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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	psal_n	sacrifice_n	spill_v	207	3	15.4665	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43639	Schola cordis, or, The heart of it selfe, gone away from God brought back againe to him & instructed by him in 47 emblems.	Harvey, Christopher, 1597-1663.; Haeften, Benedictus van, 1588-1648. Schola cordis.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.	1647 (1647)	Wing H183; ESTC R13211	45,471	208

With hands that are defil'd As much as any other part Whilst all thy teares Thine hopes and feares Both ev'ry word and deed And thought is foule Poore filly soule How canst thou looke to speed 5. Can there no helpe be had Lord thou art holy thou art pure Mine heart is not so bad So soule but thou canst cleanse it sure Speak blessed Lord Wilt thou afford Me meanes to make it cleane I know thou ●… Thy ●…loud were spilt Should it runne still in vaine 6. Then to that blessed spring Which from my Saviours sacred side Doth flow mine heart I 'll bring And there it will be purifi'd Although the dye Wherein I lie Crimson or scarlet were This bloud I know Will make 't as snow Or wooll both cleane and cleere Embleme 18. The giving of the Heart PROV. 23.21 My sonne give me thine heart Epigr. 18. THe onely love the onely seare thou art Dear and dread Saviour of my sin-sick heart ●… heart thou gavest that it might be mine Take thou mine heart then that it may be thine ODE 18. 1. Give thee mine ●… Lord so I would And there 's great reason that I should If it were worth the having Yet sure thou wilt esteem that good Which thou hast purchas'd with thy bloud And thought it worth the craving 2. Give thee mine heart Lord so I will If thou wilt first impart the skill Of bringing it to thee But should I trust my selfe to give Mine heart as sure as I doe live I should deceived be 3. As all the value of mine heart Proceeds from favour not ●… Acceptance is its worth So neither know I how to bring A present to my heav'nly King Unlesse he set it forth 4. Lord of my life me thinkes I heare Thee say that thee alone to feare And thee alone to love Is to bestow mine heart on thee That other giving none can be Whereof thou wilt approve 5. And well thou dost deserve to be Both loved Lord and fear'd by me So good so great thou art Greatnesse so good goodnesse so great As pa●…eth all finite conceit And ravisheth mine heart 6. Should I not love thee blessed Lord Who freely of thine owne accord Laid'st downe thy life for me For me that was not dead alone But desp'ratly transcendent grown In enmitie to thee 7. Should I not feare before thee Lord Who●… hand ●… heaven at whose word Devills themselves doe quake Whose eyes out-shine the Sunne whose beck Can the whole ●… of Nature check And its foundations shake 8. Should I with-hold mine heart from thee The fountaine of felicity Before whose presence is Fulnesse of joy at whose right hand All pleasures in perfection stand And everlasting blisse 9. Lord had I hearts a million And ●…riads in ev'ry one Of choisest loves and feares They were too little to bestow On thee to whom I all things owe I should be in arreares 10. Yet since mine heart 's the most I have And that which thou dost chiefely crave Thou shalt not of it misse Although I cannot give it so As I should doe I 'll offer 't though Lord take it here it is Embleme 19. The Sacrifice of the Heart PSAL 51.17 The sacrifices of God are a broken heart Epigr. 19. NOr calves nor bulls are sacrifices good Enough for thee who gav'st for me thy bloud And more ●… that thy life Take thine own part Great God that gavest all here take mine heart ODE 19. 1. Thy former covenant of old Thy Law of Ordinances did require Fat sacrifices from the fold And many other oft rings made by fire Whilst thy first Tabernacle stood All things were consecrate with ●… 2 And can thy better Covenant Thy law of grace and truth by Jesus Christ It s proper sacrifices want For such an Altar and for such a Priest No no thy Gospell doth require Choyse off'rings too and made by fire 3. A sacrifice for ●…nne indeed Lord thou didst make thy self and once for all So that there never will be need Of any more sin-off'rings great or small The life bloud thou did'st shed for me Hath set my soule for ever free 4. Yea the same sacrifice thou dost Still offer in behalfe of thine elect And to improve it