. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . uented Lime-trpigs caught sFor Death around, its fubtle Nets does fpread,Fine as the texture of the Spiders Web:And as ferdne that watchful Robber buzzing prey the better to furprize 5But, taught by motion when the bootys nigh,Leaps out, and feizes the entangled Fly: Or (45) Or as a Fowler, with his hidden Snare,Contrives t entrap the Racers of the Air;While to conceal and further the deceit,He ftrows the ground with his deftruftive meat sAnd faftens Birds of tiie fame kind, to ( wea
. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . uented Lime-trpigs caught sFor Death around, its fubtle Nets does fpread,Fine as the texture of the Spiders Web:And as ferdne that watchful Robber buzzing prey the better to furprize 5But, taught by motion when the bootys nigh,Leaps out, and feizes the entangled Fly: Or (45) Or as a Fowler, with his hidden Snare,Contrives t entrap the Racers of the Air;While to conceal and further the deceit,He ftrows the ground with his deftruftive meat sAnd faftens Birds of tiie fame kind, to ( weakly flutter on their captive wing:So Peath the Wretch into his Snare with pretended happinefs deftroys:Above the Nets we think a leap to head-long drop into th infernal Lake. Amb. lib. 4. in cap. 4. Lucse. The reward of Honours^ the height of Power^ the delUcacy of Diet, and the beauty ${ an Harlot^ are thefnAres fifthe Devil, Idem, de bono mortis. If^llfi thoufeekefi Pleafures, thourunnefi tntoSnzres;for the Eye of the Harlot is the Snare of the A-dulterer. X, Enter (40. thy 6erranr^{:,ori. TSal:i4^y2,. (47) Ertter not into Judgment with thy Servanty0 Lordy Pfal. cxliij. 2. TH E Mafiers gains to a (mall fum calls his Servant to a ftri6l account sAnd tho the Servant has not wrongd his s the applaufe of being only Juft fVainly the Mafter does a Suit begin,Tc gain a Vi6lVy he muft bluili to win .•Andiflm over guilty made, no doubtI muft^o feek^Jome other Mafler me, Lord^ to be fevere mth wrong thee more than mj offending am fo much too mean for thy leflen thee to mind how I have err ! muft thy Regi(tries ih^fleadingsihoyiySwoln with the HilVry of my overthrow ?Or can I hope my Caufe fhou^d Thine ,Thou fitft Jttdge, that art the Plant iff too tWhat Eloquence can plead with fach fuccefs,To free the wretch that does his debt confefs ? Alas J (48) Alas! what Advocate beft read i
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