. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . , And I will tell thee miae. The Moral. When once the fruitful Seeds of Grace are fowii,And the Aveet Buds of Lcve are fairly Mown,The Soul, tranfporied with the Joy fh,e feels,For ever on her dear Redeemer av\^ FleaEMBLEM In vain we flrlve toiun tlie RaceThat God appoints, witliout his Grace ;Drawn by the Oclqr of liis Love,With -Vigour we fliall quickly move. [ 113 TE M B L E M VIII. Cant. i. Spirit helps our Infirmities, HEartlefs and fluggilli is our Zeal ;Bale are our Tho
. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . , And I will tell thee miae. The Moral. When once the fruitful Seeds of Grace are fowii,And the Aveet Buds of Lcve are fairly Mown,The Soul, tranfporied with the Joy fh,e feels,For ever on her dear Redeemer av\^ FleaEMBLEM In vain we flrlve toiun tlie RaceThat God appoints, witliout his Grace ;Drawn by the Oclqr of liis Love,With -Vigour we fliall quickly move. [ 113 TE M B L E M VIII. Cant. i. Spirit helps our Infirmities, HEartlefs and fluggilli is our Zeal ;Bale are our Thoughts, preverfe our Will ;Still are we grovlling on the Earth,As if we boafted thence our Birth. Sea ce can we cail our drowfy Eyes Upwards to view our native Skies, The glorious ever-blefsd Abode, Where Angels dwell, with and God. But when the Spirit from aboveDraws us along with Cords of Love,And the fweet Inccnfe of his GraceDifFufes, then we move apace. The Mo R A L. Lifelefs and cold is evr} Chrillian*s Zeal;Till the warm Beams of quickningGrace he Love, once aduve, Magnates in the PoolHis Heart, and fcarcely moves his fluggiih Soul,No more the facred Flame within him glows,And a few glittring Sparks by Fits it fhews :Yet ftill theres Fire, by Embers only will, when from its dirty Rubbilh fre
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