■■■.vJ *■ ■ THE v School NJ O F T H E HEART: O R, The He art of it felf gone away from GOD Brought back again to him , and InftrucSed by Him. In /|7. EMBLEMS. By the Jnthoro{ the SyNAGOGUE Annex- ed to HERBERT'S POEMS. Whereunto is Added , The Learning of the Heart* By the fame Hand. The Third Edition. London* Printed for LodcwickLloyd, 16 y6 The Contents Of Each EMBL EM- THe infection of the Hearty Page $. The taking away of the Heart p # 7. The Darfyiefs of the Hearty p, 1 r. The Ab fence of the Hearty p. 15-, The Vanity of the Heart. p. \9\ The Opprefion of the Hearty p. *3 . The Covctoitfnefs of the Heart, '* p. 17. The Hardnejs of the Hearty p % ^i. The Devijion of the Heart, p. 3^ The Infatiablenefs of the Heart*. p t $ 9 ] The Running of the Hearty p\ 4J ] The Toaring out of the Heart y & p. 4 7' The Circumcifan of the Hearty , p. n \ The Contrition of the Hearty p # n . The Humiliamn of the Hearty p t $ 9# The Softning of the Heuty ^ 6 y The cleaning of the. Hearty 3 p* 6? ' The Grieving of the Hearty The Sacrsfice of the Heart r The weighing of the Heart, w T^etr^of the Hearty ^\]' tfhe Som^tg of the Hearty p% g 7 ] ^btLjvel'^g of the Heart. ^ 9 ," "~" ^ 5 The P- 7*. P- 7*. P. 9U P. 99* p. ioj. p. 107* /?. Hi 'The Contends. Jbe Renewing of the Heart, The Inlightening of the Heart, TheTable of the Heart, IheJiUing of the Heart, The Seeding of the Heart, 7 be Watering of the Heart, V 1 1 y # The Flowers of the Heart , p. U?. Ihe peeping of the Heart, * f t . The Watching of the Heart, ■ * Iir> The Wounding of the Heart, p t j^ Ihe inhabiting of the Heart, p m x 3 ^ The InUrging of the Heart, ^ , 3 ?> The Inflaming of the Heart, ^ , j 4- The Udder of the Heart, p t l47# The* tying of the Heart, £. iji. Tbe Union of the Heart, p % I? ^ the Refl of the Heart, , p# x ^ The BAtbing of the Heart, p t 16 ^ \ $bt Binding of the Heart, p\ ,^ The P™p of the Heart, - p> 171. The Sconringof the Heart, p I7 ^ T he Hedging of the Heart, p, 1 7 ^ The Fatting of the Heart, p % j^ the New wine of the Heart, p. j % 7 ' The learning of the Heart, p l9f * The Grammar of the Heart, » ^j* *IbeEhetoric\of the Hem ', ) p-. *&, Ihe Logu\ of the Heart » i p T 9r The ft he School of the Heart. The Introduction, ThI" 1 " • m l mi nJ y wander not abroad , uju dj ^t? and cumbers th£e \ Of fclf- examination : bend thine eve This Learning , fideth w>fc L:. „ j g i „ Doft thou dr^v Vac • H«fc r fi V* ■£***■ That theu canft reTm n otMn^°^ harm ' d thee & i Canft ln ou not hold thenfoft > Haft II . Butwhauhyfenresto.hy ftn-tft?,- ^a^mao^ > t hi ne L'clolr P ° fl ' re The School of the Heart* In walls of flcfti , not to make the debtor Fol- houfe-room to them ,but to make them better . Thy Body's thy Freehold , live then as the Lord , No Tenant to thy own : fome time afford To view what ftate *cis in : furvey each part , And above all , take notice of thine Heart. Such as that is , the reft is , or will be , Better or worfe , blame-worthy , or fault-free. "What ? are the ruines fuch thou art afraid , Or elfe afbarn'd , to fee how 'tis decai'd > Js'c therefore thou art loth to fee it fuch , As now it is , becaufe it is fo much , Degenerated now from what it was , And mould have 6een ? Thine ignorance ,alas ! Will make it nothing better , and the longer Evils are fuffered grow , they grow the ftronger : Or hath thine undemanding loft its light } Hath the dark night of error dimm'd thy fight .j So that thou canft not, though thou woul ft , oblcrve All things amifs within thee , how they fwerve ■Hrom the ftraigh* rules of Righteoufnefs , Aid Reafon . If fo , omit not then this precious feafon. Tis yet fchool-time , as yet the door's not (hut. Hark how the Mafter calls. Come let us pic Upourrequeftstorr.m, whofc will alone Limit* his pow'r of teaching , from whom none Returns unlearned, that hath once a will To be his Scholar, and implore his skill. Great fearcher of the Heart , whofeboundiefs fight Difcovers fecrets , and doth bring to light The hidden things of darknefs , who alone Perfe&ly know'ft all things that can be known. Thou know'ft. I do not , cannot , hive no mind To know mine heart : 1 am not only blind , 15 u lame, andliftlefs; thou alone oBift make r y»» .» - The Sekeol ef the Hem. Met able, willing , and the pains I take. As well as the fucceffc, muft come from thee Who workeft both to will and do in me ■ Havmgmade mec now willing to be taueht Make me as willing to learn what I ousht r'rl th f° U ,J i i t a i- Iow *V Scholar leave 8 And make more fruitful, then it was before Its hardnefs, darknefs, death, unctonS V < And barrennefs : refine it from the drofe * Anidraw out all thedregs, heal ev'ry fore Lord" ,7 t h n ° W ^ M !> • nd '™* m°£ i' d ! ,f th ° u wit, thou canft impart this sfcifl s And for other learning take', who wat f i The School of the Heart. Embleme u CONTAGIO CORDIS . C_ ur implevit fatanas ccr Urn. A:t: ?.? . Qotae bibifr'ftiq-ium morbi mortifa* vcncnum, , Hit ici>wn hlandis dc:ipt illc:ebris. X'.Affculfta- The School of the Heart. The Infection of the Heart* A&s 5.3; Wh) hath Satan fiSed thine heart ? Epigr. 1. \X7Hil(l thou enclirffi thy Voyce-tnveigled tar t ' V The fubtiU Serpents Syren- Songs to htar % thy heart drinks deadly poyfon drawn from Htff, AndmthaVifrous brood of fin dotbfatU. ODE. I The Soul. I. Profit, andpleafure, comfort, and concent, Wifedom, and honour, and when thek are fpent A frefh f:pply of more ! Oh heav'nly words I Are thefc the dainty fruus,that this fair Tree affords^ The Serpent. 2. Yes thefe, and many more, if more may be, . AM, that the world contains, in this one Tree!* Contracted is. Take but ataft, and try, Thou maid believe thy Tclf, experience can not lyd T-e S r«l. 3. Bur thou maift lye : and with a falfe pretence Of f r enifhip rob me of that excellence, Which my Creators bounty hath beftow'd, Asd freely given rue, to whom he nothiu E s The School of the Heart. The Serpent. 4. Strange compofition ! fo credulous.' And at the fame time fo fufpicious ! This is the tree of knowledge, and until ([or ill ?■- Theu eat thereof, how canft thou know what's good. The Soul. 5. God infinitely good my maker is, Who neither will, nor can do ought amifs. The being I receiv'd, was that he fent, And therefore I am fure muft needs be excellent : The Serpent. 6. Suppofe it be : yet doubtlefs he that gave Thee fuch a being mu^t himfelf needs hare A better far, more excellent by much : {Tuck * Or elfe be fure that he could not have made thee The Soul. 7. Such as he made me I am well content Still to continue : for, if he had meant I fhould enjoy a better ftate, he would As eafily not have'giv'n it, if he would. 7 he Serpefo.. 8. And it is not all orc, if he have given Thee means to get it ? mod he ftiH be driven To new wroks of creation for thy fake ? Wilt thou not what he fets before th. From wifhing, then I can the fire to burn, reftrain. 14. Why do I trifle then ? what I defire Why do I not? Nothing can quench the fire Oflonging,but fruiriop. Come what will f Eat it I muft, that I may know what's good and in. The Serpent. if. So, thou art taken now: that.refolution Gives an eternal dare to thy confuiion. The knowledge thou haft got ot goo 4, and iJL Is of good gone, and paft, of evil pretest ftiH. B 3 Emb: Thine heart with horror. When thou Italic act"- £y B- 4 The School of the Hedrt. Emblem 2, ABLATIO COM>IS ScorUho viiium<£ et muftum inteyclptt _ i mentetn. Ho/i 4 >Jl - ' , | ^ rt*'p/«w«tr ctvinafUccnt, fie stub* inerfp j "^at which is good,bcing ordain'd fo£ fflCit ? Whit The School of the Heart. The taklag away of the Heart, H O S. 4. **• WUredome and Wine, and new trim tA$*v*] the Heart. Epigr. zl BA[t luH and luxury, the [cum and drofs of bell-born pleafares, pleafetkee to the lo(s Of thy jouls precious eye-fight, reafon j fo Mindlefi thy mind, burtltfr thine bun dothtfM. ODE. 2; Laid down already ? and fo faft a flsep ? Thy precious Heart left loofly on thine hand, Which with all diligence thou fhonldeft keep, And guard againft thofe enemies, thatftand Ready preparM to plunge it in the deep Of all diftrefs ? Rouze thee, and underftand ; In time, what in the end thou muft confefs, fo That mifery at laft and wretchedness P Is all the fruit that fprings from flothful idlencfs. Whilft thou H'ft foaking in fecurlty, Thou drown'ft thy felf in fenfual dclighr, Andwallow'ft in debaucht luxurie, Which when thou art awake and fee'ft, will fright Thine heart with hor ror. When thou fhalc de<""~ by W $ Th$ School of the Hem. By the day light,the danger of the night, Then, then> if not too late, thou wilt confefs, That endlcfs mifery and wrct cednefs Is ali the fruit that fprings from riotous excefs. Whilft thoudoft pamper thy proud flefh, andthruft Into thy ptnch the prime of all thy (lore, Thou doit, but gather fuel for that luft. Which boyling in thy liver runneth o're, Andfrievh in thy throbbing Veins, which mud Needs vent, or burft, when they can hold no mor* But oh confider what thou flialt confefs At laft, that mifery and wrctehednefs Is all the fruit that fprings from luftful wamonnefs. 