. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . thy coarfeft grain j ^ . So:! may be-Lard with the gleanings gathered by the full (heaves are fpent,I am content. The <9Z THE SCHOOL OF THE Watering of the Heart. Ifai^h xxvii. 3,J the Lord do keef it: I will water it every moment, E p 1 e. 29. /^ LOSE downwards towards the earthy open ahove^^^ Toiurds heavuy mine heart is. O let thy loveDijlill in frutiifying dtws of grace ^And then mine heart will be a pleafant place* ODE X
. The school of the heart, or, The heart (of itself gone away from God) brought back again to Him, and instructed by Him : in forty-seven emblems . thy coarfeft grain j ^ . So:! may be-Lard with the gleanings gathered by the full (heaves are fpent,I am content. The <9Z THE SCHOOL OF THE Watering of the Heart. Ifai^h xxvii. 3,J the Lord do keef it: I will water it every moment, E p 1 e. 29. /^ LOSE downwards towards the earthy open ahove^^^ Toiurds heavuy mine heart is. O let thy loveDijlill in frutiifying dtws of grace ^And then mine heart will be a pleafant place* ODE XXIX. I. See iiow this dry and thirfty heart, doth gaping, gafping (land. And, clofe below, opens towVds heavn and FountainoF Felicity, Great Lord of living waters, water me : Let not my breath, that pants with pain,Wafte and confume itfelf in vain, 2. The mifts, that from the earth do heavn-born heart will not fuffice : Cool it without they may, but cannot quenchThe fcalding heat within, nor drench Its dufty dry defires, or fill one trench. Nothing, but what comes from on highjCan heavn-bred longings fatisfy. See. CORDI^ IRRIGATIOThe Tl^utTEREVG of the Heart . MyMeeirt fpnrflMe/zrh is let fAr distiZ. cmdaul tJie sjtrirufinp J^ltrnv/^s-. THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 93 3- See how the feed, which thou didft parchd, and witherd; will not gro^v Without fome moifture, and mine heart hath noneThat it can truly call its own, By nature of itfelf, more than a ftone:Unlefs thou watert, it will lieDrowned in daft, and flill be dry. 4-Thy tender plants can never thrive,Whilft want of water doth deprive Their roots of nourifhment: which makes them callAnd crv to thee, great All in All, That feafonable fhovvrs oi grace may fall. And water them : thy word will thou vouchfafe thy blelling to t. 5-O then be pleafed to unfealThy fountain, blefled Saviour; deal Some drops at leaft, v^herewith my drooping fpirtsAlav be revived. Lord, t
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