. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . ., a -well-known Voice! twas Thine, my Lift)VVhofe plea/ing Accents foon difpelld my Grief,i revivd : One fuch immortal BreathDower enough to re/cue me from Death, n ( i?9 ) %y Voice, like Lightning, unperceivd, unfclt, y a ftrange inflence thro the Soul can melt. 3 thy Difciples Hearts were fird within, Men on the way thou didft Dilcourft begin \> he fecret Charms of Thy prevailing Voice ^nsd unaccountable, yet mighty Joys. rwas the fame Heavenly Sound that anfwerd me, Jld all diflblvd me into Ecftacy, tat kindled fuch a Fire within m
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . ., a -well-known Voice! twas Thine, my Lift)VVhofe plea/ing Accents foon difpelld my Grief,i revivd : One fuch immortal BreathDower enough to re/cue me from Death, n ( i?9 ) %y Voice, like Lightning, unperceivd, unfclt, y a ftrange inflence thro the Soul can melt. 3 thy Difciples Hearts were fird within, Men on the way thou didft Dilcourft begin \> he fecret Charms of Thy prevailing Voice ^nsd unaccountable, yet mighty Joys. rwas the fame Heavenly Sound that anfwerd me, Jld all diflblvd me into Ecftacy, tat kindled fuch a Fire within my Soul, Ifhofe ardent Heat an Ocean cannot cool. se how my melting Paffions haft and run, ike ftrgin-wax before the fcorching Sun I > might I be fo Bleft to mix with Thee, tor Life the fame, the fame our Love fhoud be, Aug. Soliloq. cap. 34. %at is this that I feet f What Fire is it that warmstny Heart ? What Light is it that enlightens it f O thou Fire which always burneft, and art never extin- guided ! do thou injlame me I N 2 VI. Whom ( i8o >. WhaTTthaireliTLHeazreTL TnLttiiee?andtfieiv idno?ie upoiiZarllhtlial (i8i) VI. Vhom have 1 in Heaven hut thee? And thereis none upon Earth that I defire in compa-rison of thee, Pfal. lxxiij. 24. 1717*Hat ihall I feek, great God, in Heaven above,V V Or Earth, or Sea, whereon to fix my Love ?rho I fhoud ranfack Heavn, and Earth, and Sea,Ul they can boaft, is nothing without Thee. I know what mighty Joys in Heavrn abound,Nhzt Treafetres in the Earth and Sea are found ,fet without Thee, my Love ! tenrich their Score?\11, all their Glories are but Mean Heaven I O Earth ! O vaft capacious Main !three famous Realms where Wealth and Plenty reign !rho in one heap your triple Pleafures lay,rhey were no Pleafures, were my Lord Thoughts, I own, have often rangd the ;earchd Earth and Heav*n, and in no Bounds woiid; keep; But when they wandred the Creation round,Sfo equal Qbjeft m the Whole they found. N 3 Same- (182) S
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