4- ^VhjlA. thou daft feed effiminate defirtt V^it'rf ipumy pleafurcs, whHftfhiition The eoals of luft,fans into flaming fires, And fpurious delights thou doateft on, Thy mind through cold remifnefs ev'n expires, And all the aftive vigour oft is gone. Take heed in time, or elfe thou fhalt confefc At lafl that mifery and wrctehednefs Is all the fruit that fprings from carelefs»mindednefs. 5- Whilft thy regardlefs fenfe-diflolved mind Lies by unbent, that fhould have been thy fpring • Qf motion, all thy headftrong paffions find Themfclves let Icofr, and follow their own fwing,. Forgetful of the great account behind, As thougrf there never would" be fuch a things But, when it comes indeed, thou wilt confefs »at mifery alone and wrctehednefs .that fprings from fouMorgctfateefs. 6v The School of tht Hurt, 6. Whilft thou remembreft not thy later end, Nor what a reek'ning thou on day muft make^ Putting no difference betwixt foe and friend, Thou fuffer'ft hellifh Fiends thine heart to take, Who, all the while thou trifled, do attend, Ready to bring it to the Lake Of fire and brimftone: where thou fhaic confefs That endlefs tnifery and wretchednefs Is all the fruit that fprings from ftupid hcartlcfncfs* B 5 Erabi . -' I HiC The School of the Heart. Emblcmc CORDIS TENEBR^ Obtenetratum est decipieris cor eordta ./&$ \Heuienchras (orclis : tcncbrce quibus exterioYQS Juccedent nifit Lux ttbi luce nt W- .Hj:»\£ _ , 21 The School of the Heart, The darkneis of the Heart, ROM. i. 21. Tbtir falifo Hem was darkfnedi Epigr. $. uch cloudy Shadow have eclipt'd thine heart • J As Nature cannot parallel nor Art : unlets thou take my light of truth to gmte thee, Mac\ne}s ofdarfyefs mUat length otttdetbtt. ODE. 3. S 1. Tarry* O tarry, left thine heedlefs haft Hurry thee headlong unto hell at laft : See, fee, thine heart's already half-way there, Thofe gloomy fhadows, that encompafs it, Are the raft confines of ch'infernal pic O ftay. and if thou lov'ft not light, yet fear. That fatali darknefs, where Such danger doth appear. 2. A night of Ignorance hath oyerfpread Thy mifidand underftanding : thou art led Blindfolded by unbridled paflion ■: Thou wand'reft in the crooked ways of errour, Leading direftly to che King of terrour : j the courfe thou takeft, if thoa holdeft on, _^g Will bury thee anon ; . F Vt « Z The School of the Hurt. 3- Whilft thoa art thus deprived of thy fight, Thou know'ft no difference between noon and night, Though the Sun fliiae, yet thou regard'ft it not. My love* alluring beauty cannot draw thee, Nor doth my mind-amazing terrour awe thee : Like one that had both good and ill forgot, Thou careft not a jot Whatfalkthtethylor, Thou art become unto thy felf a ftf anger, , Obfcrveft not thine own defert, or danger-, Thou know'ft not what thou doll, nor canft thou tcH Whither thou goeft : (hooting in the dark How canft thou ever hope to hit the Mark ? What expectation haft thou to do well, That art content to dwell Within the verge of hell ? s- ' > Alas, thou haft not Co much knowledge left, As to conlider that thou art bereft Of thine own eye-fight. But thou ruri-Q, -as though Thou faweft all before thee : whilft thy mind - To neereft neeeflary tilings is blind. Thou kneweft nothing as thou ought'ft to know, /. vvhilft thou eftecmeft to • The things that are below. 6v ^ujd ever any,, that h*£ eyes, miftake The Schatl of the Heart. 1-5 But defpmtely devoted to dcftru&ion, Rebcll againft the light, abhor inftruaion I As though thou did'ft defire with death to dwells thou hated to hear tell How yet thou maift do well. Oh that thou didft but fee how blind thou art, Aad feel the diuuall darknefs of thine heart : Then would' ft thou labour for, and I would lend My light to guide thee: that's not light alone, v^ But life, eyes,fight,grace,glory,all in one. Q>*™$ Then fhould'ftthou know whither thoie by-ways And that death in the end Qn darknefs doth attend. c^ ^^z; Ernhr *4 Tbt Scheoi of the Heart, Embleme *£> CORDIS FVGA cokmbi icdiicfe. noil h$ns ook;e t0 makc thcir p my plc i So Swine neglcA the Pearls that lie before them, Trample them underfoot, and feed on draffe : So fools gild rotten Idols, and adore them, Cart all the corn away , and keep the chaff. That ever reafon mould be blinded f 9 , To grafp the fhadow, let the fubftance go! The SohL 5. 6 All's but opinion that the world accounts Matter of worth : as this or that man fees A value on it, fo the price amounts : The found of firings is vari'd by the frets My mind's my Kingdom : why fhoulcU withftand, Or queftion that, which I my fclf comland ? ' Ckrtfi. $ Thy tyrant paffions captivate thy reafon : Thy lafts ufurp the guidance of fche mind : Thy fenfe-Ied fancy barters good for geafon : Thy feed fs vanity, thine harvefl wind i Thy rules are crooked, and thou writ'ftiwrv: Thy wayes are wandring, and thy mind to die. T hi Soul. 7. This table fums me myriads of pJeaufure : That book enrolls mine honours inventory : Tnefc bags arc ftufcwkh millions of tttafere: Theft -^— — — — Heart. 19 The School of f fct— - — jfhofe writings evidence my ftate o. rgimj : Thefe bells ring heavenly mufick m mine ears, To drown the noife of cumbrous cares and fears. 'drift. & Thofe pieafures one day will procure thy pam: That which thou glori'ft in,will be thy Aanie: Thoo'k find thy lofs in what thou thought ft thy Thine honour will put on another name. C& am That mufick in the elofe will ring thy kntll, In ftead of hcavcn,toll thee into hell 9 ' > • • But why do I thus wafte my words in vain On one, that's wholly taken up with toyes, a That will not look one dram of earth to ga«j A full eternal weight of heav'nly JQy« . ? All's to no purpofe, 'tis as good forbear, As fpeak to one, that harhno heart to bnh 16 The Sch ool of the Heart, The s^i _Embleme 5. ii * 'I Si CORDIS AMANITAS , I Oui lnmoratur corde codtetioria~&*«c» I j - _ ■ . o \Ambitic follis vcnto ai&mdit kouorum— cob. vamiui i biiicjjnmt nil nifi cjtwuk nihil . %r" - \i.ichel uan ItrJwn ex.cu The School of the Hem. 1 9 The Vanity of the Heart. JOB 15.31. Let not him that u deceived mftmYmh fa Vjnitj {kali be hie recommence. Epigr. S* AMbuion btUtvs vith the wind *f+ 9 * 9 * . . Part up the [wcUtng hurt, thet ions an htr> which $h iith mpj Vsnity, * rt *£' for *y . Mhingy tut fat tto»* s " m nothin£ W9r m ODE. Si i: The bane of Kingdoms, worlds difquieter, Hells heir apparent, Satans eldeftlon, Abftraft of ills, refined giro*' And quintcflence of fin, Ambition, Sprung from th'infernil foades, inhabits here, Makinc mans heart its horrid manfcon, M Which, though it were of vaft content before, Is new puft up.and fwells (till more and more. Whole Armies ofvainthouglns it entertains is Mt with dreams of Kingdoms, and of Crowns, Prcfumes of profit without care ?r pains, threatens to baffle all Us foes with frowns, fe Jrz 10 The School of the Heart. In ev'ry bargain maKes account of games, Fancies fich frolick mirth, aschoaks and drowns The voyce of conscience, whoie loud alarms Cannot be hard for pleafures countercharms.. 3- Wer'tnotfor anger,and for pity, who Could choofe but fmile to fee vain-glorious men Racking their wits, {training their finews fo, That thorow their tranfparcnt thinnefs, when They meet with Wind and Sun, they quickly grow Riv'led and dry, ffcrink till they crack again, And all but to fcem greater tl-.cn they are : fbare. Stretching their ftrength,they lay their weaknek 4- See how hells Foellerhis bellows piles, Blowing the fire, that burnt too faft before : $ee how the furnace flames, the fparkles rife And ipread themfelves abroad ftill more and more: See how the doting Soul hath fixt her eyes On her dear fooleries, and doth adore With hands and heart lift up,thofc tiifling toys, Wherewith the Devil cheats her of her joyes. Alas, thou artdeceiv'd, that glittering crown, On which thou gazeft, is not gold but grie& That fcepter forrow : if thou take them down, And try them, thou (halt find what poor relief They could afford thee, though they were thine own, Didfl thou command ev'n all the world in chief, Thy comforts would abate, thy cares encreafe, And thy perplexed thoughts difturb thy peace. 