. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . ith fuccefs appear in my defence! Yet let me, Lord, plead for my felf,and Thee, Left evn thy Caufe, as mm> may faulty be. Lor (bs) ord, I confefsrvejinrid, but not akne ; Ik thou impute a common Quilt to One ? 1 hy bare-facd Rebels profper in their fin, s if th?Extreme ofFicewere meritting ; hy brandifht Thunder thou haft oft laid down, nd ftretchd a peaceful Olive in its room. utevryjlip, each inadvertency■, magnify d tinfujfrable in me :am the Mark ofevry wounding ftroke,s if I only did thy w
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . ith fuccefs appear in my defence! Yet let me, Lord, plead for my felf,and Thee, Left evn thy Caufe, as mm> may faulty be. Lor (bs) ord, I confefsrvejinrid, but not akne ; Ik thou impute a common Quilt to One ? 1 hy bare-facd Rebels profper in their fin, s if th?Extreme ofFicewere meritting ; hy brandifht Thunder thou haft oft laid down, nd ftretchd a peaceful Olive in its room. utevryjlip, each inadvertency■, magnify d tinfujfrable in me :am the Mark ofevry wounding ftroke,s if I only did thy wrath provoke,lis Iconfefs, That moft of all I do : hear my Prayr, with my Confeffion too Itee ft the good Effe&s of an ill Caufe,nd jar don fin that gains thee moft me ConquVor, fince thoumuftconfedHad I noterrd, thy Glory had been lefo Greg, in 7 cap. Job, lib. 8. cap. 23. hen God fets Man as a mark againfb him^ whenI Man hy finning has forfaken God : But our jiiftCreator fet him as a mark againf him^ becaufe hethought him hu enemy by his haughtinefs. D i VllWhere* faO. \W/?cryf?7~£ /udcSt -t/uu Cthy h^IrfcJl- ??i z fr? - f/izn c £7i z/7i p*. T-18 (37) VI L Therefore hideft thou thy face, and holdefl me. for thine enemy ? Job IS9t my great Error, or thy fmall Refieff,That lam treated with this cold neglect?thought thy frowns were but diffembkd heat*And all thy threatning looks an amorous cheat*As tender Mothers draw the breaft away,To urge their pretty Innocents to play;Or as the Nurfe feems to deny a Kifs,To make the fonder fuppliant/ed/ the Blifs;So I beKevd thou didft avoid my fight%Only to heighten my keen now, (alas!) tis earneft all, I find,Andnotpm«nfef Anger, but defgrfd:My kind Embrace you coyly entertain,As if we never (houd be Friends again: D4 And And with fuch eager hafte my prefence fiiunj• As men from Monfiers or Infection run ;As if my looks wouel turn you into ftone :But fear not that, the works already do
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