. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . ostrate lie,Pleading for mercy, I repent, and cryFor gracious pardon ; let thy gentle earsHear that in words, what mothers judge in tears :See not my frailties, Lord, but through my fear,And look on every trespass through a tear :Then calm thine anger, and appear more mild;Remember, th^ art a father, I a child. S. Bern. Ser. xxi. in Cant. Miserable man ! who shall deliver me from the re-proach of this shameful bondage ? I am a miserableman, but a free man : free, because like to God ; mise-rable, beca
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . ostrate lie,Pleading for mercy, I repent, and cryFor gracious pardon ; let thy gentle earsHear that in words, what mothers judge in tears :See not my frailties, Lord, but through my fear,And look on every trespass through a tear :Then calm thine anger, and appear more mild;Remember, th^ art a father, I a child. S. Bern. Ser. xxi. in Cant. Miserable man ! who shall deliver me from the re-proach of this shameful bondage ? I am a miserableman, but a free man : free, because like to God ; mise-rable, because against God : O keeper of mankind, whyhast thou set me as a mark against thee ? thou hast setme, because thou has not hindered me : It is just that thyenemy should be my enemy, and that he who repugneththee, should repugn me : I, who am against thee, amagainst myself. Epig. 6. But formd, and fight! but born, and then rebel!How small a blast will make a bubble swell ?Cut dares the floor affront the hand that laid it ?So apt is dust to fly in s face that made it. e:\iblems. 5 Embl em 7,. JOB XIII. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face^ and holdest me for thineenemy ? TTTHY dost thou shade thy lovely face ; O why^^ Does that eclipsing hand so long denyThe sunshine of thy soul-enlivening eye ; Without that light, what light remains in me ?Thou art my life, my way, my light; in theeI live, I move, and by thy beams I see. Thou art my life ; if thou but turn away. My life s a thousand deaths : thou art my way; Without thee, , I travel not, but stray. EMBLEMS. BOOK in. 1 I My light thou art; without thy glorious sight,My eyes are darkened with perpetual God, thou art my way, my life, my light. Thou art my way ; I wander, if thou fly :Thou art my light; if hid, how blind am I ?Thou art my life ; if thou withdraw, I die. Mine eyes are blind and dark, I cannot see ;To whom, or whither should my darkness flee,But to the light ? and whos that light but thee ? My path is lost,
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