. Quarles' emblems . t taste the painOf deaths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain ? Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched ICommit a sin ! Lord, evry sin s a dart; And evry trespass lets a javlin fly ; And evry javlin wounds thy bleeding heart: Quarks Emblems. 231 Pardon, sweet babe, what I have done amiss ;And seal that granted pardon with a kiss. S. BONAVENT. SoHloq. Cap. sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were so sweet,nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attraction so virtuous :for when I love thee, I am clean ; when I touch thee, I amchaste ; when I receive thee, I am a
. Quarles' emblems . t taste the painOf deaths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain ? Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched ICommit a sin ! Lord, evry sin s a dart; And evry trespass lets a javlin fly ; And evry javlin wounds thy bleeding heart: Quarks Emblems. 231 Pardon, sweet babe, what I have done amiss ;And seal that granted pardon with a kiss. S. BONAVENT. SoHloq. Cap. sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were so sweet,nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attraction so virtuous :for when I love thee, I am clean ; when I touch thee, I amchaste ; when I receive thee, I am a virgin : O most sweetJesu, thy embraces defile not, but cleanse ; thy attractionpolluteth not, but sanctifieth : O Jesu, the fountain of uni-versal sweetness, pardon me that I believed so late that somuch sweetness is in thy embraces. Epig. burden s greatest; let not Atlas boast:Impartial reader, judge which bears the most:He bears but Heavn, my folded arms sustainHeavns Maker, whom Heavns Heavn cannot
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