to the most Thy Word and Sacraments doe in effect Offer thee oft and sacrifice Thee daily in our eare●… and eyes 5. Yea each beleeving soule may take Thy sacrificed flesh and bloud by faith And therewith an atonement make For all its trespasses thy Gospell faith Such infinite transcendent price Is there in thy sweet sacrifice 6. But is this all Must there not be Peace-offerings and sacrifices of Thanksgiving tendered unto thee Yes Lord I know I should but mock and scoffe Thy sacrifice for ●…nne should I My sacrifice of praise deny 7. But I have nothing of mine owne Worthy to be presented in thy fight Yea the whole world affords not one Or Ramme or Lambe wherein thou canst delight Lesse then my self it must not be For thou didst give thy self for me 8. My self then I must sacrifice And so I will mine heart the onely thing Thou dost above all other prize As thine owne part the best I have to bring An humble heart 's a sacrifice Which I know thou wilt not despise 9. Lord be my altar ●… Mine heart thy sacrifice and ●… thy Spirit Kindle thy fire of love that I Burning with zeale to mag●… thy merit May both consume my ●… and ●… Et●…nall ●…phie to thy ●… Embleme 20. The weighing of the Heart PROV. 21.2 The Lord pondereth the heart Epigr. 20. THe heart thou giv'st as a great gift my love Brought to the triall nothing such will prove If Iustice equall baliance tell thy fight That weighed with my Law it is too light ODE 20. 1. 'T is true indeed an heart Such as it ought to be Entire and sound in ev'ry part Is alwayes welcome unto me He that would please me with an offering Cannot a better have although he were a King 2. And there is none so poore But if he will he may Bring mean heart although no more And on mine altar may it lay The sacrice which I like best is such As rich men cannot beast and poore men need not grutch 3. Yet ev'ry heart is not A gift sufficient It must be purg'd from ev'ry spot And all to pieces must be rent Though thou hast sought to circumcise and bruise't It must be weighed too or else I shall refuse 't 4. My ballances are just My Law 's an equall weight The beame is strong and thou maist trust My steady hand to hold it streight Were thine heart equall to the world in ●…ght Yet it were nothing worth if it should prove too light 5. And so thou see'st it doth My pond rous Law doth presse This scale but that as fill'd with froth Tilts up and makes no shew of stresse Thine heart is empty sure or else it would In weight as well as bulke better proportion

poore proceedings at the best As though it did not love Nor long for rest Above Mine eyes Can upward looke As though they did despise All things on earth and could not brooke Their presence but mine heart is slow to rise 6. Oh that it were once winged like the Dove That in a moment mounts on high Then should it soone remove Where it may ly In love And loe This one desire Me thinks hath imp'd it so That it already flies like fire And ev'n my verses into wings doe grow Embleme 39. The union of the Heart EZEK. 11.19 I will give them one heart Epigr. 39. LIke minded minds hearts alike heartily Affected will together live and die Many things meete and part but loves great gable Tying two hearts makes them inseparable ODE 39. The Soule 1. All this is not enough me thinks I grow More greedy by fruition what I get Serves but to set An edge upon mine appetite And all thy gifts doe but invite My pray'rs for more Lord if thou wilt not still encrease my store Why did'st thou any thing at all bestow Christ 2. And is 't the fruit of having still to crave Then let thine heart united be to mine And mine to thine In a firme union whereby We may no more be thou and I Or I and thou But both the same and then I will avow Thou canst not want what thou do'st wish to have The Soule 3. True Lord for thou art All in All to me But how to get my stubborne heart to twine And close with thine I doe not know nor can I guesse How I should ever learne unlesse Thou wilt direct The course that I must take to that effect 'T is thou not I must knit mine heart to thee Christ 4. 