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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,
So ev'n thy leaft Occasions do;
So pray, fo eat, thy Work fo ply,

7. Lamb, have mercy on this Com-So journey, fo be fick and die.

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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."

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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

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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

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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..

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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

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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,
Beg him to give you in his Heart a

feat.

5. Say, Chofen Hufband! in this fchool, thy Friend *

Enures us thy mild Teachings to attend.

John xvi. 13.

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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.

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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.

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Mein Freund, mein liebes @berhaupt.

Y Friend, thou my beloved

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Chief!

If on this day thou giv❜st me leave
To bring my fhare before the Lord,
And for this Choir to speak a word;
A choir, who by the name of Virgins
go;

O make this Name in spirit also true!
2. I beg, in child's fimplicity,
If not yet all true virgins be,
Then do thou to us manifeft
The greatness of thy Love, which
prefs'd

Thee down into our mifery and need,
So that for us thou unto Death didft
bleed.

3. Perhaps fome hearts begin to glow,
Who did as yet thy Heart not know,
And hitherto in thy dear Fold
Have been too lazy, dull and cold:
O from this fhame deliver us, we
pray!

Then thou gain'ft many hearts with-
out delay.

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
This day with mine be uniton ;
Send up moft fervent your request,
Take hold of thefe with all the reft,
Till our whole Choir in him em-
bodied is,

And we no longer one hoof thereof
mifs.

7. Thou Lover of the finner-race,
Here we fall proftrate on our face,
Praying in heart's humility:
Good Lord! wherein we've grieved
thee,

Be't wafh'd away with thy Blood, we
defire,

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
know'ft:)

Yet who'd not rather chuse this Fire,
Than in that flavish service tire,
Where flesh and blood as master
bears the fway,

And fteals all good and gracious
sparks away?

9. Pour out thy fire on us this day,
Thy Spirit blow it up, we pray,
Until Death's tinder itself lose,
And all from Earth up to thee goes;
If fparks won't do it, then send flash

and flame

Down from thy Mercy-feat, O
wounded Lamb:

10. That fo the holy company
May one by one inflamed be,
Thy bitter Penance understand,
And then be guided by thy Hand

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We ftand, with all thy Realm's Co-Among the chiefeft Points a thing,
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Which thou thyself didft e'er pro-

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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

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