. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . rahlc condition of mankind^ that has- hji that forwhi-h he was created! Alas I what hath he loft ? andwhat hath he found ? He hath loft happmefsy for whichhe w:i5 ?t:ade ; and found mifery^ for which he was not7nade. What is gone P and what is left f That thing isgone^ without which he is unhappy: that thing is leftyby which he is miferable. O wretched men ! from whenceare tve expelled^? to what are we impelled? ^Vhcnce arezve thrown ? and whither are ive hurried P From ourhome^ into hanijhment; from the Jighi of God
. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . rahlc condition of mankind^ that has- hji that forwhi-h he was created! Alas I what hath he loft ? andwhat hath he found ? He hath loft happmefsy for whichhe w:i5 ?t:ade ; and found mifery^ for which he was not7nade. What is gone P and what is left f That thing isgone^ without which he is unhappy: that thing is leftyby which he is miferable. O wretched men ! from whenceare tve expelled^? to what are we impelled? ^Vhcnce arezve thrown ? and whither are ive hurried P From ourhome^ into hanijhment; from the Jighi of God^ i^.t^ curown blindnefs ; fom the pkcjure of irmnortality^ to thebitternefs of death. Miferable change ! from how greata good., to how great an evil! Ah me ! what have J en-terprijed f what have I dene P. whither did I go P whi^ihtr am I come P EPIG, midnight voice prevailed ; his mu/ic*s thunder Unhiiiged the prifon-doors, fplit bolts in funder:And fittft thou here, and hangft the feeble wingAnd whincit to be enlarged ? Soul, to fing. P^S A L M B A E,„l. PraW 42 .1 BockV. emblems. 223 XT. Psalm xlii. i. As the hart panteth after the water-hrooks^ fi paHteihmyfiul after thee^ 0 GotL HOW {liall my tongue exprefs that hallowd fireWhich heavn hath kindled in my ravifhd heart fWhat mufe fhallT invoke, that will infpire Aly lowly quill to adl a lofty part ?What art fhall 1 devife, t exprefs defireToo intricate to be exprefsd by art ?Let all the Nine be filent ; I refufeTheir aid in thib high tafk; for they abufeT::? flames of love too niuch : affiftme, Davids 2. Not as the thirfty foil defires foft fhowrs. To quicken and refrefii her embryon grain* yNor as the drooping crefts of fading flowrs Pvequeft the bounty of a morning I defire my God : Thefe, in few hours,Re-wifh what late their did obtain ;.But as the fwift-foot hart doth wounded flyTo th much-defired f}:reams, evn fo do IPant after thee my God, whom I muft find, or die,. ♦ Embtycn
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