Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.
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Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.
Author
Hall, John, d. 1707.
Publication
London :: Printed for N. Crouch ...,
1676.
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Subject terms
Prayers.
Devotional literature.
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"Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A45033.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
Pages
The Souls Farwell.
1.
FArwel poor world! I must be gone;Thou art no home, no rest for me;I'le take my staff, and travel on,Till I a better world may see.
2.
Why art thou loath my heart? O whyDo'st thou recoil within my Breast?Greive not but say Farwel, and flyUnto the Ark, my Dove! there's Rest.
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3.
I come, my Lord, a Pilgrims pace,Weary and weak I slowly move,Longing, but can't yet teach the place,The gladsome place of rest above.
4.
I come my Lord! the floods here rise,These troubled Seas foam nought but mire;My Dove back to my bosom flys;Farwel poor world! Heaven's my desire.
5.
Stay, stay, said Earth, whether fond one?Here's a fair World, what wouldst thou have,Fair World, Oh no! thy beauties gone,An heavenly Canaan, Lord, I crave.
6.
Thus th' ancient Travellers; thus theyWeary of earth, sigh'd after thee;They are gon before, I may not stay,Till I both thee and them may see.
7.
Put on my Soul! put on with speed.Though th' way be long, the end is sweet.Once more, poor world! Farwel indeed,In leaving thee, my Lord I meet.
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