6. T&ofc Pearls fo ihorow picre'd, and ftrung together , The Scion I $f the H tart. 21 Though Jewels in thine ears they may appear, Will prove continued perils , when the weather Is clouded once, which yet is fair and clear. What will that Fan, though of the rmeft feather, Steed thee, the brunt of winds and florins to bear? Thy flagging colours hang their drooping head, And the fhrill trumpets found,(haIl ftrike thee dead. 7- Were all thofe balls, which thou in fport doft tofs, Whole Worlds, and in thy power to command, The gain would never countervail the lefs, Thofe flipp'ry globes will glide out of thine hand, Thou canft have no fad hold but of the crofs, And thou wilt fall, where thou doft think to ftand. Forfake thefe follies then, if thou wilt live: Timely repentance may thy death rcprivc. £rfib# 22 The School of the Hs&ru Embleme 6« CORDI5 AGGRAVATIO. j Rliiho]Hiniun,iiJqujcquDgi'aiiJ corde,^*.*. j Cmpula ct elmetnj JcliJi due yonckra yliunn - ' Aata vou.Jurfum. tender c CCRDA vct&it. .Michel uan lech em aces. L_ The School of the Hea rt. 3} The opprefsion of the H:art2 LVKE2I.34. Take heed lefl at any time jour H tarts be over? charged mtk Surfeiting and Brnnk^nnefs. % Epigr. 6. Tmmtffy mights, Surhitting, Drunkenne/s, Uktmghty Logs of Had, do (0 mrefs the Heav n~bom hurts of Men, that toafpirt Upwards tbty have norpmtr nor defire. ODE. 3. Monitor of Tins! Sec how th'inchanted foulc S«. he, ,u « c ?,-i?' d aIread y» cal1 * f °r more. See how the Hellifh Skinker plies his Bcwlc, And s ready furnifhed with ftore, Whilft Cups on every fide Planted, attend the tide. See how the piled Difhcs mounted fland, a j I. i L,k€ Hf ^ s advan ced upon Hills, And the abundance both of Sea and Land, Doth not fuffice, cv'n what it fills, Mans dropfy appetite, And Cormorant delight. 24 The School of the Ht&t. See how the poyfon'd body's pufr, and fwcl'd, The face t nflamed glows with heat, The limbs unable are themfclves to weld, The pulfesfdeachs alarmjdo beat: Yet man fits (til!, and laughs, Whiift hit own banc he quaffs. 4. Bat where's thine heart the while, thou fenfelesfot? Look how it lieth crumr, and quel'd, Flat beaten to the board, that it cannot Move from the place, where it is held, Nor upward once afpire With heavenly defirc. Thy belly is thy God, thy fhame thy, glory, Thoumindeft only ear thty things ; And all thy pleafure is bat tranfitory, Which grief at laft and forrow brings t The courfes thou doft take Will make thine heart to ake. 6. Is't not enough to fpend thy precious time In empty idle complement, Unlcfethou ftrain (to aggravate thy crime) Nature beyond ics own extent, And force it to devour An Age within an hour I 7. That which thou fwaliow'ft k not loft aloix^ But quickly will revenged be, By feafing on thine heart, which like • ftoiife „ If* JU - ■ - The Sehool tf the Heart, 25 11 1 "■ ' " Lyes buri'd in the mid'ft ©f thee, Both void of common fesfc And reafons excellence. 8. Thy body is difeafes Rendcvouze, Thy ovnd che market place of vice, The Devil in thy will keeps open houfe, Thcu l.iv'iV s *hctagh thou would'/l intice Hell torments unco thee, And thine own Devil be. 9 Oh, what a d ! ny dunghill art thou grown, A nafly (linking kennel foule! When thou ;iwjk ? fi and fee' ft what; thou hafidone, Sorrow will f-vallo^ up :hy Soul, To think :ow thou art foyl'd, And all thy glory fpoy I'd. Or if thou canfl not be afham'd, at lead Have fame compaffion on thy felf : Before thou art transformed all to bcaft , At lift ftrik? fail,, avoid the fheh% Which in that Gulf doth lie, Where all that enter die. T . Emb* l6 Tbt School of tbt Heart \ CORDIS AVARITIA. rriiiitiacli affiuantrnohtc cor apponcrc . 9/nL &''&'.. CORvhifit qiiais vaya ft excors.Jalicet mc eft : «*# nhi, qiai prcjnxo flur tloi corde ^uxeet . _ Auuci win wchem. ex.ru r ^ The Schppl oftkc Hetrt. 27 The Covctoufnefs of the Heart, L MAT. 6.21. Where j$ur Treafure it, there m/Ipu^ Heart be alfo. Epigr. 7. DOftthoit enquire, tbou he artlefs wanderer, (There tbive heart it? Behold, thine hart if fort. Htre thine butt i$> where that «, which above fme own dear hurt thou deft efteem, and love. ODE. 7. 1. Sec the deccitfulnefs ©f-fin , And how the Devil cheateth worldly men 1 They heap up Riches to themfelves, and then They think they cannot chufc but wia r Though for their pares ^ They ftakc their hearts. / The Merchant fends his heart to Sea And there together with his (hip Vis tod: „ If this by chance mifcarry, that is !oft, His confidence is caft away 1 He hangs the head, As he were dead. c 2 «: 2 : 8 The School of the Heart. 3- The Pedlar cryes, What do you lack? • - What will you buy ? and boafts his Wares the beft : But offers you the refufe of tfce reft, As rlisugh his heart lay in his Pack, Which greater gain Alone an drain. 4- The Plough-man furrows up his Land, And fows his heart together with his Seed, Which both alike,earth-born on earth do feed, And profper, or are at a ftand : He and his field Like fruit do yeeld. 5- The Broker, and the Scriv'ner have The ILVers heart in keeping with his bands : His fouls dear fuflenance lyes in their hands, And if they break,their (hop's his grave. His int'reft is His only blifs. 6 The Money-horder in his bags Binds up his heart, and locks it in his Cheft ; Tl*:- fame key ferves to thar, and to his breft, Which of no other Heaven brags: Nor can conceit A joy fo grear. 7- So for tlie greedy Landmurger : The PurGhafes he makes inev'ry part Ja\ r c livery and lei fin of his heart : Yet i The School of the He Art. 7 9 Yet his infatiate hunger, For all his (lore, Gapes after more. 8. Poor wretched Muck\Yorms,\vipeyour eye?, r- Uncafe thofe trifles that before- you fo : Your rich appearing wealth is real woe, Your death in your defires Iy cs. Your hearts are where You love, and fear. 9 Oh, think not then the world deferves Either to be belov'd, or fear'd by you : Give heaven thefe affe&ions as its due, Which always what it hath prefer sres In perfeft blifs That cndlefc is. Emb. 30 The School of the Heft. Embleme 8. APERTTO -CORDIS. LANCEA LONGIKL VulneKia chaiiutc ego [urn cant, x.j COR- fiA. tmnjadyat Mum vnhike omens Lancea^uc Jefi tmcta amort mhet. 4' 1. What have we here r An Heart? Ic looks like one The fhape and colour fpeak itfuch : * • But having brought it to the touch * I find it is no better thena ftone. Adamants are Softer by far. 2. Long hath it fteeped been in Mercies Milk, And (baked in Salvation, Meet for the alteration @f Anvils, to have made them foft as fiik ; Yctitisftill Hard'ncdinill. C4, 32 The School of the Heart, 3 Oft have I rain'd my Word upon ir, ofc The dew of Heaven hatbdiftiTd, With prsmifes of mercy fill'd, Able to make mountains of marble foft: Yet it is not Changed a ;ot. 4- My beams of love fnine on it every day, Able to thaw the thickeft icc t And where they enter in a trice To make congealed Chryftal melt away : Yet wsrm they nor This frozen clot. 5 Nay more, this hammer, that is wont to grind Rocks unto duft, and powder fatal!. Makes no imprefti^n at all, Nor dint, nor crack, nor flaw, that I can find : But leaves it as Before it was. 6. Is mine Almighty a r m decai'd in ftrength ?• Or haih mine 4mmrr loft its weight? Thar a poor ump of earth flwuld ndgh r % My mercies, and no. feel my writh at kr>gih, With which I rs Ev'n heav'n to No, I 1 ac icr>gin, v "^ am ftill the farce. V^fipV ^^<%. And, when I p \'< •, n v works of wonder * SMLbrlrg the flucefi (pints under, The School of the Heart. 3 3 And make them to confefs it is their lot To bow or break, When I but fpeak. 8. But I would have men know, 'tis not my word, Or works alone can change their hearts,: Thefe mflruraents perform their parts , But *cls my Spirit doth this fruit afford. 'Tis I, not arr, Can melt mans heart. 9- Yet would they leave their cuftomary finning, And fo uncleanch the devils claws, That keeps them captive in his paws, My bounty foon fhould fecond that beginning; Ev'n hearts of fteel. My force fliouldfceL ^ 34 The School of the Heart. J^Weme^. - CORDIS DIYI5IO. Diuifum eft cor coram : mmo . 1 uteri bunt . efea. to .2 . j\ic tin. CUM Mum dederim vamfsinxa, CORDIS, i Cur utiiii.vtrac.hu parr aliquanta Aatur i ) p » lli.'ii.