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Or can I think of finding here That which my Soul so long hath sought? Should I refuse those Joys through fear, Which bounteous Love so dearly bought? ⟨p. 60⟩All that doth taste of Heaven is good: When Heavenly Light doth me inform; When Heavenly Life stirs in my Blood; When Heavenly Love my Heart doth warm.

Or can I think of finding here That which my Soul so long hath sought? Should I refuse those Joyes through fear, Which bounteous Love so dearly bought? ⟨p. 60⟩All that doth tast of Heav'n is good: When Heavenly Light doth me inform; When Heavenly Life stirs in my Blood; When Heavenly Love my Heart doth warm.

No wonder if Time's womb be strait, And Souls through pain and strangeness go Into the glorious World of Light, Which Death translateth them unto. This strangeness will be quickly over, When once the Heaven-born Soul is there: One sight of God will it recover From all this backwardness and fear.

No wonder if Time's womb be streight, And Souls through pain and strangeness go Into the glorious World of Light, Which Death translateth them unto. This strangeness will be quickly over, When once the Heaven-born Soul is there: One sight of God will it recover From all this backwardness and fear.

To us, Christ's lowest parts; his feet, Union and Faith must yet suffice, To guide and comfort us: It's meet We trust our Head who hath our Eyes. Christ seeth all that I would see: The Way and End to Him are known: He hath prepared the Place for me: He'll Love and Use me as his Own.