. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . ©5 (20) Ofc to the learnd I made my fufPerings known,Oft tryd their Skill, but found Redrefs from nontNot all the virtue of Bethefdah Pool,Without thy help, could ever make me to what heahng Altar fhoud I flie,But that whofe froftrate Viftims never die ?To Thee, Health-giver to the World, I kneel,Who mod canft pity what thy felf didfl feel:Theres no found part in all my torturd Soul:But, if thou wilt, Lord, thou eanfi make me where, to cruel Thieves, a helplefs prey,Wounded and robd Im left upon the Good Samarit
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . ©5 (20) Ofc to the learnd I made my fufPerings known,Oft tryd their Skill, but found Redrefs from nontNot all the virtue of Bethefdah Pool,Without thy help, could ever make me to what heahng Altar fhoud I flie,But that whofe froftrate Viftims never die ?To Thee, Health-giver to the World, I kneel,Who mod canft pity what thy felf didfl feel:Theres no found part in all my torturd Soul:But, if thou wilt, Lord, thou eanfi make me where, to cruel Thieves, a helplefs prey,Wounded and robd Im left upon the Good Samaritan! my Heart reviveWith Wine •, my Wounds fome Balm of GHead take me home, left if I here remain,My Foes return, and make thy Succour vain* Aug. <2I ) Serm. 55. cap. 55. The whole World, from Eafi to Weft, lies veryftck; but to cure this very fick World, theredefcends an Omnipotent PhyfitiazL who humbledhimfelf even to the JJfumptionlf a mortal Bo-dy, as if he had gone into the Bed of the Dif-eafed. G 3 IV. Look (22). .Cj&k, u/t&n my arfvcrttty and. mi: Scryt (and fa\7We mc a// my Sin (*?) IV. Look upon my adverfity and miferj, and forgiveme all my fin, PfaL xxv. 17. CAn all my Sufferings no Compaffion move,And wou dft thou yet perfwade me thou dolt Thas oft been faid, believe it he that he will! (love; That thofe who Love, each others torment feel. Canft thou behold my Grief, and feek no way For my redrefs? True Love brooks no delay. See what a fervile Yoak my Neck fuftains, WJhofeJhame is more affli&ing than its fains! With any task my Soul woud be content, But one whofe Scandal is a pptnifoment. Had my Affliftions any parallel, Taught by Example, I fhoud bear them well:And twoud, amidft my Woes, bring fome Relief,To have more Jhodders to fupport the Grief:For bravefl Heroes oft have felt the weightOf their injurious Step-dame Fortunes our famd Martyr, in his Murdrers ftead,JBowd to a Rebel Ax His Sacred Head -7 C 4 While (24) While
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