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Date: 1762

" Peace by the Spirit's signet seal'd / On every faithful heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"With patience they the fire endure, / And thus express the Spirit's seal, / And witness thus, their hearts are pure."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"And stamp'd with Thy good Spirit's seal, / I love Thee, Lord, with all my heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Thou every ransom'd soul shalt seal / With Jesu's glorious love."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Mercy, which sign'd his soul's release, / Did pardon on his conscience seal:"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Thou shalt in that appointed hour / Appear, my spotless soul to seal,"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Jesus, Thou that image art, / Seal Thy name upon my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1763

"Constant attention wears the active mind, / Blots out our powers, and leaves a blank behind"

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1763

"The mind of man is, at first, a kind of tabula rasa; or like a piece of blank paper, and bears no original inscriptions, when we come into the world; we owe all the characters afterwards drawn upon it, to the impressions made upon our senses; to education, custom, and the like."

— Fielding, John, Sir (1721-1780)

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Date: March 1763, 1774

"While with the motion of the pen, / Method pops in and out agen, / So, as I said, I thought it better, / To set me down and think a letter, / And without any more ado, / Seal up my mind, and send it you."

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.