. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . ry ;O there we 11 twine our souls in sweet embraces ; Soul. And in thine arms I 11 tell my passions story :Chr. O there Ill crown thy head with all my graces ; M 162 EMBLEMS. uooi iv Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thy glory :Chr, O there Ill feed thee with celestial manna; I 11 be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy Ill sound my trump of joy. Soul. And I 11 rescindHosannah. I S. Bern. O blessed contemplation ! the death of vices, andthe life of virtues! thee the law and the prophetsadm
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . ry ;O there we 11 twine our souls in sweet embraces ; Soul. And in thine arms I 11 tell my passions story :Chr. O there Ill crown thy head with all my graces ; M 162 EMBLEMS. uooi iv Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thy glory :Chr, O there Ill feed thee with celestial manna; I 11 be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy Ill sound my trump of joy. Soul. And I 11 rescindHosannah. I S. Bern. O blessed contemplation ! the death of vices, andthe life of virtues! thee the law and the prophetsadmire : who ever attained perfection, if not by thee ?O blessed solitude, the magazine of celestial treasure :by thee, things earthly and transitory are changed intoheavenly and eternal. S. Bern, in is that house, and blessed is that congregation,where Martha still complaineth of Mary. Epic. 7. Mechanic soul, thou must not only doWith Martha, but with Mary ponder too :Happy s that house where these fair sisters varyBut most, v/hen Martha ^s reconcile to Mary. emble:\is. ^] Emblem 8. CANTICLES I. 3, 4. Draw me; we will run after thee because of the savourthy good ointments. TT^HUS, like a lump of che corrupted mass,^ I lie secure, long lost before I was :And like a block, beneath whose burthen liesThat undiscoverd worm that never dies, I have no will to rouse, I have no power to rise. Can stinking Lazarus compound or striveWith deaths entangling fetters, and revive ? Or can the water-buried axe implore A hand to raise it, or itself from her sandy deeps approach the dr\^-foot shore r / EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. i So hard s the task for sinful flesh and bloodTo lend the smallest step to what is good, A-ly God ! I cannot move the least degree ; Ah ! if, but only those that active be,None should thy glory see, none should thy glory see. But, if the potter please t inform the clay : Or some strong hand remove the block away : • Their lowly fortunes soon are mounted highe
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