The banqueting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred…The banquetting-house, or, A feast of fat things a divine poem, opening many sacred…

6 'Tis that which bends & makes us yield, And humbles much the heart, Which naturally was proud and vain, And too obdurate.

The Second Part. 1 Thy Word it quickens and revives, Like Fire it does cheer; It consolates and makes such warm Who to it do draw near: 2 For they who to it will not come, No profit can receive; So such who do reject thy Word, Their Souls shall not live. 3 Fire will penetrate and pierce, There is no secret place Within the Soul, but thy Word will Most quick and swiftly pass. 4 It doth the very Thoughts discern, Nay it divides between The Soul and Spirit of a Man, To sever both from Sin. ⟨p. 219⟩5 And Fire is used to lay waste Houses where Rebels hide, Even so thy Word doth quite consume The House of Lusts and Pride. 6 Man with vain hopes a House doth raise, And vaunts himself each day; But when thy Word doth seize on him, His House consumes away. 7 All his vain hope he had before, It is consumed and gone, And a new Temple up is raised For the most holy One.

The Second Part. 1 Thy Word it quickens and revives, Like Fire it does chear; It consolates and makes such warm Who to it do draw near: 2 For they who to it will not come, No profit can receive; So such who do reject thy Word, Their Souls shall not live. 3 Fire will penetrate and pierce, There is no secret place Within the Soul, but thy Word will Most quick and swiftly pass. 4 It doth the very Thoughts discern, Nay it divides between The Soul and Spirit of a Man, To sever both from Sin. ⟨p. 219⟩5 And Fire is used to lay waste Houses where Rebels hide, Ev'n so thy Word doth quite consume The House of Lusts and Pride. 6 Man with vain hopes a House doth raise, And vaunts himself each day; But when thy Word doth sieze on him, His House consumes away. 7 All his vain hope he had before, It is consum'd and gone, And a new Temple up is rais'd For the most holy One.