-i uan iccxftn men The School of the Heart., 3 S The Divifion of the Heart* HOS. io. i. Thine Heart is divided t now {hall the] | be found faulty. VAh trifling Virgin, 1 my fc If have given shelly to thee : and {hall I now be driven To reft contented, with a petty part, That have dt}ervtd store then a whole heart? ODE. p. i. More mifchicf yet? was't not enough before To rob me wholly of thine heart, Which I alone . Should call mine own, But thou mutt mock me with a part ? Crown injury with fcorn to make it more ? i 2. What's a whole heart ? fcarcc flefh enough to fcrve- A Kite one brcakfaft : how much lefs, 4 Ifitfiiouldbe Offer'd to me ? Could it fufficicntly exprefs Wfcafc I for making it at fir ft defer ve? % ■- 3.-6 The School of the Heart. Jgave'c thee whole, and fully fumifhed With all iq faculties entire, There ua: ted not The fniaUeft jor, That fir &• ft juftice could require To render it compicauj perfe&ed. 4- And is it reafon what T give in grofs Should he remrnM but by retail ? To take to frrull A part for all, I reckon of no more avail, Then where I fcattcr gold ro gather drefs. Give me thine heart but as 1 gave i: thee : Or give k me at leaft as I Hare given tnine To purchafe tlrnc. I halv'd ir not when I did die : But gave my fcif wholly tofet thee free. 6. The heart I gave thee was a living heart, And when thy heart by fin was flaifl, ■; I laid down mine To ranfome thine, That thy dead heart might live again, And live entirely perfect, not in part. 7- But whilfV thine hcarc's divided it is dead, Dead unto me,unlefs it live To me alone, It is al! one T® The School of the Heart. 37 To keep ail, and a pare to give : For what's a body worth, without an Head ? ft. Yet this h wcrfe, that what thcu keep'fl: from me Thoudoft bcfiow upon my foes: And thofe not mine Alone, but thine. The proper caufes ©f thy woes, For whom I gave my life to fet thee free. " 9 Have I betroth'd thee to my fe'f, and fhall The devil, and the world, intrude Upon my righr, Ev'n in my fight? Think not thou canft me fo delude. Iiwiil have none, unlefs I may have all. IO. 1 made it all, I gave it all to thee, I gave all that I had for it : If I muft loofe, Tie rather choofe Mine intcreft in all to quit: Or keep it whole^or give it whole to me* Embv 5» The Sebwl c tht r . ! ¥^S^LJ9? CORDIS INSATIABILYTAS . Infaiiabilis. ocuks cupiciW,*.,. \m mcjuetrum reto COB A Jatiabilc imtnJ.o: Solum. qiicc fecit. COR trphtviia mas. 10 yf/Qichel it an loch em epc The School of the Heart. $$ The Infatiablenefs of the Heart, hab. 2 s- WhoinUrgeth hk deftre a* Htli , and is m desth, and cannot be fatisfitd< : Epigr. io, THe whole round mrld it not enough to fill ihe Harts thru corners > but it craveth (tiU* fatly the Trinity, that made it, can Sufiie the vaft mangled Heart if ma*. ODE. 10; fi The fhirfty Earth, and Barren Womb cry, Site; The Grave devoureth all that live : The fire ftill burnetii on, and n«ver faith, It it enough : The Horfe- leech hath Many more Dauhgters : but the heart of man Out-gapes them all as much as heav'n one fpan. SU Water hath drown'd the earth : The Barren Womb, Hath teenTd fometimes, and been the Tomb To its own fvrelling iffue : and the Grave Shall one day a fick furfcit hare .• When all the Fuel is confum'd, the fire Will quench it fclf , and of it felf expire, > "- '■ « 4o The School of the Heart. 3- But the raft heart of man's initiate, His boundlefs appetite dilate Themfelves beyond all limits, h ; s defines Arc endlcfs ftill : whilft he afpVes To happinefs, and fa'm would find that treafure Where it is not, his wifhes know nomeamrc. . 4- His eye with feeing isnotfa-isfVd, Nor's ear with hearing : he hath tri'd At once to furhffh cv'ry fer'ral fenfe, With ehoicc of ctirious objc&s, whence He might extrac%and into one unite A perfeft quinttflence of all delghc. y Yet,havmgall that he can fancy, ftill There wantech more to fill His empry appetite. His mind is rext, And he is inwardly perplext He knows not why : when as the truth is this, He would fmd fomthing there, where nothing is. . 6. He rambles ever all the faculties, Ranfacks the fecret treasuries Of Art and Nature, fpells the Uriiverfe Letter by letter, canrehcrfe All the Records of time, pretends to know Reafons of all things, why they muft be fo. 7- Yet is net fo contented, but would fain Prie in Gods Cabiner, and gain Ifltelligence from heav'n of things to come, Anticipate the day of Doom, Anil The School of the Heart. 4 1 And read the iflues of all a&ions fo, A€ if Gods fecrct counfel he did know. 8. Let him have all the wealth, all thereaown, And glory, that the wGrld cane: own Her deareft darlings with -, yet hisdefire Will not reft there , but ftill afpir/-/ Earth cannot hold him,nor the whole creaikm Contain his wiihes, or his expectation. 9- The heart of man's but littie,yet this A.II . Compared thereunto's but fmalf, Of fuch a large unparallei'd extenfe Is the fhsrt-lin'd circumference Of that three- corner 'd figure, which to fill With the round world is 10 leave empty liill. 10. Go greedy foul, addrefs thy felf to hcav'n, And leave the world, as 'tis bereav'a Of all true happ'nefs,or any thing That to thine heart content can bring, But there a trine- u^e God in glory fits, Who all grace- thirfting hearts both fills and fits . firob* 42 The School of the Heart. Emblcmc in mam yU'WhyB? CORDIS REVERSICK Rcditcprruaricatorc^ adcoJRj Qiiiit mini mm totics miocata rtuertcrij ad COR. \ f\ ollc trdirc \ nienun veils ven:r, mttti . A\uhel uan lo Man ckch. The School of the Heart. 43 The Returning of the Heart* rsAY. 46.8. Remember thii\ and jbew jour [elves like ihtn: Bring it again to hearty Oje tranfgreftm* Epigr. 11. OPt have 1 caWd thee : return at laft, Return unto thine he Art : let the time pajt Suffice thy w&nderinis : tyon that to ckerifk Kmkinc /?/"#, is * meer voiU to perifh. ODE. 11; Chrifi: I. Return O wanderer, return, return; Let me not always waft my words in vaitt As I have done too long. Why doft thou fpurn (gafn? And kick thecounfels that mould bring thee backa- The Soul. 2. What's this that checks mycourfc? Me thinks I fctl A cold remifnefs feifing on my mind .* My ftiggcfd refolutionsfeemto reel, As though they had in haft forgot mine heart bchfcd. Chrift* f t Return, O' wanderer, return, neturn; Thou art already gone too far away, It is t nought tmtefs thou mean to burn la hell for ever, flop thy eourfe at laft and ftajtf The StmL 4, ThutH fome thing holds mt back, I cannot more Forward 44 Tht School of the Heart. Forward one foot : me cninks the more 1 ftrvc The lefs I ftir. Is there a pow'r above My wili ia me, that can my purpofesreprive? Cbrifi. 5. No power of thine own : \h I, that lay Mine hard upon thine bafte : whofe will can make i The refilefs motions of the heavens ftay, ( take.. 5rand Rill, turn back again, or new found courfes Tve Soul. 6 What ? am I riveted , or rooted here ? That neither forward, nor on cither fidt I can get loofe > then there's no hope I fear, But I muft back again,whatever me betide, Chrift. 7 . And back again thou fhalt. Tie have it f6. Though thou haft hitherto my voice negle&ed, Now ! have handed thee, Tie have thee know, That what 1 will have done (hall not be uncfFeftci. The Soul. 8. Thou wilt prevaihhen, and I muft return; But how ? or « hither ? when a world of fhame, And farrow, lies before me, and I burn With horror in my felf to think upon the fame. 9. Shall I return to thee? Alas, I have No hope r be received: a run-away, A rebel to eturn! mad men may rare Of mercy miracles, but v. hat will juftice fay ? IO. Sha 1 ! I re-urn to mine own heart? Alas, Tis loft, and dca4, and rotten long ago, I can-.o*: find it whit a r firft it was, And it hath been, too long the caufeofall my woe. II. The School of the He Art. 4$ 1 i . Shall I forfake my pleafures, and delights, My profits,honours, comfcris,and contents, For that,the thought whereof my mind ^irr Jghts , Repentant for row, that tie foul afirader rents ? 12. Shall I return, that cannot thcugh I would ? I, that had ftrength enough to go aftrav, Find my felf faint, and feeble, how I fhould Return. I canaot run I cannot creep this way. 13. What fhall I doe? Forward I muft not go, Backward I cannot : If I tarry here, I fhall be drowned in a world of woe, And antidate my own damnation by despair. 14 But is't not better hold that which I have, Then unto furure expe&anon trufl? Oh no : to reafon thus is but to rave. Therefore return I will,bccaufe return I muft. Chrifi, 15. ' Return, and welcome : if thou wilt thou fhaltj Although thou canft riotcfchy felf, yet I, That call, can make thee a 5 *ie. Let the fault Be mine, if when thou wilt return I kt thee lye. EmU 4^ The School of the Heart. Embleme 12, CORDIS LFFVSIO . Effimdc.iicut agiuin cor tiuim ante conipectum Domtn i T« ir,i * -*?