. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Herbes of Grace, be high conceit, muft downe be broke in us 5Our heart is proud, and God muft humble good Seed, in us will rooting take,Affliftitns ploughes and harrowes, muft prepare us:A nd, that the truer levell, he may make,W hen we are (urnk too low, Cods hand muft reare en, neither ftormingsof Adverfitie,S\\all drowne the Stedes of Hope, which we have fowne 3N or fhall the Sunnc-beames of Profperitie,Dr ie up their m
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . Herbes of Grace, be high conceit, muft downe be broke in us 5Our heart is proud, and God muft humble good Seed, in us will rooting take,Affliftitns ploughes and harrowes, muft prepare us:A nd, that the truer levell, he may make,W hen we are (urnk too low, Cods hand muft reare en, neither ftormingsof Adverfitie,S\\all drowne the Stedes of Hope, which we have fowne 3N or fhall the Sunnc-beames of Profperitie,Dr ie up their moifture, ere they ripe are growne. Oh ZW, thou knowft the nature cf my minde;Tho u knowft my bodyes tempers what they are;And, by what meanes, they fhall bebeftirclindeSuch Fruits to yeeld, as they were made to barren Soule, therefore, manure thou fo;So, harro to it; fo emptie, and fo fill ■So rat ft it up, andbrin^it^tw, fjlowAs beft may lay it/cvellto thy Will. In this Deftre, th e worke is well begunne jSay thou the Word, and all is fully aone. True True Knowledge is a conftant Friend,Whofe FriendfJhip, never (ball have end. M-5. ILLVSTR. XI. Book, i \Y viewing tbisfxt-Head, cnwrcathd with Bayes,i (And, what the Motto round about iffayes)Your Apprehenfions eye, may partly feeWhat conflant Femes, in true , if right placd it be, it ever willContinue in the fame condition, ftill :And, though it make mens manners to bechangd5Yet,never is it,from it felfe,eftrangd :Nor doth, nor can it, ceafe to be a Friend,What Fate foever, (hall on us attend. When Wealth is loft, or faileth to befteed us;Slice findes out honeft mcancs to cloath and fecde fane, and forraigne Lands, (hec will become,As kindc, and as familiar, as at home}And^trave/leth, without the coftly cumber,Of Carriages, or Clokebagges full of Place can from our prefence, her enclofe 5Nor is (he frighted from us by our Pichbankes, of her Favours,can bereave us -No Promijes, can
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