'T is true and so I will but yet thou must Doe something tow'rds it too First thou must lay All ●…nne away And separate from that which would Our meeting intercept and hold Us distant still I am all goodnesse and can close with ill No more then richest diamonds with dust 5. Then thou must not count any earthly thing How ever gay and gloriously set forth Of any worth Compar'd with me that am alone Th' eternall high and holy One But place thy love Onely on me and on the things above Which true content and endlesse comfort bring 6. Love is the loadstone of the heart the glew The cement and the ●…oder which alone Unites in one Things that before were not the same But only like imparts the name And nature too Of each to th' other nothing can undoe The knot that 's knit by love if it be true 7. But if in deed and truth thou lovest me And not in word alone then I shall find That thou dost mind The things I mind and regulate All thine affections love and hate Delight desire Feare and the rest by what I doe require And I in thee my self shall alwayes see Embleme 40. The rest of the Heart PSAL. 116.7 Returne unto thy rest O my soule Epigr. 40. MY busie stirring heart that seekes the best Can find no place on earth wherein to rest For God alone the author of its blesse It s only rest its onely center ●… ODE 40. 1. Move me no more mad world it is in va●…ne Experience tells me plaine I should deceived be If ever I againe should trust in thee My weary heart hath ransackt all Thy treasuries both great and small And thy large inventories beares in minde Yet could it never finde One place wherein to rest Though it hath often tried all the best 2. Thy profits brought me losse in stead of gaine And all thy pleasures paine Thine honours blurr'd my name With the deep staines of self-confounding shame Thy wisdome made me turne starke fool And all the learning that thy school Afforded me was not enough to make Me know my self and take Care of my better part Which should have perished for all thine heart 3. Not that there is not place of rest in thee For others but for me There is there can be none That God that made mine heart is he alone That of himself both can and will Give rest unto my thoughts and fill Them full of all content and quietne●… That so I may ●… My soule in patience Untill he find it time to call me hence 4. On thee then as a sure foundation A tried corner-stone Lord I will strive to raise The tow'r of my salvation and thy praise In thee as in my center shall The lines of all my longings fall To thee as to mine anchor surely ti'd My ship shall safely ride On thee as on my bed Of soft repose I 'll rest my weary head 5. Thou thou alone shalt be my whole desire I 'll nothing else require But thee or for thy sake In thee I 'll sleepe secure and when I wake Thy glorious face shall satisfie The longing of my looking eye I 'll roule my self on thee as on my rock And threatning dangers mock Of thee as of my treasure I 'll boast and bragge my comforts know no measure 6 Lord thou shalt be mine All I will not know A profit here below But what ●… on thee Thou shalt be all the pleasure I will see In any thing the earth affords Mine heart shall owne no words Of honour out of which I cannot raise The matter of thy praise Nay I will not be mine Unlesse thou wilt vouchsafe to have me thine Embleme 41. The bathing of the Heart JOEL 3.21 I will cleanse their bloud that I have not cleansed Epigr. 41. THis bath thy Saviour swet with drops of bloud Sick heart of purpose for to doe thee good They that have tri'd it can the vertue tell Come then and use it is thou wilt be well ODE 41. 1. All this thy God hath done for thee And now mine heart It is high time that thou should'st be Acting thy part And meditating on his blessed Passion Till thou hast made it thine by imitation 2. That exercise will be the best And surest meanes To keep thee evermore at rest And free from paines To suffer with thy Saviour is the way To make thy present comforts last for aye 3. Trace then the steps wherein he trade And first begin To sweat with him The heavy load Which for thy sinne He underwent squeez'd bloud out of his face Which in great drops came trickling downe apace 4. Oh let not then that precious bloud Be spilt in vaine But gather ev'ry drop 'T is good To purge the staine Of guilt that hath defil'd and overspred Thee from the sole of th' foot to th' crown of th' head 5. Poison possesseth every veine The fountaine is Corrupt and all the streames uncleane All is amisse Thy bloud 's impure yea thou thy self mine heart In all thine inward pow'rs polluted art 6. When thy first father first did ill Mans doome was read That in the sweat of 's face he still Should eat his bread What the first