• -Vora ^uici ocdufz.qmd vidnau pectci? ceias' . <-4nte Deuvi ^ts a thdufand pieces, till the [mart Ma(^ it cenftfs, tbat % o : its §tyn acco)d t It wilfully rehtFd agdinft the Lord? ODE. 14. 1. Lord, if I had an *rm orpo^'r like thine, And could efteft what I de(ir,% My ioye-dra vn h«rr,1ifce fmallefl wyre, Bended and writre i On .aid together cwine, A d -willed ftand With thy command: * ; Thou fhould'ft no fooner bid, t>uc ! would go, Thou fhould'ft roc will the thing I would not do. 2. ** But I am weak, Lotd, and corruption ftrorg : When I would fain do what I fhould, Then I cannot do what I would : Mine a&ions fhort, when mine intension's long ^ Though my deiire Be quick as fire, D 4 Yet 5 5 The School of the Heart. Yet my performance is as dull as earth, And ftiftes U* own iflue in the birth. 3- But what I can do, Lord, I will, fince what I would I cannot : I will try Whether mine heart, that's hard and drjt, Being calsTd, and tempered with that Liquor which falls From mine eye- balls. Will worfc more plaintly, andyeeld to take Such new impreffion as thy grace mall maKe. 4- In mine own conference then,as in ii mortar . He place mine heart, and bray it there c If grief for what is paft, and fear ©f what's to come be a fufficient torture, Tie break it all In pieces fmall : Sin mall not find a fheard without a flaw, ^ Wherein to lodge one luft againft thy Law. Remember then, mine heart, what thou baft done * What thou haft left undone : the ill Of all my thoughts, words, deeds, is tUB Thy cuffed iflue ocely : thou art grown To fuch a pafs, That never was, Nor is, nor will there be, a fin fo bad, Bat thou,fome way therein an hand haft had. 6. Thou haft not been content alone to fin, But haft made others fin with thee, Ye« made their fins thine own to be, By The School of the Heart. 2$ By liking, and allowing them therein. Who firft begins, Or follows, fins Nat his own fins alone, but finneth o're All the fame fins, boch after, and before. 7- Whatboundle&forrow can fuffice a guile. Grown fo tranfeendent ? Should thine eye. Weep Seas of Blood, thy fights outvie The winds when with the waves they run at tilt, Yet they could not Conceal one blot. The lead of all thy fins againft thy God Deferve a thunderbolt fhourd be thy rod. 8. Enough at once, while thou art whole, Shiver thy felf to duft, and dolft Thy forrow to the fev'ral atomes, give All to each part, And by that art Strive thy diffever'd felf to multiply, And want of weight with number to fupply. D 5 Ernb* 58 Tk$ School of tht Heart. Embleme >5 CORDIS H\ MILIATIO - Dcpnrnc con tunm et iafrinc . 6^.2.2 CORnimis hcujcrc . aaudens fubkiiubits- effert ; ZMJxwcr wyojitum . depnitiat xliiil.onus. .Michel uan lc client cxcn 1$ The School of the Heart. $9 The Humiliation or the H.arc* ECCL. 79. The patient in Spirit % u better then ike prcud in Spirit. Epigr. 15. Mint l&tarti alas, exalts it [df too high, And doth delight a laftnr pitch to fl;e 9 Thin it is o.Ue Qi rruihtai??, unlefs U [eel the weight of thine impojtd Prejs. ODE. 15, So let it be, Lord, lam well content, 9 And thcu (halt fee The time is not mT-penr, Which thou doft then bexow, wren thou c,o r i quell And erufa the hem v. here pride before did fwtlL 2. Lord, Iperceive As foon as thou doll fend, And I receive The bit fiangs thou cioft tenA p Mine heart beg-'ns to moanr, and dotfo ;^ro?_z The ground whereui ic gees, where it h fu, 60 The School of the Heart. 3- la health I grew Wanton, began to kick, As though I knew I never fhould be lick. Difeafcs take rae down, and make me know, Bodies of Brals muft pay the debt they owe. 4. If I bur drcaii Of wealth,mine heart doth rife Whh a full fl i earn OJ pi ;de, and I defpife All that is good, imtilllwake, and fpic The fweliing bubble prickt with pov^ty. 5- A little w- nd Ofundeferved praife Blows up my mind, And my f*oln thoughts doth rule Above thlmftlves, until the fenfe of fhame Makes me contemB my felf-difhonour'd name* 6. One moments mirth Would make me run ftark mad, And the whole eanh, Ceuld it ar once be had, Woold not fuflke my greAy appetite, Did' ft thou not pain in (read of plcafure write. 7- Lord, it is well, I iwa? 'tp time brought down, Elfc t!i&i cahfl veil ' -f. ■■ • .-T-r-swviM foop.-ha*e Sow^n- The School of the Heart. Full in thy face, and ftudi'd to requite The riches of thy goodnefs with ddp ; ght. 8. Slack net thine hand, Lord, turn thy Screw about : IfthyPrefsftand, Mine heart may chance flip out. O qutft- it unto nothing, rather then Icfhculd forget it felf, aud fw ell again. ► 9- Ox if thou art Difpos'd to let it go, Lord, teach mine heart f To lay ir felf as low, As thou canft ir : char prefperity May Rill be cempefd with humility. IO. Thy way to rife Was to defcend : let me My felfdefpife, And fo afcend with thee. Thou throw' ft them down, that lift rhemfclres on high. And raifeft thesa, that on the ground do lie. 62 The School of the Heart. Embleme i \ Cordis emollitio. Dens' molliuit cor mcvm M^s^ COR , marmot- qlaciab.Tteuj. ecu ura. , kquejeet . Vrtre cum tiuu hoc ceperit iqnif amor rMichcl nan lac rem It The School of the Heart. 63 The Softning of the Hart. JOB 23.16. Gdd makfth my Heart f$ft. Epigr. 16. Mine heart is like a Marble ice, Birth cold, and hard : but thou canft in, & trice Melt it like mx^ great Gvd y if from above *C\nu»kindls in it once thy fire of love* . ODE. 26. i. Nay, bleffed Founder, leave me not : If out of all this gret There can but any gold be got, The time thou doft heftow, the coft, And pains will not be loft : The bargain is but hard at moft. And fueh are all thofe thou doft make with me : Thou know'ft thou canft not hut a lofer be. 2. When the Sun fhines with glitt'ring beams, Hfs cold dispelling gleames Turn fnow,and ice to wat'ry ftreams. The Wax, fofoon as it hath fmdc The warmth of fire, andfc'c The glowing heat thereof will melc. Yea, ■J 64 Th School of the Htart. Yea Pearls with Vinegar diffolve we 7 ay, And Adamants in Blood of Goacs, they fay. 3. If nature can do this, much more, Lord, rtuy thy grace reft ore Mine heart to w J iat it was before. There's the fame matter in it ftill, Though new inform'd with ill, Yet can ir not rrfift thy 'will, Thy pow'r that framtt it at the firft, a« eft As thou wilt have it, Lord can make it fofh 4- Thou art the Sun of righteonfnefs : And though I tsuft coiic fs Mine hear- *i grown hard in wickednefs, Yet thy refplendent ray? of light, WV en once thc> come m fight, Will qu ; cfcly r haw what froze by Night Lord,in thine heal n£w ; ngs a pow'r doth dwell Able to melt the haj d eft heart m hell. Although mine heart in hardnefs pais Both iron,ftcel,and brafs, Yea the haTdeftrhing that ever was, Yet, if thy fie thy Spirit accord, Ar,d working whb thy word A pitting unto ir afford, It will crow liquid^nd not drop alone, But melt it fclf away before thy throne. 6 Yea, though my flirty heart be fuch, Thar the Sun cannot touch Nor fire fometimes affeft it much, Yet thy warm reeking felf-fhed biocd,. The School of the Heart. 6$ O Lamb of God, 's fo good It cannot always be withftood. That Aqua-regfa of thy love prevails, Ev'n where thy powers Aqua tortis fails. 7 Then leave me not fo foon, dear Lord, Though I neglect thy Word, And what thy power doth afford, Yet try thy mercy, asd thy love, The force thereof may prove. Soakt in thy bloud, mine heart will for.R furrender les native hardnefs, and grow foft, and tender* Emb< 66 Thr School of the Heart, Emblemed 7. ***■&> 2r CORDIS MVNDATIO. Laia i iiuJifil cor tuuui. ^ . *. ,*. jTiiffaiturit latens tran/fixi % vuLure Jpoiui Hoc cordis nuuuLs atlueJyoiua.tai . MuncL uan Locheiti excic. hcht 'The SchTj^ofT^TH^ rt. 6y The Cleanfing of the Heart, JER 5 *4 O ?trtcfaUm, waft thine Mean from wickfdnefs, that thou wpft fe Saved. O Epigr. 17. ' W- of thy wounded nmb&nfe Saviours fide, J ZfoHfidSoaly there flows with a full tidt A Vouniain for tmlta rm[s : waft the tksre, Wajb there thins heart, and then thwneetfjt not \e&u ODE. vfi \l O endlefs mifery ! I labour ftill, but ftill in vairri The (tains of fin I fee Are oadedall, or di'd ingrain. There's not a bloc Will ftir a jot For all that I can do. There is no hope In fullers fope, Though I add nitre too. 2. I many ways have triM, Have often foakt it in cold fears , And, when a time I fpi'd, Powred upon it fcalding tears, Have rins'd, and rub d, Arid fcrap't and fcrub'd, And 68 The School of the Heart. And turn'd it up, and down : Yet can I not Wafh out one fpot. it's rather fouler grown. 3. O miferable ftate I Who would be troubled with an heart, As I have been of late, Both to my forrow,fhamc,and ffliart ? If it will not Be cleaner got, 'Twere better I had none. Yet how fhould we Divided be, That are not two, but one ? 