. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to him, and instructed by him . y thou comst, that thou mayst meet withIf not thy face, Lord, let mine heartBehold with Moses thy back part. r « T! 104 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. The Wounding of the Heart. Lam. hi. hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Epig. 33. A Thousand of thy strongest shafts, my Light,Draw up against this heart with all thy strike it through : they, that in need do standOf cure, are healed by thy wounding hand, ODE xxxur. Nay, spare me not, dear Lord,
. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to him, and instructed by him . y thou comst, that thou mayst meet withIf not thy face, Lord, let mine heartBehold with Moses thy back part. r « T! 104 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. The Wounding of the Heart. Lam. hi. hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Epig. 33. A Thousand of thy strongest shafts, my Light,Draw up against this heart with all thy strike it through : they, that in need do standOf cure, are healed by thy wounding hand, ODE xxxur. Nay, spare me not, dear Lord, it cannot beThey should be hurt, that wounded are by shafts will heal the hearts they hit,And to each sore its salve will hearts by nature are both sick and sore,And mine as much as any else, or more :There is no place thats free from sin,Neither without it, nor within jAnd universal maladies do craveVariety of medicines to have. First, let the arrow of thy piercing eye,Whose light outvieth the star-spangled sky, Strike through the darkness of my mind, And leave no cloudy mist behind. Let £mfi. Cordis Vvlkeratio. Jfi/lr Corhoc mlfc&s, mea>£ux Hmntfotsagitfo,-P/iar/nam umthtaguitUAfan Sachet fkeiit. The VOFXDIXG atdie HEART .MiHt Thousand. S/tafhr (>j<rrn? t/it\s //surf f mintThtWfauublheu oht\it Lord\/r/yBa/m dirint. THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 105 Let thy resplendent rays of knowledge dartBright beams of understanding to mine heart, To my sin-shadowd heart, wherein Black ignorance did first beginTo blur thy beauteous image, and defaceThe glory of thy self-sufficing grace. Next let the shaft of thy sharp-pointed powr,Discharged by that strength that can devour All difficulties, and incline Stout opposition to resignIts sterlly stubbornness, subdue my will,Make it hereafter ready to fulfil Thy royal law of righteousness, As gladly as, I must confess,It hath fulriled heretofore th unjust,Profane, and cruel laws of its own lust. 4. Then let that love
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