Identifier: schoolofheartorh00har (find matches)
Title: The school of the heart : or, The heart of itself gone away from God, brought back again to Him; and instructed by Him. With The learning of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man.
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Harvey, Christopher, 1597-1663 Haeften, Benedictus van, 1588-1648. Schola cordis Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 Tegg, Thomas, bookseller
Subjects: Conduct of life Emblems
Publisher: London : Printed (by Bradbury and Evans) for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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pend thy precious time In empty idle compliment,Unless thou strain (to aggravate thy crime)Nature beyond its own extent,And force it to devourAn age ^\-ithin an hour? That which thou swallowst is not lost alone, But quickly will revenged be.By seizing on thine heart, which, like a stone,Lies buried in the midst of thee.Both void of common senseAnd reasons excellence. Thy body is diseases rendezvous, Thy mind the market-place of vice.The devil in thy will keeps open house: Thou li^st, as though thou wouldst enticeHell-torments unto thee,And thine own devil be. 28 THE SCHOOL OF 0 what a dirty dunghill art thou grown, A nasty stinking kennel foul!When thou awakst and seest what thou hast done,Sorrow will swallow up thy soul,To think how thou art foild,And all thy glory spoild. Or if thou canst not be ashamd, at least Have some compassion on thyself:Before thou art transformed all to beast,At last strike sail, avoid the shelfWhich in that gulf doth lie.Where all that enter die. THE HEART.
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THE COVETOUSNESS OF THE HEART. Here, wandrer, mayst thou find thy heart at last;Where what is dearer than thy heart is placd. MATT. VI. 21. Where your treasure is, there %ciU i/cnir heart be also. Epic. 7.J)OST thou inquire, thou heartless wanderer,AMiere thine heart is ? Behold, thine heart is here,Here thine heart is, where that is which aboveThine own dear heart thou dost esteem and love. 30 THE SCHOOL OF ODE VII. See the deceitfulness of sin, And how the devil cheateth worldly men : They heap up riches to themselves, and then They think they cannot choose but win, Though for their parts They stake their hearts. The merchant sends his heart to sea,And there, together with his ship, tis tost:If this by chance miscarry, that is lost,His confidence is cast away :He hangs the head.As he were dead. The pedlar cries, What do you lack ?What wull you buy ? and boasts his wares the bestBut offers you the refuse of the rest. As though his heart lay in his pack,Which greater gainAlone can dra

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