Date: 1691
"Thirdly, Let us hence duly learn to prize and value our Souls; is the Body such a rare Piece, what this is the Soul? the Body is but the Husk or Shell, the Soul is the Kernel; the Body is but the Cask, the Soul the precious Liquor contained in it; the Body is but the Cabinet; the Soul the Jewel;...
preview | full record— Ray [formerly Wray], John (1627–1705)
Date: 1691
"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"
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Date: 1691
"Men have no Windows in their Breast"
preview | full record— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)
Date: 1691
"Be deaf to Flattery; it deludes the Mind, / And oft, when all Arts fail, doth entrance find. / But then's most Danger, we should to 't resign. / When't meets with that Arch-Flatterer within."
preview | full record— Heyrick, Thomas (bap. 1649. d. 1694)
Date: 1691
The Lord may "bear our Name upon [his] Breast, / Engrave it on [his] Heart"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1691
"So the bold Artist, that of You would speak / Should Patterns from Celestial Natures take; / And stamp his Soul in an Angelick Mold; Er'e he Your Vertues should attempt to' unfold."
preview | full record— Heyrick, Thomas (bap. 1649. d. 1694)
Date: 1691
"O set thine Image on my Heart! / O seal it on my Arm!"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1691
"Dancing, Singing, Swearing, Impudence, / Can make Impressions upon easie sense"
preview | full record— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Date: 1691
"Afflictions like as fire doth / The Gold rarely refine, / Purge all our Souls, and we thereby / More gloriously may shine."
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1691
"Grace doth our Souls to God unite, / Like glorious Golden Chains."
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)