. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . t to One?Thy bare-faed Rebels Hill unpunifhdgo,As if thou mindedft nothing here below,llnplagud, like other Men, thebrutiihS7P/W,Wallow ith fowl excefs of Loft and Wine: Yet (3? ) fet dofl: thou ftop thy Arrows on the firing, krrefl thy brandifhd Thunder on the Wing; Iheath thy red Sword, juffc lifted for the blow, ind in its room mild Olive-branches fhow. lut evry flip, each inadvertencie, s magnify*d toinfujprable in mei am the Mark of evry wounding flroke, is if I only did thy wrath provoke. ^his I confefs7 All I, alas ! can do : yoear
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . t to One?Thy bare-faed Rebels Hill unpunifhdgo,As if thou mindedft nothing here below,llnplagud, like other Men, thebrutiihS7P/W,Wallow ith fowl excefs of Loft and Wine: Yet (3? ) fet dofl: thou ftop thy Arrows on the firing, krrefl thy brandifhd Thunder on the Wing; Iheath thy red Sword, juffc lifted for the blow, ind in its room mild Olive-branches fhow. lut evry flip, each inadvertencie, s magnify*d toinfujprable in mei am the Mark of evry wounding flroke, is if I only did thy wrath provoke. ^his I confefs7 All I, alas ! can do : yoear my Prayr, with my Confeffion too! iccept the good EfFe&s of an ill Caufe, 4nd pardon Sin, that gains thee mofl applaufe. - Forgive me, Conquror ! flnce thou muft confefs? 1 Had I not Errd, thy Glory had been lefs. Greg, in 7 cap. Job, lib. 8, cap. 23. men God fets Man as a mark againft him, whenMan by finning has forfaken God : But our jufbCreator fet him as a mark agawft him ; becaufehe thought him his Enemy by his naughtinefs. P vn, wktrt* (34). and foldeStmcfe?~ rf>me eniinv. hi *3M- C_ (?5> VII. Vherefore kidefi thou thy Face, and holdejtme for thine Enemy ? Job xiij. 24. [St my great Error ^ or thy fmall Refpett,That I am treated with this cold negleB fthought thy frowns were but diffembled heat7knd all thy threatning looks an amorous cheat,p tender Mothers draw the Bread away,ro urge their pretty Innocents to play \)r as the Nurfe feems to deny a Kifs,fo make the fonder fuppliant fted the Blifs i0 I believd thou didft abfcond, and flee)nly to make me faftef follow thee,lut now, ( alas!) tis eamefl all, I find,Ud not pretended Anger, but defigrid:4y kind Embrace you coldly entertain,ks if we never fhoud be Friends again :^nd with fuch eager hafte my prefence fhuri,Ks Men from Monfters or InfeBlon run \\% if my looks, woud turn you into Stone :fat fear not thaty the works already done } D 2 $0 ( JO So cold you arey fo fenfelefs of my fmartjSome Maakk fare has petrify
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