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A56943 Boanarges and Barnabas, or, Judgment and mercy for afflicted soules containing of [brace] meditations, soliloquies, and prayers / by Francis Quarles.; Boanerges and Barnabas Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1646 (1646) Wing Q51; ESTC R39728 54,098 234

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and_o spend_v our_o day_n in_o cave_n and_o hermitage_n and_o smother_v up_o our_o precious_a hour_n in_o cloistered_a folly_n and_o recluse_a devotion_n can_v rosy_a cheek_n can_v ruby_n lip_n can_v snowy_a breast_n and_o sparkle_a eye_n present_v their_o beauty_n and_o perfection_n to_o the_o sprightly_a view_n of_o young_a mortality_n and_o must_v we_o stand_v like_o statue_n without_o sense_n or_o motion_n can_v strict_a religion_n impose_v such_o cruel_a task_n and_o even_o impossible_a command_n upon_o the_o rage_a thought_n of_o her_o unhappy_a votary_n as_o to_o withstand_v and_o contradict_v the_o instinct_n and_o very_a principle_n of_o nature_n can_v faire-pretend_a piety_n be_v so_o barbarous_a to_o condemn_v we_o to_o the_o flame_n of_o our_o affection_n and_o make_v we_o martyr_n to_o our_o own_o desire_n be_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o conquer_v the_o rebellious_a action_n of_o imperious_a flesh_n but_o we_o must_v manacle_v her_o hand_n darken_v her_o eye_n nay_o worse_o restrain_v the_o freedom_n of_o her_o very_a thought_n can_v full_a perfection_n be_v expect_v here_o or_o can_v our_o work_n be_v perfect_a in_o this_o vale_n of_o imperfection_n this_o be_v a_o life_n for_o angel_n but_o a_o task_n too_o hard_o for_o frail_a for_o transitory_a man_n come_v come_v we_o be_v but_o man_n but_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o our_o bear_a frailty_n can_v grapple_v with_o such_o potent_a tyranny_n what_o nature_n and_o necessity_n require_v we_o to_o do_v be_v venial_a be_v do_v come_v strive_v no_o more_o against_o so_o strong_a a_o stream_n but_o take_v thy_o fill_n of_o beauty_n solace_n thy_o wanton_a heart_n with_o amorous_a contemplation_n clothe_v all_o thy_o word_n with_o courtly_a rhetoric_n and_o soften_v thy_o lip_n with_o dialect_n of_o love_n surfeit_v thyself_o with_o pleasure_n and_o melt_v thy_o passion_n into_o warm_a delight_n walk_v into_o nature_n universal_a bower_n and_o pick_v what_o flower_n do_v most_o surprise_v thy_o eye_n drink_v of_o all_o water_n but_o be_v tie_v to_o none_o spare_v neither_o cost_n nor_o pain_n to_o compass_v thy_o desire_n enjoy_v variety_n emparadise_v thy_o soul_n in_o fresh_a delight_n the_o change_n of_o pleasure_n make_v thy_o pleasure_n double_a ravish_v thy_o sense_n with_o perpetual_a choice_n and_o glut_v thy_o soul_n with_o all_o the_o delicate_n of_o love_n but_o hold_v there_o be_v a_o voice_n that_o whisper_v in_o my_o trouble_a ear_n a_o voice_n that_o blank_v my_o thought_n and_o stop_v the_o course_n of_o my_o resolve_n a_o voice_n that_o chill_v the_o bosom_n of_o my_o soul_n and_o fill_v i_o with_o amazement_n hark_v they_o which_o do_v such_o thing_n shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n gal._n 5._o 21._o exodus_fw-la 20_o 14_o thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n matthew_n 5._o 28._o whosoever_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o have_v commit_v adultery_n with_o she_o already_o in_o his_o heart_n rom._n 13._o 13_o let_v we_o walk_v honest_o as_o in_o the_o day_n not_o in_o riot_v nor_o in_o drunkenness_n nor_o in_o chamber_v nor_o in_o wantonness_n 1_o peter_n 2._o 11._o abstain_v from_o fleshly_a lust_n which_o war_n against_o the_o soul_n his_o proof_n nilus_n in_o paraen_n woe_n be_v to_o the_o fornicator_n and_o adulterer_n for_o his_o garment_n be_v defile_v and_o spot_v and_o the_o heavenly_a bridegroom_n cast_v he_o out_o from_o his_o chaste_a nuptial_n a_o world_n of_o presumptuous_a and_o heinous_a offence_n do_v arise_v and_o spring_v from_o the_o filthy_a fountain_n of_o adulterous_a lust_n whereby_o the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n be_v shut_v and_o poor_a man_n exclude_v from_o god_n s_o gregor._n mor._n hence_o the_o flesh_n live_v in_o sensual_a delight_n for_o a_o moment_n but_o the_o immortal_a soul_n perish_v for_o ever_o his_o soliloquy_n lust_o