern. The tides of thine affections ebb and flow, Rise up aloft, fall down to the sudden land-floods, that advance Their swelling waters but by love, desire, thy hope, delight, and fear, Ramble they care not when, nor where,Yet cunningly bear thee in hand, they be Only directed unto me,Or most to me, and would no notice takeOf other things, but only for my sake. Such strange prodigious impostures lurk In thy prasstigious heart, tis workEnough for thee all thy lifetime to learn How thou mayst truly it discern:That, when upon mine altar thou dost lay Thine ofPring, thou may^st safely say,And swear it is an heart: for, if it should Prove only an heart-case, it wouldNor pleasing be to me, nor do thee hearts no heart, not rightly understood. 3o6 THE SCHOOL OF. El)t iLebelUus of ti)C l^eart The hearts true level if you still design,Then often bring it to be tryd by mine. PSALM XCVII. II. Gladness for the upright in heart. Epig. 23. SET thine heart upright, if thou wouldst rejoice, ^And please thyself in thine hearts pleasing choiceBut then be sure thy plumb and level beRightly applied to that which pleaseth me. ODE XXIII. Nay, yet I have not done : one trial moreThine heart must undergo, beforeI will accept of it : THE HEAET. 307 Unless I seeIt upright be,I cannot think it :::To be admitted in my sight,And to partake of mine eternal light. My wills the rule of righteousness, as freeFrom error as uncertainty : What I would have is must desireWhat I require,And take it upon trust :If thou prefer thy will to mine,The levels lost, and thou gost out of line. Canst thou not see how thine heart turns aside,And leans towards thyself? How wideA dis
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