Date: 1700
"To th' uncorrupted Judge within thy Breast / Thy Conscience I appeal; will that attest / That thou believ'st what thou hast boldly said, / That Job does God in Righteousness exceed?"
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Date: 1700
"Unfinish'd Notions in the Mind he sees, / And the rude Lines of half-drawn Images."
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Date: 1700
"Black throngs of Woes invade my frighted Soul, / As crowding Billows on each other roll."
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Date: 1700
"The Lamp of Life burns dimly in my Breast, / Soon from its beating toil my weary Heart will rest."
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Date: 1700
"He oft reflected on the sacred Guest, / Which had her fixt abode within his Breast, / And in his Works her God-like Form exprest."
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Date: 1702
"Open to Love your long-shut Breast, / And entertain its sweetest Guest."
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Date: 1707
"Our Heart, that flinty stubborn thing, / That Terrors cannot move, / That fears no threatenings of his Wrath, / Shall be dissolv'd by Love."
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Date: 1707
"There [in a softer mind] shall his sacred spirit dwell, / And deep engrave his law, / And every motion of our souls / To swift obedience draw."
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Date: 1707
"How sad our State by Nature is! / Our Sin how deep it stains! / And Satan binds our captive Minds / Fast in his slavish Chains."
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Date: 1707
"And while he makes my Soul his Guest, / My Bosom, Lord, shall be thy Rest."
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