. 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 . en of its will, repines At the leaft fufFering, declinesM/. fatherly corredion, is an he^rtOn which I care not to beftow mine art. 6. The heart that in my flames afunder itfelf at random, and fo lies In heaps of afhes here and there,Whofe dry difperfed parts will nut drav/ near To one another, and adh<^rely a firm a .ion, h ith no metal mtit to be ft^mp c<.;i;Kd in my mnt ^-■^-; G 70 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 7- The heart
. 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 . en of its will, repines At the leaft fufFering, declinesM/. fatherly corredion, is an he^rtOn which I care not to beftow mine art. 6. The heart that in my flames afunder itfelf at random, and fo lies In heaps of afhes here and there,Whofe dry difperfed parts will nut drav/ near To one another, and adh<^rely a firm a .ion, h ith no metal mtit to be ft^mp c<.;i;Kd in my mnt ^-■^-; G 70 THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 7- The heart that vapours out itfelf in with thofe cloudy fhadows thinks to cloak Its empty nakednefs, how muchSoever thou elteemeft it, is fuch As never will endure my I taket for mine, then I will tryWhat kind of metal in thine heart doth lie, 8. Ill bring It to my furnace, and there feeWhat it will prove, what it is like to be. If it be gold, it will be fureThe hotteft fire that can be to endure. And I fhall draw it out more may refine, but cannot wafteThat heart wherein my love is fixed fafl. The JJthI . 2 Mf///fr/r tyiur/tt / fsf /miir/ /i^nthYif^^oli^ . The Si:ARCHiXG of n/> Luif fan fhthorn , Inhmefwi srtt/c/i . 71 Mf t/ir AiUfKtn ffrnrf- is- Afiinn THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART. 71The Sounding of the Heart. Jer. xvii. 9, 10. The heart is deceitful above all things^ and dtfperatelywicked -y who can know it ? I the Lord^ E P I G. 22. T T HJ T alone am infinite^ can try■•J How deep within itfelf thine heart doth he,Thy feaman^s plummet can but reach the ground:rfind thai which thine heart itfelf neer found, ODE xxn. A goodly heart to fee to, fair and fat! It may be fo : and what of that ?Is it not hollow ? Hath it not within A bottomlefs whirlpool of fin ?Are there not fecret creeks and cranies there^ Turning and winding corners, whereThe heart itfelf e-y*n from itielf may hide, And lurk in fecret unefpyd ?Ill non
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