. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . th roves;And when he thinks his weary ramble done,He finds falaslj he has butjufi ftill the wandring Multitude does ftray,Scarce one of thoufands keep or finds the way. Oh ! that my paths were all chalkd out by ThFrom the deceits of baneful error free !Till all my motion, like a Darts, becameSwift as its flight, unerring as its aim %That where thy Laws require me to obey,I may not loiter, nor miftake the be Thou, Lord, the Bowey thy Law the WhiteAnd I the Arrow deftin d for the
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . th roves;And when he thinks his weary ramble done,He finds falaslj he has butjufi ftill the wandring Multitude does ftray,Scarce one of thoufands keep or finds the way. Oh ! that my paths were all chalkd out by ThFrom the deceits of baneful error free !Till all my motion, like a Darts, becameSwift as its flight, unerring as its aim %That where thy Laws require me to obey,I may not loiter, nor miftake the be Thou, Lord, the Bowey thy Law the WhiteAnd I the Arrow deftin d for the flight :And whenthourt pleasd to fhew thy greateft skillLet Me, dear God, be thy choice Arrow flill. Aug. (97) Aug: Soliloq. cap. 4. 0 Lord, who art the Light, the Way, theTruth, and the Life 1 in whom there is noDarknefs, Error, Vanity, nor Death* Saythe word, 0 Lord, let there be Light, thatJmay fee the Light, and fhun the Darknefs;that I may find the right way, and avoidthe wrong ; that I may follow Truth, andfly from Vanity ; that I may obtain Lifefand efcape Death. Hi HI. 0 held L9*>. a. /iM font (ny mv £ nr. hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that myfootfteps flip not. Pfal. 17. j. w Hat! will my faithlelsfeet deceive me more,And make falfefteps upon the even floor ? Thou,who from Heavn my motion doft approve,rant me fuch ftrength, that I may firmly move. The Eagles teach their unfledgd young to fly,ra&isd in towring towVd the lofty Sky;ill the apt brood, by bold example led,vrform the daring flight they usd to Boys, when firft thunufiial ftream they try,1th fpungy Cork their v;eighty bodies buoy ;ill more improvd, they thelxfirfi help difown,tnbjtious now tattemptthe flood alone: H3 And (jeoo) And thus, by fra&iee, fuch prfeBion gain,Toffon and wanton fafely in the Main. Thou, who from Jleavn obfervftour fteps bek:See by what arts thy Servant learns to go;While all my weight on this Jlight Engines laid,I move the Wheels that do my motion feeble
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