4 Buttra I not ftark wild, That go about to wafh mine heart With bands that are dcfiPd, As much at any other part ? Whilft all thy tears, Thine hopes, and fears, loth ev* ry word, and deed, And thought is foul, Poor filly Soul, How canfl thou loek to fpcod ? Can there no help be had ? Lord, thou art holy, thou art pure : Mine heart is not fo bad, So foul, but thou canft cleanfe it furc Speak, bleffedLotd, Wilt thou afford Me means to make it clean? The School of the Heart. 69 I know thou wilt 1 Thy bloud were fpilt Should it run ftill in vain. 6. Then to that bleffcd fpring, Which from my Saviours facred fide Do^h flow, mine heart Tie bring. And there it will be purifi'd.^ Although the dye, Wherein I lie, Cf imfon, or Scarlet were, This Bloud I know, Will make't, as Snow, Or Wool, bothclearr, and deer. ^^4, r^-t~-t~f Emb* r 70 ■, The School of the Heart. Einb.lcmc.i8. 5rECVL\ 7 Al CORDIS IN QVENQVE WLNERI3V5 Infeiccctfic iecunctuiii Exemplar quod hbi in mcaitr moahminti cfr. uu. a*.**. Pro jvcculo CORDIS > COR afc.cc ciiiLir Tcfu. ■ Immvnet. hoc COBDI. vulncra vuui , hio . . 1 1 [cl-'tl Van iociH 18 Tiic gWing of the Heart* • PROV. 23.31. Mj Son give me thine Heart. Epigr. 18. rm 9*4 love, the ontlyfiar, then *rt Demand dread Szvionr, ef #^£ *""• T,in> hurl thou gtvt^ that it m^bemne ul;Lmine»urtthen>tbzutm?betb:ne. ODE. *8. 1. Give thee mine heart ? Lord fo I would, And there's great reafon that I fhould, If it were woith the having: Yet fare thoa wilt efteem that good, Which thou hafl purchas'd with thy blond, And though; it wonh the craving. i. Give thee mine heart? Lord, fo I will. If thou wilt ttrft impart the (kill Of bringing it to thee: But ftiould I tru'amy- felt to give Mine heart, as fare as I do live, I fhould deceived be. 3- As all the value of mine heart Proceeds from favour, not defer t, Acceptance is it* worth : s 72 The School of the Heart. So neither know I how to bring A prefent to my hea^'nly King, 4 Uulefs he fct it forth. Lord of my life, me thinks I hear Thee fay, that thee alone to fear , And thee alone to love, Is to beftow mine heart on thee, That other giving none can be, Whereof thou wilt approve. And well thou doft deferve to be Both loved,Lord, and fear'd by me, So good, fo great, thou art : Greatnefs fo good, goodnefs. fo great, As pafieth all finite conceit, And ravifheth mine heart. 6. Should I not love thee, blclTed Lord, Who freely of thine own accord Laid'ft down thy life for me ? For me, that was not dead alone, But defp'r » r ! \ r ■ ?,n r cendcnt grown In enmitic to thee ? 7- Should I not fear before thee, Lord, Whofe.hand fpam Heaven, ar w! ok word Devils themfelvesdc q Whofe eye t out-fhine the Sun, whofe beck Can the whole courfe of 'Nature cfe -" 9 And its foundation* flu. 8, Should I with hold mir^ heai-t from ds« a Tfce The School of the Htdrt. jfc The fountain of felicity, Before whofe prefence is Fulnefs of joy, at whofe right hand All plcafuresin perk&ion ftand, And everlafting blifs ? 9- Lord, bad I hearts a million, And myriads in cv'ry one Of choiceft loves, and {ears, They were too little to beftow On thee, to whom I all things owe, I fhould be in arrears. Yet, fince my heart's the mofH have, And that which thou doft chiefly crave, Thou fhalt not of it mifs. Although I cannot give it fo, A* I fhould do, Tie offer' t though : Lord take it, here it is; E Emb. 74 The School of the Heart. Emblemc tg. «i CORDIS SACRIFICIVM. Saajficitun dco, ipirittts contnbulitus. vjai. ;*. to. hon intuit cajuieDeo placet kosria tauri: COR mtlu qui JeJit hit COR Jibivojcit amor . \r: School of the Heart. 7 5 ../The. 'Sacrifice of the Heart* PSAL. 51. 17. The 'S*p-'$ces of God Are 4 brtken Heart. Epigr. 19. VTQr Calv$f> nor B%Us y are [acri(iccs good J^r^Ef^'J? {or thee, -who gav'fl for me thy blond, , And mhe the* that, thy life : Tafy thine oven part, Great God % 'that gave ft aM t here ta^e mine heart. ODE. 19. 1. Jljy former covenant of old t Thy Law of Ordinances, did require , FHficrifices from the fold* And jcaariy^her offrings made by fire. . ' ! j^wxidft thy firft Tabernacle flood, foi!0*' All things were confecrate with bloud. 2. And can thy better Covenanr, Thy law of grace and truth by Jcfus Chrift, Its proper facrifices want Forfuch an Altar, and forfucha Prieft ? No, no, thy Gofpel doth require €hoice off'rings too and made by fire. A facrifice for fin indeed, _ Lord, thou didft make thy fe!f, and once for all : So that there never will be need Of any more fin-orf'f ings, great, or fmall. E 2 The J 6 The School of the Heart. The life-bloud thou did'ft flred for me, Hath fee my foul for ever free. 4- Yea,the fame facrifice thou doft ShII offer in behalf of thine eleft : And to improve it »o the moft, Thy Word, and Sacraments do in effeft w Offer thee oft, and facrifice Thee daily in our ears, and eyes. 5- Yea, each beleiving foul may take Thy facrificed fiefti, and bloud by faith, And therewith an atonement make For all its trefpafles, thy Gofpel faith. Such infinite tranfeendent price Is there in thy fwcet facrifice. 6. But is this all ? Muft there not be Peace-offerings, and facrifices of Thankfgiving tendered unto thee ? Yes, Lord, I know I fhould but mock, and feoff Thy facrifice for fin, fhould I My facrifice of praife deny. 7- But I have nothing of mine own Worthy to be prefentcd in thy fight, Yea the whole world affords not ©ne Or Ram, or Lamb, wherein thou eanft delight. Lefs then my felf it muft not be : For thou dkift give thy felf fer me. 8, My felf then I muft facrifice : And fo I will, mine heart, the onely thiRg Thou The School of the Heart. 77 Thou doft above all other prize As thine own parr, the beft I have to bring. An humble heart's a facrificc , Which I know thou wilt not defpife. 9. Lord, be my altar, fanftifie Mine heart thy Sacrifice, axd let thy Spirit Kindle thy fire of love, that I, Barning with zeil to magnifie thy merit, May both confume my fins, and raifc E 5 Emb 78 Thi School of the Heart. Emblcme 2C« Cordis Ponderatio . \ppcnditCORDA Dominus. r ^. »~* Quod mihi Aona/ii,«iajno pro muncrc no* 0k Sincart Uc.iufii vonlcr'i? czcpa bilaWK ■ jkickei van lochenvcxcu . to The School of the Heart. 79 The weighing of the Heart* PROV. 21.1. The Lord ponder eth the Heart. Epigr. 20. THe heart jhou gh'ft as a great gift', my love, Brought t9 the trial nothing fitch will provt, if Jufihe equal baUance tell thy fight that weighed with my Lawjt is too light, ODE. 20. 1. 'Tis true indeed, an heart Such as ic eught to be, Entire, and found in ey'ry parr, Is always welcome unto me. He that would pleafe me with an offering Cannot a better have, although he were a King. 2. And there is none fo poor, But if he will he may Bring me an hearr, although no more, And on mine Altar may it lay. The facriflce which I like beft, is fuch Cg rutch » As rich men cannot boaft , and poor men need not 3. Yet ev'ry heart is not A gifc fufTicient, It mufl be purg'd from ev'ry fpot, And all to pieces muft be rent/ E 4 Thouhg $o Tbt School of the Heart. Though thon haft fought to circumcife, and bruifc'c , It muft be weighed too, ©r elfe I fhall refufe't. 4- My ballances are juft, My Law's an equal weight, The beam is ftrong, and thou maift truft Thy fteady hand to hold it ftreight. Were thine heart equal to the world in light, Yet it were nothing worth, if it fhould prove too light. s- And fo thou fee'ft it doth, My ponderous Law doth prefs This fcale, but that, as fill'd with froth, Tilts up, and makes no fhcwof ftrefs. Thine heart is empty fure, or elfe it would In weight, as well as bulk, better proportion hold. 6. Search it, a-nd thou fhalc find It wants integrity, And is not yet fo tfcorow lin'd With fingle eyM fincerity, As it fhould be: feme more humility Qdmcyl There wants to make it weight, and fome mere eon- 7- Whilftwmdy vanity Doth puft' i: op with pride, And double -fae'd hypocrifie Doth many empty bellows hide, It is but good in vwrr, and that but little, Wav'ring unftaidnefs make* its. refolutions brittle. 8. The heart, that in my fight As currant coy n would pafs, r-.V , Muft The School of the Heart. 81 Muft sot be the leaft grain too light, But as at firft it ftamped was. Keep then thine heart till it be better grown, . And, when it is full, Tie take it for mine own, 9- But if thou art afliam'd To find thine heart fo light, And art afraid thou flialt. be blam'd, Tie teach thee how to fct it right. Add to my Law my Gofpcl, and there fee My merits thine, and then the fcales will, equal be* E § Emb. 82 The School of the Heart, j ■ - — — __ Imfelerae 21. fs CORDIS PROTECTIO Dcdi/ti cisiciitivm cowishbcTanftmm. T i^ a ^Cc^COR }/« m& iux ilefmde lalons gusmpvcoRDE tuiwjenr coegit ani&r The School of the Hem. 83 The trying of the Heart* PROV. 17.3. The Fining pot for Silver, and the Furnace for Gold : but the Lyrdtrieth the' Hearts. Epigr. 