. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . good below. Vainly to Honour or to Wealth I fly, Thefe cannot be their own fecurity 5 My file dependance is the Sacred Ark, There, there my Soul infafety way embarque : Thou fendft her thence, Lord, call her home again, Andftretch thy favouring hand to take her in I But (bet (alas I ) too weak for fuch a flight, Her flagging wings are baffled by its height. Woudft thou vouchfafe to imp them, fhe wo$Sdfij^ And brave the tow ring Monarch of the Sky > Then fhe woud hafte to her eternal Reft, And buil
. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . good below. Vainly to Honour or to Wealth I fly, Thefe cannot be their own fecurity 5 My file dependance is the Sacred Ark, There, there my Soul infafety way embarque : Thou fendft her thence, Lord, call her home again, Andftretch thy favouring hand to take her in I But (bet (alas I ) too weak for fuch a flight, Her flagging wings are baffled by its height. Woudft thou vouchfafe to imp them, fhe wo$Sdfij^ And brave the tow ring Monarch of the Sky > Then fhe woud hafte to her eternal Reft, And build above the Clouds her lofty Neft 5 There basking in the fplendor of thy Beams, Be allimployd on bright AngelickThemes; In which ttiadulterate World jhall have no part, That fly Debaucher of my wandring heart: But in feraphick Flames for Thee Til burn, And never, never think of a return. Amb. ( 227 ) Amb. Horn. 7. Nothing tun fly but what is pure, lighty andfubtile, and whofe purity is not corruptedby intemperance, nor its cheerfulnefs orfwiftnefs retarded by any weight. Q^ XIV. Ohow (228). 0 ban? amiable(a7c f/iyTalwnaelcJ, (229) XIV. 0 how amiable are thy Tabernacles: thouLordofHoJls ! Plal. lxxxiv. i. GReat Leader of the Starry Hofis that ftandIn mining order on thy either hand !Such bright magnificence adorns Thy Throne, } That hence my ravijtid Soul woud fain be gone, >To offer there her low Devotion. j Hail glorious Palace, which a lofty MoundOf fhining Jajper clofely does furround!Where the blew Saphyre and clear ChryfollteAt once afionljh and affeB the Sight!Where fparkling Tofas-threjholds kifs the feetOf all who come towards the Almightjs Seat!By doors of dazling Adamant let Golden Roofs on Emerald Pillars mine!This lofty StrnEture, this divine Abode yBecomes the Prefence of its founder*God% (2?0) Here pureft Ayrs, fannd in by Angels Wgs\Breathe all the Odors often thoufand no benumming Frofts dare once be rude,Nor piercing Snows within thefe
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