. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . us Slaves, condemnd to ply a toilfom Mill, Repeat the fame returning motion ftili: Tho : (90 Tho* itill the refilefs Engines hurryd round,They by its hafte gain not one foot of ground. -What fhall I do, a ftranger to the race,Whofe lazy feet fcarce move a Snails flow pace ?Heavn lies remote from this mean Globe below,None but the fwlft and ftrong can thither go;What then fhall this my heavy Chariot do ? Thy footfteps, Lord, overcome the roughed way;A Gyants Feet move not fo fwift as with a
. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . us Slaves, condemnd to ply a toilfom Mill, Repeat the fame returning motion ftili: Tho : (90 Tho* itill the refilefs Engines hurryd round,They by its hafte gain not one foot of ground. -What fhall I do, a ftranger to the race,Whofe lazy feet fcarce move a Snails flow pace ?Heavn lies remote from this mean Globe below,None but the fwlft and ftrong can thither go;What then fhall this my heavy Chariot do ? Thy footfteps, Lord, overcome the roughed way;A Gyants Feet move not fo fwift as with a ftep doll Eafi and Weft divide,And o er the world, like a Coloflks, frride. But like the Tortoife, my dull Foots delayd,Or rather, like the Crab, moves can I then hope to that Goal to run,I make the busnefs of my life to fhun ?But do thou, Lord, my trembling feet fuftain,Then I the Race and the Reward {hall gain. Amb. (93) Amb. de fuga feculi, cap. x. Vha among fo many troubles of thebody, among fo many allurementsof the World^ can hgep a fafe andunerring courfe ? IV. My f94). (j£y)fles/i trembled for fear fof1/2eea?id7ai7L afraid ~/~ too. IV. iy flefo trembkth for fear of thee, and 1 amafraid of thy Judgments, Pfal. cxix. 120. A Dread of Heavn was by the Ancients taught, -JL. As the firft imprefs on Mans infant thought. ,nd he who underftood it beft, has faid, is the prime ftep that does to Wifdom lead. ifornYd by this my early childhood grew, ind to fear Heavn was the firft thing I knew: »ut ftill fuch dark Oblivion dulld my mind, could not the repeated Alpha find, Jo (tripes can punifh my neglectful crime, hus unimprovd thave triffled out my time. )ull Boys by ftripes with Learning are infptfd, !y littlepains, with induflry acquird: yhen twice or thrice they read their Letters oer, heyre as familiar as if known before : >nd thoJ in colour all alike appear, ach is diftinguifhd by its Char after. [ay I not hope Age will compleat
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