21. TYLhe hurt, my deer, morepreciom kthtn g&li, Or the moft preci m things that can be told; Vrovidi fi'ft that my- pure fire have trfd • Out all the drofs, andptjsit funfi'd. ODE 21. 1. What? take ic at adventure, and not try What metal it is made of? No, not I. Should I now lightly let it pafs, Take fallen lead for fiver, founding brafs Tnftead of folid gold, alas, What would become of it ? In the great day Of making jewels 'c would be caft away. i 2. The heart thou giv'ft me mud be fuch a one, As is the fame throughout. 1 will have none But thar, which will abide the fire. Tis notaglitt'ring outfidel defire, 'Whofe feeming (news do foon expire : But real worih within, which neither drcfie ? Nor bafe alia} es, make fubjcft unto lofs. >*. If in the compofition of thine^ean 84 . Tlot School of the Heart. A ftubborn fteely wilfulnefs have pare, That will not bew and bend to me, Save onely in a meer formality OftiBftll-trim'd hypocrifie, I care not for ir, though it fhevv as fair, As the firft blufh ot the Sun- gilded air. 4- The heart that in my furnace will not melr, When it the glowing heat thereof hath felt Turn liquid, and diiTolve in tears Of true repentance for its faulty that hears My threatning voyce } and never fears, Is not an heart worth having. If it be An heart of ft one, \ is not an heart for me. The heart, that caft into my furnace fpits, And fparkles in my face, falls into fits Of difcontented grudging, whines When it is broken of its will, repines At the lead fufTering, declines My fatherly correction, is an heart Oa which I care not to beftow i^ine art. 6. The heart thit in my flames afunder flics, Scatter* it felf at random, and fo lies In heaps of afhes here, and there, Whofe dry difperfed parts will not draw ncer, To one another, and adhere la a firm union, hath no metal tn'c Fit to beftamp'd, andcoyncd in my mint. 7- The heart, that vapours out it felf in fmoak, And with thofc. cloudy fhadows thinks tockak The School of the Heart. $$ Its empry nakedncfs, how much So ever thou efteem*'ft ir, is fuch As never will endure my touch. Before I tak'c for mine th«n I wiJl trie What kind of metal in thine heart doth lie. 8. I'le bring it to my furnace, and there fee What it will prove, what it is like to be. If it be Gold, it will be fure Thehctteft fire that can be to endure, And I fhall draw it out more pure. Affli&ien may refine, but cannot waft, That heart wherein my love is fixed faft. Emb* 86 The School of the Heart. Embleme 22. CORDIS SCRVTINIWL Vrmum est coRQuuiium et nilcnuahile : ^liycoonoicetilliid' Ego Doimmxs [ icrutans cor er raics. Wn.t 7 . 9 . 'ZoluS ejovnmeiifam CORDIS ferfcridgr abyfy„% ^\ r cuihca quam votir eft lamlyetctrcix bolif. ^2--ir-uAf/ turn lochem, excii The School of the Heart. fU The founding of the Heart* JER. i7 9- The Heart u deceitful above all things ', and del - feratelj mcked. who can know it ? I the Lord I Epigr. 2.2. I, That alone am hfirite, can try Hew deep within it Jelf thine heart doth Li>. The Sea- mans plummt can but reach the ground' I find that which thine heart it jell nSre found, ODE. 22. I. A goodly heart to fee to. fair and fat ! It »ay be fo : and what of that ? Is it not hallow ? Hath it not within A bottomlefs whirl-oool of fin? Are there not fecret creeks, ard cranies there Tu . Turning, and winding corners, where* The heart it fdf,ey'n from it feJf may hide And lurk in fecret unefpi'd? I le none of it, if fuch a one it proye : Truth in the inward p*rts is th.it I love. Butwh© can tell what is within thfrie heart? 'Tis not a work of M^tur ?, Art Cannot perform that talk : Vs I done, Not man, to whom mini hearth known. Sound it thou mai'ft, and muft : out then the line ^ An* y %% The School of the Hem, And plun- met muft be mine, not thine, . And I muft ggide it too, thine hand, and eye . May quickly bedeceiv'd: but I, That made thine heart at firft, am better fkil'd To know when it is empty, when 'tis fil'd. 3- Left then thou fhould'ft deceive thy felf, fcr me Thou canft not, I will let thee fee Some of thofe depths of Satan, depths of hell, Wherewith thine hollow heart dath fwcll. Under pretence of knowledge in thy mind Brrour and ignorance I find, Quick-fands of rotten Superftition Spred over with mifprifion. Some things thou knoweft not, mifknoweft others, And oft thy confciencc its own knowledge fmotbers. 4. Thy crooked will, that fcemingly enclines To follow reafon dictates, twines Another way in fecret, leaves its guide And lags behind, or fwarves afide, Grab-like creeps backward when it fhould hare mad Progrefs in good, is retrograde. Whilft it pretends a priviledge above Reafons prerogative, to move As of it felf unmov'd, rude pafllons learn To leave the ©ar, and take in hand the Stern, The tides of thine affccYions ebb, and flow, Rife up aloft, fall down below, Like to thefuddain land flouds, thar advance Their fwelling waters but by chance. Tby lore, defire, thy hope, deligkr, and fear, Ramble they care net when, cor where, Yet The School of the Heart. 89 Yet cunningly bear thee in hand they be Only directed unto me, Or moft to me, and would no notice take Of other things, but only for my fake. 6. Such ftrange prodigious impoftures lurk In thy preftigious heart, 'tis work Enough for thee all thy life time to learn How thou may'ft truly it difcern : That, when up-on mine alrar thou doft lay Thine orT'ring, thou raay'ft fafely fay, And fwear it is an heart : for, ifitfhouid Prove only an heart-cafe, it would Nor pleafing be to me, nor do thee good. An heart's no hcarr, not rightly underftood. Imfe* 90 The School of the ficart. Embleme 23. Cordis Rectificatio . RCCUS CORDEL2PtitiaP;il.9i lochetn. ctcu Thi^chool of the Heart.. 91 m — ; — - — ; The levelling of the Heart. PS AL. 97. 11. GUdnefs te the upright in Heart. Epigr. 23. SEt thine heart hpright, if thou vrould' > (l repyce t And pleijt thy i elf in thine hearts pleafing chsict : hut then be fitre thy plwn f and level he tightly AppWd to thut which pleafnh mt. ODE. 23. 1. Ksy, yet I have not done : one trial mote thine heart muft undergo, before I will accept of it : Unlefs I fee It uprighc be I cannot think it fit To be admitted in my fight , And to partake of mine eternal light. 2. My Will's the role of righteoufnefs, as free From errour as uncertainty : What I would hive is juft. Thou muft defirc What I require, And take it upon truft : If thou prefer thy will to mine, The levels loft, and thou go'ft out of line. 3. »®'ft thou not fee how thine heart turns afide, And 92 The School of the Heart. And leans toward thy felf ? How wide A dirtar.ee there is here? UntiJl I fee Borh fides agree Alike with mine, 'tis cleer The middle is not where't fhould be, Likes fomething better, though it look at me. I, that know beft how to difpofe of ,hee, Would have thy portion poverty , Left wealth fhould make thee proud, And me forget : Eut thou haft fee Thy roice to cry aloud F °r riches, ind unlefs I grant All that thou wiftieft, thou complain'ft ot warn. k to prefcrve thine health, would have thecfaft From Natures dainties , left at laft . Thy fenfes fwcet delight Should end in (mart: But thy vain feeart Will have its appetite Pleafed to day, though grief, and forrow Threaten to cancel all thy joyes to morrow. 6. h *© prevent thy hurt by climing high, ^ Would have thee be content to lie Quiet and fafe below, Where peace doth dwell j Bur thou doft fwoH With vaft defires, as though A little bJaft of vulgar breath Ware better then deliverance from death. I, The School of the Heart. 93 ^~ 1 to procure thy hap^inefs, would have Thee mercy at mine hands to crave : But thoudoft merit plead, And wilt have none But of thine own, Till Juftice ftrike thee dead. Mid all thy crooked paths go crofs to mine. V, ' s m y £& Erab, .He 94 The School of the Heart, Emblcmc 2 a. • CORDIS RENOmTIO. . Dato uobis CORnouum.ct ipiritum nornm: ponam in medio ucftri . e»j . ^. : Ciuinoua cunctavlaccn£,vetus o.CORfonc ncuumap. Quod iihi pro vderi fjxmja repot t 2. A. JHichd t>an bchm arc* . I T I t The School of the Heart. 95 II II ■!■■■■ .1 l.ll ■■■!■ I. I The renewiag of the Heart- EZEK. 36.26. A new Heart will I give pu , and a new Spirit will I fHt within jqh. Epigr. 