. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . edB^Ysfaithlefs flighty evn by the Sea revealed :His living Tomb obeyd Heavns great command,And caft him back to the foriaken brittle Faith is all the glaiTy Sea can boaft ( Waves betray what they fhoud cover- Nor (6t) Nor can we hope concealment in a Tomb,That^ cafts our bones from itsoer-burthen d Rocks and Caves we muft no truft repofe,For their own found the feaet will leaves, and Trees themfelves, alike will fade,And then ex^ofe what they were meant t
. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . edB^Ysfaithlefs flighty evn by the Sea revealed :His living Tomb obeyd Heavns great command,And caft him back to the foriaken brittle Faith is all the glaiTy Sea can boaft ( Waves betray what they fhoud cover- Nor (6t) Nor can we hope concealment in a Tomb,That^ cafts our bones from itsoer-burthen d Rocks and Caves we muft no truft repofe,For their own found the feaet will leaves, and Trees themfelves, alike will fade,And then ex^ofe what they were meant to7^/^^<?.Nor Sea^ nor Land, not Cave, not Den, nor ^W,Nor Stars, nor Heavn it [elf can do me good:ThoH, Lord, alone can ft hide my fearful headj:-Where I no Vengance, nor ev n Thine, can Thy kind Ha-nd alide thy Thunder lays,\StretchdoHt^ diiarmd, a fu^pliant Wretch toraife, Amb. in Jerem. cap. 9. Iftirher, O Adam ! have thj Tranfgreffions led thee^that thott (hunnft thy God, Tohom before thoufoughfft t That Feoi* ktrayj r/^ CrimCj fto-Flightthy Prevarication. XIII. Jre (62). ^7-c ?ici-7ny .^ays fcJV, ccaSc i/ic?i^^^ (63) XIII. Are not my days few ? Ceafe then^ and let mealone y that I may hew ail my [elf a, X. 20. MUST a/^w minpttes added to my daysBe thought a favour pafTmg thmks or i^redfe ?Ages^ indeed, might well deferve that namcyAnd render my Ingratitude to blame :But, the increale of a fsw days to little adds it to the flender [urn ?As well the hfant that but treads the Stage,Is faid to leave it in a good old well poor hfeBs may be (aid to live,To whom their Binh-daj does their Twiral give. So fading TloroWs their hafty minutes count,AVhofc longejh Life fcarce to one day in the morning Boys^ at noon-tide Men^At night, with age, feeble as Boys in one {hort-hvd day they hloom and difyAnd aJJ the diflVence of pht Ages try. Woud (54) Woud Timesoer-hafty Wheels their Motion (lay, And the fwifc hours not pof
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