Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

The heart is flos solis, and should open & shut with the sun of righteousness. ¹To him, as the Landlord, duplici jure, it should stand open, not suffering him to knock for entrance,² till his locks be wet with the dew of heaven. Alas! how comes it about, that he which is the owner can have no admission? That we open not the doors of our hearts, that the King of glory might enter; who will then one day open the doors of heaven, that a man of earth may enter? Did God erect it as a lodging for his own Majesty; leaving no window in it, for the eye of man (so much as) to look into it, as if he would keep it under lock & key to himself, as a sacred Chalice, whereout he would drink the wine of faith, fear, grace and obedience, wine which himself had sent before for his own supper: ³and must he be turned forth by his own Steward, and have his Chamber let out for an Ordinary, where sins and lusts may securely revel? Will not He that made it, one day break it with a rod of iron, ⁴and dash it in pieces like a Potters vessel?

The heart is flos solis, and should open & shut with the sunne of righteousnesse. ¹To him, as the Landlord, duplici iure, it should stand opē, not suffring him to knock for entrance,² till his lockes bee wette with the dew of heauen. Alas! how comes it about, that hee which is the owner can haue no admission? That wee open not the dores of our hearts, that the King of glory might enter; who will then one day open the dores of heauen, that a man of earth may enter? Did God erect it as a lodging for his owne Maiesty; leauing no window in it, for the eye of man (so much as) to looke into it, as if he would keepe it vnder locke & key to himselfe, as a sacred Challice, whereout he would drinke the wine of faith, feare, grace and obedience, wine which himselfe had sent before for his owne supper: ³