24. ARt thou delighted with ftrange novelties, Which •fun prove but old frejh garnifytlies? Leave then thin old, take the netv heart 1 give thee : Condemn thy [elf, that [0 1 may reprieve thee, ODE. 24. 1. No, no, I fee There is no remedy, An hearc, that wants both weight, and worth, rhat's fillM with naught but empty hollownefs, ; kndfcrcw'd afide with itubborn wilfulncfs, Is onely (it to be cad forth, Nor to be given me Nor kept by thee. 2. Then let it go, And if thou wilt beft©w An acceptable heart on me, Me furnifh thee with one fhall ferve the turn to:h to be kept, and given : which will burs With 2 -;eal, yet not confumed be : Nor with a fcornful eye Blaft ftanden by. * 3. The k $6 The School of tht Heart. 3- The heart, that I Will give thee, though it He Buri'd in fcas of forrows, yet Will not be drown'd with doubt, or difcontenr, Though ud complaints fomctimes may give a ven; To grief, and tears the cheeks may wet, Yet ir exceeds their art To hurt his heart. 4. The heart I give, Though it defire to live, ^ And bath it itlf in all contenr, Yet will not toyle, or taint it felf, with any : Although it take a view, and taft of many, It feeds on few, as though it meant To break faft only here, And dine elfcwhcre. 5 This heart is frefli, And new : anheartofflcfh. Not, as thine old one was, of ftone. Alivey fp'ritly heart, and moving ftill, Aftive to what is good, but flow to ill : An heart, that with a figb, and grone Can blaft all worldly joyes, As trifling toy es. 6. This heart is four Affil folid will befotfidj 'Tis not an emptyavjfi?l1afh, TJiat baits at ButterflielkMwith full cry ©pens at ev'ry flirtii U Heights, ai' The School of the Heart. 99 { The enlightening of the Heart* psal. 34. y. They looked unto him. and were lightened* Epigr. 25: Tmu that art Light of lights, the entlj fight Of the blind worla\ lend me thy [aving light : Diffrerfe thofe mifls, which in my foul have made Darfyefs as deep as Hells eternal [hade. ODE. 25. Alas, that I €ould not before efpie The Soul confounding mifery ©f this, more then Egyptian dreadfull night ! To be deprived of the light, And to have eyes r but eyes devoiiof fight, As mine have been, is fuch a woe. As he alone can know, That feels it fo. 2. Darknefs hath been My God and me between Like an opacous doubled ftreen, Through which no£ light, nor heat could paffage fin& Grofs ignoraafce hath made my mind, And UBderftandingJ^0ker-eyM, but blind', My wilUo ah^ ^Ji oci * co ^» J weuld, >uld. F 2 2. N ' i oo The- Sckotl of the Heart. 3- No, row I fee There is no remedy Left in my fclf : it cannot be Thzc blind men in the dark fhould find the way To bleflednefs : although they may Imagine the high midnight is noon-day, As I have done till now, they'i know At laft unto their woe, 'Twas nothing fo. 4- Now I perceive Preemption doth bereave Men of all hope of help, and leave Them, as it finds them, drovvn'd in mifcry : Defpairingof themfelves, to cry f cr Eicrcy is the onely remedy That fm- lick fouls can have j to pray Againftthisdarkncfs may Turn it today. $• Then unto thee, Great Lord of light, let m« Direct my Prayer, that I may fee. 'how, th« dd'ft make mine eyes, canft foon.reftof*, That pow'r of fight they had before, !t i, if thou feeftitgood, canft give them more. The night will quickly (bine like day, If thou do but difplay, One glorious ray. 6. I muft confefs And I can do no ltfc Th< Tkt School efth Hear P. i\7 Of living waters forth will flow, And all thy plants, thy fruits, and flow'rs will grow. Whilft thy Springs,their roots do nounlh, They muft needs be fat, and flourifh. Ernb* ^ ^J"" Tki Sekool of tkt Htart. Emblemo 30. CORIS FLORE S. Dilcctusmcusdcfccnditinhortura fuum.uililia colligat. um.s.,. J&c iihi , ™ta tu, Icfcmv.cstfcrcfffnjt . ' [iU.ct hi* patriumfonbus aJdofclum.. .:■ The School of the Heart. 1 19 The Flowers of the Heart QANT. 6.2. Mj kilovtii* gone down into hu garden 5 Htbe Beds of Spices, tofeedlntk hardens, andte gttkez JtMiis, TJfc/e liUies l do confttrau 10 thee, BtlovedSpoufe, which frin^ & then maVfi fet, Qnt of the feed thou [owtdfa znd the ground $ better £ I by thy Flow'rs, wbtntkty abound. h thefa a joy like this ? What can augment my blifs i U my beloved will accept A pofie of thefe flowers kept, And conOprated unto hiseonterjt, I hope hereafter he will not repent The coil, and ptins he hath bellow'* So freely upon me, thatow'd Him all I had before, And infinitely more. 2. Nay, try them blefled Lord, Take thcm.not on my word, , i; , cu j Jut let the colour, taft, andfnell,' I iThe truth of their perfc&ioni tell* it art infinite in wifdom fee, t% '/ "■ ~ - • * The S chtol «/ tht Heart. if they be not the fame that came from the 1 J If any difference be found, Ic is occafion'd by the ground, Which yet 1 cannot fee So good as it Ihould be. Whatfay'ft thou to that Rofe, That Queen of flowers, whofe Maiden blufhes, frefli, and fair, Out-brave the dainty morning air? nn(\ thou not in thofe lovely leaves efpy S^fcft pifturc of that medefty, ThCV ThS fclf-condemning fhamefaftnefs, That is more ready to confeft A fault, and to amend, Then it is to offend ? 4* Is not this Lilly pure > What Fuller can procure A white fo perfect, fpotlefs, clear, As in this flower doth appear.? ©oftthpu not in this milky colour fee ? he li V clvluftreoffinccrity, , ThC Which no hypocrite hath painted, Nor felf-rtfpcfling ends have tainted J Can there be to thy fight A more entire delight ? I- urA Or wilt thou have befide Violets purplc-di'd * # The Sus-cbfcrving Mangold, Or Orpin nevqr waxing old, - ThePrimrcfe, Cowfl^. Gilliflow'r, orPinke, -: #r any ftow'r, or Herb, that lean dunk The School of the Hem. 32 1 Thou haft a mind unto ? I Thai! Quickly be furnifht with them all, If once I do but know That thou wilt have it (o. 6. Faith is a fruitful grace, Well planted ftores the place, Fills all the borders, beds, and bow'rs With wholefomeherbs,and pleafantflow'fS. 3 Great Gardiner, thou faift, and I believe; What thou doft mean to gather, thou wilt give. Take then mine heart in hand to fill't, And it (hall yield thee what thou wilt. Yea thou, by gathering more, Shalt ftill inercafc my (tore. G EmbV is ■ ■ I 122 The School of the Heart, Emblem^ 31 I Ill CORDIS CVSTODLV. Omni cuAodia fcrua COR tuum ^ ^ ^fofcicto munit jucmtimr eufs3ct .. s Th* School of the Heart. ^ I : : '****** Jhe Inflaming of the Heart* PSAL. 39.3. Mj he Art was hot within me : while Iwxt mtiftng the fire burned. Pare not, my love, to kindle, andtnfame Mine hurt -within throughout, until the fame Srea^ forth, and burn: that fatky Salamander, Mm heart may never from thy fuma-ce wander, ODE. 36. i. Welcome, holy, heavenly fire, Kindled by immortal love : Which defcendingf from above, Makes all earthly thoughts retire, And give place To that grace, Which with gentle violence Conquers all corrupt aflk&ions, lebell Natures infurre&ions, lidding them be packing hence. ,ord, thy fire doth heit within, V armeth not without alone ; ? Phough it be an heart of (lone, tf it felf congcal'd in fin, Hard as fteel, J If it feel T kt Scheol of tht He*rt. Soft as va*> and quickly takes Oficfclfminchtaitisaatik, Bu thyfirebyMn'r.gbr.ght, Fill, it full of fav.og l^hi Though'tbebut»li«lefpark ln S Lent by thee, 1 fhall fee m n « bv '", then all the light , Wh'chinulleftmeafuresftreams ^rom corrupted Natures beams, Canaifcovertomyligbt- I^benumM with cold, and frown, Yetthy fire «iUmakeu glow. Though it burns. When it turns ,..,„, ToVrds the things W hich thou do'fthttc. Yeahy bitted warmth, no doubt, W?U that wild-nrefoon draw out, And the heat thereof abate. Lord, thy fire is aaWe,ufing Always either to afcend To J native heav'nerlen4 Heat to others : and diftunsg Of its (lore Gathers more, Ker«r ccafing till it m«« The School of the Heart. 14^ All things like it felf, and longing To fee others come with thronging Ofthygoodncfs to partake, 6. Lord, then let thy fire enflame My cold heart fo throughly, rhat the heat may never die, put continue ftill the fame : That I may EvVy day wore, and more, confuming fin, Kindling others, and attending AH occafions of afceftding, Heayen upon earth begin. H Emb> The School of t he Htm. Emblems 37* **v CORDIS SCALA,. A&ailioiicsin cordeiuo diipoliur.pA/.o^ \m fcalir,Jibrta,yck confccnJere Jcdes . Hicrnas tnprprw co\xjxxuc ccRDEjinaus. , J\£iclid nan Uclicm epcu es of Blood." S- His love to thee Made him to lay afide his Majefly, And cloathed in a vail Of frail, though faultlefs Bern, become thy bailJ But love requiretb love : and fmccthou art Loved by him, thy fart 5 to love him too: and love affords ML S *