Author: Christopher Harvey

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-21

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780484129152

Excerpt from The School of the Heart, or the Heart, (of Itself Gone Away From God) Brought Back Again to Him, and Instructed by Him What are the ruins such, thou art afraid, Or else ashamed, to see how 'tis decay'd IS 't therefore thou art loath to see it such As now it is, because it is so much Degenerated now from what it was, And should have been 2 Thineignorance, alas! Will make it nothing better and the longer Evils are sufi'er'd to grow, they grow the stronger Or hath thy understanding lost its light Hath the dark night of error dimm'd thy sight, So that thou canst not, though thou wouldst, observe All things amiss within thee, how they swerve From the strait rules of righteousness and reason 2 If so, omit not then this precious season 'tis yet school-time as yet the door 's not shut. Hark how the Master calls. Come, let us put Up our requests to him, whose will alone Limits his power of teaching, from whom none Returns unlearn'd, that hath once a will To be his scholar, and implore his skill. Great Searcher of the heart, whose boundless Sight Discovers secrets, and doth bring to light The hidden things of darkness, who alone Perfectly know'st all things that can be known Thou khow'st I do not, cannot, have no mind To know mine heart: I am not only blind, But lame, and listless thou alone canst make Me able, willing and the pains I take. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.