. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . great All in All,That {eafonable fliowrs of grace may fall. And water them: thy word will thou vouchfafe thy bleifing tot. then be pleafed to fountain, blelTed Saviour; de?A Some drops at leafl, wherewith my cirooping fpirtsMay be revived. Lord, thy merits YieJd more refrelhing than the world inherits :Rivers, yea feas, but ditches with,ihy fprings we them compare, 6. If not full fhcwrs of rain, yet. Lord, A little pearl
. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . great All in All,That {eafonable fliowrs of grace may fall. And water them: thy word will thou vouchfafe thy bleifing tot. then be pleafed to fountain, blelTed Saviour; de?A Some drops at leafl, wherewith my cirooping fpirtsMay be revived. Lord, thy merits YieJd more refrelhing than the world inherits :Rivers, yea feas, but ditches with,ihy fprings we them compare, 6. If not full fhcwrs of rain, yet. Lord, A little pearlV dew afford,Begot by thy celeftial influence On fome challe vapour, raifed henceTo be partaker of thine excellence : A little, if it come from thee. Will be of great avail to ^iij I T 94 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 7- Thou boundlcfs Ocean of grace, Let thy free Spirit have a placeWithin mine heart: full rivers, then, I know. Of living waters, forth will flow;And all thy plants, thy fruits, thy flowrs will grow. Whilft thy fprings their roots do nourim. They muft needs be fat, and flourifh* the s I\HAaH aiii iOJOQli; won^ I ^ KiH 3HT m JOC. CokT>IS EliORBS . -3i3fi aqori I THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. ^5Ths F t o w E R 5 of the Henrt, Cant, vi. 2. ,1/^ Behvdhgm dAin into his garden, U the has cffpicef, to feed in the gardens, and to gathir liUes. E P I G. 30. rHESE lilies I da conpcrat^ io thie,Qui §fmfid fknjm^d/i j md m grmui Is there a joy like this? What can augment my biiis fIf my Beloved will acceptA poly of thefe flowers, keptAnd confeGrated unto his content,I hope hereafter he will not repent The coil and pains he hath beltow dSo freely upon me, that owdHim all I had innnitely more. I 1 ^av. 96 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART, 2. Nay, try them, blefTed Lord ;Take them not on my word,But let the colour, taile, and fmelljThe truth of their perfedtions teii, 1 :Thou that art infinite in wifdorn, fee .qio VJif they be not the fame that came froaicthee*^If any differenc
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