. 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 . rd, and turnd, not once, but oft.,t it have all its feafons, O impartThe beft of all thine art:For of itfelf it is fo will be but Or, if it be thy willTo teach me, let mc learn the {killMylclfto plow mine heart :e profit will be mine, and tis my parttake the p2\:\^^ andilabour, though thincreafo-\Vtthout thy bleiTing ceafe :\i fi: Tor nothing elie, yet thou,I^Jiyil mike me draw thy plough: i ■ Which Sar THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART;


. 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 . rd, and turnd, not once, but oft.,t it have all its feafons, O impartThe beft of all thine art:For of itfelf it is fo will be but Or, if it be thy willTo teach me, let mc learn the {killMylclfto plow mine heart :e profit will be mine, and tis my parttake the p2\:\^^ andilabour, though thincreafo-\Vtthout thy bleiTing ceafe :\i fi: Tor nothing elie, yet thou,I^Jiyil mike me draw thy plough: i ■ Which Sar THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART; Which of thy ploughs thou thou haft more than one. ^ My guiltThy wrath, thy roos, are allFlouP-hs fit to tear mine heart to purees fmall ;And when, in thefe, it apprehends thee near,Tis furrowed with fear :Each weed, turnd under, hides its headAnd (hews as it were dead. 7- Bat, Lord, thy blefied pafTionIs a plough of another than all the faftea me to that, and let the reftOf nil my powers ftrive to draw it leave no room for virtue of thy death can makcji^in its fail hold foriake. , SKivtnsrATio ix Cor. < S/-f////ta jmir Trrrn^ nnfn^ X^/yAftJ/fi^fyvir, THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 8^ The Seeding of the Heart-Luke vili. 15. Thai on the good ground are they^ whichy with an honejiaid good hearty having heard the word^ keep it^ andhrlng fcrih fruit with 28; XE^^ the field of mine heart Jhould unto thee^Great Hujhandman that madefl it^ barren he^Manure the ground^ then come thyfelf and feed itjAnd let thyfervants water it and weed it. O D E XXVIIL Nay, blefled Lord,Unlefs thou wilt affordManure, as well as tillage, to thy field. It will not yieldThat fruit which thou expe£left it fhould bear: The ground, I fear. Will ftill of what is good : and all the grain It will bring of its own accord, will not be worthThe pains of gathering So poor a thing. ^ Sooae. ^b THE SCHOOL OF THE HEARTr


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