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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67822	The idea of Christian love being a translation, at the instance of Mr. Waller, of a Latin sermon upon John xiii, 34, 35, preach'd by Mr. Edward Young ... ; with a large paraphrase on Mr. Waller's poem Of divine love ; to which are added some copies of verses from that excellent poetess Mrs. Wharton, with others to her.	Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687. Of divine love.; Wharton, Anne, 1632?-1685. Poems. Selections.	1688 (1688)	Wing Y61; ESTC R14445	29,505	144

Unto those Beauties only Thought can reach Thought which but dully dictates to the Speech Yet Thought must here its Poverty confess You need not blush should my enlightned Eyes Behold that charming Dress Your Soul put on when it came cloath'd to view The Garment must its Innocence express And like your Lines inspire With Love and Rev'rence too A Love without a bold Desire A Lambent Flame Such as gives Light and Warmth but ne're consumes The Light of Heav'n from whence it came Here none t' approach presumes With Fire less hallow'd than he lays Upon the Altar when he prays Incense more pure t' a sacred Poetess is due Than from the Heathen-world their chast Diana drew V. Heav'n seems to open Angels to come down In lovely Vehicles of thick'ned Air And with a Glory ' stead of Lawrel crown The Azure Temples of the teaching Fair While Men with Extasy attend her Lays Divinely set to the Almighty's Praise As Grace on Earth of endless Bliss Your happy Verse the Incoati'on is Of that in which you shall with Angels join When you above the Stars shall shine Free from Pain and free from Fear With ev'ry Object of your Care Where only Love and Harmony appear The Love and Harmony Immortal and Divine VI. Sense of your own Pity of others Wrong Shall give no Interrupti'on to your Song The ways of Providence so dark Not to be toucht by Hand prophane Lest we with Uzza's Guilt have Uzza's Pain Who fondly thought to help the tottring Ark You there will see the Clouds away In that bright everlasting Day Worthy of God and of that Love With which he cherishes frail Mortal Race Whom of the do's with temp'ral Evils prove Tries and Refines them in Afflicti'on's Fire Until they 're fitted for his Grace And thrô'ly taught beyond this lower World t' aspire ADVERTISEMENT THrô the Printer's Mistake the Verses from pag. vii are misplac'd having been intended to come in at the end THE IDEA OF Christian Love. PROEM TO Mr. WALLER THE Taper shining with diminisht Rays While Noon-day Sun swallows its feeble Blaze Not valu'd as consider'd for its Light But what it shadows to th' internal Sight May be my Emblem who the most obscure Of all who follow you their Cynosure Within your Province and at your Command As a dim Taper on the Altar stand Tho small 's my Portion of Poetick Fire I shew to others how they should aspire Love lights my Lamp and gives it all its Flame 'T is Love I breath and seek Love I proclaim To think t' enlighten you when I have done Would be to light a Candle to the Sun If your Affections I can but excite I have my end nor can you miss Delight CHrist his Disciples with effect to move To draw in the soft Yoak of Mutual Love Did to his Precept and Example join The happy Fruit By this 't is known ye 're mine To love 't is certain a Command requires The Ardor of its self quickly expires As much it does a great Example need Its glim'ring Light in others few will heed Nor less Incitement wants the sluggish Mind To climb to the Ascent of Love enjoyn'd Let 's see the charming nature of this Love Which does the Character of Christians prove What in its self to what our Hearts 't would move This his Command our Saviour marks for new Not that its first Foundations there we view But as a Sanction it from him obtains And in each Age from him new Vigor gains Men's Tempers and their Manners this require Tho Love is the most natural Desire Mixt with our Beings and refreshing found In all the Exigencies Life surround The gratefull'st Passion and most friendly Pow'r The Minds serene the Bodies verdant Flow'r The Spirits poize the Harmony o th' whole And when its opposite takes the controul Disturbance Torment and Decay succeed Tho mutual Aid common occasions need And a Foundation of firm Union lay Whence for united Hearts and Souls we pray To this our publick Vows and Reason tend Nature to this seems with full course to bend Yet Sin and Satan Nature's dangerous Foes With such Impediments its way oppose That rare 's the Love which long continues fair Time and slight Accidents its force impair Wear off the Paint and drive the Smoak to Air. Self-Flatt'ry keeps to narrow Banks confin'd What to enrich the neigh'bring Plain's design'd The Mind's Propensions sweetning in a Stream Stagnate within and send forth noxious steam How oft on Love does gnawing Envy prey Whose Arbitrary Laws while Men obey Against their dear Self-Love they blindly act And wast those Bowels which they thus contract How oft does he whom Benefits have bound Think the meer owning them would Honour wound How oft Suspicion breeds ill-natur'd Leav'n How oft an Injury receiv'd or giv'n To hurt one whom you hate 's thought less unjust Than one who in your Friendship places trust And thence to colour 'ore the wrong you do Your injur'd Friend is held for constant Foe But only vulgar Dreggs thus meanly fail These Blemishes can't o're great Souls prevail Yet these alas incur too often blame For crim'nal stifling Lov 's enobling Flame Diff'rence of Manners makes divided Minds Of Ierom and Ruffinus this one finds Opin'ions disagreeing do the same These tarnish Cyprian's and Stephen's Fame Study of Parties fatal oft to Love 'Gainst Chrysostom did Epiphanius move A Point of Ceremony unexprest To Greg'ry drove his Basil from his Breast Ev'n Paul and Barn'bas striving for controul Parted in Body not to say in Soul. Great Names ye see I on this Head produce Specious Apologies for Love's abuse Yet ought not they to serve for an Excuse Tho they 're great Instances that Love is frail Yet ought our Saviour's Precept to prevail Who from his Brother does his Love withdraw In that 's a Traytor to the Christian Law. The Lord commands and wilt thou Wretch dispute Wilt thou resist Command so absolute Command good Lord effectually command And grant I be not able to withstand Atthy Command from the rude formless heap Beauty and pleasing Order forth did leap From Void came Solids and from Nothing All The Winds and raging Seas obey thy call Thou dost the madness of the People quell So tame my Heart that there sweet Love may dwell With his Example Christ this Precept binds To imitate his Love would raise our Minds Under the Jewish Institutes we see Provision made for Love's Sincerity Yet much the Duty wanted of its weight When Self-Love only was to set the rate Who makes in loving others this his bound To come far short of Duty will be found Themselves indeed all Men sincerely love Blind and imprudent yet that Love does prove Fondly indulging unrestrain'd Desires Men think they answer what that Law requires Flatter themselves and blow up Nature's Fires And this they think is justice to their Friend When nothing's more perfidious in the end Nothing more dangerously insinuates Vice To which