. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . us Slaves, condemnd to ply a toilfbra Mill,, ^peat the fame returning Motion ftill: Th©> (90 Tho* ftill the refilefs Engines hurryd rounds They by its hafte gain not one Foot of Ground. What fhall I dOj a Stranger to the Race,Whofe lazy Feet fcarce move a Snails flow PaceHeaven lies remote from this mem Globe below, ,None but the fwift and fining can thither go \What then fhall this my heavy Chariot do ? Thy Footfteps, Lord, orecome the rougheft w«]A Gyants Feet move not fo fwift as with a Step dolt Eaft and Wefi divide,And o
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . us Slaves, condemnd to ply a toilfbra Mill,, ^peat the fame returning Motion ftill: Th©> (90 Tho* ftill the refilefs Engines hurryd rounds They by its hafte gain not one Foot of Ground. What fhall I dOj a Stranger to the Race,Whofe lazy Feet fcarce move a Snails flow PaceHeaven lies remote from this mem Globe below, ,None but the fwift and fining can thither go \What then fhall this my heavy Chariot do ? Thy Footfteps, Lord, orecome the rougheft w«]A Gyants Feet move not fo fwift as with a Step dolt Eaft and Wefi divide,And ore the World, like a Coloffiis, ftricte. But like the Tortoife, my dull Foots delayd,Or rather, like the Crab, moves can 1 then hope to that Goal to run,1 make the Busnefs of my Life to fhun ?But do thou, Lord, my trembling Feet fuflain,Then I the Race and the Reward ihall gain. Am (9?) Amfrdefugafkculi, cap. i. Vbo among fo many Troubles, of theBody^ among fo many Allurementsof the World^ cm keep a fafe andunerring Courfe? IV. My (94). (Jt\/ fc$/i frzm&Ielk for fear/&*6ttlcitq. izc. (95) IV. i Flejh tremhleth for fear of thee, and I amifraid of thy Judgments, Pfal. cxix 120. k Dread of Heavn was by the Ancients taught, \ As the firft Imprefs on Mans infant Thought. d he who underftood it belt, has faid, s the prime Step that does to Wifdom lead. )rmd by this my early Childhood grew, d to fear Heavn was the firft thing I knew: ; ftill fuch dark Oblivion dulld my Mind, auld not the repeated Alpha find. Stripes can punilh my negle&ful Crime, us unimprovd thave triffled out my Time. 11 Boys by Stripes with Learning are infpird, little Painsy with Induftry acquird : lien twice or thrice, they read their Letters ore, eyre as familiar as if known before 1 d tho in Colour all alike appear, :h is diftinguiflid by its Charterer. y I not hope Age will compleat in me e eafie Task of tender Infancy ? (9*> In many things I no Infirutter fought,Too apt, ( alas!) t
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