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A56853 Fons lachrymarum, or, A fountain of tears from whence doth flow Englands complaint, Jeremiah's lamentations paraphras'd, with divine meditations, and an elegy upon that son of valor Sir Charles Lucas / written by John Quarles. Quarles, John, 1624-1665.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650. 1649 (1649) Wing Q128; ESTC R235077 54,591 166

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friend_n arm_v all_o with_o treachery_n arise_v and_o show_v themselves_o her_o public_a enemy_n spu●●ed_v with_o affliction_n judah_n force_v to_o fly_v and_o throw_v herself_o into_o captivity_n b●cause_v of_o sense_n consume_v servitude_n she_o dwell_v among_o the_o heathen_a multitude_n her_o foe_n overtake_v she_o when_o she_o be_v distress_v well_o may_v she_o wish_v for_o but_o can_v take_v no_o rest_n zion_n be_v with_o redouble_a grief_n surprise_v because_o her_o feast_n by_o none_o be_v solemnize_v her_o gate_n be_v fill_v with_o desolation_n and_o her_o virgin_n torture_v with_o affliction_n hand_n her_o priest_n with_o sigh_n heart-breaking_a sigh_n
his_o den_n meditat._n 58._o learn_v how_o to_o prize_v thy_o faith_n my_o soul_n and_o know_v she_o be_v thy_o only_a safety_n here_o below_o she_o be_v a_o trusty_a buckler_n to_o protect_v thou_o from_o shower_n of_o evil_a and_o to_o good_a direct_v thou_o then_o rouse_v my_o soul_n and_o be_v not_o quite_o cast_v down_o repentance_n bring_v in_o faith_n and_o faith_n a_o crown_n meditat._n 59_o a_o crown_n that_o be_v only_o fit_v to_o adorn_v a_o prince_n brow_n and_o subject_n that_o be_v bear_v to_o a_o inferior_a fortune_n must_v content_v themselves_o with_o that_o which_o fortune_n free_o lend_v but_o ah_o my_o soul_n be_v wise_a and_o understand_v a_o heavenly_a crown_n be_v not_o make_v by_o human_a hand_n meditat._n 60._o a_o glorious_a crown_n of_o glory_n shall_v attend_v attentive_a heart_n my_o soul_n i_o recommend_v this_o crown_n to_o thou_o consider_v but_o the_o price_n it_o cost_v and_o then_o remember_v paradise_n remember_v who_o dear_a blood_n do_v trickle_v down_o like_o tedious_a shower_n to_o purchase_v thou_o this_o crown_n meditat._n 61._o o_o boundless_a love_n will_v such_o a_o lamb_n as_o he_o die_v for_o such_o wolf-like_a sycophant_n as_o we_o his_o willing_a soul_n do_v even_o joy_n to_o express_v this_o introduction_n to_o our_o happiness_n his_o blood_n gush_v out_o to_o wash_v we_o clean_o within_o he_o shed_v it_o for_o our_o sin_n and_o yet_o we_o sin_v meditat._n 62._o rouse_v up_o my_o soul_n and_o let_v thy_o eagle-eye_n behold_v that_o sun_n in_o who_o thy_o safety_n lie_v look_v well_o upon_o he_o and_o thou_o shall_v discover_v a_o lamblike_a patience_n and_o a_o constant_a lover_n admire_v with_o how_o much_o dovelike_a innocence_n he_o suffer_v death_n for_o we_o that_o give_v the_o offence_n meditat._n 63._o be_v thou_o not_o ravish_v yet_o my_o soul_n then_o hear_v and_o i_o will_v recommend_v unto_o thy_o ear_n the_o willing_a passion_n of_o that_o lamb_n which_o cry_v eloi_n eloi_n eloi_n and_o so_o die_v and_o 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