. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . e Rocket .• Such Per Ms, alfo, them, as Guardians keepc, That, none can winne them without wounds and knockes. Moreover, Glories, Thrones are fo fublime, Thar, whofoevcr thinkes their Top to gaine, Till many thoufand weary ftcps he clime, Doth foole him(clfe,by Mufings which are , yet, there is a Pathway, which doth leade Above the higheft things that Man can fee; And though it be not knowne to all who tread 1 he Common-Tracl) it may afc
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . e Rocket .• Such Per Ms, alfo, them, as Guardians keepc, That, none can winne them without wounds and knockes. Moreover, Glories, Thrones are fo fublime, Thar, whofoevcr thinkes their Top to gaine, Till many thoufand weary ftcps he clime, Doth foole him(clfe,by Mufings which are , yet, there is a Pathway, which doth leade Above the higheft things that Man can fee; And though it be not knowne to all who tread 1 he Common-Tracl) it may afcended be. As, therefore, none fliould greater things prcfume Then well becomes their Ihcngth •, So, none fhould fearc fThroughFolly, Sloth,or BafineJJe)toalTumc Thofe things upon them, which befeeming are. In Taw, and by Degttt\ things be Wrought, Tha. feemd impofliblc to have beene done, Wnen they were firft conceived in the thought; An<!. Inch a-, theft, \vc may adventure Arm, I know, in time will fell an Oke;But, 1 willnevr attempt it, at a Stroke. AffiBim Afflictions Yuzconjumeth Sinne;But, \ crtue taketh Life Illvstr. XXX. Book, i [Hether the Salamander be a Beaft, Or Precious-Stone, which overcomes the Flame,•It skills not; Since,by either is expreftThe Meaning which we purpofe by the fame:Both br joke the Fire unhurt • And (more then Co)The fiercer and the longer Heats there are,The livelyer in the fame the Bcafl will grow;And, much the brighter, will the Stone appeare. This Crowned-Salamander in the Fire,May, therefore, not unfitly, fignifieTh^fe, who in Fiery Cbamots, doeafpireElijah-like, to Immortality :Or, thofe Heroicke-fpirits, who unharrodHave through the Fires of Troubles,and Affliction,(With Venue, and with Innocencie armd)Walkt onward, in the Pathway, of Ptrfeciion. The , which like Woorfand Hay,Confumts the Workesof evry Wicked-one -(And maketh all their Hopes to fume away)Doth purific what F aithfull-men have do
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