"The heart is Gods peculiar Cabinet, / And Satan knows not what is in it set"
— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1667
Metaphor
"The heart is Gods peculiar Cabinet, / And Satan knows not what is in it set"
Metaphor in Context
The heart is Gods peculiar Cabinet,
And Satan knows not what is in it set,
Heav'ns a rich Cabinet, where God reconds
Glorifi'd Sts. those sparkling Diamonds.
And Satan knows not what is in it set,
Heav'ns a rich Cabinet, where God reconds
Glorifi'd Sts. those sparkling Diamonds.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "cabinet" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Nicholas Billingsley, Thesauro-Phylakion, or A Treasury of Divine Raptures. Consisting of Serious Observations, Pious Ejaculations, Select Epigrams. Alphabetically Rank'd and Fil'd by a Private Chaplain to the Illustrious and Renowned Lady Urania The Divine and Heavenly Muse. (London: Parkhurst, 1667). <Link to EEBO>
Theme
Conscience
Date of Entry
09/07/2005
