Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

68 0 let my fruitlefs soul be 'barren ra:ther, . Thanbr~ fGrth fuch achild for fu~h aFather : Or if my Soul breeds Sin (not bein~ wary) Let not her womb bring foirh, or elfe mifetmy; She ii thy Spoufe ( 0 'Lord }'do thou advi~e h~,:. . .Keep thou het ch<\fte; L'et nG~ th:" Fi171d:.entkeher : Try thou my heart; thy Tryakbring s~llvlition, But let me nat be L~d into Temptatioil. . '-· ., , ... . • A 4 7• t ..... . .. ~ · FOrt~ne ( that· b~ind fLtppofed Godd~fs is ' · . Still rated at, 1fought fucceed amtfs : · · ~rrs fhe ( the ,vairi ~bufe of Providence ) . ·· .·. . That bears the·blame,- when ·others'mak~ -.r1l' oft"enee ; When this man;sbarn·finds not her wonted ·(lore, ' ,~ l ... Forium'scondemn'd; becaufefl1e fcnt no more s ' . If this man.9ie, or that man live too long, Fo~tunls acct.ts'.d, -and the bath<done the ~vron~; . .~h fcolifh rvolt..s, .and 'like y01!_r Gaddefs) blind l You make thefault,~nJ .calJ. yqur Sai~t unkind; For when the ~aufc of Ev'l begins in ,5Wan; Tb: ·effeaenfuh-rroiif"Wlfencrffie · catif~ oe·gan ; · Then know the reafon of thy,difcontel!t, "'he ev'l of .fin, makes the ev•l of pui'lt}l1ment. (Lord) hold me, ~p, or fF~t. r:ne;.vhen.f ·fall ;· So ·fhall my Ev;l b~ ll!ft., or~r.. f.! .rt.ll; .- '· · ~ . Defend me frpxp t}1~ U(tn-ld,r ~Jl.e-F_lifl?, t~7)evz.l, :l'ndJ~}hou fhalt'"'iltliver.:-!'1~/rOJP .eviA. . ., : ,.- - • + •• ' r ..,t, "' ' .

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