. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . ,But perifh quite, and quite forgotten be>As Seajls devoured twice ten Years ago. Thou therefore who defirft for ay to live>And to poffefs thy Labours maugre Death\To needful Artsy andlioneft Affions* giveThy Span of Time* and thy fhort Blaft of Breath-In holy Studies exercife thy Mind 5In Works of Charity thy Hands imploy $That Knowledge and that Tredfure feek to find,Which may enrich thy Heart with perfect Joy,So tho obfcured thou appear a while,Defpifed, poor, or
. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . ,But perifh quite, and quite forgotten be>As Seajls devoured twice ten Years ago. Thou therefore who defirft for ay to live>And to poffefs thy Labours maugre Death\To needful Artsy andlioneft Affions* giveThy Span of Time* and thy fhort Blaft of Breath-In holy Studies exercife thy Mind 5In Works of Charity thy Hands imploy $That Knowledge and that Tredfure feek to find,Which may enrich thy Heart with perfect Joy,So tho obfcured thou appear a while,Defpifed, poor, or born to Fortunes low,Thy Vertue mall acquire a nobler (tile,Than great eft Kings are able to beftow 5 And gain thee thofe TojJeJJions* which not they.^Nor Time* nor Death have Powr to take away, Lot 3, Divine and Moral. j j Lot 5. TJHOU doft over-much refpeclThat which will thy Harm effectBut fome other things there beWhich will more advantage thee* Search thy Heart, and thou (halt thereSoon difcover what they , thine Emblem /hews thee too,What to fhun, and what to do. Emblem IV*- 1$ Choice Bmblemsy Emblem H A N T A A E A 0 I IT Ai Th» ^Divine and Moral. 15 THE Fourth EmblemIlluftrated. As to the World I Naked Naked fiript 1 kave the fame. THrice happy is that Man whofe Thought?do rearHis Mind above that pitch the Worldling flies $And, by his Contemplations) hovers whereHe views Things Mortal with unbleared Eyes,What Trifles then do Villages and Towns,Large Fields, or Flocks of fruitful Cattle feem ?2Sfay, what poor things are Mitres, Se£tersr Crowns,And all thofe Glories which Men moft efleem. 16 Choice Emblems^ Tho he that hath among them his Delight,Brave things imagins them (becaufe they blindWith fome falfe Luftre his beguiled Sight)He thats above them their Mean Worth may find. Lord, to that BleJJed Station me convey,Where I may view the Worlds and view her £ofThat I her true Condition may furvey,And all her Imperfections rightly me, t
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