. 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 . rrtaybe ■ , • * iLaid with the gleanings gathered by thee,. j When the full {heaves are fpent, i I am cement. The Wade and confume itfelf in vain. The mifls, that from the earth do rlfe^An heavn-born heart will not fuffice: Cool It without they may, but cannot quenchThe fcalding heat within, nor drench Its dufty drr defires, or fill one trench. Nothing, but what comes from on highjCan heavn-brcd longings fatisfy. See H 3HT IC. Cordis Iriugatio THE
. 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 . rrtaybe ■ , • * iLaid with the gleanings gathered by thee,. j When the full {heaves are fpent, i I am cement. The Wade and confume itfelf in vain. The mifls, that from the earth do rlfe^An heavn-born heart will not fuffice: Cool It without they may, but cannot quenchThe fcalding heat within, nor drench Its dufty drr defires, or fill one trench. Nothing, but what comes from on highjCan heavn-brcd longings fatisfy. See H 3HT IC. Cordis Iriugatio THE SCHOOL OP THE HBART. 93 3- See how the feed, which thou-didn: parchd, and witherdi will not grow Without ibme moiilure, and mine heart hath noneThat it can truly its own, By nature of itfelf, n^iore than a flone:Uijlefs thou watert, it in di+Ii:, and be dry. Thy tender plants can never thrive,Whilft want of water doth depriveTheir roots of nouriilinient : wh,lch makes them call And cry to thee, great All in All,That {eafonable fliowrs of grace may fall. And water them: thy word will thou vouchfafe thy bleifing tot. then be pleafed to fountain, blelTed Saviour; de?A Some drops at leafl, wherewith my cirooping fpirtsMay be revived. Lord, thy merits YieJd more refrelhing than the world inherits :Rivers, yea feas, but ditches with,ihy fprings we them compare, 6. If not full fhcwrs of rain, yet. Lord, A little pearlV dew afford,Begot by thy celeftial influence On fome challe vapour, raifed henceTo be par
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