. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to him, and instructed by him . The 11(5 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. The Ladder of the Heart. Psalm Ixxxiv. whose heart are the ways of them. Epig. 37. TlfOULDST thou, my love, a ladder have, whereby Thou mayst climb heaven, to sit down on high ?In thine own heart, then, frame thee steps, and bendThy mind to muse how thou mayst there ascend. ODE XXXVII. The Soal. 1. What!Shall IAlways lieGrovling on earth,Where there is no mirth ?Why should I not ascendAnd climb up, where I may mendMy mean estate of mi
. The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to him, and instructed by him . The 11(5 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. The Ladder of the Heart. Psalm Ixxxiv. whose heart are the ways of them. Epig. 37. TlfOULDST thou, my love, a ladder have, whereby Thou mayst climb heaven, to sit down on high ?In thine own heart, then, frame thee steps, and bendThy mind to muse how thou mayst there ascend. ODE XXXVII. The Soal. 1. What!Shall IAlways lieGrovling on earth,Where there is no mirth ?Why should I not ascendAnd climb up, where I may mendMy mean estate of misery ?Happiness, I know, s exceeding high :Yet sure there is some remedy for that. Christ. 2. True,There blissMay be had above :But he, that will obtainSuch a gold-exceeding gain,Must never think to reach the same,And scale heavns walls, until he frameA ladder in his heart as near as new. Tk SW. CO RD IS Vin scaizs Dileeta,poli conscmdav Serf™.JIficpruts inftroprio construe GanekgmAu. The Ladder of fiie Heart. Would you scale Heat - n, and use aZaaWe-rs in lAyJZearc tet tAt first Sbf? le mtwff THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 117 The Soul. 3. Losd,I will :But the skillIs not mine own :Such an arts not known,Unless thou wilt it teach :It is far above the reachOf mortal minds to if thou wilt lend thine helping hand,,I will endeavour to obey thy word. Christ, 4. WellThen, seeThat thou beAs ready prestTo perform the rest,As now to promise fair :And Ill teach thee how to rearA scaling-ladder in thine heartTo mount heaven with : no rules of art,But I alone, can the composure tell. 5. First,Thou mustTake on trustAll that I say ;Reason must not sThy judgment cross to mBut her sceptre quite re -Faith must be both thy lack;Which will stay thy steps whateeT Del 1 1,And satisfy thi -., and thy thirst. vol. 11. • 1 Then m THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART, Then,The roun
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