. 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 . annot fuffice my greedy her fierce appetite controul;But that the more (lie looks, the more fhe ftfives to thruft into the thickeft throngsOf thofc divine difcoveriesWhich dazzle even angels eyes. Oh THE SCHOOL OP THE HEART. 103 Oh could I lay afide this flefh. And follow after thee with freihAnd free defires ! my difentangled foul,Eavifhd with admiration^ fhould roll Itfelf and all its thoughts on thee. And, by believing, ftrive
. 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 . annot fuffice my greedy her fierce appetite controul;But that the more (lie looks, the more fhe ftfives to thruft into the thickeft throngsOf thofc divine difcoveriesWhich dazzle even angels eyes. Oh THE SCHOOL OP THE HEART. 103 Oh could I lay afide this flefh. And follow after thee with freihAnd free defires ! my difentangled foul,Eavifhd with admiration^ fhould roll Itfelf and all its thoughts on thee. And, by believing, ftrive to feeWhat Is invifiWe to flefh and only by fruition underftood, The beauty of each fevral grace,^? T^at ibiiVes in thy furt-ftiamcing face, fv- 6. But what I can do that I will,^Vaking and 4eeping, feek. thee flill: Ill leave no place unpryd into behind me. Where I can but imagine ^I thee :Pll afkof all I meet, if theyCan tell me where thou art, which way , that I may follow after thee, [me. Whjch v/ay thou comft, that thou mayft meet withIf not thy face. Lord, let mine heartBehold with Mofes thy back part. The. Cordis Vvl-t^ieratio. TheWoXTNBING of the ^il^ TAvusand Sha/hf O/Uerr-^ tAisJfe^irt ermine,-T/ic /founds T/ioti. ^it-c^e. Zcrd, are Bn/rn duinr THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 105 Let thy refplcndent rays of knov/ledge dartBright beams of iinderftanding to mine heart. To my fm-lhadowd heart, v/herein Black igHorance did firil: beginTo blur thy beauteous image, and defaceThe glory of th^ felf-fufEcing grace. Next let the fhaft of thy fharp-pointed powV,Difcharaed by that ftrength that can devour All difficulties, and incline Stout oppofition to rcfignIts fteelly ftubbornnefs, fubdue my it hereafter ready to fulfiil Thy royal law of righteoufnefs. As gladly as, I muft hath fulfilled heretofore thunjuf},Piofanej and cruel laws of its own luft. Then let that love of thine, which made thee leaveThe bofom of thy Father, and
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