. Emblems, divine and moral. New ed., carefully rev. and corr., with recommendatory prefaces by Augustus Toplady, and John Ryland . ever: loo quick resolves do resolution wrong ; What part so soon, to be divorcd so long ? Things to be done are long to be debated; Heavns not decayd. Repentance is not dated. * Bullion, gold or silver in the mass ; put for Jump, fit or tally with. 94 EMBLEMS. BOOK II. S. August, lib. de Util. agen. Pain. Go up, my soul, into the tribunal of thy consciencp;there set thy guilty self before thyself: hide not thy-self behind thyself, lest God bring thee fort
. Emblems, divine and moral. New ed., carefully rev. and corr., with recommendatory prefaces by Augustus Toplady, and John Ryland . ever: loo quick resolves do resolution wrong ; What part so soon, to be divorcd so long ? Things to be done are long to be debated; Heavns not decayd. Repentance is not dated. * Bullion, gold or silver in the mass ; put for Jump, fit or tally with. 94 EMBLEMS. BOOK II. S. August, lib. de Util. agen. Pain. Go up, my soul, into the tribunal of thy consciencp;there set thy guilty self before thyself: hide not thy-self behind thyself, lest God bring thee forth beforethyself. S. August, in Soliloq. In vain is that washing, where the next sin defileth :he hath ill repented whose sins are repeated: thatstomach is the worse for vomiting, that licketh up hisvomit. Anselm, God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth,but he hath not promised repentance to him thatsinneth. Epig. 13. Brain-wounded Cupid, had this hasty dart, As it hath prickd thy fancy, piercd thy heart, T had been thy friend : O how hath it deceivd thee ! For had this dart but killd, this dart has savdthee. o oe: ; 14. .roll T^Ium fortius Ulticrr/ /i/v/ur,t/,f/,,/ ir/n)i ,/ fy ftrniiifv In f . BOOK II.—EMBLEM XIV. Prov. xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again ;but the wicked shallfall into mischief. Tis but a foil at best, and thats the most Your skill can boast:My slippry footing faild me ; and you tript. Just as I slipt:I\Iy wanton weakness did herself betray With too much play :I was to bold ; he never yet stood sure, That stands secure :Who ever trusted to his native strength But fell at length ?The titles crazd,* the tenure is not claims by th evidence of flesh and blood. «Boast not thy skill; the righteous man falls oft. Yet falls but soft:There may be dirt to mire him, but no stones To crush his bones :What if he staggers ? nay, put case he be Foild on his knee ;That very knee will bend to Heavn and woo For me
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