. Emblems, divine and moral . ded paces Conduct us to our fairest territory;O there well twine our souls in sweet embraces;Soul. And in thine arms Ill tell my passionsstory:Chr. O there Ill crown thy head with all my graces;Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thyglory:Chr. O there Ill feed thee with celestial manna;Ill be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy Ill sound my trump of joy. Soul. And Illresound Hosannah. §28 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. .S. Ber\.O blessed contemplation! the death of vices,and the life of virtues! thee tlie law and the pro-phets admire: who ever attained perfection, if
. Emblems, divine and moral . ded paces Conduct us to our fairest territory;O there well twine our souls in sweet embraces;Soul. And in thine arms Ill tell my passionsstory:Chr. O there Ill crown thy head with all my graces;Soul. And all these graces shall reflect thyglory:Chr. O there Ill feed thee with celestial manna;Ill be thy Elkanah. Soul. And I, thy Ill sound my trump of joy. Soul. And Illresound Hosannah. §28 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. .S. Ber\.O blessed contemplation! the death of vices,and the life of virtues! thee tlie law and the pro-phets admire: who ever attained perfection, ifnot by thee? O blessed solitude, the magazine ofcelestial treasure! by thee, things earthly andtransitory are changed into heavenly and eternal. S. Bern, in is that house, and blessed is that congre-gation, where Martha still complaiueth of Mary. Epig. soul, thou must not only doWith Martha, but with Mary ponder too:Happys that house where these fair sisters ;But most, when Marthas reconcild to 229 CANTICLES I. 3, 4. Draw me; tee will run after thee because of of thy good ointments. 1 Hus, like a lump of the corrupted mass,I lie secure, long lost before I was:And like a block, beneath whose burthen liesThat undiscoverd worm that never dies, I have no will to rouse, I have no power to rise. 230 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. Can stinking Lazarus compound or striveWith deaths entangling fetters, and revive?Or can the water-buried axe imploreA hand to raise it, or itself restore, [shore?And from her sandy deeps approach the dry-foot So hards the task for sinful flesh and bloodTo lend the smallest step to what is good,My God! I cannot move the least degree:Ah! if, but only those that active be, [ should thy glory see, none should thy glory But, if the potter please t inform the clay:Or some strong hand remove the block away: Their lowly fortunes soon are mounted higher; That proves a vessel, which before was mire;And this, being hewn, may serve
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