"Let me exhort ye then to open the locks of your hearts with the nail of repentance: burst asunder the fetters of your beloved lusts, mount the chimney of hope, take from hence the bar of good resolution, break through the stone wall of despair, and all the strong holds in the dark entry of the valley of the shadow of death."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed, by authority, for Alexander Hogg
Date
1779
Metaphor
"Let me exhort ye then to open the locks of your hearts with the nail of repentance: burst asunder the fetters of your beloved lusts, mount the chimney of hope, take from hence the bar of good resolution, break through the stone wall of despair, and all the strong holds in the dark entry of the valley of the shadow of death."
Metaphor in Context
Let me exhort ye then to open the locks of your hearts with the nail of repentance: burst asunder the fetters of your beloved lusts, mount the chimney of hope, take from hence the bar of good resolution, break through the stone wall of despair, and all the strong holds in the dark entry of the valley of the shadow of death: Raise yourselves to the leads of divine meditation: Fix the blanket of faith with the spike of the church. Let yourselves down to the turner's house of resignation, and descend the stairs of humility: So shall you come to the door of deliverance from the prison of iniquity, and escape the clutches of that old executioner the devil, who goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
(I, p. 410)
(I, p. 410)
Categories
Provenance
Consulting Wikipedia, see "Jack Sheppard"
Citation
The Malefactor's Register; or, the Newgate and Tyburn Calendar. Containing the Authentic Lives, Trials, Accounts of Executions, and Dying Speeches, of the Most Notorious Violators of the Laws of their Country; Who have Suffered Death, and Other Exemplary Punishments, in England, Scotland and Ireland, from the Year 1700 to Lady-Day 1779, 5 vols. (London: printed, by authority, for Alexander Hogg, 1779). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/29/2011
