Look then gladly to the Crofs, Where he dy'd to Satan's lofs: How transcendent is this bloody hue! In that with him-connected Heart, 7. Lamb, have mercy on this Com-So journey, fo be fick and die. pany! 3. Suppose yet one among you ftill (At which fuppofe, a heart will melt, Which mother's tendernefs can feel) If one hereat doth fhrink and halt; O might it this time but fo far Him profit, that he shed a Tear. 4. And when he has with Peter wept, Then let him pray, and fay, "Lord Chrift! I am thy Clay which thou haft fhap'd. "And now feel woe, till thou affift; "I'm alfo of thy Flock a part: "Have mercy! take my Cafe to heart." E 265. ACH diff'rent Choir hath its own blessed Plan, Which each one in it fhould enjoy and can. 2. Whoever is not happy in his choir, Does fomething elfe befides the Lamb defire. 3. Flesh's wild impulfe, felf-will, worldly love, Wenn du auffleheft; du junglings. Mult not our hearts to leave our Claffes move. 7. All our Ideas with thy Blood 16. O grant that ev'ry, ev'n the fanctify, And make old foolish Thoughts and fancies die.. 8. That with Refpect we our own Bodies view, And look with Rev'rence on all others fmalleft thing Of Thine, may in it's meafure Profit bring. 7. May our each drop of blood in ev'ry vein Teach us a feeling happy, pure and clean.. 8. Let that, thro' grace, in our hearts have its Weight, Which others flight; for ah! who's for this fit!. 9. Those fouls alone, who by thy Crofs are won,~~ Smile in the Influence of their bleeding Sún. 10. And fince our State it's trouble alfo fhares, Although it but a fingle burden bears; 11. Give us Support and fuitable fupplies, Befides th' Advantage for us which in't lies. 12. Let our Hearts figh' in ftillness after thee, With a true child-like Familiarity. 13. Thy Virgin-train with holy Joy's infpire, As once the damfels in the Temple choir. 14. Firft conquer all the foul, and it fubdue, Then purify the earthly Veffel too: 15. When us the holy Brethren needs muft fee, 4. So fall then down before his holy Let our deportment speak forth De Feet, feat. 5. Say, Chofen Hufband! in this fchool, thy Friend * Enures us thy mild Teachings to attend. John xvi. 13. 17. Therefore from that vile Ban fet free our throng, After a husband fecretly to long. 18. Thou doft alone appoint the mystery Of marriage for thy Souls, as pleaseth thee; 19. Hence it to thee the Bridegroom does pertain, If one fhall married be? to whom? and when? 20. And as thou only doft unlock the gate To future Matters, in each diff'rent State; 21. And fince Curiofity's a plague to hearts; Therefore exempt and keep us from fuch fmarts! 22. And so within thy facred bounds preferve, That from them ev'n in thought we never swerve. 3. Each Impulfe and each gefture. fhall depart, Which does not spring out of our Jefu's Heart. 24. Virginity a chearful Love fhould fhew, Zeal pure and child-like, brifk and active too. 28. O faithful Head! who'll Mary's Mind impart? Ah! thou, thou only, who canft mould the heart. 29. Take then into thy holy Arms our choir, There let our hearts in Purity take fire. 30. The glow of Seraphs, who bow down fo low To ferve their Lord, let that our hearts go thro'. 31. Thy Spirit, the Mafter of thy Prophets bleft, Kill all the selfishness within our breast. 32. May the eternal Banquet of the flesh And blood of God's dear Lamb, our Choir refresh. 267. Mein Freund, mein liebes @berhaupt. Y Friend, thou my beloved Chief! If on this day thou giv❜st me leave O make this Name in spirit also true! Thee down into our mifery and need, 3. Perhaps fome hearts begin to glow, Then thou gain'ft many hearts with- 4. Come, ye dear fouls, who want relief, Acknowledge your poor ftate with grief, Pour out to Him your Heart complaint, Difclofe your curfe without reftraint, Care not how shameful, filthy it may be, For thus you will much fooner be fet free. 5. To thee my Bridegroom known it is, That if I've ought to with, 'tis this: That thou wouldst bring quite speedily Thofe poor hearts to their Liberty, Whom as exceeding heavy loads we bear, Because our heart can't help for them to care. 6. The heart of each Companion And we no longer one hoof thereof 7. Thou Lover of the finner-race, Be't wafh'd away with thy Blood, we Yea ufe, if needful, e'en the Goldfmith's fire. 8. Tho' fmart and pain it needs will coft, (How deep fin's ruft eats in, thou Yet who'd not rather chuse this Fire, And fteals all good and gracious 9. Pour out thy fire on us this day, and flame Down from thy Mercy-feat, O 10. That fo the holy company In Inceffantly, till on the Sea of glass [The holy Marriage ftate to fing, ject. 1. How effect, Ow fhall I once this tafk7. The Marriage-Bleffing, with refpect, And Marriage-Duty too, The true obfervance, (fweet to keep,) Th'attainment full and fcope fo deep Of Wedlock's mystery, to fhew? 2. Here I on matters come indeed! O God, aflift me to proceed, My noble Architect ! Lord Jefu! let me right explain, And not as Satan's apifh train To Jeft and giddinefs And chiefly Marriage would confuse: Seeks to pervert each Creature's afe, But fo as wedlock's Nature is. Is of the Souls, ere fex did rife, 8. The Saviour, by eternal choice, The Lord and Husband known; They ! |