. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ke a Ship toft between the f^tnd and ^ the Bawd to Vice, here draws me in,There, Griefs its Fallffwr^ pulls me back from Sin:Yet Pleafure oft comes Conqueror from the Field,Whilft I to Vice, inglorious Homage Grief does ftill with Vice in triumph ride,Placd, like a SUve by that great Conjurors Vice and Virtue have alternate fway,While I, wdth endlefs labour, Both obey:And to increafe my pains, as if too heavy hand in the rear of all,Aad with deep pie
. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ke a Ship toft between the f^tnd and ^ the Bawd to Vice, here draws me in,There, Griefs its Fallffwr^ pulls me back from Sin:Yet Pleafure oft comes Conqueror from the Field,Whilft I to Vice, inglorious Homage Grief does ftill with Vice in triumph ride,Placd, like a SUve by that great Conjurors Vice and Virtue have alternate fway,While I, wdth endlefs labour, Both obey:And to increafe my pains, as if too heavy hand in the rear of all,Aad with deep piercing ftrokes correfts me more,For what ivas puniihd in it felf Souls in Hell are fcourgd for Sin 3Their never-ending Fains thus flill begin. Canftthou, unkind I behold my wretched Fate J>Onft thou behold, and notCommiferate?Loo|c on, O fee if caullcfs I complain! 0 hold thy Hand, and mitigate my Pain \ Aug. in Pfal. xxxvi. 1 ff^ppofe the World is called a Mill, becaufe it isturnd about on the Wheels of Time^ and grindsand crufhes thofe that moft admire it. V. Remem (26). ]^tmml^crIl^Jccc/Li/icc, l/ani /laJtjitaJc 7m .2/ -M^ i^Aii/^ ii/iiJ 7vilt t/iiTti (^/7//.7 771J 771 h-^ ^71 St i7i7ai77C^.Iirl^. ^— ,S. V- ■::p (^7) V. Remember^ I hefeecb thee, that thou hafimade me as the CUy, and wilt thoH hrtTJgme into Dtiji again ? Job x. 9. HA S Providence regard to things below ?Or does it (light what its not fleas d to know ?That the great Author of this brittle FrameForgets from what Original it came? Ages, to Thee are hm as yefterday:And canfl thoff. Lord, forget thy humble Clay ?Formd with a touch, and quickened with a breath 5In o»e Jhort moment made, er again in Miniature 5 ThcR (28) Then was with
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