THE LIFE OF
[MAN.
You blessed courtiers ofth' eternal court, Whose full-mouthM hallelujahs have no
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Receive that world of praises that belongs To your great Sov'reign ; fill your holy tongues With our hosannas mixM with your seraphic songs.
S.
Bern.
If thou desirest the help of angels, fly the comforts of the world, and resist the temptations of the devil. He will give his angels charge over thee. what reverence, what love, what confidence, deserveth so sweet a saying For their presence, reverence ; for
O
!
their
good
will, love
;
for their tuition, confidence.
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My
5.
flame, art thou disturb'd, diseas'd, and driven death with storms of grief? point thou to Heaven One angel there shall ease thee more alone, Than thrice as many thousands of thy own.
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